The voters: Scott Christ, Wil Esco, John Hansen, Patrick Stumberg, and Lewis Watson Others Receiving Votes: David Benavidez 2, Vasiliy Lomachenko 1, Subriel Matias 1 (1) Naoya Inoue, (2) Oleksandr Usyk, (3) Terence “Bud” Crawford, (4) Dmitry Bivol, (5) Artur Beterbiev, (6) Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez, (7) Junto Nakatani, (8) Kenshiro Teraji, (9) Canelo Alvarez, (10) David Benavidez Usyk moves up, Crawford moves down, Inoue stays put. That’s what I’ve got for now, but this is truly a blessed period for a boxing fan to be talking P4P, unless you strongly prefer there being one king miles ahead of the pack. We’ve got not two but three guys with a strong claim right now, all still operating at an incredible level.
For me, it’s just barely Inoue ahead of Usyk, who is just barely ahead of Crawford, and I have no issue whatsoever with any order. The rest stays the same for me. We’ll have a June with Bam Rodriguez and David Benavidez both in action, as well as P4P list contender Tank Davis, all in fights that can strengthen their cases.
If Rodriguez dominates Juan Francisco Estrada moving back to 115 lbs, unless Estrada is just brutally shot — which should not be the expectation — then he probably moves into my top five, that would be another major statement. Dmitry Bivol is also fighting, though not in the fight we hoped to see. (1) Terence “Bud” Crawford, (2) Naoya Inoue, (3) Oleksandr Usyk, (4) Dmitry Bivol, (5) Artur Beterbiev, (6) Jaron “Boots” Ennis, (7).
