Heavyweight (Limit: None)<\/p>\n
Last
\n Rank
\n Name
\n Record<\/p>\n
1
\n 1
\n Oleksandr Usyk
\n 24-0-0 (15)<\/p>\n
2
\n 2
\n Agit Kabayel
\n 26-0-0 (18)<\/p>\n
3
\n 3
\n Joseph Parker
\n 36-3-0 (24)<\/p>\n
4
\n 4
\n Daniel Dubois
\n 22-3-0 (21)<\/p>\n
6
\n 5
\n Derek Chisora
\n 36-13-0 (23)<\/p>\n
7
\n 6
\n Fabio Wardley
\n 19-0-1 (18)<\/p>\n
8
\n 7
\n Filip Hrgovic
\n 19-1-0 (14)<\/p>\n
9
\n 8
\n Moses Itauma
\n 13-0-0 (11)<\/p>\n
10
\n 9
\n Efe Ajagba
\n 20-1-1 (14)<\/p>\n
NR
\n 10
\n Zhilei Zhang
\n 27-3-1 (22)<\/p>\n
Titles: WBC – Oleksandr Usyk, WBA – Oleksandr Usyk, IBF – Oleksandr Usyk, WBO – Oleksandr UsykUpcoming Notable Fights: Dave Allen vs Arslanbek Makhmudov, 10\/11 \u2026 Alexis Barriere vs Guido Vianello, 10\/11 \u2026 Damian Knyba vs Joey Dawejko, 10\/18 \u2026 Ahmed Krnjic vs Keaton Gomes, 10\/19 \u2026 (3) Joseph Parker vs (6) Fabio Wardley, 10\/25 … Frazer Clarke vs Jeamie TKV, 10\/25 … Lenier Pero vs Jordan Thompson, 11\/1 \u2026 Otto Wallin vs TBA, 11\/7 \u2026 Kem Ljungquist vs Benoit Huber, 11\/14<\/p>\n
Notes: Anthony Joshua is officially inactive after a year and counting layoff, plus having nothing on the schedule right now. That leaves two major players in Joshua and Tyson Fury, who are probably going to wind up fighting again but are currently not listed in the top 10, because one of them is inactive and the other keeps saying he\u2019s retired even though very few people truly believe him.<\/p>\n
The one big fight we know is coming by the end of 2025 is coming this month, with Joseph Parker facing Fabio Wardley on October 25. I\u2019d expect we\u2019ll see Kabayel out again, probably, and Itauma will fight in December, maybe against Hrgovic, we\u2019ll see how that all shakes out.<\/p>\n
Cruiserweight (Limit: 200)<\/p>\n
Last
\n Rank
\n Name
\n Record<\/p>\n
1
\n 1
\n Jai Opetaia
\n 28-0-0 (22)<\/p>\n
2
\n 2
\n Zurdo Ramirez
\n 48-1-0 (30)<\/p>\n
3
\n 3
\n Chris Billam-Smith
\n 21-2-0 (13)<\/p>\n
4
\n 4
\n Badou Jack
\n 29-3-3 (17)<\/p>\n
5
\n 5
\n Noel Mikaelyan
\n 27-3-0 (12)<\/p>\n
6
\n 6
\n Michal Cieslak
\n 28-2-0 (22)<\/p>\n
7
\n 7
\n Yuniel Dorticos
\n 27-3-0 (25)<\/p>\n
8
\n 8
\n Ryan Rozicki
\n 20-1-1 (19)<\/p>\n
9
\n 9
\n Yamil Peralta
\n 17-1-1 (9)<\/p>\n
10
\n 10
\n Mateusz Masternak
\n 49-6-0 (32)<\/p>\n
Titles: WBC – Badou Jack, WBA – Gilberto \u201cZurdo\u201d Ramirez, IBF – Jai Opetaia, WBO – Gilberto \u201cZurdo\u201d RamirezUpcoming Notable Fights: Michiel Partoens vs Viktor Agateljan, 10\/10 \u2026 (8) Ryan Rozicki vs Akani Phuzi, 10\/25 \u2026 Ilunga Junior Makabu vs TBA, 10\/30 \u2026 Karim Maatalla vs Stanley Johnson, 11\/8 \u2026 Imran Haddabah vs Guillermo Ruben Andino, 11\/14 \u2026 (1) Jai Opetaia vs Huseyin Cinkara, 12\/6 \u2026 Muhsin Cason vs Nick Kisner, 12\/6<\/p>\n
Light Heavyweight (Limit: 175)<\/p>\n
Last
\n Rank
\n Name
\n Record<\/p>\n
1
\n 1
\n Dmitry Bivol
\n 24-1-0 (12)<\/p>\n
2
\n 2
\n Artur Beterbiev
\n 21-1-0 (20)<\/p>\n
3
\n 3
\n David Benavidez
\n 30-0-0 (24)<\/p>\n
4
\n 4
\n Callum Smith
\n 31-2-0 (22)<\/p>\n
5
\n 5
\n Anthony Yarde
\n 26-3-0 (24)<\/p>\n
6
\n 6
\n David Morrell
\n 12-1-0 (9)<\/p>\n
7
\n 7
\n Ali Izmailov
\n 13-0-0 (9)<\/p>\n
8
\n 8
\n Joshua Buatsi
\n 19-1-0 (13)<\/p>\n
9
\n 9
\n Oleksandr Gvozdyk
\n 21-2-0 (17)<\/p>\n
10
\n 10
\n Albert Ramirez
\n 22-0-0 (19)<\/p>\n
Titles: WBC – David Benavidez, WBA – Dmitry Bivol, IBF – Dmitry Bivol, WBO – Dmitry BivolUpcoming Notable Fights: Willy Hutchinson vs Mark Jeffers, 10\/4 \u2026 Khalil Coe vs Jesse Hart, 10\/11 \u2026 Lawrence King vs Bradley Olmeda, 10\/18 \u2026 Mehmet Unal vs Ralfs Vilcans, 10\/30 \u2026 (8) Joshua Buatsi vs Zach Parker, 11\/1 \u2026 Bradley Rea vs Lyndon Arthur, 11\/1 \u2026 (3) David Benavidez vs (5) Anthony Yarde, 11\/22 \u2026 (2) Artur Beterbiev vs Deon Nicholson, 11\/22<\/p>\n
Super Middleweight (Limit: 168)<\/p>\n
Last
\n Rank
\n Name
\n Record<\/p>\n
NR
\n 1
\n Terence “Bud” Crawford
\n 42-0-0 (31)<\/p>\n
1
\n 2
\n Canelo Alvarez
\n 63-2-2 (39)<\/p>\n
3
\n 3
\n Osleys Iglesias
\n 13-0-0 (12)<\/p>\n
2
\n 4
\n Christian Mbilli
\n 29-0-0 (24)<\/p>\n
10
\n 5
\n Lester Martinez
\n 19-0-0 (16)<\/p>\n
4
\n 6
\n Diego Pacheco
\n 24-0-0 (18)<\/p>\n
5
\n 7
\n Kevin Sadjo
\n 26-0-0 (23)<\/p>\n
6
\n 8
\n Armando Resendiz
\n 16-2-0 (11)<\/p>\n
8
\n 9
\n Hamzah Sheeraz
\n 22-0-1 (18)<\/p>\n
NR
\n 10
\n Jaime Munguia
\n 45-2-0 (35)<\/p>\n
Titles: WBC – Terence \u201cBud\u201d Crawford, WBA – Terence \u201cBud\u201d Crawford, IBF – Terence \u201cBud\u201d Crawford, WBO – Terence \u201cBud\u201d CrawfordUpcoming Notable Fights: Willy Hutchinson vs Mark Jeffers, 10\/4 \u2026 Oliver Zaren vs Delali Miledzi, 10\/4 \u2026 Wilkens Mathieu vs Shakeel Phinn, 10\/30 \u2026 Erik Bazinyan vs Steven Butler, 11\/13<\/p>\n
Notes: Another incredible performance from Bud Crawford, and he\u2019s the rightful king of yet another division. For undisputed claims, that\u2019s three (140, 147, 168). He was also top dog at 135 without fully unifying, and had plenty of an argument compared to the rest at 154 even though he only had a fight there.<\/p>\n
What does Crawford do now? He could retire. No shame in it. Has made his money, would be getting out on the biggest win of his career, and I still think Canelo was really not just the biggest fight for him to test this weight out in the ring, but also the best style matchup of the top guys. I think Canelo is a better all-around fighter than Iglesias or Mbilli or Martinez or Pacheco, but that those guys with their size and less miles on the odometer would be riskier matchups for Crawford just in a purely boxing sense, not even counting that they aren\u2019t big names. Canelo\u2019s not some aggressor, he\u2019s a boxer, and he\u2019s been beaten by the three best boxers (arguably) that he\u2019s faced in Mayweather, Bivol, and now Crawford. Add in GGG, who was a damn good boxer himself along with being a force of nature, and yeah, Canelo has struggled against true top of the line opposition.<\/p>\n
But who doesn\u2019t, to be fair? That\u2019s the risk taken to face fellow elites. Oscar De La Hoya can do his silly Reacts To videos all he wants, but he knows that very well from his own career. I think De La Hoya is the better historical fighter, in part because some of his elite level losses were very debatable, but his middleweight robbery was Felix Sturm and not Gennadiy Golovkin, too, so you can have a whole discussion about that. (In fact, maybe we should! For fun. I\u2019ll do it in The Feed!)<\/p>\n
Anyway, Crawford could hang it up. He could rematch Canelo if Turki Alalshikh thinks it\u2019s worth the money. There\u2019s been mention of David Benavidez, but Crawford seems to have reasonable concerns about that guy\u2019s size, and it\u2019s also possible Benavidez can\u2019t make 168 safely anymore, though it\u2019d be hard to turn down a money offer if Crawford were willing to do it. There are good and intriguing fights out there \u2014 Janibek Alimkhanuly at or coming up from 160, back down at 154 with Vergil Ortiz or Murtazaliev or Fundora \u2014 but Crawford is very open that he\u2019s a money fighter now, and it\u2019s about the bag.<\/p>\n
Please keep this one in mind and consider the greater boxing landscape of the last few years, just so you\u2019re not gasping if it does come up: Do not be shocked if Gennadiy Golovkin gets an offer to come back and fight Crawford at 168. But I think the frontrunner fight is a Canelo rematch, and retirement might be the most likely thing otherwise.<\/p>\n
Another, quicker note: As officials channels go, Jaime Munguia has been cleared of wrongdoing in his doping test failure after his win over Bruno Surace in May. Munguia is thus back into the rankings, but only at No. 10, which is not a statement about the case \u2014 I know as much in specifics as everyone\u2019s press releases allow me to know, same as pretty much everyone \u2014 but simply that that\u2019s where I think Munguia fits, and I think it would be just as easy to have him right outside the top 10 at the moment. I mean, he did get stopped by Bruno Surace last December, and there is real talent in this division even if most of it lacks his name value. Jermall Charlo falls out along with Sergiy Derevyanchenko, and I dropped Charlo in a reassessment; he was probably too high before this, and also we might not see him fight again for two years given his schedule and PBC\u2019s problems.<\/p>\n
Middleweight (Limit: 160)<\/p>\n
Last
\n Rank
\n Name
\n Record<\/p>\n
1
\n 1
\n Janibek Alimkhanuly
\n 17-0-0 (12)<\/p>\n
2
\n 2
\n Carlos Adames
\n 24-1-1 (18)<\/p>\n
4
\n 3
\n Chris Eubank Jr
\n 35-3-0 (25)<\/p>\n
5
\n 4
\n Aaron McKenna
\n 20-0-0 (10)<\/p>\n
6
\n 5
\n Austin Williams
\n 19-1-0 (13)<\/p>\n
7
\n 6
\n Etinosa Oliha
\n 22-0-0 (10)<\/p>\n
8
\n 7
\n Marquis Taylor
\n 18-1-2 (3)<\/p>\n
9
\n 8
\n Anauel Ngamissengue
\n 14-1-0 (9)<\/p>\n
10
\n 9
\n Yoenli Hernandez
\n 8-0-0 (7)<\/p>\n
NR
\n 10
\n Vadim Turkov
\n 16-0-0 (7)<\/p>\n
Titles: WBC – Carlos Adames, WBA – Erislandy Lara, IBF – Janibek Alimkhanuly, WBO – Janibek AlimkhanulyUpcoming Notable Fights: Aston Brown vs Paul Kean, 10\/4 … Riku Kunimoto vs Nuri Ye, 10\/5 … (8) Anauel Ngamissengue vs Jose Rivas, 10\/10 … Kieron Conway vs George Liddard, 10\/17 … Derek Pomerlau vs Carlos Sinisterra, 10\/19 … (3) Chris Eubank Jr vs Conor Benn, 11\/15<\/p>\n
Notes: Erislandy Lara is inactive so he\u2019s out, WBA title or not. And that\u2019s mainly \u201cor not\u201d because this has been a joke of a world title reign, and I\u2019m a fan of Lara\u2019s and think he\u2019s still a sincerely good fighter at 42, or at least he was at 41. I suppose I can\u2019t be sure right now.<\/p>\n
Super Welterweight (Limit: 154)<\/p>\n
Last
\n Rank
\n Name
\n Record<\/p>\n
1
\n 1
\n Vergil Ortiz Jr
\n 23-0-0 (21)<\/p>\n
2
\n 2
\n Bakhram Murtazaliev
\n 23-0-0 (17)<\/p>\n
3
\n 3
\n Sebastian Fundora
\n 23-1-1 (15)<\/p>\n
4
\n 4
\n Xander Zayas
\n 22-0-0 (13)<\/p>\n
5
\n 5
\n Israil Madrimov
\n 10-2-1 (7)<\/p>\n
7
\n 6
\n Abass Baraou
\n 17-1-0 (9)<\/p>\n
8
\n 7
\n Erickson Lubin
\n 27-2-0 (19)<\/p>\n
9
\n 8
\n Yoenis Tellez
\n 10-1-0 (7)<\/p>\n
10
\n 9
\n Tim Tszyu
\n 25-3-0 (18)<\/p>\n
NR
\n 10
\n Andreas Katzourakis
\n 16-0-0 (11)<\/p>\n
Titles: WBC – Sebastian Fundora, WBA – Terence \u201cBud\u201d Crawford, IBF – Bakhram Murtazaliev, WBO – Xander ZayasUpcoming Notable Fights: Michel Soro vs Evander Castillo, 10\/10 … Jaron \u201cBoots\u201d Ennis vs Uisma Lima, 10\/11 … Junaid Bostan vs Bilal Fawaz, 10\/11 … (3) Sebastian Fundora vs Keith Thurman, 10\/25 … Bakary Samake vs Saulo Morales, 10\/25 … Andrew Hunt vs Mounir Fathi, 11\/7 … (1) Vergil Ortiz Jr vs (7) Erickson Lubin, 11\/8 … Adel El Garmaoui vs TBA, 12\/13<\/p>\n
Notes: One change here, as Serhii Bohachuk still has major problems with Brandon Adams, once again losing an upset to the American veteran on September 13. The same thing happened in 2021 on a \u201cRing City USA\u201d card not many people watched, and Tom Loeffler went to work rebuilding Bohachuk\u2019s UFC Fight Pass credibility over a few years before he then beat Brian Mendoza and lost a tight war with Vergil Ortiz Jr, but man, it happens.<\/p>\n
Styles make fights. And sometimes someone just has your number. Adams is not a contender at 154. He just has Bohachuk\u2019s number. He has the guy\u2019s style and approach figured out and he\u2019s built to beat him. He was trailing when he stopped Bohachuk in 2021, no miracle, it was something Adams had built toward despite being behind, and this time he just kind of outclassed him over 10. He has the plan down on fighting Serhii Bohachuk.<\/p>\n
Adams is 36, and has had an interesting career, some of it unfortunately so, like managerial and promotional issues that have messed with his career\u2019s momentum. He won the fifth series of \u201cThe Contender\u201d back in 2018, lost to Jermall Charlo, and kinda disappeared for a bit. Then he never really got any chance to capitalize on beating Bohachuk the first time \u2014 he didn\u2019t even fight again until 2024, when he became a regular for Overtime Boxing cards, going 2-1.<\/p>\n
That loss came last December to Greece\u2019s Andreas Katzourakis, who takes the No. 10 slot that Bohachuk\u2019s exit leaves open. Adams has talent, and hopefully this time he gets the chance to really strike while the iron\u2019s hot. I\u2019d have no real problem seeing him get a shot at Zayas and the WBO belt, for instance, and that might make sense to the Zayas and Top Rank people, too.<\/p>\n
I think we all suspect Katzourakis is just treading water here for a month, too. Boots Ennis will be anticipated to leap into this top 10 in November, as he officially moves up with an October 11 fight, and hey, if Uisma Lima pulls an upset shocker of the year, then Lima would be coming in for sure.<\/p>\n
Welterweight (Limit: 147)<\/p>\n
Last
\n Rank
\n Name
\n Record<\/p>\n
1
\n 1
\n Brian Norman Jr
\n 28-0-0 (22)<\/p>\n
2
\n 2
\n Eimantas Stanionis
\n 16-1-0 (9)<\/p>\n
3
\n 3
\n Shakhram Giyasov
\n 17-0-0 (10)<\/p>\n
4
\n 4
\n Daniyar Yeleussinov
\n 12-0-0 (7)<\/p>\n
5
\n 5
\n Giovani Santillan
\n 34-1-0 (18)<\/p>\n
6
\n 6
\n Tulani Mbenge
\n 22-2-0 (16)<\/p>\n
8
\n 7
\n Rolly Romero
\n 17-2-0 (13)<\/p>\n
9
\n 8
\n Devin Haney
\n 32-0-0 (15)<\/p>\n
10
\n 9
\n Mario Barrios
\n 29-2-2 (18)<\/p>\n
NR
\n 10
\n Lewis Crocker
\n 22-0-0 (11)<\/p>\n
Titles: WBC – Mario Barrios, WBA – Rolly Romero, IBF – Lewis Crocker, WBO – Brian Norman JrUpcoming Notable Fights: Rashidi Ellis vs TBA, 11\/1 … Jackson Griffiths vs TBA, 11\/8 \u2026 Jack Catterall vs Ekow Essuman, 11\/15 … (1) Brian Norman Jr vs (9) Devin Haney, 11\/22<\/p>\n
Notes: Lewis Crocker enters at No. 10, now that he\u2019s Fucking World Champion of the IBF after a debatable win over Paddy Donovan. Crocker isn\u2019t a particularly strong world champ on paper, but then neither is Rolly Romero, so here we are. 147 has seen better days but there is talent here and could be better days ahead. Eimantas Stanionis got active with a September 27 win in Lithuania and should be considered a danger to any of the titleholders, if he can get a fight done with any of them, which may be difficult.<\/p>\n
There is plenty of talk out there of Romero facing Manny Pacquiao in January, and I do expect it to happen. I wouldn\u2019t really say that Pacquiao, who would be 47 in January, was all that good against Mario Barrios, but he did well enough that he\u2019s encouraged to take another crack at another \u201csoft\u201d title for some more money, and it\u2019s hard to blame him or his team, because he doesn\u2019t have to be elite anymore to win a world title in this division and make some artificial boxing history.<\/p>\n
Super Lightweight (Limit: 140)<\/p>\n
Last
\n Rank
\n Name
\n Record<\/p>\n
1
\n 1
\n Teofimo Lopez
\n 22-1-0 (13)<\/p>\n
2
\n 2
\n Richardson Hitchins
\n 20-0-0 (8)<\/p>\n
3
\n 3
\n Subriel Matias
\n 23-2-0 (22)<\/p>\n
4
\n 4
\n Alberto Puello
\n 24-1-0 (10)<\/p>\n
5
\n 5
\n Gary Antuanne Russell
\n 18-1-0 (17)<\/p>\n
6
\n 6
\n Sandor Martin
\n 42-4-0 (15)<\/p>\n
7
\n 7
\n Arnold Barboza Jr
\n 32-1-0 (11)<\/p>\n
8
\n 8
\n Adam Azim
\n 13-0-0 (10)<\/p>\n
9
\n 9
\n Dalton Smith
\n 18-0-0 (13)<\/p>\n
10
\n 10
\n Jamaine Ortiz
\n 20-2-1 (10)<\/p>\n
Titles: WBC – Subriel Matias, WBA – Gary Antuanne Russell, IBF – Richardson Hitchins, WBO – Teofimo LopezUpcoming Notable Fights: Cain Sandoval vs TBA, 10\/3 \u2026 Elvis Rodriguez vs TBA, 10\/18 … (5) Gary Antuanne Russell vs Andy Hiraoka, 11\/14 … (8) Adam Azim vs Zaur Abdullaev, 11\/15 \u2026 Pitbull Cruz vs Lamont Roach, 12\/6 \u2026 (3) Subriel Matias vs (9) Dalton Smith, 1\/10<\/p>\n
Notes: Subriel Matias and Dalton Smith won\u2019t be fighting in November, but it looks like they will in January<\/a>. The Pitbull Cruz vs Lamont Roach<\/a> fight in December is also worth note, and all signs are pointing to \u201cyes\u201d on Teofimo vs Shakur<\/a> in early 2026, too.<\/p>\n Last 1 2 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NR Titles: WBC – Shakur Stevenson, WBA – Gervonta \u201cTank\u201d Davis, IBF – Raymond Muratalla, WBO – VacantUpcoming Notable Fights: Siro Choi vs Min Ho Jung, 10\/11 … (5) Floyd Schofield vs Joseph Diaz, 11\/8 … (7) Abdullah Mason vs (10) Sam Noakes, 11\/22<\/p>\n Notes: With Lamont Roach moving up to 140 to fight Pitbull Cruz in December, saw no reason to keep him ranked here as a filler. He\u2019s not going to fight at 135 again any time soon, and had just the one fight at the weight of real consequence, albeit an impressive showing against Tank Davis in March.<\/p>\n In comes Sam Noakes, who faces Abdullah Mason for the vacant WBO belt in November, a fight I\u2019m truly looking forward to because we\u2019re going to find out a lot more about both prospects\/rising contenders. Seems likely Shakur is headed up to 140, too, and Tank Davis may basically not exist in actual, competitive boxing anymore. As for Keyshawn Davis, I\u2019m keeping him ranked even though he says he\u2019s taking a break from boxing, because that doesn\u2019t really mean anything; he\u2019d be \u201ctaking a break from boxing\u201d right now, anyway, because his promoter barely exists at the moment.<\/p>\n Super Featherweight (Limit: 130)<\/p>\n Last 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Titles: WBC – O\u2019Shaquie Foster, WBA – Lamont Roach, IBF – Eduardo Nunez, WBO – Emanuel NavarreteUpcoming Notable Fights: Josh Padley vs Reece Bellotti, 10\/11 … (3) O\u2019Shaquie Foster vs Stephen Fulton, 10\/25 … Jazza Dickens vs Hayato Tsutsumi, 12\/27<\/p>\n Featherweight (Limit: 126)<\/p>\n Last 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Titles: WBC – Stephen Fulton, WBA – Nick Ball, IBF – Angelo Leo, WBO – Rafael EspinozaUpcoming Notable Fights: Nathaniel Collins vs Cristobal Lorente, 10\/4 … Albert Gonzalez vs Leonardo Baez, 10\/18 … Reiya Abe vs Kyohei Tonomoto, 10\/21 … (1) Rafael Espinoza vs Arnold Khegai, 11\/15<\/p>\n Super Bantamweight (Limit: 122)<\/p>\n Last 1 2 4 5 6 – 7 8 3 9 Titles: WBC – Naoya Inoue, WBA – Naoya Inoue, IBF – Naoya Inoue, WBO – Naoya InoueUpcoming Notable Fights: (4) John Riel Casimero vs Kyonosuke Kameda, 10\/25 \u2026 (3) Luis Nery vs Sathaporn Saart, 10\/26 \u2026 (2) Marlon Tapales vs Nadir Baloch, 10\/29 \u2026 Carl Martin vs Aran Dipaen, 10\/29 \u2026 (1) Naoya Inoue vs (6) Alan Picasso, 12\/27 … (8) Sebastian Hernandez vs Junto Nakatani, 12\/27<\/p>\n Notes: Inoue handily kept his undisputed crown with a one-sided win over Murodjon Akhmadaliev, who talked a lot and had a lot of people talking for him over months if not a couple years, only to achieve \u201cdidn\u2019t get knocked out\u201d and not much more, as his effort to actually win the fight decreased pretty significantly in the second half of it.<\/p>\n It\u2019s not some horrific or shameful result for Akhmadaliev, but it does knock him down several spots in the top 10, where he\u2019s hanging on for now. Akhmadaliev\u2019s effort was not as good as Ramon Cardenas\u2019 in Inoue\u2019s prior fight, even with Cardenas getting stopped, and it\u2019s not like MJ had some amazing run of class wins between the losses to Tapales and Inoue. He took fairly low-risk fights in an effort to maintain a position.<\/p>\n Inoue now has Alan Picasso \u2014 who is going to stay in this division, after three fights where he weighed above the limit \u2014 on December 27, and Junto Nakatani will make his division debut that same day against Sebastian Hernandez, which is a very credible first step into the waters of 122 for him.<\/p>\n The expectation is that Inoue vs Nakatani headlines a Tokyo Dome show in 2026, which is an incredible feat for anyone, let alone two guys their size. We\u2019ve definitely seen a lot more of people accepting the greatness of \u201clittle guy\u201d fighters in this century, and that\u2019s wonderful, but there\u2019s also for sure still some casual bias against them and always will be in some senses. Hard to say if this is because so much of boxing\u2019s audience has been boiled down into mainly just the people who really care, the diehards, or if it\u2019s been actual good work put in by promoters, but probably just some combination of those things, one of which is not so good and the other is good.<\/p>\n Bantamweight (Limit: 118)<\/p>\n Last NR 2 3 1 4 5 6 7 8 9 Titles: WBC – Vacant, WBA – Antonio Vargas, IBF – Vacant, WBO – Christian MedinaUpcoming Notable Fights: Ibrahim Mafia vs Alvin Camique, 10\/10 … Saul Sanchez vs Edwin Rodriguez, 10\/10 … Dominique Crowder vs Fernando Diaz, 10\/18 … (5) Tenshin Nasukawa vs (6) Takuma Inoue, 11\/24 … Muhammad Waseem vs Jakrawut Majungoen, 11\/29<\/p>\n Notes: In a division like this one is right now, post-Nakatani, a win like Christian Medina had in September over Yoshiki Takei \u2014 world title-gaining and dominant \u2014 can really shake things up. The quality of that W propels him into the top spot; he beat a top guy, did it more than just \u201cconvincingly,\u201d and I think he earned the slot. It\u2019s a loose grip for the moment, but he was outstanding on the night. Others can make their cases going forward.<\/p>\n Tenshin and Inoue will fight for the vacant WBC belt in November. The IBF still haven\u2019t set a fight to fill their vacancy, and their No. 1 and No. 2 ranking slots were both empty at last update. Inoue was No. 4 for them, but obviously he\u2019s going a different path. Jose Salas and Landile Ngxeke are the top-two rated they have otherwise, at Nos. 3 and 5, but don\u2019t be surprised if Japan\u2019s Riku Masuda or the UK\u2019s Andrew Cain are involved should their ratings receive a fresh new think.<\/p>\n Super Flyweight (Limit: 115)<\/p>\n Last 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NR 9 Titles: WBC – Jesse \u201cBam\u201d Rodriguez, WBA – Fernando Martinez, IBF – Willibaldo Garcia, WBO – Jesse \u201cBam\u201d RodriguezUpcoming Notable Fights: Kenta Nakagawa vs Wei Song, 10\/14 … (1) Jesse \u201cBam\u201d Rodriguez vs (2) Fernando Martinez, 11\/22 … Willibaldo Garcia vs Kenshiro Teraji, 12\/27<\/p>\n Notes: Chocolatito Gonzalez is active again, at least tentatively, and enters at No. 9, replacing vaunted IBF world\u2019s champion Willibaldo Garcia, who has a chance to prove a case beyond a paper belt when he faces the moving-up Kenshiro Teraji in late December.<\/p>\n Last 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NR Titles: WBC – Ricardo Sandoval, WBA – Ricardo Sandoval, IBF – Masamichi Yabuki, WBO – Anthony OlascuagaUpcoming Notable Fights: (8) Tobias Reyes vs TBA, 10\/18 … Hasanboy Dusmatov vs Rene Calixto, 10\/25 … Albert Francisco vs Ramel Macado Jr, 10\/29 … Yuberjen Martinez vs Juan Aguero, 10\/29 … Roderick Bautista vs Adrian Dulayba, 10\/29 … (2) Masamichi Yabuki vs (5) Felix Alvarado, 11\/22<\/p>\n Notes: Kenshiro Teraji is out, as he\u2019s officially moving up to 115. Hasanboy Dusmatov, who will fight an eliminator with Rene Calixto later this month, is in. It\u2019s been a bit unclear what division the Uzbek amateur superstar would settle at as a pro, but now we know. He\u2019s incredibly talented and if he\u2019s serious about his pro career (and the eliminator suggests he\u2019s getting there), this is a guy who could take over a division.<\/p>\n Light Flyweight (Limit: 108)<\/p>\n Last 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Titles: WBC – Carlos Canizales, WBA – Kyosuke Takami, IBF – Thanongsak Simsri, WBO – Rene SantiagoUpcoming Notable Fights: Shokichi Iwata vs Edwin Cano, 10\/4 … Nathaniel Dorona vs Jemuel Aranas, 10\/13 … Arvin Magramo vs Berland Robles, 10\/29<\/p>\n Minimumweight (Limit: 105)<\/p>\n Last 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 NR Titles: WBC – Melvin Jerusalem, WBA – Oscar Collazo, IBF – Pedro Taduran, WBO – Oscar CollazoUpcoming Notable Fights: Takero Kitano vs Joseph Sumabong, 10\/21 … Goki Kobayashi vs Katsuki Mori, 10\/21 … (3) Pedro Taduran vs Christian Balunan, 10\/26 … (2) Melvin Jerusalem vs (9) Siyakholwa Kuse, 10\/29<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Heavyweight (Limit: None) Last Rank Name Record 1 1 Oleksandr Usyk 24-0-0 (15) 2 2 Agit Kabayel 26-0-0…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":179875,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,6838,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-179874","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-boxing","9":"tag-boxing-rankings","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom","13":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179874","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=179874"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179874\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/179875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=179874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=179874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n Rank
\n Name
\n Record<\/p>\n
\n 1
\n Shakur Stevenson
\n 24-0-0 (11)<\/p>\n
\n 2
\n Gervonta “Tank” Davis
\n 30-0-1 (28)<\/p>\n
\n 3
\n Andy Cruz
\n 6-0-0 (3)<\/p>\n
\n 4
\n Keyshawn Davis
\n 13-0-0 (9)<\/p>\n
\n 5
\n Floyd Schofield
\n 19-0-0 (13)<\/p>\n
\n 6
\n Raymond Muratalla
\n 21-0-0 (16)<\/p>\n
\n 7
\n Abdullah Mason
\n 19-0-0 (17)<\/p>\n
\n 8
\n William Zepeda
\n 33-1-0 (27)<\/p>\n
\n 9
\n Maxi Hughes
\n 29-7-2 (6)<\/p>\n
\n 10
\n Sam Noakes
\n 17-0-0 (15)<\/p>\n
\n Rank
\n Name
\n Record<\/p>\n
\n 1
\n Eduardo Nunez
\n 28-1-0 (27)<\/p>\n
\n 2
\n Emanuel Navarrete
\n 39-2-1 (30)<\/p>\n
\n 3
\n O’Shaquie Foster
\n 23-3-0 (12)<\/p>\n
\n 4
\n Anthony Cacace
\n 24-1-0 (9)<\/p>\n
\n 5
\n Robson Conceicao
\n 20-3-1 (10)<\/p>\n
\n 6
\n Charly Suarez
\n 18-0-0 (10)<\/p>\n
\n 7
\n Oscar Valdez
\n 32-3-0 (24)<\/p>\n
\n 8
\n Andres Cortes
\n 23-0-0 (12)<\/p>\n
\n 9
\n Raymond Ford
\n 18-1-0 (8)<\/p>\n
\n 10
\n Jazza Dickens
\n 36-5-0 (15)<\/p>\n
\n Rank
\n Name
\n Record<\/p>\n
\n 1
\n Rafael Espinoza
\n 27-0-0 (23)<\/p>\n
\n 2
\n Stephen Fulton
\n 23-1-0 (8)<\/p>\n
\n 3
\n Nick Ball
\n 23-0-1 (13)<\/p>\n
\n 4
\n Angelo Leo
\n 26-1-0 (12)<\/p>\n
\n 5
\n Brandon Figueroa
\n 26-2-1 (19)<\/p>\n
\n 6
\n Bruce Carrington
\n 16-0-0 (9)<\/p>\n
\n 7
\n Luis Alberto Lopez
\n 31-3-0 (18)<\/p>\n
\n 8
\n Otabek Kholmatov
\n 13-1-0 (12)<\/p>\n
\n 9
\n Robeisy Ramirez
\n 14-3-0 (9)<\/p>\n
\n 10
\n Mirco Cuello
\n 16-0-0 (13)<\/p>\n
\n Rank
\n Name
\n Record<\/p>\n
\n 1
\n Naoya Inoue
\n 31-0-0 (27)<\/p>\n
\n 2
\n Marlon Tapales
\n 40-4-1 (21)<\/p>\n
\n 3
\n Luis Nery
\n 36-2-0 (28)<\/p>\n
\n 4
\n John Riel Casimero
\n 34-4-1 (23)<\/p>\n
\n 5
\n Ramon Cardenas
\n 26-2-0 (14)<\/p>\n
\n 6
\n Alan Picasso
\n 32-0-1 (17)<\/p>\n
\n 7
\n Shabaz Masoud
\n 14-4-0 (4)<\/p>\n
\n 8
\n Sebastian Hernandez
\n 20-0-0 (18)<\/p>\n
\n 9
\n Murodjon Akhmadaliev
\n 14-2-0 (10)<\/p>\n
\n 10
\n Peter McGrail
\n 12-1-0 (6)<\/p>\n
\n Rank
\n Name
\n Record<\/p>\n
\n 1
\n Christian Medina
\n 26-4-0 (19)<\/p>\n
\n 2
\n Seiya Tsutsumi
\n 12-0-3 (8)<\/p>\n
\n 3
\n Ryosuke Nishida
\n 10-1-0 (2)<\/p>\n
\n 4
\n Yoshiki Takei
\n 11-0-0 (9)<\/p>\n
\n 5
\n Tenshin Nasukawa
\n 7-0-0 (2)<\/p>\n
\n 6
\n Takuma Inoue
\n 20-2-0 (5)<\/p>\n
\n 7
\n Antonio Vargas
\n 19-1-1 (11)<\/p>\n
\n 8
\n Jason Moloney
\n 27-4-0 (19)<\/p>\n
\n 9
\n David Cuellar
\n 28-1-0 (18)<\/p>\n
\n 10
\n Michael Angeletti
\n 14-0-0 (8)<\/p>\n
\n Rank
\n Name
\n Record<\/p>\n
\n 1
\n Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez
\n 22-0-0 (15)<\/p>\n
\n 2
\n Fernando Martinez
\n 18-0-0 (9)<\/p>\n
\n 3
\n Kazuto Ioka
\n 31-4-1 (16)<\/p>\n
\n 4
\n Juan Francisco Estrada
\n 45-4-0 (28)<\/p>\n
\n 5
\n David Jimenez
\n 17-1-0 (11)<\/p>\n
\n 6
\n Suzumi Takayama
\n 9-0-0 (8)<\/p>\n
\n 7
\n Phumelela Cafu
\n 11-1-3 (8)<\/p>\n
\n 8
\n Ricardo Malajika
\n 15-2-0 (11)<\/p>\n
\n 9
\n Chocolatito Gonzalez
\n 53-4-0 (42)<\/p>\n
\n 10
\n Carlos Cuadras
\n 44-5-1 (28)<\/p>\n
\n Rank
\n Name
\n Record<\/p>\n
\n 1
\n Ricardo Sandoval
\n 27-2-0 (18)<\/p>\n
\n 2
\n Masamichi Yabuki
\n 18-4-0 (17)<\/p>\n
\n 3
\n Anthony Olascuaga
\n 10-1-0 (7)<\/p>\n
\n 4
\n Seigo Yuri Akui
\n 21-3-1 (11)<\/p>\n
\n 5
\n Felix Alvarado
\n 42-4-0 (35)<\/p>\n
\n 6
\n Angel Ayala
\n 18-1-0 (8)<\/p>\n
\n 7
\n Galal Yafai
\n 9-1-0 (7)<\/p>\n
\n 8
\n Tobias Reyes
\n 17-1-1 (16)<\/p>\n
\n 9
\n Yankiel Rivera
\n 7-0-1 (3)<\/p>\n
\n 10
\n Hasanboy Dusmatov
\n 7-0-0 (5)<\/p>\n
\n Rank
\n Name
\n Record<\/p>\n
\n 1
\n Carlos Canizales
\n 28-3-1 (20)<\/p>\n
\n 2
\n Kyosuke Takami
\n 10-0-0 (8)<\/p>\n
\n 3
\n Rene Santiago
\n 14-4-0 (9)<\/p>\n
\n 4
\n Shokichi Iwata
\n 14-2-0 (11)<\/p>\n
\n 5
\n Regie Suganob
\n 16-1-0 (6)<\/p>\n
\n 6
\n Felix Alvarado
\n 42-4-0 (35)<\/p>\n
\n 7
\n Erick Badillo
\n 18-0-0 (8)<\/p>\n
\n 8
\n Thanongsak Simsri
\n 39-1-0 (34)<\/p>\n
\n 9
\n Sivenathi Nontshinga
\n 13-2-0 (10)<\/p>\n
\n 10
\n Cristian Araneta
\n 25-3-0 (20)<\/p>\n
\n Rank
\n Name
\n Record<\/p>\n
\n 1
\n Oscar Collazo
\n 12-0-0 (9)<\/p>\n
\n 2
\n Melvin Jerusalem
\n 24-3-0 (12)<\/p>\n
\n 3
\n Pedro Taduran
\n 18-4-1 (13)<\/p>\n
\n 4
\n Thammanoon Niyomtrong
\n 28-1-0 (11)<\/p>\n
\n 5
\n DianXing Zhu
\n 15-1-0 (13)<\/p>\n
\n 6
\n Joey Canoy
\n 24-5-2 (15)<\/p>\n
\n 7
\n Ryusei Matsumoto
\n 6-0-0 (4)<\/p>\n
\n 8
\n Takeshi Ishii
\n 10-1-0 (8)<\/p>\n
\n 9
\n Siyakholwa Kuse
\n 9-2-1 (4)<\/p>\n
\n 10
\n Vic Saludar
\n 26-6-0 (16))<\/p>\n