Another fight and another victory by knockout for Gabriela Fundora, who successfully defended her undisputed flyweight title for the third time on Saturday.

Fundora (18-0, 10 KO) brilliantly defeated Viviana Ruiz Corredor (10-3, 5 KO), the mandatory challenger for the WBA title, securing a sixth-round knockout in her first 2026 appearance. After mastering the action from the first bell, Fundora defeated Ruiz Corredor in the fifth round with a powerful left hand. A round later, with Ruiz Corredor trapped on the ropes and taking unanswered punches, referee Ray Corona stepped in to stop the fight.

The victory marked Fundora’s fourth straight stoppage and sixth in her last seven fights, further cementing her status as one of the sport’s most unsafe rising champions. The victory moves her up one spot to No. 3 in the women’s pound-for-pound rankings, passing Amanda Serrano.

Here are the current top 10.

1. CLARESSA TRICKS

RECORD: 18-0, 3 KOs
DEPARTMENT: The undisputed heavyweight champion
LAST FIGHT: In (UD10) Franchon Crews-Dezurn, February 22
NEXT FIGHT: TBA

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2. KATIE TAYLOR

RECORD: 25-1, 6 KOs
DEPARTMENT: Unified junior welterweight champion
LAST FIGHT: In (MD10) Amanda Serrano, July 11, 2025
NEXT FIGHT: TBA

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3. GABRIELA FUNDORAPrevious ranking: 4

RECORD: 18-0, 10 KOs
DEPARTMENT: The undisputed flyweight champion
LAST FIGHT: In (KO6) Viviana Ruiz Corredor, March 14
NEXT FIGHT: TBA

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4. AMANDA SERRANOPrevious ranking: 3

RECORD: 48-4-1, 31 KOs
DEPARTMENT: Unified featherweight champion
LAST FIGHT: In (UD10) Reina Tellez, January 3
NEXT FIGHT: TBA

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5. CHANTELLE CAMERON

RECORD: 21-1, 8 KOs
DEPARTMENT: Junior welterweight
LAST FIGHT: In (UD10) Jessica Camara, July 11
NEXT FIGHT: April 5 vs. Michaela Kotaskova

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6. MIKAELA MAYER

RECORD: 22-2, 5 KOs
DEPARTMENT: Welterweight champion and unified junior middleweight champion
LAST FIGHT: In (UD10) Mary Spencer, October 30
NEXT FIGHT: TBA

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7. ALICE BAUMGARDNER

RECORD: 17-1, 7 KOs
DEPARTMENT: Unified junior lightweight champion
LAST FIGHT: In (UD12) Leila Beaudoin, December 19
NEXT FIGHT: April 17 vs. Bo Mi Re Shin

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8. LAUREN PRICE

RECORD: 9-0, 2 KOs
DEPARTMENT: Unified welterweight champion
LAST FIGHT: In (UD10) Natasha Jonas, March 7
NEXT FIGHT: April 4 vs. Stephanie Pineiro Aquino

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9. FROM YOKA TO THE VALLEY

RECORD: 34-3, 10 KOs
DEPARTMENT: Strawweight champion
LAST FIGHT: In (MD10) Yadira Bustillos, December 19
NEXT FIGHT: TBA

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10. ELIF NUR TURHAN

RECORD: 13-0, 8 KOs
DEPARTMENT: Lightweight champion
LAST FIGHT: In (SD10) Taylah Gentzen, January 31
NEXT FIGHT: TBA

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Formula

The rankings are based on a descending points system, where a first-place vote receives 10 points, a second-place vote receives 9 points, and so on.

Others who received votes: Ellie Scotney (7), Shadasia Green (4), Cherneka Johnson (3), Hyun Choi (2), Jessica Nery Plata (1), Caroline Dubois (1).

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How our experts voted

Andreas Hale: 1. Shields, 2. Taylor, 3. Fundora, 4. Serrano, 5. Cameron, 6. Baumgardner, 7. Mayer, 8. Price, 9. Green, 10. Scotney

Nick Parkinson: 1. Shields, 2. Fundora, 3. Taylor, 4. Serrano, 5. Mayer, 6. unnecessarily, 7. Cameron, 8. Price, 9. Baumgardner, 10. Scotney

Salvador Rodriguez: 1. Shields, 2. Taylor, 3. Serrano, 4. Fundora, 5. Mayer, 6. Baumgardner, 7. Price, 8. Johnson, 9. Valley, 10. Dubois

James Regan: 1. Shields, 2. Taylor, 3. Serrano, 4. Fundora, 5. Mayer, 6. Cameron, 7. Baumgardner, 8. unnecessarily, 9. Price, 10. Scotney

Bernardo Pilate: 1. Shields, 2. Taylor, 3. Cameron, 4. Fundora, 5. Serrano, 6. Baumgardner, 7. Mayer, 8. Price, 9. Valley, 10. Scotney

Andres Ferrari: 1. Shields, 2. Taylor, 3. Fundora, 4. Serrano, 5. Cameron, 6. Baumgardner, 7. Mayer, 8. Price, 9. Scotney, 10. Unnecessarily

Charlie Moynihan: 1. Shields, 2. Taylor, 3. Serrano, 4. Fundora, 5. Cameron, 6. Mayer, 7. Baumgardner, 8. Valley, 9. Choi, 10. Nery Silver

Damian Delgado Averhoff: 1. Shields, 2. Taylor, 3. Cameron, 4. Serrano, 5. Fundora, 6. Baumgardner, 7. Mayer, 8. Valley, 9. Green, 10. Scotney

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ESPN expert poll

First place: Shields (8)

Second place: Taylor (7), Fundora (1)

Third place: Serrano (3), Fundora (2), Cameron (2), Taylor (1)

Fourth place: Fundora (4), Serrano (4)

Fifth place: Cameron (3), Mayer (3), Fundora (1), Serrano (1)

Sixth place: Baumgardner (5), Cameron (1), Mayer (1), Turhan (1)

Seventh place: Mayer (4), Baumgardner (2), Cameron (1), Price (1)

Eighth place: Price (4), Valle (2), Turhan (1), Johnson (1)

Ninth place: Valle (2), Green (2), Baumgardner (1), Price (1), Scotney (1), Choi (1)

10th place: Scotney (5), Turhan (1), Dubois (1), Nery Plata (1)

Thurman said the titles never motivated him, pointing instead that the real goal was the fights themselves. He presented this as a long-held view rather than something fresh.

“I never really cared about the belts. I cared about the fight,” Thurman told Cigar Talk.

It’s strenuous to take this at face value given his current position. The 37-year-old will face WBC junior middleweight champion Sebastian Fundora on March 28. Last year, Thurman was scheduled to fight Tim Tszyu for the WBO 154-pound belt before withdrawing due to a biceps injury. The pattern is clear. When opportunities arise, they usually involve titles.

Thurman engaged in fights for money when it was available. He had the same thing with Manny Pacquiao in 2019 and Danny Garcia in 2017. After those nights, he went long distances. This story has made some question his commitment to keeping his activities at the highest level and whether finances are a priority.

He may say the lanes were never the goal, but his path often led through them. Most of his victories came against regular challengers, but the highlights of his career still came in title fights.

If Thurman defeats Fundora, he won’t pursue the belt afterward. He will have options. Vergil Ortiz Jr., Conor Benn and Jaron Ennis are there. The game would also feature the returning Errol Spence. This is where the bar becomes useful, whether it says it matters or not.

He may be downplaying titles now, but if he wins them, he won’t walk away from them.

Fabio Wardley has been calling for a fight with fellow heavyweight world champion Oleksandr Usyk since he became WBO champion, and the Briton had a surprising reaction when he heard that the Ukrainian was planning to fight him.

Wardley knocked out Joseph Parker in an upset victory to capture the WBO interim world title in October, seemingly setting up a showdown with then-undisputed ruler Usyk, given that he had taken over as his mandatory challenger.

However, instead of doing his duty and facing Wardley, Usyk chose to relinquish his full WBO world title, and as a result, Wardley was promoted to world champion.

Since then, Wardley has been clamoring for a chance to take on Usyk and claim the coveted undisputed crown, but to no avail. Instead, Usyk agreed to a fight on the left wing with kickboxing champion Rico Verhoeven.

Although Usyk has now revealed he plans to face the Wardley-Dubois winner after Verhoeven, ahead of a trilogy fight with Tyson Fury that will end his career.

I’m talking to iFL TelevisionWardley reacted to the news of his inclusion on Usyk’s hit list, but admitted he took the words “with a pinch of salt” after previously having false hopes of fighting the undefeated pound-for-pound star.

“It’s nice to be on the list, it’s nice to be part of the conversation, I always assumed that would happen.

“I still take it with a pinch of salt because I talked to him before the fight with Parker, before the fight [announcement of] Dubois fight, I talked to him. So I say: “yes, but we’ll see”, but I’m not expecting it.

“I’m not going to say, ‘yes, I fought Dubois, now Usyk,’ because you never know how the fight will go, how it will work, what they will want or whatever.

“It’s great to be on the list, it’s great to be included. I welcome it with open arms any day, any time, but we’ll see how things pan out.”

Before Wardley can find out if Usyk will keep his word, he must defend his WBO heavyweight title on Saturday, May 9, she made her first attempt to defend herself against the former ruling IBF Daniel Dubois.