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Boxing pound-for-pound rankings (May 2025): Naoya Inoue moves up, as Gervonta Davis drops off list

Three of Uncrowned’s top 10 pound-for-pound fighters in men’s boxing competed in separate events over the weekend, providing a shakeup to our rankings of the best fighters on the planet.

On Friday, Teofimo Lopez beat the previously unbeaten Arnold Barboza Jr. to the punch, evaded much of his opponent's shots, and looked levels above the Californian throughout the 12-round contest at the iconic Times Square in New York City.

Lopez has had an up-and-down career — he scored an incredible win over Vasiliy Lomachenko while the Ukrainian was at — or near — the peak of his powers, but came unstuck against George Kambosos Jr in his very next fight.