WBA RATINGS MOVEMENTS AS OF MAY 2010
HEAVYWEIGHT:
Removals:
#3 Manuel Charr – due to the entrance of the new NABA heavyweight regional champion, Timur Ibragimov.
Entries:
#13 Timur Ibragimov – became the new NABA heavyweight regional champion.
Promotions:
#1 Ruslan Chagaev – up one slot after beating Kali Meehan by UD12 for the WBA Heavyweight Eliminator . Chagaev became the official challenger of the heavyweight division. #2 Nicolay Valuev, #3 Dennis Boytsov, #4 Alexander Ustinov and #5 Odlanier Solis – up one slot due to Meehan demotion. #8 Shannon Briggs - up five slots due to activity and caliber.
Demotions:
#6 Kali Meehan – down five slots after losing to Ruslan Chagaev by UD12 for the WBA heavyweight eliminator. #9 Alexander Dimitrenko, #10 Samuel Peter, #11 Dennis Bakhtov and #12 Juan Carlos Gomez – down one slot due to Briggs promotion. #14 Jean Marc Mormeck – down two slots due to Meehan demotion and Ibragimov entrance. #15 Robert Helenius – down one slot due to Ibragimov entrance.
CRUISERWEIGHT:
Removals:
#12 Matt Godfrey – will fight cruiserweight world title for another entity (WBO).
Entries:
#12 Rachid El Hadak – became new EBA Cruiserweight regional champion. (20-8- 1) 7ko (FRA).
Promotions:
#5 Yoan Pablo Hernandez – up two slots due to activity.
Demotions:
#6 Grigory Drozd and #7 Benjamin Flores – down one slot due to Hernandez promotion.
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT:
Removals:
#13 Alejandro Lakatos – will fight Light heavyweight world title for another entity (WBO).
Entries:
#14 Thierry Karl – record and caliber (27-4-0) 18ko (FRA).
Promotions:
#12 Tommy Karpency – up two slots due to Lakatos leaving and activity.
Demotions:
#13 Elvir Muriqui – down one slot due to Karpency promotion.
SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHT:
Removals:
#13 Piotr Wilczewski – due to the entrance of Khoren Gevor from the middleweight division.
Entries:
#5 Khoren Gevor – re-rated from the middleweight division as per request by his representatives, as where he will be now campaigning.
Promotions:
#4 Brian Magee – up one slot due to Green demotion.
Demotions:
#8 Allan Green – down four slots after losing to Andre Ward by UD12 for the WBA Super Middleweight title. #9 Carl Froch, #10 Kingsley Ikeke, #11 Gusmyl Perdomo, #12 Kirt Sinnette and #13 Les Sherrington – down one slot due to Ghevor entrance.
MIDDLEWEIGHT:
Removals:
#1 Anthony Mundine – re-rated to the super welterweight division as per request by his representatives. #4 Khoren Gevor – re-rated to the super middleweight division as per request by his representatives. #6 Renan St. Juste - lost to non-rated fighter. #8 Daniel Jacobs – will fight middleweight world title for another entity (WBO). #14 Dmitry Pirog – will fight middleweight world title for another entity (WBO).
Entries:
#5 David Lemieux – record and caliber (23-0-0) 22ko (CAN). #10 Matt Korobov – record and caliber (11-0-0) 8ko (RUS). #12 Marcus Upshaw – won over rated contender by SD10. #14 Maksym Bursak – record and caliber (20-0-1) 8ko (UKR). #15 Julien Marie Sainte – record and caliber (26-2-0) 19ko (FRA).
Promotions:
#1 Gennady Golovkin and #2 Hassan N´Dam N´Jkam – up one slot due Mundine leaving. #3 Avtandil Khurtsideze – up two slots due to Mundine and Ghevor leaving. #4 Mahir Oral – up three slots due to Mundine, Ghevor and Juste leaving. #6 Noe Gonzalez Alcoba, #7 Matthew Macklin, #8 Daniel Edouard and #9 Jorge Sebastian Heiland – up three slots due to St. Juste leaving, Oral promotion and Jacobs leaving. #11 Andy Lee – up two slots due to Edouard and Heiland promotion. #13 Milton Nuñez – up two slots due to Lee promotion and Pirog leaving.
Demotions:
No demotions.
SUPER WELTERWEIGHT:
Removals:
#5 Miguel Cotto – became new WBA Super Welterweight champion after defeating Yuri Foreman by TKO9. #9 Damian Jonak – due to the entrance of Waters. #10 Daniel Santos – due to the entrance of Madani. #14 Christophe Canclaux – lost to non-rated fighter. Note: Yuri Foreman is not available due to injury.
Entries:
#2 Anthony Mundine – re-rated from the middleweight division as per request by his representatives as where he will by campaigning. #7 Ryan Waters – record and caliber (20-2-2) 12ko (AUS). #14 Hussein Bayram – record and caliber (32-3-0) 17ko (FRA). #15 Sebastien Madani – record and caliber (29-1-0) 9ko (FRA).
Promotions:
#4 Vanes Martirosyan – up two slots after becoming the new WBA International super welterweight regional champion. #9 Pawel Wolak – up two slots due to Jonak and Santos leaving. #11 Marco Avendaño and #12 Nilson Tapia – up one slot due to Wolak promotion. #13 King Davidson – up two slots due to Tapia promotion and Canclaux leaving.
Demotions:
#3 Astin Trout – down one slot due to Mundine entrance. #5 Nelson Linares and #6 Zaurbek Baysangurov – down two slots due to Mundine entrance and Martirosyan promotion. #10 Joe Green – down three slots after losing by UD10 to Vanes Martirosyan for the WBA International Super welterweight regional title.
WELTERWEIGHT:
Removals:
#1 Souleymane Mbaye – became the new WBA Interim welterweight champion after defeating Antonin Decarie by UD12.
Entries:
No entries.
Promotions:
#2 Mike Jones, #3 Said Ouali and #4 Saul Alvarez – up one slot due to Decarie demotion. #5 Leonard Bundu – up two slots due to Decarie and activity.
Demotions:
#6 Antonin Decarie – down four slots after losing to Mbaye for the WBA Interim welterweight title. #7 Zab Judah – down one slot due to Bundu promotion.
SUPER LIGHTWEIGHT:
Removals:
#15 Andreas Kotelnik – will fight super lightweight world title for another entity (WBC).
Entries:
#15 Sergey Fedchenko – record and caliber (25-1-0) 12ko (UKR).
Promotions:
No promotions.
Demotions:
No demotions.
LIGHTWEIGHT:
Removals:
#12 Dorin Spivey – due to the entrance of Paulus Moses.
Entries:
#7 Paulus Moses – after losing WBA Lighweight world title to Miguel Acosta by KO6.
Promotions:
#4 Brandon Rios – up one slot due to caliber.
Demotions:
#5 Oscar Jesus Pereyra – down one slot due to Rios promotion. #8 Juan Diaz, #9 Robert Guerrero, #10 Darley Perez, #11 Nihito Arakawa and #12 Dmitry Ganiev – down one slot due to Moses entrance.
SUPER FEATHERWEIGHT:
Removals:
#6 Alejandro Sanabria – lost to non-rated fighter.
Entries:
#15 Maxwell Awuku – current WBA PANAF Super featherweight regional champion.
Promotions:
#6 Argenis Mendez – up two slots due to activity. #8 Mario Santiago, #9 Takashi Miura, #10 Santos Benavides, #11 Rikiya Fukuhara, #12 Antonio Joao Bento, #13 Guillaume Frenois and #14 Jaider Parra – up one slot due to Mendez promotions.
Demotions:
No demotions.
FEATHERWEIGHT:
Removals:
#6 Israel Vasquez – lost to Marquez by KO3.
Entries:
#3 Johnny Gonzalez – record and caliber (44-7-0) 38ko (MEX).
Promotions:
#8 Irving Berry – up five slots since becoming new WBA International featherweight champion.
Demotions:
#4 Rafael Marquez, #5 Eduardo Escobedo and #6 Francisco Cordero – down one slot due to Gonzalez entrance. #9 Daud Cino Yordan, #10 Daulis Prescott, #11 Noki Matsuda, #12 Miguel Angel Garcia and #13 Nicholas Walters – down one slot due to Berry promotion.
SUPER BANTAMWEIGHT:
Removals:
#14 Julio Zarate – due to the entrance of Ali Hallab.
Entries:
#12 Ali Hallab – became the new EBA Super bantamweight champion.
Promotions:
No promotions.
Demotions:
#13 Daniel Diaz and #14 Robert Marroquin – down one slot due Hallab entrance.
BANTAMWEIGHT:
Removals:
#13 Eden Sonsona – due to the entrance of Nouldy Manakane. #15 Rafael Concepcion – will fight bantamweight world title for another entity (WBC).
Entries:
#13 Shinsuke Yamanaka – record and caliber (12-0-0) 8ko (JPN). #15 Nouldy Manakane – current PABA bantamweight regional champion.
Promotions:
No promotions.
Demotions:
No demotions.
SUPER FLYWEIGHT:
Removals:
#15 Alejandro Hernandez – due to the entrance of Hernan Marquez.
Entries:
#10 Hernan Marquez – re-rated from the flyweight division, as per request by his representatives.
Promotions:
No promotions.
Demotions:
#11 Daigo Nakahiro, #12 Yota Sato, #13 Juan Jose Montes, #14 Everardo Morales and #15 Evert Briceño – down one slot due to Marquez entrance.
FLYWEIGHT:
Removals:
#9 Hernan Marquez – re-rated to the super flyweight division as per request by his representatives. #15 Shigetaka Ikehara – lost to non-rated fighter.
Entries:
#10 Oscar Ibarra – record and caliber (22-4-0) 14ko (MEX). #11 Rocky Fuentes – won over rated contender Ikehara by TKO4.
Promotions:
#9 Hiroyuki Hisataka – up one slot due to Marquez leaving.
Demotions:
#12 Milan Melindo, #13 Andrea Sarritzu, #14 Alberto Rossel and #15 Silvio Olteanu – down one slot due to Fuentes entrance.
LIGHT FLYWEIGHT:
Removals:
#7 Edren Dapudong – will fight light flyweight world title for another entity (WBC). #12 Katsuhiko iezumi – lost to Miyazaki by TKO8.
Entries:
#4 Rodel Mayol – record and caliber (26-5-2) 20ko (PHI). #15 Armando Torres – record and caliber (13-6-0) 8ko (MEX).
Promotions:
#7 Ryo Miyazaki – up two slots due to activity and caliber. #12 Kazuto Ioka, #13 Nerys Espinoza and #14 Paipharob Kokietgym – up one slot due to Iezumi leaving.
Demotions:
#5 Phumzile Matyhila and #6 Noknoi Sitthiprasert – down one slot due to Mayol entrance. #8 Juan Landaeta – down two slots due to Mayol entrance and Miyazaki promotion. #9 Kompayak Porpramook – down one slot due Landaeta demotion.
MINIMUM:
Removals:
#5 Juanito Hernandez – fought minimum eliminator for another entity (WBC). #7 Denver Cuello – fougth minimum eliminator for another entity (WBC). #11 Luis Rios – due to injury. #12 Pornsawan Porpramook – will fight world minimum title for another entity (WBC).
Entries:
#7 Manuel Jimenez – won over rated contender Yader Escobar by SD12. #11 Michael Landero –record and caliber (13-4-4) 3ko (PHI). #14 Rommel Asenjo – record and caliber (18-2-0) 15ko (PHI). #15 Walter Tello – record and caliber (15-4-0) 6ko (PAN).
Promotions:
#3 Pigmy Kokietgym – up one slot due to Escobar demotion. #4 Juan Palacios – up two slots due to Escobar demotion and Hernandez leaving. #5 Sammy Gutierrez and #6 Akira Yaegashi – up three slots due to Hernandez leaving, Palacios promotion and Cuello leaving. #8 Luis Carrillo – up two slots due to Gutierrez an Yaegashi promotion. #10 Wanheng Menayothin – up three slots due to Yaegashi, Carrillo promotions and Rios leaving. #12 Jesus Sylvestre and #13 Carlos Buitrago – up two slots due to Porpramook leaving and Menayothin promotion.
Demotions:
#9 Yader Escobar – lost to Manuel Jimenez by SD12.