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The Transnational Boxing Rankings Board was formed in October 2012 as a volunteer initiative to provide boxing with authoritative top-ten rankings, identify the singular world champion of every division by strict reasoning and common sense, and to insist on the sport’s reform. Board membership includes fifty respected boxing journalists and record keepers from around the world who are uncompromised by so-called sanctioning bodies and promoters.
22 April 2024
Ryan Garcia was the big noise this week: in defeating Devin Haney, the #1-ranked contender under Jr. Welterweight King Teofimo Lopez, Garcia scored a major upset. Tainted as it was by his coming in 3 ¼ pounds overweight the day before (and thus depositing 1.5 million into Haney’s bank account), the win was not expected. That left hook of his -it’s an equalizer.
The board was all over the place with where to rank him given the win and the weight problem. Two chairs believed that he should be ranked not at jr. welterweight, but at welterweight, and this was the proposal offered -but it was rejected by just about every voting member. Several members sought to effectively disqualify Garcia from entering the rankings due to his failure to make weight. However, the argument that proved most convincing, albeit barely, was the one that hearkened back to boxing history and the idea of over-the-weight bouts, which were common when the sport didn’t have bogus belts on every broadcast. It was not an excuse for Garcia, but it provided context. Consider also that both fighters likely weighed far more than 140 lbs at fight time. The argument held that Garcia did not defeat a welterweight and therefore should not be ranked at welterweight, while ignoring the win based on his (very costly) lack of discipline isn’t quite far enough away from the idiocy of the WBC.
Garcia is thus now ranked #2 in the division. Haney is at #3. If Garcia fails to make the weight limit in his next fight, he will very likely lose the ranking.
Haney loses not only his #1 divisional ranking, but his place in the P4P List. There’s a new entry at #10 there. Click on the tab and find out who it is…
Sean McComb lost a decision to #4-ranked Arnold Barboza Jr. and several members argued that it was a robbery egregious enough to constitute a Robbery as per the charter’s Robbery clause. 80% of the voting members agreed, and as a result, McComb –the official loser- is now ranked at #7 while Barboza drops to #10.
Down at Jr. Bantamweight, David Jimenez, who handed John Ramirez his first loss, debuts at #8 in the division. Argi Cortez is bumped out.
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We represent 21 countries, including: Argentina, Australia, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, England, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, the Philippines, Russia, Scotland, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, the United States, Vietnam, and the commonwealth of Puerto Rico.,enters
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Division | Name | Record | Nation |
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Heavyweight | Oleksandr Usyk | 19-0-0 (13) | UKR |
Cruiserweight | Jai Opetaia | 22-0-0 (17) | AUS |
Light Heavyweight | Artur Beterbiev | 17-0-0 (17) | CAN |
Super Middleweight | Saul Alvarez | 57-2-2 (39) | MEX |
Junior Middleweight | Jermell Charlo | 35-1-1 (19) | USA |
Welterweight | Terence Crawford | 40-0-0 (31) | USA |
Junior Welterweight | Teofimo Lopez | 20-1-0 (13) | USA |
Junior Featherweight | Naoya Inoue | 26-0-0 (23) | JPN |
Junior Bantamweight | Juan Francisco Estrada | 44-3-0 (28) | MEX |
Junior Flyweight | Kenshiro Teraji | 23-1-0 (14) | JPN |
In-studio Analyst , ESPN
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