September Ratings

(as of 9/12)

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. Tomasz Adamek •
4. David Haye (WBA)
5. Ruslan Chagaev
6. Alexander Povetkin
7. Chris Arreola •
8. Robert Helenius •
9. Denis Boytsov
10. Odlanier Solis

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

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

• = active
(out: Godfrey-lost)
Inactive List: Erdei, Afolabi

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

• = active
Inactive List: Henry

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. Eduard Gutknecht
9. Sakio Bika •
10. Dennis Sartison (WBA) •

• = active
(out: Green-lost)

Middleweights (160 lbs)
Champion: Sergio Martinez (WBC, WBC 154)
1. Sebastian Sylvester (IBF)
2. Kelly Pavlik
3. Anthony Mundine (IBO) •
4. Roman Karmazin
5. Felix Sturm (WBA) •
6. Lajuan Simon •
7. Sebastian Zbik •
8. David Lemieux •
9. Dmitry Pirog (WBO) •
10. Daniel Geale

• = active
(out: Gevor-moved up, lost, Jacobs-lost, Lorenzo-lost)

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

• = active
(out: Rhodes-displaced)
Inactive List: Baysangurov

Welterweights (147 lbs)
Champion: Floyd Mayweather
1. Manny Pacquiao (WBO)
2. Shane Mosley
3. Andre Berto (WBC)
4. Dejan Zaveck (IBF) •
5. Vyacheslav Senchenko (WBA) •
6. Selcuk Aydin
7. Rafal Jackiewicz •
8. Matthew Hatton •
9. Souleiman M'Baye
10. Randall Bailey

• = active
(out: Alvarez-moved up, Rodriguez-lost, Nuzhnenko-lost)
Inactive List: Bailey

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

• = active
(out: Diaz-lost, Kotelnik-lost)
Inactive List: Mabuza

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

• = active
(out: Cherry-displaced, Peterson-lost)
Inactive List: Guzman, Funeka

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

• = active
(out: Guerrero-moved up, Baloyi-lost)

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

• = active
(out: Concepcion-lost)
Inactive List: John, Rojas

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

• = active
(out: Fonseca-inactive)

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

• = active
(out: Mijares-displaced)
Inactive List: Bakhtin

Jr. Bantamweights (115 lbs)
Champion: VACANT
1. Nonito Donaire •
2. Hugo Cazares (WBA)
3. Nobuo Nashiro
4. Kohei Kono
5. Jorge Arce •
6. Malik Bouziane
7. Omar Narvaez (WBO)
8. Alberto Rosas •
9. Wladimir Sidorenko •
10. Victor Zaleta •

• = active
(out: Darchinyan-moved up, Nongqayi-lost, Joyi-displaced)

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

• = active
(out: Ikehara-lost, Sakata-displaced)

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

• = active
(out: Sosa-moved up)

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 Carrillo •
10. Manuel Jimenez

• = active
Inactive List: Joyi, Palacios

World Champions: 9 (of 17)


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