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Boxing Ratings: Ring Magazine

ByBoxing Press 19/05/2006

For Period Ended May 15, 2006

POUND-FOR-POUND
1. FLOYD MAYWEATHER
Welterweight
2. WINKY WRIGHT
Middleweight
3. MANNY PACQUIAO
Junior Lightweight
4. MARCO ANTONIO BARRERA
Junior Lightweight
5. RAFAEL MARQUEZ
Bantamweight
6. RICKY HATTON
Junior Welterweight
7. JOSE LUIS CASTILLO
Junior Welterweight
8. ANTONIO TARVER
Light Heavyweight
9. JOE CALZAGHE
Super Middleweight
10. PONGSAKLEK WONJONGKAM
Flyweight

Heavyweights
Weight Unlimited
Champ: Vacant
1. WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO
Ukraine 46-3 (41)
2. HASIM RAHMAN
Baltimore, MD 41-5-2 (33)
3. JAMES TONEY
Ann Arbor, MI 69-4-3 (43)
4. SERGEI LIAKHOVICH
Belarus, 23-1 (14)
5. LAMON BREWSTER
Los Angeles, CA 33-3 (29)
6. JOHN RUIZ
Methuen, MA 41-6-1 (28)
7. CHRIS BYRD
Flint, MI 39-3-1 (20)
8. CALVIN BROCK
Charlotte, NC 28-0 (22)
9. SAMUEL PETER
Las Vegas, NV 26-1 (22)

10. NICOLAY VALUEV

Russia 43-0 (31)

Cruiserweights
Weight Limit: 200 pounds
Champ: O’NEIL BELL
Atlanta, GA 26-1-1 (24)
1. GUILLERMO JONES
Panama 33-3-2 (26)
2. STEVE CUNNINGHAM
Philadelphia, PA 19-0 (10)
3. JEAN-MARC MORMECK
France 31-3 (21)
4. JOHNNY NELSON
England 45-12-2 (29)
5. CARL THOMPSON
England 34-6 (25)
6. WAYNE BRAITHWAITE
Guyana 21-2 (17)
7. DALE BROWN
Canada 35-4-1 (22)
8. PIETRO AURINO
Italy 34-2 (16)
9. DAVID HAYE
England 16-1 (16)

10. KRZYSZTOF WLODARCZYK

Poland 35-1 (26)

Light Heavyweights
Weight Limit: 175 pounds
Champ: ANTONIO TARVER
Orlando, FL 24-3 (18)
1. GLEN JOHNSON
Miami, FL 44-10-2 (29)
2. ZSOLT ERDEI
Hungary 24-0 (15)
3. ROY JONES
Pensacola, FL 49-4 (38)
4. CLINTON WOODS
England 39-3-1 (24)
5. FABRICE TIOZZO
France 47-2 (31)
6. TOMASZ ADAMEK
Poland 30-0 (21)
7. JULIO GONZALEZ
Huntington Beach, CA 39-3 (23)
8. PAUL BRIGGS
Australia 24-2 (18)
9. HUGO GARAY
Argentina 26-2 (13)

10. ERIC HARDING

West Hartford, CT 23-3-1 (7)

Super Middleweights
Weight Limit: 168 pounds
Champ: JOE CALZAGHE
Wales 41-0 (31)
1. MIKKEL KESSLER
Denmark 37-0 (28)
2. MARKUS BEYER
Germany 34-2-1 (13)
3. ANTHONY MUNDINE
Australia 25-3 (20)
4. DANNY GREEN
Australia 21-2 (19)
5. JEFF LACY
St. Petersburg, FL 21-1 (17)
6. MANNY SIACA
Puerto Rico 20-5 (18)
7. LIBRADO ANDRADE
Mexico 23-0 (17)
8. MGER MKRTCHIAN
Aremenia 23-2 (17)
9. LUCIAN BUTE
Canada 16-0 (15)

10. ROBIN REID

England 38-5-1 (27)

Middleweights
Weight Limit: 160 pounds
Champ: JERMAIN TAYLOR
Little Rock, AR 25-0 (17)
1. WINKY WRIGHT
St. Petersburg, FL 50-3 (25)
2. BERNARD HOPKINS
Philadelphia, PA 46-4-1 (32)
3. ARTHUR ABRAHAM
Germany 21-0 (17)
4. FELIX STURM
Germany 25-1 (11)
5. SAM SOLIMAN
Australia 32-8 (13)
6. EDISON MIRANDA
Colombia 26-0 (23)
7. SEBASTIAN SYLVESTER
Germany 21-1 (9)
8. KINGSLEY IKEKE
Canada 23-2 (13)
9. SCOTT DANN
England 24-2 (17)

10. KELLY PAVLIK

Youngstown, OH 27-0 (24)

Jr. Middleweights
Weight Limit: 154 pounds
Champ: Vacant
1. ROMAN KARMAZIN
Russia 34-1-1 (21)
2. KASSIM OUMA
W. Palm Beach, FL 24-2-1 (15)
3. SHANE MOSLEY
Pomona, CA 42-4 (36)
4. SERGEI DZINDZIRUK
Germany 31-0 (21)
5. OSCAR DE LA HOYA
Los Angeles, CA 38-4 (30)
6. FERNANDO VARGAS
Oxnard, CA 26-3 (22)
7. IKE QUARTEY
Ghana 37-2-1 (31)
8. VERNO PHILLIPS
Aurora, CO 39-10-1 (20)
9. DANIEL SANTOS
Puerto Rico 29-3-1 (20

1O. JOSE ANTONIO RIVERA

Worcester, MA 38-4-1(24)

Welterweights
Weight Limit: 147 pounds
Champ: CARLOS BALDOMIR
Argentina 42-9-6 (12)
1. FLOYD MAYWEATHER
Grand Rapids, MI 36-0 (24)
2. ANTONIO MARGARITO
Mexico 33-4 (24)
3. ZAB JUDAH
Brooklyn, NY 34-4 (25)
4. RICKY HATTON
England 41-0 (30)
5. LUIS COLLAZO
Queens, NY 26-2 (12)
6. ARTURO GATTI
Jersey City, NJ 40-7 (31)
7. KERMIT CINTRON
Reading, PA 26-1 (24)
8. OKTAY URKAL
Germany 36-3 (11)
9. SHARMBA MITCHELL
Washington, D.C. 57-5 (30)

10. THOMAS DAMGAARD

Denmark 37-1 (27)

Jr. Welterweights
Weight Limit: 140 pounds
Champ: RICKY HATTON
England 41-0 (30)
1. MIGUEL COTTO
Puerto Rico 26-0 (22)
2. KOSTYA TSZYU
Australia 31-2 (25)
3. JOSE LUIS CASTILLO
Mexico 54-7-1 (47)
4. JUNIOR WITTER
England 33-1-2 (19)
5. CARLOS MAUSSA
Colombia 19-3 (16)
6. VIVIAN HARRIS
Brooklyn, NY 26-2-1 (17)
7. DeMARCUS CORLEY
Washington, D.C. 31-4-1 (17)
8. LOVEMORE NDOU
Australia 41-8-1 (26)
9. STEVE JOHNSTON
Vero Beach, FL 39-3-1 (18)

10. SOULEYMANE M’BAYE

France 33-1 (18)

Lightweights
Weight Limit: 135 pounds
Champ: DIEGO CORRALES
Las Vegas, NV 40-3 (33)
1. JOEL CASAMAYOR
Miami, FL 32-3-1 (20)
2. JUAN LAZCANO
El Paso, TX 36-3-1 (27)
3. JUAN DIAZ
Houston, TX 29-0 (14)
4. JULIO DIAZ
Coachella, CA 32-3 (24)
5. ACELINO FREITAS
Brazil 38-1 (32)
6. ZAHIR RAHEEM
Las Vegas, NV 27-2 (16)
7. JESUS CHAVEZ
Mexico 42-3 (29)
8. ISAAC HLATSHWAYO
South Africa 24-0 (9)
9. LAVKA SIM
Mongolia 21-4-1 (18)

10. RICKY QUILES

Puerto Rico 39-6-3 (8)

Jr. Lightweights
Weight Limit: 130 pounds
Champ: Vacant

1. MANNY PACQUIAO

Philippines 41-3-2 (32)
2. MARCO ANTONIO BARRERA
Mexico 61-4 (42)
3. ERIK MORALES
Mexico 48-4 (34)
4. VICENTE MOSQUERA
Panama 24-1-1 (12)
5. YODSANAN NANTHACHAI
Thailand 46-3-1 (37)
6. JORGE BARRIOS
Argentina 45-2-1 (32)
7. CARLOS HERNANDEZ
Bellflower, CA 41-6-1 (24)
8. ALEX ARTHUR
Scotland 23-1 (17)
9. JANOS NAGY
Hungary 23-0 (14)

10. JOAN GUZMAN

Dominican Republic 25-0 (17)

Featherweights
Weight Limit: 126 pounds
Champ: Vacant

1. CHRIS JOHN

Indonesia 37-0-1 (20)
2. TAKASHI KOSHIMOTO
Japan 39-1-2 (17)
3. JUAN MANUEL MARQUEZ
Mexico 44-3-1 (33)
4. HUMBERTO SOTO
Mexico 38-5-2 (22)
5. INJIN CHI
South Korea 30-3-1 (18)
6. ROCKY JUAREZ
Houston, TX 26-1 (19)
7. SCOTT HARRISON
Scotland 25-2-2 (14)
8. VICTOR POLO
Colombia 36-5-3 (26)
9. SPEND ABAZI
Denmark 32-1 (10)

10. HIROYUKI ENOKI

Japan 24-0-1 (18)

Jr. Featherweights
Weight Limit: 122 pounds
Champ: ISRAEL VAZQUEZ
Mexico 39-3 (29)
1. SOMSAK SITHCHATCHAWAL
Thailand 46-1-1 (37)
2. OSCAR LARIOS
Mexico 56-4-1 (36)
3. CELESTINO CABALLERO
Panama 24-2 (17)
4. POONSAWAT KRATINGAENGYM
Thailand 24-0 (15)
5. RICARDO CORDOBA
Panama 27-1-1 (18)
6. SERGIO MANUEL MEDINA
Argentina 25-0 (15)
7. GABULA VABAZA
South Africa 23-0-1 (5)
8. STEVE MOLITOR
Canada 22-0 (8)
9. DANIEL PONCE DE LEON
Mexico 27-1 (25)

10. RIKIYA FUKUHARA

Japan 18-1-1(14)

Bantamweights
Weight Limit: 118 pounds
Champ: Vacant
1. RAFAEL MARQUEZ
Mexico 35-3 (31)
2. HOZUMI HASEGAWA
Japan 20-2 (7)
3. JHONNY GONZALEZ
Mexico 32-4 (28)
4. VEERAPOL SAHAPROM
Thailand 50-3-2 (35)
5. SILENCE MABUZA
South Africa 18-1 (15)
6. GENARO GARCIA
Mexico 34-4 (20)
7. CRUZ CARVAJAL
Mexico 25-13-1 (21)
8. RICARDO VARGAS
Mexico 39-11-3 (13)
9. RATANACHAI VORAPIN
Thailand 65-9 (42)

10. IRENE PACHECO

Colombia 32-1 (24)

Jr. Bantamweights
Weight Limit: 115 pounds
Champ: Vacant
1. MARTIN CASTILLO
Mexico 30-1 (16)
2. MASAMORI TOKUYAMA
North Korea 32-3-1 (8)
3. LUIS PEREZ
Nicaragua 24-1 (15)
4. FERNANDO MONTIEL
Mexico 32-1-1 (24)
5. ALEXANDER MUNOZ
Venezuela 28-2 (26)
6. KATSUSHIGE KAWASHIMA
Japan 29-4 (19)
7. HAWK MAKEPULA
South Africa 28-3 (18)
8. JOSE NAVARRO
Los Angeles, CA 23-2 (10)
9. GERRY PENALOSA
Philippines 49-5-2 (33)

10. DIMITRI KIRILOV

Russia 28-3 (9)

Flyweights
Weight Limit: 112 pounds
Champ: Vacant

1. PONGSAKLEK WONJONGKAM

Thailand 61-2 (31)
2. LORENZO PARRA
Venezuela 27-0 (17)
3. VIC DARCHINYAN
Australia 25-0 (20)
4. JORGE ARCE
Mexico 44-3-1 (34)
5. OMAR NARVAEZ
Argentina 19-0-2 (13)
6. BRAHIM ASLOUM
France 19-1 (7)
7. TAKEFUMI SAKATA
Japan 24-3-1 (10)
8. VICTOR BURGOS
Mexico 39-14-3 (22)
9. LUIS MALDONADO
Mexico 33-0-1 (25)

10. DAISUKE NAITO

Japan 28-2-2 (19)

Jr. Flyweights
Weight Limit: 108 pounds
Champ: Vacant
1. ROBERTO VASQUEZ
Panama 21-1 (17)
2. HUGO CAZARES
Mexico 22-3-1 (16)
3. NELSON DIEPPA
Puerto Rico 22-2-2 (13)
4. ULISES SOLIS
Mexico 21-1 (16)
5. BRIAN VILORIA
Waipahu, HI 19-0 (12)
6. WILL GRIGSBY
St. Paul, MN 18-4-1 (11)
7. JOSE AGUIRRE
Mexico 33-4-1 (20)
8. NABUAKI MASUDA
Japan 21-3 (3)
9. EDGAR SOSA
Mexico 22-5 (12)

10. MUVHUSO NEDZANNI

South Africa 14-1-3 (9)

Strawweights
Weight Limit: 105 pounds
Champ: Vacant

1. IVAN CALDERON

Puerto Rico 26-0 (6)
2. YUTAKA NIIDA
Japan 20-1-3 (8)
3. MUHAMMAD RACHMAN
Indonesia 51-7-4 (23)
4. EAGLE KYOWA
Japan 16-1 (6)
5. KATSUNARI TAKAYAMA
Japan 15-2 (7)
6. JUAN LANDAETA
Venezuela 19-3-1 (16)
7. OMAR SOTO
Mexico 14-3-1 (10)
8. DANIEL REYES
Colombia 35-4-1 (30)
9. RODEL MAYOL
Philippines 22-1 (17)

10. ISAAC BUSTOS

Mexico 24-8-3 (13)

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