In other news, here are the Ring Magazine's pound for pound list:
1️⃣🇺🇦 Oleksandr Usyk
2️⃣🇯🇵 Naoya Inoue
3️⃣🇺🇸 Terence Crawford
4️⃣🇲🇽 Canelo Alvarez
5️⃣🇺🇸 Jesse 'Bam' Rodriguez
6️⃣🇷🇺 Artur Beterbiev
7️⃣🇷🇺 Dmitry Bivol
8️⃣🇺🇸 Gervonta Davis
9️⃣🇯🇵 Junto Nakatani
🔟🇺🇸 Devin Haney
https://x.com/MichaelBensonn/status/1818487108061085860
Do you agree on the list? Spence was out, then Haney getting in the list as rank 10th.
1️⃣🇺🇦 Oleksandr Usyk
2️⃣🇯🇵 Naoya Inoue
3️⃣🇺🇸 Terence Crawford
4️⃣🇲🇽 Canelo Alvarez
5️⃣🇺🇸 Jesse 'Bam' Rodriguez
6️⃣🇷🇺 Artur Beterbiev
7️⃣🇷🇺 Dmitry Bivol
8️⃣🇺🇸 Gervonta Davis
9️⃣🇯🇵 Junto Nakatani
🔟🇺🇸 Devin Haney
https://x.com/MichaelBensonn/status/1818487108061085860
Do you agree on the list? Spence was out, then Haney getting in the list as rank 10th.
Jesse Bam Rodriguez has already surpassed Tank Davis at only 24 years old. It is very impressive what he has accomplished in his young career. Canelo still being in the top 5 is a bit generous. Canelo peaked when he became undisputed champion against Plant in 2021. Since then, it’s been a loss to Bivol and cherry picked opponents like Ryder, Charlo and a very old GGG. He gets credit for his accomplishments in the past, but he cannot live off that forever. I consider Bivol and Beterbiev to be better fighters at this moment but due to inactivity we have not seen their full potential.
I guess they still given preferential treatment to Canelo as this point in time. He had decline already and as you have said, cherry picking his fight after his lost to Bivol. I like Bam Rodriguez and it seems to be that his could be the one to break the monopoly of Japanese fighters in the lower rank right now.
As for Haney, yes, he could not be in the top 10. But it seems that we have the weakest of the champions right now, they don't even include 140 lbs like Teo Lopez or even Pitbull Cruz to represent that weight class.
Canelo is more for the money, he's taking his time knowing that he's no longer on his prime so cherry picking his next opponents just to secure decent profits, though he still got that fame especialy from those who organize this kind of listing, but in terms of capabilities he might lose if he will take the challenge from a fighter who can compete the he did, after that fight against Bivol when he see that his tactics is no longer effective he just quitely observing and waiting for good offer with secure benefits.
Yes, that is very clear since he lost to Bivol, he should have lost to GGG though. But now since Canelo is getting old, for sure his adviser is telling him to carefully select an opponent that will not be a treat or very easy fight. Now fighting Berlanga next this September and most like he will be getting the bigger purse split again.
No denying though that even if Canelo is declining, still other boxer sees him as the cash cow and so they are willing to fight even if the purse split favors Canelo. After all if they upset him, it will be a good stepping stone for them just like what Bivol is right now.
And talking about Canelo, David Morrell, will also be moving up at 175 lbs to face Radivoje Kalajdzic on the pay-per-view undercard of Israil Madrimov vs. Terence Crawford. It another fighter at 168 lbs that Canelo doesn't want to fight.
