WORLD BOXING ASSOCIATION GILBERTO MENDOZA PRESIDENT OFFICIAL RATINGS AS OF MARCH 2007 Created on April 10TH, 2007 MEMBERS CHAIRMAN P.O. BOX 377 JOSE OLIVER GOMEZ E-mail: [email protected] JOSE EMILIO GRAGLIA (ARGENTINA) MARACAY 2101 -A ALAN KIM (KOREA) EDO. ARAGUA - VENEZUELA VICE CHAIRMAN GONZALO LOPEZ SILVERO (USA) PHONE: + (58 -244) 663 -1584 + (58-244) 663-3347 GEORGE MARTINEZ E-mail: [email protected] MEDIA ADVISORS
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HEAVYWEIGHT (Over 200 Lbs / 90.71 Kgs) CRUISERWEIGHT (200 Lbs / 90.71 Kgs) LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT (175 Lbs / 79.38 Kgs)
World Champion: NICOLAY VALUEV RUS World Champion: VIRGIL HILL USA World Champion: SILVIO BRANCO ITA Won Title: 12-17 -05 Won Title: 01 -27-06 Won Title: 10-19- 06 Last Mandatory: Last Mandatory: Last Mandatory: Last Defense: 01-20 -07 Last Defense: Last Defense: INTERIM CHAMPION: VALERY BRUDOV RUS WBC:OLEG MASKAEV - IBF:WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO UNIFIED CHAMPION: JEAN MARC MORMECK FRA WBC: CHAD DAWSON - IBF: CLINTON WOODS WBO: SHANNON BRIGGS WBC: JEAN M. MORMECK -WBO: ENZO MACCARINELLI WBO: ZSOLT ERDEI IBF: KRZYSTOF WLODARCZYK
1. FIRAT ARSLAN GER 1. RUSLAN CHAGAEV (OC) UZB 1. STIPE DREWS (OC) CRO 2. GUILLERMO JONES PAN 2. SULTAN IBRAGIMOV RUS 2. ROY JONES USA 3. O`NEIL BELL USA 3. SERGUEI LIAKHOVICH BEL 3. THOMAS ADAMEK POL 4. DAVID HAYE (EBU) G.B. 4. JOHN RUIZ USA 4. HUGO HERNANGARAY (LAC) ARG 5. WAYNEBRAITHWAITE GUY 5. DAVARYLL WILLIAMSON USA 5. YURI BARASHIAN (WBA I/C) UKR 6. GRIGORY DROZD RUS 6. DANNY GREEN (PABA) AUS 6. WLADIMIR VIRCHIS (EBU) UKR 7. MATT GODFREY (NABA) USA 7. THOMAS ULRICH (EBU) GER 7. MIKE MOLLO (LAC) USA 8. EMMANUEL NWODO NIG 8. PAUL BRIGGS AUS 8. TARAS BIDENKO (WBA I/C) UKR 9. MOHAMMED AZZAOUI (PABA/PANAF) N.Z. 9. MANUEL SIACA P.R. 9. ALEXANDER DIMITRENKO UKR 10. LUIS PINEDA PAN 10. KEITH HOLMES USA 10. HASIM RAHMAN USA 11. JEAN MARC MONROSE FRA 11. DAWID KOSTECKI POL 11. KALI MEEHAN (PABA) AUS 12. PIETRO AURINO ITA 12. PRINCE BADI AJAMU USA 12. TONY THOMPSON USA 13. VICENZO CANTATORE ITA 13. VICTOR OGANOV RUS 13. JEAN FRANCOIS BERGERON (NABA) CAN 14. VASSILIY JIROV KAZ 14. TITO MENDOZA PAN 14. EVANDER HOLYFIELD USA 15. GEORGE BLADES USA 15. JOHNATHON BANKS USA 15. TIMO HOFFMANN GER
SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHT (168 Lbs /76.20 Kgs) MIDDLEWEIGHT (160 Lbs / 72.58 Kgs) SUPER WELTERWEIGHT (154 Lbs/ 69.85) Kgs)
World Champion: ANTHONY MUNDINE AUS World Champion : JAVIER CASTILLEJO SPA World Champion: TRAVIS SIMMS USA Won Title: 03-07-07 Won Title: 12-13-03 Last Mandatory: Won Title: 07-15-06 Last Mandatory: Last Defense: Last Mandatory: 12-02-06 Last Defense: 01-06 -07 Last Defense: 12-02-06 UNIFIED CHAMPION: MIKKEL KESSLER DEN WBC: OSCAR DE LA HOYA WBC: MIKKEL KESSLER- IBF: ALEJANDRO BERRIO WBC: JERMAIN TAYLOR - IBF: ARTHUR ABRAHAM IBF:CORY SPINKS WBO:SERGEI DZINDZIRUK WBO: JOE CALZAGHE WBO: JERMAIN TAYLOR
1. JOACHIM ALCINE (OC) HAI 1. NOT RATED 1. RANDY GRIFFIN USA 2. ROMAN KARMAZIN RUS 2. JEFF LACY USA 2. FELIX STURM GER 3. DANIEL SANTOS P.R. . 3. LUCIEN BUTE ROM 3. KELLY PAVLIK USA 4. JOSE RIVERA USA 4. DENNIS INKIN RUS 4. EDISON MIRANDA COL 5. ALEJANDRO GARCIA MEX 5. DANILO HAUSSLER GER 5. KHOREN GEVOR ARM 6. RICARDO MAYORGA NIC 6. JURGEN BRAHMER GER 6. RAUL MARQUEZ USA 7. JAVIER MAMANI ARG 7. DAVID GOGIYA (EBU) GEO 7. AMIN ASIKAINEN (EBU) FIN 8. VERNON FORREST USA 8. GUSMYL PERDOMO (LAC) VEN 8. SEBASTIAN SYLVESTER (WBA I/C) GER 9. ANTHONY THOMPSON USA 9. JEAN PAUL MENDY FRA 9. JOHN DUDDY IRE 10. MARCO AVENDAÑO VEN 10. VITALY TSYPKO UKR 10. SERGIO MORA USA 11. LUKAS KONECNY CZE 11. SAM SOLIMAN AUS 11. SEBASTIAN ZBIK GER 12. CHRISTOPHE CANCLAUX FRA 12. LIBRADO ANDRADE MEX 12. GIOVANNI LORENZO D.R. 13. MICHELE PICCIRILLO (EBU) ITA 13. CARL FROCH G.B 13. DANIEL DAWSON AUS 14. ALFONSO MOSQUERA (LAC) PAN 14. DIMITRI SARTISON GER 14. SEBASTIEN DEMERS CAN 15. ZAURBEK BAYSANGUROV RUS 15. EPIFANIO MENDOZA COL 15. NOE TULIO GONZALEZ (LAC) URU
WELTERWEIGHT (147 Lbs / 66.68 Kgs) SUPER LIGHTWEIGHT (140 Lbs / 63.50 Kgs) LIGHTWEIGHT (135 Lbs / 61.23 Kgs)
World Champion: SOULEYMANE MBAYE FRA World Champion: MIGUEL COTTO P.R. World Champion: JUAN DIAZ USA Won Title: 12-02-06 Won Title: 09-02-06 Won Title: 07-17-04 Last Mandatory: Last Mandatory: 03-10-07 Last Mandatory: 11-04-04 Last Defense: 03-03-07 Last Defense: 03-10-07 Last Defense: 11-04-06 WBC:FLOYD MAYWEATHER IBF: KERMIT CINTRON WBC: JUNIOR WITTER IBF: LOVEMORE NDOU WBC: DAVID DIAZ- WBO: ACELINO FREITAS WBO: ANTONIO MARGARITO WBO: RICARDO TORRES IBF: JU LIO DIAZ
1. NOT RATED 1. ANDREAS KOTELNIK (OC) * UKR 1. PRAWET SINGWANCHA (OC) THA 2. FREDERIC KLOSE FRA 2. MARCOS RENE MAIDANA (LAC) ARG 2. JOSE MIGUEL COTTO P.R. 3. YURI NUZHNENKO (WBA I/C) UKR 3. RICHARD HATTON G.B. 3. ALI FUNEKA S.A. 4. JOEL JAIR JULIO COL 4. DIMITRI SALITA UKR 4. YURI ROMANOV (EBU) BEL 5. ZAB JUDAH USA 5. YODSANAN NANTHACHAI THA 5. ZAHIR RAHEEM USA 6. CARLOS QUINTANA P.R. 6. LAMONT PETERSON USA 6. PAULUS MOSES (WBA I/C) NAB 7. LUIS COLLAZO USA 7. WILLY BLAIN FRA 7. URBANO ANTILLON MEX 8. JAN ZAVECK SLO 8. DEMETRIUS HOPKINS USA 8. ANTHONY PETERSON USA 9. OKTAY URKAL GER 9. TIMOTHY BRADLEY USA 9. AMETH DIAZ (LAC) PAN 10. NELSON LINARES VEN 10. CESAR RENE CUENCA ARG 10. ALMAZVEK RAIMKULOV KYR 11. SEBASTIAN LUJAN (LAC) ARG 11. RANDALL BAILEY USA 11. RANDY SUICO PHI 12. JACKSON OSEI BONSU (EBU) BEL 12. DAVID TORRES USA 12. DEMARCUS CORLEY USA 13. MASA BAKIROV UZB 13. BREIDIS PRESCOTT COL 13. ANDREI KUDRIAVTSEV UKR 14. GOLDEN JOHNSON USA 14. DAUDI BAHARI (PABA) IND 14. KENGO NAGASHIMA JPN 15. MIGUEL RODRIGUEZ MEX 15. NORIO KIMURA JPN 15. DENNIS LAURENTE (PABA) PHI
SUPER FEATHERWEIGHT (130 Lbs / 58.97 Kg) FEATHERWEIGHT (126 Lbs / 57.15 Kgs) SUPER BANTAMWEIGHT (122 Lbs / 55.34 Kgs)
World Champion: EDWIN VALERO VEN World Champion: CHRIS JOHN IND World Champion: Won Title: 08-05-06 Won Title: 09-26-03 CELESTINO CABALLERO PAN Last Mandatory: Last Mandatory: 03-03-07 Won Title: 10-04-06 Last Defense: 01-03-07 Last Defense: 03-03-07 Last Mandatory: Last Defense: 03-16-07 WBC: JUAN M. MARQUEZ IBF: MALCOLM KLASSEN WBC: INJIN CHI WBO: JOAN GUZMAN IBF: ROBERT GUERRERO WBO: VACANT WBC: RAFAEL MARQUEZ IBF: STEVE MOLITOR WBO: DANIEL PONCE DE LEON 1. MANNY PACQUIAO PHI 1. JORGE LINARES VEN 1. NOT RATED 2. NOBUHITO HONMO JPN 2. HIROYUKI ENOKI JPN 2. JOSE ARBOLEDA (LAC) PAN 3. ALEX ARTHUR (EBU) G.B. 3. ELIO ROJAS D.R. 3. SOMSAK SITHCHATCHAWAL THA 4. SERGEY GULYAKEVICH BLR 4. JOSE HERNANDEZ MEX 4. JULIO ZARATE MEX 5. ISRAEL PEREZ ARG 5. JOSE CHEO ROJAS VEN 5. RICARDO CORDOBA PAN 6. ROCKY JUÁREZ MEX 6. NICKY COOK G.B. 6. TOSHIAKI NISHIOKA JPN 7. AGNALDO NUNES (NABA) BRA 7. MARIO SANTIAGO P.R. 7. AKIFUMI SHIMODA JPN 8. MAXWELL AWUKU (PANAF) GHA 8. ZAIKI TAKEMOTO JPN 8. JUAN MANUEL LOPEZ P.R. 9. RENE GONZALEZ NIC 9. THOMAS MASHABA S.A. 9. BERNARD DUNNE (EBU) IRE 10. ANGES ADJAHO BEN 10. JORGE SOLIS MEX 10. KIKO MARTINEZ SPA 11. TAKEHIRO SHIMADA JPN 11. STEVEN LUEVANO USA 11. JOSE MENDOZA COL 12. ROMAN MARTINEZ P.R. 12. SAOHIN CONDO THA 12. FEIDER VILORIA COL 13. JIMREX JACA PHI 13. JUAN CARLOS SALGADO MEX 13. DAISUKE YAMANAKA JPN 14. HECTOR VELASQUEZ MEX 14. TAKAHIRO AOH JPN 14. WETHYA SAKMUANGKLANG THA 15. MIGUEL ACOSTA VEN 15. GAMALIEL DIAZ MEX 15. JORGE LACIERVA MEX
BANTAMWEIGHT (118 Lbs / 53.42 Kgs) SUPER FLYWEIGHT (115 Lbs / 52.16 Kgs) FLYWEIGHT (112 Lbs / 50.80 Kgs)
World Champion: WLADIMIR SIDORENKO UKR World Champion: NOBUO NASHIRO JPN World Champion: TAKEFUMI SAKATA JPN Won Title: 02-26-05 Won Title: 07-22-06 Won Title: 03-19-07 Last Mandatory: 03-17-07 Last Mandatory: Last Mandatory: Last Defense: 03-17-07 Last Defense: 12-02-06 Last Defense: INTERIM CHAMPION: ROBERTO VASQUEZ PAN WBC: HOZUMI HASEGAWA IBF: VACANT WBC: CRISTIAN MIJARES IBF: VACANT WBC: PONGSAKLEK WONJONGKAM WBO: JOHNNY GONZALEZ WBO: FERNANDO MONTIEL IBF: VIC DARCHINYAN - WBO: OMAR NARVAEZ
1. NOT RATED 1. ALEXANDER MUÑOZ (OC) VEN 1. KOKI KAMEDA JPN 2. POONGSAWAT KRATINGDAENG THA 2. MARTÍN CASTILLO MEX 2. DENKAOSAN KAOWICHIT (PABA) THA 3. ANSELMO MORENO PAN 3. Z GORRES PHI 3. DAISUKE NAITO JPN 4. NEOMAR CERMEÑO (LAC) VEN 4. KOHEI KONO JPN 4. ANDREA SARRITZU (EBU) ITA 5. NOBUTO IKEHARA JPN 5. JULIO ROQUE LER (LAC) ARG 5. JOSE LOPEZ P.R. 6. SIMONE MALUDROTTU (EBU) ITA 6. JOSE NAVARRO (NABA) USA 6. OMAR SALADO MEX 7. RAUL MARTINEZ USA 7. NONITO DONAIRE PHI 7. KENJI YOSHIDA JPN 8. SASHA BAKTIN RUS 8. DUANGPETCH SAENGMORAKOT (PABA) THA 8. ALEJANDRO HERNANDEZ MEX 9. MASAYUKI MITANI JPN 9. TEPPEI KIKUI JPN 9. HUSSEIN HUSSEIN AUS 10. ROLLY MATSUSHITA PHI 10. REYNALDO LOPEZ BROWN COL 10. DAIKI KAMEDA JPN 11. TABTIMDAENG NARACHAWAT (PABA) THA 11. CECILIO SANTOS MEX 11. WANDEE SINGWANGCHA THA 12. JOSE NIEVES P.R. 12. GABRIEL ELIZONDO USA 12. LUIS MALDONADO MEX 13. VEERAPHOL SAHAPROM THA 13. CARIL HERRERA URU 13. JEAN PIERO PEREZ (LAC) VEN 14. TIMUR SHAILEZOV (NABA) KYR 14. ALEX JOHN BANAL PHI 14. TRASH NAKAMUNA JPN 15. JEROME ARNOULD FRA 15. LUIS MELENDEZ COL 15. EVERT BRICEÑO NIC LIGHT FLYWEIGHT (108 Lbs / 49.99 Kgs) MINIMUM (105 Lbs / 47.63 Kg s) REFERENCES: World Champion: V A C A N T World Champion: YUTAKA NIIDA JPN Won Title: Won Title: 03-07-04 LAC: WBA LATIN AMERICAN CHAMPION Last Mandatory: Last Mandatory: 04-07-07 PABA: WBA PAN ASIAN CHAMPION Last Defense: Last Defense: 04-07-07 NABA: WBA NORTH AMERICA CHAMPION WBANA: WBA WORLD BOXING ASSOCIATION OF WBC: VACANT IBF: ULISES SOLIS WBC: EAGLE KYOWA IBF: MUHAMMAD RACHMAN NORTH AMERICA CHAMPION WBO: HUGO CAZARES WBO : IVAN CALDERON PANAF: WBA PAN AFRICAN CHAMPION
EBU: EUROPEAN BOXING UNION 1. NOT RATED 1. ERIBERTO GEJON PHI WBA I/C: WBA INTERCONTINENTAL 2. JUAN CARLOS REVECO ARG 2. KATSUNARI TAKAYAMA JPN OC: OFFICIAL CHALLENGER 3. NETHRA SASIPRAPA (PABA) THA 3. PORNSAWAN PRAMUK (PABA) THA
4. JUAN LANDAETA VEN 4. TEROU MISAWA JPN * Kotelnik status under review. 5. CESAR CANCHILA (LAC) COL 5. CHANA PORPAOIN THA
6. GIOVANNI SEGURA MEX 6. JUAN PALACIOS NIC
7. FREDDY BELEÑO VEN 7. RONALD BARRERA COL 8. NOBUAKI MASUDA JPN 8. NKOSINATHI JOYI S.A.
9. MANUEL VARGAS MEX 9. ROMAN GONZALEZ NIC
10. SHINGO YAMAGUCHI JPN 10. JAEWON KIM KOR 11. RONALD RAMOS COL 11. SATOSHI KOGUMASAKA JPN
12. JUANITO RUBILLAR PHI 12. JOSE LUIS VARELA VEN 13. BERT BATAWANG PHI 13. CARLOS MELO PAN 14. GO ONAGA JPN 14. GERARDO VERDE MEX
15. NERYS ESPINOZA NIC 15. CARLOS CAMPOS VEN
CHAMPIONSHIP FIGHTS HELD FROM MARCH 05TH TO APRIL 10th 2007
Nº PROMOTER PLACE DATE WEIGHT DEFENSE TYPE OF WINNER RESULT LOSER JUDGES- REFEREE SUPERVISOR N° FIGHT Derek Milham-Pinit Prayasaba-Silvestre Abianza 6 BOXA Sydney, Australia 03-07-07 Supermiddle - Vacant Anthony Mundine WKO9 Sam Soliman Stanley Christodolou Yangsup Shim SPORTS Liverpool, Paul Thomas-Mickey Van-Terry O`connor 7 NETWORK England 03-10-07 Superlight 1 Mandatory Souleymane Mbaye DRAW12 Andreas Kotelnik Dave Parris George Martinez Rocky Young-Mike Ross-Hurbert Earle Gilberto Mendoza 8 WARRIORS Hollywood, FL. 03-16-07 S. Batamb 1 Optional Celestino Caballero WDQ9 Ricardo Castillo Tellis Assimenios Jr. Stuttgart, Lynne Carter-Ted Gimza-Glenn Feldman 9 UNIVERSUM Germany 03-17-07 Bantam 4 Mandatory Wladimir Sidorenko DRAW12 Ricardo Cordoba Mark Nelson Calvin Inalsing Hubert Minn-Guido Cavalleri-Mikel Hook 10 DON KING Levallois, France 03-17-07 Cruiser 1 Optional Jean Marc Mormeck WUD12 O`neil Bell Massimino Barrovecchio Sebastian Contursi Henk Meijers-John Poturaj-Ferdinand Estrella 11 TEIKEN Tokyo, Japan 03-19-07 Fly 6 Optional Takefumi Sakata WTKO3 Lorenzo Parra Guillermo Perez Pineda Noah Reandeau Copenhagen, Tom Miller-Tom Kaczmarek-John Keene 12 PALLE Denmark 03-24-07 Supermiddle 4 Optional Mikkel Kessler WUD12 Librado Andrade Laurence Cole Renzo Bagnariol Medardo Villalobos-Michael Lee-Russel Mora 13 TEIKEN Tokyo, Japan 04-07-07 Minimum 5 Mandatory Yukata Niida WSD12 Katsunari Takayama Takeshi Simakawa Alan Kim
BOXER OF THE MONTH: JEAN MARC MORMECK HONORABLE MENTION: MIKKEL KESSLER The WBA Ratings Committee follows the norm of its ranking guidelines for the publication of this report. All results and movements are correspondent to the month indicated in the sub-title “ OFFICIAL RATINGS AS OF …”. THIS “OFFICIAL RATINGS AS OF MARCH” reflects the results and movements from March 05 th , 2007 to April 10 th , 2007 regardless of the publication’s date.