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Fightful Boxing Rankings (7/6): Pacquiao, Horn, Wilder, Joshua, Klitschko, GGG, Canelo



In the debut issue of Fightful’s Boxing Newsletter, lead boxing writer Carlos Toro published the first ever official Fightful boxing rankings. You can check out those below, and be sure to read the full edition of the Fightful Boxing Newsletter!

Fightful Boxing Rankings:

Note: Rankings are organized and maintained by Carlos Toro

Pound-for-pound

  1. Andre Ward
  2. Gennady Golovkin
  3. Canelo Alvarez
  4. Vasyl Lomachenko
  5. Terence Crawford
  6. Keith Thurman
  7. Roman Gonzalez
  8. Guillermo Rigondeaux
  9. Mikey Garcia
  10. Leo Santa Cruz

Heavyweight

  1. Anthony Joshua
  2. Deontay Wilder
  3. Wladimir Klitschko
  4. Joseph Parker
  5. Luis Ortiz
  6. Kubrat Pulev
  7. Dilian White
  8. Andy Ruiz Jr.
  9. Dominic Breazeale
  10. Charles Martin

Cruiserweight

  1. Oleksandr Usyk
  2. Murat Gassiev
  3. Denis Lebediev
  4. Krzysztof Glowacki
  5. Mairis Briedis
  6. Krzysztof Wlodarczyk
  7. Marco Huck
  8. Tony Bellew
  9. Yunier Dorticos
  10. Firat Arslan

Light heavyweight

  1. Andre Ward
  2. Sergey Kovalev
  3. Adonis Stevenson
  4. Nathan Cleverly
  5. Oleksandr Gvozdyk
  6. Joe Smith Jr.
  7. Artur Beterbiev
  8. Juergen Braehmer
  9. Eleider Alvarez
  10. Sullivan Barrera

Super middleweight

  1. James DeGale
  2. Gilberto Ramirez
  3. George Groves
  4. Anthony Dirrell
  5. Andre Dirrell
  6. Jose Uzcategui
  7. Chris Eubank Jr.
  8. Tyron Zeuge
  9. Arthur Abraham
  10. Callum Smith

Middleweight

  1. Gennady Golovkin
  2. Canelo Alvarez
  3. Daniel Jacobs
  4. David Lemieux
  5. Billy Joe Saunders
  6. Andy Lee
  7. Hassan N’Dam
  8. Ryota Murata
  9. Sergiy Derevyanchenko
  10. Tureano Johnson

Light middleweight

  1. Erislandy Lara
  2. Jermell Charlo
  3. Demetrius Andrade
  4. Jarrett Hurd
  5. Julian Williams
  6. Austin Trout
  7. Erickson Lubin
  8. Liam Smith
  9. Jack Culcay
  10. David Benavidez

Welterweight

  1. Keith Thurman
  2. Errol Spence Jr.
  3. Danny Garcia
  4. Shawn Porter
  5. Manny Pacquiao
  6. Jeff Horn
  7. Adrien Broner
  8. Kell Brook
  9. Jessie Vargas
  10. Lucas Matthysse

The rest of the rankings are in the next page.

Light welterweight

  1. Terence Crawford
  2. Julius Indongo
  3. Viktor Postol
  4. Antonio Orozco
  5. Eduard Troyanovski
  6. Rances Barthelemy
  7. Adrian Granados
  8. Ricky Burns
  9. Sergey Lipinets
  10. Felix Diaz

Lightweight

  1. Jorge Linares
  2. Mikey Garcia
  3. Terry Flanagan
  4. Robert Easter Jr.
  5. Anthony Crolla
  6. Luke Campbell
  7. Dejan Zlaticanin
  8. Raymundo Beltran
  9. Denis Shafikov
  10. Felix Verdejo

Junior lightweight

  1. Vasyl Lomachenko
  2. Miguel Berchelt
  3. Gervonta Davis
  4. Jezreel Corrales
  5. Takashi Miura
  6. Takashi Uchiyama
  7. Francisco Vargas
  8. Orlando Salido
  9. Jason Sosa
  10. Robinson Castellanos

Featherweight

  1. Leo Santa Cruz
  2. Carl Frampton
  3. Gary Russell Jr.
  4. Abner Mares
  5. Oscar Valdez
  6. Lee Selby
  7. Scott Quigg
  8. Jesus Cuellar
  9. Joseph Diaz
  10. Claudio Marrero

Light featherweight

  1. Guillermo Rigondeaux
  2. Jessie Magdaleno
  3. Nonito Donaire
  4. Moises Flores
  5. Hugo Ruiz
  6. Rey Vargas
  7. Marlon Tapales
  8. Julio Ceja
  9. Yukinori Oguni
  10. Ronny Rios

Bantamweight

  1. Shinsuke Yamanaka
  2. Jamie McDonnell
  3. Zhanat Zhakiyanov
  4. Ryan Burnett
  5. Rau’shee Warren
  6. Juan Carlos Payano
  7. Zolani Tete
  8. Lee Haskins
  9. Luis Nery
  10. Takoma Inoue

Light bantamweight

  1. Naoya Inoue
  2. Roman Gonzalez
  3. Srisaket Sor Rungvisai
  4. Jerwin Ancajas
  5. Khalid Yafai
  6. Carlos Cuadras
  7. Juan Francisco Estrada
  8. John Riel Casimero
  9. Luis Concepcion
  10. Kohei Kono

Flyweight

  1. Kazuto Ioka
  2. Donnie Nietes
  3. Daigo Higa
  4. Zou Shiming
  5. Juan Carlos Reveco
  6. Moruti Mthalane
  7. McWilliams Arroyo
  8. Francisco Rodriguez Jr.
  9. Komgrich Nantapech
  10. Andrew Selby

Light flyweight/Strawweight

  1. Milan Melindo
  2. Kosei Tanaka
  3. Knockout CP Freshmart
  4. Jose Argumedo
  5. Ken Shiro
  6. Ryoichi Taguchi
  7. Tatsuya Fukuhara
  8. Hekkie Budler
  9. Pedro Guevara
  10. Wanheng Menayothin

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