Rankings go up on Mondays. Not much will happen next week, so the next update will be in two weeks.
Ranked Matches Next Two Weeks:
Middleweight: (4) Chris Eubank Jr vs. Conor Benn, Oct. 8 Middleweight: (6) Carlos Adames vs. Juan Macias Montiel, Oct. 8 Middleweight: (10) Felix Cash vs. Connor Coyle, Oct. 8 Junior Middleweight : (3) Sebastian Fundora vs. Carlos Ocampo, Oct. 8 Welterweight: (7) Conor Benn vs. Chris Eubank Jr [middleweight]Oct. 8 Junior Featherweight: (4) Luis Nery vs. Jesus Ruiz Garcia, Oct. 1 Junior Bantamweight: (6) Fernando Martinez vs. (9) Jerwin Ancajas, Oct. 8
Notes: Joe Joyce moves up to No. 4, jumping Andy Ruiz Jr. I know Ruiz has a good win against AJ, but that ended three years ago, and he’s 2-1 since then with a loss to Joshua in a rematch. where his performance was pathetic, and two wins over quite older guys, although Luis Ortiz is still pretty good.
Joyce just demolished Joseph Parker, who doesn’t budge from his No. 7 spot because I thought he actually put up a good fight, he was just second-best in a really good fight. Would you choose Joyce over Joshua right now? Yes, I think she would. But I don’t think it’s clear. Joyce is a threat to anyone; I think the only guy that I would really be sure that he beats him with is Tyson Fury, who I think he’s on his own level in this division, even if he’s not technically active, even though he is. (Again, we’ll have Fury come back from retirement when he announces a fight, which could be today!)
Upcoming fights: (2) Deontay Wilder vs. Robert Helenius, Oct. 15…(9) Frank Sanchez vs. Carlos Negron, Oct. 15
Upcoming fights: (10) Aleksei Papin vs. Damir Beljo, Oct. 29
Upcoming Fights: (1) Dmitry Bivol vs. Zurdo Ramirez, Nov. 5
Upcoming fights: (3) Caleb Plant vs. Anthony Dirrell, Oct. 15…(8) Zach Parker vs. Demetrius Andrade, Nov. 5
Notes: Golovkin has been ordered to face Erislandy Lara, which could be a fun matchup on the senior tour if it actually happens.
Upcoming fights: (4) Chris Eubank Jr vs. Conor Benn, Oct. 8… (6) Carlos Adames vs. Juan Macias Montiel, Oct. 8… (10) Felix Cash vs. Connor Coyle, Oct. 8… (3) Janibek Alimkhanuly vs. TBA, November 12
Upcoming Fights: (3) Sebastian Fundora vs. Carlos Ocampo, Oct. 8 … (1) Jermell Charlo vs. (4) Tim Tszyu, Jan. 28
Upcoming Fights: (7) Conor Benn vs. Chris Eubank Jr [middleweight]Oct. 8…(1) Errol Spence Jr vs. (2) Terence Crawford, Nov. 19
Upcoming Fights: (8) Teofimo Lopez vs. (10) Jose Pedraza, Dec. 10… (3) Regis Prograis vs. (5) Jose Zepeda, TBA… (6) Subriel Matias vs. Jeremias Ponce, TBA
Notes: Maxi Hughes moves up a couple of places; Beating a former featherweight champion by jumping two divisions may not sound like much to move up the rankings, but Hughes’ streak continues, and it’s at least as good as what Rivera or Nakatani have been doing.
Sometimes people will wonder about things like that, or how Ryan Garcia or Teofimo Lopez can be ranked with “minimum” wins at 140, but the counter argument puts us in a fantasy where there are a lot of people with all these good wins. and of quality. recent note. Usually there just aren’t. “Eye exam” as things means a lot quite often; I wish it wasn’t, and you can certainly go with your own ranking moral code that removes it, which I suppose would lead you to believe that Sandor Martin is better than Regis Prograis and the like.
That said, you have to fight in the division before I throw you overboard. See you after the next one, Shakur Stevenson.
Upcoming fights: ((1) Devin Haney vs. (3) George Kambosos Jr, Oct. 15… (2) Vasiliy Lomachenko vs. Jamaine Ortiz, Oct. 29… (6) JoJo Diaz vs. William Zepeda, Oct. 29 … (9) Masayoshi Nakatani vs. Shuichiro Yoshino, November 1
Notes: Shakur Stevenson is out, losing weight before beating Robson Conceicao, who maintains his spot at No. 5, with Hector Garcia jumping on him and everyone else leveled up.
Oscar Valdez reclaims the No. 1 spot for the time being by doing nothing, really, but if the winner of Cordina vs. Rakhimov on Nov. 5 really looks great and isn’t horrible he doesn’t fight (I don’t think he will). ser), I think he will probably take the place by force.
Albert Bell is ranked No. 10. This isn’t a big division right now, but there’s a lot of talent here, including those back-end guys, none of whom would totally count against any of the top guys. Bell and Top Rank parted ways and he’s been out in the wild for the last four, but at least he’s staying active and trying to do what he can. He’s a six foot tall guy with a 73 inch reach and he’s not afraid to be boring and win rounds, I don’t know if there’s anyone on the roster here who has a good time with him.
Upcoming fights: (2) Joe Cordina vs. (3) Shavkat Rakhimov, Nov. 5
Upcoming fights: (7) Josh Warrington vs. Luis Alberto Lopez, December 10… (2) Maurico Lara vs. (4) Leigh Wood, TBA… (3) Rey Vargas vs. (8) Leo Santa Cruz, TBA
Upcoming Fights: (4) Luis Nery vs. Jesus Ruiz Garcia, Oct. 1
Upcoming fights: (5) Emmanuel Rodriguez vs. (8) Gary Antonio Russell, Oct. 15… (1) Naoya Inoue vs. (8) Paul Butler, Dec. 13
Upcoming Fights: (6) Fernando Martinez vs. (9) Jerwin Ancajas, Oct. 8 … (8) Francisco Rodriguez Jr. vs. Junto Nakatani, Nov. 1 … (1) Juan Francisco Estrada vs. (3) Chocolatito Gonzalez, Dec. 3
Upcoming Fights: (9) Giemel Magramo vs. Taku Kuwahara, Oct. 25… (2) Junto Nakatani vs. Francisco Rodriguez Jr [junior bantamweight]November 1st
Upcoming fights: (1) Hiroto Kyoguchi vs. (2) Kenshiro Teraji, Nov. 1…(3) Jonathan Gonzalez vs. Shokichi Iwata, Nov. 1
Upcoming fights: TBA
Notes: Amanda Serrano’s win over Sarah Mahfoud was about as uninspired a performance as you’ll see from Serrano, but she still won. Fighters, even the best, have nights off, and the best can get through them. That’s what we saw from Amanda, I think.
We’ll have some busy times with the women’s top 10 as Shields-Marshall and Mayer-Baumgardner return for Oct. 15, Katie Taylor fights Oct. 29, and we’ve got Cameron-McCaskill on Nov. 5. that in fact she will be undisputed at 140 as announced by Matchroom, because Kali Reis has relinquished her two belts, perhaps to focus on her budding life outside of boxing.
Upcoming fights: (2) Claressa Shields vs. (8) Savannah Marshall, Oct. 15… (5) Mikaela Mayer vs. (10) Alycia Baumgardner, Oct. 15… (1) Katie Taylor vs. Karen Elizabeth Carabajal, Oct. 29…(7) Jessica McCaskill vs. (9) Chantelle Cameron, Nov. 5…(4) Seniesa Estrada vs. TBA, Nov. 12
