RATINGS AND CHAMPIONSHIP POLICY

Fighters recognized as champions by The Ring are rated at the top of their division, with the top 10 contenders listed below.

Championship vacancies can be filled by winning a box-off between The Ring’s number-one and number-two contenders, or, in certain instances, a box-off between our number-one and number-three contenders.

The only three occasions when a fighter will lose his championship status are when he retires, moves to another weight division, or is defeated in a championship bout.

The Ring Ratings are compiled by the magazine’s editorial board, with the participation of The Ring Ratings Panel of boxing journalists from around the world. Click here for a complete panelist listing.


Ratings For Period Ended June 30, 2008

HEAVYWEIGHTS
Weight: Unlimited
Champ: Vacant

This
week
Last
Week
Weeks
in
Ratings
Fighter
Record
1
1
162
WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO
50-3 (44)
2
2
165
SAMUEL PETER
30-1 (23)
3
3
85
RUSLAN CHAGAEV
24-0-1 (17)
4
4
133
NICOLAY VALUEV
48-1 (34)
5
5
36
ALEXANDER POVETKIN
15-0 (11)
6
6
57
SULTAN IBRAGIMOV
22-1-1 (17)
7
7
99
OLEG MASKAEV
34-6 (26)
8
8
57
VLADIMIR VIRCHIS
24-1 (20)
9
9
51
TONY THOMPSON
31-1 (19)
10
10
17
JOHN RUIZ
43-7-1 (29)


CRUISERWEIGHT
Weight Limit: 200 pounds
Champ: Vacant

This
week
Last
Week
Weeks
in
Ratings
Fighter
Record
1
1
211
STEVE CUNNINGHAM
21-1 (11)
2
2
329
JEAN-MARC MORMECK
33-4 (22)
3
3
11
TOMASZ ADAMEK
34-1 (23)
4
4
159
KRZYSZTOF WLODARCZYK
41-2 (31)
5
5
88
FIRAT ARSLAN
29-3-1 (18)
6
6
353
O'NEIL BELL
26-3-1 (24)
7
7
93
ENZO MACCARINELLI
28-2 (21)
8
8
83
MARCO HUCK
21-1 (16)
9
9
105
VADIM TOKAREV
24-1-1 (17)
10
10
17
RUDOLF KRAJ
14-0 (10)

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHTS
Weight Limit: 175 pounds
This
week
Last
Week
Weeks
in
Ratings
Fighter
Record
C
C
11
JOE CALZAGHE
45-0 (32)
1
1
108
BERNARD HOPKINS
48-5-1 (32)
2
2
511
ANTONIO TARVER
27-4 (19)
3
3
109
CHAD DAWSON
26-0 (17)
4
4
264
GLEN JOHNSON
47-12-2 (32)
5
5
228
ZSOLT ERDEI
29-0 (17)
6
6
24
ROY JONES
52-4 (38)
7
7
254
CLINTON WOODS
41-4-1 (24)
8
8
60
ADRIAN DIACONU
25-0 (15)
9
9
15
CHRIS HENRY
21-1 (17)
10
10
10
JUERGEN BRAEHMER
31-1 (25)

SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHTS
Weight Limit: 168 pounds
This
week
Last
Week
Weeks
in
Ratings
Fighter
Record
C
C
582
JOE CALZAGHE
45-0 (32)
1
1
187
MIKKEL KESSLER
40-1 (30)
2
2
302
ANTHONY MUNDINE
32-3 (23)
3
3
117
LUCIAN BUTE
22-0 (18)
4
4
159
LIBRADO ANDRADE
27-1 (21)
5
5
188
JEFF LACY
23-1 (17)
6
6
108
CARL FROCH
23-0 (19)
7
7
95
ALLAN GREEN
26-1 (18)
8
8
65
SAKIO BIKA
26-3-2 (16)
9
9
90
DENIS INKIN
32-0 (24)
10
10
20
JERMAIN TAYLOR
27-2-1 (17)

MIDDLEWEIGHTS
Weight Limit: 160 pounds
This
week
Last
Week
Weeks
in
Ratings
Fighter
Record
C
C
83
KELLY PAVLIK
34-0 (30)
1
1
176
ARTHUR ABRAHAM
27-0 (22)
2
2
165
WINKY WRIGHT
51-4-1 (25)
3
3
250
FELIX STURM
29-2-1 (13)
4
4
151
SEBASTIAN SYLVESTER
29-2 (14)
5
5
109
AMIN ASIKAINEN
24-1 (16)
6
6
37
RANDY GRIFFIN
24-1-3 (12)
7
7
103
JAVIER CASTILLEJO
62-8 (43)
8
8
33
RAYMOND JOVAL
37-4 (16)
9
9
20
DAVID LOPEZ
35-12 (22)
10
10
2
RAUL MARQUEZ
41-3-1 (29)

JR. MIDDLEWEIGHTS
Weight Limit: 154 pounds
Champ: Vacant
This
week
Last
Week
Weeks
in
Ratings
Fighter
Record
1
1
307
VERNO PHILLIPS
42-10-1 (21)
2
2
4
SERGIO MORA
21-0-1 (5)
3
3
113
OSCAR DE LA HOYA
39-5 (30)
4
4
100
VERNON FORREST
40-3 (29)
5
5
104
CORY SPINKS
36-5 (11)
6
6
24
ALEX BUNEMA
29-5-2 (15)
7
7
52
JOACHIM ALCINE
30-0 (19)
8
8
135
SERGEI DZINDZIRUK
35-0 (22)
9
9
155
ROMAN KARMAZIN
36-3-1 (23)
10
10
35
SERGIO MARTINEZ
43-1-1 (23)

WELTERWEIGHTS
Weight Limit: 147 pounds
Champ: Vacant
This
week
Last
Week
Weeks
in
Ratings
Fighter
Record
1
1
83
MIGUEL COTTO
32-0 (26)
2
2
73
SHANE MOSLEY
44-5 (37)
3
3
110
PAUL WILLIAMS
34-1 (25)
4
4
364
ANTONIO MARGARITO
36-5 (26)
5
5
21
CARLOS QUINTANA
25-2 (19)
6
6
216
ZAB JUDAH
36-5 (25)
7
7
65
JOSHUA CLOTTEY
34-2 (20)
8
8
168
LUIS COLLAZO
28-3 (13)
9
9
49
JACKSON BONSU
28-1 (23)
10
10
2
ANDRE BERTO
22-0 (19)

JR. WELTERWEIGHTS
Weight Limit: 140 pounds
This
week
Last
Week
Weeks
in
Ratings
Fighter
Record
C
C
272
RICKY HATTON
44-1 (31)
1
1
55
PAUL MALIGNAGGI
25-1 (5)
2
2
8
TIMOTHY BRADLEY
22-0 (11)
3
3
176
JUNIOR WITTER
36-2-2 (21)
4
4
15
ANDREAS KOTELNIK
29-2-1 (13)
5
5
4
HERMAN NGOUDJO
17-2 (9)
6
6
4
RICARDO TORRES
32-1 (28)
7
7
4
JUAN URANGO
20-1-1 (16)
8
8
228
LOVEMORE NDOU
46-10-1 (31)
9
9
104
JUAN LAZCANO
37-5-1 (27)
10
10
101
DEMETRIUS HOPKINS
28-0-1 (11)

LIGHTWEIGHTS
Weight Limit: 135 pounds
This
week
Last
Week
Weeks
in
Ratings
Fighter
Record
C
C
184
JOEL CASAMAYOR
36-3-1 (22)
1
1
91
NATE CAMPBELL
32-5-1 (25)
2
-
1
MANNY PACQUIAO
47-3-2 (36)
3
3
220
JUAN DIAZ
33-1 (17)
4
2
104
DAVID DIAZ
34-2-1 (17)
5
4
91
JOSE SANTA CRUZ
25-3 (14)
6
5
220
JULIO DIAZ
35-4 (26)
7
6
72
MICHAEL KATSIDIS
23-1 (20)
8
7
30
AMIR KHAN
18-0 (14)
9
8
85
YURI ROMANOV
21-2 (14)
10
9
147
ZAHIR RAHEEM
29-2 (17)

JR. LIGHTWEIGHTS
Weight Limit: 130 pounds
This
week
Last
Week
Weeks
in
Ratings
Fighter
Record
C
C
159
MANNY PACQUIAO
47-3-2 (36)
1
1
68
JUAN MANUEL MARQUEZ
48-4-1 (35)
2
2
94
JOAN GUZMAN
28-0 (17)
3
3
100
EDWIN VALERO
24-0 (24)
4
4
71
HUMBERTO SOTO
44-7-2 (28)
5
5
327
JORGE BARRIOS