Strongly agree with bear on this. I'm not nearly as knowledgeable in all aspects of the game and rating fighters as some. At whatever era, I'll look at whom beat the fighter I'm rating, whom he "did" beat. Then the quality of the fighters opponents that beat or lost to the fighter I'm rating.
One thing that always bothered me is when I see a fighter that Has a high "Hit Power" rating and then as I look at his record he/she won 9 of 12 bouts by KO/TKO vs a card filler or a fighter who has worse odd's of winning than the state lottery! Maybe just 2 or 3 bouts.
I guess if you go strictly by the game #'s that's correct, but a 9 Hit Power ! ....REALLY ??!!
I even look at KO vs TKO (that's really the same thing I guess. Consider cut's, or other injuries ect.) Depending on the fighter & number of bout's I sometimes may give a slight increase in "Absorb Punishment"
with a higher if any increase in "Chin vs Knockdown" Defense. So I may be totally wrong on that but I do take it into consideration.
As for the other area's, I almost always give every fighter a 1 Hitting Power, especially on the heavier weights. (not always) Same with 3 pt Punches, at least .25. (again, not always.)
The Arc of Boxing - I really have to find this book! (Online site?)
I'll stop rambling on now.
