The Transnational Boxing Rankings Board stands with those fans and purists who set the true divisional champions apart from the rest. What follows is how and when they got there as well as those recognized since our inception in October 2012. We decided against going all the way back through boxing history. Why? Because the odds don’t favor the Board’s historians agreeing on exhaustive successions nearly as much as they do a debate-gone-bad with flying fists and busted beaks. Collaboration has its limits. We want to stand pat on common ground.
Oleksandr Usyk W12 Anthony Joshua (20 August 2022–Usyk and Joshua were the top two Transnational-Ranked heavyweights at the time of this bout.)
Throne declared open as of 15 August 2022 when Fury finally confirmed repeated claims of retirement by vacating a belt.
Tyson Fury TKO7 Deontay Wilder (22 February 2020 —Wilder and Fury were the top two Transnational-Ranked heavyweights at the time of this bout.)
Throne declared open 18 October 2016 after Tyson Fury officially abdicates the previous Friday.
Tyson Fury W12 Wladimir Klitschko (28 November 2015)
Jai Opetaia UD 12 Mairis Briedis (2 July 2022)
Mairis BriedisMD 12 Yuniel Dorticos (26 September 2020 – Briedis and Dorticos were the top two Transnational-Ranked cruiserweights at the time of this bout.)
Throne declared open 15 October 2019 after Oleksandr Usyk officially abdicates with his heavyweight debut.
Oleksandr Usyk W12 Murat Gassiev (21 July 2018 —Usyk and Gassiev were the top two Transnational-Ranked cruiserweights at the time of this bout.)
Artur Beterbiev TKO10 Oleksandr Gvozdyk (18 October 2019)
Saul Alvarez TKO11 Caleb Plant (6 November 2021 -Alvarez and Plant were the top-two Transnational-ranked super middleweights at the time of this bout. )
Throne declared open 16 March 2016 when Andre Ward had his first official bout in the light heavyweight division.
Andre Ward W12 Carl Froch (17 December 2011 -Ward and Froch were the top-two RING-rated super middleweights at the time of this bout. )
Throne declared open as 0f 1/1/2021 when Saul Alvarez officially abdicated.
Saul Alvarez W12 Gennady Golovkin (15 September 2018 —Golovkin was ranked #1 and Alvarez #2 until the latter was removed from his ranking, as per the charter, in April 2018 due to a banned substance and subsequent suspension by the Nevada State Athletic Commission. Due to the “mitigating circumstances” allowance in the operative clause of the charter, Alvarez was effectively reinstated and this bout recognized as a true championship contest.)
Throne declared open 18 April 2017 after Saul Alvarez, in answer to a question posed by member Jake Donovan about his middleweight title status on 11 April, stated: “I am not a middleweight champion. I was at one point, but I am no longer the middleweight champ.” Alvarez has thus formerly abdicated, as per the charter, the middleweight throne. #1-ranked Gennady Golovkin faced #2-ranked Alvarez on 16 September 2017 and fought to a draw.
Saul Alvarez W12 Miguel Cotto (21 November 2015)
Jermell Charlo KO10 Brian Castano (14 May 2022 -Charlo and Castano were the top-two Transnational-ranked jr. middleweights at the time of this bout. )
Throne declared open 21 September 2015 after Mayweather announced retirement 12 September 2015.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. W12 Saul Alvarez (14 September 2013 —Alvarez and Mayweather were the top two Transnational-Ranked jr. middleweights at the time of this bout.)
Terence Crawford W12 Errol Spence Jr. (29 July 2023—Spence and Crawford were the top two Transnational-Ranked welterweights at the time of this bout.)
Throne declared open on 19 April 2016 after Manny Pacquiao announced his retirement 12 April 2016.
Manny Pacquiao W12 Timothy Bradley (9 April 2016 —Pacquiao and Bradley were the top two Transnational-Ranked welterweights at the time of this bout.)
Throne declared open 21 September 2015 after Mayweather announced retirement 12 September 2015.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. W12 Manny Pacquiao (2 May 2015 —Mayweather and Pacquiao were the top two Transnational-Ranked welterweights at the time of this bout.)
Teofimo Lopez W12 Josh Taylor (10 June 2023)
Josh Taylor W12 Jose Carlos Ramirez (22 May 2021 —Taylor and Ramirez were the top two Transnational-Ranked jr. welterweights at the time of this bout.)
Throne declared open 3 March 2020 after Garcia made known his clear intention to campaign as a welterweight after defeating Jessie Vargas.
Mikey Garcia W12 Sergey Lipinets (10 March 2018 —Garcia and Lipinets were the top two Transnational-Ranked jr. welterweights at the time of this bout.)
Throne declared open 6 March 2018 after Crawford abdicated.
Terence Crawford W12 Viktor Postol (23 July 2016 —Postol and Crawford were the top two Transnational-Ranked jr. welterweights at the time of this bout.)
Throne declared open August 2015 after Danny Garcia announced his abdication to compete in the welterweight division.
Danny Garcia W12 Lucas Matthysee (14 September 2013 —Matthysee and Garcia were the top two Transnational-Ranked jr. welterweights at the time of this bout.)
Devin Haney UD12 George Kambosos Jr. (5 June 2022)
George Kambosos Jr. SD 12 Teofimo Lopez (27 November 2021)
Teofimo Lopez W12 Vasiliy Lomachenko (17 October 2020—Lopez and Lomachenko were the top two Transnational-Ranked lightweights at the time of this bout.)
Throne declared open 18 April 2015 after Terence Crawford’s debut in the jr. welterweight division.
Terence Crawford W12 Raymundo Beltran (29 November 2014 —Crawford and Beltran were the top two Transnational-Ranked lightweights at the time of this bout.)
Throne declared OPEN after Shakur Stevenson abdicates via failing to make weight on 24 September 2022.
Shakur Stevenson W12 Oscar Valdez (30 April 2022—Stevenson and Valdez were the top two Transnational-Ranked jr. lightweights at the time of this bout.)
Throne declared OPEN as of 11 July 2022 due to Guillermo Rigondeaux’s abdication via abandonment.
Guillermo Rigondeaux W12 Nonito Donaire (13 April 2013)
Throne declared OPEN as of 16 January 2023 with Naoya Inoue’s abdication.
Naoya Inoue TKO2 Nonito Donaire (7 June 2022–Inoue and Donaire were the top two Transnational-Ranked bantamweights at the time of this bout)
Juan Francisco Estrada W12 Srisaket Sor Rungvisai (26 April 2019)
Throne declared open 4 October 2016 after Roman Gonzalez debuts in the jr. bantamweight division and abdicates.
Roman Gonzalez TKO9 Akira Yaegashi (5 September 2014)
Kenshiro Teraji TKO7 Hiroto Kyoguchi (1 November 2022 – Teraji and Kyoguchi were the top two Transnational-Ranked jr. flyweights at the time of this bout.)
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