WBA RATINGS MOVEMENTS AS OF SEPTEMBER 2008 HEAVYWEIGHT: Removals: #8 Serguei Liakhovich – due to inactivity and lost last two recent fights. Entries: #11 Lamon Brewster – became the new NABA heavyweight champion, (34-4-0) 30ko (USA). Promotions: #8 Chris Arreola – up three slots due activity ,Liakhovich leaving and Chapman demotion. #9 Carl Davis Drumond – up one slot due to Chapman demotion. #10 Dennis Boytsov – up two slots due to Drumond and Arreola promotion. Demotions: #12 J.D Chapman – down three slots due to inactivity. Note: John Ruiz – “Status: Pending Championship Committee review based upon protest”. CRUISERWEIGHT: Removals: #1 Guillermo Jones – became the new WBA Cruiserweight Champion after defeating Firat Arslan by TKO10. #7 Jean Marc Mormeck – due to inactivity. #12 Rob Calloway – lost Alexeev by TKO3. Entries: #5 Firat Arslan – lost the WBA Cruiserweight Title vs Guillermo Jones by TKO10. #14 Pawel Kolodziej – Record and Caliber (21-0-0) 12ko (POL). #15 Santander Silgado – Record and Caliber (16-0-0) 15ko (COL). Promotions: #1 Valery Brudov, #2 Grigory Drozd, #3 Wayne Braithwaite and #4 Francisco Palacios – up one slot due to Jones leaving. #7 Alexander Alexeev – up two slots due to Mormeck leaving and activity. #9 Krzysztof Wlodarczyk and #10 Jean Marc Monrose – up one slot due to Alexeev promotion. #11 Matt Godfrey, #12 Herbie Hide and #13 Yoan Pablo Hernandez – up one slot due t Calloway leaving and Monrose promoted. Demotions: No demotions. LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT: Removals: #13 Daniel Lovett – lost to non-rated for the PABA Light heavyweight title by TKO8 #14 Stipe Drews – due to inactivity. Entries: #14 Chris Henry – Record and Caliber (22-1-0) 18ko (USA). #15 Tim Bell – conquered the PABA Light heavyweight title by TKO8 over Daniel Lovett. Promotions: #13 Manuel Siaca – up two slots due to Lovett and Drews leaving. Demotions: No demotions. Note: Joe Calzaghe has officially relinquished the WBA Super Middleweight Title. SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHT: No movements. MIDLEWEIGHT: Removals: #13 Domenico Spada – due to the entrance of Koji Sato ( Spada will be on waiting list for upcoming ratings). #15 LaJuan Simon –due to the entrance of Hassan N’Dam N’jikam (Simon will be on waiting list for upcoming ratings). Entries: #14 Koji Sato – Record and Caliber (13-0-0) 12ko (JPN). #15 Hassan N’Dam N’Jikam – Record and Caliber (16-0-0) 11ko (CAM). Promotions: #7 Gennady Golovkin – up two slots due to his activity. #10 Avtandil Khurtsidze – up one slot due to his acitivity. #13 Renan St. Juste – up one slot due to Spada leaving. Demotions: #8 Ami Asikainen and #9 Mahir Oral – down one slot due to Golovkin promotion. #11 Shannan Taylor – down one slot due to Khurtsidze promotion. SUPER WELTERWEIGHT: Removals: #1 Shane Mosley – won over Ricardo Mayorga by KO12. #12 Andrey Tsurkan – lost to non-rated Alfredo Angulo Entries: #11 Alfredo Angulo – Record and Caliber (14-0-0) 11ko (MEX). Promotions: #2 James Kirkland, #3 Joe Greene, #4 Yuri Foreman and #5 Joachim Alcine – up one slot due to Mayorga demotion. #7 Nobuhiro Ishida – won over Marco Avendano by SD12. Demotions: #6 Ricardo Mayorga – down four slots due to his lost to Shane Mosley by KO12. #8 Marco Avendano – down one slot due to his lost to Nobuhiro Ishida by SD12. #12 Anthony Small – down one slot due to Angulo entrance. WELTERWEIGHT: Removals: #6 Shane Mosley – re-rated to the super welterweight division where he lost fought and won over Ricardo Mayorga by KO12. Entries: #12 Jesus Soto-Karass – Record and Caliber (21-3-3) 15ko (MEX). Promotions: #6 Frederic Klose, #7 Charlie Navarro, #8 Vitaly Demyanenko, #9 Euri Gonzalez, #10 Hector Saldivia and #11 Mike Jones – up one slot due to Mosley leaving. Demotions: No demotions. SUPER LIGHTWEIGHT: No movements. LIGHTWEIGHT: Removals: #13 Anthony Peterson – due to the entrance of Joan Guzman. (Peterson will be on waiting list for upcoming rankings). Entries: #3 Joan Guzman – re-enter into the ratings (approved by WBA Directory Members during convention held in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic). Promotions: No promotions. Demotions: #4 Juan Manuel Marquez, #5 Juan Diaz, #6 Yuri Romanov, #7 Ameth Diaz, #8 Miguel Acosta, #9 Jose Alfaro, #10 Randy Suico, #11 Breidis Prescott, #12 Kengo Nagashima and #13 Jose Luis Terron – down one slot dueto Guzman entrance. SUPER FEATHERWEIGHT: Removals: #6 Devis Boschiero – due to the entrance of Leonilo Miranda. #14 Santos Martinez – due to the entrance of Whyber Garcia. Entries: #5 Leonilo Miranda – re-rated from the featherweight division. He is campaigning at super featherweight. #9 Whyber Garcia – Record and caliber (20-5-0) 14ko (PAN). Promotions: #4 Vitaly Tajbert – up three slots due to activity. #10 Rene Gonzalez – up two slots due to activity. Demotions: #6 Urbano Antillon and #7 Roman Martinez – down two slots due to Tajbert promotion and Miranda entrance. #11 Somsak Sithchatchawal, #12 Juan Carlos Salgado and #13 Takashi Uchiyama – down two slots due to Garcia entrance and Gonzalez promotion. #14 Roy Mukhlis – down one slot due to Garcia entrance. FEATHERWEIGHT: Removals: #5 Leonilo Miranda – re-rated to the Super featherweight division where he is campaigning. #13 Bryan Vasquez – due to the entrance of Juan Carlos Burgos. Entries: #10 Juan Carlos Burgos – Record and caliber (19-0-0) 14ko (MEX) #13 Jonathan Victor Barros – Record and caliber (23-0-1) 13ko (ARG) Promotions: #5 Mario Santiago, #6 Rocky Juarez, #7 Roinet Caballero, #8 Chonlatarn Piriyapinyo and #9 Justin Zavi – up one slot due to Miranda leaving. Demotions: No demotions. SUPER BANTAMWEIGHT: Removals: #13 Benard Dune – due to Sergio Medina entrance. #15 Wethya Sakmuangklang – due to Kazuma Miura entrance. Entries: #9 Sergio Medina – became the new FEDELATIN Super bantamweight regional champion. #10 Kazuma Miura – won over Shimoda by TD8. Promotions: #4 Olivier Lontchi, #5 Rendall Munroe, #6 Antonio Escalante, #7 Rey Bautista and #8 Jorge Lacierva – up one slot due to Shimoda demotion. Demotions: #11 Akifumi Shimoda – down seven slots due to his lost to Kazuma Miura by TD8. #12 Luis Perez, #13 Kiko Martinez and #14 Bernabe Concepcion – down two slots due to Medina and Miura entrance. BANTAMWEIGHT: Removals: #9 Abner Mares – will fight world title for another entity (WBO). #14 Carmelo Ballone – lost to non-rated fighter Ian Napa. Entries: #12 Diego Silva – Record and caliber (24-1-3) 12ko (ARG). #13 Ian Napa – won over Carmelo Ballone by MD12. Promotions: #9 Eric Morel, #10 Kohei Ohba and #11 Simpiwe Vetyeka – up two slots due to Mares leaving and Mitani demotion. #14 Alvaro Perez – up one slot due to Ballone leaving. Demotions: #15 Masayuki Mitani – down five slots due to level of caliber. SUPER FLYWEIGHT: Removals: #8 Jose Lopez – will fight title for another entity (WBO). #15 Juan Mercedez – due to the entrance of Isidro Garcia. Entries: #13 Jesus Jimenez – Record and caliber (19-5-0) 12ko (MEX). #15 Isidro Garcia – Record and caliber (25-5-2) 8ko (MEX). Promotions: #7 Roberto Sosa – up three slots due to activity. #10 Alex John Banal, #11 Victor Proa and #12 Jose Cabrera – up one slot due to Sosa promotion. Demotions: #8 Pramuansak Posuwan – down one slot due to Sosa promotion. FLYWEIGHT: Removals: #3 Ratanapol Sor Vorapin – lost to non-rated fighter. #9 Hiroyouki Hisataka – due to the entrance of Takahisa Masuda. Entries: #9 Takahisa Masuda – Record and caliber (19-7-3) 4ko (JPN). #10 Omar Salado – Record and caliber (19-1-2) 11ko (MEX). Promotions: #1 Denkaosan Kaowichit – up one slot due to activity. #3 Julio Cesar Miranda, #4 Shingo Yamaguchi, #5 Bernard Inom, #6 Jean Piero Perez and #7 Santiago Acosta – up one slot dueto Vorapin leaving. #8 Luis Concepcion – up two slots due to Vorapin and Hisataka leaving. Demotions: #2 Koki Kameda – down one slot due to Kaowichit promotion. LIGHT FLYWEIGHT: Removals: #4 Nerys Espinoza – will fight world title for another entity (IBF). #12 Nethra Sasiprapa – due to inactivity. Entries: #9 Cesar Seda Jr. – Record and caliber (15-0-0) 11ko (P.R.). #14 Munetsugu Kayo – Record and caliber (16-2-2) 8k (JPN). Promotions: #3 Wisanu Pornobnum – up three slots due to Espinoza leaving and activity of his PABA light flyweight title. #4 Giovani Segura – up one slot due to Espinoza leaving. #5 Miland Melindo, #6 Ronald Ramos, #7 Carlos Tamara and #8 Manuel Vargas – up two slots due to Espinoza leaving and Pornobnum promotion. #10 Muvhuso Nedzanani – up one slot due to Vargas promotion. #11 Francisco Rosas, #12 John Molina and #13 Phumzile Matyhila – up two slots due to Vargas and Nedzanani promotion. Demotions: No demotions. MINIMUM: Removals: #7 Eagle Den Junlaphan – due to his inactivity. Entries: #15 Denver Cuello – Record and caliber (14-2-5) 6ko (PHI). Promotions: #4 Yutaka Niida – up two slots after re-considering his record and caliber. #7 Nkosinathi Joyi, #8 Kwanthai Chor Nor Pattalung, #9 Porsawan Pramuk, #10 Yuji Kanemitsu, #11 Pigmy Muangchaiyaphum, #12 Erik Ramirez, #13 Toshikazu Waga and #14 Yader Escobar – up one slot due to Junlaphan leaving. Demotions: #6 Florante Condes – down two slots due to Niida promotion and Kuroki remaining at the same position. .