Las Vegas Sun

April 23, 2024

Sun boxing rankings

For April 17, 2003

(With WBC, WBA and IBF champions identified)

Heavyweights (195+ pounds)

1. Lennox Lewis (WBC) 40-2-1

2. Roy Jones Jr. (WBA) 48-1

3. Chris Byrd (IBF) 36-2

4. Mike Tyson 50-4

5. Vitali Klitschko 32-1

6. John Ruiz 38-5-1

7. Evander Holyfield 38-6-2

8. Fres Oquendo 24-1

9. Corrie Sanders 39-2

10. Wladimir Klitschko 40-2

11. David Tua 42-3-1

12. Hasim Rahman 35-4-1

13. Kirk Johnson 34-1-1

14. Juan Carlos Gomez 36-0

15. Joe Mesi 24-0

Cruiserweights (190)

1. Vassiliy Jirov (IBF) 30-0

2. James Toney 65-4-2

3. Jean Marc Mormeck (WBA) 29-2

4. Wayne Braithwaite (WBC) 19-0

5. O'Neil Bell 20-1-1

6. Graciano Rocchigiani 41-5-1

7. Johnny Nelson 43-12-1

8. Ravea Springs 25-3

9. Kelvin Davis 19-1-1

10. William Guthrie 26-3

11. Fabrice Tiozzo 44-2

12. Virgil Hill 48-4

13. Arthur Williams 37-8-1

14. Guillermo Jones 29-3-1

15. Louis Azille 18-1-2

Light Heavyweights (175)

1. Dariusz Michalczewski 48-0

2. Montell Griffin 44-3

3. Antonio Tarver 20-1

4. Thomas Ulrich 23-1

5. Medhi Sahnoune 24-0

6. Julio Gonzalez 33-1

7. Bruno Girard 42-4-2

8. George Khalid Jones 19-2

9. Reggie Johnson 42-7-1

10. Eric Harding 21-2-1

11. Lou Del Valle 31-3-1

12. Fred Moore 29-1

13. Tony Oakey 18-0

14. Derrick Harmon 23-4

15. Mads Larsen 33-1

Super Middleweights (168)

1. Joe Calzaghe 35-0

2. Sven Ottke (WBA, IBF) 30-0

3. Marcus Beyer (WBC) 27-1

4. Byron Mitchell 25-2-1

5. Antwun Echols 29-4-1

6. Jeff Lacy 13-0

7. Eric Lucas 36-5-2

8. Robin Reid 32-3-1

9. Mario Veit 37-1

10. Jermain Taylor 15-0

11. Charles Brewer 39-9

12. Brian Magee 18-0

13. Willie Stewart 19-0

14. Richie Woodhall 27-3

15. Thomas Tate 41-7

Middleweights (160)

1. Bern. Hopkins (WBC, WBA, IBF) 42-2-1

2. William Joppy 34-2-1

3. Keith Holmes 35-3

4. Robert Allen 35-4

5. Eric Regan 20-0

6. Roshii Wells 17-0-2

7. Harry Simon 23-0

8. Howard Eastman 36-1

9. Carl Daniels 48-4-1

10. Tito Mendoza 27-4

11. Bert Schenk 26-1

12. Armand Krajnc 26-2

13. Naotaka Hozumi 18-2-1

14. Hassine Cheriffi 33-6-1

15. Kevin Palmer 24-1-1

Junior Middleweights (154)

1. Oscar De La Hoya (WBC, WBA) 35-2

2. Fernando Vargas 22-2

3. Shane Mosley 38-2

4. Winky Wright (IBF) 45-3

5. Daniel Santos 26-2-1

6. Javier Castillejo 53-5

7. Verno Phillips 34-9-1

8. Kuvanych Toygonbayev 20-1-1

9. Kasim Ouma 17-1-1

10. Julio Garcia 24-1-2

11. J.C. Candelo 25-5-3

12. Angel Hernandez 24-3

13. Richard Williams 17-1-1

14. Fitz Vanderpool 24-4-4

15. Epifanio Mendoza 16-1

Welterweights (147)

1. Ricardo Mayorga (WBC, WBA) 25-3

2. Vernon Forrest 35-1

3. Cory Spinks (IBF) 31-2

4. Antonio Margarito 28-3

5. Michel Trabant 38-0

6. Michele Piccirillo 37-2

7. Hercules Kyvelos 21-1

8. Thomas Damgaard 22-0

9. Anthony Thompson 7-0

10. Kelson Pinto 21-0

11. Andrew Lewis 22-1-1

12. Kermit Cintron 18-0

13. Teddy Reid 21-5-1

14. Kofi Jantuah 21-1

15. Ahmed Kotiev 27-1

Junior Welterweights (140)

1. Kostya Tszyu (WBC, WBA, IBF) 30-1-1

2. Zab Judah 28-1

3. Hector Camacho Jr. 35-1

4. Ricky Hatton 32-0

5. Mohammad Abdullaev 11-0

6. Miguel Cotto 14-0

7. DeMarcus Corley 28-1-1

8. Arturo Gatti 35-6

9. Sharmba Mitchell 51-3

10. Ricardo Williams 8-1

11. Michael Stewart 32-1-1

12. Terrance Cauthen 23-1

13. Mickey Ward 38-11

14. James Leija 43-6-2

15. Junior Witter 26-1-2

Lightweights (135)

1. Floyd Mayweather Jr. (WBC) 29-0

2. Paul Spadafora (IBF) 36-0

3. Diego Corrales 34-1

4. Leonard Dorin (WBA) 21-0

5. Artur Grigorian 36-0

6. Jose Luis Castillo 46-6-1

7. Juan Lazcano 32-2-1

8. Colin Dunne 38-1

9. Juan Gomez Trinidad 24-2

10. Lamar Murphy 29-6-1

11. Tonto Tontchev 27-2

12. Stevie Johnston 35-2-1

13. Angel Manfredy 41-6-1

14. Julio Diaz 27-2

15. Leavander Johnson 30-3-2

Junior Lightweights (130)

1. Acelino Freitas (WBA) 33-0

2. Joel Casamayor 29-1

3. Sirimon. Singmanussak (WBC) 41-1

4. Carlos Hernandez (IBF) 38-3-1

5. Steve Forbes 22-1

6. Yodsanan Nanta-Choi 38-2-1

7. Philip Ndou 28-1

8. Jesus Chavez 39-2

9. Nate Campbell 23-1

10. Daniel Attah 21-1-1

11. Justo Sencion 20-1

12. Roberto Garcia 32-3

13. Junior Jones 50-6

14. Lamont Pearson 18-2-1

15. Antonio Cermeno 41-4

Featherweights (126)

1. Marco Antonio Barrera 57-3

2. Erik Morales (WBC) 43-1

3. Juan Manuel Marquez (IBF) 40-2

4. Scott Harrison 19-1-1

5. Derrick Gainer (WBA) 37-5-1

6. Cassius Baloyi 28-1

7. Paulie Ayala 34-2

8. Johnny Tapia 52-3-2

9. Naseem Hamed 36-1

10. Rocky Jaurez 15-0

11. Bones Adams 41-6-3

12. Manuel Medina 60-13

13. William Abelyan 22-4-1

14. Art Simonyan 11-0-1

15. Michael Brodie 34-1

Super Bantamweights (122)

1. Manny Pacquiao (IBF) 37-2-1

2. Oscar Larios (WBC) 47-3-1

3. Yoddamrong Sithyodthrong 27-1-1

4. Willie Jorrin 28-1-1

5. Salim Medjkoune (WBA) 41-3-1

6. Emanuel Lucero 20-0-1

7. Bobby Velardez 24-4-1

8. Wayne McCullough 26-4

9. Osamu Sato 26-2-2

10. Joan Guzman 18-0

11. Enrique Sanchez 25-1-1

12. Napapol Kiattisakchokchai 29-1

13. Benedict Ledwaba 34-2-1

14. Yober Ortega 31-4-1

15. Diego Morales 14-1

Bantamweights (118)

1. Rafael Marquez (IBF) 29-3

2. Veeraphol Sahaprom (WBC) 39-1-1

3. Tim Austin 25-1-1

4. Johnny Bredahl (WBA) 51-2

5. Clarence Vinson 11-0

6. Eidy Moya 15-2

7. Yokthai Sith-Oar 25-3-1

8. Gerardo Martinez 16-0-1

9. Johnny Armour 30-1

10. Mark Johnson 40-3

11. Cruz Carbajal 24-11-1

12. Danny Romero 43-5-1

13. Ricardo Vargas 34-9-3

14. Nana Konadu 39-4-1

15. Adan Vargas 36-4-1

Junior Bantamweights (115)

1. Luis Perez (IBF) 21-1

2. Alexander Munoz (WBA) 23-0

3. Masamori Tokuyama (WBC) 28-2-1

4. Luis Bolanos 38-0

5. Felix Machada 22-4-1

6. Jose Navarro 16-0

7. Fernando Montiel 25-0-1

8. Martin Castillo 23-1

9. Mauricio Pastrana 29-3-1

10. Saen Sor Ploenchit 41-2

11. Katsushige Kawashima 22-2

12. Peter Culshaw 24-1-1

13. Cho In-Joo 18-2

14. Adonis Rivas 15-1-1

15. Satoshi Iida 25-2-1

Flyweights (112)

1. Irene Pacheco (IBF) 27-0

2. Eric Morel (WBA) 24-0

3. Pongsakek Wonjongkam (WBC) 45-2

4. Omar Narvaez 13-0-1

5. Brian Viloria 12-0

6. Hawk Makepula 45-2

7. Hussein Hussein 17-0

8. Mzukisi Sikali 27-4-2

9. Hiroshki Nakano 16-0

10. Malcolm Tunacao 11-1-1

11. Carlos Madrigal 18-3

12. Medgeon Toyota-Thailand 19-1

13. Isidro Garcia 20-1-1

14. David Guerault 15-0

15. Lorrenzo Parra 16-0

Compiled by Dean Juipe

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