Boxing: Haney to Top 10 P4P, Benavidez Ascends and Canelo Out of Ranking

Devin Haney Returns to the World Boxing Top 10

In an exciting turn for the boxing world, Devin Haney has managed to climb into the top 10 of the pound-for-pound best boxers ranking. This achievement marks his return to the list after 20 months, following his unanimous decision victory over Brian Norman Jr. in Saudi Arabia, where he was crowned WBO welterweight champion. After a majority decision loss to Ryan Garcia, the result was changed to “no decision” due to a positive test by Garcia for a banned substance. Haney, who suffered three knockdowns in that fight, had not been listed until now.

In 2024 I lost everything, everything fell apart. In 2025, I came to get it back. In 2026, I’m going for everything.

Devin Haney

Haney now holds the tenth position, displacing Canelo Álvarez.

David Benavidez and Jesse Rodriguez Shine in Their Fights

In the main event of Saturday’s fight card, David Benavidez defended his WBC and WBA super-middleweight titles with an outstanding performance against Anthony Yarde, achieving a technical knockout in the seventh round. This victory propelled Benavidez to seventh place in the rankings.

I rate my performance a B+. I think I could have done some things better, but there’s always room for improvement. People wanted to see the knockout. They said I couldn’t stop this guy and that I didn’t have power at 175, and you know, I made it look easy.

David Benavidez

Additionally, Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez stopped Fernando Martinez in the tenth round, unifying three super flyweight titles and maintaining his fifth place in the rankings. The voting for this ranking was carried out by a panel of experts.

The Complete Ranking of the Best Boxers

Here is the updated pound-for-pound ranking of the best boxers, with results up to November 26th:

• 1. TERENCE CRAWFORD
• 2. OLEKSANDR USYK
• 3. NAOYA INOUE
• 4. DMITRY BIVOL
• 5. JESSE RODRIGUEZ
• 6. ARTUR BETERBIEV
• 7. DAVID BENAVIDEZ
• 8. SHAKUR STEVENSON
• 9. JUNTO NAKATANI
• 10. DEVIN HANEY

Ranking: Rankings are based on a descending point system. Other boxers who received votes were Teofimo Lopez Jr., Canelo Alvarez, and Gervonta Davis.

Expert Voting Results

Here’s how the experts voted:

• Bradley: 1. Crawford, 2. Usyk, 3: Inoue, 4. Bivol, 5. Rodriguez, 6. Nakatani, 7. Stevenson, 8. Beterbiev, 9. Benavidez, 10. Haney
• Hale: 1. Crawford, 2. Usyk, 3. Inoue, 4. Bivol, 5. Rodriguez, 6. Beterbiev, 7. Benavidez, 8. Stevenson, 9. Nakatani, 10. Haney
• Atlas: 1. Usyk, 2. Crawford, 3. Inoue, 4. Bivol, 5. Benavidez, 6. Beterbiev, 7. Stevenson, 8. Rodriguez, 9. Nakatani, 10. Haney
• Tessitore: 1. Crawford, 2. Usyk, 3. Inoue, 4. Rodriguez, 5. Beterbiev, 6. Bivol, 7. Benavidez, 8. Nakatani, 9. Stevenson, 10. Lopez
• Parkinson: 1. Crawford, 2. Usyk, 3. Inoue, 4. Bivol, 5. Rodriguez, 6. Haney, 7. Benavidez, 8. Beterbiev, 9. Nakatani, 10. Stevenson
• Raskin: 1. Crawford, 2. Usyk, 3. Inoue, 4. Bivol, 5. Rodriguez, 6. Beterbiev, 7. Stevenson, 8. Benavidez, 9. Alvarez, 10. Nakatani
• Osuna: 1. Crawford, 2. Usyk, 3. Inoue, 4. Bivol, 5. Rodriguez, 6. Stevenson, 7. Nakatani, 8. Beterbiev, 9. Benavidez, 10. Haney
• Rodriguez: 1. Crawford, 2. Usyk, 3. Inoue, 4. Rodriguez, 5. Bivol, 6. Beterbiev, 7. Benavidez, 8. Nakatani, 9. Stevenson, 10. Alvarez
• Woodyard: 1. Crawford, 2. Usyk, 3. Inoue, 4. Bivol, 5. Rodriguez, 6. Stevenson, 7. Benavidez, 8. Beterbiev, 9. Nakatani, 10. Haney
• Moynihan: 1. Usyk, 2. Crawford, 3. Inoue, 4. Bivol, 5. Beterbiev, 6. Rodriguez, 7. Benavidez, 8. Stevenson, 9. Alvarez, 10. Davis
• Pilatti: 1. Usyk, 2. Inoue, 3. Crawford, 4. Rodriguez, 5. Benavidez, 6. Bivol, 7. Haney, 8. Stevenson, 9. Nakatani, 10. Beterbiev
• Zirolli: 1. Crawford, 2. Usyk, 3. Inoue, 4. Stevenson, 5. Bivol, 6. Beterbiev, 7. Rodriguez, 8. Lopez, 9. Benavidez, 10. Nakatani
• Mascaro: 1. Crawford, 2. Inoue, 3. Usyk, 4. Rodriguez, 5. Bivol, 6. Nakatani, 7. Benavidez, 8. Beterbiev, 9. Stevenson, 10. Haney
• Freeman: 1. Crawford, 2. Usyk, 3. Inoue, 4. Rodriguez, 5. Bivol, 6. Beterbiev, 7. Stevenson, 8. Nakatani, 9. Haney, 10. Benavidez
• Lopez: 1. Crawford, 2. Usyk, 3. Inoue, 4. Bivol, 5. Rodriguez, 6. Beterbiev, 7. Benavidez, 8. Stevenson, 9. Nakatani, 10. Alvarez
• Delgado Averhoff: 1. Crawford, 2. Usyk, 3. Inoue, 4. Rodriguez, 5. Bivol, 6. Benavidez, 7. Bterebiev, 8. Stevenson, 9. Lopez, 10. Nakatani

Expert Survey Results

The expert survey results were as follows:

• First place: Crawford (13), Usyk (3)
• Second place: Usyk (12), Crawford (2), Inoue (2)
• Third place: Inoue (14), Crawford (1), Usyk (1)
• Fourth place: Bivol (9), Rodriguez (6), Stevenson (1)
• Fifth place: Rodriguez (7), Bivol (5), Beterbiev (2), Benavidez (2)
• Sixth place: Beterbiev (7), Bivol (2), Stevenson (2), Nakatani (2), Rodriguez (1), Benavidez (1), Haney (1)
• Seventh place: Benavidez (8), Stevenson (4), Rodriguez (1), Beterbiev (1), Nakatani (1), Haney (1)
• Eighth place: Beterbiev (5), Stevenson (5), Nakatani (3), Rodriguez (1), Benavidez (1), Lopez (1)
• Ninth place: Nakatani (6), Benavidez (3), Stevenson (3), Alvarez (2), Haney (1), Lopez (1)
• Tenth place: Haney (6), Nakatani (3), Alvarez (2), Beterbiev (1), Benavidez (1), Stevenson (1), Lopez (1), Davis (1)