RING RATINGS ANALYSIS THROUGH FIGHTS OF DECEMBER 21, 2024
JR. MIDDLEWEIGHTS WEIGHT LIMIT: 154 POUNDS
WELTERWEIGHTS WEIGHT LIMIT: 147 POUNDS
JR. WELTERWEIGHTS WEIGHT LIMIT: 140 POUNDS
MIDDLEWEIGHTS WEIGHT LIMIT: 160 POUNDS
the insecurity almost seemed like a lingering wound from the undeserved boos Edwards received after his last fight ended with a cut- induced technical decision over Adrian Curiel in Arizona. Yafai continued to push the pace and overwhelmed his former sparring mate for a stoppage in the sixth round, getting a promotion to No. 4 as a reward. Edwards, perhaps his heart not in it anymore after recent events and a punishing loss to Bam Rodriguez in December 2023, announced his retirement soon afterward. He leaves the game with a record of 21-2 (4 KOs), having won the IBF title by outboxing Moruti Mthalane in 2021 and successfully defending the belt four times. With his departure, Tobias Reyes entered the ratings at No. 10. JUNIOR FLYWEIGHT: No. 5-rated Elwin Soto dropped to No. 10 after fighting to a split draw against fellow Mexican Moises Caro (unrated). Darkhorse-in-the-making Thanongsak Simsri crept up another notch, from No. 7 to No. 6, with a split decision win over former WBO titleholder Masataka Taniguchi in Japan. STRAWWEIGHT: South African Siyakholwa Kuse debuted in the ratings at No. 10, replacing Joey Canoy, after a majority decision win over Zimbabwe’s Beaven Sibanda, who took the first
loss of his fledgling career. And finally, there was the championship fight between two men who together weigh less than Oleksandr Usyk but provided a massively entertaining example of why smaller fighters deserve more attention (and money). Oscar Collazo, rated No. 1 going into the fight, held the WBO title and a perfect record. His opponent, whether you call him Thammanoon Niyomtrong or Knockout CP Freshmart, also undefeated, was the WBA incumbent with 12 consecutive defenses in a reign that started in 2016. With him being rated No. 2 in the division ratings, the vacant Ring Magazine championship was also on the line for the first time in the Riyadh Season “Latino Night” co-feature to Ramirez vs. Billam-Smith. Collazo was brilliant, controlling the action with a comprehensive arsenal, dismantling his opponent piece by piece. Niyomtrong was knocked down for the first time – seemingly in disbelief during his entire trip to the canvas – by a counter right hook in Round 6. Starting to fold from all the body shots he was absorbing, he went down again from another right hook in the seventh, and it was a left uppercut that closed the show about 30 seconds later. The Thai fighter slipped to No. 3, and Collazo cemented his place in Puerto Rico’s long tradition of producing giants.
POUND FOR POUND LIST 1 OLEKSANDR USYK Ukraine • 23-0-0 (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 JESSE RODRIGUEZ U.S. • 21-0-0 (14 KOs) 7 CANELO ALVAREZ Mexico • 62-2-2 (39 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)
C (VACANT) 1 ZHANIBEK ALIMKHANULY IBF, WBO Kazakhstan • 16-0-0 (11 KOs) 2 HAMZAH SHEERAZ U.K. • 21-0-0 (17 KOs) 3 CARLOS ADAMES WBC Dom. Rep. • 24-1-0 (18 KOs) 4 ERISLANDY LARA WBA Cuba • 31-3-3 (19 KOs) 5 CHRIS EUBANK JR. U.K. • 34-3-0 (25 KOs) 6 ETINOSA OLIHA Italy • 21-0-0 (9 KOs) 7 KYRONE DAVIS U.S. • 19-3-1 (6 KOs) 8 TROY ISLEY U.S. • 14-0-0 (5 KOs) 9 SHANE MOSLEY JR . U.S. • 22-4-0 (12 KOs) 10 DENZEL BENTLEY U.K. • 21-3-1 (17 KOs)
C (VACANT) 1 TERENCE CRAWFORD WBA U.S. • 41-0-0 (31 KOs) 2 ISRAIL MADRIMOV Uzbekistan • 10-1-1 (7 KOs) 3 BAKHRAM MURTAZALIEV IBF Russia • 23-0-0 (17 KOs) 4 SEBASTIAN FUNDORA WBC, WBO U.S. • 21-1-1 (13 KOs) 5 VERGIL ORTIZ U.S. • 22-0-0 (21 KOs) 6 SERHII BOHACHUK Ukraine • 25-2-0 (24 KOs) 7 TIM TSZYU Australia • 24-2-0 (17 KOs) 8 CHARLES CONWELL U.S. • 21-0-0 (16 KOs) 9 JESUS RAMOS U.S. • 21-1-0 (17 KOs) 10 BRIAN MENDOZA U.S. • 22-4-0 (16 KOs)
C (VACANT) 1 JARON ENNIS IBF
C TEOFIMO LOPEZ RING, WBO U.S. • 21-1-0 (13 KOs) 1 DEVIN HANEY U.S. • 31-0-0 (15 KOs) 2 JACK CATTERALL U.K. • 30-1-0 (13 KOs) 3 ALBERTO PUELLO WBC Dom. Rep. • 23-0-0 (10 KOs) 4 RICHARDSON HITCHINS IBF U.S. • 19-0-0 (7 KOs) 5 LIAM PARO Australia • 25-1-0 (15 KOs) 6 SUBRIEL MATIAS Puerto Rico • 21-2-0 (21 KOs) 7 JOSH TAYLOR U.K. • 19-2-0 (13 KOs) 8 ANDY HIRAOKA Japan • 24-0-0 (19 KOs) 9 ARNOLD BARBOZA U.S. • 31-0-0 (11 KOs) 9 JOSE VALENZUELA WBA U.S. • 14-2-0 (9 KOs)
U.S. • 33-0-0 (29 KOs) 2 EIMANTAS STANIONIS WBA Lithuania • 15-0-0 (9 KOs) 3 MARIO BARRIOS WBC U.S. • 29-2-1 (18 KOs) 4 DAVID AVANESYAN Russia • 30-5-1 (18 KOs) 5 BRIAN NORMAN JR. WBO U.S. • 26-0-0 (20 KOs) 6 GIOVANI SANTILLAN U.S. • 33-1-0 (18 KOs) 7 SHAKHRAM GIYASOV Uzbekistan • 16-0-0 (9 KOs) 8 ALEXIS ROCHA U.S. • 25-2-1 (16 KOs) 9 JIN SASAKI Japan • 18-1-1 (17 KOs) 10 RAUL CURIEL Mexico • 15-0-1 (13 KOs)
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHTS WEIGHT LIMIT: 175 POUNDS
LIGHTWEIGHTS WEIGHT LIMIT: 135 POUNDS
JR. LIGHTWEIGHTS WEIGHT LIMIT: 130 POUNDS
FEATHERWEIGHTS WEIGHT LIMIT: 126 POUNDS
JR. FEATHERWEIGHTS WEIGHT LIMIT: 122 POUNDS
HEAVYWEIGHTS WEIGHT UNLIMITED
CRUISERWEIGHTS WEIGHT LIMIT: 200 POUNDS
C CANELO ALVAREZ RING, WBA, WBC,WBO Mexico • 62-2-2 (39 KOs) 1 CHRISTIAN MBILLI France • 28-0-0 (23 KOs) 2 OSLEYS IGLESIAS Cuba • 13-0-0 (12 KOs) 3 DIEGO PACHECO U.S. • 22-0-0 (18 KOs) 4 CALEB PLANT U.S. • 23-2-0 (14 KOs) 5 WILLIAM SCULL IBF Cuba • 23-0-0 (9 KOs) 6 VLADIMIR SHISHKIN Russia • 16-1-0 (10 KOs) 7 BRUNO SURACE France • 26-0-2 (5 KOs) 8 JAIME MUNGUIA Mexico • 44-2-0 (35 KOs) 9 EDGAR BERLANGA U.S. • 22-1-0 (17 KOs) 10 ERIK BAZINYAN Canada • 32-1-1 (23 KOs) SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHTS WEIGHT LIMIT: 168 POUNDS
C OLEKSANDR USYK RING, WBA, WBC, WBO Ukraine • 23-0-0 (14 KOs) 1 TYSON FURY U.K. • 34-2-1 (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. • 30-2-0 (22 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 IMAM KHATAEV Russia • 9-0-0 (9 KOs)
C (VACANT) 1 GERVONTA DAVIS WBA U.S. • 30-0-0 (28 KOs) 2 VASILIY LOMACHENKO IBF Ukraine • 18-3-0 (12 KOs) 3 SHAKUR STEVENSON WBC U.S. • 22-0-0 (10 KOs) 4 WILLIAM ZEPEDA Mexico • 32-0-0 (27 KOs) 5 KEYSHAWN DAVIS U.S. • 12-0-0 (8 KOs) 6 DENYS BERINCHYK WBO Ukraine • 19-0-0 (9 KOs) 7 RAYMOND MURATALLA U.S. • 22-0-0 (17 KOs) 8 FRANK MARTIN U.S. • 18-1-0 (12 KOs) 9 ANDY CRUZ Cuba • 4-0-0 (2 KOs) 10 TEVIN FARMER U.K. • 33-7-1 (8 KOs)
C (VACANT) 1 EMANUEL NAVARRETE WBO Mexico • 39-2-1 (32 KOs) 2 O’SHAQUIE FOSTER WBC U.S. • 23-3-0 (12 KOs) 3 ANTHONY CACACE IBF Ireland • 23-1-0 (8 KOs) 4 LAMONT ROACH WBA U.S. • 25-1-1 (10 KOs) 5 JOE CORDINA U.K. • 17-1-0 (9 KOs) 6 ROBSON CONCEICAO Brazil • 19-3-1 (9 KOs) 7 EDUARDO NUNEZ Mexico • 27-1-0 (27 KOs) 8 ALBERT BATYRGAZIEV Russia • 12-0-0 (9 KOs) 9 EDUARDO HERNANDEZ Mexico • 36-2-0 (32 KOs) 10 ALBERT BELL U.S. • 26-0-0 (9 KOs)
C (VACANT) 1 ANGELO LEO IBF
C NAOYA INOUE RING, IBF, WBA, WBC, WBO Japan • 28-0-0 (25 KOs) 1 MARLON TAPALES Philippines • 39-4-0 (20 KOs) 2 MURODJON AKHMADALIEV Uzbekistan • 13-1-0 (10 KOs) 3 SAM GOODMAN Australia • 19-0-0 (8 KOs) 4 LUIS NERY Mexico • 35-2-0 (27 KOs) 5 ALAN PICASSO Mexico • 31-0-1 (17 KOs) 6 SHABAZ MASOUD U.K. • 14-0-0 (4 KOs) 7 TJ DOHENY Ireland • 26-5-0 (20 KOs) 8 ELIJAH PIERCE U.S. • 20-2-0 (16 KOs) 9 RAMON CARDENAS U.S. • 25-1-0 (14 KOs) 10 SEBASTIAN HERNANDEZ Mexico • 18-0-0 (17 KOs)
Australia • 26-0-0 (20 KOs) 1 GILBERTO RAMIREZ WBA, WBO Mexico • 47-1-0 (30 KOs) 2 CHRIS BILLAM-SMITH U.K. • 20-2-0 (13 KOs) 3 ALEKSEI PAPIN Russia • 19-1-0 (18 KOs) 4 RICHARD RIAKPORHE U.K. • 17-1-0 (13 KOs) 5 ARSEN GOULAMIRIAN France • 27-1-0 (19 KOs) 6 MICHAL CIESLAK Poland • 27-2-0 (21 KOs) 7 RYAN ROZICKI Canada • 20-1-1 (19 KOs) 8 YAMIL PERALTA Argentina • 17-1-1 (9 KOs) 9 BRANDON GLANTON U.S. • 20-2-0 (17 KOs) 10 LEONARDO MOSQUEA France • 16-0-0 (9 KOs)
U.S. • 25-1-0 (12 KOs) 2 RAFAEL ESPINOZA WBO Mexico • 26-0-0 (22 KOs) 3 NICK BALL WBA U.K. • 21-0-1 (12 KOs) 4 REY VARGAS Mexico • 36-1-1 (22 KOs) 5 LUIS ALBERTO LOPEZ Mexico • 30-3-0 (17 KOs) 6 BRANDON FIGUEROA WBC U.S. • 25-1-1 (19 KOs) 7 MIRCO CUELLO Argentina • 14-0-0 (11 KOs) 8 BRUCE CARRINGTON U.S. • 14-0-0 (8 KOs) 9 ROBEISY RAMIREZ Cuba • 14-3-0 (9 KOs) 10 OMAR TRINIDAD U.S. • 17-0-1 (13 KOs)
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