September 2021 Ratings – Updates
* The Lineal Boxing Champion monthly ratings are produced by an international panel of 10 boxing analysts. Boxers are ranked according to ability and accomplishments in their respective weight classes. When our ratings began in April 2019 (the first non-computerised monthly rankings to have ever been produced in women’s boxing), fighters who had been inactive for 12 months, with still no fights scheduled, were removed from the ratings. As the 2020-21 pandemic severely interfered with the boxing schedule for approximately one year, it seems only fair to lengthen our inactivity rule to 24 months. By the middle of 2022, the inactivity rule will once again return to 12 months.
Atomweight
Fabiana Bytyqi’s (previously rated #3) last two contests have been at flyweight, and she has not fought at strawweight for nearly two years – she therefore exits the ratings. Nao Ikeyama has been inactive for two years, and so, also exits. With these departures, there has been a reassessment of spots #3 - #5, but all-in-all, there is little to separate these fighters: Saemi Hanagata enters at #3, Eri Matsuda moves to #4, and Nanae Suzuki enters at #5.
Flyweight
Leonela Yudica (#4) has not fought for over over 2 years, so has been removed from the rankings, allowing Maria Salinas to move from #5 to #4. Jessica Plata, who defeated Sandra Nobles, 24-3, in September 2020, enters at #5.
Junior featherweight
After winning the WBO title at 118lbs, Dina Thorslund is scheduled to make a defence of her new belt in this weight class in November – Thorsulnd exits the 122lbs ratings making way for 14-0, Segolene Lefebvre at #5, and resulting in Romero, Nava and Mercado, each moving up one place.
Middleweight
Tori Nelson, inactive for 2 years. Exits the ratings. Maricela Cornejo enters the rankings at #5, with Hermans and Kozin each moving up a place.
Heavyweight
Annie Mazerolle (#1) has not fought for over 2 years, so exits the ratings. Perkins, Gabriels and Maknouzi each move up a place. Meleisea remains at #5, while her conqueror, Sequita Hemingway, enters at #4.
Pound-For-Pound:
No changes.
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, including articles for FIGHT SPORTS and The Scrap. New York/Florida, USA. @DanYanofskyMMA
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
Inaky Arzate: Boxing journalist, including articles for TUDN. Mexico. @inaky_arzate
Adam McMeeking: Member of the International Boxing Research Organisation, and Editor of LinealBoxingChampion.com. United Kingdom. @LinealBoxChamp