Heavyweight Renaissance Continues: BScene Ratings Update
By Cliff Rold
Heavyweight: There is a buzz around the big men there hasn’t been in a long time. Luis Ortiz only added to it with a strong outing against Bryant Jennings. He enters the top ten strong and Jennings drops. He stays rated for now, forcing Steve Cunningham out of the top ten.
Light Heavyweight: His last loss was controversial; this one was just close. Yunieski Gonzalez slips with a majority decision loss to undefeated Vyacheslav Shabranskyy. Isidro Prieto slips out of the top ten.
Middleweight: More movement since the last update. Daniel Jacobs and Billy Joe Saunders take up space just below Gennady Golovkin after big wins over Peter Quillin and Andy Lee. Chris Eubank Jr. also gets a slight bump after a spirited stoppage in his last outing.
Welterweight: Diego Chaves exits the ratings for inactivity. Sadam Ali debuts in the top ten.
Jr. Welterweight: Rances Barthelemy exits the top ten with a move back down to lightweight. Adrian Granados crashes the top ten off his thrilling upset of Amir Imam.
Lightweight: Rances Barthelemy enters the top ten with a win over Denis Shafikov in a good fight. Shafikov exits a tight top ten.
Jr. Lightweight/Featherweight: Despite an abominable draw call, Nicholas Walters exited the clear winner in his official Jr. lightweight debut and enters the top ten at 130. It forces Eden Sonsona from the ratings. Walters exits the top ten at 126 and new to the ratings is Thabo Sonjica.
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Last ratings update: December 1, 2015
Cliff Rold is the Managing Editor of BoxingScene, a founding member of the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board, and a member of the Boxing Writers Association of America. He can be reached at roldboxing@hotmail.com
