WORLD BOXING COUNCIL RATINGS, NOVEMBER 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

3. Alexander Dimitrenko (Ukraine)

4. Samuel Peter (Nigeria)

5. David Haye (GB)

6. Oleg Maskaev (Kazakhstan)

7. Andrew Golota (Poland)

8. James Toney (US)

9. Kali Meehan (New Zealand)

10. Vladimir Virchis (Ukraine)


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. Marco Huck (Germany) EBU

6. Rudolf Kraj (Czech)

7. Francisco Palacios (P. Rico)

8. Grigory Drozd (Russia)

9. Wayne Braithwaite (Guyana) LATINO

10. Pawel Kolodziej (Poland)


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: Vacant

1. Silvio Branco (Italy)

2. Glen Johnson (US)

3. Joe Calzaghe (GB)

4. Bernard Hopkins (US)

5. Chris Henry (US) NABF

6. Roy Jones (US)

7. Shaun George (US)

8. Dawid Kostecki (Poland)

9. Braimah Kamoko (Ghana)

10. Alexey Kuziemski (Poland)


SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHT (168-76.204)

CHAMPION: VACANT

WBA CHAMPION: Mikkel Kessler (Denmark)

IBF CHAMPION: Lucien Bute (Canada)

WBO CHAMPION: Denis Inkin (Russia)

Contenders:

WBC INTERNATIONAL CHAMPION: VACANT

1. Carl Froch (GB) BBBoC/COMM

2. Jermain Taylor (US)

3. Jean Pascal (Haiti/Canada) NABF

4. Jeff Lacy (US)

5. Karo Murat (Germany) EBU

6. Andre Dirrell (US)

7. Andre Ward (US)

8. Anthony Mundine (Australia)

9. Alejandro Berrio (Colombia)

10. Marcus Johnson (US)


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. David Lopez (Mexico) LATINO

3. Domenico Spada (Italy) INTL

4. Enrique Ornelas (Mexico)

5. Miguel Espino (US) CABOFE

6. Sebastian Zbik (Germany)

7. Mahir Oral (Turkey-Germany)

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: Verno Phillips (US)

WBO CHAMPION: Sergei Dzindziruk (Ukraine)

Contenders:

WBC INTERNATIONAL CHAMPION: Vincent Vuma (South Africa)

1. Oscar de la Hoya (US-Mex)

2. Shane Mosley (US)

3. Alfred Angulo (Mexico) LATINO

4. Ricardo Mayorga (Nicaragua)

5. John Duddy (Ireland)

6. Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (Mexico)

7. Sergio Mora (US)

8. Yuri Foreman (Belarussia) NABF

9. Ronald Hearns (US)

10. Jamie Moore (GB)


WELTERWEIGHT (147-66.678)

CHAMPION: ANDRE BERTO (US)

WBA CHAMPION: Antonio Margarito (Mexico)

IBF CHAMPION: Joshua Clottey (Ghana)

WBO CHAMPION: Paul Williams (US)

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. Miguel Rodriguez (Mexico)

7. Luis Carlos Abregu (Argentina) FESUBOX

8. Said Ouali (Morocco)

9. Bongani Mwelase (South Africa)

10. Rafal Jackiewicz (Poland) EBU


SUPER LIGHTWEIGHT (140-63.503)

CHAMPION: TIMOTHY BRADLEY (US)

WBA CHAMPION: Andreas Kotelnik (Ukraine)

IBF CHAMPION: Paul Malignaggi (US)

WBO CHAMPION: Kendall Holt (US)

Contenders:

WBC INTERNATIONAL CHAMPION: VACANT

1. Devon Alexander (US) AMERICA

2. Junior Witter (GB)

3. Ajose Olusegun (Nigeria) COMM

4. Jungbum Kim (Korea) OPBF

5. Francisco Figueroa (US) NABF

6. Randall Bailey (US) LATINO

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. Anthony Peterson (US) NABF

4. David Diaz (US)

5. Antonio Demarco (Mexico)

6. Randy Suico (Phil) OPBF

7. Juan Diaz (US)

8. Julio Cesar Diaz (US)

9. Yuri Romanov (Belorussia)

10. Miguel Angel Huerta (Mexico)


SUPER FEATHERWEIGHT (130-58.967)

CHAMPION: VACANT

INTERIM CHAMPION: HUMBERTO SOTO (MEXICO)

WBA CHAMPION:

IBF CHAMPION: Cassius Baloyi (South Africa)

WBO CHAMPION: Nicky Cook (GB)

Contenders:

WBC INTERNATIONAL CHAMPION: VACANT

1. Urbano Antillon (US) NABF

2. Francisco Lorenzo (Dom. R.) CABOFE

3. Thong Por Chokchai (Thai) ABCO

4. Rocky Juarez (US)

5. Humberto Mauro Gutierrez (Mexico)

6. Roman Martinez (P. Rico)

7. Sergey Gulyakevitch (Belorussia) EBU

8. Robert Guerrero (US)

9. Vicente Escobedo (Mexico)

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. Cholatarn O. Piriyapinyo (Thailand) ABCO

6. Juan Carlos Burgos (Mexico)

7. Leonilo Miranda (Mexico)

8. Hector Velazquez (Mexico)

9. Naoki Matsuda (Japan)

10. Mario Santiago (P. Rico)


SUPER BANTAMWEIGHT (122-55.338)

CHAMPION: ISRAEL VAZQUEZ (MEXICO)

INTERIM CHAMPION: TOSHIAKI NISHIOKA (JAPAN)

WBA CHAMPION: Celestino Caballero (Panama)

IBF CHAMPION: Steve Molitor (Canada)

WBO CHAMPION: Juan Manuel Lopez (P. Rico)

Contenders:

WBC INTERNATIONAL CHAMPION: Balweg Bangoyan (Phil)

1. Rafael Marquez (Mexico)

2. Jhonny Gonzalez (Mexico)

3. Bernabe Concepcion (Phil) NABF

4. Wethya Sakmuangklang (Thai) OPBF

5. Simone Maludrotto (Italy)

6. Naphapol Kiattisakchocchoi (Thai)

7. Tomas Villa (Mexico)

8. Saenghiran Singwancha (Thai)

9. Genaro Garcia (Mexico)

10. Rendall Munroe (GB) EBU


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: Vacant

1. Vusi Malinga (South Africa)

2. Simpiwe Vetyeka (South Africa)

3. Yonnhy Perez (Colombia) NABF

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: Evans Mbamba (South Africa)

1. Devid Lookmahanak (Thailand) ABCO

2. Evans Mbamba (South Africa) INTL

3. Cristian Mijares (Mexico)

4. Alexander Muñoz (Venezuela)

5. Roberto Vazquez (Panama)

6. Daigo Nakahiro (Japan)

7. Raul Martinez (US)

8. Everardo Morales (Mexico) ABMH

9. Tomas Rojas (Mexico)

10. Melchor Cob Castro (Mexico) USNBC


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. Pongsaklek Wonjongkam (Thailand)

5. Luis Concepcion (Panama)

6. Denkaosan Singwangha (Thailand)

7. Omar Salado (Mexico)

8. Ivan Pozo (Spain)

9. Manuel Roman (Mexico) AMERICA

10. Wandee Singwangcha (Thai)


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. Juanito Rubillar (Phil)

2. Cesar Seda (P. Rico) CABOFE

3. Adrian Hernandez (Mexico) AMERICA/NABF

4. Omar Niño (Mexico)

5. Munetsugu Kayoh (Japan)

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. Pornsawan Porpramook (Thailand) ABCO/Interim

2. Ganigan Lopez (Mexico) LATINO

3. Yasutaka Kuroki (Japan)

4. Pigmy Muangchaiyaphume (Thailand) ABCO

5. Katsunari Takayama (Japan)

6. Juan Hernandez (Mexico) NABF

7. Erik Ramirez (Mexico)

8. Omar Soto (P. Rico) CABOFE/USNBC

9. Teruo Misawa (Japan)

10. Milan Melindo (Phil)