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Pound for Pound Top 50 in Shock as New Star Cracks Top Ten

World Boxing News has made changes to its pound-for-pound Top 50 after O’Shaquie “Shock” Foster stormed into the world’s ten best fighters with a dominant victory over Emanuel Navarrete, sending the Mexican crashing down the rankings. Foster’s three-belt super featherweight…

Published: Sunday, 25 October 2026 at 12:06 PM
Pound for Pound Top 50 in Shock as New Star Cracks Top Ten
Key Things to Know
  • O'Shaquie Foster rose twelve places to No. 9 in the World Boxing News pound-for-pound rankings.
  • Foster claimed the WBO and IBF belts alongside his WBC title by defeating Emanuel Navarrete.
  • Emanuel Navarrete dropped from No. 10 to No. 22 after suffering a unanimous decision defeat.
The Story in 60 Seconds

O'Shaquie Foster has entered the World Boxing News pound-for-pound top ten, rising twelve spots to No. 9 following a decisive victory against Emanuel Navarrete in San Antonio. Foster captured the WBO and IBF titles to unify them with his WBC super featherweight belt. In contrast, Navarrete dropped from tenth to 22nd after being knocked down twice in the final round of the unanimous decision loss.

Elsewhere in the rankings, Naoya Inoue remains at No. 1 followed by Shakur Stevenson at No. 2. Artur Beterbiev slid five places to No. 17 because of inactivity, while Sergio Mendoza entered at No. 32 after taking the unified WBC and WBA flyweight titles from Ricardo Sandoval.

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