RING RATINGS ANALYSIS THROUGH FIGHTS OF DECEMBER 21, 2024
Women’s Ring Ratings Analysis Through fights of December 21, 2024 • By Diego Morilla
BANTAMWEIGHTS WEIGHT LIMIT: 118 POUNDS C (VACANT) 1 JUNTO NAKATANI WBC Japan • 29-0-0 (22 KOs) 2 RYOSUKE NISHIDA IBF Japan • 10-0-0 (2 KOs) 3 SEIYA TSUTSUMI WBA Japan • 12-0-2 (8 KOs) 4 YOSHIKI TAKEI WBO Japan • 10-0-0 (8 KOs) 5 TAKUMA INOUE Japan • 20-2-0 (5 KOs) 6 EMMANUEL RODRIGUEZ
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 • 42-5-1 (28 KOs) 7 ANDREW MOLONEY Australia • 27-4-0 (17 KOs) 8 SRISAKET SOR RUNGVISAI Thailand • 58-6-1 (47 KOs) 9 DAVID JIMENEZ Costa Rica • 16-1-0 (11 KOs) 10 PEDRO GUEVARA Mexico • 42-5-1 (22 KOs)
FLYWEIGHTS WEIGHT LIMIT: 112 POUNDS C ( VACANT) 1 ANGEL AYALA IBF
JR. FLYWEIGHTS WEIGHT LIMIT: 108 POUNDS
C (VACANT) 1 MASAMICHI YABUKI IBF Japan • 17-4-0 (16 KOs) 2 SHOKICHI IWATA WBO Japan • 14-1-0 (11 KOs) 3 SIVENATHI NONTSHINGA S. Africa • 13-2-0 (10 KOs) 4 ADRIAN CURIEL Mexico • 24-6-1 (5 KOs) 5 CARLOS CANIZALES Venezuela • 27-2-1 (19 KOs) 6 THANONGSAK SIMSRI Thailand • 37-1-0 (33 KOs) 7 CRISTIAN ARANETA Philippines • 25-2-0 (20 KOs) 8 REGIE SUGANOB Philippines • 16-1-0 (6 KOs) 9 ERICK ROSA Dom. Rep. • 8-0-0 (2 KOs) 10 ELWIN SOTO Mexico • 21-3-1 (13 KOs)
Mexico • 18-0-0 (8 KOs) 2 KENSHIRO TERAJI WBC Japan • 24-1-0 (15 KOs) 3 SEIGO YURI AKUI WBA Japan • 21-2-1 (11 KOs) 4 GALAL YAFAI U.K. • 9-0-0 (7 KOs) 5 ARTEM DALAKIAN Ukraine • 22-1-0 (15 KOs) 6 RICARDO SANDOVAL U.S. • 25-2-0 (18 KOs) 7 FELIX ALVARADO Nicaragua • 41-4-0 (35 KOs) 8 ANTHONY OLASCUAGA WBO U.S. • 8-1-0 (6 KOs) 9 FRANCISCO RODRIGUEZ JR. Mexico • 40-6-1 (27 KOs) 10 TOBIAS REYES Argentina • 16-0-1 (15 KOs)
Puerto Rico • 22-3-0 (13 KOs)
7 JASON MOLONEY
Australia • 27-3-0 (19 KOs)
8 DAVID CUELLAR
Mexico • 28-0-0 (18 KOs)
9 DAIGO HIGA
Japan • 21-3-1 (19 KOs)
10 JEYVIER CINTRON
Puerto Rico • 13-1-0 (6 KOs)
STRAWWEIGHTS WEIGHT LIMIT: 105 POUNDS
HOW OUR RATINGS ARE COMPILED RECORDS PROVIDED BY BOXREC.COM
C OSCAR COLLAZO RING, WBA, WBO U.S. • 11-0-0 (8 KOs) 1 MELVIN JERUSALEM WBC Philippines • 23-3-0 (12 KOs) 2 PEDRO TADURAN IBF Philippines • 17-4-1 (13 KOs) 3 KNOCKOUT CP FRESHMART Thailand • 25-1-0 (9 KOs) 4 YUDAI SHIGEOKA Japan • 9-1-0 (5 KOs) 5 GINJIRO SHIGEOKA Japan • 11-1-0 (9 KOs) 6 PETCHMANEE CP FRESHMART Thailand • 43-2-0 (27 KOs) 7 WILFREDO MENDEZ Puerto Rico • 19-3-1 (6 KOs) 8 HASANBOY DUSMATOV Uzbekistan • 6-0-0 (5 KOs) 9 DIANXING ZHU China • 14-1-0 (12 KOs) 10 SIYAKHOLWA KUSE S. Africa • 8-2-1 (4 KOs)
Shadasia Green celebrates after narrowly beating Melinda Watpool.
POUND-FOR-POUND: The mythical list of the best fighters in the world had few reasons to be changed in this period. Proposals were made for Ring welterweight champion Lauren Price to break into the Top 10, but not enough voters were convinced yet. That situation will change when Price takes on Natasha Jonas in a potential fight of the year candidate that will definitely cause some movement in the lower part of the pound-for-pound list, where Jonas currently sits at No. 9. The fight is scheduled for March 7. SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHT: Shadasia Green’s win over Melinda Watpool failed to convince the panel when asked whether Green deserved to become the No. 1 contender to Savannah Marshall’s crown by moving
contender to No. 1. The real question in the middleweight debate was the name of the replacement for Jesikah Guerra, who was dropped out due to inactivity. With only a handful of qualified names in the mix, the panel picked Australia’s Chloe Chaos as the new No. 5. JUNIOR MIDDLEWEIGHT: Oshae Jones’ win over Femke Hermans was probably good enough to have been declared as a vacant Ring title championship if we had dropped Ema Kozin earlier due to inactivity. But with the presence of the once-dominant and always dangerous Cecilia Braekhus in the mix, we better wait for a worthier fight to take place. Instead, Jones reached the No. 1 position by virtue of her win, while the battle-
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.
past Franchon Crews-Dezurn. Watpool is a middleweight who may have taken the fight to test the waters at 168, thus Green’s victory was not enough to take the No. 1 position. Our current No. 4, Mary Casamassa, stayed active with a win over Adriana Dos Santos. MIDDLEWEIGHT: Melinda Watpool’s loss to Shadasia Green at super middleweight did not affect her No. 2 middleweight rating at the time. But later, the more active Desley Robinson gave the panel reason to demote Canada’s Watpool and promote the Aussie
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