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The Super Featherweight division has seen some major star power leave its ranks in the past few years. That includes some great fighters like Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez, some aged legends like Marco Antonio Barrera and Erik Morales and some young champions as well, like Robert Guerrero and Humberto Soto. So what's next at 130 lbs, and who are the big dogs left in the Super Featherweight division rankings?

Super featherweight division rankings last updated June 2011.

1. Takashi Uchiyama - Although he has just 17 pro fights, he's undefeated and has 14 knockout wins. He's the WBA champion after knocking out Juan Carlos Salgado, the man who dethroned Jorge Linares via TKO1. He has since defended the title three times, all of which have been TKO victories.
2. Mzonke Fana – The South African 130 lbs scene is raging. Fana has a mixed record against his fellow countrymen, winning a split decision against Klassen, losing a majority decision to Baloyi, and then defeating Baloyi via UD to win the vacant IBF belt in his last outing. Outside of the first Baloyi fight, he lost only once in the decade, against Marco Antonio Barrera.
3. Ricky Burns - With just 8 KOs in 31 victories, you know what you're getting when you step in to face Ricky Burns. But even without much power, he was able to capture the WBO title from Roman Martinez in an exciting contest, and has since defended the belt twice, with a heated domestic showdown against Nicky Cook coming up next.
4. Takahiro Ao - He's the new WBC super featherweight champion after besting Vitali Tajbert, and has since made one successful defense of the belt. His two losses both came at featherweight, and were against tough competition at that weight class.
5. Roman Martinez – Just when you think you have a guy who has the potential to be the new Man in the division, he goes and drops a surprising decision. Martinez lost his belt to Ricky Burns in September, and hasn't yet returned to the ring. It was his first career loss in 26 fights.
6. Adrien Broner - Broner didn't win many people over with his lackluster win over Daniel Ponce de Leon. However, he crushed Jason Litzau with a 1st round KO to continue his rise and establish his place in the top 10 of the division.
7. Jorge Linares - Linares has reeled off 4 straight wins after his shocking 1st round KO loss to Juan Carlos Salgado in 2009. He has been fighting at catchweights in between super feather and lightweight, so it's unclear where he plans on campaigning from here on out.
8. Eloy Perez - Eloy Perez, the undefeated slickster from the West coast, stepped up in class several times over the past six months to grab the first big wins of his career. He could be in a title fight before the year is out.
9. Argenis Mendez - Mendez has now won six straight, including a recent win over Cassius Baloyi, and another win over Martin Honorio. He's still just 25 years old and is primed for a title shot.
10. Jorge Solis - The good news is that Solis has three straight wins at super featherweight. The bad news is that his most recent fight was a blowout, knockout loss at featherweight against Yuriorkis Gamboa. Will Solis rebound at his better weight of 130 lbs?

More Names: Vitali Tajbert, Jorge Solis, Cassius Baloyi, Luis Cruz, Diego Magdaleno, Jason Litzau, Malcolm Klassen

More Boxing Weight Class Rankings

• 122-126 lbs – Boxing Featherweight Division Rankings
• 130-135 lbs – Boxing Lightweight Division Rankings

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