The new IBF rankings have been released and there plenty of notable changes.
Although the heavyweight and cruiserweight rankings remain unchanged, a pair of new No. 1 contenders were named in both the junior welterweight and super bantamweight divisions. But those are not the only changes that occurred.
Below are the latest changes to the IBF rankings across all the weight classes:
Heavyweight:
- No changes
Cruiserweight:
- No changes
Light Heavyweight:
- Adam Deines moves up from No. 6 to No. 5
- Umar Salamov moves up from No. 7 to No. 6
- Meng Fanlong moves up from No. 8 to No. 7
- Enrico Koelling moves up from No. 10 to No. 8
- Sullivan Barrera moves up from No. 11 to No. 10
- Joshua Buatsi moves up from No. 12 to No. 11
- Michael Lee drops from No. 13 to No. 14
- Felix Valera moves up from No. 14 to No. 12
- Anthony Yarde (formerly No. 5) drops out of the rankings
- Radivoje Kalajdric enters the rankings at No. 13
Super Middleweight:
- No changes
Middleweight:
- Steve Rolls rises from No. 10 to No. 9
- Gerome Quigley drops from No. 9 to No. 10
Junior Middleweight:
- Sergio Garcia (formerly No. 13) drops out of the rankings
- Patrick Day rises from No. 14 to No. 13
- Jorge Fortea enters the rankings at No. 14
Welterweight:
- Jessie Vargas (formerly No. 3) drops out of the rankings
- Kerman Lejarraga rises from No. 5 to No. 3
- Keita Obara rises from No. 6 to No. 5
- Andre Berto rises from No. 7 to No. 6
- Rashidi Ellis rises from No. 8 to No. 7
- Alexander Besputin rises from No. 9 to No. 8
- Egidijus Kavaliauskas rises from No. 10 to No. 9
- Rico Muller rises from No. 13 to No. 10
- Bekhityar Eyubov rises from No. 14 to No. 13
- Jamal James enters the rankings at No. 14
Junior Welterweight:
- Apinan Khongsong rises from No. 6 to No. 1
- Akihiro Kondo drops from No. 4 to No. 12
- Hiroki Okada (formerly No. 5) drops out of the rankings
- Anthony Yigit rises from No. 8 to No. 5
- Maxim Dadashev rises from No. 7 to No. 4
- Yves Ulysse rises from No. 9 to No. 8
- Alexander Duran rises from No. 10 to No. 9
- Shohjahon Ergashev rises from No. 11 to No. 7
- Ryan Martin rises from No. 12 to No. 10
- Subriel Matias rises from No. 13 to No. 11
- Sonny Fredrickson rises from No. 14 to No. 13
- Jeremias Ponce rises from No. 15 to No. 14
- Alberto Puello enters the rankings at No. 15
Lightweight:
- Edis Tatli drops from No. 3 to No. 11
- Masayoshi Nakatani rises from No. 4 to No. 3
- Rances Barthelemy (formerly No. 5) enters the rankings
- Roman Andreev rises from No. 6 to No. 4
- Emiliano Marsili rises from No. 7 to No. 5
- George Kambosos Jr. rises from No. 8 to No. 6
- Teofimo Lopez rises from No. 9 to No. 7
- Lee Selby enters the rankings at No. 8
- Emmanuel Tagoe rises from No. 12 to No. 9
- Robert Easter Jr. (formerly No. 11) drops out of the rankings
- Gustavo Lemos rises from No. 14 to No. 12
- Aik Shakhnazaryan enters the rankings at No. 14
Super Featherweight:
- Kenichi Ogawa enters the rankings at No. 5
- Shavkat Rakhimov drops from No. 5 to No. 7
- Lee Selby drops out of the rankings
Featherweight:
- Bryan De Gracia (formerly No. 8) drops out of the rankings
- Eduardo Ramirez enters the rankings at No. 10
- Shakur Stevenson rises from No. 10 to No. 8
- Miguel Marriaga (formerly No. 15) drops out of the rankings
- Dave Penalosa enters the rankings at No. 15
Super Bantamweight:
- Ryosuke Iwasa rises from No. 3 to No. 1
- Shingo Wake rises from No. 4 to No. 3
- Marlon Tapales rises from No. 6 to No. 4
- Alberto Pagara rises from No. 7 to No. 6
- Brandon Figueroa rises from No. 8 to No. 7
- Arnold Khegai rises from No. 9 to No. 8
- Genesis Servania (formerly No. 10) drops out of the rankings
- Hiroaki Teshigawara rises from No. 11 to No. 9
- Jesse Hernandez (formerly No. 13) drops out of the rankings
- Ryo Akaho enters the rankings at No. 11
- Thomas Ward enters the rankings at No. 13
Bantamweight:
- Joshua Greer Jr. rises from No. 7 to No. 6
- Ryo Akaho (formerly No. 6) drops out of the rankings
- Sukksaem Kietyongyuth rises from No. 8 to No. 7
- Jason Moloney rises from No. 9 to No. 8
- Ricardo Espinoza rises from No. 10 to No. 9
- Georges Ory rises from No. 11 to No. 10
- Karim Guerfi rises from No. 12 to No. 11
- Prince Patel rises from No. 13 to No. 12
- Nikolai Potapov rises from No. 14 to No. 13
- Tenta Kiyose (formerly No. 15) drops out of the rankings
- Ben Mananquil enters the rankings at No. 14
- Melvin Lopez enters the rankings at No. 15
Super Flyweight:
- Donnie Nietes enters the rankings at No. 4
- Norbelto Jimenez (formerly No. 5) drops out of the rankings
- Sho Ishida drops from No. 4 to No. 5
- Yanga Sigqibo drops from No. 6 to No. 7
- Andrew Moloney drops from No. 7 to No. 8
- Agustin Santiago drops from No. 8 to No. 10
- Gideon Buthelezi drops from No. 10 to No. 14
- McJoe Arroyo drops from No. 11 to No. 13
- Jeyvier Cintron (formerly No. 12) drops out of the rankings
- Aston Palicte enters the rankings at No. 13
- Victor Olivo (formerly No. 14) drops out of the rankings
Flyweight:
- Mohammed Obbadi drops from No. 5 to No. 6
- Fahlan Sakkeerin rises from No. 6 to No. 5
- Muhammad Waseem drops from No. 10 to No. 12
- Jay Harris rises from No. 11 to No. 10
- Nico Hernandez rises from No. 12 to No. 11
- Wengfend Ge (formerly No. 13) drops out of the rankings
- Junto Nakatani enters the rankings at No. 13
Light Flyweight:
- Edward Heno (formerly No. 11) drops out of the rankings
- Kenichi Horikawa enters the rankings at No. 11
Minimumweight:
- DeeJay Kriel (formerly No. 7) drops out of the rankings due to winning the IBF title
- Pedro Taduran rises from No. 8 to No. 7
- Jose Argumedo rises from No. 9 to No. 8
- Melvin Jerusalem rises from No. 10 to No. 9
- Carlos Licona enters the rankings at No. 10
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