WBA AUGUST 2004 RATINGS MOVEMENTS
HEAVYWEIGHT Promotions James Toney and Lance Whitaker go up one position each as reacommodation after Joe Mesi demotion Owen Beck goes up three positions at the discretion of Ratings Committee considering his activity and record, regional champion and as reacommodation after Joe Mesi demotion Danny Williams, Nicolay Valuev, Faruq Saleem and Evander Holyfield go up one position each as reacommodation after Juan Carlos Gomez removal
Demotions Joe Mesi goes down four positions at the discretion of the Ratings Committee as he is still under medical suspension due to neurological problems, thus he is prevented from fighting Jameel McCline goes down one position due to Becks promotion.
Removals 9 Juan Carlos Gomez after losing to unrated Yamplier Azcuy on Asugust 13 15 David Tua as he is inactive since March 2003
Entries 13 Gerald Nobles at the discretion of the Ratings Committee after considering his caliber 15 Kali Mehaan at the discretion of the Ratings Committee after considering his caliber
CRUISERWEIGHT Promotions Steve Cunningham, Mohammed Azzaoui and Krizstof Wlodarczyk go up one position each as reacommodation after Rudiger May removal
Demotions None
Removals 12 Rudiger May after losing by TKO 7 to Johnny Nelson on September 4
Entries 15 Felix Cora at the discretion of the Ratings Committee after considering his caliber
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT Promotions Danny Batchelder, Paul Murdoch, Thomas Adamek, and Peter Oboh go up one position each as reacommodation after Stipe Drews demotion
Demotions Stipe Drews goes down four positions after losing to Paul Briggs on August 15
Removals None
Entries None
SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHT Promotions Rudy Markussen, Nordin Ben Salah, Syd Vanderpool and Charles Brewer go up one position each as reacommodation after Byron Mitchell demotion
Demotions Byron Mitchell goes down four positions as he is inactive since June 2003
Removals None
Entries None
MIDDLEWEIGHT Promotions None
Demotions None
Removals 14 Aaron Mitchell as he is inactive since March 2003
Entries 14 Arthur Abraham at the discretion of the Ratings Committee after considering his caliber
SUPER WELTERWEIGHT Promotions Roshii Wells goes up five positions after beating rated Santiago Samaniego in a WBA eliminator on September 4 Shannan Taylor and Bronco McKart go up one position each as reacommodation after Juan Carlos Candelo removal
Demotions Fernando Vargas, Kassim Ouma, Shane Mosley and Alejandro Garcia go down one position each as reacommodation after Wells promotion Santiago Samaniego goes down three positions after losing to rated Roshii Wells on September 4
Removals 12 Juan Carlos Candelo after losing to unrated Eduardo Sanchez on August 13
Entries 11 Keith Holmes at the discretion of the Ratings Committee after considering his caliber and former world champion status
WELTERWEIGHT Promotions None
Demotions None
Removals 15 Miguel Angel Gonzalez after losing to Cory Spinks on September 4
Entries 15 Michele Orlando at the discretion of the Ratings Committee after considering his caliber
SUPER LIGHTWEIGHT Promotions Oktay Urkal goes up two positions as reacommodation after Miguel Cotto removal, and Richard Hatton and Floyd Mayweather demotions
Demotions Richard Hatton goes down two positions as he resigned his official challenger status by refusing to fight world champ Vivian Harris Floyd Mayweather goes down one position as he refused to fight world champ Vivian Harris
Removals 2 Miguel Cotto after he won the WBO title on September 11
Entries None
LIGHTWEIGHT No movements
SUPER FEATHERWEIGHT Promotions None
Demotions None
Removals 13 Steve Forbes after losing to Yodsanan Nanthachai on August 7
Entries 13 Steven Luevano after his own request to be re-rated in this division after being rated in Featherweight so far
FEATHERWEIGHT Promotions None
Demotions None
Removals 14 Steven Luevano after hisnown request to be re-rated in the Super Featherweight division
Entries 14 Valdemir Pereira at the discretion of the Ratings Committee considering his caliber
SUPER BANTAMWEIGHT No movements
BANTAMWEIGHT Promotions Poonsawat Kratindaengym goes up one position as he was appointed official challenger Diego Morales, Mauricio Martinez, Wladimir Sidorenko, Jun Turiumi, Jhonny Gonzalez, Manabu Fukushima, Hideki Todaka, Nobuaki Naka, and Leo Gamez go up one position each as reacommodation after Poonsawat Kratindaengym promotion
Demotions None
Removals None
Entries 12 Genaro Garcia at the discretion of the Ratings Committee considering his caliber
SUPER FLYWEIGHT No movements
FLYWEIGHT Promotions None
Demotions None
Removals 15 Yosam Choi after he lost to Lorenzo Parra on September 9
Entries 15 Noriyuki Komatsu at the discretion of the Ratings Committee considering his caliber
LIGHT FLYWEIGHT Promotions None
Demotions Masato Hatakeyama, Shingo Yamaguchi, Nerys Espinoza, Manuel Vargas, Carlos Fajardo, Edgar Velazquez, Ulises Solis, Takahisa Masuda, Fahlan Sakkreerin and Eric Ortiz go down one position each as reacommodation after Noel Arambulet entry
Removals 15 Anis Roga as he is inactive since April 2004
Entries 5 Noel Arambulet at the discretion of the Ratings Committee considering his caliber and former world champion status
MINIMUM No movements