November Ratings

(as of 11/29)

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, WBO)
2. Alexander Povetkin
3. Vitali Klitschko (WBC)
4. Nicolay Valuev
5. James Toney
6. Alexander Dimitrenko
7. Ruslan Chagaev (WBA)
8. David Haye
9. Kali Meehan
10. Juan Carlos Gomez

active: Dimitrenko, Haye (out: Peter-displaced)

Crusierweights (200 lbs)
Champion: VACANT
1. Steve Cunningham (IBF)
2. Krzysztof Wlodarczyk
3. Tomasz Adamek
4. Johnathan Banks (IBO)
5. Marco Huck
6. Guillermo Jones (WBA)
7. Wayne Braithwaite
8. Giacobbe Fragomeni
9. Firat Arslan
10. Herbie Hide

active: Fragomeni, Huck, Hide (out: Haye-moved up)
Inactive List: Wlodarczyk, Braithwaite

Lt. Heavyweights (175 lbs)
Champion: Zsolt Erdei (WBO)
1. Chad Dawson (IBF, IBO)
2. Joe Calzaghe
3. Glen Johnson
4. Bernard Hopkins
5. Clinton Woods
6. Adrian Diaconu (WBC)
7. Shaun George
8. Hugo Garay (WBA)
9. Antonio Tarver
10. Antonio Brancalion

active: Calzaghe, Garay, Johnson
Inactive List: Diaconu

Super Middleweights (168 lbs)
Champion: VACANT
1. Mikkel Kessler (WBA)
2. Anthony Mundine
3. Lucian Bute (IBF)
4. Carl Froch
5. Denis Inkin (WBO)
6. Sakio Bika
7. Jermain Taylor
8. Vitali Tsypko
9. Librado Andrade
10. Andre Dirrell

active: Dirrell, Bika, Taylor, Mundine (out: Brähmer-moved up, Pascal-displaced)

Middleweights (160 lbs)
Champion: Kelly Pavlik (WBC, WBO)
1. Arthur Abraham (IBF)
2. Felix Sturm (WBA)
3. Khoren Gevor
4. David Lopez
5. Sebastian Sylvester
6. Marco Antonio Rubio
7. Peter Quillin
8. Dionisio Miranda
9. John Duddy
10. Mahir Oral

active: Sturm, Gevor, Abraham, Sylvester, Oral (out: Taylor-moved up, Asikainen-lost)

Jr. Middleweights (154 lbs)
Champion: VACANT
1. Sergiy Dzinziruk (WBO)
2. Sergio Martinez
3. Paul Williams
4. Daniel Santos (WBA)
5. Vernon Forrest (WBC)
6. James Kirkland
7. Sergio Mora
8. Alfredo Angulo
9. Zaurbek Baysangurov
10. Joel Julio

active: Dzinziruk, Kirkland, Williams (out: Phillips-lost, Spinks-inactive)

Welterweights (147 lbs)
Champion: Antonio Margarito
1. Shane Mosley
2. Miguel Cotto
3. Joshua Clottey (IBF)
4. Andre Berto (WBC)
5. Yuriy Nuzhnenko (WBA)
6. Vyacheslav Senchenko
7. Kevin McIntyre
8. Saul Alvarez
9. Rafael Jackiewicz
10. Sebastian Lujan

active: Senchenko, Jackiewicz (out: Williams-moved up)

Jr. Welterweights (140 lbs)
Champion: Ricky Hatton (IBO)
1. Kendall Holt (WBO)
2. Tim Bradley (WBC)
3. Andreas Kotelnik (WBA)
4. Junior Witter
5. Ricardo Torres
6. Herman Ngoudjo
7. Victor Ortiz
8. Juan Urango
9. Mike Arnaoutis
10. Mike Alvarado

active: Hatton, Arnaoutis, Witter (out: Malignaggi-lost)

Lightweights (135 lbs)
Champion: Nate Campbell (WBO, IBF)
1. Manny Pacquiao (WBC)
2. Juan Manuel Marquez
3. Juan Diaz
4. Yuri Romanov
5. Jesus Chavez
6. Ali Funeka
7. Almazbek Raiymkulov
8. Antonio Pitalua
9. Breidis Prescott
10. Anthony Peterson

active: none

Jr. Lightweights (130 lbs)
Champion: VACANT
1. Edwin Valero
2. Yodsanan Nanthachai
3. Rocky Juarez
4. Cassius Baloyi (IBF)
5. Humberto Soto (WBC)
6. Urbano Antillon
7. Mzonke Fana
8. Takashi Uchiyama
9. Nicky Cook (WBO)
10. Alex Arthur

active: Uchiyama

Featherweights (126 lbs)
Champion: VACANT
1. Chris John (WBA)
2. Cristobal Cruz
3. Robert Guerrero
4. Steven Luevano (WBO)
5. Thomas Mashaba
6. Orlando Salido
7. Monty Meza-Clay
8. Leonilo Miranda
9. Elio Rojas
10. Mario Santiago

active: none (out: Linares-moved up)
Inactive List: Guerrero, Mashaba

Jr. Featherweights (122 lbs)
Champion: Israel Vazquez (WBC)
1. Celestino Caballero (WBA)
2. Rafael Marquez
3. Poonsawat Kratingdaenggym
4. Toshiaki Nishioka
5. Jhonny Gonzalez
6. Juan Manuel Lopez (WBO)
7. Daniel Ponce de Leon
8. Jorge Lacierva
9. Olivier Lontchi
10. Rendall Munroe

active: Caballero, Gonzalez, Ponce de Leon, Lontchi (out: Molitor-lost)
(Inactive List: Marquez)

Bantamweights (118 lbs)
Champion: VACANT
1. Hozumi Hasegawa (WBC)
2. Gerry Peñalosa (WBO)
3. Silence Mabuza (IBO)
4. Simone Maludrottu
5. Vusi Malinga
6. Abner Mares
7. Anselmo Moreno (WBA)
8. Sasha Bakhtin
9. Joseph Agbeko (IBF)
10. Wladimir Sidorenko

active: Moreno

Jr. Bantamweights (115 lbs)
Champion: Vic Darchinyan (IBF, WBC, WBA)
1. Jorge Arce
2. Cristian Mijares
3. Fernando Montiel (WBO)
4. Z Gorres
5. Nobuo Nashiro
6. Pramuansak Posuwan
7. Jose Lopez
8. Alexander Muñoz
9. Zolile Mbityi
10. Raul Martinez

active: Darchinyan, Mijares, Arce, Montiel (at 118)

Flyweights (112 lbs)
Champion: Daisuke Naito (WBC)
1. Pongsaklek Wonkongjam
2. Nonito Donaire (IBF, IBO)
3. Takefumi Sakata (WBA)
4. Omar Narvaez (WBO)
5. Denkaosan Singwancha (Kaovichit)
6. Koki Kameda
7. Brian Viloria
8. Rayonta Whitfield
9. Luis Concepcion
10. Bernard Inom

active: Wonkongjam, Donaire

Jr. Flyweights (108 lbs)
Champion: Ivan Calderon (WBO)
1. Edgar Sosa (WBC)
2. Hugo Cazares
3. Ulises Solis (IBF)
4. Munetsugu Kayo
5. Carlos Tamara
6. Cesar Canchila
7. Juan Landaeta
8. Katsuhiko Iezumi
9. Juan Carlos Reveco
10. Juanito Rubillar

active: Sosa, Rubillar, Solis (out: Asloum-inactive)

Strawweights (105 lbs)
Champion: VACANT
1. Oleydong Sithsamerchai (WBC)
2. Muhammad Rachman
3. Roman Gonzalez (WBA)
4. Raul Garcia (IBF)
5. Yasutaka Kuroki
6. Juan Palacios
7. Daniel Reyes
8. Jun Kaneda
9. Katsunari Takayama
10. Nkosinathi Joyi (IBO)

active: Sithsamerchai, Palacios, Joyi, Kuroki (out: Condes-displaced)

World Champions: 10 (of 17)


these ratings © Phrank da Slugger 2008