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World Ratings Charts

World Ratings
July 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 July 2001 issue:

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

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

2: Hasim Rahman, 35-2, WBC/IBF

3: Lennox Lewis (Britain), 38-2-1

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

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

6: Kirk Johnson (Canada), 31-0-1

7: Lance Whitaker, 23-1

8: John Ruiz, 37-4, WBA

9: Chris Byrd*, 33-2

10: Vitali Klitschko (Ukraine), 29-1

CRUISERWEIGHT LIGHT-HEAVYWEIGHT
190lbs/13st 8lbs

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

2: Vasiliy 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), 16-0

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

10: Jean-Marc Mormeck (France), 24-2

175lbs/12st 7lbs

1: Roy Jones, 44-1, WBC/WBA/IBF 

2: Dariusz Michalczewski (Ger.), 44-0, WBO 

3: Reggie Johnson*, 42-6-1

4: Eric Harding*, 19-1-1

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: Lou Del Valle*, 31-2

10: Bruno Girard (France), 39-2-1

SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHT MIDDLEWEIGHT
168lbs/12st

1: Joe Calzaghe* (Britain), 31-0, WBO 

2: Sven Ottke (Germany), 23-0, IBF 

3: Byron Mitchell, 23-1-1, WBA

4: Glenn Catley (Britain), 26-4

5: Eric Lucas (Canada), 32-4-3

6: Antwun Echols, 25-4-1

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

8: Markus Beyer (Germany), 21-1 

9: James Butler, 18-1

10: Thomas Tate, 40-6

 160lbs/11st 6lbs

1: Felix Trinidad (Puerto Rico), 40-0, WBA

2: Bernard Hopkins, 39-2-1-1, IBF/WBC 

3: Howard Eastman (Britain), 32-0

4: Keith Holmes*, 35-3 

5: William Joppy, 32-2-1

6: Armand Krajnc (Sweden), 24-0

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

8: Carl Daniels*, 47-3-1

9: Erland Betare (France), 30-7-2

10: Tito Mendoza (Panama), 24-3

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

1: Oscar De La Hoya, 33-2

2: Fernando Vargas, 21-1

3: Harry Simon (Namibia), 21-0, WBO 

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

5: Ronald Wright*, 41-3

6: Mamadou Thiam (France), 36-2

7: Bronco McKart*, 44-3

8: Jose "Shibata" Flores, 42-8

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

10: Alex Bunema (Congo), 19-2-1

 147lbs/10st 7lbs

1: Shane Mosley, 37-0, WBC

2: Vernon Forrest, 32-0-0-1, IBF

3: Andrew Lewis* (Guyana), 21-0-1, WBA

4: James Page, 25-4

5: Michele Piccirrillo (Italy), 35-1-0-1, WBU

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

7: Thomas Damgaard* (Denmark), 25-0

8: Rafael Pineda, 35-3

9: Adrian Stone (Britain), 30-3-2

10: Kofi Jantuah (Ghana), 21-0

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, 35-3

5: Hector Camacho Jr*, 32-0-0-1

6: Ener Julio (Colombia), 22-3, WBO 

7: Randall Bailey, 24-1

8: Micky Ward, 36-10

9: Oktay Urkal (Germany), 28-0

10: Ricky Hatton (Britain), 23-0, WBU

 135lbs/9st 9lbs

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

2 Steve Johnston*, 32-2-1

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

4 Paul Spadafora*, 33-0, IBF 

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

6: Juan Lazcano, 27-2-1

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

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

9: Angel Manfredy, 36-5-1-1

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, 26-0, WBC 

2: Joel Casamayor* (Cuba), 25-0, WBA

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

4: Jesus Chavez (Mexico), 35-1

5: John Brown, 23-8-0-1

6: Lamont Pearson, 16-0-1

7: Alejandro Gonzalez (Mexico), 45-4-1

8: Steve Forbes, 19-1, IBF

9: Tontcho Tontchev (Bulgaria), 24-0

10: Ernesto Zepeda (Mexico), 28-5-2

 126lbs/9st

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

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

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

4: Derrick Gainer*, 38-5, WBA 

5: Guty Espadas (Mexico), 34-3

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), 33-1-1, IBF 

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

6: Danny Romero, 41-3-1

7: Manny Pacquiao (Philippines), 32-2

8: Carlos Contreras (Mexico), 17-5-2, WBU

9: Israel Vazquez (Mexico), 30-2

10: Wayne McCullough (Ireland), 23-3

 118lbs/8st 6lbs

1: Paulie Ayala*, 32-1, WBA

2: Tim Austin*, 22-0-1, IBF 

3: Veerapol N-Promotion (Thai), 31-1, WBC 

4: Mark Johnson*, 39-1-0-1

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

6: Jorge Lacierva (Mexico), 19-3-3

7: Genaro Garcia (Mexico), 24-3

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), 24-2-1, WBC

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

3: Gerry Penalosa* (Philippines), 43-3-2

4: Mauricio Pastrana (Colombia), 26-2

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

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

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

8: Injoo Cho (Korea), 18-1

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

10: Martin Castillo, 19-0

 112lbs/8st

1: Eric Morel, 30-0, WBA 

2: Pongsaklek Wonjongkam (Thai.), 39-2, WBC

3: Fernando Montiel (Mexico), 21-0-1, WBO

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

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

6: Gerson Guerrero (Mexico), 23-3

7: Chatchai Dutchboy Gym (Thailand), 40-2

8: Alexander Mahmutov (Russia), 35-6

9: Peter Culshaw (Britain), 20-1-1, WBU 

10: Carlos Madrigal, 16-2

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), 23-1

7: Nelson Dieppa (Puerto Rico), 18-2-1, WBO

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

9: Zolani Petelo* (South Africa), 17-2-2

10: Fahlan Sakkreerin* (Thailand), 44-2-2

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

1: Jose Aguirre (Mexico), 26-1-1, WBC

2: Chana Porpaoin (Thailand), 43-1-2, WBA

3: Robert Levya* (Mexico), 18-0, IBF

4: Keitaro Hoshino (Japan), 21-7

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

6: Joma Gamboa (Philippines), 30-6-1

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

8: Daniel Reyes (Colombia), 25-1

9: Wolf Tokimitsu (Japan), 18-3

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