November 2020 Ratings – Updates
*A fighter is typically removed from our ratings, if she has been inactive from her weight class for 12 months, and still has no fight scheduled. However, during the COVID-19 pandemic, few fights have been taking place, so extra allowances have been given.
Flyweight
Marlen Esparza enters at #4, after her eight round unanimous decision over previously undefeated Sulem Urbina. Leonela Yudica drops to #5, and Lourdes Juarez consequently exits.
Bantamweight
Yulihan Luna shoots to #2 after a dominant, upset victory over Mariana Juarez. Bermudez is now #1, Mariana drops to #3. Roman and Fernandez each move down a place to make way for Luna, and Vanesa Taborda exits.
Junior Lightweight
Mikaela Mayer emphatically outpointed Ewa Brodnicka on October 31st. However, Brodicka, despite holding the WBO belt, was not in our top 5. As such, the strong consensus among the panellists was to keep Mayer at #2, behind Hamadouche.
Lightweight
Rose Volante, with still nothing scheduled, exits, her last fight being a loss to Katie Taylor in early 2019. Mossely and St. Vil each move up one place, and Miriam Gutierrez enters at #5.
Junior Welterweight
Kali Reis enters at #5, after outpointing Kandi Wyatt (winning the vacant WBA belt) on November 6th. Alicia Kummer therefore exits.
Middleweight
Savannah Marshall enters at #2 after she impressively defeated Hannah Rankin, becoming the first woman to stop her, picking the vacant WBO belt in the process. Nelson gets nudged down a place, as does Miller, due to Ema Kozin’s entry at #4 (following Kozin’s recent victory over Chris Namus). Alicia Espinosa and Tayla Harris exit.
Super Middleweight
After having two fights at 160lbs this year, Ema Kozin, exits the 168lbs ratings, resulting in Espinosa moving up to #4. Leatitia Robinson fills the gap, new in at #5. Marshall has just beaten Rankin at 160lbs but she appears to still be willing to fight anyone from 160 – 175lbs – as such, for the time being she retains her position in the super middleweight rankings.
Pound-For-Pound:
Our overall Pound-for-Pound top 10 is now worked out by allocating points to each panelist’s top 10, and totaling the figures – so, 10 points for each panelist’s #1, 9 points for #2...1 point for #10.
After her one-sided points loss in an upset to Luna Avila, Mariana Juarez (#9 last month) exits our top 10. McCarter who won an 8-rounder on November 7th, take’s Mariana’s place at #9, and Japan’s talented Flyweight, Naoko Fujioka, enters the P4P list for the first time at #10. In the Flyweight divisional rankings, we have Fujioka ranked at #2, just below Arely Mucino, but there is little in it. With regards to the P4P ratings though, Mucino has never fought below 112lbs, whereas Fujioka has won sanctioning body titles against solid opposition at strawweight, junior flyweight, flyweight and junior bantamweight, even beating Mariana Juarez in 2015.
Maiva Hamadouche, Mikaela Mayer, Yulihan Luna Avila, Yesenia Gomez, and Jelena Mrdjenovich also received votes.
Ratings Panel
David Avila: 2019 Inductee IWBHF. Journalist at The Sweet Science. California, USA. @AvilaBoxing
Anthony Cocks: Journalist for Max Boxing, and previous contributions for Boxing Monthly. Australia. @el_pollo_loco
Daniel Yanofsky: Boxing journalist for FIGHT SPORTS. New York, USA. @DanYanofsky
Ireneusz Fryszkowski: Boxing Journalist. Poland. @RingBlogpl
Julian Haramoure: Boxing journalist, including articles for Argentina Amateur Deporte and ElRoundFinal.com. Argentina. @JulianFunky
Yuriko Miyata: Boxing journalist, including articles for The Ring and ThePrizeFighters.com. Japan. @Yuriyuri0803
GM Ross: Boxing journalist. Host of Pugilistically Inclined podcast. Canada. @punchingprof
Blanca Gutierrez: Creator of Beautiful Brawlers. 2019 Inductee IWBHF. 2018 Inductee WCBHOF. USA. @bbrawlersboxing
Adam McMeeking: Member of the International Boxing Research Organisation, and Editor of LinealBoxingChampion.com. United Kingdom. @LinealBoxChamp