After an enthralling weekend of boxing, there are big changes in
The Ring's latest ratings update, including the pound-for-pound top 10.
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Ring IV: Night of the Champions" took place on Saturday night and there were some particularly impressive performances at ANB Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
David Benavidez dismantled Anthony Yarde in seven rounds to retain his WBC light heavyweight title in the main event.
In the co-feature, Devin Haney silenced the doubters by
dropping and outpointing WBO welterweight champion Brian Norman to become a three-division champion.
Elsewhere on the card,
Jesse 'Bam' Rodriguez put in a dazzling performance against Fernando 'Puma' Martinez, knocking him out in the 10th round to add the WBA 115-pound belt to his Ring, WBC and WBO titles.
Kicking off the championship fights was Abdullah Mason vs. Sam Noakes. Mason became the youngest male world champion in boxing at the age of 21,
beating Noakes by unanimous decision in a bruising, back-and-forth encounter.
Scroll down to read the alterations.
*Bold/italics denotes movement in the division.
Light heavyweight
Anthony Yarde drops a spot to No. 5, Albert Ramirez moves to No. 4.
C DMITRY BIVOL Russia 24-1-0 (12 KOs)
1 ARTUR BETERBIEV Russia 21-1-0 (20 KOs)
2 DAVID BENAVIDEZ U.S. 31-0-0 (25 KOs)
3 CALLUM SMITH U.K. 31-2-0 (22 KOs)
4 ALBERT RAMIREZ Venezuela 22-0-0 (19 KOs)
5 ANTHONY YARDE U.K. 27-4-0 (24 KOs)
6 DAVID MORRELL Cuba 12-1-0 (9 KOs)
7 IMAM KHATAEV Australia 10-1-0 (9 KOs)
8 JOSHUA BUATSI U.K. 20-1-0 (13 KOs)
9 OLEKSANDR GVOZDYK Ukraine 21-2-0 (17 KOs)
10 WILLY HUTCHINSON U.K. 19-2-0 (14 KOs)
Welterweight
Devin Haney enters the list at No. 1. Everyone below him moves down a spot. Manny Pacquiao drops out of the list.
C (vacant)
1 DEVIN HANEY U.S. 30-0-0 (15 KOs)
2 BRIAN NORMAN JR. U.S. 28-1-0 (22 KOs)
3 EIMANTAS STANIONIS Lithuania 16-1-0 (9 KOs)
4 GIOVANI SANTILLAN U.S. 34-1-0 (18 KOs)
5 ROHAN POLANCO Dom. Rep. 17-0-0 (10 KOs)
6 SHAKHRAM GIYASOV Uzbekistan 18-0-0 (11 KOs)
7 ALEXIS ROCHA U.S. 25-2-1 (16 KOs)
8 RAUL CURIEL Mexico 16-0-1 (14 KOs)
9 JACK CATTERALL U.K. 32-2-0 (14 KOs)
10 MARIO BARRIOS WBC U.S. 29-2-2 (18 KOs)
Lightweight
Abdullah Mason jumps three places to No. 6. Floyd Schofield drops to No. 7, Denys Berinchyk drops to No. 8 and Sam Noakes drops to No. 9.
C (vacant)
1 SHAKUR STEVENSON U.S. 24-0-0 (11 KOs)
2 GERVONTA DAVIS U.S. 30-0-1 (28 KOs)
3 RAYMOND MURATALLA U.S. 23-0-0 (17 KOs)
4 WILLIAM ZEPEDA Mexico 33-1-0 (27 KOs)
5 ANDY CRUZ Cuba 6-0-0 (3 KOs)
6 ABDULLAH MASON U.S. 20-0-0 (17 KOs)
7 FLOYD SCHOFIELD U.S. 19-0-0 (13 KOs)
8 DENYS BERINCHYK Ukraine 19-1-0 (9 KOs)
9 SAM NOAKES U.K. 17-1-0 (15 KOs)
10 LUCAS BAHDI Canada 20-0-0 (15 KOs)
Pound-for-pound
Jesse 'Bam' Rodriguez moves up two places to No. 4. Dmitry Bivol moves down to No. 5 and Artur Beterbiev drops to No. 6. New entry is Devin Haney at No. 10. Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez drops out of the list, signalling the end of an era.
Alvarez first entered The Ring's junior middleweight rankings in 2010. He then entered the pound-for-pound top 10 after beating Austin Trout in April 2013, entering on May 6.
The Mexican has been a fixture in the pound-for-pound top 10 ever since, not including the six-month period he spent out of the list in 2018 after testing positive for banned substance Clenbuterol. His explanation the positive test was due to contaminated meat was accepted by the Nevada State Athletic Commission, though he served a six-month suspension for his troubles.
After beating Sergey Kovalev for the WBO light heavyweight title in August 2019, Alvarez was named the No. 1 pound-for-pound fighter in the world. After losing to Dmitry Bivol in May 2022, Alvarez fell off the top spot.
1 TERENCE CRAWFORD U.S. 42-0-0 (31 KOs)
2 OLEKSANDR USYK Ukraine 24-0-0 (15 KOs)
3 NAOYA INOUE Japan 31-0-0 (27 KOs)
4 JESSE RODRIGUEZ U.S. 23-0-0 (16 KOs)
5 DMITRY BIVOL Russia 24-1-0 (12 KOs)
6 ARTUR BETERBIEV Russia 21-1-0 (20 KOs)
7 JUNTO NAKATANI Japan 31-0-0 (24 KOs)
8 SHAKUR STEVENSON U.S. 24-0-0 (11 KOs)
9 DAVID BENAVIDEZ U.S. 31-0-0 (25 KOs)
10 DEVIN HANEY U.S. 30-0-0 (15 KOs)
The Ring panel comments
Tom Gray: "I'm for taking 'Bam' up two spots to No. 4. This kid is such a throwback and he ALWAYS delivers. Martinez had only been down once in his career and was an unbeaten world titleholder. Bam smoked him with a single counter punch. He's amazing! I also like Devin to replace Canelo at No. 10."
Daisuke Sugiura: "I think Bam should be ranked No. 4 on the P4P list, and Haney at No. 10.
Anson Wainwright: "Jesse Rodriguez was really impressive against Fernando Martinez. I'd move him up one place ... Similarly David Benavidez was too much for Anthony Yarde and I'd move up one place. I'd not be against Devin Haney re-entering the pound-for-pound picture coming in at No. 10."