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2016-01-27
Transnational Boxing Rankings Board's Rankings As of January 26
The Transnational Boxing Rankings Board's rankings based on fights through January 24 were posted on the TBRB's website yesterday. There are changes in two divisional top tens.

At welterweight, Danny Garcia moved up ine spot to #7 and Sammy Vasquez and Errol Spence, Jr. replaced Robert Guerrero and Aron Martinez at #9 and #10.

The featherweight top ten saw the inactive Robinson Castellanos removed and Japanese champion Satoshi Hosono enter at #10.

Here are the Transnationals' new rankings in their entirety:

POUND-FOR-POUND:

1 (1) Roman Gonzalez
2 (2) Manny Pacquiao
3 (3) Timothy Bradley
4 (4) Juan Francisco Estrada
5 (5) Sergey Kovalev
6 (6) Gennady Golovkin
7 (7) Guiilermo Rigondeaux
8 (8) Naoya Inoue
9 (9) Saul "Canelo" Alvarez
10 (10) Terence Crawford

Out from rankings posted January 19, 2016:
No one (no rankings)

HEAVYWEIGHT:

Champion: Tyson Fury

1 (1) Wladimir Klitschko
2 (2) Alexander Povetkin
3 (3) Deontay Wilder
4 (4) Luis Ortiz
5 (5) Kubrat Pulev
6 (6) Bermane Stiverne
7 (7) Carlos Takam
8 (8) Anthony Joshua
9 (9) Charles Martin
10 (10) Vyacheslav Glazkov

Out from rankings posted January 19, 2016:
No one (no changes)

CRUISERWEIGHT:

Champion: OPEN

1 (1) Krzysztof Glowacki
2 (2) Denis Lebedev
3 (3) Grigory Drozd
4 (4) Marco Huck
5 (5) Victor Emilio Ramirez
6 (6) Ola Afolabi
7 (7) Ovill McKenzie
8 (8) Ilunga Makabu
9 (9) Olanrewaju Durodola
10 (10) Youri Kalenga

Out from rankings posted January 19, 2016:
No one (no changes)

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT:

Champion: Adonis Stevenson

1 (1) Sergey Kovalev
2 (2) Andrzej Fonfara
3 (3) Jean Pascal
4 (4) Juergen Braehmer
5 (5) Vyacheslav Shabranskyy
6 (6) Artur Beterbiev
7 (7) Eleider Alvarez
8 (8) Yunieski Gonzalez
9 (9) Isaac Chilemba
10 (10) Marcus Browne

Out from rankings posted January 19, 2016:
No one (no changes)

SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHT:

Champion: Andre Ward (*)

1 (1) Arthur Abraham
2 (2) James DeGale
3 (3) Badou Jack
4 (4) George Groves
5 (5) Robert Stieglitz
6 (6) Anthony Dirrell
7 (7) Fedor Chudinov
8 (8) Gilberto Ramirez Sanchez
9 (9) Lucian Bute
10 (10) Sakio Bika

Out from rankings posted January 19, 2016:
No one (no changes)

Editor's Notes:
*- Ward will abdicate the throne at 168 when he makes his "official" debut at 175. Being that Ward has not defended the title since November 2013, if the #1 and #2 contenders fight each other before he abdicates, the winner would snatch the lineal title from him.
- #5 ranked Robert Stieglitz has moved up to the light heavyweight division. He weighed in at 174 for his TKO-2 win over Robert Rosenberg on October 17, 2015.

MIDDLEWEIGHT:

Champion: Saul "Canelo" Alvarez

1 (1) Gennady Golovkin
2 (2) Daniel Jacobs
3 (3) Billy Joe Saunders
4 (4) Miguel Cotto
5 (5) Andy Lee
6 (6) David Lemieux
7 (7) Peter Quillin
8 (8) Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam
9 (9) Daniel Geale
10 (10) Dominic Wade

Out from rankings posted January 19, 2016:
No one (no changes)

JUNIOR MIDDLEWEIGHT:

Champion: OPEN

1 (1) Erislandy Lara
2 (2) Austin Trout
3 (3) Jermall Charlo
4 (4) Jermell Charlo
5 (5) Demetrius Andrade
6 (6) Carlos Molina
7 (7) Vanes Martirosyan
8 (8) Julian Williams
9 (9) Michel Soro
10 (10) Willie Nelson

Out from rankings posted January 19, 2016:
No one (no changes)

Editor's note:
- #6 ranked Carlos Molina had announced in August 2015 his intention to move back down to the welterweight division. On January 23, 2016, he acted on that announcement as he fought in a welterweight bout against Jose Agustin Feria and won by TKO in the eighth round.

WELTERWEIGHT:

Champion: OPEN

1 (1) Manny Pacquiao
2 (2) Timothy Bradley
3 (3) Kell Brook
4 (4) Amir Khan
5 (5) Keith Thurman
6 (6) Shawn Porter
7 (8) Danny Garcia
8 (7) Sadam Ali
9 (-) Sammy Vasquez
10 (-) Errol Spence, Jr.

Out from rankings posted January 19, 2016:
#9- Robert Guerrero
#10- Aron Martinez

JUNIOR WELTERWEIGHT:

Champion: OPEN

1 (1) Viktor Postol
2 (2) Terence Crawford
3 (3) Lucas Matthysse
4 (4) Jose Benavidez
5 (5) Mauricio Herrera
6 (6) Ruslan Provodnikov
7 (7) Adrien Broner
8 (8) Jessie Vargas
9 (9) Antonio Orozco
10 (10) Eduard Troyanovsky

Out from rankings posted January 19, 2016:
No one (no changes)

LIGHTWEIGHT:

Champion: OPEN

1 (1) Dejan Zlaticanin
2 (2) Jorge Linares
3 (3) Terry Flanagan
4 (4) Rances Barthelemy
5 (5) Mickey Bey
6 (6) Argenis Mendez
7 (7) Miguel Vazquez
8 (8) Ismael Barroso
9 (9) Yuriorkis Gamboa
10 (10) Sharif Bogere

Out from rankings posted January 19, 2016:
No one (no changes)

JUNIOR LIGHTWEIGHT:

Champion: OPEN

1 (1) Takashi Uchiyama
2 (2) Francisco Vargas
3 (3) Takashi Miura
4 (4) Javier Fortuna
5 (5) Roman Martinez
6 (6) Orlando Salido
7 (7) Jose Pedraza
8 (8) Edner Cherry
9 (9) Nicholas Walters
10 (10) Bryan Vasquez

Out from rankings posted January 19, 2016:
No one (no changes)

FEATHERWEIGHT:

Champion: OPEN

1 (1) Simpiwe Vetyeka
2 (2) Vasyl Lomachenko
3 (3) Lee Selby
4 (4) Gary Russell, Jr.
5 (5) Leo Santa Cruz
6 (6) Abner Mares
7 (7) Jesus Marcelo Andres Cuellar
8 (8) Evgeny Gradovich
9 (10) Marvin Sonsona
10 (-) Satoshi Hosono

Out from rankings posted January 19, 2016:
#9- Robinson Castellanos (prolonged inactivity)

JUNIOR FEATHERWEIGHT:

Champion: Guillermo Rigondeaux

1 (1) Carl Frampton
2 (2) Scott Quigg
3 (3) Nonito Donaire
4 (4) Shingo Wake
5 (5) Albert Pagara
6 (6) Julio Ceja
7 (7) Kiko Martinez
8 (8) Genesis Servania
9 (9) Rey Vargas
10 (10) Manuel Avila

Out from rankings posted January 19, 2016:
No one (no changes)

Editor's Note:
- #7 ranked Kiko Martinez has fought four of his last fights as a featherweight (or above) and will be challenging for the WBA World Featherweight Super Championship on February 20, 2016:
- 12/12/14- Martinez (126) TKO-2 Giorgi Gachechiladze (126)
- 7/18/15- Scott Quigg (121 3/4) TKO-2 Martinez (121 1/2)
- 10/23/15- Martinez (124) KO-1 Herald Molina (124 1/2)
- 11/14/15- Martinez (125) UD 8 Everth Briceno (124)
- 12/12/15- Martinez (127) TKO-4 Miguel Gonzalez (128)
- 2/20/16- Martinez vs. WBA Super Champion Leo Santa Cruz (TBRB's #5 ranked featherweight)

BANTAMWEIGHT:

Champion: OPEN

1 (1) Shinsuke Yamanaka
2 (2) Juan Carlos Payano
3 (3) Anselmo Moreno
4 (4) Jamie McDonnell
5 (5) Tomoki Kameda
6 (6) Zhanat Zhakiyanov
7 (7) Rau'shee Warren
8 (8) Tepparith Kokietgym
9 (9) Pungluang Sor Singyu
10 (10) Lee Haskins

Out from rankings posted January 19, 2016:
No one (no changes)

JUNIOR BANTAMWEIGHT:

Champion: OPEN

1 (1) Naoya Inoue
2 (2) Carlos Cuadras
3 (3) Zolani Tete
4 (4) Omar Narvaez
5 (5) Srisaket Sor Rungvisai
6 (6) Kohei Kono
7 (7) McJoe Arroyo
8 (8) Luis Concepcion
9 (9) Arthur Villanueva
10 (10) Norberto Jimenez

Out from rankings posted January 19, 2016:
No one (no changes)

FLYWEIGHT:

Champion: Roman Gonzalez

1 (1) Juan Francisco Estrada
2 (2) Amnat Ruenroeng
3 (3) Kazuto Ioka
4 (4) Brian Viloria
5 (5) Moruti Mthalane
6 (6) Juan Carlos Reveco
7 (7) Edgar Sosa
8 (8) McWilliams Arroyo
9 (9) John Riel Casimero
10 (10) Yodmongkol Vor Saengthep

Out from rankings posted January 19, 2016:
No one (no changes)

Editor's note:
- #10 ranked Yodmongkol Vor Saengthep will be fighting in the junior bantamweight division and is already ranked #12 at 115 by the IBF.

JUNIOR FLYWEIGHT:

Champion: OPEN

1 (1) Donnie Nietes
2 (2) Ryoichi Taguchi
3 (3) Yu Kimura
4 (4) Pedro Guevara
5 (5) Akira Yaegashi
6 (6) Javier Mendoza
7 (7) Rey Loreto
8 (8) Moises Fuentes
9 (9) Jonathan Taconing
10 (10) Paipharob Kokietgym

Out from rankings posted January 19, 2016:
No one (no changes)

STRAWWEIGHT:

Champion: OPEN

1 (1) Hekkie Budler
2 (2) Wanheng Menayothin
3 (3) Jose Argumedo
4 (4) Katsunari Takayama
5 (5) Knockout CP Freshmart
6 (6) Carlos Buitrago
7 (7) Kosei Tanaka
8 (8) Xiong Zhao Zhong
9 (9) Byron Rojas
10 (10) Denver Cuello

Out from rankings posted January 19, 2016:
No one (no changes)

Editor's note:
- #10 ranked Denver Cuello, formerly the WBC's #1 minimumweight contender, passed on a WBC title eliminator at 105 in return for a ranking at 108. He is now ranked #6 in the WBC's light flyweight ratings.
 
Article By: Ken Pollitt