May Ratings

(as of 5/30)

I’ve been doing these monthly/bi-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)
3. Tomasz Adamek
4. Alexander Povetkin (WBA)
5. Tyson Fury
6. Robert Helenius
7. Kubrat Pulev
8. Ruslan Chagaev
9. Bermane Stiverne
10. Johnathon Banks

(out: Cunningham-lost)
Inactive List: Pulev

Crusierweights (200 lbs)
Champion: VACANT
1. Marco Huck (WBO)
2. Krzysztof Wlodarczyk (WBC)
3. Yoan Hernandez (IBF)
4. Danny Green
5. Firat Arslan
6. Troy Ross
7. Guillermo Jones (WBA)
8. Dmytro Kucher
9. Denis Lebedev
10. Rakhim Chakhkiev

(out: Drozd-displaced)
Inactive List: Hernandez, Green, Ross

Lt. Heavyweights (175 lbs)
Champion: VACANT
1. Chad Dawson (WBC)
2. Bernard Hopkins (IBF)
3. Lucian Bute
4. Nathan Cleverly (WBO)
5. Tavoris Cloud
6. Andrzej Fonfara
7. Jürgen Brähmer
8. Eduard Gutknecht
9. Sergey Kovalev
10. Denis Grachev

(out: White-displaced)

Super Middleweights (168 lbs)
Champion: Andre Ward
1. Carl Froch (IBF, WBA)
2. Mikkel Kessler
3. Robert Stieglitz (WBO)
4. Thomas Oosthuizen (IBO)
5. Sakio Bika
6. George Groves
7. Marco Antonio Rubio
8. Andre Dirrell
9. Donovan George
10. Adonis Stevenson

Middleweights (160 lbs)
Champion: Sergio Martinez (WBC)
1. Daniel Geale (IBF)
2. Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr
3. Peter Quillin
4. Gennady Golovkin (WBA)
5. Martin Murray
6. Felix Sturm
7. Matthew Macklin
8. Curtis Stevens
9. Gilberto Ramirez Sanchez
10. Brian Vera

Jr. Middleweights (154 lbs)
Champion: Saul Alvarez (WBC, WBA)
1. Floyd Mayweather
2. Carlos Molina
3. Austin Trout
4. Erislandy Lara
5. Delvin Rodriguez
6. Keith Thurman
7. Demetrius Andrade
8. Vanes Matirosyan
9. Ishe Smith (IBF)
10. Zaurbek Baysangurov (WBO)

(out: Bundrage-lost)

Welterweights (147 lbs)
Champion: VACANT
1. Juan Manuel Marquez
2. Tim Bradley (WBO)
3. Manny Pacquiao
4. Robert Guerrero
5. Andre Berto
6. Kell Brook
7. Devon Alexander (IBF)
8. Ruslan Provodnikov
9. Randall Bailey
10. Marcos Maidana

Inactive List: Bailey

Jr. Welterweights (140 lbs)
Champion: VACANT
1. Danny Garcia (WBC)
2. Lucas Matthysee
3. Mike Alvarado
4. Brandon Rios
5. Humberto Soto
6. Amir Khan
7. Zab Judah
8. Khabib Allakhverdiev
9. Viktor Postoi
10. Terrence Crawford

(out: Peterson-lost)

Lightweights (135 lbs)
Champion: VACANT
1. Adrien Broner (WBC)
2. Ricky Burns (WBO)
3. Miguel Vazquez (IBF)
4. Richard Abril (WBA)
5. Denis Shafikov
6. Alejandro Sanabria
7. Paulus Moses
8. Antonio DeMarco
9. Ray Beltran
10. Daniel Estrada

(out: Gonzalez-lost)
Inactive List: DeMarco

Jr. Lightweights (130 lbs)
Champion: VACANT
1. Argenis Mendez (IBF)
2. Takashi Uchiyama (WBA)
3. Juan Carlos Burgos
4. Juan Manuel Lopez
5. Juan Carlos Salgado
6. Takahiro Aoh
7. Yuriorkis Gamboa
8. Devis Boschiero
9. Edner Cherry
10. Takashi Miura (WBC)

(out: Diaz-lost)
Inactive List: Aoh

Featherweights (126 lbs)
Champion: Chris John
1. Miguel Angel Garcia (WBO)
2. Abner Mares (WBC)
3. Orlando Salido
4. Daniel Ponce de Leon
5. Jhonny Gonzalez
6. Chonlatarn Piriyapinyo
7. Evgeny Gradovich (IBF)
8. Billy Dib
9. Javier Fortuna
10. Vic Darchinyan

(out: Mijares-moved down, Russell-displaced)

Jr. Featherweights (122 lbs)
Champion: Guillermo Rigondeaux (WBO, WBA)
1. Nonito Donaire
2. Leo Santa Cruz
3. Viktor Terrazas
4. Cristian Mijares
5. Johnathan Romero (IBF)
6. Alejandro Lopez
7. Scott Quigg
8. Jeffrey Mathebula
9. Carl Frampton
10. Ronny Rios

(out: Mares-moved up, Darchinyan-moved up, Shimoda-displaced, Vazquez-lost)
Inactive List: Quigg

Bantamweights (118 lbs)
Champion: VACANT
1. Shinsuke Yamanaka (WBC)
2. Anselmo Moreno
3. Joseph Agbeko (IBO)
5. Koki Kameda (WBA)
6. James McDonnell (IBF)
7. Hugo Ruiz
8. Paulus Ambunda (WBO)
9. Pungluang Sor Singyu
10. Julio Ceja

(out: Santa Cruz-moved up, Tunacao-lost, Matsushita-inactive)

Jr. Bantamweights (115 lbs)
Champion: Srisaket Sor Rungvisai (WBC)
1. Yota Sato
2. Suriyan Sor Rungvisai
3. Juan Carlos Sanchez (IBF)
4. Omar Narvaez (WBO)
5. Felipe Orucuta
6. Carlos Cuadras
7. Giovanni Segura
8. Liborio Solis (WBA)
9. Kohei Kono
10. Tepparith Kokietgym

(out: Sosa-displaced, Kaovichit-displaced, Akaho-displaced)

Flyweights (112 lbs)
Champion: Akira Yaegashi (WBC)
1. Edgar Sosa
2. Juan Francisco Estrada (WBO)
3. Toshiyuki Igarashi
4. Brian Viloria
5. Hernan Marquez
6. Moruti Mthalane (IBF)
7. Milan Melindo
8. Rey Migreno
9. Rocky Fuentes
10. Juan Carlos Reveco (WBA)

(out: Jaro-lost, Uicab-displaced)
Inactive List: Mthalane

Jr. Flyweights (108 lbs)
Champion: Roman Gonzalez (WBA)
1. Donnie Nietes (WBO)
2. Johnriel Casimero (IBF)
3. Kazuto Ioka (WBA)
4. Adrian Hernandez (WBC)
5. Pedro Guevara
6. Raul Garcia
7. Noknoi Sitthiprasert
8. Alberto Rossel
9. Luis Rios
10. Kompayak Porpramook

(out: Estrada-moved up)

Strawweights (105 lbs)
Champion: VACANT
1. Moises Fuentes (WBO)
2. Ryo Miyazaki (WBA)
3. Denver Cuello
4. Wanheng Menayothin
5. Hekkie Budler (IBO)
6. Mateo Handig
7. Katsunari Takayama (IBF)
8. Mario Rodriguez
9. Nkosinathi Joyi
10. Jesus Silvestre

(out: Yaegashi-moved up)
Inactive List: Handig

World Champions:  8 (of 17)


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