There are changes in two divisions this week with the release of The Ring‘s ratings update.
It was a fairly low-key weekend for boxing but on Saturday night Joshua Buatsi and Zach Parker headlined a card full to the brim with light heavyweight hopefuls on DAZN.
Buatsi won by majority decision after a tame 10 rounds of action in Manchester but the result was a controversial one, with commentators, pundits and fans slamming the judges’ scoring in the aftermath. Two scores read 96-94 for Buatsi while the other was 95-95 even.
On the undercard, Bradley Rea lost his 175-pound European title to Lyndon Arthur despite scoring an early knockdown, and Troy Jones dropped a contentious decision to Liam Cameron.
Down at strawweight, Melvin Jerusalem defended his WBC title with a unanimous decision victory over Siyakholwa Kuse
Scroll down to read the alterations made.
*Bold/italics denotes movement in the division.
Light heavyweight
Joshua Buatsi drops from No. 5 to No. 8. Imam Khataev, David Morrell and Albert Ramirez move up a spot.
C DMITRY BIVOL Russia 24-1-0 (12 KOs)
1 ARTUR BETERBIEV Russia 21-1-0 (20 KOs)
2 DAVID BENAVIDEZ U.S. 30-0-0 (24 KOs)
3 CALLUM SMITH U.K. 31-2-0 (22 KOs)
4 ANTHONY YARDE U.K. 27-3-0 (24 KOs)
5 ALBERT RAMIREZ Venezuela 22-0-0 (19 KOs)
6 DAVID MORRELL Cuba 12-1-0 (9 KOs)
7 IMAM KHATAEV Australia 10-1-0 (9 KOs)
8 JOSHUA BUATSI U.K. 20-1-0 (13 KOs)
9 OLEKSANDR GVOZDYK Ukraine 21-2-0 (17 KOs)
10 WILLY HUTCHINSON U.K. 19-2-0 (14 KOs)
Strawweight
Ryusei Matsumoto moves up one spot to No. 4. Siyakholwa Kuse drops a pot to No. 5.
C OSCAR COLLAZO U.S. 13-0-0 (10 KOs)
1 MELVIN JERUSALEM Philippines 25-3-0 (12 KOs)
2 PEDRO TADURAN Philippines 19-4-1 (13 KOs)
3 KNOCKOUT CP FRESHMART Thailand 28-1-0 (11 KOs)
4 RYUSEI MATSUMOTO Japan 7-0-0 (4 KOs)
5 SIYAKHOLWA KUSE S. Africa 9-3-1 (4 KOs)
6 JOEY CANOY Philippines 24-5-2 (15 KOs)
7 TAKESHI ISHII Japan 11-1-0 (8 KOs)
8 YUNI TAKADA Japan 16-9-3 (6 KOs)
9 VIC SALUDAR Philippines 26-6-0 (16 KOs)
10 BEAVEN SIBANDA Zimbabwe 9-1-0 (3 KOs)