World Boxing News has made changes to its pound-for-pound Top 50 after O’Shaquie “Shock” Foster stormed into the world’s ten best fighters with a dominant victory over Emanuel Navarrete, sending the Mexican crashing down the rankings.
Foster’s three-belt super featherweight triumph in San Antonio earned the American a twelve-place rise from No. 21 to No. 9, the biggest move among the leading names in the latest update.
Navarrete suffered the opposite fate, falling from tenth to 22nd after losing a unanimous decision and being dropped twice in the final round.
Foster’s victory earned him the WBO and IBF titles alongside his WBC championship, leaving the American one belt away from becoming undisputed.
Foster Breaks Into the Top Ten
Foster’s arrival at No. 9 gives the United States another representative among boxing’s elite following his commanding performance against Navarrete.
At the top of the WBN rankings, Naoya Inoue retains his No. 1 position, followed by Shakur Stevenson at No. 2.
Oleksandr Usyk remains seventh, while Junto Nakatani also holds his previous position outside the Top 10.
The updated World Boxing News pound-for-pound Top 10 is as follows:
1 NAOYA INOUE
2 SHAKUR STEVENSON
3 JESSE RODRIGUEZ
4 DAVID BENAVIDEZ
5 DMITRY BIVOL
6 DEVIN HANEY
7 OLEKSANDR USYK
8 SEBASTIAN FUNDORA
9 O’SHAQUIE FOSTER
10 JARON ENNIS
Foster moves ahead of several established champions following one of the most convincing victories of his career.
Rises and Falls
The changes extend beyond Foster and Navarrete, with Oscar Collazo climbing two places to No. 14.
Former light heavyweight king Artur Beterbiev moves in the opposite direction, dropping five positions to No. 17 due to inactivity.
One of the most noticeable changes outside the Top 20 involves Sergio Mendoza, who enters the rankings at No. 32 as the unified WBC and WBA flyweight champion.
His inclusion follows a victory over Ricardo Sandoval, who falls 24 places from No. 20 to No. 44 after losing his WBC and WBA flyweight titles.
Former world champion Marlon Tapales also drops out of the Top 50 altogether.
Biggest Top 50 Movers
The key changes in the latest WBN rankings, listed in order of their updated positions, are:
9 O’SHAQUIE FOSTER 12
14 OSCAR COLLAZO 2
17 ARTUR BETERBIEV 5
22 EMANUEL NAVARRETE 12
32 SERGIO MENDOZA*NE
44 RICARDO SANDOVAL 24
OUT MARLON TAPALES
Iglesias and Schofield Miss Out
Osleys Iglesias and Floyd Schofield remain on the fringes of WBN’s Top 50 despite their growing reputations.
Iglesias has yet to secure the kind of victory over established world-class opposition that would justify his inclusion ahead of fighters with stronger records at the highest level.
Schofield’s situation is different. Despite his growing profile, there is a legitimate argument that he lost a recent contest, making his inclusion difficult to justify ahead of fighters with stronger claims.
Neither omission is permanent, but WBN will not award pound-for-pound places based on potential or publicity alone.
WBN Pound-for-Pound Top 50
The complete updated World Boxing News pound-for-pound rankings are available in WBN’s latest Top 50 list.
- Phil Jay
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