The results of the Mayweather-Guerrero and Mares-Ponce de Leon fights had several ramifications for the Saturday Night Boxing Top-20 Rankings. With Floyd Mayweather's solid showing against Robert Guerrero, he retains his #1 ranking. As for Guerrero, he was not competitive in the fight after the third round and he exits the Rankings. On the undercard, Abner Mares had a resounding stoppage win over Daniel Ponce de Leon. He ascends to #8 in the Rankings. The following fighters dropped a spot: Vitali Klitschko (9), Nonito Donaire (10) and Tim Bradley (11).
Japanese southpaw banger Takashi Uchiyama debuts in the SNB Rankings after last week's knockout win over Jaider Parra. Uchiyama has now made seven defenses of his junior lightweight title. He enters the Rankings at #20. In addition, with Guerrero's exit from the SNB Top-20, the following fighters have moved up one position: Anselmo Moreno (15), Daniel Geale (16), Danny Garcia (17), Juan Estrada (18) and Saul Alvarez (19).
The complete list SNB Top-20 is below:
- Floyd Mayweather
- Andre Ward
- Juan Manuel Marquez
- Sergio Martinez
- Manny Pacquiao
- Wladimir Klitschko
- Guillermo Rigondeaux
- Abner Mares
- Vitali Klitschko
- Nonito Donaire
- Tim Bradley
- Roman Gonzalez
- Carl Froch
- Bernard Hopkins
- Anselmo Moreno
- Daniel Geale
- Danny Garcia
- Juan Estrada
- Saul Alvarez
- Takashi Uchiyama
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