How many top 10/5 contenders/fighters did Crawford, Usyk and Inoue Beat: The Ring's List

I checked the Ring annual ratings archive, and then accounted for whether or not a fighter beat a contender before they fought Usyk/Crawford/Inoue that year if they weren't included. Here's the list according to that research.

Wins over top 10 fighters/contenders :

Inoue: 20

Crawford: 11

Usyk: 9

Wins over top 5 fighters/contenders:

Inoue: 14

Crawford: 7

Usyk: 8 (the only top contender he fought who wasn't ranked in the top 5 was Huck)

*Updated for Inoue-Junto

 

I am counting rematches, it's a total win counter. Usyk, Bud and Inoue received credit for rematches. I was surprised, but Dubois wasn't ranked by The Ring in the first fight. Usyk had some bad luck, because Mchunu and Dubois were both top 5 quality fighters afterwards but not when he fought them. Burns wasn't rated in the division when Crawford rematched him.

 

It's unfortunate, but the pound for pound fighters Inoue could have fought until now weren't willing to fight him at 115. There weren't any great or almost great fighters at 118/122 (besides Donaire, who was still good enough to be the best besides Inoue most likely, but he was older), so the criticism is reasonable in my opinion. To receive credit on the level of an ATG (by most fans, I'll consider him an ATG regardless of his career from here on out), Inoue is going to have to beat Junto/Bam and their careers are going to have to continue to progress. If he does manage that, though, the sheer numbers he's beat and multiple pound for pound wins will secure his status as an ATG I'm sure.

 

Yeah, you're correct, I misremembered. I guess I missaw somehow. either way, it didn't affect the count. I checked every fighter, whether or not they were rated the year before or beat a contender that year, and then made the list, one by one.

 

Haha I don't get high, worried about going crazy/becoming stupid, but yeah, sounds like fun.

 

Weirdly Bellew wasn't ranked, and Dubois wasn't the first time. Hunter wasn't either. Bellew should've been ranked though definitely