12-08-2015, 12:15 PM
OK, enough of all this craziness about guys like Parker and AJ being ranked in the top 5 without having faced anyone in the top 10. And Martin and Glazkov ranked in the top 5, and even maybe fighting for a title in a face-off without ever facing decent opposition. And Tyson Fury fighting for a title against Klit when he's only had 4 fights in 3 years.
So here's my criteria for a top 15 in any of the alphabets:
1) To be in the top 15, you have to have beaten someone in the top 15. To be in the top 10, you have to have beaten someone in the top 10. To be in the top 5, you have to have beaten someone in the top 5. That goes for each alphabet in which a fighter is rated.
2) If you are ranked in the top 15, you have to fight someone in the top 15 every six months. If you win, you keep your ranking. If you lose, you switch places with whoever beats you. If you don't fight someone in the top 15 every six months, you are no longer ranked in that particular alphabet.
3) If someone forfeits their right to a ranking by not fighting someone in the top 15 in six months, the alphabet committee selects the next best fighter. He then has to fight someone in the top 15 in his next fight.
This will eliminate, as much as possible, the politics of the alphabets, and result in much better match-ups for the pundits.
So here's my criteria for a top 15 in any of the alphabets:
1) To be in the top 15, you have to have beaten someone in the top 15. To be in the top 10, you have to have beaten someone in the top 10. To be in the top 5, you have to have beaten someone in the top 5. That goes for each alphabet in which a fighter is rated.
2) If you are ranked in the top 15, you have to fight someone in the top 15 every six months. If you win, you keep your ranking. If you lose, you switch places with whoever beats you. If you don't fight someone in the top 15 every six months, you are no longer ranked in that particular alphabet.
3) If someone forfeits their right to a ranking by not fighting someone in the top 15 in six months, the alphabet committee selects the next best fighter. He then has to fight someone in the top 15 in his next fight.
This will eliminate, as much as possible, the politics of the alphabets, and result in much better match-ups for the pundits.