Claressa Shields solidifies her position at the top of ESPN women’s pound-for-pound rankings A major unanimous decision victory over Franchon Cruz-Dezern in Detroit on February 22. She was equally decisive in the voting and earned every first-place vote from the ESPN panel.
Shields is one of only two boxers to become undisputed in three weight classes in the four-belt era – Terence Crawford The second one is. They unified all four major women’s heavyweight titles on February 2, 2025 Win over Danielle Perkins And since then he has made two successful rescues.
Shields (15-0, 3 KOs) has won titles in five divisions along with Olympic gold medals representing the United States in 2012 and 2016.
Katie Taylor announced this on Wednesday she would like another fight – Ideally in Dublin – before retiring. At present she remains at number 2 in the ranking.
While there are no changes to the top 10, several talented fighters are joining and receiving votes, including unified junior featherweight champion Ellie Scotney, unified super middleweight champion Shadasia Green and undisputed bantamweight champion Chernika Johnson.
Here is the current top 10.
Comment: The results will continue till 26th February.
1. claresa shields
Previous ranking: 1
record: 18-0, 3 KOs
Division: undisputed heavyweight champion
Last Battle: W (UD10) Franchon Cruz-Dezerne, 22 February
Next fight: tba
2. katie taylorPrevious ranking: 2
record: 25-1, 6 KOs
Division: Unified Junior Welterweight Champion
Last Battle: W (MD10) Amanda Serrano, July 11, 2025
Next fight: tba
3. amanda serranoPrevious ranking: 3
record: 48-4-1, 31 KOs
Division: unified featherweight champion
Last Battle: W (UD10) Reina Tellez, January 3
Next fight: tba
4. Gabriela FundoraPrevious ranking: 4
record: 17-0, 9 KOs
Division: undisputed flyweight champion
Last Battle: W (KO7) Alexus Kubicki, September 20
Next fight: March 14 vs. Viviana Ruiz Corredor
5. Chantel CameronPrevious ranking: 5
record: 21-1, 8 KOs
Division: junior welterweight
Last Battle: W (UD10) Jessica Camara, July 11
Next fight: 5 April vs Michaela Kotaskova
6. Mikaela MayerPrevious ranking: 6
record: 22-2, 5 KOs
Division: Welterweight Champion and Unified Junior Middleweight Champion
Last Battle: W (UD10) Mary Spencer, 30 October
Next fight: tba
7. Alicia BaumgardnerPrevious ranking: 7
record: 17-1, 7 KOs
Division: Unified Junior Lightweight Champion
Last Battle: W (UD12) Leila Beaudoin, 19 December
Next fight: tba
8. Lauren PricePrevious ranking: 8
record: 9-0, 2 KOs
Division: unified welterweight champion
Last Battle: W (UD10) Natasha Jonas, March 7
Next fight: April 4 vs. Stephanie Pineiro Aquino
9. Yocasta ValePrevious ranking: 9
record: 34-3, 10 KOs
Division: strawweight champion
Last Battle: W (MD10) Yadira Bustillos, December 19
Next fight: tba
10. Elif Nur TurhanPrevious ranking: 10
record: 13-0, 8 KOs
Division: lightweight champion
Last Battle: W (SD10) Tayla Jentzen, Jan 31
Next fight: tba
Formula
The ranking is based on a descending points system, with the first-place vote getting 10 points, the second-place vote getting nine points, and so on.
Others getting votes: Ellie Scottney (7), Shadasia Green (4), Cherneka Johnson (3), Hyun Choi (2), Jessica Neri Plata (1), Caroline Dubois (1).
How our experts voted
Andreas Hell: 1. shield, 2. Tailor, 3. fundora, 4. Serrano, 5. cameroon, 6. Baumgardner, 7. mayor, 8. price, 9. Green, 10. scotney
Nick Parkinson: 1. shield, 2. fundora, 3. Tailor, 4. Serrano, 5. mayor, 6. Turhan, 7. cameroon, 8. price, 9. Baumgardner, 10. scotney
Salvador Rodriguez: 1. shield, 2. Tailor, 3. Serrano, 4. fundora, 5. mayor, 6. Baumgardner, 7. price, 8. Johnson, 9. valet, 10. dubois
James Regan: 1. shield, 2. Tailor, 3. Serrano, 4. fundora, 5. mayor, 6. cameroon, 7. Baumgardner, 8. Turhan, 9. price, 10. scotney
Bernardo Pilati: 1. shield, 2. Tailor, 3. cameroon, 4. Serrano, 5. fundora, 6. Baumgardner, 7. mayor, 8. price, 9. valet, 10. scotney
Andres Ferrari: 1. shield, 2. Tailor, 3. fundora, 4. Serrano, 5. cameroon, 6. Baumgardner, 7. mayor, 8. price, 9. Scotney, 10. turhan
Charlie Moynihan: 1. shield, 2. Tailor, 3. Serrano, 4. cameroon, 5. Funodra, 6. mayor, 7. Baumgardner, 8. valet, 9. choi, 10. Neri Plata
Damien Delgado Averhoff: 1. shield, 2. Tailor, 3. cameroon, 4. Serrano, 5. fundora, 6. Baumgardner, 7. mayor, 8. valet, 9. Green, 10. scotney
ESPN experts poll
In first place: shields (8)
second place: Taylor (7), Fundora (1)
third place: Serrano (3), Fundora (2), Cameron (2), Taylor (1)
fourth place: Serrano (5), Fundora (2), Cameroon (1)
Fifth place: Fundora (3), Mayer (3), Cameron (2)
6th place: Baumgardner (5), Cameron (1), Mayer (1), Turhan (1)
Seventh place: Meyer (4), Baumgardner (2), Cameron (1), Price (1)
Eighth place: Price (4), Vale (2), Turhan (1), Johnson (1)
Ninth place: Vale (2), Green (2), Baumgardner (1), Price (1), Scotney (1), Choi (1)
10th place: Scotney (5), Turhan (1), Dubois (1), Neri Plata (1)
