Here's my pound-for-pound list. I take into account ability and accomplishment. The previous list was posted on December 28, 2019.
1. Saul Alvarez (53-1-2, 36 KOs) [1]
2. Vasiliy Lomachenko (14-1, 10 KOs) [2]
3. Naoya Inoue (19-0, 16 KOs) [3]
4. Terence Crawford (36-0, 27 KOs) [4]
5. Errol Spence (26-0, 21 KOs) [5]
6. Gennady Golovkin (40-1-1, 35 KOs) [6]
7. Olexandr Usyk (17-0, 13 KOs) [7]
8. Leo Santa Cruz (36-1-1, 19 KOs) [8]
9. Josh Taylor (16-0, 12 KOs) [9]
10. Jose Ramirez (25-0, 17 KOs) [10]
No changes in the list. January was a relatively slow month and then boxing stopped in early March because of the coronavirus-19.
Sunday, April 26, 2020
Saturday, April 25, 2020
World Leader Power Rankings
Here's the new power rankings of world leaders. The last one was posted on March 22.
1. As coronavirs-19 continues to stay in the forefront of everything, Ardern has again succeeded. All the more impressive is that her country is doing so well as a democracy. She nipped it int he bud and didn't need to use the heavy-handed tactics of Xi in China.
2. For the first time since this list began, Xi has slipped out of the top spot. It seemed like only a new American president would be able to accomplish the feat, but Xi's covering up of the severity of the virus has been devastating to the world. It's hard to justify keeping him number one. Plus his buddy Kim Jong-un seems to be on death's door.
3. Lee has needed the tactics of an autocrat to battle the virus, but by most accounts, the country is fighting it effectively.
4. South Korea has been at the forefront of testing for the virus. Moon's country even sold the U.S. state of Maryland tests when the American federal government turned the state away.
5. Merkel has come a long way back up this list. Her scientific background and honest statements about what she knows and doesn't know has given her rave reviews.
6. While Putin has tried to extend his rule for life, the coronavirus may have other plans. Putin can control the media, but not the virus.
7. Abe hasn't been perfect and Japanese society tends to be disciplined and good at disasters, but the country has to be dealing with the virus well.
8. Iceland doesn't have too many people, but they're taken an active role in trying to help understand the virus. Katrin's country has also done well to staunch the spread of the virus.
9. Trong's Vietnam has also done well to combat the virus. Restrictions were eased without a single virus-related death.
10. Even the country of Georgeia has done better than some so-called developed nations.
| Rank | Leader | Country | Previous Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jacida Ardern | New Zealand | 6 |
| 2 | Xi Jingping | China | 1 |
| 3 | Lee Hsien Loong | Singapore | 2 |
| 4 | Moon Jae-in | South Korea | 3 |
| 5 | Angela Merkel | Germany | Not Ranked |
| 6 | Vladimir Putin | Russia | 4 |
| 7 | Shinzo Abe | Japan | 9 |
| 8 | Katrin Jakobsdottir | Iceland | Not Ranked |
| 9 | Nguyen Phu Trong | Vietnam | Not Ranked |
| 10 | Giorgi Gakharim | Georgia | Not Ranked |
1. As coronavirs-19 continues to stay in the forefront of everything, Ardern has again succeeded. All the more impressive is that her country is doing so well as a democracy. She nipped it int he bud and didn't need to use the heavy-handed tactics of Xi in China.
2. For the first time since this list began, Xi has slipped out of the top spot. It seemed like only a new American president would be able to accomplish the feat, but Xi's covering up of the severity of the virus has been devastating to the world. It's hard to justify keeping him number one. Plus his buddy Kim Jong-un seems to be on death's door.
3. Lee has needed the tactics of an autocrat to battle the virus, but by most accounts, the country is fighting it effectively.
4. South Korea has been at the forefront of testing for the virus. Moon's country even sold the U.S. state of Maryland tests when the American federal government turned the state away.
5. Merkel has come a long way back up this list. Her scientific background and honest statements about what she knows and doesn't know has given her rave reviews.
6. While Putin has tried to extend his rule for life, the coronavirus may have other plans. Putin can control the media, but not the virus.
7. Abe hasn't been perfect and Japanese society tends to be disciplined and good at disasters, but the country has to be dealing with the virus well.
8. Iceland doesn't have too many people, but they're taken an active role in trying to help understand the virus. Katrin's country has also done well to staunch the spread of the virus.
9. Trong's Vietnam has also done well to combat the virus. Restrictions were eased without a single virus-related death.
10. Even the country of Georgeia has done better than some so-called developed nations.
Wednesday, April 08, 2020
Don't Judge Robin Vos Harshly
Robin Vos is the Speaker of the Wisconsin Assembly and has worked tirelessly to make sure that voters were allowed to come out and cast their ballots in person yesterday during the covid-19 pandemic.
"You are incredibly safe to go out," Vos told voters in his state. "Actually, there's less exposure here than you would get if you went to the grocery store, or if you went to Walmart, or you did any of the many things we have to do to live in the state of Wisconsin," Vos declared while covered from ears to toes in protective garb.
Vos is not the heartless asshole he appears to be. Yes, he pushed to have the election on Tuesday instead of at a later date in a cynical ploy to keep a conservative majority on the state supreme court. Ironically, the majority is important because a voting rights case is coming up and Vos is counting on a conservative majority on the court to purge the rolls of "less desirable" voters.
Ok, I know, that explanation didn't help. Vos looks like a maniacal killer now. If he cared so much about voting that he would force the citizens of his state to choose between their health and their right to vote, it doesn't really make sense that he would work so hard to disenfranchise voters. And don't tell me it has something to do with voter fraud, which is an infinitesimally small problem; it's about pushing a swing state red. I forgot where I was going with this.
So maybe Vos is a horrendous human being, placing party above people. But here are some fun facts about "Cruel Boss" Vos:
Vos lets out audible flatulence and then indignantly cries out, "What's that smell?" without a hint of self-awareness.
Vos parks in two handicap spaces at once- without a permit- because, "I was only going to be a minute."
Vos purposely leaves his fly down when he has meetings with women and then blames them for "sneaking a peak."
Vos and Reince Priebus have seen each other's dick... many, many times.
Vos proudly proclaims, "Marriage is between one man and one woman!" In his case, it's between one man and three women. But who's counting? I am. One, two, three.
Vos named his fantasy football team the "Racine Racists" in 2014 to "be ironic." You're a racist from Racine, Robin; that's not how irony works.
Vos told the voters of Wisconsin that it is incredibly safe to vote while wearing full protective gear! While trying to suppress citizens' right to vote!!
"You are incredibly safe to go out," Vos told voters in his state. "Actually, there's less exposure here than you would get if you went to the grocery store, or if you went to Walmart, or you did any of the many things we have to do to live in the state of Wisconsin," Vos declared while covered from ears to toes in protective garb.
Vos is not the heartless asshole he appears to be. Yes, he pushed to have the election on Tuesday instead of at a later date in a cynical ploy to keep a conservative majority on the state supreme court. Ironically, the majority is important because a voting rights case is coming up and Vos is counting on a conservative majority on the court to purge the rolls of "less desirable" voters.
Ok, I know, that explanation didn't help. Vos looks like a maniacal killer now. If he cared so much about voting that he would force the citizens of his state to choose between their health and their right to vote, it doesn't really make sense that he would work so hard to disenfranchise voters. And don't tell me it has something to do with voter fraud, which is an infinitesimally small problem; it's about pushing a swing state red. I forgot where I was going with this.
So maybe Vos is a horrendous human being, placing party above people. But here are some fun facts about "Cruel Boss" Vos:
Vos lets out audible flatulence and then indignantly cries out, "What's that smell?" without a hint of self-awareness.
Vos parks in two handicap spaces at once- without a permit- because, "I was only going to be a minute."
Vos purposely leaves his fly down when he has meetings with women and then blames them for "sneaking a peak."
Vos and Reince Priebus have seen each other's dick... many, many times.
Vos proudly proclaims, "Marriage is between one man and one woman!" In his case, it's between one man and three women. But who's counting? I am. One, two, three.
Vos named his fantasy football team the "Racine Racists" in 2014 to "be ironic." You're a racist from Racine, Robin; that's not how irony works.
Vos told the voters of Wisconsin that it is incredibly safe to vote while wearing full protective gear! While trying to suppress citizens' right to vote!!
Friday, April 03, 2020
Governor Brian Kemp is Learning a Lot This Week
Brian Kemp, the governor of Georgia, recently purchased a Netflix subscription in mid-February. Since then, he's been catching up on all the binge-worthy tv shows he's missed and hasn't been able to stay up-to-date on all the latest happenings with the coronavirus. So, Kemp can be excused for saying, "Individuals can be infected and begin to spread coronavirus earlier than previously thought, even if they have no symptoms. Those individuals could have been infecting people before they ever felt bad," at a press conference yesterday announcing a stay at home order for his state. "We didn't know that until the last 24 hours."
The "we" in Governor Kemp's last sentence was of course, his cute corgi called Jefferson Davis Kemp, the only other creature on the planet who didn't know that asymptomatic people could spread the virus when Kemp gave his press conference.
Governor Kemp has received a lot of flack as a leader who literally didn't know the first thing about the pandemic ravaging his state, his country, and his world. Kemp took the criticism to heart. He has holed himself up in the governor's mansion and has set out to "fill in the gaps" of his knowledge base.
Obviously, the governor knows that Santa Claus isn't real, but within the last 24 hours, Kemp has learned that the Easter Bunny is also not real. He always assumed it was a Jewish conspiracy. It all dated back to when he was a kid and the Easter Bunny would give little boy Brian a basket of Easter candy. But when Brian grew up and procreated, he was distraught to discover that his own three children never received their Easter baskets of candy. He was told today that the Easter Bunny is not real, that parents typically supply the baskets of candy, and that there was no vast Jewish conspiracy to deprive his God-fearing Jesus-loving children of baby chicken-shaped marshmallow fluff.
Within the last day, Kemp has also learned that tomatoes aren't poisonous, it was the lead plates; vaccines don't cause autism, but they do prevent diseases; climate change is real and human-made; trickle-down economics doesn't work, it only perpetuates income inequality; and there isn't a hidden trove of quarters lodged behind his ear. It was all just sleight of hand... much like the appearance that he was a competent governor.
The "we" in Governor Kemp's last sentence was of course, his cute corgi called Jefferson Davis Kemp, the only other creature on the planet who didn't know that asymptomatic people could spread the virus when Kemp gave his press conference.
Governor Kemp has received a lot of flack as a leader who literally didn't know the first thing about the pandemic ravaging his state, his country, and his world. Kemp took the criticism to heart. He has holed himself up in the governor's mansion and has set out to "fill in the gaps" of his knowledge base.
Obviously, the governor knows that Santa Claus isn't real, but within the last 24 hours, Kemp has learned that the Easter Bunny is also not real. He always assumed it was a Jewish conspiracy. It all dated back to when he was a kid and the Easter Bunny would give little boy Brian a basket of Easter candy. But when Brian grew up and procreated, he was distraught to discover that his own three children never received their Easter baskets of candy. He was told today that the Easter Bunny is not real, that parents typically supply the baskets of candy, and that there was no vast Jewish conspiracy to deprive his God-fearing Jesus-loving children of baby chicken-shaped marshmallow fluff.
Within the last day, Kemp has also learned that tomatoes aren't poisonous, it was the lead plates; vaccines don't cause autism, but they do prevent diseases; climate change is real and human-made; trickle-down economics doesn't work, it only perpetuates income inequality; and there isn't a hidden trove of quarters lodged behind his ear. It was all just sleight of hand... much like the appearance that he was a competent governor.
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