WBC Ratings

WBC Ratings
For May 2006
(American unless noted)
Heavyweight (over 190 pounds)
Champion: Hasim Rahman
1, Oleg Maskaev, Kazakhstan. 2, James Toney. 3, Samuel Peter, Nigeria. 4, Ray Austin. 5, Calvin Brock. 6, Oliver McCall. 7, Sinan Samil Sam, Turkey. 8, Shannon Briggs. 9, Ruslan Chagaev, Russia. 10, Larry Donald.
Cruiserweight (190)
Champion: O'Neil Bell
1, Guillermo Jones, Panama. 2, Steve Cunningham. 3, Krzysztof Wlodarczyk, Poland. 4, David Haye, Britain. 5, Pietro Aurino, Italy. 6, Jean Marc Mormeck, France. 7, Luis Andres Pineda, Panama. 8, Giacobbe Fragomeni, Italy. 9, Dan Batchelder. 10, Felix Cora.
Light Heavyweight (175)
Champion: Thomasz Adamek, Poland
1, Paul Briggs, Australia. 2, Bernard Hopkins. 3, Stipe Drews, Croatia. 4, Thomas Ulrich, Germany. 5, Prince Badi Ajamu. 6, Hugo Garay, Argentina. 7, Chad Dawson. 8, Glen Johnson. 9, Dawid Kostecki, Poland. 10, Eric Harding.
Super Middleweight (168)
Champion: Markus Beyer, Germany
1, Librado Andrade, Mexico. 2, Jurgen Brahmer, Germany. 3, Danny Green, Australia. 4, Jeff Lacy. 5, Carl Froch, Britain. 6, Lucien Bute, Canada. 7, Otis Grant, Canada. 8, Cristian Sanavia, Italy. 9, William Joppy. 10, Mger Mkrtchian, Armenia.
Middleweight (160)
Champion: Jermain Taylor
1, Ronald Wright. 2, Kelly Pavlik. 3, Sam Soliman, Australia. 4, Ike Quartey, Ghana. 5, Kingsley Ikeke, Canada. 6, Francisco J. Castillejo, Spain. 7, Epifanio Mendoza, Colombia. 8, Sebastian Sylvester, Germany. 9, Jose Luis Zertuche, Mexico. 10, Randy Griffin.
Super Welterweight (154)
Champion: Ricardo Mayorga, Nicaragua
1, Oscar De La Hoya. 2, Shane Mosley. 3, Fernando Vargas. 4, Sergio Martinez, Argentina. 5, Joachim Alcine, Canada. 6, Marco Antonio Rubio, Mexico. 7, Kassim Ouma, Uganda. 8, Michele Piccirillo, Italy. 9, Saul Roman, Mexico. 10, Rodney Jones.
Welterweight (147)
Champion: Carlos Baldomir, Argentina
1, Arturo Gatti, Canada. 2, Oktay Urkal, Turkey. 3, Joel Julio, Colombia. 4, Joshua Clottey, Ghana. 5, Miguel Rodriguez, Mexico. 6, Walter Matthysse, Argentina. 7, Paul Williams. 8, Joseph Makaringe, South Africa. 9, Jackson Osei Bonsu, Belgium. 10, Mark Suarez.
Super Lightweight (140)
Champion: Vacant
1, Junior Witter, Britain. 2, DeMarcus Corley. 3, Juan Lazcano. 4, Lovemore Ndou, South Africa. 5, Vivian Harris. 6, Herman Ngoudjo, Canada. 7, Steve Johnston. 8, Marcos Maidana, Argentina. 9, Julio Garcia, Mexico. 10, Joel Casamayor, Cuba.
Lightweight (135)
Champion: Diego Corrales
1, Jose Luis Castillo, Mexico. 2, Sirimongkol Singwangcha, Thailand. 3, Chikashi Inada, Japan. 4, Armando Santa Cruz, Mexico. 5, Matt Zegan, Poland. 6, Urbano Antillon. 7, Antonio Pitalua, Colombia. 8, Takehiro Shimada, Japan. 9, Graham Earl, Britain.
Super Featherweight (130)
Champion: Marco Antonio Barrera, Mexico
1, Manny Pacquiao, Philippines. 2, Erik Morales, Mexico. 3, Javier Jauregui, Mexico. 4, Alex Arthur, Britain. 5, Edwin Valero, Venezuela. 6, Kevin Kelley. 7, Guadalupe Rosales, Mexico. 8, Mzonke Fana, South Africa. 9, Nobuto Honmo, Japan.
Featherweight (126)
Champion: Takashi Koshimoto, Japan
1, Nicky Cook, Britain. 2, Injin Chi, Korea. 3, Gamaliel Diaz, Mexico. 4, Jorge Linares, Venezuela. 5, Rocky Juarez.
6, Joan Guzman, Dominican Republic. 7, Robert Guerrero. 8, Jorge Solis, Mexico. 9, Martin Honorio, Mexico. 10, Nadel Hussein, Australia.
Super Bantamweight (122)
Champion: Israel Vazquez, Mexico
1, Oscar Larios, Mexico. 2, Naphapol Kiattisakchocchoi, Thailand. 3, Saenghiran Lookbanyai, Thailand. 4, Toshiaki Nishioka, Japan. 5, Wethya Sakmuangklang, Thailand. 6, Gubula Vabaza, South Africa. 7, Ricardo Castillo, Mexico. 8, Michael Hunter, Britain. 9, Hector Julio Avila, Dominican Republic. 10, Julio Zarate, Mexico.
Bantamweight (118)
Champion: Hozumi Hasegawa, Japan
1, Genaro Garcia, Mexico. 2, Simone Maludrotto, Italy. 3, Veeraphol Nakhonluang, Thailand. 4, Malcolm Tunacao, Philippines. 5, Simpiwe Vetyeka, South Africa. 6, Nobuto Ikehara, Japan. 7, Rey Bautista, Philippines. 8, Vusi Malinga, South Africa. 9, Jose Aguiniga. 10, Ivan Hernandez, Mexico.
Super Flyweight (115)
Champion: Masamori Tokuyama, Japan
1, Katsushige Kawashima, Japan. 2, Masibulele Makepula, South Africa. 3, Christian Mijares, Mexico. 4, Jose Navarro. 5, Devid Lookmahanak, Thailand. 6, Masayuki Arinaga, Japan. 7, Nobuo Nashiro, Japan. 8, Gerson Guerrero, Mexico. 9, Z. Gorres, Philippines. 10, William Gonzalez, Nicaragua.
Flyweight (112)
Champion: Pongsaklek Wonjongkam, Thailand
1, Monelisi Myekeni, South Africa. 2, Ponomrunglek Kratingdaeng, Thailand. 3, Alberto Rosas, Mexico. 4, Koki Kameda, Japan. 5, Fahpetchnoi Sor Chitpattana, Thailand. 6, Masaki Nakanuma, Japan. 7, Daisuke Naito, Japan. 8, Ivan Pozo, Spain. 9, Hussein Hussein, Australia. 10, Takefumi Sakata, Japan.
Light Flyweight (108)
Champion: Brian Viloria
1, Juanito Rubillar, Philippines. 2, Wandee Singwangcha, Thailand. 3, Nelson Dieppa, Puerto Rico. 4, Edgar Sosa, Mexico. 5, Luis Lazarte, Argentina. 6, Jose Antonio Aguirre, Mexico. 7, Will Grigsby. 8, Victor Burgos, Mexico. 9, Petchtapee Pinsinchai, Thailand. 10, Munetsugu Kayoh, Japan.
Strawweight (105)
Champion: Eagle Kyowa, Japan
1, Rodel Mayol, Philippines. 2, Oleydong Sithsanerchai, Thailand. 3, Katsunari Takayama, Japan. 4, Wilfrido Valdez, Panama. 5, Juan Palacios, Nicaragua. 6, Pornsawan Porpramook, Thailand. 7, Lorenzo Trejo, Mexico. 8, Teruo Misawa, Japan. 9, Omar Soto, Puerto Rico. 10, Satoshi Kogumasaka, Japan.
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