Usyk Climbs to Third Spot in BoxRec Ranking

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The undisputed cruiserweight world champion, Oleksandr Usyk, has climbed to No.3 in the BoxRec’s pound-for-pound ranking following his victory over Briton Tony Bellew.

Another Ukrainian boxer, Vasyl Lomachenko, dropped to fifth position.

Usyk outranks Lomachenko for the first time.

The top 10 boxers are:

  1. Terence Crawford from the United States
  2. Saul Alvarez from Mexico
  3. Oleksandr Usyk
  4. Gennady Golovkin from Kazakhstan
  5. Vasyl Lomachenko
  6. Luis Nery from Mexico
  7. Wisaksil Wangek from Thailand
  8. Miguel Berchelt from Mexico
  9. Anthony Joshua from the United Kingdom
  10. Leo Santa Cruz from Mexico

Usyk knocked out Bellew in the eighth round in Manchester early on Sunday, Nov. 11. He defended his cruiserweight world champion titles.

BoxRec is a website dedicated to posting updated records of professional boxers, both male and female. The objective of the site is to document every professional boxer and boxing match from the instigation of the Queensberry Rules up to the present time. BoxRec publishes ratings for all active boxers and all-time ratings.