In the ESPN rating, Beterbiev was right behind Oleksandr Usyk. Reigning WBO welterweight champion Terence Crawford remains at the top of the rankings.
ESPN Р4Р rating: 1. Terence Crawford, 2. Naoya Inoue, 3. Errol Spence Jr., 4. Saul Alvarez, 5. Tyson Fury, 6. Oleksandr Usyk, 7. Artur Beterbiev, 8. Dmitry Bivol, 9. Vasily Lomachenko , 10. Shakur Stevenson.