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

1. Terence Crawford – No scheduled combat.
2. Canelo Alvarez– Scheduled to challenge WBA heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol on May 7.
3. Naoya Inoue – Scheduled to face Nonito Donaire in a rematch for the bantamweight title on June 7 in Japan.
4. Oleksandr Usyk – In talks to defend his heavyweight title against Anthony Joshua in a rematch.
5. Errol Spence Jr. – No scheduled combat.
6. Tyson Fury– is scheduled to defend his heavyweight title against Dillian Whyte on April 23 in London.
7. Vasiliy Lomachenko – Career stalled because of war in Ukraine.
8. Juan Francisco Estrada – In talks to defend his WBC bantamweight title against Joshua Franco.
9. Gennadiy Golovkin – There is no schedule but is expected to face Canelo Alvarez for the third time in September.
10. Jermell Charlo – Scheduled to face Brian Castano for the undisputed junior middleweight title on May 14 in Carson, California.
11. Artur Betterbiev – In talks to face Joe Smith Jr in the unification fight for the light heavyweight title on June 18 in New York.
12. Gervonta Davis – Scheduled to face Rolando Romero on May 28 in Brooklyn, New York.
13. Jermall Charlo – WILLcedes the throne to defend his middleweight title against Maciej Sulecki on June 18 in Houston.
14. Kazuto Ioka – The WBO requested a rematch between Ioka and Donnie Nietes for Ioka’s bantamweight title but no deal was made.
15. 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); .