• 11/26/2024

World’s best: Ukrainian boxer Usyk tops The Ring’s P4P rankings

Pravda Ukraine

Oleksandr Usyk, the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world (21-0, 14 KOs), has topped the pound-for-pound (P4P) rankings after his victory over Tyson Fury (34-1-1, 14 KOs).

Source: a rating by The Ring

Details: The Ukrainian surpassed the undisputed super bantamweight champion, Japan’s Naoya Inoue (26-0, 23 KOs), and the WBC, WBO, and WBA welterweight champion, Terence Crawford (40-0, 31 KOs).

The Ring’s pound-for-pound (P4P) rankings:

  1. (3) Oleksandr Usyk  
  2. (1) Naoya Inoue  
  3. (2) Terence Crawford  
  4. (4) Saul Alvarez  
  5. (5) Artur Beterbiev  
  6. (6) Dmitry Bivol  
  7. (7) Errol Spence  
  8. (8) Gervonta Davis  
  9. (9) Jesse Rodriguez 
  10. (10) Junto Nakatani

Background: Fury landed more punches, but Usyk was more accurate. After the fight, Oleksandr immediately went to the hospital, but then returned to the arena to answer journalists’ questions. At the end of the press conference, the newly-crowned absolute champion couldn’t hold back tears when he mentioned his late father.

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