THE IBO TOP 100 COMPUTERIZED BOXING RANKINGS Produced by Powered by November 2018 WWW.IBOBOXING.COM 340 MINORCA AVENUE - CORAL GABLES - FLORIDA 33134 USA PHONE (305) 446-0684 | [email protected] PRESIDENT: ED LEVINE CHAIRMAN: JOHN W DADDONO RATINGS EDITOR: [email protected] Ratings will be updated as early as possible at the start of each month. Ratings are effective as of November 1, 2018. The Champion of Integrity ANTHONY WLADIMIR JOSHUA LENNOX KLITSCHKO LEWIS IBO HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONS PAST AND PRESENT THERE’S ONLY ONE #1 The “Network of Champions.” For more than 40 years, it’s the tagline by which HBO was known to all boxing fans. The premium cable giant announced recently it would no longer be a full-time player in the boxing game – thanks to changing subscriber priorities – and the news created ripples across the sport’s landscape. Some criticized the move and its motives, but others chose to take the high road and celebrate the network for what it did to elevate the sport, support it, and help it transform many fighters into bona fide superstars. Count IBO President Ed Levine among those taking the latter tack. “It’s hard to quantify what HBO has done for boxing, but it certainly was positive” he said. “It’s been an admirable run,” Levine said. “I have also had the highest regard for their broadcast team, past and present. In my opinion, Jim Lampley, Max Kellerman, Roy Jones Jr., Harold Lederman, and Michael Buffer are the measure of talent by which many boxing broadcasts will be judged in the future”. “We’re also proud to say that many IBO champions were featured in HBO fights and we will always be thankful for the opportunities.” In fact, no fewer than 21 former or current IBO title-holders took at least one turn on the HBO stage during their careers, ranging from the heavyweight division all the way down to the flyweight ranks. Not surprisingly, the big men tended to make the biggest impacts. Former IBO kingpin Lennox Lewis was a veritable staple on HBO during his near-four-year run, including a dual pay-per-view extravaganza with Mike Tyson that generated nearly 2 million buys. He also captured the vacant IBO belt on HBO’s air against Evander Holyfield in 1999, lost and regained it from Hasim Rahman in 2001 and closed his career with a stirring defense against Vitali Klitschko in 2003. Subsequent IBO champion Wladimir Klitschko also appeared frequently on HBO during his long reign that stretched from 2006 to 2015, and another IBO successor – Anthony Joshua – earned street cred on the network with an 11th-round TKO of Klitschko that earned wide acclaim as 2017’s fight of the year. No fewer than five IBO champs at 175 pounds, including Roy Jones Jr., Antonio Tarver, Glen Johnson, Chad Dawson and Jean Pascal, were multiple main-eventers, comprising a stirring series of fights that at that time cemented the IBO title as a sign of preeminence in the light heavyweight division. The network’s final multiple-fight superstar, IBO middleweight champ Gennady Golovkin, appeared 14 times in IBO title bouts and scored 11 of 12 wins by stoppage before drawing and subsequently losing his belt against Canelo Alvarez in 2017 and 2018, respectively. The IBO had one of its biggest nights on HBO in May 2009, when Manny Pacquiao decimated incumbent champ Ricky Hatton in two violent rounds in a title bout sanctioned only by the IBO. The IBO remains the only organization to have recognized Pacquiao as a junior welterweight champion during his run from 112 pounds all the way up to 154. “That was certainly a memorable event that we’ll always consider significant,” Levine said. Rounding out the roster of IBO champs who appeared on HBO are ex-168-pound king Jeff Lacy, 154-pounders Sergio Martinez and Erislandy Lara, welterweight Floyd Mayweather Jr., 130-pounder Jose Pedraza, featherweight Prince Naseem Hamed, 122-pounder Paulie Ayala, bantamweights Rafael Marquez and Vic Darchinyan and flyweight Nonito Donaire. “Thanks for the great memories HBO”. I.B.O. WORLD TITLE UPCOMING FIGHTS Super Welterweight Jarrett Hurd (USA) vs. Jason Welborn (UK) December 1st, 2018, Los Angeles Minimumweight Simphiwe Khonco (S. Africa) vs. Joey Canoy (Philippines) December 2nd, 2018, East London Welterweight Thulani Mbenge (S. Africa) vs. Miguel Vazquez (Mexico) December 8th, 2018, Johannesburg Light Heavyweight Karo Murat (Germany) vs. Sven Fornling (Sweden) December 15th, 2018, Germany I.B.O. WORLD CHAMPIONS Heavyweight – Anthony Joshua (UK) Super Featherweight – Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov (Russia) Cruiserweight – Kevin Lerena (S. Africa) Super Bantamweight – Paulus Ambunda (Namibia) Light Heavyweight – Karo Murat (Germany) Bantamweight – Michael Dasmarinas (Philippines) Super Welterweight – Jarrett Hurd (US) Super Flyweight - Gideon Buthelezi (South Africa) Welterweight – Thulani Mbenge (S. Africa) Minimumweight - Simphiwe Khonco (S. Africa) Super Lightweight – Mohamed Mimoune (France) I.B.O. WOMEN’S WORLD CHAMPIONS Middleweight – Ivana Habazin (Croatia) Lightweight – Chantelle Cameron (UK) Welterweight - Cecilia Braekhus (Norway) Minimumweight – Zongju Cai (China) I.B.O. WORLD TITLE FIGHT RESULTS October 20th, 2018 Super Lightweight Mohamed Mimoune defeats Franck Petitjean UD September 29th, 2018 Super Bantamweight Paulus Ambunda defeats Muhamad Ridhwan KO (7th) September 22nd, 2018 Heavyweight Anthony Joshua defeats Alexander Povetkin TKO September 15th, 2018 Middleweight Saul Alvarez defeats Gennady Golovkin MD August 19th, 2018 Super Featherweight Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov defeats Robinson Castellanos TKO (2nd) July 27th, 2018 Super Flyweight Gideon Buthelezi defeats Lucas Emanuel Fernandez Leone UD July 22nd, 2018 Minimumweight Simphiwe Khonco defeats Toto Landero UD June 23rd, 2018 Welterweight Thulani Mbenge defeats Diego Chaves KO (7th) June 2nd, 2018 Cruiserweight Kevin Lerena defeats Roman Golovashchenko UD May 5th, 2018 Middleweight Gennady Golovkin defeats Vanes Martirosyan KO (2nd) April 20th, 2018 Bantamweight Michael Dasmarinas defeats Karim Guerfi KO (4th) April 7th, 2018 Super Welterweight Jarrett Hurd defeats Erislandy Lara SD March 31st, 2018 Heavyweight Anthony Joshua defeats Joseph Parker UD March 24th, 2018 Light Heavyweight Karo Murat defeats Travis Reeves TKO (12th) March 3rd, 2018 Cruiserweight Kevin Lerena defeats Dmitry Kucher UD February 17th, 2018 Super Middleweight George Groves defeats Chris Eubank Jr. UD February 10th, 2018 Super Featherweight Shavkat Rakhimov defeats Malcom Klassen KO (8th) January 27th, 2018 Lightweight Emmanuel Tagoe defeats Fernando Saucedo TKO (10th) January 20th, 2018 Super Lightweight Mohamed Mimoune defeats Emiliano Rodriguez UD December 30th, 2017 Super Featherweight Firuza Sharipova defeats Djemilla Gontaruk UD December 2nd, 2017 Light Heavyweight Igor Mikhalkin defeats Doudou Ngumbu UD October 28th, 2017 Heavyweight Anthony Joshua defeats Carlos Takam TKO (10th) October 14th, 2017 Super Welterweight Erislandy Lara defeats Terrell Gausha UD October 7th, 2017 Super Middleweight Chris Eubank Jr. defeats Avni Yildirim KO (3rd) September 16th, 2017 Middleweight Gennady Golovkin draws with Saul Alvarez DR September 9th, 2017 Super Featherweight Shavkat Rakhimov defeats Emanuel Lopez UD September 9th, 2017 Cruiserweight Kevin Lerena defeats Youri Kalenga SD July 28th, 2017 Super Flyweight Gideon Buthelezi defeats Ryan Ponteras UD July 15th, 2017 Super Middleweight Chris Eubank Jr. defeats Arthur Abraham UD June 10th, 2017 Minimumweight Simphiwe Khonco defeats Lito Dante UD I.B.O. WOMEN’S WORLD TITLE FIGHT RESULTS October 13th, 2018 Women’s Lightweight Chantelle Cameron defeats Jessica Gonzalez UD September 8th, 2018 Women’s Middleweight Ivana Habazin defeats Gifty Amanua Ankrah UD July 21st, 2018 Women’s Welterweight Cecilia Braekhus defeats Inna Sagaydakovskaya UD May 5th, 2018 Women’s Welterweight Cecilia Braekhus defeats Kali Reis UD April 21st, 2018 Women’s Super Welterweight Mikaela Lauren defeats Verena Kaiser MD December 2nd, 2017 Women’s Lightweight Chantelle Cameron defeats Viviane Obenauf RTD November 27th, 2017 Women’s Super Lightweight Svetlana Kulakova defeats Judy Waguthii SD October 21st, 2017 Women’s Welterweight Cecilia Braekhus defeats Mikaela Lauren TKO (6th) June 9th, 2017 Women’s Welterweight Cecilia Braekhus defeats Erika Farias UD HEAVYWEIGHT Anthony Joshua UK 29 IBO 9/22/2018 22-0 21 0 Anthony Joshua UK 29 WBA 9/22/2018 22-0 21 0 Deontay Wilder US 33 WBC 3/3/2018 40-0 39 0 Anthony Joshua UK 29 IBF 9/22/2018 22-0 21 0 Anthony Joshua UK 29 WBO 9/22/2018 22-0 21 0 Michael Hunter US 30 IBO IC 10/13/2018 15-1 10 0 Pr. No Boxer Nat Age Active Record Ko's Stp No. 1 1 Alexander Povetkin RU 39 9/22/2018 34-2 24 1 2 2 Jarrell Miller US 30 10/6/2018 22-0-1 19 0 3 3 Tyson Fury UK 30 8/18/2018 27-0 19 0 4 4 Dillian Whyte UK 30 7/28/2018 24-1 17 1 5 0 Kubrat Pulev BG 37 10/27/2018 26-1 13 1 6 5 Luis Ortiz CU 39 7/28/2018 29-1 25 1 7 6 Dominic Breazeale US 33 11/4/2017 19-1 17 1 8 7 Adam Kownacki PL 29 9/8/2018 18-0 14 0 9 8 Joseph Parker NZ 26 7/28/2018 24-3 18 0 10 9 Dereck Chisora UK 34 7/28/2018 29-8 21 2 11 10 Bryant Jennings US 34 8/18/2018 24-2 14 1 12 11 Christian Hammer RO 31 9/15/2018 23-5 13 3 13 12 Marco Huck DE 33 6/16/2018 41-5-1 28 3 14 13 Charles Martin US 32 9/8/2018 25-2-1 23 1 15 14 Filip Hrgovic HR 26 9/8/2018 8-2 6 0 16 15 Robert Helenius FI 34 9/29/2018 28-2 17 1 17 16 Andy Ruiz Jr US 29 7/7/2018 31-1 20 0 18 17 Agit Kabayel DE 26 4/21/2018 18-0 13 0 19 18 Sergey Kuzmin RU 31 9/22/2018 13-0 10 0 20 20 Junlong Zhang CN 36 12/18/2017 19-0 19 0 21 21 Tom Schwarz DE 24 9/15/2018