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Women’s Boxing Pound Rankings: Fundora Moves Up; fresh name in the top ten
Undisputed heavyweight champion Claressa Shields remains atop the ESPN women’s pound-for-pound rankings, while Amanda Serrano remains in third place after an emphatic victory over Reina Tellez on Jan. 3. Elsewhere in the rankings, one player advanced, one entered the rankings, and others further cemented their places in the top ten.
Gabriela Fundora has climbed one place to No. 4 since our last update, and Mikaela Mayer remains in No. 6 after unifying three junior middleweight world titles. Alycia Baumgardner, number 7, and Yokasta Valle, number 9, also retained their positions after amazing victories.
The biggest change concerns Elif Nur Turhan, who makes her debut in the top ten after a great performance against the previously undefeated Beatriz Ferreira. Turhan scored a dominant fifth-round TKO to win the IBF lightweight title, defeating Ferreira in the first round and again in the fifth before the fight was stopped.
Here are the current top 10.
1. CLARESSA TRICKSPrevious ranking: 1
RECORD: 17-0, 3 KOs
DEPARTMENT: The undisputed heavyweight champion
LAST FIGHT: In (UD10) Lani Daniels, July 26
NEXT FIGHT: February 22 vs. Franchon Crews-Dezurn
2. KATIE TAYLOR
Previous ranking: 2
RECORD: 25-1, 6 KOs
DEPARTMENT: Unified junior welterweight champion
LAST FIGHT: In (MD10) Amanda Serrano, July 11
NEXT FIGHT: TBA
3. 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
4. GABRIELA FUNDORA
Previous ranking: 5
RECORD: 17-0, 9 KOs
DEPARTMENT: The undisputed flyweight champion
LAST FIGHT: W (KO7) Alex Kubicki, September 20
NEXT FIGHT: TBA
5. CHANTELLE CAMERON
Previous ranking: 4
RECORD: 21-1, 8 KOs
DEPARTMENT: Junior welterweight
LAST FIGHT: In (UD10) Jessica Camara, July 11
NEXT FIGHT: TBA
6. MIKAELA MAYERPrevious ranking: 6
RECORD: 22-2, 5 KOs
DEPARTMENT: Welterweight champion and unified junior middleweight champion
LAST FIGHT: In (UD10) Mary Spencer, October 30
NEXT FIGHT: TBA
7. ALICE BAUMGARDNERPrevious ranking: 7
RECORD: 17-1, 7 KOs
DEPARTMENT: Unified junior lightweight champion
LAST FIGHT: In (UD12) Leila Beaudoin, December 19
NEXT FIGHT: TBA
8. LAUREN PRICEPrevious ranking: 8
RECORD: 9-0, 2 KOs
DEPARTMENT: Unified welterweight champion
LAST FIGHT: In (UD10) Natasha Jonas, March 7
NEXT FIGHT: TBA
9. FROM YOKA TO THE VALLEYPrevious ranking: 9
RECORD: 34-3, 10 KOs
DEPARTMENT: Strawweight champion
LAST FIGHT: In (MD10) Yadira Bustillos, December 19
NEXT FIGHT: TBA
10. ELIF NUR TURHANPrevious ranking: NO
RECORD: 12-0, 8 KOs
DEPARTMENT: Lightweight champion
LAST FIGHT: W (TKO5) Beatriz Ferreira, December 6
NEXT FIGHT: TBA
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 (5), Shadasia Green (4), Cherneka Jonson (3), Hyun Choi (2), Jessica Nery Plata (1), Evelin Nazarena Bermudez (1).
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. Unnecessarily
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. Taylor, 2. Shields, 3. Serrano, 4. Fundora, 5. Mayer, 6. Baumgardner, 7. Price, 8. Johnson, 9. Valley, 10. Bermudas
Bernardo Pilate: 1. Taylor, 2. Shields, 3. Cameron, 4. Serrano, 5. Fundora, 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. Cameron, 5. Funodra, 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
ESPN expert poll
First place: Shields (5), Taylor (2)
Second place: Taylor (4), Shields (2), Fundora (1)
Third place: Serrano (2), Fundora (2), Cameron (2), Taylor (1)
Fourth place: Serrano (5), Fundora (1), Cameron (1)
Fifth place: Fundora (3), Cameron (2), Mayer (2)
Sixth place: Baumgardner (5), Mayer (1), Turhan (1)
Seventh place: Mayer (4), Cameron (1), Baumgardner (1), Price (1)
Eighth place: Price (4), Valle (2), Johnson (1)
Ninth place: Valle (2), Green (2), Baumgardner (1), Scotney (1), Choi (1)
10th place: Scotney (3), Turhan (2), Bermudez (1), Nery Plata (1)
Katie Taylor’s farewell fight is now official.
On Thursday, Matchroom Boxing announced that Taylor will return to Dublin’s Croke Park on September 5 to defend her WBO, WBA, IBF and Ring Magazine titles against undefeated French challenger Flora Pili. The vacant WBC title is also at stake, giving Taylor a chance to become a three-time undisputed champion.
The event will be broadcast live worldwide on DAZN and is expected to attract over 80,000 fans to Ireland’s national stadium.
“It seems like the perfect way to end – to become Undisputed Champion once again on our national stadium that holds such a special place in Irish hearts. I’m grateful that this is happening and I can’t thank the people of this country enough for the support I’ve received over the years.
“People have traveled all over the world following my career and I hope I can return the favor with a confident performance on September 5. I have no illusions that Flora will pose a very arduous challenge; she is undefeated as a professional and has a good amateur pedigree, so I have the utmost respect for her.
“I have been blessed to have achieved more in this sport than I could have ever dreamed of, but fighting in Croke Park is truly the icing on the cake. I hope this event inspires a whole recent generation to take up sport and follow their passions.”
Taylor enters the fight with a 25-1 record. The event, which will take place on September 5, will be the first professional boxing event held in Croke Park since Muhammad Ali fought Alvin Lewis there in 1972.
Pili brings an undefeated record of 12-0 to the fight and will be looking for the biggest victory of his career. Tickets go on sale June 12 via Ticketmaster, with pre-sales starting earlier this week.
If successful, Taylor will retire as a three-time undisputed champion.
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