When Terence Crawford retired in December 20025, he was the consensus number one pound for pound fighter in the world, and unified heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk was in 100% agreement with that. However now that “Bud” is no longer active in the sport, Usyk has taken that number 1 spot, however he believes that instead of himself being atop the list, it should be someone else.
Usyk named the current #4-ranked Shakur Stevenson (25-0) as his pick for the best fighter in the world, following his dominant victory over Teofimo Lopez to become a four-division world champion. Usyk said ““Thank you so much [to] people who support me, but I cannot say [the No.1 pound-for-pound fighter is] me. Now, maybe it’s Shakur.”
Here is the current list of the top 10m pound for round fighters:
1. Oleksandr Usyk
2. Naoya Inoue
3. Jesse Rodriguez
T-4. Dmitry Bivol
T-4. Shakur Stevenson
6. Artur Beterbiev
7. David Benavidez
8. Junto Nakatani
9. Devin Haney
10. Canelo Alvarez