Jack Catterall entered the pound for pound top twenty this week following his victory over Josh Taylor. Roman Gonzalez, who won last Saturday night, re-entered the top ten.
Catterall, despite some media in the United States being cautious about admitting the truth, absolutely dominated Taylor in the UK.
Winning at least eight rounds of the twelve and out-landing Taylor for eleven of twelve sessions and dropping him, the Chorley man got robbed of his dream.
But World Boxing News doesn’t shy away from calling it as it is, hence Catterall now being rated as the current undisputed super-lightweight champion he is in our eyes.
Taylor will not be rated as a champion on the website until he wins one inside the ropes properly again in the future.
Even though the sanctioning bodies recognize Taylor as the champion, WBN does not. He lost that fight.
Regarding Roman Gonzalez, Chocolatito put on a fantastic performance on Saturday to defeat former flyweight ruler JC Martinez.
He’s now back in the pound for pound top ten for the first time in years.
Gonzalez once ruled at the top spot in 2016 when being an undefeated specialist chasing Floyd Mayweather’s 50-0 record. However, three defeats in his next seven bouts put him on the fringes of the top twenty.
The Martinez win is a clear reminder that Nicaragua’s finest is a total legend many fans will remember as one the best of all time from the lower divisions.
POUND FOR POUND TOP 50 BOXERS
#1 CANELO ALVAREZ
#2 OLEKSANDR USYK
#3 TYSON FURY
#4 NAOYA INOUE
#5 ERROL SPENCE
#6 ROMAN GONZALEZ
#7 TERENCE CRAWFORD
#8 VASYL LOMACHENKO
#9 NONITO DONAIRE
#10 JUAN ESTRADA
#11 GEORGE KAMBOSOS JR
#12 GERVONTA DAVIS
#13 KAZUTO IOKA
#14 GENNADIY GOLOVKIN
#15 JACK CATTERALL
#16 JERMELL CHARLO
#17 JOSH TAYLOR
#18 TEOFIMO LOPEZ
#19 YORDENIS UGAS
#20 OSCAR VALDEZ
POUND FOR POUND 21 to 50
#21 ARTUR BETERBIEV
#22 LEO SANTA CRUZ
#23 KOSEI TANAKA
#24 SHAKUR STEVENSON
#25 SRISAKET SOR RUNGVISAI
#26 JOSE RAMIREZ
#27 ANTHONY JOSHUA
#28 DEONTAY WILDER
#29 JERMALL CHARLO
#30 STEPHEN FULTON JR
#31 EMANUEL NAVARRETE
#32 DMITRY BIVOL
#33 REGIS PROGRAIS
#34 ANDY RUIZ JR.
#35 WANHENG MENAYOTHIN
#36 KEITH THURMAN
#37 DEMETRIUS ANDRADE
#38 DAVID BENAVIDEZ
#39 GUILLERMO RIGONDEAUX
#40 JOHN RIEL CASIMERO
#41 MIGUEL BERCHELT
#42 GILBERTO RAMIREZ
#43 MAIRIS BRIEDIS
#44 MURODJON AKHMADALIEV
#45 JERWIN ANCAJAS
#46 JAIME MUNGUIA
#47 JESSE RODRIGUEZ
#48 MARK MAGSAYO
#49 HIROTO KYOGUCHI
#50 BRIAN CASTANO
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