(Editor’s note: We’re leaving the comments as is, although there may be a different take on the outcome after the Haney vs. Garcia match.) Garcia Fails Drug Test.)
Obviously Devin Haney has to go. I have David Benavidez now. Nobody has an incredibly clear choice, which is always the case with the back end.
Canelo, Inoue, Usyk (and Fury!) will all be in action this month, and the Bivol vs Beterbiev fight is set to begin in June, with Tank Davis, David Benavidez and Bam Rodriguez also set to fight. The next two months could see some changes.
After Ryan Garcia finished smoking a pack of Haney, Devin is officially out of P4P. That puts Junto Nakatani on my list. And soon either Dmitry Bivol or Artur Beterbiev will lose, establishing them as the novel sizzling trash. They too will be kicked off the list because that’s how boxing works. Check back soon.
Haney is leaving and will almost certainly never return. I can’t wait to forget I ever ranked him and deny it with passion and sincerity unless someone digs up elderly rankings to prove it to me.
Choosing number 10 to fill the list was complex. No one fully and clearly deserves it, and anyone picked could be beaten to death against five or six other equally good but flawed options. I was thinking of joining Team Esco and drafting Boots Ennis because he’s undefeated, passes the eye test, and inadvertently won himself a welterweight title as the last top-tier talent left standing.
If I’m going to go by eye test and assumptions, I’ll go ahead and put Subriel Matias in the 10th division. The man is a terror and it seems like no one in his weight class wants anything to do with him. He probably had a better argument than the others I mentioned earlier if not for his relative inaction. Yes, he lost one fight over four years ago, by a whisker. But you can’t have a top 10 without a 10th fighter, and there aren’t 10 other fighters who I think are better. right now than Matias.
I’ll walk you through my thought process very quickly.
Devin Haney will not play for obvious reasons, and Ryan Garcia cannot take his place for equally obvious reasons.
There are a few multi-division champions on the fringes of my list, but Kosei Tanaka won his latest title against a delicate opponent, Kazuto Ioka and Juan Francisco Estrada had some heated exchanges up close, and Emanuel Navarrete drew in a fight he should have won cleanly.
I’m tempted to put players who pass the eye test like Jaron Ennis or Subriel Matias there, but they don’t have the huge wins to justify it.
There are only a few options left, and when it comes to who has both a solid track record and recent dominant wins among his peers, Benavidez fits the bill.
OK, OK – I’ll happily return to my lofty Devin Haney rankings now. While he didn’t exactly reek of Garcia, he didn’t put on anything approaching a top P4P contender in a fight that was literally put on a plate to make him look good. The weight issues are a legitimate excuse that can’t be overshadowed now that the dust has settled, but there’s no shortage of names worthy of a bump up the rankings at his expense, and “Dreams” won’t let you sleep.
Benavidez – and his resume speaks for itself – is a man who will sneak into the top 10, unchanged elsewhere.
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Tyson Fury may never have been a lean, athletic bodybuilder, but the WBC heavyweight titleholder looks in good shape ahead of his undisputed title fight with Oleksandr Usyk on May 18.
Both will be the main characters of the pay-per-view broadcast – available in both cases DAZN AND ESPN+ — from Riyadh, rescheduled from a previous date that fell through when Fury was injured during training camp.
Some have questioned Fury’s (34-0-1, 24 KO) fitness, especially after showing off his quarter-serious form last October in a 10-round fight with former UFC champion Francis Ngannou.
But the 35-year-old “Gypsy King” is clearly taking the challenge much more seriously, as he should and as you would expect:
I’ll say it again: Fury will never have the physical shape or form of Anthony Joshua, but compare that to his recent fights and you’ll see the man stepping up to be the best he can be this time around.
Usyk (21-0, 14 KOs), the WBA, IBF and WBO titleholder, is always in excellent shape but is also much smaller than Fury, which is a substantial part of the appeal of this fight, and his cunning skills could outdo the taller, heavier Fury.
Ahead of their May 25 rematch, some time after a controversial decision in their first meeting, Josh Taylor and Jack Catterall sit down for a face-to-face chat. On the DAZN show, the two fighters discuss the path to continuing, their feelings for each other and why they both believe this time will be different.
Catterall finally gets his rematch with Taylor
“It’s a relief that the fight is now signed. We’ve had him cornered for two years and we’re in a position where we’ve got a date and a venue set so we can make it happen.
Catterall on why the rematch took so long
I think first of all we had a rematch lined up, he got hurt, vacated all the belts, and then he went and boxed Lopez. I think Josh has ambitions to fight your Crawfords and Spences, but now he realizes I’m his biggest fight now.
Taylor on the apparent hatred between Catterall and himself
“There’s no hate. I don’t hate him, I don’t know that I hate him. But he’s said a lot of things over the years that have caused some resentment. He’s not a guy I’d sit down and have a beer with. He doesn’t like me, I don’t like him, so it’s a neat slate for me.
Catterall on her feelings for Taylor
“Hate is a forceful word but we’ve got two different characters and there’s a whole narrative to that about England v Scotland. Yes, it’s a good rivalry and it’s entertaining but it’s just me v Josh and I don’t think he’s a nice guy, he’s not someone I’d shake hands with and have a pint with. We don’t see eye to eye, we’re not friends and we’re going to fight and that’s what I’m most excited about – to be able to put the gloves on and dust him off.”
Taylor believes Catterall can’t do better in the rematch and expects his fight to be even better
“I think it’s quite obvious [that I have the ability to perform better]. It is clear from my previous performances, titles and awards. I did 100 things better.
“I think his style and the way he’s boxing – he’s doing enough to try and win – the other guys coming in now are good fighters and they’ve got him covered no problem. I don’t think he’ll be a world champion. He’ll be almost a man in British boxing.”
PBC’s June 15 show, Gervonta Davis vs. Frank Martin/David Benavidez vs. Oleksandr Gvozdyk, seems to be progressing. Salvador Rodriguez announced yesterday that Carlos Adames will make his inaugural defense of the WBC middleweight title against Terrell Gausha Héctor Guzmán of Frases de Boxeo told Julius Julianis today that former WBA super lightweight champion Alberto Puello will face Gary Antoine Russell.
It’s fitting that after a sporadic burst of respect when they finally got rid of Jermall Charlo and moved Adames (23-1, 18 KOs), the WBC immediately returned to its false status quo. Career super welterweight Gausha (24-3-1, 12 KOs) hasn’t fought since he stopped KeAndrae Leatherwood just over the middleweight limit last November, but he magically climbed out of the top 15 at 154 at No. He’s ranked 10th out of 160 in the latest WBC rankings.
Honestly, it’s pathetic, but I think Adames has to get in the ring one way or another.
The fight between Puello (22-0, 10 KO) and Russell (17-0, 17 KO) will be much more engaging. Puello was stripped of his title in 2022 after failing a drug test. but he got a lenient sentence after he proved that he had been taking a virility drug and returned to action last December, defeating highly capable pressure fighter Batyr Akhmedov for the belt, making him a solid opponent for the talented but sporadic Russell.
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