IBF Rankings Update: March 2019

Below are notable changes in each weight class in the latest IBF rankings which an be seen at this link:

Heavyweight:

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  • No changes

Cruiserweight:

  • Ruslan Fayfer drops from No. 8 to No. 9
  • Firat Arslan drops from No. 9 to No. 10
  • Kevin Lerena rises from No. 11 to No. 8
  • Ryad Merhy rises from No. 12 to No. 11
  • Yves Ngabu enters the rankings at No. 12
  • Artur Mann (formerly No. 10) drops out of the rankings

Light Heavyweight:

  • Joshua Buatsi rises from No. 11 to No. 9
  • Karo Murat drops from No. 9 to No. 10
  • Sullican Barrera drops from No. 10 to No. 11
  • Felix Valera drops from No. 12 to No. 14
  • Callum Johnson rises from No. 15 to No. 12
  • Michael Lee drops from No. 14 to No. 15

Super Middleweight:

  • J'Leon Love (formerly No. 15) drops out of the rankings
  • Chris Eubank Jr. enters the rankings at No. 9
  • Arthur Abraham drops from No. 10 to No. 15

Middleweight:

  • Gerome Quigley drops from No. 10 to No. 15
  • Gennady Golovkin rises from No. 11 to No. 10
  • Wes Capper (formerly No. 15) drops out of the rankings
  • Luke Keeler enters the rankings at No. 14
  • Liam Cameron (formerly No. 12) drops out of the rankings
  • Meirim Nursultanov enters the rankings at No. 13

Junior Middleweight:

  • Liam Williams (formerly No. 15) drops out of the rankings
  • Tim Tszyu enters the rankings at No. 15

Welterweight:

  • Qudratillo Abduqaxorov rises from No. 4 to No. 1
  • Kerman Lejarraga (formerly No. 3) drops out of the rankings
  • Keita Obara drops from No. 5 to No. 10
  • David Avanesyan enters the rankings at No. 7
  • Devon Alexander (formerly No. 15) drops out of the rankings
  • Sergey Lipinets enters the rankings at No. 11

Junior Welterweight:

  • Alberto Puello (formerly No. 15) drops out of the rankings
  • Mario Barrios enters the rankings at No. 15

Lightweight:

  • Roman Andreev drops from No. 4 to No. 11
  • Teofimo Lopez rises from No. 7 to No. 4

Super Featherweight:

  • Jono Carroll drops from No. 4 to No. 10
  • Kenichi Ogawa enters the rankings at No. 4
  • Lee Selby (formerly No. 7) drops out of the rankings

Featherweight:

  • No changes

Super Bantamweight:

  • Brandon Figueroa (formerly No. 7) drops out of the rankings
  • Ludumo Lamati enters the rankings at No. 11

Bantamweight:

  • Michael Dasmarinas rises from No. 4 to No. 1
  • Kenny Demecillo drops from No. 3 to No. 8
  • Keita Kurihara enters the rankings at No. 15

Super Flyweight:

  • John Riel Casimero (formerly No. 6) drops out of the rankings
  • Antonio Nieves enters the rankings at No. 14

Flyweight:

  • Fahlan Sakkereein drops from No. 5 to No. 15
  • Takuya Kogawa (formerly No. 15) drops out of the rankings
  • Jayson Mama enters the rankings at No. 10

Light Flyweight:

  • No changes

Minimumweight:

  • Samuel Salva rises from No. 4 to No. 1
  • Lito Dante enters the rankings at No. 13
  • Byron Rojas enters the rankings at No. 15
  • Tsubasa Koura (formerly No. 12) drops out of the rankings
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