NORTH AMERICAN MALE BOXER MOVEMENT FROM MARCH 2017 TO APRIL 2017
WEIGHT CLASS
HEAVYWEIGHT
CRUISERWEIGHT
LIGHT
HEAVYWEIGHT
BOXER
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GENERAL REASON FOR MOVEMENT
PREVIOUS
POSITION
NEW
PSOITION
No changes within division occurred during this period.
BJ Flores
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Now ranked as a heavyweight
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Each of the following boxers ascends one (1) ranking position after BJ Flores moves up to
heavyweight division
7th
UNRANKED
Al Sanda
#7
#6
Michael Hunter
#8
#7
Isiah Thomas
#9
#8
Constantin
Benjenaru
# 10
#9
# 11
# 10
Lucien Bute
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Based on world ranking moves to # 5 in North America
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Each of the following boxers descends one (1) ranking position after Bute is ranked 5th in
division. division
# 16 in World
#5
Marcus Browne
#5
#6
Chad Dawson
#6
#7
Trevor McCumby
#7
#8
Thomas Williams Jr
#8
#9
Mike Lee
#9
# 10
Steve Geffrard
# 10
# 11
WBA Champ
#2
Immanuwel Aleem
#2
#3
Francis Lafreniere
#3
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SUPER
MIDDLEWEIGHT
No changes within division occurred during this period.
Daniel Jacobs
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WELTERWRIGHT
Enters North American at # 2 after disputed loss to Gennady Golovkin for the WBA /WBC /IBF / IBO
Titles
Each of the following boxers descends one (1) ranking position after Daniel Jacobs enters North American Rankings
MIDDLEWEIGHT
SUPER
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Francis Lefreniere
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Descends to # 3
#2
#3
Peter Quillin
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Descends in ranking to 12th based on activity, and activity of others within division over past 15 months.
#3
#12
Erickson Lubin
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Descends in ranking one position as a result of movement within division
#10
#13
Jermall Charlo
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Enters North American rankings at 10th based on career stats after moving up in weight
#15 in World
# 10
Demetrius Andrade
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Captured WBA Title against Jack Culcay March 3/17
#2
WBA Champ
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Each of the following boxers descends one (1) ranking position after Andrade captures world title
Austin Trout
Brandon Cook
#2
#3
#1
#2
Brandon Cook
Jarrett Hurd
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No longer ranked in North American rankings after capturing IBF World Tile
#3
Omar Figueroa Jr
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Descends in ranking to 7th based on activity, and activity of others within division over past 15
months.
#5
#7
Stuart McLellan
#7
#4
Antonio Margarito
#9
#5
Brandon Brewer
# 10
#6
Oscar Molina
#11
#9
# 12
#10
World Champ
#1
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The following boxers ascend in rankings accordingly after Hurd captures IBF title and Figuerosa is lowered as noted
Ionut Dan Ion
Danny
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Enters North American at # 1 after disputed loss to Keith Thurman
Gaecia
The following boxers descend one ranking position accordingly with Garcia entering at # 1 in North American rankings
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WELTERWEIGHT
IBF Champ
Timothy Bradley Jr # 1 now # 2, Jessie Vargas # 2 now # 3, Shawn Porter # 3 now # 4, Errol Spence Jr # 4 now # 5,
Jose Benavidez # 5 now # 6, and Andre Berto # 6 now # 7
Ionut Dan ion
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Now ranked as a Super Welterweight
#8
The following adjustments in ratings occurred: Andre Berto ascends from # 9 to # 8, Kevin Bizier ascended from # 10 to # 9 and
Samuel Vargas ascended to 10th from 11th in the rankings.
SUPER
LIGHTWEIGHT
Adrien Broner
•
•
No longer ranked as a Super Lightweight after moving to welterweight John Molina Jr and
ending with Jose Felix Jr
Boxers ranked 2 through # 11 all ascend one position in the rankings beginning with
#1
12th
Welterweight
LIGHTWEIGHT
SUPER
FEATHERWEIGHT
FEATHERWEIGHT
Dante Jardon
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Descends to 10th in the ratings after KO loss to Francisco Rojo
#4
# 10
Francisco Rojo
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Ascends to # 4 after 5th round KO over Dante Jardon
# 11
#4
Tony Luis
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Exits division to campaign at Super Lightweight and now welterweight in upcoming bout.
#10
UNRANKED
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Randy Caballero
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Exits weight and resumes as a super bantamweight
# 10
UNRANKED
Cristian Mijares
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Enters rankings with the exist of Cballero
# 11
# 10
Rey Vargas
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Captured WBC Title
# 12
WBC Champ
Hugo Ruiz
#6
#5
Julio Ceja
#7
#6
Edivaldo Ortega
#9
#7
Diego De La Hoya
# 10
#8
Randy Caballero
# 11
#9
Evgeny Gradovich
# 12
# 10
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SUPER
BANTAMWEIGHT
No changes within division occurred during this period.
The following boxers ascend in rankings accordingly after Vargas captured world title.
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BANTAMWEIGHT
SUPER
FLYWEIGHT
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No changes within division occurred during this period.
Juan Hernandez Navarrete
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Moved down to capture the Vacant WBC Flyweight Title against Nawaphon Kaikanha on
March 4/17 with 3rd round KO # 5 Super Flyweight
Roman Gonzalez
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Descends to # 2 after a highly-disputed championship defense loss
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#5
WBC Champ
WBC Champ
#2
#2
#3
#4
#3
Lowered to Light Flyweight
# 10
# 10
As a result of the Navarerete leaving the decision and Gonzalez descending to number two in the division, the following boxers
descend or ascend as follows”
Carlos Cuadras
Luis Concepcion
FLYWEIGHT
LIGHT
FLYWEIGHT
Abraham Rodriguez
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McWilliams Arroyo
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Enters rankings with Abraham Rodriguez
# 11
# 10
Yonathan Padilla
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Descends to # 12 after losing decision to Adrian Villanueva
#5
# 12
Adrian Villanueva
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Ascends to # 5 after winning MD over Yonathan Padilla of Mexico
# 12
#5
Abraham Rodriguez
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Enters rankings at 10th position after
# 10
# 10
Fernando Ramon Godinez
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Dropped from top ten due to loss to fighter without enough fights to make rankings
# 10
UNRANKED
Luis Javier Cerrito
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Enters rankings with 5-1 record
#10
# 11
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Roberto Rodriguez was stopped in last bout.