World Ratings MAY 2008

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 MAY 2008 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: Wladimir Klitschko (Ukraine), 50-3, IBF/WBO

2: Samuel Peter (Nigeria), 30-1, WBC

3: Ruslan Chagaev* (Uzbekhistan), 24-0-1, WBA

4: Nikolay Valuev (Russia), 48-1-0-1

5: Sultan Ibragimov* (Russia), 22-1-1

6: Alexander Povetkin (Russia), 15-0

7: Tony Thompson*, 31-1

8: John Ruiz, 43-7-1-1

9: Juan Carlos Gomez* (Cuba), 42-1-1-1

10: Vladimir Virchis (Ukraine), 24-1

CRUISERWEIGHT LIGHT-HEAVYWEIGHT
200lbs/14st 4lbs

1: David Haye (GB), 21-1, WBC/WBA/WBO

2: O'Neil Bell, 26-2-1

3: Steve Cunningham, 21-1, IBF

4: Guillermo Jones (Panama), 35-3-2

5: Jean-Marc Mormeck (France), 33-4

6: Enzo Maccarinelli (GB), 28-2

7: Marco Huck (Germany), 20-1

8: Krzysztof Wlodarczyk (Poland), 41-2

9: Tomasz Adamek (Poland), 33-1

10: Rudolf Kraj (Czech Republic), 14-0
175lbs/12st 7lbs

1: Bernard Hopkins, 48-4-1-1

2: Antonio Tarver*, 27-4, IBF

3: Chad Dawson*, 26-0-0-1, WBC

4: Roy Jones Jr, 52-4

5: Glengoffe Johnson, 47-12-2

6: Clinton Woods (GB), 41-4-1

7: Zsolt Erdei (Hungary), 28-0, WBO

8: Adrian Diaconu (Canada), 24-0

9: Stipe Drews (Croatia), 32-2

10: Yuri Barashian* (Ukraine), 25-3

SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHT MIDDLEWEIGHT
168lbs/12st

1: Joe Calzaghe* (GB), 44-0, WBA/WBC/WBO

2: Mikkel Kessler (Denmark), 39-1

3: Anthony Mundine (Australia), 31-3

4: Jeff Lacy, 23-1-0-1

5: Lucian Bute* (Canada), 22-0, IBF

6: Librado Andrade, 27-1

7: Carl Froch (GB), 22-0

8: Denis Inkin (Russia), 32-0

9: Sakio Bika (Cameroon), 26-3-2

10: Edison Miranda (Colombia), 30-2
160lbs/11st 6lbs

1: Kelly Pavlik, 33-0, WBC/WBO

2: Jermain Taylor, 27-2-1

3: Ronald Wright*, 51-4-1

4: Arthur Abraham (Armenia), 26-0, IBF

5: Felix Sturm (Germany), 29-2-1, WBA

6: Randy Griffin, 24-1-3

7: Sebastian Sylvester (Germany), 29-2

8: Giovanni Lorenzo (Dom. Rep.), 26-0

9: John Duddy (Ireland), 24-0

10: David Lopez* (Mexico), 33-12

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

1: Oscar De La Hoya, 38-5

2: Vernon Forrest, 40-2-0-1, WBC

3: Verno Phillips, 42-11-1, IBF

4: Joachim Alcine (Canada), 30-0, WBA

5: Sergei Dzinziruk* (Ukraine), 34-0, WBO

6: Cory Spinks*, 36-5

7: Ricardo Mayorga (Nicaragua), 28-6-1-1

8: Sergio Martinez* (Argentina), 42-1-1

9: Daniel Santos* (Puerto Rico), 31-3-1

10: Joel Julio (Colombia), 32-1
147lbs/10st 7lbs

1: Floyd Mayweather, 39-0, WBC

2: Miguel Cotto (Puerto Rico), 32-0, WBA

3: Shane Mosley, 44-5-0-1

4: Antonio Margarito (Mexico), 36-5-0-1, IBF

5: Carlos Quintana* (Puerto Rico), 25-1, WBO

6: Paul Williams*, 33-1

7: Zab Judah*, 36-5-0-2

8: Luis Collazo*, 28-3

9: Joshua Clottey (Ghana), 34-2-0-1

10: Andre Berto, 21-0

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

1: Ricky Hatton (GB), 43-1

2: Junior Witter (GB), 36-1-2, WBC

3: Paulie Malignaggi 24-1, IBF

4: Andreas Kotelnik (Germany), 29-2-1, WBA

5: Ricardo Torres (Colombia), 33-1, WBO

6: Demetrius Hopkins, 28-0-1

7: Kendall Holt, 23-2

8: Juan Lazcano, 37-4-1

9: Herman Ngoudjo (Canada), 16-2

10: Randall Bailey, 36-6
135lbs/9st 9lbs

1: Nate Campbell, 32-5-1, WBA/WBO/IBF

2: Juan Diaz, 33-1

3: Joel Casamayor* (Cuba), 36-3-1

4: David Diaz*, 34-1-1, WBC

5: Julio Diaz, 34-4

6: Zahir Raheem, 29-2-0-2

7: Almazbek Raiymkulov (Krgyz.), 25-1-1

8: Jose Armando Santa Cruz, 25-3

9: Michael Katsidis (Australia), 23-1

10: Yuri Romanov (Ukraine), 21-2

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

1: Manny Pacquiao* (Philippines), 46-3-2, WBC

2: Juan Manuel Marquez (Mex.), 48-4-1

3: Joan Guzman (Dom. Rep.), 28-0, WBO

4: Humberto Soto (Mexico), 44-6-2

5: Jorge Barrios, Argentina, 47-3-1-1

6: Edwin Valero* (Venezuela), 23-0, WBA

7: Cassius Baloyi (South Africa), 35-3-1, IBF

8: Alex Arthur (GB), 26-1

9: Mzonke Fana (South Africa), 27-4

10: Yodsanan Nanthachai* (Thailand), 54-3-1
126lbs/9st

1: Chris John (Indonesia), 41-0-1, WBA

2: Orlando Salido (Mexico), 29-9-2-1

3: Robert Guerrero*, 22-1-1-1, IBF

4: Jorge Linares (Venezuela), 25-0, WBC

5: Rocky Juarez, 27-4

6: Steven Luevano*, 35-1, WBO

7: Hector Velasquez (Mexico), 48-11-2

8: Jorge Solis (Mexico), 33-1-2

9: Mario Santiago* (Puerto Rico), 19-1

10: Choi Tseveenpurev (Mongolia), 27-4

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

1: Israel Vazquez (Mexico), 43-4, WBC

2: Celestino Caballero (Panama), 28-2

3: Rafael Marquez (Mexico), 37-5

4: Daniel Ponce De Leon* (Mexico), 34-1, WBO

5: Steve Molitor* (Canada), 27-0, IBF

6: Toshiaki Nishioka* (Japan), 30-4-3

7: Juan Manuel Lopez* (Puerto Rico), 21-0

8: Mike Oliver*, 21-0

9: Jhonny Gonzalez (Mexico), 37-6

10: Poonsawat Kratingdaenggym (Thai.), 33-1
118lbs/8st 6lbs

1: Hozumi Hasegawa* (Japan), 23-2, WBC

2: Gerry Penalosa* (Philippines), 53-6-2, WBO

3: Wladimir Sidorenko (Ukraine), 21-0-2, WBA

4: Ricardo Cordoba* (Panama), 31-1-2

5: Joseph Agbeko (Ghana), 25-1, IBF

6: Silence Mabuza (South Africa), 21-2

7: Veeraphol Sahaprom (Thailand), 61-3-2

8: Anselmo Moreno (Panama), 21-1-1

9: Alejandro Valdez* (Mexico), 20-2-1

10: Abner Mares, 16-0

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

1: Cristian Mijares* (Mexico), 34-3-2, WBC

2: Fernando Montiel (Mexico), 36-2-1, WBO

3: Alexander Munoz (Venezuela), 32-2, WBA

4: Jorge Arce (Mexico), 48-4-1

5: Nobuo Nashiro (Japan), 11-1

6: Vic Darchinian* (Australia), 29-1-1

7: Z. Gorres* (Philippines), 26-2-2

8: Dimitri Kirilov (Russia), 29-3-1, IBF

9: Cecilio Santos (Mexico), 22-8-3

10: Jose Navarro*, 26-4
112lbs/8st

1: Omar Narvaez* (Argentina), 26-0-2, WBO

2: Nonito Donaire (Philippines), 19-1, IBF

3: Takefumi Sakata (Japan), 32-4-2, WBA

4: Daisuke Naito (Japan), 32-2-3, WBC

5: Pongsaklek Wongjongkam* (Thai.), 67-3-1

6: Denkaosan Singwancha (Thailand), 42-1-1

7: Koki Kameda* (Japan), 17-0

8: Jose Lopez (Puerto Rico), 36-7-2

9: Rayonta Whitfield, 21-0

10: Wandee Singwancha (Thailand), 55-8-1

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

1: Ivan Calderon* (Puerto Rico), 31-0

2: Ulises Solis (Mexico), 26-1-2, IBF

3: Hugo Cazares (Mexico), 26-4-1

4: Omar Salado (Mexico), 19-0-2

5: Omar Nino Romero (Mexico), 24-2-2

6: Edgar Sosa (Mexico), 31-5, WBC

7: Brahim Asloum (France), 23-2, WBA

8: Giovanni Segura*, 19-0-1

9: Adrian Hernandez (Mexico), 13-0

10: Juan Carlos Reveco (Argentina), 17-1
105lbs/7st 7lbs
(Called mini-flyweight by the IBF and WBO)

1: Oleydong Sithsamuochai* (Thai.), 26-0, WBC

2: Eagle Den Janlaphan (Thai./Japan), 18-2

3: Florante Condes* (Philippines), 22-3-1, IBF

4: Yutaka Niida (Japan), 23-1-3, WBA

5: Muhammad Rachman (Indonesia), 52-8-4

6: Katsunari Takayama (Japan), 20-3

7: Donnie Nietes (Philippines), 22-1-3, WBO

8: Roman Gonzalez (Nicaragua), 18-0

9: Nkosinathi Joyi* (South Africa), 17-0

10: Pornsawan Kratingdaenggym (Thai.), 21-1

Articles in this issue
WARMING UP FOR WAR Miguel Cotto and Antonio Margarito pounded their respective opponents into submission in Atlantic City, setting up a July welterweight clash of the very highest order. RON BORGES reports from ringside at Boardwalk Hall	ANYTHING BUT LIGHTWEIGHT The term 'strength in depth' best describes today's world 135lbs category. There are capable champions and former title-holders at the top, a group of young lions on the way up and to cap it all, the division is about to be invaded by stars. STEVE FARHOOD reports	GLASGOW DYNASTY MICK GILL talks to Glasgow legend Tommy Gilmour(MBE don't you know), the third generation of a four-generation success story in scottish boxing	World Rankings: See where the top fighters were rated when the MAY 2008issue went to press..