Pound-for-pound: Terence Crawford remains No. 1

Terence Crawford remained No. 1 on the Boxing Junkie pound-for-pound list after his fourth-round knockout of Kell Brook on Saturday.

Terence Crawford survived his challenge. Next up: No. 4 Errol Spence Jr.

Crawford remained No. 1 on the Boxing Junkie pound-for-pound list after his fourth-round knockout of Kell Brook on Saturday night at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

The welterweight titleholder hurt Brook with a short right and then quickly ended the fight, demonstrating that he remains a force in boxing.

Spence is scheduled to defend his welterweight titles against Danny Garcia on Dec. 5 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, the home of the Dallas Cowboys.

Spence is favored but Garcia, a former two-division titleholder, is a live underdog.

Heavyweight beltholder Tyson Fury was expected to face Agit Kabayel in a voluntary defense on Dec. 5 but scrapped the fight amid his legal battle with Deontay Wilder.

Here is where the pound-for-pounders stand.

BOXING JUNKIE
POUND-FOR-POUND

  1. Terence Crawford — Stopped Kell Brook in four rounds on Saturday.
  2. Canelo Alvarez — Working on deal to challenger 168-pound champ Callum Smith on Dec. 18 or 19.
  3. Naoya Inoue — Knocked out Jason Moloney in Round 7 last month.
  4. Oleksandr Usyk — Outpointed Derek Chisora last month.
  5. Errol Spence Jr. — Scheduled to face Danny Garcia on Dec. 5.
  6. Teofimo Lopez — Defeated then-No. 1 Vasiliy Lomachenko by a unanimous decision last month.
  7. Vasiliy Lomachenko — Lost to then-unranked Teofimo Lopez last moneh.
  8. Tyson Fury — No fight scheduled.
  9. Gennadiy Golovkin — Scheduled to defend his 160-pound title against Kamil Szeremeta on Dec. 18 or 19.
  10. Juan Francisco Estrada — Stopped Carlos Cuadras in 11 rounds last month.
  11. Mikey Garcia — No fight scheduled.
  12. Artur Beterbiev — No fight scheduled.
  13. Manny Pacquiao — No fight scheduled
  14. Jermell Charlo — KO’d Jeison Rosario in eight rounds in September. No fight scheduled.
  15. Gervonta Davis — Stopped Leo Santa Cruz in Round 6 last month.

Honorable mention (alphabetical order): Miguel Berchelt (no fight scheduled), Mairis Briedis (no fight scheduled), Jermall Charlo (no fight scheduled), Srisaket Sor Rungvisai (no fight scheduled) and Josh Taylor (no fight scheduled).

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