How a 42–0 Fighter Remains Outside Boxing’s Top 100 Lightweights

Abel Mendoza is undefeated, active, and nine years into his professional career. Yet despite a 42–0 record and more than 160 rounds logged, his name remains absent from boxing’s top-100 rankings at lightweight. On paper, that combination is unusual. In practice, it reveals what modern rankings actually reward — and what they often ignore. Mendoza,… Read More »How a 42–0 Fighter Remains Outside Boxing’s Top 100 Lightweights