Boxing divisional rankings: Crawford takes over super middleweight; where does Canelo land?

Terence Crawford's superb boxing masterclass against Canelo Alvarez led a loaded combat play that saw immoderate important question successful the divisional rankings.

Crawford officially near his apical spot astatine 154 pounds down to go the caller king of the ace middleweights aft putting unneurotic 1 of his finest performances successful a unanimous determination triumph against Canelo connected Saturday successful las Vegas. The triumph vaults Crawford to the apical spot astatine 168 pounds and Canelo drops to No. 2.

On the undercard, Lester Martinez earned a spot successful the ace middleweight rankings aft battling WBC interim champion Christian Mbilli to a divided draw. The entertaining slugfest appeared to beryllium successful favour of Martinez, who demonstrated a durable chin and awesome cardio, but helium had to settee for the draw. Mbilli fought good aboriginal but faded successful the aboriginal rounds with a hard charging attack hoppint that would interruption Martinez down successful the 2nd fractional of the fight. Martinez vaults into the No. 6 slot portion Mbilli falls 3 spots to No. 5 contempt retaining his interim belt.

Early Sunday greeting successful Nagoya, Japan, different pound-for-pound fighter, Naoya Inoue, relied connected his quality alternatively than earthy powerfulness to predominate Murodjon Akhmadliev to clasp his undisputed inferior featherweight presumption by unanimous decision. Inoue solidifies the apical spot astatine inferior featherweight portion Akhmadliev holds his spot astatine No. 3 contempt the routing.

In the bantamweight division, Christian Medina blew done Yoshiki Takei to people a fourth-round TKO connected the Inoue-Akhmadliev co-main event, to triumph the WBO satellite title. It was a stunning show arsenic Medina wasted small clip imposing his will, dropping Takei successful the archetypal circular and finishing the occupation with a brutal battle of punches successful Round 4. Medina debuts successful the rankings astatine No. 3 portion Takei suffers the archetypal nonaccomplishment of his pro vocation and falls to No. 4.

ESPN's divisional boxing rankings item the champion successful the athletics successful each value class. Rankings volition alteration based connected caller results and performances. Fighters who person announced they are moving to a antithetic value people volition beryllium ranked successful that caller division, if warranted, lone erstwhile they combat successful that value class. Fighters who presently ain titles successful 2 divisions tin beryllium ranked successful both.

Fighters who haven't competed successful the past 12 months -- and don't person a combat scheduled -- volition beryllium dropped from the rankings until they combat again. Any combatant who tests affirmative for a performance-enhancing substance volition besides beryllium removed. That boxer volition beryllium eligible to reenter the rankings aft his adjacent bout.

For a database of the existent champions successful each value classes, click here. For ESPN women's divisional rankings, click here.

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