Boxing Pound For Pound: Teofimo Lopez Zooms Onto The List After Lomachenko Win

After scoring the biggest win of his career against Vasiliy Lomachenko in October, Teofimo Lopez has made his debut on the Boxing Writers Association of America Pound For Pound list that was unveiled on Wednesday.

On the last installment of the BWAA P4P list, Lomachenko was in the No. 2 spot behind Canelo Alvarez, while Lopez didn’t receive a single vote. Now, Lopez is behind only Alvarez, Terence Crawford, Naoya Inoue and Errol Spence on the list, which is voted on by BWAA members (including me). Lomachenko, meanwhile, has dropped to No. 7.

Coming off his knockout win vs. Kell Brook last month, Crawford moved up a spot to No. 2, and with Spence’s dominant victory against Danny Garcia last Saturday, he moved from No. 5 to No. 4.

Here’s the entire list, along with others who received votes.

1. Canelo Alvarez (172 points)

Middleweight

53-1-2 (36 KOs)

2. Terence Crawford (153)

Welterweight

37-0-0 (28 KOs)

3. Naoya Inoue (143)

Bantamweight

20-0-0 (17 KOs)

4. Errol Spence Jr. (122)

Welterweight

27-0-0 (21 KOs)

5. Teofimo Lopez (81)

Lightweight

16-0-0 (12 KOs)

6. Oleksandr Usyk (79)

Heavyweight

18-0-0 (13 KOs)

7. Vasiliy Lomachenko (52)

Lightweight

14-2-0 (10 KOs)

8. Tyson Fury (49)

Heavyweight

30-0-1 (21 KOs)

9. Juan Francisco Estrada (36)

Jr. Bantamweight

41-3-0 (28 KOs)

10. Gennadiy Golovkin (26)

Middleweight

40-1-1 (35 KOs)

Also receiving votes: Jermell Charlo (13), Josh Taylor (12), Gervonta Davis (8), Kosei Tanaka (8), Mikey Garcia (7), Manny Pacquiao (7), Artur Beterbiev (6), Roman Gonzalez (3), Anthony Joshua (3)

And here’s the list I turned in to the BWAA.

1. Canelo Alvarez

2. Terence Crawford

3. Errol Spence

4. Naoya Inoue 

5. Teofimo Lopez

6. Vasiliy Lomachenko

7. Gennadiy Golovkin

8. Oleksandr Usyk

9. Juan Francisco Estrada

10. Artur Beterbiev

There could be more movement on the boxing pound for pound list in the last month of the year, as well. Alvarez will take on a tough challenge in Callum Smith for 168-pound supremacy on Dec. 19, while Golovkin meet Kamil Szeremeta the day before.

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