Heavyweight Division

[Jamieson]

(09-19-2015, 04:43 PM)gothenaki Wrote: Jamieson - most, if not all rankings can be debated, because as Die says, most of them don't fight each other. Cornish's "0" was a joke. You can keep the zero (like Rohit Singh) if you pick your fights. Surely you wouldn't pick Cornish to beat Meehan? I agree Ruiz has done little, but he's got the zero, so hard to rate
What I don't get, is even if Parker wants to retire at 30, what's the rush?
There's going to be a lot of scrapping for position depending on what Wlad does. Take it easy, pick your fights and get a bit older, wiser and more experienced I say.
I'd be nervous if he went in with spaw TT (who's older than Meehan), so I think he needs experience against big euros and spaws before he tries for a shot.
Even if he spent the next 3 yrs honing his craft, he'd be the same age as AJ is now

Of course rankings can be debated but it should be based on what you've done not what you could do. Why is Ruiz hard to rate? He was lucky to get the nod over a washed up totally shot Liakovich. That tells me enough. Cornish may not beat Meehan but I'd pick Whyte to destroy him.

I prefer fighters to pick out the best challenges and fights that are going to help with your development. A loss is not the end of the world and can often times improve a fighter.

In heavyweight boxing especially; everything can change on one punch. Parker's advancement could stagnate and plateau if he feasts too long on journeyman. I'm not saying he needs to be fighting top contenders but he should be targeting some of these second tier guys.