Jul

RING ratings update: Lightweight shuffle

The big news this past weekend was Terence Crawford’s stellar performance against Yuriorkis Gamboa, but changes in the lightweight division took place below the No. 2-rated Nebraskan.

Apr

Ring Ratings Update: Thurman, Porter climb welterweight rankings

by Doug Fischer

No less than 18 RING-rated fighters were in action over the past two weeks, including RING heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko and two young welterweight standouts, Keith Thurman and Shawn Porter, who advanced in the 147-pound rankings.

Mar

Ring Ratings Update: Lots of action, lots of rankings movement

by Doug Fischer

Many RING-rated fighters were in action over the past two weekends, resulting in a lot of movement in the magazine’s divisional rankings, including Tomasz Adamek’s drop in the heavyweight top 10 and Jorge Linares’ re-entry into the lightweight ratings.

Mar

Ring Ratings Update: Crawford and Abraham rise in rankings

by Doug Fischer

A number of RING-ranked fighters – including lightweights Ricky Burns and Terence Crawford and super middleweights Robert Stieglitz and Arthur Abraham – saw action during the last two weeks, which caused some changes within the magazine’s divisional rankings.

Feb

Ring Ratings Update: Contenders hold their rankings with KO wins

by Doug Fischer

The last two weeks have been slow ones but many RING-rated fighters saw action, including the magazine’s top-ranked flyweight, Roman Gonzalez, top-10 middleweight Hassan N’Dam N’Jikam and junior lightweight contender Diego Magdaleno, all of whom notched KOs.

Jan

Ring Ratings Update: Jean Pascal climbs light heavyweight rankings

by Doug Fischer

Former light heavyweight champ Jean Pascal made a large leap up THE RING’s 175-pound rankings following his unanimous decision over Lucian Bute. The magazine’s Ratings Panel also saw fit to update and reshuffle the light heavyweight top 10.

Jan

Ring Ratings Update: Junior lightweight rankings shake up

by Doug Fischer

Although there was not a lot of action this past week, THE RING Ratings Panel made some significant changes to the junior lightweight rankings, which experienced a shake-up thanks to the advancement of beltholders Rances Barthelemy and Takashi Miura.

Jan

Ring Ratings Update: Brandon Rios dropped from 140-pound rankings

by Doug Fischer

Last week was a slow one for worldwide boxing action, but there was one major development in THE RING’s division ratings. Due to testing positive for a banned substance following his unanimous decision loss to Manny Pacquiao, Brandon Rios has been dropped from the junior welterweight rankings.

Dec

Ring Ratings Update: Maidana knocks Broner from Pound for Pound

by Doug Fischer

Marcos Maidana’s bruising unanimous decision victory over Adrien Broner dropped the previously unbeaten American down in THE RING’s welterweight rankings and out of the magazine’s pound-for-pound top 10.

Dec

Ring Ratings Update: Broner rated at 135 and 147, for now

by Doug Fischer

Adrien Broner is rated at lightweight and welterweight by THE RING. He seems done with the 135-pound division but the Ratings Panel has decided to wait until after his 147-pound title defense against Marcos Maidana before dropping him from lightweight.