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World Ratings Charts

World Ratings
March 2001

Each month we bring you the latest world ratings as compiled for the magazine at press-time, listing the latest Top-10 in each of the 17 weight divisions.

Boxers are American unless stated. Fighters won-lost-draw records appear alongside their names. No Contests appear as a fourth figure. An asterisk* denotes southpaw.


See the magazine for a further two-page chart of the LATEST TOP-20 BRITISH RATINGS

where Boxing Monthly also concentrates on a TOP 20 for each of the main UK divisions, giving fighters a real incentive - to break into the top 20 best. The only exceptions are the fly, bantam and s/bantam divisions where we show a British top 15 at present.

British Ratings Charts

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Ratings from the March 2001 issue:

WEIGHT DIVISIONS: HEAVYWEIGHT
Over 190lbs/13st 8lbs

1: Lennox Lewis (Britain), 38-1-1, WBC/IBF/IBO

2: Evander Holyfield, 37-4-1, WBA

3: Mike Tyson, 48-3-0-1

4: Wladimir Klitschko (Ukraine), 35-1, WBO 

5: David Tua (New Zealand), 37-2

6: Kirk Johnson (Canada), 30-0-1

7: Chris Byrd*, 32-2

8: John Ruiz, 36-4

9: Vitali Klitschko (Ukraine), 29-1

10: Clifford Etienne, 19-0

CRUISERWEIGHT LIGHT-HEAVYWEIGHT
190lbs/13st 8lbs

1: Juan Carlos Gomez* (Cuba), 32-0, WBC
 
2: Vassiliy Jirov* (Kazakhstan), 27-0, IBF 

3: Virgil Hill, 46-3, WBA

4: Johnny Nelson (Britain), 39-12-1, WBO 

5: James Toney, 60-4-2

6: Fabrice Tiozzo (France), 42-2

7: Carl Thompson (Britain), 28-5

8: Wayne Braithwaite (Guyana), 15-0

9: Louis Azille (Dominica), 15-0-2

10: O'Neil Bell, 14-1

175lbs/12st 7lbs

1: Roy Jones, 43-1, WBC/WBA/IBF 

2: Dariusz Michalczewski (Ger.), 43-0, WBO 

3: Eric Harding*, 19-1-1

4: Reggie Johnson*, 41-6-1

5: Graciano Rocchigiani* (Germany), 41-5-1

6: Clinton Woods (Britain), 28-1

7: Glenn Kelly (Australia), 25-0-1

8: Michael Nunn*, 54-4

9: Julio Gonzalez (Mexico), 26-0

10: Lou Del Valle, 30-2

SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHT MIDDLEWEIGHT
168lbs/12st

1: Joe Calzaghe* (Britain), 30-0, WBO 

2: Sven Ottke (Germany), 21-0, IBF 

3: Bruno Girard (France), 38-2-1, WBA

. 4: Davey Hilton (Canada), 39-2-3, WBC

5: Dingaan Thobela (South Africa), 40-8 -2

6: Glenn Catley (Britain), 26-4

7: Markus Beyer (Germany), 20-1 

8: James Butler, 17-1

9: Manny Siaca (Puerto Rico), 15-2

10: Silvio Branco (Italy), 40-5-2

 160lbs/11st 6lbs

1: Bernard Hopkins, 38-2-1-1, IBF 

2: William Joppy, 32-1-1, WBA 

3: Keith Holmes*, 35-2, WBC 

4: Howard Eastman (Britain), 31-0

5: Armand Krajnc (Sweden), 24-0, WBO

6: Hacine Cherifi (France), 31-4-1

7: Carl Daniels*, 47-3-1

8: Antwun Echols, 24-4-1

9: Erland Betare (France), 28-7-2

10: David Reid, 15-1

LIGHT-MIDDLEWEIGHT WELTERWEIGHT
154lbs/11st
(Called junior middleweight by the IBF, super welterweight by the WBC and WBA)

1: Felix Trinidad (Puerto Rico), 39-0, WBA/IBF 

2: Fernando Vargas, 20-1

3: Ike Quartey (Ghana), 34-2-1

4: Harry Simon (Namibia), 21-0, WBO 

5: Javier Castillejo (Spain), 51-4, WBC 

6: Ronald Wright*, 41-3

7: Mamadou Thiam (France), 34-2

8: Bronco McKart*, 42-3

9: Jose "Shibata" Flores, 41-8

10: Roman Karmazin (Russia), 26-0-1

 147lbs/10st 7lbs

1: Shane Mosley, 36-0, WBC

2: Oscar De La Hoya, 32-2

3: Vernon Forrest, 31-0-0-1

4: Oba Carr, 52-3-1

5: James Page, 25-3

6: Andrew Lewis* (Guyana), 19-0-1

7: Shannan Taylor (Australia), 28-0-1

8: Michele Piccirrillo (Italy), 34-1, WBU

9: Thomas Damgaard* (Denmark), 23-0

10: Arturo Gatti, 33-4

LIGHT-WELTERWEIGHT LIGHTWEIGHT
140lbs/10st
(Called junior welterweight by the IBF and WBO; super lightweight by the WBC and WBA)

1: Kostya Tszyu (Australia), 26-1-1, WBC 

2: Zab Judah*, 26-0-0-1, IBF 

3: Sharmba Mitchell*, 47-3, WBA

4: Antonio Diaz, 33-3

5: Hector Camacho Jr*, 31-0-0-1

6: Ener Julio (Colombia), 22-3, WBO 

7: Randall Bailey, 23-1

8: Micky Ward, 35-10

9: Oktay Urkal (Germany), 27-0

10: Ray Oliveira, 42-7-1

 135lbs/9st 9lbs

1: Jose Luis Castillo (Mexico), 42-4-1, WBC

2 Steve Johnston*, 30-2-1

3: Takanori Hatakeyama (Japan), 24-1-2, WBA 

4 Paul Spadafora*, 32-0, IBF 

5: Artur Grigorian* (Uzbekistan), 31-0, WBO

6: Diego Corrales, 33-1

7: Colin Dunne (Britain), 32-1, WBU

8: Cesar Bazan (Mexico), 38-4-1

9: Julien Lorcy (France), 46-2-2

10: Juan Lazcano, 26-2-1

SUPER FEATHERWEIGHT FEATHERWEIGHT
130lbs/9st 4lbs
(Called junior lightweight by the IBF and WBO)

1: Floyd Mayweather, 25-0, WBC 

2: Joel Casamayor* (Cuba), 24-0, WBA

3: Acelino Freitas (Brazil), 29-0, WBO 

4: Jesus Chavez (Mexico), 33-1

5: John Brown, 22-8-0-1

6: Alejandro Gonzalez (Mexico), 45-4

7: Steve Forbes, 19-1, IBF

8: Justin Juuko (Uganda), 35-4-1

9: Tontcho Tontchev (Bulgaria), 24-0

10: Carlos Hernandez, 33-2

 126lbs/9st

1: Naseem Hamed* (Britain), 35-0

2: Erik Morales (Mexico), 39-0

3: Derrick Gainer*, 36-5, WBA 

4: Mbulelo Botile (South Africa), 27-1, IBF

5: Guty Espadas (Mexico), 33-2, WBC

6: Istvan Kovacs (Hungary), 20-0, WBO

7: Freddie Norwood*, 37-1-1

8: Juan Manuel Marquez (Mexico), 34-2

9: Johnny Tapia, 48-2-2

10: Augie Sanchez, 27-2

SUPER BANTAMWEIGHT BANTAMWEIGHT
122lbs/8st 10lbs
(Called junior featherweight by the IBF and WBO)

1: Marco Antonio Barrera (Mexico), 52-3, WBO
 
2: Bones Adams, 40-3-3, WBA

3: Willie Jorrin, 28-0, WBC

4: Michael Brodie (Britain), 30-1

5: Danny Romero, 41-3-1

6: Oscar Larios (Mexico), 39-3-1

7: Lehlohonolo Ledwaba (S. Africa), 31-1-1, IBF 

8: Manny Pacquiao (Philippines), 30-2

9: Carlos Contreras (Mexico), 17-4-1, WBU

10: Israel Vazquez (Mexico), 29-2

 118lbs/8st 6lbs

1: Paulie Ayala*, 31-1, WBA

2: Tim Austin*, 21-0-1, IBF 

3: Veerapol N-Promotion (Thai), 29-1, WBC 

4: Adan Vargas* (Mexico), 36-2-1

5: Jorge Lacierva (Mexico), 18-3-3

6: Elicier Julio (Colombia), 42-3

7: Mauricio Martinez (Panama), 18-3-1, WBO

8: Johnny Bredahl (Denmark), 48-2

9: Toshiaki Nishioka (Japan), 21-3-1

10: Hugo Dianzo (Mexico), 26-5-1

SUPER FLYWEIGHT FLYWEIGHT
115lbs/8st 3lbs
(Called junior bantamweight by the IBF and WBO)

1: Masamori Tokuyama (Japan), 23-2-1, WBC

2: Leo Gamez (Venezuela), 33-7-1, WBA

3: Injoo Cho (Korea), 18-1

4: Gerry Penalosa* (Philippines), 42-3-2

5: Hideki Todaka (Japan), 17-3-1

6: Mauricio Pastrana (Colombia), 26-2

7: Jesus Rojas (Venezuela), 33-8-3-1

8: Felix Machado* (Venezuela), 20-3-1, IBF

9: Julio Gamboa* (Nicaragua), 24-5-1

10: Adonis Rivas (Nicaragua), 16-1-1-1, WBO

 112lbs/8st

1: Eric Morel, 29-0, WBA 

2: Malcolm Tunacao* (Philippines), 11-0-1, WBC

3: Celes Kobayashi* (Japan), 22-4-3

4: Irene Pacheco (Colombia), 25-0, IBF

5: Alexander Munoz (Venezuela), 16-0

6: Gerson Guerrero (Mexico), 22-3

7: Fernando Montiel (Mexico), 21-1-1, WBO

8: Medgoen 3-K Battery (Thai.), 21-1

9: Chatchai Dutchboy Gym (Thailand), 29-2

10: Peter Culshaw (Britain), 19-1-1, WBU 

LIGHT-FLYWEIGHT MINIMUMWEIGHT
108lbs/7st 10lbs
(Called junior flyweight by the IBF and WBO)

1: Ricardo Lopez (Mexico), 49-0-1, IBF

2: Yosam Choi (Korea), 22-1, WBC

3: Saman Sorjaturong (Thai.), 45-3-1

4: Beibis Mendoza (Colombia), 27-0, WBA

5: Rosendo Alvarez (Nicaragua), 28-2-1

6: Pichitnoi Choi Siriwat* (Thai), 27-1

7: Will Grigsby, 15-2-1

8: Masibulele Makepula (South Africa), 18-1

9: Nelson Dieppa (Puerto Rico), 19-2-1

10: Jorge Arce (Mexico), 25-3-1

 105lbs/7st 7lbs
 (Called mini-flyweight by the IBF and WBO, minimumweight by the WBA and WBC)

1: Zolani Petelo* (South Africa), 16-2-2, IBF

2: Jose Aguirre (Mexico), 25-1-1, WBC

3:Keitaro Hoshino (Japan), 29-1, WBA

4: Joma Gamboa (Philippines), 29-6-1

5: Noel Arambulet (Venezuela), 12-2-1

6: Juan Alfonso Keb (Mexico), 34-4-1

7: Kermin Guardia* (Colombia), 32-2, WBO

8: Daniel Reyes (Colombia), 27-0

9: Wandee Charoen (Thailand), 28-4

10: Wolf Tokimitsu (Japan), 17-3