The Ring's Latest Ratings: New Entries At Cruiserweight And Lightweight

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Jul 3, 2025

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Two new names have entered The Ring's divisional rankings after another bumper weekend of boxing. On Saturday in Anaheim, California, Jake Paul returned to the ring and took on a faded Julio Cesar Chavez Jr, beating the former middleweight world champi...

Two new names have entered The Ring's divisional rankings after another bumper weekend of boxing.

On Saturday in Anaheim, California, Jake Paul returned to the ring and took on a faded Julio Cesar Chavez Jr, beating the former middleweight world champion by unanimous decision.

On the undercard, Floyd Schofield stunned the masses with an emphatic first-round stoppage of Tevin Farmer, who had put up two very competitive performances in consecutive defeats to William Zepeda in March and November.

Gilberto Ramirez defended his WBA and WBO titles against Cuban Yuniel Dorticos, winning by UD12. Elsewhere on that undercard, Julian Rodriguez stopped Avious Griffin in the 10th round and Raul Curiel picked up a KO4 victory against Victor Ezequiel Rodriguez.

In Laval, Quebec, Canada, Michal Cieslak stopped 42-year-old Jean Pascal in the fourth round. Over in Quebec City, 166 miles away, Christian Mbilli destroyed Maciej Sulecki in one round. In Hull, England, Bradley Rea became the new European champion with a close unanimous decision over Shakan Pitters.

Scroll down to read the changes made:

*Bold/italics denotes movement in the division.

Cruiserweight

Aleksei Papin drops out of the list from No. 3 due to activity. Everyone below him moves up a spot. New ranking at No. 10 is Viddal Riley.

C JAI OPETAIA Australia 28-0-0 (22 KOs)

1 GILBERTO RAMIREZ Mexico 48-1-0 (30 KOs)

2 CHRIS BILLAM-SMITH U.K. 21-2-0 (13 KOs)

3 MICHAL CIESLAK Poland 28-2-0 (22 KOs)

4 RYAN ROZICKI Canada 20-1-1 (19 KOs)

5 BADOU JACK Sweden 29-3-3 (17 KOs)

6 NOEL MIKAELIAN Armenia 27-3-0 (12 KOs)

7 YAMIL PERALTA Argentina 17-1-1 (9 KOs)

8 LEONARDO MOSQUEA Dom. Rep. 17-0-0 (10 KOs)

9 ROBIN SIRWAN SAFAR Sweden 18-0-0 (13 KOs)

10 VIDDAL RILEY U.K. 13-0-0 (7 KOs)

Lightweight

Tevin Farmer drops out of the list from No. 8. New ranking is Floyd Schofield Jr at No. 6. Frank Martin drops a spot to No. 7. Denys Berinchyk drops from No. 7 to No. 8.

C (vacant)

1 GERVONTA DAVIS U.S. 30-0-1 (28 KOs)

2 SHAKUR STEVENSON U.S. 23-0-0 (11 KOs)

3 WILLIAM ZEPEDA Mexico 33-0-0 (27 KOs)

4 RAYMOND MURATALLA U.S. 23-0-0 (17 KOs)

5 ANDY CRUZ Cuba 6-0-0 (3 KOs)

6 FLOYD SCHOFIELD U.S. 19-0-0 (13 KOs)

7 FRANK MARTIN U.S. 18-1-0 (12 KOs)

8 DENYS BERINCHYK Ukraine 19-1-0 (9 KOs)

9 SAM NOAKES U.K. 17-0-0 (15 KOs)

10 ABDULLAH MASON U.S. 19-0-0 (17 KOs)