Naoya Inoue Takes Over The Ring’s Pound-for-Pound Rankings After Junto Nakatani Win

Andrew Karlov May 5, 2026, 4:13 a.m.
Naoya Inoue. Getty Images

In the aftermath of that fight, The Ring reports that Turki Alalshikh wants to set up a showdown between Inoue and Jesse Rodriguez in January in Japan. In that matchup, Inoue would be defending his junior featherweight world title against Rodriguez, who is The Ring champion at junior bantamweight.

1. Naoya Inoue

2. Oleksandr Usyk

3. Shakur Stevenson

4. Jesse Rodriguez

5. David Benavidez

6. Dmitry Bivol

7. Junto Nakatani

8. Devin Haney

9. Oscar Collazo

10. Emanuel Navarrete

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