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Oleksandr Usyk overtakes Naoya Inoue in pound-for-pound ranking


Newly crowned undisputed heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk has overtaken Japanese superstar Naoya Inoue in The RING's prestigious pound-for-pound ranking.

Inoue, who took no.1 the spot from Terence Crawford after beating Luis Nery earlier this month, was second again in the latest ranking.

Usyk, meanwhile, recently won over Tyson Fury and captured the undisputed heavyweight championship.

Sitting at the no. 3 three of the pound-for-pound ranking is Terence Crawford, followed by Mexican superstar Saul "Canelo" Alvarez at no. 4 and unified light heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev at top 5.

Rounding up the no. 6 to 10 spots are Dmitry Bivol, Errol Spence Jr., Gervonta Davis, Jesse Rodriguez, and Junto Nakatani.

—JKC, GMA Integrated News