Current Issue: August 2003

World Ratings August 2003

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.

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.

CRUISERWEIGHT	LIGHT-HEAVYWEIGHT
190lbs/13st 8lbs 1: Jean-Marc Mormeck (France), 29-2, WBA 2: James Toney, 65-4-2, IBF 3: Wayne Braithwaite (Guyana), 19-0, WBC 4: Vassiliy Jirov* (Kazakhstan), 31-1 5: Johnny Nelson (GB), 43-12-1, WBO 6: Fabrice Tiozzo (France), 44-2 7: Virgil Hill, 48-4 8: Guillermo Jones (Panama), 29-3-1 9: O'Neil Bell, 20-1-1 10: Alexander Gurov* (Ukraine), 32-4-1	175lbs/12st 7lbs 1: Dariusz Michalczewski (Germany), 48-0, WBO 2: Antonio Tarver*, 21-1 3: Mehdi Sahnoune (France), 24-0, WBA 4: Thomas Ulrich (Germany), 24-1 5: Clinton Woods (GB), 35-2 6: Montell Griffin, 44-4 7: Bruno Girard (France), 42-3-2 8: Julio Gonzalez, 34-1 9: Paul Briggs (Australia), 20-1 10: Stipe Drews (Croatia), 24-0

SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHT	MIDDLEWEIGHT
168lbs/12st 1: Joe Calzaghe* (GB), 36-0, WBO 2: Sven Ottke (Germany), 31-0, IBF/WBA 3: Markus Beyer* (Germany), 27-1, WBC 4: Eric Lucas (Canada), 36-5-3 5: Mads Larsen (Denmark), 44-1 6: Byron Mitchell, 25-3-1 7: Robin Reid (GB), 34-3-1, WBF 8: Antwun Echols, 29-4-1 9: Syd Vanderpool* (Canada), 33-2 10: Mikkel Kessler (Denmark), 31-0, IBA	160lbs/11st 6lbs 1: Bernard Hopkins, 42-2-1-1, WBC/WBA super, IBF 2: William Joppy, 34-2-1, WBA 3: Howard Eastman (GB), 37-1 4: Robert Allen*, 35-4-0-1 5: Erland Betare (France), 35-7-2 6: Jermain Taylor, 16-0 7: Aaron Mitchell, 21-1-1 8: Eric Mitchell, 16-3-1 9: Evans Ashira (Kenya), 22-0 10: Hector Velasco (Argentina), 29-2-1, WBO

LIGHT-MIDDLEWEIGHT

WELTERWEIGHT

154lbs/11st (Called junior middleweight by the IBF,  super welterweight by the WBC and WBA) 1: Oscar De La Hoya, 36-2, WBC 2: Ronald Wright*, 45-3, IBF 3: Fernando Vargas, 22-2 4: Shane Mosley, 38-2-0-1 5: Alex Terra Garcia (Mexico), 21-0, WBA 6: Verno Phillips, 35-9-1 7: Kassim Ouma*, 17-1-1-1 8: Daniel Santos* (Puerto Rico), 27-2-1-1, WBO 9: Javier Castillejo (Spain), 55-5 10: J.C. Candelo, 25-5-3

147lbs/10st 7lbs WELTERWEIGHT - 147lbs/10st 7lbs 1: Ricardo Mayorga (Nicaragua), 25-3-1-1, WBA/WBC 2: Antonio Margarito (Mexico), 28-3-0-1, WBO 3: Vernon Forrest, 35-2-0-1 4: Cory Spinks*, 31-2, IBF 5: Michele Piccirillo (Italy), 38-2-0-1 6: Thomas Damgaard* (Denmark), 31-0 7: Rafael Pineda (Colombia), 37-5 8: Jawaid Khaliq (GB), 21-1-1, IBO 9: Michel Trabant (Germany), 36-0 10: Kermit Cintron, 19-0

LIGHT-WELTERWEIGHT

LIGHTWEIGHT

140lbs/10st (Called junior welterweight by the IBF and WBO, super lightweight by the WBC and WBA) 1: Kostya Tszyu (Aus.), 30-1-1, WBC/WBA super, IBF 2: Zab Judah*, 29-1-0-1 3: Vivian Harris, 23-1-1, WBA 4: Arturo Gatti (Canada), 36-6 5: Sharmba Mitchell*, 52-3 6: Ricky Hatton (GB), 32-0, WBU 7: Miguel Cotto (Puerto Rico), 15-0 8: Demarcus Corley*, 28-2-1, WBO 9: Paul Spadafora*, 36-0-1 10: Jesse James Leija, 44-6-2

135lbs/9st 9lbs 1: Floyd Mayweather Jr., 30-0, WBC 2: Diego Corrales, 35-1 3: Jose Luis Castillo (Mexico), 46-6-1 4: Stevie Johnston*, 35-2-1 5: Juan Lazcano, 32-2-1 6: Artur Grigorian* (Uzbekistan), 36-0, WBO 7: Leonard Dorin (Romania), 21-0-1, WBA 8: Angel Manfredy, 42-6-1-1 9: Javier Jauregui (Mexico), 46-10-2 10: Julio Diaz, 27-2

SUPER FEATHERWEIGHT

FEATHERWEIGHT

130lbs/9st 4lbs (Called junior featherweight by the IBF and WBO) 1: Acelino Freitas (Brazil), 33-0, WBA super/WBO 2: Erik Morales (Mexico), 44-1, WBC 3: Joel Casamayor* (Cuba), 28-1 4: Philip Ndou (South Africa), 31-1, WBU 5: Jesus Chavez (Mexico), 39-2 6: Sirimonkol Singmanassak (Thailand), 41-1, WBC 7: Yodsanan Nanthachai (Thailand), 38-2-1, WBA 8: Carlos Hernandez, 39-3-1, IBF 9: Steve Forbes, 22-1 10: Cassius Baloyi (South Africa), 28-1, IBO

126lbs/9st 1: Marco Antonio Barrera (Mexico), 57-3-0-1 2: Juan Manuel Marquez (Mexico), 40-2, IBF 3: Derrick Gainer*, 39-5-1, WBA 4: Manuel Medina (Mexico), 62-13, WBO 5: Scott Harrison (GB), 19-2-1 6: Zahir Raheem, 22-0 7: Michael Brodie (GB), 35-1 8: Rocky Juarez, 17-0 9: William Abelyan, 22-4-1 10: Oscar Leon* (Colombia), 23-3

SUPER BANTAMWEIGHT

BANTAMWEIGHT

122lbs/8st 10lbs (Called junior featherweight by the IBF and WBO) 1: Paulie Ayala*, 34-1 2: Manny Pacquiao* (Philippines), 36-2-1, IBF 3: Oscar Larios (Mexico), 48-3-1, WBC  4: Mahyar Monshipour (France), 23-2-2, WBA 5: Joan Guzman (Dom. Rep.), 18-0, WBO 6: Wayne McCullough (GB), 26-4 7: Willie Jorrin, 28-1-1 8: Israel Vazquez (Mexico), 34-3 9: Salim Medjkoune* (France), 41-4-1 10: Kozo Ishii (Japan), 30-3

118lbs/8st 6lbs 1: Rafael Marquez (Mexico), 29-3, IBF 2: Veeraphol (Thailand), 41-1-1, WBC 3: Johny Bredahl (Denmark), 53-2, WBA 4: Tim Austin*, 25-1-1 5: Cruz Carbajal, 23-11-1, WBO 6: Pete Frissina, 27-3-1 7: Toshiaki Nishioka (Japan), 23-2-2 8: David Gueralt (France), 27-1 9: Ricardo Vargas (Mexico), 34-9-3 10: Silence Mabuza (South Africa), 14-0, IBO

SUPER FLYWEIGHT

FLYWEIGHT

115lbs/8st 3lbs (Called junior bantamweight by the IBF and WBO) 1: Masamori Tokuyama (Japan), 29-2-1, WBC 2: Alexander Munoz (Venezuela), 23-0, WBA 3: Fernando Montiel (Mexico), 26-0-1, WBO 4: Mauricio Pastrana (Colombia), 30-3-1, IBA 5: Luis Perez* (Nicaragua), 21-1, IBF 6: Felix Machado* (Venezuela), 22-4-1 7: Martin Castillo (Mexico), 22-1 8: Mark Johnson*, 41-3-0-1 9: Medgeon Kratingdaenggym (Thailand), 31-2 10: Peter Culshaw (GB), 24-1-1

112lbs/8st 1: Eric Morel, 33-0, WBA 2: Pongsaklek Wonjongkam* (Thailand), 47-2, WBC  3: Irene Pacheco* (Colombia), 27-0, IBF  4: Alexander Mahmutov (Russia), 39-6 5: Omar Narvaez (Argentina), 14-0-1, WBO  6: Damaen Kelly (GB), 18-1 7: Mzukisi Sikali (South Africa), 27-4-2 8: Hawk Makepula (South Africa), 20-2 9: Andrea Sarritzu (Italy), 17-2-1 10: Hidenobu Honda* (Japan), 25-2

LIGHT-FLYWEIGHT

MINIMUMWEIGHT

108lbs/7st 10lbs (Called junior flyweight by the IBF and WBO) 1: Rosendo Alvarez (Nicaragua), 32-2-1, WBA 2: Jorge Arce (Mexico), 34-3-1, WBC 3: Nelson Dieppa (Puerto Rico), 19-2-2, WBO 5: Bebis Mendoza (Colombia), 28-2 5: Melchor Cob Castro* (Mexico), 66-9-4 6: Victor Burgos (Mexico), 31-12-2, IBF 7: Pichitnoi Sithbangprachan* (Thailand), 27-2 8: Fahlan Sakareen* (Thailand), 49-3-2 9: Jair Jimenez (Colombia), 23-1-1 10: Juanito Rubillar* (Philippines), 27-8-6

105lbs/7st 7lbs (Called mini-flyweight by the IBF and WBO) 1: Jose Antonio Aguirre (Mexico), 31-1, WBC 2: Chana Porpaoin (Thailand), 50-2-2 3: Noel Arambulet (Venezuela), 19-2-1-1, WBA 4: Edgar Cardenas (Mexico), 30-10-2, IBF 5: Roberto Leyva* (Mexico), 21-2-1 6: Keitaro Hoshinu (Japan), 23-10 7: Isaac Bustos (Mexico), 26-3 8: Daniel Reyes (Colombia), 32-1-1 9: Khulile Makeba* (South Africa), 17-1 10: Ivan Calderon* (Puerto Rico), 16-0, WBO

Articles in this issue
BIG AND BRITISH Lennox still rules the world, but back in Britain a cast of players is taking shape for what might be an intriguing series of showdowns that could breathe life into the domestic heavyweight division. STEVE BUNCE reports.	DANGERMAN It’s early days for heavyweight prospect Matt Skelton, but his destructive capabilities are already established. MICHAEL GILL reports	THEY JUST DON'T GET IT Laila Ali is winning over the doubters, but Muhammad's little girl still feels she must prove that fighting's in her blood. GRAHAM HOUSTON hears her side of the story	World Rankings:   See where the top fighters were rated when the August 2003 issue went to press..

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