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Feb 2023 – Transnational Boxing Rankings Board: The Light Heavyweight Champion of the World, Artur Beterbiev turned back what was his toughest challenge thus far in #6-ranked Anthony Yarde. Beterbiev retains his championship and the board refuses to demote Yarde from his current ranking. It was a “good loss” even if he was stopped. At P4P, Beterbiev is voted by a majority of the members to move up from #9 to #10, over Jermell Charlo.

And let’s be clear: Beterbiev –is– the division’s king. He’s the man who beat the man (Oleksandr Gvozdyk) who beat the man (Adonis Stevenson) who beat the man (Bernard Hopkins) who beat the man (Jean Pascal) who beat the next best contender (Chad Dawson) in a #1 vs. #2 bout under an open throne back in 2010. It makes zero sense to deny that. However, whether he is also the -best- in the division will only be decided when he faces Dmitry Bivol. If they fight, Bivol is the challenger. The WBA Super-Duper belt he’ll carry into the ring doesn’t mean a damn thing. Keep this in mind: that WBS organization has 47-year-old Sergio Martinez rated at #2 at middleweight. Martinez beat a guy with a 6-6 record in an 8-rounder in December. He shouldn’t be ranked in the top 30 at this point and, let’s face it, he probably shouldn’t be boxing at all.

Cruiserweight David Light returns in at #10 after Thabiso Mchunu (5) exits due to inactivity. Light is scheduled to fight an awkward and very dangerous puncher in Lawrence Okolie, who is ranked #2. That’s coming March 11. Light isn’t light on courage.

At Jr. Featherweight, Zolani Tete (#8) is removed from the rankings due to PED issues. Despite our efforts to find out what is going on with the B sample, there has been no response. Information has been muted -or kept quiet- since November. Enough is enough. Liam Davies returns in at #10.

Artem Dalakian is now in striking distance of the Flyweight championship now that he moved from #3 to #2 after a big win against #4 ranked David Jiminez. The no-longer surging Julio Cesar Martinez is now #3. At Jr. Flyweight, Masamichi Yabuki stops Ronald Chacon to move up from #3 to #2.

Division	Name	Record	Nation
Heavyweight	Oleksandr Usyk	19-0-0 (13)	UKR
Cruiserweight	Jai Opetaia	22-0-0 (17)	AUS
Light Heavyweight	Artur Beterbiev	17-0-0 (17)	CAN
Super Middleweight	Saul Alvarez	57-2-2 (39)	MEX
Junior Middleweight	Jermell Charlo	35-1-1 (19)	USA
Junior Welterweight	Josh Taylor	19-0-0 (13)	SCT
Lightweight	Devin Haney	29-0-0 (15)	USA
Junior Bantamweight	Juan Francisco Estrada	44-3-0 (28)	MEX
Junior Flyweight	Kenshiro Teraji	20-1-0 (12)	JPN

P4P

Ranking	Name	Nationality	Record	Division
1	Naoya Inoue *	JPN	24-0-0 (21)	Bantamweight
2	Oleksandr Usyk *	UKR	19-0-0 (13)	Heavyweight
3	Terence Crawford	USA	37-0-0 (28)	Welterweight
4	Errol Spence Jr.	USA	27-0-0 (21)	Welterweight
5	Dmitry Bivol	RUS	20-0-0 (11)	Light Heavyweight
6	Juan Francisco Estrada*	MEX	44-3-0 (28)	Jr. Bantamweight
7	Tyson Fury	ENG	33-0-1 (24)	Heavyweight
8	Saul Alvarez *	MEX	57-2-2 (39)	Super Middleweight
9	Artur Beterbiev *	CAN	18-0-0 (18)	Light Heavyweight
10	Jermell Charlo *	USA	35-1-1 (19)	Jr. Middleweight

HEAVYWEIGHT (+200LBS/+91KG)

	Name	Record	Nationality	Last Week
	Oleksandr Usyk	19-0-0 (13)	UKR	***
1	Tyson Fury	33-0-1 (24)	ENG	1
2	Joe Joyce	15-0-0 (14)	ENG	2
3	Deontay Wilder	43-2-1 (42)	USA	3
4	Anthony Joshua	24-3 (22)	ENG	4
5	Andy Ruiz Jr.	35-2-0 (22)	USA	5
6	Dillian Whyte	29-3-0 (19)	ENG	6
7	Otto Wallin	25-1-0 (14)	SWE	7
8	Luis Ortiz	33-3-0 (28)	CUB	8
9	Joseph Parker	31-3-0 (21)	NZ	9
10	Frank Sanchez	21-0-0 (14)	CUB	10

CRUISERWEIGHT (200LBS/91KG)

	Name	Record	Nationality	Last Week
	Jai Opetaia	22-0-0 (17)	AUS	***
1	Mairis Breidis	28-2-0 (20)	LVA	1
2	Lawrence Okolie	17-0-0 (14)	ENG	2
3	Ilunga Makabu	29-2-0 (25)	COD	3
4	Richard Riakporhe	16-0-0 (12)	ENG	4
5	Aleksei Papin	14-1-0 (13)	RUS	6
6	Chris Billam-Smith	16-1-0 (11)	ENG	7
7	Yuniel Dorticos	26-2-0 (24)	CUB	8
8	Mateusz Masternak	47-5-0 (31)	POL	9
9	Arsen Goulamirian	27-0-0 (18)	FRA	10
10	David Light	20-0-0 (12)	NZ	—

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	16-0-0 (13)	ENG	2
3	Callum Smith	28-1-0 (20)	ENG	3
4	Joe Smith Jr.	28-4-0 (22)	USA	4
5	Gilberto Ramirez	44-1-0 (30)	MEX	5
6	Anthony Yarde	23-3-0 (22)	ENG	6
7	Jean Pascal	36-6-1 (20)	CAN	7
8	Craig Richards	17-3-1 (10)	ENG	8
9	Igor Mikhalkin	24-3-0 (11)	RUS	9
10	Ali Izmailov	9-0-0 (6)	RUS	10

SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHT (168LBS/76.2KG)

	Name	Record	Nationality	Last Week
	Saul Alvarez	58-2-2 (39)	MEX	***
1	David Benavidez	26-0-0 (23)	USA	1
2	Caleb Plant	21-1-0 (12)	USA	2
3	David Morrell	8-0-0 (7)	CUB	3
4	John Ryder	32-5-0 (18)	ENG	4
5	Carlos Gongora	20-1-0 (15)	ECU	5
6	Pavel Silyagin	11-0-0 (5)	RUS	6
7	Christian Mbilli	22-0-0 (20)	FRA	7
8	Demetrius Andrade	32-0-0 (19)	USA	8
9	Danny Jacobs	37-4-0 (30)	USA	9
10	Vladimir Shishkin	14-0-0 (8)	RUS	10

MIDDLEWEIGHT (160LBS/72.5KG)

	Name	Record	Nationality	Last Week
	OPEN (Saul Alvarez abdicated 1/1/2021)
1	Gennady Golovkin	42-1-1 (37)	KAZ	1
2	Carlos Adames	21-1-0 (16)	DR	2
3	Jaime Munguia	41-0-0 (33)	MEX	3
4	Liam Smith	33-3-1 (20)	ENG	4
5	Zhanibek Alimkhanuly	13-0-0 (8)	KAZ	5
6	Erislandy Lara	29-3-3 (17)	CUB	6
7	Sergiy Derevyanchenko	14-4-0 (10)	UKR	7
8	Felix Cash	16-0-0 (10)	ENG	8
9	Esquiva Falcao	30-0-0 (20)	BRA	9
10	Michael Zerafa	31-4-0 (19)	AUS	10

JUNIOR MIDDLEWEIGHT (154LBS/70KG)

	Name	Record	Nationality	Last Week
	Jermell Charlo	35-1-1 (19)	USA	***
1	Brian Castano	17-1-2 (12)	ARG	1
2	Sebastian Fundora	19-0-1 (13)	USA	2
3	Tim Tszyu	21-0-0 (15)	AUS	3
4	Tony Harrison	29-3-1 (21)	USA	4
5	Erickson Lubin	24-2-0 (17)	USA	5
6	Israil Madrimov	8-0-0 (6)	UZB	6
7	Magomed Kurbanov	22-0-0 (13)	RUS	7
8	Jesus Ramos	19-0-0 (15)	USA	8
9	Liam Smith	33-3-1 (20)	ENG	9
10	Bakhram Murtazaliev	20-0-0 (15)	RUS	10

WELTERWEIGHT (147LBS/66.7KG)

	Name	Record	Nationality	Last Week
	Open (since 4/2016 when Manny Pacquiao retired)
1	Errol Spence Jr.	28-0-0 (22)	USA	1
2	Terence Crawford	39-0-0 (30)	USA	2
3	Yordenis Ugas	27-5-0 (12)	CUB	3
4	Vergil Ortiz Jr.	19-0-0 (19)	USA	4
5	Jaron Ennis	30-0-0 (27)	USA	5
6	Keith Thurman	30-1-0 (22)	USA	6
7	Eimantas Stanionis	14-0-0 (9)	LIT	7
8	Cody Crowley	21-0-0 (9)	CAN	8
9	Roiman Villa	26-1-0 (24)	VEN	9
10	Alexis Rocha	22-1-0 (14)	USA	10

JUNIOR WELTERWEIGHT (140LBS/63.5KG)

	Name	Record	Nationality	Last Week
	Josh Taylor	19-0-0 (13)	SCT	***
1	Regis Prograis	28-1-0 (24)	USA	1
2	Jose Ramirez	27-1-0 (17)	USA	2
3	Arnold Barboza, Jr.	27-0-0 (10)	USA	3
4	Jack Catterall	26-1-0 (13)	ENG	4
5	Jose Zepeda	36-3-0 (28)	USA	5
7	Gary Antuanne Russell	15-0-0 (15)	USA	6
8	Subriel Matias	18-1-0 (18)	PR	7
9	Steve Spark	16-2-0 (14)	AUS	8
9	Teofimo Lopez	18-1-0 (13)	USA	9
10	Sandor Martin	40-3-0 (13)	ESP	10

LIGHTWEIGHT (135LBS/61.2KG)

	Name	Record	Nationality	Last Week
	Devin Haney	29-0-0 (15)	USA	***
1	Gervonta Davis	28-0-0 (26)	USA	2
2	Vasiliy Lomachenko	17-2-0 (11)	UKR	1
3	Ryan Garcia	23-0-0 (19)	USA	3
4	William Zepeda	27-0-0 (23)	MEX	4
5	Frank Martin	17-0-0 (12)	USA	5
6	Isaac Cruz	24-2-1 (17)	MEX	6
7	George Kambosos Jr	20-2-0 (10)	AUS	7
8	Gustavo Daniel Lemos	28-0-0 (18)	ARG	8
9	Jeremiah Nakathila	23-2-0 (19)	NAM	9
10	Jamaine Ortiz	16-1-1 (8)	USA	10

JUNIOR LIGHTWEIGHT (130LBS/59KG)

	Name	Record	Nationality	Last Week
	OPEN since Shakur Stevenson abdication (9/2022)	–	–	–
1	Oscar Valdez	30-1-0 (23)	MEX	1
2	Hector Garcia	16-1-0 (10)	DR	2
3	Joe Cordina	15-0-0 (9)	WAL	3
4	Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov	17-0-1 (14)	RUS	4
5	O’Shaquie Foster	19-2-0 (11)	USA	5
6	Roger Gutierrez	26-4-1 (20)	VEN	6
7	Lamont Roach	23-1-1 (9)	USA	7
8	Eduardo Ramirez	27-3-3 (12)	MEX	8
9	Robson Conceicao	17-2-0 (8)	BRA	9
10	Kenichi Ogawa	26-2-1 (18)	JPN	10

FEATHERWEIGHT (126LBS/57.1KG)

	Name	Record	Nationality	Last Week
	OPEN (since Pacquiao abdicated 3/2005)	–	–	–
1	Mauricio Lara	25-2-1 (18)	MEX	1
2	Emanuel Navarrete	36-1-0 (30)	MEX	2
3	Rey Vargas	36-0-0 (22)	MEX	3
4	Mark Magsayo	24-1-0 (16)	PHI	4
5	Leigh Wood	26-2- 0 (16)	ENG	5
6	Luis Alberto Lopez	27-2-0 (0)	MEX	6
7	Brandon Figueroa	23-1-1 (18)	USA	7
8	Josh Warrington	31-2-1 (8)	ENG	8
9	Kiko Martinez	44-11-2 (31)	ESP	9
10	Isaac Dogboe	24-2-0 (15)	GHA	10

JUNIOR FEATHERWEIGHT (122LBS/55.3KG)

	Name	Record	Nationality	Last Week
	OPEN (since Guillermo Rigondeaux abdicated via abandonment, July 2022)	–	–	–
1	Stephen Fulton, Jr.	21-0-0 (8)	USA	1
2	Murodjon Akhmadaliev	11-0-0 (8)	UZB	2
3	Azat Hovhannisyan	21-3-0 (17)	ARM	3
4	Ra’eese Aleem	20-0-0 (12)	USA	4
5	Takuma Inoue	17-1-0 (4)	JPN	5
6	Marlon Tapales	36-3-0 (19)	PHI	6
7	Luis Nery	33-1-0 (25)	MEX	7
8	John Riel Casimero	32-4-0 (22)	PHI	9
9	Kevin Gonzalez	25-0-1 (13)	MEX	10
10	Liam Davies	13-0-0 (5)	ENG	—

BANTAMWEIGHT (118LBS/53.5KG)

	Name	Record	Nationality	Last Week
	OPEN (since Naoya Inoue abdicated 1/16/2023)	—	—	–
1	Emmanuel Rodriguez	21-2-0 (13)	PR	1
2	Jason Moloney	25-2-0 (19)	AUS	2
3	Nonito Donaire	42-7-0 (28)	PHI	3
4	Vincent Astrolabio	18-3-0 (13)	PHI	4
5	Lee McGregor	11-0-1 (9)	SCO	5
6	Gary Antonio Russell	19-1-0 (12)	USA	6
7	Alexandro Santiago	27-3-5 (14)	MEX	7
8	Ryosuke Nishida	6-0-0 (1)	JPN	8
9	Kai Chiba	15-3-0 (9)	JPN	9
10	Paul Butler	34-3-0 (15)	ENG	10

JUNIOR BANTAMWEIGHT (115LBS/52.1KG)

	Name	Record	Nationality	Last Week
	Juan Francisco Estrada	44-3-0 (28)	MEX	***
1	Roman Gonzalez	51-4-0 (41)	NIC	1
2	Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez	17-0-0 (11)	USA	2
3	Kazuto Ioka	29-2-1 (15)	JPN	3
4	Joshua Franco	18-1-3 (8)	USA	4
5	Fernando Martinez	15-0-0 (8)	ARG	5
6	Srisaket Sor Rungvisai	50-6-1 (43)	THA	6
7	Andrew Moloney	25-2-0 (16)	AUS	7
8	Junto Nakatani	24-0-0 (18)	JPN	8
9	Kosei Tanaka	18-1-0 (10)	JPN	9
10	Donnie Nietes	43-2-6 (23)	PHI	10

FLYWEIGHT (112LBS/51KG)

	Name	Record	Nationality	Last Week
	OPEN (since Roman Gonzalez abdicated 10/2016)			–
1	Sunny Edwards	19-0-0 (4)	ENG	1
2	Artem Dalakian	22-0-0 (15)	UKR	3
3	Julio Cesar Martinez	19-2-0 (14)	MEX	2
4	David Jimenez	12-1-0 (9)	CR	4
5	Ricardo Sandoval	20-2-0 (15)	USA	5
6	Angel Ayala	15-0-0 (7)	MEX	6
7	Taku Kuwahara	11-1-0 (6)	JPN	7
8	Muhammed Waseem	12-2-0 (8)	PAK	8
9	Felix Alvarado	38-3-0 (33)	NIC	9
10	Cristofer Rosales	35-6-0 (21)	NIC	10

JUNIOR FLYWEIGHT (108LBS/49KG)

	Name	Record	Nationality	Last Week
	Kenshiro Teraji	20-1-0 (12)	JPN	***
1	Jonathan Gonzalez	27-3-1 (14)	PR	1
2	Masamichi Yabuki	15-4-0 (14)	JPN	3
3	Hiroto Kyoguchi	16-1-0 (11)	JPN	2
4	Hekkie Budler	34-4-0 (10)	RSA	4
5	Daniel Matellon	13-0-2 (6)	PAN	5
6	Sivenathi Nontshinga	11-0-0 (9)	RSA	6
7	Elwin Soto	19-3-0 (13)	MEX	7
8	Mark Vicelles	17-0-1 (10)	PHI	8
9	Hector Gabriel Flores	20-1-4 (10)	MEX	9
10	Nhlanhla Tyirha	8-1-0 (2)	RSA	10

STRAWWEIGHT (105LBS/47.6KG)

	Name	Record	Nationality	Last Week
	OPEN (since Ricardo Lopez abdicated 10/1999)			–
1	Thammanoon Niyomtrong (Knockout CP Freshmart)	24-0-0 (9)	THA	1
2	Panya Pradabsri (Petchmanee CP Freshmart)	39-1-0 (23)	THA	2
3	Melvin Jerusalem	20-2-0 (12)	PHI	3
4	Erick Rosa	5-0-0 (1)	DR	4
5	Wanheng Meenayothin	55-3-0 (19)	THA	5
6	Daniel Valladares	27-3-1 (15)	MEX	6
7	Rene Mark Cuarto	21-3-2 (12)	PHI	7
8	Oscar Collazo	6-0-0 (4)	PR	9
9	Ginjiro Shigeoka	8-0-0 (6)	JPN	8
10	Masataki Taniguchi	16-4-0 (11)	JPN	10

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