WBA RATINGS MOVEMENTS AS OCTOBER 2008
HEAVYWEIGHT:
Removals:
#4 Andrew Golota – lost to non-rated Ray Austin by TKO1.
#12 J.D. Chapman – has announced his retirement.
Entries:
#6 Ray Austin – won over Andrew Golota by TKO1.
#12 Evander Holyfield – Record and Caliber (42-9-2) 29ko (USA).
Promotions:
#3 John Ruiz – up three slots “The WBA Championship Committee reinstituted the previous score decision (WBA Heavyweight title bout vs Nicolay Valuev) to Split Decision by Championship Committee vote. (Resolution #201-2008-01-0305-011)”.
Demotions:
#4 Alexander Dimitrenko – down one slot due to Ruiz promotion.
CRUISERWEIGHT:
No movements.
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT:
Removals:
#14 Chris Henry – will be added to waiting list for upcoming ranking.
Entries:
No entries.
Promotions:
#2 Vyacheslav Uzelkov, #3 Yuri Barashian and #4 Glen Johnson – up one slot due to Jones demotion.
#7 Aleksy Kuziemski – up three slots due to his activity.
Demotions:
#5 Jurgen Brahmer – down four slots after losing to Hugo Garay by UD12 for the WBA Light Heavyweight title.
#6 Roy Jones – down four slots after losing to Joe Calzaghe by UD12.
#8 Dawid Kostecki, #9 Rachi Kanfouah, #10Yusaf Mack and #11 Thomas Ulrich – down two slots due to Jones demotion and Kuziemski promotion.
#12 Shaun George, #13 Elvir Muriqui and #14 Manuel Siaca – down one slot due to Jones demotion.
SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHT:
Removals:
#3 Jean Pascal – will fight world title for another entity (WBC).
#15 Victor Oganov – lost by TKO6 to Andre Dirrell.
Entries:
#14 Sakio Bika – Record and Caliber (27-3-2) 17ko (CAM).
#15 Alejandro Berrio – Record and Caliber (28-5-0) 27ko (COL).
Promotions:
#1 Gusmyl Perdomo – up one slot due Haussler demotion and declared mandatory challenger by the Championship Committee.
#2 Stjepan Bozic, #3 Karo Murat and #4 Dimitri Sartison – up two slots due to Haussler demotion and Pascal leaving.
#5 Lukas Wilaschek – up three slots due to his activity.
#6 Mads Larsen – up one slot due to Sartison promotion.
#7 Marcus Johnson – up one slot due to Wilaschek promotion. #9 Andre Ward, #10 Andre Dirrell, #11 Jean Paul Mendy and #12 Vitaly Tsypko – up two slots due to Johnson promotion and Green demotion.
Demotions:
#7 Danilo Haussler – down six slots after losing to Mikkel Kessler by KO3 for the WBA Super Middleweight title.
#13 Allan Green – down three slots due to inactivity.
MIDDLEWEIGHT:
Removals:
No removals.
Entries:
No entries.
Promotions:
#1 Anthony Mundine, #2 Sebastian Zbik, #3 Randy Griffin and #4 Mariano Carrera – up one slot due to Sylvester demotion.
#6 Gennady Golovkin – up one slot due to activity.
Demotions:
#5 Sebastian Sylvester – down four slots after losing by UD12 to Felix Sturm for the WBA Middleweight Title.
#7 Khoren Gevor – down one slot due to Golovkin promotion.
SUPER WELTERWEIGHT:
Removals:
#1 Shane Mosley – re-rated to the welterweight division where he will be campaigning.
Entries:
No entries.
Promotions:
#9 Alfredo Angulo – up two slots due to his caliber and activity.#12 Daniel Dawson – up two slots due to activity. Demotions:
#10 Christophe Canclaux and #11 Zaurbek Baysangurov – down one slot due to Angulo promotion.
#13 Anthony Small and #14 Ronald Hearns – down one slot due to Dawson promotion.
WELTERWEIGHT:
Removals:
#14 Selcuk Aydin – due to the entrance of Shane Mosley.
Entrance:
#5 Shane Mosley – re-rated from the Super Welterweight division. Mosley will campaign at welterweight.
Promotions:
No promotions.
Demotions:
#6 Jan Zaveck, #7 Frederic Klose, #8 Charlie Navarro, #9 Vitaly Demyanenko, #10 Euri Gonzalez, #11 Hector Saldivia, #12 Mike Jones, #13 Jesus Soto Karass and #14 Rafal Jackiewcz – down one slot due to Mosley entrance.
SUPER LIGHTWEIGHT:
No movements.
LIGHTWEIGHT:
Removals:
#14 Fernando Angulo – will fight eliminator for another entity (IBF).
Entries:
#3 Marco Antonio Barrera – Record and Caliber (64-6-0) 43ko (MEX).
Promotions:
No promotions.
Demotions:
#4 Joan Guzman, #5 Juan Manuel Marquez, #6 Juan Diaz, #7 Yuri Romanov, #8 Ameth Diaz, #9 Miguel Acosta, #10 Jose Alfaro, #11 Randy Suico, #12 Breidis Prescott, #13 Kengo Nagashima and #14 Jose Luis Terron – down one slot due Barrera entrance.
SUPER FEATHERWEIGTH:
No movements.
FEATHERWEIGTH:
Removals:
No removals.
Entries:
No entries.
Promotions:
#4 Mario Santiago, #5 Rocky Juarez, #6 Roinet Caballero and #7 Chonlatarn Piriyapinyo – up one slot due to Enoki demotion.
Demotions:
#8 Hiroyuki Enoki – down four slots due to losing to Chris John by UD12 for the WBA Featherweight Title.
SUPER BANTAMBWEIGTH:
Removals:
#7 Rey Baustista – lost to non-rated fighter.
Entries:
#15 Heriberto Ruiz – won over Rey Bautista by UD8. Promotions:
#7 Jorge Lacierva, #8 Sergio Medina, #9 Kazuma Miura and #10 Akifumi Shimoda – up one slot due to Bautista leaving.
#11 Wilfredo Vasquez Jr. – up four slots due to activity and caliber.
Note: WBA Super Bantamweight Champion Celestino Caballero became Unified (WBA/IBF) Super Bantamweight champion after defeating IBF Super Bantamweight Champion by TKO4 Steve Molitor.
BANTAMWEIGHT:
Removals:
#15 Masayuki Mitani – due to the entrance of Cristian Mijares.
Entries:
#2 Cristian Mijares – requested to be re-rated in the bantamweight division where he will be campaingning.
Promotion:
No promotions.
Demotions:
#3 Neomar Cermeño, #4 Sasha Bakhtin, #5 Tabtimdaeng Narachawat, #6 Daniel Diaz and #7 Lorenzo Parra – down one slot due to Mijares entrance.
#12 Rolly Matsushita – down five slots after losing by UD12 to Anselmo Moreno for the WBA Bantamweight Title.
#13 Diego Silva, #14 Ian Napa and #15 Alvaro Perez – down one slot due to Mijares entrance.
SUPER FLYWEIGHT:
Removals:
#11 Victor Proa – lost to Raul Martinez by TKO1.
#12 Jose Cabrera – lost to non-rated fighter. #I5 Isidro Garcia – lost to Jorge Arce by TKO4 for the WBA Super Flyweight Interim Title.
Entries:
#11 Z Gorres – Record and Caliber (28-2-2) 15ko (PHI).
#12 Muvhuso Nedzanani – re-rated from the light flyweight division, as per request.
#15 Juan Mercedez- Record and Caliber (21-2-0) 14ko (DOM).
Promotions:
#7 Raul Martinez – up two slots due to his activity and caliber.
Demotions:
#8 Roberto Sosa and #9 Pramuansak Posuwan - down one slot due to Martinez promotion.
Note: Vic Darchinyan became Undisputed (WBA/IBF/WBC) Super Flyweight Champion after defeating by KO9 WBA Unified Super Flyweight Champion Cristian Mijares.
FLYWEIGHT:
Removals:
#4 Shingo Yamaguchi – will fight world title for another entity (WBC).
Entries:
#13 Andrea Sarritzu – Record and Caliber (28-4-4) 10ko (ITA).
Promotions:
#4 Bernard Inom, #5 Jean Piero Perez, #6 Santiago Acosta, #7 Luis Concepcion, #8 Takahisa Masuda, #9 Omar Salado, #10 Drian Francisco, #11 Ivan Pozo and #12 Richie Mepranum – up one slot due to Yamaguchi leaving.
Demotions:
No demotions.
LIGHT FLYWEIGHT:
Removals:
#5 Milan Melindo – re-rated to the minimum division where he is campaigning.
#10 Muvhuso Nedzanani – re-rated to the super flyweight division where he is campaigning.
Entries:
#12 Bert Batawang – Record and Caliber (48-11-1) 36ko (PHI).
#14 Adrian Hernandez – Record and Caliber (14-1-1) 11ko (MEX).
Promotions:
#5 Ronald Ramos, #6 Carlos Tamara, #7 Manuel Vargas and #8 Cesar Seda Jr. – up one slot due to Melindo leaving.
#9 Francisco Rosas, #10 John Molina and #11 Phumzile Matyhila – up two slots due to Melindo and Muhvuso leaving.
#14 Munetsugu Kayo – up one slot due to Matyhila promotion.
Demotions:
No demotions.
MINIMUM:
Removals:
#4 Yutaka Niida – officially retired.
#10 Yuji Kanemitsu – lost to non-rated fighter.
Entries:
#5 Milan Melindo – re-rated from the Light flyweight division. Melindo is campaigning at Minimum.
#15 Walter Tello – Record and Caliber (11-1-0) 5ko (PAN).
Promotions:
#4 Yasutaka Kuroki – up one slot due to Niida leaving. #10 Pigmy Muangchaiyaphum, #11 Erik Ramirez, #12 Toshikazu Waga, #13 Yader Escobar and #14 Denver Cuello – up one slot due to Kanemitsu leaving.
Demotions:
No demotions.