Pound-for-Pound Rankings

Last Update:

JAN 4, 2019

The time has come for Erick’s pound-for-pound boxing rankings. Now, I know you’re all asking why, and I agree. You see I’m really not a fan of pound for pound lists, but like most of us, I definitely enjoy talking shit about everyone else’s lists. If I want to keep things fair and critique other people’s lists, I figured I need to drop my own list so others can shit on it too.

Moving forward I will be dropping my Top 10 rankings for each weight class as well and will be giving more of an opinion about how I feel about those fighters individually. Back to my pound for pound list, I am only including fighters from the featherweight to the heavyweight division. That is because I wanted to avoid talking about the weight classes that I don’t really watch, but who knows someday I might open it up a bit more.

Now when it comes to what my criteria for making it on the list are, I tried to keep it simple. I tried to look at the fighters that I felt most confident in when it comes out to cleaning out their current division. Of course, I also included other things such as if they have moved up to other divisions, and or if I would be confident in them moving up to the next weight class and challenging for a belt. So now that you know why I have a pound for pound list and know what my criteria is please check it out. Most importantly please make sure to comment, and let me know how wrong I am.

1. Canelo Álvarez

Record: 51-1-2, 35 KOs (65% KO)
Country: 🇲🇽
Age: 28
Ring P4P Rating: 3
Current Belts: WBC, WBA, Ring Middleweight Champion
Next Fight: TBD

Recent Results

Opponent (Record)	Date	Result
Rocky Fielding (27-1-0)	Dec 15, 2018	W, TKO
Gennady Golovkin (38-0-1)	Sep 15, 2018	W, MD
Gennady Golovkin (38-0-0)	Sep 16, 2017	D, SD

2. Oleksandr Usyk

Record: 16-0, 12 KO (75% KO)
Country: 🇺🇦
Age: 31
Ring P4P Rating: 4
Current Belts: WBC, WBA, WBO, IBF, Ring Cruiserweight Champion
Next Fight: Not Yet Announced

Recent Results

Opponent (Record)	Date	Result
Tony Bellew (30-2-1)	Nov 10, 2018	W, TKO
Murat Gassiev (26-0-0)	July 21, 2018	W, UD
Mairis Briedis (23-0-0)	Jan 27, 2018	W, MD

3. Errol Spence Jr.

Record: 24-0-0, 21 KOs (88% KO)
Country: 🇺🇸
Age: 28
Ring P4P Rating: 9
Current Belt: IBF Welterweight Champion
Next fight: Mikey Garcia (39-0-0), Mar 16, 2019, AT&T Stadium

Recent Results

Opponent (Record)	Date	Result
Carlos Ocampo (22-0-0)	Jun 16, 2018	W, KO
Lamont Peterson (35-3-1)	Jan 20, 2018	W, RTD
Kell Brook (36-1-0)	May 27, 2017	W, KO

4. Terence Crawford

Record: 34-0-0, 25 KO (74% KO)
Country: 🇺🇸
Age: 31
Ring P4P Rating: 2
Current Belt: WBO Welterweight Champion
Next fight: Luis Collazo, Mar 23, 2019, MSG (Defending WBO welterweight title)

Recent Results

Opponent (Record)	Date	Result
Jose Benavidez Jr (27-0-0)	Oct 13, 2018	W, TKO
Jeff Horn (18-0-1)	Jun 9, 2018	W, TKO
Julius Indongo (22-0-0)	Aug 19, 2017	W, KO

5. Mikey Garcia

Record: 39-0-0, 30 KO (77% KO)
Country: 🇺🇸
Age: 31
Ring P4P Rating: 7
Current Belt: WBC Lightweight Champion
Next fight: Errol Spence Jr, Mar 16, 2019, AT&T Stadium (For IBF welterweight title)

Recent Results

Opponent (Record)	Date	Result
Robert Easter Jr (21-0-0)	Jul 28, 2018	W, UD
Sergey Lipinets (13-0-0)	Mar 10, 2018	W, UD
Adrien Broner (33-2-0)	Jul 29, 2018	W, UD

6. Vasyl Lomachenko

Record: 12-1-0, 9 KOs (69% KO)
Country: 🇺🇦
Age: 30
Ring P4P Rating: 1
Current Belt: WBA, WBO, Ring Lightweight Champion; WBO Jr Lightweight Champion
Next fight: TBD, 4/12/19, Staples Center (Defending WBA, WBO and Ring lightweight titles)

Recent Results

Opponent (Record)	Date	Result
Jose Pedraza (25-1-0)	Dec 8, 2018	W, UD
Jorge Linares (44-3-0)	May 12, 2018	W, TKO
Guillermo Rigondeaux (17-0-0)	Dec 9, 2017	W, RTD

7. Gennady Golovkin

Record: 38-1-1, 34 KOs (85% KO)
Country: 🇰🇿
Age: 36
Ring P4P Rating: 5
Current Belt: None
Next fight: Not Yet Announced

Recent Results

Opponent (Record)	Date	Result
Canelo Alvarez (49-1-2)	Sep 15, 2018	L, MD
Vanes Martirosyan (36-3-1)	May 5, 2018	W, KO
Canelo Alvarez (49-1-1)	Sep 16, 2017	D, SD

8. Jarrett Hurd

Credit: Ryan Hafey, Premier Boxing Champions

Record: 23-0-0. 16 KOs (70% KO)
Country: 🇺🇸
Age: 28
Ring P4P Rating: N/A
Current Belt: IBF, WBA Junior Middleweight Champion
Next fight: Not Yet Announced

Recent Results

Opponent (Record)	Date	Result
Jason Welborn (24-6-0)	Dec 1, 2018	W, KO
Erislandy Lara (25-2-2)	Apr 7, 2018	W, SD
Austin Trout (30-3-0)	Oct 14, 2017	W, RTD

9. Deontay Wilder

Record: 40-0-1, 39 KOs (95% KO)
Country: 🇺🇸
Age: 33
Ring P4P Rating: N/A
Current Belt: WBC Heavyweight Champion
Next fight: Not Yet Announced

Recent Results

Opponent (Record)	Date	Result
Tyson Fury (27-0-0)	Dec 01, 2018	D, SD
Luis Ortiz (28-0-0)	Mar 3, 2018	W, TKO
Bermaine Stiverne (25-2-1)	Nov 4, 2017	W, KO

10. Anthony Joshua

Record: 40-0-1, 39 KOs (95% KO)
Country: 🇬🇧
Age: 29
Ring P4P Rating: N/A
Current Belt: IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO Heavyweight Champion
Next fight: Not Yet Announced

Recent Results

Opponent (Record)	Date	Result
Alexander Povetkin (34-1-0)	Sep 22, 2018	W, TKO
Joseph Parker (24-0-0)	Mar 31, 2018	W, UD
Carlos Takam (35-3-1)	Oct 28, 2017	W, TKO