Yordenis Ugas gives up, the next Tyson Fury will be a tit-for-tat fighter
Boxing Junkie’s pound list changes this week. And there could be more shake-ups ahead.
Yordenis Ugas, who was shortlisted for the Honorary Nominee after beating Manny Pacquiao to the £147 title, dropped out after a massive loss in a title unification match against Errol Spence Jr on Saturday in Arlington, Texas.
The Cuban was replaced as HM by bantamweight competitor Roman Gonzalez, who recovered from a loss to double-belt champion Juan Francisco Estrada to ease past Julio Cesar Martinez on March 5.
Next weight promoter: No 6 Tyson Fury, who is scheduled to defend his heavyweight title against Dillian Whyte on Saturday at Wembley Stadium in London.
Here’s what the current list looks like:
JUNKIE BOX
POUND-FOR-POUND
- Terence Crawford – No scheduled combat.
- Canelo Alvarez– Scheduled to challenge WBA heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol on May 7.
- Naoya Inoue – Scheduled to face Nonito Donaire in a rematch for the bantamweight title on June 7 in Japan.
- Oleksandr Usyk – In talks to defend his heavyweight title against Anthony Joshua in a rematch.
- Errol Spence Jr. – No scheduled combat.
- Tyson Fury– is scheduled to defend his heavyweight title against Dillian Whyte on April 23 in London.
- Vasiliy Lomachenko – Career stalled because of war in Ukraine.
- Juan Francisco Estrada – In talks to defend his WBC bantamweight title against Joshua Franco.
- Gennadiy Golovkin – There is no schedule but is expected to face Canelo Alvarez for the third time in September.
- Jermell Charlo – Scheduled to face Brian Castano for the undisputed junior middleweight title on May 14 in Carson, California.
- Artur Betterbiev – In talks to face Joe Smith Jr in the unification fight for the light heavyweight title on June 18 in New York.
- Gervonta Davis – Scheduled to face Rolando Romero on May 28 in Brooklyn, New York.
- Jermall Charlo – WILLcedes the throne to defend his middleweight title against Maciej Sulecki on June 18 in Houston.
- Kazuto Ioka – The WBO requested a rematch between Ioka and Donnie Nietes for Ioka’s bantamweight title but no deal was made.
- Josh Taylor – No scheduled combat.
Honorable Mention (alphabetical order): Mairis Briedis (no scheduled combat); Nonito Donaire (scheduled to face Naoya Inoue on June 7); Roman Gonzalez (no scheduled combat); George Kambosos (scheduled to defend her lightweight title against Devin Haney on June 5); Teofimo Lopez (no scheduled combat); .