The Ring's Latest Ratings: New heavyweight No. 1 as Tyson Fury drops out, P4P Update

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Dec 24, 2025

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Dec 24, 2025

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's Christmas ratings have been released and there are big changes at heavyweight and on the pound-for-pound list.

The Ring's Christmas ratings have been released and there are big changes at heavyweight and on the pound-for-pound list.

The boxing world is gearing up for the last major card of the year, as Naoya Inoue defends his Ring and undisputed 122-pound titles against Alan Picasso in the main event of "The Ring V: Night of the Samurai" on Saturday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Just last week, however, the sport took a blow as The Ring's pound-for-pound No. 1 fighter, Terence Crawford, retired from boxing, leaving room for a new entrant in the top 10.

There were also changes at heavyweight, where Tyson Fury dropped out due to inactivity, and junior featherweight, flyweight and junior flyweight.

Scroll down to read the alterations.

*Bold/italics denotes movement in the division.

Heavyweight

Tyson Fury (inactivity) and Joseph Parker (positive drug test) drop out of the list. Fabio Wardley is the new No. 1. Richard Torrez Jr. (No. 9) and Murat Gassiev (No. 10) are new entrants on the list.

C OLEKSANDR USYK Ukraine 24-0-0 (15 KOs)

1 FABIO WARDLEY WBO U.K. 20-0-1 (19 KOs)

2 AGIT KABAYEL Germany 26-0-0 (18 KOs)

3 DANIEL DUBOIS U.K. 22-3-0 (21 KOs)

4 FILIP HRGOVIC Croatia 19-1-0 (14 KOs)

5 ZHILEI ZHANG China 27-3-1 (22 KOs)

6 MARTIN BAKOLE Congo 21-2-1 (16 KOs)

7 MOSES ITAUMA U.K. 13-0-0 (11 KOs)

8 EFE AJAGBA Nigeria 20-1-1 (14 KOs)

9 RICHARD TORREZ JR. U.S. 14-0-0 (12 KOs)

10 MURAT GASSIEV Russia 33-2-0 (26 KOs)

Junior featherweight

Sam Goodman drops out of the list after moving up in weight. New entry at No. 10 is Arturo Popoca.

C NAOYA INOUE Japan 31-0-0 (27 KOs)

1 MARLON TAPALES Philippines 41-4-0 (22 KOs)

2 MURODJON AKHMADALIEV Uzbekistan 14-2-0 (11 KOs)

3 ALAN PICASSO Mexico 32-0-1 (17 KOs)

4 SHABAZ MASOUD U.K. 15-0-0 (4 KOs)

5 RAMON CARDENAS U.S. 27-2-0 (15 KOs)

6 TJ DOHENY Ireland 26-6-0 (20 KOs)

7 SEBASTIAN HERNANDEZ Mexico 20-0-0 (18 KOs)

8 SUBARU MURATA Japan 10-0-0 (10 KOs)

9 BRYAN MERCADO Mexico 32-1-0 (26 KOs)

10 ARTURO POPOCA Mexico 17-0-1 (9 KOs)

Flyweight

Anthony Olascuaga moves up three places to No. 3. Seigo Yuri Akui, Masamichi Yabuki and Galal Yafai each move down a spot.

C (vacant)

1 RICARDO SANDOVAL WBA, WBC U.S. 27-2-0 (18 KOs)

2 KENSHIRO TERAJI Japan 25-2-0 (16 KOs)

3 ANTHONY OLASCUAGA WBO U.S. 11-1-0 (8 KOs)

4 SEIGO YURI AKUI Japan 22-3-1 (12 KOs)

5 MASAMICHI YABUKI IBF Japan 18-4-0 (17 KOs)

6 GALAL YAFAI U.K. 9-1-0 (7 KOs)

7 ANGEL AYALA Mexico 18-1-0 (8 KOs)

8 FELIX ALVARADO Nicaragua 42-4-0 (35 KOs)

9 TOBIAS REYES Argentina 18-1-1 (16 KOs)

10 JUKIYA IIMURA Japan 9-1-0 (2 KOs)

Junior flyweight

Rene Santiago is the new No. 1 after jumping two places. Carlos drops to No. 2. Thanongsak Simsri moves from No. 4 to No. 3. Kyosuke Takami drops two places to No. 4.

C (vacant)

1 RENE SANTIAGO WBA, WBO Puerto Rico 15-4-0 (9 KOs)

2 CARLOS CANIZALES Venezuela 28-3-1 (20 KOs)

3 THANONGSAK SIMSRI IBF Thailand 39-1-0 (34 KOs)

4 KYOSUKE TAKAMI Japan 10-1-0 (8 KOs)

5 SHOKICHI IWATA Japan 15-2-0 (12 KOs)

6 REGIE SUGANOB Philippines 17-1-0 (6 KOs)

7 CRISTIAN ARANETA Philippines 25-3-0 (20 KOs)

8 ERIK BADILLO Mexico 19-0-0 (8 KOs)

9 MASATAKA TANIGUCHI Japan 21-5-0 (15 KOs)

10 SIVENATHI NONTSHINGA S. Africa 14-2-0 (11 KOs)

Pound-for-pound top 10

Terence Crawford (retired) drops out of the list from the No. 1 spot. Oleksandr Usyk is the new No. 1. Everyone else moves up a spot and Oscar Collazo is the new entrant at No. 10.

1 OLEKSANDR USYK Ukraine 24-0-0 (15 KOs)

2 NAOYA INOUE Japan 31-0-0 (27 KOs)

3 JESSE RODRIGUEZ U.S. 23-0-0 (16 KOs)

4 DMITRY BIVOL Russia 24-1-0 (12 KOs)

5 ARTUR BETERBIEV Russia 21-1-0 (20 KOs)

6 JUNTO NAKATANI Japan 31-0-0 (24 KOs)

7 SHAKUR STEVENSON U.S. 24-0-0 (11 KOs)

8 DAVID BENAVIDEZ U.S. 31-0-0 (25 KOs)

9 DEVIN HANEY U.S. 33-0-0 (15 KOs)

10 OSCAR COLLAZO U.S. 13-0-0 (10 KOs)