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Mismatches Need Not Apply; Fight Night Series Promises Competitive Bouts

Mismatches Need Not Apply; Fight Night Series Promises Competitive Bouts – The NBC Sports Network is starting a boxing series, which kicks off on Jan. 21, and I am rooting for the venture to succeed. Main Events, run by Kathy Duva, is the promoter in charge of putting together Fight Night Series, and I am hoping that the endeavor is a success for them as well.
This is not because I happen to think Kathy Duva is a decent soul who does business the right way, and is a promoter who actually promotes the sport and the fighters the old school (read: correct) way. I do think that, but that is beside the point. I root for NBCSN and Main Events to make a splash with the four shows which are slated to run in 2012 because I want the sport as a whole to succeed, and the more avenues boxers have to show their stuff, the better off the sport will be.
Ideally, boxing gets back where it belongs, on terrestrial TV. That issue came up on a Monday conference call, featuring Jon Miller, President of NBC Sports and Versus (Versus is the cable net which will be re-named NBC Sports Network on Jan. 2), Duva and Russell Peltz, the Philly promoter-matchmaker who will find the fights, along with Duva, which will run on Fight Night.
âIâm excited to be getting our team back on boxing,â Miller said, recalling that NBC used to put on 20-30 shows a year in the early 90s. He said that the sport has been a bit underground in the last decade, and that his crew recognized an opportunity to get some compelling live programming for his company.
I am always hoping that fights get back on âfree TVâ as I think itâs a no brainer that it is in the best interest of the growth of the sweet science to have as many eyeballs as we can get on the athletes and the superior drama a scintillating prizefight can deliver. Miller didnât promise that weâd be seeing fights or cards running on NBC on Saturday afternoon again, but I hold out hope. He did say that if things go well on Saturday night of Jan. 21, and March 24, the second pegged date, he would consider adding more shows to the mix. Shows will run in June and December of 2012, he said.
Miller said he was happy to be doing business with Duva, and he hooked up with her because he heard what he wanted from Main Events: that they will strive to show pick âem fights, and wonât be in the business of making showcase matches, to build up prospectsâ records or give stars stay-busy opportunities. He did make clear that it would make sense to branch out into more marquee matchups, since NBC Sports Network is owned by Comcast, which is the largest cable network in the US.
Duva said she didnât want to release monetary figures, reasoning that if she said that NBC paid her X amount, other promoters, who are encouraged to bring their fighters into the mix, and also manager, will be married to a set figure. She made it clear that the purses going to the fighters will exceed the fee paid by NBC. She also said they wouldnât be focusing and overpaying for one fight, at the expense of the whole card.
That Main Events is a lean and mean company, and doesnât have 30 or 60 fighters in their stable, she said, will allow them more leeway in searching for the best quality bouts.
Peltz said he was psyched to be putting on the first show away from a casino, and the frequently sterile atmosphere which can often be found there. The Jan. 21 show, pitting heayweight Eddie Chambers against Sergei Liakhovich and Gabriel Rosado against Jesus Soto-Karass, in a junior middleweight scrap will take place at Phillyâs Asylum Arena. Rosado and Chambers are Pennsylvania guys, so we can presume their people will be a loud presence and help generate electricity in Asylum.
Fight fans have been curious to know if we will see one, two or more bouts in the new series. Duva said probably three bouts will air from each show.
Apart from this series being a potential entry onto free TV (read: NBC), Iâm also hoping that it helps usher out the emphasis on the undefeated record in boxing. Rosado has five losses but is a fan fave, and Soto-Karass is coming off back-to-back losses to Mike Jones, but is a volume guy who comes to bang. Fans would rather see guys with losses in competitive bouts than coddled hitters with puffed up records staying busy against speedbumps, and it is time that UFC mentality, of not lionizing the loss-less, trickles down to us.
Peltz drew laughs when he recollected his involvement in fights on NBC in the early 80s. Every Frank âthe Animalâ Fletcher fight, he said, âwas like Armageddonâ and had Peltz popping Valium to stay sane.
He reiterated that this series wonât be the place where weâll see a future star inch his way up the ladder, taking on progressively better foes, but each time entering a fight in which he is the far and away favorite. âWe donât want to sacrifice the integrity of the series to have a guy 9, 10-0 and give them a free pass,â he said. âThere are more undefeated folks parading around than in the history of boxing.â
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Avila Perspective, Chap. 253: Oscar De La Hoya Reloading in LA and More

Oscar De La Hoya sat with a satisfied look inside his glittering building on Wilshire Boulevard, unveiling plans to stage a welterweight showdown between southpaw contenders next month.
Lately, the six-division world champion turned promoter from nearby East Los Angeles has attended every boxing show produced by his company Golden Boy Promotions. Big or small, the former fighter who acquired millions as a prizefighter has put full attention on expanding his boxing empire.
Golden Boy Promotions has reloaded.
On Tuesday, De La Hoya discussed plans to match Alexis Rocha with Top Rankâs Giovanni Santillan on Saturday, October 21, at the Kia Forum in Inglewood, Calif. DAZN will stream the show.
Rocha (23-1, 15 KOs) seems to have gained his man strength. Five out of seven of his past foes have not heard the final bell. The Orange County fighterâs seek and destroy style has made him a crowd favorite throughout Southern California.
Santillan (31-0, 16 KOs) is a different kind of cat. The San Diego-based welterweight was groomed by Thompson Boxing Promotions and then aided by Top Rank. With the loss of promoter Ken Thompson who passed away earlier this year, Top Rank has taken over the reins of the crafty fighter.
Both Rocha (pictured with Oscar) and Santillan are familiar with each other through sparring.
âI feel that I’ve grown so much over time and now’s my moment, and I want to keep just banging on the door for a world title. I know that Giovani is going to be a good opponent,â said Rocha who is based in Santa Ana.
San Diegoâs Santillan expressed excitement about fighting in Los Angeles.
“This isn’t the first time that I go into enemy territory,â Santillan said. âI think that I will gain the LA fan base after this fight.”
Itâs the kind of fight that would have sold out the Olympic Auditorium down the street. Battles between fighters from rival towns in Southern California resulted in fights like Bobby Chacon versus Danny âLil Redâ Lopez, or East L.A.âs Ruben Navarro versus South L.A.âs Raul Rojas.
Crosstown rivalries made the Olympic Auditorium a legendary venue for decades. And the Los Angeles area has always been a hotbed for boxing talent. Always.
De La Hoya knows that and has lived it.
“As Golden Boy, we know our position, we know exactly what we have to do in order to position that fighter to get them to that world title. Alexis Rocha is knocking on the door. Giovani has an amazing opportunity. So, this is what boxing is all about,” said De La Hoya.
MarvNation
Welterweights Eduard Skavynskyi (14-0) of Ukraine and Mexicoâs Alejandro Frias (14-9-2) headline the main event at Thunder Studios in Long Beach, California on Saturday Sept. 23.
This is Skavynskyiâs first time fighting in the U.S. All his previous fights were in Russia and Ukraine.
Also, co-headlining are female minimumweights Yadira Bustillos (7-1) and Katherine Lindenmuth (5-1) in a rematch set for eight rounds.
Bustillos fights out of Las Vegas and Lindenmuth is based in New Mexico and looking to avenge her loss a year ago.
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Heavyweight Rematch in England
Once again, the United Kingdom presents a heavyweight show and this time a rematch between Chinaâs Zhilei Zhang (25-1-1, 20 KOs) and Englandâs Joe Joyce (15-1, 14 KOs) on Saturday, Sept 23. ESPN will stream the Frank Warren boxing card from London.
Zhang stopped Joyce in the sixth round this past April. Can he do it again?
Welterweight showdown in Florida
Jessica McCaskill (12-3) and Sandy Ryan (6-1) meet for several welterweight world titles on Saturday, Sept. 23, in Orlando, Florida. DAZN will stream the Matchroom Boxing card.
Super lightweight Richardson Hitchins (16-0, 7 KOs) test top contender Jose âChonâ Zepeda (37-3, 28 KOs) in the co-main event. Conor Benn is also on the card.
Fights to Watch
Sat. ESPN+ 2 p.m. Zhilei Zhang (25-1-1) vs Joe Joyce (15-1).
Sat. DAZN 5 p.m. Jessica McCaskill (12-3) vs Sandy Ryan (6-1); Richardson Hitchins (16-0) vs Jose Zepeda (37-3).
Alexis Rocha photo credit: Golden Boy / Cris Esqueda
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Conor Benn, a Lightning Rod for Controversy, Returns to the Ring on Saturday

In a surprise announcement, Matchroom honcho Eddie Hearn has announced that Conor Benn will return to the ring this Saturday on the undercard of his promotion at the Caribe Royal in Orlando, Florida. Benn (21-0, 14 KOs) is matched against Mexicoâs Rodolfo Orozco who is 32-3-3 (24) and has never been stopped. The match is slated for 10 rounds at 154 pounds and will mark the first test for both fighters outside their native countries.
The main event on the Matchroom card is a 12-round contest in the super lightweight division between Richardson Hitchins (16-0, 7 KOs) and Jose Zepeda (37-3, 28 KOs). Hitchins, born in Brooklyn, represented his parentsâ homeland of Haiti in the 2016 Rio Olympics where he lost his opening round match to amateur nemesis Gary Antuanne Russell. Zepeda, a 34-year-old Mexican-American southpaw, is best remembered for his 2020 rumble with Ivan Baranchyk, the runaway pick for the Fight of the Year. The chief supporting bout pits Englandâs Sandy Ryan against Chicagoâs Jessica McCaskill with the WBA, WBC, and IBF female welterweight belts on the line. The show will be live-streamed on DAZN.
Conor Benn last fought in April of last year when he TKOed South African veteran Chris Van Heerden in the second round. He was slated to return to the ring on Oct. 8, 2022 against Chris Eubank Jr, but — as is common knowledge â that bout fell to pieces when it came out that Benn had tested positive for a banned substance identified as Clomifene, a fertility drug in women that boosts testosterone in men. Making things worse for Benn, it came out that he had tested positive on VADA-administered tests on two separate occasions spaced several weeks apart. Try as they may, promoter Eddie Hearn and his partner Kelle Sauerland were unable to sway the British Boxing Board of Control into backing off on their edict that prevented the fight from going forward; the authorities wouldn’t budge.
As noted in a story that ran on this website, the Benn-Eubank Jr implosion was a particularly infernal shipwreck. The plug wasnât pulled until two days before the fight, by which time all 20,000 seats at Londonâs O2 Arena had reportedly been sold.
Conor Benn predictably insisted that he was innocent, calling it a witch-hunt. The World Boxing Council subsequently lifted its suspension of Benn, citing a report in a medical journal that showed that Clomifene could appear in oneâs system via an excessive consumption of eggs. With his father Nigel, a former two-division world champion at his side, Conor argued his case on a popular British TV talk show and persuaded many to see him as a sympathetic figure, the victim of a flawed testing process.
Interest in a Benn-Eubank Jr fight dissipated when Eubank was knocked out by Liam Smith, but was then rekindled when Eubank won the rematch in a dominant fashion. Various news reports say that Hearn has begun preliminary negotiations to resurrect the fight with his eye on a date in December.
As noted by several prominent fight writers, notably Dan Rafael, Conor Benn hasnât yet been cleared to resume his career in the UK. An independent National Anti-Doping Panel gave him the green light, but the BBBofC is appealing that decision. Promoter Frank Warren, Eddie Hearnâs chief rival, has ventured the opinion that Team Benn is disrespecting the sport by returning to the ring before the process has run its course. In rebuttal, Eddie Hearn says the Benn-Orozco fight has the blessing of the (USA) Association of Boxing Commissioners which made this determination after consulting with the BBBofC.
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International Brotherhood of Prizefighters Rankings: Week of September 17, 2023

Here’s to guessing that the days of the best willing to fight the best on a regular basis is now forever but a distant memory.
105lbs
â Vacant
1Â Â Â Â Â Â Thammanoon Niyomtrong (Knockout CP Freshmart)Â (Thailand)
2Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Panya Pradabsri (Petchmanee CP Freshmart)Â (Thailand)
3Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Oscar Collazo (USA)
4Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Ginjiro Shigeoka (Japan)
5Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Daniel Valladares (Mexico)
6Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Yudai Shigeoka (Japan)
7Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Melvin Jerusalem (Philippines)
8Â Â Â Â Â Â Masataka Taniguchi (Japan)
9Â Â Â Â Â Â Rene Mark Cuarto (Philippines)
10Â Â Â Â Â Yudai Shigeoka (Philippines)
108lbs
â Kenshiro Teraji (Japan)
1Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Jonathan Gonzalez (Puerto Rico)
2Â Â Â Â Â Â Masamichi Yabuki (Japan)
3Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Sivenathi Nontshinga (South Africa)
4Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Hekkie Budler (South Africa)
5Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Elwin Soto (Mexico)
6Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Regie Suganob (Philippines)
7Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Shokichi Iwata (Japan)
8Â Â Â Â Â Â Carlos Canizales (Venezuela)
9Â Â Â Â Â Â Daniel Matellon (Panama)
10Â Â Â Â Â Miel Fajardo (Philippines)
112lbs
â Vacant
1Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Sunny Edwards (England)
2Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Artem Dalakian (Ukraine)
3Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Julio Cesar Martinez (Mexico)
4Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Angel Ayala Lardizabal (Mexico)
5Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â David Jimenez (Costa Rica)
6Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Jesse Rodriguez (USA)
7Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Ricardo Sandoval (USA)
8Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Felix Alvarado (Nicaragua)
9Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Seigo Yuri Akui (Japan)
10Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Taku Kuwahara (Japan)
115lbs
â Juan Francisco Estrada (Mexico)
1Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Roman Gonzalez (Nicaragua)
2Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Kazuto Ioka (Japan)
3Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Fernando Martinez (Argentina)
4Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Junto Nakatani (Japan)
5Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Srisaket Sor Rungvisai (Thailand)
6Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Kosei Tanaka (Japan)
7Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Andrew Moloney (Australia)
8Â Â Â Â Â Â Francisco Rodriguez Jr. (Mexico)
9Â Â Â Â Â Â Pedro Guevara (Mexico)
10Â Â Â Â Â Donnie Nietes (Philippines)
118lbs
â Vacant
1Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Emmanuel Rodriguez (Puerto Rico)
2Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Alexandro Santiago (Mexico)
3Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Jason Moloney (Australia)
4Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Vincent Astrolabio (Philippines)
5Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Gary Antonio Russell (USA)
6Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Takuma Inoue (Japan)
7Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Nonito Donaire (Philippines)
8Â Â Â Â Â Â Ryosuke Nishida (Japan)
9Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Keita Kurihara (Japan)
10Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Paul Butler (England)
122lbs
â Vacant
1Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Naoya Inoue (Japan)
2Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Marlon Tapales (Philippines)
3Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Stephen Fulton (USA)
4Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Luis Nery (Mexico)
5Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Murodjon Akhmadaliev (Uzbekistan)
6Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Sam Goodman (Australia)
7Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Azat Hovhannisyan (Armenia)
8Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Kevin Gonzalez (Mexico)
9Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Raâeese Aleem (USA)
10Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Liam Davies (England)
126lbs
â Vacant
1Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Luis Alberto Lopez (Mexico)
2Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Leigh Wood (England)
3Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Brandon Figueroa (USA)
4Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Rey Vargas (Mexico)
5Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Mauricio Lara (Mexico)
6Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Robeisy Ramirez (Cuba)
7Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Mark Magsayo (Philippines)
8Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Josh Warrington (England)
9Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Reiya Abe (Japan)
10Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Otabek Kholmatov (Uzbekistan)
130lbs
â Vacant
1Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Emanuel Navarrete (Mexico)
2Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Joe Cordina (Wales)
3Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Hector Garcia (Dominican Republic)
4Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â OâShaquie Foster (USA)
5Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Oscar Valdez (Mexico)
6Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov (Tajikistan)
7Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Otar Eranosyan (Georgia)
8Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Lamont Roach (USA)
9Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Eduardo Ramirez (Mexico)
10Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Kenichi Ogawa (Japan)
135lbs
â Devin Haney (USA)
1Â Â Â Â Â Â Gervonta Davis (USA)
2Â Â Â Â Â Â Vasily Lomachenko (Ukraine)
3Â Â Â Â Â Â Isaac Cruz (Mexico)
4Â Â Â Â Â Â William Zepeda Segura (Mexico)
5Â Â Â Â Â Â Frank Martin (USA)
6Â Â Â Â Â Â Shakur Stevenson (USA)
7Â Â Â Â Â Â Maxi Hughes (England)
8Â Â Â Â Â Â George Kambosos Jr (Australia)
9Â Â Â Â Â Â Keyshawn Davis (USA)
10Â Â Â Â Â Raymond Muratalla (USA)
140lbs
â Teofimo Lopez (USA)
1Â Â Â Â Â Â Regis Prograis (USA)
2Â Â Â Â Â Â Jose Ramirez (USA)
3Â Â Â Â Â Â Jose Zepeda (USA)
4Â Â Â Â Â Â Jack Catterall (England)
5Â Â Â Â Â Â Subriel Matias (Puerto Rico)
6Â Â Â Â Â Â Arnold Barboza Jr. (USA)
7Â Â Â Â Â Â Gary Antuanne Russell (USA)
8Â Â Â Â Â Â Zhankosh Turarov (Kazakhstan)
9Â Â Â Â Â Â Elvis Rodriguez (Dominican Republic)
10Â Â Â Â Â Josh Taylor (Scotland)
147lbs
â Terence Crawford (USA)
1Â Â Â Â Â Â Errol Spence (USA)
2Â Â Â Â Â Â Jaron Ennis (USA)
3Â Â Â Â Â Â David Avanesyan (Russia)
4Â Â Â Â Â Â Cody Crowley (Canada)
5Â Â Â Â Â Â Alexis Rocha (USA)
6Â Â Â Â Â Â Rashidi Ellis (USA)
7Â Â Â Â Â Â Souleymane Cissokho (Senegal)
8Â Â Â Â Â Â Roiman Villa (Venezuela)
9Â Â Â Â Â Â Egidijus Kavaliauskas (Lithuania)
10Â Â Â Â Â Shakhram Giyasov (Uzbekistan)
154lbs
â Jermell Charlo (USA)
1Â Â Â Â Â Â Tim Tszyu (Australia)
2Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Brian Mendoza (USA)
3Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Jesus Alejandro Ramos (USA)
4Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Sebastian Fundora (USA)
5Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Erickson Lubin (USA)
6Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Michel Soro (Ivory Coast)
7Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Magomed Kurbanov (Russia)
8Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Tony Harrison (USA)
9Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Israil Madrimov (Uzbekistan)
10Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Bakhram Murtazaliev (Russia)
160lbs
â Vacant
1Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Gennady Golovkin (Kazakhstan)
2Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Carlos Adames (Dominican Republic)
3Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Zhanibek Alimkhanuly (Kazakhstan)
4Â Â Â Â Â Â Chris Eubank Jr. (England)
5Â Â Â Â Â Â Liam Smith (England)
6Â Â Â Â Â Â Sergiy Derevyanchenko (Ukraine)*
7Â Â Â Â Â Â Vincenzo Gualtieri (Germany)
8Â Â Â Â Â Â Felix Cash (England)
9Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Michael Zerafa (Australia)
10Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Esquiva Falcao (Brazil)
168lbs
â Canelo Alvarez (Mexico)
1Â Â Â Â Â Â David Benavidez (USA)
2Â Â Â Â Â Â Caleb Plant (USA)
3Â Â Â Â Â Â Christian Mbilli (France)
4Â Â Â Â Â Â David Morrell (Cuba)
5Â Â Â Â Â Â John Ryder (England)
6Â Â Â Â Â Â Pavel Silyagin (Russia)
7Â Â Â Â Â Â Vladimir Shishkin (Russia)
8Â Â Â Â Â Â Carlos Gongora (Ecuador)
9Â Â Â Â Â Â Jaime Munguia (Mexico)
10Â Â Â Â Â Demetrius Andrade (USA)
175lbs
â Artur Beterbiev (Canada)
1Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Dmitry Bivol (Russia)
2Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Joshua Buatsi (England)
3Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Callum Smith (England)
4Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Joe Smith Jr. (USA)
5Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Gilberto Ramirez (Mexico)
6Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Anthony Yarde (England)
7Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Dan Azeez (England)
8Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Ali Izmailov (Russia)
9Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Michael Eifert (Germany)
10Â Â Â Â Igor Mikhalkin (Germany)
200lbs
â Jai Opetaia (Australia)
1Â Â Â Â Â Â Mairis Breidis (Latvia)
2Â Â Â Â Â Â Chris Billam-Smith (England)
3Â Â Â Â Â Â Richard Riakporhe (England)
4Â Â Â Â Â Â Aleksei Papin (Russia)
5Â Â Â Â Â Â Badou Jack (Sweden)
6Â Â Â Â Â Â Arsen Goulamirian (France)
7Â Â Â Â Â Â Lawrence Okolie (England)
8Â Â Â Â Â Â Yuniel Dorticos (Cuba)
9Â Â Â Â Â Â Mateusz Masternak (Poland)
10Â Â Â Â Â Ilunga Makabu (So. Africa)
Unlimited
â Oleksandr Usyk (Ukraine)
1Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Tyson Fury (England)
2Â Â Â Â Â Â Zhilei Zhang (China)
3Â Â Â Â Â Â Deontay Wilder (USA)
4Â Â Â Â Â Â Anthony Joshua (England)
5Â Â Â Â Â Â Filip Hrgovic (Croatia)
6Â Â Â Â Â Â Andy Ruiz (USA)
7Â Â Â Â Â Â Joe Joyce (England)
8Â Â Â Â Â Â Arslanbek Makhmudov (Russia)
9Â Â Â Â Â Â Frank Sanchez (Cuba)
10Â Â Â Â Â Luis Ortiz (USA)
Pound-for-Pound
01 â Terence Crawford
02 â Naoya Inoue
03 â Oleksandr Usyk
04 â Juan Francisco Estrada
05 â Dmitry Bivol
06 â Tyson Fury
07 â Canelo Alvarez
08 â Artur Beterbiev
09 â Teofimo Lopez
10 â Shakur Stevenson
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