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Rankings update ft. Oleksandr Usyk, Joe Smith Jnr and Dillian Whyte

Oleksandr Usyk and others feature in the latest update

George Gigney

23rd December, 2016

Rankings update ft. Oleksandr Usyk, Joe Smith Jnr and Dillian Whyte
World Boxing Super Series

Heavyweight

Johann Duhaupas is removed after being flattened by Alexander Povetkin – who hours earlier had been found out to have failed a drug test. Once-beaten Londoner Dillian Whyte enters at 10 off the back of his electric win over Dereck Chisora.

Cruiserweight

Oleksandr Usyk remains at No 1 after his stoppage win over unranked Thabiso Mchunu.

Light-heavyweight

Vyacheslav Shabranksyy leaves after his loss to unranked Sullivan Barrera, who just misses out on a place in the top 10 as Joe Smith Jnr enters at No 8 following his stoppage win over Bernard Hopkins.

Middleweight

Peter Quillin and Andy Lee are removed for inactivity. Unbeaten contenders Maciej Sulecki and Sergiy Derevyanchenko come in at No 9 and 10 respectively.

Lightweight

Yuriorkis Gamboa is removed for inactivity. Denis Shafikov comes in at No 10.

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