Devin Haney-Vasiliy Lomachenko fight should shake up list

Boxing Junkie’s pound-for-pound listing may look significantly completely different after this coming Saturday.

That’s when No. 11 Vasiliy Lomachenko is about to problem No. 15 Devin Haney on pay-per-view for Haney’s undisputed 135-pound championship on the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

Whomever wins has a superb probability of climbing the listing barring a disputed end result or another unexpected final result.

That’s as a result of ranked fighters are literally taking the danger of dealing with each other in ring, which is the easiest way to show you belong among the many greatest within the enterprise.

For Haney, success would merely be extra of the identical for the fast-rising 24-year-old. For Lomachenko, 35, a victory and increase within the rankings can be redemption after he fell out of favor by dropping to Teofimo Lopez in 2020.

We’ll replace the listing a method or one other early subsequent week.

Subsequent pound-for-pounder up: Honorable Point out Josh Taylor is scheduled to defend his WBO 140-pound title in opposition to Teofimo Lopez on June 10 in New York.

Right here’s what the listing seems like in the intervening time:

BOXING JUNKIE
POUND-FOR-POUND

1. Terence Crawford – Reportedly is close to a deal to face No. 4 Errol Spence Jr. for the undisputed 147-pound championship however no announcement has been made.
2. Naoya Inoue – Scheduled to problem 122-pound titleholder and Honorable Point out Stephen Fulton Jr. on July 25 in Tokyo.
3. Oleksandr Usyok – Reportedly in talks to defend his three heavyweight titles in opposition to Daniel Dubois however nothing concrete has emerged from the negotiations.
4. Errol Spence Jr. – Reportedly is close to a deal to face No. 1 Terence Crawford for the undisputed 147-pound championship however no announcement has been made.
5. Dmitry Bivol – Anticipated to defend his 175-title in opposition to Canelo Alvarez in a rematch in September however no settlement has been reached..
6. Tyson Fury – Reportedly contemplating a title protection in opposition to former beltholder Andy Ruiz Jr. or Zhilei Zhang in July.
7. Juan Francisco Estrada – No struggle scheduled.
8. Canelo Alvarez– Anticipated to problem 175-titleholder Dmitry Bivol in a rematch in September however no settlement has been reached
9. Jermell Charlo – No struggle scheduled.
10. Gervonta Davis – No struggle scheduled.
11. Vasiliy Lomachenko – Scheduled to problem undisputed 135-pound champion and No. 15 Devin Haney on Could 20 in Las Vegas.
12. Artur Beterbiev – Reportedly close to a deal to defend his 175-pound titles in opposition to Callum Smith in August in Canada however the deal hasn’t been finalized.
13. Shakur Stevenson – No struggle scheduled.
14. Roman Gonzalez – No struggle scheduled.
15. Devin Haney – Scheduled to defend his undisputed 135-pound championship in opposition to No. 11 Vasiliy Lomachenko on Could 20 in Las Vegas..

Honorable point out (alphabetical order): David Benavidez (no struggle scheduled); Jermall Charlo (no struggle scheduled); Stephen Fulton Jr. (scheduled to defend his 122-pound title in opposition to No. 2 Naoya Inoue on July 25 in Tokyo); Kazuto Ioka (scheduled to problem 115-pound titleholder Joshua Franco on June 24 in Tokyo); Josh Taylor (scheduled to defend his WBO 140-pound title in opposition to Teofimo Lopez on June 10 in New York).