World Boxing Council Ratings, September 2008

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HEAVYWEIGHT

CHAMPION: SAMUEL PETER (NIGERIA)

EMERITUS CHAMPION: VITALY KLITSCHKO (UKRAINE)

WBA CHAMPION: Nicolay Valuev (Russia)

IBF CHAMPION: Wladimir Klitschko (Ukraine)

WBO CHAMPION: Wladimir Klitschko (Ukraine)

Contenders:

WBC INTERNATIONAL CHAMPION: Vacant

1. Vladimir Virchis (Ukraine)

2. Juan Carlos Gomez (Cuba)

3. Alexander Dimitrenko (Ukraine)

4. Chris Arreola (US) AMERICA

5. David Haye (GB)

6. Oleg Maskaev (Kazakhstan)

7. Andrew Golota (Poland)

8. James Toney (US)

9. Kali Meehan (New Zealand)

10. Travis Walker (US) NABF

CRUISERWEIGHT (200-90.719)

CHAMPION: VACANT

WBA CHAMPION: Firat Arslan (Germany)

IBF CHAMPION: Steve Cunningham (US)

WBO CHAMPION:

Contenders:

WBC INTERNATIONAL CHAMPION: Herbie Hide (GB)

1. Rudolf Kraj (Czech)

2. Giacobbe Fragomeni (Italy)

3. Krzysztof Wlodarczyk (Poland)

4. Matt Godfrey (US) NABF

5. Herbie Hide (GB) INTL

6. Jean Marc Mormeck (France)

7. Jean Marc Monrose (France) EBU

8. Johnathon Banks (US)

9. Wayne Braithwaite (Guyana) LATINO

10. Alexander Alexeev (Uzbekistan)


LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT (175-79.379)

CHAMPION: ADRIAN DIACONU (ROMANIA/CANADA)

WBA CHAMPION: Hugo Garay (Argentina)

IBF CHAMPION: Antonio Tarver (US)

WBO CHAMPION: Zsolt Erdei (Hungary)

Contenders:

WBC INTERNATIONAL CHAMPION: Vacant

1. Joe Calzaghe (GB)

2. Glen Johnson (US)

3. Silvio Branco (Italy) LATINO

4. Chris Henry (US) NABF

5. Roy Jones (US)

6. Braimah Kamoko (Ghana)

7. Alexey Kuziemski (Poland)

8. Shaun George (US)

9. Dawid Kostecki (Poland)

10. Antonio Brancalion (Italy)


SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHT (168-76.204)

CHAMPION: VACANT

WBA CHAMPION: Mikkel Kessler (Denmark)

IBF CHAMPION: Lucien Bute (Canada)

WBO CHAMPION:

Contenders:

WBC INTERNATIONAL CHAMPION: VACANT

1. Carl Froch (GB) BBBoC/COMM

2. Jermain Taylor (US)

3. Jean Pascal (Haiti/Canada) LATINO/NABF

4. Jeff Lacy (US)

5. Fulgencio Zuñiga (Colombia)

6. Jurgen Brahmer (Germany)

7. Karo Murat (Germany) EBU

8. Andre Ward (US)

9. Anthony Mundine (Australia)

10. Alejandro Berrio (Colombia)

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. Enrique Ornelas (Mexico) NABF

3. David Lopez (Mexico) LATINO

4. Domenico Spada (Italy) INTL

5. John Duddy (Ireland)

6. Miguel Espino (US) CABOFE

7. Sebastian Zbik (Germany)

8. Gennady Golovkin (Kazakhstan)

9. Giovanni Lorenzo (Dom. R)

10. Mahir Oral (Turkey-Germany)

SUPER WELTERWEIGHT (154-69.853)

CHAMPION: SERGIO MORA (US)

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. Sergio Martinez (Argentina)

3. Ricardo Mayorga (Nicaragua)

4. Alex Bunema (Congo)

5. Yuri Foreman (Belarussia) NABF

6. Vernon Forrest (US)

7. Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (Mexico) AMERICA

8. Zaur Baysangurov (Russia) EBU

9. Andrey Tsurkan (Ukraine)

10. Alfred Angulo (Mexico) LATINO

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. Jackson Osei Bonsu (Belgium) EBU

4. Jesus Soto Karass (Mexico) AMERICA/NABF

5. Carlos Baldomir (Argentina)

6. Miguel Rodriguez (Mexico)

7. Selcuk Aydin (Turkey) INTL

8. Luis Carlos Abregu (Argentina) FESUBOX

9. Said Ouali (Morocco)

10. Bongani Mwelase (South Africa)

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) ABU/COMM

4. Francisco Figueroa (US) NABF

5. Jungbum Kim (Korea) OPBF

6. Edner Cherry (Bahamas)

7. Randall Bailey (US) LATINO

8. Cesar Cuenca (Argentina)

9. Gianluca Branco (Italy) EBU

10. Demetrius Hopkins (US)

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. Jose Armando Santa Cruz (US)

3. Antonio Pitalua (Colombia)

4. Anthony Peterson (US) NABF

5. Amir Khan (GB) COMM

6. Randy Suico (Phil) OPBF

7. David Diaz (US)

8. Antonio Demarco (Mexico)

9. Yuri Romanov (Belorussia)

10. Miguel Angel Huerta (Mexico)


SUPER FEATHERWEIGHT (130-58.967)

CHAMPION: VACANT

WBA CHAMPION:

IBF CHAMPION: Cassius Baloyi (South Africa)

WBO CHAMPION:

Contenders:

WBC INTERNATIONAL CHAMPION: VACANT

1. Humberto Soto (Mexico)

2. Francisco Lorenzo (Dom. R.) CABOFE

3. Urbano Antillon (US)

4. Thong Por Chokchai (Thai) ABCO

5. Sergey Gulyakevitch (Belorussia) EBU

6. Robert Guerrero (US)

7. Rocky Juarez (US)

8. Roman Martinez (P. Rico)

9. Ray Beltran (Mexico) AMERICA

10. Takashi Uchiyama (Japan) OPBF


FEATHERWEIGHT (126-57.153)

CHAMPION: OSCAR LARIOS (MEXICO)

WBA CHAMPION: Chris John (Indonesia)

IBF CHAMPION:

WBO CHAMPION: Steve Luevano (US)

Contenders:

WBC INTERNATIONAL CHAMPION: Vacant

1. Hector Velazquez (Mexico)

2. Elio Rojas (Dom. R)

3. Guty Espadas (Jr. (Mexico)

4. Yuriorkis Gamboa (Cuba)

5. Gamaliel Diaz (Mexico)

6. Cholatarn O. Piriyapinyo (Thailand) ABCO

7. Leonilo Miranda (Mexico)

8. Jorge Solis (Mexico)

9. Takahiro Aoh (Japan)

10. Juan Carlos Burgos (Mexico)


SUPER BANTAMWEIGHT (122-55.338)

CHAMPION: ISRAEL VAZQUEZ (MEXICO)

WBA CHAMPION: Celestino Caballero (Panama)

IBF CHAMPION: Steve Molitor (Canada)

WBO CHAMPION: Juan Manuel Lopez (P. Rico)

Contenders:

WBC INTERNATIONAL CHAMPION: Otieno Collins Odour (Kenya)

1. Rafael Marquez (Mexico)

2. Toshiaki Nishioka (Japan)

3. Naphapol Kiattisakchocchoi (Thai)

4. Jhonny Gonzalez (Mexico)

5. Bernabe Concepcion (Phil) NABF

6. Ricardo Cordoba (Panama)

7. Akifumi Shimoda (Japan)

8. Wethya Sakmuangklang (Thai) OPBF

9. Saenghiran Singwancha (Thai)

10. Poonsawat Kratingdaenggym (Thailand)


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. Alejandro Valdez (Mexico)

3. Rolly Lunas (Phil) OPBF

4. Simpiwe Vetyeka (South Africa)

5. Carmelo Ballone (Belgium) EBU

6. Yonnhy Perez (Colombia) NABF

7. Eduardo Garcia (Mexico)

8. Kohei Ohba (Japan)

9. Abner Mares (Mexico)

10. Sasha Bakthin (Russia)

SUPER FLYWEIGHT (115-52.163)

CHAMPION: CRISTIAN MIJARES (MEXICO)

WBA CHAMPION:

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. Alexander Muñoz (Venezuela)

4. Everardo Morales (Mexico) ABMH

5. Roberto Vazquez (Panama)

6. Daigo Nakahiro (Japan)

7. Tomas Rojas (Mexico)

8. Raul Martinez (US)

9. Melchor Cob Castro (Mexico) USNBC

10. Caril Herrera (Uruguay) LATINO


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. Bernard Inom (France) EBU

6. Denkaosan Singwangha (Thailand)

7. Oscar Ibarra (Mexico) NABF/Interim

8. Omar Salado (Mexico)

9. Ivan Pozo (Spain)

10. Manuel Roman (Mexico) AMERICA


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)

3. Omar Niño (Mexico)

4. Adrian Hernandez (Mexico) AMERICA/NABF

5. Munetsugu Kayoh (Japan)

6. Noknoi Sitthiprasert (Thai) YOUTH

7. Sonny Boy Jaro (Phil)

8. Manuel Vargas (Mexico)

9. Kompayak Porpramook (Thailand) ABCO

10. Eric Ortiz (Mexico)


STRAWWEIGHT (105-47.627)

CHAMPION: OLEYDONG SITHSANERCHAI (THAILAND)

INTERIM CHAMPION: JUAN PALACIOS (NICARAGUA)

WBA CHAMPION: Yutaka Niida (Japan)

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. Katsunari Takayama (Japan)

5. Pigmy Muangchaiyaphume (Thailand) ABCO

6. Erik Ramirez (Mexico)

7. Juan Hernandez (Mexico) NABF

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

9. Teruo Misawa (Japan)

10. Mohamed Rachman (Indonesia)