Lopez in cima ai piuma

Ecco le novità nelle classifiche dopo l'ultimo weekend di boxe

PESI MASSIMI LEGGERI:  Posizioni invertite fra gli inglesi Lawrence Okolie e Chris Billam-Smith dopo il loro match vinto ai punti dal secondo. Billam Smith sale dal nr 6 al nr 2, Okolie compie il percorso inverso.

PESI SUPERWELTER:  Abbiamo già accennato in apposito articolo dell'esclusione dalla classifica del nr 9 Magomed Kurbanov che ha barato sulla bilancia prima del match con Michel Soro. Al nr 10 entra un altro russo, Bakhram Murtazaliev

PESI PIUMA: Un nuovo capolista in Juan Alberto Lopez che conquista questa posizione dopo la vittoria per K.O. contro l'irlandese Michael Conlan. Lopez era nr 4. L'ex capofila messicano Mauricio Lara ha perso ai punti con l'inglese Leigh Wood e cade al nr 4 mentre Wood sale dal nr 6 al nr 2.

PESI PAGLIA:  Il portoricano Oscar Collazo ha battuto prima del limite il filippino Melvin Jerusalem e sale dal nr 7 al nr 3. Percorso inverso per Jerusalem

 P4P

Ranking	Name	Nationality	Record	Division
1	Naoya Inoue *	JPN	24-0-0 (21)	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	Dmitry Bivol	RUS	20-0-0 (11)	Light Heavyweight
6	Juan Francisco Estrada*	MEX	44-3-0 (28)	Jr. Bantamweight
7	Tyson Fury	ENG	33-0-1 (24)	Heavyweight
8	Saul Alvarez *	MEX	59-2-2 (39)	Super Middleweight
9	Artur Beterbiev *	CAN	18-0-0 (18)	Light Heavyweight
10	Jermell Charlo *	USA	35-1-1 (19)	Jr. Middleweight

Heavyweight (+200lbs/+91kg)

	Name	Record	Nationality	Last Week
	Oleksandr Usyk	19-0-0 (13)	UKR	***
1	Tyson Fury	33-0-1 (24)	ENG	1
2	Deontay Wilder	43-2-1 (42)	USA	2
3	Anthony Joshua	25-3-0 (22)	ENG	3
4	Andy Ruiz Jr.	35-2-0 (22)	USA	4
5	Zhilei Zhang	25-1-1 (20)	CHN	5
6	Joe Joyce	15-1-0 (14)	ENG	6
7	Dillian Whyte	29-3-0 (19)	ENG	7
8	Otto Wallin	25-1-0 (14)	SWE	8
9	Luis Ortiz	33-3-0 (28)	CUB	9
10	Joseph Parker	31-3-0 (21)	NZ	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	Chris Billam-Smith	16-1-0 (11)	ENG	6
3	Badou Jack	28-3-3 (17)	SWE	3
4	Richard Riakporhe	16-0-0 (12)	ENG	4
5	Aleksei Papin	14-1-0 (13)	RUS	5
6	Lawrence Okolie	17-0-0 (14)	ENG	2
7	Yuniel Dorticos	26-2-0 (24)	CUB	7
8	Ilunga Makabu	29-3-0 (25)	COD	8
9	Mateusz Masternak	47-5-0 (31)	POL	9
10	Arsen Goulamirian	27-0-0 (18)	FRA	10

Light Heavyweight (175lbs/79kg)

	Name	Record	Nationality	Last Week
	Artur Beterbiev	19-0-0 (19)	CAN	***
1	Dmitry Bivol	21-0-0 (11)	RUS	1
2	Joshua Buatsi	17-0-0 (13)	ENG	2
3	Callum Smith	28-1-0 (20)	ENG	3
4	Joe Smith Jr.	28-4-0 (22)	USA	4
5	Gilberto Ramirez	44-1-0 (30)	MEX	5
6	Anthony Yarde	23-3-0 (22)	ENG	6
7	Dan Azeez	19-0-0 (13)	ENG	7
8	Igor Mikhalkin	24-3-0 (11)	RUS	8
9	Michael Eifert	12-1-0 (4)	GER	9
10	Ali Izmailov	10-0- (7)	RUS	10

Super Middleweight (168lbs/76.2kg)

	Name	Record	Nationality	Last Week
	Saul Alvarez	59-2-2 (39)	MEX	***
1	David Benavidez	26-0-0 (23)	USA	1
2	Christian Mbilli	22-0-0 (20)	FRA	2
3	Caleb Plant	21-2-0 (12)	USA	3
4	David Morrell	8-0-0 (7)	CUB	4
5	John Ryder	32-6-0 (18)	ENG	5
6	Pavel Silyagin	13-0-0 (6)	RUS	6
7	Carlos Gongora	20-1-0 (15)	ECU	7
8	Demetrius Andrade	32-0-0 (19)	USA	8
9	Vladimir Shishkin	14-0-0 (8)	RUS	9
10	Erik Bazinyan	29-0-0 (21)	CAN	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	Carlos Adames	21-1-0 (16)	DR	2
3	Jaime Munguia	41-0-0 (33)	MEX	3
4	Liam Smith	33-3-1 (20)	ENG	4
5	Zhanibek Alimkhanuly	14-0-0 (9)	KAZ	5
6	Erislandy Lara	29-3-3 (17)	CUB	6
7	Sergiy Derevyanchenko	14-4-0 (10)	UKR	7
8	Fiodor Czerkaszyn	22-0-0 (14)	POL	8
9	Felix Cash	16-0-0 (10)	ENG	9
10	Esquiva Falcao	30-0-0 (20)	BRA	10

JUNIOr Middleweight (154lbs/70kg)

	Name	Record	Nationality	Last Week
	Jermell Charlo	35-1-1 (19)	USA	***
1	Tim Tszyu	22-0-0 (16)	AUS	1
2	Brian Mendoza	22-2-0 (16)	USA	2
3	Sebastian Fundora	20-1-1 (13)	USA	3
4	Erickson Lubin	24-2-0 (17)	USA	4
5	Israil Madrimov	9-0-1 (6)	UZB	5
6	Michel Soro	35-3-2 (24)	FRA	6
7	Jesus Ramos	19-0-0 (15)	USA	7
8	Liam Smith	33-3-1 (20)	ENG	8
9	Tony Harrison	29-4-1 (21)	USA	10
10	Bakhram Murtazaliev	21-0-0 (15)	RUS	-

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	39-0-0 (30)	USA	2
3	Vergil Ortiz Jr.	19-0-0 (19)	USA	3
4	Jaron Ennis	30-0-0 (27)	USA	4
5	Eimantas Stanionis	14-0-0 (9)	LIT	5
6	Cody Crowley	21-0-0 (9)	CAN	6
7	Roiman Villa	26-1-0 (24)	VEN	7
8	Alexis Rocha	22-1-0 (14)	USA	8
9	Souleymane Cissokho	16-0-0 (9)	FRA	9
10	Rashidi Ellis	24-1-0 (15)	USA	10

JUNIOR WELTERweight (140lbs/63.5kg)

	Name	Record	Nationality	Last Week
	Josh Taylor	19-0-0 (13)	SCT	***
1	Regis Prograis	28-1-0 (24)	USA	1
2	Jose Ramirez	28-1-0 (18)	USA	2
3	Arnold Barboza, Jr.	28-0-0 (10)	USA	3
4	Jack Catterall	27-1-1 (13)	ENG	4
5	Subriel Matias	19-1-0 (19)	PR	5
6	Jose Zepeda	37-3-0 (28)	USA	6
7	Gary Antuanne Russell	15-0-0 (15)	USA	7
8	Gabriel Gollaz Valenzuela	27-3-1 (16)	MEX	8
9	Steve Spark	16-3-0 (14)	AUS	9
10	Teofimo Lopez	18-1-0 (13)	USA	10

LIGHTweight (135lbs/61.2kg)

	Name	Record	Nationality	Last Week
	Devin Haney	30-0-0 (15)	USA	***
1	Gervonta Davis	29-0-0 (27)	USA	1
2	Vasiliy Lomachenko	17-3-0 (11)	UKR	2
3	Shakur Stevenson	20-0-0 (10)	USA	3
4	William Zepeda	28-0-0 (24)	MEX	4
5	Frank Martin	17-0-0 (12)	USA	5
6	Isaac Cruz	24-2-1 (17)	MEX	6
7	George Kambosos Jr	20-2-0 (10)	AUS	7
8	Ryan Garcia	23-1-0 (19)	USA	8
9	Raymond Muratella	18-0-0 (15)	USA	9
10	Jamaine Ortiz	16-1-1 (8)	USA	10

JUNIOR LIGHTweight (130lbs/59kg)

	Name	Record	Nationality	Last Week
	OPEN since Shakur Stevenson abdication (9/2022)	-	-	-
1	Oscar Valdez	31-1-0 (23)	MEX	1
2	Joe Cordina	16-0-0 (9)	WAL	2
3	Hector Garcia	16-1-0 (10)	DR	3
4	O'Shaquie Foster	20-2-0 (11)	USA	4
5	Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov	17-1-1 (14)	RUS	5
6	Roger Gutierrez	27-4-1 (21)	VEN	6
7	Lamont Roach	23-1-1 (9)	USA	7
8	Eduardo Ramirez	27-3-3 (12)	MEX	8
9	Robson Conceicao	17-2-0 (8)	BRA	9
10	Emanuel Navarrete	37-1-0 (31)	MEX	10

FEATHERweight (126lbs/57.1kg)

	Name	Record	Nationality	Last Week
	OPEN (since Pacquiao abdicated 3/2005)	-	-	-
1	Luis Alberto Lopez	28-2-0 (16)	MEX	4
2	Leigh Wood	27-3-0 (16)	ENG	6
3	Rey Vargas	36-1-0 (22)	MEX	2
4	Mauricio Lara	26-3-1 (19)	MEX	1
5	Brandon Figueroa	24-1-1 (18)	USA	3
6	Mark Magsayo	24-2-0 (16)	PHI	5
7	Josh Warrington	31-2-1 (8)	ENG	7
8	Robeisy Ramirez	12-1-0 (7)	CUB	8
9	Reiya Abe	25-3-1 (10)	JPN	9
10	Raymond Ford	14-0-1 (7)	USA	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	Marlon Tapales	37-3-0 (19)	PHI	2
3	Luis Nery	34-1-0 (26)	MEX	3
4	Murodjon Akhmadaliev	11-1-0 (8)	UZB	4
5	Ra'eese Aleem	20-0-0 (12)	USA	5
6	John Riel Casimero	33-4-0 (22)	PHI	6
7	Azat Hovhannisyan	21-4-0 (17)	ARM	7
8	Kevin Gonzalez	26-0-1 (13)	MEX	8
9	Liam Davies	13-0-0 (5)	ENG	9
10	Sam Goodman	14-0-0 (7)	AUS	10

BANTAMWEIGHT (118lbs/53.5kg)

	Name	Record	Nationality	Last Week
	OPEN (since Naoya Inoue abdicated 1/16/2023)	--	--	-
1	Emmanuel Rodriguez	21-2-0 (13)	PR	1
2	Jason Moloney	26-2-0 (19)	AUS	2
3	Nonito Donaire	42-7-0 (28)	PHI	3
4	Takuma Inoue	18-1-0 (4)	JPN	5
5	Gary Antonio Russell	19-1-0 (12)	USA	6
6	Vincent Astrolabio	18-4-0 (13)	PHI	4
7	Alexandro Santiago	27-3-5 (14)	MEX	7
8	Keita Kurihara	17-7-1 (15)	JPN	8
9	Ryosuke Nishida	7-0-0 (1)	JPN	9
10	Paul Butler	34-3-0 (15)	ENG	10

JUNIOR BANTAMWEIGHT (115lbs/52.1kg)

	Name	Record	Nationality	Last Week
	Juan Francisco Estrada	44-3-0 (28)	MEX	***
1	Roman Gonzalez	51-4-0 (41)	NIC	1
2	Kazuto Ioka	29-2-1 (15)	JPN	2
3	Joshua Franco	18-1-3 (8)	USA	3
4	Fernando Martinez	15-0-0 (8)	ARG	4
5	Junto Nakatani	25-0-0 (19)	JPN	5
6	Srisaket Sor Rungvisai	52-6-1 (44)	THA	6
7	Kosei Tanaka	19-1-0 (11)	JPN	7
8	Donnie Nietes	43-2-6 (23)	PHI	8
9	Pedro Guevara	39-3-1 (22)	MEX	9
10	Andrew Moloney	25-3-0 (16)	AUS	10

FLYweight (112lbs/51kg)

	Name	Record	Nationality	Last Week
	OPEN (since Roman Gonzalez abdicated 10/2016)			-
1	Sunny Edwards	19-0-0 (4)	ENG	1
2	Artem Dalakian	22-0-0 (15)	UKR	2
3	Julio Cesar Martinez	20-2-0 (15)	MEX	3
4	Jesse Rodriguez	18-0-0 (11)	USA	4
5	David Jimenez	12-1-0 (9)	CR	5
6	Ricardo Sandoval	21-2-0 (16)	USA	6
7	Angel Ayala	16-0-0 (7)	MEX	7
8	Seigo Yuri Akui	18-2-1 (11)	JPN	8
9	Taku Kuwahara	12-1-0 (7)	JPN	9
10	Felix Alvarado	38-3-0 (33)	NIC	10

JUNIOR FLYweight (108lbs/49kg)

	Name	Record	Nationality	Last Week
	Kenshiro Teraji	21-1-0 (13)	JPN	***
1	Jonathan Gonzalez	27-3-1 (14)	PR	1
2	Masamichi Yabuki	15-4-0 (14)	JPN	2
3	Hekkie Budler	35-4-0 (11)	RSA	3
4	Daniel Matellon	13-0-2 (6)	PAN	4
5	Sivenathi Nontshinga	11-0-0 (9)	RSA	5
6	Elwin Soto	20-3-0 (13)	MEX	6
7	Regie Suganob	13-0-0 (4)	PHI	7
8	Mario Gutierrez	9-4-1 (6)	MEX	8
9	Nhlanhla Tyirha	8-1-0 (2)	RSA	9
10	Carlos Canizales	25-1-1 (19)	VEN	10

Strawweight (105lbs/47.6kg)

	Name	Record	Nationality	Last Week
	OPEN (since Ricardo Lopez abdicated 10/1999)			-
1	Thammanoon Niyomtrong (Knockout CP Freshmart)	24-0-0 (9)	THA	1
2	Panya Pradabsri (Petchmanee CP Freshmart)	39-1-0 (23)	THA	2
3	Oscar Collazo	7-0-0 (5)	PR	7
4	Ginjiro Shigeoka	9-0-0 (7)	JPN	4
5	Wanheng Meenayothin	55-3-0 (19)	THA	5
6	Daniel Valladares	27-3-1 (15)	MEX	6
7	Melvin Jerusalem	20-3-0 (12)	PHI	3
8	Rene Mark Cuarto	21-4-2 (12)	PHI	8
9	Yudai Shigeoka	7-0-0 (5)	JPN	9
10	Masataki Taniguchi	16-4-0 (11)	JPN	10

Back in the 30s and 40s, we had 8 world champions that were recognized. There was a great deal of respect attached to those titles

Eddie Futch

If I was a man of power in boxing, I make one organization. No WBA and WBC. I’d have one championship.

Muhammad AliSport interview (December 1981)

I hope that before I pass that they restore this game and bring it back to only one champion in the world

Marvelous Marvin HaglerMiddleweight king from 1980 to 1987

Belts are like a fighter winning an amateur trophy. Everybody’s a champion! Everybody has a belt! … This is not good for the sport of boxing.

Floyd Mayweatherinterviewed on SHOWTIME Sports, 10/21/2020

I still think I can lick any light heavyweight in the world, but it’s too much of a mental thing to fight the WBA and the WBC too

Bob Fosterretiring in 1974

Every darn heavyweight in the United States has a title!

Greg Page1984

Back in the 30s and 40s, we had 8 world champions that were recognized. There was a great deal of respect attached to those titles

Eddie Futch

If I was a man of power in boxing, I make one organization. No WBA and WBC. I’d have one championship.

Muhammad AliSport interview (December 1981)