The 'Boxing News' Magazine thread.

[W1LL]

Just been reading their 2017 Review and the Rankings are a joke. Particularly the British ones.

British Fighters of the Year
01.) Anthony Joshua
02.) Billy Joe Saunders
03.) George Groves
04.) Ryan Burnett
05.) Chris Eubank Jr.
06.) Lee Selby
07.) Tony Bellew
08.) Josh Taylor
09.) Liam Smith
10.) Kal Yafai

British Fights of the Year
01.) Anthony Joshua vs. Wladimir Klitschko
02.) Conor Benn vs. Cedrick Peynaud
03.) Darryll Williams vs. Jahmaine Smyle I
04.) Josh Leather vs. Glenn Foot
05.) Liam Smith vs. Liam Williams I

International Fighters of the Year
01.) Srisaket Sor Rungvisai
02.) Gennady Golovkin
03.) Vasyl Lomachenko
04.) Andre Ward
05.) Errol Spence Jr.
06.) Terence Crawford
07.) Leo Santa Cruz
08.) Keith Thurman
09.) Caleb Truax
10.) Sadam Ali

International Fights of the Year
01.) Srisaket Sor Rungvisai vs. Roman Gonzalez I
02.) Gennady Golovkin vs. Saul Alvarez
03.) James DeGale vs. Badou Jack
04.) Dominic Breazeale vs. Izuagbe Ugonoh
05.) David Benavidez vs. Ronald Gavril

Upsets of the Year
01.) Caleb Truax vs. James DeGale
02.) Jeff Horn vs. Manny Pacquiao
03.) Sadam Ali vs. Miguel Cotto
04.) Srisaket Sor Rungvisai vs. Roman Gonzalez I
05.) Tony Bellew vs. David Haye

[The Conundrum]

Far too obvious that they get paid off by Matchroom now. Shambolic & embarassing

[W1LL]

Far too obvious that they get paid off by Matchroom now. Shambolic & embarassing

That is exactly what I thought, wanted to see if anyone else agreed.

[Clegg]

Haven't picked it up in the while but usually prefer it to the monthly mags. Will take a look next time I get a chance and see if I see the Hearn bias. Shame if it's true but wouldn't surprise me, 'give us positive coverage and we'll give you more access to our fighters/shows' kind of deal.

[W1LL]

Ryan Burnett unifying the Bantamweight titles didn't even make their British Fights of the Year list. He unified the same titles that Anthony Joshua unified. Instead they put Conor Benn getting a gift decision as the second best British fight of the year... In fact, their #2, #3, #4 and #5 all had controversial/disputed outcomes. Also, if Billy Joe Saunders' win doesn't count as a British Fight, then surely it should rank as an International Fight? Those kind of masterclasses come along very infrequently.

[W1LL]

Frank Buglioni vs. Ricky Summers was a much better fight than #2, #3, #4 and #5. Robbie Barrett vs. Lewis Ritson was a tremendous breakout performance.

[Randall Cunning]

Ryan Burnett doesnt get enough respect, won a title and unified, and people kicking off hes not heading straight into another unification coming off an injury. No doubt wants to have a couple of money fights, Butler, and unify the WBA with McDonnell, cant really complain if thats what he does, hes earned it imo. Go for the WBC after, no chance Tete happens.

[OctoberRed]

Ryan Burnett doesnt get enough respect, won a title and unified, and people kicking off hes not heading straight into another unification coming off an injury. No doubt wants to have a couple of money fights, Butler, and unify the WBA with McDonnell, cant really complain if thats what he does, hes earned it imo. Go for the WBC after, no chance Tete happens.

Hearn practically admitted that Tete was way too much risk without the reward.