Women’s Ratings Update: Evelin Bermudez jumps to No. 1 at junior flyweight
Another working week has brought a few changes to our top Women’s Ratings.
In the most important fight of the weekend, Argentina’s Evelin Bermudez retained her two junior flyweight belts with a comfortable victory over formidable Jessica Basulto in what may be the last boxing card ever held at Buenos Aires’ Luna Park stadium.
Basulto was very aggressive and led throughout, but Bermudez never lost his composure and remained focused, connecting with power and precision before Basulto’s corner opted to throw in the towel in the eighth round to save their star from further punishment.
Previously ranked at No. 2 in the division behind Jessica Nery Plata, it was suggested that Bermudez could jump to the very top of the division based on her performance against a tough and worthy opponent, and the polls support that idea.
“Evelin Bermúdez puts a lot of effort into each fight,” said writer and TV producer/analyst Yesica Palmetta. This was a challenge that allowed him to show his qualities beyond what many of us might have imagined.”
“Bermudez and (Nery Plata) are coin-flip 1 and 2. I have a feeling that we will continue to change their spots every time they fight, until they fight for The Ring Championship. But I agree that Evelin deserves a promotion, if only a little,” said RingTV senior writer Jake Donovan, while Christopher Benedict added that “Bermudez has proven his worth as a unified champion at the age of 108, who deserves to be at the top of Nery Plata. , who has never He has fought since December and currently has nothing left on his schedule. An undisputed clash between these two would be a hole.”
Therefore, Bermudez is the new number 1 in the deep division of 108-pound talent.
In the junior featherweight, Thai-German competitor Phannarai Netirri defeated Maria Rivera and caught the eye of the panel, who voted her 122 over the inactive (11 months and counting) Mayeli Flores to take the 5th place in our rankings, but not without objections being raised.
“I will keep Flores in his position, said writer Irene Deserti. “Rivera is not a high-quality competitor for Netsiri’s victories to change his career in any way, other than adding some wins and experience. I can maintain this situation and hope that Flores’ year of inactivity will really come to an end.”
Diego M. Morilla has written for The Ring since 2013. He has written for HBO.com, ESPN.com and many other magazines, websites, newspapers and outlets since 1993. He is a full member of the Boxing Writers Association of America and a voter for the International Boxing Hall of Fame. She has won two first place awards in the BWAA’s annual writing contest, and is the moderator of The Ring’s Women’s Ratings Panel. He worked as a copy editor for the second season of The Ring en Español (2018-2020) and is currently a writer and editor for RingTV.com.
