May Ratings - Updates
Junior Featherweight: Segolene Lefebvre convincingly outpointed Laura Griff on April 12th, so rises to #4. Yazmin Rivas drops to #5.
Junior Middleweight: Marie Eve Dicaire outpointed Mikaela Lauren, so moves to #2. Hanna Gabriels who has had just one win since losing to Cecilia Braekhus at Welterweight, in June 2018, drops to #3.
Middleweight: #1 rated Claressa Shields defeated #2 rated Christina Hammer to become our first female Lineal World Champion. The four fighters previously ranked beneath Claressa now become her top 4 challengers. Alicia Napoleon has weighed within the 154-160lbs range for her only two fights within the last year - she enters the ratings at #5.
Super Middleweight: Alicia Napoleon is no longer rated at Super Middleweight. Nikki Adler exits. Elin Cederroos enters at #4. Femke Hermans enters at #5.
Pound-For-Pound: Claressa Shields becomes the new P4P #1 after her emphatic victory over #2 rated Middleweight, and P4P #10, Christina Hammer – Amanda Serrano, Cecilia Braekhus and Katie Taylor each move down one place.
Ratings Panel
Adam McMeeking: Editor of LinealBoxingChampion.com. United Kingdom.
David Avila: 2019 Inductee IWBHF. Experienced journalist at The Sweet Science. California, USA. @AvilaBoxing
Suzy Smith: Women’s boxing historian. United Kingdom. @SuzyQSmith360
Daniel Yanofsky: Women’s boxing journalist. New York, USA. @DanYanofsky