May 5, 2026
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It was a huge weekend for boxing as pound-for-pound stars Naoya Inoue and David Benavidez returned to action on Saturday.
Inoue went up against fellow P4P attraction Junto Nakatani in the biggest fight in Japanese boxing history, winning a close but clear unanimous decision at Tokyo Dome in Japan to retain his Ring and undisputed junior featherweight titles.
Over 5,500 miles away in Las Vegas, Benavidez put in arguably the performance of the year, brutally stopping Gilberto "Zurdo" Ramirez in six rounds to win the WBA and WBO cruiserweight titles.
On the undercard at T-Mobile Arena, Jaime Munguia became a champion once again as he easily outpointed Armando Resendiz to win the WBA super middleweight title.
After a bumper weekend, there are changes to the pound-for-pound list and FOUR divisions.
Scroll down to read the alterations.
*Bold/italics denotes movement in the division.
Heavyweight
Martin Bakole exits the list due to inactivity, Justis Huni enters at No. 10.
C OLEKSANDR USYK Ukraine 24-0-0 (15 KOs)
- 1 FABIO WARDLEY U.K. 20-0-1 (19 KOs)
- 2 AGIT KABAYEL Germany 27-0-0 (19 KOs)
- 3 TYSON FURY U.K. 35-2-1 (24 KOs)
- 4 DANIEL DUBOIS U.K. 22-3-0 (21 KOs)
- 5 FILIP HRGOVIC Croatia 19-1-0 (14 KOs)
- 6 MOSES ITAUMA U.K. 14-0-0 (12 KOs)
- 7 EFE AJAGBA Nigeria 21-1-1 (15 KOs)
- 8 RICHARD TORREZ JR. U.S. 14-0-0 (12 KOs)
- 9 MURAT GASSIEV Russia 33-2-0 (26 KOs)
- 10 JUSTIS HUNI Australia 13-1-0 (7 KOs)
Cruiserweight
David Benavidez enters the list at No. 1. Yamil Peralta (No. 10) exits.
C JAI OPETAIA Australia 30-0-0 (23 KOs)
- 1 DAVID BENAVIDEZ U.S. 32-0-0 (26 KOs)
- 2 GILBERTO RAMIREZ Mexico 48-2-0 (30 KOs)
- 3 CHRIS BILLAM-SMITH U.K. 21-2-0 (13 KOs)
- 4 MICHAL CIESLAK Poland 28-2-0 (22 KOs)
- 5 NOEL MIKAELIAN Armenia 28-3-0 (12 KOs)
- 6 RYAN ROZICKI Canada 21-1-1 (20 KOs)
- 7 BADOU JACK Sweden 29-4-3 (17 KOs)
- 8 VIDDAL RILEY U.K. 14-0-0 (7 KOs)
- 9 LEONARDO MOSQUEA France 18-0-0 (11 KOs)
- 10 ROBIN SIRWAN SAFAR Sweden 19-0-0 (13 KOs)
Super middleweight
Jaime Munguia is a new entrant at No. 5. Bektemir Melikuziev (No. 10) exits.
C (vacant)
- 1 CANELO ALVAREZ Mexico 63-3-2 (39 KOs)
- 2 OSLEYS IGLESIAS Cuba 15-0-0 (14 KOs)
- 3 CHRISTIAN MBILLI France 29-0-1 (24 KOs)
- 4 LESTER MARTINEZ Guatemala 20-0-1 (16 KOs)
- 5 JAIME MUNGUIA Mexico 46-2-0 (35 KOs)
- 6 DIEGO PACHECO U.S. 25-0-0 (18 KOs)
- 7 JOSE ARMANDO RESENDIZ Mexico 16-3-0 (11 KOs)
- 8 JACOB BANK Denmark 19-0-0 (11 KOs)
- 9 CALEB PLANT U.S. 23-3-0 (14 KOs)
- 10 HAMZAH SHEERAZ U.K. 22-0-1 (18 KOs)
Bantamweight
Yoshiki Takei (No. 8) and Kazuto Ioka (No. 10) drop out of the list. Takuma Inoue moves up to No. 2 and Christian Medina drops to No. 3.
C (vacant)
- 1 SEIYA TSUTSUMI Japan 13-0-3 (8 KOs)
- 2 TAKUMA INOUE Japan 22-2-0 (5 KOs)
- 3 CHRISTIAN MEDINA Mexico 27-4-0 (19 KOs)
- 4 DAIGO HIGA Japan 21-3-3 (19 KOs)
- 5 ANTONIO VARGAS U.S. 19-1-1 (11 KOs)
- 6 RIKU MASUDA Japan 10-1-0 (9 KOs)
- 7 JOSE SALAS Mexico 17-0-0 (11 KOs)
- 8 TENSHIN NASUKAWA Japan 8-1-0 (3 KOs)
- 9 KENNETH LLOVER Philippines 17-0-0 (12 KOs)
- 10 JASON MOLONEY Australia 29-4-0 (20 KOs)
Pound-for-pound
Naoya Inoue moves up to the No. 1 spot. Oleksandr Usyk drops to No. 2. David Benavidez jumps up two spots to No. 5.
- 1 NAOYA INOUE Japan 33-0-0 (27 KOs)
- 2 OLEKSANDR USYK Ukraine 24-0-0 (15 KOs)
- 3 SHAKUR STEVENSON U.S. 25-0-0 (11 KOs)
- 4 JESSE RODRIGUEZ U.S. 23-0-0 (16 KOs)
- 5 DAVID BENAVIDEZ U.S. 32-0-0 (26 KOs)
- 6 DMITRY BIVOL Russia 24-1-0 (12 KOs)
- 7 JUNTO NAKATANI Japan 32-1-0 (24 KOs)
- 8 DEVIN HANEY U.S. 33-0-0 (15 KOs)
- 9 OSCAR COLLAZO U.S. 14-0-0 (11 KOs)
- 10 EMANUEL NAVARRETE Mexico 40-2-1 (33 KOs)
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