WBA DECEMBER 2006 RATINGS MOVEMENTS

HEAVYWEIGHT:

Removals:

#8 - due to inactivity (2005-10). #14 Jameel McCline - due to his loss by TKO4 to Nicolay Valuev for the WBA Heavyweight Title.

Entries:

#13 Kali Meehan - (32-3-0) 26ko (AUS) (PABA Champion). #15 - (40-8-2) 26ko (USA).

Promotions:

#8 Vladimir Virchis - up four slots due to his activity and caliber. #12 Alexander Dimitrenko - up one slot due to Virchis promotion. #15 Jean Francois Bergeron - up one slot due to McCline leaving.

Demotions:

No demotions.

CRUISERWEIGHT:

Removals:

#10 Steve Cunningham - will fight title for another entity (IBF).

Entries:

#3 Jean Marc Mormeck - (32-3-0) 22ko (FRA) will fight vs O`neil Bell for the unified title WBA/WBC.

Promotion:

No promotions.

Demotions:

#4 David Haye, #5 Marco Huch, #6 Vadim Tokarev, #7 Luis Pineda, #8 Grigory Drozd, #9 Mohammed Azzaoui and #10 Matt Godfrey - all down one slot due to Jean Marc Mormeck entrance.

LIGHTHEAVY:

Removals:

#13 Paul Murdoch - due to his lost by TKO2 to Danny Gree for the PABA regional title. #14 Rachid Kanfouah - due to his lost by TKO10 to Thomas Ulrich for the EBU regional title.

Entries:

#14 Prince Badi Ajamu - (26-3-1) 15ko (USA) (Record and Caliber). #15 Tito Mendoza - (34-7-0) 27ko (PAN) (Fedecaribe regional Champion).

Promotions:

#6 Danny Green - up five slots due to his win over Paul Murdoch by TKO2 for the PABA Lightheavy title and activity/caliber. #7 Thomas Ulrich - up five slots due to his win over Rachid Kanfouah by TKO10. (Activity and Caliber). #13 Dawid Kostecki - up two slots due to Murdoch and Kanfouah leaving.

Demotions:

#8 , #9 Manuel Siaca, #10 Keith Holmes, #11 Julio Gonzalez and #12 Rico Hoye - all down two slots due to Green and Ulrich promotion.

SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHT:

Removals:

#13 Cristian Sanavia - due to the entrance of Librado Andrade.

Entries:

#5 Librado Andrade - (24-0-0) 18ko (MEX) - will fight Mikkel Kessler for the unified title WBA/WBC.

Promotions:

No promotions

Demotions:

#6 Dennis Inkin, #7 Danilo Haussler, #8 Jurgen Brahmer, #9 Vitaly Tsypko, #10 David Gogiya, #11 Tatevosyan, #12 Jean Paul Mendy and #13 Gusmyl Perdomo - all one slot dow due to Andrades entrance.

MIDDLEWEIGHT:

No Movements.

SUPER :

Removals:

#14 Terrance Cauthen - will fight eliminator for another entity (IBF).

Entries:

#5 Jose Rivera - after loosing by TKO9 to Travis Simms for the WBA Superwelter Title.

Promotions:

#3 Roman Karmazin - up three slots due to Garcia and Mayorga demotion and activity. #4 Daniel Santos - up one slot due to Mayorga demotion. #6 Reda Zam Zam - up one slot due to Karmazin promotion.

Demotions:

#7 Alejandro Garca and #8 - both down four slots due to thir activity. #9 Javier Mamani, #10 Vernon Forrest, #11 Anthony Thompson, #12 Marco Avendaño, #13 Michele Piccirillo and #14 Christophe Canclaux - all down one slot due Rivera entrance.

WELTERWEIGHT:

No Movements.

SUPER LIGHTWEIGHT:

No Movements.

LIGHTWEIGHT:

No Movements.

SUPER FEATHERWEIGHT:

Removals:

#4 Vicente Mosquera - due to article 10.2 (Rated Boxers). #12 Michael Lozada - due after loosing to Edwin Valero by TKO1 for the WBA Super Featherweigtht Title.

Entries:

#10 Anges Adjaho - (22-0-0) 12ko (BEN) (Record and Activity). #15 Miguel Acosta - (19-3-2) 16ko (VEN) Fedecentro regional champion.

Promotions:

#4 Sergey Gulyakevich, #5 Israel Perez, #6 Francisco Lorenzo, #7 Agnaldo Nunes, #8 Maxwell Awuku and #9 Rene Gonzalez - all up one slot due to Mosquera leaving. #12 Humberto Toledo, #13 Takehiro Shimada and #14 Hector Velasquez - all up one slot due to Lozada leaving.

Demotions:

No demotions:

FEATHERWEIGHT:

Removals:

#4 Spend Abazi - will fight vacant world title for another entity (IBF).

Entries:

#15 Takahiro Aoh - (13-0-0) 8ko (JPN) (Record and Activity).

Promotions:

#4 Juan Gerardo Cabrera, #5 Jose Hernandez, #6 Nicky Cook, #7 Elio Rojas, #8 Jose Aguiniga, #9 Mario Santiago, #10 Thomas Mashaba, #11 Jorge Solis, #12 Steven Luevano, #13 Saohin Condo and #14 Juan Carlos Salgado - all up one slot due to Abazi leaving.

Demotions:

No demotions.

SUPER BANTAMWEIGHT:

Removals:

#4 Mahyar Monshipour - due to inactivity. #15 Yober Ortega - due to inactivity.

Entries:

#14 Leon Moore - (17-1-0) 16ko (GUY) (Record and Caliber). #15 Ricardo Castillo - (27-3-0) 17ko (MEX) (Record and Caliber).

Promotions:

#2 Jose Arboleda - up one slot due to Nishiokas demotion. #3 Somsak Sithchatchawal and #4 Julio Zarate - both up two slots due to Nishioka demotion and Monshipour leaving. #6 Daisuke Yamanaka, #7 Bernard Dunne, #8 Juan Manuel Lopez, #9 Kiko Martinez, #10 Jose Mendoza, #11 Feider Viloria, #12 Wethya Sakmuangklang, #13 Akifumi Shimoda - all up one slot due to Monshipour leaving.

Demotions:

#5 Toshiaki Nishioka - down three slots due to caliber.

BANTAMWEIGHT:

Removals:

#12 Malcom Tunacao - lost to non-rated. #13 William Gonzalez - will fight eliminator for another entity (IBF).

Entries:

#13 Rolly Matsushita - (21-6-1) 11ko (PHI) - won over rated Malcom Tunacao by TD10. #14 Jose Nieves - (16-0-2) 8ko (P.R.) (Record and Caliber).

Promotions:

#12 Masayuki Mitani - up two slots due to Tunacao and Gonzalez leaving.

Demotions:

No demotions.

SUPER FLYWEIGHT:

No movements

FLYWEIGHT:

Removals:

No removals.

Entries:

#1 Koki Kameda - Former WBA Light-Flyweight Champion.

Promotions:

No Promotions.

Demotions:

No Demotions:

LIGHT FLYWEIGHT:

Removals:

#9 Will Gribsby - will fight world title for another entity (IBF). #11 Junichi Ebisuoka - lost to non-rated.

Entries:

#10 Shingo Yamaguchi - (20-4-2) 7ko (JPN) beat former rated Junichi Ebisouka. #13 Juanito Rubillar - (40-10-7) 18ko (PHI) (Record and Caliber).

Promotions:

#6 Nelson Deippa - due to his overall record. #11 Ronald Ramos and #12 Cesar Canchila - up one slot due to Grigsby leaving.

Demotions:

#7 Freddy Beleño, #8 Nobuaki Masuda and #9 Manuel Vargas - all down one slot due to Nelson Dieppa promotion.

MINIMUM:

No movements.