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By independent I meant the generic ones. As a recent example of the way this works, I just had Otto Von Porat get creamed by Muhammad Ali. For the loss, Von Porat got -1.2 points. However, prior to his loss to Ali, the 10th fight on Von Porat's record was a -13.5 loss to Denver Jack Geyer. So, by losing to Ali, the -1.2 points replaced the -13.5 and Von Porat shot up in the rankings despite getting utterly dominated.
As I understand it, the rationale for this rule is to allow fighters to climb up the rankings despite a lot of losses early in their careers and, conversely, to stop fighters who won big early from staying at the top of the rankings despite a career slide later on. Under the old system, it was very difficult to overtake a fighter who had built up a lot of early wins or to bounce back from a troubled start.
As for the individual sanctioning bodies, I don't know whether they use the 10 fight rule or not.
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