Ratings updated on April 20
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: Joshua won the IBF title with a second-round KO of Charles Martin. Joshua moves to No. 6. Martin exits and makes room for Parker, who faces Carlos Takam for the right to face Joshua. Fury and Klitschko will rematch July 9 in England. Haye is set for the second fight of his comeback on May 21 against unknown Arnold Gjergjaj.
1. Tyson Fury
2. Wladimir Klitschko
3. Deontay Wilder
4. Alexander Povetkin
5. Luis Ortiz
6. Anthony Joshua
7. Bryant Jennings
8. Bermane Stiverne
9. David Haye
10. Joseph Parker
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, with Huck once again winning. He remains at No. 4. Lebedev and Ramirez will meet in a unification bout on May 21. Glowacki knocked Steve Cunningham down four times to defend his title for the first time. He’ll next face Usky, an intriguing prospect who won an Olympic gold medal.
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: Ward announced his arrival at light heavyweight with a clear decision win over Sullivan Barrera. 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.
1. Sergey Kovalev
2. Adonis Stevenson
3. Andre Ward
4. Andrzej Fonfara
5. Artur Beterbiev
6. Juergen Braehmer
7. Eleider Alvarez
8. Vyacheslav Shabranskyy
9. Yunieski Gonzalez
10. Jean Pascal
James DeGale, right, of England, connects with a punch against Andre Dirrell.
Super Middleweight (168 pounds)
Division snapshot: Ramirez shut out Abraham and enters at No. 2. Abraham slides down to No. 6. Jack will fight Bute on the same night DeGale faces Rogelio Medina. The winners will face off later this year. The Dirrell brothers return in separate bouts on April 29.
1. James DeGale
2. Gilberto Ramirez
3. Badou Jack
4. Andre Dirrell
5. George Groves
6. Arthur Abraham
7. Anthony Dirrell
8. Callum Smith
9. Felix Sturm
10. Lucian Bute
Gennady Golovkin, David Lemieux
Middleweight (160 pounds)
Division snapshot: GGG will battle Dominic Wade on April 23. Quillin could move to 168 pounds for his next outing. Lemieux will fight for the first time since the loss to Golovkin on May 7 against Glen Tapia. Eubank Jr. swaps spots with N’Dam after a dominant win over Nick Blackwell.
1. Gennady Golovkin
2. Canelo Alvarez
3. Daniel Jacobs
4. Billy Joe Saunders
5. Andy Lee
6. David Lemieux
7. Peter Quillin
8. Chris Eubank Jr.
9. Hassan N’Dam
10. Avtandil Khurtsidze
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 fights Nelson on June 11 on Showtime. Cotto is being booked for a June 18 bout on HBO PPV at Barclays Center. Lara and Martirosyan are set to rematch on May 21. Jermall Charlo and Trout fight on the same show. Jermell Charlo faces John Jackson for the WBC’s vacant belt also on May 21 on Showtime. Liam Smith will return on June 4.
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 exits after announcing his retirement. Brook moves to No. 1. Spence impressed with a shellacking of Chris Algieri and moves from No. 9 to 7. Algieri exits. Peterson, whose last two fights came at catchweights above 140, enters at 9. Ponomarev, who beat Brad Solomon on the Pacquiao-Bradley undercards, also enters.
1. Kell Brook
2. Keith Thurman
3. Amir Khan
4. Timothy Bradley
5. Shawn Porter
6. Danny Garcia
7. Errol Spence Jr.
8. Jessie Vargas
9. Lamont Peterson
10. Konstantin Ponomarev
Junior Welterweight (140 pounds)
Division snapshot: Crawford once again looked spectacular, and is proving to be a real puncher at 140. He’s in talks to fight Postol on July 23 in Las Vegas. Broner dropped his title after missing weight but knocked out Ashley Theophane. Provodnikov meets John Molina Jr. on June 11 on Showtime. Troyanovsky beat Cesar Cuenca again. He leaves the rankings. Catterall enters at 10 in a top-heavy division short on depth.
1. Terence Crawford
2. Viktor Postol
3. Adrien Broner
4. Lucas Matthysse
5. Ruslan Provodnikov
6. Mauricio Herrera
7. Eduard Troyanovsky
8. Antonio Orozco
9. Adrian Granados
10. Jack Catterall
Lightweight (135 pounds)
Division snapshot: Easter Jr. made a big statement with a knockout of Algenis Mendez. Easter enters at No. 8 while Mendez exits. Ztelicanin will fight Emiliano Marsili for the WBC title after Linares pulled out of the Ztelicanin bout with injury. That bout is June 11. Gamboa returned to action in December and scored an easy victory over Hylon Williams.
1. Dejan Zlaticanin
2. Jorge Linares
3. Rances Barthelemy
4. Yuriorkis Gamboa
5. Anthony Crolla
6. Denis Shafikov
7. Terry Flanagan
8. Robert Easter Jr.
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. Pedraza knocked down Stephen Smith en route to a decision win over the weekend. Smith exits the ratings. In comes Gonzalez. Vasyl Lomachenko will fight Martinez on June 11 in his first fight at this weight.
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. Jhonny Gonzalez
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 looms for summer. Mares is set to take on Cuellar in an intriguing matchup. Russell knocked out Patrick Hyland in just two rounds and could fight Selby next.
1. Vasyl Lomachenko
2. Gary Russell Jr.
3. Leo Santa Cruz
4. Lee Selby
5. Abner Mares
6. Jesus Cuellar
7. Simpiwe Vetyeka
8. Joseph Diaz Jr.
9. Ronny Rios
10. Jonathan Oquendo
Junior Featherweight (122 pounds)
Division snapshot: Frampton outpointed Quigg in a mostly boring fight, and will next move up in weight to fight Santa Cruz. 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 outpointed Liborio Solis to remain the man at 118.
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: Lopez upset Yu Kimura and enters the ratings at No. 2. Kimura exits. Ryoichi Taguchi enters at 5.
1. Donnie Nietes
2. Ganigan Lopez
3. Pedro Guevara
4. Akira Yaegashi
5. Ryoichi Taguchi
Strawweight (105 pounds)
Division snapshot: Rojas pulled off a major upset with a close decision win over Budler. He enters at No. 1 and pushes Budler to No. 2.
1. Byron Rojas
2. Hekkie Budler
3. Wanheng Menayothin
4. Kosei Tanaka
5. Knockout CP Freshmart