Weekly Rankings 31.07.2018Heavyweight Champion: Open 1. Anthony Joshua 2. Deontay Wilder 3. Dillian Whyte ↑ from 5 4. Luis Ortiz 5. Alexander Povetkin 6. Jarrell Miller 7. Dereck Chisora * 8. Joseph Parker ↓ from 3 9. Dominic Breazeale 10. Andy Ruiz Jr. Carlos Takam (8) exits with loss Cruiserweight Champion: Oleksandr Usyk 1. Mairis Breidis 2. Murat Gassiev 3. Krzysztof Glowacki 4. Yunier Dorticos 5. Maksim Vlasov 6. Andrew Tabiti 7. Konstatin Bejenaru 8. Matuesz Masternak 9. Kevin Lerena 10. Matty Askin Light Heavyweight Champion Adonis Stevenson 1. Sergey Kovalev 2. Badou Jack 3. Dmitry Bivol 4. Eleider Alvarez 5. Sullivan Barrera 6. Oleksandr Gvozdk 7. Joe Smith Jr. 8. Artur Beterbiev 9. Marcus Browne 10. Anthony Yarde Super Middleweight Champion: Open 1. George Groves 2. Gilberto Ramirez 3. Anthony Dirrell 4. Chris Eubank Jr. 5. David Benavidez 6. Jose Uzcategui 7. James DeGale 8. Callum Smith 9. Rocky Fielding 10. Lolenga Mock Middleweight Champion: Open 1. Gennady Golovkin 2. Billy Joe Saunders 3. Daniel Jacobs 4. Jermall Charlo 5. David Lemieux 6. Sergiy Derevyanchenko 7. Ryoto Murata 8. Martin Murray 9. Demetrius Andrade 10. Walter Kautondokwa Junior Middleweight Champion: Open 1. Jarrett Hurd 2. Jermell Charlo 3. Erislandy Lara 4. Jaime Munguia 5. Demetrius Andrade 6. Brian Castano 7. Julian Williams 8. Maciej Sulecki 9. Michel Soro 10. Kell Brook Welterweight Champion: Open 1. Errol Spence Jr. 2. Terence Crawford 3. Manny Pacquiao 4. Shawn Porter 5. Danny Garcia 6. Kudratillo Abdukakhorov 7. Carlos Adames 8. Yordenis Ugas 9. Jessie Vargas 10. Jeff Horn Junior Welterweight Champion: Mikey Garcia 1. Regis Prograis 2. Josh Taylor 3. Sergey Lipinets 4. Adrien Broner 5. Antonio Orozco 6. Kiryl Relikh 7. Jose Carlos Ramirez 8. Viktor Postol 9. Maurice Hooker 10. Eduard Troyanovsky Lightweight Champion: Open 1. Vasyl Lomachenko 2. Mikey Garcia 3. Jorge Linares 4. Raymundo Beltran 5. Robert Easter Jr. 6. Richard Commey 7. Anthony Crolla 8. Luke Campbell 9. Yvan Mendy 10. Roberto Ramirez
Junior Lightweight Champion: Open 1. Miguel Berchelt 2. Gervonta Davis 3. Alberto Machado 4. Francisco Vargas 5. Miguel Roman 6. Masayuki Ito * 7. Jezreel Corrales 8. Robinson Castellanos 9. Eduardo Hernandez 10. Yuriorkis Gamboa Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov bumped out Featherweight Champion: Open 1. Leo Santa Cruz 2. Carl Frampton 3. Gary Russell Jr. 4. JoshWarrington 5. Oscar Valdez 6. Abner Mares 7. Joseph Diaz Jr. 8. Lee Selby 9. Jesus M. Rojas 10. Scott Quigg Junior Featherweight Champion: Guillermo Rigondeaux 1. Isaac Dogboe 2. Rey Vargas 3. Ryosuke Iwasa 4. Daniel Roman 5. Jessie Magdaleno 6. Shingo Wake 7. Diego De La Hoya 8. Gavin McDonnell 9. Yukinori Oguni 10. Franklin Manzanilla Bantamweight Champion: Open 1. Naoya Inoue 2. Ryan Burnett 3. Zolani Tete 4. Zhanat Zhakiyanov 5. Juan Carlos Payano 6. Liborio Solis 7. Emmanuel Rodriguez 8. Lee Haskins 9. Takuma Inoue 10. Jamie McDonnell Junior Bantamweight Champion: Srisaket Sor Rungvisai 1. Juan Francisco Estrada 2. Jerwin Ancajas 3. Khalid Yafai 4. McWilliams Arroyo 5. Rau'shee Warren 6. Roman Gonzalez 7. Carlos Cuadras 8. Rex Tso 9. Andrew Moloney 10. Francisco Rodriguez Jr. Flyweight Champion: Open 1. Donnie Nietes 2. Cristofer Rosales 3. Sho Kimura ↑ from 5 4. Daigo Higa 5. Moruti Mthalane 6. Artem Dalakian 7. Juan Carlos Reveco 8. Masayuki Kuroda 9. Andrew Selby 10. Muhammad Waseem Junior Flyweight Champion: Open 1. Ken Shiro 2. Hekkie Budler 3. Carlos Canizales 4. Ryoichi Taguchi 5. Pedro Guevara 6. Milan Melindo 7. Felix Alvarado 8. Tetsuya Hisada 9. Angel Acosta 10. Jose Arumedo Strawweight Champion: Open 1. Wanheng Menayothin 2. Knockout CP Freshmart 3. Hiroto Kyoguchi 4. Byron Rojas 5. Joey Canoy 6. Simphiwe Khonco 7. Vic Saludar 8. Ryuya Yamanaka 9. Tsubasa Koura 10. Melvin Jerusalem
http://www.tbrb.org/charter/ The idea here is that these are your rankings gents. The above link will tell you a little more about the TBRB, but briefly it's been felt that with The Ring Magazine rankings becoming questionable and with the racketeers still running the alphabet soup, the internet could do better. This is the result and it's been adopted by several websites as offical rankings, including ESB. They are currently updated monthly on the homepage, http://www.tbrb.org/, on ESB's frontpage and on the various other websites who we support/who support us. But the bottom line is the fans. That's you lot. So speak up. What you like, what you don't, we're interested in what you and the rest of boxing's put upon fanbase has to say. **
Inactivity and how it should impact a boxer is a sticky one at the moment; check out Mayweather's dual ranking for another thorny issue, he hasn't fought in some time as a welterweight. It's in hand. The good news is that Angulo boxes this weekend and becomes subject to next month's ranking dicussion. Note, though, that Dirrell has fought within a year - just - and Angulo has not.
At 122... Why would Mijares be ranked at the weight when his recent outings have been conducted at featherweight. And where is Poonsawat in that division's top 10..?
Fighters are removed from divisional rankings upon indicating publicly that they won't be returning to that division (which Mijares hasn't done) or until they fall foul of the inactivity rules (taken on a case by case basis). Because Mijares fought there within the year he hasn't even been flagged yet. But that's the kind of thing a forum like this can help us keep right on. Everyone involved is a volunteer and most of these guys are working stiff, so any and all support is welcome. Poonsawat isn't ranked due mainly to his horrible level of comp since Lee took his title. I'd invite you to make a case, but he'll obviously be definied by what happens this weekend. Currently monthly; it may go weekly depending.
Have you awarded your championship belts to the recognized champions yet, and was there an award ceremony?
No belts Joe. As far as i'm aware the fighters that become champion don't even get any kind of message telling them At first I thought that underwhelming, but now I kind of like it. These rankings aren't about the fighters, they're about the fans. When you look at Ring rankings what do you think? Especially when there's a striking new entry or new #2? You think, "is this a Golden Boy fighter?" if you're anything like me. Rightly or wrongly, fair or unfair. This month they seem to have reallly lost it with that p4p list. Even a casual ESB member knows that the Alphabet crew are a joke. So where does a fan go on the internet if they can't figure out who is #2, or #5 or #1 or whatever in each division? We want them to come to our site, or one of the sites that support our rankings.
This is a good initiative, especially now that The Ring is being corrupted by Golden Boy. BTW. How come in some of the divisions you have a Champion listed, and then the next 10, and in others, just the Top 10? :huh
13 months ago. Dude was all but eliminated by Kirkland anyway. Champions are crowned only where a defined lineage could be identified. Divisions where this was not the case can only see a champion crowned when the #1 meets the #2. So for example, if Trout and Mayweather met at 154lbs., a new lineage is established. If Mayweather then retires, the #1 and #2 need to meet to re-establish.
