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2025-05-09
TTR's MEN's PROFESSIONAL BOXING RANKINGS AS OF MAY 8, 2025
Pictured: Badou Jack


TTR's Men's Pound-For-Pound and divisional rankings, based on fight results through Thursday, May 8, 2025, were compiled and posted on Thursday, May 8, 2025. There were changes to the rankings of heavyweight, cruiserweight, super middleweight, welterweight, junior welterweight, featherweight, bantamweight, and flyweight divisions.


Ranking through May 8 (ranking through May 1) Boxer


POUND-FOR-POUND:

1 (1) Oleksandr Usyk
2 (2) Naoya Inoue
3 (3) Terence Crawford
4 (4) Dmitry Bivol
5 (5) Artur Beterbiev
6 (6) Jesse 'Bam' Rodriguez
7 (7) Kenshiro Teraji
8 (8) Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez
9 (9) Teofimo Lopez
10 (10) Junto Nakatani


DIVISIONAL RANKINGS:

HEAVYWEIGHT:

WORLD CHAMPION: Oleksandr Usyk

1 (1) Daniel Dubois
2 (2) Joseph Parker
3 (3) Agit Kabayel
4 (4) Zhilei Zhang
5 (5) Anthony Joshua
6 (6) Filip Hrgovic
7 (7) Derek Chisora
8 (8) Efe Ajagba
9 (9) Martin Bakole
10 (10) Fabio Wardley

11 (11) Justis Huni
12 (12) Andy Ruiz
13 (13) Jarrell Miller
14 (14) Jared Anderson
15 (15) Lawrence Okolie
16 (16) Kubrat Pulev
17 (17) Otto Wallin
18 (-) Richard Riakporhe
19 (18) Murat Gassiev
20 (19) Dillian Whyte

Note: TTR does not officially recognize the WBC/WBU/WBA/WBFed's bridgerweight/IBA/WBL's super cruiserweight division at this time but, like BoxRec, is monitoring it in case it becomes established in the future.

CRUISERWEIGHT/JUNIOR HEAVYWEIGHT:

WORLD CHAMPION: Jai Opetaia

1 (1) Gilberto Ramirez
2 (2) Chris Billam-Smith
3 (-) Badou Jack
4 (-) Noel Gevor Mikaelyan (Norair Mikaeljan)
5 (3) Aleksei Papin
6 (4) Michal Cieslak
7 (5) Mateusz Masternak
8 (6) Ryan Rozicki
9 (7) Yamil Alberto Peralta
10 (9) Yves Ngabu

11 (10) Leonardo Mosquea
12 (11) Robin Sirwan Safar
13 (12) Umar Salamov
14 (13) Jean Pascal
15 (14) Brandon Glanton
16 (15) Ilunga Junior Makabu
17 (16) Blake Caparello
18 (17) Yuniel Dorticos
19 (18) Huseyin Cinkara
20 (19) Firat Arslan

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT:

WORLD CHAMPION: Dmitry Bivol

1 (1) Artur Beterbiev
2 (2) David Benavidez
3 (3) Callum Smith
4 (4) Anthony Yarde
5 (5) Ali Izmailov
6 (6) Albert Ramirez
7 (7) Joshua Buatsi
8 (8) Malik Zinad
9 (9) Oleksandr Gvozdyk
10 (10) David Morrell, Jr.

11 (11) Michael Eifert
12 (12) Conor Wallace
13 (13) Vasily Voytsekhovsky
14 (14) Willy Hutchinson
15 (15) Robin Krasniqi
16 (16) Jerome Pampellone
17 (17) Lyndon Arthur
18 (18) Zach Parker
19 (19) Radivoje Kalajdzic
20 (20) Lewis Edmondson

SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHT:

WORLD CHAMPION: Saul "Canelo" Alvarez

1 (1) Christian Mbilli
2 (2) Osleys Iglesias
3 (3) Caleb Plant
4 (9) Jaime Munguia
5 (6) Diego Pacheco
6 (8) Pavel Silyagin
7 (7) Lester Martinez
8 (4) William Scull
9 (5) Bruno Surace
10 (10) Kevin Lele Sadjo

11 (11) Vladimir Shishkin
12 (12) Edgar Berlanga
13 (13) Shane Mosley, Jr.
14 (14) Bektemir Melikuziev
15 (15) Maciej Sulecki
16 (16) Jacob Bank
17 (17) Sergiy Derevyanchenko
18 (18) Erik Bazinyan
19 (19) Callum Simpson
20 (20) Mark Jeffers

MIDDLEWEIGHT:

WORLD CHAMPION: VACANT

1 (1) Janibek Alimkhanuly
2 (2) Carlos Adames
3 (3) Erislandy Lara
4 (4) Hamzah Sheeraz
5 (5) Chris Eubank, Jr.
6 (6) Kyrone Davis
7 (7) Etinosa Oliha
8 (8) Fiodr Czerkaszyn
9 (9) Anauel Ngamissengue
10 (10) Austin 'Ammo' Williams

11 (11) Aaron McKenna
12 (12) Vincenzo Gualtieri
13 (13) Denzel Bentley
14 (14) Elijah Garcia
15 (15) Liam Smith
16 (16) Josh Kelly
17 (17) Patrice Volny
18 (18) Michael Zerafa
19 (19) Riku Kunimoto
20 (20) Cesar Mateo Tapia

SUPER WELTERWEIGHT/JUNIOR MIDDLEWEIGHT/LIGHT MIDDLEWEIGHT:

WORLD CHAMPION: VACANT

1 (1) Bakhram Murtazaliev
2 (2) Sebastian Fundora
3 (3) Vergil Ortiz, Jr.
4 (4) Terence Crawford
5 (5) Tim Tszyu
6 (6) Keith Thurman
7 (7) Serhii Bohachuk
8 (8) Israil Madrimov
9 (9) Xander Zayas
10 (10) Jorge 'Chino' Garcia (Jorge Luis Garcia Perez)

11 (11) Jesus Ramos (Jesus Alejandro Ramos, Jr.)
12 (12) Yoenis Tellez
13 (13) Andreas Katzourakis
14 (14) Bakary Samake
15 (15) Charles Conwell
16 (16) Brandon Adams
17 (17) Slawa Spomer
18 (18) Uisma Lima
19 (19) Abass Baraou
20 (20) Shervantaigh Koopman

WELTERWEIGHT:

WORLD CHAMPION: VACANT

1 (1) Jaron Ennis
2 (2) Mario Barrios
3 (3) Brian Norman, Jr.
4 (4) Abel Ramos
5 (5) Giovani Santillan
6 (6) Eimantas Stanionis
7 (7) Alexis Rocha
8 (8) Shakhram Giyasov
9 (9) Tulani Mbenge
10 (10) Raul Curiel

11 (11) Jin Sasaki
12 (-) Rolando Romero
13 (-) Devin Haney (had been #2 at 140)
14 (12) David Papot
15 (13) Lewis Crocker
16 (14) Paddy Donovan
17 (19) Rohan Polanco
18 (16) Karen Chukhadzhian
19 (-) Ryan Garcia
20 (-) Jose Ramirez (Jose Carlos Ramirez) (had been #11 at 140)

SUPER LIGHTWEIGHT/JUNIOR WELTERWEIGHT/LIGHT WELTERWEIGHT:

WORLD CHAMPION: Teofimo Lopez

1 (3) Richardson Hitchins
2 (4) Alberto Puello
3 (5) Gary Antuanne Russell
4 (1) Arnold Barboza, Jr.
5 (6) Subriel Matias
6 (7) Jack Catterall
7 (8) Liam Paro
8 (9) Sandor Martin
9 (10) Dalton Smith
10 (12) Andy Hiraoka

11 (13) Jamaine Ortiz
12 (14) Jose Valenzuela
13 (15) George Kambosos, Jr.
14 (16) Lindolfo Delgado
15 (17) Ernesto 'Tito' Mercado
16 (18) Isaac 'Pitbull' Cruz
17 (19) Adam Azim
18 (20) Oscar Duarte
19 (-) Alfredo Santiago
20 (-) Khariton Agrba

LIGHTWEIGHT:

WORLD CHAMPION: VACANT

1 (1) Vasiliy Lomachenko
2 (2) Shakur Stevenson
3 (3) Lamont Roach, Jr. (also #5 at 130)
4 (4) Gervonta Davis
5 (5) Keyshawn Davis
6 (6) William Zepeda
7 (7) Raymond Muratalla
8 (8) Zaur Abdullaev
9 (9) Frank Martin
10 (10) Andy Cruz

11 (11) Abdullah Mason
12 (12) Denys Berinchyk
13 (13) Tevin Farmer
14 (14) Sam Noakes
15 (15) Siro Choi (birth name: Sirochbek Ismoilov)
16 (16) Shu Utsuki
17 (17) Jadier Herrera
18 (18) Hironori Mishiro
19 (19) Floyd Schofield
20 (20) Albert Bell

SUPER FEATHERWEIGHT/JUNIOR LIGHTWEIGHT:

WORLD CHAMPION: VACANT

1 (1) Emanuel Navarrete
2 (2) O'Shaquie Foster
3 (3) Robson Conceicao
4 (4) Anthony Cacace
5 (5) Lamont Roach, Jr. (also #3 at 135)
6 (6) Eduardo 'Sugar' Nunez
7 (7) Albert Batyrgaziev
8 (8) Joe Cordina
9 (9) Eduardo 'Rocky' Hernandez
10 (10) Raymond Ford

11 (11) Oscar Valdez
12 (12) Mark Magsayo
13 (13) Sultan Zaurbek
14 (14) Masanori Rikiishi
15 (15) Elnur Samedov
16 (16) Yamato Hata
17 (17) Charly Suarez
18 (18) Moussa Gholam
19 (19) Andres Cortes
20 (20) Miguel Roman

FEATHERWEIGHT:

WORLD CHAMPION: VACANT

1 (1) Nick Ball
2 (2) Angelo Leo
3 (3) Rafael Espinoza
4 (4) Stephen Fulton
5 (5) Brandon Figueroa
6 (6) Luis Alberto Lopez
7 (7) Bruce 'Shu Shu' Carringtom
8 (8) Tomoki Kameda
9 (9) Dayan Gonzalez
10 (10) Omar Trinidad (Omar Cande Trinidad)

11 (11) Robeisy Ramirez
12 (12) Mirco Cuello
13 (-) Mikito Nakano
14 (13) Otabek Kholmatov
15 (-) Ra'eese Aleem
16 (14) Lerato Dlamini
17 (15) Joet Gonzalez
18 (16) Carlos Castro
19 (17) Ryuto Owan
20 (20) Luis Reynaldo 'The Twist' Nunez

SUPER BANTAMWEIGHT/JUNIOR FEATHERWEIGHT:

WORLD CHAMPION: Naoya Inoue

1 (1) Murodjon Akhmadaliev
2 (2) Marlon Tapales
3 (3) Sam Goodman
4 (4) Luis Nery
5 (5) Ramon Cardenas
6 (6) John Riel Casimero
7 (7) Elijah Pierce
8 (8) Alan David "Rey" Picasso (Alan David Picasso Romero)
9 (9) Shabaz Masoud
10 (10) Toshiki Shimomachi

11 (11) Sebastian 'Logan' Hernandez
12 (12) Toshiya Ishii
13 (13) Bryan Mercado
14 (14) Liam Davies
15 (15) Guillermo Rigondeaux
16 (16) Fadhili Majiha
17 (17) Fillipus Nghitumbwa
18 (18) Ionut Baluta
19 (19) Rodrigo Fabian Ruiz
20 (20) Carl Jammes Martin

BANTAMWEIGHT:

WORLD CHAMPION: VACANT

1 (1) Junto Nakatani
2 (2) Ryosuke Nishida
3 (3) Yoshiki Takei
4 (4) Seiya Tsutsumi
5 (5) Daigo Higa
6 (7) Takuma Inoue
7 (8) Tenshin Nasukawa
8 (9) Antonio Vargas
9 (10) Kenneth Llover
10 (11) Jason Moloney

11 (12) Andrew Cain
12 (13) David 'El General' Cuellar
13 (14) Charlie Edwards
14 (15) Jeyvier Cintron
15 (16) Keita Kurihara
16 (17) Froilan Saludar
17 (18) Vincent Astrolabio
18 (19) Jose 'Mr. Bonez' Calderon
19 (20) Michael Angeletti
20 (-) Katsuma Akitsugi

SUPER FLYWEIGHT/JUNIOR BANTAMWEIGHT:

WORLD CHAMPION: Jesse 'Bam' Rodriguez

1 (1) Fernando Martinez
2 (2) Juan Francisco Estrada
3 (3) Kazuto Ioka
4 (4) Phumelela Cafu
5 (5) Carlos Cuadras
6 (6) Kosei Tanaka
7 (7) Andrew Moloney
8 (8) David Jimenez
9 (9) Suzumi Takayama
10 (10) Ricardo Malajika

11 (11) Roman 'Chocolatito' Gonzalez
12 (12) Pedro Guevara
13 (13) Jayr Raquinel
14 (14) Argi Cortes
15 (15) Kenbun Torres
16 (16) Rene 'El Indio' Calixto (Rene Calixto Bibiano)
17 (17) Willibaldo 'Sullo' Garcia (Willibaldo Garcia Perez)
18 (18) Ryusei Kawaura
19 (19) Aoi Yokoyama
20 (20) Joselito Velazquez

FLYWEIGHT:

WORLD CHAMPION: Kenshiro Teraji

1 (1) Masamichi Yabuki
2 (2) Galal Yafai
3 (3) Anthony Olascuaga
4 (4) Seigo Yuri Akui
5 (5) Angel Ayala (Angel Ayala Lardizabal)
6 (6) Ricardo Sandoval
7 (7) Angelino Cordova
8 (8) Felix Alvarado
9 (9) Francisco 'Chihuas' Rodriguez, Jr.
10 (10) Sergio Mendoza

11 (11) Hiroto Kyoguchi
12 (12) Vince Paras
13 (13) Tobias 'Pitbull' Reyes
14 (14) Gohan Rodriguez
15 (15) Adrian Curiel
16 (16) Thananchai Charunphak (AKA Thananchai NKL)
17 (-) Jukiya Iimura
18 (17) Mchanja Yohana
19 (18) Longyi Hu
20 (19) Yankiel Rivera (Yankiel Rivera Figueroa)

LIGHT FLYWEIGHT/JUNIOR FLYWEIGHT:

WORLD CHAMPION: VACANT

1 (1) Carlos Canizales
2 (2) Rene Santiago
3 (3) Sivenathi Nontshinga
4 (4) Regie Suganob
5 (5) Shokichi Iwata
6 (6) Thanongsak Simsri
7 (7) Christian Araneta
8 (8) Kyosuke Takami
9 (9) Panya Pradabsri (AKA Petchmanee CP Freshmart)
10 (10) Erick Rosa

11 (11) Wilfredo Mendez
12 (12) Vic Saludar
13 (13) Masataka Taniguchi
14 (14) Mpumelelo Tshabalala
15 (15) Toshiki Kawamitsu
16 (16) Jayson Vayson
17 (17) Erick Badillo
18 (18) Junior Leandro Zarate
19 (19) Arvin Jhon Paciones
20 (20) Arvin Magramo

STRAWWEIGHT/MINI-FLYWEIGHT/MINIMUMWEIGHT:

WORLD CHAMPION: VACANT

1 (1) Oscar Collazo
2 (2) Melvin Jerusalem
3 (3) Pedro Taduran
4 (4) Thammanoon Niyomtrong (AKA Knockout CP Freshmart)
5 (5) Ginjiro Shigeoka
6 (6) Yudai Shigeoka
7 (7) Siyakholwa Kuse
8 (8) Alex Winwood
9 (9) Katsunari Takayama
10 (10) Joey Canoy

11 (11) DianXing Zhu
12 (12) Yuni Takada
13 (13) Ryusei Matsumoto
14 (14) Takeshi Ishii
15 (15) Takero Kitano
16 (16) Beaven Sibanda
17 (17) Ian Abne
18 (18) Jake Amparo
19 (19) Brandon Moreno
20 (20) Goki Kobayashi


TTR's Men's Rankings:

TTR's Pound For Top Ten and the Top Tens for eight of the seventeen weight classes, heavyweight, light heavyweight, super middleweight, middleweight, welterweight, junior lightweight, junior featherweight, and junior bantamweight are the same as those of the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board. The remaining Top 10s and all 11s through 20s are as per Ken Pollitt. Both Antoine Patry DesLauriers (the13r) and Ken Pollitt (KSTAT124) are members of the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board.
 
Article By: Ken Pollitt