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World Ratings Charts

World Ratings
February 2002

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 February 2002 issue:

  WEIGHT DIVISIONS: HEAVYWEIGHT
190lbs/13st 8lbs

1: Lennox Lewis (GB), 39-2-1, WBC, IBF, IBO

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

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

4: Chris Byrd*, 34-2

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

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

7: Hasim Rahman, 35-3

8: Vitali Klitschko (Ukraine), 30-1

9: Evander Holyfield, 37-5-2

10: John Ruiz, 37-4-1, WBA

CRUISERWEIGHT LIGHT-HEAVYWEIGHT
190lbs/13st 8lbs

1: Juan Carlos Gomez* (Cuba), 34-0, WBC

2: Vassiliy Jirov* (Kazakhstan), 30-0, IBF

3: Virgil Hill, 46-3, WBA

4: Johnny Nelson (GB), 41-12-1, WBO

5: Wayne Braithwaite (Guyana), 17-0

6: Fabrice Tiozzo (France), 43-2

7: Ramon Garbey (Cuba), 16-3

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

9: Alexander Gurov* (Ukraine), 31-3-1

10: O'Neil Bell, 17-1

 		175lbs/12st 7lbs

1: Roy Jones Jr., 45-1, WBC/WBA super, IBF/IBO

2: Dariusz Michalczewski (Germany), 45-0, WBO

3: Eric Harding*, 21-1-1

4: Reggie Johnson*, 42-6-1

5: Clinton Woods (GB), 31-1

6: Antonio Tarver*, 18-1

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

8: Bruno Girard (France), 40-2-2

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

10: Julio Gonzalez (Mexico), 27-1

SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHT MIDDLEWEIGHT
168lbs/12st

1: Joe Calzaghe* (GB), 32-0, WBO

2: Sven Ottke (Germany), 25-0, IBF

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

4: Eric Lucas (Canada), 34-4-3, WBC

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

6: Antwun Echols, 26-4-1

7: Glenn Catley (GB), 26-5

8: Thomas Tate, 41-6

9: Charles Brewer, 37-8

10: Markus Beyer* (Germany), 23-1

 160lbs/11st 6lbs

1: Bernard Hopkins, 40-2-1-1, WBC/WBA super, IBF

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

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

4: Howard Eastman (GB), 32-1

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

6: Armand Krajnc (Sweden), 26-0

7: Carl Daniels*, 47-3-1

8: Keith Holmes*, 35-3

9: Erland Betare (France), 33-7-2

10: Tito Mendoza (Panama), 26-3

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

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

2: Fernando Vargas, 22-1, WBA

3: Ronald Wright*, 42-3, IBF

4: Mamadou Thiam (France), 38-2

5: Bronco McKart*, 45-3

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

7: Javier Castillejo (Spain), 52-5

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

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

10: Angel Hernandez, 21-2

 		147lbs/10st 7lbs

1: Shane Mosley, 38-0, WBC

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

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

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

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

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

7: Cory Spinks*, 29-1

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

9: Alessandro Duran (Italy), 50-12

10: Antonio Margarito (Mexico), 26-3-0-1

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

1: Kostya Tszyu (Aus.), 28-1-1, WBC/WBA super, IBF

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

3: DeMarcus Corley*, 27-1-1, WBO

4: Ener Julio (Colombia), 21-4

5: Oktay Urkal (Germany), 28-1

6: Ricky Hatton (GB), 27-0, WBU

7: Randall Bailey, 24-1

8: Jesse James Leija, 43-5-2-1

9: Micky Ward, 37-11

10: Ben Tackie (Ghana), 23-2

 		135lbs/9st 9lbs

1: Jose Luis Castillo (Mexico), 44-4-1, WBC

2: Stevie Johnston*, 33-2-1

3: Artur Grigorian* (Uzbekistan), 34-0, WBO

4: Leonard Dorin (Romania), 20-0, WBA

5: Paul Spadafora*, 34-0, IBF

6: Raul Balbi (Argentina), 48-5-0-1

7: Juan Lazcano, 28-2-1

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

9: Julio Diaz, 24-1

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

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

1: Floyd Mayweather Jr., 27-0, WBC

2: Acelino Freitas (Brazil), 31-0, WBA/WBO

3: Joel Casamayor* (Cuba), 26-1

4: Steve Forbes, 20-1, IBF

5: Jesus Chavez (Mexico), 35-2

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

7: Lamont Pearson, 17-0-1

8: Lakva Sim (Mongolia), 15-2-1

9: Alejandro Gonzalez (Mexico), 48-4-1

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

 126lbs/9st

1: Marco Antonio Barrera (Mexico), 54-3, IBO

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

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

4: Derrick Gainer*, 38-5, WBA

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

6: Juan Pablo Chacon (Argentina), 43-2, WBO

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

8: Victor Polo* (Colombia), 30-4-2

9: Michael Brodie (GB), 32-1

10: Scott Harrison (GB), 16-1-1

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: Willie Jorrin, 28-0, WBC

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

5: Agapito Sanchez (Dominican Rep.), 33-7-2, WBO

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

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

8: Oscar Larios (Mexico), 42-3-1

9: Israel Vazquez (Mexico), 31-2

10: John Michael Johnson, 30-7

 118lbs/8st 6lbs

1: Tim Austin*, 24-0-1, IBF

2: Veeraphol (Thailand), 35-1-1, WBC

3: Eidy Moya (Venezuela), 15-1, WBA

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

5: Toshiaki Nishioka* (Japan), 22-3-1

6: Rafael Marquez (Mexico), 27-3

7: Johnny Bredahl (Denmark), 51-2

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

9: Ratanachai Vorapin* (Thailand), 40-6

10: Pete Frissina, 25-2-1

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

1: Masamori Tokuyama (Japan), 25-2-1, WBC

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

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

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

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

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

7: Martin Castillo (Mexico), 21-0

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

9: Alexander Munoz (Venezuela), 19-0

10: Katsushige Kawashima (Japan), 19-2

 112lbs/8st

1: Eric Morel, 31-0, WBA

2: Pongsaklek Wonjongkam* (Thailand), 43-2, WBC

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

4: Irene Pacheco* (Colombia), 26-0, IBF

5: Alexander Mahmutov (Russia), 37-6

6: Hawk Makepula (South Africa), 19-1

7: Hidenobu Honda (Japan), 23-1

8: Hiroshi Nakano* (Japan), 17-0

9: Alejandro Montiel (Mexico), 48-3, IBA

10: Eric Ortiz (Mexico), 19-2

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

1: Ricardo Lopez (Mexico), 50-0-1, IBF

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

3: Rosendo Alvarez (Nicaragua), 31-2-1, WBA

4: Beibis Mendoza (Colombia), 27-1

5: Saman Sorjaturong (Thailand), 45-4-1

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

7: Pichitnoi Sor Siriwat* (Thailand), 23-1

8: Melchor Cob Castro* (Mexico), 65-8-4

9: Fahlan Sakkreerin* (Thailand), 44-3-2

10: Jorge Arce (Mexico), 29-3-1

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

1: Jose Antonio Aguirre (Mexico), 27-1-1, WBC

2: Roberto Leyva* (Mexico), 19-0-1, IBF/p>

3: Chana Porpaoin (Thailand), 45-2-2

4: Isaac Bustos (Mexico), 15-6-3

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

6: Daniel Reyes (Colombia), 27-1

7: Keitaro Hoshino (Japan), 22-7

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

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

10: Noel Arambulet (Venezuela), 16-2-1-1