Ranking Divisionales: Peso Junior Pluma

Check out my rankings within each division by clicking on the links below. If there is a lineal champion in a weight class, he is ranked No. 1.

Who is the best fighter regardless of weight class? See ESPN's pound-for-pound rankings.

For a list of the current champions in all weight classes, click here.

Note: Results through April 10. In an effort to provide the most up-to-date rankings, ESPN.com's division-by-division boxing rankings will be updated every Tuesday.

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BANTAMWEIGHT DIVISION (UP TO 118 LBS)

1. Shinsuke Yamanaka (27-0-2)
Yamanaka, a Japanese southpaw, made his 12th title defense on March 2 against Mexico's Carlos Carlson, who took a massive jump up in competition level and paid dearly. Yamanaka knocked him down five times in a one-sided seventh-round knockout victory. With one more successful defense Yamanaka can tie the Japanese record for world title defenses with Hall of Fame former junior flyweight titleholder Yoko Gushiken.
Next: TBA

2. Jamie McDonnell (29-2-1)
England's McDonnell retained his secondary title for the fourth time in April on the Anthony Joshua-Charles Martin card and dominated late replacement Fernando Vargas in a ninth-round knockout victory. Defense No. 5 came Nov. 12 in Monte Carlo against Venezuela's Liborio Solis, a former junior bantamweight titlist, and McDonnell got a gift decision in a mediocre performance. The decision was bad enough that a rematch has been ordered.
Next: TBA

3. Zhanat Zhakiyanov (27-1)
On Feb. 10, fighting in his 13th country and in the United States for the first time, Zhakiyanov scored an upset split decision over Rau'shee Warren in an exciting fight to win a world title. He became the first fighter trained by British legend Ricky Hatton to claim a belt.
Next: TBA

4. Rau'shee Warren (14-2)
In August 2015, Warren, a three-time U.S. Olympian, lost a debatable split decision challenging Juan Carlos Payano, a two-time Olympian from the Dominican Republic, for his world title. They met in a rematch on June 18, and this time Warren won a close but well-deserved majority decision to claim the belt and become the first 2012 U.S. Olympian to win a professional world title. In his first defense, on Feb. 10, Warren put on a good performance but lost a split decision to Zhanat Zhakiyanov in a result that could have gone either way. A rematch could be in the cards.
Next: TBA

5. Juan Carlos Payano (18-1)
In August 2015, Payano made his first title defense and claimed a split decision against Rau'shee Warren in a grueling and highly entertaining fight. They met in a rematch on June 18, and this time Payano was on the losing end of a competitive majority decision. He made his return Jan. 13 and knocked out Mexican journeyman Isao Gonzalo Carranza in the seventh round.
Next: TBA

Other contenders: Lee Haskins, Anselmo Moreno, Marlon Tapales, Zolani Tete, Luis Nery.