The Londoner proved he’s not just a concussive puncher when rewinding back to his amateur days to see out a points victory over Joseph Parker on Saturday night in Cardiff, Wales.
Joshua had previously held a position in the Top 20 since defeating Wladimir Klitschko almost a year ago, but now moves into the big leagues after adding the WBO belt to his WBA, IBF and IBO versions.
‘AJ’ is possibly only one win away from being the first top division star since Lennox Lewis to hold the pound for pound number one spot after overhauling Canelo Alvarez to take fifth place on the list.
Gennady Golovkin remains at the helm, ahead of Vasyl Lomachenko, Terence Crawford and Mikey Garcia to round off the top five.
Full P4P Top 50:
1 Gennady Golovkin
2 Vasyl Lomachenko
3 Terence Crawford
4 Mikey Garcia
5 Anthony Joshua
6 Canelo Alvarez
7 Srisaket Sor Rungvisai
8 Naoya Inoue
9 Jorge Linares
10 Keith Thurman
11 Alexandr Usyk
12 Leo Santa Cruz
13 Donnie Nietes
14 Deontay Wilder
15 Sergey Kovalev
16 Wanheng Menayothin
17 Murat Gassiev
18 Errol Spence Jr.
19 Juan Estrada
20 Carl Frampton
21 Kosei Tanaka
22 Adonis Stevenson
23 Manny Pacquiao
24 Badou Jack
25 Abner Mares
26 Erislandy Lara
27 Roman Gonzalez
28 Ryan Burnett
29 Gary Russell Jr.
30 Danny Garcia
31 Guillermo Rigondeaux
32 Gilberto Ramirez
33 Ryoichi Taguchi
34 Jamie McDonnell
35 Danny Jacobs
36 Jessie Magdaleno
37 Shawn Porter
38 Luis Nery
39 Miguel Berchelt
40 George Groves
41 Terry Flanagan
42 Daigo Higa
43 Nonito Donaire
44 Billy Joe Saunders
45 Jermall Charlo
46 Jerwin Ancajas
47 Mairis Briedis
48 Sadam Ali
49 Jeff Horn
50 Oscar Valdez