List of The Ring pound for pound rankings
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Boxing magazine The Ring began naming the top 10 pound for pound boxers in 1989. The first #1 pound for pound fighter was heavyweight champion Mike Tyson. To reduce the number of tables, a table is only added if there are changes in the rankings. For WBA titles, only titles in the primary champion lineage are listed.
| Rank | Boxer | Record | Weight class | Title(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oleksandr Usyk | 24–0 (15 KO) | Heavyweight | WBA (Super), WBC, IBF, and The Ring |
| 2 | Naoya Inoue | 32–0 (27 KO) | Super bantamweight | WBA (Super), WBC, IBF, WBO, and The Ring |
| 3 | Shakur Stevenson | 25–0 (11 KO) | Light welterweight | WBO and The Ring |
| 4 | Jesse Rodriguez | 23–0 (16 KO) | Super flyweight | WBA, WBC, WBO, and The Ring |
| 5 | Dmitry Bivol | 24–1 (12 KO) | Light heavyweight | WBA (Super), IBF, WBO, and The Ring |
| 6 | Junto Nakatani | 32–0 (24 KO) | Super bantamweight | N/a |
| 7 | David Benavidez | 31–0 (25 KO) | Light heavyweight | WBC |
| 8 | Devin Haney | 33–0–0–1 (15 KO) | Welterweight | WBO |
| 9 | Oscar Collazo | 14–0 (11 KO) | Mini flyweight | WBA (Super), WBO, and The Ring |
| 10 | Emanuel Navarrete | 40–2–1 (33 KO) | Super featherweight | IBF and WBO |
List of pound for pound #1 fighters
As of April 30, 2026.
Keys:
- Current P4P #1
| No. | Name | Weight Division(s) as #1 | Date | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mike Tyson | Heavyweight | September 12, 1989 – February 12, 1990 | 153 days |
| 2 | Julio César Chávez | Light welterweight | February 12, 1990 – September 15, 1993 | 3 years, 215 days |
| 3 | Pernell Whitaker |
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September 15, 1993 – April 18, 1996 | 2 years, 219 days |
| 4 | Roy Jones Jr. | Light heavyweight | April 18, 1996 – April 17, 1997 | 364 days |
| 5 | Oscar De La Hoya | Welterweight | April 17, 1997 – October 5, 1999 | 2 years, 171 days |
| 6 | Roy Jones Jr. (2) | Light heavyweight | October 5, 1999 – July 5, 2000 | 274 days |
| 7 | Shane Mosley | Welterweight | July 5, 2000 – January 27, 2002 | 1 year, 206 days |
| 8 | Bernard Hopkins | Middleweight | January 27, 2002 – March 11, 2003 | 1 year, 43 days |
| 9 | Roy Jones Jr. (3) |
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March 11, 2003 – June 8, 2004 | 1 year, 89 days |
| 10 | Bernard Hopkins (2) | Middleweight | June 8, 2004 – July 18, 2005 | 1 year, 40 days |
| 11 | Floyd Mayweather Jr. |
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July 18, 2005 – June 9, 2008 | 2 years, 327 days |
| 12 | Manny Pacquiao |
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June 9, 2008 – May 7, 2012 | 3 years, 333 days |
| The Ring decided to vacate the pound-for-pound #1 rank and demoted Pacquiao to #2 that resulted in a tie with Mayweather Jr. because the members of the editorial board were unimpressed by Pacquiao's performance in his third fight with Juan Manuel Márquez, while Mayweather Jr. was not promoted to #1 because the board determined that he struggled in his fight against Miguel Cotto.[1] | ||||
| 13 | Floyd Mayweather Jr. (2) |
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December 11, 2012 – September 15, 2015 | 2 years, 278 days |
| 14 | Román González |
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September 15, 2015 – March 21, 2017 | 1 year, 187 days |
| 15 | Andre Ward | Light heavyweight | March 21 – September 26, 2017 | 189 days |
| 16 | Gennady Golovkin | Middleweight | September 26, 2017 – September 18, 2018 | 357 days |
| 17 | Vasiliy Lomachenko | Lightweight | September 18, 2018 – November 7, 2019 | 1 year, 50 days |
| 18 | Canelo Álvarez |
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November 7, 2019 – May 7, 2022 | 2 years, 181 days |
| 19 | Oleksandr Usyk |
Heavyweight |
May 7 – June 11, 2022 | 35 days |
| 20 | Naoya Inoue |
Bantamweight |
June 11 – August 20, 2022 | 70 days |
| 21 | Oleksandr Usyk (2) |
Heavyweight |
August 20, 2022 – July 29, 2023 | 343 days |
| 22 | Terence Crawford |
Welterweight |
July 29, 2023 – May 6, 2024 | 282 days |
| 23 | Naoya Inoue (2) |
Super bantamweight |
May 6 – May 18, 2024 | 12 days |
| 24 | Oleksandr Usyk (3) |
Heavyweight |
May 18, 2024 – September 15, 2025 | 1 year, 120 days |
| 25 | Terence Crawford (2) |
Super middleweight |
September 15 – December 24, 2025 | 100 days |
| 26 | Oleksandr Usyk (4) |
Heavyweight |
December 24, 2025 – present | 127 days |