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RATINGS AND CHAMPIONSHIP POLICY

Fighters recognized as champions by The Ring are rated at the top of their division, with the top 10 contenders listed below.

Championship vacancies can be filled by winning a box-off between The Ring’s number-one and number-two contenders, or, in certain instances, a box-off between our number-one and number-three contenders.

The only three occasions when a fighter will lose his championship status are when he retires, moves to another weight division, or is defeated in a championship bout.

The Ring Ratings are compiled by the magazine’s editorial board, with the participation of The Ring Ratings Panel of boxing journalists from around the world. Click here for a complete panelist listing.


Ratings For Period Ended January 21, 2008

HEAVYWEIGHTS
Weight Unlimited
Champ: Vacant

This
week
Last
Week
Weeks
in
Ratings
Fighter
Record
1
1
139
WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO
49-3 (44)
2
2
142
SAMUEL PETER
29-1 (22)
3
4
62
RUSLAN CHAGAEV
24-0-1 (17)
4
3
76
OLEG MASKAEV
34-5 (26)
5
5
110
NICOLAY VALUEV
47-1 (34)
6
6
34
SULTAN IBRAGIMOV
22-0-1 (17)
7
7
95
SERGEI LIAKHOVICH
23-2 (14)
8
8
34
VLADIMIR VIRCHIS
24-1 (20)
9
9
28
TONY THOMPSON
31-1 (19)
10
10
13
ALEXANDER POVETKIN
14-0 (11)

CRUISERWEIGHTS
Weight Limit: 200 pounds
This
week
Last
Week
Weeks
in
Ratings
Fighter
Record
C
C
110
DAVID HAYE
20-1 (19)
1
1
188
STEVE CUNNINGHAM
21-1 (11)
2
2
306
JEAN-MARC MORMECK
33-4 (22)
3
3
330
O'NEIL BELL
26-2-1 (24)
4
4
136
KRZYSZTOF WLODARCZYK
39-2 (29)
5
5
70
ENZO MACCARINELLI
28-1 (21)
6
6
65
FIRAT ARSLAN
28-3-1 (18)
7
7
60
MARCO HUCK
19-1 (13)
8
8
82
VADIM TOKAREV
24-1-1 (17)
9
9
47
DARNELL WILSON
22-5-3 (18)
10
10
63
JOHNATHON BANKS
18-0 (13)

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHTS
Weight Limit: 175 pounds
This
week
Last
Week
Weeks
in
Ratings
Fighter
Record
C
C
85
BERNARD HOPKINS
48-4-1 (32)
1
1
205
ZSOLT ERDEI
28-0 (17)
2
2
231
CLINTON WOODS
41-3-1 (24)
3
3
488
ANTONIO TARVER
26-4 (19)
4
4
241
GLEN JOHNSON
47-11-2 (32)
5
5
86
CHAD DAWSON
25-0 (17)
6
9
6
DANNY GREEN
25-3 (22)
7
-
1
ROY JONES
52-4 (38)
8
6
174
PAUL BRIGGS
26-3 (18)
9
7
415
JULIO GONZALEZ
41-4 (25)
10
8
37
ADRIAN DIACONU
24-0 (15)

SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHTS
Weight Limit: 168 pounds
This
week
Last
Week
Weeks
in
Ratings
Fighter
Record
C
C
559
JOE CALZAGHE
44-0 (32)
1
1
164
MIKKEL KESSLER
39-1 (29)
2
2
279
ANTHONY MUNDINE
30-3 (23)
3
3
94
LUCIAN BUTE
21-0 (17)
4
4
165
JEFF LACY
23-1 (17)
5
5
136
LIBRADO ANDRADE
26-1 (20)
6
6
85
CARL FROCH
22-0 (18)
7
7
73
ALLAN GREEN
26-1 (18)
8
8
42
SAKIO BIKA
25-3-2 (15)
9
9
67
DENIS INKIN
32-0 (24)
10
10
2
EDISON MIRANDA
30-2 (26)

MIDDLEWEIGHTS
Weight Limit: 160 pounds
This
week
Last
Week
Weeks
in
Ratings
Fighter
Record
C
C
60
KELLY PAVLIK
32-0 (29)
1
1
153
ARTHUR ABRAHAM
25-0 (20)
2
2
142
WINKY WRIGHT
51-4-1 (25)
3
3
241
JERMAIN TAYLOR
27-1-1 (17)
4
4
227
FELIX STURM
28-2-1 (12)
5
5
80
JAVIER CASTILLEJO
61-7 (41)
6
6
128
SEBASTIAN SYLVESTER
27-2 (13)
7
7
86
AMIN ASIKAINEN
22-1 (15)
8
8
14
RANDY GRIFFIN
24-1-3 (12)
9
9
10
RAYMOND JOVAL
37-4 (16)
10
10
7
JOHN DUDDY
23-0 (17)

JR. MIDDLEWEIGHTS
Weight Limit: 154 pounds
Champ: Vacant
This
week
Last
Week
Weeks
in
Ratings
Fighter
Record
1
1
81
CORY SPINKS
36-4 (11)
2
4
77
VERNON FORREST
40-2 (29)
3
3
90
OSCAR DE LA HOYA
38-5 (30)
4
-
1
ALEX BUNEMA
29-5-2 (15)
5
5
29
JOACHIM ALCINE
30-0 (19)
6
6
112
SERGEI DZINDZIRUK
34-0 (22)
7
7
55
TRAVIS SIMMS
25-1 (19)
8
2
132
ROMAN KARMAZIN
36-3-1 (23)
9
9
284
VERNO PHILLIPS
41-10-1 (21)
10
10
12
SERGIO MARTINEZ
40-1-1 (21)

WELTERWEIGHTS
Weight Limit: 147 pounds
This
week
Last
Week
Weeks
in
Ratings
Fighter
Record
C
C
94
FLOYD MAYWEATHER
39-0 (25)
1
1
60
MIGUEL COTTO
31-0 (25)
2
2
87
PAUL WILLIAMS
33-0 (24)
3
3
50
SHANE MOSLEY
44-5 (37)
4
4
341
ANTONIO MARGARITO
35-5 (25)
5
5
193
ZAB JUDAH
36-5 (25)
6
6
182
KERMIT CINTRON
29-1 (27)
7
7
145
LUIS COLLAZO
28-3 (13)
8
8
42
JOSHUA CLOTTEY
33-2 (19)
9
9
26
JACKSON BONSU
27-1 (23)
10
10
139
OKTAY URKAL
38-4 (12)

JR. WELTERWEIGHTS
Weight Limit: 140 pounds
This
week
Last
Week
Weeks
in
Ratings
Fighter
Record
C
C
249
RICKY HATTON
43-1 (31)
1
1
153
JUNIOR WITTER
36-1-2 (21)
2
2
32
PAUL MALIGNAGGI
24-1 (5)
3
3
27
GAVIN REES
27-0 (13)
4
4
270
VIVIAN HARRIS
28-3-1 (18)
5
5
94
SOULEYMANE M’BAYE
36-2-1 (21)
6
6
205
LOVEMORE NDOU
46-9-1 (31)
7
7
81
JUAN LAZCANO
37-4-1 (27)
8
8
78
DEMETRIUS HOPKINS
28-0-1 (11)
9
9
21
RICARDO TORRES
32-1 (28)
10
10
3
HERMAN NGOUDJO
16-2 (9)

LIGHTWEIGHTS
Weight Limit: 135 pounds
This
week
Last
Week
Weeks
in
Ratings
Fighter
Record
C
C
161
JOEL CASAMAYOR
35-3-1 (21)
1
1
197
JUAN DIAZ
33-0 (17)
2
2
81
DAVID DIAZ
33-1-1 (17)
3
3
68
JOSE SANTA CRUZ
25-3 (14)
4
4
197
JULIO DIAZ
34-4 (25)
5
5
68
NATE CAMPBELL
31-5-1 (25)
6
6
49
MICHAEL KATSIDIS
23-0 (20)
7
7
62
YURI ROMANOV
20-2 (13)
8
8
7
AMIR KHAN
15-0 (12)
9
9
124
ZAHIR RAHEEM
29-2 (17)
10
10
35
ANTHONY PETERSON
26-0 (19)

JR. LIGHTWEIGHTS
Weight Limit: 130 pounds
Champ: Vacant
This
week
Last
Week
Weeks
in
Ratings
Fighter
Record
1
1
136
MANNY PACQUIAO
45-3-2 (35)
2
2
45
JUAN MANUEL MARQUEZ
48-3-1 (35)
3
3
71
JOAN GUZMAN
28-0 (17)
4
4
77
EDWIN VALERO
23-0 (23)
5
5
48
HUMBERTO SOTO
43-6-2 (27)
6
6
304
JORGE BARRIOS
47-3-1 (34)
7
7
38
ALEX ARTHUR
26-1 (19)
8
8
25
YODSANAN NANTHACHAI
50-3-1 (39)
9
9
18
MZONKE FANA
27-3 (10)
10
10
16
CASSIUS BALOYI
34-3-1 (18)

FEATHERWEIGHTS
Weight Limit: 126 pounds
Champ: Vacant
This
week
Last
Week
Weeks
in
Ratings
Fighter
Record
1
1
182
CHRIS JOHN
40-0-1 (21)
2
2
48
ROBERT GUERRERO
21-1-1 (14)
3
3
90
HIROYUKI ENOKI
27-0-1 (19)
4
4
63
JORGE SOLIS
32-1-2 (23)
5
5
42
NAOKI MATSUDA
27-7-3 (10)
6
6
28
STEVEN LUEVANO
34-1 (15)
7
7
27
JORGE LINARES
25-0 (16)
8
8
59
MARTIN HONORIO
24-4-1 (12)
9
9
4
THOMAS MASHABA
20-2-4 (12)
10
10
88
NICKY COOK
27-1 (15)

JR. FEATHERWEIGHTS
Weight Limit: 122 pounds
This
week
Last
Week
Weeks
in
Ratings
Fighter
Record
C
C
315
ISRAEL VAZQUEZ
42-4 (31)
1
1
47
RAFAEL MARQUEZ
37-4 (33)
2
2
150
CELESTINO CABALLERO
28-2 (19)
3
3
112
DANIEL PONCE DE LEON
34-1 (30)
4
4
116
STEVE MOLITOR
25-0 (10)
5
5
97
SOMSAK SITHCHATCHAWAL
54-2-1 (43)
6
6
146
SERGIO MANUEL MEDINA
29-1 (17)
7
7
84
TAKALANI NDLOVU
27-4 (17)
8
8
31
POONSAWAT KRATINGAENGGYM
31-1 (20)
9
9
22
KIKO MARTINEZ
17-0 (14)
10
10
38
REY BAUTISTA
24-1 (18)

BANTAMWEIGHTS
Weight Limit: 118 pounds
Champ: Vacant
This
week
Last
Week
Weeks
in
Ratings
Fighter
Record
1
1
143
HOZUMI HASEGAWA
23-2 (7)