Dec Ratings

(as of 1/6)

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. David Haye (WBA) •
6. James Toney
7. Alexander Dimitrenko
8. Chris Arreola •
9. Cedric Boswell
10. Denis Boytsov

• = active
(out: Valuev-lost)

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

• = active
(out: Ross-displaced, Drozd-displaced)
Inactive List: Hide

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

• = active
(out: Erdei-moved up, Diaconu-lost)
Inactive List: Tarver

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

• = active
(out: Andrade-lost, Murat-moved up)
Inactive List: Tsypko

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

• = active
(out: Espino-lost, Ayala-lost)

Jr. Middleweights (154 lbs)
Champion: VACANT
1. Paul Williams •
2. Sergio Martinez (WBC) •
3. Kermit Cintron •
4. Yuri Foreman (WBA) •
5. David Lopez
6. Grady Brewer
7. Alfredo Angulo
8. Cornelius Bundrage
9. Zaurbek Baysangurov •
10. Vanes Matirosyan •

• = active
(out: Dzinziruk-inactive, Santos-lost)
Inactive List: Lopez

Welterweights (147 lbs)
Champion: Shane Mosley
1. Manny Pacquiao (WBO) •
2. Andre Berto (WBC)
3. Floyd Mayweather
4. Miguel Cotto •
5. Vyacheslav Senchenko (WBA)
6. Rafal Jackiewicz •
7. Joshua Clottey
8. Saul Alvarez
9. Yuriy Nuzhnenko
10. Delvin Rodriguez •

• = active
(out: Margarito-inactive, Hlatshwayo-displaced)

Jr. Welterweights (140 lbs)
Champion: VACANT
1. Tim Bradley (WBO) •
2. Amir Khan (WBA) •
3. Paulie Malignaggi •
4. Andreas Kotelnik
5. Juan Urango (IBF)
6. Kendall Holt
7. Juan Diaz •
8. Ricardo Torres
9. Nate Campbell
10. Marcos Maidana •

• = active
(out: Pacquiao-moved up, Alexander-displaced, Ngoudjo-displaced)
Inactive List: Torres

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

• = active
(out: Diaz-moved up)
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. Joksan Hernandez
9. Vitali Tajbert •
10. Juan Carlos Salgado (WBA)

• = active
(out: Arthur-lost, Gutierrez-lost)

Featherweights (126 lbs)
Champion: Chris John (WBA)
1. Cristobal Cruz (IBF) •
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. Rendall Munroe •
6. Antonio Escalante •
7. Steve Molitor •
8. Jason Booth
9. Takalani Ndlovu
10. Victor Fonseca

• = active
(out: Kimura-lost)

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

• = active
(out: Maludrottu-moved up, Valdez-lost)

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

• = active
(out: Gorres-critically injured)

Flyweights (112 lbs)
Champion: Koki Kameda (WBC) •
1. Daisuke Naito •
2. Pongsaklek Wonkongjam •
3. Omar Narvaez
4. Luis Concepcion •
5. Denkaosan Kaovichit (WBA)
6. Takefumi Sakata
7. Wilbert Uicab •
8. Moruti Mthalane (IBF) •
9. Shigetaka Ikehara •
10. Panomroonglek Kratingdaenggym

• = active
(out: Miranda-lost)
Inactive List: Narvaez

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

• = active
(out: Jaro-lost, Canchila-lost)

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

World Champions: 11 (of 17)


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