Boxing pound-for-pound rankings – Canelo Alvarez loses assist, even after win over Gennadiy Golovkin

Canelo Alvarez closed out one of many greatest boxing rivalries of this technology with a unanimous decision victory over Gennadiy Golovkin of their trilogy struggle to retain his tremendous middleweight undisputed championship.

However the victory wasn’t sufficient for Alvarez to maneuver up in ESPN’s pound-for-pound rankings. Most of our panelists determined to maintain Alvarez on the identical spot, whereas others moved him down the record, arguing he did not look adequate towards a a lot older and slower opponent.

“I stored Canelo at No. 5 on my record as a result of whereas he did clearly defeat GGG, he light down the stretch and it was removed from a formidable efficiency,” ESPN boxing author Mike Coppinger mentioned. “Alvarez mentioned he wants surgical procedure to restore his left wrist, the hand he throws his signature left hook with. That would assist clarify the outing, and he’ll have one other likelihood to reclaim the highest spot subsequent 12 months if he lands a rematch with Dmitry Bivol or fights David Benavidez.”

Boxing analyst Bernardo Pilatti, a well-known critic of Alvarez, dropped Canelo from his high 10 altogether.

“I already had Canelo No. 7 on my record earlier than the struggle, and after what I feel was a foul efficiency towards Golovkin, I made a decision to not embrace him in my high 10, whatever the consequence,” Pilatti mentioned. “Plus, Canelo had a duty to win with authority being the champion and the youthful fighter, placed on a present and, as he promised he would do, knock out and retire GGG. And he did not do any of that.”

Our panel of Coppinger, Timothy Bradley Jr., Joe Tessitore, Michael Rothstein, Teddy Atlas, Nick Parkinson, Andre Ward, Ben Child, Eric Raskin, Crystina Poncher, Bernardo Osuna, Eric Woodyard, Kel Dansby, Pilatti, Charles Moynihan, Salvador Rodriguez, Carlos Irusta, Jim Zirolli and Aladdin Freeman share their votes.

Extra rankings: Divisional rankings and ESPN’s women’s pound-for-pound rankings.

Be aware: Outcomes are by way of Sept. 21.

1. TERENCE CRAWFORD     Earlier rating: No. 1

RECORD: 38-0, 29 KOs
DIVISION: Welterweight (champion)
LAST FIGHT: W (TKO10) Shawn Porter, Nov. 20
NEXT FIGHT: TBA vs. Errol Spence Jr.

2. NAOYA INOUE     Earlier rating: No. 2

RECORD: 23-0, 20 KOs
DIVISION: Bantamweight (unified champion)
LAST FIGHT: W (TKO2) Nonito Donaire, June 7
NEXT FIGHT: TBA

3. ERROL SPENCE JR.     Earlier rating: No. 3

RECORD: 28-0, 22 KOs
DIVISION: Welterweight (unified champion)
LAST FIGHT: W (TKO10) Yordenis Ugas, April 16
NEXT FIGHT: TBA vs. Terence Crawford

4. OLEKSANDR USYK     Earlier rating: No. 4

RECORD: 20-0, 13 KOs
DIVISION: Heavyweight (unified champion)
LAST FIGHT: W (SD12) Anthony Joshua, Aug. 20
NEXT FIGHT: TBA

5. CANELO ALVAREZ     Earlier rating: No. 5

RECORD: 57-2-2, 39 KOs
DIVISION: Tremendous middleweight (undisputed champion)
LAST FIGHT: W (UD12) Gennadiy Golovkin, Sept. 17
NEXT FIGHT: TBA

6. TYSON FURY     Earlier rating: No. 6

RECORD: 32-0-1, 23 KOs
DIVISION: Heavyweight (champion)
LAST FIGHT: W (TKO6) Dillian Whyte, April 23
NEXT FIGHT: TBA

7. ARTUR BETERBIEV     Earlier rating: 7

RECORD: 18-0, 18 KOs
DIVISION: Mild heavyweight (unified champion)
LAST FIGHT: W (TKO2) Joe Smith Jr., June 18
NEXT FIGHT: TBA

8. DMITRY BIVOL     Earlier rating: No. 8

RECORD: 20-0, 11 KOs
DIVISION: Mild heavyweight (champion)
LAST FIGHT: W (UD12) Canelo Alvarez, May 7
NEXT FIGHT: Nov. 5 vs. Gilberto Ramirez

9. SHAKUR STEVENSON     Earlier rating: No. 10

RECORD: 18-0, 9 KOs
DIVISION: Junior light-weight (unified champion)
LAST FIGHT: W (UD12) Oscar Valdez, April 30
NEXT FIGHT: Sept. 23 vs. Robson Conceicao

10. VASILIY LOMACHENKO     Earlier rating: No. 9

RECORD: 16-2, 11 KOs
DIVISION: Light-weight
LAST FIGHT: W (UD12) Richard Commey, Dec. 11
NEXT FIGHT: Dec. 29 vs. Jamaine Ortiz

The system

The rankings are primarily based on a descending factors system, with a first-place vote receiving 10 factors, a second-place vote receiving 9 factors and so forth. A tie goes to the fighter with the very best rating after which the one with probably the most votes at that rating.

Others receiving votes: Devin Haney (24), Jermell Charlo (18), Gervonta Davis (13), Juan Francisco Estrada (4), Josh Taylor (4), Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez (3), Stephen Fulton (1).

How our writers voted

Atlas: 1. Crawford, 2. Bivol, 3. Inoue, 4. Usyk, 5. Spence, 6. Alvarez, 7. Lomachenko, 8. Fury, 9. Davis, 10. Beterbiev

Bradley: 1. Crawford, 2. Inoue, 3. Spence, 4. Alvarez, 5. Beterbiev, 6. Fury, 7. Usyk, 8. Stevenson, 9. Charlo, 10. Haney

Coppinger: 1. Inoue, 2. Crawford, 3. Usyk, 4. Fury, 5. Alvarez, 6. Spence, 7. Bivol, 8. Gonzalez, 9. Beterbiev, 10. Haney

Tessitore: 1. Inoue, 2. Crawford, 3. Usyk, 4. Beterbiev, 5. Spence, 6. Alvarez, 7. Stevenson, 8. Fury, 9. Bivol, 10. Haney

Parkinson: 1. Inoue, 2. Crawford, 3. Alvarez, 4. Usyk, 5. Spence, 6. Fury, 7. Bivol, 8. Beterbiev, 9. Haney, 10. Lomachenko

Raskin: 1. Inoue, 2. Crawford, 3. Spence, 4. Fury, 5. Usyk, 6. Bivol, 7. Alvarez, 8. Beterbiev, 9. Stevenson, 10. Lomachenko

Ward: 1. Crawford, 2. Spence, 3. Inoue, 4. Usyk, 5. Bivol, 6. Alvarez, 7. Stevenson, 8. Beterbiev, 9. Haney, 10. Davis

Child: 1. Crawford, 2. Alvarez, 3. Usyk, 4. Inoue, 5. Spence, 6. Lomachenko, 7. Fury, 8. Haney, 9. Stevenson, 10. Fulton

Rothstein: 1. Crawford, 2. Inoue, 3. Fury, 4. Alvarez, 5. Spence, 6. Usyk, 7. Lomachenko, 8. Bivol, 9. Davis, 10. Stevenson

Osuna: 1. Usyk, 2. Crawford, 3. Inoue, 4. Spence, 5. Alvarez, 6. Bivol, 7. Charlo, 8. Stevenson, 9. Beterbiev, 10. Haney

Rodriguez: 1. Inoue, 2. Fury, 3. Alvarez, 4. Crawford, 5. Spence, 6. Usyk, 7. Beterbiev, 8. Bivol, 9. Lomachenko, 10. Charlo

Poncher: 1. Crawford, 2. Inoue, 3. Alvarez, 4. Spence, 5. Fury, 6. Usyk, 7. Beterbiev, 8. Stevenson, 9. Charlo, 10. Haney

Woodyard: 1. Crawford, 2. Fury, 3. Spence, 4. Alvarez, 5. Inoue, 6. Usyk, 7. Davis, 8. Haney, 9. Stevenson, 10. Taylor

Dansby: 1. Usyk, 2. Crawford, 3. Alvarez, 4. Inoue, 5. Spence, 6. Fury, 7. Haney, 8. Beterbiev, 9. Charlo, 10. Stevenson

Moynihan: 1. Spence, 2. Crawford, 3. Inoue, 4. Alvarez, 5. Fury, 6. Usyk, 7. Lomachenko, 8. Bivol, 9. Beterbiev, 10. Haney

Pilatti: 1. Inoue, 2. Crawford, 3. Spence, 4. Usyk, 5. Fury, 6. Beterbiev, 7. Davis, 8. Charlo, 9. Lomachenko, 10. Stevenson

Zirolli: 1. Crawford, 2. Inoue, 3. Alvarez, 4. Spence, 5. Fury, 6. Usyk, 7. Stevenson, 8. Beterbiev, 9. Lomachenko, 10. Haney

Mascaro: 1. Crawford, 2. Inoue, 3. Spence, 4. Fury, 5. Beterbiev, 6. Alvarez, 7. Usyk, 8. Stevenson, 9. Lomachenko, 10. Haney

Freeman: 1. Crawford, 2. Inoue, 3. Spence, 4. Usyk, 5. Beterbiev, 6. Alvarez, 7. Fury, 8. Stevenson, 9. Haney, 10. Lomachenko

Irusta: 1. Usyk, 2. Fury, 3. Inoue, 4. Spence, 5. Crawford, 6. Bivol, 7. Charlo, 8. Taylor, 9. Alvarez, 10. Lomachenko

ESPN specialists’ ballot

First place: Crawford (10), Inoue (6), Usyk (3), Spence (1)

Second place: Crawford (8), Inoue (6), Fury (3), Spence (1), Alvarez (1), Bivol (1)

Third place: Spence (6), Inoue (5), Alvarez (5), Usyk (3), Fury (1)

Fourth place: Alvarez (5), Spence (4), Usyk (4), Fury (3), Inoue (2), Crawford (1), Beterbiev (1)

Fifth place: Spence (7), Fury (4), Beterbiev (3), Alvarez (2), Usyk (2), Crawford (1), Inoue (1)

Sixth place: Usyk (6), Alvarez (4), Bivol (4), Fury (3), Beterbiev (1), Spence (1), Lomachenko (1)

Seventh place: Stevenson (3), Lomachenko (3), Fury (2), Usyk (2), Bivol (2), Beterbiev (2), Charlo (2), Davis (2), Alvarez (1), Haney (1)

Eighth place: Beterbiev (5), Stevenson (5), Bivol (3), Haney (2), Fury (2), Charlo (1), Taylor (1), Gonzalez (1)

Ninth place: Lomachenko (5), Beterbiev (3), Stevenson (3), Haney (3), Charlo (3), Davis (2), Bivol (1)

tenth place: Haney (7), Stevenson (4), Lomachenko (4), Davis (1), Taylor (1), Charlo (1), Beterbiev (1), Fulton (1)