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Did Dmitry Bivol climb the Boxing Junkie list?


Dmitry Bivol did it again.

The £175 title winner put on a sensational performance, this time easily edging past the previously unbeaten Gilberto Ramirez last Saturday in the United Arab Emirates.

That was followed by his disappointment over Canelo Alvarez in May, when he wowed the boxing world by winning a unanimous decision.

The US-based Russian aircraft is currently considered one of the best fighters in the world regardless of weight. But where should he be on the pound-for-pound list?

Bivol ranked 6th in the Boxing Junkie rankings when participating in the match against Ramirez, just behind No. 1 Terence Crawford, No. 2 Naoya Inoue, No. 3 Oleksandr Usyk, No. 4 Errol Spence Jr. and number 5 Tyson Fury.

Has he done enough to climb higher on the list? Yes, he has.

He swaps places with Fury, moving into No. 5. Fury was once the dominant fighter in his division but we feel Bivol has now proven he’s a better all-rounder than Fury. regardless of weight.

Bivol cannot replace Spence at No. 4. The welterweight title winner has had similar success but has a stronger track record than his counterpart.

Here’s what the current list looks like:

JUNKIE BOX
POUND-FOR-POUND

  1. Terence Crawford – Scheduled to defend the WBO welterweight title against David Avanesyan on December 10 in Omaha, Nebraska.
  2. Naoya Inoue – Scheduled to meet Paul Butler for the undisputed bantamweight title on December 13 in Tokyo.
  3. Oleksandr Usyk – No fight schedule.
  4. Errol Spence Jr. – No scheduled combat.
  5. Dmitry Bivol – No scheduled combat.
  6. Tyson Fury – Scheduled to defend his WBC title against Derek Chisora ​​on December 3 in London.
  7. Canelo Alvarez– No scheduled combat.
  8. Juan Francisco Estrada – Scheduled to face Roman Gonzalez on December 3. Estrada is the WBC bantamweight “franchise champion”.
  9. Jermell Charlo – It is reported that an agreement has been reached to defend his undisputed junior middleweight championship against Tim Tszyu on January 28 but no official announcement has been made.
  10. Gervonta Davis – Reportedly in talks to meet Ryan Garcia in a 136-pound fight. No date has been mentioned.
  11. Vasiliy Lomachenko – No scheduled combat.
  12. Artur Betterbiev – Reportedly targeting January 28 in London for scheduled defense of his three-belt light heavyweight title against Anthony Yarde, who is expected to face Stefani Koykov in a make up match November 19
  13. Shakur Stevenson – No scheduled combat.
  14. Roman Gonzalez Expected to face WBC bantamweight “franchise champion” Juan Francisco Estrada on December 3.
  15. Devin Haney – No scheduled combat.

Mention of honor (alphabetically): David Benavidez (no scheduled combat); Jermall Charlo (no scheduled combat); Stephen Fulton Jr. (no scheduled combat); Kazuto Ioka (scheduled to face Joshua Franco in a children’s bantamweight title match on New Year’s Eve in Tokyo); Josh Taylor (scheduled to defend her junior WBO welterweight title in a rematch against Jack Catterall on February 4 in Glasgow, Scotland).

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