By AJ Johnson
Here are the most recent pound-for-pound rankings. Given that several of them will fight again before the year is out, things could change. That top group, though, looks extremely good.
Pound for pound rankings as of Oct. 4, 2023
1. Terence Crawford (40-0, 31 KOs), Undisputed welterweight champion. Previous Ranking: 1.
2. Naoya Inoue (25-0, 22 KOs), WBC-WBO super bantamweight champion. Previous Ranking: 2.
3. Oleksandr Usyk (20-0, 13 KOs), IBF-WBA-WBO heavyweight champion. Previous Ranking: 3.
4. Canelo Alvarez (60-2-2, 39 KOs), Undisputed super middleweight champion. Previous Ranking: 6.
5. Shakur Stevenson (19-0, 9 KOs), Lightweight contender. Previous Ranking: 4.
6. Gervonta Davis (29-0, 27 KOs) Secondary WBA lightweight champion. Previous Ranking: 5.
7. Tyson Fury (33-0-1, 24 KOs), WBC heavyweight champion. Previous Ranking: 7.
8. Dmitry Bivol (21-0, 11 KOs), WBA light heavyweight champion. Previous Ranking: 8.
9. Artur Beterbiev (19-0, 19 KOs), IBF-WBC-WBO light heavyweight champion. Previous Ranking: 9.
10. Errol Spence Jr. (28-1, 22 KOs), Welterweight contender. Previous Ranking: 10.