Notable Changes Made In Updated WBO Rankings

The latest WBO rankings have been released and a number of fighters saw themselves rise and fall across the board.

Gennady Golovkin, Billy Joe Saunders, Carl Frampton and Devin Haney are just a few fighters that not only entered the rankings for their respective division, but also entered the top 10. But those aren’t the only changes seen in the WBO rankings and Fightful has you covered.

Below are some of the most notable changes in this month’s WBO rankings in every weight class:

HEAVYWEIGHT
– Bryant Jennings drops from No. 2 to No. 10
– Oscar Rivas, who recently beat Jennings, enters at No. 4
– Tom Schwarz rises from No. 3 to No. 2

CRUISERWEIGHT:
– Juergen Uldedaj enters at No. 15

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT:
– Fanlong Meng enters at No. 15
– Dominic Boesel and Mike Lee rise to No. 2 and No. 3, respectively after Marcus Browne (formerly No. 2) became the interim WBA champion

SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHT:
– Arthur Abraham drops from No. 6 to No. 9
– Roamer Alexis Angulo enters at No. 14 (replaces John Ryder)
– Aidos Yerbossynuly enters at No. 15 (replaces Stefan Haertel)

MIDDLEWEIGHT:
– Billy Joe Saunders and Gennady Golovkin enter at No. 1 and No. 2, respectively
– David Lemieux drops from No. 1 to No. 3
– Liam Williams enters at No. 11
– Conrad Cummings enters at No. 15

JUNIOR MIDDLEWEIGHT:
– Erislandy Lara (formerly No. 5) drops out of the rankings
– Sergio Garcia enters at No. 10
– Thomas LaManna enters at No. 12

WELTERWEIGHT:
– Amir Khan rises from No. 3 to No. 2 while Jessie Vargas drops from No. 2 to No. 3

JUNIOR WELTERWEIGHT:
– Jorge Linares (formerly No. 4) drops out of the rankings
– Raymundo Beltran enters at No. 5
– Arnold Barbosa Jr. rises from No. 6 to No. 3

LIGHTWEIGHT:
– Isa Chaniev (No. 3) and Richard Commey (No. 7) drop out of the rankings due to them fighting for the vacant IBF title in February
– Devin Haney enters at No. 7

SUPER FEATHERWEIGHT:
– Evgeny Chuprakov (former No. 1) drops out of the rankings
– Ryan Garcia rises from No. 3 to No. 1
– Francisco Vargas (formerly No. 2) drops out of the rankings
– Lamont Roach Jr. rises from No. 4 to No. 2
– Scott Quigg enters at No. 7

FEATHERWEIGHT:
– Carl Frampton (former interim champion) enters at No. 6
– Kid Galahad (formerly No. 12) drops out of the rankings
– Michael Conlan enters at No. 12

SUPER BANTAMWEIGHT:
– No changes were made

BANTAMWEIGHT:
– Duke Micah drops from No. 1 to No. 3
– Reymart Gaballo (formerly No. 12) drops out of the rankings
– Joshua Greer Jr. enters at No. 12

SUPER FLYWEIGHT:
– Kazuto Ioka drops from No. 3 to No. 5
– Ryuichi Funai rises from No. 6 to No. 4

FLYWEIGHT:
– Wenfeng Ge (formerly No. 9) drops out of the rankings
– Giemel Magramo enters at No. 5
– Andrew Selby enters at No. 9

LIGHT FLYWEIGHT:
– Agustin Gauto, Ganigan Lopez and Jing Xiang shuffle spots to No. 6, No. 7 and No. 8, respectively

MINIMUMWEIGHT:
– DeeJay Kriel (formerly No. 15) drops out of the rankings
– Bryan Mosinos enters at No. 15