The Yahoo! Sports Top 10 remained constant, with no changes in the rankings. However, given HBO’s decision to no longer televise fights involving Golden Boy Promotions fighters, that makes a distinct split on where the fighters can be found on television in the U.S.
Floyd Mayweather, once again the poll’s top-rated fighter, can be found exclusively now on Showtime’s pay-per-view arm. Andre Ward, Sergio Martinez, Juan Manuel Marquez, Manny Pacquiao and Timothy Bradley are primarily HBO fighters. Wladimir Klitschko, Carl Froch and Vitali Klitschko aren’t regulars on any network in the U.S., though Epix HD has picked up their most recent fights.
With that, here are the latest Yahoo! Sports boxing top 10 rankings:
Mayweather 1. Floyd Mayweather Jr. Points: 297 (27 of 30 first-place votes) Record: 43-0 (26 KOs) Title: WBA super welterweight champion/WBC welterweight champion Last outing: W12 over Miguel Cotto on May 5 Previous ranking: 1 Up next: Title defense vs. Robert Guerrero on May 4
Ward
2. Andre Ward Points: 264 (3 of 30 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: 217 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: 204 Record: 31-1 (20 KOs) Title: WBO super bantamweight champion Last outing: KO3 over Jorge Arce on Dec. 15 Previous ranking: 5 Up next: Title unification vs. Guillermo Rigondeaux on April 13
Pacquiao 6. Manny Pacquiao Points: 113 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: 112 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: Title defense vs. Francesco Pianeta on May 4
Bradley
8. Timothy Bradley Points: 64 Record: 30-0 (12 KOs) Title: WBO welterweight champion Last outing: W12 over Ruslan Provodnikov on March 16 Previous ranking: 8 Up next: Nothing scheduled
V. Klitschko 9. Vitali Klitschko Points: 55 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: Title unification vs. Mikkel Kessler on May 25
Others receiving votes: Abner Mares, 25; Adrien Broner, 14; Robert Guerrero, 7; Bernard Hopkins, 5; Brian Viloria, 5; Roman Gonzalez, 3; Austin Trout, 3; Canelo Alvarez, 2; Gennady Golovkin, 1.
