With several weight classes having several big weekends last month, there are a number of big changes in the WBC rankings.
As with every month, the WBC posted the latest update to their rankings and Fightful kept tabs on who moved up and down in the rankings. Below are the changes to the WBC rankings in each weight class.
Heavyweight:
- Derek Chisora rises from No. 13 to No. 11
- Carlos Takam drops from No. 11 to No. 14
- Charles Martin rises from No. 14 to No. 12
Cruiserweight:
- Andrzej Fonfara (previously No. 6) drops out of the rankings
- Krszysztof Wlodarczyk, Yury Kashinky, Noel Gevor, Mike Perez, Olanrewaju Durodola, Mateusz Masternak all rise one spot from their original No. 7 through No. 12 spots to No. 6 through No. 11
- Imre Szello drops from No. 13 to No. 15
- Thabiso Mchunu rises from No. 15 to No. 13
- Ruslan Faifer rises from No. 14 to No. 12
- Yves Ngabu enters the rankings at No. 14
Light Heavyweight:
- Sven Fornling (formerly No. 9) drops out of the rankings
- Isaac Chilemba, Felix Valera, Seanie Monaghan, Enrico Koelling, Radivoje Kaljdic, Karo Murat all rise one spot from their original No. 10 through No. 15 spots to No. 9 through No. 14
- Mehdi Amar enters the rankings at No. 15
Super Middleweight:
- Anthony Dirrell (formerly No. 1) drops out of the rankings as he is the new WBC champion
- Avni Yildirim, Chris Eubank Jr., Caleb Truax. David Lemiuex, Azuzbek Abdugofurov, Fedor Chudinov, Jesse Hart, Rocky Fielding, Robin Krasinqi, John Ryder, Vladimir Sishkin, Jayde Mitchell, Juergen Braehmer, Vincent Feigenbutz all rise one spot from their original No. 2 through No. 15 spots to No. 1 through No. 15
- Jose Uzcategui enters the rankings at No. 15
Middleweight:
- Billy Joe Saunders (formerly No. 5) drops out of the rankings
- Jason Quigley, Jack Culcay all rise one spot from their original No. 6 through No. 17 spots to No. 5 through No. 6
- Sergiy Derevyanchenko rises from No. 9 to No. 7
- Esquivia Falcao, Steven Butler all rise one spot from their original No. 10 through No. 11 spots to No. 9 through No. 10
- Luis Arias rises from No. 13 to No. 11
- Gabriel Rosado, Immanuwel Aleem all rise one spot from their original No. 14 through No. 15 spots to No. 13 through No. 14
- Hugo Centeno Jr. enters the rankings at No. 15
Junior Middleweight:
- Maciej Sulecki drops from No. 4 to No. 5
- Erickson Lubin rises from No. 5 to No. 4
- Roberto Garcia drops from No. 11 to No. 12
- Magomed Kurbanov rises from No. 12 to No. 11
Welterweight:
- Jamal James rises from No. 12 to No. 10
- Adrian Granados drops from No. 10 to No. 11
- Jeff Horn drops from No. 11 to No. 12
- Thomas Dulorme (formerly No. 14) drops out of the rankings
- Francisco Santana rises from No. 15 to No. 14
- Ahemd El Mousaoui enters the rankings at No. 15
Junior Welterweight:
- Antonio Orozco drops from No. 9 to No. 11
- Raymundo Beltran rises from No. 12 to No. 9
- Jose Zepeda rises from No. 14 to No. 10
- Alberto Puello drops from No. 11 to No. 12
- Rances Barthelemy rises from No. 15 to No. 14
- Hiroki Okada (formerly No. 10) drops out of the rankings
- Antonio DeMarco enters the rankings at No. 15
Lightweight:
- Anthony Crolla (formerly No. 3) drops out of the rankings
- Devin Haney, Teofimo Lopez, Javier Fortuna, Jose Pedraza, Yvan Mendy, Masayoshi Nakatani, Edis Tatli, Jorge Linares all rise one spot from their original No. 4 through No. 11 spots to No. 3 through No. 10
- Francisco Patera rises from No. 15 to No. 11
- Emiliano Marsili enters the rankings at No. 15
Super Featherweight:
- Joseph Diaz enters the rankings at No. 3
- Miguel Roman drops from No. 3 to No. 4
- Shavkat Rakhimov drops from No. 4 to No. 5
- Edner Cherry (formerly No. 5) drops out of the rankings
- Jonathan Oquendo (formerly No. 12) drops out of the rankings
- Azinga Fuzile (formerly No. 13) drops out of the rankings
- Jon Fernandez (formerly No. 15) drops out of the rankings
- Andy Vences rises from No. 14 to No. 12
- Pablo Vicente enters the rankings at No. 13
- Alberto Machado enters the rankings at No. 14
- Samir Ziani enters the rankings at No. 15
Featherweight:
- Joseph Diaz (formerly No. 2) drops out of the rankings
- Kid Galahad (formerly No. 3) drops out of the rankings
- Scott Quigg, Kiko Martinez, Carl Frampton all rise two spots from their original No. 4 through No. 6 spots to No. 2 through No. 4
- Miguel Marriaga rises from No. 8 to No. 5
- Shakur Stevenson rises from No. 10 to No. 6
- Claudio Marrero rises from No. 12 to No. 7
- Bryan Degracia (formerly No. 7) drops out of the rankings
- Manuel Avila rises from No. 9 to No. 8
- Reiya Abe rises from No. 13 to No. 9
- Eduardo Ramirez enters the rankings at No. 10
- Joet Gonzalez rises from No. 14 to No. 11
- Lerato Dlamini (formerly No. 11) drops out of the rankings
- Shun Kubo enters the rankings at No. 12
- Manny Robles III enters the rankings at No. 13
- Taiki Minamoto enters the rankings at No. 14
- Christopher Diaz enters the rankings at No. 15
- Isaac Lowe (formerly No. 15) drops out of the rankings
Super Bantamweight:
- Jessie Magdaleno drops from No. 1 to No. 5
- Julio Ceja rises from No. 2 to No. 1
- Shingo Wake rises from No. 4 to No. 2
- Guillermo Rigondeaux rises from No. 6 to No. 3
- Abigail Medina rises from No. 5 to No. 4
- Azat Hovhannisyan rises from No. 8 to No. 6
- Diego De La Hoya rises from No. 9 to No. 7
- Nawaphon Sor Rungvisai rises from No. 10 to No. 8
- Ludumo Lamati rises from No. 11 to No. 9
- Brandon Figueroa rises from No. 15 to No. 10
- Carlos Castro enters the rankings at No. 11
- Franklin Manzanilla drops from No. 3 to No. 12
- Yusaki Kuga enters the rankings at No. 13
- Shohei Omori enters the rankings at No. 14
- Aaron Alameda enters the rankings at No. 15
- Genesis Servania (formerly No. 13) drops out of the rankings
- Isaac Dogboe (formerly No. 7) drops out of the rankings
- Cesar Juarez (formerly No. 12) drops out of the rankings
- Hiroaki Teshigawara (formerly No. 14) drops out of the rankings
Bantamweight:
- Ryan Burnett (formerly No. 2) drops out of the rankings
- Carlos Cuadras, Jason Moloney all rise one spot from their original No. 3 through No. 4 spots to No. 2 through No. 3
- Oscar Negrete rises from No. 6 to No. 4
- Lee Haskins (formerly No. 5) dropped out of the rankings
- Rau'Shee Warren, Juan Carlos Payano, Mark John Yap, Petch Sor Chitpattana, Paul Butler, Duke Micah all rise two spots from their original No. 7 through No. 12 spots to No. 5 through No. 10
- Ricardo Espinoza enters the rankings at No. 11
- Joshua Greer Jr. enters the rankings at No. 12
- John Riel Casimero enters the rankings at No. 15
- Liborio Solis (formerly No. 15) drops out of the rankings
Super Flyweight:
- Donnie Nietes enters the rankings at No. 5
- Pedro Guevara drops from No. 5 to No. 7
- Koki Eto drops from No. 7 to No. 8
- Norberto Jimenez drops from No. 8 to No. 9
- McWilliams Arroyo (formerly No. 9) drops out of the rankings
- Iran Diaz rises from No. 14 to No. 13
- Jonas Sulta rises from No. 15 to No. 14
- Francisco Rodriguez (formerly No. 13) drops out of the rankings
- Yanga Sigqibo enters the rankings at No. 15
Flyweight:
- McWilliams Arroyo enters the rankings at No. 6
- Francisco Rodriguez enters the rankings at No. 7
- Wulan Tuolehazi (formerly No. 10) drops out of the rankings
- Jonathan Gonzalez (formerly No. 11) drops out of the rankings
- Vincent Legrand drops from No. 6 to No. 8
- Noknoi Sitthiprasert drops from No. 7 to No. 9
- Moises Fuentes drops from No. 9 to No. 10
- Muhamma Waseem drops from No. 8 to No. 11
Light Flyweight:
- Edward Heno rises from No. 3 to No. 2
- Tetsuya Hisada drops from No. 2 to No. 3
- Kenichi Horikawa rises from No. 6 to No. 5
- Reiya Konishi drops from No. 5 to No. 6
Minimumweight:
- Ganigan Lopez (formerly No. 4) drops out of the rankings
- Byron Rojas, Tatsuya Fukuhara, Eleizer Gazo, Leroy Estrada, Pedro Taduran, Norihito Tanaka all rise one spot from their original No. 5 through No. 10 spots to No. 4 through No. 9
- Mark Anthony Barriga rises from No. 13 to No. 10
- Luis Castillo rises from No. 14 to No. 11
- Carlos Licona enters the rankings at No. 12
- Satanmuanglek CP Freshmart rises from No. 15 to No. 13
- Marco John Rementizo enters the rankings at No. 14
- Chao Zhong Ziong enters the rankings at No. 15
- Carlos Ortega (formerly No. 12) drops out of the rankings
- Julio Mendoza (formerly No. 11) drops out of the rankings
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