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Pound for Pound Top 50 Rankings update: January 2019

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As an action-packed year begins, here’s a look at how the WBN Pound for Pound Top 50 looks at the turn of 2019.

On the back of another history-making twelve months, Vasyl Lomachenko leads the way at the top of ratings.

Pound for Pound Rankings – January 2019

1 Vasyl Lomachenko

LIGHTWEIGHT

RANKING IN JANUARY 2018: 2
RECORD IN 2018: 2-0, 1 KO

2 Canelo Alvarez
MIDDLEWEIGHT

RANKING IN JANUARY 2018: 4
RECORD IN 2018: 1-0

3 Oleksandr Usyk
CRUISERWEIGHT

RANKING IN JANUARY 2018: 15
RECORD IN 2018: 3-0. 1 KO

4 Mikey Garcia
LIGHTWEIGHT

RANKING IN JANUARY 2018: 5
RECORD IN 2018: 2-0

5 Terence Crawford
WELTERWEIGHT

RANKING IN JANUARY 2018: 3
RECORD IN 2018: 2-0, 2 KO

6 Gennady Golovkin
MIDDLEWEIGHT

RANKING IN JANUARY 2018: 1
RECORD IN 2018: 1-1, 1 KO

7 Naoya Inoue
BANTAMWEIGHT

RANKING IN JANUARY: 6
RECORD IN 2018: 2-0, 2 KO

8 Donnie Nietes
SUPER-FLYWEIGHT

RANKING IN JANUARY 2018: 12
RECORD IN 2018: 2-0-1, 1 KO

9 Tyson Fury
HEAVYWEIGHT

RANKING IN JANUARY 2018: NE
RECORD IN 2018: 2-0-1

10 Srisaket Sor Rungvisai
SUPER-FLYWEIGHT

RANKING IN JANUARY 2018: 9
RECORD IN 2018: 2-0, 1 KO

11 to 20

11 Manny Pacquiao
WELTERWEIGHT

RANKING IN JANUARY 2018: 22
RECORD IN 2018: 1-0, 1 KO

12 Deontay Wilder
HEAVYWEIGHT

RANKING IN JANUARY 2018: 14
RECORD IN 2018: 1-0-1, 1 KO

13 Anthony Joshua
HEAVYWEIGHT

RANKING IN JANUARY 2018: 13
RECORD IN 2018: 2-0, 1 KO

14 Kosei Tanaka
FLYWEIGHT

RANKING IN JANUARY 2018: 19
RECORD IN 2018: 2-0, 1 KO

15 Leo Santa Cruz
FEATHERWEIGHT

RANKING IN JANUARY 2018: 11
RECORD IN 2018: 1-0

16 Wanheng Menayothin
MINIMUMWEIGHT

RANKING IN JANUARY: 16
RECORD IN 2018: 2-0, 1 KO

17 Juan Estrada
SUPER-FLYWEIGHT

RANKING IN JANUARY: 10
RECORD IN 2018: 1-1

18 Errol Spence
WELTERWEIGHT

RANKING IN JANUARY: 21
RECORD IN 2018: 2-0, 2 KO’s

19 Shawn Porter
WELTERWEIGHT

RANKING IN JANUARY: 36
RECORD IN 2018: 1-0

20 Badou Jack
LIGHT-HEAVYWEIGHT

RANKING IN JANUARY: 23
RECORD IN 2018: 0-0-1

21 to 30

21 Jorge Linares
SUPER-LIGHTWEIGHT
RANKING IN JANUARY: 8
RECORD IN 2018: 2-1, 1 KO

22 Daniel Jacobs
MIDDLEWEIGHT
RANKING IN JANUARY: 34
RECORD IN 2018: 2-0

23 Roman Gonzalez
SUPER-FLYWEIGHT
RANKING IN JANUARY: 26
RECORD IN 2018: 1-0, 1 KO

24 Gary Russell Jr.
FEATHERWEIGHT
RANKING IN JANUARY: 27
RECORD IN 2018: 1-0

25 Gervonta Davis
SUPER-FEATHERWEIGHT
RANKING IN JANUARY: NE
RECORD IN 2018: 1-0, 1 KO

26 Miguel Berchelt
SUPER-FEATHERWEIGHT
RANKING IN JANUARY: 38
RECORD IN 2018: 3-0, 3 KO’s

27 Jarrett Hurd
SUPER-WELTERWEIGHT
RANKING IN JANUARY: NE
RECORD IN 2018: 2-0, 1 KO

28 Oleksandr Gvozdyk
LIGHT-HEAVYWEIGHT
RANKING IN JANUARY: NE
RECORD IN 2018: 2-0, 1 KO

29 Callum Smith
SUPER-MIDDLEWEIGHT
RANKING IN JANUARY: NE
RECORD IN 2018: 2-0, 1 KO

30 Guillermo Rigondeaux
SUPER-BANTAMWEIGHT
RANKING IN JANUARY: 29
RECORD IN 2018:

31 – 40

31 Kazuto Ioka
SUPER-FLYWEIGHT
RANKING IN JANUARY: NE
RECORD IN 2018: 1-1

32 Nonito Donaire
BANTAMWEIGHT
RANKING IN JANUARY: 41
RECORD IN 2018: 1-1, 1 KO

33 Josh Warrington
FEATHERWEIGHT
RANKING IN JANUARY: NE
RECORD IN 2018: 2-0

34 Dmitry Bivol
LIGHT-HEAVYWEIGHT
RANKING IN JANUARY: NE
RECORD IN 2018: 3-0, 1 KO

35 Gilberto Ramirez
SUPER-MIDDLEWEIGHT
RANKING IN JANUARY: 33
RECORD IN 2018: 2-0, 1 KO

36 Abner Mares
FEATHERWEIGHT
RANKING IN JANUARY: 24
RECORD IN 2018: 0-1

37 Moruti Mthalane
FLYWEIGHT
RANKING IN JANUARY: NE
RECORD IN 2018: 2-0, 1 KO

38 Carl Frampton
FEATHERWEIGHT
RANKING IN JANUARY: 18
RECORD IN 2018: 2-0, 1 KO

39 James DeGale
SUPER-MIDDLEWEIGHT
RANKING IN JANUARY: NE
RECORD IN 2018: 2-0

40 Jermall Charlo
MIDDLEWEIGHT
RANKING IN JANUARY: 47
RECORD IN 2018: 2-0, 1 KO

41 to 50

41 Rey Vargas
SUPER-BANTAMWEIGHT
RANKING IN JANUARY: NE
RECORD IN 2018: 1-0

42 Ryan Burnett
BANTAMWEIGHT
RANKING IN JANUARY: 30
RECORD IN 2018: 1-1

43 Jerwin Ancajas
SUPER-FLYWEIGHT
RANKING IN JANUARY: NE
RECORD IN 2018: 2-0, 1 KO

44 Hiroto Kyoguchi
LIGHT-FLYWEIGHT
RANKING IN JANUARY: NE
RECORD IN 2018: 3-0, 2 KO

45 Oscar Valdez
FEATHERWEIGHT
RANKING IN JANUARY: NE
RECORD IN 2018: 1-0

46 Ken Shiro
LIGHT-FLYWEIGHT
RANKING IN JANUARY: NE
RECORD IN 2018: 3-0, 2 KO

47 Luis Nery
SUPER-BANTAMWEIGHT
RANKING IN JANUARY: 42
RECORD IN 2018: 3-0, 3 KO’s

48 Mairis Briedis
CRUISERWEIGHT
RANKING IN JANUARY: NE
RECORD IN 2018: 2-1

49 Eleider Alvarez
LIGHT-HEAVYWEIGHT
RANKING IN JANUARY: NE
RECORD IN 2018: 1-0, 1 KO

50 Maurice Hooker
SUPER-LIGHTWEIGHT
RANKING IN JANUARY: NE
RECORD IN 2018: 1-0

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