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.