What a difference an “L” makes.
Saul Alvarez didn’t have much debate about the top spot in the BoxingScene pound-for-pound rankings when 2021 came to a close. His second trip to light heavyweight changed that in a big way. A loss to Dmitri Bivol knocked Alvarez out of the top spot but who replaces him?
And how do other results from the first half of 2022 change the landscape according to the voting members of the BoxingScene team?
There’s only one way to find out.
For the full update: https://www.boxingscene.com/rankings/pound-for-pound
Last Update: January 1, 2022
Cliff Rold is the Managing Editor of BoxingScene, a founding member of the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board, a member of the International Boxing Research Organization, and a member of the Boxing Writers Association of America. He can be reached at roldboxing@hotmail.com

