Chuck Giampa
54 articles · The Ring
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Ring Ratings Update: Mayweather stripped of RING 154-pound title
By Chuck Giampa
THE RING?s junior middleweight title, previously held by Floyd Mayweather Jr., is now vacant due to Mayweather?s lack activity in the 154-pound division. Mayweather won the magazine?s junior middleweight champ when he…
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Ring Ratings Update: Froch, Beltran, Taylor exit rankings
By Chuck Giampa
Carl Froch, Raymundo Beltran and Jermain Taylor have been removed from the rankings of their respective divisions for different reasons. To find out why and who will replace them read this week?s…
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Ring Ratings Update: DeGale climbs super middleweight rankings
By Chuck Giampa
Heavyweight: Alexander Povetkin (29-1, 21 knockouts) justified our ranking him at No. 1 by drilling Mike Perez (21-2-1, 13 Kos) in one round. Perez will exit the rankings. Nos. 9 and 10…
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Ring Ratings Update: Gonzalez, Golovkin climb p4p rankings
By Chuck Giampa
RING/WBC flyweight champ Roman Gonzalez and WBA middleweight titleholder Gennady Golovkin advanced in THE RING?s pound for pound rankings after the elite boxer-punchers extended their unbeaten records with impressive knockouts against Edgar…
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Ring Ratings Update: Golovkin advances in pound-for-pound ratings
By Chuck Giampa
There was nowhere for Gennady Golovkin, THE RING?s No. 1-rated middleweight, to advance in the magazine?s 160-pound rankings after he scored his 19th consecutive stoppage against courageous Martin Murray this past Saturday,…
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Ring Ratings Update: Crawford, Beltran to vie for RING lightweight title
By Chuck Giampa
The vacant RING lightweight championship will be on the line on Saturday when WBO titleholder Terence Crawford takes on Raymundo Beltran in his hometown of Omaha, Nebraska. Crawford is THE RING?s No.…
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Ring Ratings Update: Chad Dawson drops, Hassan N?Dam climbs
By Chuck Giampa
A number of RING-ranked contenders saw action last week, resulting in changes in the light heavyweight, middleweight and strawweight divisions. In the biggest news of the weekend, former light heavyweight champ Chad…
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RING ratings update: Dib bids featherweight goodbye
By Chuck Giampa
This past weekend hosted no significant fights among top contenders, with only one movement in the ratings. Jr. lightweight: Billy Dib, 37-3, 21 KOs, won a wide ten round decision over unrated…
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RING ratings update: Lightweight shuffle
By Chuck Giampa
There were not many fights this past week but the ratings panel discussed movement in the lightweight division. Cruiserweight: No. 6 Ilunga Makabu (17-1, 16 KOs) scored a ninth-round TKO over unranked…
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Ring Ratings Update: Lomachenko climbs featherweight ranks
By Chuck Giampa
Boxing fans witnessed an exciting and interesting weekend, highlighted by Vasyl Lomachenko?s WBO featherweight-winning title victory over Gary Russell Jr., resulting in movement in THE RING?s divisional ratings. Cruiserweight: Mateusz Masternak (32-2,…
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Ring Ratings Update: Chris Algieri crashes junior welterweight rankings
By Chuck Giampa
Underdog Chris Algieri?s inspirational effort in outworking Ruslan Provodnikov to earn the WBO 140-pound title on Saturday shook up THE RING?s junior welterweight rankings. Junior middleweight: No. 5-rated Demetrius Andrade (21-0, 14…
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Ring Rankings Update: Chris Arreola drops in heavyweight rankings
By Chuck Giampa
The weekend gave the boxing world a new heavyweight beltholder and a new junior flyweight champion. Donnie Nietes won THE RING?s vacant 108-pound title with a ninth-round TKO of Moises Fuentes and…
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Ring Ratings Update: Marcos Maidana climbs welterweight rankings
By Chuck Giampa
There was lots of good action involving RING-rated fighters last week but the most significant bout was between the magazine?s welterweight champ Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Marcos Maidana, who advanced in the…
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Ring Ratings Update: Thurman, Porter climb welterweight rankings
By Chuck Giampa
No less than 18 RING-rated fighters were in action over the past two weeks, including RING heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko and two No. 1-rated contenders ? Bernard Hopkins and Lucas Matthysse. Young…
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Ring Ratings Update: Manny Pacquiao climbs welterweight, P4P rankings
By Chuck Giampa
Many RING-rated fighters were in action over the past two weeks but nobody made a statement as big as Manny Pacquiao, who soundly defeated Tim Bradley to regain the WBO welterweight title…
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Ring Ratings Update: Lots of action, lots of rankings movement
By Chuck Giampa
Many RING-rated fighters were in action over the past two weekends, resulting in a lot of movement in the magazine?s divisional rankings, including Tomasz Adamek?s drop in the heavyweight top 10 and…
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Ring Ratings Update: Crawford and Abraham rise in rankings
By Chuck Giampa
A number of RING-ranked fighters ? including lightweights Ricky Burns and Terence Crawford and super middleweights Robert Stieglitz and Arthur Abraham ? saw action during the last two weeks, which caused some…
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Ring Ratings Update: Contenders hold their rankings with KO wins
By Chuck Giampa
The last two weeks have been slow ones but many RING-rated fighters saw action, including the magazine?s top-ranked flyweight Roman Gonzalez, top five-rated heavyweight Tyson Fury, top-10 middleweight Hassan N?Dam N?Jikam and…
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Ring Ratings Update: Jean Pascal climbs light heavyweight rankings
By Chuck Giampa
Former light heavyweight champ Jean Pascal made a large leap up THE RING?s 175-pound rankings following his unanimous decision over Lucian Bute. The magazine?s Ratings Panel also saw fit to update and…
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Ring Ratings Update: Brandon Rios dropped from 140-pound rankings
By Chuck Giampa
There was no movement is the Pound for Pound ratings. Junior Welterweight: No. 10-rated Viktor Postol (25-0-0, 10 knockouts) won a unanimous 10-round decision over unrated Behzod Nabiev. Rios (31-2-1, 23 KOs),…