October 2019: Super Middleweight David Benavidez jumps from #6 to #2 after doing what not enough of the current crop of contenders are doing these days –he fought a ranked contender. Anthony Dirrell, #4, dropped to #9 after one of Benavidez’s (legal) blows cut him over the eye in the sixth round and his corner stopped the bout. Callum Smith is ranked #1. That means that at this point, a Smith-Benavidez bout would crown the true champion of the division.
Welterweight Errol Spence Jr. finally faces a contender and after a hard-fought and very close battle, takes a split decision over Shawn Porter (#4). Spence knocked Porter down in the 11th to clinch the decision, but Porter did well enough to hold onto his current ranking. Spence is now #1 in the world in the division and also moves up to #8 on the P4P List. Pacquiao, who defeated Thurman (who was also ranked #4 at that time) is now #2.
Spence-Pacquiao would still crown the true welterweight champion of the world if it happens soon.
But what about Terence Crawford? The better question is “where are you Terence Crawford?” Crawford remains both #3 and out in the cold. Given the fact that he has taken 2 legitimate crowns already, many –including this writer- believe that he is the top P4P fighter today, but he is idling and unless he gets serious fights against serious contenders (that is, Spence or Pacquiao) soon, he will be out of that conversation too.
At Jr. Welterweight, Mario Barrios defeated a game and determined Batyr Akhmedov and enters at #10. Members were all over the place on his entry. Two of the three chairs proposed him to enter at #9, one chair didn’t think he should enter as of yet, and several members agreed. Enough members argued that he should enter at #10 and that ended up being most reflective of the will of the board and the most sensible placement.
P4P:
Rank
Name
Nationality
Record
Division
1
Vasiliy Lomachenko
UKR
14-1-0 (10)
Lightweight
2
Terence Crawford
USA
35-0-0 (26)
Welterweight
3
Naoya Inoue
JPN
18-0-0 (16)
Bantamweight
4
Oleksandr Usyk *
UKR
16-0-0 (12)
Cruiserweight
5
Saul Alvarez *
MEX
52-1-2 (35)
Middleweight
6
Gennady Golovkin
KAZ
38-1-1 (34)
Middleweight
7
Juan Francisco Estrada *
MEX
40-3-0 (27)
Jr. Bantamweight
8
Errol Spence Jr.
USA
25-0-0 (21)
Welterweight
9
Manny Pacquiao
PHI
62-7-2 (39)
Welterweight
10
Srisaket Sor Rungvisai
THA
47-5-1 (41)
Jr. Bantamweight
* Champions as recognised by the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board .
Heavyweight (+200lbs/+91kg)
Rank
Name
Record – W-L-D (KO)
Nationality
Last Week
OPEN
–
–
–
1
Andy Ruiz Jr.
33-1-0 (22)
USA
1
2
Tyson Fury
29-0-1 (20)
ENG
2
3
Deontay Wilder
41-0-1 (40)
USA
3
4
Anthony Joshua
22-1-0 (21)
ENG
4
5
Dillian Whyte
26-1-0 (18)
ENG
5
6
Luis Ortiz
31-1-0 (26)
CUB
6
7
Alexander Povetkin
35-2-0 (24)
RUS
7
8
Kubrat Pulev
27-1-0 (14)
BUL
8
9
Joseph Parker
26-2-0 (20)
NZ
9
10
Adam Kownacki
20-0-0 (15)
POL
10
Cruiserweight (200lbs/91kg)
Rank
Name
Record – W-L-D (KO)
Nationality
Last Week
Oleksandr Usyk
16-0-0 (12)
UKR
***
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
Kevin Lerena
24-1-0 (11)
RSA
4
5
Mateusz Masternak
41-5-0 (28)
POL
5
6
Ilunga Makabu
26-2-0 (24)
COD
6
7
Yves Ngabu
20-0-0 (14)
BEL
7
8
Andrew Tabiti
17-1-0 (13)
USA
8
9
Michal Cieslak
19-0-0 (13)
POL
9
10
Noel Mikaelian
23-2-0 (10)
ARM
10
Light Heavyweight (175lbs/79kg)
Rank
Name
Record – W-L-D (KO)
Nationality
Last Week
Oleksandr Gvozdyk
17-0-0 (14)
UKR
***
1
Dmitry Bivol
16-0-0 (11)
RUS
1
2
Sergey Kovalev
34-3-1 (29)
RUS
2
3
Eleider Alvarez
24-1-0 (12)
COL
3
4
Artur Beterbiev
14-0-0 (14)
RUS
4
5
Jean Pascal
34-6-1 (20)
CAN
5
6
Marcus Browne
23-1-0 (16)
USA
6
7
Badou Jack
22-2-3 (13)
SWE
7
8
Jesse Hart
26-2-0 (21)
USA
8
9
Joe Smith Jr.
24-3-0 (20)
USA
9
10
Anthony Yarde
18-0-0 (17)
ENG
10
Super Middleweight (168lbs/76.2kg)
Rank
Name
Record – W-L-D (KO)
Nationality
Last Week
OPEN
–
–
–
1
Callum Smith
26-0-0 (19)
ENG
1
2
David Benavidez
22-0-0 (19)
USA
6
3
Gilberto Ramirez
40-0-0 (26)
MEX
2
4
Chris Eubank Jr.
28-2-0 (21)
ENG
3
5
Caleb Plant
19-0-0 (11)
USA
5
6
Saul Alvarez
52-1-2 (35)
MEX
7
7
Jose Uzcategui
28-3-0 (23)
VEN
8
8
John Ryder
28-4-0 (16)
ENG
9
9
Anthony Dirrell
33-2-1 (24)
USA
4
10
Avni Yildirim
21-2-0 (12)
TUR
10
Middleweight (160lbs/72.5kg)
Rank
Name
Record – W-L-D (KO)
Nationality
Last Week
Saul Alvarez
52-1-2 (35)
MEX
***
1
Gennady Golovkin
39-1-1 (35)
KAZ
1
2
Daniel Jacobs
35-3-0 (29)
USA
2
3
Sergiy Derevyanchenko
13-1-0 (10)
UKR
3
4
Demetrius Andrade
28-0-0 (17)
USA
4
5
Jermall Charlo
29-0-0 (21)
USA
5
6
Ryota Murata
15-2-0 (12)
JPN
6
7
Hassan N’Dam N’Jikam
37-4-0 (21)
FRA
7
8
Rob Brant
25-2-0 (17)
USA
8
9
Kamil Szeremeta
19-0-0 (4)
POL
9
10
Willie Monroe Jr.
24-3-0 (6)
USA
10
Junior Middleweight (154lbs/70kg)
Rank
Name
Record – W-L-D (KO)
Nationality
Last Week
OPEN
–
–
–
1
Julian Williams
27-1-1 (16)
USA
1
2
Jarrett Hurd
23-1-0 (16)
USA
2
3
Tony Harrison
28-2-0 (21)
USA
3
4
Jermell Charlo
31-1-0 (15)
USA
4
5
Erislandy Lara
26-3-3 (15)
CUB
5
6
Brian Castano
15-0-1 (11)
ARG
6
7
Jaime Munguia
34-0-0 (27)
MEX
7
8
Michel Soro
34-2-1- (23)
FRA
8
9
Kell Brook
40-2-0 (26)
ENG
9
10
Carlos Adames
18-0-0 (14)
DR
10
Welterweight (147lbs/66.7kg)
Rank
Name
Record – W-L-D (KO)
Nationality
Last Week
Open
–
–
–
1
Errol Spence Jr.
26-0-0 (21)
USA
2
2
Manny Pacquiao
62-7-2 (39)
PHI
1
3
Terence Crawford
35-0-0 (26)
USA
3
4
Shawn Porter
30-3-1 (17)
USA
4
5
Keith Thurman
29-1-0 (22)
USA
5
6
Yordenis Ugas
24-4-0 (11)
CUB
6
7
Danny Garcia
35-2-0 (21)
USA
7
8
Sergey Lipinets
16-1-0 (11)
KAZ
8
9
Kudratillo Abdukakhorov
16-0-0 (9)
UZB
9
10
Egidijus Kavaliauskas
21-0-1 (17)
LTU
10
Junior Welterweight (140lbs/63.5kg)
Rank
Name
Record – W-L-D (KO)
Nationality
Last Week
Mikey Garcia
39-1-0 (30)
USA
***
1
Regis Prograis
24-0-0 (20)
USA
1
2
Jose Carlos Ramirez
25-0-0 (17)
USA
2
3
Josh Taylor
15-0-0 (12)
SCO
3
4
Viktor Postol
31-2-0 (12)
UKR
4
5
Kiryl Relikh
23-3-0 (19)
BLR
5
6
Maurice Hooker
26-1-3 (17)
USA
6
7
Pablo Cesar Cano
32-7-1 (22)
MEX
7
8
Ivan Baranchyk
19-1-0 (12)
RUS
8
9
Jose Zepeda
31-2-0 (25)
USA
9
10
Mario Barrios
25-0-0 (16)
USA
—
Lightweight (135lbs/61.2kg)
Rank
Name
Record – W-L-D (KO)
Nationality
Last Week
OPEN
–
–
–
1
Vasiliy Lomachenko
14-1-0 (10)
UKR
1
2
Mikey Garcia
39-1-0 (30)
USA
2
3
Richard Commey
29-2-0 (26)
GHA
3
4
Robert Easter Jr.
21-1-1 (14)
USA
4
5
Rances Barthelemy
27-1-1 (14)
CUB
5
6
Devin Haney
23-0-0 (15)
USA
6
7
Teofimo Lopez
14-0-0 (11)
USA
7
8
Luke Campbell
20-3-0 (16)
ENG
8
9
Yvan Mendy
43-5-1 (21)
FRA
9
10
Emmanuel Tagoe
31-1-0 (15)
GHA
10
Junior Lightweight (130lbs/59kg)
Rank
Name
Record – W-L-D (KO)
Nationality
Last Week
OPEN
–
–
–
1
Miguel Berchelt
36-1-0 (32)
MEX
1
2
Gervonta Davis
22-0-0 (21)
USA
2
3
Tevin Farmer
30-4-1 (6)
USA
3
4
Jamel Herring
26-2-0 (10)
USA
4
5
Andrew Cancio
21-4-2 (16)
USA
5
6
Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov
15-0-0 (12)
RUS
6
7
Masayuki Ito
26-2-1 (14)
JPN
7
8
Joseph Diaz Jr.
30-1-0 (15)
USA
8
9
Francisco Vargas
25-2-2 (18)
MEX
9
10
Miguel Roman
62-13-0 (47)
MEX
10
Featherweight (126lbs/57.1kg)
Rank
Name
Record – W-L-D (KO)
Nationality
Last Week
OPEN
–
–
–
1
Leo Santa Cruz
36-1-1 (19)
USA
1
2
Josh Warrington
29-0-0 (6)
ENG
2
3
Gary Russell Jr.
30-1-0 (18)
USA
3
4
Oscar Valdez
26-0-0 (20)
MEX
4
5
Carl Frampton
26-2-0 (15)
NRL
5
6
Can Xu
17-2-0 (3)
CHI
6
7
Tugstsogt Nyambayar
11-0-0 (9)
MNG
7
8
Kid Galahad
26-1-0 (15)
ENG
8
9
Shakur Stevenson
12-0-0 (7)
USA
9
10
Jessie Magdaleno
27-1-0 (18)
USA
10
Junior Featherweight (122lbs/55.3kg)
Rank
Name
Record – W-L-D (KO)
Nationality
Last Week
Guillermo Rigondeaux
19-1-0 (13)
CUB
***
1
Rey Vargas
34-0-0 (22)
MEX
1
2
Emanuel Navarrete
29-1-0 (25)
MEX
2
3
Daniel Roman
27-2-1 (10)
USA
3
4
TJ Doheny
21-1-0 (15)
IRE
4
5
Ryosuke Iwasa
26-3-0 (16)
JPN
5
6
Shingo Wake
26-5-2 (18)
JPN
6
7
Brandon Figueroa
20-0-0 (15)
USA
7
8
Azat Hovhannisyan
18-3-0 (15)
ARM
—
9
Isaac Dogboe
20-2-0 (14)
GHA
8
10
Carlos Castro
23-0-0 (9)
USA
9
Bantamweight (118lbs/53.5kg)
Rank
Name
Record – W-L-D (KO)
Nationality
Last Week
OPEN
–
–
–
1
Naoya Inoue
18-0-0 (16)
JPN
1
2
Luis Nery
30-0-0 (24)
MEX
2
3
Zolani Tete
28-3-0 (21)
RSA
3
4
Nonito Donaire
40-5-0 (26)
PHI
4
5
Ryan Burnett
20-1-0 (10)
NIR
5
6
Nordine Oubaali
16-0-0 (12)
FRA
6
7
Takuma Inoue
13-0-0 (3)
JPN
7
8
John Riel Casimero
28-4-0 (19)
PHI
8
9
Emmanuel Rodriguez
19-1-0 (12)
PR
9
10
Jason Moloney
19-1-0 (16)
AUS
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
Donnie Nietes
42-1-5 (23)
PHI
2
3
Kazuto Ioka
24-2-0 (14)
JPN
3
4
Jerwin Ancajas
31-1-2 (21)
PHI
4
5
Khalid Yafai
26-0-0 (15)
ENG
5
6
Israel Gonzalez
23-3-0 (10)
MEX
6
7
Andrew Moloney
20-0-0 (13)
AUS
7
8
Alejandro Santiago
20-2-5 (10)
MEX
8
9
Aston Palicte
25-3-1 (21)
PHI
9
10
Francisco Rodriguez Jr.
31-4-1 (22)
MEX
10
Flyweight (112lbs/51kg)
Rank
Name
Record – W-L-D (KO)
Nationality
Last Week
OPEN
–
–
–
1
Kosei Tanaka
14-0-0 (8)
JPN
1
2
Moruti Mthalane
38-2-0 (25)
RSA
2
3
Artem Dalakian
19-0-0 (14)
UKR
3
4
Charlie Edwards
15-1-0 (6)
ENG
4
5
Julio Cesar Martinez Aguilar
14-1-0 (11)
MEX
5
6
Cristofer Rosales
29-4-0 (20)
NIC
6
7
Sho Kimura
18-3-2 (11)
JPN
7
8
Giemel Magramo
24-1-0 (20)
PHI
9
9
Masayuki Kuroda
30-8-3 (16)
JPN
8
10
Jonathan Gonzalez
22-3-1 (13)
PR
10
Junior Flyweight (108lbs/49kg)
Rank
Name
Record – W-L-D (KO)
Nationality
Last Week
OPEN
–
–
–
1
Ken Shiro
16-0-0 (9)
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
Hekkie Budler
32-4-0 (10)
ZAF
5
6
Elwin Soto
15-1-0 (11)
MEX
6
7
Angel Acosta
20-2-0 (20)
PR
7
8
Ryoichi Taguchi
27-4-2 (12)
JPN
8
9
Edward Heno
14-0-5 (5)
PHI
9
10
Milan Melindo
37-4-0 (13)
PHI
10
Strawweight (105lbs/47.6kg)
Rank
Name
Record – W-L-D (KO)
Nationality
Last Week
OPEN
–
–
–
1
Wanheng Menayothin
53-0-0 (18)
THA
1
2
Knockout CP Freshmart
20-0-0 (7)
THA
2
3
Wilfredo Mendez
14-1-0 (5)
PR
3
4
Byron Rojas
27-4-3 (11)
NIC
4
5
Vic Saludar
19-4-0 (10)
PHI
5
6
Joey Canoy
15-3-1 (8)
PHI
6
7
Simpiwe Konkco
19-5-0 (7)
RSA
7
8
Jose Argumedo
23-4-1 (14)
MEX
8
9
Melvin Jerusalem
15-2-0 (9)
PHI
9
10
Pedro Taduran
14-2-0 (11)
PHI
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Boxing Rankings
