September Ratings

(as of 9/23)

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.

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. Vitali Klitschko (WBC)
2. Wladimir Klitschko (IBF, IBO, WBO, WBA)
3. Robert Helenius
4. Alexander Povetkin
5. Tomasz Adamek
6. David Haye
7. Ruslan Chagaev
8. Chris Arreola
9. Eddie Chambers
10. Cedric Boswell

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

Inactive List: Ross

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

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. Peter Quillin
9. Thomas Oosthuizen (IBO)
10. Sakio Bika

Inactive List: Bika

Middleweights (160 lbs)
Champion: Sergio Martinez
1. Daniel Geale (IBF)
2. Sebastian Sylvester
3. Felix Sturm
4. Dmitry Pirog (WBO)
5. Ju lio Cesar Chavez, Jr (WBC)
6. Sebastian Zbik
7. Hassan N’Dam N’Jikam
8. Marco Antonio Rubio
9. Gennady Golovkin (WBA)
10. Matthew Macklin

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

(out: Brewer-lost)

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

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

(out: Coleman-lost)

Lightweights (135 lbs)
Champion: Juan Manuel Marquez
1. Robert Guerrero
2. Brandon Rios (WBA)
3. Jorge Linares
4. Miguel Vazquez (IBF)
5. Urbano Antillon
6. Gavin Rees
7. Miguel Acosta
8. Paulus Moses
9. Michael Katsidis
10. Hank Lundy

(out: Soto-moved up, De Marco-displaced)

Jr. Lightweights (130 lbs)
Champion: VACANT
1. Yuriorkis Gamboa
2. Takahiro Aoh (WBC)
3. Ricky Burns (WBO)
4. Takashi Uchiyama (WBA)
5. Adrien Broner
6. Alejandro Sanabria
7. Daniel Ponce de Leon
8. Jason Litzau
9. Luis Cruz
10. Juan Carlos Salgado (IBF)

(out: Martinez-inactive, Mendez-displaced)
Inactive List: Uchiyama

Featherweights (126 lbs)
Champion: Chris John
1. Orlando Salido (WBO)
2. Juan Manuel Lopez
3. Jhonny Gonzalez (WBC)
4. Rafael Marquez
5. Eduardo Escobedo
6. Miguel Angel Garcia
7. Jonathan Barros (WBA)
8. Juan Carlos Burgos
9. Billy Dib (IBF)
10. Jorge Lacierva

(out: Gamboa-moved up)

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

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

(out: Malinga-inactive)

Jr. Bantamweights (115 lbs)
Champion: VACANT
1. Omar Narvaez (WBO)
2. Yota Sato
3. Alberto Rosas
4. Malcolm Tuñacao
5. Tomonobu Shimizu (WBA)
6. Hugo Cazares
7. Suriyan Sor Rungvisai (WBC)
8. Tomas Rojas
9. Daiki Kameda
10. Victor Zaleta

(out: Mijares-moved up, Ibarra-displaced)

Flyweights (112 lbs)
Champion: Pongsaklek Wonkongjam (WBC)
1. Moruti Mthalane (IBF)
2. Edgar Sosa
3. Hernan Marquez (WBA)
4. Luis Concepcion
5. Wilbert Uicab
6. Milan Melindo
7. Brian Viloria (WBO)
8. Julio Cesar Miranda
9. Rocky Fuentes
10. Juan Carlos Reveco

(out: Chokchai/Rungvisai-moved up)

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

(out: Reveco-moved up)
Inactive List: Romero

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

(out: Jimenez-lost)

World Champions: 9 (of 17)


these ratings © Phrank da Slugger 2011