(as of 7/27)
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: Wladimir Klitschko
1. Deontay Wilder
2. Tyson Fury
3. Alexander Povetkin
4. Vyacheslav Glazkov
5. Bermane Stiverne
6. Bryant Jennings
7. Artur Szpilka
8. Erkan Teper
9. Andy Ruiz
10. Luis Ortiz
out: Cunningham-displaced
Inactive List: Stiverne, Ruiz
Crusierweights (200 lbs)
Champion: Marco Huck
1. Grigory Drozd
2. Ilunga Makabu
3. Denis Lebedev
4. Dmitry Kudryashov
5. Rakhim Chakhkiev
6. Victor Ramirez
7. Krzysztof Glowacki
8. William Bezerra
9. Johnny Muller
10. Tony Bellew
out: Hernandez-inactive, Wlodarczyk-inactive
Lt. Heavyweights (175 lbs)
Champion: Sergey Kovalev
1. Adonis Stevenson
2. Andrzej Fonfara
3. Artur Beterbiev
4. Jürgen Brähmer
5. Tommy Karpency
6. Isaac Chilemba
7. Eleider Alvarez
8. Thomas Oosthuizen
9. Erik Skoglund
10. Yunieski Gonzalez
out: Mohammedi-lost
Super Middleweights (168 lbs)
Champion: Andre Ward
1. Arthur Abraham
2. James DeGale
3. Badou Jack
4. Anthony Dirrell
5. Gilberto Ramirez Sanchez
6. Fedor Chudinov
7. Rogelio Medina
8. Jessie Hart
9. Patrick Nielsen
10. Zac Dunn
out: Stieglitz-lost
Middleweights (160 lbs)
Champion: Miguel Cotto
1. Gennady Golovkin
2. David Lemieux
3. Daniel Jacobs
4. Andy Lee
5. Peter Quillin
6. Hugo Centeno
7. Sergio Mora
8. Arif Magomedov
9. Billy Joe Saunders
10. Chris Eubank
out: Soliman-lost, N’Jikam-lost, Geale-lost
Inactive List: Centeno, Eubank
Jr. Middleweights (154 lbs)
Champion: Saul Alvarez
1. Erislandy Lara
2. Cornelius Bundrage
3. Jermell Charlo
4. Vanes Matirosyan
5. Julian Williams
6. Austin Trout
7. Willie Nelson
8. Jermall Charlo
9. Ramon Alvarez
10. Carson Jones
out: Harrison—lost
Welterweights (147 lbs)
Champion: Floyd Mayweather
1. Manny Pacquiao
2. Kell Brook
3. Tim Bradley
4. Amir Khan
5. Shawn Porter
6. Keith Thurman
7. Jessie Vargas
8. Sadam Ali
9. Brandon Rios
10. Andre Berto
out: Maidana—lost
Inactive List: Rios
Jr. Welterweights (140 lbs)
Champion: Danny Garcia
1. Lucas Matthysee
2. Terrence Crawford
3. Ruslan Provodnikov
4. Mauricio Herrera
5. Viktor Postol
6. Lamont Peterson
7. Humberto Soto
8. Felix Diaz
9. Rances Barthelemy
10. Michele Di Rocco
out: Vargas-moved up, Soto-inactive, Broner-moved up
Lightweights (135 lbs)
Champion: VACANT
1. Omar Figueroa
2. Mickey Bey
3. Ray Beltran
4. Dejan Zlaticanin
5. Ricky Burns
6. Miguel Vazquez
7. Jorge Linares
8. Yuriorkis Gamboa
9. Malcolm Klassen
10. Diego Magdaleno
out: Perez-displaced
Inactive List: Gamboa
Jr. Lightweights (130 lbs)
Champion: VACANT
1. Miguel Roman
2. Takashi Miura
3. Roman Martinez
4. Romain Jacob
5. Francisco Vargas
6. Javier Fortuna
7. Takashi Uchiyama
8. Bryan Vasquez
9. Jose Pedraza
10. Eric Hunter
out: Barthelemy-moved up, Chuwatana-lost, Hunter-displaced
Featherweights (126 lbs)
Champion: Nicholas Walters
1. Vasyl Lomachenko
2. Gary Russell
3. Abner Mares
4. Lee Selby
5. Evgeny Gradovich
6. Jesus Cuellar
7. Simpiwe Vetyeka
8. Marvin Sonsona
9. Robinson Castellanos
10. Luis Rosa
out: Fortuna-moved up
Inactive List: Vetyeka, Castellanos
Jr. Featherweights (122 lbs)
Champion: Guillermo Rigondeaux
1. Carl Frampton
2. Scott Quigg
3. Leo Santa Cruz
4. Hisashi Amagasa
5. Tyson Cave
6. Moises Fuentes
7. Cesar Juarez
8. Genesis Servannia
9. Andres Gutierrez
10. Jessie Magdaleno
out: Martinez-lost, Seda-lost
Inactive List: Servannia
Bantamweights (118 lbs)
Champion: VACANT
1. James McDonnell
2. Shinsuke Yamanaka
3. Tomoki Kameda
4. Hugo Ruiz
5. Juan Carlos Payano
6. Liborio Solis
7. Anselmo Moreno
8. Lee Haskins
9. Rodrigo Guererro
10. Suriyan Sor Rungvisai
out: Caballero-inactive, Ceja-displaced
Jr. Bantamweights (115 lbs)
Champion: Carlos Cuadras
1. Srisaket Sor Rungvisai
2. Zolani Tete
3. Naoya Inoue
4. McJoe Arroyo
5. Kohei Kono
6. Ryo Matsumoto
7. Norberto Jimenez
8. Felipe Orucuta
9. Lwandile Sityatha
10. Toshiyuki Igarashi
out: none
Inactive List: Inoue, Kono
Flyweights (112 lbs)
Champion: Roman Gonzalez
1. Juan Francisco Estrada
2. Amnat Ruenroeng
3. Kazuto Ioka
4. Giovani Segura
5. Juan Carlos Reveco
6. Zou Shiming
7. John Riel Casimero
8. Moises Fuentes
9. Vincent Legrand
10. Nawaphon Por Chokchai
out: Melindo-moved down, Arroyo-displaced, Muranaka-displaced
Jr. Flyweights (108 lbs)
Champion: VACANT
1. Donnie Nietes
2. Pedro Guevara
3. Javier Mendoza
4. Ryoichi Taguchi
5. Milan Melindo
6. Ganigan Lopez
7. Rey Loreto
8. Saul Juarez
9. Francisco Rodriguez
10. Randy Petalcorin
out: Casimero-moved up, Raymi-died
Strawweights (105 lbs)
Champion: VACANT
1. Hekkie Budler
2. Katsunari Takayama
3. Wanheng Menayothin
4. Knockout CP Freshmart
5. Carlos Buitrago
6. Kosei Tanaka
7. Xiong Zhan Zhong
8. Julian Yedras
9. Ricardo Perez
10. Raul Garcia
out: Novoa-moved up
Inactive List: Garcia
World Champions: 12 (of 17)
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