By Cliff Rold
The top two remain unchanged. Floyd Mayweather’s lopsided win over Manny Pacquiao further validated his place at the peak. Until someone beats him, he has earned the right to remain. His heir may be in place.
Roman Gonzalez finally has the opportunity to show the biggest money market in boxing what may already knew. The Flyweight destroyer is special and, scary as it might be for foes, may only be hitting his peak at age 27.
The rest of the list is well shook up. The great Juan Manuel Marquez (previously number 6) exits the list due to inactivity with no fights in a year and nothing scheduled. It’s a couple weeks shy of a year for Super Middleweight Carl Froch (previously number 7). With nothing scheduled and questions of if he will ever fight again, he also exits. Should anything change before the next update this can be reconsidered.
Pacquiao (previously 3) loses some ground off the Mayweather loss but how much? Do the exits make room for Gennady Golovkin? Who else might be arriving?
Last Update: November 28, 2014
Cliff Rold is the Managing Editor of BoxingScene and a member of the Transnational Boxing Ratings Board and the Boxing Writers Association of America. He can be reached at roldboxing@hotmail.com