Remember when Brock was ranked above Wladimir in boxrec? Is this really an unbaised website?

Answer 1

Boxrec ratings are far from perfect but their saving grace is that they are better than any of the alternatives. They explain their formula in detail so not only are they objective but they are also open to verification, who else does that ?
The trouble with objective ratings is that they sometimes seem counter intuitive and some people don't understand that. I think the best way to look at them is by comparison to the corrupt sanctioning bodies or the joke computer ratings of the IBO, then you realize what a Godsend boxrec is.
Simon Sutton

Answer 2

It is all formula driven but sometimes the formula spit out crazy stuff. I remember after Gatti was destroyed by Floyd he was still in the top 3. It doesn't quantify the quality of wins or losses right. I don't think the formulas are spelled out anywhere sometimes they come out okay but most of the time a human being can do better in rankings.

Answer 3

well it is unbiased in the sense that no human consideration is used..its a complex and very effective mathematical formula..kind of like what is used in chess rankings..but it doesnt always work "right".... i remember checking out their list of "all time heavyweights" it was pathetic..they had some unknown who never held a belt ranked 1 over ali...louis, dempsey, all those guys...but he had alot of fights..they have thigtened up the all time list though so its almost right on....

Answer 4

i don' think it is, it just has some weird method of looking at the records and their stats like fights, wins, losses and rank them like that. i wouldn't rely only boxrec to see ranked fighters, i usually got to fightnews.com and they have a pretty accurate list of ranked fighters.

Answer 5

Go to espn.com