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 May 5, 2008

HEAVYWEIGHTS
Weight Unlimited
Champ: Vacant

This
week
Last
Week
Weeks
in
Ratings
Fighter
Record
1
1
154
WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO
50-3 (44)
2
2
157
SAMUEL PETER
30-1 (23)
3
3
77
RUSLAN CHAGAEV
24-0-1 (17)
4
4
125
NICOLAY VALUEV
48-1 (34)
5
5
28
ALEXANDER POVETKIN
15-0 (11)
6
6
49
SULTAN IBRAGIMOV
22-1-1 (17)
7
7
91
OLEG MASKAEV
34-6 (26)
8
8
49
VLADIMIR VIRCHIS
24-1 (20)
9
9
43
TONY THOMPSON
31-1 (19)
10
10
9
JOHN RUIZ
43-7-1 (29)

CRUISERWEIGHTS
Weight Limit: 200 pounds
This
week
Last
Week
Weeks
in
Ratings
Fighter
Record
C
C
125
DAVID HAYE
21-1 (20)
1
1
203
STEVE CUNNINGHAM
21-1 (11)
2
2
321
JEAN-MARC MORMECK
33-4 (22)
3
3
3
TOMASZ ADAMEK
34-1 (23)
4
4
151
KRZYSZTOF WLODARCZYK
41-2 (31)
5
5
80
FIRAT ARSLAN
29-3-1 (18)
6
6
345
O'NEIL BELL
26-3-1 (24)
7
7
85
ENZO MACCARINELLI
28-2 (21)
8
8
75
MARCO HUCK
20-1 (14)
9
9
97
VADIM TOKAREV
24-1-1 (17)
10
10
9
RUDOLF KRAJ
14-0 (10)

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHTS
Weight Limit: 175 pounds
This
week
Last
Week
Weeks
in
Ratings
Fighter
Record
C
C
3
JOE CALZAGHE
45-0 (32)
1
1
100
BERNARD HOPKINS
48-5-1 (32)
2
2
503
ANTONIO TARVER
27-4 (19)
3
3
101
CHAD DAWSON
26-0 (17)
4
4
256
GLEN JOHNSON
47-12-2 (32)
5
5
220
ZSOLT ERDEI
29-0 (17)
6
6
16
ROY JONES
52-4 (38)
7
7
246
CLINTON WOODS
41-4-1 (24)
8
8
52
ADRIAN DIACONU
25-0 (15)
9
9
7
CHRIS HENRY
21-1 (17)
10
10
2
JUERGEN BRAEHMER
31-1 (25)

SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHTS
Weight Limit: 168 pounds
This
week
Last
Week
Weeks
in
Ratings
Fighter
Record
C
C
574
JOE CALZAGHE
45-0 (32)
1
1
179
MIKKEL KESSLER
39-1 (29)
2
2
294
ANTHONY MUNDINE
31-3 (23)
3
3
109
LUCIAN BUTE
22-0 (18)
4
4
151
LIBRADO ANDRADE
27-1 (21)
5
5
180
JEFF LACY
23-1 (17)
6
6
100
CARL FROCH
22-0 (18)
7
7
87
ALLAN GREEN
26-1 (18)
8
8
57
SAKIO BIKA
26-3-2 (16)
9
9
82
DENIS INKIN
32-0 (24)
10
10
12
JERMAIN TAYLOR
27-2-1 (17)

MIDDLEWEIGHTS
Weight Limit: 160 pounds
This
week
Last
Week
Weeks
in
Ratings
Fighter
Record
C
C
75
KELLY PAVLIK
33-0 (29)
1
1
168
ARTHUR ABRAHAM
26-0 (21)
2
2
157
WINKY WRIGHT
51-4-1 (25)
3
3
242
FELIX STURM
29-2-1 (13)
4
4
143
SEBASTIAN SYLVESTER
29-2 (14)
5
5
101
AMIN ASIKAINEN
23-1 (16)
6
6
29
RANDY GRIFFIN
24-1-3 (12)
7
7
95
JAVIER CASTILLEJO
62-8 (42)
8
8
25
RAYMOND JOVAL
37-4 (16)
9
9
12
DAVID LOPEZ
34-12 (22)
10
10
2
GIOVANNI LORENZO
26-0 (18)

JR. MIDDLEWEIGHTS
Weight Limit: 154 pounds
Champ: Vacant
This
week
Last
Week
Weeks
in
Ratings
Fighter
Record
1
1
92
VERNON FORREST
40-2 (29)
2
2
299
VERNO PHILLIPS
42-10-1 (21)
3
3
105
OSCAR DE LA HOYA
39-5 (30)
4
4
96
CORY SPINKS
36-5 (11)
5
5
16
ALEX BUNEMA
29-5-2 (15)
6
6
44
JOACHIM ALCINE
30-0 (19)
7
7
127
SERGEI DZINDZIRUK
35-0 (22)
8
8
70
TRAVIS SIMMS
25-1 (19)
9
9
147
ROMAN KARMAZIN
36-3-1 (23)
10
10
27
SERGIO MARTINEZ
41-1-1 (21)

WELTERWEIGHTS
Weight Limit: 147 pounds
This
week
Last
Week
Weeks
in
Ratings
Fighter
Record
C
C
109
FLOYD MAYWEATHER
39-0 (25)
1
1
75
MIGUEL COTTO
32-0 (26)
2
2
65
SHANE MOSLEY
44-5 (37)
3
3
13
CARLOS QUINTANA
25-1 (19)
4
4
102
PAUL WILLIAMS
33-1 (24)
5
5
356
ANTONIO MARGARITO
36-5 (26)
6
6
208
ZAB JUDAH
36-5 (25)
7
7
57
JOSHUA CLOTTEY
34-2 (20)
8
8
160
LUIS COLLAZO
28-3 (13)
9
10
41
JACKSON BONSU
28-1 (23)
10
9
197
KERMIT CINTRON
29-2 (27)

JR. WELTERWEIGHTS
Weight Limit: 140 pounds
This
week
Last
Week
Weeks
in
Ratings
Fighter
Record
C
C
264
RICKY HATTON
43-1 (31)
1
1
168
JUNIOR WITTER
36-1-2 (21)
2
2
47
PAUL MALIGNAGGI
24-1 (5)
3
3
7
ANDREAS KOTELNIK
29-2-1 (13)
4
4
42
GAVIN REES
27-1 (13)
5
5
285
VIVIAN HARRIS
28-3-1 (18)
6
6
109
SOULEYMANE M’BAYE
36-2-1 (21)
7
7
220
LOVEMORE NDOU
46-9-1 (31)
8
8
96
JUAN LAZCANO
37-4-1 (27)
9
9
93
DEMETRIUS HOPKINS
28-0-1 (11)
10
10
36
RICARDO TORRES
32-1 (28)

LIGHTWEIGHTS
Weight Limit: 135 pounds
This
week
Last
Week
Weeks
in
Ratings
Fighter
Record
C
C
176
JOEL CASAMAYOR
36-3-1 (22)
1
1
83
NATE CAMPBELL
32-5-1 (25)
2
2
96
DAVID DIAZ
33-1-1 (17)
3
3
212
JUAN DIAZ
33-1 (17)
4
4
83
JOSE SANTA CRUZ
25-3 (14)
5
5
212
JULIO DIAZ
34-4 (25)
6
6
64
MICHAEL KATSIDIS
23-1 (20)
7
7
22
AMIR KHAN
17-0 (13)
8
8
77
YURI ROMANOV
21-2 (14)
9
9
139
ZAHIR RAHEEM
29-2 (17)
10
10
50
ANTHONY PETERSON
26-0 (19)

JR. LIGHTWEIGHTS
Weight Limit: 130 pounds
This
week
Last
Week
Weeks
in
Ratings
Fighter
Record
C
C
151
MANNY PACQUIAO
46-3-2 (35)
1
1
60
JUAN MANUEL MARQUEZ
48-4-1 (35)
2
2
86
JOAN GUZMAN
28-0 (17)
3
3
92
EDWIN VALERO
23-0 (23)