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There were not many fights this past week but the ratings panel discussed movement in the lightweight division.

Cruiserweight: No. 6 Ilunga Makabu (17-1, 16 KOs) scored a ninth-round TKO over unranked veteran Glen Johnson. This result looks good on Makabu’s resume and he will benefit from the experience, but no movement in the ratings.

Lightweight: No. 2 Terence Crawford retained his WBO title, stopping unranked Yuriorkis Gamboa in nine rounds. Crawford will remain No. 2 behind No. 1 Miguel Vazquez. No. 4 Ricky Burns lost to unranked Dejan Zlaticanin, who dropped Burns in the first round and hurt Burns several times along the way to a deserved decision. Burns will be taken out of the ratings altogether. The panel also decided that Kevin Mitchell (38-2, 28 KOs), who in his last fight was losing to Ghislain Maduma on all three cards before scoring an 11^th-round TKO, is rated too high at No. 5. With Burns leaving the rankings the panel felt that Mitchell is not worthy of being the fourth best lightweight in the world. There was discussion about Gamboa entering at No. 10. However, due to his limited credentials at 135 and his inactivity, Dierry Jean (26-1, 18 KOs) will enter at No. 10. The rankings will be:

No. 1. Miguel Vazquez, 34-3, 13 KOs

No. 2. Terence Crawford, 24-0, 17 KOs

No. 3. Raymundo Beltran, 29-6-1, 17 KOs

No. 4. Daniel Estrada, 32-2-1, 24 KOs

No. 5. Omar Figueroa, 23-0-1, 17 KOs

No. 6. Juan Diaz, 39-4, 19 KOs

No. 7. Kevin Mitchell, 38-2, 28 KOs

No. 8. Jorge Linares, 36-3, 23 KOs

No. 9. Sharif Bogere, 25-1, 17 KOs

No. 10. Dierry Jean, 26-1, 18 KOs

Strawweight: No. 7 Osvaldo Novoa (14-4-1, 9 KOs) stopped unranked Alcides Martinez to retain his WBC crown. No. 2 Wanheng Menayothin (35-0, 11 KOs) stayed active with a six-round decision over unranked Samuel Tehuayo. No. 9 Ryuji Hara (18-0, 10 KOs) scored a unanimous decision over unranked Faris Nenggo. No movement.

No movement in the Pound For Pound rankings.