1. Terrance Crawford: Brutally stopped ranked contender in David Avanesyan and former unified champion (and fellow P4P fighter) in Errol Spence in a one sided fashion. He also beaten Shawn Porter.
(Aware that he beat Avanaesyan was in 2022, but most welterweights are fairly unactive however.)
2. Naoya Inoue: In 2022-2023 he beat former ATG Donaire, WBO champ Paul Butler, and moved up division where one sidedly dominated and stopped Stephen Fulton. If he Naoya beats Tapales in devastating fashion, he might be in first place for me as he is a four division champion that has a total of 20-0 titles fights (18 by knockout) by beating 12 former or current World champions. (Tapales becoming the 13th.)
3. Oleksandr Usyk: Beaten World Champs in Anthony Joshua X2 and Daniel Dubois recently, two of out his three performances were quite close but that's to be expected of a declining natural cruiserweight against two tall (6'5/6'6) very heavy handed punchers.
4. Canelo Alvarez: declining but still at the top, he has kept busy with good performances against GGG, Ryder and Charlo after his loss to Bivol. Supbar opposition in my opinion as two out of three fighters fought above their weight during their decline and Ryder is more of a gritty contender at 168 than a former champion, but Canelo accolades prior the loss to Bivol help him remain in the rankings along with his activity.
5. Devin Haney: Had a competitive performance against P4P fighter Lomachenko in which he (controversially) won and beat 140 champ Regis Prograis in a shout out performance.
6. Teofimo Lopez: Has upset 2X gold Olympian/fellow champ Vasily Lomachenko (14-1) at 23 years old while having a 13 winning streak and Teo had beaten Josh Taylor (19-0) in dominant fashion. Loma had been unactive and lost the initial 7 rounds while rallied late in the fight having 5 competitive rounds. Likely also losing round 8 and 12.
Teofimo's performances however are not consistent as he had underperformed against George Kambosos and was too erratic/aggressive against Sandor Martin who knocked him down twice, instead of timing his shots like the counter puncher he is.
7. Dmitry Bivol: Had beaten physically big fighters in Joe Smith Jr, Zurdo Ramirez and P4P fighter Canelo Alvarez in very good fashion. But he has been quite unactive as of lately and would likely rank higher in my list if he beat a legitimate top fighter (fifth place), he is currently fighting British contender Lyndon Arthur (23-1, 16 KOs) this week. Who had a split decision win against Anthony Yarde and lost a fourth KO in the rematch.
I personally think that despite Bivol being one of the most complete fighters in the sport, he is not a particularly big puncher and would like to see him stop Lyndon to demonstrate if he can make up for this minor setback by executing a stoppage against a ranked contender whether it's done by volume punching or timing a big punch.
Like Haney and Shakur, his punches have enough power to keep his opponents at range. But they always seemed to recover relatively quickly. But I could be wrong based on his newer performances.
8. Jesse Rodriguez: Beaten a declining but still quite competitive Carlos Cuadras (38-4-1) and Srisaket Sor Rungvisai (51-5-1) at 21 years old by moving up two divisions, he then went to beat a prime undefeated Flyweight champ Sunny Edward's (20-0) whose high ring IQ was too difficult to handle for his opposition. Even the veteran and heavy puncher Felix Alvarado (39-4 with 34 KOs) couldn't do much.
Jesse had competitive bouts with:
Israel Gonzalez (29-5-2) a gritty veteran who always got the wrong end of the stick, having been robbed against Kal Yafai and Argi Cortes, he was also given a draw against Jose Martinez (21-2-3) and Jonathan Rodriguez (25-2-1), his three most legitimate losses were to Jerwin Ancajas, Roman "Chocolatito" Gonzalez and Jesse Rodriguez.
Christian Gonzalez (15-1-1) a 5'8 fighter with a reach of 68 in, a switch hitter who only lost to fellow contender Angel Ayala by split decision and beaten light flyweight IBF World champ Adrian "Gato" Curiel. Jesse was winning comfortably until he got his jaw broken.
Bam is currently 23 years old, having been a two division champion with just 19 fights.
9. Shakur Stevenson: Gave a very (and I say very) lack luster performance against Edwin De Los Santos, however he still won and became a three division world champion in the process, he has beaten four champs like Christopher Diaz, Jamel Herring, and Oscar Valdez. Beaten a Golden Olympian in Robson Coincecao who just had a draw with three division champ Emmanuel Navarrete and a dark horse at lightweight in Edwin De Los Santos who beat both Jose Valenzuela and Joseph Adorno.
10. David Benavidez: Became the youngest super middleweight champion at 20 years old, two time champion and currently beat three prime champions in Dirrell (33-1-1, 24 KOs), Demetrius (32-0, 19 KOs) and Plant (22-1, 13 KOs). He beat Dirrell at 22 years old and during the same year he fought two fighters that are stylistically difficult to handle at 2023 but still beat them in dominant fashion. Demetrius was formerly a light middleweight/middleweight. But Nonetheless quite impressive to have handled a undefeated contender who acclimated to the division.
He also beat:
Roamer Alexis Angulo (26-1, 22 KOs) who upset Mayweather's prospect Anthony Sims (20-0, 18KOs) and likely Edgar Berlanga in my opinion.
Those who could had made my list would be:
Estrada (High Inactivity)
Lomachenko (Declining, suffered a loss and too unactive due to circumstances)
Beterviev (ATG talent, but lackluster accolades and is heavily declining.)
Navarrete: (Three division champ and fun fighter with action packed performances but struggled at 130 against Wilson and Coincecao)
Tank: (ATG talent, heavily protected by his team.)
Matias: (Made five top ranked fighters quit in the stool and is currently a world champ at 140, but lacks marquee wins over a recognizable fighter.)
Fury: (Anyone who saw his fight with Ngannou will understand why I didn't put him in my list.)
(Aware that he beat Avanaesyan was in 2022, but most welterweights are fairly unactive however.)
2. Naoya Inoue: In 2022-2023 he beat former ATG Donaire, WBO champ Paul Butler, and moved up division where one sidedly dominated and stopped Stephen Fulton. If he Naoya beats Tapales in devastating fashion, he might be in first place for me as he is a four division champion that has a total of 20-0 titles fights (18 by knockout) by beating 12 former or current World champions. (Tapales becoming the 13th.)
3. Oleksandr Usyk: Beaten World Champs in Anthony Joshua X2 and Daniel Dubois recently, two of out his three performances were quite close but that's to be expected of a declining natural cruiserweight against two tall (6'5/6'6) very heavy handed punchers.
4. Canelo Alvarez: declining but still at the top, he has kept busy with good performances against GGG, Ryder and Charlo after his loss to Bivol. Supbar opposition in my opinion as two out of three fighters fought above their weight during their decline and Ryder is more of a gritty contender at 168 than a former champion, but Canelo accolades prior the loss to Bivol help him remain in the rankings along with his activity.
5. Devin Haney: Had a competitive performance against P4P fighter Lomachenko in which he (controversially) won and beat 140 champ Regis Prograis in a shout out performance.
6. Teofimo Lopez: Has upset 2X gold Olympian/fellow champ Vasily Lomachenko (14-1) at 23 years old while having a 13 winning streak and Teo had beaten Josh Taylor (19-0) in dominant fashion. Loma had been unactive and lost the initial 7 rounds while rallied late in the fight having 5 competitive rounds. Likely also losing round 8 and 12.
Teofimo's performances however are not consistent as he had underperformed against George Kambosos and was too erratic/aggressive against Sandor Martin who knocked him down twice, instead of timing his shots like the counter puncher he is.
7. Dmitry Bivol: Had beaten physically big fighters in Joe Smith Jr, Zurdo Ramirez and P4P fighter Canelo Alvarez in very good fashion. But he has been quite unactive as of lately and would likely rank higher in my list if he beat a legitimate top fighter (fifth place), he is currently fighting British contender Lyndon Arthur (23-1, 16 KOs) this week. Who had a split decision win against Anthony Yarde and lost a fourth KO in the rematch.
I personally think that despite Bivol being one of the most complete fighters in the sport, he is not a particularly big puncher and would like to see him stop Lyndon to demonstrate if he can make up for this minor setback by executing a stoppage against a ranked contender whether it's done by volume punching or timing a big punch.
Like Haney and Shakur, his punches have enough power to keep his opponents at range. But they always seemed to recover relatively quickly. But I could be wrong based on his newer performances.
8. Jesse Rodriguez: Beaten a declining but still quite competitive Carlos Cuadras (38-4-1) and Srisaket Sor Rungvisai (51-5-1) at 21 years old by moving up two divisions, he then went to beat a prime undefeated Flyweight champ Sunny Edward's (20-0) whose high ring IQ was too difficult to handle for his opposition. Even the veteran and heavy puncher Felix Alvarado (39-4 with 34 KOs) couldn't do much.
Jesse had competitive bouts with:
Israel Gonzalez (29-5-2) a gritty veteran who always got the wrong end of the stick, having been robbed against Kal Yafai and Argi Cortes, he was also given a draw against Jose Martinez (21-2-3) and Jonathan Rodriguez (25-2-1), his three most legitimate losses were to Jerwin Ancajas, Roman "Chocolatito" Gonzalez and Jesse Rodriguez.
Christian Gonzalez (15-1-1) a 5'8 fighter with a reach of 68 in, a switch hitter who only lost to fellow contender Angel Ayala by split decision and beaten light flyweight IBF World champ Adrian "Gato" Curiel. Jesse was winning comfortably until he got his jaw broken.
Bam is currently 23 years old, having been a two division champion with just 19 fights.
9. Shakur Stevenson: Gave a very (and I say very) lack luster performance against Edwin De Los Santos, however he still won and became a three division world champion in the process, he has beaten four champs like Christopher Diaz, Jamel Herring, and Oscar Valdez. Beaten a Golden Olympian in Robson Coincecao who just had a draw with three division champ Emmanuel Navarrete and a dark horse at lightweight in Edwin De Los Santos who beat both Jose Valenzuela and Joseph Adorno.
10. David Benavidez: Became the youngest super middleweight champion at 20 years old, two time champion and currently beat three prime champions in Dirrell (33-1-1, 24 KOs), Demetrius (32-0, 19 KOs) and Plant (22-1, 13 KOs). He beat Dirrell at 22 years old and during the same year he fought two fighters that are stylistically difficult to handle at 2023 but still beat them in dominant fashion. Demetrius was formerly a light middleweight/middleweight. But Nonetheless quite impressive to have handled a undefeated contender who acclimated to the division.
He also beat:
Roamer Alexis Angulo (26-1, 22 KOs) who upset Mayweather's prospect Anthony Sims (20-0, 18KOs) and likely Edgar Berlanga in my opinion.
Those who could had made my list would be:
Estrada (High Inactivity)
Lomachenko (Declining, suffered a loss and too unactive due to circumstances)
Beterviev (ATG talent, but lackluster accolades and is heavily declining.)
Navarrete: (Three division champ and fun fighter with action packed performances but struggled at 130 against Wilson and Coincecao)
Tank: (ATG talent, heavily protected by his team.)
Matias: (Made five top ranked fighters quit in the stool and is currently a world champ at 140, but lacks marquee wins over a recognizable fighter.)
Fury: (Anyone who saw his fight with Ngannou will understand why I didn't put him in my list.)
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