Boxing: Inoue up to 2nd in pound-for-pound after Crawford retirement

Japan's undisputed super bantamweight world champion Naoya Inoue rose to second in The Ring boxing magazine's latest pound-for-pound rankings following the retirement of American five-division conqueror Terence Crawford.Inoue, awaiting his bout against Mexican challenger David Picasso on Saturday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, is behind only unified heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk of Ukraine.Crawford announced his retirement on Dec. 16, with the 38-year-old, the first male boxer in the four-belt era to become an undisputed champion in three weight classes, ending his career undefeated at 42-0…READ FULL ARTICLE