Gonzales piled up a big early lead in his 10-round draw with unbeaten 6-foot-4 South African Thomas Oosthuizen and undoubtedly won new followers. But it doesn’t push him past Karim Mayfield or Ava Knight in the rankings, which are part of a compilation by Ryan Maquiñana via Comcast. Just as spring defeats suffered by Nonito Donaire and Robert Guerrero didn’t unseat them from No. 2 and No. 3, respectively, Gonzales (17-0-1) didn’t quite alter any pecking orders. We ranked him No. 6 because we knew he was this good. He may have exceeded expectations outside our state, but we thought he had a decent shot at upsetting Oosthuizen. My 5-5 judgment of the bout could easily have swung to Gonzales....
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