Post by Tractorpull on Oct 5, 2017 at 3:56pm

TESS VALMORE


Once again it is time for our much ridiculed lightweight and welter rankings. Our rankings differ from those of my very good friend at Boxing world in several respects. We require activity. To be ranked a fighter must fight at least every third PPV or ninety days whichever is longer. We also take into consideration the competition a fighter has faced. To our way of thinking, winning streaks are meaningless unless the quality of competition is taken into consideration. A 3-2 record against top competitors is better than a 10-0 against third tier fighters. We do not take into consideration JMDD. Boxing World rankings do include JMDD

Boxing World also ranks fighters in more than one weight class. We do not. We only rate a fighter in the class in which she is most active. I bring this up because I saw a reference alleging a manager was pointing towards having one of his stable hold titles in both the lightweight and welters. Under the previous administration, holding titles in more than one weight class was not permitted. A fighter could only hold a title in one weight class.  If a holder of a title was going to fight for title in another weight, she had to relinquish the title she held, before fighting for the second title. (5/4/2002 Theron/Brinkley an example). To my knowledge that rule has not been changed

LIGHTWEIGHTS


ADRIANNA LIMA Fought and won her fifth straight title defense on the September PPV

KATY PERRY Beat Gomes at the September Asylum. Needs to step in competition to stay at two

MIRANDA KERR Won her fifth straight in a August VS PPV

BROOKLYN DECKER Jumps back into the ranking all the way to four with wins over Kendall Jenner, Agdal and Rohrbach Fought in the September PPV

MARY ELIZABETH WINSTEAD Returned to her winning way in the September PPV beating Gonzales

KENDALL JENNER Moves up to six. She lost to Decker, but had big wins over Biel and Swift

GEMMA ARTERTON Beat Wagner at the August Asylum, but drops on quality of competition

ALESSANDRA AMBROSIO Stays in the top ten with wins over Delevingne and Ruah. Last fought in Mini PPV in September

SERINDA SWAN Remains in the top ten with her third straight win at the September Asylum.   Competition is going to be a problem It’s a Front Street thing

YVONNE STRAHOVSKI Stays a ten, but must fight on the October PPV. She has lost three straight, but those losses were to three of the top five lightweights

WHO DROPPED OUT

ODETTE YUSTMAN Inactivity. Hope she returns to activity Lightweights need her (After I did the lightweight ranking’s Odette had a bout today with Tonkin which she won. I will leave the rankings as they are for the present)

ON THE CUSP

ALEXIS REN She’s 7-2 for the year. An increase in quality of opponents would help

LUISANA LOPILATO !0-3 for her career and 6-3 for the year. Like Ren better competition is needed


WELTERWEIGHTS

KATE UPTON She lost her title to Rhoda in the August PPV. Stuff happens. I think she is still at the top of the welter food chain

HILARY RHODA She is now 13-1 after her win over Law in the September PPV

HANNAH FERGUSON Picked up two more wins including one over Righetti

AMANDA RIGHETTI Lost to Ferguson then beat Gemma Atkinson

KARLIE KLOSS Now 10-3 after picking up wins against Michelle Ryan and Hunt

CASSIDY FREEMAN. Back in the top ten with her win over Michelle Ryan in the September PPV

KATRINA LAW Lost a title bout to Rhoda in the September PPV after beating Ryan

MICHELLE RYAN Drops from four after losing three straight albeit to top ten fighters

GEMMA ATKINSON. Drops to nine. Has now lost three straight after losing to Righetti in September. All her losses were to top ten opponents.

MANDY MOORE Won over Lawley in the August PPV. That was her third straight win

WHO DROPPED OUT

TAHNEE ATKINSON Shouldn’t have been in the rankings She mainly fights at JMDD.

Once again where is BRIDGET REGAN? A member of Bazz, she hasn’t fought since January. If Bazz isn’t going to schedule her, she needs to be released so someone else could pick her up. The welters could use her in the mix