RING RATINGS ANALYSIS Through fights of April 5, 2025
JR. MIDDLEWEIGHTS WEIGHT LIMIT: 154 POUNDS
WELTERWEIGHTS WEIGHT LIMIT: 147 POUNDS C (VACANT) 1 JARON ENNIS IBF
JR. WELTERWEIGHTS WEIGHT LIMIT: 140 POUNDS
MIDDLEWEIGHTS WEIGHT LIMIT: 160 POUNDS
loser lost no ground at all, remaining at No. 3. Anthony Olascauga (No. 7) retained his WBO title with a unanimous decision over Hiroto Kyoguchi (unrated) on the Teraji-Akui undercard, but many panelists felt that the Japanese fighter deserved the outright win or at the very least deserved a ranking for his effort. The former Ring junior flyweight champion entered at No. 10, replacing Yankiel Rivera. Masamichi Yabuki traded in his IBF 108-pound belt for one at 112 after a grueling battle with defending titleholder Angel Ayala was stopped with a minute remaining in the 12th round. Both fighters were probably staggering as much from exhaustion as blood loss – the result of each sustaining a nasty cut in the third round – but Yabuki’s relentless performance had already secured a points victory in every one of the previous 11 frames. He entered the ratings at No. 3, his arrival causing a downward push that ended Kyoguchi’s brief stay, and Ayala slipped from No. 2 to No. 6. JUNIOR FLYWEIGHT: Defending WBO titleholder Shokichi Iwata (No. 2 last month) seemed to be fortifying his pressure attack against unrated challenger Rene Santiago at the end of their fight’s first half, but Santiago
refused to be worn down and actually picked up steam as he boxed his way to a unanimous decision upset in Tokyo. The underestimated Puerto Rican claimed the No. 2 position for himself and knocked Iwata down to No. 4, which pushed No. 10-rated Elwin Soto off the list. With the No. 1-rated Yabuki moving up in weight, everyone on the list gained a rank and a vacancy opened up at No. 10 for Thai veteran Panya Pradabsri. STRAWWEIGHT: In Japan, WBC titleholder Melvin Jerusalem emphatically backed up his split decision win over Yudai Shigeoka in March 2024 – a victory made possible by two knockdowns – with a no-doubts, no- knockdowns-needed UD in the rematch. This time, he got it done by simply throwing and landing far more punches than his opponent. The loss dropped Shigeoka from No. 4 to No. 6 on the list while Jerusalem dug in at No. 1, just below Ring champion Oscar Collazo. On the same night in Mexico, Collazo, who took the WBO belt from Jerusalem with a seventh-round stoppage in May 2023, bypassed scorecards altogether in his win over Edwin Cano. He decided to take the “complete evisceration” route instead, stopping Cano with a body shot in the fifth round.
POUND FOR POUND LIST 1 OLEKSANDR USYK Ukraine • 23-0-0 (14 KOs) 2 NAOYA INOUE Japan • 29-0-0 (26 KOs) 3 TERENCE CRAWFORD U.S. • 41-0-0 (31 KOs) 4 DMITRY BIVOL Russia • 24-1-0 (12 KOs) 5 ARTUR BETERBIEV Russia • 21-1-0 (20 KOs) 6 JESSE RODRIGUEZ U.S. • 21-0-0 (14 KOs) 7 CANELO ALVAREZ Mexico • 62-2-2 (39 KOs) 8 JUNTO NAKATANI Japan • 30-0-0 (23 KOs) 9 DEVIN HANEY U.S. • 31-0-0 (15 KOs) 10 KENSHIRO TERAJI Japan • 25-1-0 (16 KOs)
C (VACANT) 1 ZHANIBEK ALIMKHANULY IBF, WBO Kazakhstan • 17-0-0 (12 KOs) 2 CARLOS ADAMES WBC Dom. Rep. • 24-1-1 (18 KOs) 3 HAMZAH SHEERAZ U.K. • 21-0-1 (17 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 VERGIL ORTIZ U.S. • 23-0-0 (21 KOs) 3 ISRAIL MADRIMOV Uzbekistan • 10-2-1 (7 KOs) 4 BAKHRAM MURTAZALIEV IBF Russia • 23-0-0 (17 KOs) 5 SEBASTIAN FUNDORA WBC, WBO U.S. • 22-1-1 (14 KOs) 6 SERHII BOHACHUK Ukraine • 25-2-0 (24 KOs) 7 TIM TSZYU Australia • 25-2-0 (18 KOs) 8 JESUS RAMOS U.S. • 23-1-0 (19 KOs) 9 CHARLES CONWELL U.S. • 21-0-0 (16 KOs) 10 XANDER ZAYAS Puerto Rico • 21-0-0 (13 KOs)
C TEOFIMO LOPEZ RING, WBO U.S. • 21-1-0 (13 KOs) 1 DEVIN HANEY U.S. • 31-0-0 (15 KOs) 2 RICHARDSON HITCHINS IBF U.S. • 19-0-0 (7 KOs) 3 ARNOLD BARBOZA U.S. • 32-0-0 (11 KOs) 4 ALBERTO PUELLO WBC Dom. Rep. • 24-0-0 (10 KOs) 5 JACK CATTERALL U.K. • 30-2-0 (13 KOs) 6 LIAM PARO Australia • 25-1-0 (15 KOs) 7 SUBRIEL MATIAS Puerto Rico • 22-2-0 (22 KOs) 8 GARY ANTUANNE RUSSELL WBA U.S. • 18-1-0 (17 KOs) 9 SANDOR MARTIN Spain • 42-4-0 (15 KOs) 10 JOSH TAYLOR U.K. • 19-2-0 (13 KOs)
U.S. • 33-0-0 (29 KOs) 2 EIMANTAS STANIONIS WBA Lithuania • 15-0-0 (9 KOs) 3 BRIAN NORMAN JR. WBO U.S. • 27-0-0 (21 KOs) 4 MARIO BARRIOS WBC U.S. • 29-2-1 (18 KOs) 5 GIOVANI SANTILLAN U.S. • 33-1-0 (18 KOs) 6 SHAKHRAM GIYASOV Uzbekistan • 16-0-0 (9 KOs) 7 JIN SASAKI Japan • 19-1-1 (17 KOs) 8 ALEXIS ROCHA U.S. • 25-2-1 (16 KOs) 9 RAUL CURIEL Mexico • 15-0-1 (13 KOs) 10 ROHAN POLANCO Dom. Rep. • 15-0-0 (10 KOs)
C DMITRY BIVOL RING, IBF, WBA, WBO Russia • 24-1-0 (12 KOs) 1 ARTUR BETERBIEV Russia • 21-1-0 (20 KOs) 2 DAVID BENAVIDEZ WBC U.S. • 30-0-0 (24 KOs) 3 CALLUM SMITH U.K. • 31-2-0 (22 KOs) 4 ANTHONY YARDE U.K. • 26-3-0 (24 KOs) 5 JOSHUA BUATSI U.K. • 19-1-0 (13 KOs) 6 ALBERT RAMIREZ Venezuela • 20-0-0 (17 KOs) 7 OLEKSANDR GVOZDYK Ukraine • 20-2-0 (16 KOs) 8 DAVID MORRELL Cuba • 11-1-0 (9 KOs) 9 WILLY HUTCHINSON U.K. • 18-2-0 (13 KOs) 10 IMAM KHATAEV Russia • 10-0-0 (9 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 DIEGO PACHECO U.S. • 23-0-0 (18 KOs) 3 OSLEYS IGLESIAS Cuba • 13-0-0 (12 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. • 23-1-0 (18 KOs) 10 LESTER MARTINEZ Guatemala • 19-0-0 (16 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 • 36-3-0 (24 KOs) 4 AGIT KABAYEL Germany • 26-0-0 (17 KOs) 5 ANTHONY JOSHUA U.K. • 28-4-0 (25 KOs) 6 FILIP HRGOVIC Croatia • 18-1-0 (14 KOs) 7 ZHILEI ZHANG China • 27-3-1 (22 KOs) 8 MARTIN BAKOLE Congo • 21-2-0 (16 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 Australia • 27-0-0 (21 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 • 18-1-0 (17 KOs) 4 RICHARD RIAKPORHE U.K. • 17-1-0 (13 KOs) 5 MICHAL CIESLAK Poland • 27-2-0 (21 KOs) 6 RYAN ROZICKI Canada • 20-1-1 (19 KOs) 7 YAMIL PERALTA Argentina • 17-1-1 (9 KOs) 8 BRANDON GLANTON U.S. • 20-2-0 (17 KOs) 9 LEONARDO MOSQUEA France • 16-0-0 (9 KOs) 10 ROBIN SIRWAN SAFAR Sweden • 18-0-0 (13 KOs)
C (VACANT) 1 GERVONTA DAVIS WBA U.S. • 30-0-1 (28 KOs) 2 VASILIY LOMACHENKO IBF Ukraine • 18-3-0 (12 KOs) 3 KEYSHAWN DAVIS WBO U.S. • 13-0-0 (9 KOs) 4 SHAKUR STEVENSON WBC U.S. • 23-0-0 (11 KOs) 5 WILLIAM ZEPEDA Mexico • 33-0-0 (27 KOs) 6 RAYMOND MURATALLA U.S. • 22-0-0 (17 KOs) 7 ANDY CRUZ Cuba • 5-0-0 (2 KOs) 8 FRANK MARTIN U.S. • 18-1-0 (12 KOs) 9 DENYS BERINCHYK Ukraine • 19-1-0 (9 KOs) 10 TEVIN FARMER U.S. • 33-8-1 (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. • 25-1-2 (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 EDUARDO HERNANDEZ Mexico • 37-2-0 (32 KOs) 9 ALBERT BATYRGAZIEV Russia • 12-0-0 (8 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 • 29-0-0 (26 KOs) 1 MARLON TAPALES Philippines • 39-4-0 (20 KOs) 2 MURODJON AKHMADALIEV Uzbekistan • 13-1-0 (10 KOs) 3 LUIS NERY Mexico • 36-2-0 (28 KOs) 4 SAM GOODMAN Australia • 19-0-0 (8 KOs) 5 ALAN PICASSO Mexico • 31-0-1 (17 KOs) 6 SHABAZ MASOUD U.K. • 14-0-0 (4 KOs) 7 TJ DOHENY Ireland • 26-6-0 (20 KOs) 8 ELIJAH PIERCE U.S. • 20-2-0 (16 KOs) 9 RAMON CARDENAS U.S. • 26-1-0 (14 KOs) 10 SEBASTIAN HERNANDEZ Mexico • 19-0-0 (18 KOs)
U.S. • 25-1-0 (12 KOs) 2 RAFAEL ESPINOZA WBO Mexico • 26-0-0 (22 KOs) 3 NICK BALL WBA U.K. • 22-0-1 (12 KOs) 4 STEPHEN FULTON WBC U.S. • 23-1-0 (8 KOs) 5 LUIS ALBERTO LOPEZ Mexico • 31-3-0 (18 KOs) 6 BRANDON FIGUEROA U.S. • 25-2-1 (19 KOs) 7 BRUCE CARRINGTON U.S. • 15-0-0 (9 KOs) 8 MIRCO CUELLO Argentina • 15-0-0 (12 KOs) 9 ROBEISY RAMIREZ Cuba • 14-3-0 (9 KOs) 10 OMAR TRINIDAD U.S. • 18-0-1 (13 KOs)
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