New 12 months, new males’s pound-for-pound listing out of your favourite individuals to yell at about this stuff right here at Unhealthy Left Hook!
Let’s break the seal proper off: We’ve bought a brand new No. 1! He’s from Yokohama, Japan! (He was born in Zama, truly, about 30 miles away from Yokohama.)
After going undisputed at 122 lbs on Dec. 26, Naoya Inoue now edges out Terence Crawford with one first-place vote flipping his approach.
With out additional ado, let’s get right down to it!
January 2024
The voters: Scott Christ, Wil Esco, John Hansen, Patrick Stumberg, and Lewis Watson
Dropped Out: Errol Spence Jr (10)Others Receiving Votes: Jaron “Boots” Ennis 6, David Benavidez 2, Junto Nakatani 2, Vasiliy Lomachenko 1, Errol Spence Jr 1
Scott Christ
(1) Terence Crawford, (2) Naoya Inoue, (3) Oleksandr Usyk, (4) Dmitry Bivol, (5) Gervonta Davis, (6) Artur Beterbiev, (7) Canelo Alvarez, (8) Devin Haney, (9) Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez, (10) Vasiliy Lomachenko
I anticipated “the massive query” to be Crawford vs Inoue to start out 2024, and that’s the place we’re. Rightly so! I believe the margins between the 2 are razor-thin, however I merely really feel Crawford is a greater pound-for-pound fighter. Not by any monumental quantity, however by sufficient that I’m sticking with Bud on the prime.
Elsewhere, Bam Rodriguez hits my listing once more, and Kenshiro Teraji falls out for the second. This might change for February, as he faces Carlos Canizales this month, which is a rattling good combat. If he’s actually spectacular once more, I believe he’ll be again.
Rather a lot may change this month, truly. Artur Beterbiev has a combat with Callum Smith, and each combat all the time feels prefer it could be the one the place Beterbiev, even when he wins, may not appear like Beterbiev anymore. Even a middling efficiency may see him tumble down and even depart my listing. P4P is aggressive in addition to a snapshot of a second; my opinion is you must react to issues as they occur.
For as a lot noise because the Haney crew are making about Devin deserving P4P consideration, and he undoubtedly did dominate Regis Prograis, I simply can’t overlook how a lot hassle he had with Lomachenko. That forestalls me from rocketing Haney up the listing and in addition retains Loma sitting within the No. 10 spot for me.
Wil Esco
(1) Terence Crawford, (2) Naoya Inoue, (3) Oleksandr Usyk, (4) Dmitry Bivol, (5) Jaron “Boots” Ennis, (6) Canelo Alvarez, (7) Devin Haney, (8) Artur Beterbiev, (9) Gervonta Davis, (10) Kenshiro Teraji
Gentle shuffling this month. I’ve bought to offer Devin Haney credit score for dominating Regis Prograis within the method he did, transferring him up one spot on my listing. Naoya Inoue additionally continues to dominate and selecting between him and Terence Crawford for the highest spot is just a little like splitting hairs for me. I do, nonetheless, assume Crawford’s greatest opponent is best than Inoue’s, so I’m simply going to depart him as No. 1 in the intervening time. We’ll see what the brand new 12 months brings.
John Hansen
(1) Naoya Inoue, (2) Terence Crawford, (3) Oleksandr Usyk, (4) Dmitry Bivol, (5) Artur Beterbiev, (6) Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez, (7) Devin Haney, (8) Kenshiro Teraji, (9) David Benavidez, (10) Errol Spence Jr
No have to make room for Bam Rodriguez, as a result of he’s all the time been there for me. He’s been out and in of a number of the remainder of the crew’s submissions throughout 2023. Most likely makes it on everybody’s listing after his win over Sunny Edwards.
Devin Haney’s 2023 included two wins in opposition to guys who have been in my P4P High 10 this time final 12 months. Most significantly, his model changes have taken him out of Shakur Stevenson territory, and the Rigondeaux Rule now not applies. If he ever reverts to jab-and-grab once more and stinks out a combat? He’s gone once more.
Somebody needed to exit, and Tank Davis was each my No. 10, and the man I felt least assured about together with within the first place. A farewell wave to Tank, just a little gentle shuffling within the backside half of the rankings, and we’ve bought a wonderful begin to the 2024 rankings.
Patrick Stumberg
(1) Naoya Inoue, (2) Terence Crawford, (3) Oleksandr Usyk, (4) Canelo Alvarez, (5) Dmitry Bivol, (6) Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez, (7) Artur Beterbiev, (8) Devin Haney, (9) Junto Nakatani, (10) Kenshiro Teraji
A brand new 12 months looks as if the right time to do some housekeeping, so let’s toss out Errol Spence Jr and Shakur Stevenson. As a lot as they’ve completed and as expert as they’re, their efforts in 2023 didn’t really feel like these of the most effective of the most effective. Of their locations come “Bam” Rodriguez, who demolished a person I’d pegged to beat him, and Junto Nakatani, who’s simply flat-out the most effective fighters on this planet and can, I assure you, be the following undisputed bantamweight champion ought to he get the chance.
For the document, Spence and Stevenson nonetheless sit among the many fringe alongside Subriel Matias, Gervonta Davis, and David Benavidez. They simply want one thing huge in 2024 to remind me why I had them on the listing within the first place.
Lewis Watson
(1) Naoya Inoue, (2) Terence Crawford, (3) Oleksandr Usyk, (4) Devin Haney, (5) Dmitry Bivol, (6) Artur Beterbiev, (7) Canelo Alvarez, (8) Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez, (9) Kenshiro Teraji, (10) Gervonta Davis
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