Women's Monthly Ratings: November 6th, 2019

November 2019 Ratings – Updates

Strawweight: Last month’s #2, Zongju Cai, has not fought since June 2018, so exits – Tada, Valle and Alarcon each move up a place. Joana Pastrana enters at #5.

Flyweight: Seniesa Estrada enters at #4 after beating Marlen Esparza on November 2nd. Lourdes Juarez drops to #5. Ibeth Silva exits.

Junior Bantamweight: Eva Voraberger exits due to inactivity at Junior Bantamweight and recent TKO loss to Vanesa Taborda at Bantamweight. Amanda Serrano exits, after most recent fight taking place at Featherweight, and expressing intention for future fights at that weight or higher. Maribel Ramirez and Raja Amasheh exit due to inactivity, with no fights scheduled. Guadalupe Guzman moves to #1 and Mayeli Flores enters at #2. Argentina’s Jorgelina Guanini enters at #3. Micaela Lujan enters at #4. Lourdes Juarez enters at #5.

Junior Lightweight: After her stoppage of Alejandra Zamora, Mikaela Mayer moves to #2, ahead of Hyun Choi.

Lightweight: Victoria Bustos exits due to inactivity, having last fought at Lightweight in April 2018. Estelle Mossely enters at #5.

Junior Welterweight: Jessica McCaskill (#1) defeated Farias (#2) to become Lineal Champion. Farias lost to McCaskill, but the close nature of the fight (one judge had it a draw), means she remains highly rated - #2 contender. After outpointing Linardatou, Katie Taylor enters the rankings at #1. Linardatou’s strong performance against Taylor elevates her above Victoria Bustos.

Heavyweight: Alejandra Jimenez and Sonja Fox exit due to inactivity in this weight class. Alrie Meleisea enters at #5.

Pound-For-Pound: Our overall Pound-for-Pound top 10 is now worked out by allocating points to each panellist’s top 10, and totalling the figures – so, 10 points for each panellist’s #1, 9 points for #2...1 point for #10.

This month, Jelena Mrdjenovich replaces Kenia Eriquez at #10.

Ratings Panel

David Avila: 2019 Inductee IWBHF. Experienced journalist at The Sweet Science. California, USA. @AvilaBoxing

Suzy Smith: Women’s boxing historian. United Kingdom. @SuzyQSmith360

Daniel Yanofsky: Women’s boxing journalist. New York, USA. @DanYanofsky

Ireneusz Fryszkowski: Women’s Boxing Journalist. Poland. @RingBlogpl

Julian Haramoure: Women’s Boxing Journalist. Argentina. @JulianFunky

Yuriko Miyata: Women’s Boxing Journalist. Japan. @Yuriyuri0803

GM Ross: Women’s Boxing Journalist. Canada. @CanadianBoxiana

Adam McMeeking: Editor of LinealBoxingChampion.com. United Kingdom. @LinealBoxChamp

Prograis Vs Taylor. Great Match-Up, but the Winner Must Fight Jose Ramirez to be Lineal Champion at 140lbs

At the start of Sky’s “The Gloves Are Off,” Regis Prograis reiterated a point that has been made many times during the promotion leading up to his fight with Josh Taylor:

“It’s number 1 versus number 2. It’s like I’ve been saying, for me this is a lifetime like opportunity. You’ve got two undefeated fighters, in their prime, World Champions, number 1 and number 2.”

The final of the Junior Welterweight World Super Series.

This is a terrific match-up.

One man is being conveniently forgotten though: Jose Ramirez.

The 27 year old American is 25-0 (17 KOs) and is fresh off a 6th round TKO of the previously unbeaten, Maurice Hooker. The combined wins/losses record of his last five opponents when entering their bout with him is 127-2. The Ring and Boxing News have him at #3, with Prograis and Taylor as the top two, but Ramirez is currently rated as the #1 Junior Welterweight in the world – ahead of both Prograis and Taylor - by ESPN and Boxing Monthly. The TBRB have him at #2, one place above Josh Taylor (excluding the inactive Mikey Garcia who has not fought at 140lbs for over 18 months). Based on these respected boxing sites, the majority consider Prograis and Ramirez to be the top 2 in the division – not Prograis/Taylor. Incidentally, BoxRec and World Boxing News also have Ramirez listed above Prograis and Taylor.

As the majority of these sites do not rate Prograis/Taylor as the top 2 in the division, this fight does not meet our Championship Policy criteria.

The Lineal Championship has been vacant at 140lbs since previous Champion, Terence Crawford, moved up to 147lbs.

It is the boxing press who traditionally decide which fighters should challenge for a vacant World Championship. At 140lbs right now, this means the winner of Prograis/Taylor must fight Jose Ramirez to be the true, Lineal Champion.