In his last three fights Golovkin has wins over Kell Brook and Daniel Jacobs and a draw that should have been a victory against Saul "Canelo" Alvarez. His next fight is scheduled for May 5 against Alvarez, unless Alvarez's recent positive test for a banned substance ruins those plans.
2. Terence Crawford (32-0, 23 KOs)After stopping his last three opponents, all good fighters in John Molina Jr., Felix Diaz, and Julius Indongo. His next fight is scheduled for early June against Australian Jeff Horn who made a name for himself after being given a gift of a decision against Manny Pacquiao.
3. Vasyl Lomachenko (10-1, 8 KOs)There is just something special about the overwhelming skills of Lomachenko. If you need evidence of that look no further than all four of his most recent opponents quitting, including Guillermo Rigondeaux. Up next for Lomachenko is a fight against Jorge Linares in May.
4. Saul "Canelo" Alvarez (49-1-2, 34 KOs)Alvarez's record is even more impressive considering he is still only 27 years old. However, he got some bad publicity recently when it was revealed he tested positive for the banned substance clenbuterol. Hopefully those positive tests don't mean his May fight against Gennady Golovkin will be canceled.
5. Mikey Garcia (38-0, 30 KOs)Garcia recently captured a title in his fourth division when he beat Sergey Lipinets. Garcia was able to walk through the bigger fighter's punches and dropped Lipinets for the first time in his career. He doesn't have his next fine lined up yet but he will be staying in the junior welterweight division.
6. Errol Spence Jr. (23-0, 20 KOs)Spence Jr's last two fights were the biggest wins of his career. Those wins came against Kell Brook and Lamont Peterson. Known as a deadly body puncher, Spence will next put his IBF welterweight title on the line against Carlos Ocampo in June.
7. Sergey Kovalev (32-2-1, 28 KOs)After two controversial losses to Andre Ward, especially the first loss, Kovalev rebounded nicely by knocking out his next two opponents in the second and seventh rounds respectively. There is no word on his next fight but expect it to be good since the light heavyweight division is so stacked.
8. Keith Thurman (28-0, 22 KOs)Thurman's last two fights against Shawn Porter and Danny Garcia were both close but convincing wins. However, injuries have only allowed Thurman to fight once in each of the last two years. His next fight is scheduled for May but no opponent has been named yet so don't expect it to be anything more than a tune-up bout.
9. Srisaket Sor Rungvisai (45-4-1, 40 KOs)Before 2017 most boxing fans probably had little idea who Rungvisai even was. That all changed when he beat Roman "Chocolatito" Gonzalez by majority decision and then knocked him out in the fourth round of their rematch. He then went on to beat Juan Francisco Estrada in February of this year and as of now there is no word on his next fight.
10. Guillermo Rigondeaux (17-1, 11 KOs)Despite quitting in his most recent fight against Vasyl Lomachenko, Rigondeaux remains a top talent. He moved up in weight for that fight and clearly didn't handle it well. Rigondeaux still remains a very avoided fighter in his usual junior featherweight division and when he fights at his normal weight expect him to look as elusive as usual.
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