RING RATINGS ANALYSIS THROUGH FIGHTS OF OCTOBER 26, 2024
JUNIOR FEATHERWEIGHT: Stephen Fulton (No. 1) returned to action more than one year after his loss to Naoya Inoue. Fulton’s win over Carlos Castro was at featherweight, however, so he exited and left the division needing a new boss and a new No. 10. Marlon Tapales moved up to the top position while newly crowned European champion Dennis McCann came in at No. 10. BANTAMWEIGHT: Seiya Tsutsumi’s unanimous decision win over Takuma Inoue was rewarded with a leap all the way from No. 9 to No. 3, with Inoue dropping from No. 3 to No. 5. JUNIOR BANTAMWEIGHT: By far the most unexpected irruption into any top 10 took place after South Africa’s Phumelele Cafu came from nowhere to No. 4 after scoring a huge upset with a razor-thin points win over the incumbent No. 4, Kosei Tanaka, in Japan. The result dropped the local legend down one spot and kicked Kenbun Torres out of the ratings. FLYWEIGHT: Former 108-pound titlist Kenshiro Teraji made his debut in the division at No. 3 with his win over No. 9-rated Cristofer Rosales, also picking up a vacant title in the process. Rosales exited the top 10, as did David Jimenez, who
now fights at 115 pounds. The latter departure opened the door for Mexico’s Francisco “Chihuas” Rodriguez to break back into the mix at the bottom of the list. JUNIOR FLYWEIGHT: Teraji’s move up in weight left the division’s Ring championship vacant and coincided with an overhaul of the division that was driven by a few fight outcomes. Jonathan Gonzalez abandoned his lofty No. 1 position to compete at flyweight, and Masamichi Yabuki’s concurrent win over Sivenathi Nontshinga was enough for him to pick up the mantle, rising from No. 6 to No. 1. Fighting on the same card as Teraji’s flyweight debut, Shokichi Iwata earned a jump from No. 7 to No. 2 with his third-round stoppage win over Jairo Noriega. The void left by Gonzalez’s departure was filled by fellow Caribbean boxer-puncher Erick Rosa at No. 10. STRAWWEIGHT: Knockout CP Freshmart advanced to No. 2 after an impressive 12-round majority decision over Alex Winwood. Melvin Jerusalem’s one-sided decision over Luis Castillo lifted him up one position to No. 3. Castillo exited the top 10 after the defeat, allowing for China’s DianXing Zhu to come in at the bottom of the list.
POUND FOR POUND LIST 1 OLEKSANDR USYK Ukraine • 22-0-0 (14 KOs) 2 NAOYA INOUE Japan • 28-0-0 (25 KOs) 3 TERENCE CRAWFORD U.S. • 41-0-0 (31 KOs) 4 ARTUR BETERBIEV Russia • 21-0-0 (20 KOs) 5 DMITRY BIVOL Russia • 23-1-0 (12 KOs) 6 CANELO ALVAREZ Mexico • 62-2-2 (39 KOs) 7 JESSE RODRIGUEZ U.S. • 20-0-0 (13 KOs) 8 GERVONTA DAVIS U.S. • 30-0-0 (28 KOs) 9 JUNTO NAKATANI Japan • 29-0-0 (22 KOs) 10 DEVIN HANEY U.S. • 31-0-0 (15 KOs)
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHTS WEIGHT LIMIT: 175 POUNDS
HEAVYWEIGHTS WEIGHT UNLIMITED
CRUISERWEIGHTS WEIGHT LIMIT: 200 POUNDS
C CANELO ALVAREZ RING, WBA, WBC,WBO Mexico • 62-2-2 (39 KOs) 1 JAIME MUNGUIA Mexico • 44-1-0 (35 KOs) 2 CHRISTIAN MBILLI France • 28-0-0 (23 KOs) 3 OSLEYS IGLESIAS Cuba • 12-0-0 (11 KOs) 4 DIEGO PACHECO U.S. • 22-0-0 (18 KOs) 5 CALEB PLANT U.S. • 23-2-0 (14 KOs) 6 WILLIAM SCULL IBF Cuba • 23-0-0 (9 KOs) 7 VLADIMIR SHISHKIN Russia • 16-1-0 (10 KOs) 8 EDGAR BERLANGA U.S. • 22-1-0 (17 KOs) 9 ERIK BAZINYAN Canada • 32-1-1 (23 KOs) 10 LESTER MARTINEZ Guatemala • 18-0-0 (15 KOs) SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHTS WEIGHT LIMIT: 168 POUNDS
C OLEKSANDR USYK RING, WBA, WBC, WBO Ukraine • 22-0-0 (14 KOs) 1 TYSON FURY U.K. • 34-1-1 (24 KOs) 2 DANIEL DUBOIS IBF U.K. • 22-2-0 (21 KOs) 3 JOSEPH PARKER New Zealand • 35-3-0 (23 KOs) 4 ZHILEI ZHANG China • 27-2-1 (22 KOs) 5 AGIT KABAYEL Germany • 25-0-0 (17 KOs) 6 MARTIN BAKOLE Congo • 21-1-0 (16 KOs) 7 ANTHONY JOSHUA U.K. • 28-4-0 (25 KOs) 8 FILIP HRGOVIC Croatia • 17-1-0 (14 KOs) 9 FABIO WARDLEY U.K. • 18-0-1 (17 KOs) 10 EFE AJAGBA Nigeria • 20-1-0 (14 KOs)
C JAI OPETAIA RING, IBF
C ARTUR BETERBIEV RING, IBF, WBA, WBC, WBO Russia • 21-0-0 (20 KOs) 1 DMITRY BIVOL Russia • 23-1-0 (12 KOs) 2 DAVID BENAVIDEZ U.S. • 29-0-0 (24 KOs) 3 JOSHUA BUATSI U.K. • 19-0-0 (13 KOs) 4 ANTHONY YARDE U.K. • 26-3-0 (24 KOs) 5 ALBERT RAMIREZ Venezuela • 19-0-0 (16 KOs) 6 CALLUM SMITH U.K. • 29-2-0 (21 KOs) 7 OLEKSANDR GVOZDYK Ukraine • 20-2-0 (16 KOs) 8 DAVID MORRELL Cuba • 11-0-0 (9 KOs) 9 WILLY HUTCHINSON U.K. • 18-2-0 (13 KOs) 10 ALI IZMAILOV Russia • 12-0-0 (8 KOs)
Australia • 26-0-0 (20 KOs) 1 CHRIS BILLAM-SMITH WBO U.K. • 20-1-0 (13 KOs) 2 NOEL GEVOR MIKAELYAN WBC Armenia • 27-2-0 (12 KOs) 3 GILBERTO RAMIREZ WBA Mexico • 46-1-0 (30 KOs) 4 ALEKSEI PAPIN Russia • 18-1-0 (17 KOs) 5 RICHARD RIAKPORHE U.K. • 17-1-0 (13 KOs) 6 ARSEN GOULAMIRIAN France • 27-1-0 (19 KOs) 7 MICHAL CIESLAK Poland • 27-2-0 (21 KOs) 8 RYAN ROZICKI Canada • 20-1-0 (19 KOs) 9 YAMIL PERALTA Argentina • 17-1-0 (9 KOs) 10 CHEAVON CLARKE U.K. • 10-0-0 (7 KOs)
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