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The latest great rankings in medium scales: the case of Oslyys Iglesias as a real king

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1 year ago

September 19, 2025

Image: Boxing Results: Osleys Iglesias Dominates Sena Agbeko in Crushing Second Round Stoppage

In the latest rankings of the Ring magazine for Super Middle Wwweight Canelo Alvarez he was moved from Master to No. 1 after losing to Crawford on Saturday evening. The rankings were updated on September 15, 2025.

Bud is now the Ring champion in 168 after just one fight in the weight class. This was perceived as a enormous enough win for Crawford (42-0, 31 KO) to give him a master of the master. He became a triangular unquestioned champion and won his title of the fifth division.

Dubious Alvarez ranking No. 1

It is doubtful whether Canelo (63-3-2, 39 KO) deserves ranking No. 1, because there are probably four fighters listed under it in the top ten of the ring, who would have a great chance to beat him like Crawford, but in a more impressive way.

I believe that 2, 3, 4, 5 and 10 would defeat Alvarez. #10 to William Scull, a warrior who defeated Canelo on May 3. However, I suspect that he would fight much more aggressively in the rematch after seeing what Crawford did Canelo. Scull is better than what he showed against Canelo.

I assess his power, hand speed and combination skills over the Ring Crawford champion. Scull did not apply his talent against Canelo.

Ring in the top ten for a super medium weight

Master: Terence Crawford

Canelo Alvarez
Oslyys Iglesias
Christian Milli
Lester Martinez
Diego Pacheco
Jose Armando Resendiz
Caleb plant
Hamzah Sheeraz
Bruno Surace
William Scull

Unofficial king: Iglesias

Oslyys Iglesias (14-0, 13 KO) should be in my opinion number 1 and I think that he would beat everyone on the updated r Creor list for 168, including Crawford. Southpaw Iglesias’ power in the right hook, left hand and JAB would be tough to deal with it. It has the same range as Crawford and cuts off the ring well.

Crawford pressure fighters avoid

After watching Mbilla, Martinez and Pakco through their entire career, they are gigantic problems for Crawford with their power, size and pressure. They are guys who would not be cautious and they would constantly attack Crawford.

Crawford’s concentration on maximizing your income and the desire to capture more belts means that it is unlikely to defend your unquestioned super -medium championships towards any of these warriors.

Crawford’s Bait for Canelo

Terenka has not released his titles yet, because he probably holds them to apply them as a bait to lure Canelo to the second fight. However, if he does not get a rematch, Crawford will probably leave the title when he will be able to defend himself against Iglesias and the winner of Mbilli Vs. Martinez.

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Last updated 19.19.2025

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Robert Garcia Analyzes Tim Tszyus Odds Against Erislandy Lara | Boxing News

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3 hours ago

November 7, 2026

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"Robert Garcia Analyzes Tim Tszyu's Odds Against Erislandy Lara | Boxing News"

Tim Tszyu seeks to become Australia’s third multi-divisional boxing world champion when he competes for Erislandy Lara’s WBA middleweight title next month, and ahead of the action, trainer Robert Garcia has offered his thoughts on the fight.

Tszyu lost his WBO super-welterweight title in a defeat to Sebastian Fundora back in 2024 and twice failed to reclaim 154lb honours, both against Bakhram Murtazaliev and in a rematch with Fundora.

Since then, the Aussie has stepped up to middleweight and scored a career-best win over Errol Spence Jr earlier this yearand now, the 32-year-old could join lead trainer Jeff Fenech and Liam Paro as his nation’s third two-weight world champion, if he can trump 43-year-old.

Speaking with ProBox TVRobert Garcia, who trains a potential future Tszyu opponent in Vergil Ortiz, admitted that he is leaning towards the home fighter, but noted that Lara will not be phased by competing in the challenger’s backyard.

“We can probably lean towards Tim Tsyzu because he is fighting at home, in front of his hometown, but Lara is not the fighter that brings in a lot of fans following him.

“He doesn’t have a following, he is not one that is going to sell out arenas, so even if it is in the United States, it is likely that most of the people are going to be [there] for Tim Tszyu because Australians do travel and Tim Tszyu has a lot of fans.

“For Lara, going to Australia is like going to Las Vegas or going to New York because he never has that following anyways. Anywhere he goes, he is going to be against the crowd. So, I think for him it is going to be one of those performances where it doesn’t make a difference if he is going to Tim Tsyzu’s hometown.”

Tszyu-Lara takes place at the Cbus Super Stadium in Queensland, Australia on Sunday 13 December.

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Malik Scott Predicts Knockout Victory for Jai Opetaia in Upcoming Fight

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3 hours ago

November 7, 2026

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"Malik Scott Predicts Knockout Victory for Jai Opetaia in Upcoming Fight"

Deontay Wilder’s former head coach Malik Scott has delivered a knockout prediction for the American’s upcoming showdown with Jai Opetaia.

The pair will square off at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium on December 11, with Opetaia making his heavyweight debut on the undercard of Tyson Fury vs Anthony Joshua.

Despite him being the naturally smaller man, many are favouring the Australian – a former two-time world cruiserweight champion – to defeat his 10-years-older opponent.

It is, after all, generally accepted that Wilder has declined significantly since his trilogy bout with Furywho survived two knockdowns and scored an 11th-round knockout in their 2021 encounter.

Back then, Wilder had just joined forces with Scott, his former opponent, and the pair maintained their fighter-trainer relationship through subsequent defeats against Joseph Parker and Zhilei Zhang.

With Wilder now operating under different coaches, though, Scott has shared a balanced view of the Opetaia fight with Seconds Out.

“The fight’s got dynamite written all over it. Jai Opetaia is very dangerous, but he’s a smaller man that’s been hurt by smaller men than Deontay, slower men than Deontay.

“I’ve never seen Opetaia get hit by nobody like Deontay; I’ve seen Deontay get hit by bigger punchers than Opetaia. [But] one thing we can expect in this fight is a knockout.

“The name of the fight is ‘bad intentions’ – at least that’s what I’m calling it, because that’s what they share in common. What they share in common is mentality – they both are trying to hurt you.”

While he stopped short of predicting a winner, it is perhaps telling that Scott, despite his relationship with Wilder, has not explicitly favoured him to win by knockout.