April Ratings

(as of 4/13)

I’ve been doing these 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. I rate all 18 divisions, a time-consuming activity to say the least. Therefore, commentary only appears every 3rd month.

Some mistakingly think the Champion in each division is the guy who I think is the best. This is not the case. There are 2 criteria by which I determine Champions: the 1st is lineage (The Man who beat The Man who beat The Man); and the 2nd is defeating another fighter also ranked in the top 3 in the division.

“Inactive List” is for fighters who have not fought in 6 or more months. It may mean that he is or will be dropping in the ratings due to his inactivity. It is unfair to other fighters for a guy to sit on his rating. If a fighter has a fight scheduled or is injured, I try to take this into consideration.

I do not recognize “Super Champions” or other such nonsense. If the WBA wants to take its world title recognition from a fighter, then it has stripped him as far as I’m concerned.

Heavyweights (over 200 lbs)
Champion: VACANT
1. Wladimir Klitschko (IBF, IBO, WBO) •
2. Vitali Klitschko (WBC)
3. David Haye (WBA) •
4. Alexander Povetkin •
5. Chris Arreola
6. Tomasz Adamek
7. James Toney
8. Alexander Dimitrenko
9. Denis Boytsov
10. Robert Helenius

• = active
(out: Chambers-lost)
Inactive List: Toney, Dimitrenko

Crusierweights (200 lbs)
Champion: VACANT
1. Marco Huck (WBO) •
2. Steve Cunningham
3. Zsolt Erdei
4. Krzysztof Wlodarczyk
5. Giacobbe Fragomeni
6. Danny Green
7. Herbie Hide
8. Matt Godfrey
9. Ola Afolabi
10. Denis Lebedev

• = active
Inactive List: Cunningham, Hide, Godfrey

Lt. Heavyweights (175 lbs)
Champion: Chad Dawson (IBO)
1. Jean Pascal (WBC)
2. Glen Johnson
3. Bernard Hopkins •
4. Jürgen Brähmer (WBO)
5. Tavoris Cloud
6. Chris Henry •
7. Beibut Shumenov (WBA)
8. Gabriel Campillo
9. Karo Murat
10. Nathan Cleverly

• = active
(out: Tarver-inactive)
Inactive List: Cloud

Super Middleweights (168 lbs)
Champion: VACANT
1. Lucian Bute (IBF) •
2. Carl Froch (WBC)
3. Andre Ward (WBA)
4. Andre Dirrell •
5. Arthur Abraham •
6. Sakio Bika
7. Mikkel Kessler
8. Robert Stieglitz (WBO)
9. Eduard Gutknecht
10. Allan Green

• = active
(out: Tsypko-inactive)

Middleweights (160 lbs)
Champion: Kelly Pavlik (WBC)
1. Sebastian Sylvester (IBF)
2. Felix Sturm (WBA)
3. Sergio Martinez
4. Anthony Mundine (IBO)
5. Khoren Gevor
6. Roman Karmazin
7. Sebastien Demers •
8. Lajuan Simon
9. Daniel Jacobs •
10. Giovanni Lorenzo •

• = active
Inactive List: Sturm, Simon

Jr. Middleweights (154 lbs)
Champion: VACANT
1. Paul Williams
2. Kermit Cintron
3. Yuri Foreman (WBA)
4. Alfredo Angulo
5. Cornelius Bundrage
6. Vanes Matirosyan
7. Zaurbek Baysangurov
8. Ryan Rhodes
9. Erislandy Lara •
10. Sechew Powell •

• = active
(out: Lopez-inactive)
Inactive List: Bundrage

Welterweights (147 lbs)
Champion: Shane Mosley
1. Manny Pacquiao (WBO) •
2. Andre Berto (WBC) •
3. Floyd Mayweather
4. Miguel Cotto
5. Vyacheslav Senchenko (WBA)
6. Rafal Jackiewicz
7. Dejan Zaveck (IBF) •
8. Delvin Rodriguez •
9. Saul Alvarez •
10. Yuriy Nuzhnenko

• = active
(out: Clottey-lost)
Inactive List: Senchenko

Jr. Welterweights (140 lbs)
Champion: VACANT
1. Tim Bradley (WBO)
2. Amir Khan (WBA)
3. Paulie Malignaggi
4. Devon Alexander (WBC, IBF) •
5. Andreas Kotelnik
6. Juan Diaz
7. Nate Campbell
8. Marcos Maidana •
9. Herman Ngoudjo
10. Kaizer Mabuza

• = active
(out: Urango-lost, Torres-lost)
Inactive List: Kotelnik

Lightweights (135 lbs)
Champion: Juan Manuel Marquez (WBA)
1. Edwin Valero
2. Michael Katsidis
3. Joan Guzman •
4. Humberto Soto (WBC) •
5. Ali Funeka •
6. Miguel Vasquez
7. Vicente Escobedo
8. Edner Cherry
9. Anthony Peterson
10. Kevin Mitchell

• = active
(out: Reyes-lost, Diaz-lost)
Inactive List: Vazquez

Jr. Lightweights (130 lbs)
Champion: VACANT
1. Takashi Uchiyama (WBA)
2. Robert Guerrero
3. Roman Martinez (WBO)
4. Mzonke Fana
5. Jason Litzau •
6. Malcolm Klassen
7. Cassius Baloyi
8. Vitali Tajbert (WBC)
9. Jorge Solis
10. Humberto Gutierrez

• = active
(out: Soto-moved up)
Inactive List: Fana, Klassen, Baloyi

Featherweights (126 lbs)
Champion: Chris John (WBA)
1. Cristobal Cruz (IBF)
2. Juan Manuel Lopez (WBO)
3. Celestino Caballero •
4. Elio Rojas (WBC)
5. Yuriokis Gamboa (WBA) •
6. Eduardo Escobedo
7. Takahiro Aoh
8. Bernabe Concepcion
9. Antonio Escalante
10. Orlando Salido

• = active
(out: Juarez-moved up)
Inactive List: Salido

Jr. Featherweights (122 lbs)
Champion: Israel Vazquez
1. Toshiaki Nishioka (WBC)
2. Poonsawat Kratingdaenggym (WBA)
3. Steve Molitor •
4. Rendall Munroe
5. Jason Booth
6. Takalani Ndlovu •
7. Victor Fonseca
8. Masaaki Serie
9. Shoji Kimura
10. Jhonny Gonzalez

• = active
(out: Caballero-moved up)
Inactive List: Fonseca

Bantamweights (118 lbs)
Champion: Hozumi Hasegawa (WBC)
1. Anselmo Moreno (WBA) •
2. Nehomar Cermeño •
3. Yonnhy Perez (IBF)
4. Joseph Agbeko
5. Abner Mares •
6. Alexander Bakhtin
7. Michael Domingo
8. Fernando Montiel (WBO)
9. Eric Morel
10. Cristian Mijares •

• = active
(out: Kiattaweesuk-displaced)
Inactive List: Agbeko

Jr. Bantamweights (115 lbs)
Champion: Vic Darchinyan (IBF, WBC) •
1. Nobuo Nashiro (WBA)
2. Simphiwe Nongqayi (IBF) •
3. Nonito Donaire
4. Hugo Cazares
5. Kohei Kono
6. Malik Bouziane •
7. Jose Lopez
8. Jorge Arce (WBO)
9. Victor Zaleta •
10. Themba Joyi •

• = active
(out: Mbityi-lost, Marquez-lost)
Inactive List: Lopez

Flyweights (112 lbs)
Champion: Pongsaklek Wonkongjam (WBC) •
1. Koki Kameda •
2. Daisuke Naito
3. Omar Narvaez
4. Luis Concepcion
5. Wilbert Uicab
6. Moruti Mthalane (IBF)
7. Daiki Kameda (WBA)
8. Denkaosan Kaovichit
9. Takefumi Sakata
10. Shigetaka Ikehara

• = active

Jr. Flyweights (108 lbs)
Champion: Ivan Calderon (WBO)
1. Giovanni Segura (WBA) •
2. Rodel Mayol (WBC)
3. Edgar Sosa
4. Omar Nino Romero
5. Carlos Tamara (IBF)
6. Ulises Solis •
7. Juan Carlos Reveco
8. Brian Viloria
9. Ryo Miyazaki •
10. Johnriel Casimiro

• = active

Strawweights (105 lbs)
Champion: VACANT
1. Oleydong Sithsamerchai (WBC) •
2. Roman Gonzalez (WBA) •
3. Nkosinathi Joyi (IBF) •
4. Raul Garcia •
5. Yasutaka Kuroki •
6. Juan Palacios
7. Donnie Nietes (WBO)
8. Akira Yaegashi
9. Luis Rios
10. Pornsawan Porpramook

• = active
Inactive List: Porpramook

World Champions: 10 (of 17)


these ratings © Phrank da Slugger 2010

September Ratings

(as of 9/27)

I’ve been doing these 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. I rate all 18 divisions, a time-consuming activity to say the least. Therefore, commentary only appears every 3rd month.

Some mistakingly think the Champion in each division is the guy who I think is the best. This is not the case. There are 2 criteria by which I determine Champions: the 1st is lineage (The Man who beat The Man who beat The Man); and the 2nd is defeating another fighter also ranked in the top 3 in the division.

“Inactive List” is for fighters who have not fought in 6 or more months. It may mean that he is or will be dropping in the ratings due to his inactivity. It is unfair to other fighters for a guy to sit on his rating. If a fighter has a fight scheduled or is injured, I try to take this into consideration.

I do not recognize “Super Champions” or other such nonsense. If the WBA wants to take its world title recognition from a fighter, then it has stripped him as far as I’m concerned.

Heavyweights (over 200 lbs)
Champion: VACANT
1. Wladimir Klitschko (IBF, IBO, WBO)
2. Samuel Peter (WBC)
3. Alexander Povetkin
4. Ruslan Chagaev (WBA)
5. Nicolay Valuev
6. James Toney
7. Alexander Dimitrenko
8. Kali Meehan
9. Juan Carlos Gomez
10. Chris Arreola

active: Gomez, Arreola (out: Virchis-lost)
(Inactive List: Chagaev)

Crusierweights (200 lbs)
Champion: David Haye
1. Steve Cunningham (IBF)
2. Krzysztof Wlodarczyk
3. Tomasz Adamek
4. Johnathan Banks
5. Marco Huck
6. Wayne Braithwaite
7. Guillermo Jones (WBA)
8. Firat Arslan
9. Giacobbe Fragomeni
10. Herbie Hide

active: Huck, Jones, Arslan (out: Mormeck-inactive)
Inactive List: Cunningham

Lt. Heavyweights (175 lbs)
Champion: Zsolt Erdei (WBO)
1. Chad Dawson
2. Glen Johnson
3. Antonio Tarver (IBF, IBO)
4. Clinton Woods
5. Adrian Diaconu (WBC)
6. Bernard Hopkins
7. Shaun George
8. Antonio Brancalion
9. Hugo Garay (WBA)
10. Tavoris Cloud

active: none

Super Middleweights (168 lbs)
Champion: Joe Calzaghe
1. Anthony Mundine
2. Lucian Bute (IBF)
3. Mikkel Kessler (WBA)
4. Carl Froch
5. Denis Inkin (WBO)
6. Vitali Tsypko
7. Jürgen Brähmer
8. Sakio Bika
9. Jean Pascal
10. Librado Andrade

active: Inkin
(Inactive List: Pascal)

Middleweights (160 lbs)
Champion: Kelly Pavlik (WBC, WBO)
1. Arthur Abraham (IBF)
2. Jermain Taylor
3. Sebastian Sylvester
4. David Lopez
5. Felix Sturm (WBA)
6. Amin Asikainen
7. Khoren Gevor
8. John Duddy
9. Mahir Oral
10. Marco Antonio Rubio

active: none

Jr. Middleweights (154 lbs)
Champion: VACANT
1. Sergiy Dzinziruk (WBO)
2. Verno Phillips (IBF)
3. Daniel Santos (WBA)
4. Vernon Forrest (WBC)
5. Sergio Martinez
6. James Kirkland
7. Cory Spinks
8. Sergio Mora
9. Attila Kovacs
10. Alex Bunema

active: Kirkland, Forrest, Mora

Welterweights (147 lbs)
Champion: Antonio Margarito (WBA)
1. Shane Mosley
2. Miguel Cotto
3. Joshua Clottey (IBF)
4. Andre Berto (WBC)
5. Paul Williams (WBO)
6. Yuriy Nuzhnenko
7. Kevin McIntyre
8. Saul Alvarez
9. Rafael Jackiewicz
10. Sebastian Lujan

active: Jackiewicz, Berto, Mosley, Williams (at 160) (out: Bonsu-lost, Senchenko-lost)

Jr. Welterweights (140 lbs)
Champion: Ricky Hatton (IBO)
1. Kendall Holt (WBO)
2. Tim Bradley (WBC)
3. Andreas Kotelnik (WBA)
4. Junior Witter
5. Paul Malignaggi
6. Ricardo Torres
7. Herman Ngoudjo
8. Demetrius Hopkins
9. Victor Ortiz
10. Juan Urango

active: Bradley, Kotelnik, Ortiz
Inactive List: Hopkins

Lightweights (135 lbs)
Champion: Nate Campbell (WBO, IBF)
1. Manny Pacquiao (WBC)
2. Juan Manuel Marquez
3. Juan Diaz
4. Yuri Romanov
5. Jesus Chavez
6. Ali Funeka
7. Almazbek Raiymkulov
8. Antonio Pitalua
9. Breidis Prescott
10. Anthony Peterson

active: Marquez, Diaz, Prescott, Pitalua, Raiymkulov, Chavez (out: Casamayor-lost, Cherry-moved up and lost, Khan-lost, Santa Cruz-lost)

Jr. Lightweights (130 lbs)
Champion: VACANT
1. Edwin Valero
2. Yodsanan Nanthachai
3. Rocky Juarez
4. Cassius Baloyi (IBF)
5. Humberto Soto
6. Urbano Antillon
7. Mzonke Fana
8. Takashi Uchiyama
9. Nicky Cook (WBO)
10. Alex Arthur

active: Juarez, Baloyi, Antillon, Cook, Arthur (out: Marquez-moved up, Guzman-inactive)

Featherweights (126 lbs)
Champion: VACANT
1. Chris John (WBA)
2. Robert Guerrero
3. Cristobal Cruz
4. Jorge Linares (WBC)
5. Thomas Mashaba
6. Hiroyuki Enoki
7. Steven Luevano (WBO)
8. Orlando Salido
9. Monty Meza-Clay
10. Leonilo Miranda

active: none (out: Velazquez-lost)
Inactive List: Linares

Jr. Featherweights (122 lbs)
Champion: Israel Vazquez (WBC)
1. Rafael Marquez
2. Celestino Caballero (WBA)
3. Steve Molitor (IBF)
4. Poonsawat Kratingdaenggym
5. Toshiaki Nishioka
6. Jhonny Gonzalez
7. Juan Manuel Lopez (WBO)
8. Daniel Ponce de Leon
9. Olivier Lontchi
10. Rendall Munroe

active: Nishioka, Caballero, Munroe (out: Lacierva-moved up)

Bantamweights (118 lbs)
Champion: VACANT
1. Hozumi Hasegawa (WBC)
2. Gerry Peñalosa (WBO)
3. Silence Mabuza (IBO)
4. Simone Maludrottu
5. Vusi Malinga
6. Abner Mares
7. Anselmo Moreno (WBA)
8. Joseph Agbeko (IBF)
9. Sasha Bakhtin
10. Wladimir Sidorenko

active: Moreno
(Inactive List: Agbeko)

Jr. Bantamweights (115 lbs)
Champion: Cristian Mijares (WBC)
1. Fernando Montiel (WBO)
2. Jorge Arce
3. Vic Darchinyan (IBF)
4. Z Gorres
5. Nobuo Nashiro
6. Pramuansak Posuwan
7. Jose Lopez
8. Alexander Muñoz
9. Raul Martinez
10. Medgoen Singsurat

active: Nashiro, Arce (out: Concepcion-lost)

Flyweights (112 lbs)
Champion: Daisuke Naito (WBC)
1. Pongsaklek Wonkongjam
2. Takefumi Sakata (WBA)
3. Nonito Donaire (IBF, IBO)
4. Omar Narvaez (WBO)
5. Denkaosan Singwancha (Kaovichit)
6. Roberto Vasquez
7. Koki Kameda
8. Brian Viloria
9. Rayonta Whitfield
10. Luis Concepcion

active: Concepcion, Narvaez (out: Singwancha-lost)

Jr. Flyweights (108 lbs)
Champion: Ivan Calderon (WBO)
1. Hugo Cazares
2. Ulises Solis (IBF)
3. Juanito Rubillar
4. Edgar Sosa (WBC)
5. Munetsugu Kayo
6. Carlos Tamara
7. Cesar Canchila
8. Juan Landaeta
9. Brahim Asloum (WBA)
10. Katsuhiko Iezumi

active: none (out: Gonzalez-moved down)
Inactive List: Asloum

Strawweights (105 lbs)
Champion: VACANT
1. Oleydong Sithsamerchai (WBC)
2. Muhammad Rachman
3. Roman Gonzalez (WBA)
4. Raul Garcia (IBF)
5. Eagle Den Junlaphan (Kyowa)
6. Yasutaka Kuroki
7. Juan Palacios
8. Jun Kaneda
9. Katsunari Takayama
10. Florante Condes

active: Gonzalez, Garcia, Takayama (out: Niida-lost)
Inactive List: Den Junlaphan

World Champions: 11 (of 17)


these ratings © Phrank da Slugger 2008

July Ratings

(as of 7/22)

I’ve been doing these 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. I rate all 18 divisions, a time-consuming activity to say the least. Therefore, commentary only appears every 3rd month.

Some mistakingly think the Champion in each division is the guy who I think is the best. This is not the case. There are 2 criteria by which I determine Champions: the 1st is lineage (The Man who beat The Man who beat The Man); and the 2nd is defeating another fighter also ranked in the top 3 in the division.

“Inactive List” is for fighters who have not fought in 6 or more months. It may mean that he is or will be dropping in the ratings due to his inactivity. It is unfair to other fighters for a guy to sit on his rating. If a fighter has a fight scheduled or is injured, I try to take this into consideration.

I do not recognize “Super Champions” or other such nonsense. If the WBA wants to take its world title recognition from a fighter, then it has stripped him as far as I’m concerned.

Heavyweights (over 200 lbs)
Champion: VACANT
1. Wladimir Klitschko (IBF, IBO, WBO)
2. Samuel Peter (WBC)
3. Alexander Povetkin
4. Ruslan Chagaev (WBA)
5. Nicolay Valuev
6. James Toney
7. Alexander Dimitrenko
8. Kali Meehan
9. Vladimir Virchis
10. Chris Arreola

active: Arreola, Klitschko, Toney, Povetkin (out: Rahman-lost, Thompson-lost)

Crusierweights (200 lbs)
Champion: David Haye
1. Steve Cunningham (IBF)
2. Krzysztof Wlodarczyk
3. Jean-Marc Mormeck
4. Firat Arslan (WBA)
5. Tomasz Adamek
6. Johnathan Banks
7. Wayne Braithwaite
8. Giacobbe Fragomeni
9. Marco Huck
10. Herbie Hide

active: Banks, Huck, Adamek, Hide (twice) (out: Kraj-displaced)
Inactive List: Cunningham, Mormeck

Lt. Heavyweights (175 lbs)
Champion: Zsolt Erdei (WBO)
1. Chad Dawson
2. Glen Johnson
3. Antonio Tarver (IBF, IBO)
4. Clinton Woods
5. Adrian Diaconu (WBC)
6. Bernard Hopkins
7. Shaun George
8. Antonio Brancalion
9. Hugo Garay (WBA)
10. Silvio Branco

active: Garay (out: Barashian-lost)

Super Middleweights (168 lbs)
Champion: Joe Calzaghe (WBO)
1. Anthony Mundine
2. Lucian Bute (IBF)
3. Mikkel Kessler (WBA)
4. Carl Froch
5. Vitali Tsypko
6. Denis Inkin
7. Jürgen Brähmer
8. Jean Pascal
9. Sakio Bika
10. Librado Andrade

active: Mundine, Kessler

Middleweights (160 lbs)
Champion: Kelly Pavlik (WBC, WBO)
1. Arthur Abraham (IBF)
2. Jermain Taylor
3. Sebastian Sylvester
4. David Lopez
5. Felix Sturm (WBA)
6. Amin Asikainen
7. Khoren Gevor
8. John Duddy
9. Mahir Oral
10. Marco Antonio Rubio

active: Pavlik, Abraham, Lopez, Sturm, Duddy, Rubio (out: Lorenzo-lost, Mora-moved down, Griffin-lost)

Jr. Middleweights (154 lbs)
Champion: VACANT
1. Sergiy Dzinziruk (WBO)
2. Verno Phillips (IBF)
3. Daniel Santos (WBA)
4. Sergio Mora (WBC)
5. Sergio Martinez
6. Vernon Forrest
7. Cory Spinks
8. James Kirkland
9. Attila Kovacs
10. Alex Bunema

active: Mora, Forrest, Martinez, Santos, Powell, Bunema (out: Alcine-lost, Powell-lost)

Welterweights (147 lbs)
Champion: VACANT
1. Miguel Cotto (WBA)
2. Antonio Margarito
3. Shane Mosley
4. Andre Berto (WBC)
5. Joshua Clottey
6. Paul Williams (WBO)
7. Yuri Nuzhnenko
8. Jackson Bonsu
9. Kevin McIntyre
10. Saul Alvarez

active: Williams, Berto (out: Mayweather-retired, Quintana-lost, Klose-lost)

Jr. Welterweights (140 lbs)
Champion: Ricky Hatton (IBO)
1. Kendall Holt (WBO)
2. Andreas Kotelnik (WBA)
3. Tim Bradley (WBC)
4. Junior Witter
5. Paul Malignaggi (IBF)
6. Ricardo Torres
7. Demetrius Hopkins
8. Herman Ngoudjo
9. Victor Ortiz
10. Juan Urango

active: Hatton, Malignaggi, Ngoudjo, Holt, Torres
Inactive List: Hopkins

Lightweights (135 lbs)
Champion: Nate Campbell (WBO, IBF)
1. Manny Pacquiao (WBC)
2. Juan Diaz
3. Yuri Romanov
4. Joel Casamayor
5. Edner Cherry
6. Amir Khan
7. Jose Santa Cruz
8. Javier Jauregui
9. Jesus Chavez
10. Ali Funeka

active: Pacquiao, Pacquiao, Khan, Cherry, Funeka (out: Raheem-lost, Diaz-lost)

Jr. Lightweights (130 lbs)
Champion: VACANT
1. Juan Manuel Marquez
2. Joan Guzman
3. Alex Arthur (WBO)
4. Edwin Valero (WBA)
5. Yodsanan Nanthachai
6. Cassius Baloyi (IBF)
7. Humberto Soto
8. Mzonke Fana
9. Takashi Uchiyama
10. Urbano Antillon

active: Valero, Nanthachai (twice), Soto, Antillon (out: Pacquiao-moved up)

Featherweights (126 lbs)
Champion: VACANT
1. Chris John (WBA)
2. Jorge Linares (WBC)
3. Robert Guerrero
4. Cristobal Cruz (IBO)
5. Thomas Mashaba
6. Hiroyuki Enoki
7. Steven Luevano (WBO)
8. Orlando Salido
9. Hector Velazquez
10. Monty Meza-Clay

active: Luevano, Meza-Clay
Inactive List: Linares

Jr. Featherweights (122 lbs)
Champion: Israel Vazquez (WBC)
1. Rafael Marquez
2. Celestino Caballero (WBA)
3. Steve Molitor (IBF)
4. Poonsawat Kratingdaenggym
5. Toshiaki Nishioka
6. Jhonny Gonzalez
7. Jose Manuel Lopez (WBO)
8. Daniel Ponce de Leon
9. Jorge Lacierva
10. Olivier Lontchi

active: Caballero, Lopez, Ponce de Leon, Kratingdaenggym (twice) (out: Munroe-displaced)

Bantamweights (118 lbs)
Champion: VACANT
1. Hozumi Hasegawa (WBC)
2. Gerry Peñalosa (WBO)
3. Silence Mabuza (IBO)
4. Simone Maludrottu
5. Vusi Malinga
6. Abner Mares
7. Joseph Agbeko (IBF)
8. Anselmo Moreno (WBA)
9. Sasha Bakhtin
10. Wladimir Sidorenko

active: Hasegawa, Mabuza, Sidorenko, Moreno, Malinga (out: Arce-moved down, Nakornluang-lost)
Inactive List: Agbeko

Jr. Bantamweights (115 lbs)
Champion: Cristian Mijares (WBC, WBA)
1. Fernando Montiel (WBO)
2. Vic Darchinyan
3. Jorge Arce
4. Z Gorres
5. Pramuansak Phosuwan
6. Dimitri Kirilov (IBF)
7. Chatchai Sasakul
8. Alexander Muñoz
9. Jose Lopez
10. Nobuo Nashiro

active: Mijares, Montiel, Muñoz, Arce, Gorres (out: Melendez-inactive, Hisataka-moved down)

Flyweights (112 lbs)
Champion: Daisuke Naito (WBC)
1. Pongsaklek Wonkongjam
2. Takefumi Sakata (WBA)
3. Nonito Donaire (IBF, IBO)
4. Omar Narvaez (WBO)
5. Denkaosan Singwancha (Kaovichit)
6. Roberto Vasquez
7. Wandee Singwancha
8. Koki Kameda
9. Brian Viloria
10. Rayonta Whitfield

active: W Singwancha, Kameda (out: Tamara-moved down)

Jr. Flyweights (108 lbs)
Champion: Ivan Calderon (WBO)
1. Hugo Cazares
2. Ulises Solis (IBF)
3. Juanito Rubillar
4. Edgar Sosa (WBC)
5. Giovanni Segura
6. Munetsugu Kayo
7. Carlos Tamara
8. Brahim Asloum (WBA)
9. Roman Gonzalez
10. Juan Landaeta

active: Rubillar, Tamara, Solis, Sosa, Kayo, Gonzalez (out: Lazarte-moved up, Singwancha-moved up, Esquer-lost)
Inactive List: Asloum

Strawweights (105 lbs)
Champion: VACANT
1. Oleydong Sithsamerchai (WBC)
2. Yutaka Niida (WBA)
3. Eagle Den Junlaphan (Kyowa)
4. Muhammad Rachman
5. Raul Garcia (IBF)
6. Yasutaka Kuroki
7. Jun Kaneda
8. Katsunari Takayama
9. Pornsawan Porpramook
10. Florante Condes

active: Garcia, Condes, Rachman
Inactive List: Den Junlaphan

World Champions: 10 (of 17)


these ratings © Phrank da Slugger 2008

August Ratings

(as of 8/27)

I’ve been doing these 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. I rate all 18 divisions, a time-consuming activity to say the least. Therefore, commentary only appears every 3rd month.

Some mistakingly think the Champion in each division is the guy who I think is the best. This is not the case. There are 2 criteria by which I determine Champions: the 1st is lineage (The Man who beat The Man who beat The Man); and the 2nd is defeating another fighter also ranked in the top 3 in the division.

“Inactive List” is for fighters who have not fought in 6 or more months. It may mean that he is or will be dropping in the ratings due to his inactivity. It is unfair to other fighters for a guy to sit on his rating. If a fighter has a fight scheduled or is injured, I try to take this into consideration.

I do not recognize “Super Champions” or other such nonsense. If the WBA wants to take its world title recognition from a fighter, then it has stripped him as far as I’m concerned.

Heavyweights (over 200 lbs)
Champion: VACANT
1. Wladimir Klitschko (IBF, IBO)
2. Oleg Maskaev (WBC)
3. Samuel Peter
4. Hasim Rahman
5. Chris Byrd
6. Tony Thompson
7. Ruslan Chagaev (WBA)
8. Nicolay Valuev
9. Sultan Ibragimov (WBO)
10. Evander Holyfield

active: none

Crusierweights (200 lbs)
Champion: Jean-Marc Mormeck (WBC)
1. O’Neill Bell
2. Steve Cunningham (IBF)
3. Enzo Maccarinelli (WBO)
4. Krzysztof Wlodarczyk
5. Vincenzo Cantatore
6. Pietro Aurino
7. Firat Arslan
8. David Haye
9. Marco Huck
10. Johnathan Banks

active: none

Lt. Heavyweights (175 lbs)
Champion: Zsolt Erdei (WBO)
1. Glen Johnson
2. Clinton Woods (IBF)
3. Chad Dawson (WBC)
4. Bernard Hopkins
5. Paul Briggs
6. Antonio Tarver (IBO)
7. Adrian Diaconu
8. Danny Green
9. Julio Gonzalez
10. Stipe Drews (WBA)

active: none

Super Middleweights (168 lbs)
Champion: Joe Calzaghe (WBO)
1. Mikkel Kessler (WBC)
2. Anthony Mundine (WBA)
3. Lucian Bute
4. Denis Inkin
5. Vitali Tsypko
6. Carl Froch
7. Alejandro Berrio (IBF)
8. Mario Veit
9. Jean Pascal
10. Christian Sanavia

active: Pascal (out: Lacy-inactive, Häussler-inactive)

Middleweights (160 lbs)
Champion: Jermain Taylor (WBC, WBO)
1. Kelly Pavlik
2. Arthur Abraham (IBF)
3. David Lopez
4. Felix Sturm (WBA)
5. Edison Miranda
6. Sebastian Sylvester
7. Amin Asikainen
8. Giovanni Lorenzo
9. Khoren Gevor
10. Mahir Oral

active: Abraham, Gevor, Lopez

Jr. Middleweights (154 lbs)
Champion: VACANT
1. Sergiy Dzinziruk (WBO)
2. Verno Phillips
3. Joachim Alcine (WBA)
4. Cory Spinks (IBF)
5. Roman Karmazin
6. Vernon Forrest (WBC)
7. Sergio Martinez
8. Travis Simms
9. Sechew Powell
10. Attila Kovacs (IBO)

active: Kovacs (out: Baysangurov-displaced)
Inactive List: Phillips

Welterweights (147 lbs)
Champion: Floyd Mayweather (WBC)
1. Miguel Cotto (WBA)
2. Shane Mosley
3. Paul Williams (WBO)
4. Antonio Margarito
5. Kermit Cintron (IBF)
6. Joshua Clottey
7. Frederic Klose
8. Kevin Anderson
9. Joel Julio
10. Alfonso Gomez

active: Clottey

Jr. Welterweights (140 lbs)
Champion: Ricky Hatton (IBO)
1. Vivian Harris
2. Junior Witter (WBC)
3. Andreas Kotelnik
4. Demetrius Hopkins
5. Steve Forbes
6. Kendall Holt
7. Paul Malignaggi (IBF)
8. Ricardo Torres (WBO)
9. Gavin Rees (WBA)
10. Henry Bruseles

active: none
Inactive List: Bruseles

Lightweights (135 lbs)
Champion: VACANT
1. Juan Diaz (WBA, WBO)
2. Nate Campbell
3. Julio Diaz (IBF)
4. Zahir Raheem
5. Yuri Romanov
6. Edner Cherry
7. David Diaz (WBC)
8. Almazbek Raiymkulov
9. Michael Katsidis
10. Miguel Angel Huerta

active: Diaz (out: Casamayor-inactive, Rios-inactive)

Jr. Lightweights (130 lbs)
Champion: VACANT
1. Manny Pacquiao
2. Juan Manuel Marquez (WBC)
3. Marco Antonio Barrera
4. Humberto Soto
5. Joan Guzman (WBO)
6. Jorge Barrios
7. Alex Arthur
8. Edwin Valero (WBA)
9. Yodsanan Nanthachai
10. Mzonke Fana (IBF)

active: none
Inactive List: Nanthachai

Featherweights (126 lbs)
Champion: VACANT
1. Chris John (WBA)
2. Jorge Linares (WBC)
3. Rocky Juarez
4. Injin Chi
5. Thomas Mashaba (IBO)
6. Robert Guerrero (IBF)
7. Hiroyuki Enoki
8. Nedal Hussein
9. Hector Velazquez
10. Martin Honorio

active: John, Hussein (out: Salido-inactive)
Inactive List: Chi

Jr. Featherweights (122 lbs)
Champion: Israel Vazquez (WBC)
1. Daniel Ponce de Leon (WBO, IBA)
2. Rafael Marquez
3. Celestino Caballero (WBA)
4. Steve Molitor (IBF)
5. Somsak Sithchatchawai
6. Mike Oliver
7. Cruz Carbajal
8. Toshiaki Nishioka
9. Jorge Lacierva
10. Kiko Martinez

active: Vazquez, Marquez, Ponce de Leon, Caballero, Nishioka, Lacierva, Martinez (out: Penalosa-moved down, Bautista-lost)

Bantamweights (118 lbs)
Champion: VACANT
1. Hozumi Hasegawa (WBC)
2. Gerry Penalosa (WBO)
3. Jhonny Gonzalez
4. Silence Mabuza (IBO)
5. Simone Maludrottu
6. Ratanachai Sor Vorapin
7. Veeraphol Sahaprom
8. Nobuto Ikehara
9. Wladimir Sidorenko (WBA)
10. Tshifhiwa Munyai

active: Penalosa, Gonzalez, Maludrottu (out: Cordoba-displaced)

Jr. Bantamweights (115 lbs)
Champion: Cristian Mijares (WBC)
1. Fernando Montiel (WBO)
2. Z Gorres
3. Jose Navarro
4. Jorge Arce
5. Martin Castillo
6. Alexander Munoz (WBA)
7. Pramuansak Phosuwan
8. Chatchai Sasakul
9. Diosdado Gabi
10. Evans Mbamba

active: Montiel, Gorres, Gabi, Mbamba (out: Ortiz-lost)

Flyweights (112 lbs)
Champion: Daisuke Naito (WBC)
1. Pongsaklek Wonkongjam
2. Takefumi Sakata (WBA)
3. Omar Narvaez (WBO)
4. Nonito Donaire (IBF, IBO)
5. Vic Darchinyan
6. Roberto Vasquez
7. Brahim Asloum
8. Denkaosan Kaovichit
9. Jose Lopez
10. Koki Kameda

active: none

Jr. Flyweights (108 lbs)
Champion: Ivan Calderon (WBO)
1. Hugo Cazares
2. Ulises Solis (IBF)
3. Wandee Singwancha
4. Giovanni Segura
5. Juanito Rubillar
6. Edgar Sosa (WBC)
7. Munetsugu Kayo
8. Omar Salado
9. Luis Lazarte
10. Nelson Dieppa

active: Calderon, Cazares, Solis, Singwancha, Salado (out: Nino-inactive)

Strawweights (105 lbs)
Champion: VACANT
1. Eagle Kyowa (WBC)
2. Oleydong Sithsamerchai
3. Yutaka Niida (WBA)
4. Florante Condes (IBF)
5. Muhammad Rachman
6. Jun Kaneda
7. Omar Soto
8. Yasutaka Kuroki
9. Katsunari Takayama
10. Teruo Misawa

active: Kaneda (out: Calderon-moved up)

World Champions: 10 (of 17)


these ratings © Phrank da Slugger 2007

July Ratings

(as of 7/29)

I’ve been doing these 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. I rate all 18 divisions, a time-consuming activity to say the least. Therefore, commentary only appears every 3rd month.

Some mistakingly think the Champion in each division is the guy who I think is the best. This is not the case. There are 2 criteria by which I determine Champions: the 1st is lineage (The Man who beat The Man who beat The Man); and the 2nd is defeating another fighter also ranked in the top 3 in the division.

“Inactive List” is for fighters who have not fought in 6 or more months. It may mean that he is or will be dropping in the ratings due to his inactivity. It is unfair to other fighters for a guy to sit on his rating. If a fighter has a fight scheduled or is injured, I try to take this into consideration.

I do not recognize “Super Champions” or other such nonsense. If the WBA wants to take its world title recognition from a fighter, then it has stripped him as far as I’m concerned.

Heavyweights (over 200 lbs)
Champion: VACANT
1. Wladimir Klitschko (IBF, IBO)
2. Oleg Maskaev (WBC)
3. Samuel Peter
4. Hasim Rahman
5. Chris Byrd
6. Tony Thompson
7. Ruslan Chagaev (WBA)
8. Nicolay Valuev
9. Sultan Ibragimov (WBO)
10. Evander Holyfield

active: Holyfield, Klitschko, Thompson (out: Krasniqi-lost)

Crusierweights (200 lbs)
Champion: Jean-Marc Mormeck (WBC)
1. O’Neill Bell
2. Steve Cunningham (IBF)
3. Enzo Maccarinelli (WBO)
4. Krzysztof Wlodarczyk
5. Vincenzo Cantatore
6. Pietro Aurino
7. Firat Arslan
8. David Haye
9. Marco Huck
10. Johnathan Banks

active: Maccarinelli, Banks

Lt. Heavyweights (175 lbs)
Champion: Zsolt Erdei (WBO)
1. Glen Johnson
2. Clinton Woods (IBF)
3. Chad Dawson (WBC)
4. Bernard Hopkins
5. Paul Briggs
6. Antonio Tarver (IBO)
7. Adrian Diaconu
8. Danny Green
9. Julio Gonzalez
10. Stipe Drews (WBA)

active: Green, Hopkins, Johnson (out: Branco-displaced)

Super Middleweights (168 lbs)
Champion: Joe Calzaghe (WBO)
1. Mikkel Kessler (WBC)
2. Anthony Mundine (WBA)
3. Lucian Bute
4. Denis Inkin
5. Jeff Lacy
6. Danilo Häussler
7. Vitali Tsypko
8. Carl Froch
9. Alejandro Berrio (IBF)
10. Mario Veit

active: Mundine, Tsypko (out: Hanshaw-moved up)
Inactive List: Lacy, Häussler

Middleweights (160 lbs)
Champion: Jermain Taylor (WBC, WBO)
1. Kelly Pavlik
2. Arthur Abraham (IBF)
3. David Lopez
4. Felix Sturm (WBA)
5. Edison Miranda
6. Sebastian Sylvester
7. Khoren Gevor
8. Amin Asikainen
9. Giovanni Lorenzo
10. Mahir Oral

active: Sturm, Lorenzo, Oral (out: Wright-moved up)

Jr. Middleweights (154 lbs)
Champion: VACANT
1. Sergiy Dzinziruk (WBO)
2. Verno Phillips
3. Joachim Alcine (WBA)
4. Cory Spinks (IBF)
5. Roman Karmazin
6. Vernon Forrest (WBC)
7. Sergio Martinez
8. Travis Simms
9. Sechew Powell
10. Zaurbek Baysangurov

active: Alcine, Simms, Forrest, Baysangurov (out: Mayweather-moved down, de la Hoya-moved down)

Welterweights (147 lbs)
Champion: Floyd Mayweather (WBC)
1. Miguel Cotto (WBA)
2. Shane Mosley
3. Paul Williams (WBO)
4. Antonio Margarito
5. Kermit Cintron
6. Joshua Clottey
7. Frederic Klose
8. Kevin Anderson
9. Joel Julio
10. Alfonso Gomez

active: Julio, Gomez, Williams, Margarito, Cintron (out: Baldomir-moved up, Johnson-inactive)

Jr. Welterweights (140 lbs)
Champion: Ricky Hatton (IBO)
1. Vivian Harris
2. Junior Witter (WBC)
3. Andreas Kotelnik
4. Demetrius Hopkins
5. Steve Forbes
6. Kendall Holt
7. Paul Malignaggi (IBF)
8. Ricardo Torres (WBO)
9. Henry Bruseles
10. Gavin Rees (WBA)

active: Hopkins, Rees (out: M'baye-lost)
Inactive List: Bruseles

Lightweights (135 lbs)
Champion: VACANT
1. Juan Diaz (WBA, WBO)
2. Nate Campbell
3. Joel Casamayor
4. Zahir Raheem
5. Julio Diaz (IBF)
6. Yuri Romanov
7. Edner Cherry
8. David Diaz
9. Aldo Rios
10. Almazbek Raiymkulov

active: Campbell
Inactive List: Casamayor, Rios

Jr. Lightweights (130 lbs)
Champion: VACANT
1. Manny Pacquiao
2. Juan Manuel Marquez (WBC)
3. Marco Antonio Barrera
4. Humberto Soto
5. Joan Guzman (WBO)
6. Jorge Barrios
7. Alex Arthur
8. Yodsanan Nanthachai
9. Edwin Valero (WBA)
10. Mzonke Fana (IBF)

active: Arthur
Inactive List: Nanthachai

Featherweights (126 lbs)
Champion: VACANT
1. Chris John (WBA)
2. Jorge Linares
3. Injin Chi (WBC)
4. Rocky Juarez
5. Thomas Mashaba (IBO)
6. Robert Guerrero (IBF)
7. Hiroyuki Enoki
8. Nedal Hussein
9. Hector Velazquez
10. Orlando Salido

active: Linares, Velazquez (out: Larios-lost)
Inactive List: Chi, Salido

Jr. Featherweights (122 lbs)
Champion: Rafael Marquez (WBC)
1. Celestino Caballero (WBA)
2. Daniel Ponce de Leon (WBO, IBA)
3. Israel Vazquez
4. Steve Molitor (IBF)
5. Somsak Sithchatchawai
6. Mike Oliver
7. Cruz Carbajal
8. Gerry Penalosa
9. Toshiaki Nishioka
10. Rey Bautista

active: Molitor, Oliver, Carbajal, Sithchatchawai (out: Ndlovu-lost)
Inactive List: Nishioka

Bantamweights (118 lbs)
Champion: VACANT
1. Jhonny Gonzalez (WBO)
2. Hozumi Hasegawa (WBC)
3. Silence Mabuza (IBO)
4. Simone Maludrottu
5. Ratanachai Sor Vorapin
6. Veeraphol Sahaprom
7. Nobuto Ikehara
8. Wladimir Sidorenko (WBA)
9. Tshifhiwa Munyai
10. Ricardo Cordoba

active: Sidorenko, Sahaprom

Jr. Bantamweights (115 lbs)
Champion: Cristian Mijares (WBC)
1. Fernando Montiel (WBO)
2. Jose Navarro
3. Jorge Arce
4. Z Gorres
5. Martin Castillo
6. Alexander Munoz (WBA)
7. Pramuansak Phosuwan
8. Chatchai Sasakul
9. Eric Ortiz
10. Diosdado Gabi

active: Mijares, Castillo, Phosuwan (out: Perez-moved up, Kirilov-inactive)

Flyweights (112 lbs)
Champion: Daisuke Naito (WBC)
1. Pongsaklek Wonkongjam
2. Takefumi Sakata (WBA)
3. Omar Narvaez (WBO)
4. Nonito Donaire (IBF, IBO)
5. Vic Darchinyan
6. Roberto Vasquez
7. Brahim Asloum
8. Denkaosan Kaovichit
9. Jose Lopez
10. Koki Kameda

active: Naito, Wonkongjam, Sakata, Vasquez, Donaire, Darchinyan, Kameda (out: Hussein-displaced)

Jr. Flyweights (108 lbs)
Champion: Hugo Cazares (WBO)
1. Ulises Solis (IBF)
2. Wandee Singwancha
3. Giovanni Segura
4. Juanito Rubillar
5. Edgar Sosa (WBC)
6. Munetsugu Kayo
7. Omar Salado
8. Omar Nino
9. Luis Lazarte
10. Nelson Dieppa

active: Sosa, Lazarte, Rubillar
Inactive List: Nino

Strawweights (105 lbs)
Champion: VACANT
1. Ivan Calderon (WBO)
2. Eagle Kyowa (WBC)
3. Oleydong Sithsamerchai
4. Yutaka Niida (WBA)
5. Florante Condes (IBF)
6. Muhammad Rachman
7. Jun Kaneda
8. Omar Soto
9. Yasutaka Kuroki
10. Katsunari Takayama

active: Condes, Rachman (out: Misawa-displaced, Trejo-displaced)

World Champions: 10 (of 17)


these ratings © Phrank da Slugger 2007