Boxing pound-for-pound rankings: Down goes Tyson Fury; where does he land?،
Tyson Fury did enough on the scorecards to defeat Francis Ngannou by split decision, but his disappointing performance, which included his third-round knockdown, forced our panelists to lose him four spots to 10th in the final book for book from ESPN. rankings.
Fury (34-0-1, 24 KOs) fought Ngannou (0-1 in boxing) in a 10-round boxing match Oct. 28 in Saudi Arabia, but his WBC world title was not on the line. Fury’s planned fight against Oleksandr Usyk on December 23, to unify the four major heavyweight titles, has since been pushed back to February, due to small cuts Fury suffered on his forehead and outside his eye LEFT.
“Tyson Fury looked the worst in this recent championship run against a big newbie in Francis Ngannou,” ESPN boxing commentator Joe Tessitore said of Fury’s withdrawal from his top 10. “I can’t justify this version of Fury in the P4P list.”
Boxing coach and commentator Teddy Atlas agrees, saying the lack of preparation and Fury’s not being ready must count, dropping him three spots to No. 8 on his list.
“Although I partly attribute this to Fury not being mentally prepared or aware of what he was facing, Ngannou being much better than he or anyone expected and having a bad time. “Overall, there were still some technical flaws that were exposed through all of this,” Atlas said. “And if I’m going to be fair and consistent in following a process for judging what we’re judging here, then performance has to count and he has to at least lose a few places.”
Our panel composed of Mike Coppinger, Ben Baby, Timothy Bradley Jr., Joe Tessitore, Teddy Atlas, Nick Parkinson, Eric Raskin, Michelle Joy Phelps, Claudia Trejos, Bernardo Osuna, Eric Woodyard, Crystina Poncher, Bernardo Pilatti, Charles Moynihan, Salvador Rodriguez, Jim Zirolli, Michael Mascaro, Aladdin Freeman, Victor Lopez and Damian Delgado Averhof, share their voices.
More rankings: Divisional rankings and women’s pound-for-pound rankings from ESPN.
Note: Results are available until November 8.
1. TERENCE CRAWFORDPrevious ranking: No. 1
SAVE: 40-0, 31 KO
DIVISION: Welterweight (undisputed champion)
LAST STAND : W (TKO9) Errol Spence Jr., July 29
NEXT FIGHT: To be determined
2. NAOYA INOUE
Previous ranking: No. 2
Previous ranking: No. 2SAVE: 25-0, 22 KOs
DIVISION: Junior featherweight (unified champion)
LAST STAND : W (TKO8) Stephen Fulton, July 25
NEXT FIGHT: December 26 against Marlon Tapales
3. OLEKSANDRE USYKPrevious ranking: No. 3
SAVE: 21-0, 14 KOs
DIVISION: Heavyweight (unified champion)
LAST STAND : W (TKO9) Daniel Dubois, August 26
NEXT FIGHT: To be determined against Tyson Fury
4. CANELO ALVAREZPrevious ranking: No. 4
SAVE: 60-2-2, 39 KOs
DIVISION: Super middleweight (undisputed champion)
LAST STAND : F (UD12) Jermell Charlo, September 30
NEXT FIGHT: To be determined
5. DMITRI BIVOLPrevious ranking: No. 5
SAVE: 21-0, 11 KOs
DIVISION: Light heavyweight (champion)
LAST STAND : F (UD12) Gilberto Ramirez, November 5
NEXT FIGHT: To be determined
6. ARTUR BETERBIEV
Previous ranking: No. 7
Previous ranking: No. 7SAVE: 19-0, 19 KOs
DIVISION: Light heavyweight (unified champion)
LAST STAND : W (TKO8) Anthony Yarde, January 28
NEXT FIGHT: January 13 against Callum Smith
7. DEVIN HANEYPrevious ranking: No. 8
SAVE: 30-0, 15 KO
DIVISION: Lightweight (undisputed champion)
LAST STAND : F (UD12) Vasiliy Lomachenko, May 20
NEXT FIGHT: December 9 against Régis Prograis
8. SHAKUR STEVENSONPrevious ranking: No. 9
SAVE: 20-0, 10 KOs
DIVISION: Lightweight
LAST STAND : W (TKO6) Shuichiro Yoshino, April 8
NEXT FIGHT: November 16 against Edwin De Los Santos
9. GERVONTA DAVISPrevious ranking: No. 10
SAVE: 29-0, 27 KOs
DIVISION: Lightweight
LAST STAND : W (KO7) Ryan Garcia, April 22
NEXT FIGHT: To be determined
10. TYSON FURYPrevious ranking: No. 6
Previous ranking: No. 6SAVE: 34-0-1, 24 KOs
DIVISION: Heavyweight (champion)
LAST STAND : W (SD10) Francis Ngannou, October 28
NEXT FIGHT: To be determined against Oleksandr Usyk
The formula
Ranking is based on a descending points system, with a first place vote receiving 10 points, a second place vote receiving nine points, and so on. A tie goes to the fighter with the highest ranking, then the one with the most votes in that ranking.
Others receiving votes: Teofimo Lopez Jr. (18), Vasiliy Lomachenko (6), Errol Spence Jr. (5), Emanuel Navarrete (2), Jaron Ennis (1), David Benavidez (1).
How our writers voted
Atlas: 1. Crawford, 2. Inoué, 3. Usyk, 4. Davis, 5. Lomachenko, 6. Beterbiev, 7. Alvarez, 8. Fury, 9. Haney, ten. Ennis
Bradley: 1. Crawford, 2. Inoué, 3. Usyk, 4. Bivol, 5. Beterbiev, 6. Alvarez, 7. Haney, 8. Stevenson, 9. Lopez, ten. Davis
Copper : 1. Crawford, 2. Inoué, 3. Usyk, 4. Bivol, 5. Alvarez, 6. Haney, 7. Stevenson, 8. Beterbiev, 9. Fury, ten. Davis
Tester: 1. Crawford, 2. Inoué, 3. Usyk, 4. Beterbiev, 5. Bivol, 6. Stevenson, 7. Alvarez, 8. Haney, 9. Lopez, ten. Davis
Parkinson: 1. Crawford, 2. Inoué, 3. Alvarez, 4. Usyk, 5. Beterbiev, 6. Bivol, 7. Davis, 8. Haney, 9. Fury, ten. Stevenson
Raskin: 1. Crawford, 2. Inoué, 3. Bivol, 4. Alvarez, 5. Usyk, 6. Stevenson, 7. Davis, 8. Beterbiev, 9. Lopez, ten. Benavidez
Baby: 1. Crawford, 2. Inoué, 3. Alvarez, 4. Usyk, 5. Beterbiev, 6. Haney, 7. Bivol, 8. Stevenson, 9. Fury, ten. Spence
Phelps: 1. Crawford, 2. Alvarez, 3. Inoué, 4. Haney, 5. Usyk, 6. Fury, 7. Bivol, 8. Beterbiev, 9. Spencer, ten. Lopez
Trejos: 1. Crawford, 2. Inoué, 3. Usyk, 4. Bivol, 5. Alvarez, 6. Beterbiev, 7. Fury, 8. Haney, 9. Stevenson, ten. Davis
Osuna: 1. Crawford, 2. Inoué, 3. Usyk, 4. Bivol, 5. Alvarez, 6. Haney, 7. Lopez, 8. Beterbiev, 9. Stevenson, ten. Davis
Rodriguez: 1. Crawford, 2. Inoué, 3. Alvarez, 4. Usyk, 5. Bivol, 6. Fury, 7. Davis, 8. Haney, 9. Beterbiev, ten. Stevenson
Lumber yard: 1. Crawford, 2. Inoué, 3. Alvarez, 4. Fury, 5. Davis, 6. Haney, 7. Lopez, 8. Usyk, 9. Stevenson, ten. Spence
Moynihan: 1. Crawford, 2. Inoué, 3. Alvarez, 4. Usyk, 5. Bivol, 6. Haney, 7. Beterbiev, 8. Davis, 9. Fury, ten. Spence
Sand: 1. Crawford, 2. Inoué, 3. Usyk, 4. Alvarez, 5. Bivol, 6. Beterbiev, 7. Haney, 8. Stevenson, 9. Davis, ten. Lopez
Pilatti: 1. Inoué, 2. Crawford, 3. Usyk, 4. Bivol, 5. Beterbiev, 6. Davis, 7. Fury, 8. Haney, 9. Stevenson, ten. Navarrete
Zirollo: 1. Crawford, 2. Inoué, 3. Stevenson, 4. Alvarez, 5. Usyk, 6. Beterbiev, 7. Haney, 8. Fury, 9. Bivol, ten. Lopez
Mascaro: 1. Crawford, 2. Inoué, 3. Usyk, 4. Bivol, 5. Stevenson, 6. Beterbiev, 7. Davis, 8. Haney, 9. Alvarez, ten. Lopez
Free man: 1. Crawford, 2. Inoué, 3. Usyk, 4. Bivol, 5. Stevenson, 6. Alvarez, 7. Haney, 8. Beterbiev, 9. Davis, ten. Navarrete
Lopez: 1. Crawford, 2. Inoué, 3. Usyk, 4. Alvarez, 5. Bivol, 6. Fury, 7. Davis, 8. Stevenson, 9. Beterbiev, ten. Haney
Delgado Averhof: 1. Crawford, 2. Inoué, 3. Usyk, 4. Alvarez, 5. Bivol, 6. Beterbiev, 7. Haney, 8. Fury, 9. Stevenson, ten. Davis
ESPN Expert Poll
First place: Crawford (19), Inoué (1)
Second place: Inoue (18), Crawford (1), Alvarez (1)
Third place: Usyk (12), Alvarez (5), Inoue (1), Bivol (1), Stevenson (1)
Fourth place: Bivol (7), Alvarez (5), Usyk (4), Beterbiev (1), Haney (1), Davis (1), Fury (1)
Fifth place: Bivol (6), Beterbiev (4), Usyk (3), Alvarez (3), Stevenson (2), Davis (1), Lomachenko (1)
Sixth place: Beterbiev (6), Haney (5), Fury (3), Alvarez (2), Stevenson (2), Bivol (1), Davis (1)
Seventh place: Haney (5), Davis (5), Alvarez (2), Bivol (2), Fury (2), Lopez (2), Beterbiev (1), Stevenson (1)
Eighth place: Haney (6), Beterbiev (5), Stevenson (4), Fury (3), Usyk (1), Davis (1)
Ninth place: Stevenson (5), Fury (4), Lopez (3), Beterbiev (2), Davis (2), Alvarez (1), Bivol (1), Haney (1), Spence (1)
10th place: Davis (6), Lopez (4), Spence (3), Stevenson (2), Navarrete (2), Haney (1), Ennis (1), Benavidez (1)
