Pictured: Saul "Canelo" Alvarez


TTR's Posters' Pound-For-Pound and divisional rankings based on fight results through Tuesday, September 18, 2018 were compiled and posted on Wednesday, September 19, 2018 and Thursday, September 20, 2018. There were changes in the Pound-For-Pound rankings and in the rankings for thirteen of the seventeen divisions. Most notable was that TTR has joined The Ring and the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board in recognizing Saul "Canelo" Alvarez as the world middleweight champion.

Alvarez had been suspend by the Nevada State Athletic Commission after testing positive for the banned substance clenbuterol in February and March of this year. As a result, he forfeited his place in TTR's middleweight rankings. He served his suspension and subsequently tested clean. However he did not fight his way back into the rankings. He has now and, in my opinion, is the #1 contender for the still vacant world middleweight title. Therefore, again in my opinion, it would take Alvarez-Golovkin III to crown a middleweight king barring a draw, a No Contest, a No Decision, or a positive PED test.

However, I've been overruled.

On September 17, during a survey conducted at the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board, DBO (Derek Bonnett) opined that Alvarez should be recognized as the champion and in TTR's rankings section, gilgamesh (Bobby Davis), in his middleweight post, now lists Alvarez as the champ.

Thus, the TTR members currently participating in the middleweight rankings have, by a 2-1 margin, opted to recognize Alvarez as the middleweight champion of the world.

Note: the rankings to the right are, obviously, outdated. TTR's new rankings are as follows:


TR's POSTERS' POUND-FOR-POUND RANKINGS:

This period's Ranking (Last period's ranking) Boxer's Name (Total Number of First Place Votes).....Total Points

(Note: t = tie)

1 (1) Vasyl Lomachenko (2).....20
2 (2) Terence Crawford.....17
3 (3) Oleksandr Usyk.....16
4t (4) Srisaket Sor Rungvisai (birth name: Wisakil Wangek).....12
4t (10t) Saul "Canelo" Alvarez.....12
6 (5) Mikey Garcia.....11
7 (6) Gennady Golovkin.....9
8 (7) Naoya Inoue.....6
9 (8) Errol Spence, Jr......4
10 (9) Leo Santa Cruz.....3

Also receiving points:
No one

Out from rankings through August 30, 2018:
10t- Anthony Joshua

(TTR members voting: KSTAT124, gilgamesh)


TTR's POSTERS' DIVISIONAL RANKINGS:

This period's Ranking (Last period's ranking) Boxer's Name.....Total Points

HEAVYWEIGHTS:

WORLD CHAMPION: Vacant

1 (1) Anthony Joshua.....40
2 (2) Deontay Wilder.....36
3 (3) Alexander Povetkin.....31
4 (4) Dillian Whyte.....28
5 (5) Luis Ortiz.....23
6 (6) Joseph Parker.....17
7 (7) Tyson Fury.....16
8 (8) Jarrell "Big Baby" Miller.....13
9 (10) Andy Ruiz, Jr......5
10 (9) Dereck Chisora.....4

Others receiving points:

11 (11) Dominic Breazeale.....4
12 (-) Adam Kownacki.....1
13 (13) Bryant Jennings.....1

Out from rankings through August 30, 2018:
#12- Tony Bellew (returning to cruiserweight division)

(TTR members voting: the13r, KSTAT124, DBO, gilgamesh)

CRUISERWEIGHTS/JUNIOR HEAVYWEIGHTS:

WORLD CHAMPION: Oleksandr Usyk

1 (1) Mairis Briedis.....29
2 (2) Murat Gassiev.....28
3 (3) Krzysztof Glowacki.....24
4 (4) Yunier Dorticos.....20
5 (5) Maksim Vlasov.....19
6 (6) Kevin Lerena,,,,,9
7 (7) Andrew Tabiti.....8
8 (8) Krzysztof Wlodarczyk.....7
9 (9) Mateusz Masternak.....7
10 (-) Denis Lebedev.....5

Also receiving points:
11 (10) Ilunga "Junior" Makabu.....5
12 (11) Constantin Bejenaru.....2
13 (12) Dmitry Kudryashov.....1

Out from rankings through August 30, 2018:
No one

(TTR members voting: KSTAT124, DBO, gilgamesh)

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHTS:

WORLD CHAMPION: Adonis Stevenson

1 (1) Eleider Alvarez.....30
2 (2) Dmitry Bivol.....25
3 (3) Badou Jack.....22
4 (4) Sergey Kovalev.....21
5 (5) Oleksandr Gvozdyk.....19
6 (6) Artur Beterbiev.....16
7 (7) Sullivan Barrera.....14
8 (8) Joe Smith, Jr......8
9 (9) Marcus Browne.....6
10 (10) Karo Murat.....3

Also receiving points:
No one

Out from rankings through August 30, 2018:
No one (no changes)

(TTR members voting: KSTAT124, DBO, gilgamesh)

SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHTS:

WORLD CHAMPION: Vacant

1 (1) George Groves.....30
2 (2) Gilberto Ramirez (Gilberto Ramirez Sanchez).....27
3 (3) Callum Smith.....20
4 (4) Anthony Dirrell,,,,,19
5 (5) David Benavidez.....16
6 (6) James DeGale.....16
7 (7) Chris Eubank, Jr......15
8 (8) Jose Uzcategui.....11
9 (9) Caleb Truax.....6
10 (10) Rocky Fielding.....2

Also receiving a point each:
11 (11) Peter Quillin.....1
12 (12) Jesse Hart.....1
13 (-) Avni Yildirim.....1

Out from rankings through August 30, 2018:
#13- Lolenga Mock

(TTR members voting: KSTAT124, DBO, gilgamesh)

MIDDLEWEIGHTS:

WORLD CHAMPION: Saul "Canelo" Alvarez (had been unranked)

1 (1) Gennady Golovkin....30
2 (2) Daniel Jacobs.....26
3 (3) Billy Joe Saunders.....24
4 (4) Jermall Charlo.....20
5 (5) Ryota Murata.....17
6 (6) Sergiy Derevyanchenko.....15
7 (8) David Lemieux.....13
8 (7) Demetrius Andrade.....11
9 (9) Martin Murray.....4
10 (11) Willie Monroe, Jr......2

Also receiving points:
11 (12) Luis Arias.....2
12 (10) Gary "Spike" O'Sullivan.....1

Out from rankings through August 30, 2018:
#13- Hugo Centeno, Jr.

(TTR members voting: KSTAT124, DBO, gilgamesh)

SUPER WELTERWEIGHTS/JUNIOR MIDDLEWEIGHTS/LIGHT MIDDLEWEIGHTS:

WORLD CHAMPION: Vacant

1 (1) Jarrett Hurd.....29
2 (2) Jermell Charlo.....28
3 (3) Erislandy Lara.....24
4 (4) Jaime Munguia.....18
5 (5) Julian Williams.....17
6 (6) Brian Carlos Castano.....14
7 (7) Kell Brook.....11
8 (8) Maciej Sulecki.....8
9 (9) Michel Soro.....7
10 (10) Liam Smith.....4

Also receiving points:
11 (11) Tony Harrison.....2
12 (12) Carlos Adames.....2 (also ranked #13 at 147)

Out from rankings through August 30, 2018:
#13- Kanat Islam (prolonged inactivity)

(TTR members voting: KSTAT124, DBO, gilgamesh)

WELTERWEIGHTS:

WORLD CHAMPION: Vacant

1 (1) Errol Spence, Jr......30
2 (2) Terence Crawford.....26
3 (4) Shawn Porter.....25
4 (3) Manny Pacquiao.....20
5 (5) Danny Garcia.....19
6 (6) Jessie Vargas.....12
7 (8) Yordenis Ugas.....11
8 (7) Jeff Horn.....9
9 (9) Qudratillo Abduqaxorov (Kudratillo Abdukakhorov).....5
10 (-) Amir Khan.....3

Also receiving points:
11 (11) Lamont Peterson.....2
12 (10) Egidijus Kavaliauskas.....1
13 (12) Carlos Adames.....1 (also ranked #12 at 154)
14 (13) Kerman Lejarraga.....1

Out from rankings through August 30, 2018:
No one

(TTR members voting: KSTAT124, DBO, gilgamesh)

SUPER LIGHTWEIGHTS/JUNIOR WELTERWEIGHTS/LIGHT WELTERWEIGHTS:

WORLD CHAMPION: Vacant

1 (1) Mikey Garcia.....30 (is also ranked #2 at 135)
2 (2) Regis Prograis.....26
3 (3) Josh Taylor.....24
4 (10) Jose Carlos Ramirez.....15
5 (4) Kiryl Relikh.....15
6 (5) Viktor Postol.....14
7 (6) Eduard Troyanovsky.....12
8 (7) Maurice Hooker.....8
9 (9) Julius Indongo.....8
10 (8) Adrien Broner.....7

Also receiving points:
11 (12) Terry Flanagan.....2
12 (11) Antonio Orozco.....2
13 (13) Ivan Baranchyk.....1
14 (14) Anthony Yigit.....1

Out from rankings through August 30, 2018:
No one

(TTR members voting: KSTAT124, DBO, gilgamesh)

LIGHTWEIGHTS:

WORLD CHAMPION: Vacant

1 (1) Vasyl Lomachenko.....29
2 (2) Mikey Garcia.....28 (is also ranked #1 at 140)
3 (3) Jorge Linares.....24
4 (4) Robert Easter, Jr......20
5 (5) Jose Pedraza.....19
6 (7) Luke Campbell.....13
7 (6) Anthony Crolla.....12
8 (9) Richard Commey.....8
9 (10) Yvan Mendy.....7
10 (8) Raymundo Beltran.....5

Also receiving points :
No one

Out from rankings through August 30, 2018:
No one

(TTR members voting: KSTAT124, DBO, gilgamesh)

SUPER FEATHERWEIGHTS/JUNIOR LIGHTWEIGHTS:

WORLD CHAMPION: Vacant

1 (1) Miguel Berchelt.....20
2 (2) Gervonta Davis.....17
3 (3) Alberto Machado.....17
4 (5) Francisco Vargas.....13
5 (4) Jezreel Corrales.....12
6 (6) Miguel Roman.....11
7 (7) Eduardo "Rocky" Hernandez....8
8 (8) Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov.....3
9 (10) Masayuki Ito.....3
10 (11) Tevin Farmer.....3

Also receiving points:
11 (9) Jhonny Gonzalez.....3

Out from rankings through August 30, 2018:
#12- Robinson Castellanos

(TTR members voting: KSTAT124, DBO)

FEATHERWEIGHTS:

WORLD CHAMPION: Vacant

1 (1) Leo Santa Cruz.....30
2 (2) Gary Russell, Jr......25
3 (3) Carl Frampton.....25
4 (4) Oscar Valdez.....21
5 (5) Abner Mares.....18
6 (6) Josh Warrington.....16
7 (7) Lee Selby.....12
8 (8) Joseph Diaz. Jr......7
9 (9) Jesus M. Rojas.....5
10 (10) Scott Quigg.....5

Also receiving a point:
11 (11) Claudio Marrero.....1

Out from rankings through August 30, 2018:
No one (no changes)

(TTR members voting: the13r, KSTAT124, DBO)

SUPER BANTAMWEIGHTS/JUNIOR FEATHERWEIGHTS:

WORLD CHAMPION: Guillermo Rigondeaux

1 (1) Isaac Dogboe.....20
2 (2) Rey Vargas.....18
3 (3) Daniel Roman.....16
4 (4) TJ Doheny.....13
5 (5) Jessie Magdaleno.....13
6 (6) Ryosuke Iwasa.....8
7 (7) Diego De La Hoya.....8
8 (8) Gavin McDonnell.....6
9 (9) Shingo Wake.....4
10 (10) Franklin Manzanilla.....1

Also receiving points:
No one

Out from rankings through August 30, 2018:
#11- Yukinori Oguni (prolonged inactivity)

(TTR members voting: KSTAT124, DBO)

BANTAMWEIGHTS:

WORLD CHAMPION: Vacant

1 (1) Ryan Burnett.....20
2 (2) Naoya Inoue.....17
3 (3) Zolani Tete.....17
4 (4) Juan Carlos Payano.....12
5 (6) Liborio Solis.....12
6 (-) Rau'shee Warren.....6 (had been #5 at 115)
7 (5) Zhanat Zhakiyanov.....6
8 (7) Emmanuel Rodriguez....5
9 (9) Michael Dasmarinas.....3
10 (8) Nordine Oubaali.....3

Also receiving points:
11 (-) Takuma Inoue.....2
12 (10) Lee Haskins.....2
13 (11) Jason Moloney.....1

Out from rankings through August 30, 2018:
No one (no changes)

(TTR members voting: KSTAT124, DBO)

SUPER FLYWEIGHTS/JUNIOR BANTAMWEIGHTS:

WORLD CHAMPION: Srisaket Sor Rungvisai (birth name: Wisaksil Wangek)

1 (1) Juan Francisco Estrada.....19
2 (2) Jerwin Ancajas.....18
3 (3) Roman "Chocolatito" Gonzalez.....15
4 (-) Kazuto Ioka.....14
5 (4) Khalid Yafai.....13
6 (6) McWilliams Arroyo.....12
7 (8) Andrew Moloney.....8
8 (7) Rex Tso.....5
9 (-) Pedro Guevara.....3 (had been #4 at 108)
10 (-) Donnie Nietes.....1

Also receiving points:
No one

Out from rankings through August 30, 2018:
#5- Rau'shee Warren (now #6 at 118)
#9- Akira Yaegashi
#10- Gideon Buthelezi

(TTR members voting: KSTAT124, DBO)

FLYWEIGHTS:

WORLD CHAMPION: Vacant

1 (1) Andrew Selby.....28
2 (2) Cristofer Rosales.....25
3 (3) Artem Dalakian.....23
4 (4) Sho Kimura.....22
5 (5) Moruti Mthalane.....21
6 (6) Kosei Tanaka.....14
7 (7) Juan Carlos Reveco.....13
8 (8) Masayuki Kuroda.....9
9 (9) Muhammad Waseem.....4
10 (10) Vincent Legrand.....3

Also receiving points:
11 (11) Brian Viloria.....3

Out from rankings through August 30, 2018:
No one (no changes)

(TTR members voting: the13r, KSTAT124, DBO)

LIGHT FLYWEIGHTS/JUNIOR FLYWEIGHTS:

WORLD CHAMPION: Vacant

1 (1) Ken Shiro.....30
2 (2) Hekkie Budler.....27
3 (4) Ryoichi Taguchi.....22
4 (5) Carlos Canizales.....21
5 (6) Milan Melindo.....19
6 (7) Felix Alvarado....14
7 (8) Angel Acosta.....13
8 (9) Edward Heno.....9
9 (10) Jose Argumedo.....7
10 (-) Tetsuya Hisada.....1

Also receiving a point:
11 (-) Jessie Espinas.....1

Out from rankings through August 30, 2018:
#4- Pedro Guevara (now #9 at 115)

(TTR members voting: the13r, KSTAT124, DBO)

MINIMUMWEIGHTS/MINI-FLYWEIGHTS/STRAWWEIGHTS:

WORLD CHAMPION: Vacant

1 (1) Wanheng Menayothin (birth name: Chayaphon Moonsri).....29
2 (2) Knockout CP Freshmart (birth name: Thammanoon Niyomtrong).....28
3 (3) Byron Rojas.....24
4 (4) Simphiwe Khonco.....20
5 (5) Joey Canoy.....18
6 (6) Vic Saludar.....15
7 (7) Tsubasa Koura.....8
8 (8) Melvin Jerusalem.....7
9 (9) Mark Anthony Barriga.....6
10 (10) Leroy Estrada.....3

Also receiving points:
11 (11) Tatsuya Fukuhara.....2
12 (12) Xiong Zhao Zhong (Chao Zhong Xiong).....2

Out from rankings through August 30, 2018:
No one (no changes)

(TTR members voting: the 13r, KSTAT, DBO)