WORLD BOXING ASSOCIATION GILBERTO MENDOZA
PRESIDENT OFFICIAL RATINGS AS JULY 2015
Based on results held from 09th July to August08th, 2015
CHAIRMAN
MIGUEL PRADO SANCHEZ E-mail: [email protected]
VICE CHAIRMAN GUSTAVO PADILLA E-mail: [email protected]
MEMBERS
GEORGE MARTINEZ CANADA
JOSE EMILIO GRAGLIA ARGENTINA
YANG SUP SHIM KOREA
MARIANA BORISOVA BULGARIA
2015
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HEAVYWEIGHT Over 200 Lbs / 90.71 Kgs
WBA SUPER CHAMPION: WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO IBF – WBO CHAMPION
UKR
WBA WORLD CHAMPION: RUSLAN CHAGAEV UZB Won Title: 07-06-14
Last Mandatory: Last Defense: 07-11-15
WBC: DEONTAY WILDER 1. OFFICIAL CHALLENGER VACANT 2. TYSON FURY GBR 3. LUCAS BROWNE (I/C) AUS 4. FRES OQUENDO PUR 5. SHANNON BRIGGS (NABA) USA 6. BRYANT JENNINGS USA 7. ALEXANDER USTINOV RUS 8. LUIS ORTIZ CUB 9. MARK DE MORI AUS 10. ANTONIO TARVER USA 11. ERKAN TEPER GER 12. JOSEPH PARKER (PABA) NZL 13. ANTHONY JOSHUA GBR 14. ANDREY FEDOSOV (LAC) RUS 15. MATIAS ARIEL VIDONDO ARG
SUPER BELT
MUHAMMAD ALI
CRUISERWEIGHT 200 Lbs / 90.71 Kgs
WBA WORLD CHAMPION: DENIS LEBEDEV RUS
Won Title: 11-04-11 Last Mandatory: 05-17-13 Last Defense: 04-10-15
WBC:GRIGORY DROZD IBF: YOAN HERNANDEZ WBO: MARCO HUCK
1. BEIBUT SHUMENOV (WBA INT.CHAMP) KAZ 2. YUNIER DORTICOS CUB 3. LATEEF KAYODE NIG 4. DMITRY KUDRYASHOV (INT) RUS 5. MIRKO LARGHETTI ITA 6. B.J. FLORES USA 7. YOURI KALENGA COD 8. DENTON DALEY CAN 9. TONY BELLEW GBR 10. RAKHIM CHAKHKIEV RUS 11. ANTHONY MCCRACKEN (PANAF) AUS 12. NOEL GEVOR ARM 13. ALEX GUERRERO (NABA) USA 14. PEDRO RODRIGUEZ (LAC) CUB 15. JOHNNY MULLER RSA
SUPER BELT
EVANDER HOLYFIELD
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT 175 Lbs / 79.38 Kgs
WBA-IBF-WBO UNDISPUTED CHAMPION: SERGEY KOVALEV
RUS
WBA WORLD CHAMPION: JUERGEN BRAEHMER GER Won Title: 12-14-13 Last Mandatory:
Last Defense: 03-21-15 WBC:ADONIS STEVENSON
1. OFFICIAL CHALLENGER VACANT 2. ANDRZEJ FONFARA POL 3. ARTUR BETERBIEV (NABA) RUS 4. SEAN MONAGHAN USA 5. STANISLAV KASHTANOV UKR 6. FELIX VALERA DOM 7. KONNI KONRAD MNE 8. BERNARD HOPKINS USA 9. JEAN PASCAL CAN 10. SULLIVAN BARRERA CUB 11. THOMAS OOSTHUIZEN RSA 12. MARCUS BROWNE USA 13. MIRCO RICCI (I/C) ITA 14. AZEA AUGUSTAMA (LAC) HAI 15. MEHDI AMAR FRA
SUPER BELT
VIRGIL HILL
MIDDLEWEIGHT 160 Lbs / 72.58 Kgs
WBA SUPER CHAMPION: GENNADY GOLOVKIN KAZ WBA WORLD CHAMPION: DANIEL JACOBS
USA
Won Title: 08-09-14 Last Mandatory:
Last Defense: 04-24-15 WBC: MIGUEL COTTO
IBF: DAVID LEMIEUX WBO: ANDY LEE 1. CHRIS EUBANKS JR (WBA INT.CHAMP) GBR 2. DMITRY CHUDINOV RUS 3. TUREANO JOHNSON (INT) BAH 4. ARIF MAGOMEDOV RUS 5. MARTIN MURRAY GBR 6. CALEB TRUAX USA 7. DOMINIC WADE USA 8. WILLIE MONROE JR USA 9. ANTONIE DOUGLAS USA 10. GARY O’SULLIVAN (NABA) IRL 11. LES SHERRINGTON (OCEANIA) AUS 12. TONY JETER USA 13. ALFONSO BLANCO VEN 14. SERGIO MORA USA 15. RYOTA MURATA JPN
SUPER BELT
CARLOS MONZON
SUPER WELTERWEIGHT 154 Lbs / 69.85 Kgs
WBA SUPER CHAMPION: FLOYD MAYWEATHER JR
WBC CHAMPION
USA
WBA WORLD CHAMPION: ERISLANDY LARA CUB Won Title: 03-12-14
Last Mandatory: Last Defense: 06-13-15
IBF: CORNELIUS BUNDRAGE WBO: DEMETRIUS ANDRADE 1. JACK CULCAY (WBA INT. CHAMP) GER 2. SAUL ALVAREZ MEX 3. JOSHUA CLOTTEY GHA 4. ANTHONY MUNDINE AUS 5. AUSTIN TROUT USA 6. KANAT ISLAM (2) (LAC) KAZ 7. DAVID ZEGARRA PER 8. CHARLIE NAVARRO VEN 9. MAURICE WEBER GER 10. JOHN THOMPSON USA 11. JULIAN WILLIAMS USA 12. DENNIS HOGAN AUS 13. BRANDON COOK (I/C) CAN 14. LIAM SMITH (CON) GBR 15. CHARLES HATLEY (NABA) USA
SUPER BELT
THOMASHEARNS
SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHT 168 Lbs / 76.20 Kgs
WBA SUPER CHAMPION: ANDRE WARD
USA
WBA WORLD CHAMPION: FEDOR CHUDINOV RUS Won Title: 05-12-15 Last Mandatory:
Last Defense: WBC: BADOU JACK
IBF: JAMES DE GALE WBO: ARTHUR ABRAHAM 1. VINCENT FEIGENBUTZ (WBA INT.CHAMP) GER 2. GILBERTO RAMIREZ MEX 3. FELIX STURM GER 4. FRANK BUGLIONI (I/C) GBR 5. PATRICK NIELSEN (INT) DEN 6. JULIO CESAR CHAVEZ JR MEX 7. JULIUS JACKSON USA 8. ROGELIO MEDINA MEX 9. HADILLAH MOHOUMADI FRA 10. ROCKY FIELDING GBR 11. ISAAC EKPO NIG 12. ROMAN SHKARUPA (CONT) UKR 13. JESSE HART USA 14. CALLUM SMITH GBR 15. ANDREY MERYASEV RUS
SUPER BELT
SUGAR RAY LEONARD
WELTERWEIGHT 147 Lbs / 66.68 Kgs
WBA-WBC UNIFIED CHAMPION: FLOYD MAYWEATHER JR USA WBA WORLD CHAMPION: KEITH THURMAN Won Title:
USA 01-17-15
Last Mandatory: Last Defense: 07-11-15
IBF: KELL BROOK WBO: TIMOTHY BRADLEY
1. ANDRE BERTO (WBA INT. CHAMP) USA 2. AMIR KHAN GBR 3. MARCOS RENE MAIDANA ARG 4. SHAWN PORTER USA 5. TEERACHAI KRATINGDAEGGYM THA 6. SADAM ALI (INT) USA 7. DMITRY MIKHAYLENKO (NABA) RUS 8. ERROL SPENCE JR USA 9. DIEGO CHAVES ARG 10. JEFF HORN (PABA) (PANAF) AUS 11. ROBERT GUERRERO USA 12. CAMERON HAMMOND (OCEANIA) AUS 13. EMMANUEL DE JESUS (LAC) PUR 14. FRANCISCO SANTANA USA 15. DAVID AVANESYAN RUS
SUPER BELT
SUGAR RAY ROBINSON
SUPER LIGHTWEIGHT 140 Lbs / 63.50 Kgs
WBA SUPER CHAMPION: DANNY GARCIA (*)
USA
WBA WORLD CHAMPION: VACANT Won Title: Last Mandatory: Last Defense:
WBC: VACANT IBF: CESAR CUENCA WBO: TERENCE CRAWFORD
1. JOSE BENAVIDEZ (WBA INT. CHAMP) USA 2. ADRIEN BRONER ( INT) USA 3. AMIR IMAN USA 4. MICHELLE DI ROCCO ITA 5. KHABIB ALLAKHVERDIEV RUS 6. MAURICIO HERRERA USA 7. LUCA GIACON (CON) ESP 8. RUSLAN PROVODNIKOV RUS 9. THOMAS DULORME PUR 10. KIRYL RELIKH (I/C) BLR 11. CZAR AMONSOT (PABA) PHI 12. ALBERTO MOSQUERA (LAC) PAN 13. JULIO DE JESUS DOM 14. RANSES PAYANO DOM 15. RAMAL AMANOV AZE
SUPER BELT
ANTONIO CERVANTES
LIGHTWEIGHT 135 Lbs / 61.23 Kgs
WBA WORLD CHAMPION: DARLEYS PEREZ COL Won Title:
04-09-15
Last Mandatory: Last Defense:
07-18-15
WBC:JORGE LINARES IBF: VACANT WBO: TERRY FLANAGAN
1. DERRY MATHEWS (WBA INT. CHAMP) GBR 2. ISMAEL BARROSO VEN 3. PETR PETROV (NABA) RUS 4. FELIX VERDEJO PUR 5. RANCES BARTHELEMY CUB 6. MIGUEL VAZQUEZ MEX 7. EVENS PIERRE (LAC) HAI 8. MICHAEL PEREZ USA 9. EMMANUEL TAGOE (INT) GHA 10. XOLISANI NDONGENI (PANAF) ITA 11. ANTHONY CROLLA GBR 12. RAFAEL MENSAH GHA 13. REYNALDO OJEDA PUR 14. ZAPIR RASULOV RUS 15. ARGENIS LOPEZ DOM
SUPER BELT
ROBERTO DURAN
SUPER BANTAMWEIGHT 122 Lbs / 55.34 Kgs
WBA-WBO UNIFIED CHAMPION: GUILLERMO RIGONDEAUX
CUB
WBA WORLD CHAMPION: SCOTT QUIGG GBR Won Title: 09-05-13 Last Mandatory:
Last Defense: 07-18-15 WBC: LEO SANTA CRUZ IBF: CARL FRAMPTON
1. MOISES FLORES (WBA INT.CHAMP) MEX 2. JESUS M. ROJAS PUR 3. JESSIE MAGDALENO USA 4. LEWIS PETTIT (I/C) GBR 5. TYSON CAVE CAN 6. OSCAR ESCANDON COL 7. RAFAEL VAZQUEZ USA 8. LUIS E. CUSOLITO ARG 9. JONATHAN ROMERO COL 10. ADAM LOPEZ (LAC) USA 11. PAULUS AMBUNDA (INT) NAM 12. T.J. DOHENY (PABA) AUS 13. JASON COOPER (OCEANIA) AUS 14. RAYMOND COMMEY (PANAF) GHA 15. DANIEL ROMAN (NABA) USA
SUPER BELT
WILFREDO GOMEZ
SUPER FEATHERWEIGHT 130 Lbs / 58.97 Kgs
WBA SUPER CHAMPION: TAKASHI UCHIYAMA
JPN
WBA WORLD CHAMPION: JAVIER FORTUNA DOM Won Title: 05-29-15
Last Mandatory: Last Defense:
WBC: TAKASHI MIURA
IBF: JOSE PEDRAZA WBO: ROMAN MARTINEZ 1. EMANUEL LOPEZ (WBA INT.CHAMP) MEX 2. ROMAIN JACOB FRA 3. JEZREEL CORRALES PAN 4. DEVIS BOSCHIERO ITA 5. DANNY AQUINO MEX 6. BRYAN VASQUEZ CRC 7. JOSE LUIS PRIETO COL 8. CARLOS VELASQUEZ PUR 9. DARDAN ZENUNAJ ALB 10. OMAR DOUGLAS USA 11. OLIVER FLORES NCA 12. JUAN HUERTAS (LAC) PAN 13. ANTONIO FERNANDEZ PAN 14. SANDRO HERNANDEZ VEN 15. LIAM WALSH GBR
SUPER BELT
GABRIEL ELORDE
FEATHERWEIGHT 126 Lbs / 57.15 Kgs
WBA WORLD CHAMPION: JESUS ANDRES CUELLAR ARG Won Title: 02-21-15
Last Mandatory: Last Defense: 06-06-15
WBC: GARY RUSSELL JR
IBF: LEE SELBY WBO: VASYL LOMACHENKO 1. CARLOS ZAMBRANO (WBA INT.CHAMP) PER 2. ABNER MARES USA 3. NICHOLAS WALTERS JAM 4. SATOSHI HOSONO JPN 5. NONITO DONAIRE PHI 6. CLAUDIO MARRERO DOM 7. SIMPIWE VETYEKA (INT) RSA 8. JAYSON VELEZ PUR 9. JOSH WARRINGTON GBR 10. CARMINE TOMMASONE (I/C) ITA 11. OLEG YEFIMOVYCH (CON) UKR 12. RODOLFO PUENTE COL 13. BRYAN DE GRACIA PAN 14. HIROSHIGE OSAWA JPN 15. THONG SITHLUANGPHOPHUN (PABA) THA
SUPER BELT
EUSEBIO PEDROZA
REFERENCES: NABA: WBA NORTH AMERICA CHAMPION LAC: WBA LATIN AMERICAN CHAMPION PABA: WBA PAN ASIAN CHAMPION PANAF: WBA PAN AFRICAN CHAMPION OCEANIA: WBA OCEANIA CON: WBA CONTINENTAL INT: WBA INTERNATIONAL I/C: WBA INTERCONTINENTAL INTER: CHAMPION INTERAMERICAN OC: OFFICIAL CHALLENGER VACANT WBA INT.CHAMP: WBAINTERIM CHAMPION (1) BOXER WON TITLE AGAINST LATIN CONTENDER (2) BOXER RESIDES IN LATIN REGION (*) STATUS UNDER REVIEW
BANTAMWEIGHT 118 Lbs / 53.42 Kgs
WBA UNDISPUTED CHAMPION: JUAN CARLOS PAYANO
DOM
WBA WORLD CHAMPION: JAMIE MCDONNELL GBR Won Title: 05-31-14 Last Mandatory:
Last Defense: 05-12-15 WBC: SHINSUKE YAMANAKA
IBF: RANDY CABALLERO WBO: VACANT 1. YONFREZ PAREJO (WBA INT.CHAMP) VEN 2. ZHANAT ZHAKIYANOV KAZ 3. LIBORIO SOLIS VEN 4. TOMOKI KAMEDA JPN 5. PANOMROONGLEK KAIYANGHADAOGYM (PABA) THA 6. LUIS NERY MEX 7. RAU'SHEE WARREN USA 8. ALEJANDRO HERNANDEZ MEX 9. ROBERTO VASQUEZ PAN 10. JERWIN ANCAJAS PHI 11. SHOHEI OMORI JPN 12. IMMANUEL NAIDJALA NAM 13. PAUL BUTLER GBR 14. KENNY DEMECILLO (OCEANIA) PHI 15. SIBONISO GONYA (PANAF) RSA
SUPER BELT
EDER JOFRE
SUPER FLYWEIGHT 115 Lbs / 52.16 Kgs
WBA WORLD CHAMPION: KOHEI KONO JPN Won Title: 03-26-14 Last Mandatory: Last Defense: 12-31-14
WBC: CARLOSCUADRAS IBF: MC JOE ARROYO WBO: NAOYA INOUE
1. DAVID SANCHEZ (WBA INT.CHAMP) MEX 2. KOKI KAMEDA JPN 3. NORASING KOKIETGYM (PABA) THA 4. SHO ISHIDA JPN 5. NORBERTO JIMENEZ DOM 6. LUIS CONCEPCION PAN 7. TOSHIYUKI IGARASHI JPN 8. REX TSO (INT) CHN 9. IVAN MORALES MEX 10. PETCHBARNGBORN KOKIETGYM THA 11. ZOLANI TETE RSA 12. RYO MATSUMOTO JPN 13. MIGUEL GONZALEZ CHI 14. JOSE PEREZ NCA 15. OLEYDONG SITHSAMERCHAI THA
SUPER BELT
KHAOSAI GALAXY
FLYWEIGHT 112 Lbs / 50.80 Kgs
WBA-WBO UNIFIED CHAMPION: JUAN F. ESTRADA
MEX
WBA WORLD CHAMPION: KAZUTO IOKA JPN Won Title: 04-22-15 Last Mandatory: Last Defense:
WBC:ROMAN GONZALEZ IBF: AMNAT RUEROENG
1. STAMP KIATNIWAT (WBA INT. CHAMP) THA 2. JUAN CARLOS REVECO ARG 3. BRIAN VILORIA USA 4. Y .VOR SAENGTHEP THA 5. GREGORIO LEBRON DOM 6. NOKNOI SITTHIPRASERT THA 7. GIOVANI SEGURA MEX 8. SUGURU MURANAKA JPN 9. MAKAZOLE TETE RSA 10. ROBERTO DOMINGO SOSA ARG 11. ARTEM DALAKIAN (CON) UKR 12. FELIX ALVARADO NCA 13. NAWAPHON POR CHOKCHAI THA 14. LUIS RIOS PAN 15. VINCENT LEGRAND FRA
SUPER BELT
PASCUAL PEREZ
LIGHT FLYWEIGHT 108 Lbs / 48.99 Kgs
WBA WORLD CHAMPION: RYOICHI TAGUCHI JPN Won Title: 12-31-14
Last Mandatory: Last Defense: 05-06-15
WBC: PEDRO GUEVARA
IBF: JAVIER MENDOZA WBO: DONNIE NIETES 1. RANDY PETALCORIN (WBA INT. CHAMP) PHI 2. TAKUMA INOUE JPN 3. RYO MIYAZAKI JPN 4. ROBERT BARRERA COL 5. ALBERTO ROSSEL PER 6. JONATHAN TACONING PHI 7. PAIPHAROB KOKIETGYM (PABA) THA 8. JONATHAN GONZALEZ (NABA) PUR 9. MZUVUKILE MAGWACA RSA 10. YU KIMURA JPN 11. PALANGPOL CP FRESHMART THA 12. GILBERTO PEDROZA PAN 13. LUIS CARRILLO COL 14. SIYABONGA SIYO (PANAF) RSA 15. MA YI MING CHN
SUPER BELT
YOKO GUSHIKEN
MINIMUM 105 Lbs / 47.63 Kgs
WBA WORLD CHAMPION: HEKKIE BUDLER RSA Won Title: 02-27-14 Last Mandatory: 02-21-15 Last Defense: 02-21-15
WBC: WANHENG MENAYOTIN IBF: KATSUNARI TAKAYAMA WBO: KOSEI TANAKA
1. KNOCKOUT CP FRESHMART (WBA INT. CHAMP) THA 2. CARLOS BUITRAGO (NABA) NCA 3. REY LORETO PHI 4. SIMPHIWE KHONCO (PANAF) RSA 5. RYUJI HARA JPN 6. RICARDO ASTUVILCA PER 7. JESUS SILVESTRE MEX 8. TAKUMI SAKAE JPN 9. PIGMY KOKIETGYM THA 10. ALEXIS DIAZ VEN 11. XIONG ZHAO ZHONG CHN 12. LEROY ESTRADA PAN 13. JOSE JIMENEZ COL 14. CARLOS ORTEGA PAN 15. JESSIE ESPINAS PHI
SUPER BELT
LEO GAMEZ
CHAMPIONSHIP FIGHTS HELD FROM 09TH JULY TO AUGUST08TH, 2015 Nº PROMOTER PLACE DATE WEIGHT DEFEN
SE N° TYPE OF
FIGHT WINNER RESULT LOSER JUDGES- REFEREE SUPERVISOR
34
Sport Events Steinforth
Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany
July 11th Heavy 1 Optional Ruslan Chagev KO1 Francesco Pianeta
Hector Guillot-Leszek Jankowiak-Philippe Verbeke Jean-Louis Legland
Thomas Puetz
35
Warrior Boxing Tampa, Florida
July 11th Welter 5 Optional Keith Thurman TKO7 Luis Collazo
Mike Ross-Bill Ray-Alex Levin Telis Assimenios
R. Bagnariol
36 Matchroom
Boxing Lacanshire, U.K July 18th
Light 3 Optional Darley Perez D12 Anthony Crolla
John Poturaj-Erkki Meronen-José R. Torres Howard Foster
R. Bagnariol
37 Matchroom
Boxing Lacanshire, U.K
July 18th Super Bantam 5 Optional Scott Quigg TKO2 Kiko Martinez
Howard Foster-Jesús Morata-José R. Torres Terry O´Connor
R. Bagnariol
38
Sauerland Event
Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
July 18th Super Middle 0 Interim Vincent Feigenbutz TKO3 Mauricio Reynoso
Lynn Carter- Jean Toupin-Pawel Kardini Giusepe Quartarone
Jesper Jensen
39
Mayweather Promotion Las Vegas, Nevada
July 25th Cruiser 0 Interim Beibut Shumenov UD12 B J Flores
Steve Morrow-Dave Moretti-Patricia Morse Jarman Robert Byrd
Matthew Podgorski
40
Maint Event
Las Vegas, Nevada July 25th
Light Heavy 2 Super Sergey Kovalev KO3 Nadjib Mohammedi
Steve Weisfeld-Robert Hoyle-Adalaide Byrd Kenny Bayless
Robert Mack
41 Galaxy Boxing
Promotion Loei, Thailand July 25th
Fly 0 Interim Stamp Kiatniwat MD12 Gregorio Lebron Raul Caiz Jr-Byung-Moo Kim-Takeshi Shimakawa
Ferlin Marsh Yang Sup Shim
42 DiBella
Entertaiment Brooklyn, New York Aug. 01st
Middle 2 Optional Daniel Jacobs TKO2 Sergio Mora Don Ackerman-Max DeLuca-Joseph Pasquale
Gary Rosato G. Martinez
43
Bartra Promociones Chincha, Peru
Aug. 01st Feather 1 Interim Carlos Zambrano UD12 Jose SanMartin
Alexs Marin-Franklin Mejias-Rafael Carabaño Roberto Ramirez Jr.
Aurelio Fiengo
44 Warrior Boxing
Winter Park, Florida Aug. 02nd
Bantam 1 Undisputed Juan Carlos Payano SD12 Rau’shee Warren Alex Levin-Thomas Nardone-Carlos Sucre
Frank Santore Jr Carlos Chavez
BOXER OF THE MONTH: KEITH THURMAN
HONORABLE MENTION:
SERGEY KOVALEV The WBA Ratings Committee follows the norm of its rating guidelines for the publication of this report. All results and movements are correspondent to the month indicated in the sub-headline “OFFICIAL RATING AS
OF …” THIS “OFFICIAL RATINGS AS OF JUNE 2015” reflects the results and movements from 09th July to August 08th, 2015, regardless of the date of publication.
In general terms, though always at the discretion of the Ratings Committee, the WBA Ratings are based (in no special order) on the boxers’ own caliber, their level of activity, and their level of opponents. Country abbreviation based on IOC List