The significant news sees movement at light heavyweight after a controversial contest in Canada on Thursday night.<\/p>\n
Albert Ramirez<\/a> retained his WBA interim title with a split decision over Lerrone Richards<\/a>, though the Venezuelan drops six places to No. 9 having been fortunate to remain unbeaten on the scorecards. Imam Khataev<\/a> avoided a stunning upset himself, regrouping after a flash knockdown to stop Mickael Diallo on the undercard.Richards<\/a> is one of the week’s new entrants, slotting a place above him at No. 8 with The Ring’s Dec Taylor reporting the 33-year-old plans to appeal the decision<\/a> with the WBA and seek an immediate rematch from a bout many believed he won quite comfortably. In the lower weight divisions, on a stacked card Saturday in Japan, Masamichi Yabuki retained his IBF flyweight title with a wide decision against Rene Calixto<\/a>.On the undercard, it was fifth time lucky for Andrew Moloney who outfought Willibaldo Garcia<\/a> during a tense tussle to wrestle away IBF 115-pound honors, while Michael Angeletti recovered from an early knockdown to outbox Kenneth Llover in a battle of unbeaten bantamweights.Moloney’s new mandatory Sikho Nqothole<\/a> rises into the top 10, while Filipino youngster Arvin Paciones cracks the flyweight class after a career-best win last month with two notable names shifting weight divisions. Elsewhere at flyweight, Abraham Perez will headline a DAZN<\/a> show this weekend against WBA interim beltholder Jonathan Gonzalez knowing bigger bouts beckon.The same can be said for The Ring’s No. 4 pound-for-pound boxer and unified champion Jesse Rodriguez<\/a> moving up in weight again to face WBA bantamweight beltholder Antonio Vargas<\/a>.The lure of a clash with Ring champion Jai Opetaia<\/a> excites former WBO cruiserweight champion Chris Billam-Smith<\/a>, who retained his high divisional status after being the first to stop Ryan Rozicki in Zuffa Boxing’s first UK offering on Saturday night<\/a>. Five divisions have changes this time around, so scroll down to read the breakdown.<\/p>\n *Bold\/italics denotes movement in the division.<\/p>\n Cruiserweight<\/p>\n Rozicki drops two places to No. 8, with former champion Jack and European titleholder Riley rising a place each.<\/p>\n C JAI OPETAIA RING Australia 30-0-0 (23 KOs)<\/p>\n 1 DAVID BENAVIDEZ WBA, WBO U.S. 32-0-0 (26 KOs) <\/p>\n 2 GILBERTO RAMIREZ Mexico 48-2-0 (30 KOs)<\/p>\n 3 CHRIS BILLAM-SMITH U.K. 22-2-0 (14 KOs)<\/p>\n 4 MICHAL CIESLAK Poland 28-2-0 (22 KOs)<\/p>\n 5 NOEL MIKAELIAN WBC Armenia 28-3-0 (12 KOs)<\/p>\n 6 BADOU JACK Sweden 29-4-3 (17 KOs)<\/p>\n 7 VIDDAL RILEY U.K. 14-0-0 (7 KOs)<\/p>\n 8 RYAN ROZICKI Canada 21-2-1 (20 KOs)<\/p>\n 9 LEONARDO MOSQUEA France 18-0-0 (11 KOs)<\/p>\n 10 ROBIN SIRWAN SAFAR Sweden 20-0-0 (13 KOs)<\/p>\n Light heavyweight<\/p>\n