The following tables show the professional boxers listed in the latest top-10 pound for pound world rankings published by each of:
| Boxer | Record | Current weight class | Current world title(s) | Ranker | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Ring [1] | BWAA [2] | TBRB [3] | ESPN [4] | BoxRec [5] | ||||
| Oleksandr Usyk | 22–0 (14 KO) | Heavyweight | WBA (Super), WBC, IBF, WBO, and The Ring (Undisputed) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | – |
| Naoya Inoue | 27–0 (24 KO) | Super bantamweight | WBA (Super), WBC, IBF, WBO, and The Ring (Undisputed) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Terence Crawford | 40–0 (31 KO) | Welterweight | WBA (Super), WBC, WBO, and The Ring | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Canelo Álvarez | 61–2–2 (39 KO) | Super middleweight | WBA (Super), WBC, IBF, WBO, and The Ring (Undisputed) | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| Dmitry Bivol | 22–0 (11 KO) | Light heavyweight | WBA (Super) | 6 | 7 | 4 | 5 | – |
| Errol Spence Jr. | 28–1 (22 KO) | Welterweight | – | 7 | 5 | – | – | – |
| Devin Haney | 31–1 (15 KO) | Light welterweight | WBC | – | 10 (tie) | – | – | – |
| Gervonta Davis | 29–0 (27 KO) | Lightweight | WBA (Regular) | 8 | – | 10 | 7 | – |
| Teófimo López | 20–1 (13 KO) | Light welterweight | WBO and The Ring | – | – | 7 | – | – |
| Tyson Fury | 34–0–1 (24 KO) | Heavyweight | – | 6 | – | 10 | – | |
| Artur Beterbiev | 20–0 (20 KO) | Light heavyweight | WBC, IBF, and WBO | 5 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 7 |
| Jermell Charlo | 35–1–1 (19 KO) | Light middleweight | The Ring | – | 9 | – | – | – |
| Shakur Stevenson | 21–0 (10 KO) | Lightweight | WBC | – | 10 (tie) | – | 8 | 5 |
| Juan Francisco Estrada | 44–3 (28 KO) | Super flyweight | WBC and The Ring | – | – | – | – | – |
| Jesse Rodriguez | 19–0 (12 KO) | Flyweight | - | 9 | - | – | 9 | 8 |
| Junto Nakatani | 27–0 (20 KO) | Bantamweight | WBC | 10 | - | 9 | – | 3 |
| Kenshiro Teraji | 23–1 (14 KO) | Light-flyweight | WBC, WBA (Super) and The Ring | – | - | 8 | – | 6 |
| Emanuel Navarrete | 38–2–1 (31 KO) | Super featherweight | WBO | - | - | - | – | 9 |
| Subriel Matías | 20–1 (20 KO) | Light welterweight | IBF | - | - | - | – | 10 |
The Ring is an American boxing magazine that was first published in 1922 as a boxing and wrestling magazine. As the sporting legitimacy of professional wrestling came more into question, The Ring shifted to becoming exclusively a boxing-oriented publication. The magazine is currently owned by Oscar De La Hoya's Golden Boy Enterprises division of Golden Boy Promotions, which acquired it in 2007. Ring began publishing annual ratings of boxers in 1924. With its November/December 2022 issue, the magazine stopped publication of its regular monthly print issues and will remain a digital publication, offering occasional special interest print issues.
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