Jose Luis Castillo could not make weight for his third fight against Diego Corrales, causing the fight to be cancelled. For the record, I think the Jermain Taylor draw with Winky Wright was a fair result.Anyway, on to the movement. Following his draw with Taylor, who was rated slightly below him, Wright fell below Ricky Hatton in the pound for pound ratings. Oscar De L
a Hoya moved up a bit as more records were input into the system. Bernard Hopkin's retirement from the active ranks following his thumping of Antonio Tarver allowed Pongsaklek Wonjongkam to return to the ratings. In the 
All-Time pound for pound ratings, Archie Moore moved ahead of Carlos Monzon as more records were entered. At Cruiserweight, Kenny Keene defeated John Long the Stiff and moved up to number one in the ratings. This also allowed him to pass O'
Neil Bell in the All-Time ratings. Lots of movement at Light Heavy, beginning with Mario Veit who moved down to Super Middle where he comes in at number 3 bumping Jeff Lacy off the bottom of the current ratings and Mads Larsen off the All-Time ratings. Veit moved down to defeat Ju
erguen Braehmer, who had a decent record but hadn't beaten anybody significant. Veit leaving the division allowed Zsolt Erdei to enter the rankings. Pietro Aurino failed to make weight for his fight against Christopher Robert and so has moved up to the Cruiser ranks, allowing Clinton Woods to move into the ratings. And finally, Antonio Tarver's loss dropped him out and allowed Montell Griffin to appear. At Middleweight, Hopkins retirement allowed Yory Boy Campas into the ratings. At Lt. Welter, Kostya Tszyu lapsed into inactivity as the one year anniversary of his last fight
came and went. This allowed Junior Witter to appear in the ratings. Kevin Kelley moved to Super Featherweight for his fight with Bobby Pacquiao. He lost, but his All-Time rating was good enough to get him on the list ahead of Flash Elorde. At Super Bantam, Israel Vazquez's defeat of Ivan Hernandez allowed him to pass Ratanachai Sor Vorapin on the All-Tiem list. At Bantam, Jhonny Gonzalez defeated Fernando Montiel, who moved up 
from Super Fly. This allowed Gonzalez to pass Veeraphol Sahaprom to move into second. Montiel's move up, even after his loss, still left him good enough to knock Irene Pacheco from the ranks. It also bumped Adan Vargas from the All Time list. Montiel's vacating the Super Fly ratings allowed up and comer Rayonta Whitfield to move into the Super Fly ratings and Harold Grey to enter the All-Time Super Fly list. Nelson Dieppa moved up to beat Erik Ramirez at Flyweight and he moves into the ratings at number 4. His leaving the Lt. Fly division allowed Kermin Guardia to enter the active ratings and Brian Viloria to enter the All-Time ratings.What to watch for in July:
July 1, Manny Pacquiao vs. Oscar Larios (Super Feather
#3 vs. Super Bantam #1) on PPVJuly 15, Shane Mosley vs. Fernando Vargas (Lt. Middle #2 vs. Unranked) on HBO PPV
July 29, Roy Jones, Jr. vs Prince Badi Ajamu (Lt. Heavy #1 vs. Unranked) on PPV
July 29, Kenny Keene vs. Arthur Williams (Cruiser #1 vs. Unranked) on PPV (Jones Ajamu undercard)
July 15, Juan Diaz vs. Randy Suico (Light #4 vs. Unranked) on HBO PPV (Mosley Vargas undercard)
July 15, Daniel Ponce De Leon vs. Sod Looknongyangtoy (Super Bantam #5 vs. Unranked) on HBO PPV (Mosley Vargas undercard)
July 29, Zsolt Erdei vs. Thomas Ulrich (Lt. Heavy #3 vs. Unranked)
July 15, Javier Castillejo vs. Felix Sturm (Middle #4 vs. Unranked)
July 22, Martin Castillo vs. Nobuo Nashiro (Super Fly #1 vs. Unranked)
July 15, Yory Boy Campas vs. Miguel Hernandez (Middle #5 vs. Unranked)
July 10, Alexander Munoz vs. Eduardo Julio (Super Fly #4 vs. Unranked)
July 27, Michele Piccirillo vs. Luca Messi (Lt. Middle #5 vs. Unranked)
July 18, Sirimongkol Singwangcha vs. Unknown Opponent (Lt. Welter #2)
July 29, Ulises Solis vs. Unknown Opponent (Lt. Fly #3)
July 27, Yodsanan Sor Nanthachai vs. Unknown Opponent (Lt. Welter #4)
10 comments:
Seems lame that Kenny Keane can move up after beating a stiffy.
Pacquiao versus Larios looks like the only meaningful fight of the month.
Tell me more about the ancient records being put into the system.
I could use a color guide in the left-hand column. When rarely used, the red looks good. The light blue, white, and pink look good. The purple and green are hard to read.
How did we miss the Pacquiao-Larios fight?
Well, Keene did not actually get a while lot more points by beating that stiffy, but the top Cruisers are not separated by much. So, since he was not behind by many, he was able to move up. The logic behind the rating is that any win is a good thing and any loss is a bad thing. Beating a loser only gets you a few points, but it still gets you a few points. As for ancient records, the number of boxers who have their entire records in my system is always growing (it is displayed in parentheses next to each division head under the current rankings). Sometimes, the boxers added are new. I try to add boxers who are going to be on tv before they are so I will know a little more about them before I watch them. Sometimes the fighters added are old. If I have seen someone fight, I want to have their whole record in the system. Also, if a particular fighter whose whole record is not in the system gets his rating over 600 anyway, I add him to the system. Adding these fighters also changes the ratings for current fighters. Say Muhammad Ali beat Joe Fredericks. Before I entered Joe Fredericks record, maybe he had a 500 rating, so Ali's victory was not worth a lot of points. But, after entering Fredericks 20 straight wins prior to the Ali fight, he now has an 800 rating, so Ali gets a lot more points for beating him. (This growth is then diminished a little by the fact that having more points at that moment in time means all of subsequent fights get him fewer points because he had more to start with, so if it is a fight early in his career, it can sometimes almost come out as a wash.) So, the older the records, the wider the ripple can extend. Maybe adding in a fighter that fought early in Max Baer career ends up making James Toney a little better. Unlikely, but possible.
As for Larios Pacquiao, I was a little bummed we missed it too, but I was swamped.
I don't see any Dallas Cowboy names. Are they all in jail? Loco Gringo
So, isn't it time for some expansion of the heavyweights? If 5 lbs matters for the little guys, doesn't it also matter for the Big Dogs? 210 - Superheavyweight, 220 - Runningbackweight, 230 - Linebackerweight?
DA
As for switching up the heavyweights, the thought is that there is more of a difference between 105 and 108, almost 3% of the bodyweight, than there is between say 160 and 163, so the divisions get bigger as they go up. And it has only been within the last few years that the Cruiserweight limit was moved from 190 up to 200.
No DA. At heavyweight level it's not the size of the dog, it's the size of the fight in the dog. Being huge and sometimes overweight can be a disadvantage, por ejemplo, Butter bean. There have been manager who advertised for huge men to train to become pro boxers and all the experiments failed. Marciano knocked Joe Lewis through the ropes and almost knocked the head off Jersey joe Walcot(I think it was Jersey Joe). (some lucky photographer got the famous foto.)Marciano was relatively small by heavyweight standards. During the world golden gloves boxing championship heavyweight fight Rocky knocked out his opponent 8 seconds before the end of the fight but lost. It took the dr's and trainers 30 minutes to revive his opponent. In my opinion, if you are over 190 and can fight and know how to throw a punch, that is enough weight to produce the momentum to knock nearly anyone out. Maybe not the Cut and Shoot boxer, but enough to rattle the brain and win the contest.
Max Baer was Jethro's pa.
Max Bear waw Jethro's paw?
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