Tyson Fury received the combat however misplaced respect.
Boxing Junkie’s No. 5 fighter pound-for-pound going into his assembly with MMA star Francis Ngannou on Saturday in Saudi Arabia was placed on the canvas and needed to rally to win a break up determination.
Fury’s efficiency arguably was one of many worst by a heavyweight champion who maintained his title.
So the place does that go away him on Boxing Junkie’s pound-for-pound listing? That’s tough.
He embarrassed himself and boxing by barely beating an opponent who was making his skilled boxing debut, which deserves demotion. On the similar time, he did do what it took to have his hand raised and stay unbeaten after the 10-round bout.
Ultimately, we determined we had no alternative however to drop him down the listing — however not too far — given his weak efficiency in opposition to an inexperienced opponent.
He falls from No. 5 to No. 9 as he begins preparation to face proficient, skilled fellow titleholder Oleksandr Usyk on an unspecified date this winter, which can give him the chance to show he nonetheless belongs on this listing in any respect.
Subsequent pound-for-pounder up: 135-pound champion Devin Haney, No. 15 on the listing, is scheduled to problem unranked 140-pound titleholder Regis Prograis on Dec. 9 in San Francisco.
Right here’s what the listing seems to be like in the intervening time:
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Terence Crawford – No combat scheduled.
Naoya Inoue – Scheduled to face fellow titleholder Marlon Tapales for the undisputed 122-pound championship on Dec. 26 in Japan.
Oleksandr Usyk – Has agreed to face fellow titleholder Tyson Fury for the undisputed heavyweight championship this winter in Saudi Arabia.
Dmitry Bivol – No combat scheduled.
Juan Francisco Estrada – Reportedly in talks with Honorable Point out Kazuto Ioka for a title-unification New 12 months’s Eve bout in Japan.
Canelo Alvarez– No combat scheduled.
Jermell Charlo – No combat scheduled.
Gervonta Davis – No combat scheduled.
Tyson Fury – Has agreed to face fellow titleholder Oleksandr Usyk for the undisputed heavyweight championship this winter in Saudi Arabia.
Errol Spence Jr. – No combat scheduled.
Vasiliy Lomachenko – No combat scheduled.
Artur Beterbiev – Scheduled to defend his 175-pound titles in opposition to Callum Smith on Jan. 13 in Quebec Metropolis, Canada.
Shakur Stevenson – No combat scheduled.
Roman Gonzalez – No combat scheduled.
Devin Haney – Scheduled to problem 140-pound titleholder Regis Prograis on Dec. 9 in San Francisco.
Honorable point out (alphabetical order): David Benavidez (scheduled to face Demetrius Andrade on Nov. 25 in Las Vegas); Jermall Charlo (scheduled to face Jose Benavidez Jr. on Nov. 25 in Las Vegas); Sunny Edwards (scheduled to face Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez in a 112-pound title-unification bout on Dec. 16 in Glendale, Arizona); Kazuto Ioka (reportedly in talks with No. 6 Juan Francisco Estrada for a title-unification New 12 months’s Eve bout in Japan); Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez (scheduled to face Sunny Edwards in a 112-pound title-unification bout on Dec. 16 in Glendale, Arizona).
