Ratings updated on March 4
Heavyweight
Cruiserweight
Light Heavyweight
Super Middleweight
Middleweight
Junior Middleweight
Welterweight
Junior Welterweight
Lightweight
Junior Lightweight
Featherweight
Junior Featherweight
Bantamweight
Junior Bantamweight
Flyweight
Junior Flyweight
Strawweight
Heavyweight
Division snapshot: Fury and Klitschko have a rematch coming up, but there’s still no date or location. Ortiz returns Saturday against Tony Thompson, a 44-year-old coming off a loss. The fight won’t tell us much about Ortiz, unfortunately. Wilder and Povetkin are set to meet, possibly on May 21 Brooklyn. Povetkin’s promoter won the purse bid last week, and he will determine where and when the fight takes place. Joshua will challenge Martin for the title on April 9. Haye is set for the second fight of his comeback on May 21 against an opponent to be determined.
1. Tyson Fury
2. Wladimir Klitschko
3. Deontay Wilder
4. Alexander Povetkin
5. Luis Ortiz
6. Bryant Jennings
7. Bermane Stiverne
8. Anthony Joshua
9. David Haye
10. Charles Martin
WBA cruiserweight title holder Denis Lebedev, of Russia, attends an open training session in Moscow, Russia.
Cruiserweight (200 pounds)
Division snapshot: Huck and Ola Afolabi met for a fourth time last week, with Huck once again winning. He remains at No. 4. Hernandez, the 200-pound lineal champion, hasn’t fought since August 2014 due to a lingering right knee injury. Lebedev and Ramirez will meet in a unification bout on April 30. Glowacki will defend his title for the first time against Steve Cunningham on April 16. Usky, an intriguing prospect, is the mandatory to the winner of that bout.
1. Denis Lebedev
2. Krzysztof Glowacki
3. Marco Huck
4. Grigory Drozd
5. Krzysztof Wlodarczyk
6. Ilunga Makabu
7. Victor Ramirez
8. Oleksandr Usyk
9. Firat Arslan
10. Mairis Briedis
Light heavyweight (175 pounds)
Division snapshot: There’s nothing announced for Stevenson, the lineal champ, at the moment, but he could face Fonfara in a rematch. Kovalev once again knocked out Pascal, and this time, it wasn’t even competitive. Kovalev is expected to return in Russia over the summer. Barrera will fight Andre Ward on March 26 in Oakland.
1. Sergey Kovalev
2. Adonis Stevenson
3. Andrzej Fonfara
4. Artur Beterbiev
5. Juergen Braehmer
6. Eleider Alvarez
7. Vyacheslav Shabranskyy
8. Sullivan Barrera
9. Yunieski Gonzalez
10. Jean Pascal
James DeGale, right, of England, connects with a punch against Andre Dirrell.
Super Middleweight (168 pounds)
Division snapshot: Abraham will defend against Ramirez on April 9 in a crossroads bout. Jack could face Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. next while Andre Dirrell hasn’t fought since a close defeat to DeGale.
1. James DeGale
2. Arthur Abraham
3. Badou Jack
4. Andre Dirrell
5. George Groves
6. Anthony Dirrell
7. Martin Murray
8. Lucian Bute
9. Robert Stieglitz
10. Fedor Chudinov
Gennady Golovkin, David Lemieux
Middleweight (160 pounds)
Division snapshot: Lemieux returns March 12 against James de la Rosa in a stay-busy fight. GGG will battle no-hoper Dominic Wade on April 23. Quillin could move to 168 pounds for his next outing.
1. Gennady Golovkin
2. Canelo Alvarez
3. Daniel Jacobs
4. Billy Joe Saunders
5. Andy Lee
6. David Lemieux
7. Peter Quillin
8. Hassan N’Dam
9. Michel Soro
10. Chris Eubank Jr.
Erislandy Lara
Junior Middleweight (154 pounds)
Division snapshot: Andrade is a real player in this division now that he finally returned to the ring, but he needs to stay active. He’s slated to fight Charles Hatley for the vacant WBC title in April. Cotto is being booked for a June 18 bout on HBO PPV at Barclays Center.
1. Erislandy Lara
2. Miguel Cotto
3. Demetrius Andrade
4. Austin Trout
5. Jermall Charlo
6. Jermell Charlo
7. Julian Williams
8. Vanes Martirosyan
9. Willie Nelson
10. Liam Smith
Welterweight (147 pounds)
Division snapshot: Pacquiao and Bradley will fight one more time in a battle of the division’s top two fighters. Ali and Vargas will meet on March 5 in D.C. Spence will finally step up on April 16 with a bout against Chris Algieri.
1. Manny Pacquiao
2. Tim Bradley
3. Kell Brook
4. Keith Thurman
5. Amir Khan
6. Shawn Porter
7. Danny Garcia
8. Errol Spence
9. Sadam Ali
10. Jessie Vargas
Junior Welterweight (140 pounds)
Division snapshot: Crawford once again looked spectacular, and is proving to be a real puncher at 140. He could fight Provodnikov next. Matthysse will move up to 147 pounds for his next outing, according to promoter Oscar De La Hoya. Matthysse is in talks to fight Herrera on May 7. Jose Benavidez vacated his interim title to move up to 147.
1. Terence Crawford
2. Viktor Postol
3. Lucas Matthysse
4. Adrien Broner
5. Ruslan Provodnikov
6. Mauricio Herrera
7. Eduard Troyanovsky
8. Antonio Orozco
9. Cesar Cuenca
10. Adrian Granados
Lightweight (135 pounds)
Division snapshot: Ztelicanin will fight Emiliano Marsili for the WBC’s interim title after Linares pulled out of the Ztelicanin bout with injury. Gamboa returned to action in December and scored an easy victory over Hylon Williams. Mendez will fight prospect Robert Easter Jr. on April 1.
1. Dejan Zlaticanin
2. Jorge Linares
3. Rances Barthelemy
4. Yuriorkis Gamboa
5. Anthony Crolla
6. Denis Shafikov
7. Terry Flanagan
8. Algenis Mendez
9. Petr Petrov
10. Richard Commey
Junior Lightweight (130 pounds)
Division snapshot: Vargas and Salido will meet in a mouth-watering fight on June 4. Uchiyama knocked out Oliver Flores on New Year’s Eve, and has been ordered to face Fortuna. Pedraza will meet Stephen Smith in a title fight, but there’s no date yet. Martinez will defend his own title against Miguel Berchelt.
1. Takashi Uchiyama
2. Francisco Vargas
3. Takashi Miura
4. Jose Pedraza
5. Nicholas Walters
6. Javier Fortuna
7. Roman Martinez
8. Orlando Salido
9. Bryan Vasquez
10. Sergio Thompson
Featherweight (126 pounds)
Division snapshot: Santa Cruz knocked out Kiko Martinez in a good action fight on Feb. 27, and a bout with Carl Frampton could be next. Mares will fight Fernando Montiel, but the date is still being worked out. Velez returns March 26 on HBO against 2012 Olympian Joseph Diaz Jr. Selby will defend his belt against Eric Hunter. Lomachenko could move up to 130 for an April 30 bout against Nicholas Walters.
1. Vasyl Lomachenko
2. Gary Russell Jr.
3. Leo Santa Cruz
4. Lee Selby
5. Abner Mares
6. Jesus Cuellar
7. Simpiwe Vetyeka
8. Ronny Rios
9. Jonathan Oquendo
10. Jayson Velez
Junior Featherweight (122 pounds)
Division snapshot: Frampton outpointed Quigg in a mostly boring fight, and has been ordered to defend against Riongdeaux. Ruiz knocked out Julio Ceja in the first round on Feb. 27 after Ceja injured his knee.
1. Guillermo Rigondeaux
2. Carl Frampton
3. Scott Quigg
4. Nonito Donaire
5. Hugo Ruiz
United Kingdom’s Jamie McDonnell, right, celebrates his win over Japan’s Tomoki Kameda in their bantamweight bout, Sunday, Sept. 6, 2015, in Corpus Christi, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) ORG XMIT: OTK
Bantamweight (118 pounds)
Division snapshot: Yamanaka will defend his title on March 4 against Liborio Solis.
1. Shinsuke Yamanaka
2. Juan Carlos Payano
3. Anselmo Moreno
4. Jamie McDonnell
5. Lee Haskins
Junior Bantamweight (115 pounds)
Division snapshot: Inoue ended a one-year layoff with a second-round KO of Warlito Parrenas.
1. Naoya Inoue
2. Carlos Cuadras
3. Kohei Kono
4. Zolani Tete
5. McJoe Arroyo
Flyweight (112 pounds)
Division snapshot: Gonzalez and Estrada appear to be on a collision course for a summer rematch, but first, Chocolatito will defend against McWilliams Arroyo.
1. Roman Gonzalez
2. Juan Francisco Estrada
3. Kazuto Ioka
4. Brian Viloria
5. Amnat Ruenroeng
Junior flyweight (108 pounds)
Division snapshot: Kimura edged Guevara by split decision, and is set to take on Ganigan Lopez on March 4. Yaegashi, who had been competing at 112 pounds, dominated Javier Mendoza and enters at 4. Fuentes topped Francisco Rodriguez Jr. and enters at 5.
1. Donnie Nietes
2. Yu Kimura
3. Pedro Guevara
4. Akira Yaegashi
5. Moises Fuentes
Strawweight (105 pounds)
Division snapshot: Katsunari Takayama dropped a technical decision to Argumedo and exits the rankings. He enters at No. 5, moving everyone else up one spot. Budler defends against Byron Rojas on March 19.
1. Hekkie Budler
2. Wanheng Menayothin
3. Kosei Tanaka
4. Knockout CP Freshmart
5. Jose Argumedo