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LATEST UPDATE

19th May 2025

 

Three changes to the men’s rankings this week.

Joe Cordina exits the Junior Lightweight rankings due to inactivity. Raymond Ford enters at #10.

Kazuto Ioka drops one place to #4 in the Junior Bantamweight rankings.

At Junior Middleweight, having reached three years without a fight at or defence of the world title, Jermell Charlo is ruled to have abdicated the world title. As such, it is declared open.

Ranked fighters at strawweight, bantamweight and jr. welterweight are scheduled to be in action this week.

There was a new women’s world champion crowned last week. Mizuki Hiruta defeated Carla Ayelen Merino to win the vacant Junior Bantamweight title. Merino falls one place to #3. Ginny Fuchs is a new entry to the division at #5.

The only ranked female boxer in action this week is the #2 lightweight Terri Harper.

 

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Every member of the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board is a volunteer. We are on the following continents:

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  3. Europe
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  5. South America

We represent 22 countries, including:  Argentina, Australia, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, England, Finland, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, the Philippines, Russia, Scotland, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, the United States, Vietnam, and the commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

MEN’S BOXING:

 

Thursday, May 22-

Hollywood, California, USA-
Featherweight- Vic Pasillas vs. Carlos Jackson
 
Friday, May 23-
 
Zagreb, Croatia-
Super Middleweight- Luka Plantic vs. Bruno Damian Acosta
 
Doncaster, Yorkshire, England-
Lightweight- Maxi Hughes vs. Archie Sharp
 
Saturday, May 24-
 
Osaka, Osaka, Japan-
Featherweight- #1 Angelo Leo vs. #7 Tomoki Kameda
Strawweight- #3 Pedro Taduran vs. #5 Ginjiro Shigeoka
 
Brakpan, Gauteng, South Africa-
Featherweight- Lerato Dlamini vs. Sukkasem Kietyogyuth (birth name: Sukpasried Ponphitak)
Junior Bantamweight- Sikho Nqothole vs. Reymark Alicaba
 
Dar-Es-Salaam, Tanzania-
Flyweight- Mchanja Yohana vs. Fillemon Nghutenanye
 
Glasgow, Scotland-
Featherweight- Nathaniel Collins vs. Lee McGregor
Welterweight- #9 at 140 Josh Taylor vs. Ekow Essuman
Heavyweight- Moses Itauma vs. Mike Balogun
 
Sunday, May 25-
 
Bacolod City, Negros Occidental, Philippines-
Flyweight- John Michael Zulueta vs. Komgrich Nantapech (AKA Eaktwan BTU Ruaviking)
Junior Bantamweight- Jayr Raquinel vs. TBA
 
Tuesday, May 27-
 
Tokyo, Japan-
Lightweight- Shu Utsuki vs. Aketelieti Yelejian
 
Wednesday, May 28-
 
Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan-
Junior Lightweight- #6 Eduardo Nunez vs. Masanori Rikiishi
Bantamweight- #3 Yoshiki Takei vs. Yuttapong Tongdee

 

WOMEN’S BOXING:

 
Thursday, May 22-
 
Bangkok, Thailand-
Flyweight- Aisha Kamaleldin vs. Pimchanok Thepjanda (AKA Pimchanok Singmanasak Gym)
 
Hollywood, California, USA-
Light Flyweight- Brook Sibrian vs. Angeles Rubi Gutierrez Salinas
 
Friday, May 23-
 
Doncaster, Yorkshire, England-
Lightweight- #2 Terri Harper vs. Natalie Zimmermann
Junior Featherweight- Tysie Gallagher vs. Ebonie Jones
Featherweight- Ellie Hellewell vs. Stevi Levy
 
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada-
Flyweight- Alexis Kubicki vs. Alondra Yamile Hernandez Mendoza
 
Saturday, May 24-
 
Gosford, New South Wales, Australia-
Lightweight- Pam McClelland vs. Maureen Chand
 
Surfers Paradise, Queensland, Australia-
Featherweight- Tywarna Campbell vs. Sacha Ryan Dryden
 
Vierzon, Cher, France-
Junior Bantamweight- Lauryne Brankaer vs. Gemma Ruegg
 
Houston, Texas, USA-
Featherweight- Hannah Rapp vs. TBA
 
Sunday, May 25-
 
Bethnal Green, London, England-
Bantamweight- Nina Hughes vs. Nicholine Achieng


THE TRUE CHAMPIONS (men)

DivisionNameRecordNation
HeavyweightOleksandr Usyk23-0-0 (14)UKR
CruiserweightJai Opetaia27-0-0 (21)AUS
Light HeavyweightDmitry Bivol24-1-0 (12)RUS
Super MiddleweightSaul Alvarez63-2-2 (39)MEX
Junior MiddleweightJermell Charlo35-2-1 (19)USA
Junior WelterweightTeofimo Lopez22-1-0 (13)USA
Junior FeatherweightNaoya Inoue30-0-0 (27)JPN
Junior BantamweightJesse Rodriguez21-0-0 (14)USA


THE TRUE CHAMPIONS (women)

DivisionNameRecordNation
HeavyweightClaressa Shields16-0-0 (3)USA
Super MiddleweightSavannah Marshall 13-1-0 (10)England
MiddleweightClaressa Shields16-0-0 (3)USA
WelterweightLauren Price9-0-0 (2)Wales
Junior WelterweightKatie Taylor24-1-0 (6)Ireland
LightweightKatie Taylor24-1-0 (6)Ireland
Junior LightweightAlycia Baumgardner15-1-0 (7)USA
FeatherweightAmanda Serrano47-3-1 (31)Puerto Rico
BantamweightDina Thorslund23-0-0 (9)Denmark
Junior Bantamweight
Mizuki Hiruta8-0-0 (2)Japan
FlyweightGabriela Fundora16-0-0 (8)USA
AtomweightTina Rupprecht15-1-1 (3)Germany

Teddy Atlas

In-studio Analyst , ESPN

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