March 2021: Heavyweight Joseph Parker was bumped out of the rankings in December 2019 and returns with a win over the undefeated Junior Fa. Parker wasn’t dropping any jaws with his performance, but it was still enough to put him over Tony Yoka and his nine bouts in the eyes of most but not all members.
Saul Alvarez has now had two fights in a row at super middleweight, which means he exits his #2 ranking at Light Heavyweight. It would be unwise for us to let him remain at the top of the rankings in this division given that it was only a foray in 2019. His next fight is already almost assured to be at super middleweight -a bout with Billy Joe Saunders (#6). We look forward to it but would prefer the #1 Alvarez to face the #2 Caleb Plant for the divisional crown. Gilberto Ramirez enters at #10.
Way down in Flyweight town, McWilliams Arroyo, who was bumped out at jr. bantamweight around the same time as Parker was from heavyweight, enters at #10 with a stoppage win over Abraham Rodriguez. Giemel Magramo, was knocked out in his last bout, is justifiably bumped out.
Strawweight Rene Mark Cuarto defeats Pedro Taduran to make his debut in the rankings at #6. Why so high? The contenders from #7 through #10 either haven’t fought since 2019 or lost their last bout. Leyman Benavides, whose last two bouts where against guys with woeful records, is bumped out.
P4P
Rank
Name
Nationality
Record
Division
1
Saul Alvarez
MEX
55-1-2 (37)
Super Mt/Lt Ht
2
Naoya Inoue
JPN
20-0-0 (17)
Bantamweight
3
Terence Crawford
USA
37-0-0 (28)
Welterweight
4
Oleksandr Usyk
UKR
18-0-0 (13)
Heavyweight
5
Errol Spence Jr.
USA
27-0-0 (21)
Welterweight
6
Tyson Fury *
ENG
30-0-1 (21)
Heavyweight
7
Gennady Golovkin
KAZ
38-1-1 (34)
Middleweight
8
Teofimo Lopez *
USA
16-0-0 (12)
Lightweight
9
Juan Francisco Estrada *
MEX
41-3-0 (28)
Jr. Bantamweight
10
Kazuto Ioka
JPN
26-2-0 (15)
Jr. Bantamweight
* 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
24-1-0 (22)
ENG
1
2
Deontay Wilder
42-1-1 (41)
USA
2
3
Andy Ruiz Jr.
33-2-0 (22)
USA
3
4
Alexander Povetkin
36-2-1 (25)
RUS
4
5
Luis Ortiz
32-2-0 (27)
CUB
5
6
Michael Hunter
19-1-1 (13)
USA
6
7
Dillian Whyte
27-2-0 (18)
ENG
7
8
Joe Joyce
12-0-0 (11)
ENG
8
9
Otto Wallin
22-1-0 (14)
SWE
9
10
Joseph Parker
28-2-0 (21)
NZ
—
Cruiserweight (200lbs/91kg)
Rank
Name
Record – W-L-D (KO)
Nationality
Last Week
Mairis Briedis
27-1-0 (19)
LVA
***
1
Yuniel Dorticos
24-2-0 (22)
CUB
1
2
Ilunga Makabu
28-2-0 (25)
COD
2
3
Krzysztof Glowacki
31-2-0 (19)
POL
3
4
Kevin Lerena
26-1-0 (13)
RSA
4
5
Thabiso Mchunu
22-5-0 (13)
RSA
5
6
Aleksei Papin
12-1-0 (11)
RUS
6
7
Michal Cieslak
20-1-0 (14)
POL
7
8
Arsen Goulamirian
26-0-0 (18)
ARM
8
9
Lawrence Okolie
15-0-0 (12)
ENG
9
10
Mateusz Masternak
43-5-0 (29)
POL
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
Joe Smith Jr.
26-3-0 (21)
USA
3
3
Sergey Kovalev
34-4-1 (29)
RUS
4
4
Jean Pascal
35-6-1 (20)
CAN
5
5
Marcus Browne
23-1-0 (16)
USA
6
6
Badou Jack
23-3-3 (13)
SWE
7
7
Eleider Alvarez
25-2-0 (13)
COL
8
8
Robin Krasniqi
51-6-0 (19)
GER
9
9
Lyndon Arthur
18-0-0 (12)
ENG
10
10
Gilberto Ramirez
41-0-0 (27)
MEX
—
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
Saul Alvarez
55-1-2 (37)
MEX
1
2
Caleb Plant
21-0-0 (12)
USA
2
3
David Benavidez
23-0-0 (20)
USA
3
4
Callum Smith
27-0-0 (19)
ENG
4
5
John Ryder
29-5-0 (16)
ENG
5
6
Billy Joe Saunders
30-0-0 (14)
ENG
6
7
Danny Jacobs
37-3-0 (30)
USA
7
8
Juergen Braehmer
52-3- 0 (38)
GER
8
9
Fedor Chudinov
22-2-0 (15)
RUS
9
10
Carlos Gongora
19-0-0 (14)
ECU
10
Middleweight (160lbs/72.5kg)
Rank
Name
Record – W-L-D (KO)
Nationality
Last Week
OPEN (Saul Alvarez abdicated 1/1/2021)
–
–
–
1
Gennady Golovkin
41-1-1 (36)
KAZ
1
2
Jermall Charlo
31-0-0 (22)
USA
2
3
Demetrius Andrade
28-0-0 (17)
USA
3
4
Sergiy Derevyanchenko
13-3-0 (10)
UKR
4
5
Ryota Murata
16-2-0 (13)
JPN
5
6
Rob Brant
26-2-0 (18)
USA
6
7
Jaime Munguia
36-0-0 (29)
MEX
7
8
Liam Williams
22-2-1 (17)
WAL
8
9
Maciej Sulecki
29-2-0 (11)
POL
9
10
Chris Eubank Jr.
29-2-0 (22)
ENG
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
Jermell Charlo
34-1-0 (18)
USA
1
2
Brian Castano
17-0-1 (12)
ARG
2
3
Jeison Rosario
20-2-1 (14)
DR
3
4
Julian Williams
27-2-1 (16)
USA
4
5
Jarrett Hurd
24-1-0 (16)
USA
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
Erickson Lubin
23-1-0 (16)
USA
9
10
Patrick Teixeira
31-2-0 (22)
BRA
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.
27-0-0 (21)
USA
1
2
Terence Crawford
37-0-0 (28)
USA
2
3
Manny Pacquiao
62-7-2 (39)
PHI
3
4
Shawn Porter
31-3-1 (17)
USA
4
5
Yordenis Ugas
25-4-0 (12)
CUB
5
6
Keith Thurman
29-1-0 (22)
USA
6
7
Danny Garcia
36-3-0 (21)
USA
7
8
Mikey Garcia
40-1-0 (30)
USA
8
9
Kudratillo Abdukakhorov
17-0-0 (9)
UZB
9
10
Vergil Ortiz Jr.
16-0-0 (16)
USA
10
Junior Welterweight (140lbs/63.5kg)
Rank
Name
Record – W-L-D (KO)
Nationality
Last Week
OPEN (since March 2020 after Mikey Garcia made known his clear intention to campaign as a welterweight.)
—
—
—
1
Josh Taylor
17-0-0 (13)
SCO
1
2
Jose Carlos Ramirez
26-0-0 (17)
USA
2
3
Regis Prograis
25-1-0 (21)
USA
3
4
Jose Zepeda
33-2-0 (26)
USA
4
5
Viktor Postol
31-3-0 (12)
UKR
5
6
Ivan Baranchyk
20-2-0 (13)
RUS
6
7
Pablo Cesar Cano
33-7-1 (23)
MEX
7
8
Arnold Barboza Jr.
25-0-0 (10)
USA
8
9
Robert Easter Jr.
23-1-1 (14)
USA
9
10
Jack Catterall
26-0-0 (13)
ENG
10
Lightweight (135lbs/61.2kg)
Rank
Name
Record – W-L-D (KO)
Nationality
Last Week
Teofimo Lopez
16-0-0 (10)
USA
***
1
Vasiliy Lomachenko
14-2-0 (10)
UKR
1
2
Ryan Garcia
21-0-0 (18)
USA
2
3
Devin Haney
25-0-0 (15)
USA
3
4
Richard Commey
30-3-0 (27)
GHA
4
5
Luke Campbell
20-4-0 (16)
ENG
5
6
Emmanuel Tagoe
32-1-0 (15)
GHA
6
7
Yvan Mendy
46-5-1 (22)
FRA
7
8
Gervonta Davis
24-0-0 (23)
USA
8
9
Masayoshi Nakatani
19-1-0 (13)
JPN
9
10
George Kambosos Jr.
19-0-0 (10)
AUS
10
Junior Lightweight (130lbs/59kg)
Rank
Name
Record – W-L-D (KO)
Nationality
Last Week
OPEN (since July 2008 when Manny Pacquiao abdicated)
–
–
–
1
Oscar Valdez
29-0-0 (23)
MEX
1
2
Gervonta Davis
24-0-0 (23)
USA
2
3
Jamel Herring
22-2-0 (10)
USA
3
4
Joseph Diaz Jr.
31-1-1 (15)
USA
4
5
Roger Gutierrez
25-3-1 (20)
VEN
5
6
Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov
15-0-1 (12)
RUS
6
7
Miguel Berchelt
38-2-0 (34)
MEX
7
8
Rene Alvarado
32-9- 0 (21)
NIC
8
9
Tevin Farmer
30-5-1 (6)
USA
9
10
O’Shaquie Foster
18-2-0 (11)
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
Gary Russell Jr.
31-1-0 (18)
USA
1
2
Mauricio Lara
22-2-0 (15)
MEX
2
3
Can Xu
18-2-0 (16)
CHI
3
4
Kid Galahad
27-1-0 (16)
ENG
4
5
Emanuel Navarrete
32-1-0 (27)
MEX
5
6
Tugstsogt Nyambayar
12-1-0 (9)
MNG
6
7
Jessie Magdaleno
28-1-0 (18)
USA
7
8
Josh Warrington
30-1-0 (7)
ENG
8
9
James Dickens
30-3-0 (11)
ENG
9
10
Eduardo Ramirez
24-2-3 (11)
MEX
10
Junior Featherweight (122lbs/55.3kg)
Rank
Name
Record – W-L-D (KO)
Nationality
Last Week
Guillermo Rigondeaux
20-1-0 (13)
CUB
***
1
Murodjon Akhmadaliev
8-0-0 (6)
UZB
1
2
Daniel Roman
28-3-1 (10)
USA
2
3
Stephen Fulton, Jr.
19-0-0 (8)
USA
3
4
Ryosuke Iwasa
27-3-0 (17)
JPN
4
5
Ronny Rios
33-3-0 (16)
USA
6
6
Brandon Figueroa
21-0-1 (16)
USA
5
7
Azat Hovhannisyan
19-3-0 (16)
ARM
7
8
Luis Nery
31-0-0 (24)
MEX
8
9
Angelo Leo
20-1-0 (9)
USA
9
10
Ra’eese Aleem
18-0-0 (12)
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
20-0-0 (17)
JPN
1
2
John Riel Casimero
30-4-0 (21)
PHI
2
3
Nordine Oubaali
17-0-0 (12)
FRA
3
4
Nonito Donaire
40-6-0 (26)
PHI
4
5
Zolani Tete
28-4-0 (21)
RSA
5
6
Emmanuel Rodriguez
19-2-0 (12)
PR
6
7
Guillermo Rigondeaux
20-1-0 (13)
CUB
7
8
Takuma Inoue
14-1-0 (3)
JPN
8
9
Jason Moloney
21-2-0 (18)
AUS
9
10
Rau’shee Warren
18-3-0 (4)
USA
10
Junior Bantamweight (115lbs/52.1kg)
Rank
Name
Record – W-L-D (KO)
Nationality
Last Week
Juan Francisco Estrada
41-3-0 (28)
MEX
***
1
Srisaket Sor Rungvisai
49-5-1 (42)
THA
1
2
Roman Gonzalez
50-2-0 (41)
NIC
2
3
Kazuto Ioka
26-2-0 (15)
JPN
3
4
Jerwin Ancajas
32-1-2 (22)
PHI
4
5
Khalid Yafai
26-1-0 (15)
ENG
5
6
Joshua Franco
17-1-2 (8)
USA
6
7
Francisco Rodriguez, Jr.
34-4-1 (24)
MEX
7
8
Andrew Moloney
21-1-0 (14)
AUS
8
9
Carlos Cuadras
39-4-1 (27)
MEX
9
10
Israel Gonzalez
26-4-0 (11)
MEX
10
Flyweight (112lbs/51kg)
Rank
Name
Record – W-L-D (KO)
Nationality
Last Week
OPEN (since October 2016 when Roman Gonzalez abdicated)
–
–
–
1
Moruti Mthalane
39-2-0 (26)
RSA
1
2
Julio Cesar Martinez
17-1-0 (13)
MEX
2
3
Artem Dalakian
20-0-0 (14)
UKR
3
4
Sho Kimura
19-3-2 (12)
JPN
4
5
Junto Nakatani
21-0-0 (16)
JPN
5
6
Cristofer Rosales
31-5-0 (21)
NIC
6
7
Jay Harris
18-1-0 (19)
WAL
7
8
Muhammad Waseem
11-1-0 (8)
PAK
8
9
Luis Concepcion
39-8-0 (28)
PAN
9
10
McWilliams Arroyo
21-4-0 (16)
PR
—
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
Felix Alvarado
36-2-0 (31)
NIC
3
4
Elwin Soto
18-1-0 (12)
MEX
4
5
Carlos Canizales
22-0-1 (17)
VEN
5
6
Edward Heno
14-1-5 (5)
PHI
6
7
Tetsuya Hisada
34-10-2 (20)
JPN
7
8
Agustin Mauro Gauto
16-0-0 (11)
ARG
8
9
Mark Vicelles
12-0-1 (6)
PHI
9
10
Jesse Rodriguez
13-0-0 (9)
USA
10
Strawweight (105lbs/47.6kg)
Rank
Name
Record – W-L-D (KO)
Nationality
Last Week
OPEN (since October 1999 when Ricardo Lopez abdicated)