Boxing: IBF rankings

Tuesday, April 12, 2005 | 9:04 a.m.

EAST ORANGE, N.J. -- The International Boxing Federation official rankings as of March 2005 (Americans unless otherwise noted):

Heavyweight (over 190 pounds)

Champion

Chris Byrd

1, Monte Barrett. 2, Not rated. 3, James Toney. 4, Wladimir Klitschko, Ukraine. 5, Jameel McCline. 6, Davarryl Williamson. 7, Nicolai Valuev, Russia. 8, Sergei Lyakovich. 9, Samuel Peter. 10, Sinan Samil Sam, Turkey.

Cruiserweight (200 pounds)

Champion

Vacant

1, O'Neil Bell. 2, Not rated. 3, Dale Brown, Canada. 4, Carl Thompson, England. 5, Krystov Wlodarczyk, Poland. 6, Felix Cora. 7, Vadim Tokarev, Russia. 8, Steve Cunningham. 9, Rudiger May, Germany. 10, Firat Arslan, Germany.

Light Heavyweight (175 pounds)

Champion

Clinton Woods, England

1, Not rated. 2, Not rated. 3, Montell Griffin. 4, Julio Gonzalez. 5, Thomas Ulrich, Germany. 6, Pietro Aurino, Italy. 7, Silvio Branco, Italy. 8, Jason DeLisle, Australia. 9, Rico Hoye. 10, Stipe Drews, Croatia.

Super Middleweight (168 pounds)

Champion

Jeff Lacy

1, Not rated. 2, Not rated. 3, Robin Reid, England. 4, Librado Andrade. 5, Syd Vanderpool, Canada. 6, Vitaly Tsypko, Ukraine. 7, Cristian Sanavia, Italy. 8, Robert Steiglitz, Germany. 9, Scott Pemberton. 10, Manny Siaca.

Middleweight (160 pounds)

Champion

Bernard Hopkins

1, Sam Soliman, Australia. 2, Not rated. 3, Felix Sturm, Germany. 4, Jermain Taylor. 5, Felix Trinidad, Puerto Rico. 6, Kingsley Ikeke. 7, Ray Joval, Netherlands. 8, Howard Eastman, Guyana. 9, Bert Schenk, Germany. 10, Antwun Echols.

Junior Middleweight (154 pounds)

Champion

Kassim Ouma

1, Not rated. 2, Not rated. 3, Shannon Taylor, Australia. 4, Roman Karmazin, Russia. 5, Keith Holmes. 6, Cory Spinks. 7, Teddy Reid. 8, Verno Phillips. 9, Kofi Jantuah. 10, Rodney Jones.

Welterweight (147 pounds)

Champion

Zab Judah

1, Cosme Rivera, Mexico. 2, David Estrada. 3, Frederick Klose, France. 4, Carlos Baldomir, Argentina. 5, Michele Trabant, France. 6, Diobelys Hurtado. 7, Shane Mosley. 8, Mark Suarez. 9, Walter Matthysse, Argentina. 10, Jose Celeya.

Junior Welterweight (140 pounds)

Champion

Kostya Tszyu, Australia

1, Ricky Hatton, England. 2, Not rated. 3, Juan Urango, Colombia. 4, Jung Bung-Kim, Korea. 5, Mike Stewart. 6, Sharmba Mitchell. 7, Oktay Urkal, Turkey. 8, Naoufel Ben Rabah, Austria. 9, Cesar Bazan, Mexico. 10, Kelson Pinto, Brazil.

Lightweight (135 pounds)

Champion

Vacant

1, Not rated. 2, Ricky Quiles. 3, Leavander Johnson. 4, Steffano Zoff, Italy. 5, Aceleino Freitas, Brazil. 6, Javier Juaregi, Mexico. 7, Michael Clark. 8, Isaac Hlatshwayo, South Africa. 9, Victor Sosa, Dominican Republic. 10, Edner Cherry.

Junior Lightweight (130 pounds)

Champion

Robbie Peden

1, Not rated. 2, Not rated. 3, Cassius Baloyi. 4, Janos Nagy, Hungary. 5, Jose Cotto, Puerto Rico. 6, Manuel Medina, Mexico. 7, Mzonke Fana, South Africa. 8, Javier Alvarez, Argentina. 9, Nate Campbell. 10, Alex Arthur, Scotland.

Featherweight (126 pounds)

Champion

Juan Marquez, Mexico

1, Rocky Juarez. 2, Manny Pacquiao, Dominican Republic. 3, Fahprakorb Rakkiatgym, Thailand. 4, Orlando Salido, Mexico. 5, Valdemir Pereira, Brazil. 6, Spend Abazi, Denmark. 7, Michael Brodie, England. 8, Humberto Soto, Mexico. 9, Gairy St. Clair, Australia. 10, Roberto Guerrero.

Junior Featherweight (122 pounds)

Champion

Israel Vasquez, Mexico

1, Celestino Caballero, Panama. 2, Not rated. 3, Ricardo Cordoba, Panama. 4, Jose Aguaniga. 5, Jorge Linares, Venezuela. 6, Esham Pickering, England. 7, Daniel Ponce de Leon, Mexico. 8, Yod Sithyodthong, Thailand. 9, Art Simonyan. 10, Frankie Archuletta.

Bantamweight (118 pounds)

Champion

Rafael Marquez, Mexico

1, Cruz Carbajal, Mexico. 2, Not rated. 3, Genaro Garcia, Mexico. 4, Steve Molitor, Canada. 5, Silence Mabuza, South Africa. 6, Heriberto Ruiz, Mexico. 7, Mauricio Pastrana, Colombia. 8, Ricardo Vargas, Mexico. 9, Jorge Lacierva, Mexico. 10, Roger Gonzalez.

Junior Bantamweight (115 pounds)

Champion

Luis Perez, Nicaragua

1, Not rated. 2, Not rated. 3, Luis Bolano, Columbia. 4, Dimitri Kirlov, Russia. 5, Jose Navarro. 6, Malcolm Tunacao, Philippines. 7, Alexander Munoz, Venezuela. 8, Gerson Guererro, Mexico. 9, Medgoen Singsurat. 10, Z Gorez, Philipines.

Flyweight (112 pounds)

Champion

Vic Darchinian, Australia

1, Not rated. 2, Not rated. 3, Brahim Asloum, France. 4, Damaen Kelly, Ireland. 5, Rosendo Alvarez, Nicaragua. 6, Irene Pacheco, Colombia. 7, Mzukisi Sikali, South Africa. 8, Luis Maldonado, Mexico. 9, Brian Villoria. 10, Jair Jiminez, Colombia.

Junior Flyweight (108 pounds)

Champion

Jose Burgos, Mexico

1, Not rated. 2, Not rated. 3, Ulises Solis, Mexico. 4, Will Grigsby. 5, Wendyl Janiola, Philippines. 6, Carlos Fajardo, Nicaragua. 7, Jose Aguirre, Mexico. 8, Juanito Rubillar, Philippines. 9, Bert Batanwang, Philippines. 10, Hugo Cazarez, Mexico.

Mini Flyweight (105 pounds)

Champion

Muhammad Rachman, Indonesia

1, Omar Soto, Mexico. 2, Not rated. 3, Chana Porpaoin, Thailand. 4, Pitchit Siriwat, Thailand. 5, Juan Landaeta, Venezeula. 6, Fahlan Sakreerin, Thailand. 7, Noel Tunacao, Philippines. 8, Ernesto Rubillar, Philippines. 9, Eriberto Gejon, Philippines. 10, Daniel Reyes, Colombia.