June Ratings

(as of 6/14)

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. Tomasz Adamek •
5. Alexander Povetkin
6. Ruslan Chagaev •
7. James Toney
8. Chris Arreola •
9. Denis Boytsov
10. Robert Helenius

• = active
(out: Dimitrenko-inactive)
Inactive List: Toney

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

• = active
(out: Fragomeni-lost)
Inactive List: Erdei

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

• = active
Inactive List: Cloud

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

• = active
Inactive List: Bika

Middleweights (160 lbs)
Champion: Sergio Martinez (WBC, WBC 154) •
1. Sebastian Sylvester (IBF) •
2. Kelly Pavlik •
3. Anthony Mundine (IBO)
4. Khoren Gevor
5. Roman Karmazin •
6. Lajuan Simon
7. Daniel Jacobs •
8. Sebastian Zbik •
9. Giovanni Lorenzo
10. Daniel Geale •

• = active
(out: Sturm-inactive, Demers-lost)

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

• = active
(out: Powell-displaced)
Inactive List: Bundrage

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

• = active
(out: Cotto-moved up)
Inactive List: Senchenko

Jr. Welterweights (140 lbs)
Champion: VACANT
1. Amir Khan (WBA) •
2. Tim Bradley (WBO)
3. Devon Alexander (WBC, IBF)
4. Juan Diaz
5. Andreas Kotelnik
6. Marcos Maidana
7. Victor Ortiz •
8. Kaizer Mabuza
9. Lucas Matthysee
10. Mike Alvarado

• = active
(out: Malignaggi-lost, Campbell-lost, Ngoudjo-lost)
Inactive List: Kotelnik

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

• = active
(out: Valero-died, Mitchell-lost)
Inactive List: Vazquez

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

• = active
(out: Fana-inactive, Klassen-inactive)

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

• = active
(out: Escalante-displaced)

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

• = active
(out: Vazquez-retired, Kimura-lost)
Inactive List: Fonseca

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

• = active
Inactive List: Agbeko

Jr. Bantamweights (115 lbs)
Champion: Vic Darchinyan (IBF, WBC, IBO 118) •
1. Hugo Cazares (WBA) •
2. Simphiwe Nongqayi (IBF)
3. Nonito Donaire
4. Nobuo Nashiro •
5. Kohei Kono •
6. Malik Bouziane
7. Jorge Arce (WBO) •
8. Omar Narvaez (WBO) •
9. Victor Zaleta •
10. Themba Joyi

• = active
(out: Lopez-inactive)

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

• = active
(out: Narvaez-moved up)
Inactive List: Mthalane

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

• = active
(out: Casimiro-displaced)

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. Manuel Jimenez •

• = active
(out: Porpramook-inactive)

World Champions: 10 (of 17)


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