Thursday, August 2, 2018

Official Boxing Esq. World Boxing Ratings - July 2018

Presenting the July 2018 Boxing Esq. World Boxing Ratings:

Movements:

Heavys – Dillian Whyte moves up from 6 to 3 with his gutsy win over former WBO Champ Joseph Parker in an excellent fight.  Dereck Chisora enters at 15 after his thrilling 8th round TKO win over Carlos Takam.  Takam drops from 10 to 16.

Cruisers – NO CHANGES (Usyk and Gassiev remain 1 and 2 after their superfight for all the belts.) 

Light Heavys - NO CHANGES.

Super Middles - Rocky Fielding moves from 21 to 13 with his win on the road over previously unbeaten "regular" WBA Champ Tyron Zeuge.  Zeuge falls from 14 to 18.  Fedor Chudinov moves from 15 to 14 with his close win over Nadjib Mohammedi.

Middles - NO CHANGES.

Jr. Middles - Jaime Munguia moves from 7 to 6 with decisive win over Liam Smith.  Konstantin Ponomarev moves from 15 to out with split loss to relative novice Sergey Vorobiev.  Vorobiev enters at 25.

Welters – Manny Pacquiao moves from 6 to 5 with impressive win over "regular" WBA Champ Lucas Matthysse.  Matthysse moves from 7 to out due to apparent retirement.  Omar Figueroa moves from 12 to out due to inactivity.  Francisco Santana and Felix Diaz enter at 24 and 25.

Jr. Welters – NO CHANGES.

Lights – NO CHANGES.

Jr. Lights - Masayuki Ito moves from 20 to 11 with exciting win over Christopher Diaz for the vacant WBO title.

Feathers - Nonito Donaire moves from 11 to out after move down to Bantamweight.  Jhack Tepora enters at 22 after his come from behind TKO win over Edivaldo Ortega for the "interim" WBA title.  Matias Carlos Adrian Rueda moves from 24 to out due to move up to Lightweight.  Eduardo Ramirez enters at 25.

Jr. Feathers – Shingo Wake moves from 17 to 9 with win over Yusaku Kuga.  Kuga drops from 14 to 18.  

Bantams – Nonito Donaire enters at 10 after signing up for the WBSS at 118.  Shohei Omori ends his inactivity with a win and enters at 25.  Stuart Hall and Aaron Alameda drop from 24 and 25 respectively to out.

Super Flys - NO CHANGES.

Flys – NO CHANGES.

Jr. Flys – NO CHANGES.

Straws – Victor Saludar moves from 20 to 7 after winning the WBO belt from Ryuya Yamanaka. 

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