April Ratings

(as of 4/13)

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. David Haye (WBA) •
4. Alexander Povetkin •
5. Chris Arreola
6. Tomasz Adamek
7. James Toney
8. Alexander Dimitrenko
9. Denis Boytsov
10. Robert Helenius

• = active
(out: Chambers-lost)
Inactive List: Toney, Dimitrenko

Crusierweights (200 lbs)
Champion: VACANT
1. Marco Huck (WBO) •
2. Steve Cunningham
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
Inactive List: Cunningham, Hide, Godfrey

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. Chris Henry •
7. Beibut Shumenov (WBA)
8. Gabriel Campillo
9. Karo Murat
10. Nathan Cleverly

• = active
(out: Tarver-inactive)
Inactive List: Cloud

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

• = active
(out: Tsypko-inactive)

Middleweights (160 lbs)
Champion: Kelly Pavlik (WBC)
1. Sebastian Sylvester (IBF)
2. Felix Sturm (WBA)
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
Inactive List: Sturm, Simon

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

• = active
(out: Lopez-inactive)
Inactive List: Bundrage

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. Dejan Zaveck (IBF) •
8. Delvin Rodriguez •
9. Saul Alvarez •
10. Yuriy Nuzhnenko

• = active
(out: Clottey-lost)
Inactive List: Senchenko

Jr. Welterweights (140 lbs)
Champion: VACANT
1. Tim Bradley (WBO)
2. Amir Khan (WBA)
3. Paulie Malignaggi
4. Devon Alexander (WBC, IBF) •
5. Andreas Kotelnik
6. Juan Diaz
7. Nate Campbell
8. Marcos Maidana •
9. Herman Ngoudjo
10. Kaizer Mabuza

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

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

• = active
(out: Reyes-lost, Diaz-lost)
Inactive List: Vazquez

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

• = active
(out: Soto-moved up)
Inactive List: Fana, Klassen, Baloyi

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

• = active
(out: Juarez-moved up)
Inactive List: Salido

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

• = active
(out: Caballero-moved up)
Inactive List: Fonseca

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. Cristian Mijares •

• = active
(out: Kiattaweesuk-displaced)
Inactive List: Agbeko

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. Malik Bouziane •
7. Jose Lopez
8. Jorge Arce (WBO)
9. Victor Zaleta •
10. Themba Joyi •

• = active
(out: Mbityi-lost, Marquez-lost)
Inactive List: Lopez

Flyweights (112 lbs)
Champion: Pongsaklek Wonkongjam (WBC) •
1. Koki Kameda •
2. Daisuke Naito
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

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. Ulises Solis •
7. Juan Carlos Reveco
8. Brian Viloria
9. Ryo Miyazaki •
10. Johnriel Casimiro

• = active

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

• = active
Inactive List: Porpramook

World Champions: 10 (of 17)


these ratings © Phrank da Slugger 2010