Does Ryan Garcia make the list after his sensational victory?

Ryan Garcia’s dominant win over Devin Haney on Saturday created a difficult situation here.

On one hand, Garcia turned in arguably his best performance of the year so far, knocking out his 10th-ranked opponent three times and winning by majority decision to stun Haney and the boxing world. .

Garcia deserves credit for executing a good game plan to perfection, which has certainly boosted his stock.

On the other hand, he weighed 3.2 pounds over the 140-pound limit for the fight, a setback that dented his performance to a good degree.

That has to be considered when we decide whether he deserves to be on our weight list.

Then there’s Haney. That’s right, he lost decisively, even embarrassingly, which under normal circumstances would have required us to drop him from our rankings or at least drop him from 10th place down to Honorable Mention.

However, there is the issue of weight. Garcia is effectively a welterweight when fighting a younger welterweight, which one could argue is an unfair advantage.

The truth is that Haney agreed – for whatever reason – to continue the fight even though Garcia missed weight by a mile. The chips will fall where they may in that case.

Complicated, right?

This is what we decided to do. Garcia cannot be rewarded for such lack of professionalism, which we can assume played a role in the outcome. Plus, it’s impossible to ignore that he was stopped by Gervonta Davis just two games ago.

So, Garcia will have to wait to become a Boxing Junkie boxer.

Haney? He has to go.

Once again, he chose to fight an overweight Garcia, clearly believing that his superiority in skill could make up for any physical advantage Garcia might have. The results were terrible for him. He doesn’t look like a dealer at all.

As a result, Haney was dropped from the roster, which moved numbers 11-15 Bam Rodriguez, Artur Beterbiev, Errol Spence Jr., Vasiliy Lomachenko and Shakur Stevenson up one spot each.

Additionally, two-time 168-pound titleholder David Benavidez, Mention of the Week, moves up to No. 15. And Junto Nakatani, the undefeated 118-pound titleholder from Japan, enters for the first time as way is the Person in question.

Next promotion fight: No. 6 Canelo Alvarez is scheduled to defend his undisputed 168-pound championship against Jaime Munguia on May 4 in Las Vegas.

Here is the current list:

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1. Terence Crawford – Expected to challenge the defending 154-pound champion

   Israil Madrimov on August 3 in Los Angeles.

2. Naoya Inoue – Scheduled to defend the undisputed 122-pound championship against Luis Nery on May 6 in Japan.
3. Oleksandr Usyk – Scheduled to face No. 9 Tyson Fury for the undisputed heavyweight championship on May 18 in Saudi Arabia.
4. Dmitry Bivol – Scheduled to face No. 12 Artur Beterbiev for the undisputed 175-pound championship on June 1 in Saudi Arabia.
5. Juan Francisco Estrada – Expected to defend his 115-pound title against No. 11 Jesse Rodriguez on June 29 in Phoenix.
6. Canelo Alvarez – Expected to defend his undisputed 168-pound championship against Jaime Munguia on May 4 in Las Vegas.
7. Jermell Charlo – There is no match schedule.
8. Gervonta Davis – Expected to defend his 135-pound title against Frank Martin on June 15 in Las Vegas.
9. Tyson was angry – Scheduled to face No. 3 Oleksandr Usyk for the undisputed heavyweight championship on May 18 in Saudi Arabia.
10. Jesse “Bam” Rodríguez – Scheduled to face No. 5 Juan Francisco Estrada for Estrada’s 115-pound title on June 29 in Phoenix.
11. Artur Beterbiev – Scheduled to face No. 4 Dmitry Bivol for the undisputed 175-pound championship on June 1 in Saudi Arabia.
12. Errol Spence Jr. – There is no match schedule.
13. Vasily Lomachenko – Scheduled to face George Kambosos Jr. to compete for the vacant IBF 135-pound title on May 12 in Australia.
14. Shakur Stevenson – Reportedly close to reaching a deal to defend his 135-pound title against Artem Harutyunyan on July 6 in Newark, New Jersey.
15. David Benavidez – Scheduled to fight 175-pounder Oleksandr Gvozdyk on June 15 in Las Vegas.

Honorable mention (alphabetically): Jermall Charlo (no match schedule); Roman Gonzalez (no match schedule); Kazuto Ioka (scheduled to face Fernando Martinez for the 115-pound championship on July 7 in Tokyo); Teofimo López (reportedly close to reaching an agreement to defend his 140-pound title against Steve Claggett on June 29 in Miami); Junto Nakatani (no match schedule).