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So Pascal goes down one beating Gonzales who goes up one in position? Very strange that should happen.
Pascal was demoted because although he got the decision over Gonzalez I felt he would have been very lucky to get a draw. Some have called the fight a robbery. I thought it was close but that Pascal hadn't done enough to win. Pascal was coming off a loss; add to that a debatable win over a previously unranked fighter and the demotion seems fair.

Gonzalez enters due his performance even though he was the official loser on the cards. He fought a top 10 contender to a questionable decision loss.
That is subjective, as many people had Pascal winning and it was close not a robbery.
Like I said I had Gonzalez winning. I have watched the fight numerous times and the best I could give Pascal would have been a draw. The majority of the time I scored it to Gonzalez by a round. I think that is reflected in the rankings. Gonzalez deserved to enter and Pascal was only demoted a spot as I could see the possibility of a draw. But ultimately I thought Gonzalez had done enough to win.

You could compare it to yesterday's Payano vs Warren Bout. That fight was also close but I thought the right guy got the decision. Warren could have arguably got a draw but the 2 two times I have watched it I thought Payano won. Warren definitely advanced to just outside the 10 along with Rodrigo Guerrero and Lee Haskins, but unlike the Pascal/ Gonzalez fight I didn't think Warren won.

Danny Garcia is now officially a Welterweight.



Ratings updated:

https://boxranks.wordpress.com/2015/...4-august-2015/



MIDDLEWEIGHT:

Number nine Daniel Jacobs (30-1, 27 KOs) traded first round knockdowns with fringe contender Sergio Mora (28-4-2, 9 KOs). Mora went down again in the second where he suffered an injury to his right ankle and was unable to continue. Jacobs was awarded a second round stoppage victory. No changes.

WELTERWEIGHT:

Former Super-Lightweight Champion Danny Garcia (31-0, 18 KOs) enters at number ten after scoring a ninth round stoppage over veteran fringe contender Paul Malignaggi (33-7, 7 KOs). Previous number ten Robert Guerrero (33-3-1, 18 KOs) exits to make room for Garcia.

SUPER-LIGHTWEIGHT:

Danny Garcia (30-0, 17 KOs) is removed as Champion as he is now campaigning at Welterweight and he has not scheduled a defense at this weight within fifteen months.

LIGHTWEIGHT:

Number ten Emiliano Marsili (32-0-1, 14 KOs) won a twelve round unanimous decision over unrated Gamaliel Diaz (38-13-3, 17 KOs). No changes.

FEATHERWEIGHT:

Previous number five Jhonny Gonzalez (58-9, 49 KOs) stopped unrated Kazuki Hashimoto (11-5, 7 KOs) in the second round of a Super-Featherweight bout. Gonzalez exits as he has officially moved up in weight. Everyone rated six through ten last time advances a place each. Eric Hunter (21-3, 11 KOs) enters at number ten.

SUPER-BANTAMWEIGHT:

Number seven Chris Avalos (26-3, 19 KOs) won an eight round unanimous decision over unrated Rey Perez (20-7, 5 KOs) in a Featherweight bout. No changes.

BANTAMWEIGHT:

Number four Juan Carlos Payano (17-0, 8 KOs) won a very close twelve round split decision over unrated Rau’shee Warren (13-1, 4 KOs). No changes.