Weekly Rankings – September 2023

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THE TRUE CHAMPIONS

Division	Name	Record	Nation
Heavyweight	Oleksandr Usyk	19-0-0 (13)	UKR
Cruiserweight	Jai Opetaia	22-0-0 (17)	AUS
Light Heavyweight	Artur Beterbiev	17-0-0 (17)	CAN
Super Middleweight	Saul Alvarez	57-2-2 (39)	MEX
Junior Middleweight	Jermell Charlo	35-1-1 (19)	USA
Welterweight	Terence Crawford	40-0-0 (31)	USA
Junior Welterweight	Teofimo Lopez	19-1-0 (13)	USA
Lightweight	Devin Haney	30-0-0 (15)	USA
Junior Bantamweight	Juan Francisco Estrada	44-3-0 (28)	MEX
Junior Flyweight	Kenshiro Teraji	21-1-0 (13)	JPN

P4P

Ranking	Name	Nationality	Record	Division
1	Terence Crawford *	USA	40-0-0 (31)	Welterweight
2	Naoya Inoue *	JPN	25-0-0 (22)	Jr. Featherweight
3	Oleksandr Usyk *	UKR	20-0-0 (13)	Heavyweight
4	Dmitry Bivol	RUS	21-0-0 (11)	Light Heavyweight
5	Juan Francisco Estrada*	MEX	44-3-0 (28)	Jr. Bantamweight
6	Tyson Fury	ENG	33-0-1 (24)	Heavyweight
7	Saul Alvarez *	MEX	59-2-2 (39)	Super Middleweight
8	Artur Beterbiev *	CAN	19-0-0 (19)	Light Heavyweight
9	Teofimo Lopez *	USA	19-1-0 (13)	Jr. Welterweight
10	Jermell Charlo	USA	35-1-1 (19)	Jr. Middleweight

HEAVYWEIGHT (+200LBS/+91KG)

	Name	Record	Nationality	Last Week
	Oleksandr Usyk	21-0-0 (14)	UKR	***
1	Tyson Fury	33-0-1 (24)	ENG	1
2	Deontay Wilder	43-2-1 (42)	USA	2
3	Anthony Joshua	26-3-0 (23)	ENG	3
4	Andy Ruiz Jr.	35-2-0 (22)	USA	4
5	Zhilei Zhang	25-1-1 (20)	CHN	5
6	Joe Joyce	15-1-0 (14)	ENG	6
7	Dillian Whyte	29-3-0 (19)	ENG	7
8	Otto Wallin	25-1-0 (14)	SWE	8
9	Filip Hrgovic	16-0-0 (13)	HRV	9
10	Jared Anderson	16-0-0 (15)	USA	10

CRUISERWEIGHT (200LBS/91KG)

	Name	Record	Nationality	Last Week
	Jai Opetaia	22-0-0 (17)	AUS	***
1	Chris Billam-Smith	18-1-0 (12)	ENG	1
2	Badou Jack	28-3-3 (17)	SWE	2
3	Richard Riakporhe	16-0-0 (12)	ENG	3
4	Aleksei Papin	14-1-0 (13)	RUS	4
5	Lawrence Okolie	19-1-0 (14)	ENG	5
6	Yuniel Dorticos	26-2-0 (24)	CUB	6
7	Ilunga Makabu	29-3-0 (25)	COD	7
8	Mateusz Masternak	47-5-0 (31)	POL	8
9	Arsen Goulamirian	27-0-0 (18)	FRA	9
10	Michal Cieslak	24-2-0 (18)	POL	10

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT (175LBS/79KG)

	Name	Record	Nationality	Last Week
	Artur Beterbiev	19-0-0 (19)	CAN	***
1	Dmitry Bivol	21-0-0 (11)	RUS	1
2	Joshua Buatsi	17-0-0 (13)	ENG	2
3	Callum Smith	29-1-0 (21)	ENG	3
4	Joe Smith Jr.	28-4-0 (22)	USA	4
5	Gilberto Ramirez	44-1-0 (30)	MEX	5
6	Anthony Yarde	23-3-0 (22)	ENG	6
7	Dan Azeez	20-0-0 (13)	ENG	7
8	Igor Mikhalkin	25-3-0 (11)	RUS	8
9	Michael Eifert	12-1-0 (4)	GER	9
10	Ali Izmailov	11-0- (7)	RUS	10

SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHT (168LBS/76.2KG)

	Name	Record	Nationality	Last Week
	Saul Alvarez	59-2-2 (39)	MEX	***
1	David Benavidez	27-0-0 (23)	USA	1
2	Christian Mbilli	25-0-0 (21)	FRA	2
3	Caleb Plant	22-2-0 (13)	USA	3
4	David Morrell	9-0-0 (8)	CUB	4
5	John Ryder	32-6-0 (18)	ENG	5
6	Carlos Gongora	22-2-0 (17)	ECU	7
7	Pavel Silyagin	13-0-1 (6)	RUS	6
8	Evgeny Shvedenko	16-1-1 (7)	RUS	—
9	Demetrius Andrade	32-0-0 (19)	USA	8
10	Vladimir Shishkin	14-0-0 (8)	RUS	9

MIDDLEWEIGHT (160LBS/72.5KG)

	Name	Record	Nationality	Last Week
	OPEN (Saul Alvarez abdicated 1/1/2021)
1	Gennady Golovkin	42-1-1 (37)	KAZ	1
2	Carlos Adames	23-1-0 (18)	DR	2
3	Chris Eubank Jr.	33-3-0 (24)	ENG	3
4	Zhanibek Alimkhanuly	14-0-0 (9)	KAZ	4
5	Liam Smith	33-3-1 (20)	ENG	5
6	Sergiy Derevyanchenko	14-4-0 (10)	UKR	6
7	Felix Cash	16-0-0 (10)	ENG	7
8	Vincenzo Gualtieri	21-0-1 (7)	GER	8
9	Michael Zerafa	31-4-0 (19)	AUS	9
10	Meiirim Nursultanov	19-0-0 (11)	KAZ	10

JUNIOR MIDDLEWEIGHT (154LBS/70KG)

	Name	Record	Nationality	Last Week
	Jermell Charlo	35-1-1 (19)	USA	***
1	Tim Tszyu	23-0-0 (17)	AUS	1
2	Brian Mendoza	22-2-0 (16)	USA	2
3	Sebastian Fundora	20-1-1 (13)	USA	3
4	Erickson Lubin	25-2-0 (18)	USA	4
5	Israil Madrimov	9-0-1 (6)	UZB	5
6	Michel Soro	35-4-2 (24)	FRA	6
7	Jesus Ramos	20-0-0 (16)	USA	7
8	Tony Harrison	29-4-1 (21)	USA	9
9	Bakhram Murtazaliev	21-0-0 (15)	RUS	10
10	James Metcalf	25-2-0 (15)	ENG	—

WELTERWEIGHT (147LBS/66.7KG)

	Name	Record	Nationality	Last Week
	Terence Crawford	40-0-0 (31)	USA	***
1	Errol Spence Jr.	28-1-0 (22)	USA	1
2	Jaron Ennis	31-0-0 (28)	USA	2
3	Eimantas Stanionis	14-0-0 (9)	LIT	3
4	Cody Crowley	22-0-0 (9)	CAN	4
5	Alexis Rocha	23-1-0 (15)	USA	5
6	Souleymane Cissokho	16-0-0 (9)	FRA	6
7	Roiman Villa	26-2-0 (24)	VEN	7
8	Rashidi Ellis	24-1-0 (15)	USA	8
9	Shakhram Giyasov	14-0-0 (9)	UZB	9
10	Ekow Essuman	19-0-0 (7)	ENG	10

JUNIOR WELTERWEIGHT (140LBS/63.5KG)

	Name	Record	Nationality	Last Week
	Teofimo Lopez	19-1-1 (13)	USA	***
1	Regis Prograis	29-1-0 (24)	USA	1
2	Jose Ramirez	28-1-0 (18)	USA	2
3	Arnold Barboza, Jr.	28-0-0 (10)	USA	3
4	Jack Catterall	27-1-1 (13)	ENG	4
5	Josh Taylor	19-1-1 (13)	SCO	5
6	Subriel Matias	19-1-0 (19)	PR	6
7	Gary Antuanne Russell	17-0-0 (17)	USA	7
8	Jose Zepeda	37-3-0 (28)	USA	8
9	Gabriel Gollaz Valenzuela	27-3-1 (16)	MEX	9
10	Steve Spark	16-3-0 (14)	AUS	10

LIGHTWEIGHT (135LBS/61.2KG)

	Name	Record	Nationality	Last Week
	Devin Haney	30-0-0 (15)	USA	***
1	Gervonta Davis	29-0-0 (27)	USA	1
2	Vasiliy Lomachenko	17-3-0 (11)	UKR	2
3	Shakur Stevenson	20-0-0 (10)	USA	3
4	William Zepeda	29-0-0 (25)	MEX	4
5	Frank Martin	18-0-0 (12)	USA	5
6	Isaac Cruz	25-2-1 (17)	MEX	6
7	George Kambosos Jr	21-2-0 (10)	AUS	7
8	Maxi Hughes	26-6-2 (5)	ENG	8
9	Ryan Garcia	23-1-0 (19)	USA	9
10	Raymond Muratella	18-0-0 (15)	USA	10

JUNIOR LIGHTWEIGHT (130LBS/59KG)

	Name	Record	Nationality	Last Week
	OPEN since Shakur Stevenson abdication (9/2022)	–	–	–
1	Emanuel Navarrete	38-1-0 (31)	MEX	1
2	Joe Cordina	16-0-0 (9)	WAL	2
3	Oscar Valdez	31-2-0 (23)	MEX	3
4	Hector Garcia	16-1-0 (10)	DR	4
5	O’Shaquie Foster	20-2-0 (11)	USA	5
6	Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov	17-1-1 (14)	RUS	6
7	Otar Eranosyan	14-0-0 (7)	GEO	7
8	Lamont Roach	23-1-1 (9)	USA	8
9	Robson Conceicao	17-2-0 (8)	BRA	9
10	Kenichi Ogawa	28-2-1 (19)	JPN	10

FEATHERWEIGHT (126LBS/57.1KG)

	Name	Record	Nationality	Last Week
	OPEN (since Pacquiao abdicated 3/2005)	–	–	–
1	Luis Alberto Lopez	29-2-0 (16)	MEX	1
2	Leigh Wood	27-3-0 (16)	ENG	2
3	Rey Vargas	36-1-0 (22)	MEX	3
4	Mauricio Lara	26-3-1 (19)	MEX	4
5	Brandon Figueroa	24-1-1 (18)	USA	5
6	Robeisy Ramirez	13-1-0 (8)	CUB	6
7	Mark Magsayo	24-2-0 (16)	PHI	7
8	Josh Warrington	31-2-1 (8)	ENG	8
9	Reiya Abe	25-3-1 (10)	JPN	9
10	Raymond Ford	14-0-1 (7)	USA	10

JUNIOR FEATHERWEIGHT (122LBS/55.3KG)

	Name	Record	Nationality	Last Week
	OPEN (since Guillermo Rigondeaux abdicated via abandonment, July 2022)	–	–	–
1	Naoya Inoue	25-0-0 (22)	JPN	1
2	Marlon Tapales	37-3-0 (19)	PHI	2
3	Stephen Fulton, Jr.	21-1-0 (8)	USA	3
4	Luis Nery	35-1-0 (27)	MEX	4
5	Murodjon Akhmadaliev	11-1-0 (8)	UZB	5
6	Sam Goodman	15-0-0 (7)	AUS	6
7	Ra’eese Aleem	20-1-0 (12)	USA	7
8	John Riel Casimero	33-4-0 (22)	PHI	8
9	Azat Hovhannisyan	21-4-0 (17)	ARM	9
10	Liam Davies	14-0-0 (6)	ENG	10

BANTAMWEIGHT (118LBS/53.5KG)

	Name	Record	Nationality	Last Week
	OPEN (since Naoya Inoue abdicated 1/16/2023)	—	—	–
1	Emmanuel Rodriguez	22-2-0 (13)	PR	1
2	Alexandro Santiago	28-3-5 (14)	MEX	2
3	Jason Moloney	26-2-0 (19)	AUS	3
4	Takuma Inoue	18-1-0 (4)	JPN	4
5	Gary Antonio Russell	19-1-0 (12)	USA	5
6	Vincent Astrolabio	19-4-0 (14)	PHI	6
7	Nonito Donaire	42-8-0 (28)	PHI	7
8	Ryosuke Nishida	8-0-0 (1)	JPN	8
9	Keita Kurihara	17-7-1 (15)	JPN	9
10	Paul Butler	35-3-0 (16)	ENG	10

JUNIOR BANTAMWEIGHT (115LBS/52.1KG)

	Name	Record	Nationality	Last Week
	Juan Francisco Estrada	44-3-0 (28)	MEX	***
1	Roman Gonzalez	51-4-0 (41)	NIC	1
2	Kazuto Ioka	30-2-1 (15)	JPN	2
3	Fernando Martinez	16-0-0 (9)	ARG	3
4	Junto Nakatani	25-0-0 (19)	JPN	4
5	Srisaket Sor Rungvisai	53-6-1 (45)	THA	5
6	Kosei Tanaka	19-1-0 (11)	JPN	6
7	Pedro Guevara	39-3-1 (22)	MEX	7
8	Donnie Nietes	43-2-6 (23)	PHI	8
9	Andrew Moloney	25-3-0 (16)	AUS	9
10	Francisco Rodriguez Jr.	37-6-1 (25)	MEX	10

FLYWEIGHT (112LBS/51KG)

	Name	Record	Nationality	Last Week
	OPEN (since Roman Gonzalez abdicated 10/2016)			–
1	Sunny Edwards	20-0-0 (4)	ENG	1
2	Artem Dalakian	22-0-0 (15)	UKR	2
3	Julio Cesar Martinez	20-2-0 (15)	MEX	3
4	Jesse Rodriguez	18-0-0 (11)	USA	4
5	David Jimenez	13-1-0 (10)	CR	5
6	Ricardo Sandoval	22-2-0 (16)	USA	6
7	Angel Ayala	16-0-0 (7)	MEX	7
8	Seigo Yuri Akui	18-2-1 (11)	JPN	8
9	Taku Kuwahara	13-1-0 (8)	JPN	9
10	Felix Alvarado	39-3-0 (34)	NIC	10

JUNIOR FLYWEIGHT (108LBS/49KG)

	Name	Record	Nationality	Last Week
	Kenshiro Teraji	21-1-0 (13)	JPN	***
1	Jonathan Gonzalez	27-3-1 (14)	PR	1
2	Masamichi Yabuki	15-4-0 (14)	JPN	2
3	Hekkie Budler	35-4-0 (11)	RSA	3
4	Sivenathi Nontshinga	12-0-0 (9)	RSA	4
5	Carlos Canizales	26-1-1 (19)	VEN	5
6	Daniel Matellon	13-1-2 (7)	PAN	6
7	Miel Fajardo	11-1-2 (10)	PHI	7
8	Elwin Soto	20-3-0 (13)	MEX	8
9	Mario Gutierrez	9-4-1 (6)	MEX	9
10	Regie Suganob	13-1-0 (4)	PHI	10

STRAWWEIGHT (105LBS/47.6KG)

	Name	Record	Nationality	Last Week
	OPEN (since Ricardo Lopez abdicated 10/1999)			–
1	Panya Pradabsri (Petchmanee CP Freshmart)	39-1-0 (23)	THA	1
2	Thammanoon Niyomtrong (Knockout CP Freshmart)	24-0-0 (9)	THA	2
3	Oscar Collazo	8-0-0 (6)	PR	3
4	Ginjiro Shigeoka	9-0-0 (7)	JPN	4
5	Daniel Valladares	27-3-1 (15)	MEX	5
6	Melvin Jerusalem	20-3-0 (12)	PHI	6
7	Rene Mark Cuarto	21-4-2 (12)	PHI	7
8	Yudai Shigeoka	7-0-0 (5)	JPN	8
9	Erick Rosa	6-0-0 (2)	DR	9
10	Masataki Taniguchi	17-4-0 (11)	JPN	10