The Sweet Science Rankings: Week of July 9, 2023

The Sweet Science Rankings: Week of July 9, 2023

In a week that promised to re-organise the top of the 147lb division, we were instead greeted with disappointment as the Eimantas Stanionis-Vergil Ortiz fight fell through at the last minute.  Ortiz, who seemed to struggle desperately with the division’s weight limit, is almost certain to depart for 154lbs and so has been removed from the 147lb rankings.  Stanionis, inactive for fifteen months, is also removed.  This makes room for Lithuanian Egidijus Kavaliauskas at #10 and Senegal’s Souleymane Cissokho at #8, the two newcomers bracketing Roiman Villa who drops to #9 after losing out to new #3, Jaron Ennis (pictured).  Everyone below Ennis gets bumped up the list.  The only other division to see change is 175lbs, where Craig Richards (England) approaches 14 months of inactivity with no fight slated and is replaced by the returning Michael Eifert, out of Germany.

105lbs

1        Knockout CP Freshmart (Thailand)

2        Petchmanee CP Freshmart (Thailand)

3        Oscar Collazo (USA)

4        Ginjiro Shigeoka (Japan)

5        Wanheng Menayothin (Thailand)

6        Daniel Valladares (Mexico)

7        Yudai Shigeoka (Japan)

8        Melvin Jerusalem (Philippines)

9        Masataka Taniguchi (Japan)

10      Rene Mark Cuarto (Philippines)

108lbs

1        Kenshiro Teraji (Japan)

2        Jonathan Gonzalez (Puerto Rico)

3        Masamichi Yabuki (Japan)

4        Sivenathi Nontshinga (South Africa)

5        Hekkie Budler (South Africa)

6        Elwin Soto (Mexico)

7        Reggie Suganob (Philippines)

8        Shokichi Iwata (Japan)

9        Carlos Canizales (Venezualo)

10      Daniel Matellon (Cuba)

112lbs

1        Sunny Edwards (England)

2        Artem Dalakian (Ukraine)

3        Julio Cesar Martinez (Mexico)

4        Angel Ayala Lardizabal (Mexico)

5        David Jimenez (Costa Rica)

6        Jesse Rodriguez (USA)

7        Ricardo Sandoval (USA)

8        Felix Alvarado (Nicaragua)

9        Seigo Yuri Akui (Japan)

10      Cristofer Rosales (Nicaragua)

115lbs

1        Juan Francisco Estrada (Mexico)

2        Roman Gonzalez (Nicaragua)

3        Kazuto Ioka (Japan)

4        Fernando Martinez (Argentina)

5        Junto Nakatani (Japan)

6        Srisaket Sor Rungvisai (Thailand)

7        Kosei Tanaka (Japan)

8        Andrew Moloney (Australia)

9        Francisco Rodriguez Jnr. (Mexico)

10      Pedro Guevara (Mexico)

118lbs

1        Emmanuel Rodriguez (Puerto Rico)

2        Jason Moloney (Australia)

3        Nonito Donaire (Philippines)

4        Vincent Astrolabio (Philippines)

5        Gary Antonio Russell (USA)

6        Takuma Inoue (Japan)

7        Alexandro Santiago (Mexico)

8        Ryosuke Nishida (Japan)

9        Keita Kurihara (Japan)

10      Paul Butler (England)

122lbs

1        Stephen Fulton (USA)

2        Marlon Tapales (Philippines)

3        Luis Nery (Mexico)

4        Murodjon Akhmadaliev (Uzbekistan)

5        Sam Goodman (Australia)

6        Azat Hovhannisyan (Armenia)

7        Kevin Gonzalez (Mexico)

8        Ra’eese Aleem (USA)

9        Takuma Inoue (Japan)

10      John Riel Casimero (Philippines)

126lbs

1        Luis Alberto Lopez (Mexico)

2        Leigh Wood (England)

3        Brandon Figueroa (USA)

4        Rey Vargas (Mexico)

5        Mauricio Lara (Mexico)

6        Mark Magsayo (Philippines)

7        Josh Warrington (England)

8        Robeisy Ramirez (Cuba)

9        Reiya Abe (Japan)

10      Otabek Kholmatov (Uzbekistan)

130lbs

1        Joe Cordina (Wales)

2        Oscar Valdez (Mexico)

3        Hector Garcia (Dominican Republic)

4        O’Shaquie Foster (USA)

5        Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov (Tajikistan)

6        Roger Gutierrez (Venezuela)

7        Lamont Roach (USA)

8        Eduardo Ramirez (Mexico)

9        Kenichi Ogawa (Japan)

10      Robson Conceicao (Brazil)

135lbs

1        Devin Haney (USA)

2        Gervonta Davis (USA)

3        Vasily Lomachenko (Ukraine)

4        Isaac Cruz (Mexico)

5        William Zepeda Segura (Mexico)

6        Frank Martin (USA)

7        George Kambosos Jnr (Australia)

8        Shakur Stevenson (USA)

9        Raymond Muratalla (USA)

10      Keyshawn Davis (USA)

140lbs

1        Teofimo Lopez (USA)

2        Regis Prograis (USA)

3        Jose Ramirez (USA)

4        Jose Zepeda (USA)

5        Jack Catterall (England)

6        Subriel Matias (Puerto Rico)

7        Arnold Barboza Jr. (USA)

8        Gary Antuanne Russell (USA)

9        Zhankosh Turarov (Kazakhstan)

10      Shohjahon Ergashev (Uzbekistan)

147lbs

1        Errol Spence (USA)

2        Terence Crawford (USA)

3        Jaron Ennis (USA)*

4        David Avanesyan (Russia)*

5        Cody Crowley (Canada)*

6        Alexis Rocha (USA)*

7        Rashidi Ellis (USA)*

8        Souleymane Cissokho (Senegal)*

9        Roiman Villa (Venezuela)*

10      Egidijus Kavaliauskas (Lithuania)*

154lbs

1       Tim Tszyu (Australia)

2        Brian Mendoza (USA)

3        Jesus Alejandro Ramos (USA)

4        Sebastian Fundora (USA)

5        Erickson Lubin (USA)

6        Michel Soro (Ivory Coast)

7        Magomed Kurbanov (Russia)

8        Tony Harrison (USA)

9        Israil Madrimov (Uzbekistan)

10      Bakhram Murtazaliev (Russia)

160lbs

1        Gennady Golovkin (Kazakhstan)

2        Carlos Adames (Dominican Republic)

3        Janibek Alimkhanuly (Kazakhstan)

4        Liam Smith (England)

5        Erislandy Lara (USA)

6        Sergiy Derevyanchenko (Ukraine)

7        Vincenzo Gualtieri (German)

8        Felix Cash (England)

9        Chris Eubank Jnr. (England)

10      Michael Zerafa (Australia)

168lbs

1        Canelo Alvarez (Mexico)

2        David Benavidez (USA)

3        Caleb Plant (USA)

4        Christian Mbilli (France)

5        David Morrell (Cuba)

6        John Ryder (England)

7        Pavel Silyagin (Russia)

8        Vladimir Shishkin (Russia)

9        Carlos Gongora (Ecuador)

10      Jaime Munguia (Mexico)

175lbs

1        Dmitry Bivol (Russia)

2        Artur Beterbiev (Canada)

3        Joshua Buatsi (England)

4        Callum Smith (England)

5        Joe Smith Jr. (USA)

6        Gilberto Ramirez (Mexico)

7        Anthony Yarde (England)

8        Dan Azeez (England)

9        Ali Izmailov (Russia)

10      Michael Eifert (German)*

200lbs

1        Jai Opetaia (Australia)

2        Mairis Breidis (Latvia)

3        Chris Billam-Smith (England)

4        Richard Riakporhe (England)

5        Aleksei Papin (Russia)

6        Badou Jack (Sweden)

7        Arsen Goulamirian (France)

8        Lawrence Okolie (England)

9        Yuniel Dorticos (Cuba)

10      Mateusz Masternak (Poland)

Unlimited

1        Tyson Fury (England)

2        Oleksandr Usyk (Ukraine)

3        Zhilei Zhang (China)

4        Deontay Wilder (USA)

5        Anthony Joshua (England)

6        Andy Ruiz (USA)

7        Filip Hrgovic (Croatia)

8        Joe Joyce (England)

9        Dillian Whyte (England)

10      Arslanbek Makhmudov (Russia)

Pound-for-Pound

01 – Naoya Inoue

02 – Oleksandr Usyk

03 – Juan Francisco Estrada

04 – Dmitry Bivol

05 – Terence Crawford

06 – Errol Spence Jnr.

07 – Tyson Fury

08 – Saul Alvarez

09 – Artur Beterbiev

10 – Teofimo Lopez

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