Artur Beterbiev, the brand new undisputed mild heavyweight champion, and his conquered opponent, Dmitry Bivol, have surged previous celebrity Canelo Alvarez in Ring Journal’s up to date pound-for-pound record.
Ring Journal’s resolution to put Bivol (23-1, 12 KOs) forward of Canelo is questionable as a result of he misplaced his combat final Saturday night time to Beterbiev (21-0, 20 KOs) by a 12-round majority resolution. The Ring workers are clearly treating Bivol’s defeat like a draw or a win as a result of he needs to be moved down as an alternative of up within the rankings.
Canelo has been sliding down the pound-for-pound record since his loss to Bivol two years in the past in 2022, and he’s prone to proceed to be pushed down as a result of sort of opposition he’s been dealing with. Canelo’s resolution to combat Edgar Berlanga and Jaime Munguia in back-to-back fights has harm his rankings.
Ring Magagzine’s High 10 Pound-for-Pound Checklist
- Oleksandr Usyk
- Naoya Inoue
- Terence Crawford
- Artur Beterbiev
- Dmitry Bivol
- Canelo Alvarez
- Jesse ‘Bam’ Rodriguez
- Gervonta Davis
- Junto Nakatani
- Devin Haney
Undisputed tremendous bantamweight champion Naoya Inoue hasn’t fought ok opposition for him to be ranked #2 on the record. Inoue’s latest lackluster opposition and his unwillingness to maneuver as much as featherweight to problem himself in opposition to the sharks needs to be purpose sufficient for him to be positioned on the backside #10 spot within the pound-for-pound record.
Terence Crawford has been too inactive and regarded too poor in his final combat in opposition to Israil Madrimov for him to be rated #3. Given his inactivity during the last 4 years, a greater placement for Crawford can be at #9.
He’s nonetheless ok to be on the pound-for-pound record however not within the high 5. That placement needs to be for lively fighters who’ve regarded good in latest fights and are usually not coming off razor-close selections that might have gone the opposite approach.
Ring Journal’s inclusion of Devin Haney on the record is odd as a result of he misplaced his final combat and regarded horrible in that match. Leaving Haney off the record would have been a wise transfer as a result of he doesn’t belong after his loss to Ryan Garcia and his questionable resolution in opposition to Vasily Lomachenko.
