Feb Ratings

(as of 2/27)

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. Tomasz Adamek •
10. Denis Boytsov •

• = active
(out: Boswell-displaced)
Inactive List: Toney, Dimitrenko

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

• = active
(out: Adamek-moved up)
Inactive List: Hide

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

• = active
(out: Mack-lost)
Inactive List: Tarver

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

• = active
Inactive List: Bika, Tsypko

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

• = active
(out: Geale-displaced)
Inactive List: Sturm

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

• = active
(out: Martinez-moved up, Brewer-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. Dejan Zaveck (IBF) •
9. Saul Alvarez
10. Yuriy Nuzhnenko

• = active
(out: Rodriguez-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. Juan Diaz
7. Nate Campbell
8. Marcos Maidana
9. Ricardo Torres
10. Devon Alexander

• = active
(out: Holt-lost)
Inactive List: Kotelnik, Torres

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

• = active
(out: DeMarco-lost, Dlamini-killed)
Inactive List: Vazquez, Reyes

Jr. Lightweights (130 lbs)
Champion: VACANT
1. Humberto Soto (WBC)
2. Takashi Uchiyama (WBA) •
3. Robert Guerrero
4. Mzonke Fana
5. Roman Martinez (WBO)
6. Malcolm Klassen
7. Cassius Baloyi
8. Vitali Tajbert
9. Jorge Solis •
10. Humberto Gutierrez

• = active
(out: Hernandez-moved down, Salgado-lost)
Inactive List: Guerrero, Fana, Klassen

Featherweights (126 lbs)
Champion: Chris John (WBA)
1. Cristobal Cruz (IBF)
2. Juan Manuel Lopez (WBO) •
3. Elio Rojas (WBC) •
4. Rocky Juarez
5. Yuriokis Gamboa (WBA) •
6. Eduardo Escobedo •
7. Takahiro Aoh
8. Bernabe Concepcion •
9. Antonio Escalante •
10. Orlando Salido

• = active
(out: Solis-moved up, Luevano-lost, Santiago-lost, Beltran-displaced)
Inactive List: Salido

Jr. Featherweights (122 lbs)
Champion: Israel Vazquez
1. Toshiaki Nishioka (WBC)
2. Poonsawat Kratingdaenggym (WBA) •
3. Celestino Caballero (IBF)
4. Rendall Munroe
5. Steve Molitor
6. Jason Booth
7. Takalani Ndlovu
8. Victor Fonseca
9. Masaaki Serie
10. Shoji Kimura

• = active
(out: Lopez-moved up, Escalante-moved up)

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. Eric Morel •
10. Thantong Kiattaweesuk •

• = active
(out: Ohba-displaced)

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

• = active
(out: Sonsona-moved up)
Inactive List: Mbityi, Lopez

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

• = active
(out: Kratingdaenggym-displaced)

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

• = active

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. Nkosinathi Joyi
7. Yasutaka Kuroki
8. Akira Yaegashi
9. Pornsawan Porpramook
10. Luis Rios

• = active
(out: Melindo-moved up, Vargas-moved up)
Inactive List: Porpramook

World Champions: 10 (of 17)


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