June Ratings

(as of 6/25)

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. Oleg Maskaev (WBC)
3. Samuel Peter
4. Hasim Rahman
5. Chris Byrd
6. Ruslan Chagaev (WBA)
7. Nicolay Valuev
8. Tony Thompson
9. Sultan Ibragimov (WBO)
10. Luan Krasniqi

active: Rahman, Ibragimov (out: Toney-suspended)

Crusierweights (200 lbs)
Champion: Jean-Marc Mormeck (WBC)
1. O’Neill Bell
2. Steve Cunningham (IBF)
3. Krzysztof Wlodarczyk
4. Enzo Maccarinelli
5. Vincenzo Cantatore
6. Pietro Aurino
7. Firat Arslan
8. David Haye
9. Marco Huck
10. Johnathan Banks

active: Cunningham, Wlodarczyk, Huck, Cantatore, Arslan (out: Gurov-lost)

Lt. Heavyweights (175 lbs)
Champion: Zsolt Erdei (WBO)
1. Glen Johnson
2. Clinton Woods (IBF)
3. Chad Dawson (WBC)
4. Paul Briggs
5. Antonio Tarver (IBO)
6. Julio Gonzalez
7. Adrian Diaconu
8. Stipe Drews (WBA)
9. Danny Green
10. Silvio Branco

active: Erdei, Johnson, Tarver, Dawson (out: Adamek-moved up)
Inactive List: Woods, Gonzalez

Super Middleweights (168 lbs)
Champion: Joe Calzaghe (WBO)
1. Mikkel Kessler (WBC)
2. Anthony Mundine (WBA)
3. Lucian Bute
4. Jeff Lacy
5. Danilo Häussler
6. Denis Inkin
7. Anthony Hanshaw
8. Vitali Tsypko
9. Carl Froch
10. Alejandro Berrio (IBF)

active: Bute (out: Markussen-inactive)
Inactive List: Lacy, Häussler

Middleweights (160 lbs)
Champion: Jermain Taylor (WBC, WBO)
1. Kelly Pavlik
2. Arthur Abraham (IBF)
3. Winky Wright
4. David Lopez
5. Felix Sturm (WBA)
6. Edison Miranda
7. Sebastian Sylvester
8. Khoren Gevor
9. Amin Asikainen
10. Giovanni Lorenzo

active: Taylor, Pavlik, Abraham, Sylvester, Asikainen, Lorenzo (out: Carrera-inactive, Mora-inactive)

Jr. Middleweights (154 lbs)
Champion: Floyd Mayweather (WBC, WBC 147)
1. Oscar de la Hoya
2. Sergiy Dzinziruk (WBO)
3. Verno Phillips
4. Cory Spinks (IBF)
5. Roman Karmazin
6. Joachim Alcine
7. Travis Simms (WBA)
8. Vernon Forrest
9. Sergio Martinez
10. Sechew Powell

active: Dzinziruk, Spinks (at 160)

Welterweights (147 lbs)
Champion: VACANT
1. Antonio Margarito (WBO)
2. Miguel Cotto (WBA)
3. Shane Mosley
4. Carlos Baldomir
5. Kermit Cintron
6. Joshua Clottey
7. Paul Williams
8. Frederic Klose
9. Kevin Anderson
10. Golden Johnson

active: Cotto (out: Judah-lost)
Inactive List: Johnson

Jr. Welterweights (140 lbs)
Champion: Ricky Hatton (IBO)
1. Vivian Harris
2. Junior Witter (WBC)
3. Souleyman M'baye (WBA)
4. Andreas Kotelnik
5. Demetrius Hopkins
6. Steve Forbes
7. Kendall Holt
8. Paul Malignaggi (IBF)
9. Ricardo Torres (WBO)
10. Henry Bruseles

active: Hatton, Malignaggi, Kotelnik (out: Castillo-lost)

Lightweights (135 lbs)
Champion: VACANT
1. Juan Diaz (WBA, WBO)
2. Joel Casamayor
3. Nate Campbell
4. Zahir Raheem
5. Julio Diaz (IBF)
6. Yuri Romanov
7. Edner Cherry
8. Aldo Rios
9. David Diaz
10. Almazbek Raiymkulov

active: Raheem, Cherry, Raiymkulov (out: Zegan-inactive)
Inactive List: Casamayor, Rios, Diaz

Jr. Lightweights (130 lbs)
Champion: VACANT
1. Manny Pacquiao
2. Juan Manuel Marquez (WBC)
3. Marco Antonio Barrera
4. Humberto Soto
5. Joan Guzman (WBO)
6. Jorge Barrios
7. Yodsanan Nanthachai
8. Edwin Valero (WBA)
9. Alex Arthur
10. Mzonke Fana (IBF)

active: Soto (out: BPacquiao-lost)
Inactive List: Guzman, Nanthachai

Featherweights (126 lbs)
Champion: VACANT
1. Chris John (WBA)
2. Injin Chi (WBC)
3. Rocky Juarez
4. Thomas Mashaba (IBO)
5. Jorge Linares
6. Robert Guerrero (IBF)
7. Hiroyuki Enoki
8. Oscar Larios
9. Orlando Salido
10. Nedal Hussein

active: none
Inactive List: Chi, Salido

Jr. Featherweights (122 lbs)
Champion: Rafael Marquez (WBC)
1. Celestino Caballero (WBA)
2. Daniel Ponce de Leon (WBO, IBA)
3. Israel Vazquez
4. Takalani Ndlovu (IBO)
5. Somsak Sithchatchawai
6. Cruz Carbajal
7. Steve Molitor
8. Gerry Penalosa
9. Toshiaki Nishioka
10. Rey Bautista

active: none
Inactive List: Nishioka

Bantamweights (118 lbs)
Champion: VACANT
1. Jhonny Gonzalez (WBO)
2. Hozumi Hasegawa (WBC)
3. Silence Mabuza (IBO)
4. Simone Maludrottu
5. Ratanachai Sor Vorapin
6. Veeraphol Sahaprom
7. Nobuto Ikehara
8. Wladimir Sidorenko (WBA)
9. Tshifhiwa Munyai
10. Ricardo Cordoba

active: Ikehara (out: Fukushima-lost)

Jr. Bantamweights (115 lbs)
Champion: Cristian Mijares (WBC)
1. Fernando Montiel (WBO)
2. Jose Navarro
3. Jorge Arce
4. Z Gorres
5. Martin Castillo
6. Alexander Munoz (WBA)
7. Pramuansak Posuwan
8. Chatchai Sasakul
9. Luis Perez
10. Dimitri Kirilov

active: Navarro
Inactive List: Kirilov

Flyweights (112 lbs)
Champion: Pongsaklek Wonkongjam (WBC)
1. Vic Darchinyan (IBF, IBO)
2. Omar Narvaez (WBO)
3. Roberto Vasquez
4. Takefumi Sakata (WBA)
5. Daisuke Naito
6. Brahim Asloum
7. Denkaosan Kaovichit
8. Jose Lopez
9. Koki Kameda
10. Hussein Hussein

active: Kameda (out: Myekeni-inactive)

Jr. Flyweights (108 lbs)
Champion: Hugo Cazares (WBO)
1. Ulises Solis (IBF)
2. Wandee Singwancha
3. Giovanni Segura
4. Juanito Rubillar
5. Munetsugu Kayo
6. Edgar Sosa (WBC)
7. Omar Salado
8. Omar Nino
9. Luis Lazarte
10. Nelson Dieppa

active: Segura, Solis (out: Kameda-moved up, Reyes-lost, Aguirre-lost)
Inactive List: Nino

Strawweights (105 lbs)
Champion: VACANT
1. Ivan Calderon (WBO)
2. Eagle Kyowa (WBC)
3. Oleydong Sithsamerchai
3. Muhammad Rachman (IBF)
4. Yutaka Niida (WBA)
5. Jun Kaneda
6. Omar Soto
7. Yasutaka Kuroki
8. Teruo Misawa
9. Katsunari Takayama
10. Lorenzo Trejo

active: Kyowa

World Champions: 10 (of 17)


these ratings © Phrank da Slugger 2007