Terence Crawford Recaptures the Top Spot in Pound-for-Pound Boxing
After 16 months, Terence Crawford has once again taken the coveted top spot in the pound-for-pound rankings, surpassing Oleksandr Usyk. Crawford, with an impeccable record of 42 wins and 31 knockouts, achieved an impressive unanimous decision victory over Canelo Álvarez in Las Vegas. This triumph not only earned him the undisputed super middleweight championship, but also catapulted him to the top of the rankings. Crawford’s outstanding performance, who moved up two weight classes to challenge Álvarez, makes him the only boxer in the four-belt era (since 2007) to be undisputed champion in three different divisions.Meanwhile, Naoya Inoue, who successfully defended his undisputed super bantamweight title with a unanimous decision victory over Murodjon Akhmadaliev, drops one spot in the rankings, placing at number three. This change reflects the impact of Crawford’s victory more than any failure in Inoue’s performance. Canelo Álvarez, after his defeat against Crawford, drops two positions and now occupies the number 10 spot. This defeat marks his first fall since he lost to Dmitry Bivol in May 2022. Here are the updated rankings:Crawford, with his third undisputed status, establishes himself as the best pound-for-pound fighter of today and, possibly, of this generation.
Andreas Hale
- TERENCE CRAWFORD
- OLEKSANDR USYK
- NAOYA INOUE
- DMITRY BIVOL
- JESSE RODRIGUEZ
- ARTUR BETERBIEV
- SHAKUR STEVENSON
- DAVID BENAVIDEZ
- JUNTO NAKATANI
- CANELO ALVAREZ
