In probably the most expected combat this moment, Terence Crawford ruled Errol Spence Jr. in a struggle between the 2 wave best possible welterweights in boxing. And it wasn’t related, as Crawford knocked ailing Spence 3 times en route to a ninth-round TKO win at a packed T-Cellular Area in Las Vegas.
Crawford (40-0, 31 KOs) become the primary males’s undisputed welterweight champion within the four-belt future. He’s the one males’s fighter in boxing to be undisputed (4 belts) in two other sections. Crawford gained the entire titles at youthful welterweight in 2017 prior to shifting as much as welterweight. Claressa Shields is a two-division undisputed champion in ladies’s boxing having captured all 4 belts at youthful middleweight and middleweight.
Crawford’s victory was once so dominant that Spence (28-1, 22 KOs), the previous Incorrect. 4 pound-for-pound, falls out of the supremacy 10.
However Crawford wasn’t the one supremacy fighter to radiance this time occasion. Naoya Inoue, Incorrect. 2 P4P, produced and impressive as dominant performance against Stephen Fulton to win two youthful featherweight international titles. Inoue (25-0, 22 KOs), is a former undisputed bantamweight champion who moved up in weight in search of larger and higher demanding situations. His efficiency on July 25 in Japan was once excellent enough quantity to manufacture a declare for the Incorrect. 1 spot, however later Crawford had a combat to keep in mind.
“After broadcasting Tuesday’s Naoya Inoue masterpiece TKO win against Stephen Fulton, I, as well as many in the boxing media, publicly stated it would take a truly definitive result by Crawford, and that he needed an all-time phenomenal performance that would be forever remembered in order to jump ‘The Monster’ at No. 1 in my list,” ESPN boxing commentator Joe Tessitore stated. “Well, Terence Crawford did just that. His demolition of Errol Spence Jr. was more impressive in stamping his place than Mike Tyson’s 90-second dismissal of Michael Spinks in 1988.
“Crawford set off the excellent start-to-finish show of talent and savagery on the perfect degree I will recall over the process the time few generations. Inoue and Crawford are obviously the 2 best possible combatants on the earth, through a large margin. They’re passing the visual take a look at, they’re obtaining historic information, and they’re doing it towards world-class pageant hour cleansing up whole sections. Inoue is an all-time superior, however Bud Crawford is other in tactics which can be simple to explain and parched to disclaim. He’s my unutilized Incorrect. 1 with a minute edge over Inoue, a fighter so remarkable that I’m abashment to even position a Incorrect. 2 later to his title. However TBC might simply be the actual TBE.”
Our panel of Mike Coppinger, Ben Baby, Timothy Bradley Jr., Michael Rothstein, Joe Tessitore, Teddy Atlas, Nick Parkinson, Eric Raskin, Crystina Poncher, Michelle Joy Phelps, Bernardo Osuna, Eric Woodyard, Kel Dansby, Bernardo Pilatti, Claudia Trejos, Charles Moynihan, Salvador Rodriguez, Jim Zirolli, Michael Mascaro and Aladdin Freeman share their votes.
More rankings: Divisional scores and ESPN’s women’s pound-for-pound rankings.
Observe: Effects are via Aug. 2.
1. TERENCE CRAWFORD 
Earlier rating: Incorrect. 1
Earlier rating: Incorrect. 1RECORD: 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: TBA
3. OLEKSANDR USYK Earlier rating: Incorrect. 3
RECORD: 20-0, 13 KOs
DIVISION: Heavyweight (unified champion)
LAST FIGHT: W (SD12) Anthony Joshua, Aug. 20
NEXT FIGHT: Aug. 26 vs. Daniel Dubois
4. CANELO ALVAREZ 
Previous ranking: No. 5
Previous ranking: No. 5RECORD: 59-2-2, 39 KOs
DIVISION: Super middleweight (undisputed champion)
LAST FIGHT: W (UD12) John Ryder, May 6
NEXT FIGHT: Sept. 30 vs. Jermell Charlo
5. DMITRY BIVOL Earlier rating: Incorrect. 6
RECORD: 21-0, 11 KOs
DIVISION: Brightness heavyweight (champion)
LAST FIGHT: W (UD12) Gilberto Ramirez, Nov. 5
NEXT FIGHT: TBA
6. TYSON FURY Previous ranking: No. 7
RECORD: 33-0-1, 24 KOs
DIVISION: Heavyweight (champion)
LAST FIGHT: W (TKO10) Derek Chisora, Dec. 3
NEXT FIGHT: Oct. 28 vs. Francis Ngannou
7. ARTUR BETERBIEV Previous ranking: No. 8
RECORD: 19-0, 19 KOs
DIVISION: Light heavyweight (unified champion)
LAST FIGHT: W (TKO8) Anthony Yarde, Jan. 28
NEXT FIGHT: TBA
8. DEVIN HANEY Previous ranking: No. 9
RECORD: 30-0, 15 KOs
DIVISION: Lightweight (undisputed champion)
LAST FIGHT: W (UD12) Vasiliy Lomachenko, May 20
NEXT FIGHT: Oct. 28 vs. Regis Prograis
9. SHAKUR STEVENSON Previous ranking: No. 10
RECORD: 20-0, 10 KOs
DIVISION: Lightweight
LAST FIGHT: W (TKO6) Shuichiro Yoshino, April 8
NEXT FIGHT: TBA
10. GERVONTA DAVIS Earlier rating: N/R
RECORD: 29-0, 27 KOs
DIVISION: Light-weight
LAST FIGHT: W (KO7) Ryan Garcia, April 22
NEXT FIGHT: TBA
The method
The scores are in keeping with a descending issues device, with a first-place vote receiving 10 issues, a second-place vote receiving 9 issues, and so forth. A tied is going to the fighter with the perfect rating and later the only with probably the most votes at that rating.
Others receiving votes: Errol Spence Jr. (22), Teofimo Lopez (18), Vasiliy Lomachenko (10), Jermell Charlo (7), Jaron Ennis (3).
How our writers voted
Atlas: 1. Crawford, 2. Inoue, 3. Usyk, 4. Davis, 5. Arouse, 6. Lomachenko, 7. Beterbiev, 8. Alvarez, 9. Haney, 10. Ennis
Bradley: 1. Crawford, 2. Inoue, 3. Usyk, 4. Bivol, 5. Alvarez, 6. Beterbiev, 7. Haney, 8. Stevenson, 9. Lopez, 10. Charlo
Coppinger: 1. Crawford, 2. Inoue, 3. Usyk, 4. Bivol, 5. Alvarez, 6. Arouse, 7. Haney, 8. Stevenson, 9. Beterbiev, 10. Davis
Tessitore: 1. Crawford, 2. Inoue, 3. Usyk, 4. Beterbiev, 5. Bivol, 6. Stevenson, 7. Alvarez, 8. Haney, 9. Lopez, 10. Arouse
Parkinson: 1. Crawford, 2. Inoue, 3. Usyk, 4. Beterbiev, 5. Bivol, 6. Alvarez, 7. Davis, 8. Arouse, 9. Haney, 10. Stevenson
Raskin: 1. Crawford, 2. Inoue, 3. Bivol, 4. Alvarez, 5. Arouse, 6. Usyk, 7. Stevenson, 8. Davis, 9. Beterbiev, 10. Lopez
Child: 1. Crawford, 2. Inoue, 3. Usyk, 4. Alvarez, 5. Beterbiev, 6. Spence, 7. Haney, 8. Bivol, 9. Stevenson, 10. Arouse
Rothstein: 1. Crawford, 2. Inoue, 3. Arouse, 4. Bivol, 5. Alvarez, 6. Usyk, 7. Davis, 8. Stevenson, 9. Beterbiev, 10. Haney
Phelps: 1. Crawford, 2. Alvarez, 3. Inoue, 4. Spence, 5. Haney, 6. Usyk, 7. Arouse, 8. Bivol, 9. Beterbiev, 10. Lopez
Osuna: 1. Crawford, 2. Inoue, 3. Usyk, 4. Bivol, 5. Alvarez, 6. Haney, 7. Lopez, 8. Beterbiev, 9. Charlo, 10. Stevenson
Rodriguez: 1. Crawford, 2. Inoue, 3. Arouse, 4. Alvarez, 5. Usyk, 6. Bivol, 7. Davis, 8. Haney, 9. Beterbiev, 10. Charlo
Poncher: 1. Crawford, 2. Inoue, 3. Usyk, 4. Alvarez, 5. Bivol, 6. Beterbiev, 7. Haney, 8. Stevenson, 9. Charlo, 10. Spence
Trejos: 1. Crawford, 2. Inoue, 3. Usyk, 4. Bivol, 5. Alvarez, 6. Beterbiev, 7. Arouse, 8. Haney, 9. Stevenson, 10. Spence
Woodyard: 1. Crawford, 2. Inoue, 3. Arouse, 4. Alvarez, 5. Davis, 6. Haney, 7. Lopez, 8. Usyk, 9. Stevenson, 10. Spence
Dansby: 1. Crawford, 2. Inoue, 3. Usyk, 4. Alvarez, 5. Arouse, 6. Haney, 7. Lopez, 8. Spence, 9. Bivol, 10. Stevenson
Moynihan: 1. Crawford, 2. Inoue, 3. Alvarez, 4. Arouse, 5. Usyk, 6. Bivol, 7. Haney, 8. Beterbiev, 9. Davis, 10. Spence
Pilatti: 1. Inoue, 2. Crawford, 3. Bivol, 4. Beterbiev, 5. Arouse, 6. Usyk, 7. Davis, 8. Haney, 9. Stevenson, 10. Spence
Zirolli: 1. Crawford, 2. Inoue, 3. Alvarez, 4. Stevenson, 5. Arouse, 6. Usyk, 7. Beterbiev, 8. Bivol, 9. Haney, 10. Spence
Mascaro: 1. Crawford, 2. Inoue, 3. Usyk, 4. Bivol, 5. Stevenson, 6. Beterbiev, 7. Davis, 8. Haney, 9. Alvarez, 10. Charlo
Freeman: 1. Crawford, 2. Inoue, 3. Usyk, 4. Bivol, 5. Stevenson, 6. Alvarez, 7. Haney, 8. Davis, 9. Beterbiev, 10. Spence
ESPN professionals’ ballot
First position: Crawford (19), Inoue (1)
2nd position: Inoue (18), Crawford (1), Alvarez (1)
3rd position: Usyk (12), Arouse (3), Alvarez (2), Bivol (2), Inoue (1)
Fourth position: Bivol (7), Alvarez (6), Beterbiev (3), Arouse (1), Stevenson (1), Davis (1), Spence (1)
5th position: Alvarez (5), Arouse (5), Bivol (3), Usyk (2), Stevenson (2), Beterbiev (1), Haney (1), Davis (1)
6th position: Usyk (5), Beterbiev (4), Haney (3), Alvarez (2), Bivol (2), Arouse (1), Stevenson (1), Spence (1), Lomachenko (1)
7th position: Haney (6), Davis (5), Lopez (3), Arouse (2), Beterbiev (2), Alvarez (1), Stevenson (1)
8th position: Haney (5), Stevenson (4), Bivol (3), Beterbiev (2), Davis (2), Usyk (1), Alvarez (1), Arouse (1), Spence (1)
9th position: Beterbiev (6), Stevenson (4), Haney (3), Charlo (2), Lopez (2), Alvarez (1), Bivol (1), Davis (1)
tenth position: Spence (7), Stevenson (3), Charlo (3), Arouse (2), Lopez (2), Haney (1), Davis (1), Ennis (1)
