{"id":623039,"date":"2026-04-23T10:10:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T10:10:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/623039\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T10:10:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T10:10:23","slug":"boxing-news-today-best-fighter-in-the-world-is-american-de-la-hoya-on-benn-vs-garcia-more-who-is-the-worlds-best-fighter-boxing-legend-has-the-answer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/623039\/","title":{"rendered":"Boxing News Today: Best Fighter in the World is American, de la Hoya on Benn vs Garcia, & More Who is The World’s Best Fighter? Boxing Legend Has The Answer"},"content":{"rendered":"

The best fighter in the world is American.<\/p>\n

For many, the picks are obvious. And both of the consensus top two are foreign.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s Oleksandr Usyk, the two-weight champion who unified cruiserweight and heavyweight, while beating a who\u2019s who of top tier fighters across both divisions. Usyk, a Ukraine king, takes a rare novelty bout next as he fights Rico Verhoeven.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s also Naoya Inoue who, like Usyk, is a bona fide pound-for-pound sensation, taking power, speed, and accuracy through multiple weight classes while booking big fights and delivering fan friendly performances. He returns to the ring May 2, weeks before Usyk vs Verhoeven, against fellow Japanese fighter Junto Nakatani.<\/p>\n

But for Timothy Bradley, neither Usyk or Inoue are the No.1 fighters.<\/p>\n

\u201cShakur Stevenson is the best fighter in the world,\u201d said Bradley on his YouTube channel. \u201cHe ain\u2019t got the accolades of an Usyk, in terms of undisputed and all of that s***, he ain\u2019t done all of that s*** that Inoue did in the lower weight classes.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo, he ain\u2019t done none of that, but he is a four-division world champion and he is the best fighter in the world.\u201d <\/p>\n

Beyond Stevenson\u2019s in-ring exploits against William Zepeda and Teofimo Lopez are the numbers. When it comes to category leaders in the vaunted plus-minus vertical, Stevenson is top. <\/p>\n

The plus-minus category is calculated by taking how many times you hit and subtracting how many times you get hit. So, if you hit 20 and get hit 10 then you\u2019re at +10. Whereas hitting 10 but getting hit 20 means -10.<\/p>\n

Stevenson is a +21 \u2014 almost five points clear of the No.2 in the leaderboard, Dmitry Bivol, on +16.9. David Benavidez is third (+16.7), Jesse \u2018Bam\u2019 Rodriguez is fourth (+15.8), and Lamont Roach is fifth (+13.9).<\/p>\n

\u201cHe gets touch the least, out of any fighter in the world. He the best fighter in the world. Period.\u201d<\/p>\n

Timothy Bradley glazes Shakur Stevenson<\/p>\n

Oscar de la Hoya Responds to Conor Benn on Ryan Garcia Fight<\/p>\n

\"Ryan<\/p>\n

Oscar de la Hoya, who on Wednesday spoke in the Senate against proposed changes to boxing through the Muhammad Ali American Boxing Revival Act, also found time to respond to Conor Benn, who has been calling for a box office bout against Golden Boy Promotions blue chip Ryan Garcia.<\/p>\n

There is, of course, a little problem with Benn\u2019s promotional affiliation, a dispute over the belts, and not even mentioning de la Hoya\u2019s beef with Zuffa Boxing boss Dana White.<\/p>\n

\u201cConor Benn you went on a press tour saying you want to fight Ryan Garcia and every other champion.<\/p>\n

\u201cHow the f*** do you plan to do that when you\u2019re signed to Zuffa, who only let you fight for their unicorn POS belt?\u201d<\/p>\n

Maybe the Benn vs Garcia fight negotiation will go as well as Ortiz vs Boots.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The best fighter in the world is American. For many, the picks are obvious. And both of the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":623040,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,49,48,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-623039","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-boxing","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623039","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=623039"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623039\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/623040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=623039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=623039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=623039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}