June Ratings

(as of 6/29)

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. Wladimir Klitschko (IBF, IBO)
2. James Toney (IBA)
3. Hasim Rahman (WBC)
4. Chris Byrd
5. Calvin Brock
6. Nicolay Valuev (WBA)
7. Sergei Lyakhovitch (WBO)
8.Lamon Brewster
9. Samuel Peter
10. Tony Thompson

active: Valuev, Brock, Thompson (out: Barrett-inactive)

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

active: none (out: Braithwaite-inactive)

Lt. Heavyweights (175 lbs)
Champion: Zsolt Erdei (WBO)
1. Glen Johnson (IBA)
2. Clinton Woods (IBF)
3. Antonio Tarver
4. Tomasz Adamek (WBC)
5. Roy Jones
6. Julio Gonzalez
7. Thomas Ulrich
8. Paul Briggs
9. Chad Dawson
10. Jose Luis Herrera

active: Dawson, Tarver, Briggs (out: Harding-lost)
Inactive List: Adamek

Super Middleweights (168 lbs)
Champion: Joe Calzaghe (WBO, IBF)
1. Mikkel Kessler (WBA)
2. Markus Beyer (WBC)
3. Anthony Mundine
4. Jeff Lacy
5. Rudy Markussen
6. Mario Veit
7. Danny Green
8. Librado Andrade
9. Lucian Bute
10. Danilo Häussler

active: none

Middleweights (160 lbs)
Champion: Jermain Taylor (WBC, WBO)
1. Winky Wright
2.Alex Abraham (IBF)
3. Felix Sturm (WBA)
4. Sam Soliman
5. Edison Miranda
6. David Lopez
7. Kingsley Ikeke
8. Kelly Pavlik
9. Amin Asikainen
10. Sergio Mora

active: Asikainen, Lopez, Taylor, Wright (out: Hopkins-moved up, retired, Sylvester-lost)
Inactive List: Ikeke

Jr. Middleweights (154 lbs)
Champion: VACANT
1. Kassim Ouma
2. Oscar de la Hoya (WBC)
3. Roman Karmazin (IBF)
4. Sergei Dzindziruk (WBO)
5. Ike Quartey
6. Joachim Alcine
7. Fernando Vargas
8. Jose Rivera (WBA)
9. Verno Phillips
10. Alex Garcia

active: Alcine

Welterweights (147 lbs)
Champion: Carlos Baldomir (WBC)
1. Antonio Margarito (WBO)
2. Floyd Mayweather (IBO)
3. Shane Mosley
4. Ricky Hatton (WBA)
5. Oktay Urkal
6. Arturo Gatti (IBA)
7. Luis Collazo
8. Zab Judah
9. Kermit Cintron
10. Carlos Quintana

active: Quintana, Urkal (out: Klose-displaced)

Jr. Welterweights (140 lbs)
Champion: VACANT
1. Miguel Cotto (WBO)
2. Junior Witter
3. Jose Luis Castillo
4. Vivian Harris
5. Cesar Bazan
6. Souleyman Mbaye
7. Andreas Kotelnik
8. Demetrius Hopkins
9. Rogelio Castaneda (IBA)
10. Ricardo Torres

active: Hopkins, Cotto (out: Maussa-inactive)
Inactive List: Witter

Lightweights (135 lbs)
Champion: VACANT
1. Diego Corrales (WBC)
2. Acelino Freitas (WBO)
3. Juan Diaz (WBA)
4. Zahir Raheem
5. Joel Casamayor
6. Jesus Chavez (IBF)
7. Isaac Hlatshwayo (IBO)
8. Julio Diaz
9. Matt Zegan
10. Aldo Rios

active: Hlatshwayo (out: Castillo-moved up)
Inactive List: Corrales

Jr. Lightweights (130 lbs)
Champion: VACANT
1. Marco Antonio Barrera (WBC)
2. Manny Pacquiao
3. Vicente Mosquera (WBA)
4. Rocky Juarez
5. Cassius Baloyi (IBF, IBO)
6. Jorge Barrios (WBO)
7. Carlos Hernandez
8. Yodsanan Nanthachai
9. Joan Guzman
10. Bobby Pacquiao

active: B Pacquiao (out: Peden-inactive)

Featherweights (126 lbs)
Champion: VACANT
1. Chris John (WBA)
2. Scott Harrison (WBO)
3. Juan Manuel Marquez
4. Humberto Soto
5. Takashi Koshimoto (WBC)
6. Injin Chi
7. Thomas Mashaba (IBO)
8. Jorge Linares
9. Robert Guerrero
10. Spend Abazi

active: Guerrero, Linares, Abazi (out: Hussein-displaced)
Inactive List: Harrison

Jr. Featherweights (122 lbs)
Champion: VACANT
1.Israel Vazquez (WBC)
2. Oscar Larios
3. Celestino Caballero
4. Somsak Sithchatchawai (WBA)
5. Takalani Ndlovu (IBO)
6. Toshiaki Nishioka
7. Rikiya Fukuhara
8. Armando Guerrero
9. Daniel Ponce de Leon (WBO)
10. Shiji Kimura

active: Vazquez (out: Fukushima-moved down)
Inactive List: Guerrero

Bantamweights (118 lbs)
Champion: Rafael Marquez (IBF, IBO)
1. Jhonny Gonzalez (WBO)
2. Hozumi Hasegawa (WBC)
3. Silence Mabuza (IBO)
4. Simone Maludrottu
5. Ratanachai Sor Vorapin
6. Poonsawat Kratingdangym
7. Veeraphol Sahaprom
8. Manabu Fukushima
9. Wladimir Sidorenko (WBA)
10. Irene Pacheco

active: none (Garcia-displaced)

Jr. Bantamweights (115 lbs)
Champion: Masamori Tokuyama (WBC)
1. Katsushige Kawashima
2. Martin Castillo (WBA)
3. Fernando Montiel (WBO)
4. Jose Navarro
5. Alex Muñoz
6. Hawk Makepula
7. Cristian Mijares
8. Luis Perez (IBF)
9. Dimitri Kirilov
10. Pramuansak Posuwan

active: none (Maldonado-moved down, lost)

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

active: Darchinyan, Naito
Inactive List: Parra

Jr. Flyweights (108 lbs)
Champion: VACANT
1. Hugo Cazares (WBO)
2. Roberto Vasquez
3. Juanito Rubillar
4. Nelson Dieppa
5. Ulises Solis (IBF)
6. Victor Burgos
7. Brian Viloria (WBC)
8. Nobuaki Masuda
9. Munetsugu Kayo
10. Takahisa Masuda

active: Kayo
Inactive List: T Masuda

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

active: none (out: Gejon-inactive)

World Champions: 9 (of 17)


these ratings © Phrank da Slugger 2006