Sugar Shane Mosely's knockout over Ricardo Mayorga shows he may have some big fights left.
He wants to fight Antonio Margarito. Paul Williams wants to fight Margarito. Everyone wants to fight Margarito.
Time is running out on Mosely but he's done enough to safely be in my top 100 all-time fighters.
While Mosely was generating more press, Juan Carlos Gomez of Cuba was moving into position for a title fight. He beat Ukrainian heavyweight Vladimir Virchis in a final eliminator for the WBC crown, meaning he's in line to fight the winner of Samuel Peter-Vitali Klitschko.
Gomez, who now fights out of Germany, was a dominant cruiserweight champion from 1998 to 2001. He's been fighting at heavyweight since 2002 and still hasn't been given a title shot despite the fact the division is a mess.
With the win, Gomez, who is 19-0 in title fights in his career, moved up two slots in the top 100. Here's the updated ranking from 75-90.
Rank, fighter, years, country, points
75. Hector Camacho, 1980-05, Puerto Rico, 47.446
76. Marcel Cerdan, 1934-49, France, 47.282
77. John Henry Lewis, 1928-39, U.S., 47.103
78. Panama Al Brown, 1922-42, Panama, 47.096
79. James Toney, 1988-07, U.S., 47.000
80. Sugar Shane Mosley, 1993-07, U.S., 46.840
81. Maxie Rosenbloom, 1923-39, U.S., 46.836
82. Myung Woo Yuh, 1982-93, South Korea, 46.653
83. Jack Dempsey, 1914-27, U.S., 46.639
84. Ratanapol Sor Vorapin, 1990-08, Thailand, 46.551
85. Marco Antonio Barrera, 1989-07, Mexico, 46.502
86. Juan Carlos Gomez, 1995-07, Cuba, 46.440
87. Freddie Welsh, 1905-22, United Kingdom, 46.370
88. Sven Ottke, 1997-04, Germany, 46.315
89. Wilfredo Benitez, 1973-90, Puerto Rico, 46.195
90. Miguel Angel Cotto, 2001-08, Puerto Rico, 46.156
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