Haney Returns to Top 10 P4P, Benavidez Climbs: ESPN Boxing Ranking

Devin Haney Returns to the Top 10 of World Boxing

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, according to Alofoke Deportes’ evaluation. This achievement marks his return to the elite after a 20-month absence, driven by his recent unanimous decision victory over Brian Norman Jr. in Saudi Arabia, where he conquered the WBO welterweight title. Following the majority decision defeat against Ryan Garcia in April 2024, a result that was later annulled due to Garcia’s positive test for a banned substance, Haney had fallen out of the top ten. Despite having been knocked down three times in that fight, he had not managed to regain his place until now.

“In 2024, I lost everything, everything fell apart,” Haney declared after his fight on Saturday. “In 2025, I came to get it back. In 2026, I’m going for everything.”

Devin Haney

Haney is positioned in tenth place, displacing super middleweight Canelo Álvarez from the list.

David Benavidez and Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez Shine Too

In the main event of Saturday’s card, David Benavidez defended his WBC and WBA super-middleweight titles with a dominant performance against Anthony Yarde. Benavidez achieved a technical knockout in the seventh round, maintaining his undefeated record and moving up one place in the rankings, now at number 7.

“I rate my performance a B+”, Benavidez said during his post-fight interview. “I’m not going to lie. I think I could have done some things better, but there’s always room for improvement. People wanted to see the knockout. They were saying I couldn’t stop this guy, that I didn’t have power at 175 and you know, I made it look easy”.

David Benavidez

At the same event, Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez stopped Fernando Martinez in the tenth round, unifying three super flyweight titles and maintaining his fifth place in the rankings.

The Complete Ranking of Alofoke Deportes

The Alofoke Deportes expert panel, made up of a select group of analysts, has prepared the following ranking of the best boxers of the moment:

• 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

The ranking is based on a descending points system, awarding 10 points to first place, 9 to second, and so on. In case of a tie, the boxer with the highest ranking is prioritized, and then the one who has received the most votes in that position. Other boxers who received votes were: Teofimo Lopez Jr., Canelo Alvarez, and Gervonta Davis.

Voting Results

The individual votes of the experts are presented below:

Bradley: 1. Crawford, 2. Usyk, 3: Inoue, 4. Bivol, 5. Rodriguez, 6. Nakatani, 7. Stevenson, 8. Beterbiev, 9. Benavidez, 10. HaneyHale: 1. Crawford, 2. Usyk, 3. Inoue, 4. Bivol, 5. Rodriguez, 6. Beterbiev, 7. Benavidez, 8. Stevenson, 9. Nakatani, 10. HaneyAtlas: 1. Usyk, 2. Crawford, 3. Inoue, 4. Bivol, 5. Benavidez, 6. Beterbiev, 7. Stevenson, 8. Rodriguez, 9. Nakatani, 10. HaneyTessitore: 1. Crawford, 2. Usyk, 3. Inoue, 4. Rodriguez, 5. Beterbiev, 6. Bivol, 7. Benavidez, 8. Nakatani, 9. Stevenson, 10. LopezParkinson: 1. Crawford, 2. Usyk, 3. Inoue, 4. Bivol, 5. Rodriguez, 6. Haney, 7. Benavidez, 8. Beterbiev, 9. Nakatani, 10. StevensonRaskin: 1. Crawford, 2. Usyk, 3. Inoue, 4. Bivol, 5. Rodriguez, 6. Beterbiev, 7. Stevenson, 8. Benavidez, 9. Alvarez, 10. NakataniOsuna: 1. Crawford, 2. Usyk, 3. Inoue, 4. Bivol, 5. Rodriguez, 6. Stevenson, 7. Nakatani, 8. Beterbiev, 9. Benavidez, 10. HaneyRodriguez: 1. Crawford, 2. Usyk, 3. Inoue, 4. Rodriguez, 5. Bivol, 6. Beterbiev, 7. Benavidez, 8. Nakatani, 9. Stevenson, 10. AlvarezWoodyard: 1. Crawford, 2. Usyk, 3. Inoue, 4. Bivol, 5. Rodriguez, 6. Stevenson, 7. Benavidez, 8. Beterbiev, 9. Nakatani, 10. HaneyMoynihan: 1. Usyk, 2. Crawford, 3. Inoue, 4. Bivol, 5. Beterbiev, 6. Rodriguez, 7. Benavidez, 8. Stevenson, 9. Alvarez, 10. DavisPilatti: 1. Usyk, 2. Inoue, 3. Crawford, 4. Rodriguez, 5. Benavidez, 6. Bivol, 7. Haney, 8. Stevenson, 9. Nakatani, 10. BeterbievZirolli: 1. Crawford, 2. Usyk, 3. Inoue, 4. Stevenson, 5. Bivol, 6. Beterbiev, 7. Rodriguez, 8. Lopez, 9. Benavidez, 10. NakataniMascaro: 1. Crawford, 2. Inoue, 3. Usyk, 4. Rodriguez, 5. Bivol, 6. Nakatani, 7. Benavidez, 8. Beterbiev, 9. Stevenson, 10. HaneyFreeman: 1. Crawford, 2. Usyk, 3. Inoue, 4. Rodriguez, 5. Bivol, 6. Beterbiev, 7. Stevenson, 8. Nakatani, 9. Haney, 10. BenavidezLopez: 1. Crawford, 2. Usyk, 3. Inoue, 4. Bivol, 5. Rodriguez, 6. Beterbiev, 7. Benavidez, 8. Stevenson, 9. Nakatani, 10. AlvarezDelgado Averhoff: 1. Crawford, 2. Usyk, 3. Inoue, 4. Rodriguez, 5. Bivol, 6. Benavidez, 7. Bterebiev, 8. Stevenson, 9. Lopez, 10. Nakatani

Alofoke Deportes Experts Survey Results

These are the results of the survey conducted by the experts at Alofoke Deportes:

First place: Crawford (13 votes), Usyk (3 votes)Second place: Usyk (12 votes), Crawford (2 votes), Inoue (2 votes)Third place: Inoue (14 votes), Crawford (1 vote), Usyk (1 vote)Fourth place: Bivol (9 votes), Rodriguez (6 votes), Stevenson (1 vote)

Fifth place: Rodriguez (7 votes), Bivol (5 votes), Beterbiev (2 votes), Benavidez (2 votes)

Sixth place: Beterbiev (7 votes), Bivol (2 votes), Stevenson (2 votes), Nakatani (2 votes), Rodriguez (1 vote), Benavidez (1 vote), Haney (1 vote)Seventh place: Benavidez (8 votes), Stevenson (4 votes), Rodriguez (1 vote), Beterbiev (1 vote), Nakatani (1 vote), Haney (1 vote)Eighth place: Beterbiev (5 votes), Stevenson (5 votes), Nakatani (3 votes), Rodriguez (1 vote), Benavidez (1 vote), Lopez (1 vote)Ninth place: Nakatani (6 votes), Benavidez (3 votes), Stevenson (3 votes), Alvarez (2 votes), Haney (1 vote), Lopez (1 vote)

Tenth place: Haney (6 votes), Nakatani (3 votes), Alvarez (2 votes), Beterbiev (1 vote), Benavidez (1 vote), Stevenson (1 vote), Lopez (1 vote), Davis (1 vote)