Thus, Usyk became the first heavyweight to receive this honor, when Mike Tyson was in this position more than thirty years ago in the status of the absolute champion.
The Ukrainian is ahead of Terence Crawford and Naoya Inoue on The Ring list. Canelo dropped to sixth position, and his winner Bivol debuted in the prestigious rankings in eighth place.
The Ring P4P Rating: 1. Oleksandr Usyk, 2. Terence Crawford, 3. Naoya Inoue, 4. Errol Spence Jr., 5. Juan Estrada, 6. Saul Alvarez, 7. Vasily Lomachenko, 8. Dmitry Bivol, 9. Josh Taylor, 10. Roman Gonzalez.