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Boxing rankings pound for pound: latest top 10 after Canelo and Inoue wins

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Both the No. 2 and No. 4 ranked pound-for-pound fighters in the ESPN rankings, Naoya Inoue and Canelo Alvarez, were in action two days apart, defending their undisputed championships. Alvarez defeated Jaime Munguia by unanimous decision on Saturday to retain his undisputed super middleweight title, and Inoue recovered from a first-round knockout to stop Luis Nery on Monday in the sixth round to retain his undisputed junior featherweight title.

Alvarez (61-2-2, 39 KO) dominated Munguia in the second part of the fight and scored points 117-110, 116-111 and 115-112. Although he gained some votes, Alvarez remains in 4th place, ahead of Dmitry Bivol.

“I have a lot of experience,” Alvarez said after the fight. “Munguia is a great fighter. He is robust and wise. But I have 12 rounds to win this fight and I did it. I did really well and I’m proud of it. He’s robust, but he’s a little leisurely. I could see every punch. That’s why I’m the best.

On Tuesday in Tokyo (Monday morning in the US), Inoue suffered the first knockdown of his career 1:40 into the first round of his fight against Nery, but recovered to score three knockdowns and a sixth-round KO victory. Inoue (27-0, 24 KO) retained his title and second place in the ESPN rankings, equal only to Terence Crawford. Only eight votes separate the two best fighters in boxing.

“Inoue is one of the best fighters I have ever promoted and once again he was a sensation,” Top Rank CEO Bob Arum, Inoue’s promoter, said after the fight. “Nery came to win, but ‘Monster’ was too much.”

And since Ryan Garcia tested positive for a performance-enhancing drug following his victory over Devin Haney and was ineligible for the rankings, some of the panelists switched their votes to Jesse Rodriguez, who passed Tyson Fury for 9th place.

Our panel includes Mike Coppinger, Timothy Bradley Jr., Joe Tessitore, Teddy Atlas, Nick Parkinson, Eric Raskin, Michelle Joy Phelps, Claudia Trejos, Bernardo Osuna, Eric Woodyard, Bernardo Pilatti, Charles Moynihan, Salvador Rodriguez, Jim Zirolli, Michael Mascaro, Aladdin Freeman, Victor Lopez and Damian Delgado Averhoff share his voices.

1. TERENCE CRAWFORDPrevious ranking: No. 1

RECORD: 40-0, 31 KOs
DEPARTMENT: Welterweight (undisputed champion)
LAST FIGHT: W (TKO9) Errol Spence Jr., July 29
NEXT FIGHT: August 3 vs. Israil Madrimov

2.NAOYA INOUEPrevious ranking: No. 2

RECORD: 27-0, 24 KOs
DEPARTMENT: Junior Featherweight (Undisputed Champion)
LAST FIGHT: W (KO6) Luis Nery, May 6
NEXT FIGHT: TBA

3. OLEKSANDR USYKPrevious ranking: No. 3

RECORD: 21-0, 14 KOs
DEPARTMENT: Heavyweight (unified champion)
LAST FIGHT: In (TKO9) Daniel Dubois, August 26
NEXT FIGHT: May 18 vs. Tyson Fury

4.CANELO ALVAREZPrevious ranking: No. 4

RECORD: 61-2-2, 39 KOs
DEPARTMENT: Super middleweight (undisputed champion)
LAST FIGHT: In (UD12) Jaime Munguia, May 4
NEXT FIGHT: TBA

5. DMITRY BIVOLPrevious ranking: No. 5

RECORD: 22-0, 11 KOs
DEPARTMENT: Featherlight heavyweight (champion)
LAST FIGHT: W (UD12) Lyndon Arthur, 23 December
NEXT FIGHT: June 1 vs. Malik Zinad

6. ARTHUR BETERBIEVPrevious ranking: No. 6

RECORD: 20-0, 20 KOs
DEPARTMENT: Featherlight heavyweight (unified champion)
LAST FIGHT: W (TKO7) Callum Smith, January 13
NEXT FIGHT: TBA

7. Gervont DavisPrevious ranking: No. 7

RECORD: 29-0, 27 KOs
DEPARTMENT: Featherlight
LAST FIGHT: W (KO7) Ryan Garcia, April 22
NEXT FIGHT: June 15 vs. Frank Martin

8. SHAKUR STEVENSONPrevious ranking: No. 8

RECORD: 21-0, 10 KOs
DEPARTMENT: Lightweight champion
LAST FIGHT: In (UD12) Edwin De Los Santos, November. 16
NEXT FIGHT: July 6 vs. Artem Harutyunyan

9. JESSE “BAM” RODRIGUEZPrevious ranking: No. 10

RECORD: 19-0, 12 KOs
DEPARTMENT: Flyweight (champion)
LAST FIGHT: W (TKO9) Shining Edwards, December 16
NEXT FIGHT: June 29 vs. Juan Francisco Estrada

10. TYSON’S FURYPrevious ranking: No. 9

RECORD: 34-0-1, 24 KOs
DEPARTMENT: Heavyweight (Champion)
LAST FIGHT: In (SD10) Francis Ngannou, Oct. 28
NEXT FIGHT: May 18 vs. Aleksander Usyk

Formula

The rankings are based on a descending points system, with a first-place vote awarding 10 points, a second-place vote awarding nine points, and so on. The tie goes to the player with the highest ranking and then to the player with the most votes in that ranking.

Others who received votes: Teofimo Lopez Jr. (20), David Benavidez (11), Vasily Lomachenko (4), Devin Haney (4), Emanuel Navarrete (3), Errol Spence Jr. (3). (2).

How our authors voted

Atlas: 1. Crawford, 2. Inoue, 3. Buffalo, 4. Usyk, 5. Davis, 6. Beterbiev, 7. Alvarez, 8. Lomachenko, 9. Benavidez, 10. Haney

Bradley: 1. Crawford, 2. Inoue, 3: Usyk, 4. Buffalo, 5. Alvarez, 6. Beterbiev, 7. Stevenson, 8. Davis, 9. Rodriguez, 10. López Jr.

Copper: 1. Crawford, 2. Inoue, 3. Usyk, 4. Alvarez, 5. Buffalo, 6. Beterbiev, 7. Davis, 8. Fury, 9. Rodriguez, 10. Haney

Weaver: 1. Crawford, 2. Inoue, 3. Usyk, 4. Beterbiev, 5. Buffalo, 6. Stevenson, 7. Alvarez, 8. Rodriguez, 9. Lopez, 10. Davis

Parkinson’s: 1. Inoue, 2. Crawford, 3. Alvarez, 4. Usyk, 5. Beterbiev, 6. Buffalo, 7. Davis, 8. Rodriguez, 9. Nakatani, 10. Lopez

Raskin: 1. Crawford, 2. Inoue, 3. Buffalo, 4. Alvarez, 5. Usyk, 6. Stevenson, 7. Davis, 8. Benavidez, 9. Beterbiev, 10. Rodriguez

Three: 1. Crawford, 2. Inoue, 3. Usyk, 4. Alvarez, 5. Buffalo, 6. Beterbiev, 7. Davis, 8. Stevenson, 9. Fury, 10. Rodriguez

Phelps: 1. Alvarez, 2. Crawford, 3. Inoue, 4. Beterbiev, 5. Buffalo, 6. Fury, 7. Usyk, 8. Lopez, 9. Davis, 10. Haney

Osuna: 1. Inoue, 2. Crawford, 3. Usyk, 4. Buffalo, 5. Alvarez, 6. Beterbiev, 7. Rodriguez, 8. Stevenson, 9. Lopez, 10. Davis

Rodriguez: 1. Inoue, 2. Crawford, 3. Alvarez, 4. Usyk, 5. Buffalo, 6. Davis, 7. Beterbiev, 8. Fury, 9. Rodriguez, 10. Stevenson

Shipyard: 1. Crawford, 2. Inoue, 3. Alvarez, 4. Davis, 5. Fury, 6. Lopez, 7. Usyk, 8. Stevenson, 9. Buffalo, 10. Beterbiev

Moynihan: 1. Crawford, 2. Inoue, 3. Alvarez, 4. Usyk, 5. Beterbiev, 6. Buffalo, 7. Davis, 8. Fury, 9. Spence, 10. Stevenson

Pilate: 1. Inoue, 2. Crawford, 3. Usyk, 4. Buffalo, 5. Beterbiev, 6. Davis, 7. Benavidez, 8. Navarre, 9. Rodriguez, 10. Fury

Zirolles: 1. Crawford, 2. Inoue, 3. Stevenson, 4. Alvarez, 5. Usyk, 6. Beterbiev, 7. Buffalo, 8. Lopez, 9. Benavidez, 10. Rodriguez

Hood: 1. Crawford, 2. Inoue, 3. Usyk, 4. Beterbiev, 5. Buffalo, 6. Alvarez, 7. Rodriguez, 8. Lopez, 9. Stevenson, 10. Haney

Citizen: 1. Crawford, 2. Inoue, 3. Usyk, 4. Beterbiev, 5. Buffalo, 6. Alvarez, 7. Stevenson, 8. Rodriguez, 9. Davis, 10. Lomachenko

López: 1. Crawford, 2. Inoue, 3. Usyk, 4. Alvarez, 5. Buffalo, 6. Beterbiev, 7. Davis, 8. Fury, 9. Rodriguez, 10. Stevenson

Delgado Averhof: 1. Inoue, 2. Crawford, 3. Usyk, 4. Buffalo, 5. Alvarez, 6. Beterbiev, 7. Davis, 8. Fury, 9. Rodriguez, 10. Stevenson

ESPN expert poll

First place: Crawford (12), Inoue (5), Alvarez (1)

Second place: Inoue (12), Crawford (6)

Third place: Usyk (10), Alvarez (4), Bivol (2), Inoue (1), Stevenson (1)

Fourth place: Alvarez (5), Usyk (4), Bivol (4), Beterbiev (4), Davis (1)

Fifth place: Bivol (8), Alvarez (3), Beterbiev (3), Usyk (2), Davis (1), Fury (1)

Sixth place: Beterbiev (8), Alvarez (2), Bivol (2), Davis (2), Stevenson (2), Fury (1), Lopez (1)

Seventh place: Davis (7), Usyk (2), Alvarez (2), Stevenson (2), Rodriguez (2), Bivol (1), Beterbiev (1), Benavidez (1), Lomachenko (1)

Eighth place: Fury (5), Stevenson (3), Rodriguez (3), Lopez (3), Davis (1), Benavidez (1), Lomachenko (1), Navarrete (1)

Ninth place: Rodriguez (6), Davis (2), Lopez (2), Benavidez (2), Bivol (1), Beterbiev (1), Stevenson (1), Fury (1), Spence (1)

10th place: Stevenson (4), Haney (4), Rodriguez (3), Davis (2), Lopez (2), Beterbiev (1), Fury (1), Lomachenko (1)

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Ryan Rozicki is waiting for Badou Jack’s consent to mandatory cooperation with the WBC

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The World Boxing Council (WBC) ordered world cruiserweight champion Badou “The Ripper” Jack (20-1-1, 19 KO) to make a mandatory title defense against Ryan “The Bruiser” Rozicki (20-1), number 1 in the WBC ranking – 1, 19 KOs).

If both camps fail to successfully negotiate an agreement, the WBC will organize a tender on February 4, followed by the Jack vs. Rozicki. Rozicki’s promoter, Three Lions Promotions, immediately sent Team Jacek an offer to promote the fight in Canada last week.

“We are waiting for their counteroffer,” explained promoter Dan Otter of Three Lions Promotions. “Boxing has had a huge resurgence in Canada and Ryan is leading the way. He is one of the most electrifying and hardest-hitting fighters in boxing, definitely in the cruiserweight division. He wants the WBC green belt and ultimately the unification of the division. Ryan will fight Jack anywhere for the belt.”

29-year-old Rozicki, born in Sydney (Nova Scotia) and living in Hamilton (Ontario), fought 22 professional fights against 21 different opponents (twice against Yamil Alberto Peralta), stopping 19 of the 20 opponents he defeated. an eye-opening 95-KO percentage.

Jack, 41, was a 2008 Olympian representing his native Sweden. He is a three-division world champion, as well as the WBC super middleweight and World Boxing Association (WBA) lightweight heavyweight title holder. Jack has a record of 5-0-2 (2 KO) in world championship fights.

“We respect Jack and I don’t want to sound disrespectful,” Otter added, “but he’s over 40 years vintage and has been relatively inactive for two years (only one fight). He brings a lot of experience and respect to the ring, but he will fight a newborn defender with a lot of power. Jack is going to struggle and honestly, I don’t think he’ll make it past the first few rounds.”

Ryan Rozicki is on a mission to become the first Canadian cruiserweight world champion.

The next move is Badou Jack’s.

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Floyd Mayweather’s record is not normal, it can’t happen in 70 years

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Floyd Mayweather’s incredible 50-0 record is not normal and cannot be repeated in sports for another seventy years.

This is the view of Saudi Arabian president Turki Alalshikh, who wants to adopt the UFC model in which fighters lose many fights during their career.

In a speech as he hosted the Ring Magazine Awards after acquiring the long-running boxing publication from Oscar De La Hoya, Alalshikh was unequivocal in his opinion.

“Now losing some fights in boxing must be normal,” he explained. “All fighters want a career similar to Floyd Mayweather – no losses. This may happen once every 50, 60 or 70 years.

“We need it [to be] like currently in the UFC model, where champions lose and win,” added the matchmaker during the Riyad season.

Mayweather rose through the sport in the tardy 1990s to become one of its youngest superstars. Mayweather’s professional success came after winning a bronze medal at the Olympics after losing to Serafim Todorov.

Winning world titles in five weight classes, Mayweather was untouchable. The Grand Rapids native only came close to defeat a few times. He dominated Manny Pacquiao and overtook Canelo Alvarez and Oscar De La Hoya after heated debates, with decisions that should have been made unanimously.

Towards the end of his career, Mayweather chose to face Andre Berto and Conor McGregor, easily winning and ending his boxing career at the age of 50 without ever going out. Calling himself “the greatest of all time,” Mayweather earned first-ballot Hall of Fame honors and is widely considered one of, if not the greatest defensive fighter of all time.

However, Alalshikh says this type of career needs to end so that fans can get the most out of boxing, as is the case with the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Boxing needs to become more attractive, and Alalshikh sees the failures of top stars as a way to keep interest at an all-time high.

In this sport, many boxers enjoy undefeated streaks, the most notable of which is Oleksandr Usyk. The Ukrainian Pound for Pound King is 23-0 and has beaten the best he has to offer in his division and cruiserweight classification.

It remains a mystery how Alalshikh plans to make Usyk suffer while he dominates everyone else. By the time his grand plan goes into action, Usyk will be long gone, and Gervonta Davis, Shakur Stevenson and Devin Haney may be more realistic targets.

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Manny Pacquiao remains the favorite to win the title against Mario Barrios

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WBN understands that despite alternative options emerging, it is more likely that Manny Pacquiao will face Mario Barrios next.

Bob Santos, coach of WBC welterweight champion Barrios, told World Boxing News that he is currently in contact with Pacquiao’s team. Asked by WBN if he had spoken to Pacquiao or representatives of any other challenger, Santos replied: “Yes, Pacquiao’s promoter, Sean Gibbons.” Pressed on whether Barrios vs Pacquiao might happen next, he added: “It’s challenging to say. We’ll have to see how this plays out.”

WBN contacted Santos after Conor Benn emerged as a potential alternative to Barrios. The British fighter, who recently returned from a suspension following two positive drug tests, is keen to return to competition.

Benn showed favor with the World Boxing Council at the recent WBC Convention, the WBC Evaluation Committee and during an interview with the sanctioning body over the weekend. “The Destroyer” is ranked second in the rankings at 147 pounds, despite less than solid opponents during his time in exile, during which Benn competed twice in the United States while his career in the United Kingdom was in doubt.

As he battled to clear his name and with the British Anti-Doping Authority finding no evidence that Benn had intentionally taken ostarine, the 28-year-old’s career took a pointed nosedive. Despite this, he remains highly rated and at least one step away from fighting for an eliminator or one of the remaining championship titles.

However, Pacquiao remains Barrios’ favorite. Now it’s up to the boxing legend and Hall of Famer who got the first votes to secure his shot. WBN believes a July date – most likely at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas – is the most realistic date for a Nevada swan song.

Pacquiao could extend his record as the oldest welterweight champion by six years if he can secure a huge victory over the 29-year-old world champion. At 46 years antique, such a scenario remains unlikely, but he can never be compared to one of the greatest players of this generation.

Unlike heavier boxers and his training regiment, Pacquiao looks in great shape despite his advanced age. Everything is set for a massive return to the boxing capital of the world, provided Pacquiao and his team can manage his political ambitions, which are expected to run from this month until May. After that time, Pacquiao could find himself in the summer finals and become the all-time champion, regardless of the result.

Barrios is based in the city, where he trained with Santos, and would be the perfect opponent to see out the career of one of the greatest fighters in history.

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