WORLD BOXING COUNCIL RATINGS, DECEMBER 2008

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HEAVYWEIGHT

CHAMPION: VITALY KLITSCHKO (UKRAINE)

WBA CHAMPION: Nicolay Valuev (Russia)

IBF CHAMPION: Wladimir Klitschko (Ukraine)

WBO CHAMPION: Wladimir Klitschko (Ukraine)

Contenders:

WBC INTERNATIONAL CHAMPION: Odlanier Solis (Cuba)

1. Juan Carlos Gomez (Cuba)

2. Chris Arreola (US) AMERICA/NABF

3. Alexander Dimitrenko (Ukraine)

4. David Haye (GB)

5. Samuel Peter (Nigeria)

6. Oleg Maskaev (Kazakhstan)

7. Ray Austin (US) USNBC

8. James Toney (US)

9. Kali Meehan (New Zealand)

10. Kevin Johnson (US)


CRUISERWEIGHT (200-90.719)

CHAMPION: GIACOBBE FRAGOMENI (ITALY)

WBA CHAMPION: Guillermo Jones (Panama)

IBF CHAMPION: Steve Cunningham (US)

WBO CHAMPION:

Contenders:

WBC INTERNATIONAL CHAMPION: Herbie Hide (GB)

1. Krzysztof Wlodarczyk (Poland)

2. Herbie Hide (GB) INTL

3. Matt Godfrey (US) NABF

4. Alexander Alexeev (Uzbekistan)

5. Francisco Palacios (P. Rico)

6. Grigory Drozd (Russia)

7. Marco Huck (Germany) EBU

8. Wayne Braithwaite (Guyana) LATINO

9. Valery Brudov (Russia)

10. Rudolf Kraj (Czech)


LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT (175-79.379)

CHAMPION: ADRIAN DIACONU (ROMANIA/CANADA)

WBA CHAMPION: Hugo Garay (Argentina)

IBF CHAMPION: Chad Dawson (US)

WBO CHAMPION: Zsolt Erdei (Hungary)

Contenders:

WBC INTERNATIONAL CHAMPION: Doudou N’Gumbu Congo)

1. Silvio Branco (Italy)

2. Glen Johnson (US)

3. Joe Calzaghe (GB)

4. Chris Henry (US) NABF

5. Bernard Hopkins (US)

6. Shaun George (US)

7. Dawid Kostecki (Poland)

8. Antonio Brancalion (Italy)

9. Alexey Kuziemski (Poland)

10. Jurgen Brahmer (Germany)


SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHT (168-76.204)

CHAMPION: CARL FROCH (GB)

WBA CHAMPION: Mikkel Kessler (Denmark)

IBF CHAMPION: Lucien Bute (Canada)

WBO CHAMPION: Denis Inkin (Russia)

Contenders:

WBC INTERNATIONAL CHAMPION: Robert Stieglitz (Germany)

1. Jermain Taylor (US)

2. Andre Dirrell (US)

3. Andre Ward (US)

4. Marcus Johnson (US)

5. Jean Pascal (Haiti/Canada) NABF

6. Sakio Bika (Cameroon)

7. Anthony Mundine (Australia)

8. Alejandro Berrio (Colombia)

9. Vitaly Tsypko (Ukraine)

10. Robert Stieglitz (Germany) INTL


MIDDLEWEIGHT (160-72.575)

CHAMPION: KELLY PAVLIK (US)

WBA CHAMPION: Felix Sturm (Germany)

IBF CHAMPION: Arthur Abraham (Germany)

WBO CHAMPION: Kelly Pavlik (US)

Contenders:

WBC INTERNATIONAL CHAMPION: Domenico Spada (Italy)

1. Marco Antonio Rubio (Mexico) FECOMBOX

2. Domenico Spada (Italy) INTL

3. David Lopez (Mexico) LATINO

4. Sebastian Zbik (Germany)

5. Miguel Espino (US) CABOFE

6. Enrique Ornelas (Mexico)

7. Mahir Oral (Turkey-Germany) MEDITERRANEAN

8. Koji Sato (Japan) OPBF

9. Gennady Golovkin (Kazakhstan)

10. Renan St-Juste (Canada) AMERICA


SUPER WELTERWEIGHT (154-69.853)

CHAMPION: VERNON FORREST (US)

INTERIM CHAMPION: SERGIO MARTINEZ (ARGENTINA)

EMERITUS CHAMPION: FLOYD MAYWEATHER Jr. (US)

WBA CHAMPION: Daniel Santos (P. Rico)

IBF CHAMPION:

WBO CHAMPION: Sergei Dzindziruk (Ukraine)

Contenders:

WBC INTERNATIONAL CHAMPION: Ryan Rhodes (GB)

1. Alfred Angulo (Mexico) LATINO

2. Ricardo Mayorga (Nicaragua)

3. John Duddy (Ireland)

4. Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (Mexico)

5. Sergio Mora (US)

6. Yuri Foreman (Belarussia) NABF

7. Ronald Hearns (US)

8. James Kirkland (US)

9. Jamie Moore (GB)

10. Zaur Baysangurov (Russia)


WELTERWEIGHT (147-66.678)

CHAMPION: ANDRE BERTO (US)

WBA CHAMPION: Antonio Margarito (Mexico)

IBF CHAMPION: Joshua Clottey (Ghana)

WBO CHAMPION:

Contenders:

WBC INTERNATIONAL CHAMPION: Selcuk Aydin (Turkey)

1. Luis Collazo (US)

2. Miguel Cotto (P. Rico)

3. Jesus Soto Karass (Mexico) NABF

4. Carlos Baldomir (Argentina)

5. Selcuk Aydin (Turkey) INTL

6. Luis Carlos Abregu (Argentina) FESUBOX

7. Miguel Rodriguez (Mexico)

8. Said Ouali (Morocco)

9. Rafal Jackiewicz (Poland) EBU

10. Zab Judah (US)


SUPER LIGHTWEIGHT (140-63.503)

CHAMPION: TIMOTHY BRADLEY (US)

WBA CHAMPION: Andreas Kotelnik (Ukraine)

IBF CHAMPION:

WBO CHAMPION: Kendall Holt (US)

Contenders:

WBC INTERNATIONAL CHAMPION: VACANT

1. Devon Alexander (US)

2. Junior Witter (GB)

3. Ajose Olusegun (Nigeria) COMM

4. Jungbum Kim (Korea) OPBF

5. Francisco Figueroa (US) NABF

6. Randall Bailey (US)

7. Cesar Cuenca (Argentina)

8. Gianluca Branco (Italy) EBU

9. Sirimongkol Singwangcha (Thailand)

10. Ionut Dan Ion (Romania)


LIGHTWEIGHT (135-61.235)

CHAMPION: MANNY PACQUIAO (PHIL)

WBA CHAMPION: Yusuke Kobori (Japan)

IBF CHAMPION: Nate Campbell (US)

WBO CHAMPION: Nate Campbell (US)

Contenders:

WBC INTERNATIONAL CHAMPION: Enrique Colin (Mexico)

1. Edwin Valero (Venezuela)

2. Antonio Pitalua (Colombia)

3. Urbano Antillon (US)

4. Anthony Peterson (US) NABF

5. David Diaz (US)

6. Antonio Demarco (Mexico)

7. Randy Suico (Phil) OPBF

8. Juan Diaz (US)

9. Julio Cesar Diaz (US)

10. Edner Cherry (Bahamas)


SUPER FEATHERWEIGHT (130-58.967)

CHAMPION: VACANT

INTERIM CHAMPION: HUMBERTO SOTO (MEXICO)

WBA CHAMPION: Jorge Linares (Venezuela)

IBF CHAMPION: Cassius Baloyi (South Africa)

WBO CHAMPION: Nicky Cook (GB)

Contenders:

WBC INTERNATIONAL CHAMPION: VACANT

1. Francisco Lorenzo (Dom. R.) CABOFE

2. Humberto Mauro Gutierrez (Mexico)

3. Sergey Gulyakevitch (Belorussia) EBU

4. Roman Martinez (P. Rico)

5. Vicente Escobedo (Mexico)

6. Robert Guerrero (US)

7. Thong Por Chokchai (Thai) ABCO

8. Rene Gonzalez (Nicaragua)

9. Takashi Uchiyama (Japan) OPBF

10. Vitaly Tajbert (Germany)


FEATHERWEIGHT (126-57.153)

CHAMPION: OSCAR LARIOS (MEXICO)

WBA CHAMPION: Chris John (Indonesia)

IBF CHAMPION: Cristobal Cruz (Mexico)

WBO CHAMPION: Steve Luevano (US)

Contenders:

WBC INTERNATIONAL CHAMPION: Vacant

1. Elio Rojas (Dom. R)

2. Yuriorkis Gamboa (Cuba)

3. Takahiro Aoh (Japan)

4. Guty Espadas (Jr. (Mexico)

5. Bernabe Concepcion (Phil)

6. Rocky Juarez (US)

7. Cholatarn O. Piriyapinyo (Thailand) ABCO

8. Juan Carlos Burgos (Mexico)

9. Leonilo Miranda (Mexico)

10. Hector Velazquez (Mexico)


SUPER BANTAMWEIGHT (122-55.338)

CHAMPION: ISRAEL VAZQUEZ (MEXICO)

INTERIM CHAMPION: TOSHIAKI NISHIOKA (JAPAN)

WBA CHAMPION: Celestino Caballero (Panama)

IBF CHAMPION: Celestino Caballero (Panama)

WBO CHAMPION: Juan Manuel Lopez (P. Rico)

Contenders:

WBC INTERNATIONAL CHAMPION: Balweg Bangoyan (Phil)

1. Rafael Marquez (Mexico)

2. Jhonny Gonzalez (Mexico)

3. Wethya Sakmuangklang (Thai) OPBF

4. Simone Maludrotto (Italy)

5. Naphapol Kiattisakchocchoi (Thai)

6. Saenghiran Singwancha (Thai)

7. Genaro Garcia (Mexico)

8. Rendall Munroe (GB) EBU

9. Kazuma Miura (Japan)

10. Daniel Ponce de Leon (Mexico)


BANTAMWEIGHT (118-53.524)

CHAMPION: HOZUMI HASEGAWA (JAPAN)

WBA CHAMPION: Anselmo Moreno (Panama)

IBF CHAMPION: Joseph Agbeko (Ghana)

WBO CHAMPION: Gerry Pañalosa (Phil)

Contenders:

WBC INTERNATIONAL CHAMPION: Nick Otieno (Kenya)

1. Vusi Malinga (South Africa)

2. Simpiwe Vetyeka (South Africa)

3. Yonnhy Perez (Colombia)

4. Sasha Bakhtin (Russia)

5. Eduardo Garcia (Mexico)

6. Kohei Ohba (Japan)

7. Ian Napa (GB) BBB C / EBU

8. Neomar Cermeño (Venezuela) FECARBOX

9. Eric Morel (US)

10. Carmelo Ballone (Belgium)


SUPER FLYWEIGHT (115-52.163)

CHAMPION: VIC DARCHINYAN (AUSTRALIA)

WBA CHAMPION: Nobuo Nashiro (Japan)

IBF CHAMPION: Vic Darchinyan (Australia)

WBO CHAMPION: Fernando Montiel (Mexico)

Contenders:

WBC INTERNATIONAL CHAMPION: VACANT

1. Evans Mbamba (South Africa)

2. Jorge Arce (Mexico)

3. Cristian Mijares (Mexico)

4. Devid Lookmahanak (Thailand) ABCO

5. Alexander Muñoz (Venezuela)

6. Raul Martinez (US) NABF

7. Roberto Vazquez (Panama)

8. Daigo Nakahiro (Japan)

9. Everardo Morales (Mexico) ABMH

10. Tomas Rojas (Mexico)


FLYWEIGHT (112-50.802)

CHAMPION: DAISUKE NAITO (JAPAN)

WBA CHAMPION: Takefumi Sakata (Japan)

IBF CHAMPION: Nonito Donaire (Phil)

WBO CHAMPION: Omar Narvaez (Argentina)

Contenders:

WBC INTERNATIONAL CHAMPION: VACANT

1. Ponomrunglek Kratingdaeng (Thailand)

2. Julio Cesar Miranda (Mexico)

3. Koki Kameda (Japan)

4. Luis Concepcion (Panama)

5. Pongsaklek Wonjongkam (Thailand)

6. Omar Salado (Mexico)

7. Ivan Pozo (Spain)

8. Manuel Roman (Mexico) AMERICA

9. Wandee Singwangcha (Thai)

10. Takahisa Masuda (Japan)


LIGHT FLYWEIGHT (108-48.988)

CHAMPION: EDGAR SOSA (MEXICO)

WBA CHAMPION: Brahim Asloum (France)

IBF CHAMPION: Ulises Solis (Mexico)

WBO CHAMPION: Ivan Calderon (P. Rico)

Contenders:

WBC INTERNATIONAL CHAMPION: Vacant

1. Cesar Seda (P. Rico) CABOFE

2. Adrian Hernandez (Mexico) AMERICA/NABF

3. Omar Niño (Mexico)

4. Munetsugu Kayoh (Japan)

5. Juanito Rubillar (Phil)

6. Noknoi Sitthiprasert (Thai) YOUTH

7. Eric Ortiz (Mexico)

8. Takashi Kunishige (Japan)

9. Kompayak Porpramook (Thailand) ABCO

10. Faustino Cupul (Mexico)


STRAWWEIGHT (105-47.627)

CHAMPION: OLEYDONG SITHSANERCHAI (THAILAND)

INTERIM CHAMPION: JUAN PALACIOS (NICARAGUA)

WBA CHAMPION: Roman Gonzalez (Nicaragua)

IBF CHAMPION: Raul Garcia (Mexico)

WBO CHAMPION: Donnie Nietes (Phil)

Contenders:

WBC INTERNATIONAL CHAMPION: Vacant

1. Ganigan Lopez (Mexico) LATINO

2. Yasutaka Kuroki (Japan) OPBF

3. Pigmy Muangchaiyaphume (Thailand) ABCO

4. Katsunari Takayama (Japan)

5. Juan Hernandez (Mexico) NABF

6. Erik Ramirez (Mexico)

7. Milan Melindo (Phil)

8. Wanheng Menayothin (Thailand) YOUTH

9. Pornsawan Porpramook (Thailand) ABCO/Interim

10. Nkosinathi Joyi (South Africa)