Oct Ratings

(as of 10/17)

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. Cedric Boswell •
10. Denis Boytsov

• = active
(out: Arreola-lost)
Inactive List: Povetkin

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

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

• = active
(out: Woods-lost, retired)

Super Middleweights (168 lbs)
Champion: VACANT
1. Mikkel Kessler (WBA) •
2. Lucian Bute (IBF)
3. Carl Froch (WBC) •
4. Sakio Bika (IBO) •
5. Arthur Abraham •
6. Librado Andrade
7. Vitali Tsypko
8. Karo Murat •
9. Andre Ward •
10. Robert Steiglitz (WBO) •

• = active
(out: Dirrell-lost, Balszay-lost, Taylor-lost)
Inactive List: Tsypko

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

• = active
(out: Abraham-moved up)

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

• = active
(out: Kirkland-incarcerated, Mora-inactive)
Inactive List: Lopez, Dzinziruk

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

• = active
(out: Aydin-displaced, Rodriguez-displaced)
Inactive List: Margarito

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. Nate Campbell •
8. Marcos Maidana
9. Devon Alexander •
10. Herman Ngoudjo

• = active
(out: Witter-lost)
Inactive List: Holt, Ngoudjo

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

• = active
(out: Romanov-inactive, Prescott-displaced)
Inactive List: Reyes

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

• = active
(out: Linares-lost)

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

• = active

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

• = active
(out: Lacierva-inactive, Dunne-lost)

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

• = active
(out: Mabuza-displaced, Morel-displaced)

Jr. Bantamweights (115 lbs)
Champion: Vic Darchinyan (IBF, WBC)
1. Z Gorres •
2. Nobuo Nashiro (WBA) •
3. Simphiwe Nongqayi (IBF) •
4. Nonito Donaire •
5. Hugo Cazares •
6. Kohei Kono •
7. Zolile Mbityi •
8. Marvin Sonsona (WBO) •
9. Jose Lopez •
10. Victor Zaleta

• = active
(out: Arce-lost, Mbamba-displaced, Posuwan-lost)

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

• = active
(out: Donaire-moved up)

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

• = active
(out: Landaeta-inactive, Kayo-lost)
Inactive List: Jaro

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

• = active
(out: Kaneda-lost)

World Champions: 12 (of 17)


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