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Current Issue: October 2003

World Ratings October 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: Johnny Nelson (Sheffield), 42-12-2, WBO champ   2: Carl Thompson (Manchester), 30-6   3: Mark Hobson (Huddersfield), 21-3-1, British & Commonwealth champ   4: Rob Norton (Stourbridge)*, 23-3-1   5: Enzo Maccarinelli (Swansea), 15-1, WBU champ   6: Bruce Scott (Hackney), 25-7   7: Kelly Oliver (Lincoln), 19-2   8: Lee Swaby (Lincoln)*, 18-13-2   9: David Haye (Orpington), 6-0 10: Scott Lansdowne (Leicester)*, 8-2, M. Area champ 11: Tony Dowling (Lincoln), 10-5 12: Denzil Browne (Leeds), 21-7-2 13: Tommy Eastwood (Epsom), 5-1 14: Jamie Warters (York), 11-2-2 15: Phil Day (Swindon), 8-9-1 16: Tony Moran (Liverpool), 10-2 17: Paul Bonson (Featherstone), 18-64-6 18: Carl Wright (Rugby), 5-0-1 19: Darren Ashton (Stoke), 15-53-3-1 20: Greg Scott-Briggs (Chesterfield), 15-27

175lbs/12st 7lbs   1: Clinton Woods (Sheffield), 35-2   2: Tony Oakey (Portsmouth), 18-0, WBU champ   3: Peter Oboh (Brockley)*, 12-5, British & Commonwealth champ   4: Darren Corbett (Belfast), 26-3-1   5: Neil Simpson (Coventry), 19-14   6: Elvis Michailenko (Beckton/Latvia), 13-0-1, WBA International champ   7: Chris Davies (Blaenclydach), 12-7   8: Andrew Lowe (Hackney), 11-0, S. Area champ   9: Neil Linford (Leicester), 15-6-1 10: Mark Brookes (Swinton), 12-2 11: Steve Spartacus (Ipswich), 13-0 12: Pinky Burton (Selby), 5-1 13: Ovill McKenzie (Canning Town/Jamaica), 2-1 14: Nathan King (Mountain Ash), 7-4 15: Peter Haymer (Enfield), 10-2 16: Gareth Hogg (Torquay), 8-1 17: Jason McKay (Banbridge), 7-0 18: Ryan Walls (Slough)*, 6-0 19: Clint Johnson (Leeds), 10-15-1 20: Simeon Cover (Worksop), 6-12-1

SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHT

MIDDLEWEIGHT

168lbs/12st   1: Joe Calzaghe* (Newbridge), 36-0, WBO champ   2: Robin Reid (Runcorn), 34-3-1, WBF champ   3: Glenn Catley (Bristol), 27-7   4: Brian Magee (Belfast)*, 19-0, IBO champ   5: Matthew Barney (Southampton), 19-4-1, British & IBO Inter-con champ   6: Eric Teymour (Canning Town/Russia)*, 13-1   7: Tony Dodson (Liverpool), 15-3-1, C. Area champ   8: Carl Froch (Nottingham), 8-0   9: Allan Foster (Northampton), 10-0-1 10: Alan Page (Manchester), 8-0 11: Alan Jones (Aberystwyth), 5-0-1 12: Danny Smith (Lowestoft), 8-0-1 13: Roddy Doran (Shrewsbury), 7-0-2 14: Donovan Smillie (Bradford), 12-3-1 15: Barry Connell (Glasgow), 5-0-1 16: Darren Stubbs (Oldham), 5-1 17: Paul Owen (Sheffield), 6-6-2 19: Peter Jackson (Halesowen), 9-3, M. Area champ 20: Howard Clarke (Warley), 27-38-2-1

160lbs/11st 6lbs   1: Howard Eastman (Battersea), 38-1, British, Commonwealth & European champ   2: Wayne Alexander (Croydon), 19-1   3: Wayne Elcock (Birmingham), 11-0, WBU champ   4: Anthony Farnell (Manchester), 31-3   5. Rueben Groenewald (Beckton/S. Africa), 18-3-3   6: Steve Bendall (Coventry)*, 20-0, IBO Inter-con champ   7: Scott Dann (Plymouth)*, 16-2   8: Gary Lockett (Cwmbran), 20-1   9: Lee Blundell (Wigan)*, 17-4-2 10: Ryan Rhodes (Sheffield)*, 27-3 11: Hussain Osman (Paddington), 13-5 12: Damon Hague (Derby), 22-2-1, WBF champ 13: Wayne Pinder (Manchester), 20-1-1 14: Darren Dorrington (Bristol), 19-8-3 15: Allan Gray (Putney)*, 16-7-2, S. Area champ 16: Lawrence Murphy (Uddingston), 11-0-1 17: Michael Monaghan (Nottingham), 13-8 18: Kereshnik Qato (Wembley), 4-4 19: Danny Thornton (Leeds), 14-8-2, C. Area champ 20: Patrick Maxwell (Sheffield), 7-1

LIGHT-MIDDLEWEIGHT

WELTERWEIGHT

154lbs/11st (Called junior middleweight by the IBF,  super welterweight by the WBC and WBA) 1: Takaloo (Margate), 22-3, WBU champ   2: Richard Williams (Stockwell), 17-2-1   3: Paul Samuels (Newport), 17-2-2, Welsh Area champ   4: Jamie Moore (Salford)*, 17-1, British & Commonwealth champ   5: Michael Jones (Liverpool), 17-1   6: Gary Logan (Croydon), 33-7-1   7: David Walker (Bermondsey), 18-1-1, S. Area champ      8: John Humphrey (Newmarket), 14-2   9: Andrew Facey (Sheffield), 12-2-1 10: Gilbert Eastman (Battersea), 15-2 11: Thomas McDonagh (Manchester), 20-0-2 12: Marcus Portman (West Bromwich)*, 11-4-1 13: Scott Dixon (Hamilton), 25-8-3 14: Darren Rhodes (Leeds), 15-6-3 15: Darren Bruce (Grays), 15-6-1 16: Matthew Macklin (Birmingham), 9-0 17: Spencer Fearon (Forest Hill), 11-5 18: Matthew Tait (Harrow)*, 13-2 19: Gavin Wake (Leeds), 9-2 20: Matthew Hall (Manchester), 5-0

147lbs/10st 7lbs WELTERWEIGHT - 147lbs/10st 7lbs 1. James Hare (Roberttown), 27-0-1, WBF champ   2: Jawaid Khaliq (Nottingham), 21-1-1, IBO champ   3: Neil Sinclair (Belfast), 27-3   4: Adrian Stone (Bristol), 33-4-2   5: Ossie Duran (Chelmsford/Ghana), 15-3-1   6: David Barnes (Manchester)*, 13-0, British champ   7: Jimmy Vincent (Birmingham), 21-17-2   8: Derek Roche (Leeds), 28-4   9: Michael Jennings (Chorley), 19-0, WBU International champ 10: Kevin McIntyre (Paisley)*, 19-2, Scottish champ 11: Bradley Pryce (Newport), 18-2 12: Glenn McClarnon (Lurgan), 16-6 13: Brett James (Camden), 12-1-2, S. Area champ 14: Chris Saunders (Barnsley)*, 20-21-1 15: Ross Minter (Crawley), 10-1 16: Rob Burton (Barnsley)*, 7-5-2, C. Area champ 17: Darrell Grafton (Chesterfield), 8-0 18: Jason Williams (Swansea)*, 15-8, Welsh Area champ 19: David Keir (Liverpool), 4-4-1 20: Matthew Hatton (Manchester), 16-2

LIGHT-WELTERWEIGHT

LIGHTWEIGHT

140lbs/10st (Called junior welterweight by the IBF and WBO, super lightweight by the WBC and WBA)   1: Ricky Hatton (Manchester), 32-0, WBU champ   2: Junior Witter (Bradford), 26-1-2, British & Commonwealth champ   3: Eamonn Magee (Belfast)*, 24-4   4: Stephen Smith (Kentish Town)*, 32-2   5: Ted Bami (Brixton), 13-2   6: Gary Ryder (Liverpool), 10-1   7: Wayne Rigby (Manchester), 20-9   8: Oscar Hall (Darlington), 23-0-1 N. Area Welter champ   9: Alan Bosworth (Northampton), 16-13-2 10: Colin Lynes (Hornchurch), 21-1 11: Gavin Down (Chesterfield), 26-3 12: Young Mutley (Wednesbury), 13-1, M. Area champ 13: Francis Barrett (Wembley)*, 12-2, S. Area champ 14: Nigel Wright (Crook)*, 7-1 15: Ajose Olusegun (Kentish Town/Nigeria)*, 11-0 Nigerian & WBF Inter-con champ 16: Darren Melville (Canning Town), 11-2-1 17: Steve Saville (Wolverhampton), 15-4 18: Jon Honney (Basingstoke)*, 6-9 19: Ricky Eccleston (Liverpool), 10-1 20: Dean Hickman (West Bromwich), 7-0-1

135lbs/9st 9lbs 1: Jason Cook (Maesteg), 21-1   2: David Burke (Liverpool) *, 22-1   3: Graham Earl (Luton), 19-0, British champ   4: Bobbie Vanzie (Bradford)*, 24-3-1   5: Kevin Bennett (Hartlepool), 14-3   6: Colin Dunne (Holloway), 38-3   7: Steve Murray (Harlow), 21-3   8: Mark Winters (Antrim), 18-4-1   9: Anthony Maynard (Birmingham), 17-6-1 10: Gary Hibbert (Oldham), 15-4-1, C. Area champ 11: Chris Barnett (Manchester), 13-7-1 12: Lee Meager (Salford), 13-0-1 13: Martin Watson (Coatbridge), 9-0, Scottish champ 14: Barry Hughes (Glasgow), 13-2 15: Colin Toohey (Liverpool), 6-0-1 16: Gary Greenwood (Hinckley), 11-1-2 17: Danny Hunt (Southend), 13-1 18: Tony McPake (Salsburgh), 9-0 19: Jimmy Beech (Walsall), 9-8 20: Scott Lawton (Stoke), 7-1

SUPER FEATHERWEIGHT

FEATHERWEIGHT

130lbs/9st 4lbs (Called junior featherweight by the IBF and WBO) 1: Kevin Lear (West Ham), 14-0, WBU champ   2: Michael Gomez (Manchester), 28-5   3: Alex Arthur (Edinburgh), 16-0, British, IBF & WBO Inter-con champ   4: Craig Docherty (Glasgow), 16-1-1, Commonwealth champ   5: Dean Pithie (Coventry), 25-5-2,   6: Alex Moon (Liverpool), 19-6-2   7: Gavin Rees (Newbridge), 20-0   8: Willie Limond (Glasgow), 18-1   9: Carl Greaves (Newark), 27-6, WBF champ 10: Steve Conway* (Dewsbury), 27-5 11: Craig Spacie (Chesterfield), 14-4-1 12: Choi Tseveenpurev (Oldham/Mongolia), 13-1 13: Richard Evatt (Coventry), 20-5 14: Andrew Ferrans (New Cummock), 14-6-2 15: John Simpson (Greenock), 5-1 16: Eddie Nevins (Manchester), 11-4, C. Area champ 17: Andy Morris (Wythenshawe), 3-0 18: Daleboy Rees (Swansea)*,  4-0 19: Mark Alexander (Finsbury Park), 4-1 20: Haroon Din (Sheffield), 8-5

126lbs/9st   1: Scott Harrison (Glasgow), 19-2-1   2: Michael Brodie (Manchester), 35-1, WBF champ   3: Nicky Cook (Hornchurch), 20-0, Commonwealth champ   4: Roy Rutherford (Coventry), 16-1-1, British champ   5: Jamie McKeever (Birkenhead), 15-4-1        6: Gary Thornhill (Liverpool),   7: Tony Mulholland (Liverpool), 17-2-1   8: Dazzo Williams (Hereford), 8-2   9: Stephen Chinnock (Rugeley), 8-1, M. Area champ 10: Henry Castle (Salisbury), 7-2 11: Sean Green (Rotherham), 13-10-3 12: Mickey Bowden (Forest Hill), 6-2 13: Richmond Asante (East Ham), 3-5 14: Chris Hooper (Scarborough), 5-1 15: Kevin O’Hara (Belfast), 4-0 16: Sean Hughes (Pontefract)*, 6-0 17: Kevin Mitchell (Dagenham), 1-0 18: Haider Ali (Walthamstow/Pakistan), 2-0 19: Stewart Sanderson (Glasgow), 1-0-1 20: David McIntyre (Paisley), 1-3

SUPER BANTAMWEIGHT

BANTAMWEIGHT

122lbs/8st 10lbs (Called junior featherweight by the IBF and WBO)   1: Wayne McCullough (Belfast), 26-4   2: Esham Pickering (Newark), 23-3, British & Commonwealth champ   3: Michael Hunter (Hartlepool), 15-0-1, WBF champ   4: John Mackay (Canning Town), 7-3   5: Brian Carr (Moodiesburn)*, 25-7-1   6: Steve Williams (Mansfield), 13-2-1   7: Steve Foster Jnr (Salford), 11-0   8: Gareth Payne (Coventry), 10-5, M. Area champ   9: Mark Payne (Coventry), 15-2-1 10: Marc Callaghan (Barking), 14-6-1 11: Rocky Dean (Thetford), 7-2-2 12: Derry Mathews (Liverpool), 5-0 13: Isaac Ward (Darlington), 4-0-1 14: Danny Wallace (Leeds), 4-1-1 15: Matty Teague (Grimsby), 3-1

118lbs/8st 6lbs   1: Noel Wilders (Castleford)*, 23-1-1   2: Nicky Booth (Nottingham), 17-4-1, British champ   3: Johnny Armour (Chatham)*, 30-2   4: James Yelland (Watford), 8-2-1   5: Martin Power (Camden), 10-0   6: Stevie Quinn (Newtonards)*, 9-13   7: Jason Thomas* (Merthyr), 7-20-3   8: Chris Emanuele (Sheffield), 12-14-2   9: Andy Roberts (Doncaster), 14-19-5 10: Darren Cleary (Salford)*, 3-4-2 11: Neil Read (Bilston), 3-16 12: Marty Kayes (Downpatrick), 0-11

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), 33-2 10: Peter Culshaw (GB), 24-1-1

112lbs/8st 1: Peter Culshaw (Liverpool), 24-1-1, WBF Super-Flyweight champ   2: Damaen Kelly (Belfast), 18-1, WBF champ   3: Jason Booth (Nottingham), 23-3, British champ   4: Dale Robinson (Barnsley), 13-0, Commonwealth champ   5: Levi Pattison (Leeds)*, 9-2   6: Sunkanmi Ogunbiyi (Kentish Town/Nigeria), 8-1   7: Shinny Bayaar (Carlisle/Mongolia), 3-2   8: Lee Georgiou (Romford)*, 4-2   9: Colin Moffett (Belfast), 5-8-2 10: Lee Haskins (Bristol)*, 2-0 11: Chris Edwards (Stoke), 5-9-1 12: Ankar Miah (Covent Garden), 0-3

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: Kermin Guardia* (Colombia), 34-2, WBO 4: Nelson Dieppa (Puerto Rico), 19-2-2 5: Bebis Mendoza (Colombia), 28-2 6: Melchor Cob Castro* (Mexico), 66-9-4 7: Victor Burgos (Mexico), 31-12-2, IBF 8: Pichitnoi Sithbangprachan* (Thailand), 27-2 9: Fahlan Sakareen* (Thailand), 49-3-2 10: Jair Jimenez (Colombia), 23-1-1

105lbs/7st 7lbs (Called mini-flyweight by the IBF and WBO) 1: Jose Antonio Aguirre (Mexico), 31-1, WBC 2: Noel Arambulet (Venezuela), 20-2-1-1, WBA 3: Chana Porpaoin (Thailand), 50-2-2 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), 20-6-3 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 DADDY BUNCE The lighter side of Big Daddy The introduction of Johnny Shake Hands to the Dunne dealer.	AMAZING ALL-ROUND British super feather champ Alex Arthur hopes to put Edinburgh, Scotland and himself, not necessarily in that order, on the boxing map. MICHAEL GILL reports on a man who may have the talent to match his ambition	INTRIGUE Who can say for sure whether Evander Holyfield or James Toney will come out on top? GRAHAM HOUSTON on a truly compelling match	World Rankings:   See where the top fighters were rated when the October 2003 issue went to press..

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