Josh Taylor moves up the Boxing Junkie list

Josh Taylor added considerably to his pound-for-pound credentials by outpointing Jose Ramirez to grow to be undisputed 140-pound champ Saturday in Las Vegas.

However what’s his acceptable place on Boxing Junkie’s checklist? That wasn’t a straightforward determination.

On one hand, Taylor, who entered the week as an Honorable Point out, has defeated Regis Prograis and Jose Ramirez in a span of three fights and his final six victims had a mixed file of 136-1. That’s past spectacular.

A Prime-10 rating can be justified.

However, Taylor nearly gave away what might’ve been a more-convincing victory on Saturday. He put Ramirez down twice within the center rounds to take management of the struggle however turned passive and was outworked within the last third of the struggle.

All three judges scored it 114-112, which means the struggle would’ve been a draw had Ramirez remained on his toes. Boxing Junkie had the identical rating.

Ultimately, Taylor gave a powerful general efficiency to beat an elite opponent to grow to be the sixth undisputed champion within the four-belt period. He actually deserves credit score for that.

Thus, the 30-year-old Scottish fighter jumps from Honorable Point out to No. 13 on the checklist, between No. 12 Jermell Charlo and No. 14 Artur Beterbiev.

And, after all, Taylor might get the chance to climb a lot larger on the checklist. He’s anticipated to defend his titles towards Jack Catterall subsequent and presumably then problem 147-pound champ and No. 1-rated Terence Crawford.

For the file, Boxing Junkie took benefit of Taylor’s victory to make different minor changes to the checklist.

Right here is the place the pound-for-pounders stand.

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POUND-FOR-POUND

1. Terence Crawford — No struggle scheduled.

2. Canelo Alvarez – Anticipated to struggle Caleb Plant to unify all 4 main 168-pound titles in September however no deal is in place.

3. Naoya Inoue — Scheduled to struggle Michael Dasmarinas on June 19 in Las Vegas.

4. Errol Spence Jr. – Scheduled to face Manny Pacquiao in a welterweight title-unification bout on Aug. 21, though no formal announcement has been made.

5. Oleksandr Usyok – In talks to problem heavyweight titleholder Anthony Joshua this summer season.

6. Teofimo Lopez — Scheduled to defend his 135-pound titles towards George Kambosos Jr. on June 19 in Miami.

7. Vasiliy Lomachenko — Scheduled to struggle Masayoshi Nakatani on June 26 in Las Vegas.

8. Tyson Fury – Scheduled to defend his heavyweight title towards Deontay Wilder on July 24 in Las Vegas.

9. Juan Francisco Estrada — The WBC introduced that Estrada will meet Roman Gonzalez in a 3rd struggle as a part of a junior bantamweight match however nothing is official.

10. Gennadiy Golovkin — Reportedly in talks to face Ryota Murata in a middleweight title-unification struggle in December. Additionally rumored to be contemplating an interim struggle towards Esquiva Falcao.

11. Mikey Garcia — No struggle scheduled.

12. Jermell Charlo — Scheduled to face Brian Castano in a 154-pound title-unification struggle on July 17.

13. Josh Taylor — Anticipated to face necessary challenger Jack Catterall in his subsequent struggle however no deal is in place.

14. Artur Beterbiev — Reportedly in talks to face Joe Smith Jr. in a light-weight heavyweight title-unification bout this fall.

15. Manny Pacquiao — Scheduled to face No. 4 Errol Spence Jr. in a welterweight title-unification bout on Aug. 21.

Honorable point out (alphabetical order): Mairis Briedis (no struggle scheduled), Jermall Charlo (scheduled to face Juan Montiel on June 19), Gervonta Davis (scheduled to face Mario Barrios in a 140-pound bout on June 26), Srisaket Sor Rungvisai (the WBC introduced that Sor Rungvisai will meet Carlos Cuadras as a part of a junior bantamweight match however nothing is official), and Oscar Valdez (anticipated to defend his title towards Robson Conceicao in late summer season or fall however nothing is official).

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