1 April 2024 – The Transnational Boxing Rankings Board: Cruiserweight Gilberto Ramirez is 46-1. His single loss is because he did what few these days do, which is fight the most serious threat around: Ramirez lost to Dmitry Bivol in 2022. Think about that and understand why old-time trainers scoffed at fighters who sought to protect their record instead of stepping up and facing the top guys. They used to be called paper tigers. Ramirez is no paper tiger; he moves up three spots, from #9 to #6, with a decision over former contender Arsen Goulamirian.

Super Middleweight Caleb Plant (#3), inactive, exits the rankings and clears the way for Osleys Iglesias to enter at #10. Iglesias enters based on a KO of Marcelo Coceres in round 1 on March 7 (Coceres went ten against contender #10 Edgar Berlanga and dropped him in a losing effort). At Middleweight, Erislandy Lara enters at #3. He hasn’t fought since 2022 and got a decent-enough win against Michael Zerafa, whose last bout was also in 2022. Fiodor Czerkaszyn is bumped out. (Editorial alert! This writer thought Lara, now 40 and inactive, should have come in at #5 at best, but alas; you can’t win ‘em all.) Jr. Middleweight Sebastian Fundora -another brave heart- got what many thought was a surprising win over a rampaging Tim Tszyu even if an unintentional elbow to the scalp in the second round and the blinding blood flow bothered Tszyu for the rest of the bout. It was a close fight and a debatable decision, but it was no robbery. The robbery clause didn’t even come up. Fundora moves from #4 to #1 with Tszyu right behind him. (That’ll be a must-see rematch.) Serhii Bohachuk almost handed #3-ranked Brian Mendoza his first stoppage loss and enters in at #4 with a great win. Mendoza drops to #8. Vergil Ortiz Jr.? Bumped out.

Alexis Rocha got an okay win at Welterweight and it was enough to move him from #8 to #7 because Roiman Villa is coming off a loss. Okay wins are better than losses.

At Jr. Lightweight, Oscar Valdez moves up from #5 to #3 – in recognition of a stoppage win over former contender Liam Wilson. It came in round seven and was forced by a barrage of punches by the former #1 contender and championship challenger. Is he back in old form? We’ll see. We’re watching!

P4P

	Name	Nationality	Record	Division
1	Terence Crawford *	USA	40-0-0 (31)	Welterweight
2	Naoya Inoue *	JPN	26-0-0 (23)	Jr. Featherweight
3	Oleksandr Usyk *	UKR	21-0-0 (14)	Heavyweight
4	Dmitry Bivol	RUS	21-0-0 (11)	Light Heavyweight
5	Saul Alvarez *	MEX	60-2-2 (39)	Super Middleweight
6	Devin Haney	USA	31-0-0 (15)	Jr. Welterweight
7	Artur Beterbiev *	CAN	19-0-0 (19)	Light Heavyweight
8	Teofimo Lopez *	USA	20-1-0 (13)	Jr. Welterweight
9	Kenshiro Teraji *	JPN	23-1-0 (14)	Jr. Flyweight
10	Junto Nakatani	JPN	27-0-0 (20)	Bantamweight

HEAVYWEIGHT (+200LBS/+91KG)

	Name	Record	Nationality	Last Week
	Oleksandr Usyk	21-0-0 (14)	UKR	***
1	Tyson Fury	34-0-1 (24)	ENG	1
2	Anthony Joshua	26-3-0 (23)	ENG	2
3	Joseph Parker	34-3-0 923)	NZ	3
4	Filip Hrgovic	16-0-0 (13)	HRV	4
5	Zhilei Zhang	26-1-1 (21)	CHN	5
6	Jared Anderson	16-0-0 (15)	USA	6
7	Frank Sanchez	23-0-0 (16)	CUB	7
8	Agit Kabayel	24-0-0 (16)	GER	8
9	Daniel Dubois	20-2-0 (19)	ENG	9
10	Deontay Wilder	43-3-1 (42)	USA	10

CRUISERWEIGHT (200LBS/91KG)

	Name	Record	Nationality	Last Week
	Jai Opetaia	23-0-0 (18)	AUS	***
1	Chris Billam-Smith	18-1-0 (12)	ENG	1
2	Richard Riakporhe	17-0-0 (13)	ENG	2
3	Lawrence Okolie	19-1-0 (14)	ENG	3
4	Soslan Asbarov	5-0-0 (1)	RUS	4
5	Noel Mikaelyan	27-2-0 (12)	ARM	5
6	Gilberto Ramirez	45-1-0 (30)	MEX	9
7	Michal Cieslak	25-2-0 (19)	POL	6
8	Mateusz Masternak	47-5-0 (31)	POL	7
9	Aleksei Papin	15-2-0 (14)	RUS	8
10	Ryan Rozicki	20-0-1 (19)	CAN	10

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT (175LBS/79KG)

	Name	Record	Nationality	Last Week
	Artur Beterbiev	19-0-0 (19)	CAN	***
1	Dmitry Bivol	21-0-0 (11)	RUS	1
2	Joshua Buatsi	17-0-0 (13)	ENG	2
3	Anthony Yarde	25-3-0 (24)	ENG	3
4	Ali Izmailov	11-0-0 (7)	RUS	4
5	Dan Azeez	20-0-0 (13)	ENG	5
6	Oleksandr Gvozdyk	20-1-0 (16)	UKR	6
7	Albert Ramirez	17-0-0 (15)	VEN	7
8	Callum Smith	29-2-0 (21)	ENG	8
9	Vasily Voytsekhovsky	13-0-0 (17)	RUS	9
10	Lyndon Arthur	23-2-0 (16)	ENG	10

SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHT (168LBS/76.2KG)

	Name	Record	Nationality	Last Week
	Saul Alvarez	60-2-2 (39)	MEX	***
1	David Benavidez	28-0-0 (24)	USA	1
2	Christian Mbilli	25-0-0 (21)	FRA	2
3	David Morrell	10-0-0 (9)	CUB	4
4	Jaime Munguia	43-0-0 (34)	MEX	5
5	Carlos Gongora	22-2-0 (17)	ECU	6
6	Pavel Silyagin	14-0-1 (7)	RUS	7
7	Evgeny Shvedenko	16-1-1 (7)	RUS	8
8	Vladimir Shishkin	15-0-0 (9)	RUS	9
9	Edgar Berlanga	22-0-0 (17)	USA	10
10	Osleys Iglesias	10-0-0 (9)	CUB	–

MIDDLEWEIGHT (160LBS/72.5KG)

	Name	Record	Nationality	Last Week
	OPEN (Saul Alvarez abdicated 1/1/2021)	–	–	–
1	Janibek Alimkhanuly	15-0-0 (10)	KAZ	1
2	Carlos Adames	23-1-0 (18)	DR	2
3	Erislandy Lara	30-3-3 (18)	USA	–
4	Chris Eubank Jr.	33-3-0 (24)	ENG	3
5	Liam Smith	33-4-1 (20)	ENG	4
6	Meiirim Nursultanov	20-0-0 (11)	KAZ	5
7	Anauel Ngamissengue	13-0-0 (8)	FRA	6
8	Elijah Garcia	17-0-0 (14)	USA	7
9	Austin Williams	15-0-0 (10)	USA	8
10	Hamzah Sheeraz	19-0-0 (15)	ENG	9

JUNIOR MIDDLEWEIGHT (154LBS/70KG)

	Name	Record	Nationality	Last Week
	Jermell Charlo	35-2-1 (19)	USA	***
1	Sebastian Fundora	20-1-1 (13)	USA	4
2	Tim Tszyu	24-0-0 (17)	AUS	1
3	Israil Madrimov	10-0-1 (7)	UZB	2
4	Serhii Bohahchuk	24-1-0 (23)	UKR	–
5	Erickson Lubin	26-2-0 (18)	USA	5
6	Michel Soro	35-4-2 (24)	FRA	6
7	Jesus Ramos	20-1-0 (16)	USA	7
8	Brian Mendoza	22-3-0 (16)	USA	3
9	James Metcalf	25-2-0 (15)	ENG	8
10	Slawa Spomer	19-0-0 (10)	GER	9

WELTERWEIGHT (147LBS/66.7KG)

	Name	Record	Nationality	Last Week
	Terence Crawford	40-0-0 (31)	USA	***
1	Errol Spence Jr.	28-1-0 (22)	USA	1
2	Jaron Ennis	31-0-0 (28)	USA	2
3	Cody Crowley	22-0-0 (9)	CAN	3
4	Mario Barrios	28-2-0 (18)	USA	4
5	Giovani Santillan	32-0-0 (17)	USA	5
6	Souleymane Cissokho	17-0-0 (9)	FRA	6
7	Alexis Rocha	23-2-0 (15)	USA	8
8	Roiman Villa	26-2-0 (24)	VEN	7
9	Shakhram Giyasov	14-0-0 (9)	UZB	9
10	Gabriel Maestre	6-0-1 (5)	VEN	10

JUNIOR WELTERWEIGHT (140LBS/63.5KG)

	Name	Record	Nationality	Last Week
	Teofimo Lopez	20-1-0 (13)	USA	***
1	Devin Haney	31-0-0 (15)	USA	1
2	Subriel Matias	20-1-0 (20)	PR	2
3	Jose Ramirez	28-1-0 (18)	USA	3
4	Arnold Barboza, Jr.	29-0-0 (11)	USA	4
5	Jack Catterall	28-1-0 (13)	ENG	5
6	Josh Taylor	19-1-1 (13)	SCO	6
7	Regis Prograis	29-2-0 (24)	USA	7
8	Gary Antuanne Russell	17-0-0 (17)	USA	8
9	Richardson Hitchins	17-0-0 (7)	USA	9
10	Jamaine Ortiz	17-2-1 (8)	USA	10

LIGHTWEIGHT (135LBS/61.2KG)

	Name	Record	Nationality	Last Week
	OPEN (Haney abdicates as of 12/9/23)	–	–	–
1	Gervonta Davis	29-0-0 (27)	USA	1
2	Vasiliy Lomachenko	17-3-0 (11)	UKR	2
3	Shakur Stevenson	21-0-0 (10)	USA	3
4	William Zepeda	30-0-0 (26)	MEX	4
5	Frank Martin	18-0-0 (12)	USA	5
6	Isaac Cruz	26-2-1 (18)	MEX	6
7	George Kambosos Jr	21-2-0 (10)	AUS	7
8	Raymond Muratalla	20-0-0 (16)	USA	8
9	Keyshawn Davis	10-0-0 (7)	USA	9
10	Zaur Abdullaev	19-1-0 (11)	RUS	10

JUNIOR LIGHTWEIGHT (130LBS/59KG)

	Name	Record	Nationality	Last Week
	OPEN since Shakur Stevenson abdication (9/2022)	–	–	–
1	Emanuel Navarrete	38-1-1 (31)	MEX	1
2	Joe Cordina	17-0-0 (9)	WAL	2
3	Oscar Valdez	32-2-0 (24)	MEX	5
4	O’Shaquie Foster	22-2-0 (12)	USA	3
5	Robson Conceicao	17-2-1 (8)	BRA	4
6	Lamont Roach	24-1-1 (9)	USA	6
7	Eduardo Nunez	27-1-0 (27)	MEX	7
8	Otar Eranosyan	14-0-0 (7)	GEO	8
9	Hector Luis Garcia	16-2-0 (10)	DR	9
10	Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov	17-2-1 (14)	RUS	10

FEATHERWEIGHT (126LBS/57.1KG)

	Name	Record	Nationality	Last Week
	OPEN (since Pacquiao abdicated 3/2005)	–	–	–
1	Luis Alberto Lopez	30-2-0 (17)	MEX	1
2	Leigh Wood	28-3-0 (17)	ENG	2
3	Nick Ball	19-0-1 (11)	ENG	7
4	Rey Vargas	36-1-1 (22)	MEX	–
5	Rafael Espinoza	24-0-0 (20)	MEX	4
6	Robeisy Ramirez	13-2-0 (8)	CUB	5
7	Raymond Ford	15-0-1 (8)	USA	6
8	Josh Warrington	31-3-1 (8)	ENG	8
9	Ruben Villa	21-1-0 (7)	USA	9
10	Otabek Kholmatov	12-1-0 (11)	UZB	10

JUNIOR FEATHERWEIGHT (122LBS/55.3KG)

	Name	Record	Nationality	Last Week
	Naoya Inoue	26-0-0 (23)	JPN	***
1	Murodjon Akhmadaliev	12-1-0 (9)	UZB	1
2	Stephen Fulton, Jr.	21-1-0 (8)	USA	2
3	Luis Nery	35-1-0 (27)	MEX	3
4	Marlon Tapales	37-4-0 (19)	PHI	4
5	Sam Goodman	18-0-0 (8)	AUS	5
6	Ra’eese Aleem	20-1-0 (12)	USA	6
7	John Riel Casimero	33-4-1 (22)	PHI	7
8	Liam Davies	16-0-0 (8)	ENG	8
9	Elijah Pierce	19-2-0 (16)	USA	9
10	Ramon Cardenas	24-1-0 (13)	USA	10

BANTAMWEIGHT (118LBS/53.5KG)

	Name	Record	Nationality	Last Week
	OPEN (since Naoya Inoue abdicated 1/16/2023)	—	—	–
1	Emmanuel Rodriguez	22-2-0 (13)	PR	1
2	Junto Nakatani	27-0-0 (20)	JPN	2
3	Takuma Inoue	19-1-0 (5)	JPN	3
4	Jason Moloney	27-2-0 (19)	AUS	4
5	Vincent Astrolabio	19-4-0 (14)	PHI	5
6	Alexandro Santiago	28-4-5 (14)	MEX	6
7	Nonito Donaire	42-8-0 (28)	PHI	7
8	Ryosuke Nishida	8-0-0 (1)	JPN	8
9	Daigo Higa	21-2-1 (19)	JPN	9
10	Antonio Vargas	18-1-0 (10)	USA	10

JUNIOR BANTAMWEIGHT (115LBS/52.1KG)

	Name	Record	Nationality	Last Week
	Juan Francisco Estrada	44-3-0 (28)	MEX	***
1	Kazuto Ioka	31-2-1 (16)	JPN	1
2	Fernando Martinez	16-0-0 (9)	ARG	2
3	Junto Nakatani	27-0-0 (20)	JPN	3
4	Kosei Tanaka	20-1-0 (11)	JPN	4
5	Carlos Cuadras	42-5-1 (28)	MEX	5
6	Andrew Moloney	26-3-0 (16)	AUS	6
7	Pedro Guevara	40-4-1 (22)	MEX	7
8	Phumelele Cafu	10-0-3 (8)	RSA	8
9	Suzumi Takayama	7-0-0 (6)	JPN	9
10	Argi Cortes	26-4-2 (10)	MEX	10

FLYWEIGHT (112LBS/51KG)

	Name	Record	Nationality	Last Week
	OPEN (since Roman Gonzalez abdicated 10/2016)			–
1	Jesse Rodriguez	19-0-0 (12)	USA	1
2	Seigo Yuri Akui	19-2-1 (11)	JPN	2
3	Julio Cesar Martinez	21-2-0 (15)	MEX	3
4	Sunny Edwards	20-1-0 (4)	ENG	4
5	Artem Dalakian	22-1-0 (15)	UKR	5
6	David Jimenez	15-1-0 (11)	CR	6
7	Ricardo Sandoval	24-2-0 (17)	USA	7
8	Angel Ayala	17-0-0 (7)	MEX	8
9	Felix Alvarado	40-4-0 (35)	NIC	9
10	Taku Kuwahara	13-1-0 (8)	JPN	10

JUNIOR FLYWEIGHT (108LBS/49KG)

	Name	Record	Nationality	Last Week
	Kenshiro Teraji	23-1-0 (14)	JPN	***
1	Jonathan Gonzalez	28-3-1 (14)	PR	1
2	Carlos Canizales	26-2-1 (19)	VEN	2
3	Masamichi Yabuki	16-4-0 (15)	JPN	3
4	Sivenathi Nontshinga	13-1-0 (10)	RSA	4
5	Adrian Curiel	24-5-1 (5)	MEX	5
6	Daniel Matellon	13-1-2 (7)	PAN	6
7	Miel Fajardo	11-1-2 (10)	PHI	8
8	Regie Suganob	14-1-0 (4)	PHI	9
9	Christian Araneta	24-2-0 (19)	PHI	10
10	Shokichi Iwata	12-1-0 (9)	JPN	–

STRAWWEIGHT (105LBS/47.6KG)

	Name	Record	Nationality	Last Week
	OPEN (since Ricardo Lopez abdicated 10/1999)			–
1	Melvin Jerusalem	22-3-0 (15)	PHI	5
2	Panya Pradabsri (Petchmanee CP Freshmart)	42-2-0 (26)	THA	2
3	Ginjiro Shigeoka	11-0-0 (9)	JPN	3
4	Oscar Collazo	9-0-0 (7)	PR	4
5	Yudai Shigeoka	8-1-0 (5)	JPN	1
6	Daniel Valladares	28-4-1 (16)	MEX	6
7	Rene Mark Cuarto	21-5-2 (12)	PHI	7
8	Erick Rosa	6-0-0 (2)	DR	8
9	Pedro Taduran	16-4-1 (12)	PHI	9
10	Siyakholwa Kuse	6-2-1 (3)	RSA	10

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