Mayweather Stays, Roman Rises: Pound for Pound Update
By Cliff Rold
He’s still undefeated.
He’s still number one.
Floyd Mayweather’s place at the top of the list is likely to hold until he loses, but there are new faces arriving to pursue his mythical crown. Perhaps none is more exciting than Flyweight Roman Gonzalez. Given a chance in his third division, Gonzalez did what he does in title shots and stopped tough veteran Akira Yaegashi to capture the Flyweight crown.
Previously fifth, it was enough to merit a rise. How high? Click below to find out.
Since the last update, way back after Mayweather-Marcos Maidana I, we’ve seen Sergio Martinez lose the Middleweight crown to Miguel Cotto, Carl Froch avenge a win to George Groves, and a unified titlist in arguably boxing’s best class turn in a master class against a former world champion. Was Cotto’s win over Martinez, who exits, enough to erase his consecutive losses in 2012 or does it all add up to a near miss?
When will Andre Ward’s legal issues and subsequent inactivity affect the list? Has it played a role already?
All these answers and more await.
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
