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 on February 16 in Atlantic City.
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
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 September 8
Previous ranking: 2
Up next: Nothing scheduled
3. Juan Manuel Marquez
Points:228
Record: 55-6-1 (40 KOs)
Title: None
Last outing: KO6 No. 6 Manny Pacquiao on December 8
Previous ranking: 3
Up next: Nothing scheduled
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 September 15
Previous ranking: 4
Up next: Title defense April 27 against Martin Murray
5. Nonito Donaire Jr.
Points: 207
Record: 31-1 (20 KOs)
Title: WBO super bantamweight champion
Last outing: KO3 over Jorge Arce on December 15
Previous ranking: 5
Up next: Nothing scheduled
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
7. Wladimir Klitschko
Points: 111
Record: 59-3 (51 KOs)
Title:IBF, WBA, WBO heavyweight champion
Last outing: W12 over Mariusz Wach on November 10
Previous ranking: 7
Up next: Nothing scheduled
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
9. Vitali Klitschko
Points: 49
Record: 45-2 (41 KOs)
Title: WBC heavyweight champion
Last outing: TKO 4 over Manuel Charr on September 8
Previous ranking: 9
Up next: Nothing scheduled
10. Carl Froch
Points: 48
Record: 30-2 (22 KOs)
Title: IBF super middleweight champion
Last outing: TKO3 Yusaf Mack on November 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.
Voting panel: Al Bernstein, Showtime; Ron Borges, Boston Herald; Damian Calhoun, Orange County Register; Brian Campbell, ESPN.com; Scott Christ, Bad Left Hook.com; Steve Cofield, ESPN Radio 1100; Dave Cokin, ESPN Radio 1100; Mike Coppinger, Ring; Gareth A. Davies, London Telegraph; Tris Dixon, Boxing News; Jake Donovan, BoxingScene.com; Andrew Eisele, About.com; Corey Erdman, Sirius/XM; Steve Farhood, Showtime; Thomas Gerbasi, BoxingScene.com; Nick Giongco, Manila Bulletin; Carlos Gonzalez, Primera Hora; Randy Gordon, Sirius/XM; Bryan Graham, Sports Illustrated.com; Lee Groves, Ring; Rafael Hernandez Brito, Univision; Keith Idec, The Record; Kevin Iole, Yahoo! Sports; Max Kellerman, HBO; Scott Mallon, Boxing Digest; Chris Mannix, Sports Illustrated.com; Rich Marotta, Fox Sports; David Mayo, MLive.com; Franklin McNeil, ESPN.com; Gunnar Meinhardt, Die Welt; Robert Morales, Los Angeles Daily News; Marty Mulcahey, MaxBoxing.com; Kieran Mulvaney, Reuters; Santos Perez, Miami Herald; Martin Rogers, Yahoo! Sports; Cliff Rold, BoxingScene.com; Mike Rosenthal, Ring; Lem Satterfield, Ring; Tim Smith, New York Daily News; Tim Starks, The Queensbury Rules; Don Steinberg, Philadelphia Inquirer/Wall Street Journal; T.K. Stewart, Ring; Dave Weinberg, Press of Atlantic City; George Willis, New York Post.
