What made* people rank Roman Gonzalez #1 P4P?

[LangfordBarrow]

And Roman might be the most exciting fighter out there.

That said I would have Bud p4p 1 not Andre.

Crawford needs bigger fights to pass Ward. It's within reach but I don't think he's quite there yet.

 

[WklySportsMemes]

I think this thread needs a clear cut definition of what P4P rankings started off as and what it means. People are just picking their favorite fighters without any good criteria.
P4P is about putting in work and earning it against other top guys.

 

[KillerIsBack V2]

...With Andre Ward, Sergey Kovalev, Canelo, GUILLERMO RIGONDEAUX, Keith Thurman, Terence Crawford, Vasyl Lomachenko, and Kell Brook around? I've only watched two of this guy's fights and in both he looked like an easily hit high volume puncher w/ a good chin (if you can call it that at midgetweight). I capitalized Guillermo Rigondeaux's name because he's closer than the rest to Gonzalez in weight, and I can't help but think that he'd obliterate him and break his jaw or fracture his orbital bone. What made Gonzalez #1?

Choclatito has stayed undefeated while winning world championships in 4 weight classes in a row. None of the guys you named have come even a half as close to that Don't be full of shit.

Also, and trust me on this, you don't know anything about boxing if u dare to mock his technique.

Guy gets headbutted all night to lose an MD and suddenly gets doubted online smh

 

[LangfordBarrow]

Choclatito has stayed undefeated while winning world championships in 4 weight classes in a row. None of the guys you named have come even a half as close to that Don't be full of shit.

Also, and trust me on this, you don't know anything about boxing if u dare to mock his technique.

Guy gets headbutted all night to lose an MD and suddenly gets doubted online smh

It would also help if you watched more than the guy's last two fights before making that opinion. Maybe he's slowing down, and giving up too much size, but it's not fair to discount his performances his previous 45 fights.

 

[kenji goh]

Analysts are just other fans. They have their biases too. Gonzalez gets hit clean all the time. I agree he's great, just not defensively.

We are all biased. I am biased. You are biased.

Analysts are as biased as you and me but they have the advantage that they pick up technique nuances.

I think Roman is the type of boxer who got fans because of respect to his technique and not the other way around.

 

[kenji goh]

Choclatito has stayed undefeated while winning world championships in 4 weight classes in a row. None of the guys you named have come even a half as close to that Don't be full of shit.

Also, and trust me on this, you don't know anything about boxing if u dare to mock his technique.

Guy gets headbutted all night to lose an MD and suddenly gets doubted online smh

A decision that almost everyone said it should have gone the other way and happened under the circumstances you mentioned.
He was intentionally headbutted all night. Even the knockdown in the first round was essentially caused by a headbutt.

 

[Mr2urbo]

What made people rank Gonzalez #1 p4p?

Because HBO said he was

 

[fightingrabbit]

eh, I think his defense was pretty weak last weekend. No way is he as good a defensive boxer as he is offensive.

I wouldn't say he's a defensive specialist but he was slipping a lot of punches on the inside while connecting pretty clean. Most of the damage he took was from headbutts.

Roman's a beast and a badass fighter, but he was getting caught pretty flush in that fight sans the headbutts.

 

[deathstalker]

What made people rank Gonzalez #1 p4p?

Because HBO said he was

Uhh no. He was ranked number 1 by almost all reputable boxing pundits, and with good reason. The guy was in his fourth weight class and was undefeated. Him "losing" doesn't undo his past accomplishments.

 

[1122]

He won his 1st title at 105 & his last at 115. That's 10 fucking pounds, basically 1 division in UFC. 4 divisions my ass boxing divisions are a joke.

 

[Undying Poster]

He won his 1st title at 105 & his last at 115. That's 10 fucking pounds, basically 1 division in UFC. 4 divisions my ass boxing divisions are a joke.

This. Boxing is dead. Rest in peas.

 

[Kovalev's "Man Bag"]

He won his 1st title at 105 & his last at 115. That's 10 fucking pounds, basically 1 division in UFC. 4 divisions my ass boxing divisions are a joke.

Look at what percentage that would be in body weight for him. It's "only" 10 pounds but for a very small fighter. I do agree that professional boxing has too many divisions though. There are currently 17 officially recognized divisions and up to 19 for some smaller sanctioning bodies that have a non-standard Super Cruiserweight and/or a Super Heavyweight division.

 

[Sunfish]

It's for safety reasons, but you already know that mr troll.