Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez Drops Out Of Pound-For-Pound Top 10 For First Time Since 2018

For the first time in over seven years, Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez has dropped out of the top 10 of boxing’s pound-for-pound rankings.

‘Canelo’ has been an ever-present in the P4P top 10, but has officially fallen outside of the rankings for the first time since 2018.

Canelo Drops Out Of Pound-For-Pound Top 10 For First Time Since 2018

Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez is widely regarded as one of the best fighters of the 21st century. 

Having been at the top of his game for over a decade, the Mexican has sat at the top of the boxing pound-for-pound rankings for a lengthy period.

The last time ‘Canelo’ dropped out of the P4P top 10 was back in 2018. The reason for this wasn’t to do with Canelo’s performances inside the ring, rather for testing positive for banned substance clenbuterol.

If it wasn’t for this failed drugs test, the four-weight world champion would have held his position in the pound-for-pound rankings for over a decade.

The Mexican first entered the top 10 of the P4P list way back in 2013. Bar his minor absence from the list in 2018 due to his PED ban, the 35-year-old has been recognised as one of the world’s best fighters across all weight classes ever since.

That was until November 2025, when the great ‘Canelo’ dropped out of the boxing pound-for-pound rankings. This means that for the first time since before his initial entry in 2013, with the exception of his brief hiatus in 2018, Alvarez is no longer inside the top 10 highest rated fighters in world boxing.

After becoming a three-weight world champion and defeating Brian Norman Jr in Riyadh on November 22, Devin Haney leapfrogged ‘Canelo’ to climb into the top 10, thus forcing the former undisputed super-middleweight king out of the rankings.

Although Canelo’s record is still one of the most impressive in world boxing, it simply isn’t good enough to be classified as a top 10 pound-for-pound fighter any longer.

For the first time in seven years, Canelo Alvarez is not ranked in The Ring's pound-for-pound Top-10.

Canelo previously sat outside the Top-10 after testing positive for the banned substance clenbuterol in 2018. pic.twitter.com/S2ow7gas6e

— Ring Magazine (@ringmagazine) November 25, 2025

Who Are The Current Top 10 In The Boxing P4P Rankings?

After Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez fell out of the top 10 pound-for-pound rankings for the first time in seven years and just the second time since 2013, boxing fans are beginning to realise it could be the end of an era for the great Mexican.

Father time catches up with everyone, especially in a sport like boxing. You just have to look at the later stages of Muhammad Ali’s career, Mike Tyson, Roy Jones Jr and countless other all-time greats.

That could be the case with ‘Canelo’ now, who may well struggle to regain his place inside the top 10 of boxing’s pound-for-pound rankings. That is unless he somehow becomes world champion again, or perhaps beats Terence Crawford in a potential rematch in 2026.

For now though, the 35-year-old no longer features in this list. Three-weight world champion Devin Haney has replaced him, with nine other exceptionally talented fighters also featuring in the P4P top 10.

This includes the likes of three-weight undisputed king Crawford, who Roy Jones Jr branded unbeatable after his last performance. It also includes two-weight undisputed king Naoya Inoue, the great Oleksandr Usyk and plenty more elite practitioners.

Below is the official Ring Magazine top 10 pound-for-pound ranked men’s fighters in the sport of boxing as of today.

📋 The Ring’s latest pound-for-pound rankings:

‼️Devin Haney officially re-enters the top 10, while Ring super-flyweight champion Jesse 'Bam' Rodriguez rises to No. 4 💥

Who do you think should be higher or lower ❓ pic.twitter.com/6iqd9UXO4s

— Ring Magazine (@ringmagazine) November 24, 2025

Official Ring Magazine P4P Rankings (Men’s Top 10)