Changes in the New Year: BScene Pound-for-Pound Update
By Cliff Rold
It’s a new year and much took place in the last quarter of 2015 to shake up the pound-for-pound picture.
All three of boxing’s glamour division’s have seen huge shakeups. Welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather retired, the middleweight crown changed hands, and the most dominant heavyweight title reign since Larry Holmes ruled the roost came to an end.
Mayweather exited these ratings in the last update a few months ago, his retirement announcement respected officially if not entirely believed. Saul Alvarez was already in the top ten before his win over Miguel Cotto for middleweight honors. Does he move up?
There are certain to be plenty of changes this year. Big fights in the glamour divisions, at light heavyweight, and in the lower classes could see boxing looking very different by the end of 2016. There is new blood all over the place and that’s a good thing.
It’s an overdue thing.
Exiting the top ten is Wladimir Klitschko. Does beating the man make room for conqueror Tyson Fury? Or might another Brit be in the mix? Answers await.
Last Pound-for-Pound Update: October 20, 2015
Cliff Rold is the Managing Editor of BoxingScene, a founding member of the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board, and a member the Yahoo Pound for Pound voting panel, and the Boxing Writers Association of America. He can be reached at roldboxing@hotmail.com
