Terence Crawford Wins WBA Title

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Boxing pound-for-pound rankings: Crawford wins, doesn't impress; where does he land?

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Terence Crawford defeats Ismail Madrimov to win the WBA belt in junior middleweight.

Crawford was ESPN 's top pound-for-pound fighter until Oleksandr Usyk took his spot with Tyson Fury last May .

Crawford retains his No. 2 spot, but the distance between him and No. 3 Naoya Inoue has narrowed to just 4 points.

GERVONTA DAVIS and SHAKUR STEVENSON are ranked No. 8 and No. 9 in the welterweight division.

The rankings are based on a descending points system, with a first -place vote awarding 10 points.

Others receiving votes: Junto Nakatani ( 12 ), Tyson Fury ( 9 ), Vasiliy Lomachenko (7), David Benavidez ( 5 ), Devin Haney ( 1 ).

ESPN experts' poll: Usyk ( 12 ), Crawford ( 4 ), Inoue ( 5 ), Usyke ( 4 ) Inouke ( 10 ), Crawford , Inouce ( 5 ) and Crawford (10) Usyko, Beterbiev, Bivol , B.Bivol (9), Davis , Stevenson , Benavidez ( 3 ), Lopez, Lomachenko ( 3 ) Nakatani Mascaro : 1 . Crawford , 2 . Inouse , 3 . Crawford ( 3 . Alvarez ), 4 . Stevenson ( 5 . Alvarez ) ( Stevenson ) ( 6 . Alvarez (7), Bivor) ( Beterb .