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Boxing News: Boxing Rankings » July 21, 2023 – Fight News
By Mauricio Sulaiman
Son of Jose Sulaiman / WBC President
Boxing is unique, with a fascinating history and perhaps, of all the sports, the one which has evolved the most, as the rules have changed dramatically, transforming what used to be actions of brutal, pure savagery into the art of self-defense, “The Sweet Science.”
Today I chose the topic of ratings, or rankings, in boxing. I have talked with numerous fans, as well as many people who are involved in boxing, and almost everyone does not know or understand how the rankings work.
Let’s start with defining what they are. The rankings are the method to list boxers qualitatively. That is through a list of the best in each division. There are 17 weight divisions, from heavyweight to minimumweight. World champions can only fight against ranked boxers, and that is where these lists draw their interest and power.
The history is important. The rankings in boxing were born in 1924, being a publication of the “The Ring” magazine. They used to print a yearly summary of the best of the year – best fighter, best fight, etc. Eventually, starting in 1932, the owner of this magazine, Nat Fleischer, took the initiative to publish, according to his opinion, the list of the best fighters for each of the 8 divisions that existed at that time.
Fleisher was inspired by the collegiate football rankings, which were the creation of Walter Camp, known as the “Father of Football.”
The World Boxing Council was founded in February 1963, and initially used The Ring rankings as a guide for sanctioning boxing activity. My father, Don Jose Sulaiman, joined the WBC between 1964 and 1966, basically as a volunteer, because he was passionate about boxing and was coming from the provinces to make his life in the capital of Mexico, as he partnered with Buffalo-based manufacturing company Graphic Controls. It was in 1966 when he took on more formal responsibilities, and in 1968 instituted the WBC rankings. Since then, the world rankings are compiled month by month, being one of the top priorities of our body’s activity.
The WBC rankings committee is made up of honorable people with extensive knowledge of boxing. They are members from all over the world and devote countless hours to this work. There is a committee director, a sub-director, an executive secretary, 22 active members, and 8 advisors.
How does the committee work? Ratings are published during the first 5 days of each month. During each month, the members of the committee are engaged in gathering results of fights and diverse information that has to do with the fighters’ activity from their region. Ten days before releasing the rankings, everyone sends their recommendations to the executive secretary and the director. Numerous sheets and charts are made with a large amount of data to analyze, which generates the first draft, which is sent to the entire committee for review and a round of feedback is given. All comments to the draft are taken and these are analyzed by the director and special advisors. We reach conclusions, and a second draft is generated. After the revision of that second draft, it progresses to a final revision, where sometimes a third draft has to be generated, to then proceed with the official publication of the monthly rankings by the WBC.
Once a year, the ratings committee meets for a three-day session before the start of the WBC annual convention. The official ratings are then discussed in an open floor, where every single person can take the floor and present their case in front of the Board. This process has given the sport and the WBC great pride as it is transparent and open to all.
Rating boxers is a very complex task which requires deep boxing knowledge, common sense, analytical ability, impartiality, total honesty, and a sense of justice. It is a very interesting procedure and requires the need to analyze each case. Records are simply numbers, and these can be misleading. A boxer may have an undefeated record with many KOs, but sometimes the story can be very different.
What is studied and analyzed about a boxer in order to grasp the full importance of his profile and rate them properly?
– Record – This gives you an idea in numbers of fights, won, lost, and draws, plus wins by KO.
– Level and quality of opposition – It is necessary to study the opponents who the boxer has faced.
– Site of the fights – It is analyzed if he fights at home, if he is the favorite, or if he is the visitor with factors against him. An important element is if he fights abroad and internationally.
– Recent activity – It is analyzed if he is an active boxer, if he is a prospect, an established boxer, or a veteran in decline.
– Recent results – The results of his last fights are analyzed.
– High-level fights – Having high-level rivals, championship fights and experience is a very important factor to be considered.
Other considerations that are relevant:
– The decisiveness of his victories.
– Victories in major fights.
– Amateur career.
– Behavior in their private life.
– Activity in WBC regional championship fights.
An intangible aspect involves seasoned experts contributing with their personal opinion of those boxers that they see in their regions.
The WBC rates 40 fighters per division and we have a unique requirement. To be rated, the fighter must enroll in the “Clean Boxing Program,” which is a worldwide, random anti-doping program administered by VADA. If the athlete does not accept to enroll, he is removed from the rankings and not allowed to compete in fights of our organization.
The rankings list only and exclusively involves the boxers eligible to compete in the world championship of our organization. Boxers who are committed to fight in another organization are not ranked, simply because they are not eligible to fight for the WBC as they have other commitments.
The world champion has the obligation to fight the official challenger of the division once a year. The official challenger is not necessarily ranked #1. To reach this privileged position, you must win a final elimination fight or be voted by the WBC Board of Governors and ratified as Mandatory Contender.
The dream of every boxer is one day to conquer the Green and Gold Belt of the WBC, and the first step is to be rated. There are so many stories from legendary boxers remembering the day they saw their name for the first time in the rankings!
Did you know? Julio Cesar Chavez was a relatively unknown boxer to the boxing world, but not to the WBC. When the super featherweight world championship was vacant in 1984, a fight had to be ordered to crown the new champion. “Azabache” Martínez was ranked number one and J.C. Chávez was placed at number two. Even against the criticism of some sectors in Europe and the United States, that fight was ordered. This is how one of the great careers in the history of boxing began.
Today’s anecdote: We were at an annual convention in Cancun and my dad and I made a series of jokes to be recorded with a hidden camera. I remember how I enjoyed planning the joke on the director of the rankings committee, Frank Quill of Australia. In the final session, my Dad asked me to give the following message to Frank: “Frank, my dad asks us to rank Mike Tyson #1, as he will return to boxing, and he will be fighting our champion Klitschko.” (Tyson had been retired for 7 years) After a prolonged pause and a puzzled face, Frank asked the committee for a break and requested an urgent meeting with Don Jose, which I took with him, and while Frank presented his resignation from the committee, my dad couldn’t stop laughing. Finally, they both enjoyed a very long laugh.
I wish to sincerely thank Don Majeski and Victor Cota for their helpful guidance to write this article.
Thank you. I accept any comments, ideas, or recommendations at [email protected].
If your rankings are so dead on – why is canelo’s opponent TBA ?
You don’t care about rankings you goose, you care about sanctioning fee’s.
‘WBC – ruining more fights than they make’
Elbow, excellent point to bring up. What the WBC is not divulging is all the little stipulations and clauses where promoters can manipulate certain tune-up fights within a given time frame and still meet the guidelines to stay in the rankings. Yep, it’s red tape which also includes all the “BS” promoters place in fight contracts in one given match. This is a case where legal representation in a fighter’s team is a must. Yep, it’s all business just as much as it is boxing.
Pure horseshit!! Sulaiman only understands the Benjamin’s coming to his coffers.
The Jose who all them years ago tried to rob Buster Douglas win over MTyson.
Jose also got into trouble about Aztec artifacts he was trying to sell,of course he was doing it for the honor of his country/family.Those artifacts DID NOT belong to him.
“Behavior in their private life” is a consideration when ranking. WTF does that have to do with how good a boxer is in the ring?
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By Joe Koizumi
Photos by Naoki Fukuda
WBA top-ranked flyweight Seigo Yuri Akui (18-2-1, 11 KOs), 111.75, impressively scored a shutout decision (all 100-90) over previously unbeatenWBC#16 light flyweight Filipino Jason Vayson (10-1-1-1NC, 5 KOs), 111.5, over ten speedy rounds on Saturday in Tokyo, Japan. Having relinquished his national 112-pound belt after three successful defenses, the sturdy-built Akui kept a pressure on the fast-moving Filipino footworker with his heavy left jabs, steadily piling up points. The eighth and ninth saw Akui almost catch and finish the durable Vayson, who barely had a narrow escape. Akui, 27, may be a good opposition against either WBA titlist Artem Dalakian or WBO champ-to-be Jesse Rodriguez.
BoxRec: Seigo Yuri Akui
BoxRec: Jayson Vayson
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Too small to be boxing
I wish the world would do something special for floyed mayweather like they do when the honour other goats or greats he had done amazing things it’s crazy how the world don’t appreciate what he has done man I’m sitting here thinking about what he has done he changed the game stop playing give it up ya hurd lol that’s crazy come on don’t wait tell he is gone give it up now I’m begging please please
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David Goyer Shares Details About David Fincher’s Two-Hour ‘Blade’ Meeting: ‘It Was Such a Fleshed-Out Pitch’ – Yahoo Entertainment
David Fincher hasn’t worked on a blockbuster franchise since making his infamous directorial debut on “Alien 3” — a film that he has since disavowed due to what he saw as excessive studio interference — but he has flirted with taking on big properties on multiple occasions. He spent years developing an adaptation of Jules Verne’s “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea” for Disney with the intention of casting Brad Pitt. And more recently, he was briefly attached to direct Pitt in a “World War Z” sequel.
Fincher obsessives who are curious about his would-be blockbusters received an interesting tidbit this week when David Goyer made an appearance on the Happy Sad Confused podcast. Goyer is best known for writing DC movies for both Christopher Nolan and Zack Snyder, but he began his career as a superhero scribe by writing all three “Blade” movies. On the podcast, he revealed that he collaborated with Fincher to develop the first film, with the “Fight Club” director being considered to helm the project.
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“I developed a draft with Fincher before he had done ‘Se7en,’” Goyer said. “I think he had done ‘Alien 3’ and maybe he was developing ‘Se7en.’ I developed a draft with him. I remember going to our producers office… There was this giant conference table. Fincher laid out 40 to 50 books of photography and art with Post-It notes inside them. He said, ‘This is the movie.’”
Goyer revealed that Fincher pitched his vision for the film with predictably meticulous detail. While Fincher did not ultimately end up directing “Blade,” the screenwriter explained that his creative influence was felt throughout the finished product.
“[Fincher] took us on a two-hour tour around the table of the aesthetics of this scene, that character,” Goyer said. “It was such a fully fleshed-out visual pitch… I had never seen something like that before. A lot of that thinking infused my further revisions.”
Fincher’s next film, the Michael Fassbender-led serial killer drama “The Killer,” recently premiered at the 2023 Venice Film Festival. Netflix will release the film in theaters on Friday, October 27 before it begins streaming on Friday, November 10.
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By Boxing Bob Newman at ringside
In a highly skilled and very tactical fight, Junior Lightweights Abraham “Super” Nova and Adam “Blu Nose” Lopez lived up to the predictions that they might deliver the fight of the night. After three tactical rounds, things heated up in the fourth with a nice toe to toe exchange late in the round. In the fifth, a beautiful right-left-right combination deposited Lopez hard on his back. As Nova tried to cut off the ring and follow up on his advantage, he could be heard saying, “It’s my birthday…I got to get this win,” to a retreating Lopez. (It is in fact Nova’s 29th birthday). Nova was credited with another knockdown in the sixth, as Lopez tried to hold on after being raked along the ropes and stumbled to the canvas when he couldn’t keep his grip on a backpedaling Nova. Lopez managed to gather himself in the seventh and actually appeared to take the eighth, snapping Nova’s head with some beautiful combinations at the end of the round.
Nova was able to hop on his bicycle in the ninth and hold off a charging Lopez with his jab. The tenth and final round was something out of the movies. Both men teed off on each other seemingly non-Stop for easily two out of the three minutes that the round lasted. It was amazing that nobody went down, but Nova capped the round and the fight off by staggering Lopez with the final blows of the fight. Even though 2023 is only 14 days old, it will take some doing to pass this is the round of the year! The final scores were 97-91 and 98-90 twice, all for Nova who comes back with a hard fought win after his loss to Robeisy Ramirez last year, raising his record to 22-1 15 KOs. The hard luck Lopez falls to 16-4, KOs.
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Jr. Lightweight prospect Haven Brady, Jr. had a tougher than expected task in Colombian Ruben Cervera. While Brady looked to pick his shots, Cervera was landing a few of his own, bloodying Brady’s lower lip by the end of the second. It became a game of single shots where Brady would vocalize with each blow he threw. Seconds before the end of the fifth, Cervera nailed Brady with an overhand right that stunned him. Cervera tries to follow up and one of his blows did land after the bell, prompting a warning from referee Benjy Esteves, Jr. It appeared that Brady was a bit busier each in each round and really capped it off in the eighth and final round by controlling the ring and dictating the action to the final bell. The final tally read: 78-74, 79-73 and 80-72, all for Brady, Jr. who moves to 9-0, 4 KOs. Cervera slides to 13-4, 11 KOs.
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Local darling Bryce Mills, fighting in front of hometown fans for the first time in his young career put on a solid, workman like performance over tough Margarito Hernandez. Mills displayed excellent skills, footwork and angles in systematically controlling Hernandez over the six rounds. At the end of the second, referee Charlie Fitch called in the doctor to check for bleeding from the left ear of Hernandez, which turned out to be a cut just inside the ear and not internal bleeding from the eardrum. Try as he might Mills could not stop or even drop Hernandez and he did take a few shots from the gritty Washingtonian. In the end, all three judges saw it 60-54 for Mills 11-1, 4KOs. Hernandez slips under .500 at 3-4-1.
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Rising welterweight knockout artist Brian Norman, Jr. tried to blitz Rodrigo Coria in the opening round and almost pulled off the trick. Coria appeared out on his feet seconds into the about, the bottom strand of rope in the neutral corner holding him up, but referee Mark Nelson let matters continue when Coria fought back. Norman Jr. appeared to tire and then paced himself for the rest of the round, letting Coria off the hook. The pace slowed markedly the second, then Norman picked things up a little bit more in the third, but Coria did back Norman to the ropes with some good body work. Coria controlled the fourth with good jabs and body work again along the ropes.
The fifth round saw both men doing good work, each taking a turn controlling pieces of the action. In the seventh, Coria landed some telling headshots in rapid succession, buckling Norman’s knees and having him groggy along the ropes. Norman was able to escape and survive the round but the crowd was now revved up! Seconds into the eighth and final round, Norman had Coria in a neutral corner when he himself was clipped and buckled again. He quickly recovered encountered cleanly, dropping Coria to his knees and bringing the crowd to its feet. It wasn’t over though as Coria fought back and stunned Norman again along the ropes. There would be no knockout. The scores were 79-72 and 77-74 twice, all for Norman, Jr. who moves to 23-0, 19 KOs, while the gallant Coria falls to 10-5, 2 KOs.
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In the second fight of the night, featherweight prospect Bruce “Shu Shu” Carrington controlled Juan Antonio Lopez over 6 pedestrian rounds for a 60-54 sweep on all three judges’ scorecards. Lopez talked almost as much as he threw punches, trying to psych out the highly touted prospect Carrington. Neither fighter was hurt along the way. “Shu Shu” moves to 6-0, 3 KOs, while Lopez falls to 17-13-1, 7 KOs.
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In a rare battle of novice unbeatens, Dante Benjamin, Jr. took on Emmanueal Austin in a scheduled six round light heavyweight opener. After a half round of feeling each other out, Benjamin shook Austin with a combination, finally dropping him near his own corner. A follow-up barrage had Austin reeling, forcing referee Mark Nelson to stop matters at 2:50 of the opening stanza. Benjamin Jr is now 5-0, 3KOs, while Austin loses his first at 6-1, 6KO.
That’s a great win for Nova coming off a blowout loss.
I absolutely HATE when they put another sport on right before the fight because you know it’s going to run over. It’s worst when it’s baseball, but with all those timeouts at the end of close basketball games, those things can run on and on and on.
Let’s see him step it up now
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