WBA Rankings

Wednesday, Feb. 5, 1997 | 11:59 a.m.

CARACAS, Venezuela -- The World Boxing Association rankings through January 1997 (Americans unless otherwise noted):

Heavyweight

Champion: Evander Holyfield

1, Oliver McCall. 2, Mike Tyson. 3, Franz Botha, South Africa. 4, Orlin Norris. 5, Tony Tucker. 6, Vaughn Bean. 7, Andrew Golota, Poland. 8, Bruce Seldon. 9, Zelko Mavrovic, Croatia. 10, Lennox Lewis, Great Britain. 11, Joe Bugner, Australia, 12, Adilson Rodriguez, Brazil.

Cruiserweight

Champion: Nate Miller

1, Alexandre Gurov, Ukraine. 2, Ezequiel Paixao, Brazil. 3, Robert Daniels. 4, Juan Carlos Gomez, Cuba. 5, Terry Dunstan, Great Britain. 6, Uriah Grant, Jamaica. 7, Akim Tafer, France. 8, Rick Lamontagne. 9, Torsten May, Germany. 10, Ken Murphy. 11, Saul Montana, Dominican Republic. 12, David Izeqwire, Nigeria.

Light Heavyweight

Champion: Virgil Hill

1, Eddy Smulders, Holland. 2, William Guthrie. 3, Louis del Valle. 4, Leif Keiski, Sweden. 5, Michael Nunn. 6, Antoine Byrd. 7, Dario Mattioni, Argentina. 8, Merqui Sosa, Dominican Republic. 9, Darrin Allen. 10, Mike McCallum, Jamaica. 11, Richard Frazier. 12, Ole Klemetsen, Norway.

Super Middleweight

Champion: Frank Liles

1, Frederic Seillier, France. 2, Henry Wharton, Great Britain. 3, Gary Ballard, South Africa. 4, Mauricio Amaral, Brazil. 5, Tim Littles. 6, Zaffarou Ballogou, Kenya. 7, Mike Makata, New Zealand. 8, Andrei Shkalikov, Russia. 9, Charles Brewer. 10, Joseph Kiwanuka, Uganda. 11, Chris Johnson, Canada. 12, Segundo Mercado, Ecuador.

Middleweight

Champion: William Joppy

1, Peter Venancio, Brazil. 2, Darren Obah, Austria. 3, Paul Vaden. 4, Otis Grant. 5, Glenn Johnson, Jamaica. 6, Julian Jackson, Virgin Islands. 7, Brian Barbosa. 8, Anthony Stephens. 9, Anthony Andrews, Guyana. 10, Hassine Cherifi, France. 11, Jorge Castro, Argentina. 12, Andrew Council.

Junior Middleweight

Champion: Laurent Boudouani, France

1, Carl Daniels. 2, Guillermo Jones, Panama. 3, Robert McCraken, Great Britain. 4, Giovanni Petrorius, South Africa. 5, Raul Marquez, Mexico. 6, Javier Castillejos, Spain. 7, Julio C. Vasquez, Argentina. 8, Alejandro Ugueto, Venezuela. 9, David Ciarlante, Italy. 10, Tony Meneffe. 11, Jason Rarene, New Zealand. 12, Gianfranco Rossi, Italy.

Welterweight

Champion: Ike Quartey, Ghana

1, Andrey Pestryaev, Russia. 2, Patrick Carpenter, France. 3, Sean Sullivan, Newa Zealand. 4, Oba Carr. 5, Derrel Coley. 6, Andrew Murray, Guyana. 7, Jeff Malcolm, Austria. 8, Romalis Ellis. 9, Tony Martin. 10, Wilfredo Rivera, Puerto Rico. 11, Juan Negron, Puerto Rico. 12, Ralph Jones.

Junior Welterweight

Champion: Kalid Rahilou, France

1, Julio C. Chavez, Mexico. 2, Miguel Gonzalez, Mexico. 3, Jose Barboza, Venezuela. 4, Sharmba Mitchel. 5, Frankie Randall. 6, Charles Murray. 7, Viacheslav Yanovsky, Kazakhstan. 8, Soren Soindergaard, Denmark. 9, Virgil McClendon. 10, Hisao Arai, Japan. 11, Alfonso Sanchez, Mexico. 12, Freddy Ladd.

Lightweight

Champion: Gusshie Nazarov, Russia

1, Levander Johnson. 2, Angel Mona, France. 3, Alberto Sicurella, Argentina. 4, Manuel Fernandez, Portugal. 5, Steve Johnston. 6, Hiroyuki Sakamoto, Japan. 7, Billy Irwin, Canada. 8, Ivan Robinson. 9, Samir Charad, France. 10, Billy Schwer, Great Britain. 11, Eduardo Morales, Argentina. 12, Zorigoo Sosorbaram, Mongolia.

Junior Lightweight

Champion: Yong-soo Choi, South Korea

1, Lakva Sim, Mongolia. 2, Anatoly Alexandrov, Russia. 3, Gilbert Serrano, Venezuela. 4, Carlos Gerena, Puerto Rico. 5, Julien Lorcy, France. 6, Roberto Garcia. 7, Genaro Hernandez. 8, Djamel Lifa, France. 9, Douglas Villarreal, Colombia. 10, Edson Xuxa Nacimento, Brazil. 11, Orlando Soto, Panama. 12, Koji Arisawa, Japan.

Featherweight

Champion: Wilfredo Vazquez, Puerto Rico

1, Yuji Watanabe, Japan. 2, Carlos Rios, Argentina. 3, Victor Polo, Colombia. 4, Rafael Meran, Dominican Republic. 5, Angel Vasquez, Puerto Rico. 6, Fred Norwood. 7, Tony Wehbe, Indonesia. 8, Roque Cassiani, Colombia. 9, Ever Beleno, Colombia. 10, Frederic Perez, France. 11, Billy Hardy, Great Britain. 12, Victor Llerena, Colombia.

Junior Featherweight

Champion; Antonio Cermeno, Venezuela

1, Rafael del Valle, Puerto Rico. 2, Erik Morales, Mexico. 3, Kennedy McKenney. 4, Yober Ortega, Venezuela. 5, Martin Krastev, Bulgaria. 6, Yuichi Kasai, Japan. 7, Enrique Sanchez, Mexico. 8, Serge Poilban, France. 9, Enrique Angeles, Mexico. 10, Bugiarso, Indonesia. 11, Mike Garcia. 12, Michael Brodie, Great Britain.

Bantanweight

Champion: Daorung C. Siriwat, Thailand

1, Abraham Torres, Venezuela. 2, Lackhin C.P. Gym, Thailand. 3, Yong-hoon Lee, South Korea. 4, Nana Konadu, Ghana. 5, Angel Chacon, Puerto Rico. 6, Paul Ayala. 7, Tim Austin. 8, Pastor Maurin, Argentina. 9, Setsuo Kawamasu, Japan. 10, Joichiro Tatsuyoshi, Japan. 11, Gerardo Martinez, Mexico. 12, John M. Johnson.

Junior Bantamweight

Champion: Yokthai Sith Oar, Thailand

1, Aquiles Guzman, Venezuela. 2, Dario Azuaga, Paraguay. 3, Veerapol Sahaprom, Thailand. 4, Alimi Goitia, Venezuela. 5, Jerry Penalosa, Philippines. 6, Jesus Rojas, Venezuela. 7, Joel Luna Zarate, Mexico. 8, Satoshi Iida, Japan. 9, Andy Agosto. 10, Luis Bolanos, Colombia. 11, Julio Gamboa, Nicaragua. 12, Luis Benavides, Colombia.

Flyweight

Champion: Jose Bonilla, Venezuela

1, Evangelio Perez, Panama. 2, San S. Ploenchit, Thailand. 3, Ysaias Zamudio, Mexico. 4, Peter Culshaw, Great Britain. 5, Jesper Jensen, Denmark. 6, Hiroki Ioka, Japan. 7, Takashi Ohba, Japan. 8, Young-soon Chang, South Korea. 9, Alejandro Montiel, Mexico. 10, Leo Gamez, Venezuela. 11, Salvatore Fanny, Italy. 12, Arthur Johnson.

Junior Flyweight

Champion: Pitchinoi C. Siriwat, Thailand

1, Hadao C.P. Gym, Thailand. 2, Michael Carvajal. 3, Sinn Ploenchit, Thailand. 4, Young-jin Kim, South Korea. 5, Suzuki Kabato, Japan. 6, Keiji Yamaguchi, Japan. 7, Carlos Murillo, Panama. 8, Manuel Herrera, Dominican Republic. 9, Yosam Choi, South Korea. 10, Phanieng Akradet Gym, Thailand. 11, Joma Gamboa, Philippines. 12, Mzukisi Marali, South Africa.

Mini Flyweight

Champion: Rosendo Alvarez, Nicaragua

1, Rocky Lin, Japan. 2, Jose Garcia, Colombia. 3, Kwanjai Battery, Thailand. 4, Chana Porpaoin, Thailand. 5, Sungtae Lim, South Korea. 6, Songkram Porpaoin, Thailand. 7, Andy Tabanas, Philippines. 8, Fah Sung Ponasawang, Thailand. 9, Pongsaklek Sithanonsak, Thailand. 10, Payakna Kornluang, Thailand. 11, Gabriel Martinez, Mexico. 12, Javier Medina, Nicaragua

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