Mayweather vs Marquez

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23 different fighters that presented by 10 world best boxing promoter conduct the boxing polls.It was participated by 30 boxing sports writers and one was my favorite writer - Kevin lole.This article was written last February 12, 2009. Here are the top TEN list started from the highest points down.
Top Rank - 91 points:
Led by undisputed No. 1 Manny Pacquiao, it had three fighters in the top 10 and eight fighters receive at least one vote.
Yahoo! Sports top 10 for February 2009 polls:
1. Manny Pacquiao
Points: 300 (30 of 30 first-place votes)
Record: 48-3-2 (37 KOs)
Title: WBC lightweight champion
Last outing: TKO8 over Oscar De La Hoya on Dec. 6Previous
ranking: 1Up
next fight: May 2 in Las Vegas vs. Ricky Hatton for super lightweight title
Analysis: Overall game has improved dramatically in last two years
2. Juan Manuel Marquez
Points: 261
Record: 49-4-1 (35 KOs)
Title: Ring lightweight champion
Last outing: TKO11 over Joel Casamayor on Sept. 13
Previous ranking: 3Up
next: Feb. 28 in Houston vs. Juan Diaz
Analysis: Desperate for another crack at Pacquiao
3. Israel Vazquez
Points: 205
Record: 43-4 (31 KOs)
Title: WBC and Ring super bantamweight champion
Last outing: W12 over No. 7 Rafael Marquez on March 1
Previous ranking: 4Up next: TBA
Analysis: Hopeful he can return to action from eye surgery by June
4. Bernard HopkinsPoints: 197 ½
Record: 49-5 (32 KOs)
Title: None
Last outing: W12 over Kelly Pavlik on Oct. 18
Previous ranking: 5Up
next: TBA
Analysis: Joe Calzaghe’s retirement makes Hopkins’ more likely
5. Shane Mosley
Points: 131
Record: 46-5 (39 KOs)
Title: WBA welterweight champion
Last outing: TKO9 over Antonio Margarito on Jan. 24
Previous ranking: NRUp
next: TBA
Analysis: Looked like the Mosley of 2000 in dominating victory
6. Rafael Marquez
Points: 123
Record: 37-5 (33 KOs)
Title: None
Last outing: L12 to No. 4 Israel Vazquez on March 1
Previous ranking: 7
Up next: TBA
Analysis: Hasn’t won in nearly two years, but still moves up in rankings
7. Paul Williams
Points: 108
Record: 36-1 (27 KOs)
Title: Interim WBO junior middleweight champion
Last outing: TKO8 over Verno Phillips on Nov. 29
Previous ranking: 8Up
next: April 11 in Las Vegas vs. Winky Wright
Analysis: Is fighting at middleweight but considers himself a welterweight
8. Miguel Cotto
Points: 84
Record: 32-1 (26 KOs)
Title: None
Last outing: TKO by 11 to Antonio Margarito on July 26
Previous ranking: 9Up
next: Feb. 21 in New York against Michael Jennings
Analysis: Legitimacy of only loss now in question after Margarito hand wrap controversy
9. Ivan Calderon
Points: 60Record: 32-0 (6 KOs)
Title: WBO light flyweight champion
Last outing: TD7 over Hugo Cazares on Aug. 30
Previous ranking: 10Up
next: TBA
Analysis: Quickest fighter in lower weights
10. Vic Darchinyan
Points: 52
Record: 32-1-1 (26 KOs)
Title: WBA, WBC, IBF super flyweight champion
Last outing: TKO11 over Jorge Arce on Feb. 7
Previous ranking: NRUp
next: TBA
Analysis: Powerful southpaw hoping to hold titles in three weight classes in 2009
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01.HEAVYWEIGHT(unlimited)
WBA - Nikolay Valuev 50-1(34)
WBC - Vitali Klitschko 36-2(35)
IBF - Wladimir Klitschko 52-3 (46)
02.CRUISERWEIGHT (190 pounds)
.....Guillermo Jones 36-3-2(28)
.....Giacobbe Fragmeni 26-1(11)
.....Tomasz Adamek 36-1 (24)
03.LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT (175 pounds)
......Hugo Hernan Garay 31-3(17)
......Adrian Diaconu 25-0(15)
.......Chad Dawson 27-0 (17)
04.SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHT (168 pounds)
.......Mikkel Kessler 41-1 (31)
.......Carl Froch 24-0 (19)
....... Lucian Bute 23-0 (18)
05.MIDDLEWEIGHT (160 pounds)
......Felix Sturm 31-2-1(13)
...... Kelly Pavlik 35-1 (31)
.......Arthur Abraham 28-0 (23)
06.JUNIOR MIDDLEWEIGHT (154 pounds)
----SUPER WELTERWEIGHT
.......Daniel Santos 32-31-1 (23)
.......(B) Vernon Forrest 41-3(29)
.......Verno Phillips 42-10-1 (21)
07.WELTERWEIGHT (147 pounds)
......(C) Yuriy Nuzhnenko 28-0-1(13)
......Andre Berto 24-0(19)
......JoshuaClottey 35-2 (20)
08.SUPER LIGHTWEIGHT (140 pounds)
......Andreas Kotelnik 31-2-1(13)
......Timothy Bradley 23-0(11)
.......Juan Urango 21-1-1 (16)
09.LIGHTWEIGHT *(135 pounds)
......Paulus Mosses 24-0-0(17)
......(D) Manny Pacquiao 48-3-2(36)
......VACANT
10.JUNIOR LIGHTWEIGHT (130 pounds)
----SUPER FEATHERWEIGHT
..... Jorge Linares 26-0-0(17)
......Humberto Soto 46-7-2(29)
...... Cassius Baloyi 36-3-1 (19)
11.FEATHERWEIGHT (126 pounds)
.....Chris John 42-0-1(22)
.....Oscar Larios 63-6-1(39)
......Cristobal Cruz 38-11-1 (23)
12.JR FEATHERWEIGHT (122 pounds)
----SUPER BANTAMWEIGHT
.......(E) Celestino Caballero 31-2(22)
.......Toshiaki Nishioka 33-4-3 (20)
.......Celetino Caballero 31-2 (22)
13.BANTAMWEIGHT (118 pounds)
.....Anselmo Moreno 24-1-1(8)
.....Hozumi Hasegawa 25-2(9)
.....Joseph Agbeko 26-1 (22)
14.JR BANTAMWEIGHT (115 pounds)
----SUPER FLYWEIGHT
......Nobuo Nashiro 12-1(7)
......(E) Vic Darchinyan 31-1-1-(25)
......Vic Darchinyan 32-1-1-(26)
15.FLYWEIGHT (112 pounds)
.....Denkaosan Kaovichit 46-1-1 (20)
.....Daisuke Naito 34-2-3 (22)
.....Nonito Donaire 20-1 (13)
16.JUNIOR FLYWEIGHT (108pounds) Ulises
----LIGHT FLYWEIGHT
......(G) Brahim Asloum 23-2 (9)
......Edgar Sosa 34-5 (18)
......Ulises Solis 28-1-2 (20)
17.MINIMUMWEIGHT (105 pounds) (H) Oleydong Raul
----STRAWWEIGHT
......Roman Gonzalez 21-0(19)
......(H) Oleydong Sithsamerchai 29-0(12)
.......Raul Garcia 25-0-1 (15)
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