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World Ratings Charts

World Ratings
December 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

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Ratings from the December 1998 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
  • STRAWWEIGHT
    		• Over 190lbs/13st 8lbs

    1: Lennox Lewis (Britain), 34-1, WBC champ

    2: Evander Holyfield, 36-3,WBA/IBF champ

    3: Michael Grant, 28-0

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

    5: Larry Donald, 32-1-1

    6: Chris Byrd*, 26-0

    7: Andrzej Golota (Poland), 32-3

    8: Herbie Hide (Britain), 31-1, WBO champ

    9: Hasim Rahman, 29-0

    10: David Tua (New Zealand), 32-1

    CRUISERWEIGHT LIGHT-HEAVYWEIGHT
    190lbs/13st 8lbs

    1: Fabrice Tiozzo (France), 40-1, WBA champ

    2: Juan Carlos Gomes* (Cuba), 25-0, WBC champ

    3: Arthur Williams, 29-4-1

    4: Johnny Nelson (Britain), 31-12-1

    5: Carl Thompson (Britain), 24-4, WBO champ

    6: Orlin Norris, 49-5

    7: Imamu Mayfield, 18-2

    8: Vissaliy Jirov* (Russia), 17-0

    9: Thomas Hearns, 58-4-1

    10: Virgil Hill, 44-3

    		 175lbs/12st 7lbs

    1: Roy Jones, 38-1, WBC/WBA champ

    2: D. Michalczewski (Ger.), 38-0, WBO champ

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

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

    5: Lou Del Valle*, 28-2

    6: Montell Griffin, 34-2

    7: Antonio Tarver*, 11-0

    8: Michael Nunn*, 53-4

    9: Derewk Harmon*, 16-0

    10: David Telesco, 20-2

    SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHT MIDDLEWEIGHT
    168lbs/12st

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

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

    3: Richie Woodhall (Britain), 24-1, WBC champ

    4: Sven Ottke (Germany), 13-0, IBF champ

    5: Charles Brewer, 32-6

    6: Thomas Tate, 35-5

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

    8: Sugarboy Malinga (S. Africa), 43-11

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

    10: Julio Cesar Green, 23-3

    		 160lbs/11st 6lbs

    1: William Joppy, 26-1-1, WBA champ

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

    3: Hassine Cherifi (France), 26-2-1, WBC champ

    4: Otis Grant* (Canada), 31-2-1, WBO champ

    5: Robert Allen*, 23-2

    6: Antwun Echols, 21-2-1

    7: Keith Holmes*, 30-2

    8: Robert McCracken (Britain), 32-0

    9: Stephane Ouellet (Canada), 25-1

    10: Glenn Catley (Britain), 23-3

    LIGHT-MIDDLEWEIGHT WELTERWEIGHT
    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), 72-2, IBF champ

    4: Harry Simon (Namibia), 17-0, WBO champ

    5: Ronald Wright*, 38-2

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

    7: David Reid, 11-0

    8: Fernando Vargas, 14-0

    9: Raul Marquez*, 29-1

    10: Bronco McKart*, 35-2

    		 147lbs/10st 7lbs

    1: Oscar De La Hoya, 29-0, WBC champ

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

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

    4: Jose Luis Lopez (Mexico), 42-3-2

    5: James Page, 22-3, WBA champ

    6: Vernon Forrest, 25-0

    7: Derell Coley, 33-1-2

    8: Oba Carr, 46-2-1

    9: Frankie Randall, 55-5-1

    10: Wilfredo Rivera (Puerto Rico), 28-3-1

    LIGHT-WELTERWEIGHT LIGHTWEIGHT
    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), 21-1-1

    3: Julio Cesar Chavez (Mexico), 100-3-2

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

    5: Sharmba Mitchell*, 43-2, WBA champ

    6: Zab Judah*, 18-0-0-1

    7: Antonio Diaz, 23-2

    8: Khalid Rahilou (France), 32-3

    9: Shea Neary (Britain), 21-0, WBU champ

    10: Diosbelys Hurtado (Cuba), 28-1

    		 135lbs/9st 9lbs

    1: Shane Mosley, 30-0, IBF champ

    2; Cesar Bazan (Mexico), 34-2-1, WBC champ

    3: Steve Johnston*, 24-1

    4: Jean-Baptiste Mendy (France), 52-7-2, WBA champ

    5: Ivan Robinson, 26-2

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

    7: Jesse James Leija, 37-4-2

    8: Arturo Gatti (Canada), 29-3

    9: Phillip Holiday (South Africa), 33-1

    10: Israel Cardona, 30-2

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

    1: Floyd Mayweather, 18-0, WBC champ

    2: Angel Manfredy, 25-2-1, WBU champ

    3: Roberto Garcia, 31-0, IBF champ

    4: Goyo Vargas (Mexico), 38-6-1

    5: Genaro Hernandez, 38-2-1

    6: Anatoly Alexandrov (Russia), 34-3, WBO champ

    7: Jesus Chavez (Mexico), 26-1

    8: John Brown, 19-5

    9: Justin Juuko (Britain), 33-1-1

    10: Takanori Hatakeyama (Japan), 22-0-1, WBA champ

    		 126lbs/9st

    1: Naseem Hamed* (Britain), 31-0, WBO champ

    2: Luisito Espinosa (Philippines), 43-7, WBC champ

    3: Derrick Gainer*, 26-4

    4: Cesar Soto (Mexico), 53-7-2

    5: Freddie Norwood*, 32-0-1

    6: Angel Vasquez (Puerto Rico), 16-0

    7: Juan Manuel Marquez (Mexico), 27-1

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

    9: Kevin Kelley*, 48-3-2

    10: Antonio Cermeno (Venezuela), 34-2, WBA champ

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

    1: Erik Morales (Mexico), 31-0, WBC champ

    2: Marco Antonio Barrera (Mexico), 47-2, WBO champ

    3: Vuyani Bungu (S. Africa), 36-2, IBF champ

    4: Kennedy McKinney, 33-3-1

    5: Junior Jones, 44-4

    6: Wayne McCullough (Britain), 22-2

    7: Enrique Sanchez* (Mexico), 24-0-1, WBA champ

    8: Danny Romero, 33-3

    9: Willie Jorrin, 22-0

    10: Michael Brodie (Britain), 24-0

    		118lbs/8st 6lbs

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

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

    3: Joichiro Tatsuyoshi (Japan), WBC champ, 17-4-1

    4: Paulie Ayala*, 26-1

    5: Adan Vargas* (Mexico), 28-1-1

    6: Elicier Julio (Colombia), 40-1, WBO champ

    7: Doarung Sor Chiriwat (Thailand), 61-6-3

    8: Cuauhtemoc Gomez (Mexico), 42-7

    9: Lakhin CP Gym (Thai.), 23-0-2

    10: Dario Azuaga (Paraguay), 42-0-1

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

    1: Johnny Tapia, 44-0-2, WBO/IBF champ

    2: Injoo Choo (Korea), 13-0, WBC champ

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

    4: Satoshi Iida (Japan), 25-1-1, WBA champ

    5: Yokthai Sit-Oar (Thailand), 167-1-1

    6: Joel Luna Zarate (Mexico), 32-2-2

    7: Julio Gamboa (Nicaragua), 23-3

    8: Jesus Rojas (Mexico), 31-7-2

    9: Pedro Pena, 14-0

    10: Mzukisi Sikali (South Africa), 21-3-1

    		 112lbs/8st

    1: Mark Johnson*, 36-1, IBF champ

    2: Mauricio Pastrana (Colombia), 20-0

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

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

    5: Melchjor Cob Castro* (Mexico), 52-6-4

    6: Jose Bonilla (Venezuela), 24-5

    7: Ruben Sanchez-Leon (Mexico), 22-7-1, WBO champ

    8: Eric Morel, 18-0

    9: Carlos Salazar, 47-8-3

    10: Alejandro Montiel (Mexico), 38-3

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

    1: Saman Sorjaturong (Thai.), 39-2-1, WBC champ

    2: Jake Matlala (South Africa), 49-10-2

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

    4: Pichitnoi Sitbangprachan* (Thai), 20-1, WBA champ

    5: Joma Gamboa (Philippines), 25-3-1

    6: Manny Pacquiao* (Philippines), 23-1

    7: Panien Poontasrat (Thailand), 20-0

    8: Oscar Andrade (Mexico), 20-13

    9: Edgar Cardenas (Mexico), 23-6-1

    10: Masibulele Makebula (South Africa), 14-0

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

    1: Ricardo Lopez (Mexico), 47-0-1, WBC/WBO champ

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

    3: Zolani Petelo* (South Africa), 13-2-2, IBF champ

    4: Rattanapol.DB-Gym* (Thai), 36-3-1

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

    6: Wandee Charoen (Thailand), 22-3

    7: Jose Aguirre (Mexico), 19-1-1

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

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

    10: Lindi Memani (South Africa), 24-8-3, WBU champ