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Observations from recent WBA rankings (published Dec 12)


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Heavyweight

There is no one at #1 (likely due to David Haye's retirement)

Luis Ortiz is the highest ranked fighter (#2)

Bryant Jennings (#5) is the highest ranked American ahead of Wilder (#7), Kaufman (#9) and TARVER (#13)

Only ranked Brit is Chisora (#14)

 

Cruiserweight

Guillermo Jones is the Official Challenger and the highest ranked fighter (#1)

Highest ranked Brit is Afolabi (#5) also joined by Cleverly (#12)

No ranked fighter from the USA

Two ranked South Africans, Makabu (#3) and Mchunu (#15)-who WBA have spelled as Michuntu

 

Light Heavyweight

Highest ranked fighter is Official Challenger Marcus Oliveira (#1), interestingly ranked above his opponent from this weekend Braehmer (#2). Maybe Don King still has some power.

Oliveira is one of 3 ranked boxers from the USA alongside Ryan Coyne (#9) and Sean Monaghan (#10).

No Brit is ranked.

Shumenov defends this weekend against Tamas Kovacs (#14), only man ranked lower is Ilshat Khusnulgatin (#15), answers on a post card as to why he is ranked folks.

Super Middleweight

Highest ranked fighter is interim champion Stanyslav Kashtanov (#1) of Ukraine.

There are two Brits ranked with Groves (#2) joined by Paul Smith (#13). Ireland's Brian Magee (#14) is also included.

From the USA we have Andre Dirrell (#7) and apparently Julius Jackson (#12), who's from the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Most obscure fighter here is New Zealand's Junior Talipeau (#6)

 

Middleweight

Interim champion Martin Murray (#1) is one of two Brits with Billy Joe Saunders (#15) just fitting in. Andy Lee (#12) is also an eligible challenger.

The division has 3 ranked Aussies with Geale (#2), Fletcher (#3) and Wood (#13).

Americans on the list are Daniel JAcobs (#10) and Sergio Mora (#11)

Strange Fletcher is ranked THAT far ahead of Saunders considering their fight together.

Golvokin's up coming defense against Adama (#14) comes against a man who has been ranked the same position since October.

 

Light Middeweight

Cuba's Erisland Lara (#1) is the highest ranked fighter and the current interim

The top 3 are hard to argue with with Lara, Cotto (#2) and Alvarez (#3).

Ricky Hatton promoted Rabchenko is highly ranked (#5) just behind Mundine (#4).

The USA have only 1 fighter ranked in Trout (#6), though US based Delvin Rodriguez (#13) is also ranked

Akinori Watanabe (#15) is Japan's Heaviest ranked fighter whilst David Zegarra (#10) holds the same honour for Peru

 

Welterweight

American Keith Thurman (#1) is the interim challenger and one of a number of Americans ranked. Others are Malignaggi (#3), Collazo (#4), Judah (#8), Parades (#9), Mosley (#13) and some how Ortiz (#15)

Fighters in action this weekend not only include Thurman but also include Maidana (#2) who fights champion Broner and Soto Karass (#6) who fights Thurman.

Only Brit ranked is Gavin (#5) a very lofty ranking for someone who has achieved so little as a professional

From Asia there is Teerechai (#10), the heaviest ranked Thai, and Takayama (#14) the Japanese national champion

 

Light Welterweight

Interim champion Johan Perez (#1) is the highest ranked fighter

Only one Brit is ranked, Amir Khan (#2)

Puerto Rico's Thomas Dulorme (#3) is suspiciously highly ranked

American's ranked are Mauricio Herrera (#4), Terence Crawford (#5), Spadafora (6), Michael Perez (#13) and Edgar Santana (#14)

Czar Amonsot (#12) is the heaviest ranked Filipino

Oddities here include M'Baye (#8) and Erick Bone (#15) with Bone have a loss on his record very recently

 

Lightweight

Highest ranked fighter is Cuban Yuriorkis Gamboa (#1) the current interim champion

Jorge Linares (#2) is likely to be Abril's next opponent

Only 2 American's are ranked in Alejandro Luna (#13) and Rod Salka (#15). No Brit is ranked.

 

Super Featherweight

Interim champion Bryan Vasquez (#1) is the highest ranked fighter

Champion Takashi Uchiyama will be defending his title on news years eve against highest ranked Japanese fighter Daiki Kaneko (#4)

No Americans or Brits are ranked

 

Featherweight

Jesus Andres Cuellar (#1) is the interim champion

American/American based fighters ranked are Gary Russell Jr (#3), Nonito Donaire (#4), Ronny Rios (#8) and Gary Shaw promoted Joel Brunker (#11)

Asian fighters ranked include not only Donaire but also Akifumi Shimoda (#2), Satoshi Hosono (#5), the recently beaten Chris John (#6) and former titlechallenger Chonlatarn Pririyapino (#13)

 

Super Bantamweight

Interim champion and the top ranked fighter is Nehomar Cermeno (#1) who is just ahead of former Scott Quigg (champion) rival Yoandris Salinas (#2).

Americans ranked are Chris Avalos (#7), Rafael Vazquez (#14) and Jessie Magdaleno (#15).

Britain's Carl Frampton (#13) is the only fighter from the UK

Asian's ranked are Hasegawa (#3), Wake (#6), Sod Kokietgym (#9)

And, just for Gav, Tshifhiwa Munyai (#10) is also included in the rankings

 

Bantamweight

With Koki Kameda vacanting the title there is no regular OR interim champion, just Super Champion Anselmo Moreno.

Juan Carlos Payano (#2) is the highest ranked fighter

No American or Brit is ranked

Liborio Solis (#6) is ranked here after failing to make Super Flyweight in his last bout.

Jung Oh Son (#15) is the only Korean ranked by the WBA in any division

 

Super Flyweight

This is a division with no "regular" champion however Denkaosan Kaovichit (#1) is the interim

Japan is very well represented here with Kohei Kono (#2), former Bantamweight champion Koki Kameda (#4) having vacated his 118 title and requested a ranking at 115, Japanese champion Teiru Kinoshita (#5), Nobuo Nasho (#9) and Sho Ishida (#10).

No American is ranked

Britain's Paul Butler (#13) is the only UK fighter given a ranking

 

Flyweight

A division with 3 champions sees Estrada as the Super Champion, Reveco as the regular and Yodmongkol (#1) as the interim champion.

Possibly the best division in the sport has a ranking that reads like a who's who and includes Segura (#2), Fuentes (#3), Viloria (#4) and Marquez (#7). Viloria is the sole US representative.

Japanese champion Suguru Muranaka (#8) is ranked well above Takuya Kogawa (#15) the man he beat earlier this week for the Japanese title.

Recent interim champion Koki Eto (#12) drops massively after his loss whilst the man he beat, Kompayak Porpramook (#9) is given a surprisingly high ranking.

 

Light Flyweight

Interim champion Alberto Rossel (#1) is the highest ranked fighter and also on of just 2 Peruvians ranked in any division

Champion Kazuto Ioka faces the highly ranked Felix Alvarado (#3) on New Years Eve

Japan's wonder kid Noaya Inoue (#4) moves up 1 place due to Gilberto Parra losing his ranking courtesy of a loss to the previously unranked Martin Tecuapetla (#5)

No Americans or Brits to talk about

 

Minimumweight

Ryo Miyazaki is still the champion (though it seems likely he will vacate soon)

Hekkie Budler (#1) is the interim champion and highest ranked challenger

Thailand are the dominant force here with Wanheng Menayothin (#3), Fahlan Sakkreerin Jr (#6), Kwanthai Sithmorseng (#7), Pigmy Kokietgym (#8) and Samartlek Chaiyonggym (#10).

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Re: Observations from recent WBA rankings (published Dec 12)

 

Excellent job breaking those down for us, Scott. I'm kind of stunned to see Chris John 6th at FW, you lose to a talented fighter like Vetyeka and then all of sudden others flood ahead of you, at least in the WBA eyes ;) and as you've noted in several divisions, it's interesting to note the lack of love the WBA has for Americans and Brits. But then their ranking of Macrus Oliveria, Ryan Coyne, and Sean Monaghan at LH is equally stupid in the opposite direction, NONE belong in among anyone's top 175 pounders.

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