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Maravilla asserts himself in the WBN P4P Top 10


Phil D. Jay                                           
WBN Editor                                  ( ) = Record in 2012                      [ ] =  Jan 2012 ranking


1. Floyd Mayweather (1-0) [1]

2. Manny Pacquiao (0-1) [2] 

3. Andre Ward (1-0, 1 KO)  [7]
4. Nonito Donaire (2-0) [4] 
5. Sergio Martinez (2-0, 1 KO) [10]                                                      
6. Wladimir Klitschko (2-0, 2 KO) [5]                                                               
7. Juan Manuel Marquez (1-0) [11]
8. Vitali Klitschko (2-0, 1 KO) [9]  
9. Carl Froch (1-0, 1 KO) [22] 
10. Timothy Bradley (1-0) [14]                                             
11. Miguel Cotto (0-1) [8]                                                  
12. Chris John (1-0) [13]                                                           
13. Jorge Arce (1-0, 1 KO) [17] 
14. Saul Alvarez (2-0, 1 KO) [16] 
15. Devon Alexander (1-0) [29]
16. Pongsaklek Wonjongkam (0-1) [3] 
17. Brandon Rios (1-0) [20]    
18. Danny Garcia (2-0, 1 KO) [NE]
19. Robert Guerrero (1-0) [23]  
20. Lamont Peterson [18]                                                                
21. Yuriorkis Gamboa [19]                                                                                         
22. Lucian Bute [12] (0-1)                                                            
23. Amir Khan (0-1, 1 KO) [15]
24. Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (2-1, 1 KO) [31]
25. Brian Viloria (1-0, 1 KO) [30]
26. Hernan Marquez (1-0) [34] 

27. Mikkel Kessler (1-0, 1 KO) [32] 
28. Andre Berto [28]
29. Abner Mares (1-0) [33] 
30. Chad Dawson (1-1) [24]

31. Paul Williams (1-0) [36]*
32. Ricky Burns (1-0) [44]

33. Tavoris Cloud (1-0) [35]
34. Adrien Broner (2-0,2 KO) [NE]
35. Anselmo Moreno (1-0, 1 KO) [38]
36. Orlando Salido (2-0, 2 KO) [42] 
37. Felix Sturm (1-1) [37]
38. Toshiaki Nishioka [39]
39. Humberto Soto (1-1) [27]
40. Alexander Povetkin (1-0) [46]
41. Marco Huck (0-1-1) [21]  
42. Daniel Geale (2-0) [NE]

43. Guillermo Rigondeaux (2-0,2 KO) [NE]
44. Fernando Montiel (2-0, 1 KO) [NE]
45. Zab Judah (1-0, 1 KO) [NE]
46. Paulie Malignaggi (1-0, 1 KO) [NE]
47. Donnie Nietes (1-0) [NE] 
48. Gennady Golovkin (2-0) [NE]

49. Randall Bailey (1-0, 1 KO) [NE]
50. Lucas Matthysse (3-0, 3 KO's) [NE]

*Paul Williams will remain in the Top 50 until one year from his tragic accident out of respect

*Rankings are based on world title wins, multi-weight title wins, calibre of opponents, longevity and activity in a calender year.

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