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World Ratings Charts

World Ratings
May 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 May 2001 issue:

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

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

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

3: Wladimir Klitschko (Ukraine), 36-1, WBO 

4: David Tua (New Zealand), 38-2

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

6: Lance Whitaker, 23-1

7: John Ruiz, 37-4, WBA

8: Chris Byrd*, 32-2

9: Vitali Klitschko (Ukraine), 29-1

10: Evander Holyfield, 37-5-1

CRUISERWEIGHT LIGHT-HEAVYWEIGHT
190lbs/13st 8lbs

1: Juan Carlos Gomez* (Cuba), 32-0, WBC 

2: Vassiliy Jirov* (Kazakhstan), 28-0, IBF 

3: Virgil Hill, 46-3, WBA

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

5: James Toney, 61-4-2

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: Jean-Marc Mormeck (France), 23-2

175lbs/12st 7lbs

1: Roy Jones, 44-1, WBC/WBA/IBF

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

3: Eric Harding*, 19-1-1

4: Reggie Johnson*, 41-6-1

5: Clinton Woods (Britain), 29-1

6: Glenn Kelly (Australia), 26-0-1

7: Julio Gonzalez (Mexico), 27-0

8: Antonio Tarver*, 17-1

9: Montell Griffin, 40-3

10: Yawe Davis (Uganda & Italy), 44-9-1

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

4: Byron Mitchell, 31-1-1, WBA

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

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

7: Glenn Catley (Britain), 26-4

8: Charles Brewer, 36-7

9: Markus Beyer (Germany), 20-1

10: James Butler, 17-1

 160lbs/11st 6lbs

1: Bernard Hopkins, 39-2-1-1, IBF 

2: William Joppy, 32-1-1, WBA 

3: Keith Holmes*, 35-2, WBC 

4: Howard Eastman (Britain), 32-0

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), 30-7-2

10: David Reid, 16-1

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), 35-2

8: Bronco McKart*, 42-3

9: Jose “Shibata” Flores, 41-8

10: Roman Karmazin (Russia), 27-0-1

 147lbs/10st 7lbs

1: Shane Mosley, 37-0, WBC

2: Oscar De La Hoya, 32-2

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

4: Andrew Lewis* (Guyana), 20-0-1, WBA

5: James Page, 25-4

6: Michele Piccirrillo (Italy), 35-1, WBU

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

8: Thomas Damgaard* (Denmark), 24-0

9: Rafael Pineda, 35-3

10: Cory Spinks, 27-1

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, 34-3

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), 28-0

10: Billy Schwer, 39-5, IBO

 135lbs/9st 9lbs

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

2 Steve Johnston*, 30-2-1

3: Artur Grigorian* (Uzbekistan), 32-0, WBO

4 Paul Spadafora*, 32-0, IBF 

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

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

7: Julien Lorcy (France), 47-2-2

8: Juan Lazcano, 26-2-1

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

10: Rick Roberts (USA & Japan), 38-5-2

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), 34-1

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, 33-2-1

 126lbs/9st

1: Marco Antonio Barrera (Mexico), 53-3, IBO

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

3: Erik Morales (Mexico), 40-0, WBC

4: Derrick Gainer*, 37-5, WBA

5: Guty Espadas (Mexico), 33-3

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

7: Freddie Norwood*, 37-1-1

8: Juan Manuel Marquez (Mexico), 35-2

9: Frankie Toledo*, 40-5-1, IBF

10: Johnny Tapia, 49-2-2

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

1: Bones Adams, 41-3-3, WBA

2: Willie Jorrin, 28-0, WBC

3: Michael Brodie (Britain), 30-1

4: Lehlohonolo Ledwaba (S. Africa), 32-1-1, IBF

5: Oscar Larios (Mexico), 40-3-1

6: Danny Romero, 41-3-1

7: Manny Pacquiao (Philippines), 31-2

8: Carlos Contreras (Mexico), 17-4-2, WBU

9: Israel Vazquez (Mexico), 29-2

10: Enrique Sanchez* (Mexico), 28-1-2

 118lbs/8st 6lbs

1: Paulie Ayala*, 32-1, WBA

2: Tim Austin*, 22-0-1, IBF

3: Veerapol N-Promotion (Thai), 30-1, WBC

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

5: Ricardo Barajas (Mexico), 22-1-1

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

7: Elicier Julio (Colombia), 42-3

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

9: Johnny Bredahl (Denmark), 49-2

10: Hugo Dianzo (Mexico), 26-6-1

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

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

2: Celes Kobayashi* (Japan), 23-4-3, WBA

3: Injoo Cho (Korea), 18-1

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

5: Mauricio Pastrana (Colombia), 26-2

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

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

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

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

10: Martin Catillo, 18-0

 112lbs/8st

1: Eric Morel, 29-0, WBA 

2: Pongsaklek Wonjongkam (Thai.), 38-2, WBC

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

4: Alexander Munoz (Venezuela), 16-0

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

6: Malcolm Tunacao* (Philippines), 11-1-1

7: Gerson Guerrero (Mexico), 22-3

8: Chatchai Dutchboy Gym (Thailand), 39-2

9: Alexander Mahmutov (Russia), 34-6

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), 23-1, WBC 

3: Rosendo Alvarez (Nicaragua), 29-2-1, WBA

4: Beibis Mendoza (Colombia), 26-1

5: Saman Sorjaturong (Thai.), 45-4-1

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

7: Will Grigsby, 15-2-1

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

9: Fahlan Sakkreerin* (Thailand), 43-2-2

9: Andy Tabanas* (Philippines), 40-5-2

 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), 26-1-1, WBC

3: Keitaro Hoshino (Japan), 22-6, WBA

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

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

6: Kermin Guardia* (Colombia), 33-2, WBO

7: Juan Alfonso Keb (Mexico), 24-5-1

8: Daniel Reyes (Colombia), 27-0

9: Wolf Tokimitsu (Japan), 18-3

10: Eric Ortiz (Mexico), 17-3-1