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Current Issue: March 2004

World Ratings March 2004

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
CRUISERWEIGHT - 190lbs/13st 8lbs 1: Jean-Marc Mormeck (France), 29-2, WBA 2: Vassiliy Jirov* (Kazakhstan), 33-1 3: Johnny Nelson (GB), 44-12-1, WBO 4: O'Neil Bell, 22-1-1 5: Wayne Braithwaite (Guyana), 20-0, WBC 6: Fabrice Tiozzo (France), 45-2 7: Virgil Hill, 49-4 8: Ezra Sellers*, 27-5 9: Valery Brudov (Russia), 25-0 10: Kelvin Davis, 20-2-1	LIGHT-HEAVYWEIGHT - 175lbs/12st 7lbs 1: Roy Jones Jr, 49-1, WBA heavy, WBC/IBO 2: Antonio Tarver*, 21-2 3: Zsoly Erdei (Hungary), 19-0, WBO 4: Julio Gonzalez, 35-2 5: Dariusz Michalczewski (Germany), 48-1 6: Montell Griffin, 44-4 7: Glencoffe Johnson, 40-9-2, IBF 8: Clinton Woods (GB), 35-3-1 9: Silvio Branco (Italy), 49-6-2, WBA 10: Paul Briggs (Australia), 21-1

SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHT	MIDDLEWEIGHT
SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHT - 168lbs/12st 1: Joe Calzaghe* (GB), 36-0, WBO 2: Sven Ottke (Germany), 33-0, IBF/WBA super 3: Markus Beyer* (Germany), 28-1, WBC 4: Danny Green (Australia), 17-1 5: Mads Larsen* (Denmark), 45-2 6: Anthony Mundine (Australia), 20-1, WBA 7: Robin Reid (GB), 36-4-1, WBF 8: Jeff Lacy, 16-0 9: Brian Magee (GB), 21-0 10: Antwun Echols, 29-5-1	MIDDLEWEIGHT - 160lbs/11st 6lbs 1: Bernard Hopkins, 43-2-1-1, WBC/WBA super, IBF 2: Howard Eastman (GB), 39-1 3: Keith Holmes*, 37-3 4: Robert Allen*, 36-4-0-1 5: Jermain Taylor, 19-0 6: Aaron Mitchell, 21-1-1 7: Evans Ashira (Kenya), 23-0 8: Raymond Joval, 32-2, IBO 9: Raul Marquez, 35-2-0-1 10: Rodney Jones*, 32-3

LIGHT-MIDDLEWEIGHT

WELTERWEIGHT

LIGHT-MIDDLEWEIGHT - 154lbs/11st (Called junior middleweight by the IBF, super welterweight by the WBC and WBA) 1: Shane Mosley, 39-2-0-1, WBC/WBA super 2: Oscar De La Hoya, 36-3 3: Ronald Wright*, 46-3, IBF 4: Fernando Vargas, 24-2 5: Kassim Ouma*, 19-1-1-1 6: Verno Phillips, 36-9-1 7: Daniel Santos* (Puerto Rico), 27-2-1-1, WBO 8: Javier Castillejo (Spain), 56-5 9: Travis Simms*, 23-0, WBA 10: Sergio Martinez* (Argentina), 30-1-1

WELTERWEIGHT - 147lbs/10st 7lbs 1: Cory Spinks*, 32-2, IBF/WBA super/WBC 2: Antonio Margarito (Mexico), 30-3-0-1, WBO 3: Ricardo Mayorga (Nicaragua), 25-4-1-1 4: Vernon Forrest, 35-2-0-1 5: Michele Piccirillo (Italy), 40-2-0-1 6: Thomas Damgaard* (Denmark), 33-0 7: Teddy Reid, 22-5-1 8: Rafael Pineda (Colombia), 38-5 9: Kermit Cintron, 22-0 10: Jose Antonio Rivera, 38-3-1, WBA

LIGHT-WELTERWEIGHT

LIGHTWEIGHT

LIGHT-WELTERWEIGHT - 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*, 30-1-0-1, WBO 3: Vivian Harris, 23-1-1, WBA 4: Sharmba Mitchell*, 53-3 5: Arturo Gatti (Canada), 37-6 6: Ricky Hatton (GB), 34-0, WBU 7: Miguel Cotto (Puerto Rico), 18-0 8: Demarcus Corley*, 28-2-1 9: Paul Spadafora*, 36-0-1 10: Leonard Dorin (Romania), 21-0-1

LIGHTWEIGHT - 135lbs/9st 9lbs 1: Floyd Mayweather Jr., 31-0, WBC 2: Juan Lazcano, 33-2-1 3: Jose Luis Castillo (Mexico), 48-6-1 4: Stevie Johnston*, 35-3-1 5: Javier Jauregui (Mexico), 47-10-2, IBF 6: Artur Grigorian* (Uzbekistan), 36-1 7: Courtney Burton, 20-1 8: Levander Johnson, 32-4-2 9: Juan Valenzuela, 19-6 10: Philip Ndou (S. Africa), 31-2

SUPER FEATHERWEIGHT

FEATHERWEIGHT

SUPER FEATHERWEIGHT - 130lbs/9st 4lbs (Called junior lightweight by the IBF and WBO) 1: Acelino Freitas (Brazil), 34-0, WBA super/WBO light 2: Erik Morales (Mexico), 45-1 3: Joel Casamayor* (Cuba), 30-1 4: Jesus Chavez (Mexico), 40-2, WBC 5: Carlos Hernandez, 40-3-1, IBF 6: Diego Corrales, 37-2 7: Yodsanan Nanthachai* (Thailand), 43-2-1, WBA 8: Steve Forbes, 23-2 9: Jorge Barrios, Argentina, 39-2-1-1 10: Orlando Salido (Mexico), 19-8-1

FEATHERWEIGHT - 126lbs/9st 1: Manny Pacquiao* (Philippines), 38-2-1 2: Juan Manuel Marquez (Mexico), 42-2, IBF/WBA 3: Marco Antonio Barrera (Mexico), 57-4-0-1 4: Scott Harrison (GB), 20-2-1, WBO 5: Manuel Medina (Mexico), 62-14 6: Rocky Juarez, 19-0 7: Derrick Gainer*, 39-6-1 8: William Abelyan*, 23-4-1 9: Injin Chi (Korea), 27-2-1 10: Michael Brodie (GB), 35-1-1

SUPER BANTAMWEIGHT

BANTAMWEIGHT

SUPER BANTAMWEIGHT - 122lbs/8st 10lbs (Called junior featherweight by the IBF and WBO)  1: Paulie Ayala*, 35-2 2: Oscar Larios (Mexico), 50-3-1, WBC 3: Mahyar Monshipour (France), 24-2-2, WBA 4: Joan Guzman (Dom. Rep.), 20-0, WBO 5: Israel Vazquez (Mexico), 35-3 6: Salim Medjkoune* (France), 42-4-2 7: Jorge Lacierva (Mexico), 23-5-3 8: Jose Luis Valbuena* (Venezuela), 24-2-1 9: Daniel oce De Leon (Mexico), 16-0 10: Diego Morales* (Mexico), 31-2

BANTAMWEIGHT - 118lbs/8st 6lbs 1: Rafael Marquez (Mexico), 31-3, IBF 2: Cruz Carbajal, 24-11-1, WBO 3: Veeraphol (Thailand), 41-1-2, WBC 4: Toshiaki Nishioka* (Japan), 23-3-3 5: Johny Bredahl (Denmark), 54-2, WBA 6: Hideki Tokada (Japan), 21-3-1 7: Tim Austin*, 25-1-1 8: David Guerault* (France), 29-2 9: Ricardo Vargas (Mexico), 36-9-3 10: Silence Mabuza (South Africa), 15-0

SUPER FLYWEIGHT

FLYWEIGHT

SUPER FLYWEIGHT - 115lbs/8st 6lbs (Called junior bantamweight by the IBF and WBO) 1: Masamori Tokuyama (Japan), 30-2-1, WBC 2: Alexander Munoz (Venezuela), 25-0, WBA 3: Mark Johnson*, 42-3-0-1, WBO 4: Luis Perez* (Nicaragua), 22-1, IBF 5: Fernando Montiel (Mexico), 27-1 6: Mauricio Pastrana (Colombia), 30-4-1, IBA 7: Felix Machado* (Venezuela), 23-5-1 8: Martin Castillo (Mexico), 25-1 9: Medgeon Kratingdaenggym (Thailand), 34-2 10: Jose Navarro*, 19-0

FLYWEIGHT - 112lbs/8st 1: Irene Pacheco* (Colombia), 30-0, IBF 2: Pongsaklek Wonjongkam* (Thailand), 50-2, WBC 3: Lorenzo Parra, Venezuela, 22-0, WBA 4: Omar Narvaez* (Argentina), 15-0-2, WBO 5: Eric Morel, 33-1 6: Mzukisi Sikali (South Africa), 28-4-2 7: Vic Darchinian* (Australia), 20-0 8: Brahim Asloum (France), 14-0 9: Hussein Hussein (Australia), 23-1 10: Brian Viloria, 13-0

LIGHT-FLYWEIGHT

MINIMUMWEIGHT

LIGHT-FLYWEIGHT - 108lbs/7st 10lbs (Called junior flyweight by the IBF and WBO)  1: Jorge Arce (Mexico), 35-3-1, WBC 2: Rosendo Alvarez (Nicaragua), 32-2-2, WBA 3: Kermin Guardia* (Colombia), 34-2, WBO 4: Victor Burgos (Mexico), 35-13-3, IBF 5: Nelson Dieppa (Puerto Rico), 19-2-2 6: Bebis Mendoza (Colombia), 30-2 7: Pichitnoi Sithbangprachan* (Thailand), 31-2 8: Fahlan Sakkririn* (Thailand), 54-3-2 9: Jair Jimenez (Colombia), 23-1-1 10: Erick Ortiz (Mexico), 25-3-1-1

MINIMUMWEIGHT - 105lbs/7st 7lbs (Called mini-flyweight by the IBF and WBO) 1: Noel Arambulet (Venezuela), 20-2-1-1, WBA 2: Daniel Reyes (Colombia), 33-1-1, IBF 3: Eagle Akakura (Thailand/Japan), 12-0, WBC 4: Jose Antonio Aguirre (Mexico), 30-1-1 5: Juan Landaeta (Venezuela), 19-2 6: Roberto Leyva* (Mexico), 22-2-1 7: Chana Porpaoin (Thailand), 52-3-2 8: Isaac Bustos (Mexico), 21-6-3 9: Ivan Calderon* (Puerto Rico), 17-0, WBO 10: Rodel Mayol (Philippines), 15-0

Articles in this issue
A GOODBYE OR A SEE YA LATER? Lennox Lewis has announced his retirement, but can he join Gene Tunney and Rocky Marciano as the only heavyweight champions to retire on a win and stay retired? NEIL ALLEN, who is fortunate enough to have met all three fighters, thinks he just might	BORN TO FIGHT HERE TO FIGHT If Scott Harrison expects an easy defence this month against the WBO’s mandatory featherweight contender William Abelyan, he’d better think again. GRAHAM HOUSTON talks to the American-based Armenian challenger and finds a confident character with victory on his mind	WATER OFF A DUCK'S BACK By Arturo Gatti's insane standards, it was a relatively easy night against Branco - the hardcore icon only had to contend with a damaged right hand and a highly capable opponent. STEVE FARHOOD reports	World Rankings:   See where the top fighters were rated when the March 2004 issue went to press..

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