WBA OCTOBER 2004 RATINGS MOVEMENTS HEAVYWEIGHT No movements CRUISERWEIGHT Promotions Dale Brown, Luis Pineda, Pavel Melkomian, Steve Cunningham, Mohammed Azzaoui, and Krzysztof Wlodarczyk go up one position each as reacommodation after Thomas Hansvoll removal Demotions None Removals 8 Thomas Hansvoll as he is inactive since October 2003 (one year) Entries 15 Wadim Tokarev at the discretion of the Ratings Committee after considering his record: 18-0-1 (13 KO’s) LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT No movements SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHT Promotions Rudy Markussen, Charles Brewer and Byron Mitchell go up one position each as reacommodation after Antwun Echols removal Demotions None Removals 5 Antwun Echols as he requested to be re-rated in the Middleweight division Entries 8 Kelly Pavlik as he requested to be re-rated in this division after he was rated in the Super Middleweight division MIDDLEWEIGHT Promotions None Demotions Robert Allen, William Joppy, and Francisco Mora go down one position each as reacommodation after Antwun Echols entry 1 Removals 9 Kelly Pavlik as he requested to be re-rated in the Super Middleweight division Entries 5 Antwun Echols as he requested to be re-rated in this division after he was rated in the Super Middleweight division SUPER WELTERWEIGHT No movements WELTERWEIGHT Promotions None Demotions None Removals 11 Sebastian Lujan as he will fight for the WBO title Entries 11 Walter Matthysse at the discretion of the Ratings Committee after considering his record and caliber SUPER LIGHTWEIGHT Promotions Souleymane M’Baye (Nº9) goes up eight positions (Nº1) as he won a WBA eliminator against Andreas Kotelnik on October 21 Richard Hatton (Nº 3) and Floyd Mayweather Jr. (Nº4) go up one position each as reacommodation after Oktay Urkal demotion James Leija (Nº6) goes up two positions (Nº 4) as reacommodation after Oktay Urkal and Kotelnik demotions Carlos Maussa (Nº 7) and Diosbelys Hurtado (Nº 8) go up one position each as reacommodation after Kotelnik demotion Daudy Bahari (Nº11) goes up two positions (Nº 9) as reacommodation after M’Baye promotion and Masakazu Satake removal Demotions Nº 2 Oktay Urkal goes down three positions (to Nº 5) after he lost to Vivian Harris for the WBA title on October 23 Nº 5 Andreas Kotelnik goes down three positions (to Nº 8) after he lost to M’Baye for WBA eliminator on October 21 Removals Nº 10 Masakazu Satake after he lost to previously unrated Jung-Bung Kim on October 17 2 Entries Nº 10 Jung-Bung Kim after he beat previously rated Masakazu Satake on October 17 Nº 11 Cesar Bazan at the discretion of the Ratings Committee after considering his caliber and former world champion status. Record 64-6-1 (29 KO’s) LIGHTWEIGHT Promotions Nº 2 Prawet Singwancha, Nº 3 Lakva Sim, Nº 4 Michael Clark, and Nº 5 Courtney Burton go up one position each as reacommodation after Julien Lorcy demotion Nº 12 Ricky Quiles goes up one position as reacommoation after Pedro Miranda removal Demotions Nº 1 Julien Lorcy goes down four positions after he lost to Juan Diaz for WBA title on November 4 Removals Nº 11 Pedro Miranda as he is inactive since April and lacks of caliber opponents Entries Nº 12 Almazbek Rainmkulo at the discretion of the Ratings Committee after considering his record and activity SUPER FEATHERWEIGHT No movements FEATHERWEIGHT No movements SUPER BANTAMWEIGHT Promotions Nº 5 Ricardo Cordova, Nº 6 Nadel Hussein, Nº 7 Alejandro Barrera, and Nº 8 Shoji Kimura go up one position each as reacommodation after Tim Austin removal Nº 10 Salim Medjkoune and Nº 11 Jorge Linares go up two positions each as reacommodation after Tim Austin and Paulie Ayala removals Nº 12 Daniel Ponce de Leon and Nº 13 Celestino Caballero go up one position each as reacommodation after Paulie Ayala removal Demotions None Removals Nº 4 Tim Austin as he is inactive since February 2003 Nº 9 Paulie Ayala as he announced his retirement Nº 15 Oscar Rene Ponce at the discretion of the Ratings Committee as he lacked of caliber opposition in his last fight. He will be put on waiting list 3 Entries Nº 10 Jose Aguiniga at the discretion of the Ratings Committee after considering his record: 25-0 (12 KO’s) Nº 13 Fabio Oliva at the discretion of the Ratings Committee after considering his caliber: 24-2 (12 KO’) Nº 15 Toshiaki Nishioka as he requested to be re-rated in this division after he was rated in the Bantamweight division 24-4-3 (14 KO’s) BANTAMWEIGHT Promotions Nº 4 Wladimir Sidorenko goes up three positions to Nº 1 after he beat Leo Gamez in a WBA eliminator on October 26 Nº 11 Steve Molitor and Nº 12 Genaro Garcia go up one position each as reacommodation after Leo Gamez removal Nº 14 Felix Machado and Nº Silence Mabuza go up two positions each as reacommodation after Leo Gamez and Toshiaki Nishioka removal Demotions Nº 1 Poonsawat Kratindaengym, Nº 2 Diego Morales, and Nº 3 Mauricio Martinez go down one position each as reacommodation after Sidorenko promotion Nº 5 Jun Toriumi goes down ten positions after he lost to previously unrated Hosumi Hasegawa on October 30 Removals Nº 10 Leo Gamez after he lost to Wladimir Sidorenko on October 26 Nº 13 Toshiaki Nishioka as he requested to be re-rated in the Super Bantamweight division Entries Nº 5 Hosumi Hasegawa as he beat previously rated Jun Toriumi on October 30 Nº14 Carlos Meza Baena at the discretion of the Ratings Committee after considering his record SUPER FLYWEIGHT No movements FLYWEIGHT No movements LIGHT FLYWEIGHT Promotions None Demotions Nº 4 Nobuaki Masuda, Nº 5 Shingo Yamaguchi, Nº 6 Nerys Espinoza, Nº 7 Manuel Vargas, Nº 8 Carlos Fajardo, Nº 9 Edgar Velazquez, Nº 10 Ulises Solis, Nº 11 Takahisa Masuda, Nº 12 Fahlan Sakreerin, Nº 13 Masato Hatakeyama, and Nº 14 Eric Ortiz all go down one position as reacommodation after Jose Antonio Aguirre entrance 4 Removals Nº 15 Munetsugu Kayo at the discretion of the Ratings Committee as Aguirre caliber makes his case a priority over Kayo. He will be put on the waiting list. Entries Nº 4 Jose Antonio Aguirre as he requested to be re-rated in this division after he was rated in the Minimum division MINIMUM Promotions None Demotions None Removals Nº 2 Jose Aguirre as he requested to be re-rated in the Light Flyweight division Entries Nº 2 Juan Landaeta as he was the Interim champion but he controversially lost to Yutaka Niida for the WBA title on October 30. Landaeta made a protest over that result, which will be analysed by the Championship Committee 5 .