Pound-for-pound rankings: Spence, GGG, Usyk all fought ... where did they land?

Who is the world's best fighter, regardless of weight class? Check out ESPN's latest top 10.

Our ESPN panel of Dan Rafael, Andre Ward, Timothy Bradley Jr., Joe Tessitore, Teddy Atlas, Steve Kim, Bernardo Pilatti, Eric Raskin, Nick Parkinson, Nigel Collins, Charles Moynihan and Salvador Rodriguez share their lists.

Showtime boxing analyst Eric Raskin pulled Oleksandr Usyk out of the top 10 with a simple and valid explanation.

"It's a matter of pound-for-pound philosophy," Raskin said. "If Usyk is now a heavyweight, I believe he should be judged as such and not given extra credit for being smaller than other heavyweights. For example, in the early 2000s, nobody ranked Chris Byrd above Lennox Lewis pound-for-pound, even though Byrd was arguably better on a per-pound basis. We simply don't know yet if Usyk is elite in this division. I don't rank Wilder, Fury or Ruiz in my pound-for-pound top 10, so until I see some evidence to suggest Usyk will succeed against some of those top heavyweights, I feel it's appropriate to remove him from my top 10 pound-for-pound."

Don't forget to also check out Dan Rafael's divisional rankings, which are updated weekly.

For a list of the current champions in all weight classes, click here.

Note: Results are through Wednesday, Oct. 16.

1. VASILIY LOMACHENKO  

RECORD: 14-1, 10 KOs
DIVISION: Lightweight (unified champion)
LAST FIGHT: W (UD12) Luke Campbell, Aug. 31
NEXT FIGHT: TBA

2. TERENCE CRAWFORD  

RECORD: 35-0, 26 KOs
DIVISION: Welterweight (titlist)
LAST FIGHT: W (TKO6) Amir Khan, April 20
NEXT FIGHT: Dec. 14 vs. Egidijus Kavaliauskas

3. CANELO ALVAREZ  

RECORD: 52-1-2, 35 KOs
DIVISION: Middleweight (champion)
LAST FIGHT: W (UD12) Daniel Jacobs, May 4
NEXT FIGHT: Nov. 2 vs. Sergey Kovalev

4. NAOYA INOUE  

RECORD: 18-0, 16 KOs
DIVISION: Bantamweight (titlist)
LAST FIGHT: W (KO2) Emmanuel Rodriguez, May 18
NEXT FIGHT: Nov. 7 vs. Nonito Donaire

5. ERROL SPENCE JR.  

RECORD: 25-0, 21 KOs
DIVISION: Welterweight (unified titlist)
LAST FIGHT: W (SD12) Shawn Porter, Sept. 28
NEXT FIGHT: TBA

6. OLEKSANDR USYK  

RECORD: 16-0, 12 KOs
DIVISION: Heavyweight
LAST FIGHT: W (TKO7) Chazz Witherspoon, Oct. 12
NEXT FIGHT: TBA

7. GENNADIY GOLOVKIN  

RECORD: 39-1-1, 35 KOs
DIVISION: Middleweight (titlist)
LAST FIGHT: W (UD12) Sergiy Derevyanchenko, Oct. 5
NEXT FIGHT: TBA

8. JUAN FRANCISCO ESTRADA  

RECORD: 39-3, 26 KOs
DIVISION: Junior bantamweight (champion)
LAST FIGHT: W (TKO9) Dewayne Beamon, Aug. 24
NEXT FIGHT: TBA vs. Khalid Yafai

9. MANNY PACQUIAO  

RECORD: 62-7-2, 39 KOs
DIVISION: Welterweight (titlist)
LAST FIGHT: W (SD12) Keith Thurman, July 20
NEXT FIGHT: TBA

10. MIKEY GARCIA  

RECORD: 39-1, 30 KOs
DIVISION: Welterweight
LAST FIGHT: L (UD12) Errol Spence Jr., March 16
NEXT FIGHT: TBA

Others receiving votes: Deontay Wilder (15), Oscar Valdez (6), Regis Prograis (5), Leo Santa Cruz (3), Srisaket Sor Rungvisai (3), Shawn Porter (2), Miguel Berchelt (2), Kosei Tanaka (1), Oleksandr Gvozdyk (1).

The formula

The rankings are based on a descending points system, with a first-place vote receiving 10 points, a second-place vote receiving nine points and so on. A tie goes to the fighter with the highest ranking, and then with the most votes at that ranking.

How our writers voted

Atlas: 1. Lomachenko, 2. Crawford, 3. Spence, 4. Inoue, 5. Canelo, 6. Usyk, 7. Pacquiao, 8. Garcia, 9. Santa Cruz, 10. Gvozdyk

Rafael: 1. Lomachenko, 2. Crawford, 3. Canelo, 4. Usyk, 5. Spence, 6. Inoue, 7. Pacquiao, 8. Golovkin, 9. Estrada, 10. Garcia

Bradley: 1. Lomachenko, 2. Crawford, 3. Canelo, 4. Inoue, 5. Usyk, 6. Prograis, 7. Spence, 8. Pacquiao, 9. Estrada, 10. Golovkin

Ward: 1. Crawford, 2. Lomachenko, 3. Canelo, 4. Usyk, 5. Inoue, 6. Wilder, 7. Spence, 8. Pacquiao, 9. Estrada, 10. Garcia

Tessitore: 1. Crawford, 2. Lomachenko, 3. Inoue, 4. Usyk, 5. Canelo, 6. Spence, 7. Golovkin, 8. Estrada, 9. Garcia, 10. Berchelt

Collins 1. Crawford, 2. Lomachenko, 3. Canelo, 4. Inoue, 5. Usyk, 6. Golovkin, 7. Estrada, 8. Spence, 9. Pacquiao, 10. Berchelt

Kim 1. Inoue, 2. Lomachenko, 3. Crawford, 4. Usyk, 5. Canelo, 6. Estrada, 7. Spence, 8. Golovkin, 9. Garcia, 10. Tanaka

Parkinson: 1. Lomachenko, 2. Crawford, 3. Canelo, 4. Inoue, 5. Usyk, 6. Spence, 7. Golovkin, 8. Garcia, 9. Estrada, 10. Santa Cruz

Raskin 1. Lomachenko, 2. Crawford, 3. Canelo, 4. Inoue, 5. Spence, 6. Estrada, 7. Pacquiao, 8. Sor Rungvisai, 9. Porter, 10. Garcia

Moynihan: 1. Lomachenko, 2. Spence, 3. Crawford, 4. Canelo, 5. Inoue, 6. Wilder, 7. Usyk, 8. Golovkin, 9. Valdez, 10. Garcia

Pilatti: 1. Lomachenko, 2. Spence, 3. Crawford, 4. Inoue, 5. Canelo, 6. Golovkin, 7. Valdez, 8. Wilder, 9. Estrada, 10. Pacquiao

Rodriguez: 1. Lomachenko, 2. Crawford, 3. Canelo, 4. Usyk, 5. Inoue, 6. Spence, 7. Golovkin, 8. Estrada, 9. Wilder, 10. Garcia

ESPN experts' poll

1st place: Lomachenko (9), Crawford (3), Inoue (1)

2nd place: Crawford (7), Lomachenko (4), Spence (2)

3rd place: Canelo (8), Crawford (3), Spence (1), Inoue (1)

4th place: Inoue (6), Usyk (5), Spence (1), Canelo (1)

5th place: Canelo (4), Inoue (3), Usyk (3), Spence (2), Pacquiao (1)

6th place: Spence (3), Golovkin (2), Estrada (2), Usyk (2), Inoue (1), Prograis (1)

7th place: Spence (3), Golovkin (3), Pacquiao (3), Usyk (1), Estrada (1), Garcia (1), Valdez (1)

8th place: Golovkin (4), Estrada (2), Pacquiao (2), Garcia (2), Spence (1), Sor Rungvisai (1)

9th place: Estrada (6), Garcia (2), Pacquiao (1), Porter (1), Valdez (1), Berchelt (1), Leo Santa Cruz (1)

10th place: Garcia (5), Berchelt (2), Inoue (1), Golovkin (1), Pacquiao (1), Gvozdyk (1), Tanaka (1)