On Saturday, September 13th, Terence Crawford defeated Canelo Alvarez via unanimous decision to become the undisputed super middleweight champion. Crawford is now, the first male boxer to become undisputed in three different weight classes. How did that result, shake up the current pound for pound rankings?

1. Terence Crawford

Terence Crawford is coming off of one of the biggest wins in boxing history. He defeated the most popular star in boxing today, Canelo Alvarez, to move to 42-0 with 31 knockouts and is now a four division champion and undisputed in three of those weight classes.

There are no holes in Crawford’s game, he can box from the outside, bang on the inside with anyone from 147-168 pounds, and he has an amazingly high boxing IQ. Crawford has now entered the conversation with Floyd Mayweather, Roy Jones Jr, Muhammad Ali, and Sugar Ray Robinson, among others as the best of a generation.

He has more than earned the number one spot. The question now, is what can he do next to add to his already cemented legacy?

2. Oleksandr Usyk

Oleksandr Usyk is the current undisputed heavyweight champion with a record of 24-0 with 15 wins by knockout. He has dominated both the cruiserweight and heavyweight division in his career. Usyk’s most recent win was a knockout of former IBF heavyweight champion Daniel Dubois.

Usyk will likely fight Joesph Parker next, if Parker wins against Fabio Wardley on October 25th.

3. Naoya Inoue

Naoya Inoue is one of the most decorated boxers of all-time. He is currently 31-0 with 27 wins by knockout. In his last bout he defeated Murodjon Akhmadaliev via unanimous decision. This bout wasn’t the usual, “WOW”, performance from Inoue but he did defeat credible competition pretty easily.

Inoue is a great offensive fighter, who can get sloppy with his defense from time to time but is always able to overcome that. He is by far the busiest fighter on the pound for pound list. He is set to fight against David Picasso on December 27th, this will be his fourth fight in 2025.

4. Dmitry Bivol

Dmitry Bivol is 24-1 with 12 knockouts and is the current unified champion at the light heavyweight division. Bivol is one of the most discipline fighters in the world. He is able to control fights behind his great defense, movement, ring generalship, and combination punches.

In his last fight, he defeated Artur Beterbiev to become the undisputed champion at light heavyweight. Beterbiev was previously undefeated. Bivol is recovering from back surgery but hopes to fight again in early 2026.

5. Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez

Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez is one of the brightest young stars in all of boxing. He is currently the unified super flyweight champion with a record of 22-0 with 15 knockouts. In his last four fights, he has won by knockout over former champions, Sunny Edwards, Juan Francisco Estrada, Pedro Guevara, and Phumelela Cafu.

Bam has an incredible combination of speed and coordination, that leads to him being able to overwhelm his opponents with punches in bunches from different angles while also making himself extremely hard to hit. Bam is set to fight against the undefeated Fernando Daniel Martinez on 11/22.

6. Artur Beterbiev

Artur Beterbiev is one of the most feared men in boxing. Beterbiev has a record of 21-1 with 20 wins by knockout. He seems to be an indestructible machine that always comes forward while also having nuanced boxing skill.

He has defeated all of the elite light heavyweights including, Dmitry Bivol, Callum Smith, Anthony Yarde, Joe Smith Jr, and Marcus Browne among others. Beterbiev suffered his first defeat in his last bout against Bivol. He is set to make his return to the ring on 11/22 against Deon Nicholson, which could be a warm-up for a third fight against Bivol.

7. Shakur Stevenson

Shakur Stevenson has a great argument to be the best defensive boxer in the world, today. He is currently 24-0 with 11 wins by knockout. Stevenson has a been a world champion in three different weight classes and is currently the WBC lightweight champion.

The Newark, New Jersey native has been criticized by fans for being a “boring” fighter because of his defense first nature. Stevenson shut down that criticism with his last performance. He dominated the non-stop offensive fighter, William Zepeda, by staying in the pocket and exchanging with him while also making Zepeda miss punches consistently.

There have been talks for Stevenson’s next opponent to be 140 pound title holder, Teofimo Lopez. This will be another big notch in the belt of Stevenson, if he can win a belt in a fourth weight class over a fighter with the resume that Lopez has.

8. David Benavidez

David Benavidez truly lives up to his nickname of the “The Monster”. Benavidez is 30-0 with 24 knockouts. He is a two-time world champion at super middleweight and is now the WBC champion at light heavyweight.

The Phoenix, Arizona native has an uncanny combination of size, power, and hand speed. At 6’2″ with a 74″ reach, Benavidez uses his fast hands and powerful punches to terrorize his opponents. He is set to fight against Anthony Yarde on 11/22, which he is a heavy favorite to win. Next year, we should get Benavidez vs Dmitry Bivol or Artur Beterbiev, this is where Benavidez can truly make his mark.

9. Saul “Canelo” Alvarez

Saul “Canelo” Alvarez is the biggest star in boxing. He has the entire country of Mexico behind him. He has accumulated that support by putting together one of the best resumes in boxing history. Canelo has been a champion in four different weight classes. He was most recently the undisputed super middleweight champion prior to losing the belts to Terence Crawford.

Canelo is 63-3-2 with 39 wins by knockout. This includes wins over Gennadiy Golovkin, Caleb Plant, Billy Joe Saunders, Callum Smith, Daniel Jacobs, Amir Khan, Austin Trout, and Shane Mosley, among others. The question now is, what’s next for the legend? Does he still want to continue his career or walk off into the sunset with his legendary status.

10. Junto Nakatani

Junto Nakatani is 31-0 with 24 wins by knockout and was most recently the unified champion at 118 pounds after very impressive wins over David Cueller Contreras, and Ryosuki Nishida. Nakatani is set to make his 122-pound debut against Sebastian Hernandez-Reyes who is 20-0, on December 27th.

Nakatani could be in line to fight against Naoya Inoue sometime next year, which would be a mega fight.

Honorable Mentions

A few fighters who just missed the list are, Devin Haney, Teofimo Lopez, and Janibek Alimkhanuly.

Haney is 32-0 with 15 wins by knockout. He was the undisputed champion at 135 pounds, WBC champion at 140, and is now set to challenge Brian Norman Jr for his WBO 147-pound title. If Haney is able to defeat Norman Jr, he will have a real substantial argument to be top ten pound for pound.

Lopez is 22-1 with 13 wins by knockout, both Lopez and Shakur Stevenson have talked about having a fight, early next year. If this fight happens and Lopez wins, it will cement him, on the pound for pound list.

Janibek is a great talent but does not have the resume to be considered pound for pound. The unified middleweight champion is 17-0 with 12 wins by knockout and needs to fight better opponents to not only get on the pound for pound list but also make the money a fighter of his talent level should make.

Do you agree with my list? If not, what is your pound for pound list?