The Ring's Latest Ratings: New Entry to P4P List, Changes In Four Divisions
Aug 7, 2025
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After another bumper week of boxing action, there are more changes across The Ring's divisional rankings, and there's even been an alteration to the pound-for-pound list, too.
After another bumper week of boxing action, there are more changes across The Ring's divisional rankings, and there's even been an alteration to the pound-for-pound list, too.
On July 30, Kenshiro Teraji lost his WBC and WBA flyweight titles to Ricardo Sandoval in an exciting, back-and-forth encounter. That very same night saw Antonio Vargas retain his WBA bantamweight title after a 12-round unanimous draw with Daigo Higa, who announced his retirement soon after.
Elsewhere on that undercard in Yokohama, Kyosuke Takami won the WBA junior flyweight title with a 10th-round TKO win over Erick Rosa.
Two days later in Caracas, Venezuela, Carlos Canizales became the new WBC junior flyweight titleholder with a dominant 5th-round knockout victory against Thailand's Panya Pradabsri.
There was also non-tile action at the weekend as Oscar Duarte beat Kenneth Sims by majority decision across 12 rounds of action in Chicago. On the undercard, Regis Prograis survived numerous onslaughts to outpoint Joseph 'JoJo' Diaz across 10.
Scroll down to to read the alterations made to the four divisions and P4P list:
*Bold/italics denotes movement in the division.
Bantamweight
Antonio Vargas advances to No. 6, pushing Tenshin Nasukawa to No 7.
C JUNTO NAKATANI Japan 31-0-0 (24 KOs)
1 SEIYA TSUTSUMI Japan 12-0-3 (8 KOs)
2 YOSHIKI TAKEI Japan 11-0-0 (9 KOs)
3 RYOSUKE NISHIDA Japan 10-1-0 (2 KOs)
4 TAKUMA INOUE Japan 20-2-0 (5 KOs)
5 DAIGO HIGA Japan 21-3-2 (19 KOs)
6 ANTONIO VARGAS U.S. 19-1-0 (11 KOs)
7 TENSHIN NASUKAWA Japan 7-0-0 (2 KOs)
8 JASON MOLONEY Australia 27-4-0 (19 KOs)
9 JEYVIER CINTRON Puerto Rico 13-1-0 (6 KOs)
10 KENNETH LLOVER Philippines 14-0-0 (9 KOs)
Flyweight
Ricardo Sandoval advances to No. 1. Kenshiro Teraji drops to No. 2. (If there’s an immediate rematch, The Ring flyweight title will be on the line)
C (vacant)
1 RICARDO SANDOVAL U.S. 26-2-0 (18 KOs)
2 KENSHIRO TERAJI Japan 25-1-0 (16 KOs)
3 SEIGO YURI AKUI Japan 21-3-1 (11 KOs)
4 MASAMICHI YABUKI Japan 18-4-0 (17 KOs)
5 GALAL YAFAI U.K. 9-1-0 (7 KOs)*
6 ANGEL AYALA Mexico 18-1-0 (8 KOs)
7 FELIX ALVARADO Nicaragua 42-4-0 (35 KOs)
8 ANTHONY OLASCUAGA U.S. 9-1-0 (6 KOs)
9 TOBIAS REYES Argentina 17-1-1 (16 KOs)
10 JUKIYA IIMURA Japan 9-1-0 (2 KOs)
Junior flyweight
Carlos Canizales advances to No. 1. Kyosuke Takami advances to No. 2. Panya Pradabsri and Erick Rosa exit. Eric Badillo to enter at No. 9 and Jayson Vayson to enter at No. 10.
1 CARLOS CANIZALES Venezuela 27-3-1 (19 KOs)
2 KYOSUKE TAKAMI Japan 9-0-0 (7 KOs)
3 RENE SANTIAGO Puerto Rico 14-4-0 (9 KOs)
4 THANONGSAK SIMSRI Thailand 39-1-0 (34 KOs)
5 SIVENATHI NONTSHINGA S. Africa 13-2-0 (10 KOs)
6 SHOKICHI IWATA Japan 14-2-0 (11 KOs)
7 REGIE SUGANOB Philippines 16-1-0 (6 KOs)
8 CHRISTIAN ARANETA Philippines 25-3-0 (20 KOs)
9 ERICK BADILLO Mexico 18-0-0 (8 KOs)
10 JAYSON VAYSON Philippines 14-1-1 (8 KOs)
Strawweight
Dianxing Zhu exits from No. 6 due to inactivity. Takeshi Ishii enters at No. 10.
C OSCAR COLLAZO U.S. 12-0-0 (9 KOs)
1 MELVIN JERUSALEM Philippines 24-3-0 (12 KOs)
2 PEDRO TADURAN IBF Philippines 18-4-1 (13 KOs)
3 KNOCKOUT CP FRESHMART Thailand 27-1-0 (10 KOs)
4 YUDAI SHIGEOKA Japan 9-2-0 (5 KOs)
5 SIYAKHOLWA KUSE S. Africa 9-2-1 (4 KOs)
6 YUNI TAKADA Japan 16-8-3 (6 KOs)
7 RYUSEI MATSUMOTO Japan 6-0-0 (4 KOs)
8 JOEY CANOY Philippines 24-5-2 (15 KOs)
9 VIC SALUDAR Philippines 26-6-0 (16 KOs)
10 TAKESHI ISHII Japan 10-1-0 (8 KOs)
Pound-for-pound top 10
Kenshiro Teraji exits. Shakur Stevenson jumps to No. 9. David Benavidez re-enters at No. 10.
1 OLEKSANDR USYK Ukraine 24-0-0 (15 KOs)
2 NAOYA INOUE Japan 30-0-0 (27 KOs)
3 TERENCE CRAWFORD U.S. 41-0-0 (31 KOs)
4 DMITRY BIVOL Russia 24-1-0 (12 KOs)
5 ARTUR BETERBIEV Russia 21-1-0 (20 KOs)
6 JESSE RODRIGUEZ U.S. 22-0-0 (15 KOs)
7 JUNTO NAKATANI Japan 31-0-0 (24 KOs)
8 CANELO ALVAREZ Mexico 63-2-2 (39 KOs)
9 SHAKUR STEVENSON U.S. 24-0-0 (11 KOs)
10 DAVID BENAVIDEZ U.S. 30-0-0 (24 KOs)
Analysis
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