Pound for pound: Does Vasiliy Lomachenko hold position on Boxing Junkie’s list?

Vasiliy Lomachenko obtained the job executed in opposition to Jamaine Ortiz on Saturday in New York Metropolis.

The 34-year-old former pound-for-pound king obtained off to a gradual begin however rallied to drag away from his succesful opponent within the second half of the struggle and win a transparent determination after a 10-month hiatus from the game, the results of the struggle in his native Ukraine.

Was it a dominating efficiency? No. Was it a stable victory? Completely.

The query now could be whether or not he ought to maintain onto his No. 8 place on Boxing Junkie’s the pound-for-pound record after the efficiency he turned in. The reply is, “no”.

We consider him when he says that he wants extra time within the fitness center to be at his greatest for his subsequent struggle, which may come in opposition to undisputed light-weight champion Devin Haney early subsequent 12 months. Rust may’ve been an element, though many fighters go 10 months with out preventing. And, after all, Ortiz is an efficient fighter.

That stated, we will solely decide Lomachenko on his newest efficiency, by which he regarded so-so total. That model of Lomachenko isn’t a High 10 pound-for-pounder.

Thus, he dropped to No. 11 on the record, behind new No. 8, Juan Francisco Estrada, No. 9 Jermell Charlo and No. 10 Gervonta Davis.

In fact, Lomachenko would have his pound-for-pound destiny in his personal arms if he will get the struggle with Haney, who’s No. 15 for the time being however climbing shortly. A victory over a sizzling younger star nearly actually would permit him to bounce again up the record.

Keep tuned.

Right here’s what the record seems like for the time being:

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 Usyokay – No struggle scheduled.
4. Errol Spence Jr. – No struggle scheduled.
5. Tyson Fury – Scheduled to defend his WBC title in opposition to Derek Chisora on Dec. 3 in London.
6. Dmitry Bivol – Scheduled to defend his WBA gentle heavyweight title in opposition to Gilberto Ramirez on Nov. 5 within the United Arab Emirates.
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 gentle 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 Yr’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).