WBA Rankings 8/99
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CARACAS, Venezuela
The World Boxing Association rankings through August 1999 (Americans unless
otherwise noted):
Heavyweight (over 190 pounds)
Champion: Evander Holyfield
1, Henry Akinwande, Great Britain. 2, John Ruiz. 3, Larry Donald. 4, Oleg
Maskaev, Ukraine. 5, Wladimir Klitschko, Ukraine. 6, Michael Grant. 7, Kirk
Johnson, Canada. 8, David Tua, New Zealand. 9, Derrick Jefferson. 10, Dick
Ryan.
Cruiserweight (190 pounds)
Champion: Fabrice Tiozzo, France
1, Saul Montana, Mexico. 2, Virgil Hill. 3, Valery Vikhor, Latvia. 4, Akim
Tafer, France. 5, Dale Brown, Canada. 6, Imamu Mayfield. 7, Alexander Gurov,
Ukraine. 8, Aleksey Ilyin, Russia. 9, Stephan Anghern, Switzarland. 10, Alex
Gonzalez, Puerto Rico.
Light Heavyweight (175 pounds)
Champion: Roy Jones
1, Richard Hall. 2, David Telesco. 3, Louis del Valle. 4, Eric Hardin. 5,
Derrick Harmon. 6, Glenn Kelly, Australia. 7, Timo Masua, New Zealand. 8,
Michael Nunn. 9, Jorge Castro, Argentina. 10, Billy Lewis.
Super Middleweight (168 pounds)
Champion: Byron Mitchell
1, Bruno Girard, France. 2, Frank Liles. 3, Thomas Tate. 4, Eric Lucas, Canada.
5, David Starie, Britain. 6, Manuel Siaca, Puerto Rico. 7, Mario Viet, Germany.
8, Frederic Alvarez, France. 9, Craig Cummings. 10, Zaffarov Ballogou, Kenya.
Middleweight (160 pounds)
Champion: William Joppy
Interim Champion: Julio C. Green
1, Rito Ruvalcaba, Mexico. 2, Antwun Echols. 3, Ronald Wright. 4, Howard
Eastman, Britain. 5, Robert McCraken, Great Britain. 6, Darren Obah, Austria.
7, Ramon Moyano, Argentina. 8, Dana Rosemblatt. 9, Dave Hilton, Canada. 10,
Johnson Tshuma, South Africa.
Super Welterweight (154 pounds)
Champion: David Reid
1, Mamadou Thiam, France. 2, Laurent Bouduani, France. 3, Kevin Kelly,
Australia. 4, Jose Luis Lopez, Mexico. 5, Jose Flores, Mexico. 6, Javier
Castillo, Panama. 7, Rodney Jones. 8, Raul Frank, Guyana. 9, Roman Karmazin,
Russia. 10, Anthony Jones.
Welterweight (147 pounds)
Champion: James Page
1, Vacant. 2, Andrew Lewis, Guyana. 3, Michael Trabant, Germany. 4, Shannan
Taylor, New Zealand. 5, Andrew Pestrayev, Russia. 6, Vernon Forrest. 7, Ike
Quartey, Ghana. 8, Oba Carr. 9, Carlos Baldomir, Argentina. 10, Nicolas
Cervera, Colombia.
Super Lightweight (140 pounds)
Champion: Sharmba Mitchel
1, Vacant. 2, Thomas Damgaard, Denmark. 3, Elio Ortiz, Venezuela. 4, Junichi
Ono, Japan. 5, Laurence Ngobeni, South Africa. 6, Hector Camacho Jr., Puerto
Rico. 7, Reggie Green. 8, Miguel Angel Gonzalez, Mexico. 9, Freddy Pendleton.
10, Gabriel Mapuoka, France.
Lightweight (135 pounds)
Champion: Stefano Zoff, Italy
1, Gilbert Serrano, Venezuela. 2, Alberto Sicurella, Argentina. 3, Rick
Yoshimura, Japan. 4, Billy Schwer, Britain. 5, Djamel Lifa, France. 6, Jean
Baptist Mendy, France. 7, Julien Lorcy, France. 8, Golden Johnson. 9, Israel
Cardona, Puerto Rico. 10, Miguel Callist, Panama.
Super Featherweight (130 pounds)
Champion: Lakva Sim, Mongolia
1, Joel Casamayor, Cuba. 2, Yong-soo Choi, South Korea. 3, Diego Corrales. 4,
Yodsanan Nanthachai, Thailand. 5, Dennis Holbaek, Denmark. 6, Carlos Gerena,
Puerto Rico. 7, Edson Xuxa Nacimiento, Brazil. 8, Takanory Hatakeyama, Japan.
9, Tontcho Tontchev, Bulgaria. 10, John Kwon Baek, South Korea.
Featherweight (126 pounds)
Champion: Freddy Norwood
1, Antonio Cermeno, Venezuela. 2, Frederic Perez, France. 3, Derrick Gainer. 4,
Julio Pablo Chacon, Argentina. 5, Victor Polo, Colombia. 6, Luisito Espinoza,
Philippines. 7, Angel Vasquez, Puerto Rico. 8, Istvan Kovacs, Hungria. 9, Juan
Marquez, Mexico. 10, Lewis Woods.
Super Bantamweight (122 pounds)
Champion: Nestor Garza, Mexico
1, Yobert Ortega, Venezuela. 2, Richard Carrillo, Venezuela. 3, Bugiarso,
Indonesia. 4, Enrique Sanchez, Mexico. 5, Carlos Barreto, Venezuela. 6,
Vladislav Antonov, Russia. 7, Michael Brodie, Great Britain. 8, John Michael
Johnson. 9, Guty Espadas, Mexico. 10, Carlos Navarro.
Bantamweight (118 pounds)
Champion: Paulie Ayala
1, Sahoiu Sithchai Condo, Thailand. 2, Nana Konadu, Ghana. 3, Adan Vargas,
Mexico. 4, Johnny Tapia. 5, Johnny Bredahl, Denmark. 6, Danny Romero. 7,
Cuautemoc Gomez, Mexico. 8, Koso Inshii, Japan. 9, Rafael Marquez, Mexico. 10,
Toshiaki Nishioka, Japan.
Super Flyweight (115 pounds)
Champion: Hideki Todaka, Japan
1, Yokthai Sith Oar, Thailand. 2, San S. Ploenchit, Thailand. 3, Eric Morel,
Puerto Rico. 4, Jesus Rojas, Venezuela. 5, Akihiko Nago, Japan. 6, Edison
Torres, Venezuela. 7, Felix Machado, Venezuela. 8, Jesper Jensen, Denmark. 9,
Dario Azuaga, Paraguay. 10, Luis Bolanos, Colombia.
Flyweight (112 pounds)
Champion: Leo Gamez, Venezuela
1, Vacant. 2, Jose Bonilla, Venezuela. 3, Gilberto Gonzalez, Venezuela. 4,
Denkaosen Kaowitch, Thailand. 5, David Gerault, France. 6, Jose Lopez,
Venezuela, 7, Panieng Okuda, Thailand. 8, Hugo Soto, Argentina. 9, Sornpichai
Kratching-Daeng, Thailand. 10, Gabriel Munoz, Mexico.
Light Flyweight (108 pounds)
Champion: Pitchinoi C. Siriwat, Thailand
1, Rosendo Alvarez, Nicaragua. 2, Medngden 3-K Battery, Thailand. 3, Hidenobu
Honda, Japan. 4, Melchor Cob Castro, Mexico. 5, Ponsaklek Nakornton, Thailand.
6, Nelson Dieppa, Dominican Republic. 7, Yura Dimas, Mongolia. 8, Jose
Sanjuanelo, Colombia. 9, Jake Matlala, South Africa. 10, Yosam Choi, South
Korea.
Mini Flyweight (105 pounds)
Champion: Ricardo Lopez, Mexico
1, Jose Garcia, Colombia. 2, Hurracain Chulun, Indonesia. 3, Noel Arambulet,
Venezuela. 4, Songkram Porpaoin, Thailand. 5, Satoru Abe, Japan. 6, Chana
Porpaoin, Thailand. 7, Joma Gamboa, Philippines. 8, Daniel Reyes, Colombia. 9,
Udomdet Porpain, Thailand. 10, Hiroshi Matsumoto, Japan.