Last weekend was a high-profile one for boxing as one of its biggest stars Ryan Garcia returned to the ring, headlining “The Ring: High Stakes” at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Garcia’s return was a fruitful one as he dropped and outpointed a tough Mario Barrios to claim the WBC welterweight title.
On the undercard, Gary Antuanne Russell retained his WBA junior welterweight strap with a unanimous decision victory over Andy Hiraoka.
Fellow 140-pounders Frank Martin and Nahir Albright fought to a draw while 168-pounder Bektemir Melikuziev impressed as he stopped Sena Agbeko in the seventh round of their non-title bout.
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*Bold/italics denotes movement in the division.
Super middleweight
Bektemir Melikuziev enters the list at No. 10. Bruno Surace drops out.
C (vacant)
1 CANELO ALVAREZ Mexico 63-3-2 (39 KOs)
2 OSLEYS IGLESIAS Cuba 14-0-0 (13 KOs)
3 CHRISTIAN MBILLI France 29-0-1 (24 KOs)
4 LESTER MARTINEZ Guatemala 19-0-1 (16 KOs)
5 DIEGO PACHECO U.S. 25-0-0 (18 KOs)
6 JOSE ARMANDO RESENDIZ WBA Mexico 16-2-0 (11 KOs)
7 CALEB PLANT U.S. 23-3-0 (14 KOs)
8 HAMZAH SHEERAZ U.K. 22-0-1 (18 KOs)
9 JACOB BANK Denmark 18-0-0 (10 KOs)
10 BEKTEMIR MELIKUZIEV Uzbekistan 17-1-0 (11 KOs)
Welterweight
Ryan Garcia enters at No. 4. As a result, previously unranked Rolando Romero, who beat Garcia last year, enters at No. 5. When Romero beat Garcia last May, both men were unranked. Garcia’s win over Barrios was against a ranked opponent.
Barrios, previously No. 9, and Alexis Rocha (inactivity) exit the list.
C (vacant)
1 DEVIN HANEY U.S. 33-0-0 (15 KOs)
2 BRIAN NORMAN JR. U.S. 28-1-0 (22 KOs)
3 EIMANTAS STANIONIS Lithuania 16-1-0 (9 KOs)
4 RYAN GARCIA U.S. 25-2-0 (20 KOs)
5 ROLANDO ROMERO U.S. 17-2-0 (13 KOs)
6 ROHAN POLANCO Dom. Rep. 17-0-0 (10 KOs)
7 SHAKHRAM GIYASOV Uzbekistan 17-0-0 (10 KOs)
8 RAUL CURIEL Mexico 17-0-1 (14 KOs)
9 JACK CATTERALL U.K. 32-2-0 (14 KOs)
10 TIGER JOHNSON U.S. 17-0-0 (8 KOs)
Junior welterweight
Gary Antuanne Russell rises a spot to No. 6 and Arnold Barboza drops one place to No. 7.
C SHAKUR STEVENSON U.S. 25-0-0 (11 KOs)
1 DALTON SMITH U.K. 19-0-0 (14 KOs)
2 RICHARDSON HITCHINS U.S. 20-0-0 (8 KOs)
3 KEYSHAWN DAVIS U.S. 14-0-0 (10 KOs)
4 TEOFIMO LOPEZ U.S. 22-2-0 (13 KOs)
5 ALBERTO PUELLO Dom. Rep. 24-1-0 (10 KOs)
6 GARY ANTUANNE RUSSELL U.S. 19-1-0 (17 KOs)
7 ARNOLD BARBOZA U.S. 32-1-0 (11 KOs)
8 SANDOR MARTIN Spain 43-4-0 (15 KOs)
9 SUBRIEL MATIAS Puerto Rico 23-3-0 (22 KOs)
10 ADAM AZIM U.K. 14-0-0 (11 KOs)