Katie Taylor defeated Amanda Serrano for a third time to close a trilogy between two of the best women's fighters in history.
Taylor outpointed Serrano to a majority decision on Friday at New York's Madison Square Garden on a card that featured five women's title fights with 17 titles on the line. With the victory, Taylor holds on to her No. 2 spot in these rankings, just two points behind Claressa Shields, who will put her undisputed heavyweight championship on the line against Lani Daniels on July 26.
Serrano keeps third place by one point over Chantelle Cameron, who defeated Jessica Camara on the July 11 undercard. Cameron, the only boxer to defeat Taylor, defended her WBC interim junior welterweight belt, setting up a potential trilogy fight with Taylor.
Alycia Baumgardner retained her undisputed junior lightweight championship in a hard-fought battle with Jennifer Miranda and moves up one spot to No. 7.
Ellie Scotney, who defeated Yamileth Mercado to unify three junior featherweight titles, makes her rankings debut at No. 10.
Here's the current top 10.
Note: Results are current through July 17.
RECORD: 17-0, 3 KOs DIVISION: Undisputed heavyweight champion LAST FIGHT: W (UD10) Lani Daniels, July 26 NEXT FIGHT: TBA
RECORD: 25-1, 6 KOs DIVISION: Undisputed junior welterweight champion LAST FIGHT: W (MD10) Amanda Serrano, July 11 NEXT FIGHT: TBA
RECORD: 47-4-1, 31 KOs DIVISION: Unified featherweight champion LAST FIGHT: L (MD10) Katie Taylor, July 11 NEXT FIGHT: Jan. 3 vs. Erika Cruz Hernandez
RECORD: 21-1, 8 KOs DIVISION: Junior welterweight interim champion LAST FIGHT: W (UD10) Jessica Camara, July 11 NEXT FIGHT: TBA
RECORD: 17-0, 9 KOs DIVISION: Undisputed flyweight champion LAST FIGHT: W (KO7) Alexas Kubicki, Sept. 20 NEXT FIGHT: TBA
RECORD: 22-2, 5 KOs DIVISION: Welterweight champion LAST FIGHT: W (UD10) Mary Spencer, Oct. 30 NEXT FIGHT: TBA
RECORD: 16-1, 7 KOs DIVISION: Undisputed junior lightweight champion LAST FIGHT: W (UD10) Jennifer Miranda, July 11 NEXT FIGHT: Nov. 14 vs. Leila Beaudoin
RECORD: 9-0, 2 KOs DIVISION: Unified welterweight champion LAST FIGHT: W (UD10) Natasha Jonas, March 7 NEXT FIGHT: TBA
RECORD: 33-3, 10 KOs DIVISION: Strawweight champion LAST FIGHT: W (SD10) Marlen Esparza, March 29 NEXT FIGHT: Nov. 14 vs. Yadira Bustillos
RECORD: 11-0, 0 KOs DIVISION: Undisputed junior featherweight champion LAST FIGHT: W (UD10) Yamileth Mercado, July 11 NEXT FIGHT: TBA
The rankings are based on a descending points system, with a first-place vote receiving 10 points, a second-place vote receiving nine points and so on.
Others receiving votes: Shadasia Green (6), Jessica Nery Plata (3), Dina Thorslund (2), Hyun Choi (2), Cherneka Jonson (2).
Andreas Hale: 1. Shields, 2. Taylor, 3. Serrano, 4. Cameron, 5. Fundora, 6. Baumgardner, 7. Mayer, 8. Price, 9. Green, 10. Scotney
Nick Parkinson: 1. Taylor, 2. Shields, 3. Serrano, 4. Cameron, 5. Fundora, 6. Mayer, 7. Baumgardner, 8. Price, 9. Scotney, 10. Johnson
Salvador Rodriguez: 1. Taylor, 2. Shields, 3. Serrano, 4. Fundora, 5. Mayer, 6. Cameron, 7. Price, 8. Baumgardner, 9. Scotney, 10. Johnson
Bernardo Pilatti: 1. Taylor, 2. Shields, 3. Cameron, 4. Serrano, 5. Price, 6. Fundora, 7. Mayer, 8. Baumgardner, 9. Thorslund, 10. Valle
Claudia Trejos: 1. Shields, 2. Taylor, 3. Serrano, 4. Cameron, 5. Fundora, 6. Mayer, 7. Baumgardner, 8. Scotney, 9. Green, 10. Valle
Andres Ferrari: 1. Shields, 2. Taylor, 3. Cameron, 4. Fundora, 5. Serrano, 6. Price, 7. Mayer, 8. Baumgardner, 9. Valle, 10. Scotney
Charlie Moynihan: 1. Shields, 2. Taylor, 3. Cameron, 4. Serrano, 5. Mayer, 6. Fundora, 7. Valle, 8. Nery Plata, 9. Choi, 10. Baumgardner
Damian Delgado Averhoff: 1. Shields, 2. Taylor, 3. Cameron, 4. Serrano, 5. Fundora, 6. Mayer, 7. Baumgardner, 8. Valle, 9. Green, 10. Scotney
First place: Shields (5), Taylor (3)
Second place: Taylor (5), Shields (3)
Third place: Serrano (4), Cameron (4)
Fourth place: Serrano (3), Cameron (3), Fundora (2)
Fifth place: Fundora (4), Mayer (2), Serrano (1), Price (1)
Sixth place: Mayer (3), Fundora (2), Cameron (1), Baumgardner (1), Price (1)
Seventh place: Mayer (3), Baumgardner (3), Price (1), Valle (1)
Eighth place: Baumgardner (3), Price (2), Valle (1), Scotney (1), Nery Plata (1)
Ninth place: Green (3), Scotney (2), (Valle (1), Thorslund (1), Choi (1)
10th place: Scotney (3), Valle (2), Johnson (2), Baumgardner (1)
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