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August 2022- Some wishes do come true … there was indeed a clear winner in the Oleksandr Usyk-Anthony Joshua rematch on Saturday night. It was a good, suspenseful fight untainted by a draw, no decision/contest, an unjustified DQ, or a bad decision. Oleksandr Usyk is now Heavyweight King. He succeeds Tyson Fury. Fury had a good time keeping everyone off balance until last week when he acted on his words by disavowing one of his belts while again declaring his retirement –that was when and why the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board declared the championship open in time for the #1 vs. #2 bout we saw Saturday night. The former heavyweight champion will likely be back to challenge Usyk, much like Joe Louis did Ezzard Charles in 1950 after he retired in 1949. But remember, no one was declaring that bout a title defense for Louis. Because it was a comeback. If Fury challenges Usyk, it will likewise be a comeback.

There was a clamoring for Usyk to take #1 at P4P, but it just missed. (Take a look at who took #10 with Fury’s retirement).

As for Anthony Joshua, his efforts were not unrewarded even in defeat. Someone should remind him that Jack Dempsey himself did not find a lasting place in the hearts of boxing fans until after he lost to Gene Tunney, and then lost again. Boxing is often about character as much as it is about conquest. As for Joshua’s emotional acts and words in the minutes following the fight, Alex Steedman said it best the other day: “Our fighters deserve a pass now and then.” AJ got one, of sorts, from the board this week. The chairs proposed that he drop to #1 below Deontay Wilder but it was overwhelmingly overruled and he’s sitting pretty at #1.

Callum Smith moves up a spot in the Light Heavyweight rankings with a 4th round stoppage of #10 ranked Mathieu Bauderlique, who exits. Spider Richards enters, primarily because of a relatively good loss against the formidable #1 contender Dmitry Bivol last year.

Jr. Welterweight Alberto Puello bumps out Teofimo Lopez with a win against Botirzhon Akhmedov to maintain his undefeated record. Down in Shakur Stevenson’s Jr. Lightweight kingdom, the #2 contender Roger Guiterrez was defeated by the #5 contender Hector Garcia. Garcia is now #2 and Guiterrez #6. Rau’shee Warren, the #5 contender in Naoya Inoue’s Bantamweight kingdom, was surprisingly defeated by Francisco Pedroza in a 6-round prelim. He was voted out of the rankings altogether. Japan’s Ryosuke Nishida enters at #10.

THE TRUE CHAMPIONS

P4P

HEAVYWEIGHT (+200LBS/+91KG)

	Name	Record	Nationality	Last Week
	Oleksandr Usyk	19-0-0 (13)	UKR	1
1	Anthony Joshua	24-2-0 (22)	ENG	2
2	Deontay Wilder	42-2-1 (41)	USA	3
3	Andy Ruiz Jr.	34-2-0 (22)	USA	4
4	Joseph Parker	30-2-0 (21)	NZ	5
5	Joe Joyce	14-0-0 (13)	ENG	6
6	Dillian Whyte	28-2-0 (19)	ENG	7
7	Luis Ortiz	33-2-0 (28)	CUB	8
8	Otto Wallin	24-1-0 (14)	SWE	9
9	Michael Hunter	20-1-2 (14)	USA	10
10	Martin Bakole	18-1-0 (13)	DRC	—

CRUISERWEIGHT (200LBS/91KG)

	Name	Record	Nationality	Last Week
	Jai Opetaia	22-0-0 (17)	AUS	—
1	Mairis Breidis	28-2-0 (20)	LVA	1
2	Lawrence Okolie	17-0-0 (14)	ENG	2
3	Yuniel Dorticos	25-2-0 (23)	CUB	3
4	Ilunga Makabu	29-2-0 (25)	COD	4
5	Thabiso Mchunu	23-6-0 (13)	RSA	5
6	Aleksei Papin	14-1-0 (13)	RUS	6
7	Richard Riakporhe	15-0-0 (11)	ENG	7
8	Mateusz Masternak	46-5-0 (31)	POL	8
9	Brandon Glanton	15-0-0 (12)	USA	9
10	Chris Billam-Smith	16-1-0 (11)	ENG	10

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT (175LBS/79KG)

	Name	Record	Nationality	Last Week
	Artur Beterbiev	18-0-0 (18)	CAN	***
1	Dmitry Bivol	20-0-0 (11)	RUS	1
2	Gilberto Ramirez	44-0-0 (30)	MEX	2
3	Joshua Buatsi	16-0-0 (13)	ENG	3
4	Callum Smith	28-1-0 (20)	ENG	5
5	Joe Smith Jr.	28-4-0 (22)	USA	4
6	Anthony Yarde	22-2-0 (21)	ENG	6
7	Marcus Browne	24-2-0 (16)	USA	7
8	Callum Johnson	20-1-0 (14)	ENG	8
9	Jean Pascal	36-6-1 (20)	CAN	9
10	Spider Richards	17-3-1 (10)	ENG	—

SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHT (168LBS/76.2KG)

	Name	Record	Nationality	Last Week
	Saul Alvarez	57-2-2 (39)	MEX	***
1	David Benavidez	26-0-0 (23)	USA	1
2	Caleb Plant	21-1-0 (12)	USA	2
3	David Morrell	7-0-0 (6)	CUB	3
4	Lerrone Richards	15-0-0 (3)	ENG	4
5	Carlos Gongora	20-1-0 (15)	ECU	5
6	John Ryder	31-5-0 (17)	ENG	6
7	Danny Jacobs	37-4-0 (30)	USA	7
8	Pavel Silyagin	10-0-0 (5)	RUS	8
9	Christian Mbilli	21-0-0 (19)	FRA	9
10	Azizbek Abdugofurov	14-1-0 (5)	UZB	10

MIDDLEWEIGHT (160LBS/72.5KG)

	Name	Record	Nationality	Last Week
	OPEN (Saul Alvarez abdicated 1/1/2021)
1	Gennady Golovkin	42-1-1 (37)	KAZ	1
2	Jermall Charlo	32-0-0 (22)	USA	2
3	Demetrius Andrade	31-0-0 (19)	USA	3
4	Carlos Adames	21-1-0 (16)	DR	4
5	Jaime Munguia	40-0-0 (32)	MEX	5
6	Chris Eubank Jr.	32-2-0 (23)	ENG	6
7	Zhanibek Alimkhanuly	12-0-0 (8)	KAZ	7
8	Maciej Sulecki	30-2-0 (11)	POL	8
9	Erislandy Lara	29-3-3 (17)	CUB	9
10	Sergiy Derevyanchenko	14-4-0 (10)	UKR	10

JUNIOR MIDDLEWEIGHT (154LBS/70KG)

	Name	Record	Nationality	Last Week
	Jermell Charlo	35-1-1 (19)	USA	***
1	Brian Castano	17-1-2 (12)	ARG	1
2	Sebastian Fundora	19-0-1 (13)	USA	2
3	Tim Tszyu	21-0-0 (15)	AUS	3
4	Tony Harrison	29-3-1 (21)	USA	4
5	Erickson Lubin	24-2-0 (17)	USA	5
6	Israil Madrimov	8-0-0 (6)	UZB	6
7	Jesus Ramos	19-0-0 (15)	USA	7
8	Magomed Kurbanov	22-0-0 (13)	RUS	8
9	Liam Smith	31-3-1 (18)	ENG	9
10	Bakhram Murtazaliev	20-0-0 (15)	RUS	10

WELTERWEIGHT (147LBS/66.7KG)

	Name	Record	Nationality	Last Week
	Open (since 4/2016 when Manny Pacquiao retired)
1	Errol Spence Jr.	28-0-0 (22)	USA	1
2	Terence Crawford	38-0-0 (29)	USA	2
3	Yordenis Ugas	27-5-0 (12)	CUB	3
4	Vergil Ortiz Jr.	19-0-0 (19)	USA	4
5	Jaron Ennis	29-0-0 (27)	USA	5
6	Keith Thurman	30-1-0 (22)	USA	6
7	Eimantas Stanionis	14-0-0 (9)	LIT	7
8	Cody Crowley	21-0-0 (9)	CAN	8
9	David Avanesyan	29-3-1 (17)	RUS	9
10	Conor Benn	21-0-0 (14)	ENG	10

JUNIOR WELTERWEIGHT (140LBS/63.5KG)

	Name	Record	Nationality	Last Week
	Josh Taylor	19-0-0 (13)	SCT	***
1	Jose Ramirez	27-1-0 (17)	USA	1
2	Regis Prograis	27-1-0 (23)	USA	2
3	Jose Zepeda	36-2-0 (28)	USA	3
4	Arnold Barboza, Jr.	27-0-0 (10)	USA	4
5	Jack Catterall	26-1-0 (13)	ENG	5
6	Sandor Martin	40-2-0 (13)	ESP	6
7	Montana Love	18-0-1 (9)	USA	7
8	Gary Antuanne Russell	15-0-0 (15)	USA	8
9	Subriel Matias	18-1-0 (18)	PR	9
10	Alberto Puello	21-0-0 (10)	DR	—

LIGHTWEIGHT (135LBS/61.2KG)

	Name	Record	Nationality	Last Week
	Devin Haney	28-0-0 (15)	USA	***
1	George Kambosos Jr.	20-1-0 (10)	USA	1
2	Vasiliy Lomachenko	16-2-0 (11)	UKR	2
3	Gervonta Davis	27-0-0 (25)	USA	3
4	Ryan Garcia	23-0-0 (19)	USA	4
5	Isaac Cruz	23-2-1 (16)	MEX	5
6	Gustavo Daniel Lemos	28-0-0 (18)	ARG	6
7	Jeremiah Nakathila	23-2-0 (19)	NAM	7
8	Joseph Diaz	32-2-1 (15)	USA	8
9	Jamaine Ortiz	16-0-1 (8)	USA	9
10	William Zepeda	26-0-0 (23)	MEX	10

JUNIOR LIGHTWEIGHT (130LBS/59KG)

	Name	Record	Nationality	Last Week
	Shakur Stevenson	18-0-0 (9)	USA	***
1	Oscar Valdez	30-1-0 (23)	MEX	1
2	Hector Garcia	16-0-0 (10)	DR	5
3	Joe Cordina	15-0-0 (9)	WAL	3
4	Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov	16-0-1 (13)	RUS	4
5	O’Shaquie Foster	19-2-0 (11)	USA	6
6	Roger Gutierrez	26-4-1 (20)	VEN	2
7	Lamont Roach	23-1-1 (9)	USA	7
8	Robson Conceicao	17-1-0 (8)	BRA	8
9	Eduardo Ramirez	27-2-3 (12)	MEX	9
10	Kenichi Ogawa	26-2-1 (18)	JPN	10

FEATHERWEIGHT (126LBS/57.1KG)

	Name	Record	Nationality	Last Week
	OPEN (since Pacquiao abdicated 3/2005)			–
1	Mauricio Lara	24-2-1 (17)	MEX	1
2	Emanuel Navarrete	36-1-0 (30)	MEX	2
3	Rey Vargas	36-0-0 (22)	MEX	3
4	Mark Magsayo	24-1-0 (16)	PHI	4
5	Gary Russell Jr.	31-2-0 (18)	USA	5
6	Leigh Wood	26-2- 0 (16)	ENG	6
7	Josh Warrington	31-1-1 (8)	ENG	7
8	Brandon Figueroa	23-1-1 (18)	USA	8
9	Kiko Martinez	43-11-2 (30)	ESP	9
10	Isaac Dogboe	24-2-0 (15)	GHA	10

JUNIOR FEATHERWEIGHT (122LBS/55.3KG)

	Name	Record	Nationality	Last Week
	OPEN (since Guillermo Rigondeaux abdicated via abandonment, July 2022)	–	–	–
1	Stephen Fulton, Jr.	21-0-0 (8)	USA	1
2	Murodjon Akhmadaliev	11-0-0 (8)	UZB	2
3	Daniel Roman	29-4-1 (16)	USA	3
4	Azat Hovhannisyan	21-3-0 (17)	ARM	4
5	Takuma Inoue	16-1-0 (3)	JPN	5
6	Ra’eese Aleem	19-0-0 (12)	USA	6
7	Marlon Tapales	36-3-0 (19)	PHI	7
8	Luis Nery	32-1-0 (24)	MEX	8
9	Zolani Tete	30-4-0 (23)	RSA	9
10	Ludumo Lamati	19-0-1 (10)	RSA	10

BANTAMWEIGHT (118LBS/53.5KG)

	Name	Record	Nationality	Last Week
	Naoya Inoue	23-0-0 (20)	JPN	***
1	John Riel Casimero	31-4-0 (21)	PHI	1
2	Emmanuel Rodriguez	20-2-0 (13)	PR	2
3	Jason Moloney	24-2-0 (19)	AUS	3
4	Nonito Donaire	42-7-0 (28)	PHI	4
5	Gary Antonio Russell	19-0-0 (12)	USA	6
6	Vincent Astrolabio	17-3-0 (12)	PHI	7
7	Lee McGregor	11-0-1 (9)	SCO	8
8	Alexandro Santiago	25-3-5 (13)	MEX	9
9	Paul Butler	34-2-0 (15)	ENG	10
10	Ryosuke Nishida	5-0-0 (1)	JPN	—

JUNIOR BANTAMWEIGHT (115LBS/52.1KG)

	Name	Record	Nationality	Last Week
	Juan Francisco Estrada	42-3-0 (28)	MEX	***
1	Roman Gonzalez	51-3-0 (41)	NIC	1
2	Bam Rodriguez	16-0-0 (11)	USA	2
3	Kazuto Ioka	29-2-0 (15)	JPN	3
4	Fernando Martinez	14-0-0 (8)	ARG	4
5	Joshua Franco	18-1-2 (8)	USA	5
6	Srisaket Sor Rungvisai	50-6-1 (43)	THA	6
7	Francisco Rodriguez, Jr.	36-5-1 (25)	MEX	7
8	Andrew Moloney	24-2-0 (16)	AUS	8
9	Jerwin Ancajas	33-2-2 (22)	PHI	9
10	Kosei Tanaka	17-1-0 (10)	JPN	10

FLYWEIGHT (112LBS/51KG)

	Name	Record	Nationality	Last Week
	OPEN (since Roman Gonzalez abdicated 10/2016)			–
1	Sunny Edwards	18-0-0 (4)	ENG	1
2	Julio Cesar Martinez	18-2-0 (14)	MEX	2
3	Junto Nakatani	23-0-0 (18)	JPN	3
4	Artem Dalakian	21-0-0 (15)	UKR	4
5	David Jimenez	12-0-0 (9)	CR	5
6	Ricardo Sandoval	20-2-0 (15)	USA	6
7	McWilliams Arroyo	21-4-0 (16)	PR	7
8	Angel Ayala	13-0-0 (6)	MEX	8
9	Muhammed Waseem	12-2-0 (8)	PAK	9
10	Giemel Magramo	26-2-0 (21)	PHI	10

JUNIOR FLYWEIGHT (108LBS/49KG)

	Name	Record	Nationality	Last Week
	OPEN (since Giovani Segura abdicated 4/2011)			–
1	Kenshiro Teraji	19-1-0 (11)	JPN	1
2	Hiroto Kyoguchi	16-0-0 (11)	JPN	2
3	Jonathan Gonzalez	26-3-1 (14)	PR	3
4	Masamichi Yabuki	13-4-0 (12)	JPN	4
5	Hekkie Budler	34-4-0 (10)	RSA	5
6	Daniel Matellon	13-0-2 (6)	PAN	6
7	Elwin Soto	19-3-0 (13)	MEX	7
8	Mark Vicelles	17-0-1 (10)	PHI	8
9	Esteban Bermudez	14-4-2 (10)	MEX	9
10	Carlos Canizales	25-1-1 (19)	VEN	10

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