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And while non-sports fans may drift toward preparing for imminent holidays, those who connect their revelry to in-ring celebrations still have plenty to look forward to.

Naoya Inoue made another statement with a hard-fought but dominant victory over Marlon Tapales to become only the second men's fighter to win an undisputed championship in a second division in the four-belt era Terence Crawford beat Errol Spence Jr. Inoue , 23 KOs , No. Inoue, a four-division champion who previously won titles at junior flyweight, junior bantamweight and bantamweight, picked up some first-place votes but not enough to unseat Crawford at No. He plans to stay at junior featherweight for the foreseeable future and defend his belts, before moving up in weight. WBA light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol moved up one place after a one-sided unanimous decision victory over Lyndon Arthur. Bivol leapfrogs Canelo Alvarez to take the No. Luis Nery.

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The Ukrainian southpaw one of two on this list The two-time Olympic champion is in the twilight of his career now, which only made his terrific showing against No 7 on this list even more impressive. Lomachenko came up narrowly short, but many observers felt that he had won. The Russian, who fights out of Canada, has been dominant as the unified light-heavyweight champion. Even at 38, Beterbiev looked as powerful as ever, dropping Smith twice in round seven to force a stoppage. He also set up a clash with compatriot and WBA champion Dmitry Bivol — one of the most-desired bouts in all of boxing. Has eclipsed Anthony Joshua as the household name in British boxing. Fury, 35, returned to the sport in after three years off due to a struggle with his mental health. In October , Fury stopped Wilder for the second fight in a row to retain the belt, which he did again in April by knocking out Dillian Whyte with ease and once more in December with a late stoppage of Derek Chisora. The image of Fury on the canvas in that fight will be attached to his career forever , having damaged his reputation and seen him drop a number of spots in this list. The American has not been the most active fighter in recent years, but he slowly built a fine resume as one of the top welterweights of this generation. In July, the year-old finally faced Terence Crawford in a clash five years in the making , where he put his unified titles on the line against the WBO champion. Crawford left Las Vegas with all the belts after stopping Spence in Round 9 , in a fight that was nowhere near as close as fans expected.

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The holiday season has come and gone. And with its exit comes boxing's awakening from an early-winter nap into a particularly important second month on the calendar. Nine world title fights with varying levels of legitimacy are on the February docket, but none more important than a true 21st century novelty in Saudi Arabia. Click through to see who made our top 10 and let us know how you'd have done it with a line or two in the comments section. What better place to start than with the guy who occupies one side of the marquee in the sport's most important fight?

Naoya Inoue made another statement with a hard-fought but dominant victory over Marlon Tapales to become only the second men's fighter to win an undisputed championship in a second division in the four-belt era Terence Crawford beat Errol Spence Jr. Inoue , 23 KOs , No. Inoue, a four-division champion who previously won titles at junior flyweight, junior bantamweight and bantamweight, picked up some first-place votes but not enough to unseat Crawford at No. He plans to stay at junior featherweight for the foreseeable future and defend his belts, before moving up in weight. WBA light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol moved up one place after a one-sided unanimous decision victory over Lyndon Arthur. Bivol leapfrogs Canelo Alvarez to take the No. Luis Nery.

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Dmitry Bivol has officially entered the pound-for-pound conversation. Bivol scored a big upset on Saturday in Las Vegas, defeating former No. He retained his WBA "super" light heavyweight world title and also earned a spot in ESPN's top list for the first time in his career. Alvarez , 39 KOs , the undisputed super middleweight champion who moved up in weight to challenge Bivol at pounds, falls from the No. Despite the close and questionable scorecards , Alvarez was dominated by Bivol, failing to implement any of his typical offense. Bivol's powerful left jab and right hand were used to perfection to hurt Alvarez. You win, you're a hero. You lose, your stock drops. There's not much separation between the top seven or eight names on this list. Hopefully, someone will make a statement in the ring and pull away from the pack soon.

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Others receiving votes: Teofimo Lopez Jr. Fulton was supposed to be a test but Inoue put on a masterclass, winning every round before scoring an emphatic stoppage. It followed a campaign where Inoue won a pair of unification bouts to become the first undisputed bantamweight champion in fifty years. Dmitry Bivol. WBO and The Ring. Lopez appears to fight to the level of opponents, which gives him all the more incentive to keep facing top tier threats. Crawford, 3. It's official, the calendar is in the championship rounds. Beterbiev, 8. Notable boxers profiles, records and results. The Mexican superstar has reigned over four weight classes and is the current four-belt champion of the super middleweights these days, and, like others elsewhere on this list, is never lacking for foes eager to share a ring with him. After a highly skilled first half, Rodriguez took over and punished Sunny Edwards in their flyweight unification bout. Where he'll go with them now remains a question. Usyk, 9.

The following tables show the professional boxers listed in the latest top pound for pound world rankings published by each of:.

Artur Beterbiev had been an occasional inclusion on the lower half of lists throughout by virtue of a light heavyweight title reign stretching back to late , but he's a must-have name now that he's score early 's most impressive championship defense. Still campaigning at lightweight, the best fights in the division for now would be versus Shakur Stevenson, Vasyl Lomachenko, William Zepeda, and Frank Martin. Stevenson, Beterbiev, 8. Next up? Click through to see who made our top 10 and let us know how you'd have done it with a line or two in the comments section. Contact Us P. Boxing pound-for-pound rankings: Inoue, Bivol and 'Bam' pick up votes. Mascaro: 1. Spence, So when he climbed to to face unbeaten, long-reigning divisional king Josh Taylor, there were few willing to stand up and claim Lopez would emerge as a new monarch. Beterbiev likely doesn't have enough remaining time left in his career to get anywhere close to the lofty unbeaten records turned in by retired former greats like Floyd Mayweather , Rocky Marciano or Joe Calzaghe Until he did.