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World Ratings Charts

World Ratings
December 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 December 2001 issue:

  WEIGHT DIVISIONS: HEAVYWEIGHT
190lbs/13st 8lbs
Boxing Monthly Champion
Lennox Lewis (GB), 39-2-1, WBC/IBF/IBO

1: Mike Tyson, 49-3-0-2

2: Wladimir Klitschko (Ukraine), 37-1, WBO

3: Chris Byrd*, 34-2

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

5: David Tua (New Zealand), 38-3

6: Lance Whitaker, 23-1

7: Hasim Rahman, 35-3

8: John Ruiz, 37-4, WBA

9: Vitali Klitschko (Ukraine), 29-1

10: Evander Holyfield, 37-5-1

CRUISERWEIGHT LIGHT-HEAVYWEIGHT
190lbs/13st 8lbs
 Juan Carlos Gomez* (Cuba), 34-0, WBC

1: Vasiliy Jirov* (Kazakhstan), 30-0, IBF

2: Virgil Hill, 46-3, WBA

3: Johnny Nelson (GB), 40-12-1, WBO

4: Wayne Braithwaite (Guyana), 17-0

5: Fabrice Tiozzo (France), 42-2

6: Carl Thompson (Britain), 28-5

7: Jean-Marc Mormeck (France), 26-2

8: OÕNeil Bell, 17-1

9: Dale Brown (Canada), 25-2-1

10: Louis Azille (Dominica), 16-1-2

175lbs/12st 7lbs
Roy Jones, 45-1, IBF/IBO
(WBC/WBA Super Champion)

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

2: Eric Harding*, 20-1-1

3: Reggie Johnson*, 42-6-1

4: Clinton Woods (Britain), 31-1

5: Antonio Tarver*, 18-1

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

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

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

9: Julio Gonzalez (Mexico), 27-1

10: Richard Hall (Jamaica), 25-2

SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHT MIDDLEWEIGHT
168lbs/12st
Joe Calzaghe* (GB), 32-0, WBO

1: Sven Ottke (Germany), 24-0, IBF

2: Byron Mitchell, 24-1-1, WBA

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

4: Manuel Siaca (Puerto Rico), 15-4

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

6: Glenn Catley (GB), 26-5

7: Antwun Echols, 25-4-1

8: Markus Beyer (Germany), 23-1

9: Thomas Tate, 41-6

10: Danilo Haussler (Germany), 17-0

160lbs/11st 6lbs
Bernard Hopkins, 40-2-1-1, IBF
(WBC/WBA Super Champion)

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

2: William Joppy, 33-2-1, WBA

3: Howard Eastman (Britain), 32-1

4: Harry Simon (Namibia), 22-0, WBO

5: Armand Kranjc (Sweden),26-0, WBO

6: Keith Holmes*, 35-3

7: Carl Daniels*, 47-3-1

8: Erland Betare (France), 32-7-2

9: Tito Mendoza (Panama), 25-3

10: Cristian Sanavia* (Italy), 24-0

LIGHT-MIDDLEWEIGHT WELTERWEIGHT
154lbs/11st
(Called junior middleweight by the IBF,
super welterweight by the WBC and WBC)
Oscar De La Hoya, 34-2, WBC

1: Fernando Vargas, 22-1, WBA

2: Ronald Wright*, 42-3, IBF

3: Mamadou Thiam (France), 37-2

4: Bronco McKart*, 45-3

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

6: Javier Castillejo (Spain), 51-5

7: Alex Bunema (Congo), 19-3-1

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

9: Jose ÒShibataÓ Flores, 42-9

10: Kasim Ouma* (Uganda), 13-1-1

147lbs/10st 7lbs
Shane Mosley, 38-0, WBC

1: Vernon Forrest, 33-0-0-1, IBF

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

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

4: Michele Piccirillo (Italy), 36-1-0-1, WBU

5: Antonio Diaz, 37-3-0-2

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

7: Cory Spinks*, 28-1

8: Thomas Damgaard* (Denmark), 26-0

9: Alessandro Duran (Italy), 50-11

10: Michael Trabant (Germany), 34-0

LIGHT-WELTERWEIGHT LIGHTWEIGHT
140lbs/10st
(Called junior welterweight by the IBF and WBO,
super lightweight by the WBC and WBA)
Kostya Tszyu (Australia), 28-1-1, IBF 
(WBC/WBA Super Champion)

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

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

3: Sharmba Mitchell*, 47-3,

4: Ener Julio (Colombia), 22-3

5: Randall Bailey, 24-1

6: Micky Ward, 37-10

7: Oktay Urkal (Germany), 28-1

8: Ricky Hatton (GB), 26-0, WBU

9: Ben Tackie (Ghana), 23-2

10: Teddy Reid, 19-4-1

135lbs/9st 9lbs
Jose Luis Castillo (Mexico), 44-4-1, WBC

1 Steve Johnston*, 33-2-1

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

3 Paul Spadafora*, 34-0, IBF

4: Raul Balbi (Argentina), 48-4-1, WBA

5: Juan Lazcano, 28-2-1

6: Angel Manfredy, 39-5-1-1

7: Julio Diaz, 23-1

8: Julien Lorcy (France), 49-3-2

9: Miguel Callist (Colombia), 15-3-1

10: Sandro Casamonica (Italy), 29-3

SUPER FEATHERWEIGHT FEATHERWEIGHT
130lbs/9st 4lbs
(Called junior featherweight by the IBF and WBO)
Floyd Mayweather, 27-0, WBC

1: Joel Casamayor* (Cuba), 26-0, WBA

2: Acelino Freitas (Brazil), 30-0, WBO

3: Steve Forbes, 20-1, IBF

4: Jesus Chavez (Mexico), 35-2

5: Philip Ndou (South Africa), 25-1, WBU

6: Lamont Pearson, 17-0-1

7: Alejandro Gonzalez (Mexico), 47-4-1

8: John Brown, 23-9-0-1

9: Lavka Sim (Mongolia), 15-2-1

10: Tiger Ari* (Philippines, 59-5-3

126lbs/9st
Marco Antonio Barrera (Mexico), 54-3, IBO

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

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

3: Derrick Gainer*, 38-5, WBA

4: Juan Manuel Marquez (Mexico), 37-2

5: Juan Pablo Chacon* (Argentina), 42-2, WBO

6: Manuel Medina (Mexico), 60-11, IBF

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

8: Augie Sanchez, 28-2

9: Michael Brodie (GB), 31-1

10: Scott Harrison (GB), 15-1-1

SUPER BANTAMWEIGHT BANTAMWEIGHT
122lbs/8st 10lbs
(Called junior featherweight by the IBF and WBO)
Paulie Ayala*, 33-1

1: Bones Adams, 41-4-3

2: Manny Pacquiao (Philippines), 33-2-1, IBF

3: Willie Jorrin, 28-0, WBC

4: Agapito Sanchez (Dom. Rep.), 33-7-2, WBO

5: Yober Ortega (Venezuela), 32-3-1, WBA

6: Lehonolo Ledwaba (S. Africa), 33-2-1

7: Israel Vazquez (Mexico), 31-2

8: Bobby Boy Velardez, 21-4-1

9: Juan Guzman (Dom. Rep.), 16-0

10: Osamu Sato (Japan), 25-1-1

118lbs/8st 6lbs
Tim Austin*, 23-0-1, IBF

1: Veerapol N-Promotion (Thai), 33-1-1, WBC

2: Adan Vargas* (Mexico), 36-3-1

3: Mark Johnson*, 40-2-0-1

4: Toshiaki Nishioka* (Japan), 22-3-2

5: Rafael Marquez, 27-3

SUPER FLYWEIGHT FLYWEIGHT
115lbs/8st 3lbs
 (Called junior bantamweight by the IBF and WBO)
Masamori Tokuyama (Japan), 25-2-1, WBC

1: Celes Kobayashi* (Japan), 24-4-3, WBA

2: Gerry Penalosa* (Philippines), 43-4-2

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

4: Pedro Alcazar (Panama), 24-1-1, WBO

5: Mauricio Pastrana (Colombia), 28-3, IBA

112lbs/8st
 Eric Morel, 30-0, WBA

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

2: Fernando Montiel (Mexico), 23-0-1, WBO

3: Irene Pacheco (Colombia), 26-0, IBF

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

5: Alexander Mahumotov (Russia), 37-6

LIGHT-FLYWEIGHT MINIMUMWEIGHT
108lbs/7st 10lbs
 (Called junior flyweight by the IBF and WBO)
Ricardo Lopez (Mexico), 50-0-1, IBF

1: Yosam Choi (Korea), 23-1, WBC

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

3: Beibis Mendoza (Colombia), 27-1

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

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

105lbs/7st 7lbs
 (Called mini-flyweight by the IBF and WBO)
Jose Aguirre (Mexico), 27-1-1, WBC

1: Robert Levya* (Mexico), 18-0-1, IBF

2: Chana Porpaoin (Thailand), 44-2-2

3: Keitaro Hoshino (Japan), 22-7

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

5: Joma Gamboa (Philippines), 31-6-1