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World Ratings Charts

World Ratings
September 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 September 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), 37-1, WBO

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

6: Kirk Johnson (Canada), 32-0-1

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), 33-0, WBC 

2: Vasiliy Jirov* (Kazakhstan), 29-0, IBF 

3: Virgil Hill, 46-3, WBA

4: Johnny Nelson (Britain), 40-12-1, WBO 

5: James Toney, 62-4-2

6: Fabrice Tiozzo (France), 42-2

7: Carl Thompson (Britain), 28-5

8: Wayne Braithwaite (Guyana), 16-0

9: Louis Azille (Dominica), 16-0-2

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

175lbs/12st 7lbs

1: Roy Jones, 45-1, WBC/WBA/IBF 

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

3: Eric Harding*, 20-1-1

4: Reggie Johnson*, 42-6-1

5: Clinton Woods (Britain), 30-1

6: Antonio Tarver*, 18-1

7: Lou Del Valle*, 31-2-1

8: Bruno Girard (France), 39-2-2

9: Glenn Kelly (Australia), 28-0-1

10: Julio Gonzalez (Mexico), 27-1

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: Eric Lucas (Canada), 33-4-3, WBC

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

6: Glenn Cately (Britain), 26-5

7: Antwun Echols, 25-4-1

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: Harry Simon (Namibia), 22-0

5: Keith Holmes*, 35-3

6: William Joppy, 32-2-1

7: Armand Krajnc (Sweden), 25-0

8: Carl Daniels*, 47-3-1

9: Erland Betare (France), 31-7-2

10: Tito Mendoza (Panama), 254-3

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

1: Oscar De La Hoya, 34-2, WBC

2: Fernando Vargas, 21-1

3: Ronald Wright*, 41-3

4: Mamadou Thiam (France), 37-2

5: Javier Castillejo (Spain), 51-5

6: Jose "Shibata" Flores, 42-8

7: Bronco McKart*, 44-3

8: Roman Karmazin (Russia), 28-0-1

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

10: J.C. Candelo (Colombia), 23-3-3

 147lbs/10st 7lbs

1: Shane Mosley, 38-0, WBC

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

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

4: Ricardo Mayorga (Costa Rica), 22-3-1-1, WBA

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

6: Antonio Diaz, 36-3-0-2

7: Shannan Taylor (Australia), 29-2-1

8: Daniel Santos* (Puerto Rico), 24-2-1-1, WBO

9: Cory Spinks*, 27-1

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

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

1: Kostya Tszyu (Australia), 27-1-1, WBC/WBA

2: Zab Judah*, 27-0-0-1, IBF

3: DeMarcus Corley, 26-1-1, WBO

4: Shamba Mitchell*, 47-3

5: Ener Julio (Colombia), 22-3

6: Randall Bailey, 24-1

7: Micky Ward, 37-10

8: Oktay Urkal (Germany), 28-1

9: Ricky Hatton (Britain), 24-0, WBU

10: Ben Tackie (Ghana), 23-2, WBU

 135lbs/9st 9lbs

1: Jose Luis Castillo (Mexico), 43-4-1, WBC

2 Steve Johnston*, 32-2-1

3: Artur Grigorian* (Uzbekistan), 33-0, WBO

4 Paul Spadafora*, 34-0, IBF

5: Julien Lorcy (France), 49-2-2

6: Juan Lazcano, 27-2-1

7: Julio Diaz, 22-0

8: Angel Manfredy, 38-5-1-1

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

10: Colin Dunne (Britain), 33-1, WBU

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: Phillp Ndou (South Africa), 24-1, WBU

8: Alejandro Gonzalez (Mexico), 46-4-1

9: Steve Forbes, 19-1, IBF

10: Tontcho Tontchev (Bulgaria), 24-0

 126lbs/9st

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

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

3: Erik Morales (Mexico), 41-0, WBC

4: Derrick Gainer*, 38-5, WBA

5: Juan Manuel Marquez (Mexico), 36-2

6: Juan Pablo Chacon* (Argentina), 41-2, WBO

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

8: Victor Polo* (Colombia), 30-3-2

9: Daniel Seda* (Puerto Rico), 17-0

10: Istvan Kovacs (Hungary), 20-1

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

1: Paulie Ayala*, 33-1

2: Bones Adams, 41-4-3

3: Manny Pacquiao (Philippines), 33-2,IBF

4: Johnny Tapia, 50-2-2

5: Willie Jorrin, 28-0, WBC

6: Michael Brodie (Britain), 30-1

7: Lehlohonolo Ledwaba (South Africa),33-2-1

8: Agapito Sanchez (Dom.Republic), 33-7-1,WBO

9: Israel Vazquez (Mexico), 30-2

10: Yober Ortega* (Venezuela), 31-3-1

 118lbs/8st 6lbs

1: Tim Austin*, 23-0-1, IBF

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

3: Mark Johnson*, 40-1-0-1

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

5: Heriberto Ruiz (Mexico), 22-1-1

6: Genaro Garcia (Mexico), 24-3

7: Jorge Lacierva (Mexico), 19-4-3

8: Mauricio Martinez (Panama), 19-3-1, WBO

9: Johnny Bredahl (Denmark), 50-2

10: Jess Maca (Philippines), 40-16-5

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: Felix Machado* (Venezuela), 21-3-1, IBF

5: Pedro Alcazar (Panama), 22-1-1,WBO

6: Mauricio Pastrana (Colombia), 27-3

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

8: Luis Bolano* (Colombia), 34-0

9: Martin Castillo, 20-0

10: Julio Gamboa* (Nicaragua), 24-6-1

 112lbs/8st

1: Eric Morel, 30-0, WBA

2: Pongsaklek Wonjongkam (Thai.), 41-2, WBC

3: Fernando Montiel (Mexico), 22-0-1, WBO

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

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

6: Ali Baba (Ghana), 18-1

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

8: Alexander Mahmutov (Russia), 36-6

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

10: Carlos Madrigal, 17-2

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: Jesus Martinez (Mexico), 16-0

 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), 19-3

10: Hiroshi Nakajima (Japan), 16-2-1