Ladies's Boxing Pound-for-pound Rankings - Amanda Serrano Makes A Giant Transfer After Spectacular Win

Katie Taylor, Claressa Shields and Amanda Serrano proceed to cleared the path within the ESPN girls’s pound-for-pound rankings. However now we have now a brand new order.

Serrano (42-1-1, 30 KOs), dominated a sport Miriam Gutierrez on Dec. 18 to arrange a possible megafight towards undisputed light-weight champion Katie Taylor subsequent yr, in what might be the largest girls’s boxing match of all time. The victory additionally earned her the No. 2 spot over Shields.

ESPN author Michael Rothstein has Serrano ranked at No. 3 on his record, however admits any of the highest three might be on the highest spot on any given day.

“The highest three within the pound-for-pound are getting harder and harder to evaluate,” Rothstein mentioned. “At this level you possibly can make a reputable case for any of Katie Taylor, Claressa Shields or Amanda Serrano to be the very best on the earth — and a yr from now this whole record might be shaken up. That is the potential of depth girls’s boxing is lastly beginning to present.”

One other fighter making a transfer is Seniesa Estrada, who defended her WBA strawweight title with a powerful fourth-round KO over Maria Santizo on Dec. 18.

Who else made the highest 10? This is the record:

Observe: Outcomes are via Dec. 20.

1. KATIE TAYLOR Earlier rating: No. 1

RECORD: 19-0, 6 KOs
DIVISION: Light-weight undisputed champion
LAST FIGHT: W (UD10) Firuza Sharipova, Dec. 11
NEXT FIGHT: TBA

2. AMANDA SERRANO Earlier rating: No. 3

RECORD: 42-1-1, 30 KOs
DIVISION: Featherweight unified champion
LAST FIGHT: W (UD10) Miriam Gutierrez, Dec. 18
NEXT FIGHT: TBA

3. CLARESSA SHIELDS Earlier rating: No. 2

RECORD: 11-0, 2 KOs
DIVISION: Junior middleweight and middleweight undisputed champion
LAST FIGHT: W (UD10) Marie Eve Dicaire, March 5
NEXT FIGHT: Jan. 29 vs. Ema Kozin

4. JESSICA MCCASKILL Earlier rating: No. 4

RECORD: 11-2, 4 KOs
DIVISION: Welterweight undisputed champion
LAST FIGHT: W (TKO7) Kandi Wyatt, Dec. 4
NEXT FIGHT: TBA

5. MIKAELA MAYER Earlier rating: No. 5

RECORD: 16-0, 5 KOs
DIVISION: Junior light-weight unified champion
LAST FIGHT: W (UD10) Maiva Hamadouche, Nov. 5
NEXT FIGHT: TBA

6. SENIESA ESTRADA Earlier rating: 9

RECORD: 22-0, 9 KOs
DIVISION: Junior flyweight champion
LAST FIGHT: W (KO4) Maria Santizo, Dec. 18
NEXT FIGHT: TBA

7. DELFINE PERSOON Earlier rating: No. 6

RECORD: 45-3, 18 KOs
DIVISION: Light-weight
LAST FIGHT: W (TKO4) Beatriz Aguilar, Nov. 1
NEXT FIGHT: TBA

8. CHRISTINA HAMMER

RECORD: 26-1, 12 KOs
DIVISION: Tremendous middleweight champion
LAST FIGHT: W (TKO1) Daniele Bastieri, Dec. 3
NEXT FIGHT: TBA

9. SAVANNAH MARSHALL Earlier rating: 10

RECORD: 11-0, 9 KOs
DIVISION: Middleweight champion
LAST FIGHT: W (TKO2) Lolita Muzeya, Oct. 16
NEXT FIGHT: Jan. 29 vs. TBA

10. YESICA BOPP Earlier rating: N/R

RECORD: 37-2, 17 KOs
DIVISION: Junior flyweight champion
LAST FIGHT: W (TKO4) Johana Zuniga, Oct. 22
NEXT FIGHT: TBA

The formulation

The rankings are based mostly on a descending factors system, with a first-place vote receiving 10 factors, a second-place vote receiving 9 factors and so forth.

Others receiving votes: Cecilia Braekhus (5), Alycia Baumgardner (4), Chantelle Cameron (4), Hyun Choi (3), Layla McCarter (2), Jackie Nava (1).

How our consultants voted

Timothy Bradley Jr.: 1. Taylor, 2. Shields, 3. Serrano, 4. McCaskill, 5. Mayer, 6. Estrada, 7. Bopp, 8. Hammer, 9. Marshall, 10. Baumgardner

Nick Parkinson: 1. Taylor, 2. Serrano, 3. Shields, 4. McCaskill, 5. Mayer, 6. Estrada, 7. Persoon, 8. Cameron, 9. Marshall, 10. Bopp

Michael Rothstein: 1. Taylor, 2. Shields, 3. Serrano, 4. McCaskill, 5. Mayer, 6. Estrada, 7. Persoon, 8. Hammer, 9. Marshall, 10. Cameron

Salvador Rodriguez: 1. Taylor, 2. Serrano, 3. Shields, 4. McCaskill, 5. Mayer, 6. Estrada, 7. Persoon, 8. Braekhus, 9. Baumgardner, 10. Marshall

Bernardo Pilatti: 1. Taylor, 2. Serrano, 3. Shields, 4. McCaskill, 5. Mayer, 6. Persoon, 7. Hammer, 8. Estrada, 9. McCarter, 10. Nava

Charlie Moynihan: 1. Serrano, 2. Taylor, 3. Shields, 4. McCaskill, 5. Persoon, 6. Mayer, 7. Hammer, 8. Choi, 9. Braekhus, 10. Bopp

Kel Dansby: 1. Shields, 2. Taylor, 3. Serrano, 4. McCaskill, 5. Mayer, 6. Estrada, 7. Marshall, 8. Hammer, 9. Persoon, 10. Baumgardner