28 July 2020: NO CHANGES this week, though the chairs proposed that Vergil Ortiz Jr. enter in at #10 at welterweight. The rest of the membership roundly rejected that proposal, arguing that Ortiz’s entry would bump out Sergey Lipinets, whose stoppage of former contender Lamont Peterson exceeds all that the 22-year-old Ortiz has done thus far.

Lipinets holds onto the #10 ranking, but he is scheduled to face #9 Kudratillo Abdukakhorov on October 10. That should prove interesting. As for Ortiz, despite his flashy 16-0 record with 16 KOs, more is expected. He should start gunning for contenders, which remains the surest way to become one.

P4P:

* Champions as recognised by the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board.

Heavyweight (+200lbs/+91kg)

Rank	Name	Record – W-L-D (KO)	Nationality	Last Week
	Tyson Fury	30-0-1 (21)	ENG	***
1	Anthony Joshua	23-1-0 (21)	ENG	1
2	Deontay Wilder	42-1-1 (41)	USA	2
3	Andy Ruiz Jr.	33-2-0 (22)	USA	3
4	Dillian Whyte	27-1-0 (18)	ENG	4
5	Luis Ortiz	31-2-0 (26)	CUB	5
6	Alexander Povetkin	35-2-1 (24)	RUS	6
7	Michael Hunter	18-1-1 (12)	USA	7
8	Kubrat Pulev	27-1-0 (14)	BUL	8
9	Filip Hrgovic	10-0-0 (8)	HRV	9
10	Robert Helenius	30-3- 0 (19)	FIN	10

Cruiserweight (200lbs/91kg)

Rank	Name	Record – W-L-D (KO)	Nationality	Last Week
	OPEN (since October 2019 with Olesksandr Usyk’s abdication)	—	—	—
1	Mairis Briedis	26-1-0 (19)	LVA	1
2	Yunier Dorticos	24-1-0 (22)	CUB	2
3	Krzysztof Glowacki	31-2-0 (19)	POL	3
4	Ilunga Makabu	27-2-0 (24)	COD	4
5	Kevin Lerena	25-1-0 (12)	RSA	5
6	Andrew Tabiti	17-1-0 (13)	USA	6
7	Thabiso Mchunu	22-5-0 (13)	RSA	7
8	Michal Cieslak	19-1-0 (13)	POL	8
9	Arsen Goulamirian	26-0-0 (18)	ARM	9
10	Lawrence Okolie	14-0-0 (11)	ENG	10

Light Heavyweight (175lbs/79kg)

Rank	Name	Record – W-L-D (KO)	Nationality	Last Week
	Artur Beterbiev	15-0-0 (15)	RUS	***
1	Dmitry Bivol	17-0-0 (11)	RUS	1
2	Saul Alvarez	53-1-2 (36)	MEX	2
3	Sergey Kovalev	34-4-1 (29)	RUS	3
4	Eleider Alvarez	25-1-0 (13)	COL	4
5	Jean Pascal	35-6-1 (20)	CAN	5
6	Joe Smith Jr.	25-3-0 (20)	USA	6
7	Marcus Browne	23-1-0 (16)	USA	7
8	Badou Jack	22-3-3 (13)	SWE	8
9	Anthony Yarde	18-1-0 (17)	ENG	9
10	Maksim Vlasov	43-3-0 (26)	RUS	10

Super Middleweight (168lbs/76.2kg)

Rank	Name	Record – W-L-D (KO)	Nationality	Last Week
	OPEN (since March 2016 with Andre Ward’s abdication)	–	–	–
1	Callum Smith	27-0-0 (19)	ENG	1
2	David Benavidez	22-0-0 (19)	USA	2
3	Caleb Plant	20-0-0 (12)	USA	3
4	Saul Alvarez	53-1-2 (36)	MEX	4
5	John Ryder	28-5-0 (16)	ENG	5
6	Fedor Chudinov	22-2-0 (15)	RUS	6
7	Danny Jacobs	36-3-0 (30)	USA	7
8	Juergen Braehmer	52-3- 0 (38)	GER	8
9	Lionell Thompson	22-5-0 (12)	USA	9
10	Billy Joe Saunders	29-0-0 (14)	ENG	10

Middleweight (160lbs/72.5kg)

Rank	Name	Record – W-L-D (KO)	Nationality	Last Week
	Saul Alvarez	53-1-2 (36)	MEX	***
1	Gennady Golovkin	40-1-1 (35)	KAZ	1
2	Sergiy Derevyanchenko	13-2-0 (10)	UKR	2
3	Jermall Charlo	30-0-0 (22)	USA	3
4	Demetrius Andrade	28-0-0 (17)	USA	4
5	Ryota Murata	16-2-0 (13)	JPN	5
6	Rob Brant	25-2-0 (17)	USA	6
7	Kamil Szeremeta	21-0-0 (5)	POL	7
8	Willie Monroe Jr.	24-3-0 (6)	USA	8
9	Liam Williams	22-2-1 (17)	WAL	9
10	Maciej Sulecki	28-2-0 (11)	POL	10

Junior Middleweight (154lbs/70kg)

Rank	Name	Record – W-L-D (KO)	Nationality	Last Week
	OPEN (since Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s retirement in September 2015)	–	–	–
1	Jeison Rosario	20-1-1 (14)	DR	1
2	Julian Williams	27-2-1 (16)	USA	2
3	Jarrett Hurd	24-1-0 (16)	USA	3
4	Jermell Charlo	33-1-0 (17)	USA	4
5	Brian Castano	16-0-1 (12)	ARG	5
6	Erislandy Lara	26-3-3 (15)	CUB	6
7	Michel Soro	35-2-1- (23)	FRA	7
8	Tony Harrison	28-3-0 (21)	USA	8
9	Patrick Teixeira	31-1-0 (22)	BRA	9
10	Erickson Lubin	22-1-0 (16)	USA	10

Welterweight (147lbs/66.7kg)

Rank	Name	Record – W-L-D (KO)	Nationality	Last Week
	Open (since April 2016 when Manny Pacquiao announced his retirement)	–	–	–
1	Errol Spence Jr.	26-0-0 (21)	USA	1
2	Manny Pacquiao	62-7-2 (39)	PHI	2
3	Terence Crawford	36-0-0 (27)	USA	3
4	Shawn Porter	30-3-1 (17)	USA	4
5	Yordenis Ugas	25-4-0 (12)	CUB	5
6	Keith Thurman	29-1-0 (22)	USA	6
7	Danny Garcia	36-2-0 (21)	USA	7
8	Mikey Garcia	40-1-0 (30)	USA	8
9	Kudratillo Abdukakhorov	17-0-0 (9)	UZB	9
10	Sergey Lipinets	16-1-0 (11)	KAZ	10

Junior Welterweight (140lbs/63.5kg)

Rank	Name	Record – W-L-D (KO)	Nationality	Last Week
	OPEN	—	—	—
1	Josh Taylor	16-0-0 (12)	SCO	1
2	Regis Prograis	24-1-0 (20)	USA	2
3	Jose Carlos Ramirez	25-0-0 (17)	USA	3
4	Viktor Postol	31-2-0 (12)	UKR	4
5	Kiryl Relikh	23-3-0 (19)	BLR	5
6	Maurice Hooker	27-1-3 (18)	USA	6
7	Ivan Baranchyk	20-1-0 (13)	RUS	7
8	Pablo Cesar Cano	33-7-1 (23)	MEX	8
9	Jose Zepeda	32-2-0 (25)	USA	9
10	Robert Easter Jr.	22-1-1 (14)	USA	10

Lightweight (135lbs/61.2kg)

Rank	Name	Record – W-L-D (KO)	Nationality	Last Week
	OPEN (since Terence Crawford abdicated in April 2015)	–	–	–
1	Vasiliy Lomachenko	14-1-0 (10)	UKR	1
2	Teofimo Lopez	15-0-0 (12)	USA	2
3	Rances Barthelemy	27-1-1 (14)	CUB	3
4	Devin Haney	24-0-0 (15)	USA	4
5	Luke Campbell	20-3-0 (16)	ENG	5
6	Richard Commey	29-3-0 (26)	GHA	6
7	Ryan Garcia	20-0-0 (17)	USA	7
8	Yvan Mendy	44-5-1 (22)	FRA	8
9	Emmanuel Tagoe	31-1-0 (15)	GHA	9
10	Gervonta Davis	23-0-0 (22)	USA	10

Junior Lightweight (130lbs/59kg)

Rank	Name	Record – W-L-D (KO)	Nationality	Last Week
	OPEN (since July 2008 when Manny Pacquiao abdicated)	–	–	–
1	Miguel Berchelt	38-1-0 (34)	MEX	1
2	Gervonta Davis	23-0-0 (22)	USA	2
3	Joseph Diaz Jr.	31-1-0 (15)	USA	3
4	Jamel Herring	21-2-0 (10)	USA	4
5	Rene Alvarado	32-8- 0 (21)	NIC	5
6	Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov	15-0-0 (12)	RUS	6
7	Tevin Farmer	30-5-1 (6)	USA	7
8	Masayuki Ito	26-2-1 (14)	JPN	8
9	Miguel Roman	62-13-0 (47)	MEX	9
10	Andrew Cancio	21-5-2 (16)	USA	10

Featherweight (126lbs/57.1kg)

Rank	Name	Record – W-L-D (KO)	Nationality	Last Week
	OPEN (since March 2005 when Manny Pacquiao abdicated)	–	–	–
1	Leo Santa Cruz	37-1-1 (19)	USA	1
2	Josh Warrington	30-0-0 (7)	ENG	2
3	Gary Russell Jr.	31-1-0 (18)	USA	3
4	Can Xu	18-2-0 (3)	CHI	4
5	Shakur Stevenson	14-0-0 (8)	USA	5
6	Kid Galahad	27-1-0 (16)	ENG	6
7	Tugstsogt Nyambayar	11-1-0 (9)	MNG	7
8	Jessie Magdaleno	28-1-0 (18)	USA	8
9	Oscar Escandon	26-5-0 (18)	COL	9
10	Ryan Walsh	26-2-2 (12)	ENG	10

Junior Featherweight (122lbs/55.3kg)

Rank	Name	Record – W-L-D (KO)	Nationality	Last Week
	Guillermo Rigondeaux	20-1-0 (13)	CUB	***
1	Rey Vargas	34-0-0 (22)	MEX	1
2	Emanuel Navarrete	32-1-0 (28)	MEX	2
3	Murodjon Akhmadaliev	8-0-0 (6)	UZB	3
4	Daniel Roman	27-3-1 (10)	USA	4
5	Ryosuke Iwasa	27-3-0 (17)	JPN	5
6	Brandon Figueroa	20-0-1 (15)	USA	6
7	Ronny Rios	32-3-0 (16)	USA	7
8	Azat Hovhannisyan	18-3-0 (15)	ARM	8
9	Carlos Castro	26-0-0 (11)	USA	9
10	Angelo Leo	19-0-0 (9)	USA	10

Bantamweight (118lbs/53.5kg)

Rank	Name	Record – W-L-D (KO)	Nationality	Last Week
	OPEN (since March 1987 when Bernardo Pinango abdicated)	–	–	–
1	Naoya Inoue	19-0-0 (16)	JPN	1
2	John Riel Casimero	29-4-0 (20)	PHI	2
3	Luis Nery	30-0-0 (24)	MEX	3
4	Nordine Oubaali	17-0-0 (12)	FRA	4
5	Nonito Donaire	40-6-0 (26)	PHI	5
6	Jason Moloney	21-1-0 (18)	AUS	6
7	Zolani Tete	28-4-0 (21)	RSA	7
8	Emmanuel Rodriguez	19-1-0 (12)	PR	8
9	Guillermo Rigondeaux	20-1-0 (13)	CUB	9
10	Takuma Inoue	13-1-0 (3)	JPN	10

Junior Bantamweight (115lbs/52.1kg)

Rank	Name	Record – W-L-D (KO)	Nationality	Last Week
	Juan Francisco Estrada	40-3-0 (27)	MEX	***
1	Srisaket Sor Rungvisai	47-5-1 (41)	THA	1
2	Roman Gonzalez	49-2-0 (41)	NIC	2
3	Kazuto Ioka	25-2-0 (14)	JPN	3
4	Jerwin Ancajas	32-1-2 (22)	PHI	4
5	Khalid Yafai	26-1-0 (15)	ENG	5
6	Israel Gonzalez	25-3-0 (11)	MEX	6
7	Joshua Franco	17-1-2 (8)	USA	7
8	Francisco Rodriguez, Jr.	33-4-1 (24)	MEX	8
9	Andrew Moloney	21-1-0 (14)	AUS	9
10	Pedro Guevara	36-3-1 (21)	MEX	10

Flyweight (112lbs/51kg)

Rank	Name	Record – W-L-D (KO)	Nationality	Last Week
	OPEN (since October 2016 when Roman Gonzalez abdicated)	–	–	–
1	Kosei Tanaka	15-0-0 (9)	JPN	1
2	Moruti Mthalane	39-2-0 (26)	RSA	2
3	Julio Cesar Martinez	16-1-0 (12)	MEX	3
4	Artem Dalakian	20-0-0 (14)	UKR	4
5	Charlie Edwards	15-1-0 (6)	ENG	5
6	Sho Kimura	19-3-2 (12)	JPN	6
7	Giemel Magramo	24-1-0 (20)	PHI	7
8	Masayuki Kuroda	30-8-3 (16)	JPN	8
9	Cristofer Rosales	29-5-0 (20)	NIC	9
10	Jay Harris	17-1-0 (19)	WAL	10

Junior Flyweight (108lbs/49kg)

Rank	Name	Record – W-L-D (KO)	Nationality	Last Week
	OPEN (since April 2011 when Giovani Segura abdicated)	–	–	–
1	Kenshiro Teraji	17-0-0 (10)	JPN	1
2	Hiroto Kyoguchi	14-0-0 (9)	JPN	2
3	Carlos Canizales	22-0-1 (17)	VEN	3
4	Felix Alvarado	35-2-0 (30)	NIC	4
5	Elwin Soto	17-1-0 (12)	MEX	5
6	Edward Heno	14-1-5 (5)	PHI	6
7	Tetsuya Hisada	34-10-2 (20)	JPN	7
8	Agustin Mauro Gauto	15-0-0 (10)	ARG	8
9	Mark Vicelles	11-0-1 (5)	PHI	9
10	Jonathan Gonzalez	23-3-1 (13)	PR	10

Strawweight (105lbs/47.6kg)

Rank	Name	Record – W-L-D (KO)	Nationality	Last Week
	OPEN (since October 1999 when Ricardo Lopez abdicated)	–	–	–
1	Wanheng Menayothin	54-0-0 (18)	THA	1
2	Knockout CP Freshmart	21-0-0 (7)	THA	2
3	Wilfredo Mendez	16-1-0 (6)	PR	3
4	Byron Rojas	27-4-3 (11)	NIC	4
5	Victorio Saludar	20-4-0 (11)	PHI	5
6	Jose Argumedo	23-4-1 (14)	MEX	6
7	Simpiwe Konkco	19-6-0 (7)	RSA	7
8	Ginjiro Shigeoka	5-0-0 (4)	JPN	8
9	Nkosinathi Joyi	29-5-1 (19)	RSA	9
10	Leyman Benavides	17-6-1 (3)	NIC	10

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