In the list of the best boxers, regardless of weight category, Ukrainian boxers are surpassed by Russian boxers.
Russian heavyweight champions Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol overtook Vasily Lomachenko in the updated ESPN ranking of the best boxers in the world, regardless of weight category.
Now the former world champion in three categories, Vasily Lomachenko, drops to 9th place. Another Ukrainian, WBA, WBO, IBF heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk is in sixth place.
ESPN pound for pound rating
1. Terence Crawford
2. Nayoya Inoue
3. Errol Spence
4. Saul Alvarez
5. Tyson Fury
6. Oleksandr Usyk
7. Artur Beterbiev
8. Dmitry Bivol
9. Vasily Lomachenko
10. Shakur Stevenson
Beterbiev’s 2nd round KO to Joe Smith Jr. pushing him into the latest ESPN P4P rankings 🚀
See how the panel voted ➡️ https://t.co/CTXzR1vFld pic.twitter.com/E6uoYTlEsu
– ESPN Ringside (@ESPNRingside) June 22, 2022
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Source: korrespondent
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