July Ratings

(as of 7/29)

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: none

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

active: Brown, Banks, Mormeck, Maccarinelli (out: Haye-displaced)
Inactive List: Cunningham, Jones, Nelson, Hill

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. Paul Briggs
8. Chad Dawson
9. Jose Luis Herrera
10. Silvio Branco

active: Branco, Erdei, Gonzalez, Jones (out: Ulrich-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
Inactive List: Markussen

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

active: Castillejo, Sturm, Pavlik (out: Mora-displaced)
Inactive List: Ikeke

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

active: Spinks, Karmazin (out: Vargas-lost)

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

active: Mosley, Baldomir (out: Gatti-lost)

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

active: M'baye, Torres, Castaneda, Harris

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: Casamayor, Juan Diaz
Inactive List: Chavez

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

active: Hernandez, M Pacquiao, St. Clair (out: Baloyi-lost)

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

active: Mashaba (out: Koshimoto-lost)
Inactive List: Harrison

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

active: Ponce de Leon (out: Larios-moved up)
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. Wladimir Sidorenko (WBA)
7. Veeraphol Sahaprom
8. Manabu Fukushima
9. Irene Pacheco
10. Poonsawat Kratingdangym

active: Vorapin, Sidorenko, Kratingdangym

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

active: Nashiro, Castillo (Posuwan-displaced)
Inactive List: Muñoz

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

active: Wonkongjam, Asloum
Inactive List: Parra

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

active: Cazares, Singwancha, Rubillar (out: T Masuda-inactive)

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: Kaneda

World Champions: 9 (of 17)


these ratings © Phrank da Slugger 2006