January 2020 HEAVYWEIGHT
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January 2020 HEAVYWEIGHT Champion: Anthony Joshua (23-1)- UK- Won a 12-round decision over Andy Ruiz, Jr. (33-1) on Dec. 7, 2019. KO’ed by new champion Andy Ruiz, Jr. in the seventh round on Jun. 1, 2019. 1- Oleksandr Usyk (16-0) –RUS- Won a 12-round bout over Chazz Witherspoon (38-3) on Oct. 12, 2019. Requested to be the mandatory challenger in the Heavyweight division. Section 14. Super Champion. (d) PRIVILEGES AFFORDED SUPER CHAMPIONS. (2) Eligibility to be considered for designation as the mandatory challenger in higher or lower division. If requested by a Super Champion, the Championship Committee may designate the Super Champion as the mandatory challenger for the immediate higher or lower division. The Championship Committee granted Mr. Usyk petition on June 22, 2019. 2- Joseph Parker (26-2)-NZ- TKO’ed Alex Leapai (32-7-4) in the tenth round on Jun. 29, 2019. 3- Daniel Dubois (13-0)-UK- International. Moved up –KO’ed a classified boxer Kyotaro Fujimoto (21-1) in the second round on Dec. 21, 2019. TKO’ed a classified boxer Ebenezer Tetteh (19-0) in the first round on Sep. 27, 2019. KO’ed Nathan Gorman (16-0) in the fifth round on Jul. 13, 2019. 4- Adam Kownacki (20-0)-POL- Dropped one position after Daniel Dubois KO’ed a classified boxer Kyotaro Fujimoto (21-1). Won a 12-round decision over Chris Arreola (38-5-1) on Aug. 3, 2019. 5- Andy Ruiz, Jr. (33-1)-USA. Dropped one position after Daniel Dubois KO’ed a classified boxer Kyotaro Fujimoto (21-1). Lost a 12-round decision against Anthony Joshua on Dec. 7, 2019. TKO’ed the champion Anthony Joshua (22-0) in the seventh round on June 1, 2019. 6- Junior Fa (18-0)-NZ- Oriental. Won a 10-round decision over Devin Vargas (21-5) on Nov. 15, 2019. Won a 10-round decision over Dominick Guinn (37-12-1) on Jun. 28, 2019. TKO’ed Newfel Ouatah (16-2) in the first round on Mar. 2, 2019. 7- Michael Hunter (18-1-1)-USA- Got a split draws against Dec. 7, 2019. Won over Sergey Kuzmin (15-0) by unanimous decision on Sep. 13, 2019. TKO’ed Fabio Maldonando (26-2) in the second round on May 25, 2019. 8- Evgeny Romanov (14-0)- RUS- TKO’ed Dario German Balmaceda (19-17-2) in the first round on Aug. 24, 2019. 9- Dereck Chisora (32-9)-UK- Int-Cont. TKO’ed David Price (25-6) in the fourth round on Oct. 26, 2019. 10- Zhilei Zhang (21-0)-CHN- Oriental Interim. Won a 10-round decision over Andriy Rudenko (32-4) on Nov. 30, 2019 11- Frank Sanchez Faure (13-0)-CUB- NABO. Won a 10-round decision over Jack Mulowayi (7-1-1) on Oct. 26, 2019. TKO’ed Victor Bisbal (23-3) in the fourth round on Aug. 31, 2019. 12- Joe Joyce (10-0)-UK-Won a 12-round decision over Bryant Jennings (24-3) on Jul. 13, 2019. 13- Tom Schwarz (24-1) –GER- Dropped one position after adding Olympian Joe Joyce. Won a 12-round bout over Ilja Mezencev (20-1) on Sep. 28, 2019. TKO’ed Radek Varak (6-7) in the first round on Aug. 17, 2019. TKO’ed by Tyson Fury in the second round on Jun. 15, 2019 14- Demsey McKean (17-0)-AUST- Dropped one position after adding Olympian Joe Joyce. KO’ed Scott Belshaw (10-7) in the third round on Nov. 8, 2019. TKO’ed Patrick Eneanya (10-1) in the sixth round on Sep. 21, 2019. 15- Filip Hrgovic (10-0) – CRO- Dropped one position after adding Olympian Joe Joyce. KO’ed Eric Molina (27-5) in the third round on Dec. 7, 2019. **Removed from the ratings: Kyotaro Fujimoto (21-2) –JPN- Removed after been KO’ed by a classified boxer Daniel Dubios in the second round on Dec. 21, 2019. All other changes are the result of the above movements. 1 JUNIOR HEAVYWEIGHT Champion: VACANT 1-Krzysztof Glowacki (31-2) - POL- WBO Rating Committee honors the WBO Championship Committee recommendation regarding classifying K. Glowacki in the #1 position as stated in the Team Glowacki Resolution. Therefore, the winner of the WBSS Tournament will face Glowacki within 120 days after the end of the tournament. TKO’ed by Mairis Briedis (25-1) in a controversial bout in the third round on Jun. 15, 2019. 2- Lawrence Okolie (14-0)-UK- TKO’ed a classified boxer Yves Ngabu in the seventh round on Oct. 26, 2019. TKO’ed Mariano Angel Gudino (13-2) in the seventh round on Jul. 20, 2019. TKO’ed Wadi Camacho (21-7) in the fourth round on Mar. 23, 2019. 3- Dilan Prasovic (13-0)-ME- WBO Championship Committee ordered negotiation for an Elimination Fight on Jan. 22, 2020, against Edin Puhalo. Won an 8-round bout over Jackson Junior (22-13) on Dec. 7, 2019. Won an 8-round bout over Rad Rashid (17-6) on Nov. 10, 2019. TKO’ed Juan Ezequiel Basualdo in the second round on Mar. 29, 2019. 4- Edin Puhalo (19-0)-BiH- WBO Championship Committee ordered negotiation for an Elimination Fight on Jan. 22, 2020, against Dilan Prasovic. Won a 10-round bout over Rami Ali (13-1) on Sep. 14, 2019. KO’ed Mate Kristof (11-10) in the first round on May 26, 2019. TKO’ed Kai Kurzawa (38-6) in the third round on Feb. 16, 2019. For the WBO Europe. 5- Nikolai Milacic (20-1) –GER- KO’ed Kai Kurzawa (38-7) in the first round on Jul. 6, 2019. 6- Ruslan Fayfer (25-1)- RUS- Won a 12-round decision over a classifier boxer Yury Kashinsky (18-0) on Nov. 30, 2019. Won a 10-round decision over Serhiy Radchenko (7-3) on May 19, 2019. 7- Evgeny Tishchenko (6-0)-RUS- Moved up after Michal Cieslak was removed-unavailable will fight for the WBC. Won a 10-round bout over Issa Akverbayev (20-0) on Nov. 2, 2019. TKO’ed a classified boxer Abraham Tabul (16-1-1) in the first round on Jun. 16, 2019. 8- David Light (15-0)- NZ- Oriental. TKO’ed Trent Broadhurst (22-3) in the third round on Dec. 6, 2019. Won an 8-round decision over German Garcia Montes (7-1) on Aug. 31, 2019. Won a 10-round decision over Mark Flanagan (24-6) on May 18, 2019. 9- Juergen Uldedaj (11-0) ALB- Youth. Dropped due inactivity. Won a 10-round decision over Krzysztof Twardowski (5-1) on May 11, 2019. 10- Thabiso Mchunu (22-5)-SA- Won a 12-round decision over Denis Lebedev (32-2) on Dec. 21, 2019. 11- Jai Opetaia (19-0) – AUST- Global. TKO’ed Mark Flanagan (24-7) in the eight rounds on Nov. 16, 2019. Won a 10- rounds bout over Nikolas Charalampous (18-2) on Jul. 27, 2019. TKO’ed Navosa Ioata (6-3) in the eighth round on eighth round on May 15, 2019. 12- Lyndon Arthur (16-0)- UK- Won a 12-round decision over Emmanuel Anim (14-2-1) on Oct. 12, 2019. 13- Noel Gevor (24-2) – ARM- Won an 8-round decision over Isossa Mondo (7-19) on Jun. 15, 2019. 14- Andrew Tabiti (17-1) –USA- KO’ed by Yuniel Dorticos (23-1) in the eleventh round on Jun. 15, 2019 for the IBF title. 15- Arthur Mann (16-1) -KAZ- won an 8-round bout over Soso Abuladze (10-16-1) on Oct. 12, 2019. **Removed from the ratings: Michal Cieslak (19-0)-POL vs. Ilunga Makabu (26-2)-SA- Removed unavailable, will fight for the WBC on Jan. 31, 2020. All other changes are the result of the above movements. 2 LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT Champion: VACANT 1- Gilberto Ramirez (40-0) – MEX- KO’ed Tommy Karpency (29-6-1) in the fourth round on April 12, 2019. Won a 12-round majority decision over Jesse Hart on Dec. 14, 2018. 2- Umar Salamov (25-1)-RUS- KO’ed Emmanuel Danso (31-4) in the third round on Sep. 19, 2019. KO’ed Norbert Dabrowski (22-7-2) in the ninth round on Apr. 18, 2019. 3- Maksim Vlasov (45-3)-RUS- Global. Moved up- after Jesse Hart was removed due to his lost against Joe Smith, Jr. on Jan. 11, 2020. Won a 10-round decision over a classified boxer Emmanuel Martey (15-0) on Nov. 30, 2019. Won a 12-round decision over Isaac Chilemba (25-6-2) on Jul. 20, 2019. 4- Eleider Alvarez (25-1)- COL- Int-Cont. & Former Champion. Moved up- KO’ed Michael Seals (24-2) in the seventh round on Jan. 18, 2020 for the WBO Intercontinental title. Lost a 12-round decision against Sergey Kovalev (32-3-1) on Feb. 2, 2019. KO’ed WBO Champion Sergey Kovalev (32-2-1) on Aug. 4, 2018. 5- Joe Smith, Jr. (25-3)-USA- NABO. Added after-Won a 10-round decision over a classified boxer Jesse Hart (26-2) on Jan. 11, 2020. 6- Sergey Kovalev (34-4-1) –RUS- Dropped one position after Joe Smith, Jr. victory on Jan. 11, 2020. KO’ed by Saul Alvarez (52-1-2) in the eleventh round on Nov. 2, 2019. TKO’ed Anthony Yarde (18-0) in the eleventh round on Aug. 24, 2019. Won a 12-round decision over Eleider Alvarez on Feb. 2, 2019. 7- Anthony Yarde (18-1) –UK- Dropped one position after Joe Smith, Jr. victory on Jan. 11, 2020.