Terence Crawford is as soon as once more the Pound for Pound King after turning into a four-weight world champion on Saturday evening.
‘Bud’ took the WBA title from Israil Madrimov and added the vacant WBO model to take unified glory for the third time in his profession. Crawford gained a unanimous determination on the playing cards, with the consensus being the Omaha man did sufficient to take a 7-5 or 8-4 victory.
Crawford overtakes Oleksandr Usyk and Naoya Inoue to reclaim the P4P crown a 12 months after taking the highest spot for the primary time when defeating Errol Spence Jr. Having held the summit for a number of months beforehand, Crawford was dethroned by Inoue final December. He needed to be affected person after being out of the ring for one more 12 months.
Crawford’s most important competition is his lack of exercise, although. Preventing as soon as each twelve months gained’t do him any favors in the long term. As quickly as Usyk or Inoue report one other win because the extra energetic champions, Crawford have to be content material to drop the rankings.
Usyk drops to 2 for now. If the Ukrainian heavyweight star defeats Tyson Fury in December, Usyk will regain the primary place each time that rematch happens.
Inoue, who fights TJ Doheny within the fall, will achieve nothing from an anticipated stoppage in that struggle. He have to be content material with third place till one other important achievement in 2025.
Canelo Alvarez is in an identical place in his struggle in opposition to Edgar Berlanga. A victory over the Puerto Rican puncher will go away the Mexican celebrity unmoved. Jesse Rodriguez, who sits fifth, might transfer up if he can win one other world title or defeat one other legend.
Vasiliy Lomachenko’s determination to take the remainder of the 12 months off will imply he could possibly be out of the highest ten by 2025. Nevertheless, Dmitry Bivol could make a big transfer if he can overhaul Artur Beterbiev in October to change into undisputed at light-heavyweight.
The record concludes with light-weight and super-lightweight stars Gervonta Davis, Devin Haney, and Shakur Stevenson. Though all three have did not safe these elusive Pay Per View fights that might elevate their rankings.
WBN Pound for Pound Prime 10 – August 2024
1 Terence CRAWFORD
2 Oleksandr USYK
3 Naoya INOUE
4 CANELO Alvarez
5 Jesse RODRIGUEZ
6 Vasiliy LOMACHENKO
7 Dmitry BIVOL
8 Gervonta DAVIS
9 Devin HANEY
10 Shakur STEVENSON
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