The biggest name of those removed from the ratings system, based on the Pound for Pound criteria, is former welterweight number one Keith Thurman.
‘One Time’ has been out of action since January 2017 and was recently stripped of his WBC title as he recovers from injury.
Selected others to drop from the Top 5 are Yunier Dorticos at cruiserweight, Sadam Ali at super-welter and Jessie Magdaleno at super-bantamweight.
Top 5 fighters in each weight division:
Heavyweight
1.Anthony Joshua
2. Deontay Wilder
3. Alexander Povetkin
4. Kubrat Pulev
5. Joseph Parker
Cruiserweight
1. Oleksandr Usyk
2. Murat Gassiev
3. Mairis Briedis
4. Denis Lebedev
5. Krzysztof Glowacki
Light-heavyweight
1. Sergey Kovalev
2. Adonis Stevenson
3. Badou Jack
4. Dmitry Bivol
5. Artur Beterbiev
Super-middleweight
1. Gilberto Ramirez
2. James DeGale
3. George Groves
4. David Benavidez
5. Callum Smith
Middleweight
1. Gennady Golovkin
2. Canelo Alvarez
3. Daniel Jacobs
4. Billy Joe Saunders
5. Jermall Charlo
Super-welterweight
1. Jarrett Hurd
2. Jaime Munguia
3. Jermell Charlo
4. Kell Brook
5. Brian Castano
Welterweight
1. Errol Spence Jr.
2. Manny Pacquiao
3. Danny Garcia
4. Shawn Porter
5. Jeff Horn
*Terence Crawford will be rated number one at 147 dependent on Jeff Horn result
Super-lightweight
1. Mikey Garcia
2. Terry Flanagan
3.Adrien Broner
4. Jose Ramirez
5. Regis Prograis
Lightweight
1. Vasyl Lomachenko
2. Jorge Linares
3. Gervonta Davis
4. Robert Easter Jr.
5. Ray Beltran
Super-featherweight
1. Miguel Berchelt
2. Francisco Vargas
3. Alberto Machado
4. Jhonny Gonzalez
5. Miguel Roman
Featherweight
1. Leo Santa Cruz
2. Carl Frampton
3. Abner Mares
4. Gary Russell
5. Oscar Valdez
Super-bantamweight
1. Guillermo Rigondeaux
2. Luis Nery
3. Rey Vargas
4. Isaac Dogboe
5. Danny Roman
Bantamweight
1. Naoya Inoue
2. Ryan Burnett
3. Jamie McDonnell
4. Zolani Tete
5. Manny Rodriguez
Super-flyweight
1. Srisaket Rungvisai
2. Donnie Nietes
3. Roman Gonzalez
4. Juan Estrada
5. Jerwin Ancajas
Flyweight
1. Kosei Tanaka
2. Sho Kimura
3. Artem Dalakian
4. Moruti Mthalane
5. Cristofer Rosales
Light-flyweight
1. Ryoichi Taguchi
2. Ken Shiro
3. Felix Alvarado
4. Hekkie Budler
5. Byron Rojas
Minimumweight
1. Wanheng Menayothin
2. Knockout CP Freshmart
3. Simphiwe Khonco
4. Ryuya Yamanaka
5. Hiroto Kyoguchi