WBC RATINGS

WBC RATINGS
For December 2003
(American unless noted)
Heavyweight (over 190 pounds)
Champion: Lennox Lewis, Britain. 1, Vitali Klitschko, Ukraine. 2, Corrie Sanders, South Africa. 3, David Tua, New Zealand. 4, Joe Mesi. 5, Mike Tyson. 6, Juan Carlos Gomez, Cuba. 7, Fres Oquendo. 8, James Toney. 9, Wladimir Klitschko, Ukraine. 10, Lamon Brewster.
Cruiserweight (190)
Champion: Wayne Braithwaite, Guyana. 1, O'Neil Bell. 2, Vassily Jirov, Kazakhstan. 3, Pietro Aurino, Italy. 4, Vincenzo Cantatore, Italy. 5, Luis Andres Pineda, Panama. 6, Dale Brown, Canada. 7, Rydell Booker. 8, Rudiger May, Germany. 9, Pavel Melkomian, Russia. 10, Krzysztof Wlodarczyk, Poland.
Light Heavyweight (175)
Champion: Roy Jones. 1, Antonio Tarver. 2, Paul Briggs, Australia. 3, Stipe Drews, Croatia. 4, Dariusz Michalczewski, Poland-Germany. 5, Thomas Ulrich, Germany. 6, Tomasz Adamek, Poland. 7, Elvir Muriqi, Albania. 8, Jesus Ruiz, Mexico. 9, Montell Griffin. 10, George Jones.
Super Middleweight (168)
Champion: Markus Beyer, Germany. 1, Eric Lucas, Canada. 2, Mikkel Kessler, Denmark. 3, Mads Larsen, Denmark. 4, Danny Green, Australia. 5, Danilo Haussler, Germany. 6, Charles Brewer. 7, Jeff Lacy, 8, Yoshinori Nishizawa, Japan. 9, Tito Mendoza, Panama. 10, Syd Vanderpool, Canada.
Middleweight (160)
Champion: Bernard Hopkins. 1, Howard Eastman, Britain, 2, Cristian Sanavia, Italy. 3, Jermain Taylor, 4, Kuvanych Toygonbayev, Uzbekistan. 5, Eric Mitchell. 6, Evans Ashira, Kenya. 7, Kingsley Ikeke, Nigeria. 8, Sam Soliman, Australia. 9, Sergey Tatevosyan, Russia. 10, Robert Allen.
Super Welterweight (154)
Champion: Shane Mosley. Interim Champion: Francisco J. Castillejo, Spain. 1, Oscar De La Hoya, U.S.-Mexico. 2, Fernando Vargas. 3, Roman Karmazin, Russia. 4, Kassim Ouma. 5, Alex Bunema, Congo. 6, Juan Carlos Candelo, Colombia. 7, Sergio Martinez, Argentina. 8, Sergei Dzindziruk, Ukraine. 9, Kofi Jantuah, Ghana. 10, Marco Antonio Rubio, Mexico.
Welterweight (147)
Champion: Ricardo Mayorga, Nicaragua. 1, Thomas Damgaard, Denmark. 2, Vernon Forrest. 3, Carlos Baldomir, Argentina. 4, Manuel Gomez, Mexico. 5, Jose Luis Cruz, Mexico. 6, Miguel Rodriguez, Mexico. 7, Teddy Reid, 8, Rafael Pineda, Colombia. 9, Hiroshi Watanabe, Japan. 10, Alpaslam Aguzum, Turkey.
Super Lightweight (140)
Champion: Vacant. 1, Gianluca Branco, Italy. 2, Arturo Gatti, Canada. 3, Richard Hatton, Britain. 4, Leonard Dorin, Canada. 5, Paul Spadafora. 6, Miguel Angel Cotto, Puerto Rico. 7, Masakazu Satake, Japan. 8, James Leija. 9, Sharmba Mitchell. 10, Francisco Bojado, Mexico.
Lightweight (135)
Champion: Floyd Mayweather. 1, Juan Lazcano. 2, Jose Luis Castillo, Mexico. 3, Kengo Nagashima, Japan. 4, Juan Diaz, Mexico. 5, Phillip Ndou, South Africa. 6, Steve Johnston. 7, Julio Cesar Diaz. 8, Victoriano Damian Sosa, Dominican Republic. 9, Julien Lorcy, France. 10, Yuri Romanov, Belarus.
Super Featherweight (130)
Champion: Jesus Chavez, Mexico. 1, Mzonke Fana, South Africa. 2, Randy Suico, Philippines. 3, Joel Casamayor, Cuba. 4, Sirimongkol Singmanassuk, Thailand. 5, Boris Sinitsin, Russia. 6, Zahir Raheem. 7, Mike Anchondo. 8, Jorge Barrios, Argentina. 9, Nobuto Honmo, Japan. 10, Ryuhei Sugita, Japan.
Featherweight (126)
Champion: Vacant. 1, Injin Chi, Korea. 2, Michael Brodie, Britain. 3, Manny Pacquiao, Philippines. 4, Rocky Juarez. 5, Takashi Koshimoto, Japan. 6, Marco Antonio Barrera, Mexico. 7, Cyril Thomas, France. 8, William Abelyan. 9, Spend Abazi, Denmark. 10, Humberto Soto, Mexico.
Super Bantamweight (122)
Champion: Oscar Larios, Mexico. 1, Nadel Hussein, Australia. 2, Israel Vazquez, Mexico. 3, Napopol Kiattisakchocchoi, Thailand. 4, Shigeru Nakazato, Japan. 5, Yoshikane Nakajima, Japan. 6, Jose Rojas, Venezuela. 7, Daniel Ponce, Mexico. 8, Jimrex Jaca, Philippines. 9, Akihiro Kanai, Japan. 10, Paulie Ayala.
Bantamweight (118)
Champion: Veeraphol Nakhonluang, Thailand. 1, Toshiaki Nishioka, Japan. 2, Diego Morales, Mexico. 3, Genaro Garcia, Mexico. 4, Hozumi Hasegawa, Japan. 5, Ricardo Vargas, Mexico. 6, Julio Zarate, Mexico. 7, Johnny Gonzalez, Mexico. 8, Joichiro Tatsuyoshi, Japan. 9, Mauricio Martinez, Panama. 10, Vusi Malinga, South Africa.
Super Flyweight (115)
Champion: Masamori Tokuyama, Japan. 1, Dimitri Kirilov, Russia. 2, Jose Navarro. 3, Malcolm Tunacao, Philippines. 4, Luis Bolano, Colombia. 5, Medgoen Singsurat, Thailand. 6, Hideyasu Ishihara, Japan. 7, Reynaldo Hurtado, Colombia. 8, Hussein Hussein, Australia. 9, Fernando Montiel, Mexico. 10, Martin Castillo, Mexico.
Flyweight (112)
Champion: Pongsaklek Wonjongkam, Thailand. 1, Luis Maldonado, Mexico. 2, Takefumi Sakata, Japan. 3, Noriyuki Komatsu, Japan. 4, Brian Viloria. 5, Tomas Rojas, Mexico. 6, Jair Jimenez, Colombia. 7, Hiroshi Nakano, Japan. 8, Lorenzo Parra, Venezuela. 9, Hidenobu Honda, Japan. 10, Brahim Asloum, France.
Light Flyweight (108)
Champion: Jorge Arce, Mexico. 1, Juanito Rubillar, Philippines. 2, Eric Ortiz, Mexico. 3, Roberto Vazquez, Panama. 4, Melchor Cob Castro, Mexico. 5, Tatsuo Hayashida, Japan. 6, Manuel Vargas, Mexico. 7, Shingo Yamaguchi, Japan. 8, Masato Hatakeyama, Japan. 9, Jesus Martinez, Mexico. 10, Ulises Solis, Mexico.
Strawweight (105)
Champion: Jose Antonio Aguirre, Mexico. 1, Isaac Bustos, Mexico. 2, Rodel Mayol, Philippines. 3, Eagle Akakura, Japan. 4, Heriberto Gijon, Philippines. 5, Roberto Leyva, Mexico. 6, Satoshi Kogumasaka, Japan. 7, Mohamed Rachman, Indonesia. 8, Juan Palacios, Nicaragua. 9, Sithembele Kibiti, South Africa. 10, Genki Onaka, Japan.