On Thursday, May 12, there were changes in the top 10 of the updated ranking of the best boxers in the world, regardless of the weight category of The Ring.
World champion according to WBO, WBA, IBF, IBO heavyweight Alexander Usik topped this rating.
It is reported by The Ring .
On the first line, Usyk displaced Saul Alvarez (57-2-2, 39 KOs), who, after losing to Dmitry Bivol (20-0, 11 KOs), dropped to sixth place. Second in the ranking was Terence Crawford . Japanese Naoya Inoue closed the top three.
Former world champion in three weight categories Vasily Lomachenko is in seventh position.
The ranking does not include Tyson Fury , who was called a potential rival for Usyk, as he announced his retirement.
Top 10 pound for pound rankings according to The Ring:
1. Oleksandr Usyk
2. Terence Crawford
3. Naoya Inoue
4. Errol Spence
5. Juan Francisco Estrada
6. Saul Alvarez
7. Vasily Lomachenko
8. Dmitry Bivol
9. Josh Taylor
10. Roman Gonzalez
After the start of a full-scale Russian invasion, Usyk entered the territorial defense , but later received permission to leave the country and announced that he would be preparing for revenge from Anthony Joshua.
The athlete posted a video message on his Instagram page, where he explained his decision to leave Ukraine in a war. According to the boxer, in this way he will help his country more.
Earlier it was reported that Joshua’s promoter Eddie Gearn named a potential date and place for a rematch with Usyk. The fight will be officially announced soon.
- On the night of September 26, Usyk defeated Joshua in London by unanimous decision – 117-112, 116-112 and 115-113, and won the IBF, WBO, WBA and IBO heavyweight titles. After that, the Briton activated the option of revenge, prescribed in the contract for the first fight.
- The 35-year-old Usyk has 19 wins (13 by knockout) in 19 fights. He spent three of them in the heavyweight division. Before that, Alexander became the absolute world champion in the cruiserweight (weight category up to 90.7 kg), having won all four of the most prestigious belts there.
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