International Brotherhood of Prizefighters Rankings: Week of July 31, 2023

International Brotherhood of Prizefighters Rankings: Week of July 31, 2023

A pound-for-pound shake-up was inevitable after the vicious beating Bud Crawford (USA) placed upon countryman Errol Spence.  Spence drops out, Shakur Stevenson drops in at #10 and Crawford pips Naoya Inoue to the number one spot.  My sense is these two will swap the number one spot, fight by fight, until such time as one of them loses or starts treading water.  Crawford and Spence also swap places at 147lbs.  Alexandro Santiago’s controlled performance on the undercard sees the Mexican (pictured on the right) rise to #2 at 118lbs with the legend Nonito Donaire (The Philippines) clattering down to #7.  Finally, Englishman Liam Davies posted an astonishing one-round knockout of Jason Cunningham (also of England) to grab the #10 spot at 122lbs.

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        Regie Suganob (Philippines)

8        Shokichi Iwata (Japan)

9        Carlos Canizales (Venezuala)

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      Taku Kuwahara (Japan)

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        Alexandro Santiago (Mexico)*

3        Jason Moloney (Australia)

4        Vincent Astrolabio (Philippines)

5        Gary Antonio Russell (USA)

6        Takuma Inoue (Japan)

7        Nonito Donaire (Philippines)

8        Ryosuke Nishida (Japan)

9        Keita Kurihara (Japan)

10      Paul Butler (England)

 122lbs

1        Naoya Inoue (Japan)

2        Marlon Tapales (Philippines)

3        Stephen Fulton (USA)

4        Luis Nery (Mexico)

5        Murodjon Akhmadaliev (Uzbekistan)

6        Sam Goodman (Australia)

7        Azat Hovhannisyan (Armenia)

8        Kevin Gonzalez (Mexico)

9        Ra’eese Aleem (USA)

10      Liam Davies (England)*

126lbs

1        Luis Alberto Lopez (Mexico)

2        Leigh Wood (England)

3        Brandon Figueroa (USA)

4        Rey Vargas (Mexico)

5        Mauricio Lara (Mexico)

6        Robeisy Ramirez (Cuba)

7        Mark Magsayo (Philippines)

8        Josh Warrington (England)

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 (Mexico)

6        Frank Martin (USA)

7        Shakur Stevenson (USA)

8        Maxi Hughes (England)

9        George Kambosos Jnr (Australia)

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      Elvis Rodriguez (Dominican Republic)

 147lbs

1        Terence Crawford (USA)*

2        Errol Spence (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        Zhanibek Alimkhanuly (Kazakhstan)

4        Liam Smith (England)

5        Erislandy Lara (Cuba)

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 – Terence Crawford*

02 – Naoya Inoue

03 – Oleksander Usyk

04 – Juan Francisco Estrada

05 – Dmitry Bivol

06 – Tyson Fury

07 – Saul Alvarez

08 – Artur Beterbiev

09 – Teofimo Lopez

10 – Shakur Stevenson*

Photo credit: Esther Lin / SHOWTIME

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