World Ratings January 2005

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 January 2005 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, 41-5-1, WBA

3 Chris Byrd*, 38-2-1, IBF

4 Hasim Rahman, 39-5-1

5 Jameel McCline, 31-4-3

6 James Toney, 68-4-2

7 Lamon Brewster, 31-2, WBO

8 Andrew Golota (Poland), 38-5-1

9 Danny Williams (GB), 32-

10 Wladimir Klitschko (Ukraine), 43-3

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, 23-1-1

5 Kelvin Davis, 21-2-1, IBF

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

7 Dale Brown (Canada), 31-3-1

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

9 Alexander Gurov* (Ukraine), 34-4-1

10 Steve Cunningham, 16-0
175lbs/12st 7lbs

1 Antonio Tarver*, 22-2, WBC

2 Glencoffe Johnson, 41-9-2, IBF

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

4 Julio Gonzalez, 36-2

5 Dariusz Michalczewski (Germany), 48-1

6 Fabrice Tiozzo (France), 46-2, WBA

7 Roy Jones Jr, 49-3

8 Paul Briggs (Australia), 23-1

9 Thomas Ulrich (Germany), 27-1

10 Rico Hoye, 18-0

SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHT MIDDLEWEIGHT
168lbs/12st

1 Joe Calzaghe* (GB), 38-0, WBO

2 Jeff Lacy, 18-0-0-1, IBF

3 Mikkel Kessler (Denmark), 35-0, WBA

4 Danny Green (Australia), 19-1

5 Mads Larsen* (Denmark), 45-2

6 Robin Reid (GB), 37-4-1, IBO

7 Anthony Mundine (Australia), 22-2

8 Markus Beyer* (Germany), 30-2, WBC

9 Mario Veit (Germany), 45-1

10 Syd Vanderpool* (Canada), 35-3
160lbs/11st 6lbs

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

2 Felix Trinidad (Puerto Rico), 42-1

3 Jermain Taylor, 22-0

4 Howard Eastman (GB), 40-1

5 Felix Sturm (Germany), 22-1

6 Ricardo Mayorga (Nicaragua), 27-5-1-1

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

8 Sam Soliman (Australia), 28-7

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: Kassim Ouma*, 20-1-1-1, IBF

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

4: Oscar De La Hoya, 37-4

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

6: Keith Holmes*, 38-3

7: Verno Phillips, 38-10-1

8: Travis Simms*, 24-0

9: Javier Castillejo (Spain), 58-5
147lbs/10st 7lbs

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

2: Zab Judah*, 32-2-0-1

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

4: Kermit Cintron (Puerto Rico), 24-0

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

6: Rafael Pineda (Colombia), 38-6

7: Jose Antonio Rivera, 38-3-1

8: Cosme Rivera (Mexico), 29-7-2

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

10: Carlos Baldomir (Argentina), 40-9-6

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, 24-1-1, WBA

5: Sharmba Mitchell*, 55-3

6: Ricky Hatton (GB), 37-0, WBU

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

8: Paul Spadafora*, 38-0-1

9: Jesse James Leija, 47-6-2

10: Oktay Urkal (Germany), 34-2
135lbs/9st 9lbs

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

2: Diego Corrales, 39-2, WBO

3: Juan Lazcano, 33-3-1

4: Acelino Freitas (Brazil), 35-1

5: Julio Diaz, 30-2, IBF

6: Javier Jauregui (Mexico), 48-11-2

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), 24-2

7: Jorge Barrios, Argentina, 42-2-1-1

8: Mike Anchondo, 25-0, WBO

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

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

1: Juan Manuel Marquez (Mexico), 43-2-1, 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), 64-14

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

7: Rocky Juarez, 21-0

8: Chris John (Indonesia), 34-0

9: Zaheer Rahim, 25-1

10: Humberto Soto (Mexico), 33-5-2-1

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), 26-5-3

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

7: Ricardo Cordoba (Panama), 22-0

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

9: Artyom Simonyan, 14-0-1

10: Nedal Hussein (Australia), 36-1
118lbs/8st 6lbs

1: Rafael Marquez (Mexico), 32-3, IBF

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

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

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

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

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

7: Heriberto Ruiz (Mexico), 31-3-2

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

9: Jhonny Gonzalez (Mexico), 25-4

10: Diego Morales (Mexico), 33-2

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

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

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

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

4: Katsushige Kawashima (Japan), 27-3, WBC

5: Ivan Hernandez (Mexico), 19-0-1, WBO

6: Eric Morel, 34-1

7: Martin Castillo (Mexico), 26-1

8: Mark Johnson*, 44-4-0-1

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

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

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

2: Pongsaklek Wonjongkam* (Thailand), 53-2, WBC

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

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

5: Mzukisi Sikali* (South Africa), 29-4-2, IBO

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

7: Rosendo Alvarez (Nicaragua), 33-2-2

8: Luis Maldonado (Mexico), 27-0

9: Brahim Asloum (France), 16-0

10: Brian Viloria, 15-0

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

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

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

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

4: Bebis Mendoza (Colombia), 30-3

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

6: Roberto Vasquez (Panama), 17-1

7: Eric Ortiz (Mexico), 23-4-1

8: Shingo Yamaguchi (Japan), 15-3-2

9: Juanito Rubillar* (Philippines), 33-9-7

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

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

2: Muhammad Rachman (Indonesia), 49-7-3, IBF

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

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

5: Jose Antonio Aguirre (Mexico), 32-2-1

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

7: Rodel Mayol (Philippines), 19-0

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

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

10: Isaac Bustos (Mexico), 23-6-3

Articles in this issue

YOUNG GUNS

It’s been the kiss of death for many a promising career, but still we allow boxing albatross STEVE FARHOOD to name the fighters he thinks might break through in 2005

BOXMANIA

STEVE FARHOOD reviews U.S. TV boxing in 2004 and occasionally finds reason to curse the cathode ray tube’s inventor

WE OF LITTLE FAITH

Their third fight was the first to produce a clear winner and the supposedly faded Marco Antonio Barrera, now 2-1 up on Erik Morales, could justifiably claim closure. But wouldn’t we all love to see Fight IV?

GRAHAM HOUSTON reports from Las Vegas

World Rankings:
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