Floyd Mayweather Jr. kept his spot atop the Yahoo! Sports boxing rankings, garnering 27 of the 31 first-place votes. Gennady Golovkin garnered two votes in January’s boxing rankings. (USA Today)
Of the 20 fighters who received votes in the poll, only two fighters ? 19th-placed Gennady Golovkin and 20th-placed Mikey Garcia ? competed in January. Golovkin retained his WBA middleweight title by taking apart Gabe Rosado, and Garcia won the WBO featherweight crown by scoring a lopsided win over Orlando Salido.
There probably won’t be much movement in the rankings until the spring, given that the majority of the world’s elite fighters are scheduled to compete later in the year.
One fighter who is, WBC lightweight champion Adrien Broner, is expected to roll over Gavin Rees when they meet Feb. 16 in Atlantic City.
With that, here are the latest Yahoo! Sports boxing top 10 rankings:
Mayweather 1. Floyd Mayweather Jr. Points: 303 (27 of 31 first-place votes) Record: 43-0 (26 KOs) Title: WBA super welterweight champion Last outing: W12 over Miguel Cotto on May 5 Previous ranking: 1 Up next: Nothing scheduled
Ward 2. Andre Ward Points: 265 (3 of 31 first-place votes) Record: 26-0 (14 KOs) Title: WBA, WBC super middleweight champion Last outing: TKO 10 Chad Dawson on Sept. 8 Previous ranking: 2 Up next: Nothing scheduled
Marquez 3. Juan Manuel Marquez Points:228 Record: 55-6-1 (40 KOs) Title: None Last outing: KO6 No. 6 Manny Pacquiao on Dec. 8 Previous ranking: 3 Up next: Nothing scheduled
Martinez 4. Sergio Martinez Points: 215 (1 of 30 first-place votes) Record: 50-2-2 (28 KOs) Title: WBC middleweight champion Last outing: W12 Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. on Sept. 15 Previous ranking: 4 Up next: Title defense April 27 against Martin Murray
Donaire 5. Nonito Donaire Jr. Points: 207 Record: 31-1 (20 KOs) Title: WBO super bantamweight champion Last outing: KO3 over Jorge Arce on Dec. 15 Previous ranking: 5 Up next: Nothing scheduled
Pacquiao 6. Manny Pacquiao Points: 126 Record: 54-5-2 (38 KOs) Title: None Last outing: L BY KO6 to No. 3 Juan Manuel Marquez Previous ranking: 6 Up next: Nothing scheduled
W. Klitschko 7. Wladimir Klitschko Points: 111 Record: 59-3 (51 KOs) Title:IBF, WBA, WBO heavyweight champion Last outing: W12 over Mariusz Wach on Nov. 10 Previous ranking: 7 Up next: Nothing scheduled
Bradley 8. Timothy Bradley Points: 68 Record: 29-0 (12 KOs) Title: WBO welterweight champion Last outing: W12 over No. 6 Manny Pacquiao on June 9 Previous ranking: 8 Up next: Nothing scheduled
V. Klitschko 9. Vitali Klitschko Points: 49 Record: 45-2 (41 KOs) Title: WBC heavyweight champion Last outing: TKO 4 over Manuel Charr on Sept. 8 Previous ranking: 9 Up next: Nothing scheduled
Froch 10. Carl Froch Points: 48 Record: 30-2 (22 KOs) Title: IBF super middleweight champion Last outing: TKO3 Yusaf Mack on Nov. 17 Previous ranking: 10 Up next: Nothing scheduled
Others receiving votes: Abner Mares, 22; Adrien Broner, 17; Yuriorkis Gamboa, 10; Chris John, 7; Brian Viloria, 5; Canelo Alvarez, 3; Roman Gonzalez, 3; Robert Guerrero, 3; Gennady Golovkin, 2; Mikey Garcia, 1.
