Comparison of Rating Systems: The Light Welterweights + The Heavyweights
Last Updated: March 19, 2003
Ok, since I have basically no life, I decided to try a little experiment. I took the current top 10 jr, welters from a bunch of different websites (and Ring Magazine) and wanted to see what the overall ratings would be. The points system works like this:
Champion of the Division (Since Ring and Realboxing does this in their ratings): 11 Points
Ranked #1: 10 Points
Ranked #2: 9 Points
Ranked #3: 8 Points
Ranked #4: 7 Points
Ranked #5: 6 Points
Ranked #6: 5 Points
Ranked #7: 4 Points
Ranked #8: 3 Points
Ranked #9: 2 Points
Ranked #10: 1 Points
Places where I got ratings from:
The Ring Magazine
Boxing Digest Magazine
| Fighter Name |
RING |
DIGEST | FIGHTNEWS |
REAL |
BOXREC | SECOND | WCOB | TOTAL |
| Kostya Tszyu |
C |
1 | 1 | C | 1 | 1 | 1 | 72 |
| Zab Judah | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 58 |
| Sharmba Mitchell |
1 |
2 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 49 |
| Arturo Gatti | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 47 |
| Vivian Harris | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 42 |
| DeMarcus Corley | 4 | 6 | 8 | 6 | UR | 5 | 8 | 29 |
| Micky Ward | 6 | 8 | 7 | 8 | UR | 6 | 3 | 27 |
| Ricky Hatton | UR | 9 | 4 | UR | 6 | UR | 4 | 21 |
| Ben Tackie | 8 | UR | UR | 4 | 2 | 9 | UR | 21 |
| Jessie James Leija | 9 | UR | 10 | UR | 7 | UR | UR | 8 |
| Oktay Urkal | 7 | UR | UR | 7 | UR | UR | UR | 8 |
| Diobelys Hurtado | 10 | 10 | UR | UR | UR | 8 | UR | 6 |
| Miguel Cotto | UR | UR | 9 | 10 | 8 | UR | UR | 6 |
| Terrance Cauthen | UR | 7 | UR | UR | UR | UR | UR | 4 |
| Omar Weis | UR | UR | UR | UR | UR | UR | 9 | 2 |
| Ener Julio | UR | UR | UR | 9 | UR | UR | UR | 2 |
| Mohamed Abdullaev | UR | UR | UR | UR | UR | 10 | UR | 1 |
| Pablo Sarmiento | UR | UR | UR | UR | 10 | UR | UR | 1 |
| Juan Valenzuela | UR | UR | UR | UR | UR | UR | 10 | 1 |
Recent movers and shakers: Jesse James Leija dropped from 6 to 9 in RING, and 6 to UR in realboxing.com due to his recent loss to Tszyu. Micky Ward found himself to be the biggest winner in result, as he went up two places in both RING and REAL. Pablo Sarmiento entered the top ten on BOXREC. Omar Weis and Juan Valenzula found themselves entering the top 10 in WCOB.
And now, the Heavyweights:
| Fighter Name |
RING |
DIGEST | FIGHTNEWS |
REAL |
BOXREC | SECOND | WCOB | TOTAL |
| Lennox Lewis | C | 1 | 1 | C | 1 | 1 | 1 | 72 |
| Chris Byrd | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 57 |
| David Tua | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 50 |
| Wladimir Klitschko | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | UR | 7 | 2 | 42 |
| Mike Tyson | 9 | UR | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 35 |
| Evander Holyfield | 4 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 30 |
| Roy Jones Jr. | UR | UR | 8 | 5 | 2 | 3 | UR | 26 |
| John Ruiz | 5 | 6 | UR | 10 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 24 |
| Vitali Klitschko | 7 | 8 | 7 | UR | 7 | UR | 8 | 18 |
| Corrie Sanders | UR | UR | 3 | 7 | UR | 6 | UR | 17 |
| Hasim Rahman | 6 | 7 | UR | 6 | UR | 10 | UR | 15 |
| Kirk Johnson | 8 | 10 | UR | UR | 9 | UR | UR | 6 |
|
Juan Carlos Gomez |
UR | 9 | UR | UR | 10 | UR | UR | 5 |
| Jameel McCline | 10 | UR | UR | 9 | UR | UR | UR | 3 |
|
Fres Oquendo |
UR | UR | 9 | UR | UR | UR | UR | 2 |
| Corey Sanders | UR | UR | UR | UR | UR | UR | 9 | 2 |
| Anthony Thompson | UR | UR | UR | UR | UR | UR | 10 | 1 |
Recent movers and shakers: Well, Roy Jones and Corrie Sanders certainly changed everything.
FEATHERS!? SURE!
| Fighter Name |
RING |
DIGEST | FIGHTNEWS |
REAL |
BOXREC | SECOND | WCOB | TOTAL |
| Marco Antonio Barrera | C | 1 | 1 | C | 1 | 1 | 1 | 72 |
| Eric Morales | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 64 |
| Naseem Hamed | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 50 |
| Juan Manuel Marquez | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 47 |
| Derrick Gainer | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 3 | UR | 39 |
| Johnny Tapia | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 34 |
| Scott Harrison | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 27 |
| Manuel Medina | 5 | 10 | UR | 7 | UR | 9 | UR | 13 |
| Lehlo Ledwaba | 9 | 9 | UR | 5 | 9 | UR | UR | 12 |
| Paulie Ayala | UR | UR | UR | UR | 6 | UR | 5 | 11 |
| Injin Chi | UR | UR | 7 | UR | UR | 6 | UR | 9 |
| Julio Pablo Chacon | UR | UR | UR | UR | UR | 8 | 6 | 7 |
| Frankie Toledo | 7 | UR | UR | 9 | UR | UR | UR | 6 |
| William Abelyan | 10 | 8 | 10 | UR | UR | UR | 10 | 6 |
| Michael Brodie | UR | UR | 9 | UR | 10 | UR | UR | 3 |
| Guty Espadas | UR | UR | UR | UR | UR | UR | 9 | 2 |
| Rocky Juarez | UR | UR | UR | 10 | UR | UR | UR | 1 |
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