Dimitri Bivol defended his WBA light heavyweight title with an impressive unanimous decision win over Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez and has positioned himself as one of the best fighters in any weight class currently in boxing.
With the win, Bivol moved from 8th to 7th and also created a gap between himself and fellow 175lb champion Artur Beterbiev, who is now in 9th. Bivol-Beterbiev fight for the crown of the undisputed light heavyweight champion. would be a mandatory fight.
“Bivol crushed Canelo Alvarez in May and proved it was because he was better, not just bigger, dominating a much bigger opponent at Surdo Ramirez,” Sportzshala boxing writer Mike Coppinger said of his decision. move Bivol to Fifth place. “This list is all about who wins if everyone is the same weight, and it’s hard to argue that Alvarez should be taller than Bivol in light of Bivol’s breakthrough campaign – that should earn him the Fighter of the Year award. it will take a special fighter to flip Bivol, and it is unlikely even Beterbiev will be able to do this if they are fighting each other.”
However, a potential unification bout could prove difficult given Bivol and Beterbiev are working with different promoters.
“I proved that I can be the best guy in the world,” Bivol said after the fight. “I have a goal. I want to be the absolute champion, but not everything depends on me. If everything depends on me, I fight for all four belts … I hope they listen to me, what I want. … I’m like a child who has a dream, I want to go with that dream.”
Devin Haney entered the rankings at number 8 for the first time since defeating George Kambosos Jr. to defend his undisputed lightweight title.
Our Group of Coppinger, Timothy Bradley Jr., Joe Tessitore, Michael Rothstein, Teddy Atlas, Nick Parkinson, Andre Ward, Ben Baby, Eric Ruskin, Christina Poncher, Michelle Joy Phelps, Eric Woodyard, Kel Dansby, Bernardo Pilatti, Charles Moynihan, El Salvador Rodriguez, Jim Ziroli. Michael Mascaro and Aladdin Freeman share their votes.
Other Rankings: Division Rankings and Sportzshala Women’s Rankings regardless of weight.
Note. Results are valid until November 8th.
1. TERENCE CRAWFORDPrevious ranking: No. 1
WRITE DOWN: 38-0, 29 KOs
SEPARATION: Welterweight (champion)
LAST STAND: W (TKO6) David Avanesyan, December 10
NEXT FIGHT:
2. Naoya Inoue
Previous ranking: No. 2
Previous ranking: No. 2WRITE DOWN: 23-0, 20 KOs
SEPARATION: Bantamweight (unified champion)
LAST STAND: W (TKO11) Paul Butler Dec 13
NEXT FIGHT: to be specified
3. Errol Spence, Jr.Previous ranking: No. 3
WRITE DOWN: 28-0, 22 KOs
SEPARATION: Welterweight (unified champion)
LAST STAND: Ying (TKO10) Yordenis Ugas, April 16
NEXT FIGHT: to be specified
4. OLEKSANDR USYKPrevious ranking: No. 4
WRITE DOWN: 20-0, 13 KOs
SEPARATION: Heavyweight (Unified Champion)
LAST STAND: W (SD12) Anthony Joshua August 20
NEXT FIGHT: to be specified
5. Canelo AlvarezPrevious ranking: No. 5
WRITE DOWN: 57-2-2, 39 KOs
SEPARATION: Super Middleweight (Overall Champion)
LAST STAND: W (UD12) Gennady Golovkin, September 17
NEXT FIGHT: to be specified
6. TYSON FURYPrevious ranking: No. 6
WRITE DOWN: 33-0-1, 24 KOs
SEPARATION: Heavyweight (Champion)
LAST STAND: W (TKO10) Derek Chisora Dec. 3
NEXT FIGHT: to be specified
7. DMITRY BIVOLPrevious ranking: No. 8
Previous ranking: No. 8WRITE DOWN: 21-0, 11 KOs
SEPARATION: Light heavyweight (champion)
LAST STAND: W (UD12) Gilberto Ramirez, November 5
NEXT FIGHT: to be specified
8. DEVIN HAYNEYPrevious Rating: No. N/R
WRITE DOWN: 29-0, 15 KOs
SEPARATION: Easy
LAST STAND: W (UD12) George Kambosos Jr. Oct 16
NEXT FIGHT: to be specified
9. ARTHUR BETERBIEVPrevious rating: 7
Previous rating: 7WRITE DOWN: 18-0, 18 KOs
SEPARATION: Light Heavyweight (Unified Champion)
LAST STAND: W (TKO2) Joe Smith Jr. June 18
NEXT FIGHT: January 28 vs. Anthony Yarde
10 Shakur StevensonPrevious ranking: No. 9
WRITE DOWN: 19-0, 9 KOs
SEPARATION: Junior Lightweight (Unified Champion)
LAST STAND: W (UD12) Robson Conceicao, September 23
NEXT FIGHT: to be specified
Formula
The ranking is based on a descending point system, with the first-place vote receiving 10 points, the second-place vote receiving nine points, and so on. The tie goes to the fighter with the highest ranking, and then to the one with the most votes in that ranking.
Others who received votes: Vasily Lomachenko (12), Jermell Charlo (10), Gervonta Davis (8), Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez (4), Stephen Fulton (1).
How our writers voted
Atlas: 1. Crawford, 2. buffalo, 3. inoue, 4. usyk, 5. spence, 6. rage, 7. Lomachenko, 8. Alvarez, 9. Davis, 10. haney
Bradley: 1. Crawford, 2. inoue, 3. spence, 4. buffalo, 5. Alvarez, 6. usyk, 7. Beterbiev, 8. rage, 9. Stevenson 10. haney
Coppinger: 1. inoue, 2. Crawford, 3. usyk, 4. rage, 5. buffalo, 6. Alvarez, 7. spence, 8. gonzalez, 9. haney, 10. Beterbiev
Weaver: 1. inoue, 2. Crawford, 3. usyk, 4. Beterbiev, 5. spence, 6. Alvarez, 7. Stevenson 8. rage, 9. buffalo, 10. haney
Parkinson: 1. inoue, 2. Crawford, 3. Alvarez, 4. usyk, 5. spence, 6. buffalo, 7. rage, 8. Beterbiev, 9. haney, 10. Lomachenko
Ruskin: 1. inoue, 2. Crawford, 3. spence, 4. buffalo, 5. Alvarez, 6. rage, 7. usyk, 8. Beterbiev, 9. Stevenson 10. Gonzalez
Guard: 1. Crawford, 2. spence, 3. inoue, 4. usyk, 5. buffalo, 6. Alvarez, 7. Stevenson 8. Beterbiev, 9. haney, 10. Davis
Baby: 1. usyk, 2. Alvarez, 3. haney, 4. Crawford, 5. inoue, 6. spence, 7. rage, 8. Stevenson 9. buffalo, 10. Fulton
Rothstein: 1. Crawford, 2. inoue, 3. rage, 4. Alvarez, 5. spence, 6. usyk, 7. buffalo, 8. haney, 9. Davis, 10. Stevenson
Phelps: 1. Alvarez, 2. Crawford, 3. spence, 4. usyk, 5. haney, 6. inoue, 7. rage, 8. Charlo, 9. buffalo, 10. Stevenson
Rodriguez: 1. inoue, 2. rage, 3. Alvarez, 4. Crawford, 5. spence, 6. usyk, 7. buffalo, 8. Beterbiev, 9. haney, 10. Charlo
Poncher: 1. Crawford, 2. inoue, 3. usyk, 4. spence, 5. rage, 6. buffalo, 7. Beterbiev, 8. Stevenson 9. haney, 10. Charlo
Osuna: 1. usyk, 2. inoue, 3. buffalo, 4. Crawford, 5. spence, 6. Alvarez, 7. haney, 8. Charlo, 9. Stevenson 10. Beterbiev
Woodyard: 1. Crawford, 2. rage, 3. spence, 4. Alvarez, 5. haney, 6. inoue, 7. usyk, 8. Davis, 9. Stevenson 10. Buffalo
Dansby: 1. usyk, 2. inoue, 3. Alvarez, 4. haney, 5. spence, 6. Crawford, 7. rage, 8. Beterbiev, 9. buffalo, 10. Charlo
Moynihan: 1. spence, 2. Crawford, 3. inoue, 4. Alvarez, 5. rage, 6. usyk, 7. buffalo, 8. haney, 9. Beterbiev, 10. Lomachenko
Pilate: 1. inoue, 2. buffalo, 3. Crawford, 4. spence, 5. usyk, 6. rage, 7. Beterbiev, 8. Lomachenko, 9. Stevenson 10. Charlo
Ziroli: 1. Crawford, 2. inoue, 3. Alvarez, 4. spence, 5. rage, 6. usyk, 7. Stevenson 8. Beterbiev, 9. buffalo, 10. haney
mask: 1. Crawford, 2. inoue, 3. spence, 4. rage, 5. Beterbiev, 6. Alvarez, 7. usyk, 8. Stevenson 9. Lomachenko, 10. haney
Freeman: 1. Crawford, 2. inoue, 3. spence, 4. usyk, 5. Beterbiev, 6. Alvarez, 7. Stevenson 8. haney, 9. buffalo, 10. Lomachenko
Sportzshala Expert Poll
First place: Crawford (9), Inoue (6), Usyk (3), Spence (1), Alvarez (1)
Second place: Inoue (8), Crawford (6), Fury (2), Bivol (2), Spence (1), Alvarez (1)
Third place: Spence (6), Alvarez (4), Inoue (3), Usyk (3), Crawford (1), Fury (1), Bivol (1), Haney (1)
Fourth place: Usyk (5), Crawford (3), Spence (3), Alvarez (3), Fury (2), Bivol (2), Beterbiev (1), Haney (1)
Fifth place: Spence (7), Fury (3), Beterbiev (2), Alvarez (2), Bivol (2), Hanni (2), Usyk (1), Inue (1)
Sixth place: Alvarez (6), Usyk (5), Fury (3), Inoue (2), Bivol (2), Crawford (1), Spence (1),
Seventh place: Fury (4), Stevenson (4), Usyk (3), Bivol (3), Beterbiev (3), Spence (1), Haney (1), Lomachenko (1)
Eighth place: Beterbiev (6), Haney (3), Stevenson (3), Fury (2), Charlo (2), Alvarez (1), Davis (1), Lomachenko (1), Gonzalez (1)
Ninth place: Bivol (6), Haney (5), Stevenson (5), Davis (2), Beterbiev (1), Lomachenko (1)
10th place: Haney (5), Charlo (4), Lomachenko (3), Stevenson (2), Beterbiev (2), Bivol (1), Davis (1), Fulton (1)
Source: www.espn.com
