July Ratings

(as of 7/25)

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, WBO) •
2. Vitali Klitschko (WBC)
3. Alexander Povetkin
4. Eddie Chambers •
5. James Toney
6. Nicolay Valuev (WBA)
7. David Haye
8. Alexander Dimitrenko •
9. Chris Arreola
10. Cedric Boswell

• = active
(out: Chagaev-lost)
Inactive List: Toney

Crusierweights (200 lbs)
Champion: Tomasz Adamek (IBF) •
1. Steve Cunningham •
2. Krzysztof Wlodarczyk
3. Marco Huck
4. Giacobbe Fragomeni (WBC)
5. Ola Afolabi (WBO)
6. Herbie Hide •
7. Matt Godfrey •
8. Troy Ross •
9. Grogory Drozd •
10. Denis Lebedev •

• = active
(out: Jones-inactive, Arslan-inactive)

Lt. Heavyweights (175 lbs)
Champion: Zsolt Erdei (WBO)
1. Chad Dawson (IBF, IBO)
2. Glen Johnson
3. Clinton Woods
4. Bernard Hopkins
5. Jean Pascal (WBC) •
6. Antonio Tarver
7. Adrian Diaconu •
8. Jürgen Brähmer •
9. Yusuf Mack
10. Chris Henry •

• = active
(out: George-lost, Garay-lost, Brancalion-lost, Cloud-displaced)
Inactive List: Hopkins

Super Middleweights (168 lbs)
Champion: VACANT
1. Mikkel Kessler (WBA)
2. Lucian Bute (IBF)
3. Carl Froch (WBC)
4. Sakio Bika (IBO)
5. Librado Andrade
6. Andre Dirrell
7. Karoly Balszay (WBO)
8. Jermain Taylor
9. Vitali Tsypko
10. Karo Murat

• = active
(out: Mundine-moved down)

Middleweights (160 lbs)
Champion: Kelly Pavlik (WBC, WBO)
1. Arthur Abraham (IBF) •
2. Felix Sturm (WBA) •
3. Sebastian Sylvester •
4. Anthony Mundine •
5. Khoren Gevor •
6. Roman Karmazin
7. Miguel Espino
8. Giovanni Lorenzo
9. Sebastien Demers •
10. Elvin Ayala •

• = active
(out: Quillin-inactive, Oral-lost)

Jr. Middleweights (154 lbs)
Champion: VACANT
1. Paul Williams
2. Sergio Martinez
3. Sergiy Dzinziruk (WBO)
4. James Kirkland
5. David Lopez
6. Kermit Cintron •
7. Daniel Santos (WBA)
8. Sergio Mora
9. Grady Brewer
10. Alfredo Angulo •

• = active
(out: Forrest-died)
Inactive List: Dzinziruk, Santos, Mora

Welterweights (147 lbs)
Champion: Shane Mosley
1. Miguel Cotto (WBO) •
2. Andre Berto (WBC) •
3. Antonio Margarito
4. Vyacheslav Senchenko (WBA)
5. Joshua Clottey •
6. Saul Alvarez
7. Yuriy Nuzhnenko
8. Rafael Jackiewicz
9. Selcuk Aydin •
10. Delvin Rodriguez

• = active
(out: Bonsu-lost)

Jr. Welterweights (140 lbs)
Champion: Manny Pacquiao (IBO)
1. Tim Bradley (WBO)
2. Kendall Holt
3. Amir Khan (WBA) •
4. Ricardo Torres
5. Andreas Kotelnik •
6. Juan Urango (IBF) •
7. Junior Witter
8. Nate Campbell
9. Marcos Maidana •
10. Herman Ngoudjo

• = active
(out: Ortiz-lost, Alvarado-displaced)

Lightweights (135 lbs)
Champion: Juan Manuel Marquez (WBA)
1. Juan Diaz
2. Yuri Romanov
3. Edwin Valero (WBC)
4. Ali Funeka
5. Antonio DeMarco •
6. Michael Katsidis
7. Vicente Escobedo
8. Rolando Reyes
9. Miguel Vasquez •
10. Breidis Prescott •

• = active
(out: Khan-moved up, Peterson-inactive)
Inactive List: Romanov

Jr. Lightweights (130 lbs)
Champion: VACANT
1. Humberto Soto (WBC)
2. Malcolm Klassen (IBF)
3. Takashi Uchiyama
4. Mzonke Fana
5. Roman Martinez (WBO)
6. Robert Guerrero •
7. Cassius Baloyi
8. Jorge Linares (WBA) •
9. Alex Arthur
10. Joksan Hernandez •

• = active
(out: Antillon-moved up)

Featherweights (126 lbs)
Champion: VACANT
1. Chris John (WBA)
2. Cristobal Cruz •
3. Rocky Juarez
4. Steven Luevano (WBO)
5. Elio Rojas (WBC) •
6. Jorge Solis •
7. Orlando Salido •
8. Takahiro Aoh •
9. Mario Santiago •
10. Francisco Beltran •

• = active
(out: Gamboa-displaced)

Jr. Featherweights (122 lbs)
Champion: Israel Vazquez (WBC)
1. Toshiaki Nishioka (WBC)
2. Juan Manuel Lopez (WBO) •
3. Celestino Caballero (WBA, IBF)
4. Poonsawat Kratingdaenggym
5. Shoji Kimura •
6. Jorge Lacierva
7. Rendall Munroe
8. Antonio Escalante •
9. Bernard Dunne (WBA)
10. Steve Molitor

• = active
(out: Ponce de Leon-moved up, Lontchi-lost)
Inactive List: Lacierva

Bantamweights (118 lbs)
Champion: Hozumi Hasegawa (WBC) •
1. Anselmo Moreno (WBA) •
2. Joseph Agbeko (IBF) •
3. Fernando Montiel (WBO)
4. Abner Mares
5. Sasha Bakhtin •
6. Simone Maludrottu
7. Yonnhy Perez •
8. Silence Mabuza •
9. Eric Morel
10. Nehomar Cermeño

• = active
(out: Domingo-displaced)
Inactive List: Maludrottu

Jr. Bantamweights (115 lbs)
Champion: Vic Darchinyan (IBF, WBC) •
1. Z Gorres
2. Nobuo Nashiro (WBA)
3. Jorge Arce •
4. Jose Lopez (WBO)
5. Pramuansak Posuwan
6. Kohei Kono
7. Evans Mbamba
8. Simphiwe Nongqayi
9. Zolile Mbityi
10. Victor Zaleta

• = active
Inactive List: Mbamba, Mbityi

Flyweights (112 lbs)
Champion: Daisuke Naito (WBC) •
1. Pongsaklek Wonkongjam
2. Omar Narvaez •
3. Denkaosan Singwancha (Kaovichit) (WBA) •
4. Nonito Donaire (IBO)
5. Koki Kameda
6. Takefumi Sakata
7. Julio Cesar Miranda •
8. Luis Concepcion
9. Panomroonglek Kratingdaenggym
10. Hernan Marquez •

• = active
(out: Hernandez-displaced)

Jr. Flyweights (108 lbs)
Champion: Ivan Calderon (WBO)
1. Edgar Sosa (WBC) •
2. Munetsugu Kayo
3. Brian Viloria (IBF)
4. Giovanni Segura •
5. Ulises Solis
6. Omar Nino Romero •
7. Juan Carlos Reveco
8. Juan Landaeta
9. Sonny Boy Jaro
10. Cesar Canchila

• = active
(out: Cazares-moved up, Rubillar-lost)
Inactive List: Landaeta

Strawweights (105 lbs)
Champion: VACANT
1. Oleydong Sithsamerchai (WBC) •
2. Roman Gonzalez (WBA) •
3. Raul Garcia (IBF)
4. Jun Kaneda
5. Juan Palacios
6. Milan Melindo
7. Nkosinathi Joyi •
8. Yasutaka Kuroki
9. Donnie Nietes (WBO)
10. Manuel Vargas

• = active
(out: Rachman-lost, Condes-lost, Takayama-displaced)

World Champions: 11 (of 17)


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