"Devin Haney returns to the top 10 of the ESPN men's pound-for-pound rankings for the first time in 20 months following a unanimous decision victory over Brian Norman Jr. on Saturday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to win the WBO welterweight title. After Haney's majority decision loss to Ryan Garcia in April 2024, a result that was later changed to a no decision following Garcia's positive test for a banned substance, Haney fell out of the top 10."
""I grade [my performance] B+," Banavidez said during his post-fight interview on DAZN. "I'm not going to lie. I think I could have done a little bit stuff better, but there's always room for improvement. People wanted to see the knockout. They said, I couldn't stop this guy [that] I had no power at 175 and you know, I made it look [easy].""
Devin Haney re-entered ESPN men's pound-for-pound top 10 after a unanimous decision win over Brian Norman Jr. in Riyadh, capturing the WBO welterweight title. Haney had previously fallen out of the top 10 following a majority decision loss to Ryan Garcia in April 2024, a result later changed to a no decision after Garcia tested positive for a banned substance; Haney was knocked down three times in that bout. Haney now occupies No. 10, displacing Canelo Alvarez. David Benavidez defended his WBC and WBA "regular" light heavyweight titles with a seventh-round KO of Anthony Yarde and moved to No. 7. Jesse "Bam" Rodriguez unified three junior bantamweight titles and retained his No. 5 ranking.
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