Overview
- Terence Crawford leads the updated list ahead of Oleksandr Usyk and Naoya Inoue, with Jesse Rodríguez climbing to No. 4, David Benavidez at No. 9 and Devin Haney entering at No. 10.
- The Riyadh card featured Benavidez’s seventh‑round KO of Anthony Yarde, Rodríguez’s super flyweight unification, and Haney’s KO of Brian Norman to claim the WBO welterweight title.
- Canelo’s slide reflects his September loss to Crawford and a run without a stoppage since defeating Caleb Plant in 2021.
- It is Canelo’s first absence from The Ring’s pound‑for‑pound Top 10 since a brief exit in 2018.
- The Ring says its rankings are set by an editorial council and a global panel weighing results, performance and trajectory, with coverage noting the outlet’s current ownership by Turki Alalshikh.