Chuck Giampa
54 articles · The Ring
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Ring Ratings Update: Maidana knocks Broner from Pound for Pound
By Chuck Giampa
A very busy weekend of boxing caused significant movement in THE RING?s divisional and pound-for-pound ratings. Pound for Pound: No. 9-rated Adrien Broner?s unmistakable loss to Marcos Maidana will cause him to…
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Ring Ratings Update: Rigondeaux climbs pound-for-pound rankings
By Chuck Giampa
RING junior featherweight champ Guillermo Rigondeaux defended his 122-pound titles with a unanimous shutout decision over former two-time bantamweight beltholder Joseph Agbeko during a busy weekend of boxing. The flawless Cuban climbed…
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Ring Ratings Update: Haye exists heavyweight rankings
By Chuck Giampa
David Haye pulled out of his showdown with Tyson Fury for the second time following shoulder surgery that could signal the end of his career. The former heavyweight titleholder, who hasn?t fought…
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Ring Ratings Update: Gonzalez debuts at No. 1 in flyweight rankings
By Chuck Giampa
Ultra-talented flyweight Roman ?Chocolatito? Gonzalez debuted at No. 1 in THE RING?s 112-pound rankings following an impressive second-round KO of Oscar Blanquet. Demetrius Andrade climbed the junior middleweight rankings with a split-decision…
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Ring Ratings Update: Giovani Segura crashes flyweight rankings
By Chuck Giampa
Former junior flyweight champ Giovani Segura broke into THE RING?s flyweight rankings by stopping No. 3-rated Hernan Marquez in the 12th round of a Fight of the Year candidate on Saturday. The…
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Ring Ratings Update: Provodnikov climbs junior welterweight rankings
By Chuck Giampa
Ruslan Provodnikov made a large jump forward in THE RING?s junior welterweight rankings after his impressive 10th-round stoppage of highly rated Mike Alvarado on Saturday. There was movement in other divisional rankings…
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Ring Ratings Update: Bradley climbs pound-for-pound top 10
By Chuck Giampa
Undefeated two-division titleholder Tim Bradley made a huge jump forward in THE RING?s pound-for-pound rankings with his impressive split-decision victory over future hall of famer Juan Manuel Marquez on Saturday. Bradley (31-0,…
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Ring Ratings Update: Mayweather wins RING junior middleweight title
By Chuck Giampa
An exciting weekend of boxing produced the following results, some of which affected THE RING?s divisional rankings and championships. At cruiserweight, Denton Daley scored a 10-round decision over Frenchman Jean-Marc Monrose. Troy…
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Ring Ratings Update
By Chuck Giampa
It was a relatively quiet boxing weekend, but heavyweight prospect Deontay Wilder made a lot of noise with his chilling first-round knockout of former heavyweight beltholder Siarhei Liakhovich. At heavyweight, Wilder took…
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Ring Ratings Update: Kameda moves to bantamweight, makes history
By Chuck Giampa
There weren?t many high-profile fights this past weekend but fans were treated to some interesting results, some of which reflected on THE RING?s divisional ratings, such as Tomoki Kameda?s history making victory…
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Ring Ratins Update: Thurman advances
By Chuck Giampa
At heavyweight, Andy Ruiz stopped fellow unbeaten prospect Joe Hanks in the fourth round; his best win as a pro although he?s not a top-10 rated heavyweight yet. Former title challenger Odlanier…
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Ring Ratings Update: Thompson, Sturm hold rankings
By Chuck Giampa
The past week was a quiet one but RING-rated veterans Tony Thompson and Felix Sturm scored knockouts that enabled them to hold on to their spots in the divisional rankings. At heavyweight,…
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Ring Ratings Update: Golovkin moves to No. 1 middleweight spot
By Chuck Giampa
There were some impressive performances (Gennady Golovkin?s third-round KO of fellow RING-rated middleweight Matthew Macklin) and some not-so-impressive showings (super middleweight contender Thomas Oosthuizen?s split-draw with unrated Brandon Gonzales) this past Saturday,…
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Ring Ratings Update: Broner crashes welterweight rankings
By Chuck Giampa
THE RING?s welterweight rankings experienced a shake-up due to Adrien Broner?s WBA title-winning split decision over veteran Paul Malignaggi on Saturday, and Victor Ortiz being dropped due to inactivity. At heavyweight, once-beaten…
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Ring Ratings Update: Garcia gets to keep RING featherweight title
By Chuck Giampa
A busy weekend of boxing did not bring about any significant changes in THE RING?s divisional ratings but there were many fights worth mentioning. At heavyweight, Bryant Jennings had a little trouble…
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Ring Ratings Update: Stevenson wins RING light heavyweight title
By Chuck Giampa
A busy weekend of boxing resulted in some movement in THE RING?s divisional ratings, including the crowning of a new light heavyweight champion, Adonis Stevenson. At cruiserweight, Marco Huck beat Ola Afolabi…
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Ring Ratings Update: the calm before the storm
By Chuck Giampa
There was very little action this past week which resulted in no movement in the ratings. Let?s call it the calm before the storm due to the fact that there are some…
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Ring Ratings Update: Froch No. 1 at super middleweight
By Chuck Giampa
Not much happened this past week that caused significant movement within THE RING?s divisional ratings but there were some results worth noting, mainly Carl Froch?s victory over Mikkel Kessler, which solidified his…
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Ring Ratings Update: welcome back Guillermo Jones
By Chuck Giampa
In his first fight in a year and a half, Guillermo Jones (right) regained his WBA cruiserweight title with a hard-fought, come-from-behind 11th-round KO of Denis Lebedev (left). The 41-year-old veteran re-entered…
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Ring Ratings Update: Jean enters junior welterweight rankings
By Chuck Giampa
There was not much action this past week but we do have some movement to report in THE RING?s division ratings, including slight changes to the 140- and 118-pound rankings. At junior…