November Ratings

(as of 11/24)

I’ve been doing these monthly/bi-monthly ratings since 1983. There are 3 criteria I use to rate fighters:

• Quality of Opposition

• Performance of

• 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. Alexander Povetkin
3. Tyson Fury
4. Vyacheslav Glazkov
5. Bryant Jennings
6. Bermane Stiverne
7. Artur Szpilka
8. Erkan Teper
9. Mairis Briedis
10. Andy Ruiz

out: none

Crusierweights (200 lbs)

Champion: Krzysztof Glowacki

1. Denis Lebedev
2. Grigory Drozd
3. Marco Huck
4. Ilunga Makabu
5. Victor Ramirez
6. Ola Afolabi
7. William Bezerra
8. Tony Bellew
9. Johnny Muller
10. Beibut Shumenov

out: Kudryashov-lost, Chakhkiev-lost
Inactive List: Drozd, Makabu

Lt. Heavyweights (175 lbs)

Champion: Sergey Kovalev

1. Adonis Stevenson
2. Andrzej Fonfara
3. Artur Beterbiev
4. Jürgen Brähmer
5. Marcus Browne
6. Isaac Chilemba
7. Eleider Alvarez
8. Nathan Cleverly
9. Thomas Oosthuizen
10. Erik Skoglund

out: Gonzalez-displaced
Inactive List: Oosthuizen

Super Middleweights (168 lbs)

Champion: Andre Ward

1. Arthur Abraham
2. Badou Jack
3. James DeGale
4. Anthony Dirrell
5. Gilberto Ramirez
6. Fedor Chudinov
7. Rogelio Medina
8. Dilmurod Satybaldiev
9. Callum Smith
10. Zac Dunn

out: Hart, Nielsen-displaced
Inactive List: Medina

Middleweights (160 lbs)

Champion: Saul Alvarez

1. Gennady Golovkin
2. Miguel Cotto
3. Daniel Jacobs
4. Andy Lee
5. Peter Quillin
6. Sergio Mora
7. Hugo Centeno
8. Arif Magomedov
9. Billy Joe Saunders
10. Chris Eubank

out: Lemieux-lost

Jr. Middleweights (154 lbs)

Champion: VACANT

1. Erislandy Lara
2. Jermall Charlo
3. Jermell Charlo
4. Vanes Matirosyan
5. Julian Williams
6. Austin Trout
7. Demetrius Andrade
8. Willie Nelson
9. Ramon Alvarez
10. Charles Hatley

out: Clottey, Cook-displaced

Welterweights (147 lbs)

Champion: VACANT

1. Manny Pacquiao
2. Danny Garcia
3. Tim Bradley
4. Kell Brook
5. Amir Khan
6. Shawn Porter
7. Keith Thurman
8. Jessie Vargas
9. Sammy Vazquez
10. Sadam Ali

out: Rios-lost
Inactive List: Brook, Khan, Porter, Vargas, Ali

Jr. Welterweights (140 lbs)

Champion: VACANT

1. Terrence Crawford
2. Viktor Postol
3. Ruslan Provodnikov
4. Humberto Soto
5. Antonio Orozco
6. Mauricio Herrera
7. Lamont Peterson
8. Felix Diaz
9. Adrien Broner
10. Rances Barthelemy

out: Matthysee-lost, Di Rocco-displaced

Lightweights (135 lbs)

Champion: VACANT

1. Omar Figueroa
2. Ray Beltran
3. Dejan Zlaticanin
4. Ricky Burns
5. Jorge Linares
6. Malcolm Klassen
7. Terry Flanagan
8. Argenis Mendez
9. Anthony Crolla
10. Luke Campbell

out: Bey-inactive, Vazquez-lost, Magdaleno-lost, Campbell-displaced
Inactive List: Beltran, Zlaticanin

Jr. Lightweights (130 lbs)

Champion: VACANT

1. Francisco Vargas
2. Miguel Roman
3. Takashi Miura
4. Roman Martinez
5. Orlando Salido
6. Javier Fortuna
7. Jose Pefraza
8. Stephen Smith
9. Takashi Uchiyama
10. Bryan Vasquez

out: Jacob-lost
Inactive List: Vasquez

Featherweights (126 lbs)

Champion: Nicholas Walters

1. Vasyl Lomachenko
2. Leo Santa Cruz
3. Abner Mares
4. Lee Selby
5. Gary Russell
6. Evgeny Gradovich
7. Jesus Cuellar
8. Marvin Sonsona
9. Luis Rosa
10. Satoshi Hosono

out: Castellanos-inactive
Inactive List: Russell, Sonsona

Jr. Featherweights (122 lbs)

Champion: Guillermo Rigondeaux

1. Carl Frampton
2. Scott Quigg
3. Julio Ceja
4. Hisashi Amagasa
5. Tyson Cave
6. Moises Flores
7. Cesar Juarez
8. Andres Gutierrez
9. Jessie Magdaleno
10. Jonathan Guzman

out: Servannia-inactive

Bantamweights (118 lbs)

Champion: James McDonnell

1. Shinsuke Yamanaka
2. Tomoki Kameda
3. Juan Carlos Payano
4. Liborio Solis
5. Anselmo Moreno
6. Pungluang Sor Singyu
7. Victor Ruiz
8. Lee Haskins
9. Rodrigo Guererro
10. Karim Guerfi

out: Rungvisai-displaced
Inactive List: Haskins

Jr. Bantamweights (115 lbs)

Champion: Carlos Cuadras

1. Kohei Kono
2. Srisaket Sor Rungvisai
3. Zolani Tete
4. McJoe Arroyo
5. Naoya Inoue
6. Ryo Matsumoto
7. Norberto Jimenez
8. Luis Concepcion
9. Felipe Orucuta
10. Lwandile Sityatha

out: Igarashi-displaced

Flyweights (112 lbs)

Champion: Roman Gonzalez

1. Juan Francisco Estrada
2. Amnat Ruenroeng
3. Kazuto Ioka
4. Giovani Segura
5. Juan Carlos Reveco
6. John Riel Casimero
7. Zou Shiming
8. Moises Fuentes
9. Vincent Legrand
10. Nawaphon Por Chokchai

out: none
Inactive List: Casimero, Shiming

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. Saul Juarez
8. Francisco Rodriguez
9. Rey Loreto
10. Hector Flores

out: none
Inactive List: Loreto

Strawweights (105 lbs)

Champion: VACANT

1. Katsunari Takayama
2. Hekkie Budler
3. Wanheng Menayothin
4. Knockout CP Freshmart
5. Kosei Tanaka
6. Xiong Zhan Zhong
7. Carlos Buitrago
8. Julian Yedras
9. Fahlan Sakkreerin
10. Byron Rojas

out: Perez-moved up, Garcia-inactive
Inactive List: Buitrago, Yedras

World Champions:  10 (of 17)


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