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Women’s boxing rankings per pound: Two fighters debut in the top 10

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7 months ago

April 9, 2026

After a weekend packed with action in women’s boxing, several top fighters made a robust case to either keep their spots or break into the top 10 of the pound-for-pound rankings – and that’s exactly what two up-to-date fighters did.

Ellie Scotney, 28, became the youngest undisputed champion in British boxing history after a unanimous decision victory over Mayelli Flores on Sunday in London, unifying all four major junior featherweight world titles. The victory puts Scotney in 9th place in the rankings.

In the main event, Caroline Dubois eliminated Terri Harper in round 6 en route to winning a unanimous decision and unifying the two lightweight titles. Dubois’ blend of speed, power and precision continues to stand out, and her performances saw her debut in the rankings in 10th place.

Chantelle Cameron also delivered a composed performance in a tight battle with Michaela Kotaskova, winning convincingly on the scorecards and remaining in fifth place.

A day earlier in Cardiff, Wales, unified welterweight champion Lauren Price overcame adversity – including cuts to her mouth and above her right eye – to earn a unanimous decision victory over Stephanie Pineiro and successfully defend her WBA, WBC and IBF titles.

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

Shields’ historic career continued in February with a major unanimous decision victory in his rematch with Franchon Crews-Dezurn to retain the undisputed heavyweight title. Shields, the undisputed champion of an unprecedented three weight divisions and a two-time Olympic gold medalist, remains the most decorated fighter in men’s and women’s boxing. She has yet to face her rival in the ring and could challenge herself by cutting down in weight to face current unified junior middleweight champion Mikaela Mayer or unified super middleweight champion Shadasia Green.

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

Taylor made a tactical performance to defeat Amanda Serrano by majority decision last July for a 3-0 trilogy win. The undisputed two-division champion said she has one fight left in her career and hopes to fight at home in Dublin, Ireland. No opponent has been announced for this latest fight, but she could be trying to reclaim the WBC title held by Sandy Ryan, who won the belt in February after vacating Taylor last September. Taylor could also move up to 147 pounds to face unified welterweight champion Lauren Price or book a rubber match with the only woman to defeat her, Chantelle Cameron.

3. GABRIELA FUNDORA

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

Fundora continued to torment the lighter weight classes, earning her fourth straight stoppage victory in a one-sided beating of Ruiz Corredora on March 14. Her skill, 5’1″ height and 69″ reach were showcased in her dominance in every fight. What makes her performance even more scary for the competition is that she was being considered in a weight class to challenge unified junior flyweight champion Evelyn Bermudez. Fundora has shown marked improvement each time and is nearing the top of this list.

4. AMANDA SERRANO

RECORD: 48-4-1, 31 KOs
DEPARTMENT: Unified featherweight champion
LAST FIGHT: In (UD10) Reina Tellez, January 3
NEXT FIGHT: May 30 vs. Cheyenne Hanson

Serrano bounced back from her trilogy loss to Katie Taylor with a one-sided win over Reina Tellez in Puerto Rico to start 2026. Although she lost to Taylor 0-3 in close decisions, seven-division champion Serrano can take solace in the knowledge that she helped change women’s boxing with those incredible fights. Serrano has hinted that 2026 could be her last year in boxing, and the unified featherweight champion announced on April 7 that she would defend her belts against Cheyenne Hanson on May 30 in Texas.

5. CHANTELLE CAMERON

RECORD: 22-1, 8 KOs
DEPARTMENT: Junior middleweight champion
LAST FIGHT: In (UD10) Michael Kotaskov, April 5
NEXT FIGHT: TBA

Cameron couldn’t beat Katie Taylor and decided to move up two divisions to junior middleweight, where she became a two-division champion, defeating Kotaskova for the vacant WBO title. Cameron, the former undisputed junior welterweight champion, remains the only fighter to beat Taylor in the professional ranks, but she may not be able to make a third fight before the Irishwoman retires. However, as the 154-pound titleholder, she could choose to unify the belts with fellow champions Oshae Jones and Mikaela Mayer.

6. MIKAELA MAYER

RECORD: 22-2, 5 KOs
DEPARTMENT: Welterweight champion; junior middleweight champion
LAST FIGHT: In (UD10) Mary Spencer, October 30, 2025
NEXT FIGHT: TBA

Mayer performed admirably in dismantling Mary Spencer in October, and after signing with Most Valuable Promotions in March, he has plenty of options for his next move. With the world titles at welterweight and junior middleweight, Mayer could gain undisputed status in both weight classes by fighting Lauren Price or Oshae Jones, respectively, but a possible clash with Claressa Shields – if they can agree on weight – would be one of the biggest fights in women’s boxing.

7. ALICE BAUMGARDNER

RECORD: 17-1, 7 KOs
DEPARTMENT: Unified junior lightweight champion
LAST FIGHT: In (UD12) Leila Beaudoin, December 19, 2025
NEXT FIGHT: April 17 vs. Bo Mi Re Shin

Baumgardner gave up her undisputed status to compete in championship fights lasting 12 rounds, 3 minutes per round, and handled the workload with ease, turning over Leila Beaudoin in December. Baumgardner has been considered the future face of Most Valuable Promotions women’s boxing and will be looking to make an impression when she headlines Bo Mi Re Shin on April 17 in Modern York.

8. LAUREN PRICE

RECORD: 10-0, 2 KOs
DEPARTMENT: Unified welterweight champion
LAST FIGHT: In (UD10) Stephanie Pineiro, April 4
NEXT FIGHT: TBA

Price won a bloody affair with Pineiro and defended her WBC, WBA and IBF welterweight titles. In just 10 professional fights, the Welsh boxer has already defeated top fighters such as Natasha Jonas, Jessica McCaskill and Pineiro. While she initially appeared to be on a collision course with Mikaela Mayer to crown the undisputed champion, her victory on Saturday saw her come face to face with Claressa Shields. Price seems to have plenty of room to climb up the P4P list.

9. ELLIE SCOTNEYPrevious ranking: NO

RECORD: 12-0, 0 KOs
DEPARTMENT: The undisputed junior featherweight champion
LAST FIGHT: In (UD10) Mayella Flores, April 5
NEXT FIGHT: TBA

Scotney became the youngest undisputed women’s champion in British history with a hugely entertaining unanimous decision victory over Flores. Scotney, 28, has impressed since her professional debut in 2020, scoring victories over current undisputed bantamweight champion Cherneka Johnson and former WBC junior featherweight champion Yamileth Mercado. She could hold the fort in her division against opponents like Skye Nicolson and Erika Cruz, or move up to featherweight where Amanda Serrano, Dina Thorslund and Tiara Brown would pose a sedate challenge.

10. KAROLINA DUBOISPrevious ranking: NO

RECORD: 13-0-1, 5 KOs
DEPARTMENT: Unified lightweight champion
LAST FIGHT: In (UD10) Terri Harper, April 5
NEXT FIGHT: TBA

Dubois made an excellent pick for Harper at the inaugural MVPW gala in London. After working Harper out, Dubois knocked her down with a left hand in round 6 and dominated the rest of the fight. 21-year-old Dubois is strongly preparing to fight Alycia Baumgardner – who is a weight class lower than her – but a unification fight with the winner of Stephanie Han vs. seems more likely. Holly Holm 2. Dubois is extremely talented and could be knocking on the door at the top of the list in a year or two.

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: Yokasta Valle (4), Shadasia Green (4), Cherneka Johnson (3), Hyun Choi (1).

How our experts voted

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

ESPN expert poll

First place: Shields (8)

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

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

Fourth place: Serrano (4), Fundora (3), Cameron (1)

Fifth place: Cameron (4), Fundora (1), Serrano (1), Mayer (1), Price (1)

Sixth place: Baumgardner (4), Mayer (3), Price (1)

Seventh place: Mayer (3), Baumgardner (3), Serrano (1), Price (1)

Eighth place: Scotney (2), Mayer (1), Price (1), Dubois (1), Valle (1), Johnson (1), Green (1)

Ninth place: Scotney (5), Price (3)

10th place: Dubois (4), Baumgardner (1), Valle (1), Green (1), Choi (1)

Boxing

WBO Denies Denzel Bentleys Appeal; Must Face Yoenli Hernandez or Vacate Title

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6 hours ago

October 22, 2026

The Punch Junkie™ News

"WBO Denies Denzel Bentley’s Appeal; Must Face Yoenli Hernandez or Vacate Title"

Another day, another Zuffa signee losing his belt for shirking his responsibilities. WBO president Gustavo Olivieri announced that the sanctioning body has denied middleweight champion Denzel Bentley’s appeal for a voluntary defense, giving him 24 hours to commit to facing mandatory challenger Yoenli Hernandez.

Bentley (22-3-1, 18 KO) was the beneficiary of Janibek Alimkhanuly’s failed drug test and subsequent emigration to the super middleweight division, as the move elevated the interim belt he’d claimed against Endry Saavendra in April to the real deal. That came with conditions, namely a mandated showdown with Hernandez (11-0, 9 KO) that failed to produce a a contract.

As for who’ll fight Hernandez for it, Vito Mielnicki Jr sits behind him at no. 2, followed by an otherwise-occupied Tim TszyuMichael Zerafa (lmao), and Fiodor Czerkaszyn. We’ll let you know as soon as an enterprising bachelor steps up.

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WBO Denies Denzel Bentleys Appeal; Orders Showdown with Yoenli Hernandez or Vacate Title

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October 22, 2026

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"WBO Denies Denzel Bentley's Appeal; Orders Showdown with Yoenli Hernandez or Vacate Title"

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Bob Arum Comments on Zuffa Boxings Position as Saudis Scale Back Involvement

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7 hours ago

October 22, 2026

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Bob Arum Comments on Zuffa Boxing's Position as Saudis Scale Back Involvement

Top Rank promoter Bob Arum is back on the scene with a new knee! And now that he’s getting around again, he was able to catch up with Fight Hub TV to give his perspective on what’s been going on in the boxing business as of late, particularly as it pertains to Zuffa Boxing who appear to be in a state of flux. Check out what he had to say below!

Arum on Zuffa’s place in boxing landscape

“When you look at Zuffa, they are hoping to do what they’re doing with Saudi money and the Saudis have poured a lot of money into the sport and for a while were backing Zuffa, so Zuffa felt emboldened to offer big [money] to good fighters like Shakur Stevenson. Now, apparently the Saudis, Turki and Sela have gotten the word from up high in Saudi Arabia, ‘hey, this money is not going to be unlimited, you’ve got to cut down,’ or there’s no money — I don’t know what they’ve told them.

“So the Saudis are clearly pulling back and who knows if they’re going to be involved in boxing after this year. They’ve already, apparently, sold Ring Magazine to DAZN. So, if the Saudi money isn’t there, Zuffa is not going to spend its own money to promote fights because they have announced to their shareholders that they would not do that. And if they start doing it, then they leave themselves open to a major shareholder suit.

“So, again, we have to see what’s going to happen. There’s no animosity, people are doing what they feel is best for them and that’s business. How this all turns out, we’re going to have to see next year and the years after that.”

On whether he thinks Zuffa has done a good job thus far

“What does it mean to have done a good job? If somebody gave me a barrel of money to put on fights, would I be doing a good job? Sure. But anybody would be doing a good job. I mean, give Oscar this kind of money, give Eddie this kind of money.

“So it’s not a question of a good job, the question is can they make matches having a limited budget that is limited by the financial viability of the fight, not what somebody from the outside is pouring into it. That’s doing a big, good job — making it work for them, for the public, for the fighters without the fighters outside help putting in all this money without any way to get it back.”

On Shakur splitting with Zuffa before one fight together

“Once they realized there was no money coming from the Saudis to fund a $15M fight deal, then what do you do? If you can get out of that contract, you get out of it. Did they get out, did it cost them any money to get out? I don’t know. But, again, to pay Shakur $15M…financially it’s not viable. So, it is what it is. And once the Saudis really left the message that they got the word from The Boss that this unlimited tap is going to stop, it was bound to happen.”

On the Shakur vs Devin fight falling apart

“The fight fell apart, but essentially it fell apart is because DAZN had promised [Devin] Haney a certain amount of money, Zuffa had promised Shakur a certain amount of money, and it wasn’t a match because that money didn’t exist in the fight that they would have…Would the fight have justified the money being put up? Because otherwise nobody wants to break their ass doing a fight, promoting a fight, and ending up facing an absolute possibility that you’re going to lose money.”

On his prediction for the business once the Saudi money evaporates

“Looking at the past when this happened, and in boxing it happens all the time, the market then settles and fighters fight for what’s available and we get some very good fights that still go on and life continues. But how it’s going to come out after this, where we had so much money being put into the sport not existing, how is the sport going to continue? It’s going to continue, but how is it going to continue, I don’t know.

“Remember, [Al] Haymon came in when he had that deal with the mutual fund with hundreds of millions of dollars, and all he accomplished was pissing it away. So, again, I have the experience and I’ve been around enough not to say definitively what’s going to happen because I don’t know like nobody else does. I have an idea but again, it’s just an idea and not worth talking about. All I know is that the sport will continue, there will be great fights being made. How everybody will be compensated remains to be seen but that’s in the future.“

On Ryan Garcia saying he’s going to fight Floyd Mayweather for the WBC title

“Will people be interested in it? I don’t know. I know Floyd [Mayweather] needs the money ‘cause he’s pissed away tons of the money that he made. I mean, he blames Haymon for that, he blames this for that, but ultimately I blame him for pissing it away. Will Garcia vs Mayweather generate money? Will it generate enough money to satisfy these guys? I don’t know. I think there will be limited interest in a fight where you have a young guy at the peak of his boxing prowess fighting an old man, which Mayweather has now become.”

On the Eddie Hearn vs Dana White beef over promoting Fury vs AJ, and Hearn insisting White can’t be involved

“Well, that’s right. Eddie [Hearn] is correct. Frank [Warren] and I have a contract with [Tyson] FuryEddie has a contract with [Anthony] Joshua. Dana has a contract with nobody. But if Dana wanted to be involved with the fight, be my guest. I mean, the money is the money. The Saudis are putting up the bulk of the money in that fight. They’ll do a good gate, get back some of it. But again, what do I care? What should anybody care?”