June Ratings

(as of 6/26)

I’ve been doing these monthly ratings since 1983. There are 3 criteria I use to rate fighters:

•Quality of Opposition

•Performance

•Activity

I am not ranking the best from 1 to 10; rather, this is to see who deserves a title shot. I rate all 18 divisions, a time-consuming activity to say the least. Therefore, commentary only appears every 3rd month.

Some mistakingly think the Champion in each division is the guy who I think is the best. This is not the case. There are 2 criteria by which I determine Champions: the 1st is lineage (The Man who beat The Man who beat The Man); and the 2nd is defeating another fighter also ranked in the top 3 in the division.

“Inactive List” is for fighters who have not fought in 6 or more months. It may mean that he is or will be dropping in the ratings due to his inactivity. It is unfair to other fighters for a guy to sit on his rating. If a fighter has a fight scheduled or is injured, I try to take this into consideration.

I do not recognize “Super Champions” or other such nonsense. If the WBA wants to take its world title recognition from a fighter, then it has stripped him as far as I’m concerned.

Heavyweights (over 200 lbs)
Champion: VACANT
1. Vitali Klitschko (WBC)
2. James Toney (IBA)
3. Chris Byrd (IBF)
4. Lamon Brewster (WBO)
5. Hasim Rahman
6. Monte Barrett
7. Calvin Brock
8. Wladimir Klitschko
9. Luan Krasniqi
10. John Ruiz (WBA)

active: Brock
Inactive List: Byrd

Crusierweights (200 lbs)
Champion: Jean-Marc Mormeck (WBC)
1. O’Neill Bell (IBF)
2. Dale Brown
3. Wayne Braithwaite
4. Steve Cunningham
5. Guillermo Jones
6. Pietro Aurino
7. Krzys Wlodarczyk
8. Enzo Maccarinelli (WBU)
9. Alexandre Gurov
10. David Haye

active: Wlodarczyk, Maccarinelli, Aurino (out: Nelson-inactive, Thompson-inactive)

Lt. Heavyweights (175 lbs)
Champion: Zsolt Erdei (WBO)
1. Antonio Tarver (IBO)
2. Glenn Johnson
3. Julio Gonzalez
4. Fabrice Tiozzo (WBA)
5. Clinton Woods (IBF)
6. Thomas Ulrich
7. Montell Griffin
8. Medhi Sahnoune
9. Jorge Castro
10. Tomasz Adamek (WBC)

active: Tarver, Johnson

Super Middleweights (168 lbs)
Champion: VACANT
1. Joe Calzaghe (WBO)
2. Mikkel Kessler (WBA)
3. Robin Reid (IBO)
4. Jeff Lacy (IBF)
5. Rudy Markussen
6. Markus Beyer (WBC)
7. Danny Green
8. Anthony Mundine
9. Librado Andrade
10. Manny Siaca

active: Kessler, Mundine, Markussen

Middleweights (160 lbs)
Champion: Bernard Hopkins (IBF, WBC, WBO, IBC)
1. Winky Wright
2. Felix Sturm
3. Kingsley Ikeke
4. Sam Soliman
5. Howard Eastman
6. Fernando Vargas
7. Fernando Zuniga
8. Sergei Tatevosyan
9. David Lopez
10. Jermain Taylor

active: Sturm

Jr. Middleweights (154 lbs)
Champion: VACANT
1. Kassim Ouma (IBF)
2. Daniel Santos (WBO)
3. Sergei Dzindziruk
4. Ike Quartey
5. Verno Phillips
6. Javier Castillejo
7. Roman Karmazin
8. Joachim Alcine
9. Alex Garcia (WBA)
10. Rodney Jones

active: Quartey, Phillips (out: Martinez-displaced)
Inactive List: Santos

Welterweights (147 lbs)
Champion: Zab Judah (WBC, IBF)
1. Antonio Margarito (WBO)
2. Cory Spinks
3. Shane Mosley
4. Manuel Gomez
5. Thomas Damgaard
6. Oktay Urkal
7. Frederic Klose
8. Joshua Okine
9. Michel Trabant
10. David Barnes

active: Okine, Barnes, Damgaard (out: Zavala-moved down)

Jr. Welterweights (140 lbs)
Champion: Ricky Hatton (IBF, WBU)
1. Floyd Mayweather (WBC)
2. Kostya Tszyu
3. Miguel Cotto (WBO)
4. Carlos Maussa (WBA)
5. Ernesto Zepeda
6. Junior Witter
7. Cesar Bazan
8. Vivian Harris
9. Souleyman Mbaye
10. Gianluca Branco

active: Hatton, Mayweather, Tszyu, Cotto, Maussa, Harris, Zepeda (out: Gatti-lost, Abdulaev-lost)

Lightweights (135 lbs)
Champion: Diego Corrales (WBC, WBO)
1. Jose Luis Castillo
2. Juan Diaz (WBA)
3. Acelino Freitas
4. Almazbek Raiymkulov
5. Joel Casamayor
6. Matt Zegan
7. Julio Diaz
8. Aldo Rios (IBO)
9. Leavander Johnson (IBF)
10. Jose Armando Santa Cruz

active: Raiymkulov, Casamayor, Santa Cruz, Zegan, Rios, Julio Diaz, Johnson (out: Zoff-lost, Jauregui-displaced)
Inactive List: Freitas

Jr. Lightweights (130 lbs)
Champion: VACANT
1. Marco Antonio Barrera (WBC)
2. Erik Morales
3. Jesus Chavez
4. Carlos Hernandez
5. Robbie Peden (IBF)
6. Cassius Baloyi (IBO)
7. Manny Pacquiao
8. Vicente Mosquera (WBA)
9. Yodsanan Nanthachai
10. Jorge Barrios (WBO)

active: none

Featherweights (126 lbs)
Champion: VACANT
1. Juan Manuel Marquez (IBF, WBA)
2. Scott Harrison (WBO)
3. Injin Chi (WBC)
4. Rocky Juarez
5. Zahir Raheem
6. Chris John (WBA)
7. Johnny Tapia
8. Frank Archuleta
9. Spend Abazi
10. Hector Velazquez

active: Harrison, Abazi

Jr. Featherweights (122 lbs)
Champion: VACANT
1. Mahyar Monshipour (WBA)
2. Oscar Larios (WBC)
3. Joan Guzman (WBO)
4. Israel Vazquez (IBF)
5. Manabu Fukushima
6. Shiji Kimura
7. Celestino Caballero
8. Toshiaki Nishioka
9. Armando Guerrero
10. Akihiko Nago

active: Monshipour, Fukushima

Bantamweights (118 lbs)
Champion: VACANT
1. Rafael Marquez (IBF)
2. Ratanachai Sor Vorapin (WBO)
3. Silence Mabuza (IBO)
4. Hozumi Hasegawa (WBC)
5. Veeraphol Sahaprom
6. Cruz Carbajal
7. Genaro Garcia
8. Jhonny Gonzalez
9. Simone Maludrottu
10. Diego Morales

active: Sahaprom, Gonzalez

Jr. Bantamweights (115 lbs)
Champion: Katsushige Kawashima (WBC)
1. Martin Castillo (WBA)
2. Jose Navarro
3. Fernando Montiel (WBO)
4. Masamori Tokuyama
5. Mark Johnson
6. Luis Perez (IBF)
7. Gerson Guerrero
8. Ivan Hernandez
9. Medgoen Lukchaopormasak
10. Luis Maldonado

active: Castillo
Inactive List: Johnson

Flyweights (112 lbs)
Champion: Pongsaklek Wonjongkam (WBC)
1. Vic Darchinyan (IBF, IBO)
2. Jorge Arce
3. Brahim Asloum
4. Omar Narvaez (WBO)
5. Hussein Hussein
6. Lorenzo Parra (WBA, NBA)
7. Jose Lopez
8. Mhikiza Myekeni
9. Daisuke Naito
10. Denkaosan Kaovichit

active: Hussein

Jr. Flyweights (108 lbs)
Champion: VACANT
1. Rosendo Alvarez
2. Hugo Cazares (WBO)
3. Nelson Dieppa
4. Juanito Rubillar
5. Roberto Vasquez (WBA)
6. Eric Ortiz (WBC)
7. Will Grigsby (IBF)
8. Jose Victor Burgos
9. Shingo Yamaguchi
10. Pichitnoi Siriwat

active: none
Inactive List: Siriwat

Strawweights (105 lbs)
Champion: VACANT
1. Ivan Calderon (WBO)
2. Yutaka Niida (WBA, NBA)
3. Muhammad Rachman (IBF)
4. Eagle Akakura
5. Juan Landaeta
6. Chana Porpaoin
7. Satoshi Kogumazaka
8. Rodel Mayol
9. Omar Soto
10. Katsunari Takayama (WBC)

active: Calderon, Landaeta

World Champions: 8 (of 17)


these ratings © Phrank da Slugger 2005