by Cliff Rold

Welterweight: Felix Diaz, who appeared to do more than enough to defeat Lamont Peterson in his lone loss, got the cards he deserved in a win over rated Sammy Vasquez. He takes over Vasquez’s spot in the top ten. Consideration was given to re-inserting Manny Pacquaio as champion given the brevity of his ‘retirement’ but the formal announcement is treated consistently with past similar decisions.

Jr. Welterweight: Terence Crawford assumed the mantle of divisional champion with his win over Viktor Postol in July. Everyone below him moves up a spot and Sergey Lipinets returns to the top ten.

Featherweight: Carl Frampton’s thrilling win over Leo Santa Cruz sees him enter the top ten strong. Oscar Valdez moves up after another impressive win. Thabo Sonjica exits the top ten.

Jr. Featherweight: Frampton exits the top ten elevating those beneath him. Cesar Juarez enters the top ten after an upset of undefeated Albert Pagara. Jonathan Guzman also enters the top ten with a knockout of rated contender Shingo Wake.

Bantamweight: Marlon Tapales enters the top ten, winning a Fight of the Year contender against Pungluang Sor Singyu. A divisional champion will be crowned in the Yamanaka-Moreno rematch in September.

Jr. Bantamweight: David Sanchez exits having moved to bantamweight for a stoppage loss to Luis Nery.

Jr. Flyweight: Donnie Nietes exits the top ten having vacated his titles for a move to flyweight. Ryo Miyazaki enters the top ten.

Strawweight: Ageless Katsunari Takayama wins yet another belt in the class. It’s not enough for a bump in the ratings but a tip of the cap to a little man who just refuses to get old peacefully.

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Cliff Rold is the Managing Editor of BoxingScene, a founding member of the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board, and a member of the Boxing Writers Association of America.  He can be reached at roldboxing@hotmail.com