RING RATINGS ANALYSIS Through fights of May 4, 2025
Women’s Ring Ratings Analysis Through fights of May 4, 2025 • By Diego Morilla
BANTAMWEIGHTS WEIGHT LIMIT: 118 POUNDS C (VACANT) 1 JUNTO NAKATANI WBC Japan • 30-0-0 (23 KOs) 2 RYOSUKE NISHIDA IBF Japan • 10-0-0 (2 KOs) 3 SEIYA TSUTSUMI WBA Japan • 12-0-3 (8 KOs) 4 YOSHIKI TAKEI WBO Japan • 10-0-0 (8 KOs) 5 TAKUMA INOUE Japan • 20-2-0 (5 KOs) 6 DAIGO HIGA Japan • 21-3-2 (19 KOs) 7 TENSHIN NASUKAWA Japan • 6-0-0 (2 KOs) 8 JASON MOLONEY Australia • 27-4-0 (19 KOs) 9 JEYVIER CINTRON Puerto Rico • 13-1-0 (6 KOs) 10 KENNETH LLOVER Philippines • 14-0-0 (9 KOs)
JR. BANTAMWEIGHTS WEIGHT LIMIT: 115 POUNDS C JESSE RODRIGUEZ RING, WBC U.S. • 21-0-0 (14 KOs) 1 FERNANDO MARTINEZ WBA Argentina • 17-0-0 (9 KOs) 2 JUAN FRANCISCO ESTRADA Mexico • 44-4-0 (28 KOs) 3 KAZUTO IOKA Japan • 31-3-1 (16 KOs) 4 PHUMELELE CAFU WBO South Africa • 11-0-3 (8 KOs) 5 KOSEI TANAKA Japan • 20-2-0 (11 KOs) 6 CARLOS CUADRAS Mexico • 43-5-1 (28 KOs) 7 ANDREW MOLONEY Australia • 27-4-0 (17 KOs) 8 DAVID JIMENEZ Costa Rica • 17-1-0 (11 KOs) 9 PEDRO GUEVARA Mexico • 42-5-1 (22 KOs) 10 RICARDO MALAJIKA S. Africa • 15-2-0 (11 KOs)
FLYWEIGHTS WEIGHT LIMIT: 112 POUNDS
JR. FLYWEIGHTS WEIGHT LIMIT: 108 POUNDS C (VACANT) 1 RENE SANTIAGO WBO Puerto Rico • 14-4-0 (9 KOs) 2 SIVENATHI NONTSHINGA S. Africa • 13-2-0 (10 KOs) 3 SHOKICHI IWATA Japan • 14-2-0 (11 KOs) 4 CARLOS CANIZALES Venezuela • 27-3-1 (19 KOs) 5 ADRIAN CURIEL Mexico • 25-6-1 (5 KOs) 6 THANONGSAK SIMSRI Thailand • 38-1-0 (34 KOs) 7 CRISTIAN ARANETA Philippines • 25-2-0 (20 KOs) 8 REGIE SUGANOB Philippines • 16-1-0 (6 KOs) 9 ERICK ROSA WBA Dom. Rep. • 8-0-0 (2 KOs) 10 PANYA PRADABSRI Thailand • 44-2-0 (27 KOs)
C ( VACANT) 1 KENSHIRO TERAJI WBA, WBC Japan • 25-1-0 (16 KOs) 2 SEIGO YURI AKUI Japan • 21-3-1 (11 KOs) 3 MASAMICHI YABUKI IBF Japan • 18-4-0 (17 KOs) 4 GALAL YAFAI U.K. • 9-0-0 (7 KOs) 5 RICARDO SANDOVAL U.S. • 26-2-0 (18 KOs) 6 ANGEL AYALA Mexico • 18-1-0 (8 KOs) 7 FELIX ALVARADO Nicaragua • 42-4-0 (35 KOs) 8 ANTHONY OLASCUAGA WBO U.S. • 9-1-0 (6 KOs) 9 FRANCISCO RODRIGUEZ JR. Mexico • 39-6-1 (27 KOs) 10 TOBIAS REYES Argentina • 16-1-1 (15 KOs)
STRAWWEIGHTS WEIGHT LIMIT: 105 POUNDS
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C OSCAR COLLAZO RING, WBA, WBO U.S. • 12-0-0 (9 KOs) 1 MELVIN JERUSALEM WBC Philippines • 24-3-0 (12 KOs) 2 PEDRO TADURAN IBF Philippines • 17-4-1 (13 KOs) 3 KNOCKOUT CP FRESHMART Thailand • 26-1-0 (10 KOs) 4 GINJIRO SHIGEOKA Japan • 11-1-0 (9 KOs) 5 YUDAI SHIGEOKA Japan • 9-2-0 (5 KOs) 6 DIANXING ZHU China • 14-1-0 (12 KOs) 7 SIYAKHOLWA KUSE S. Africa • 8-2-1 (4 KOs) 8 YUNI TAKADA Japan • 16-8-3 (6 KOs) 9 JOEY CANOY Philippines • 24-5-2 (15 KOs) 10 RYUSEI MATSUMOTO Japan • 5-0-0 (3 KOs)
Championship vacancies can be filled in the following two ways: 1. The Ring’s Nos. 1 and 2 contenders fight one another. 2. If the Nos. 1 and 2 contenders choose not to fight one another and No. 1 fights No. 3, that matchup could be for the Ring title if the Editorial Board deems No. 3 worthy. A champion can lose their belt in six sit- uations: 1. The Champion loses a fight in the weight class in which they are cham- pion; 2. The Champion moves to another weight class; 3. The Champion does not schedule a fight in any weight class for 18 months, although injuries and certain other
unforeseen circumstances could be taken into consideration; 4. The Champion does not schedule a fight at their championship weight for 18 months (even if they fight at another weight); 5. The Champion does not schedule a fight with a Top-5 contender from any weight class for two years; 6. The Champion retires. The Ring Editorial Board considers input from the Ratings Panel of boxing jour- nalists from around the world and then decides collectively what changes will be made. That applies to both the pound-for- pound and divisional ratings.
POUND-FOR-POUND Gabriela Fundora is unanimously expected to occupy a place on the pound-for-pound list for years to come, perhaps at No. 1 someday. But for now, she is still awaiting wider recognition, even after one of the most demolishing performances of her career. After laying down a progressive beating and ultimately knocking out top contender Marilyn Badillo in the seventh round, Fundora
Incredibly, Gabriela Fundora’s career is still on the rise.
had no place to go in the 112-pound division, where she reigns as undisputed champion and is almost unchallenged in an elite weight class currently populated by legends and young talents alike. However, a proposal was submitted on the ratings panel to elevate Fundora in the mythical pound-for-pound list. The general opinion across the board was the same: She’ll eventually get there, but now’s not the time. In order to jump from her
current No. 6 position, Fundora would have had to move past No. 5-rated Dina Thorslund, our inaugural champion in the bantamweight division. Most panelists feel that Fundora is a shoo-in top-three talent, but they need to see
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