World Ratings October 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.

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.

Ratings from the October 2004 issue:

WEIGHT DIVISIONS: HEAVYWEIGHT

HEAVYWEIGHT
CRUISERWEIGHT
LIGHT-HEAVYWEIGHT
SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHT
MIDDLEWEIGHT
LIGHT-MIDDLEWEIGHT
WELTERWEIGHT
LIGHT-WELTERWEIGHT
LIGHTWEIGHT
SUPER FEATHERWEIGHT
FEATHERWEIGHT
SUPER BANTAMWEIGHT
BANTAMWEIGHT
SUPER FLYWEIGHT
FLYWEIGHT
LIGHT-FLYWEIGHT
MINIMUMWEIGHT
OVER 200lbs/14st 4lbs

1: Vitali Klitschko (Ukraine), 34-2, WBC

2: John Ruiz, 40-5-1, WBA

3: Chris Byrd*, 37-2-1, IBF

4: James Toney, 67-4-2

5: Jameel McCline, 31-3-3

6: Hasim Rahman, 38-5-1

7: Andrew Golota (Poland), 38-4-1

8: Lamon Brewster, 31-2, WBO

9: Fres Oquendo, 24-3

10: Danny Williams (GB), 32-3

CRUISERWEIGHT LIGHT-HEAVYWEIGHT
200lbs/14st 4lbs

1: Jean-Marc Mormeck (France), 30-2, WBA

2: Johnny Nelson (GB), 44-12-2, WBO

3: Wayne Braithwaite (Guyana), 21-0, WBC

4: O'Neil Bell, 22-1-1

5: Kelvin Davis, 21-2-1, IBF

6: Virgil Hill, 49-5

7: Carl Thompson (GB), 33-6, IBO

8: Guillermo Jones (Panama), 30-2-2

9: Steve Cunningham, 15-0

10: Dale Brown (Canada), 30-3-1
175lbs/12st 7lbs

1: Antonio Tarver*, 22-2, WBC

2: Roy Jones Jr, 49-2

3: Zsolt Erdei (Hungary), 21-0, WBO

4: Julio Gonzalez, 36-2

5: Dariusz Michalczewski (Germany), 48-1

6: Fabrice Tiozzo (France), 46-2

7: Glencoffe Johnson, 40-9-2, IBF

8: Paul Briggs (Australia), 23-1

9: Thomas Ulrich (Germany), 27-1

10: Rico Hoye, 18-0

SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHT MIDDLEWEIGHT
168lbs/12st

1: Danny Green (Australia), 18-1

2: Manny Siaca (Puerto Rico), 18-4, WBA

3: Mads Larsen* (Denmark), 45-2

4: Syd Vanderpool* (Canada), 35-2

5: Robin Reid (GB), 37-4-1, IBO

6: Anthony Mundine (Australia), 21-2

7: Christian Sanavia (Italy), 33-1, WBC

8: Jeff Lacy, 16-0-0-1

9: Mikkel Kessler (Denmark), 34-0

10: Markus Beyer* (Germany), 29-1
160lbs/11st 6lbs

1: Bernard Hopkins, 45-2-1-1, WBC/WBA/IBF/WBO

2: Howard Eastman (GB), 39-1

3: Jermain Taylor, 21-0

4: Oscar De La Hoya, 37-4

5: Felix Sturm (Germany), 20-1

6: Ricardo Mayorga (Nicaragua), 26-4-1-1

7: Robert Allen*, 36-5-0-1

8: Sam Soliman (Australia), 26-7

9: Maselino Masoe (N. Zealand), 26-2

10: David Lopez (Mexico), 23-12

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

1: Ronald Wright*, 47-3, WBC/WBA

2: Shane Mosley, 39-3-0-1

3: Fernando Vargas, 24-2

4: Kassim Ouma*, 19-1-1-1

5: Verno Phillips, 38-9-1, IBF

6: Daniel Santos* (Puerto Rico), 29-2-1-1, WBO

7: Keith Holmes*, 38-3

8: Javier Castillejo (Spain), 58-5

9: Sergio Martinez* (Argentina), 31-1-1

10: Travis Simms*, 23-0
147lbs/10st 7lbs

1: Cory Spinks*, 34-2, IBF/WBA/WBC

2: Antonio Margarito (Mexico), 30-4-0-1

3: Zab Judah*, 31-2-0-1

4: Vernon Forrest, 35-2-0-1

5: Kermit Cintron (Puerto Rico), 24-0, WBO

6: Thomas Damgaard* (Denmark), 34-0

7: Rafael Pineda (Colombia), 38-6

8: Jose Antonio Rivera, 38-3-1, WBA

9: Cosme Rivera (Mexico), 27-7-2

10: Jawaid Khaliq (GB), 23-1-1, IBO

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, IBF

2: Floyd Mayweather, 32-0

3: Arturo Gatti (Canada), 38-6, WBC

4: Vivian Harris, 23-1-1, WBA

5: Sharmba Mitchell*, 55-3

6: Ricky Hatton (GB), 36-0, WBU

7: Miguel Cotto (Puerto Rico), 21-0, WBO

8: Paul Spadafora*, 38-0-1

9: Jesse James Leija, 47-6-2

10: Leonard Dorin (Romania), 22-0-1
135lbs/9st 9lbs

1: Jose Luis Castillo (Mexico), 50-6-1, WBC

2: Diego Corrales, 39-2, WBO

3: Juan Lazcano, 33-2-1

4: Acelino Freitas (Brazil), 35-1

5: Julio Diaz, 30-2, IBF

6: Javier Jauregui (Mexico), 47-11-2

7: Artur Grigorian* (Uzbekistan), 37-1

8: Juan Diaz, 25-0, WBA

9: Michael Clark, 33-2

10: Leavander Johnson, 33-4-2

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

1: Erik Morales (Mexico), 47-1, WBC/IBF

2: Joel Casamayor* (Cuba), 31-2

3: Jesus Chavez (Mexico), 40-3

4: Carlos Hernandez, 40-4-1

5: Yodsanan Nanthachai* (Thailand), 43-2-1, WBA

6: Robbie Peden (Australia), 23-2

7: Jorge Barrios, Argentina, 41-2-1-1

8: Mike Anchondo, 25-0, WBO

9: Daniel Seda (Puerto Rico), 20-0-1

10: Mzonke Fana (S. Africa), 22-2-1
126lbs/9st

1: Juan Manuel Marquez (Mexico), 42-2-1, IBF/WBA

2: Manny Pacquiao* (Philippines), 38-2-2

3: Marco Antonio Barrera (Mexico), 58-4-0-1

4: Scott Harrison (GB), 22-2-1, WBO

5: Manuel Medina (Mexico), 63-14

6: Injin Chi (Korea), 29-2-1, WBC

7: Rocky Juarez, 21-0

8: Derrick Gainer*, 39-6-1

9: Chris John (Indonesia), 34-0

10: Zaheer Rahim, 25-1

SUPER BANTAMWEIGHT BANTAMWEIGHT
122lbs/8st 10lbs
(Called junior featherweight by the IBF and WBO)

1: Oscar Larios (Mexico), 53-3-1, WBC

2: Joan Guzman (Dom. Rep.), 21-0, WBO

3: Mahyar Monshipour (France), 25-2-2, WBA

4: Israel Vazquez (Mexico), 36-3, IBF

5: Jorge Lacierva (Mexico), 256-5-3

6: Daniel Ponce De Leon* (Mexico), 22-0

7: Jose Luis Valbuena* (Venezuela), 24-3-1

8: Ricardo Cordoba (Panama), 22-0

9: Diego Morales (Mexico), 32-2

10: Artyom Simonyan, 14-0-1
118lbs/8st 6lbs

1: Rafael Marquez (Mexico), 31-3, IBF

2: Veeraphol (Thailand), 45-1-2, WBC

3: Johny Bredahl (Denmark), 55-2, WBA

4: Julio Zarate (Mexico), 21-2-1

5: Ratanchai Sor Vorapin* (Thailand), 57-8, WBO

6: Toshiaki Nishioka* (Japan), 23-4-3

7: Mauricio Pastrana (Colombia), 31-4-1

8: Heriberto Ruiz (Mexico), 31-2-2

9: Cruz Carbajal (Mexico), 24-12-1

10: Jhonny Gonzalez (Mexico), 25-4

SUPER FLYWEIGHT FLYWEIGHT
115lbs/8st 6lbs
(Called junior bantamweight by the IBF and WBO)

1: Mark Johnson*, 44-3-0-1, WBO

2: Alexander Munoz (Venezuela), 25-0, WBA

3: Luis Perez* (Nicaragua), 22-1, IBF

4: Fernando Montiel (Mexico), 29-1-1

5: Katsushige Kawashima (Japan), 26-3, WBC

6: Masamori Tokuyama (Japan), 30-3-1

7: Eric Morel, 34-1

8: Felix Machado* (Venezuela), 23-5-1

9: Martin Castillo (Mexico), 26-1

10: Jose Navarro*, 20-0
112lbs/8st

1: Irene Pacheco* (Colombia), 30-0, IBF

2: Pongsaklek Wonjongkam* (Thailand), 52-2, WBC

3: Lorenzo Parra (Venezuela), 23-0, WBA

4: Omar Narvaez* (Argentina), 16-0-2, WBO

5: Mzukisi Sikali* (South Africa), 28-4-2, IBO

6: Vic Darchinian* (Australia), 21-0

7: Luis Maldonado (Mexico), 27-0

8: Brahim Asloum (France), 16-0

9: Brian Viloria, 15-0

10: Daisuke Naito* (Japan), 25-1-2

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

1: Jorge Arce (Mexico), 37-3-1, WBC

2: Rosendo Alvarez (Nicaragua), 32-2-2, WBA

3: Victor Burgos (Mexico), 37-13-3, IBF

4: Nelson Dieppa (Puerto Rico), 21-1-2-1, WBO

5: Bebis Mendoza (Colombia), 30-2

6: Pichitnoi Sithbangprachan* (Thailand), 32-2

7: Kermin Guardia* (Colombia), 34-3

8: Roberto Vasquez (Panama), 16-1

9: Shingo Yamaguchi (japan), 15-3-2

10: Ulises Solis (Mexico), 18-1-1 105lbs/7st 7lbs
(Called mini-flyweight by the IBF and WBO)

1: Eagle Akakura (Thailand/Japan), 13-0, WBC

2: Muhammad Rahman (Indonesia), 62-5-3, IBF

3: Daniel Reyes (Colombia), 34-2-1

4: Jose Antonio Aguirre (Mexico), 31-2-1

5: Ivan Calderon* (Puerto Rico), 20-0, WBO

6: Yuyaka Niida (Japan), 16-1-3, WBA

7: Juan Landaeta* (Venezuela), 19-2-1

8: Chana Porpaoin (Thailand), 52-3-3

9: Noel Arambulet (Venezuela), 20-3-1-1

10: Rodel Mayol (Philippines), 17-0

Articles in this issue

WHO DARED LOST

Oscar De La Hoya’s ambition is boundless, but he bit off much more than he could chew versus the amazing Bernard Hopkins and his middleweight title dream was left in tatters.

GRAHAM HOUSTON reports from Las Vegas

GO FIGURE

Lamon Brewster had blasted Wlad Klitschko while Kali Meehan had lost in seconds to Danny Williams, yet Meehan pushes Brewster all the way. That’s today’s heavyweight division.

GRAHAM HOUSTON reports from Las Vegas

ONE'S BETTER THAN NOTHING

There’s always one. STEVE FARHOOD is the guy who didn’t enjoy the Olympic boxing, but then the dear chap isn’t British and boy, didn’t that American team suck a biggie!

World Rankings:
See where the top fighters were rated when the October 2004 issue went to press..