May Ratings

(as of 6/4)

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. Robert Helenius •
7. Chris Arreola • •
8. Alexander Povetkin
9. Eddie Chambers
10. Cedric Boswell •

• = active
Inactive List: Chagaev

Crusierweights (200 lbs)
Champion: VACANT
1. Marco Huck (WBO) •
2. Steve Cunningham (IBF)
3. Krzysztof Wlodarczyk (WBC) •
4. Danny Green (IBO)
5. Denis Lebedev •
6. Troy Ross
7. Yoan Hernandez
8. Ola Afolabi
9. Ran Nakash •
10. Alexander Frenkel

• = active
(out: Erdei-moved down)

Lt. Heavyweights (175 lbs)
Champion: Bernard Hopkins (WBC) •
1. Jean Pascal •
2. Chad Dawson •
3. Tavoris Cloud (IBF)
4. Zsolt Erdei •
5. Jürgen Brähmer
6. Beibut Shumenov (WBA)
7. Nathan Cleverly (WBO) •
8. Eduard Gutknecht •
9. Dmitri Sukhotsky
10. Vyacheslav Uzelkov •

• = active
(out: Henry-inactive)
Inactive List: Brähmer

Super Middleweights (168 lbs)
Champion: VACANT
1. Carl Froch (WBC) •
2. Andre Ward (WBA) •
3. Lucian Bute (IBF)
4. Glen Johnson •
5. Mikkel Kessler •
6. Robert Stieglitz (WBO) •
7. Kelly Pavlik •
8. Sakio Bika
9. Peter Quillin •
10. Thomas Oosthuizen (IBO)

• = active
(out: Sartison-displaced, Abraham-lost)
Inactive List: Bika

Middleweights (160 lbs)
Champion: Sergio Martinez
1. Daniel Geale (IBF) •
2. Sebastian Sylvester (IBF) •
3. Felix Sturm (WBA)
4. Dmitry Pirog (WBO) •
5. Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr (WBC) •
6. Sebastian Zbik •
7. Hassan N’Dam N’Jikam •
8. Marco Antonio Rubio •
9. Fernando Guerrero
10. Giovanni Lorenzo •

• = active
(out: Lemieux-lost, Karmazin-displaced)

Jr. Middleweights (154 lbs)
Champion: VACANT
1. Miguel Cotto (WBA)
2. Saul Alvarez (WBC)
3. Vanes Matirosyan •
4. Cornelius Bundrage (IBF)
5. Pawel Wolak
6. David Lopez
7. Zaurbek Baysangurov (IBO)
8. Erislandy Lara •
9. Carlos Molina •
10. Nobuhiro Ishida •

• = active
(out: Angulo-inactive, Rhodes-displaced)

Welterweights (147 lbs)
Champion: Floyd Mayweather
1. Manny Pacquiao (WBO) •
2. Victor Ortiz (WBC) •
3. Andre Berto •
4. Dejan Zaveck (IBF)
5. Selcuk Aydin •
6. Vyacheslav Senchenko (WBA)
7. Rafal Jackiewicz
8. Randall Bailey
9. Mike Jones
10. Kell Brook

• = active
(out: M'Baye-inactive)
Inactive List: Senchenko

Jr. Welterweights (140 lbs)
Champion: Tim Bradley (WBO, WBC)
1. Amir Khan (WBA) •
2. Zab Judah (IBF)
3. Marcos Maidana •
4. Lucas Matthysee
5. Devon Alexander
6. Danny Garcia •
7. Erik Morales •
8. Mike Alvarado •
9. Ashley Theophane
10. Lamont Peterson

• = active
(out: Ortiz-moved up, McCloskey-lost)

Lightweights (135 lbs)
Champion: Juan Manuel Marquez
1. Robert Guerrero •
2. Humberto Soto (WBC)
3. Brandon Rios (WBA)
4. Jorge Linares •
5. Urbano Antillon
6. Miguel Vazquez (IBF)
7. Miguel Acosta
8. Paulus Moses
9. Gavin Rees
10. Antonio De Marco

• = active
(out: Katsidis-lost)

Jr. Lightweights (130 lbs)
Champion: VACANT
1. Jason Litzau
2. Takashi Uchiyama (WBA)
3. Takahiro Aoh (WBC) •
4. Ricky Burns (WBO)
5. Roman Martinez
6. Alejandro Sanabria
7. Adrien Broner
8. Daniel Ponce de Leon
9. Luis Cruz •
10. Argenis Mendez

• = active
(out: Fana-inactive, Solis-lost)
Inactive List: Martinez

Featherweights (126 lbs)
Champion: Chris John •
1. Yuriorkis Gamboa •
2. Orlando Salido (WBO) •
3. Juan Manuel Lopez •
4. Rafael Marquez
5. Jhonny Gonzalez (WBC) •
6. Celestino Caballero
7. Eduardo Escobedo
8. Miguel Angel Garcia • •
9. Juan Carlos Burgos
10. Jorge Lacierva


• = active
(out: Cruz-inactive, Hasegawa-lost)
Inactive List: Marquez

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

• = active
(out: Vazquez-lost)

Bantamweights (118 lbs)
Champion: Nonito Donaire (WBC, WBO)
1. Joseph Agbeko
2. Anselmo Moreno
3. Abner Mares (IBO)
4. Vic Darchinyan (IBO) •
5. Fernando Montiel
6. Vusi Malinga
7. Michael Domingo
8. Eric Morel •
9. Koki Kameda (WBA) •
10. Hugo Ruiz •

• = active
(out: Perez-lost)
Inactive List: Malinga, Domingo

Jr. Bantamweights (115 lbs)
Champion: VACANT
1. Hugo Cazares (WBA)
2. Tomas Rojas (WBC) •
3. Cristian Mijares (IBF) •
4. Omar Narvaez (WBO) •
5. Yota Sato •
6. Alberto Rosas •
7. Malcolm Tuñacao
8. Daiki Kameda •
9. Victor Zaleta •
10. Oscar Ibarra

• = active
(out: Kono-lost, Francisco-lost)

Flyweights (112 lbs)
Champion: Pongsaklek Wonkongjam (WBC)
1. Moruti Mthalane (IBF) •
2. Edgar Sosa •
3. Wilbert Uicab •
4. Julio Cesar Miranda
5. Hernan Marquez (WBA) •
6. Luis Concepcion •
7. Milan Melindo
8. Rocky Fuentes
9. Edren Dapudong
10. Suriyan Por Chokchai

• = active
(out: Perez-displaced)

Jr. Flyweights (108 lbs)
Champion: Giovanni Segura •
1. Ulises Solis (IBF) •
2. Roman Gonzalez (WBA)
3. Rodel Mayol •
4. Luis Lazarte •
5. Omar Nino Romero
6. Adrian Hernandez (WBC) •
7. Ramon Garcia (WBO) •
8. Ramon Hirales
9. Brian Viloria
10. Gilberto Keb Baas •

• = active
(out: Calderon-lost, Geles-lost)
Inactive List: Romero

Strawweights (105 lbs)
Champion: VACANT
1. Nkosinathi Joyi (IBF)
2. Raul Garcia (WBO) •
3. Kazuto Ioka (WBC)
4. Juan Palacios •
5. Oleydong Sithsamerchai
6. Donnie Nietes •
7. Muhammad Rachman (WBA) •
8. Pornsawan Porpramook
9. Manuel Jimenez
10. Michael Landero

• = active
(out: Gutierrez-lost)
Inactive List: Landero, Porpramook

World Champions: 9 (of 17)


these ratings © Phrank da Slugger 2011