WORLD BOXING ASSOCIATION GILBERTO MENDOZA
PRESIDENT OFFICIAL RATINGS AS OF FEBRUARY 2008 Created on March 13th , 2008 MEMBERS CHAIRMAN Edificio Ocean Business Plaza, Ave. JOSE EMILIO GRAGLIA (ARGENTINA) JOSE OLIVER GOMEZ E-mail: [email protected] Aquilino de la Guardia con Calle 47, ALAN KIM (KOREA) Oficina 127, Piso 18, VICE CHAIRMAN GONZALO LOPEZ SILVERO (USA) Cdad. de Panamá, Panamá Phone: + (507) 340-0227 / 0257 GEORGE MARTINEZ E-mail: [email protected] MEDIA ADVISORS Fax: + (507) 340-0299 SEBASTIAN CONTURSI (ARGENTINA) E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: www.wbaonline.com
HEAVYWEIGHT (Over 200 Lbs / 90.71 Kgs) CRUISERWEIGHT (200 Lbs / 90.71 Kgs) LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT (175 Lbs / 79.38 Kgs)
World Champion: RUSLAN CHAGAEV UZB UNDISPUTED CHAMPION: DAVID HAYE U.K. World Champion: DANNY GREEN AUS Won Title: 04-14-07 World Champion: FIRAT ARSLAN GER Won Title: 12-16-07 Last Mandatory: Won Title: 11-24-07 Last Mandatory: Last Defense: 01-19-08 Last Mandatory: Last Defense: Last Defense: WBC:SAMUEL PETER- IBF:WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO WBC: DAVID HAYE - WBO: DAVID HAYE WBC: CHAD DAWSON - IBF: CLINTON WOODS WBO: WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO IBF: STEVE CUNNINGHAM WBO: ZSOLT ERDEI
1. GUILLERMO JONES (OC) PAN 1. NICOLAY VALUEV (OC) RUS 1. YURI BARASHIAN UKR 2. JOHN RUIZ USA 2. VALERY BRUDOV RUS 2. HUGO HERNAN GARAY (OC) ARG 3. GRIGORY DROZD RUS 3. KALI MEEHAN AUS 3. ROY JONES USA 4. TARAS BIDENKO (WBA I/C) UKR 4. VIRGIL HILL USA 4. JURGEN BRAHMER GER 5. YOAN PABLO HERNADEZ (LAC) CUB 5. MICHAEL MOORER USA 5. STIPE DREWS CRO 6. VYACHESLAV UZELKOV (WBA I/C) UKR 6. ALEXANDER DIMITRENKO UKR 6. JOHNY JENSEN (WBA I/C) DEN 7. JEAN MARC MORMECK FRA 7. SILVIO BRANCO ITA 7. SERGUEI LIAKHOVICH BLR 8. PAUL BRIGGS AUS 8. ANDREW GOLOTA (LAC) POL 8. MARCO HUCK GER 9. JEAN MARC MONROSE FRA 9. DAWID KOSTECKI POL 9. KEVIN JOHNSON USA 10. THOMAS ULRICH GER 10. J.D. CHAPMAN (WBANA) USA 10. KRZYSZTOF WLODARCZYK POL 11. BEJAMIN FLORES USA 11. ALEKSY KUZIEMSKI POL 11. DAVARYLL WILLIAMSON USA 12. TAVORIS CLOUD USA 12. HASIM RAHMAN USA 12. ALEXANDER ALEXEEV RUS 13. ANTONIO BRANCALION ITA 13. ROB CALLOWAY (NABA) USA 13. CARL DAVIS DRUMOND C.R. 14. RACHID KANFOUAH FRA 14. CHRIS ARREOLA USA 14. EMMANUEL NWODO NIG 15. ELVIR MURIQUI ALB 15. FRANCISCO PALACIOS P.R. 15. MALIK SCOTT USA SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHT (168 Lbs /76.20 Kgs) MIDDLEWEIGHT (160 Lbs / 72.58 Kgs) SUPER WELTERWEIGHT (154 Lbs/ 69.85) Kgs)
UNDISPUTED CHAMPION: JOE CALZAGHE GB World Champion: FELIX STURM GER World Champion: JOACHIM ALCINE CAN World Champion: ANTHONY MUNDINE AUS Won Title: 04-28-07 Won Title: 07-07-07 Won Title: 03-07-07 Last Mandatory: 10-20-07 Last Mandatory: Last Mandatory: Last Defense: 10-20-07 Last Defense: 12-07-07 Last Defense: 02-27-08 WBC: KELLY PAVLIK- IBF: ARTHUR ABRAHAM WBC: VERNON FORREST WBC: JOE CALZAGHE- IBF: LUCIAN BUTE WBO: KELLY PAVLIK IBF:CORY SPINKS WBO:SERGEI DZINDZIRUK WBO: JOE CALZAGHE
1. RANDY GRIFFIN USA 1. DANIEL SANTOS (OC) P.R. 1. NOT RATED 2. JAVIER CASTILLEJO (OC) SPA 2. ALEX BUNEMA (WBA I/C) CON . 2. MIKKEL KESSLER DEN 3. SEBASTIAN SYLVESTER (EBU) GER 3. JAMES KIRKLAND USA 3. DANILO HAUSSLER GER 4. JOHN DUDDY IRE 4. YURI FOREMAN USA 4. DIMITRI SARTISON GER 5. SEBASTIAN ZBIK GER 5. JOEL JAIR JULIO COL 5. GUSMYL PERDOMO (LAC) VEN 6. MARIANO CARRERA ARG 6. LUKAS KONECNY CZE 6. EDINSON MIRANDA COL 7. JOE GREENE (NABA) USA 7. TRAVIS SIMMS USA 7. JEAN PAUL MENDY FRA 8. RAUL MARQUEZ USA 8. MARCO AVENDANO VEN 8. JEAN PASCAL (NABA) CAN 9. KHOREN GEVOR ARM 9. NOBUHIRO ISHIDA JPN 9. CRISTIAN SANAVIA (EBU) ITA 10. AMI ASIKAINEN FIN 10. CHRISTOPHE CANCLAUX FRA 10. VITALY TSYPKO UKR 11. MAHIR ORAL GER 11. ZAURBEK BAYSANGUROV (EBU) RUS 11. STJEPAN BOZIC (WBA I/C) CRO 12. JAMIE PITTMAN (PABA/PANAF) AUS 12. ANDREY TSURKAN RUS 12. MADS LARSEN DEN 13. GENNADY GOLOVKIN KAZ 13. RONALD HEARNS USA 13. LUKAS WILASCHEK POL 14. SEBASTIEN DEMERS CAN 14. ATTILA KOVACKS HUN 14. SAM SOLIMAN AUS 15. TARVIS SIMMS USA 15. KARIZ KARIUKI (PABA) KEN 15. ANTHONY SMALL U.K.
WELTERWEIGHT (147 Lbs / 66.68 Kgs) SUPER LIGHTWEIGHT (140 Lbs / 63.50 Kgs) LIGHTWEIGHT (135 Lbs / 61.23 Kgs)
UNDISPUTED CHAMPION: NATE CAMPBELL World Champion: GAVIN REES U.K. World Champion: MIGUEL COTTO P.R. World Champion: JOSE ALFARO NIC Won Title: 12-02-06 Won Title: 07-21-07 Won Title: 12-29-07 Last Mandatory: 03-03-07 Last Mandatory: Last Mandatory: Last Defense: 11-10-07 Last Defense: Last Defense: WBC: JUNIOR WITTER IBF: PAUL MALIGNAGGI WBC: DAVID DIAZ - WBO: NATE CAMPBELL INTERIM CHAMPION: YURIY NUZHNENKO UKR WBO: RICARDO TORRES IBF: NATE CAMPBELL WBC: FLOYD MAYWEATHER IBF: KERMIT CINTRON WBO: CARLOS QUINTANA
1. NOT RATED 1. ANDREAS KOTELNIK (OC) UKR 1. PAULUS MOSES (OC) NAB 2. LUIS COLLAZO USA 2. MARCOS RENE MAIDANA ARG 2. JUAN DIAZ USA 3. NELSON LINARES VEN 3. DIMITRI SALITA USA 3. YURI ROMANOV (EBU) BEL 4. FREDERIC KLOSE FRA 4. SOULEYMANE MBAYE FRA 4. PRAWET SINGWANCHA THA 5. JAN ZAVECK SLO 5. MIGUEL CALLIST (LAC) PAN 5. URBANO ANTILLON MEX 6. SHANE MOSLEY USA 6. LAMONT PETERSON USA 6. ALI FUNEKA S.A. 7. ANDRE BERTO USA 7. WILLY BLAIN FRA 7. ZAHIR RAHEEM USA 8. ZAB JUDAH USA 8. VICTOR ORTIZ USA 8. RANDY SUICO PHI 9. ALFONSO GOMEZ MEX 9. YODSANAN NANTHACHAI THA 9. KENGO NAGASHIMA JPN 10. JACKSON OSEI BONSU (EBU) BEL 10. SIRIMONGKOL SINGWANCHA (PABA) THA 10. AMETH DIAZ (LAC) PAN 11. VYACHESLAV SENCHENKO (WBA I/C) UKR 11. CESAR RENE CUENCA ARG 11. AMIR KHAN U.K. 12. IVAN KIRPA RUS 12. GIORGIO MARINELLI (WBA I/C) ITA 12. JOSE LUIS TERRON USA 13. MIGUEL RODRIGUEZ MEX 13. IONUT DAN ION (NABA) ROM 13. EDNER CHERRY USA 14. JOAQUIN ZAMORA USA 14. FRANCISCO FIGUEROA USA 14. FERNANDO ANGULO ECU 15. TADASHI YUBA JPN 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: 05-03-07 Last Mandatory: 01-26-08 Won Title: 10-04-06 Last Defense: 12-15-07 Last Defense: 08-19-07 Last Mandatory: Last Defense: 12-01-07 WBC: JUAN M. MARQUEZ IBF: MZONKE FANA WBC: JORGE LINARES WBO: JOAN GUZMAN IBF: ROBERT GUERRERO WBO: STEVEN LUEVANO WBC: ISRAEL VASQUEZ IBF: STEVE MOLITOR WBO: DANIEL PONCE DE LEON 1. ISRAEL PEREZ (OC) ARG 1. NOT RATED 1. NOT RATED 2. HUMBERTO SOTO MEX 2. HIROYUKI ENOKI JPN 2. SOMSAK SITHCHATCHAWAL THA 3. MIGUEL ACOSTA VEN 3. JOSE CHEO ROJAS VEN 3. POONSAWAT KRATINGDAENG (PABA) THA 4. SERGEY GULYAKEVICH (EBU) BLR 4. TAKAHIRO AOH JPN 4. RICARDO CORDOBA (LAC) PAN 5. AGNALDO NUNES BRA 5. YURIORKIS GAMBOA CUB 5. RAFAEL MARQUEZ MEX 6. JORGE BARRIOS ARG 6. ROINET CABALLERO PAN 6. JULIO ZARATE MEX 7. YUSUKE KOBORI JPN 7. CRISTOBAL CRUZ MEX 7. TOSHIAKI NISHIOKA JPN 8. TAKEHIRO SHIMADA JPN 8. LEONILO MIRANDA MEX 8. AKIFUMI SHIMODA JPN 9. ROMAN MARTINEZ P.R. 9. ELIO ROJAS D.R. 9. OLIVIER LONTCHI (NABA) CAN 10. DEVIS BOSCHIERO (WBA I/C) ITA 10. CHONLATARN PIRIYAPINYO THA 10. RENDALL MUNROE (EBU) U.K. 11. VITALY TAJBERT GER 11. MONTY MEZA CLAY USA 11. DAISUKE YAMANAKA JPN 12. JUAN CARLOS SALGADO MEX 12. MARIO SANTIAGO P.R. 12. ANTONIO ESCALANTE MEX 13. BENOIT GAUDET (NABA) CAN 13. JACKSON ASIKU AUS 13. ARSEN MARTISORIAN (WBA I/C) FRA 14. RENE GONZALEZ NIC 14. OSUMANU AKABA (PANAF) GHA 14. LORENZO PARRA VEN 15. ROY MUKHLIS (PABA) IND 15. JI-HOON KIM KOR 15. REY BAUTISTA PHI
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: ALEXANDER MUÑOZ VEN World Champion: TAKEFUMI SAKATA JPN Won Title: 02-26-05 Won Title: 05-03-07 Won Title: 03-19-07 Last Mandatory: 03-17-07 Last Mandatory: Last Mandatory: 07-01-07 Last Defense: 01-10-08 Last Defense: 01-14-08 Last Defense: 11-04-07
WBC: HOZUMI HASEGAWA IBF: JOSEPH AGBEKO WBC: CRISTIAN MIJARES IBF: DIMITRI KIRILOV WBC: DAISUKE NAITO WBO:GERRY PENALOSA WBO: FERNANDO MONTIEL IBF: NONITO DONAIRE - WBO: OMAR NARVAEZ
1. ANSELMO MORENO (OC) PAN 1. NOT RATED 1. KOKI KAMEDA JPN 2. NEOMAR CERMEÑO (LAC) VEN 2. NOBOU NASHIRO JPN 2. DENKAOSAN KAOWICHIT THA 3. JOHNNY GONZALEZ MEX 3. VIC DARCHINYAN ARM 3. KENJI YOSHIDA JPN 4. SASHA BAKHTIN RUS 4. KOHEI KONO JPN 4. HIROYUKI HISATAKA JPN 5. DANIEL DIAZ NIC 5. DUANGPETCH SAENGMORAKOT (PABA) THA 5. ROBERTO VASQUEZ PAN 6. TABTIMDAENG NARACHAWAT (PABA) THA 6. ALEX JOHN BANAL PHI 6. RAUL MARTINEZ USA 7. LUIS PEREZ NIC 7. CARIL HERRERA URU 7. SHINGO YAMAGUCHI JPN 8. ROLLY MATSUSHITA PHI 8. TIMOR SHAILEZOV (NABA) KYR 8. WANDEE SINGWANGCHA THA 9. TSHIFHIWA MUNYAI (WBA I/C) S.A. 9. PRAMUANSAK POSUWAN THA 9. JEAN PIERO PEREZ (LAC) VEN 10. NOBUTO IKEHARA JPN 10. KATSUSHIGE KAWASHIMA JPN 10. RATANAPOL SOR VORAPIN (PABA) THA 11. YOHNNY PEREZ COL 11. JUAN MERCEDES D.R. 11. OMAR SALADO MEX 12. ABNER MARES MEX 12. ROBERTO SOSA (LAC) ARG 12. MORUTI MTHALANE S.A. 13. KOHEI OHBA JPN 13. CHATCHAI SASAKUL THA 13. JOHN MOLINA COL 14. SIMPIWE VETYEKA S.A. 14. EVANS MBAMBA S.A. 14. SANTIAGO ACOSTA ARG 15. CARMELO BALLONE (EBU) BEL 15. JOSE CABRERA MEX 15. BERNARD INOM FRA LIGHT FLYWEIGHT (108 Lbs / 48.99 Kgs) MINIMUM (105 Lbs / 47.63 Kgs) REFERENCES: World Champion: BRAHIM ASLOUM FRA World Champion: YUTAKA NIIDA JPN Won Title: 12-08-07 Won Title: 03-07-04 LAC: WBA LATIN AMERICAN CHAMPION Last Mandatory: Last Mandatory: 09-01-07 PABA: WBA PAN ASIAN CHAMPION Last Defense: Last Defense: 03-01-08 NABA: WBA NORTH AMERICA CHAMPION WBANA: WBA WORLD BOXING ASSOCIATION OF WBC: EDGAR SOSA IBF: ULISES SOLIS WBO: DONNIE NIETES IBF: FLORANTE CONDES NORTH AMERICA CHAMPION WBO: IVAN CALDERON WBC: OLEYDONG SITHSAMERCHAI PANAF: WBA PAN AFRICAN CHAMPION EBU: EUROPEAN BOXING UNION 1. GIOVANNI SEGURA (OC) MEX 1. ROMAN GONZALEZ (OC) (LAC) NIC WBA I/C: WBA INTERCONTINENTAL 2. CESAR CANCHILA COL 2. KATSUNARI TAKAYAMA JPN OC: OFFICIAL CHALLENGER 3. JUAN REVECO ARG 3. JUAN PALACIOS NIC
4. JUAN LANDAETA VEN 4. YASUTAKA KUROKI JPN 5. FREDDY BELEÑO VEN 5. TEROU MISAWA JPN 6. NERYS ESPINOZA (LAC) NIC 6. EAGLE DEN JUNLAPHAN THA 7. RONALD RAMOS COL 7. NKOSINATHI JOYI S.A. 8. NETHRA SASIPRAPA THA 8. CARLOS CAMPOS VEN 9. JUANITO RUBILLAR PHI 9. PORSAWAN PRAMUK THA 10. WISANU PORNOBNUM (PABA) THA 10. OMAR SOTO P.R. 11. MUVHUSO NEDZANANI S.A. 11. ERIBERTO GEJON PHI 12. FRANCISCO ROSAS MEX 12. KWANTHAI CHOR NOR PATTALUNG (PABA) THA 13. REXON FLORES PHI 13. MILAN MELINDO PHI 14. MUNETSUGU KAYO JPN 14. ERIK RAMIREZ MEX 15. CARLOS MELO PAN 15. YADER ESCOBAR NIC
CHAMPIONSHIP FIGHTS HELD FROM FEBRUARY 12th TO MARCH 13th 2008
Nº PROMOTER PLACE DATE WEIGHT DEFENSE TYPE OF WINNER RESULT LOSER JUDGES- REFEREE SUPERVISOR N° FIGHT SYDNEY, SUPER S. ABAINZA- C. PRAYASAB- P. PRAYASAB 5 BOXA AUSTRALIA 02-27-08 MIDDLE 4 OPT ANTHONY MUNDINE WUD12 NADER HAMDAN LUIS PABON ALAN KIM T. GIMZA- D. MILHAM- W. SOO YUH 6 TEIKEN TOKYO, JAPAN 03-01-08 MINIMUM 7 OPT YUTAKA NIIDA WKO6 JOSE LUIS VARELA RAUL CAIZ SR. YANG SUP SHIM SPORT LONDON, J. COYLE- L. O`CONNELL-P. THOMAS BARTOLOME 7 NETWORK ENGLAND 03-08-08 CRUISER 1 OPT DAVID HAYE WTKO2 ENZO MACCARINELLI JOHN KEANE TORRALBA CANCUN, R. BAYS- B. CLANCY- J. GARCIA 8 DKP MEXICO 03-08-08 LIGHT 8 OPT NATE CAMPBELL WSD12 JUAN DIAZ JESUS SALCEDO MIGUEL PRADO
BOXER OF THE MONTH: DAVID HAYE HONORABLE MENTION: NATE CAMPBELL The WBA Ratings Committee follows the norm of its rating guidelines for the publication of this report. All results and movements are correspondent to the month indicated in the sub-headline “OFFICIAL RATINGS AS OF …”. THIS “OFFICIAL RATINGS AS OF FEBRUARY” reflects the results and movements from February 12st , 2008 to March 13th , 2008 regardless of the date of publication. In general terms, though always at the discretion of the Ratings Committee, the WBA Ratings are based (in no special order) on the boxers’ own caliber, their level of activity, and their level of opponents.