Transnational Boxing Rankings Board

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Transnational Boxing Rankings
AbbreviationTBRB
Formation2012
FoundersSprings Toledo
Cliff Rold
Tim Starks
TypeVolunteer organization
PurposeBoxing Rankings
Volunteers
50+ professional journalists and boxing historians
Websitewww.tbrb.org

The Transnational Boxing Rankings Board (TBRB) is an all-volunteer initiative formed in October 2012 with the intention of providing

promoters and the traditional sanctioning bodies' paid-for "alphabet belts".[2]

TBRB championships

The TBRB only awards vacant championships when the two top-ranked fighters in any division meet, and currently recognizes legitimate world champions or "true champions" in each weight class. It also presents the "successions" of these championship "thrones."[3]

Three of its recognized champions were identified by The Ring magazine before the TBRB was founded. Thus, the TBRB was formed in order to continue where The Ring "left off" in the aftermath of the latter's purchase by Golden Boy Promotions in 2007, and the following dismissal of the editorial board headed by Nigel Collins.[4] After the new editors announced a controversial new championship policy in May 2012,[5][6][7] three prominent members of the Ring Advisory Panel resigned. These three members (Springs Toledo, Cliff Rold and Tim Starks) became the founding members of the TBRB, which was formed over the summer of 2012 with the assistance of Stewart Howe of England.[8]

The group also maintains a pound for pound list which, as of August 2023, is currently topped by Terence Crawford[9] and official "monthly rankings" for record keepers and boxing historians.[10]

ESPN boxing analyst and commentator Teddy Atlas praised the TBRB's efforts on-air in March 2013[11] and again during the season finale in August 2013.[12] Several sites have adopted their rankings, including Boxing.com, The Queensberry Rules, The Sweet Science, East Side Boxing, Esquina Boxeo and Stiff Jab.[13][14]

British magazine Boxing News announced in 2021 that it would only recognize world champions as voted by the TBRB.[15]

TBRB Voting Panel members

There are currently 52 members representing 21 countries on six continents: the United States, England, Italy, the Philippines, Ireland, Chile, Cuba, Costa Rica, Scotland, Canada, New Zealand, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Norway, Sweden, Japan, Thailand, Australia, Argentina, Russia and Ghana.[2]

  • Italy Vittorio Parisi (Chair)
  • United States Cliff Rold (Chair)
  • United States Tim Starks (Chair)
  • United States Springs Toledo (Oversight)
  • England Stewart Howe (Tech)
  • United States Adam Abramowitz (board member)
  • Mexico Carlos Aguirre (board member)
  • United States Ramon Aranda (board member)
  • Chile Gonzalo Baeza (board member)
  • United States Derek Bonnett (board member)
  • Scotland Shaun Brown (board member)
  • Cuba Brin-Jonathan Butler (board member)
  • Republic of Ireland Kevin Byrne (board member)
  • Canada Michael Carbert (board member)
  • Costa Rica Lázaro Malvarez Cárdenas (board member)
  • United States Lou Catalano (board member)
  • Philippines Abac Cordero (board member)
  • United States Jose Corpas (board member)
  • England Tom Craze (board member)
  • United States Jake Donovan (board member)
  • Republic of Ireland Jeremy Foley (board member)
  • Thailand Oliver Fennell (board member)
  • United States Jeandra LeBeauf (board member)
  • Spain Jorge Lera (board member)
  • Scotland Alex McClintock (board member)
  • Scotland Matt McGrain (board member)
  • Japan Yuriko Miyata (board member)
  • Argentina Diego Morilla (board member)
  • Argentina Gabriel Muhr (board member)
  • United States Gautham Nagesh (board member)
  • England James Oddy (board member)
  • Japan Takahiro Onaga (board member)
  • Norway Alister Scott Ottesen (board member)
  • New Zealand Harry Otty (board member)
  • Sweden Per-Ake Persson (board member)
  • United States Alex Pierpaoli (board member)
  • United States Ken Pollitt (Record keeper)
  • United States Jeremiah J. Preisser (board member)
  • United States Eric Raskin (board member)
  • United States Victor Salazar (board member)
  • Mexico Mauricio Salvador (Record keeper)
  • England Michael Shepherd (board member)
  • United States Don Steinberg (board member)
  • United States Brandon Stubbs (board member)
  • Russia Alexey Sukachev (board member)
  • Philippines Rey Tecson (Record keeper)
  • Puerto Rico Luis Torres (board member)
  • Australia Paul Upham (board member)
  • United States Dave Wilcox (board member)
  • United States Nick Wong (board member)
  • United States Steve Zemach (board member)
  • United States Marquis Johns (board member)

Successions

The following are the lineal champions recognized by the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board:

Heavyweight

  • Ukraine Oleksandr Usyk W12 United Kingdom Anthony Joshua (20 August 2022 — Usyk and Joshua were the top two Transnational-Ranked heavyweights at the time of this bout. Throne declared open as of 15 August 2022 when Fury finally confirmed repeated claims of retirement by vacating a belt.)  
  • United Kingdom Tyson Fury TKO7 United States Deontay Wilder (22 February 2020 — Fury and Wilder were the top two Transnational-Ranked heavyweights at the time of this bout).
  • United Kingdom Tyson Fury W12 Wladimir Klitschko (28 November 2015). (Fury officially abdicates throne 18 October 2016).
  • Ukraine Wladimir Klitschko W12 Russia Alexander Povetkin (5 October 2013 — Klitschhko and Povetkin were the top two Transnational-Ranked heavyweights at the time of this bout).

Cruiserweight

  • Australia Jai Opetaia W12 Mairis Briedis (2 July 2022)
  • Latvia Mairis Briedis W12 Cuba Yuniel Dorticós (26 September 2020 — Briedis and Dorticós were the top two Transnational-Ranked cruiserweights at the time of this bout).
  • Ukraine Oleksandr Usyk W12 Russia Murat Gassiev (21 July 2018 — Usyk and Gassiev were the top two Transnational-Ranked cruiserweights at the time of this bout). (Usyk officially abdicates throne 15 October 2019).

Light heavyweight

Super middleweight

Middleweight

  • Mexico Saul Alvarez W12 Kazakhstan Gennady Golovkin (15 September 2018). (Alvarez officially abdicates throne 1 January 2021).
  • Saul Alvarez
    W12 Miguel Cotto (21 November 2015). (Alvarez officially abdicates throne 18 April 2017).
  • Puerto Rico Miguel Cotto RTD10 Sergio Martinez (7 June 2014)
  • Argentina Sergio Martínez W12 Kelly Pavlik (17 April 2010)
  • United States Kelly Pavlik TKO7 Jermain Taylor (29 September 2007)
  • United States Jermain Taylor W12 Bernard Hopkins (16 July 2005)
  • United States Bernard Hopkins TKO12 Puerto Rico Félix Trinidad (29 September 2001 — Hopkins and Trinidad were the top two RING-rated middleweights at the time of this bout).

Super welterweight

  • United States Jermell Charlo TKO10 Argentina Brian Castaño (14 May 2022 — Charlo and Castaño were the top two Transnational-Ranked jr. middleweights at the time of this bout).
  • Saul Alvarez
    (14 September 2013 — Alvarez and Mayweather were the top two Transnational-Ranked jr. middleweights at the time of this bout). (Mayweather officially abdicates throne 21 September 2015).

Welterweight

  • United States Terence Crawford TKO9 United States Errol Spence Jr. (29 July 2023 — Crawford and Spence were the top two Transnational-Ranked welterweights at the time of this bout).
  • Philippines Manny Pacquiao W12 United States Timothy Bradley (12 April 2016 — Pacquiao and Bradley were the top two Transnational-Ranked welterweights at the time of this bout). (Pacquiao officially abdicates throne 19 April 2016).
  • United States Floyd Mayweather Jr. W12 Manny Pacquiao (2 May 2015 — Mayweather and Pacquiao were the top two Transnational-Ranked welterweights at the time of this bout). (Mayweather officially abdicates throne 21 September 2015).

Super lightweight

Lightweight

  • United States Devin Haney W12 George Kambosos Jr. (4 June 2022)
  • George Kambosos Jr.
    W12 Teófimo López (27 November 2021)
  • Vasyl Lomachenko
    (17 October 2020 — López and Lomachenko were the top two Transnational-Ranked lightweights at the time of this bout).
  • Raymundo Beltran
    (29 November 2014 — Crawford and Beltran were the top two Transnational-Ranked lightweights at the time of this bout). (Crawford officially abdicates throne 18 April 2015).

Super featherweight

  • Óscar Valdez
    (30 April 2022 — Stevenson and Valdez were the top two Transnational-Ranked jr. lightweights at the time of this bout). (Stevenson officially stripped of the throne 23 September 2022 after missing weight).

Super bantamweight

  • Cuba Guillermo Rigondeaux W12 Nonito Donaire (13 April 2013) (Rigondeaux officially abdicates throne 11 June 2022 by TBRB).
  • Philippines Nonito Donaire TKO9 Japan Toshiaki Nishioka (13 October 2012 — Nishioka and Donaire were the top two Transnational-Ranked jr. featherweights at the time of this bout).

Bantamweight

  • Japan Naoya Inoue TKO2 Philippines Nonito Donaire (7 June 2022 — Inoue and Donaire were the top two Transnational-Ranked bantamweights at the time of this bout). (Inoue officially abdicates throne 13 January 2023).

Super flyweight

  • Mexico Juan Francisco Estrada W12 Srisaket Sor Rungvisai (26 April 2019)
  • Thailand Srisaket Sor Rungvisai W12 Juan Francisco Estrada (24 February 2018 – Sor Rungvisai and Estrada were the top two Transnational-Ranked jr. bantamweights at the time of this bout).

Flyweight

Current champions

As of 27 August 2023
Weight Champion Record
Heavyweight  Oleksandr Usyk (UKR) 21–0 (14)
Cruiserweight  Jai Opetaia (AUS) 22–0 (17)
Light heavyweight  Artur Beterbiev (RUS) 19–0 (19)
Super middleweight  
Saul Alvarez
 (MEX)
59–2–2 (39)
Middleweight vacant
Junior middleweight
 Jermell Charlo (USA) 35–1–1 (19)
Welterweight  Terence Crawford (USA) 40–0 (31)
Junior welterweight
 
Teófimo López
 (USA)
19–1 (13)
Lightweight  Devin Haney (USA) 30–0 (15)
Junior lightweight
vacant
Featherweight vacant
Junior featherweight
vacant
Bantamweight vacant
Junior bantamweight
 Juan Francisco Estrada (MEX) 44–3 (28)
Flyweight vacant
Junior flyweight
vacant
Strawweight
vacant

Pound-for-pound

As of 22 August 2023

Rank Boxer Record Weight class
1 United States Terence Crawford 40–0–0 (31) Welterweight
2 Japan Naoya Inoue 25–0–0 (22) Junior featherweight
3 Ukraine Oleksandr Usyk 20–0–0 (13) Heavyweight
4 Russia Dmitry Bivol 21–0–0 (11) Light heavyweight
5 Mexico Juan Francisco Estrada 44–3–0 (28) Junior bantamweight
6 United Kingdom Tyson Fury 33–0–1 (24) Heavyweight
7
Canelo Alvarez
60–2–2 (39) Super middleweight
8 Russia Artur Beterbiev 20–0–0 (20) Light heavyweight
9 United States Teofimo Lopez 19–1–0 (13) Junior welterweight
10 United States Jermell Charlo 35–2–1 (19) Junior middleweight

See also

References

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  2. ^ a b "Top Rank: Getting To Know The Transnational Boxing Ranking Board". theclassical.org. Retrieved 2014-04-03.
  3. ^ "Successions | Transnational Boxing Rankings Board". tbrb.org. Retrieved 2014-01-25.
  4. ^ Tim Starks (September 9, 2011). "The Ring Magazine Shakes Up Its Leadership, Threatens Its Credibility". The Queensberry Rules. Retrieved April 19, 2016.
  5. ^ Springs Toledo. "Occupy the Ring". The Sweet Science.
  6. ^ Tim Starks. "The Horrible New Ring Magazine Championship Policy". Queensberry Rules.
  7. ^ Cliff Rold. ""The Ring" Changes The Rules, Further Clouds Title Scene". Boxing Scene.[dead link]
  8. ^ Gibson, Paul (2 February 2015). "Boxing loses credibility with every new champion. Can the sport be saved?". The Guardian.
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  10. ^ "ARCHIVES | Transnational Boxing Rankings Board". tbrb.org. Retrieved 2014-01-25.
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  12. ^ "YouTube - 2013-08-23 ESPN Friday Night Fights". youtube.com. Retrieved 2014-01-25.
  13. ^ "SUPPORT US | Transnational Boxing Rankings Board". tbrb.org. Retrieved 2014-01-25.
  14. ^ "Happy B-Day, Transnational Boxing Rankings Board". thesweetscience.com. Retrieved 2014-04-03.
  15. ^ No more sanctioning body titles. The new Boxing News stance here - Matt Christie, Boxing News, 6 July 2021

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