July Ratings

(as of 7/23)

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 Maan 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.



** 2014 Note:

Listing the various world body titles was never an endorsement. Rather, I felt it was a useful guide to see which of the titles held any legitimacy if one could see where the fighters who held them were ranked.

But it has become so absolutely ridiculous, what with garbage like "interim champion" and "world champion in recess." It's beyond absurd the lengths these parasitic organizations will go to to collect more and more sanctioning fees. Gotta pay for those conventions in exotic locales.

There is only one real World Champion per division and always has been. It's only the determining criteria that causes differences of opinion here.

So I'm done tracking all of that nonsense. Who gives a crap who these cancerous groups rank or allow into a title fight? Their relationship with which promoter is usually the answer anyway.

Besides anyone who wants to can go to the websites if these parasitic organizations and see their laughable ratings. But, really, who the hell would want to?



Heavyweights (over 200 lbs)

Champion: VACANT

1. Wladimir Klitschko
2. Kubrat Pulev
3. Vyacheslav Glazkov
4. Tomasz Adamek
5. Bermane Stiverne
6. Tyson Fury
7. Carlos Takam
8. Alexander Povetkin
9. Steve Cunningham
10. Ruslan Chagaev

out: Charr-lost, Jennings-displaced

Crusierweights (200 lbs)

Champion: Marco Huck

1. Krzysztof Wlodarczyk
2. Ilunga Makabu
3. Yoan Hernandez
4. Thadiso Mchunu
5. Grigory Drozd
6. Ola Afolabi
7. Mirko Larghetti
8. Youri Kalenga
9. William Bezerra
10. Pawel Kolodziej

out: Lebedev-inactive

Lt. Heavyweights (175 lbs)

Champion: VACANT

1. Adonis Stevenson
2. Sergey Kovalev
3. Bernard Hopkins
4. Andrzej Fonfara
5. Jean Pascal
6. Jürgen Brähmer
7. Dmitri Sukhotsky
8. Thomas Williams
9. Isaac Chilemba
10. Blake Caparello

Inactive List: Pascal

Super Middleweights (168 lbs)

Champion: Andre Ward

1. Carl Froch
2. Sakio Bika
3. Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr
4. Arthur Abraham
5. Robert Stieglitz
6. J’Leon Love
7. Anthony Dirrell
8. James DeGale
9. Gilberto Ramirez Sanchez
10. Thomas Oosthuizen

out: Groves-lost
Inactive List: Oosthuizen

Middleweights (160 lbs)

Champion: Miguel Cotto

1. Gennady Golovkin
2. Peter Quillin
3. Martin Murray
4. Sergio Martinez
5. Daniel Geale
6. Marco Antonio Rubio
7. Sam Soliman
8. Felix Sturm
9. Caleb Truax
10. Daniel Jacobs

out: Fletcher-displaced, Lee-moved down

Jr. Middleweights (154 lbs)

Champion: Saul Alvarez

1. Erislandy Lara
2. Demetrius Andrade
3. Carlos Molina
4. James Kirkland
5. Julian Williams
6. Andy Lee
7. Vanes Matirosyan
8. Sergey Rabchenko
9. Jermell Charlo
10. Joshua Clottey

out: Cotto-moved up
Inactive List: Kirkland, Rabchenko

Welterweights (147 lbs)

Champion: Manny Pacquiao

1. Floyd Mayweather
2. Marcos Maidana
3. Tim Bradley
4. Juan Manuel Marquez
5. Keith Thurman
6. Shawn Porter
7. Robert Guererro
8. Kell Brook
9. Amir Khan
10. Devon Alexander

out: Broner-displaced

Jr. Welterweights (140 lbs)

Champion: Danny Garcia  

1. Lucas Matthysee
2. Chris Algieri
3. Ruslan Provodnikov
4. Viktor Postol
5. Mauricio Herrera
6. Jessie Vargas
7. Humberto Soto
8. Khabib Allakhverdiev
9. John Molina
10. Hank Lundy

out: Peterson-displaced

Lightweights (135 lbs)

Champion: Terrence Crawford

1. Ray Beltran
2. Miguel Vazquez
3. Paulus Moses
4. Sergio Thompson
5. Antonio DeMarco
6. Yuriorkis Gamboa
7. Dejan Zlaticanin
8. Ricky Burns
9. Jorge Linares
10. Omar Figueroa

out: Roman-moved down, Belmontes-displaced
Inactive List: DeMarco

Jr. Lightweights (130 lbs)

Champion: VACANT

1. Mikey Garcia
2. Miguel Roman
3. Takashi Miura
4. Rances Barthelemy
5. Takashi Uchiyama
6. Takahiro Ao
7. Francisco Vargas
8. Romain Jacob
9. Bryan Vasquez
10. Luis Flores

out: Lopez-lost, Boschiero-displaced
Inactive List: Garcia, Miura, Uchiyama

Featherweights (126 lbs)

Champion: Nonito Donaire

1. Jhonny Gonzalez
2. Orlando Salido
3. Evgeny Gradovich
4. Vasyl Lomachenko
5. Simpiwe Vetyeka
6. Abner Mares
7. Marvin Sonsona
8. Chonlatarn Piriyapinyo
9. Nicholas Walters
10. Javier Fortuna

out: Miskirtchian-lost, Rodriguez-displaced

Jr. Featherweights (122 lbs)

Champion: Guillermo Rigondeaux

1. Leo Santa Cruz
2. Carl Frampton
3. Kiko Martinez
4. Chris Avalos
5. Scott Quigg
6. Ronny Rios
7. Cesar Seda
8. Tyson Cave
9. Luis Rosa
10. Genesis Servannia

out: Donaire-moved up, Ishimoto-lost, Vazquez-moved up

Bantamweights (118 lbs)

Champion: VACANT

1. Shinsuke Yamanaka
2. Anselmo Moreno
3. Koki Kameda
4. James McDonnell
5. Tomoki Kameda
6. Hugo Ruiz
7. Suriyan Sor Rungvisai
8. Paul Butler
9. Stuart Hall
10. Rodrigo Guererro

out: Ceja-displaced
Inactive List: K Kameda

Jr. Bantamweights (115 lbs)

Champion: Carlos Cuadras

1. Srisaket Sor Rungvisai
2. Liborio Solis
3. Omar Narvaez
4. Kohei Kono
5. Felipe Orucuta
6. Zolani Tete
7. McJoe Arroyo
8. Juan Carlos Sanchez
9. Tepparith Kokietgym
10. Ivan Morales

out: Guererro-moved up
Inactive List: Orucuta, Sanchez

Flyweights (112 lbs)

Champion: Akira Yaegashi

1. Edgar Sosa
2. Giovanni Segura
3. Juan Francisco Estrada
4. Amnat Ruenroeng
5. Kazuto Ioka
6. Rey Megrino
7. Milan Melindo
8. Toshiyuki Igarashi
9. Yogmongkol Vor Saengthep
10. Juan Carlos Reveco

out: Marquez-lost
Inactive List: Igarashi

Jr. Flyweights (108 lbs)

Champion: Roman Gonzalez

1. Donnie Nietes
2. Johnriel Casimero
3. Pedro Guevara
4. Ganigan Lopez
5. Naoya Inoue
6. Alberto Rossel
7. Ramon Garcia Hirales
8. Rey Loreto
9. Mario Rodriguez
10. Benezer Alolod

out: Sakkreein-lost, Sitthiprasert-moved up
Inactive List: Lopez

Strawweights (105 lbs)

Champion: VACANT

1. Hekkie Budler
2. Wanheng Menayothin
3. Katsunari Takayama
4. Carlos Buitrago
5. Francisco Rodriguez
6. Oswaldo Novoa
7. Merlito Sabillo
8. Ryuji Hara
9. Ali Raymi
10. Leroy Estrada

out: Silvestre-lost
Inactive List: Buitrago

World Champions:  12 (of 17)


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