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Deontay Wilder not in top 50 for first time in a decade

The Bronze Bomber has dropped out of the top 50 pound-for-pound rankings for the first time since 2014 as Lomachenko overtakes Haney.

The Bronze Bomber has dropped out of the top 50 pound-for-pound rankings for the first time since 2014 as Lomachenko overtakes Haney.
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Update:

On the back of the controversial Devin Haney win over Vasiliy Lomachenko, many boxing fans thought that Loma had done enough to win the fight. World Boxing News’ certainly thought so, as they have moved the Ukranian back into the top ten, leapfrogging Haney in the process.

Explaining their decision to remove Deontay Wilder from their list, it would seem that it is more down to his inactivity rather than any slight on his punch power. The Bronze Bomber has won only one bout in three and a half years, and seems to have no interest in the mandatory WBC eliminator against Andy Ruiz.

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Several months ago, Anthony Joshua had already been removed, meaning that both former heavyweight champions, holders of four of the five belts in the sport, are now no longer seriously considered pound for pound kings.

The men who took their belts, however, are, with Oleksandr Usyk as the reigning number one pound for pound fighter on the list and Tyson Fury at 14.

Boxing’s Pound for Pound Rankings: May 2023

  1. Oleksandr USYK
  2. Naoya INOUE
  3. CANELO Alvarez
  4. Errol SPENCE JR
  5. Dmitry BIVOL
  6. Vasiliy LOMACHENKO
  7. Devin HANEY
  8. Shakur STEVENSON
  9. Gervonta DAVIS
  10. Jermell CHARLO
  11. Terence CRAWFORD
  12. Juan ESTRADA
  13. Artur BETERBIEV
  14. Tyson FURY
  15. Kazuto IOKA
  16. Emanuel NAVARRETE
  17. Rey VARGAS
  18. Jesse RODRIGUEZ
  19. Stephen FULTON JR.
  20. Roman GONZALEZ
  21. Regis PROGRAIS
  22. Jack CATTERALL
  23. Kosei TANAKA
  24. Badou JACK
  25. Jermall CHARLO
  26. David BENAVIDEZ
  27. Gennadiy GOLOVKIN
  28. Kenshiro TERAJI
  29. Leo SANTA CRUZ
  30. Teofimo LOPEZ
  31. Jose RAMIREZ
  32. Payna PRADABSRI
  33. Knockout CP FRESHMART
  34. John Riel CASIMERO
  35. Marlon TAPALES
  36. Josh TAYLOR
  37. Callum SMITH
  38. Jaime MUNGUIA
  39. Robeisy RAMIREZ
  40. Mauricio Lara
  41. Fernando MARTINEZ
  42. Jai OPETAIA
  43. Joshua FRANCO
  44. Lawrence OKOLIE
  45. Jaron ENNIS
  46. Zhanibek ALIMKHANULY
  47. Andy RUIZ JR.
  48. Srisaket Sor RUNGVISAI
  49. Brandon FIGUEROA
  50. Junto NAKATANI

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