Rankings: Teofimo fails to impress, Buatsi and Yarde size each other up

The subsequent replace will come on Monday, March 4.

Ranked fights earlier than the following replace:

Gentle Heavyweight: (8) Ali Izmailov vs Britton Norwood, Feb. 20

Light-weight: (6) Andy Cruz vs Brayan Zamarripa, Feb. 24

Tremendous Featherweight: (2) O’Shaquie Foster vs Abraham Nova, Feb. 16

Featherweight: (1) Luis Alberto Lopez vs Reiya Abe, Mar. 2

Featherweight: (10) Otabek Kholmatov vs Raymond Ford, Mar. 2

Bantamweight: (1) Alexandro Santiago vs Junto Nakatani, Feb. 24

Tremendous Flyweight: (5) Kosei Tanaka vs Christian Bacasegua, Feb. 24

Flyweight: (8) David Jimenez vs Pablo Macario, Feb. 23

Junior Flyweight: (4) Adrian Curiel vs (8) Sivenathi Nontshinga, Feb. 16

Junior Flyweight: (2) Jonathan Gonzalez vs Rene Santiago, Mar. 2

Ladies’s P4P: (4) Amanda Serrano vs Nina Meinke, Mar. 2

Upcoming Fights: (3) Zhilei Zhang vs (5) Joseph Parker, Mar. 8 … (4) Anthony Joshua vs Francis Ngannou, Mar. 8 … (1) Oleksandry Usyk vs (2) Tyson Fury, Could 18

Upcoming Fights: (1) Jai Opetaia vs Mairis Briedis, Could 18 … (2) Chris Billam-Smith vs (3) Richard Riakporhe, TBA

Notes: Joshua Buatsi and Anthony Yarde swap spots, as Buatsi scored a superb win over Dan Azeez, whereas Yarde simply did a stay-busy. I’m not assured that Buatsi beats Yarde or the opposite method round, and I believed Yarde seemed technically improved after tinkering along with his coaching crew. He’s all the time had the bodily items, and although 32 is a late age to be altering issues up, he’s youthful as a fighter than his age in some methods.

The excellent news is that with Beterbiev vs Bivol locked in, Buatsi and Yarde sound sincerely focused on dealing with each other subsequent. It’s the largest and very best battle for both man subsequent, and it’s an actual danger on either side. In the event that they actually do it, it’s important to admire each males for bucking the overall development and never simply ready, defending their spot.

Upcoming Fights: (8) Ali Izmailov vs Britton Norwood, Feb. 20

Upcoming Fights: (10) Kevin Lele Sadjo vs Giovanni De Carolis, Mar. 9 … (8) Diego Pacheco vs Shawn McCalman, Apr. 6

Notes: Ammo Williams and Hamzah Sheeraz each received, Sheeraz extra impressively towards a extra spectacular opponent, which additionally knocks Liam Williams out of his No. 10 slot. That spot now falls to Shane Mosley Jr. It’s fairly a division! Erislandy Lara or Michael Zerafa will likely be right here on April 1, however till then, right here we’re.

Upcoming Fights: TBA

Upcoming Fights: (2) Tim Tszyu vs Keith Thurman, Mar. 30 … (4) Sebastian Fundora vs Serhii Bohachuk, Mar. 30

Notes: We give fighters 15 months to both battle or have one thing scheduled earlier than they’re declared inactive. Eimantas Stanionis has been given an exception as a result of his 2023 bought misplaced largely resulting from circumstances past his management (Vergil Ortiz Jr’s well being points). However on April 16, it’ll be two years since he final fought. And I’m giving him till then to at the least get one thing scheduled. I believe that’s fairly lenient and beneficiant, and I additionally hope he will get one thing scheduled, as a result of he’s a superb fighter I like watching.

Upcoming Fights: TBA

Notes: That makes 4 of 5 fights the place Teofimo Lopez simply has not seemed that nice. I’ll get extra into what I consider Teofimo proper now on this week’s podcast (so tune in!), however flat out, I didn’t see a man final Thursday who would beat Subriel Matias. So Matias is up a spot, and Teofimo is down a spot. Granted, Matias is a completely totally different battle from Ortiz or Sandor Martin, so possibly you see it otherwise nonetheless. I believe it’s a debate, that is the aspect I’m on.

Upcoming Fights: (1) Devin Haney vs (7) Ryan Garcia, Apr. 20

Notes: No one’s shopping for this Shakur Stevenson retirement crap.

Upcoming Fights: (6) Andy Cruz vs Brayan Zamarripa, Feb. 24 … (4) William Zepeda vs (7) Maxi Hughes, Mar. 16 … (10) Raymond Muratalla vs Agustin Quintana, Mar. 29 … (1) Vasiliy Lomachenko vs (9) George Kambosos Jr, Could 11

Notes: Most definitely, Emanuel Navarrete is heading as much as 135, however we’ll wait till that’s official to maneuver him.

Upcoming Fights: (2) O’Shaquie Foster vs Abraham Nova, Feb. 16 … (5) Oscar Valdez vs (10) Liam Wilson, Mar. 29 … (1) Joe Cordina vs Anthony Cacace, Could 18

Upcoming Fights: (1) Luis Alberto Lopez vs Reiya Abe, Mar. 2 … (10) Otabek Kholmatov vs Raymond Ford, Mar. 2 … (4) Rey Vargas vs (8) Nick Ball, Mar. 8