Rankings by Scott Christ and Ryan Bivins, except for junior flyweight, strawweight, and the female pound-for-pound rankings, which are by Ryan Bivins. Last updated on January 5, 2013. Next update in early February.

Heavyweight (Limit: None)

Rank	Fighter	Record
1	Wladimir Klitschko	59-3 (50)
2	Vitali Klitschko	45-2 (41)
3	David Haye	26-2 (24)
4	Kubrat Pulev	17-0 (9)
5	Alexander Povetkin	25-0 (17)
6	Tomasz Adamek	48-2 (33)
7	Eddie Chambers	36-3 (18)
8	Steve Cunningham	25-5 (12)
9	Tyson Fury	20-0 (14)
10	Chris Arreola	35-2 (30)

Cruiserweight (Limit: 200 lbs)

Rank	Fighter	Record
1	Ola Afolabi	19-2-4 (9)
2	Marco Huck	35-2-1 (25)
3	Yoan Pablo Hernandez	27-1 (13)
4	Denis Lebedev	24-1 (18)
5	Krzysztof Wlodarczyk	47-2-1 (33)
6	Troy Ross	25-3 (16)
7	Mateusz Masternak	28-0 (21)
8	Lateef Kayode	18-0 (14)
9	Firat Arslan	32-6-2 (21)
10	Alexander Alekseev	23-2-1 (20)

Light Heavyweight (Limit: 175 lbs)

Rank	Fighter	Record
1	Chad Dawson	31-2 (17)
2	Bernard Hopkins	52-6-2 (32)
3	Gabriel Campillo	21-4-1 (8)
4	Tavoris Cloud	24-0 (19)
5	Nathan Cleverly	25-0 (12)
6	Beibut Shumenov	13-1 (8)
7	Tony Bellew	19-1 (12)
8	Karo Murat	25-1-1 (15)
9	Isaac Chilemba	20-1-1 (9)
10	Denis Grachev	12-1-1 (8)

Super Middleweight (Limit: 168 lbs)

Rank	Fighter	Record
1	Andre Ward	26-0 (14)
2	Carl Froch	30-2 (22)
3	Mikkel Kessler	45-2 (34)
4	Lucian Bute	31-1 (24)
5	Arthur Abraham	35-3 (27)
6	Sakio Bika	30-5-2 (21)
7	Thomas Oosthuizen	21-0-1 (13)
8	Adonis Stevenson	19-1 (16)
9	George Groves	16-0 (12)
10	Robert Stieglitz	42-3 (23)

Middleweight (Limit: 160 lbs)

Rank	Fighter	Record
1	Sergio Martinez	50-2-2 (28)
2	Daniel Geale	28-1 (15)
3	Gennady Golovkin	24-0 (21)
4	Felix Sturm	37-3-2 (16)
5	Peter Quillin	28-0 (20)
6	Julio Cesar Chavez Jr	46-1-1 (32)
7	Hassan N'dam	27-1 (17)
8	Matthew Macklin	29-4 (20)
9	Dmitry Pirog	20-0 (15)
10	Martin Murray	25-0-1 (11)

Junior Middleweight (Limit: 154 )

Rank	Fighter	Record
1	Floyd Mayweather	43-0 (26)
2	Canelo Alvarez	41-0-1 (30)
3	Austin Trout	26-0 (14)
4	Miguel Cotto	37-4 (30)
5	Erislandy Lara	17-1-2 (11)
6	Carlos Molina	20-5-2 (6)
7	James Kirkland	31-1 (27))
8	Cornelius Bundrage	32-4 (19)
9	Zaurbek Baysangurov	28-1 (20)
10	Gabriel Rosado	21-5 (13)

Welterweight (Limit: 147 lbs)

Rank	Fighter	Record
1	Juan Manuel Marquez	55-6-1 (40)
2	Timothy Bradley	29-0 (12)
3	Manny Pacquiao	54-5-2 (38)
4	Robert Guerrero	31-1-1 (18)
5	Kell Brook	29-0 (19)
6	Devon Alexander	24-1 (13)
7	Josesito Lopez	30-5 (18)
8	Andre Berto	28-2 (22)
9	Paulie Malignaggi	32-4 (7)
10	Jan Zaveck	32-2 (18)

Junior Welterweight (Limit: 140 lbs)

Rank	Fighter	Record
2	Danny Garcia	25-0 (16)
3	Lucas Matthysse	32-2 (30)
3	Brandon Rios	31-0-1 (23)
4	Amir Khan	26-3 (18)
5	Khabib Allakhverdiev	18-0 (8)
6	Zab Judah	42-7 (29)
7	Mike Alvarado	33-1 (23)
8	Denis Shafikov	31-0-1 (17)
9	Karim Mayfield	17-0-1 (10)
10	Olusegun Ajose	30-1 (14)

Lightweight (Limit: 135 lbs)

Rank	Fighter	Record
1	Adrien Broner	25-0 (21)
2	Ricky Burns	35-2 (10)
3	Miguel Vazquez	33-3 (13)
4	Antonio DeMarco	28-3-1 (21)
5	Richard Abril	17-3-1 (8)
6	Gavin Rees	37-1-1 (18)
7	Sharif Bogere	23-0 (15)
8	Raymundo Beltran	26-6 (17)
9	Kevin Mitchell	33-2 (24)
10	Hank Lundy	22-2-1 (11)

Super Featherweight (Limit: 130 lbs)

Rank	Fighter	Record
1	Takashi Uchiyama	19-0-1 (16)
2	Juan Carlos Salgado	26-1-1 (16)
3	Yuriorkis Gamboa	22-0 (16)
4	Argenis Mendez	20-2 (10)
5	Roman Martinez	26-1-1 (16)
6	Gamaliel Diaz	37-9-2 (17)
7	Miguel Beltran Jr	27-2 (17)
8	Devis Boschiero	32-1-1 (15)
9	Juan Carlos Burgos	30-1 (20)
10	Sergio Thompson	25-2 (23)

Featherweight (Limit: 126 lbs)

Rank	Fighter	Record
1	Orlando Salido	39-11-2 (27)
2	Chris John	48-0-2 (22)
3	Daniel Ponce De Leon	44-4 (35)
4	Mikey Garcia	30-0 (26)
5	Jhonny Gonzalez	52-8 (45)
6	Billy Dib	35-1 (21)
7	Daud Yordan	30-2 (23)
8	Juan Manuel Lopez	31-2 (28)
9	Nicholas Walters	22-0 (18)
10	Javier Fortuna	21-0 (15)

Super Bantamweight (Limit: 122 lbs)

Rank	Fighter	Record
1	Nonito Donaire	31-1 (20)
2	Abner Mares	25-0-1 (13)
3	Guillermo Rigondeaux	11-0 (8)
4	Jeffrey Mathebula	26-4-2 (14)
5	Wilfredo Vazquez Jr	22-2-1 (19)
6	Scott Quigg	25-0-1 (18)
7	Victor Terrazas	36-2-1 (21)
8	Rico Ramos	21-1 (11)
9	Carl Frampton	15-0 (10)
10	Vic Darchinyan	38-5-1 (27)

Bantamweight (Limit: 118 lbs)

Rank	Fighter	Record
1	Anselmo Moreno	33-2-1 (12)
2	Shinsuke Yamanaka	17-0-2 (12)
3	Leo Santa Cruz	22-0-1 (13)
4	Koki Kameda	29-1 (17)
5	Hugo Ruiz	31-2 (28)
6	Malcolm Tunacao	31-2-3 (19)
7	Pungluang Sor Singyu	43-1 (28)
8	Rodrigo Guerrero	18-4-1 (12)
9	Ryosuke Iwasa	13-1 (9)
10	Jamie McDonnell	20-2-1 (9)

Super Flyweight (Limit: 115 lbs)

Rank	Fighter	Record
1	Yota Sato	26-2-1 (12)
2	Omar Narvaez	37-1-2 (20)
3	Juan Carlos Sanchez Jr	15-1-1 (8)
4	Suriyan Sor Rungvisai	23-5-1 (9)
5	Carlos Cuadras	27-0 (22)
6	Kohei Kono	28-7 (11)
7	Tepparith Kokietgym	21-3 (13)
8	Nobuo Nashiro	18-5-1 (12)
9	Rodel Mayol	31-6-2 (22)
10	Oleydong Sithsamerchai	44-1-1 (16)

Flyweight (Limit: 112 lbs)

Rank	Fighter	Record
1	Brian Viloria	32-3 (19)
2	Moruti Mthalane	29-2 (20)
3	Tyson Marquez	34-3 (25)
4	Toshiyuki Igarashi	17-1-1 (10)
5	Sonny Boy Jaro	34-11-5 (24)
6	Luis Concepcion	27-3 (20)
7	Edgar Sosa	47-7 (28)
8	Juan Carlos Reveco	29-1 (16)
9	Milan Melindo	28-0 (11)
10	Rocky Fuentes	34-6-2 (20)

Junior Flyweight (Limit: 108 lbs)

Rank	Fighter	Record
1	Roman Gonzalez	34-0 (28)
2	Donnie Nietes	31-1-3 (17)
3	Adrian Hernandez	25-2-1 (16)
4	John Riel Casimero	17-2 (10)
5	Kazuto Ioka	11-0 (7)
6	Kompayak Porpramook	47-4 (32)
7	Ramon Garcia Hirales	16-4-1 (9)
8	Alberto Rossel	29-8 (13)
9	Odilon Zaleta	15-2 (8)
10	Paipharob Kokietgym	21-0 (16)

Minimumweight (Limit: 105 lbs)

Rank	Fighter	Record
1	Akira Yaegashi	16-3 (9)
2	Mario Rodriguez	15-6-4 (11)
3	Nkosinathi Joyi	22-1 (15)
4	Moises Fuentes	16-1 (8)
5	Raul Garcia	33-2-1 (21)
6	Ryo Miyazaki	18-0-3 (10)
7	Denver Cuello	32-4-6 (21)
8	Pornsawan Porpramook	27-5-1 (17)
9	Wanheng Menayothin	25-0 (8)
10	Hekkie Budler	21-1 (6)

Female Pound-For-Pound

Rank	Fighter	Record
1	Cecilia Braekhus	21-0 (5)
2	Holly Holm	32-2-3 (9)
3	Ava Knight	10-1-3 (5)
4	Yesica Yolanda Bopp	22-0 (10)
5	Frida Wallberg	11-0 (2)
6	Anne Sophie Mathis	26-3 (22)
7	Mariana Juarez	36-6-3 (16)
8	Yesica Patricia Marcos	21-0-1 (7)
9	Melissa Hernandez	18-3-3 (6)
10	Layla McCarter	35-13-5 (8)