Andreas HaleApr 22, 2026, 11:45 AM ETClose- Andreas Hale is a combat sports reporter at ESPN. Andreas covers MMA, boxing and pro wrestling. In Andreas' free time, he plays video games, obsesses over music and is a White Sox and 49ers fan. He is also a host for Sirius XM's Fight Nation. Before joining ESPN, Andreas was a senior writer at DAZN and Sporting News. He started his career as a music journalist for outlets including HipHopDX, The Grammys and Jay-Z's Life+Times. He is also an NAACP Image Award-nominated filmmaker as a producer for the animated short film "Bridges" in 2024.
It was an active weekend in women's boxing where one champion retained and one fell, while a new name tops the atomweight division.
Alycia Baumgardner turned back a late charge from Bo Ri Me Shin to retain her IBF, WBA and WBO lightweight titles with a hard-fought unanimous decision win. Baumgardner took an early lead but had to deal with a relentless Shin. Baumgardner appeared to be closing in on her first stoppage win in over five years, but Shin charged back in Round 6 and rattled the champion with uppercuts and crosses. Ultimately, Baumgardner's experience came into play as she outboxed Shin with a jab and effective counterpunching to close the fight.
Baumgardner remains the No. 1 junior lightweight but the same cannot be said for her fellow Most Valuable Promotions stablemate Shadasia Green. The now former champion had sought to line up a potential superfight with top pound-for-pound fighter Claressa Shields by beating another of her former opponents, Lani Daniels. However, Daniels brought the fight to Green from the opening bell. The two engaged in ferocious exchanges but the beating eventually wore Green down, leading to a ninth-round stoppage that sent the former champion to the hospital with an apparent brain bleed. Daniels win not only lands her at No. 1 in the women's super middleweight division but halted a two-fight losing streak while netting her the IBF and WBO titles.
Elsewhere, Esneidy Rodriguez Olmos remained unbeaten with a one-sided decision over Eri Matsuda. Olmos takes her place at the top of the atomweight division with the win while Matsuda drops to No. 4 in a weight class that is still shaking itself out following the retirement of Tina Rupprecht six months ago.
Rankings are updated every Tuesday. They're based on recent bouts, head-to-head competition and the quality of opponent. As with almost everything, until fighters square off against one another, there is a layer of subjectivity to it. Fighters who haven't fought in 18 months and don't have a fight scheduled will be removed from the rankings until they fight again.
For a list of the current champions in all weight classes, click here. For women's P4P rankings, click here.
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Record: 17-0, 3 KO Last: W (UD10) Franchon Crews-Dezurn, Feb. 22 Next: TBA
Record: 6-1, 3 KOs Last: W (TKO6) Che Kenneally, Feb. 22 Next: TBA
Record: 10-3, 2 KOs Last: L (UD10) Claressa Shields, Feb. 22 Next: TBA
Record: 8-2, 2 KO Last: W (UD) Sonya Dreiling, Dec. 11, 2025 Next: TBA
Record: 7-0, 7 KOs Last: W (TKO1) Paola Esther Herrera, Jan. 15 Next: TBA
Record: 7-0, 4 KOs Last: W (UD10) Lani Daniels, Dec. 6, 2025 Next: TBA
Record: 6-1, 3 KOs Last: W (TKO6) Che Kenneally, Feb. 22 Next: TBA
Record: 12-4-2, 2 KOs Last: W (TKO9) Shadasia Green, April 17 Next: TBA
Record: 5-1, 2 KOs Last: L (TKO6) Danielle Perkins, Feb. 22 Next: TBA
Record: 8-1, 8 KOs Last: W (TKO4) Latifat Salami, Nov. 15, 2025 Next: TBA
Previous ranking: NR Record: 12-4-2, 2 KOs Last: W (TKO9) Shadasia Green, April 17 Next: TBA
Previous ranking: 1 Record: 16-2, 11 KOs Last: L (TKO9) Lani Daniels, April 17 Next: TBA
Previous ranking: 2 Record: 13-2, 10 KO Last: L (SD10) Shadasia Green, July 11, 2025 Next: TBA
Previous ranking: 3 Record: 10-3, 2 KOs Last: L (UD10) Claressa Shields, Feb. 22 Next: TBA
Previous ranking: 4 Record: 8-1, 3 KOs Last: W (TKO2) Szilvia Szabados, Feb. 27 Next: TBA
Record: 11-3, 4 KOs Last: W (TKO2) Logan Holler, Oct. 18, 2025 Next: May 30 vs. Mary Spencer
Record: 4-0, 3 KOs Last: W (TKO1) Cristina Mazzotta, Sept. 27, 2025 Next: TBA
Record: 5-1-1, 0 KOs Last: W (MD10) Olivia Curry, Dec. 20, 2025 Next: TBA
Record: 7-3-2, 2 KOs Last: L (MD10) Kaye Scott, Dec. 20, 2025 Next: TBA
Record: 7-2-1, 3 KOs Last: W (UD8) Macca Jean, Aug. 23, 2025 Next: April 29 vs. Arlene Blencowe
Record: 22-2, 5 KOs Last: W (UD10) Mary Spencer, Oct. 30, 2025 Next: TBA
Record: 22-1, 8 KOs Last: W (UD10) Terri Harper, April 5 Next: TBA
Record: 9-0, 3 KOs Last: W (SD10) Elia Carranza, July 25, 2025 Next: TBA
Record: 24-2-1, 12 KOs Last: L (SD10) Cecilia Braekhus, Oct. 4, 2025 Next: TBA
Record: 10-3, 6 KOs Last: L (UD10) Mikaela Mayer, Oct. 30, 2025 Next: May 30 vs. Desley Robinson
Record: 10-0, 2 KO Last: W (UD10) Stephanie Pineiro, April 4 Next: TBA
Record: 22-2, 5 KOs Last: W (UD10) Mary Spencer, Oct. 30, 2025 Next: TBA
Record: 16-3-1, 9 KOs Last: L (UD10) Lauren Price, March 7, 2025 Next: TBA
Record: 48-13-5, 14 KOs Last: W (TKO7) Liliana Palmera, Oct. 26, 2025 Next: TBA
Record: 23-6, 7 KOs Last: L (UD10) Natasha Jonas, Dec. 14, 2024 Next: TBA
Record: 25-1, 6 KOs Last: W (MD10) Amanda Serrano, July 11, 2025 Next: TBA
Record: 22-1, 8 KOs Last: W (UD10) Michaela Kotaskova, April 5 Next: TBA
Record: 48-4-1, 31 KOs Last: W (UD10) Reina Tellez, Jan. 3 Next: May 30 vs. Cheyenne Hanson
Record: 9-3-1, 3 KOs Last: W (MD10) Karla Ramos Zamora, Feb. 21 Next: TBA
Record: 21-16-1, 4 KOs Last: W (TKO8) Samantha Worthington, Feb. 22 Next: TBA
Record: 13-0-1, 5 KO Last: W (UD10) Terri Harper, April 5 Next: TBA
Record: 13-0, 8 KOs Last: W (SD10) Taylah Gentzen, Jan. 31 Next: TBA
Record: 12-0, 3 KOs Last: W (Tech. UD10) Holly Holm, Jan. 3 Next: May 30 vs. Holly Holm
Record: 16-3-2, 6 KO Last: L (UD10) Caroline Dubois, April 5 Next: TBA
Record: 8-1, 2 KO Last: L (TKO5) Elif Nur Turhan, Dec. 6, 2025 Next: TBA
Record: 18-1, 1 NC, 7 KOs Last: W (UD10) Bo Mi Re Shin, April 17 Next: TBA
Record: 14-2, 2 KOs Last: W (UD10) Victoria Noelia Bustos, April 9 Next: TBA
Record: 11-1, 0 KOs Last: W (TKO6) Delfine Persoon, Feb. 10 Next: TBA
Record: 17-3, 4 KOs Last: W (TKO2) Micaela Soledad Dominguez, Feb. 21 Next: TBA
Record: 24-1, 11 KOs Last: W (TKO1) Siriphon Chanbuala, Feb. 8 Next: TBA
Record: 48-4-1, 31 KOs Last: W (UD10) Reina Tellez, Jan. 3 Next: May 30 vs. Cheyenne Hanson
Record: 20-0, 11 KOs Last: W (UD10) Emma Gongora, Sept. 20, 2025 Next: TBA
Record: 24-0, 9 KOs Last: W (UD10) Almudena Alvarez, Jan. 31 Next: TBA
Record: 21-3, 4 KOs Last: W (UD10) Dyana Vargas, March 20 Next: TBA
Record: 15-2, 3 KOs Last: W (MD10) Danila Ramos, Nov. 29, 2024 Next: TBA
Record: 11-0, 0 KOs Last: W (UD10) Mayelli Flores, April 5 Next: TBA
Record: 13-2-1, 4 KOs Last: L (UD10) Ellie Scotney, April 5 Next: TBA
Record: 15-1, 3 KOs Last: W (UD10) Yuliahn Luna Avila, Dec. 13, 2025 Next: April 29 vs. Mariah Turner
Record: 19-2-1, 4 KOs Last: W (UD8) Joana Chavarria Lopez, Feb. 6 Next: TBA
Record: 44-12-2, 19 KOs Last: W (UD8) Liliana Martinez, Sept. 19, 2025 Next: TBA
Record: 19-2, 8 KOs Last: W (UD10) Amanda Galle, Dec. 19, 2025 Next: TBA
Record: 13-1, 1 KO Last: W (UD10) Marianela Soledad Ramirez, Oct. 5, 2024 Next: TBA
Record: 15-5-1, 2 KOs Last: W (UD8) Krystal Rosado-Ortiz, Oct. 18, 2025 Next: TBA
Record: 18-5, 0 KOs Last: W (UD8) Beata Dudek, Feb. 1, 2025 Next: April 25 vs. Edith de Jesus Flores
Record: 8-0, 1 KO Last: W (MD10) Ellie Bouttell, Jan. 31 Next: TBA
Record: 10-0, 2 KOs Last: W (UD10) Gloria Gallardo, Nov. 22, 2025 Next: May 23 vs. Mai Soliman
Previous ranking: 3 Record: 37-4-1, 5 KOs Last: W (UD10) Tenkai Tsunami, March 14 Next: TBA
Record: 26-5-1, 6 KOs Last: W (TKO3) Emma Dolan, April 5 Next: TBA
Record: 15-0-1, 7 KO Last: W (UD10) Stephanie Silva, Dec. 13, 2025 Next: TBA
Record: 11-3, 4 KOs Last: W (TKO3) Sasha Booker, April 5 Next: TBA
Editor's note: Florencia Ayelen Juarez has been removed for inactivity.
Record: 18-0, 10 KOs Last: W (KO6) Viviana Ruiz Corredor, March 14 Next: TBA
Record: 19-1-1, 3 KOs Last: L (KO7) Gabriela Fundora, April 19, 2025 Next: TBA
Record: 12-6, 1 KOs Last: No-contest (NC2) Tamara Elisabeth Demarco, Nov. 8, 2025 Next: TBA
Record: 11-2, 3 KOs Last: L (UD10) Gabriela Celeste Alaniz, Oct. 29, 2025 Next: May 9 vs. Alexas Kubicki
Record: 37-4-1, 5 KOs Last: W (UD10) Tenkai Tsunami, March 14 Next: TBA
Record: 22-1-1, 8 KOs Last: W (TKO1) Sara Bailey, Sept. 20, 2025 Next: TBA
Record: 39-4, 5 KOs Last: W (MD10) Yesica Nery Plata, Oct. 18, 2025 Next: May 30 vs. Yokasta Valle
Record: 30-3, 3 KOs Last: L (MD10) Lourdes Juarez, Oct. 18, 2025 Next: TBA
Record: 7-1, 0 KOs Last: W (UD10) Mariela Ribera Valverde, April 11 Next: TBA
Record: 8-0-1, 1 KO Last: W (UD10) Federica Macri, April 11 Next: TBA
Record: 34-3, 10 KOs Last: W (UD10) Yadira Bustillos, Dec. 19, 2025 Next: May 30 vs. Lourdes Juarez
Record: 21-1, 7 KOs Last: W (SD10) Yuko Kuroki, Oct. 18, 2025 Next: TBA
Record: 22-2, 3 KOs Last: W (UD10) Sol Cudos, Sept. 27, 2025 Next: TBA
Record: 25-9-2, 10 KOs Last: L (SD10) Sarah Bormann, Oct. 18, 2025 Next: TBA
Record: 11-1-2, 3 KOs Last: W (UD10) Daiana Jackeline Ortiz, March 7 Next: TBA
Previous ranking: 4 Record: 13-0-1, 1 KO Last: W (UD10) Eri Matsuda, April 185 Next: TBA
Record: 10-1, 3 KOs Last: W (SD10) Nao Ugawa, April 7 Next: TBA
Record: 14-0, 1 KO Last: W (UD10) Claudia Veronica Ruiz, Feb. 21 Next: TBA
Previous ranking: 1 Record: 8-3-1, 1 KO Last: L (UD10) Esneidy Rodriguez Olmos, April 18 Next: TBA
Record: 12-3-1, 1 KO Last: W (MD10) Silvia Torres, Nov. 21, 2025 Next: May 17 vs. Watcharaporn Namphon
