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October: Juggernaut Joe Joyce (#5) stops Joseph Parker (#4) with a left hook after a performance that had many observers wondering if Joyce’s jaw bone was surgically replaced with a steel beam. A clear majority voted that Joyce should advance from #5 to #1 at Heavyweight as a result of his big win over a never-before-stopped contender. Three of the four at the top have losing records over the past two years, after all. There was some strong dissent among members who believe that he would be better suited for #3 or #4 at this point; those losses at the top, they argued, were to top-level guys.

As it is, the Juggernaut has arrived. He is now a frightening prospect for every heavyweight this side of former champ Tyson Fury. Usyk’s crown is wobbling.

Jr. Lightweight Shakur Stevenson failed to make weight and has announced a move to lightweight. As per best practice, we are attaching a grace period before declaring that divisional championship open. Robson Conceicao, however, drops from #8 to #9 after a clear loss.

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	28-0-0 (15)	USA
Junior Lightweight	Shakur Stevenson	19-0-0 (9)	USA
Bantamweight	Naoya Inoue	23-0-0 (20)	JPN
Junior Bantamweight	Juan Francisco Estrada	43-3-0 (28)	MEX

P4P

Ranking	Name	Nationality	Record	Division
1	Naoya Inoue *	JPN	23-0-0 (20)	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	Saul Alvarez *	MEX	57-2-2 (39)	Super Middleweight
6	Roman Gonzalez	NIC	51-3-0 (41)	Jr. Bantamweight
7	Dmitry Bivol	RUS	20-0-0 (11)	Light Heavyweight
8	Jermell Charlo *	USA	35-1-1 (19)	Jr. Middleweight
9	Artur Beterbiev *	CAN	18-0-0 (18)	Light Heavyweight
10	Shakur Stevenson *	USA	19-0-0 (9)	Jr. Lightweight

HEAVYWEIGHT (+200LBS/+91KG)

	Name	Record	Nationality	Last Week
	Oleksandr Usyk	19-0-0 (13)	UKR	***
1	Joe Joyce	15-0-0 (14)	ENG	5
2	Anthony Joshua	24-2-0 (22)	ENG	1
3	Deontay Wilder	42-2-1 (41)	USA	2
4	Andy Ruiz Jr.	35-2-0 (22)	USA	3
5	Dillian Whyte	28-3-0 (19)	ENG	6
6	Otto Wallin	24-1-0 (14)	SWE	7
7	Luis Ortiz	33-3-0 (28)	CUB	8
8	Joseph Parker	30-3-0 (21)	NZ	4
9	Michael Hunter	20-1-2 (14)	USA	9
10	Martin Bakole	18-1-0 (13)	DRC	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	Yuniel Dorticos	25-2-0 (23)	CUB	3
4	Ilunga Makabu	29-2-0 (25)	COD	4
5	Thabiso Mchunu	23-6-0 (13)	RSA	5
6	Aleksei Papin	14-1-0 (13)	RUS	6
7	Richard Riakporhe	15-0-0 (11)	ENG	7
8	Mateusz Masternak	46-5-0 (31)	POL	8
9	Chris Billam-Smith	16-1-0 (11)	ENG	9
10	Brandon Glanton	17-0-0 (14)	USA	10

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT (175LBS/79KG)

	Name	Record	Nationality	Last Week
	Artur Beterbiev	18-0-0 (18)	CAN	***
1	Dmitry Bivol	20-0-0 (11)	RUS	1
2	Gilberto Ramirez	44-0-0 (30)	MEX	2
3	Joshua Buatsi	16-0-0 (13)	ENG	3
4	Callum Smith	28-1-0 (20)	ENG	4
5	Joe Smith Jr.	28-4-0 (22)	USA	5
6	Anthony Yarde	22-2-0 (21)	ENG	6
7	Marcus Browne	24-2-0 (16)	USA	7
8	Callum Johnson	20-1-0 (14)	ENG	8
9	Jean Pascal	36-6-1 (20)	CAN	9
10	Spider Richards	17-3-1 (10)	ENG	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	7-0-0 (6)	CUB	3
4	Lerrone Richards	15-0-0 (3)	ENG	4
5	Carlos Gongora	20-1-0 (15)	ECU	5
6	John Ryder	31-5-0 (17)	ENG	6
7	Danny Jacobs	37-4-0 (30)	USA	7
8	Pavel Silyagin	10-0-0 (5)	RUS	8
9	Christian Mbilli	22-0-0 (20)	FRA	9
10	Azizbek Abdugofurov	14-1-0 (5)	UZB	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	Jermall Charlo	32-0-0 (22)	USA	2
3	Demetrius Andrade	31-0-0 (19)	USA	3
4	Carlos Adames	21-1-0 (16)	DR	4
5	Jaime Munguia	40-0-0 (32)	MEX	5
6	Chris Eubank Jr.	32-2-0 (23)	ENG	6
7	Zhanibek Alimkhanuly	12-0-0 (8)	KAZ	7
8	Maciej Sulecki	30-2-0 (11)	POL	8
9	Erislandy Lara	29-3-3 (17)	CUB	9
10	Sergiy Derevyanchenko	14-4-0 (10)	UKR	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	Jesus Ramos	19-0-0 (15)	USA	7
8	Magomed Kurbanov	22-0-0 (13)	RUS	8
9	Liam Smith	32-3-1 (19)	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	38-0-0 (29)	USA	2
3	Yordenis Ugas	27-5-0 (12)	CUB	3
4	Vergil Ortiz Jr.	19-0-0 (19)	USA	4
5	Jaron Ennis	29-0-0 (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	David Avanesyan	29-3-1 (17)	RUS	9
10	Conor Benn	21-0-0 (14)	ENG	10

JUNIOR WELTERWEIGHT (140LBS/63.5KG)

	Name	Record	Nationality	Last Week
	Josh Taylor	19-0-0 (13)	SCT	***
1	Jose Ramirez	27-1-0 (17)	USA	1
2	Regis Prograis	27-1-0 (23)	USA	2
3	Jose Zepeda	36-2-0 (28)	USA	3
4	Arnold Barboza, Jr.	27-0-0 (10)	USA	4
5	Jack Catterall	26-1-0 (13)	ENG	5
6	Sandor Martin	40-2-0 (13)	ESP	6
7	Montana Love	18-0-1 (9)	USA	7
8	Gary Antuanne Russell	15-0-0 (15)	USA	8
9	Subriel Matias	18-1-0 (18)	PR	9
10	Alberto Puello	21-0-0 (10)	DR	10

LIGHTWEIGHT (135LBS/61.2KG)

	Name	Record	Nationality	Last Week
	Devin Haney	28-0-0 (15)	USA	***
1	George Kambosos Jr.	20-1-0 (10)	USA	1
2	Vasiliy Lomachenko	16-2-0 (11)	UKR	2
3	Gervonta Davis	27-0-0 (25)	USA	3
4	Ryan Garcia	23-0-0 (19)	USA	4
5	Isaac Cruz	24-2-1 (17)	MEX	5
6	Gustavo Daniel Lemos	28-0-0 (18)	ARG	6
7	Jeremiah Nakathila	23-2-0 (19)	NAM	7
8	Joseph Diaz	32-2-1 (15)	USA	8
9	Jamaine Ortiz	16-0-1 (8)	USA	9
10	William Zepeda	26-0-0 (23)	MEX	10

JUNIOR LIGHTWEIGHT (130LBS/59KG)

	Name	Record	Nationality	Last Week
	Shakur Stevenson	19-0-0 (9)	USA	***
1	Oscar Valdez	30-1-0 (23)	MEX	1
2	Hector Garcia	16-0-0 (10)	DR	2
3	Joe Cordina	15-0-0 (9)	WAL	3
4	Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov	16-0-1 (13)	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	9
9	Robson Conceicao	17-2-0 (8)	BRA	8
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	24-2-1 (17)	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	Gary Russell Jr.	31-2-0 (18)	USA	5
6	Leigh Wood	26-2- 0 (16)	ENG	6
7	Josh Warrington	31-1-1 (8)	ENG	7
8	Brandon Figueroa	23-1-1 (18)	USA	8
9	Kiko Martinez	43-11-2 (30)	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	16-1-0 (3)	JPN	5
6	Marlon Tapales	36-3-0 (19)	PHI	6
7	Luis Nery	32-1-0 (24)	MEX	7
8	Zolani Tete	30-4-0 (23)	RSA	8
9	Ludumo Lamati	19-0-1 (10)	RSA	9
10	Kevin Gonzalez	25-0-1 (13)	MEX	10

BANTAMWEIGHT (118LBS/53.5KG)

	Name	Record	Nationality	Last Week
	Naoya Inoue	23-0-0 (20)	JPN	***
1	Emmanuel Rodriguez	20-2-0 (13)	PR	1
2	Jason Moloney	24-2-0 (19)	AUS	2
3	Nonito Donaire	42-7-0 (28)	PHI	3
4	Gary Antonio Russell	19-0-0 (12)	USA	4
5	Vincent Astrolabio	17-3-0 (12)	PHI	5
6	Lee McGregor	11-0-1 (9)	SCO	6
7	Alexandro Santiago	25-3-5 (13)	MEX	7
8	Paul Butler	34-2-0 (15)	ENG	8
9	Ryosuke Nishida	5-0-0 (1)	JPN	9
10	Kai Chiba	15-3-0 (9)	JPN	—

JUNIOR BANTAMWEIGHT (115LBS/52.1KG)

	Name	Record	Nationality	Last Week
	Juan Francisco Estrada	43-3-0 (28)	MEX	***
1	Roman Gonzalez	51-3-0 (41)	NIC	1
2	Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez	17-0-0 (11)	USA	2
3	Kazuto Ioka	29-2-0 (15)	JPN	3
4	Fernando Martinez	14-0-0 (8)	ARG	4
5	Srisaket Sor Rungvisai	50-6-1 (43)	THA	5
6	Francisco Rodriguez, Jr.	36-5-1 (25)	MEX	6
7	Andrew Moloney	24-2-0 (16)	AUS	7
8	Jerwin Ancajas	33-2-2 (22)	PHI	8
9	Kosei Tanaka	17-1-0 (10)	JPN	9
10	Norbelto Jimenez	31-9-6 (16)	DR	10

FLYWEIGHT (112LBS/51KG)

	Name	Record	Nationality	Last Week
	OPEN (since Roman Gonzalez abdicated 10/2016)			–
1	Sunny Edwards	18-0-0 (4)	ENG	1
2	Julio Cesar Martinez	18-2-0 (14)	MEX	2
3	Junto Nakatani	23-0-0 (18)	JPN	3
4	Artem Dalakian	21-0-0 (15)	UKR	4
5	David Jimenez	12-0-0 (9)	CR	5
6	Ricardo Sandoval	20-2-0 (15)	USA	6
7	McWilliams Arroyo	21-4-0 (16)	PR	7
8	Angel Ayala	13-0-0 (6)	MEX	8
9	Muhammed Waseem	12-2-0 (8)	PAK	9
10	Giemel Magramo	26-2-0 (21)	PHI	10

JUNIOR FLYWEIGHT (108LBS/49KG)

	Name	Record	Nationality	Last Week
	OPEN (since Giovani Segura abdicated 4/2011)			–
1	Kenshiro Teraji	19-1-0 (11)	JPN	1
2	Hiroto Kyoguchi	16-0-0 (11)	JPN	2
3	Jonathan Gonzalez	26-3-1 (14)	PR	3
4	Masamichi Yabuki	14-4-0 (13)	JPN	4
5	Hekkie Budler	34-4-0 (10)	RSA	5
6	Daniel Matellon	13-0-2 (6)	PAN	6
7	Sivenathi Nontshinga	11-0-0 (9)	RSA	7
8	Elwin Soto	19-3-0 (13)	MEX	8
9	Mark Vicelles	17-0-1 (10)	PHI	9
10	Hector Gabriel Flores	20-1-4 (10)	MEX	10

STRAWWEIGHT (105LBS/47.6KG)

	Name	Record	Nationality	Last Week
	OPEN (since Ricardo Lopez abdicated 10/1999)			–
1	Thammanoon Niyomtrong (Knockout CP Freshmart)	23-0-0 (9)	THA	1
2	Panya Pradabsri (Petchmanee CP Freshmart)	39-1-0 (23)	THA	2
3	Masataka Taniguchi	16-3-0 (11)	JPN	3
4	Erick Rosa	5-0-0 (1)	DR	4
5	Wanheng Meenayothin	55-2-0 (19)	THA	5
6	Daniel Valladares	26-3-1 (15)	MEX	6
7	Rene Mark Cuarto	20-3-2 (11)	PHI	7
8	Ginjiro Shigeoka	8-0-0 (6)	JPN	8
9	Oscar Collazo	5-0-0 (3)	PR	9
10	Ayanda Ndulani	13-2-1 (4)	RSA	10

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