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World Ratings
July 1998

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.
British Ratings Charts

Ratings from the July 1998 issue:

HEAVYWEIGHT
Over 190lbs/13st 8lbs

1: Lennox Lewis (Britain), 33-1, WBC champ

2: Evander Holyfield, 35-3,WBA/IBF champ

3: Michael Moorer*, 39-2

4: Henry Akinwande (Britain), 33-1-1

5: Michael Grant, 28-0

6: Ray Mercer, 25-4-1

7: Larry Donald, 32-1-1

8: Chris Byrd*, 25-0

9: Andrzej Golota (Poland), 30-3

10: Herbie Hide (Britain), 30-1, WBO champ

CRUISERWEIGHT
190lbs/13st 8lbs

1: Fabrice Tiozzo (France), 39-1, WBA champ

2: Juan Carlos Gomez* (Cuba), 23-0, WBC champ

3: Imamu Mayfield, 18-1, IBF champ

4: Nate Miller, 30-5

5: Arthur Williams, 28-4-1

6: Johnny Nelson (Britain), 30-12-1

7: Carl Thompson (Britain), 23-4, WBO champ

8: Orlin Norris, 48-5

9: Marcelo Dominguez (Arge.), 22-2-1

10: Robert Daniels, 38-3-1, WBU champ

LIGHT-HEAVYWEIGHT
175lbs/12st 7lbs

1: Roy Jones, 36-1, WBC champ

2: D. Michalczewski (Ger.), 37-0, WBO champ

3: Reggie Johnson*, 38-5-1, IBF champ

4: Graciano Rocchigiani* (Germany), 40-4-1

5: Montell Griffin, 32-1

6: Lou Del Valle*, 27-1, WBA champ

7: Virgil Hill, 43-3

8: Michael Nunn*, 52-4

9: Ole Klemetsen (Norway), 33-3

10: Richard Hall*, 32-1

SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHT
168lbs/12st

1: Joe Calzaghe* (Britain), 25-0, WBO champ

2: Richie Woodhall (Britain), 23-1, WBC champ

3: Frankie Liles*, 32-1, WBA champ

4: Charles Brewer, 31-5, IBF champ

5: Thomas Tate, 34-5

6: Andrei Schkalikov (Russia), 29-4-1

7: Herol Graham* (Britain), 48-6

8: Sugarboy Malinga (S. Africa), 42-11

9: Robin Reid (Britain), 26-1-1

10: Eric Lucas (Canada), 26-3-3

MIDDLEWEIGHT
160lbs/11st 6lbs

1: Bernard Hopkins, 34-2-1, IBF champ

2: William Joppy, 25-1-1, WBA champ

3: Hassine Cherifi (France), 25-2-1, WBC champ

4: Otis Grant* (Canada), 31-1-1, WBO champ

5: Keith Holmes*, 30-2

6: Antwun Echols, 20-2-1

7: Julio Cesar Green, 22-3

8: Robert McCracken (Britain), 31-0

9: Stephane Ouellet (Canada), 24-1

10: Robert Allen*, 21-2

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

1: Laurent Boudouani (France), 37-2-1, WBA champ,

2: Keith Mullings, 16-4-1, WBC champ

3: Yory Boy Campas (Mexico), 71-2, IBF champ

4: Ronald Wright*, 38-1, WBO champ

5: Guilermo Jones (Panama), 22-2-1

6: Terry Norris, 47-7

7: Verno Phillips, 30-8-1, WBU champ

8: Bronco McKart*, 5-2

9: Tony Marshall, 29-7-6

10: Rodney Jones, 20-2

WELTERWEIGHT
147lbs/10st 7lbs

1: Felix Trinidad (Puerto Rico), 33-0, IBF champ

2: Oscar De La Hoya, 27-0, WBC champ

3: Ike Quartey (Ghana), 34-0-1, WBA champ

4: Jose Luis Lopez (Mexico), 41-3-2

5: Vernon Forrest, 24-0

6: Derrell Coley, 32-1-2

7: James Page, 20-3

8: Patrick Charpentier (France), 27-5-1

9: Andrei Pestriaev (Russia), 21-2

LIGHT-WELTERWEIGHT
140lbs/10st
(Called junior welterweight by the WBA, IBF and WBO; super lightweight by the WBC)

1: Vince Phillips, 38-3, IBF champ

2: Kostya Tszyu (Australia), 20-1-1

3: Julio Cesar Chavez (Mexico), 99-2-2

4: Miguel Angel Gonzalez (Mexico), 43-1-1

5: Khalid Rahilou (France), 32-2, WBA champ

6: Sharmba Mitchell*, 42-2

7: Shea Neary (Britain), 19-0, WBU champ

8: Reggie Green, 28-2

9: Rafael Ruelas, 51-3

10: Carlos Gonzalez (Mexico), 48-3-1, WBO champ

LIGHTWEIGHT
135lbs/9st 9lbs

1: Shane Mosley, 27-0, IBF champ

2: Jean-Baptiste Mendy (France), 51-7-2, WBA champ

3: Arturo Gatti (Canada), 29-2, IBF s. feather champ

4; Cesar Bazan (Mexico), 32-2-1, WBC champ

5: Steve Johnston*, 24-1

6: Orzoubek Nazarov* (Russ./Jap.), 26-1

7: Phillip Holiday (South Africa), 32-1

8: George Scott* (Sweden), 32-3

9: Leavander Johnson, 26-2-1

10: Artur Grigorian* (Russia), 24-0, WBO champ

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

1: Genaro Hernandez, 38-1-1, WBC champ

2: Angel Manfredy, 23-2-1, WBU champ

3: Tracy Harris Patterson, 61-5-1

4: Gabriel Ruelas, 44-4

5: Roberto Garcia, 30-0, IBF champ

6: Derrick Gainer*, 23-4

7: Anatoly Alexandrov (Russia), 33-3, WBO champ

8: Justin Juuko (Britain), 32-1-1

9: Julien Lorcy (France), 38-0-2

10: Arnulfo Castillo* (Mexico), 27-0-2

FEATHERWEIGHT
126lbs/9st

1: Naseem Hamed* (Britain), 30-0, WBO champ

2: Luisito Espinosa (Philippines), 42-7, WBC champ

3: Kevin Kelley*, 48-2-2

4: Cesar Soto (Mexico), 51-7-2

5: Freddie Norwood*, 30-0-1, WBA champ

6: Angel Vasquez (Puerto Rico), 15-0

7: Juan Manuel Marquez (Mexico), 24-1

8: Manuel Medina (Mexico), 55-10, IBF champ

9: Hector Lizarraga, 34-9-5

10: Wilfredo Vazquez (P. Rico), 50-8-3

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

1: Erik Morales (Mexico), 30-0,WBC champ

2: Marco Antonio Barrera (Mexico), 45-2

3: Kennedy McKinney, 33-3-1, WBO champ

4: Junior Jones, 44-3

5: Enrique Sanchez* (Mexico), 24-0, WBA champ

6: Vuyani Bungu (S. Africa), 35-2

7: Wayne McCullough (Britain), 22-1

8: Willie Jorrin, 21-0

9: Ernesto Gray (Colombia), 19-3

10: Rafael De Valle (Puerto Rico), 23-2-1

BANTAMWEIGHT
118lbs/8st 6lbs

1: Nana Konadu (Ghana), 39-3-1, WBA champ

2: Tim Austin*, 18-0-1, IBF champ

3: Mbulelo Botile (South Africa), 22-1

4: Joichiro Tatsuyoshi (Japan), WBC champ, 16-4-1

5: Paulie Ayala*, 25-0

6: Elicier Julio (Colombia), 38-1, WBO champ

7: Adan Vargas* (Mexico), 27-1-1

8: S. Singmanassuk (Thai), 16-1

9: Dario Azuaga (Paraguay), 41-0-1

10: Jose Luis Bueno (Mexico), 30-9-2

SUPER FLYWEIGHT
115lbs/8st 3lbs
(Called junior bantamweight by the WBA, IBF and WBO)

1: Johnny Tapia, 43-0-2, WBO/IBF champ

2: Danny Romero, 32-2

3: Gerry Penalosa* (Philippines), 39-1-2, WBC champ

4: Hiroshi Kawashima* (Japan), 20-3-1

5: Satoshi Iida (Japan), 24-1-1, WBA champ

6: Yokthai Sit-Oar (Thailand), 14-1-1

7: Joel Luna Zarate (Mexico), 32-2-12

8: Julio Gamboa (Nicaragua), 23-2

9: Jesus Rojas (Mexico), 29-7-2

10: Samson Dutchboy-Gym* (Thailand), 29-0

FLYWEIGHT
112lbs/8st

1: Mark Johnson*, 34-1, IBF champ

2: C. Dutchboy Gym (Thailand), 33-1, WBC champ

3: Carlos Salazar*, 47-7-3, WBO champ

4: Hugo Soto (Argentina), 50-5-2 ,WBA champ

5: Jose Bonilla (Venezuela), 24-4

6: Arthur Johnson, 17-4

7: Saen Sow Ploenchit (Thailand), 27-1

8: Gabriel Mira (Mexico), 17-7-1

9: Alejandro Montiel (Mexico), 37-3

10: Jose Lopez (Puerto Rico), 20-4-1

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

1: Saman Sorjaturong (Thai.), 38-2-1, WBC champ

2: Mauricio Pastrana (Colombia), 18-0, IBF champ

3: Jake Matlala (South Africa), 48-10-2

4: Juan D. Cordoba (Arge.), 32-4-3, WBO champ

5: Pichitnoi Sitbangprachan* (Thai), 19-1, WBA champ

6: Melchor Cob Castro* (Mexico), 51-6-4

7: Joma Gamboa (Philippines), 23-3-1

8: Hiyong Choi (Korea), 19-2

9: Hadao CP Gym/Kaaj Chartbandit (Thai), 35-10-1

10: Tomas Rivera (Mexico), 14-2-2

STRAWWEIGHT
105lbs/7st 7lbs
(Called mini-flyweight by the IBF and WBO, minimumweight by the WBA)

1: Ricardo Lopez (Mexico), 46-0-1, WBC/WBO champ

2: Rosendo Alvarez (Nicaragua), 24-0-1, WBA champ

3: Chana Porpaoin (Thailand), 37-1

4: Zolani Petelo* (South Africa), 12-2-2, IBF champ

5: Rattanapol.DB-Gym* (Thai), 34-3-1

6: Kermin Guardia* (Colombia), 30-2, WBO champ

7: Alex Sanchez (P. Rico), 25-2

8: Rocky Lim (Taiwan), 26-1

9: Ala Villamor* (Philippines), 29-2-1

10: Shinichi Tamaki* (Japan), 14-3

10: Eric Jamili (Phillipinnes), 11-5-1

HEAVYWEIGHT Over 190lbs/13st 8lbs 1: Lennox Lewis (Britain), 33-1, WBC champ 2: Evander Holyfield, 35-3,WBA/IBF champ 3: Michael Moorer, 39-2 4: Henry Akinwande (Britain), 33-1-1 5: Michael Grant, 28-0 6: Ray Mercer, 25-4-1 7: Larry Donald, 32-1-1 8: Chris Byrd, 25-0 9: Andrzej Golota (Poland), 30-3 10: Herbie Hide (Britain), 30-1, WBO champ	CRUISERWEIGHT 190lbs/13st 8lbs 1: Fabrice Tiozzo (France), 39-1, WBA champ 2: Juan Carlos Gomez* (Cuba), 23-0, WBC champ 3: Imamu Mayfield, 18-1, IBF champ 4: Nate Miller, 30-5 5: Arthur Williams, 28-4-1 6: Johnny Nelson (Britain), 30-12-1 7: Carl Thompson (Britain), 23-4, WBO champ 8: Orlin Norris, 48-5 9: Marcelo Dominguez (Arge.), 22-2-1 10: Robert Daniels, 38-3-1, WBU champ
LIGHT-HEAVYWEIGHT 175lbs/12st 7lbs 1: Roy Jones, 36-1, WBC champ 2: D. Michalczewski (Ger.), 37-0, WBO champ 3: Reggie Johnson, 38-5-1, IBF champ 4: Graciano Rocchigiani (Germany), 40-4-1 5: Montell Griffin, 32-1 6: Lou Del Valle, 27-1, WBA champ 7: Virgil Hill, 43-3 8: Michael Nunn, 52-4 9: Ole Klemetsen (Norway), 33-3 10: Richard Hall*, 32-1	SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHT 168lbs/12st 1: Joe Calzaghe* (Britain), 25-0, WBO champ 2: Richie Woodhall (Britain), 23-1, WBC champ 3: Frankie Liles, 32-1, WBA champ 4: Charles Brewer, 31-5, IBF champ 5: Thomas Tate, 34-5 6: Andrei Schkalikov (Russia), 29-4-1 7: Herol Graham (Britain), 48-6 8: Sugarboy Malinga (S. Africa), 42-11 9: Robin Reid (Britain), 26-1-1 10: Eric Lucas (Canada), 26-3-3
MIDDLEWEIGHT 160lbs/11st 6lbs 1: Bernard Hopkins, 34-2-1, IBF champ 2: William Joppy, 25-1-1, WBA champ 3: Hassine Cherifi (France), 25-2-1, WBC champ 4: Otis Grant* (Canada), 31-1-1, WBO champ 5: Keith Holmes, 30-2 6: Antwun Echols, 20-2-1 7: Julio Cesar Green, 22-3 8: Robert McCracken (Britain), 31-0 9: Stephane Ouellet (Canada), 24-1 10: Robert Allen, 21-2	LIGHT-MIDDLEWEIGHT 154lbs/11st (Called junior middleweight by the WBA, IBF super welterweight by the WBC) 1: Laurent Boudouani (France), 37-2-1, WBA champ, 2: Keith Mullings, 16-4-1, WBC champ 3: Yory Boy Campas (Mexico), 71-2, IBF champ 4: Ronald Wright, 38-1, WBO champ 5: Guilermo Jones (Panama), 22-2-1 6: Terry Norris, 47-7 7: Verno Phillips, 30-8-1, WBU champ 8: Bronco McKart, 5-2 9: Tony Marshall, 29-7-6 10: Rodney Jones, 20-2
WELTERWEIGHT 147lbs/10st 7lbs 1: Felix Trinidad (Puerto Rico), 33-0, IBF champ 2: Oscar De La Hoya, 27-0, WBC champ 3: Ike Quartey (Ghana), 34-0-1, WBA champ 4: Jose Luis Lopez (Mexico), 41-3-2 5: Vernon Forrest, 24-0 6: Derrell Coley, 32-1-2 7: James Page, 20-3 8: Patrick Charpentier (France), 27-5-1 9: Andrei Pestriaev (Russia), 21-2	LIGHT-WELTERWEIGHT 140lbs/10st (Called junior welterweight by the WBA, IBF and WBO; super lightweight by the WBC) 1: Vince Phillips, 38-3, IBF champ 2: Kostya Tszyu (Australia), 20-1-1 3: Julio Cesar Chavez (Mexico), 99-2-2 4: Miguel Angel Gonzalez (Mexico), 43-1-1 5: Khalid Rahilou (France), 32-2, WBA champ 6: Sharmba Mitchell*, 42-2 7: Shea Neary (Britain), 19-0, WBU champ 8: Reggie Green, 28-2 9: Rafael Ruelas, 51-3 10: Carlos Gonzalez (Mexico), 48-3-1, WBO champ
LIGHTWEIGHT 135lbs/9st 9lbs 1: Shane Mosley, 27-0, IBF champ 2: Jean-Baptiste Mendy (France), 51-7-2, WBA champ 3: Arturo Gatti (Canada), 29-2, IBF s. feather champ 4; Cesar Bazan (Mexico), 32-2-1, WBC champ 5: Steve Johnston, 24-1 6: Orzoubek Nazarov (Russ./Jap.), 26-1 7: Phillip Holiday (South Africa), 32-1 8: George Scott* (Sweden), 32-3 9: Leavander Johnson, 26-2-1 10: Artur Grigorian* (Russia), 24-0, WBO champ	SUPER FEATHERWEIGHT 130lbs/9st 4lbs (Called junior lightweight by the WBA, IBF and WBO) 1: Genaro Hernandez, 38-1-1, WBC champ 2: Angel Manfredy, 23-2-1, WBU champ 3: Tracy Harris Patterson, 61-5-1 4: Gabriel Ruelas, 44-4 5: Roberto Garcia, 30-0, IBF champ 6: Derrick Gainer, 23-4 7: Anatoly Alexandrov (Russia), 33-3, WBO champ 8: Justin Juuko (Britain), 32-1-1 9: Julien Lorcy (France), 38-0-2 10: Arnulfo Castillo (Mexico), 27-0-2
FEATHERWEIGHT 126lbs/9st 1: Naseem Hamed* (Britain), 30-0, WBO champ 2: Luisito Espinosa (Philippines), 42-7, WBC champ 3: Kevin Kelley, 48-2-2 4: Cesar Soto (Mexico), 51-7-2 5: Freddie Norwood, 30-0-1, WBA champ 6: Angel Vasquez (Puerto Rico), 15-0 7: Juan Manuel Marquez (Mexico), 24-1 8: Manuel Medina (Mexico), 55-10, IBF champ 9: Hector Lizarraga, 34-9-5 10: Wilfredo Vazquez (P. Rico), 50-8-3	SUPER BANTAMWEIGHT 122lbs/8st 10lbs (Called junior featherweight by the WBA, IBF, WBO) 1: Erik Morales (Mexico), 30-0,WBC champ 2: Marco Antonio Barrera (Mexico), 45-2 3: Kennedy McKinney, 33-3-1, WBO champ 4: Junior Jones, 44-3 5: Enrique Sanchez* (Mexico), 24-0, WBA champ 6: Vuyani Bungu (S. Africa), 35-2 7: Wayne McCullough (Britain), 22-1 8: Willie Jorrin, 21-0 9: Ernesto Gray (Colombia), 19-3 10: Rafael De Valle (Puerto Rico), 23-2-1
BANTAMWEIGHT 118lbs/8st 6lbs 1: Nana Konadu (Ghana), 39-3-1, WBA champ 2: Tim Austin, 18-0-1, IBF champ 3: Mbulelo Botile (South Africa), 22-1 4: Joichiro Tatsuyoshi (Japan), WBC champ, 16-4-1 5: Paulie Ayala, 25-0 6: Elicier Julio (Colombia), 38-1, WBO champ 7: Adan Vargas* (Mexico), 27-1-1 8: S. Singmanassuk (Thai), 16-1 9: Dario Azuaga (Paraguay), 41-0-1 10: Jose Luis Bueno (Mexico), 30-9-2	SUPER FLYWEIGHT 115lbs/8st 3lbs (Called junior bantamweight by the WBA, IBF and WBO) 1: Johnny Tapia, 43-0-2, WBO/IBF champ 2: Danny Romero, 32-2 3: Gerry Penalosa* (Philippines), 39-1-2, WBC champ 4: Hiroshi Kawashima* (Japan), 20-3-1 5: Satoshi Iida (Japan), 24-1-1, WBA champ 6: Yokthai Sit-Oar (Thailand), 14-1-1 7: Joel Luna Zarate (Mexico), 32-2-12 8: Julio Gamboa (Nicaragua), 23-2 9: Jesus Rojas (Mexico), 29-7-2 10: Samson Dutchboy-Gym* (Thailand), 29-0
FLYWEIGHT 112lbs/8st 1: Mark Johnson, 34-1, IBF champ 2: C. Dutchboy Gym (Thailand), 33-1, WBC champ 3: Carlos Salazar, 47-7-3, WBO champ 4: Hugo Soto (Argentina), 50-5-2 ,WBA champ 5: Jose Bonilla (Venezuela), 24-4 6: Arthur Johnson, 17-4 7: Saen Sow Ploenchit (Thailand), 27-1 8: Gabriel Mira (Mexico), 17-7-1 9: Alejandro Montiel (Mexico), 37-3 10: Jose Lopez (Puerto Rico), 20-4-1	LIGHT-FLYWEIGHT 108lbs/7st 10lbs (Called junior flyweight by the WBA, IBF and WBO) 1: Saman Sorjaturong (Thai.), 38-2-1, WBC champ 2: Mauricio Pastrana (Colombia), 18-0, IBF champ 3: Jake Matlala (South Africa), 48-10-2 4: Juan D. Cordoba (Arge.), 32-4-3, WBO champ 5: Pichitnoi Sitbangprachan* (Thai), 19-1, WBA champ 6: Melchor Cob Castro* (Mexico), 51-6-4 7: Joma Gamboa (Philippines), 23-3-1 8: Hiyong Choi (Korea), 19-2 9: Hadao CP Gym/Kaaj Chartbandit (Thai), 35-10-1 10: Tomas Rivera (Mexico), 14-2-2
STRAWWEIGHT 105lbs/7st 7lbs (Called mini-flyweight by the IBF and WBO, minimumweight by the WBA) 1: Ricardo Lopez (Mexico), 46-0-1, WBC/WBO champ 2: Rosendo Alvarez (Nicaragua), 24-0-1, WBA champ 3: Chana Porpaoin (Thailand), 37-1 4: Zolani Petelo* (South Africa), 12-2-2, IBF champ 5: Rattanapol.DB-Gym* (Thai), 34-3-1 6: Kermin Guardia* (Colombia), 30-2, WBO champ 7: Alex Sanchez (P. Rico), 25-2 8: Rocky Lim (Taiwan), 26-1 9: Ala Villamor* (Philippines), 29-2-1 10: Shinichi Tamaki* (Japan), 14-3 10: Eric Jamili (Phillipinnes), 11-5-1