Artur Beterbiev demonstrated in his spectacular seventh-round stoppage of Callum Smith on Jan. 13 that he’s on the peak of his skills as he approaches his thirty ninth birthday.
The 175-pound champion now has 20 knockouts in as many fights.
The place does his newest victory depart him on Boxing Junkie’s pound-for-pound record?
Beterbiev entered the combat at No. 14, under Nos. 12 and 13 Errol Spence Jr. and Vasiliy Lomachenko, each of whom are coming off losses of their most up-to-date fights.
Thus, Beterbiev jumps up two spots to No. 12, instantly under No. 11 Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez, who’s coming off a sensational ninth-round knockout of beforehand unbeaten Sunny Edwards final month.
After all, Beterbiev’s place on the record is tenuous: He and No. 4 Dmitry Bivol have reportedly agreed to satisfy for the undisputed 175-pound championship in late spring or summer season, which might be the hardest matchup of Beterbiev’s profession.
Spence (now No. 13) has no combat scheduled. Lomachenko (No. 14) reportedly will face George Kambosos Jr. for a vacant 135-pound title on Might 12 in Australia, which might give the Ukrainian an opportunity to maneuver again up the record.
Subsequent pound-for-pounder up: Honorable Point out Teofimo Lopez is scheduled to defend his WBO 140-pound title towards Jamaine Ortiz on Feb. 8 in Las Vegas.
Right here’s what the record appears to be like like in the mean time:
BOXING JUNKIEPOUND-FOR-POUND
Terence Crawford – No combat scheduled.
Naoya Inoue – No combat scheduled.
Oleksandr Usyk – Scheduled to face fellow titleholder and No. 9 Tyson Fury for the undisputed heavyweight championship on Feb. 17 in Saudi Arabia.
Dmitry Bivol– No combat scheduled.
Juan Francisco Estrada – No combat scheduled.
Canelo Alvarez– No combat scheduled.
Jermell Charlo – No combat scheduled.
Gervonta Davis – No combat scheduled.
Tyson Fury – Scheduled to face fellow titleholder and No. 3 Oleksandr Usyk for the undisputed heavyweight championship on Feb. 17 in Saudi Arabia.
Devin Haney– No combat scheduled.
Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez – No combat scheduled.
Artur Beterbiev – No combat scheduled.
Errol Spence Jr. – No combat scheduled.
Vasiliy Lomachenko – Reportedly set to face George Kambosos Jr. for the vacant IBF 135-pound title Might 12 in Australia, though no formal announcement has been made.
Shakur Stevenson– No combat scheduled.
Honorable point out (alphabetical order): David Benavidez (no combat scheduled); Jermall Charlo (no combat scheduled); Roman Gonzalez (no combat scheduled); Kazuto Ioka (no combat scheduled); Teofimo Lopez (scheduled to defend his WBO 140-pound title towards Jamaine Ortiz on Feb. 8 in Las Vegas).
