Boxing pound-for-pound rankings – Nov. 2023

By Dexter Foley

Kind of a quiet end for such an exciting year in boxing, but 2024 has some massive brawls on the horizon to look forward to. What will be the next mega fight? Who becomes the undisputed Heavyweight king? Hoping that next year can be as good as this one has been.

Here is the current ESPN Top P4P in boxing.

1. TERENCE CRAWFORD   Previous ranking: No. 1

RECORD: 40-0, 31 KOs
DIVISION: Welterweight (undisputed champion)
LAST FIGHT: W (TKO9) Errol Spence Jr., July 29
NEXT FIGHT: TBA


2. NAOYA INOUE     Previous ranking: No. 2

RECORD: 25-0, 22 KOs
DIVISION: Junior featherweight (unified champion)
LAST FIGHT: W (TKO8) Stephen Fulton, July 25
NEXT FIGHT: Dec. 26 vs. Marlon Tapales


3. OLEKSANDR USYK     Previous ranking: No. 3

RECORD: 21-0, 14 KOs
DIVISION: Heavyweight (unified champion)
LAST FIGHT: W (TKO9) Daniel Dubois, Aug. 26
NEXT FIGHT: Feb. 17 vs. Tyson Fury


4. CANELO ALVAREZ     Previous ranking: No. 4

RECORD: 60-2-2, 39 KOs
DIVISION: Super middleweight (undisputed champion)
LAST FIGHT: W (UD12) Jermell Charlo, Sept. 30
NEXT FIGHT: TBA


5. DMITRY BIVOL     Previous ranking: No. 5

RECORD: 21-0, 11 KOs
DIVISION: Light heavyweight (champion)
LAST FIGHT: W (UD12) Gilberto Ramirez, Nov. 5
NEXT FIGHT: Dec. 23 vs. Lyndon Arthur


6. ARTUR BETERBIEV     Previous ranking: No. 7

RECORD: 19-0, 19 KOs
DIVISION: Light heavyweight (unified champion)
LAST FIGHT: W (TKO8) Anthony Yarde, Jan. 28
NEXT FIGHT: Jan. 13 vs. Callum Smith


7. DEVIN HANEY     Previous ranking: No. 8

RECORD: 30-0, 15 KOs
DIVISION: Lightweight (unified champion)
LAST FIGHT: W (UD12) Vasiliy Lomachenko, May 20
NEXT FIGHT: Dec. 9 vs. Regis Prograis


8. SHAKUR STEVENSON   Previous ranking: No. 9

RECORD: 21-0, 10 KOs
DIVISION: Lightweight champion
LAST FIGHT: W (UD12) Edwin De Los Santos, Nov. 16
NEXT FIGHT: TBA


9. GERVONTA DAVIS     Previous ranking: No. 10

RECORD: 29-0, 27 KOs
DIVISION: Lightweight
LAST FIGHT: W (KO7) Ryan Garcia, April 22
NEXT FIGHT: TBA


10. TYSON FURY     Previous ranking: No. 6

RECORD: 34-0-1, 24 KOs
DIVISION: Heavyweight (champion)
LAST FIGHT: W (SD10) Francis Ngannou, Oct. 28
NEXT FIGHT: Feb. 17 vs. Oleksandr Usyk

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