Does Dmitry Bivol climb Boxing Junkie’s list?

Dmitry Bivol did it once more.

The 175-pound titleholder turned in a sensational efficiency, this time simply outpointing beforehand unbeaten Gilberto Ramirez this previous Saturday within the United Arab Emirates.

That adopted his upset of Canelo Alvarez in Could, when he surprised the boxing world by successful a unanimous choice.

The U.S.-based Russian is now thought-about the most effective fighters on the planet no matter weight. However the place ought to he be on the pound-for-pound checklist?

Bivol was No. 6 in Boxing Junkie’s rankings going into his struggle with Ramirez, behind solely No. 1 Terence Crawford, No. 2 Naoya Inoue, No. 3 Oleksandr Usyk, No. 4 Errol Spence Jr. and No. 5 Tyson Fury.

Has he performed sufficient to climb increased on the checklist? Sure, he has.

He trades locations with Fury, shifting into the No. 5 place. Fury has been the dominant fighter in his division however we really feel Bivol has now demonstrated that he’s a greater all-around fighter than Fury no matter weight.

Bivol falls in need of supplanting Spence at No .4. The welterweight titleholder has had related success however has a stronger resume than his counterpart.

Right here’s what the checklist appears like in the meanwhile:

BOXING JUNKIE
POUND-FOR-POUND

1. Terence Crawford – Scheduled to defend his WBO welterweight title in opposition to David Avanesyan on Dec. 10  in Omaha, Nebraska.
2. Naoya Inoue – Scheduled to satisfy Paul Butler for the undisputed bantamweight championship on Dec. 13 in Tokyo.
3. Oleksandr Usyok – No struggle scheduled.
4. Errol Spence Jr. – No struggle scheduled.
5. Dmitry Bivol – No struggle scheduled.
6. Tyson Fury – Scheduled to defend his WBC title in opposition to Derek Chisora on Dec. 3 in London.
7. Canelo Alvarez– No struggle scheduled.
8. Juan Francisco Estrada – Scheduled to face Roman Gonzalez on Dec. 3. Estrada is the WBC’s junior bantamweight “franchise champion”.
9. Jermell Charlo – Reportedly has reached an settlement to defend his undisputed junior middleweight championship in opposition to Tim Tszyu on Jan. 28 however no official announcement has been made.
10. Gervonta Davis – Reportedly in talks to satisfy Ryan Garcia in a 136-pound catch weight struggle. No date has been talked about.
11. Vasiliy Lomachenko – No struggle scheduled.
12. Artur Beterbiev – Reportedly concentrating on Jan. 28 in London for his rescheduled three-belt mild heavyweight title protection in opposition to Anthony Yarde, who’s scheduled to face Stefani Koykov in a tune-up struggle on Nov. 19.
13. Shakur Stevenson – No struggle scheduled.
14. Roman Gonzalez – Scheduled to face WBC junior bantamweight “franchise champion” Juan Francisco Estrada on Dec. 3.
15. Devin Haney – No struggle scheduled.

Honorable point out (alphabetical order): David Benavidez (no struggle scheduled); Jermall Charlo (no struggle scheduled); Stephen Fulton Jr. (no struggle scheduled); Kazuto Ioka (scheduled to face Joshua Franco in a junior bantamweight title-unification bout on New 12 months’s Eve in Tokyo); Josh Taylor (scheduled to defend his WBO junior welterweight title in a rematch with Jack Catterall on Feb. 4 in Glasgow, Scotland).