Three fighters on Boxing Junkie’s pound-for-pound listing have bouts in place.
Nonetheless, nearly all of them have but to finalize agreements — which serves to tease loyal, however pissed off boxing followers clamoring for vital matchups — and a few don’t have anything within the works, together with those that fought just lately
These are the fighters who’ve introduced fights:
No. 10 Gervonta Davis (Ryan Garcia), No. 13 Shakur Stevenson (Shuichiro Yoshino) and Honorable Point out David Benavidez (Caleb Plant).
These are the fighters who’re in talks with particular potential opponents however haven’t made official bulletins:
No. 1 Terence Crawford (Aleix Rocha), No. 2 Naoya Inoue (Stephen Fulton Jr.), No. 3 Oleksander Usyk (Tyson Fury), No. 4 Errol Spence Jr. (Keith Thurman), No. 5 Dmitry Bivol (Artur Beterbiev), No. 6 Fury (Usyk), No. 8 Canelo Alvarez (John Ryder), No. 11 Vasiliy Lomachenko (Devin Haney), No. 12 Beterbiev (Bivol), No. 15 Haney (Lomachenko), HM Fulton (Inoue), HM Kazuto Ioka (Joshua Franco) and HM Josh Taylor (Teofimo Lopez).
Subsequent pound-for-pounder up: The Benavidez-Plant battle on March 25 in Las Vegas.
Right here’s what the listing seems like in the meanwhile:
BOXING JUNKIE
POUND-FOR-POUND
Terence Crawford – Ordered by the WBO to defend his 147-pound title in opposition to Alexis Rocha however no settlement is in place
Naoya Inoue – In talks to problem 122-pound titleholder and Honorable Point out Stephen Fulton Jr. this spring in Japan.
Oleksandr Usyk – In talks to face No. 6 Tyson Fury in a heavyweight title-unification bout however no settlement is in place.
Errol Spence Jr. – Unified 147-pound titleholder reportedly set to face Keith Thurman at 154 kilos in April however no official announcement has been made.
Dmitry Bivol – Reportedly in talks to face No. 12 Artur Beterbiev in a 175-pound title-unification battle as early as June however no settlement is in place.
Tyson Fury – In talks to face No. 3 Oleksandr Usyk in a heavyweight title-unification bout however no settlement is in place.
Juan Francisco Estrada – No battle scheduled.
Canelo Alvarez– Reportedly has agreed to defend his undisputed 168-pound championship in opposition to John Ryder on Might 6 in Mexico however no announcement has been made.
Jermell Charlo – No battle scheduled.
Gervonta Davis – Scheduled to face Ryan Garcia in a 136-pound bout on April 15 in Las Vegas.
Vasiliy Lomachenko – Reportedly in talks to problem undisputed light-weight champion Devin Haney however no official announcement has been made.
Artur Beterbiev – Reportedly in talks to face No. 5 Dmitry Bivol in a 175-pound title-unification battle as early as June however no settlement is in place.
Shakur Stevenson – Scheduled to face Shuichiro Yoshino in a 135-pound bout on April 8 in Newark, New Jersey.
Roman Gonzalez – No battle scheduled.
Devin Haney – Reportedly has agreed to defend his undisputed light-weight championship in opposition to Vasiliy Lomachenko on Might 20 however no official announcement has been made..
Honorable point out (alphabetical order): David Benavidez (scheduled to battle Caleb Plant on March 25); Jermall Charlo (no battle scheduled); Stephen Fulton Jr. (in talks to defend his 122-pound title in opposition to No. 2 Naoya Inoue this spring); Kazuto Ioka (reportedly scheduled to problem 115-pound titleholder Joshua Franco in June in Japan however no announcement has been made); Josh Taylor (reportedly will defend his WBO 140-pound title in opposition to Teofimo Lopez on June 10 in New York however no announcement has been made).
