IBF RANKINGS

IBF RANKINGS
EAST ORANGE, N.J. -- The International Boxing Federation official rankings as of Aug. 2003 (Americans unless otherwise noted): Heavyweight (over 190 pounds)
Champion
Chris Byrd
1, not rated. 2, Fres Oquendo, Puerto Rico. 3, David Tua, New Zealand. 4, Hasim Rahman. 5, Vitali Klitschko, Ukraine. 6, John Ruiz. 7, Evander Holyfield. 8, Kirk Johnson, Canada. 9, Wladimir Klitschko, Ukraine, 10, Mike Tyson.
Cruiserweight (190 pounds)
Champion
James Toney
1, O'Neil Bell. 2, not rated. 3, Vassilly Jirov. 4, Ezra Sellers. 5, Virgil Hill. 6, Kelvin Davis. 7, Vincenzo Cantatore, Italy. 8, Alex Petkovic, Russia. 9, Alexander Gurov, Ukraine. 10, Dale Brown, Canada.
Light Heavyweight (175 pounds)
Champion
Antonio Tarver
1, not rated. 2, not rated. 3, Julio Gonzales, Mexico. 4, Clinton Woods, Britain. 5, Paul Briggs, Australia. 6, Thomas Ulrich, Germany. 7, Montell Griffin. 8, Glencofffe Johnson. 9, Stipe Drews, Croatia. 10, Richard Hall.
Super Middleweight (168 pounds)
Champion
Sven Ottke, Germany
1, not rated. 2, Danilo Haaussler, Germany. 3, Charles Brewer. 4, Syd Vanderpoole, Canada. 5, Mikkel Kessler, Denmark. 6, Mads Larsen, Denmark. 7, Jeff Lacy. 8, Tito Mendoza. 9, Mario Veit, Germany. 10, Byron Mitchell.
Middleweight (160 pounds)
Champion
Bernard Hopkins
1, Robert Allen. 2, not rated. 3, Howard Eastman, Guyana. 4, Bert Schenk, Germany. 5, Evans Ahsira, Guyana. 6, Ray Joval, Netherlands. 7, Jermaine Taylor. 8, Bea Diallo, Netherlands. 9, Derrel Coley. 10, Sam Soliman, Australia.
Junior Middleweight (154 pounds)
Champion
Ronald Wright
1, Kasim Ouma. 2, Juan Candelo. 3, Verno Phillips. 4, Roman Karmazin, Russia. 5, Vernon Forrest. 6, Angel Hernandez. 7, Julio Garcia. 8, Emmit Linton. 9, Alex Bunema. 10, Travis Simms.
Welterweight (147 pounds)
Champion
Corey Spinks
1, not rated. 2, not rated. 3, Thomas Damgaard, Denmark. 4, James Hare, Britain. 5, Jose Celaya. 6, Hercules Kyvelos, Canada. 7, Michele Trabant, Germany. 8, Rafael Pineda, Colombia. 9, Teddy Reid. 10, Kermit Cintron.
Junior Welterweight (140 pounds)
Champion
Kostya Tszyu, Australia
1, Sharmba Mitchell. 2, not rated. 3, Oktay Ukral, Turkey. 4, Omar Weiss, Argentina. 5, Arturo Gatti. 6, Mike Stewart. 7, Paul Spadafora. 8, Miguel Cotto. 9, James Leija Jr. 10, Demarcus Corley.
Lightweight (135 pounds)
Champion
Vacant
1, Javier Juaregi, Mexico. 2, Levander Johnson. 3, Jose Luis Castillo, Mexico. 4, Julien Lorcey, France. 5, Julio Diaz. 6, Courtney Burton. 7, Juan Lazcano. 8, Stevie Johnston. 9, Angel Manfredy. 10, Juan Gomez Trinidad, Puerto Rico.
Junior Lightweight (130 pounds)
Champion
Carlos Hernandez
1, Steve Forbes. 2, not rated. 3, Joel Casamayor. 4, Diego Corrales. 5, David Santos. 6, Phillip Ndou, South Africa. 7, Julio Chacon, Argentina. 8, Sirimongkol Singmanassak, Thailand. 9, Robbie Peden. 10, Jorge Barrios, Argentina.
Featherweight (126 pounds)
Champion
Juan Marquez, Mexico
1, not rated. 2, not rated. 3, Marco Barrera, Mexico. 4, William Abelyan. 5, Michael Brodie, Britain. 6, Orlando Salido, Mexico. 7, Injin Chi, South Korea. 8, Zaheer Raheem. 9, Rocky Juarez. 10, Oscar Leon, Puerto Rico.
Junior Featherweight (122 pounds)
Champion
Manny Pacquiao, Philippines
1, not rated. 2, not rated. 3, Jose Luis Valbuena, Venezuela. 4, Pauly Ayala. 5, Nadel Hussein, Australia. 6, David Donis. 7, F. Rakkiatgym, Thailand. 8, Bobby Velardez. 9, Israel Vasquez, Mexico. 10, Art Simonyan.
Bantamweight (118 pounds)
Champion
Raffael Marquez, Mexico
1, Pete Frissina. 2, Tim Austin. 3, Ricardo Vargas, Mexico. 4, Genaro Garcia, Mexico. 5, David Guerrault, France. 6, Roger Gonzalez, Argentina. 7, Jesus Perez, Colombia. 8, Ratanachai Vorapin, Thailand. 9, Noel Wilders, Britain. 10, Jose Aguiniga.
Junior Bantamweight (115 pounds)
Champion
Luis Perez, Nicaragua
1, not rated. 2, not rated. 3, Felix Machado, Venezuela. 4, Mauricio Pastrana, Colombia. 5, Luis Bolano, Colombia. 6, Martin Castillo. 7, Peter Culshaw, Britain. 8, Angel Priolo, Colombia. 9, Fernando Monteil, Mexico. 10, Dimitri Kirlov, Russia.
Flyweight (112 pounds)
Champion
Irene Pacheco, Colombia
1, not rated. 2. not rated. 3, Vic Darchinian, Australia. 4, Hussein Hussein, Lebanon. 5, Damaen Kelly, Ireland. 6, Jair Jiminez, Colombia. 7, Takefumi Sakata, Japan. 8, Alejandro Monteil, Mexico. 9, Alexandr Mahmutov, Russia. 10, Luis Maldonado, Mexico.
Junior Flyweight (108 pounds)
Champion
Jose Burgos, Mexico
1, not rated. 2, not rated. 3, Fahlan Sakreerin, Thailand. 4, Eric Ortiz, Mexico. 5, Alexander Sanchez, Puerto Rico. 6, Wendyl Janiola, Philippines. 7, Hidenbou Honda, Japan. 8, Bebis Mendoza, Colombia. 9, Shingo Yamaguchi, Japan. 10, Tatsuo Hatashida, Japan.
Mini Flyweight (105 pounds)
Champion
Edgar Cardenas, Mexico
1, not rated. 2, not rated. 3, Daniel Reyes, Colombia. 4, Muhammad Rachman, Indonesia. 5, Chana Porpaoin, Thailand. 6, Noel Tunacao, Philippines. 7, Hiroshi Matsumoto, Japan. 8, Ernesto Rubillar, Philippines. 9, Joma Gamboa, Philippines. 10, Roberto Leyva, Mexico.