December Ratings

(as of 12/29)

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.


** Note: I’m no longer typing up the Inactive List because it’s a pain. To see who’s active or not, visit www.boxrec.com.



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: Anthony Joshua

1. Deontay Wilder
2. Alexander Povetkin
3. Joseph Parker
4. Dillian Whyte
5. Jarrell Miller
6. Luis Ortiz
7. Kubrat Pulev
8. Lucas Browne
9. Manuel Charr
10. Adam Kownacki

out: Takam-lost, Hammer-lost, Wach-lost

Crusierweights (200 lbs)

Champion: Oleksandr Usyk

1. Mairis Briedis
2. Tony Bellew
3. Murat Gassiev
4. Krzysztof Glowacki
5. Denis Lebedev
6. Yunier Dorticos
7. Maksim Vlasov
8. Michel Cieslak
9. Kevin Lerena
10. Noel Gevor

out: none

Lt. Heavyweights (175 lbs)

Champion: VACANT

1. Adonis Stevenson
2. Badou Jack
3. Sergey Kovalev
4. Artur Beterbiev
5. Oleksandr Gvozdyk
6. Marcus Browne
7. Eleider Alvarez
8. Sullivan Barrera
9. Dmitry Bivol
10. Karo Murat

out: Shabranskyy-lost

Super Middleweights (168 lbs)

Champion: VACANT

1. Chris Eubank
2. Callum Smith
3. Anthony Dirrell
4. George Groves
5. Gilberto Ramirez
6. Caleb Truax
7. James DeGale
8. David Benavidez
9. Jessie Hart
10. Rocky Fielding

out: Uzcategui-inactive

Middleweights (160 lbs)

Champion: Gennady Golovkin

1. Saul Alvarez
2. Daniel Jacobs
3. Billy Joe Saunders
4. Sergiy Derevyanchenko
5. Jermall Charlo
6. Ryota Murata
7. Hugo Centeno
8. Jack Arnfeld
9. Gary O'Sullivan
10. Roberto Garcia

out: Lemieux-lost, Arias-lost

Jr. Middleweights (154 lbs)

Champion: VACANT

1. Erislandy Lara
2. Jermell Charlo
3. Demetrius Andrade
4. Jarrett Hurd
5. Maciej Sulecki
6. Kanat Islam
7. Sadam Ali
8. Brian Carlos Castano
9. Liam Smith
10. Cedric Vitu

out: Cotto-lost

Welterweights (147 lbs)

Champion: Jeff Horn

1. Manny Pacquiao
2. Keith Thurman
3. Errol Spence
4. Shawn Porter
5. Danny Garcia
6. Omar Figueroa
7. Konstantin Ponomarev
8. Quadratillo Abduqaxorov
9. Carlos Adames
10. Jamal James

out: Ali-moved up

Jr. Welterweights (140 lbs)

Champion: Terrence Crawford

1. Mikey Garcia
2. Antonio Orozco
3. Sergey Lipinets
4. Jose Ramirez
5. Anthony Yigit
6. Rances Barthelemy
7. Jack Catterall
8. Yves Ulysee
9. Tyrone Nurse
10. Mario Barrios

out: Pagara-lost

Lightweights (135 lbs)

Champion: VACANT

1. Jorge Linares
2. Terry Flanagan
3. Robert Easter
4. Ray Beltran
5. Emiliano Marsili
6. Anthony Crolla
7. Ryan Martin
8. Rene Alvarado
9. Paulus Moses
10. Mercito Gesta

out: Verdejo-inactive, Shafikov-lost, Roman-moved down

Jr. Lightweights (130 lbs)

Champion: Vasyl Lomachenko

1. Miguel Berchelt
2. Gervonta Davis
3. Takashi Miura
4. Robinson Castellanos
5. Alberto Machado
6. Kenichi Ogawa
7. Tevin Farmer
8. Miguel Roman
9. Eduardo Hernandez
10. Masayuki Ito

out: Ramos-displaced

Featherweights (126 lbs)

Champion: Leo Santa Cruz

1. Carl Frampton
2. Oscar Valdez
3. Lee Selby
4. Abner Mares
5. Scott Quigg
6. Josh Warrington
7. Genesis Servania
8. Gary Russell
9. Cristian Mijares
10. Joseph Diaz

out: Rosa-lost

Jr. Featherweights (122 lbs)

Champion: VACANT

1. Rey Vargas
2. Jessie Magdaleno
3. Cesar Juarez
4. Julio Ceja
5. Diego de la Hoya
6. Daniel Roman
7. Ryosuke Iwasa
8. Eduardo Ramirez
9. Gavin McDonnell
10. Shingo Wake

out: Rigondeaux-moved up, Quigg-moved up

Bantamweights (118 lbs)

Champion: James McDonnell

1. Luis Nery
2. Ryan Burnett
3. Shinsuke Yamanaka
4. Liborio Solis
5. Zolani Tete
6. Juan Carlos Payano
7. Zhanat Zhalaiyanov
8. Rau’shee Warren
9. Paul Butler
10. Marlon Tapales

out: none

Jr. Bantamweights (115 lbs)

Champion: Srisaket Sor Rungvisai

1. Juan Francisco Estrada
2. Naoya Inoue
3. Khalid Yafai
4. Norberto Jimenez
5. Carlos Cuadras
6. Rex Tso
7. Koki Eto
8. Jonas Sultan
9. Jerwin Ancajas
10. Iran Diaz

out: none

Flyweights (112 lbs)

Champion: VACANT

1. Donnie Nietes
2. Daigo Higa
3. Kazuto Ioka
4. Vincent Legrand
5. Sho Kimura
6. Noknoi Sitthiprasert
7. Muhammad Waseem
8. Masayuki Kuroda
9. Moruti Mthalane
10. Andrew Selby

out: none

Jr. Flyweights (108 lbs)

Champion: VACANT

1. Milan Melindo
2. Kosei Tanaka
3. Ken Shiro
4. Ryoichi Taguchi
5. Randy Petalcorin
6. Pedro Guevara
7. Hekkie Budler
8. Felix Alvarado
9. Ganigan Lopez
10. Jonathan Taconing

out: none

Strawweights (105 lbs)

Champion: VACANT

1. Wanheng Menayothin
2. Thammanoon Niyomtrong (Knockout CP Freshmart)
3. Ryuya Yamanaka
4. Byron Rojas
5. Jerry Tomogdan
6. Hiroto Kyoguchi
7. Jose Argumedo
8. Simphiwe Khonco
9. Joey Canoy
10. Chao Zhong Xiong

out: none

World Champions:  8 (of 17)


these ratings © Phrank da Slugger 2017

October Ratings

(as of 10/23)

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.


** 2016 note: I’m no longer typing up the Inactive List because it’s a pain. To see who’s active or not, visit www.boxrec.com.



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: Anthony Joshua

1. Deontay Wilder
2. Joseph Parker
3. Alexander Povetkin
4. Christian Hammer
5. Mariusz Wach
6. Dillian Whyte
7. Kubrat Pulev
8. Carlos Takam
9. Lucas Browne
10. Jarrell Miller

out: Ruiz-inactive, Ortiz-inactive

Crusierweights (200 lbs)

Champion: Oleksandr Usyk

1. Mairis Briedis
2. Tony Bellew
3. Murat Gassiev
4. Krzysztof Glowacki
5. Denis Lebedev
6. Yunier Dorticos
7. Maksim Vlasov
8. Michel Cieslak
9. Kevin Lerena
10. Noel Gevor

out: Huck-lost, Wlodarczyk-lost, Kudryashov-lost

Lt. Heavyweights (175 lbs)

Champion: VACANT

1. Adonis Stevenson
2. Badou Jack
3. Artur Beterbiev
4. Oleksandr Gvozdyk
5. Marcus Browne
6. Eleider Alvarez
7. Sullivan Barrera
8. Dmitry Bivol
9. Karo Murat
10. Vyacheslav Shabranskyy

out: Cleverly-lost, Skoglund-moved down

Super Middleweights (168 lbs)

Champion: VACANT

1. Chris Eubank
2. James DeGale
3. Callum Smith
4. Anthony Dirrell
5. George Groves
6. Gilberto Ramirez
7. David Benavidez
8. Jessie Hart
9. Jose Uzcategui
10. Rocky Fielding

out: Jack-moved up

Middleweights (160 lbs)

Champion: Gennady Golovkin

1. Saul Alvarez
2. Daniel Jacobs
3. David Lemieux
4. Billy Joe Saunders
5. Sergiy Derevyanchenko
6. Jermall Charlo
7. Ryota Murata
8. Hugo Centeno
9. Jack Arnfeld
10. Luis Arias

out: Aleem-lost, Monroe-lost, Korobov-inactive

Jr. Middleweights (154 lbs)

Champion: VACANT

1. Erislandy Lara
2. Jermell Charlo
3. Demetrius Andrade
4. Jarrett Hurd
5. Miguel Cotto
6. Maciej Sulecki
7. Kanat Islam
8. Brian Carlos Castano
9. Cedric Vitu
10. Liam Smith

out: Alvarez-moved up, Jermall Charlo-moved up, Cook-lost, Lubin-lost, Chavez-lost

Welterweights (147 lbs)

Champion: Jeff Horn

1. Manny Pacquiao
2. Keith Thurman
3. Errol Spence
4. Danny Garcia
5. Shawn Porter
6. Omar Figueroa
7. Konstantin Ponomarev
8. Quadratillo Abduqaxorov
9. Carlos Adames
10. Sadam Ali

out: Peterson-inactive, Abreu-inactive

Jr. Welterweights (140 lbs)

Champion: Terrence Crawford

1. Mikey Garcia
2. Antonio Orozco
3. Jason Pagara
4. Sergey Lipinets
5. Anthony Yigit
6. Rances Barthelemy
7. Jose Ramirez
8. Jack Catterall
9. Tyrone Nurse
10. Mario Barrios

out: Indongo-lost, Campa-lost

Lightweights (135 lbs)

Champion: VACANT

1. Terry Flanagan
2. Jorge Linares
3. Robert Easter
4. Ray Beltran
5. Felix Verdejo
6. Emiliano Marsili
7. Miguel Roman
8. Anthony Crolla
9. Denis Shafikov
10. Mercito Gesta

out: Rojo-lost

Jr. Lightweights (130 lbs)

Champion: Vasyl Lomachenko

1. Miguel Berchelt
2. Gervonta Davis
3. Takashi Miura
4. Robinson Castellanos
5. Alberto Machado
6. Tevin Farmer
7. Casey Ramos
8. Eduardo Hernandez
9. Kenichi Ogawa
10. Masayuki Ito

out: Corrales-lost, Morales-lost

Featherweights (126 lbs)

Champion: Leo Santa Cruz

1. Carl Frampton
2. Oscar Valdez
3. Abner Mares
4. Lee Selby
5. Josh Warrington
6. Gary Russell
7. Genesis Servania
8. Luis Rosa
9. Cristian Mijares
10. Joseph Diaz

out: Rios-moved down, Roman-moved down

Jr. Featherweights (122 lbs)

Champion: Guillermo Rigondeaux

1. Scott Quigg
2. Jessie Magdaleno
3. Rey Vargas
4. Cesar Juarez
5. Julio Ceja
6. Diego de la Hoya
7. Daniel Roman
8. Ryosuke Iwasa
9. Eduardo Ramirez
10. Gavin McDonnell

out: Oguni-lost, Guzman-inactive, Kubo-lost

Bantamweights (118 lbs)

Champion: James McDonnell

1. Luis Nery
2. Ryan Burnett
3. Shinsuke Yamanaka
4. Liborio Solis
5. Zolani Tete
6. Juan Carlos Payano
7. Zhanat Zhalaiyanov
8. Rau’shee Warren
9. Marlon Tapales
10. Paul Butler

out: Rungvisai-inactive, Masuda-lost

Jr. Bantamweights (115 lbs)

Champion: Srisaket Sor Rungvisai

1. Juan Francisco Estrada
2. Naoya Inoue
3. Khalid Yafai
4. Norberto Jimenez
5. Carlos Cuadras
6. Rex Tso
7. Koki Eto
8. Jonas Sultan
9. Jerwin Ancajas
10. Iran Diaz

out: Gonzalez-lost, Concepcion-lost

Flyweights (112 lbs)

Champion: VACANT

1. Donnie Nietes
2. Kazuto Ioka
3. Daigo Higa
4. Vincent Legrand
5. Sho Kimura
6. Noknoi Sitthiprasert
7. Muhammad Waseem
8. Masayuki Kuroda
9. Moruti Mthalane
10. Andrew Selby

out: Casimero-lost, Shiming-lost. Rodriguez-moved up

Jr. Flyweights (108 lbs)

Champion: VACANT

1. Milan Melindo
2. Kosei Tanaka
3. Ken Shiro
4. Ryoichi Taguchi
5. Randy Petalcorin
6. Pedro Guevara
7. Hekkie Budler
8. Ganigan Lopez
9. Felix Alvarado
10. Jonathan Taconing

out: Sakkreein-lost

Strawweights (105 lbs)

Champion: VACANT

1. Thammanoon Niyomtrong (Knockout CP Freshmart)
2. Wanheng Menayothin
3. Ryuya Yamanaka
4. Byron Rojas
5. Jerry Tomogdan
6. Hiroto Kyoguchi
7. Jose Argumedo
8. Simphiwe Khonco
9. Joey Canoy
10. Chao Zhong Xiong

out: Fukuhara-lost

World Champions:  9 (of 17)


these ratings © Phrank da Slugger 2017

August Ratings

(as of 8/11)

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.


** 2016 note: I’m no longer typing up the Inactive List because it’s a pain. To see who’s active or not, visit www.boxrec.com.



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: Anthony Joshua

1. Deontay Wilder
2. Joseph Parker
3. Alexander Povetkin
4. Christian Hammer
5. Andy Ruiz
6. Mariusz Wach
7. Luis Ortiz
8. Dillian Whyte
9. Kubrat Pulev
10. Carlos Takam

Crusierweights (200 lbs)

Champion: Oleksandr Usyk

1. Tony Bellew
2. Mairis Briedis
3. Krzysztof Glowacki
4. Marco Huck
5. Murat Gassiev
6. Denis Lebedev
7. Krzysztof Wlodarczyk
8. Dmitry Kudryashov
9. Michel Cieslak
10. Maksim Vlasov

out: Lerena-displaced

Lt. Heavyweights (175 lbs)

Champion: Andre Ward

1. Adonis Stevenson
2. Artur Beterbiev
3. Oleksandr Gvozdyk
4. Marcus Browne
5. Eleider Alvarez
6. Nathan Cleverly
7. Sullivan Barrera
8. Erik Skoglund
9. Dmitry Bivol
10. Karo Murat

out: Kovalev-lost, Smith-lost, Fonfara-lost

Super Middleweights (168 lbs)

Champion: VACANT

1. Badou Jack
2. James DeGale
3. Chris Eubank
4. Anthony Dirrell
5. George Groves
6. Callum Smith
7. Jessie Hart
8. Jose Uzcategui
9. David Benavidez
10. Gilberto Ramirez

out: Abraham-lost

Middleweights (160 lbs)

Champion: Gennady Golovkin

1. Daniel Jacobs
2. David Lemieux
3. Billy Joe Saunders
4. Immanuwel Aleem
5. Sergiy Derevyanchenko
6. Willie Monroe
7. Jack Arnfeld
8. Luis Arias
9. Ryota Murata
10. Matt Korobov

out: Eubank-moved up, Heiland-lost

Jr. Middleweights (154 lbs)

Champion: VACANT

1. Saul Alvarez
2. Jermall Charlo
3. Demetrius Andrade
4. Erislandy Lara
5. Jermell Charlo
6. Brandon Cook
7. Erickson Lubin
8. Jarrett Hurd
9. Omar Chavez
10. Cedric Vitu

Welterweights (147 lbs)

Champion: Jeff Horn

1. Manny Pacquiao
2. Keith Thurman
3. Danny Garcia
4. Errol Spence
5. Shawn Porter
6. Lamont Peterson
7. Omar Figueroa
8. Konstantin Ponomarev
9. Quadratillo Abduqaxorov
10. Berlin Abreu

out: Broner-lost

Jr. Welterweights (140 lbs)

Champion: Terrence Crawford

1. Julius Indongo
2. Mikey Garcia
3. Antonio Orozco
4. Tyrone Nurse
5. Jason Pagara
6. Sergey Lipinets
7. Pedro Campa
8. Anthony Yigit
9. Rances Barthelemy
10. Jose Ramirez

out: Davies-lost

Lightweights (135 lbs)

Champion: VACANT

1. Terry Flanagan
2. Robert Easter
3. Jorge Linares
4. Ray Beltran
5. Felix Verdejo
6. Emiliano Marsili
7. Miguel Roman
8. Francisco Rojo
9. Denis Shafikov
10. Mercito Gesta

out: Garcia-moved up, Magdaleno-inactive

Jr. Lightweights (130 lbs)

Champion: Vasyl Lomachenko

1. Miguel Berchelt
2. Gervonta Davis
3. Jezreel Corrales
4. Takashi Miura
5. Robinson Castellanos
6. Tevin Farmer
7. Casey Ramos
8. Eduardo Hernandez
9. Kenichi Ogawa
10. Carlos Morales

out: Roman-moved up, Barrios-moved up

Featherweights (126 lbs)

Champion: Leo Santa Cruz

1. Carl Frampton
2. Oscar Valdez
3. Abner Mares
4. Lee Selby
5. Josh Warrington
6. Gary Russell
7. Ronny Rios
8. Luis Rosa
9. Cristian Mijares
10. Daniel Roman

out: Marriaga-moved up, Barros-lost

Jr. Featherweights (122 lbs)

Champion: Guillermo Rigondeaux

1. Scott Quigg
2. Jessie Magdaleno
3. Cesar Juarez
4. Julio Ceja
5. Rey Vargas
6. Yukinori Oguni
7. Diego de la Hoya
8. Jonathan Guzman
9. Shun Kubo
10. Eduardo Ramirez

out: McDonnell-displaced

Bantamweights (118 lbs)

Champion: James McDonnell

1. Shinsuke Yamanaka
2. Liborio Solis
3. Zhanat Zhalaiyanov
4. Rau’shee Warren
5. Zolani Tete
6. Juan Carlos Payano
7. Suriyan Sor Rungvisai
8. Ryan Burnett
9. Marlon Tapales
10. Kentaro Masuda

out: Haskins-lost

Jr. Bantamweights (115 lbs)

Champion: Srisaket Sor Rungvisai

1. Roman Gonzalez
2. Carlos Cuadras
3. Naoya Inoue
4. Khalid Yafai
5. Norberto Jimenez
6. Rex Tso
7. Juan Francisco Estrada
8. Koki Eto
9. Luis Concepcion
10. Jerwin Ancajas

out: none

Flyweights (112 lbs)

Champion: VACANT

1. Donnie Nietes
2. Kazuto Ioka
3. Zou Shiming
4. John Riel Casimero
5. Daigo Higa
6. Vincent Legrand
7. Francisco Rodriguez
8. Noknoi Sitthiprasert
9. Muhammad Waseem
10. Masayuki Kuroda

out: Kogawa-lost

Jr. Flyweights (108 lbs)

Champion: VACANT

1. Milan Melindo
2. Kosei Tanaka
3. Ryoichi Taguchi
4. Pedro Guevara
5. Hekkie Budler
6. Randy Petalcorin
7. Ken Shiro
8. Ganigan Lopez
9. Jonathan Taconing
10. Fahlan Sakkreein

out: Porpramook-inactive

Strawweights (105 lbs)

Champion: VACANT

1. Thammanoon Niyomtrong (Knockout CP Freshmart)
2. Wanheng Menayothin
3. Byron Rojas
4. Ryuya Yamanaka
5. Jerry Tomogdan
6. Hiroto Kyoguchi
7. Jose Argumedo
8. Simphiwe Khonco
9. Tatsuya Fukuhara
10. Joey Canoy

out: Budler-moved up, Jerusalem-lost

World Champions:  10 (of 17)


these ratings © Phrank da Slugger 2017

May Ratings

(as of 5/23)

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.


** 2016 note: I’m no longer typing up the Inactive List because it’s a pain. To see who’s active or not, visit www.boxrec.com.



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: Anthony Joshua

1. Deontay Wilder
2. Joseph Parker
3. Alexander Povetkin
4. Andy Ruiz
5. Luis Ortiz
6. Christian Hammer
7. Kubrat Pulev
8. Mariusz Wach
9. Dillian Whyte
10. Carlos Takam

out: Klitschko-lost

Crusierweights (200 lbs)

Champion: Oleksandr Usyk

1. Tony Bellew
2. Mairis Briedis
3. Krzysztof Glowacki
4. Murat Gassiev
5. Marco Huck
6. Denis Lebedev
7. Krzysztof Wlodarczyk
8. Michel Cieslak
9. Maksim Vlasov
10. Kevin Lerena

out: Gevor-lost

Lt. Heavyweights (175 lbs)

Champion: Andre Ward

1. Sergey Kovalev
2. Artur Beterbiev
3. Adonis Stevenson
4. Oleksandr Gvozdyk
5. Eleider Alvarez
6. Joe Smith
7. Nathan Cleverly
8. Marcus Browne
9. Erik Skoglund
10. Andrzej Fonfara

out: Gonzalez-lost

Super Middleweights (168 lbs)

Champion: VACANT

1. James DeGale
2. Badou Jack
3. Arthur Abraham
4. Anthony Dirrell
5. Callum Smith
6. Jessie Hart
7. George Groves
8. Jose Uzcategui
9. David Benavidez
10. Gilberto Ramirez

out: Brophy and Zeuge-displaced

Middleweights (160 lbs)

Champion: Gennady Golovkin

1. Daniel Jacobs
2. David Lemieux
3. Billy Joe Saunders
4. Chris Eubank
5. Immanuwel Aleem
6. Sergiy Derevyanchenko
7. Willie Monroe
8. Jack Arnfeld
9. Jorge Heiland
10. Matt Korobov

out: none

Jr. Middleweights (154 lbs)

Champion: VACANT

1. Saul Alvarez
2. Jermall Charlo
3. Erislandy Lara
4. Demetrius Andrade
5. Jermell Charlo
6. Brandon Cook
7. Erickson Lubin
8. Jarrett Hurd
9. Omar Chavez
10. Cedric Vitu

out: Castano-inactive

Welterweights (147 lbs)

Champion: Manny Pacquiao

1. Keith Thurman
2. Danny Garcia
3. Shawn Porter
4. Errol Spence
5. Adrien Broner
6. Jeff Horn
7. Lamont Peterson
8. Konstantin Ponomarev
9. Quadratillo Abduqaxorov
10. Berlin Abreu

out: Diaz-lost, Manyuchi-lost, Peralta-lost

Jr. Welterweights (140 lbs)

Champion: Terrence Crawford

1. Julius Indongo
2. Antonio Orozco
3. Tyrone Nurse
4. Jason Pagara
5. Sergey Lipinets
6. Pedro Campa
7. Ohara Davies
8. Anthony Yigit
9. Rances Barthelemy
10. Jose Ramirez

out: Burns-lost, Benavidez-inactive

Lightweights (135 lbs)

Champion: VACANT

1. Terry Flanagan
2. Jorge Linares
3. Robert Easter
4. Mikey Garcia
5. Denis Shafikov
6. Ray Beltran
7. Felix Verdejo
8. Emiliano Marsili
9. Francisco Rojo
10. Diego Magdaleno

out: Maicelo-lost, Crolla-lost

Jr. Lightweights (130 lbs)

Champion: Vasyl Lomachenko

1. Takashi Miura
2. Jezreel Corrales
3. Miguel Berchelt
4. Gervonta Davis
5. Miguel Roman
5. Jason Sosa
6. Mario Barrios
7. Tevin Farmer
8. Casey Ramos
9. Eduardo Hernandez
10. Kenichi Ogawa

out: Sosa-lost, Klassen-inactive, Walsh-lost

Featherweights (126 lbs)

Champion: Leo Santa Cruz

1. Carl Frampton
2. Oscar Valdez
3. Abner Mares
4. Josh Warrington
5. Lee Selby
6. Miguel Marriaga
7. Gary Russell
8. Jonathan Barros
9. Ronny Rios
1o. Luis Rosa

out: Mijares and Roman-displaced

Jr. Featherweights (122 lbs)

Champion: Guillermo Rigondeaux

1. Scott Quigg
2. Jessie Magdaleno
3. Cesar Juarez
4. Rey Vargas
5. Yukinori Oguni
6. Jonathan Guzman
7. Diego de la Hoya
8. Shun Kubo
9. Eduardo Ramirez
10. Gavin McDonnell

out: Cave-inactive, Servannia-moved up

Bantamweights (118 lbs)

Champion: James McDonnell

1. Shinsuke Yamanaka
2. Liborio Solis
3. Zhanat Zhalaiyanov
4. Rau’shee Warren
5. Zolani Tete
6. Juan Carlos Payano
7. Lee Haskins
8. Suriyan Sor Rungvisai
9. Marlon Tapales
10. Kentaro Masuda

out: none

Jr. Bantamweights (115 lbs)

Champion: Srisaket Sor Rungvisai

1. Roman Gonzalez
2. Carlos Cuadras
3. Naoya Inoue
4. Khalid Yafai
5. Norberto Jimenez
6. Rex Tso
7. Juan Francisco Estrada
8. Koki Eto
9. Luis Concepcion
10. Jerwin Ancajas

out: none

Flyweights (112 lbs)

Champion: VACANT

1. Donnie Nietes
2. Kazuto Ioka
3. Zou Shiming
4. John Riel Casimero
5. Vincent Legrand
6. Daigo Higa
7. Takuya Kogawa
8. Francisco Rodriguez
9. Noknoi Sitthiprasert
10. Muhammad Waseem

out: Hernandez-lost

Jr. Flyweights (108 lbs)

Champion: VACANT

1. Milan Melindo
2. Kosei Tanaka
3. Ryoichi Taguchi
4. Pedro Guevara
5. Randy Petalcorin
6. Ken Shiro
7. Ganigan Lopez
8. Jonathan Taconing
9. Fahlan Sakkreein
10. Kompayak Porpramook

out: Yaegashi-lost, Loreto-inactive

Strawweights (105 lbs)

Champion: VACANT

1. Knockout CP Freshmart
2. Wanheng Menayothin
3. Jose Argumedo
4. Hekkie Budler
5. Melvin Jerusalem
6. Byron Rojas
7. Ryuya Yamanaka
8. Jerry Tomogdan
9. Simphiwe Konco
10. Tatsuya Fukuhara

out: Takayama-retired, Kano-lost

World Champions:  10 (of 17)


these ratings © Phrank da Slugger 2016

March Ratings

(as of 3/22)

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.


** 2016 note: I’m no longer typing up the Inactive List because it’s a pain. To see who’s active or not, visit www.boxrec.com.



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: Tyson Fury

1. Anthony Joshua
2. Deontay Wilder
3. Wladimir Klitschko
4. Alexander Povetkin
5. Joseph Parker
6. Andy Ruiz
7. Luis Ortiz
8. Christian Hammer
9. Kubrat Pulev
10. Mariusz Wach

out: Miller-inactive

Crusierweights (200 lbs)

Champion: Oleksandr Usyk

1. Marco Huck
2. Tony Bellew
3. Krzysztof Glowacki
4. Murat Gassiev
5. Denis Lebedev
6. Mairis Briedis
7. Michel Cieslak
8. Maksim Vlasov
9. Kevin Lerena
10. Noel Gevor

out: Dorticos-inactive

Lt. Heavyweights (175 lbs)

Champion: Andre Ward

1. Sergey Kovalev
2. Artur Beterbiev
3. Adonis Stevenson
4. Eleider Alvarez
5. Oleksandr Gvozdyk
6. Nathan Cleverly
7. Joe Smith
8. Marcus Browne
9. Erik Skoglund
10. Yunieski Gonzalez

out: none

Super Middleweights (168 lbs)

Champion: VACANT

1. James DeGale
2. Badou Jack
3. Anthony Dirrell
4. Arthur Abraham
5. Callum Smith
6. Jessie Hart
7. George Groves
8. Dave Brophy
9. Tyson Zeuge
10. Jose Uzcategui

out: Dunn-lost, Satybaldiev-inactive

Middleweights (160 lbs)

Champion: Gennady Golovkin

1. Daniel Jacobs
2. David Lemieux
3. Billy Joe Saunders
4. Chris Eubank
5. Immanuwel Aleem
6. Willie Monroe
7. Sergiy Derevyanchenko
8. Jack Arnfeld
9. Matt Korobov
10. Jorge Heiland

out: Sulecki-inactive, Stevens-lost

Jr. Middleweights (154 lbs)

Champion: VACANT

1. Saul Alvarez
2. Jermall Charlo
3. Erislandy Lara
4. Demetrius Andrade
5. Brandon Cook
6. Jermell Charlo
7. Erickson Lubin
8. Jarrett Hurd
9. Brian Carlos Castano
10. Cedric Vitu

out: Harrison-lost, Margarito-inactive

Welterweights (147 lbs)

Champion: Manny Pacquiao

1. Keith Thurman
2. Danny Garcia
3. Errol Spence
4. Shawn Porter
5. Felix Diaz
6. Adrien Broner
7. Jeff Horn
8. Charles Manyuchi
9. Lamont Peterson
10. David Peralta

out: Gomez-inactive, Ponomarev-displaced

Jr. Welterweights (140 lbs)

Champion: Terrence Crawford

1. Ricky Burns
2. Antonio Orozco
3. Tyrone Nurse
4. Julius Indongo
5. Jason Pagara
6. Sergey Lipinets
7. Jose Benavidez
8. Pedro Campa
9. Ohara Davies
10. Anthony Yigit

out: Broner-moved up, Granados-moved up

Lightweights (135 lbs)

Champion: VACANT

1. Terry Flanagan
2. Jorge Linares
3. Robert Easter
4. Mikey Garcia
5. Denis Shafikov
6. Jonathan Maicelo
7. Felix Verdejo
8. Emiliano Marsili
9. Anthony Crolla
10. Diego Magdaleno

out: Barthelemy-inactive, Zlaticanin-lost

Jr. Lightweights (130 lbs)

Champion: Vasyl Lomachenko

1. Takashi Miura
2. Jezreel Corrales
3. Miguel Berchelt
4. Miguel Roman
5. Jason Sosa
6. Gervonta Davis
7. Malcolm Klassen
8. Liam Walsh
9. Mario Barrios
10. Tevin Farmer

out: Vargas-lost, Salido-inactive

Featherweights (126 lbs)

Champion: Leo Santa Cruz

1. Carl Frampton
2. Abner Mares
3. Oscar Valdez
4. Lee Selby
5. Josh Warrington
6. Jonathan Barros
7. Ronny Rios
8. Luis Rosa
9. Cristian Mijares
10. Daniel Roman

out: Escandon-inactive

Jr. Featherweights (122 lbs)

Champion: Guillermo Rigondeaux

1. Scott Quigg
2. Jessie Magdaleno
3. Cesar Juarez
4. Rey Vargas
5. Tyson Cave
6. Yukinori Ogumi
7. Jonathan Guzman
8. Diego de la Hoya
9. Genesis Servannia
10. Gavin McDonnell

out: Flores-inactive

Bantamweights (118 lbs)

Champion: James McDonnell

1. Shinsuke Yamanaka
2. Liborio Solis
3. Zhanat Zhalaiyanov
4. Rau’shee Warren
5. Zolani Tete
6. Juan Carlos Payano
7. Lee Haskins
8. Suriyan Sor Rungvisai
9. Marlon Tapales
10. Kentaro Masuda

out: Rodriguez-displaced

Jr. Bantamweights (115 lbs)

Champion: Srisaket Sor Rungvisai

1. Roman Gonzalez
2. Carlos Cuadras
3. Naoya Inoue
4. Norberto Jimenez
5. Rex Tso
6. Juan Francisco Estrada
7. Koki Eto
8. Khalid Yafai
9. Luis Concepcion
10. Jerwin Ancajas

out: Butler-displaced

Flyweights (112 lbs)

Champion: VACANT

1. Donnie Nietes
2. Kazuto Ioka
3. John Riel Casimero
4. Zou Shiming
5. Vincent Legrand
6. Noknoi Sitthiprasert
7. Juan Hernandez
8. Takuya Kogawa
9. Francisco Rodriguez
10. Muhammad Waseem

out: Por Chokchai-lost

Jr. Flyweights (108 lbs)

Champion: VACANT

1. Milan Melindo
2. Kosei Tanaka
3. Ryoichi Taguchi
4. Pedro Guevara
5. Akira Yaegashi
6. Ganigan Lopez
7. Randy Petalcorin
8. Rey Loreto
9. Jonathan Taconing
10. Kompayak Porpramook

out: none

Strawweights (105 lbs)

Champion: VACANT

1. Knockout CP Freshmart
2. Wanheng Menayothin
3. Jose Argumedo
4. Riku Kano
5. Hekkie Budler
6. Melvin Jerusalem
7. Katsunari Takayama
8. Byron Rojas
9. Ryuya Yamanaka
10. Simphiwe Konco

out: Rivera-inactive

World Champions:  10 (of 17)


these ratings © Phrank da Slugger 2016

January Ratings

(as of 1/24)

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

• Quality of Opposition

• Performance

• 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.


** 2016 note: I’m no longer typing up the Inactive List because it’s a pain. To see who’s active or not, visit www.boxrec.com.



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: Tyson Fury

1. Anthony Joshua
2. Deontay Wilder
3. Wladimir Klitschko
4. Alexander Povetkin
5. Joseph Parker
6. Andy Ruiz
7. Luis Ortiz
8. Christian Hammer
9. Kubrat Pulev
10. Jarrell Miller

out: Duhaupas-lost, Molina-lost

Crusierweights (200 lbs)

Champion: Oleksandr Usyk

1. Krzysztof Glowacki
2. Marco Huck
3. Tony Bellew
4. Murat Gassiev
5. Denis Lebedev
6. Mairis Briedis
7. Michel Cieslak
8. Maksim Vlasov
9. Yunier Dorticos
10. Kevin Lerena

out: Shumenov-inactive

Lt. Heavyweights (175 lbs)

Champion: Andre Ward

1. Sergey Kovalev
2. Artur Beterbiev
3. Adonis Stevenson
4. Eleider Alvarez
5. Oleksandr Gvozdyk
6. Nathan Cleverly
7. Joe Smith
8. Marcus Browne
9. Erik Skoglund
10. Yunieski Gonzalez

out: Shabranskyy-lost

Super Middleweights (168 lbs)

Champion: VACANT

1. James DeGale
2. Badou Jack
3. Anthony Dirrell
4. Zac Dunn
5. Arthur Abraham
6. Callum Smith
7. Jessie Hart
8. George Groves
9, Jose Uzcategui
10. Dilmurod Satybaldiev

out: Ramirez-inactive

Middleweights (160 lbs)

Champion: VACANT

1. Gennady Golovkin
2. Daniel Jacobs
3. Billy Joe Saunders
4. Chris Eubank
5. David Lemieux
6. Willie Monroe
7. Immanuwel Aleem
8. Maciej Sulecki
9. Curtis Stevens
10. Sergiy Derevyanchenko

out: Khurtsidze-inactive, Khytrov-lost

Jr. Middleweights (154 lbs)

Champion: VACANT

1. Saul Alvarez
2. Jermall Charlo
3. Erislandy Lara
4. Demetrius Andrade
5. Jermell Charlo
6. Brandon Cook
7. Tony Harrison
8. Antonio Margarito
9. Erickson Lubin
10. Brian Carlos Castano

out: Williams-lost

Welterweights (147 lbs)

Champion: Manny Pacquiao

1. Keith Thurman
2. Danny Garcia
3. Errol Spence
4. Shawn Porter
5. Felix Diaz
6. Jeff Horn
7. Charles Manyuchi
8. David Peralta
9. Frankie Gomez
10. Konstantin Ponomarev

out: none

Jr. Welterweights (140 lbs)

Champion: Terrence Crawford

1. Ricky Burns
2. Antonio Orozco
3. Adrien Broner
4. Adrian Granados
5. Tyrone Nurse
6. Jose Benavidez
7. Julius Indongo
8. Jason Pagara
9. Sergey Lipinets
10. Pedro Campa

out: Zarza -lost, Molina-lost, Troyanovsky-lost

Lightweights (135 lbs)

Champion: VACANT

1. Terry Flanagan
2. Jorge Linares
3. Robert Easter
4. Rances Barthelemy
5. Dejan Zlaticanin
6. Denis Shafikov
7. Felix Verdejo
8. Emiliano Marsili
9. Anthony Crolla
10. Diego Magdaleno

out: Commey-lost

Jr. Lightweights (130 lbs)

Champion: Vasyl Lomachenko

1. Francisco Vargas
2. Miguel Roman
3. Takashi Miura
4. Jezreel Corrales
5. Jason Sosa
6. Orlando Salido
7. Malcolm Klassen
8. Gervonta Davis
9. Miguel Berchelt
10. Liam Walsh

out: Pedraza-lost

Featherweights (126 lbs)

Champion: Carl Frampton

1. Leo Santa Cruz
2. Abner Mares
3. Oscar Valdez
4. Lee Selby
5. Josh Warrington
6. Jonathan Barros
7. Luis Rosa
8. Oscar Escandon
9. Ronny Rios
10. Cristian Mijares

out: Russell-displaced

Jr. Featherweights (122 lbs)

Champion: Guillermo Rigondeaux

1. Scott Quigg
2. Moises Flores
3. Jessie Magdaleno
4. Tyson Cave
5. Cesar Juarez
6. Yukinori Ogumi
7. Jonathan Guzman
8. Rey Vargas
9. Diego de la Hoya
10. Gavin McDonnell

out: Hasegawa-retired

Bantamweights (118 lbs)

Champion: James McDonnell

1. Shinsuke Yamanaka
2. Liborio Solis
3. Rau’shee Warren
4. Zolani Tete
5. Lee Haskins
6. Juan Carlos Payano
7. Suriyan Sor Rungvisai
8. Emmanuel Rodriguez
9. Marlon Tapales
10. Kentaro Masuda

out: none

Jr. Bantamweights (115 lbs)

Champion: Roman Gonzalez

1. Carlos Cuadras
2. Naoya Inoue
3. Srisaket Sor Rungvisai
4. Norberto Jimenez
5. Rex Tso
6. Koki Eto
7. Khalid Yafai
8. Luis Concepcion
9. Jerwin Ancajas
10. Paul Butler

out: Kono-lost, Arroyo-displaced

Flyweights (112 lbs)

Champion: VACANT

1. Donnie Nietes
2. John Riel Casimero
3. Kazuto Ioka
4. Zou Shiming
5. Vincent Legrand
6. Nawaphon Por Chokchai
7. Noknoi Sitthiprasert
8. Takuya Kogawa
9. Francisco Rodriguez
10. Muhammad Waseem

out: Gonzalez-moved up, Fuentes-moved down

Jr. Flyweights (108 lbs)

Champion: VACANT

1. Milan Melindo
2. Kosei Tanaka
3. Ryoichi Taguchi
4. Pedro Guevara
5. Ganigan Lopez
6. Akira Yaegashi
7. Rey Loreto
8. Randy Petalcorin
9. Jonathan Taconing
10. Kompayak Porpramook

out: Perez-inactive

Strawweights (105 lbs)

Champion: VACANT

1. Knockout CP Freshmart
2. Wanheng Menayothin
3. Jose Argumedo
4. Katsunari Takayama
5. Riku Kano
6. Byron Rojas
7. Hekkie Budler
8. Melvin Jerusalem
9. Ryuya Yamanaka
10. Simphiwe Konco

out: Rivera-inactive

World Champions:  10 (of 17)


these ratings © Phrank da Slugger 2016

Nov Ratings

(as of 11/30)

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 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.


** 2016 note: I’m no longer typing up the Inactive List because it’s a pain. To see who’s active or not, visit www.boxrec.com.



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: Tyson Fury

1. Wladimir Klitschko
2. Deontay Wilder
3. Anthony Joshua
4. Luis Ortiz
5. Joseph Parker
6. Andy Ruiz
7. Christian Hammer
8. Johann Duhaupas
9. Eric Molina
10. Kubrat Pulev

out: Teper-lost, Browne-inactive

Crusierweights (200 lbs)

Champion: Oleksandr Usyk

1. Krzysztof Glowacki
2. Marco Huck
3. Tony Bellew
4. Denis Lebedev
5. Mairis Briedis
6. Michel Cieslak
7. Yunier Dorticos
8. Murat Gassiev
9. Kevin Lerena
10. Beibut Shumenov

out: McKenzie-retired, Kalenga-inactive

Lt. Heavyweights (175 lbs)

Champion: Andre Ward

1. Sergey Kovalev
2. Adonis Stevenson
3. Eleider Alvarez
4. Artur Beterbiev
5. Oleksandr Gvozdyk
6. Nathan Cleverly
7. Marcus Browne
8. Erik Skoglund
9. Vyacheslav Shabranskyy
10. Joe Smith

out: Brähmer-lost

Super Middleweights (168 lbs)

Champion: VACANT

1. Badou Jack
2. James DeGale
3. Gilberto Ramirez
4. Zac Dunn
5. Anthony Dirrell
6. Arthur Abraham
7. Callum Smith
8. Jessie Hart
9. George Groves
10. Dilmurod Satybaldiev

out: Uzcategui-displaced

Middleweights (160 lbs)

Champion: VACANT

1. Gennady Golovkin
2. Daniel Jacobs
3. Billy Joe Saunders
4. Chris Eubank
5. David Lemieux
6. Maciej Sulecki
7. Willie Monroe
8. Avtandil Khurtsidze
9. Sergiy Derevyanchenko
10. Ievgen Khytrov

out: none

Jr. Middleweights (154 lbs)

Champion: VACANT

1. Saul Alvarez
2. Jermall Charlo
3. Erislandy Lara
4. Demetrius Andrade
5. Jermell Charlo
6. Julian Williams
7. Brandon Cook
8. Tony Harrison
9. Antonio Margarito
10. Erickson Lubin

out: Martirosyan-inactive

Welterweights (147 lbs)

Champion: Manny Pacquiao

1. Keith Thurman
2. Danny Garcia
3. Shawn Porter
4. Errol Spence
5. Felix Diaz
6. Jeff Horn
7. Charles Manyuchi
8. Frankie Gomez
9. David Peralta
10. Konstantin Ponomarev

out: Vargas-lost

Jr. Welterweights (140 lbs)

Champion: Terrence Crawford

1. Ricky Burns
2. Antonio Orozco
3. Adrien Broner
4. Brian Zarza
5. John Molina
6. Adrian Granados
7. Jose Benavidez
8. Eduard Troyanovsky
9. Jason Pagara
10. Tyrone Nurse

out: none

Lightweights (135 lbs)

Champion: VACANT

1. Terry Flanagan
2. Jorge Linares
3. Rances Barthelemy
4. Robert Easter
5. Dejan Zlaticanin
6. Felix Verdejo
7. Emiliano Marsili
8. Anthony Crolla
9. Denis Shafikov
10. Richard Commey

out: none

Jr. Lightweights (130 lbs)

Champion: Vasyl Lomachenko

1. Francisco Vargas
2. Miguel Roman
3. Takashi Miura
4. Jose Pedraza
5. Orlando Salido
6. Jason Sosa
7. Malcolm Klassen
8. Jezreel Corrales
9. Miguel Berchelt
10. Liam Walsh

out: Walters-lost

Featherweights (126 lbs)

Champion: Carl Frampton

1. Leo Santa Cruz
2. Oscar Valdez
3. Lee Selby
4. Josh Warrington
5. Luis Rosa
6. Jonathan Barros
7. Oscar Escandon
8. Ronny Rios
9. Cristian Mijares
10. Gary Russell

out: Hosono-lost, Lara-inactive

Jr. Featherweights (122 lbs)

Champion: Guillermo Rigondeaux

1. Scott Quigg
2. Moises Flores
3. Jessie Magdaleno
4. Tyson Cave
5. Jonathan Guzman
6. Hozumi Hasegawa
7. Rey Vargas
8. Cesar Juarez
9. Diego de la Hoya
10. Gavin McDonnell

out: Mijares-moved up, Donaire-lost

Bantamweights (118 lbs)

Champion: James McDonnell

1. Shinsuke Yamanaka
2. Liborio Solis
3. Zolani Tete
4. Rau’shee Warren
5. Lee Haskins
6. Juan Carlos Payano
7. Suriyan Sor Rungvisai
8. Marlon Tapales
9. Emmanuel Rodriguez
10. Kentaro Masuda

out: none

Jr. Bantamweights (115 lbs)

Champion: Carlos Cuadras

1. Luis Concepcion
2. Kohei Kono
3. Srisaket Sor Rungvisai
4. Naoya Inoue
5. Norberto Jimenez
6. Rex Tso
7. Koki Eto
8. Jerwin Ancajas
9. Paul Butler
10. McJoe Arroyo

out: none

Flyweights (112 lbs)

Champion: Roman Gonzalez

1. Donnie Nietes
2. John Riel Casimero
3. Kazuto Ioka
4. Moises Fuentes
5. Zou Shiming
6. Vincent Legrand
7. Nawaphon Por Chokchai
8. Noknoi Sitthiprasert
9. Takuya Kogawa
10. Muhammad Waseem

out: Kimweri-inactive

Jr. Flyweights (108 lbs)

Champion: VACANT

1. Milan Melindo
2. Ryoichi Taguchi
3. Ganigan Lopez
4. Pedro Guevara
5. Akira Yaegashi
6. Rey Loreto
7. Kosei Tanaka
8. Randy Petalcorin
9. Jonathan Taconing
10. Ricardo Perez

out: Sakkreein-lost

Strawweights (105 lbs)

Champion: VACANT

1. Knockout CP Freshmart
2. Wanheng Menayothin
3. Jose Argumedo
4. Katsunari Takayama
5. Riku Kano
6. Byron Rojas
7. Hekkie Budler
8. Ryuya Yamanaka
9. Simphiwe Konco
10. Janiel Rivera

out: Xiong-inactive, Jimenez-lost

World Champions:  11 (of 17)


these ratings © Phrank da Slugger 2016

Sep Ratings

(as of 9/26)

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.


** 2016 note: I’m no longer typing up the Inactive List because it’s a pain. To see who’s active or not, visit www.boxrec.com.



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: Tyson Fury

1. Wladimir Klitschko
2. Deontay Wilder
3. Anthony Joshua
4. Luis Ortiz
5. Joseph Parker
6. Andy Ruiz
7. Johann Duhaupas
8. Erkan Teper
9. Eric Molina
10. Lucas Browne

out: Povetkin-inactive, Stiverne-inactive

Crusierweights (200 lbs)

Champion: Oleksandr Usyk

1. Krzysztof Glowacki
2. Denis Lebedev
3. Marco Huck
4. Tony Bellew
5. Mairis Briedis
6. Yunier Dorticos
7. Ovill McKenzie
8. Youri Kalenga
9. Beibut Shumenov
10. Michel Cieslak

out: none

Lt. Heavyweights (175 lbs)

Champion: Sergey Kovalev

1. Adonis Stevenson
2. Andre Ward
3. Eleider Alvarez
4. Artur Beterbiev
5. Jürgen Brähmer
6. Marcus Browne
7. Oleksandr Gvozdyk
8. Erik Skoglund
9. Vyacheslav Shabranskyy
10. Joe Smith

out: Williams-lost

Super Middleweights (168 lbs)

Champion: VACANT

1. Badou Jack
2. Gilberto Ramirez
3. James DeGale
4. Anthony Dirrell
5. Arthur Abraham
6. Zac Dunn
7. Callum Smith
8. Dilmurod Satybaldiev
9. Jessie Hart
10. Jose Uzcategui

out: none

Middleweights (160 lbs)

Champion: VACANT

1. Gennady Golovkin
2. Daniel Jacobs
3. Billy Joe Saunders
4. Chris Eubank
5. David Lemieux
6. Maciej Sulecki
7. Avtandil Khurtsidze
8. Willie Monroe
9. Sergiy Derevyanchenko
10. Ievgen Khytrov

out: Alvarez-moved down, Cotto-inactive, Lee-inactive

Jr. Middleweights (154 lbs)

Champion: VACANT

1. Saul Alvarez
2. Erislandy Lara
3. Jermall Charlo
4. Jermell Charlo
5. Demetrius Andrade
6. Julian Williams
7. Vanes Martirosyan
8. Brandon Cook
9. Tony Harrison
10. Antonio Margarito

out: Alvarez-lost, Hatley-inactive, Smith-lost

Welterweights (147 lbs)

Champion: Manny Pacquiao

1. Keith Thurman
2. Shawn Porter
3. Danny Garcia
4. Errol Spence
5. Jessie Vargas
6. Felix Diaz
7. Jeff Horn
8. Frankie Gomez
9. Charles Manyuchi
10. David Peralta

out: Brook-moved up

Jr. Welterweights (140 lbs)

Champion: Terrence Crawford

1. Ricky Burns
2. Antonio Orozco
3. Adrien Broner
4. Brian Zarza
5. John Molina
6. Adrian Granados
7. Jose Benavidez
8. Eduard Troyanovsky
9. Jason Pagara
10. Tyrone Nurse

out: Figueroa-inactive

Lightweights (135 lbs)

Champion: VACANT

1. Jorge Linares
2. Rances Barthelemy
3. Terry Flanagan
4. Robert Easter
5. Dejan Zlaticanin
6. Felix Verdejo
7. Emiliano Marsili
8. Anthony Crolla
9. Denis Shafikov
10. Richard Commey

out: none

Jr. Lightweights (130 lbs)

Champion: VACANT

1. Francisco Vargas
2. Vasyl Lomachenko
3. Nicholas Walters
4. Miguel Roman
5. Takashi Miura
6. Jose Pedraza
7. Orlando Salido
8. Malcolm Klassen
9. Jason Sosa
10. Jezreel Corrales

out: none

Featherweights (126 lbs)

Champion: Carl Frampton

1. Leo Santa Cruz
2. Lee Selby
3. Oscar Valdez
4. Josh Warrington
5. Luis Rosa
6. Satoshi Hosono
7. Oscar Escandon
8. Ronny Rios
9. Gary Russell
10. Jorge Lara

out: Mares-inactive, Cuellar-inactive

Jr. Featherweights (122 lbs)

Champion: Guillermo Rigondeaux

1. Nonito Donaire
2. Scott Quigg
3. Moises Flores
4. Tyson Cave
5. Jonathan Guzman
6. Hozumi Hasegawa
7. Cristian Mijares
8. Rey Vargas
9. Jessie Magdaleno
19. Gavin McDonnell

out: Frampton-moved up, Ruiz-lost, Ceja-inactive

Bantamweights (118 lbs)

Champion: James McDonnell

1. Shinsuke Yamanaka
2. Liborio Solis
3. Zolani Tete
4. Rau’shee Warren
5. Lee Haskins
6. Juan Carlos Payano
7. Suriyan Sor Rungvisai
8. Marlon Tapales
9. Emmanuel Rodriguez
10. Kentaro Masuda

out: Moreno-lost, Hall-lost

Jr. Bantamweights (115 lbs)

Champion: Carlos Cuadras

1. Luis Concepcion
2. Kohei Kono
3. Srisaket Sor Rungvisai
4. Naoya Inoue
5. Norberto Jimenez
6. Rex Tso
7. Koki Eto
8. Jerwin Ancajas
9. Paul Butler
10. McJoe Arroyo

out: Sityatha-inactive

Flyweights (112 lbs)

Champion: Roman Gonzalez

1. Donnie Nietes
2. John Riel Casimero
3. Kazuto Ioka
4. Moises Fuentes
5. Zou Shiming
6. Vincent Legrand
7. Nawaphon Por Chokchai
8. Noknoi Sitthiprasert
9. Takuya Kogawa
10. Omari Kimweri

out: Rodriguez-inactive

Jr. Flyweights (108 lbs)

Champion: VACANT

1. Ryoichi Taguchi
2. Ganigan Lopez
3. Milan Melindo
4. Pedro Guevara
5. Akira Yaegashi
6. Rey Loreto
7. Kosei Tanaka
8. Fahlan Sakkreein
9. Randy Petalcorin
10. Ricardo Perez

out: Nietes-moved up, Kimura-inactive, Juarez-moved down

Strawweights (105 lbs)

Champion: VACANT

1. Knockout CP Freshmart
2. Wanheng Menayothin
3. Jose Argumedo
4. Katsunari Takayama
5. Riku Kano
6. Byron Rojas
7. Hekkie Budler
8. Jose Jimenez
9. Chao Zhong Xiong
10. Janiel Rivera

out: Yedras-inactive

World Champions:  10 (of 17)


these ratings © Phrank da Slugger 2016

July Ratings

(as of 7/25)

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.



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: Tyson Fury

1. Wladimir Klitschko
2. Deontay Wilder
3. Anthony Joshua
4. Alexander Povetkin
5. Luis Ortiz
6. Joseph Parker
7. Andy Ruiz
8. Bermane Stiverne
9. Johann Duhaupas
10. Lucas Browne

out: none
Inactive List: Povetkin, Stiverne, Browne

Crusierweights (200 lbs)

Champion: Krzysztof Glowacki

1. Denis Lebedev
2. Marco Huck
3. Tony Bellew
4. Mairis Briedis
5. Yunier Dorticos
6. Oleksandr Usyk
7. Ovill McKenzie
8. Youri Kalenga
9. Beibut Shumenov
10. Michel Cieslak

out: none

Lt. Heavyweights (175 lbs)

Champion: Sergey Kovalev

1. Andre Ward
2. Adonis Stevenson
3. Eleider Alvarez
4. Artur Beterbiev
5. Jürgen Brähmer
6. Marcus Browne
7. Oleksandr Gvozdyk
8. Thomas Williams
9. Erik Skoglund
10. Vyacheslav Shabranskyy

out: Fonfara-lost

Super Middleweights (168 lbs)

Champion: VACANT

1. Badou Jack
2. Gilberto Ramirez
3. James DeGale
4. Anthony Dirrell
5. Arthur Abraham
6. Zac Dunn
7. Callum Smith
8. Dilmurod Satybaldiev
9. Jessie Hart
10. Jose Uzcategui

out: Nielsen-displaced
Inactive List: Hart

Middleweights (160 lbs)

Champion: Saul Alvarez

1. Gennady Golovkin
2. Daniel Jacobs
3. Miguel Cotto
4. Billy Joe Saunders
5. Chris Eubank
6. Andy Lee
7. David Lemieux
8. Avtandil Khurtsidze
9. Maciej Sulecki
10. Sergiy Derevyanchenko

out: Centeno-lost, Khytrov-displaced
Inactive List: Cotto, Saunders, Lee, Khurtsidze

Jr. Middleweights (154 lbs)

Champion: VACANT

1. Erislandy Lara
2. Jermall Charlo
3. Jermell Charlo
4. Demetrius Andrade
5. Julian Williams
6. Vanes Martirosyan
7. Ramon Alvarez
8. Brandon Cook
9. Charles Hatley
10. Liam Smith

out: Nelson-lost
Inactive List: Hatley

Welterweights (147 lbs)

Champion: Manny Pacquiao

1. Keith Thurman
2. Danny Garcia
3. Kell Brook
4. Shawn Porter
5. Errol Spence
6. Jessie Vargas
7. Felix Diaz
8. Jeff Horn
9. Frankie Gomez
10. Charles Manyuchi

out: Vasquez-lost, Panomarev-displaced
Inactive List: Garcia, Vargas

Jr. Welterweights (140 lbs)

Champion: Terrence Crawford

1. Ricky Burns
2. Antonio Orozco
3. Omar Figueroa
4. Adrien Broner
5. Brian Zarza
6. John Molina
7. Adrian Granados
8. Jose Benavidez
9. Eduard Troyanovsky
10. Jason Pagara

out: Diaz-moved up, Postol-lost, Provodnikov-lost, Soto-inactive, Peterson-inactive
Inactive List: Figueroa

Lightweights (135 lbs)

Champion: VACANT

1. Rances Barthelemy
2. Terry Flanagan
3. Dejan Zlaticanin
4. Jorge Linares
5. Anthony Crolla
6. Robert Easter
7. Felix Verdejo
8. Emiliano Marsili
9. Richard Commey
10. Denis Shafikov

out: Klassen-moved down

Jr. Lightweights (130 lbs)

Champion: VACANT

1. Francisco Vargas
2. Vasyl Lomachenko
3. Nicholas Walters
4. Miguel Roman
5. Takashi Miura
6. Jose Pedraza
7. Orlando Salido
8. Malcolm Klassen
9. Jason Sosa
10. Jezreal Corrales
10. Joel Diaz

out: Martinez-lost, Fortuna-lost, Diaz-displaced

Featherweights (126 lbs)

Champion: VACANT

1. Leo Santa Cruz
2. Abner Mares
3. Lee Selby
4. Oscar Valdez
5. Josh Warrington
6. Jesus Cuellar
7. Luis Rosa
8. Oscar Escandon
9. Satoshi Hosono
10. Ronny Rios

out: Lomachenko-moved up
Inactive List: Mares, Cuellar, Escandon

Jr. Featherweights (122 lbs)

Champion: Guillermo Rigondeaux

1. Carl Frampton
2. Nonito Donaire
3. Scott Quigg
4. Moises Flores
5. Tyson Cave
6. Hugo Ruiz
7. Jonathan Guzman
8. Cristian Mijares
9. Julio Ceja
10. Jessie Magdaleno

out: Gutierrez-lost
Inactive List: Quigg, Ceja, Magdaleno

Bantamweights (118 lbs)

Champion: James McDonnell

1. Shinsuke Yamanaka
2. Liborio Solis
3. Zolani Tete
4. Anselmo Moreno
5. Rau’shee Warren
6. Juan Carlos Payano
7. Lee Haskins
8. Suriyan Sor Rungvisai
9. Marlon Tapales
10. Stuart Hall

out: T Kameda-inactive, Ruiz-lost, Singyu-lost

Jr. Bantamweights (115 lbs)

Champion: Carlos Cuadras

1. Kohei Kono
2. Srisaket Sor Rungvisai
3. Luis Concepcion
4. McJoe Arroyo
5. Naoya Inoue
6. Norberto Jimenez
7. Lwandile Sityatha
8. Paul Butler
9. Rex Tso
10. Koki Eto

out: Tete-moved up
Inactive List: Sityatha, Butler

Flyweights (112 lbs)

Champion: Roman Gonzalez

1. Kazuto Ioka
2. John Riel Casimero
3. Moises Fuentes
4. Zou Shiming
5. Vincent Legrand
6. Nawaphon Por Chokchai
7. Noknoi Sitthiprasert
8. Takuya Kogawa
9. Omari Kimweri
10. Francisco Rodriguez

out: Estrada-inactive

Jr. Flyweights (108 lbs)

Champion: VACANT

1. Donnie Nietes
2. Ganigan Lopez
3. Ryoichi Taguchi
4. Milan Melindo
5. Yu Kimura
6. Pedro Guevara
7. Akira Yaegashi
8. Saul Juarez
9. Rey Loreto
10. Kosei Tanaka

out: Taconing-lost
Inactive List: Kimura

Strawweights (105 lbs)

Champion: VACANT

1. Knockout CP Freshmart
2. Wanheng Menayothin
3. Jose Argumedo
4. Katsunari Takayama
5. Byron Rojas
6. Hekkie Budler
7. Jose Jimenez
8. Riku Kano
9. Chao Zhong Xiong
10. Julian Yedras

out: Tanaka-moved up, Sakkreerin-moved up
Inactive List: Budler, Yedras

World Champions:  10 (of 17)


these ratings © Phrank da Slugger 2016

May Ratings

(as of 5/25)

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.



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: Tyson Fury

1. Wladimir Klitschko
2. Deontay Wilder
3. Alexander Povetkin
4. Anthony Joshua
5. Luis Ortiz
6. Bermane Stiverne
7. Andy Ruiz
8. Joseph Parker
9. Johann Duhaupas
10. Lucas Browne

out: Briedis-moved down, Teper-inactive
Inactive List: Stiverne

Crusierweights (200 lbs)

Champion: Krzysztof Glowacki

1. Denis Lebedev
2. Marco Huck
3. Mairis Briedis
4. Yunier Dorticos
5. Tony Bellew
6. Oleksandr Usyk
7. Ovill McKenzie
8. Youri Kalenga
9. Beibut Shumenov
10. Michel Cieslak

out: Ramirez-lost, Durodola-lost, Thomas-lost
Inactive List: Usyk, McKenzie

Lt. Heavyweights (175 lbs)

Champion: Sergey Kovalev

1. Andre Ward
2. Andrzej Fonfara
3. Adonis Stevenson
4. Eleider Alvarez
5. Artur Beterbiev
6. Jürgen Brähmer
7. Marcus Browne
8. Thomas Williams
9. Erik Skoglund
10. Vyacheslav Shabranskyy

out: Cleverly-inactive, Barrera-lost
Inactive List: Stevenson

Super Middleweights (168 lbs)

Champion: VACANT

1. Badou Jack
2. Gilberto Ramirez
3. James DeGale
4. Anthony Dirrell
5. Arthur Abraham
6. Zac Dunn
7. Callum Smith
8. Dilmurod Satybaldiev
9. Patrick Nielsen
10. Jessie Hart

out: Ward-moved up
Inactive List: Satybaldiev, Nielsen

Middleweights (160 lbs)

Champion: Saul Alvarez

1. Gennady Golovkin
2. Miguel Cotto
3. Daniel Jacobs
4. Billy Joe Saunders
5. Andy Lee
6. Hugo Centeno
7. Chris Eubank
8. David Lemieux
9. Avtandil Khurtsidze
10. Ievgen Khytrov

out: Mora-inactive, Magomedov-lost, Johnson-inactive
Inactive List: Cotto, Saunders, Lee, Centeno

Jr. Middleweights (154 lbs)

Champion: VACANT

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

out: Trout-lost
Inactive List: Alvarez, Hatley

Welterweights (147 lbs)

Champion: Manny Pacquiao

1. Danny Garcia
2. Kell Brook
3. Shawn Porter
4. Keith Thurman
5. Errol Spence
6. Jessie Vargas
7. Sammy Vasquez
8. Jeff Horn
9. Frankie Gomez
10. Konstantin Panomarev

out: Bradley-lost, Khan-moved up
Inactive List: Garcia, Vasquez

Jr. Welterweights (140 lbs)

Champion: VACANT

1. Terrence Crawford
2. Viktor Postol
3. Omar Figueroa
4. Ruslan Provodnikov
5. Antonio Orozco
6. Humberto Soto
7. Adrien Broner
8. Lamont Peterson
9. Felix Diaz
10. Brian Zarza

out: Herrera-lost
Inactive List: Figueroa, Soto, Peterson, Diaz

Lightweights (135 lbs)

Champion: VACANT

1. Ricky Burns
2. Rances Barthelemy
3. Dejan Zlaticanin
4. Jorge Linares
6. Anthony Crolla
5. Malcolm Klassen
7. Terry Flanagan
7. Robert Easter
8. Emiliano Marsili
9. Felix Verdejo
10. Richard Commey

out: Mendez-lost, Barroso-lost
Inactive List: Linares, Marsili

Jr. Lightweights (130 lbs)

Champion: VACANT

1. Francisco Vargas
2. Nicholas Walters
3. Miguel Roman
4. Takashi Miura
5. Roman Martinez
6. Jose Pedraza
7. Orlando Salido
8. Javier Fortuna
9. Jezreal Corrales
10. Joel Diaz

out: Smith-lost, Uchiyama-lost

Featherweights (126 lbs)

Champion: VACANT

1. Vasyl Lomachenko
2. Leo Santa Cruz
3. Abner Mares
4. Lee Selby
5. Oscar Valdez
6. Josh Warrington
7. Jesus Cuellar
8. Luis Rosa
9. Oscar Escandon
10. Satoshi Hosono

out: Gradovich-lost, Rios-displaced
Inactive List: Rosa

Jr. Featherweights (122 lbs)

Champion: Guillermo Rigondeaux

1. Carl Frampton
2. Nonito Donaire
3. Scott Quigg
4. Tyson Cave
5. Hugo Ruiz
6. Julio Ceja
7. Moises Flores
8. Jonathan Guzman
9. Andres Gutierrez
10. Jessie Magdaleno

out: Amagasa-moved up
Inactive List: Cave

Bantamweights (118 lbs)

Champion: James McDonnell

1. Shinsuke Yamanaka
2. Liborio Solis
3. Tomoki Kameda
4. Juan Carlos Payano
5. Anselmo Moreno
6. Pungluang Sor Singyu
7. Lee Haskins
8. Victor Ruiz
9. Suriyan Sor Rungvisai
10. Stuart Hall

out: Guerfi-displaced
Inactive List: Kameda

Jr. Bantamweights (115 lbs)

Champion: Carlos Cuadras

1. Kohei Kono
2. Srisaket Sor Rungvisai
3. Zolani Tete
4. Luis Concepcion
5. McJoe Arroyo
6. Naoya Inoue
7. Lwandile Sityatha
8. Norberto Jimenez
9. Paul Butler
10. Rex Tso

out: Matsumoto-lost
Inactive List: Concepcion, Arroyo, Sityatha, Jimenez

Flyweights (112 lbs)

Champion: Roman Gonzalez

1. Juan Francisco Estrada
2. Kazuto Ioka
3. John Riel Casimero
4. Moises Fuentes
5. Zou Shiming
6. Vincent Legrand
7. Nawaphon Por Chokchai
8. Noknoi Sitthiprasert
9. Takuya Kogawa
10. Omari Kimweri

out: Ruenroeng-lost
Inactive List: Estrada, Ioka

Jr. Flyweights (108 lbs)

Champion: VACANT

1. Donnie Nietes
2. Ryoichi Taguchi
3. Ganigan Lopez
4. Milan Melindo
5. Yu Kimura
6. Pedro Guevara
7. Akira Yaegashi
8. Saul Juarez
9. Rey Loreto
10. Jonathan Taconing

out: none
Inactive List: Taconing

Strawweights (105 lbs)

Champion: VACANT

1. Knockout CP Freshmart
2. Wanheng Menayothin
3. Kosei Tanaka
4. Jose Argumedo
5. Katsunari Takayama
6. Byron Rojas
7. Hekkie Budler
8. Riku Kano
9. Julian Yedras
10. Fahlan Sakkreerin

out: Zhong-displaced
Inactive List: Yedras

World Champions:  9 (of 17)


these ratings © Phrank da Slugger 2016

March Ratings

(as of 3/21)

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.



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: Tyson Fury

1. Wladimir Klitschko
2. Deontay Wilder
3. Alexander Povetkin
4. Luis Ortiz
5. Bermane Stiverne
6. Mairis Briedis
7. Erkan Teper
8. Andy Ruiz
9. Anthony Joshua
10. Lucas Browne

out: Chagaev-lost
Inactive List: Klitschko, Stiverne, Teper, Ruiz

Crusierweights (200 lbs)

Champion: Krzysztof Glowacki

1. Marco Huck
2. Denis Lebedev
3. Victor Ramirez
4. Tony Bellew
5. Oleksandr Usyk
6. Youri Kalenga
7. Olanrewaju Durodola
8. Ovill McKenzie
9. Isiah Thomas
10. Beibut Shumenov

out: Drozd-inactive, Makabu-inactive, Afolabi-lost, Bezerra-inactive
Inactive List: Kalenga, Durodola, Shumenov

Lt. Heavyweights (175 lbs)

Champion: Sergey Kovalev

1. Adonis Stevenson
2. Andrzej Fonfara
3. Eleider Alvarez
4. Artur Beterbiev
5. Jürgen Brähmer
6. Marcus Browne
7. Nathan Cleverly
8. Erik Skoglund
9. Vyacheslav Shabranskyy
10. Sullivan Barrera

out: Oosthuizen-inactive
Inactive List: Stevenson, Fonfara, Alvarez, Beterbiev

Super Middleweights (168 lbs)

Champion: Andre Ward

1. Arthur Abraham
2. Badou Jack
3. James DeGale
4. Anthony Dirrell
5. Gilberto Ramirez
6. Dilmurod Satybaldiev
7. Callum Smith
8. Zac Dunn
9. Patrick Nielsen
10. Jessie Hart

out: Chudinov-lost

Middleweights (160 lbs)

Champion: Saul Alvarez

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

out: none
Inactive List: Mora, Johnson

Jr. Middleweights (154 lbs)

Champion: VACANT

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

out: none
Inactive List: Lara, Charlo, Charlo, Martirosyan, Trout

Welterweights (147 lbs)

Champion: VACANT

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

out: none

Jr. Welterweights (140 lbs)

Champion: VACANT

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

out: none
Inactive List: Postol, Soto, Peterson, Diaz

Lightweights (135 lbs)

Champion: VACANT

1. Ricky Burns
2. Rances Barthelemy
3. Jorge Linares
4. Dejan Zlaticanin
5. Malcolm Klassen
6. Terry Flanagan
7. Argenis Mendez
8. Anthony Crolla
9. Ismael Barroso
10. Emiliano Marsili

out: Beltran-inactive
Inactive List: Linares, Zlaticanin, Klassen, Marsili

Jr. Lightweights (130 lbs)

Champion: VACANT

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

out: none
Inactive List: Miura, Martinez, Fortuna

Featherweights (126 lbs)

Champion: VACANT

1. Vasyl Lomachenko
2. Leo Santa Cruz
3. Abner Mares
4. Lee Selby
5. Evgeny Gradovich
6. Jesus Cuellar
7. Luis Rosa
8. Oscar Escandon
9. Satoshi Hosono
10. Ronny Rios

out: Sonsona-inactive
Inactive List: Lomachenko, Rios

Jr. Featherweights (122 lbs)

Champion: Guillermo Rigondeaux

1. Carl Frampton
2. Nonito Donaire
3. Hisashi Amagasa
4. Tyson Cave
5. Scott Quigg
6. Hugo Ruiz
7. Julio Ceja
8. Moises Flores
9. Andres Gutierrez
10. Jessie Magdaleno

out: Guzman-displaced
Inactive List: Cave

Bantamweights (118 lbs)

Champion: James McDonnell

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

out: none
Inactive List: Kameda, Payano, Haskins

Jr. Bantamweights (115 lbs)

Champion: Carlos Cuadras

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

out: none
Inactive List: Jimenez

Flyweights (112 lbs)

Champion: Roman Gonzalez

1. Juan Francisco Estrada
2. Amnat Ruenroeng
3. Kazuto Ioka
4. Moises Fuentes
5. Zou Shiming
6. Vincent Legrand
7. Nawaphon Por Chokchai
8. Vincent Legrand
9. Noknoi Sitthiprasert
10. Takuya Kogawa

out: Casimero-inactive
Inactive List: Estrada

Jr. Flyweights (108 lbs)

Champion: VACANT

1. Donnie Nietes
2. Ryoichi Taguchi
3. Ganigan Lopez
4. Milan Melindo
5. Yu Kimura
6. Pedro Guevara
7. Akira Yaegashi
8. Saul Juarez
9. Rey Loreto
10. Jonathan Taconing

out: Flores-inactive
Inactive List: Nietes, Melindo, Taconing

Strawweights (105 lbs)

Champion: VACANT

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

out: Buitrago-lost
Inactive List: Zhong

World Champions:  9 (of 17)


these ratings © Phrank da Slugger 2016

January Ratings

(as of 1/26)

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.



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: Tyson Fury

1. Wladimir Klitschko
2. Deontay Wilder
3. Alexander Povetkin
4. Luis Ortiz
5. Bermane Stiverne
6. Erkan Teper
7. Mairis Briedis
8. Andy Ruiz
9. Anthony Joshua
10. Ruslan Chagaev

out: Glazkov-lost, Jennings-lost, Szpilka
Inactive List: Teper

Crusierweights (200 lbs)

Champion: Krzysztof Glowacki

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

out: Muller-lost
Inactive List: Drozd, Makabu, Bezerra, Shumenov

Lt. Heavyweights (175 lbs)

Champion: Sergey Kovalev

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

out: Chilemba-lost
Inactive List: Beterbiev, 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. Dilmurod Satybaldiev
8. Callum Smith
9. Zac Dunn
10. Patrick Nielsen

out: Medina-inactive

Middleweights (160 lbs)

Champion: Saul Alvarez

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

out: Quillin-lost
Inactive List: Mora

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: none
Inactive List: Nelson

Welterweights (147 lbs)

Champion: VACANT

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

out: Ali-inactive
Inactive List: Khan, Vargas

Jr. Welterweights (140 lbs)

Champion: VACANT

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

out: Barthelemy-moved down
Inactive List: Herrera

Lightweights (135 lbs)

Champion: VACANT

1. Ricky Burns
2. Ray Beltran
3. Rances Barthelemy
4. Dejan Zlaticanin
5. Jorge Linares
6. Malcolm Klassen
7. Terry Flanagan
8. Argenis Mendez
9. Anthony Crolla
10. Ismael Barroso

out: Figueroa-moved up, Campbell-lost
Inactive List: Beltran, Zlaticanin

Jr. Lightweights (130 lbs)

Champion: VACANT

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

out: Vasquez-inactive

Featherweights (126 lbs)

Champion: VACANT

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

out: Russell-inactive
Inactive List: Mares, Sonsona

Jr. Featherweights (122 lbs)

Champion: Guillermo Rigondeaux

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

out: Juarez-lost

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. Suriyan Sor Rungvisai
9.  Lee Haskins
10. Karim Guerfi

out: Guererro-moved up
Inactive List: Payano, Haskins

Jr. Bantamweights (115 lbs)

Champion: Carlos Cuadras

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

out: Orucuta-lost
Inactive List: Arroyo

Flyweights (112 lbs)

Champion: Roman Gonzalez

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

out: Segura-inactive, Reveco-lost
Inactive List: Casimero

Jr. Flyweights (108 lbs)

Champion: VACANT

1. Donnie Nietes
2. Ryoichi Taguchi
3. Milan Melindo
4. Yu Kimura
5. Pedro Guevara
6. Akira Yaegashi
7. Ganigan Lopez
8. Saul Juarez
9. Rey Loreto
10. Hector Flores

out: Rodriguez-lost, Mendoza-lost
Inactive List: Flores

Strawweights (105 lbs)

Champion: VACANT

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

out: Rojas-displaced

World Champions:  9 (of 17)


these ratings © Phrank da Slugger 2016