November Ratings

(as of 11/24)

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

Inactive List: Chambers

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

(out: Ross-inactive)

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. Karo Murat
8. Gabriel Campillo
9. Eduard Gutknecht
10. Dmitri Sukhotsky

(out: Uzelkov-displaced)
Inactive List: Pascal

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

(out: Bika-inactive)
Inactive List: Pavlik

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

(out: Sylvester-lost)
Inactive List: N’Jikam

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

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

(out: Jackiewicz-lost)

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

Lightweights (135 lbs)
Champion: Juan Manuel Marquez
1. Robert Guerrero
2. Brandon Rios (WBA)
3. Ricky Burns
4. Antonio DeMarco
5. Jorge Linares
6. Miguel Vazquez (IBF)
7. Urbano Antillon
8. Gavin Rees
9. Paulus Moses
10. Richard Abril

(out: Acosta-lost, Katsidis-lost, Lundy-displaced)

Jr. Lightweights (130 lbs)
Champion: VACANT
1. Yuriorkis Gamboa
2. Takahiro Aoh (WBC)
3. Takashi Uchiyama (WBA)
4. Adrien Broner
5. Juan Carlos Burgos
6. Alejandro Sanabria
7. Daniel Ponce de Leon
8. Vicente Escobedo
9. Devis Boschiero
10. Jason Litzau

(out: Burns-moved up, Cruz-lost, Salgado-displaced)

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

(out: Marquez-moved down, Burgos-moved up)

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

(out: Booth-lost, Lee-displaced)

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

(out: Montiel-moved up, Domingo-lost)

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

(out: Cazares-moved up, Tuñacao-moved up, Ibarra-lost)

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

(out: Concepcion-lost)

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

(out: Romero-inactive, Mayol-moved up)
Inactive List: Keb Baas

Strawweights (105 lbs)
Champion: VACANT
1. Nkosinathi Joyi (IBF)
2. Kazuto Ioka (WBC)
3. Akira Yaegashi (WBA)
4. Juan Palacios
5. Pornsawan Porpramook
6. Muhammad Rachman
7. Moises Fuentes (WBO)
8. Hekkie Budler (IBO)
9. Raul Garcia
10. Sammy Gutierrez

(out: Nietes-moved up, Sithsamerchai-moved up, Landero-lost)
Inactive List: Joyi

World Champions: 9 (of 17)


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