SunSport’s boxing P4P rankings revealed, but which star ousts Tyson Fury, Naoya Inoue AND Canelo Alvarez to No. 1?

CENTRAL. Mythical. Farce.

However you choose to bill a boxing pound-for-pound list, fight fans still love putting them together and comparing them.

4

4

If we rounded up all of our elite fighters to a common weight and put them in fantasy fights, who would have the upper hand?

There are far too many variables, far too many questions to ever know.

For example, how much does Tyson Fury rely on his size?

After all, he is 6 feet 9 inches tall and last weighed in at 268 pounds.

Could Japanese powerhouse Naoya Inoue step up his KO skills?

Inoue last beat Paul Butler to become the undisputed bantamweight king.

Does Gervonta Davis need a bigger test?

You’d think the American is 27-0, with 25 of his wins coming by KO.

4

Has two-time Olympic king and three-weight champion Vasily Lomachenko lost his spark?

The Ukrainian won his last fight against Jamaine Ortiz to take his pro record to 17-2 but was pushed to the limit and only came through by a unanimous decision.

What these questions mean is this…none of us really know and we look silly guessing.

But anyway, here’s our latest crack at a pound-for-pound top ten…

Oleksandr Usyk takes the top spot as he once again defeated a much bigger and stronger fighter as he worked his way to a second straight win over Anthony Joshua.

Tyson Fury finishes second despite another impressive year. After beating Dillian Whyte and Derek Chisora ​​in 2022, you could argue he just needed that one big fight…Anthony Joshua, anyone?

Naoya Inoue clinched another win earlier this month as his sensational career goes from strength to strength. He gets our P4P bronze medal.

Canelo Alvarez slips to fourth place after a mixed year – after his light heavyweight loss to Dmitry Bivol with a super middleweight win over Gennady Golovkin.

4

Terence Crawford only fought once in 2022 – but retained his WBO welterweight title for one SIXTH Time with a comfortable win over David Avanesyan. Crack our top 5.

Gervonta Davis beat Rolando Romero to retain the WBA lightweight crown in May and she already has that TWO fights early 2023 on his calendar – against Hector Garcia and Ryan Garcia.. no relationship. Rightfully takes sixth place on our list.

Jermell Charlo has only fought once in the past year, winning his rematch against Brian Castano, but it has helped him retain his WBA, WBC, IBF and The Ring light middleweight titles and the WBO light middleweight title in the to get hands. Our number 7.

Errol Spence Jr. beat Yordenis Ugas in his first fight since 2020 in April to retain his WBC and IBF welterweight titles and also add the WBA welterweight title. Comes in eighth place in our ranking.

Dmitry Bivol went 21-0 after beating Canelo and Gilberto Ramirez in a productive 2022 and is still the WBA light heavyweight champion. #9 on our top ten list.

Vasily Lomachenko won his only fight this year against Jamaine Ortiz, but ranks no higher than tenth in our P4P rankings.