HEAVYWEIGHT

CHAMPION: HASIM RAHMAN (US)

WON TITLE: August 13, 2005

LAST DEFENCE: March 18, 2006

LAST COMPULSORY: March 18, 2006

WBA CHAMPION: Nicolay Valouev (Russia)

IBF CHAMPION: Wladimir Klitschko (Ukraine)

WBO CHAMPION: Sergey Lyakhovich (Latvia)

Contenders:

WBC INTERNATIONAL CHAMPION: Sinan Samil Sam (Turkey)

1.    Oleg Maskaev (Kazakhstan)

2.    James Toney (US)

3.    Samuel Peter (Nigeria) NABF

4.    Ray Austin (US) USNBC

5.    Calvin Brock (US)

6.    Oliver McCall (US)

7.    Sinan Samil Sam (Turkey) INTL

8.    Shannon Briggs (US)

9.    Ruslan Chagaev (Russia)

10.   Larry Donald (US)

11.   Chris Byrd (US)

12.   Dominick Guinn (US)

13.   John Ruiz (P. Rico)

14.   Peter Okhello (Uganda) OPBF

15.   Henry Akinwande (GB)

16.   Monte Barrett (US)

17.   Donnell Holmes (US)

18.   Paolo Vidoz (Italy) EBU

19.   Timor Ibragimov (Uzbekistan) FECARBOX

20.   Lamon Brewster (US)

21.   Joe Mesi (US)

22.   Luan Krasniqi (Germany)

23.   Tony Thompson (US)

24.   Sultan Ibragimov (Russia)

25.   Danny Williams (GB) COMM

26.   Kevin McBride (Ireland)

27.   David Tua (New Zealand)

28.   Jameel McCline (US)

29.   Alexander Dimitrenko (Ukraine)

30.   Tomasz Bonin (Poland)

31.   Oleg Platov (Ukraine) YOUTH

32.   Javier Mora (US)

33.   Mike Mollo (US) LATINO

34.   Tye Fields (US)

35.   Malik Scott (US)

36.   Davarryl Williamson (US)

37.   Jean Francois Bergeron (Canada)

38.   George Arias (Brazil)

39.   Chauncy Welliver (US)

40.   Kali Meehan (Australia)

*     NA = NOT AVAILABLE

      Owen Beck (Jamaica) * NA - WBA

      Juan Carlos Gomez (Cuba) * NA - Medical

CRUISERWEIGHT (200-90.719)

CHAMPION: O'NEIL BELL (US)

WON TITLE: January 7, 2006

LAST DEFENCE:

LAST COMPULSORY: October 11, 2002 by Braithwaite

WBA CHAMPION: Virgil Hill (US)

IBF CHAMPION: O'Neil Bell (US)

WBO CHAMPION: Johnny Nelson (GB)

Contenders:

WBC INTERNATIONAL CHAMPION: VACANT

1.    Guillermo Jones (Panama)

2.    Steve Cunningham (US)

3.    Krzysztof Wlodarczyk (Poland)

4.    David Haye (GB) EBU

5.    Pietro Aurino (Italy)

6.    Jean Marc Mormeck (France)

7.    Luis Andres Pineda (Panama)

8.    Giacobbe Fragomeni (Italy)

9.    Dan Batchelder (US) AMERICA

10.   Felix Cora (US) NABF

11.   Eliseo Castillo (Cuba) LATINO

12.   Vassily Jirov (Kazhakstan)

13.   Dale Brown (Canada)

14.   Wayne Braithwaite (Guyana)

15.   Grigory Drozd (Russia)

16.   Marco Huck (Germany)

17.   Vadim Tokarev (Russia)

18.   Laudelino Barros (Brazil)

19.   Pavel Melkomian (Russia)

20.   Vincenzo Cantatore (Italy)

21.   Alexander Gurov (Ukraine)

22.   Charles Davis (US)

23.   Mauro Ordiales (Argentina)

24.   Vincenzo Rossitto (Italy)

25.   Valery Brudov (Russia)

26.   Carl Thompson (GB)

27.   Matt Godfrey (US) USNBC

28.   Johny Jensen (Denmark)

29.   Firat Arslan (Germany)

30.   Ola Afolabi (GB)

31.   Hector Avila (Argentina)

32.   Kamel Amrane (France)

33.   Ismael Abdoul (Belgium)

34.   Madjid Zaim (France)

35.   Cesar Crenz (Argentina)

36.   Patrick Nwamu (US)

37.   Dan Harvison (US)

38.   Damian Norris (Cuba)

39.   Emmanuel Nwodo (Nigeria)

40.   Wu Zhiyu (China ) ABCO

*     NA = NOT AVAILABLE

      Enzo Maccarinelli (GB) * NA WBO-Interim

      Marcelo Dominguez (Argentina) * NA WBO-Interim

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT (175-79.379)

CHAMPION: THOMASZ ADAMEK (POLAND)

WON TITLE: May 21, 2005

LAST DEFENCE: October 15, 2005

LAST COMPULSORY: October 15, 2005

WBA CHAMPION: Fabrice Tiozzo (France)

IBF CHAMPION: Clinton Woods (GB)

WBO CHAMPION: Zsolt Erdei (Hungary)

Contenders:

WBC INTERNATIONAL CHAMPION: Adrian Diaconu (Canada)

1.    Paul Briggs (Australia)

2.    Bernard Hopkins (US)

3.    Stipe Drews (Croatia) EBU

4.    Thomas Ulrich (Germany)

5.    Prince Badi Ajamu (US) AMERICA/CABOFE

6.    Hugo Garay (Argentina)

7.    Chad Dawson (US)

8.    Glen Johnson (US)

9.    Dawid Kostecki (Poland)

10.   Eric Harding (US) NABF

11.   Rico Hoye (US)

12.   Adrian Diaconu (Canada) INTL

13.   Lou Del Valle (US)

14.   George Jones (US)

15.   Peter Venancio (Brazil) LATINO

16.   Kai Kurzawa (Germany)

17.   Reggie Johnson (US)

18.   Danny Santiago (P. Rico)

19.   Yuri Barashian (Ukraine)

20.   Mehdi Sahnoune (France)

21.   Dale Westerman (Australia) OPBF

22.   Montell Griffin (US)

23.   Manny Siaca (P. Rico)

24.   Braimah Kamoko (Ghana) ABU

25.   Chris Henry (US) USNBC

26.   Daniel Judah (US)

27.   Julio Cesar Dominguez (Argentina)

28.   Peter Haymer (GB)

29.   Darrin Humphrey (US)

30.   Tito Mendoza (Panama)

31.   Carlos Duarte (Cuba)

32.   Berry Butler (US)

33.   Corey Cummings (US)

34.   Antonio Brancalion (Italy)

35.   Tony Oakey (GB)

36.   Alex Trofimov (Ukraine)

37.   Vadim Safonov (Ukraine)

38.   Daniel Sackey (Ghana)

39.   Jean Louis Mandengue (France)

40.   Vyacheslav Uzelkov (Ukraine)

*     NA = NOT AVAILABLE

      Elvis Michailenko (Latvia) * NA Medical

      Paul Murdoch (Australia) * NA - WBA

      Julio Gonzalez (Mexico) * NA - IBF

      Silvio Branco (Italy) *NA - WBA

SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHT (168-76.204)

CHAMPION: MARKUS BEYER (GERMANY)

WON TITLE: October 9, 2004

LAST DEFENCE: January 28, 2006

LAST COMPULSORY: March 12, 2005

WBA CHAMPION: Mikkel Kessler (Denmark)

IBF CHAMPION: Joe Calzaghe (GB)

WBO CHAMPION: Joe Calzaghe (GB)

Contenders:

WBC INTERNATIONAL CHAMPION: Jurgen Brahmer (Germany)

1.    Librado Andrade (Mexico) LATINO

2.    Jurgen Brahmer (Germany) INTL

3.    Danny Green (Australia)

4.    Jeff Lacy (US)

5.    Carl Froch (GB) COMM

6.    Lucien Bute (Canada) NABF/AMERICA

7.    Otis Grant (Canada)

8.    Cristian Sanavia (Italy)

9.    William Joppy (US)

10.   Mger Mkrtchian (Armenia) EBU

11.   Rudy Markussen (Denmark)

12.   Jackson Chanet (France)

13.   Robert Stieglitz (Russia)

14.   Peter Manfredo Jr. (US)

15.   Danilo Haussler (Germany)

16.   Allan Green (US)

17.   James Obedi Toney (Ghana)

18.   Jose Luis Herrera (Colombia)

19.   Peter Mitrevski (Australia) OPBF

20.   Jean Paul Mendy (France)

21.   Joey Spina (US) USNBC

22.   Mario Veit (Germany)

23.   Rubin Williams (US)

24.   Vitaly Tsypko (Ukraine)

25.   Anthony Mundine (Australia)

26.   Omar Sheika (US)

27.   Brian Magee (GB)

28.   Yusef Mack (US)

29.   Jean Pascal (Canada)

30.   Victor Oganov (Russia)

31.   John Vargas (US)

32.   Alejandro Berrio (Colombia)

33.   Robin Reid (GB)

34.   Nestor Casanova (Argentina) FESUBOX

35.   Lolenga Mock (Denmark)

36.   Dennis Inkin (Russia)

37.   Marcos Diaz (Argentina)

38.   Martin Bruer (Argentina)

39.   Arthur Shekhmurzov (Estonia)

40.   Sofiane Sebihi (Algeria)

*     NA = NOT AVAILABLE

      Mads Larsen (Denmark) * NA - Medical

MIDDLEWEIGHT (160-72.575)

CHAMPION: JERMAIN TAYLOR (US)

WON TITLE: July 16, 2005

LAST DEFENCE: December 3, 2005

LAST COMPULSORY: February 19, 2005 by Hopkins

WBA CHAMPION: Felix Sturm (Germany)

IBF CHAMPION: Arthur Abraham (Armenia)

WBO CHAMPION: Jermain Taylor (US)

Contenders:

WBC INTERNATIONAL CHAMPION: VACANT

1.    Ronald Wright (US)

2.    Kelly Pavlik (US) NABF

3.    Sam Soliman (Australia)

4.    Ike Quartey (Ghana)

5.    Kingsley Ikeke (Canada)

6.    Francisco J. Castillejo (Spain)

7.    Epifanio Mendoza (Colombia) LATINO

8.    Sebastian Sylvester (Germany) EBU

9.    Jose Luis Zertuche (Mexico)

10.   Randy Griffin (US)

11.   Sergio Mora (US)

12.   Khoren Gevorgyan (Armenia)

13.   Sakio Bika (Cameroon) OPBF

14.   Raymond Joval (Holland)

15.   Mariano Carrera (Argentina)

16.   Maselino Masoe (New Zealand)

17.   Quentin Smith (US)

18.   Evans Ashira (Kenya)

19.   Daniel Edouard (Haiti)

20.   Howard Eastman (GB)

21.   Raul Marquez (Mexico)

22.   Jorge Sendra (Spain)

23.   Ian Gardner (US)

24.   Willie Gibbs (US)

25.   Francisco Mora (Argentina)

26.   John Duddy (Ireland) AMERICA

27.   Mahir Oral (Turkey-Germany)

28.   Scott Dann (GB)

29.   Anthony Thompson (US)

30.   Miguel Hernandez (US) USNBC

31.   Domenico Spada (Italy)

32.   Leonard Pierre Anastan (Haiti)

33.   Lorenzo Di Giacomo (Italy)

34.   Toshihiko Itagaki (Japan)

35.   Hussein Bayram (France)

36.   Luis Rene Sierra (P. Rico) CABOFE

37.   Pablo Nievas (Argentina)

38.   Mpush Makembi (South Africa)

39.   Emiliano Cayetano (Dom. R.)

40.   Virgilijus Stapulionis (Lithuania)

*     NA = NOT AVAILABLE

      Edison Miranda (Colombia) * NA - IBF

SUPER WELTERWEIGHT (154-69.853)

CHAMPION: RICARDO MAYORGA (NICARAGUA)

WON TITLE: August 13, 2005

LAST DEFENCE:

LAST COMPULSORY: July 21, 2000 by Castillejo

WBA CHAMPION: Alejandro Garcia (Mexico)

IBF CHAMPION: Roman Karmazin (Russia)

WBO CHAMPION: Sergei Dzindziruk (Ukraine)

Contenders:

WBC INTERNATIONAL CHAMPION: Joachim Alcine (Canada)

1.    Oscar De la Hoya (US)

2.    Shane Mosley (US)

3.    Fernando Vargas (US)

4.    Sergio Martinez (Argentina) LATINO

5.    Joachim Alcine (Canada) INTL

6.    Marco Antonio Rubio (Mexico)

7.    Kasim Ouma (Uganda)

8.    Michele Piccirillo (Italy) EBU

9.    Saul Roman (Mexico)

10.   Rodney Jones (US)

11.   Javier Mamani (Argentina) ABMH

12.   Toshiharu Kaneyama (Japan) OPBF/ABCO

13.   Sechew Powell (US)

14.   Giovanni Lorenzo (Dom. Rep.)

15.   Yuri Foreman (Belarussia)

16.   Alex Bunema (Congo)

17.   Ossie Duran (Ghana) COMM

18.   Robert Kamya (Uganda)

19.   Aslan Kodzoev (Russia)

20.   Attila Kovacs (Hungary)

21.   Charles Whittaker (Caymand Isl.) CABOFE

22.   Ante Bilic (Croatia) YOUTH

23.   Vincent Vuma (South Africa)

24.   Daniel Geale (Australia)

25.   Zaur Baysangurov (Ukraine)

26.   Reda Zam Zam (Denmark)

27.   Sebastian Demers (Canada)

28.   Ruben Varon (Spain)

29.   Luis Ernesto Jose (Dom. Rep.)

30.   Juan De la Rosa (Mexico)

31.   Mike Miranda (Brazil)

32.   Daniel Dawson (Australia)

33.   John Berrios (Colombia)

34.   Joaquin Zamora (Mexico)

35.   Delvin Rodriguez (US)

36.   Lukas Konecny (Czecz Rep.)

37.   Joe Wyatt (US)

38.   Tobia Giuseppe Loriga (Italy)

39.   Alfonso Gomez (Mexico)

40.   Hamlet Petrosian (Armenia)

*     NA = NOT AVAILABLE

      Vernon Forrest (US) * NA - Medical

      Kofi Jantuah (Ghana) * NA - IBF

      Daniel Santos (P. Rico) * NA - IBF

WELTERWEIGHT (147-66.678)

CHAMPION: CARLOS BALDOMIR (ARGENTINA)

WON TITLE: January 7, 2006

LAST DEFENCE:

LAST COMPULSORY: January 7, 2006

WBA CHAMPION: Luis Collazo (US)

IBF CHAMPION: Floyd Mayweather (US)

WBO CHAMPION: Antonio Margarito (Mexico)

Contenders:

WBC INTERNATIONAL CHAMPION: Joseph Makaringe (South Africa)

1.    Arturo Gatti (Canada)

2.    Oktay Urkal (Turkey)

3.    Joel Julio (Colombia)

4.    Joshua Clottey (Ghana)

5.    Miguel Rodriguez (Mexico)

6.    Walter Matthysse (Argentina)

7.    Paul Williams (US) USNBC

8.    Joseph Makaringe (South Africa) INTL

9.    Jackson Osei Bonsu (Belgium)

10.   Mark Suarez (US)

11.   Michel Trabant (Germany)

12.   Sharmba Mitchell (US)

13.   Carlos Quintana (P. Rico)

14.   Irving Garcia (P. Rico) LATINO

15.   Hiroshi Yamaguchi (Japan) OPBF

16.   Alpaslam Aguzum (Turkey)

17.   Kermit Cintron (P. Rico)

18.   Rev Santillan (Phil)

19.   Frederic Klose (France) EBU

20.   Roberto Garcia (Mexico) CABOFE

21.   Luis Fernando Uribe (Mexico)

22.   Oscar Diaz (US)

23.   Timothy Bradley (US) YOUTH

24.   Thomas Damgaard (Denmark)

25.   Vincent Phillips (US) AMERICA

26.   Michael Santos (Mexico)

27.   Kazuhiko Hidaka (Japan)

28.   Badru Lusambya (Uganda) ABU

29.   Ray Sanchez (US)

30.   Jose Luis Cruz (Mexico)

31.   Teruyoshi Omagari (Japan)

32.   Riad Menasria (Swiss)

33.   Marco Antonio Avendaño (Venezuela)

34.   Jesse Feliciano (US)

35.   Randall Bailey (US)

36.   Kevin Anderson (GB) COMM

37.   Farkhad Bakirov (Uzbekistan)

38.   Esau Herrera (Mexico)

39.   Sintung Kietbusaba (Thai) ABCO

40.   Akhmed Oligov (Russia)

*     NA = NOT AVAILABLE

      Zab Judah (US) * NA - IBF

SUPER LIGHTWEIGHT (140-63.503)

CHAMPION: VACANT

WON TITLE:

LAST DEFENCE:

LAST COMPULSORY: June 25, 2005

WBA CHAMPION: Ricky Hatton (GB)

IBF CHAMPION:

WBO CHAMPION: Miguel Angel Cotto (P. Rico)

Contenders:

WBC INTERNATIONAL CHAMPION: Herman Ngoudjo (Canada)

1.    Junior Witter (GB) COMM/EBU

2.    DeMarcus Corley (US)

3.    Juan Lazcano (US)

4.    Lovemore Ndou (South Africa)

5.    Vivian Harris (US)

6.    Herman Ngoudjo (Canada) NABF/INTL

7.    Steve Johnston (US)

8.    Marcos Maidana (Argentina)

9.    Julio Garcia (Mexico) YOUTH

10.   Joel Casamayor (Cuba)

11.   Steve Forbes (US)

12.   Arturo Morua (Mexico)

13.   Samuel Malinga (South Africa)

14.   Norio Kimura (Japan)

15.   Raul Balbi (Argentina)

16.   Cesar Cuenca (Argentina)

17.   Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (Mexico)

18.   Sataporn Singwangcha (Thai) ABCO

19.   Jungbum Kim (Korea) OPBF

20.   Lamont Peterson (US) USNBC

21.   Jose Ricardo Torres (Colombia)

22.   Demetrius Hopkins (US)

23.   Kendall Holt (US)

24.   Michelle Rosales (Mexico)

25.   Henry Bruseles (P. Rico)

26.   Eleazar Contreras (US)

27.   Mike Arnaoutis (Greece)

28.   Carlos Maussa (Colombia)

29.   Juan Carlos Rodriguez (Mexico) CABOFE

30.   Miguel Callist (Panama)

31.   Lawrence Ngobeni (South Africa)

32.   Steve Quiñonez (US)

33.   Orlando Lora (Mexico)

34.   Adrian Mora (US)

35.   Nick Casal (US)

36.   Lucas Matthysse (Argentina)

37.   Jorge Miranda (Argentina)

38.   Andreas Kotelnik (Ukraine)

39.   Souleymane Mbaye (France)

40.   Santos Benavides (Nicaragua)

*     NA = NOT AVAILABLE

      Paul Malignaggi (US) * NA - WBO

      Gianluca Branco (Italy) * NA - Medical

      Naoufel Ben Rabah (Tunisia) * NA - IBF

      Juan Urango (Colombia) * NA - IBF

World Boxing Council Ratings, May 2006

LIGHTWEIGHT (135-61.235)

CHAMPION: DIEGO CORRALES (US)

WON TITLE: May 7, 2005

LAST DEFENCE: October 8, 2005

LAST COMPULSORY: December 7, 2002 by Mayweather

WBA CHAMPION: Juan Diaz (US)

IBF CHAMPION: Jesus Chavez (Mexico)

WBO CHAMPION: Acelino Freitas (Brazil)

Contenders:

WBC INTERNATIONAL CHAMPION: VACANT

1.    Jose Luis Castillo (Mexico)

2.    Sirimongkol Singwangcha (Thailand)

3.    Chikashi Inada (Japan) OPBF

4.    Armando Santa Cruz (Mexico) NABF

5.    Matt Zegan (Poland)

6.    Urbano Antillon (US)

7.    Antonio Pitalua (Colombia)

8.    Takehiro Shimada (Japan)

9.    Graham Earl (GB)

10.   Randy Suico (Phil)

11.   Juan Carlos Melero (Spain) EBU

12.   Victoriano Damian Sosa (Dom. R)

13.   Zahir Raheem (US)

14.   Daniel Alicea (P. Rico) USNBC

15.   Kengo Nagashima (Japan)

16.   Jose Miguel Cotto (P. Rico)

17.   Aldo Rios (Argentina) FESUBOX

18.   Lakva Sim (Mongolia)

19.   Ali Funeka (South Africa)

20.   Saddam Kiatyongyuth (Thailand) ABCO

21.   Ebo Elder (US)

22.   Cesar Soriano (Mexico) FECARBOX

23.   Anthony Peterson (US)

24.   Jose Manuel Lopez (US) AMERICA

25.   Nate Campbell (US)

26.   Yuri Romanov (Belarussia)

27.   Tontcho Tontchev (Bulgary)

28.   Americo Santos (US)

29.   Jose Antonio Izquierdo (Cuba)

30.   Dexter Delata (Phil)

31.   Efren Hinojosa (Mexico)

32.   Bendit Gaudet (Canada)

33.   Jairo Ramirez (US)

34.   Adrian Navarrete (Mexico) ABMH

35.   David Diaz (US)

36.   Fernando Angulo (Ecuador)

37.   Prawet Singwangcha (Thailand)

38.   Fernando Saucedo (Argentina)

39.   John Murray (GB) YOUTH

40.   Joshua Kpakpo Allotey (Ghana) ABU

*     NA = NOT AVAILABLE

      Isaac Hlatshwayo (South Africa) * NA - IBF

      Julio Cesar Diaz (Mexico) * NA - IBF

      Ricky Quiles (US) * NA - IBF

SUPER FEATHERWEIGHT (130-58.967)

CHAMPION: MARCO ANTONIO BARRERA (MEXICO)

WON TITLE: November 27, 2004

LAST DEFENCE: April 9, 2005

LAST COMPULSORY: April 9, 2005

WBA CHAMPION: Vicente Mosquera (Panama)

IBF CHAMPION: Marco Antonio Barrera (Mexico)

WBO CHAMPION: Jorge Barrios (Argentina)

Contenders:

WBC INTERNATIONAL CHAMPION: Manny Pacquiao (Phil)

1.    Manny Pacquiao (Phil) INTL

2.    Erik Morales (Mexico)

3.    Javier Jauregui (Mexico)

4.    Alex Arthur (GB) EBU/COMM

5.    Edwin Valero (Venezuela)

6.    Kevin Kelley (US)

7.    Guadalupe Rosales (Mexico)

8.    Mzonke Fana (South Africa)

9.    Nobuto Honmo (Japan)

10.   Bobby Pacquiao (Phil) AMERICA

11.   Yodsanan 3K Battery (Thailand)

12.   Carlos Hernandez (El Salvador)

13.   Humberto Toledo (Ecuador) LATINO

14.   Fernando Trejo (Mexico) NABF

15.   Alejandro Medina (Mexico)

16.   Sergey Gulyakevitch (Belorussia)

17.   Francisco Lorenzo (Dom. R.) CABOFE

18.   Yusuke Kobori (Japan)

19.   Robbie Peden (Australia)

20.   Tommy Browne (Australia)

21.   Aldo Valtierra (Mexico)

22.   Isaac Chavarria (Mexico) FECARBOX

23.   Willie Limond (GB)

24.   Carlos Navarro (US)

25.   Jimrex Jaca (Phil)

26.   Agnaldo Nunes (Brazil)

27.   Daniel Jimenez (P. Rico)

28.   Angel Hugo Ramirez (Argentina)

29.   Javier Alvarez (Argentina)

30.   Thong Por Chokchai (Thai) ABCO

31.   Guadalupe Hernandez (Mexico)

32.   Rolando Reyes (US)

33.   Alan Paredes (Peru)

34.   Koba Gogoladze (Georgia Rep.)

35.   Luis Fuente (Mexico)

36.   Roman Martinez (P. Rico)

37.   Joel Cerrud (Panama)

38.   Xu Qong Liang (China)

39.   Octavio Hernandez (Nicaragua)

40.   Anges Adjaho (Benin) ABU

*     NA = NOT AVAILABLE

      Manuel Medina (Mexico) * NA - IBF

      Janos Nagy (Hungary) * NA - WBO

      Mike Anchondo (US) * NA - Medical

FEATHERWEIGHT (126-57.153)

CHAMPION: TAKASHI KOSHIMOTO (JAPAN)

INTERIM CHAMPION: HUMBERTO SOTO (MEXICO)

WON TITLE: January 29, 2006

LAST DEFENCE:

LAST COMPULSORY: April 10, 2004 by Chi

WBA CHAMPION: Chris John (Indonesia)

IBF CHAMPION: Valdemir Pereira (Brazil)

WBO CHAMPION: Scott Harrison (GB)

Contenders:

WBC INTERNATIONAL CHAMPION: Jeffrey Mathebula (South Africa)

1.    Nicky Cook (GB) COMM/EBU

2.    Injin Chi (Korea)

3.    Gamaliel Diaz (Mexico) FECARBOX/NABF

4.    Jorge Linares (Venezuela)

5.    Rocky Juarez (US)

6.    Joan Guzman (Dom. R.)

7.    Robert Guerrero (US)

8.    Jorge Solis (Mexico)

9.    Martin Honorio (Mexico)

10.   Nadel Hussein (Australia)

11.   Elio Rojas (Dom. R)

12.   Cholatarn O. Piriyapinyo (Thailand) ABCO

13.   Steve Luevano (US)

14.   Hiroyuki Enoki (Japan)

15.   Rudy Lopez (Mexico) YOUTH

16.   Juan Manuel Marquez (Mexico)

17.   Takahiro Aoh (Japan)

18.   Frank Archuleta (US)

19.   Kazahisa Watanabe (Japan)

20.   Hector Velazquez (Mexico)

21.   Gary St. Clair (Guyana)

22.   Jeffrey Mathebula (South Africa) INTL

23.   Juan Carlos Salgado (Mexico)

24.   Mario Santiago (P. Rico)

25.   Terdsak Jandaeng (Thai)

26.   Pablo Estrella (Argentina)

27.   Jason Litzau (US)

28.   Oscar Leon (Colombia) LATINO

29.   Juan Gerardo Cabrera (Argentina) FESUBOX

30.   Alex Baba (Ghana)

31.   Angel Alirio Rivero (Venezuela) ABMH

32.   Antonio Fernandez (Peru)

33.   Spend Abazi (Denmark)

34.   Pedro Navarrete (Mexico)

35.   Jackson Asiku (Uganda) ABU / COMM

36.   Roinet Caballero (Panama)

37.   Alberto Servidei (Italy)

38.   Phafrakord Rakkietgym (Thai)

39.   Fernando Ferreira da Silva (Brazil)

40.   Domenico Urbano (Italy)

*     NA = NOT AVAILABLE

      William Abeylan (US) * NA - Medical

      Alejandro Barrera (Mexico) * WBO - Superbantam

SUPER BANTAMWEIGHT (122-55.338)

CHAMPION: ISRAEL VAZQUEZ (MEXICO)

WON TITLE: December 3, 2005

LAST DEFENCE:

LAST COMPULSORY: November 27, 2004 by Larios

WBA CHAMPION: Somsak Sithchatchawal (Thai)

IBF CHAMPION: Israel Vazquez (Mexico)

WBO CHAMPION: Daniel Ponce (Mexico)

Contenders:

WBC INTERNATIONAL CHAMPION: N. Kiattisakchocchoi (Thai)

1.    Oscar Larios (Mexico)

2.    Naphapol Kiattisakchocchoi (Thai) INTL

3.    Saenghiran Lookbanyai (Thai) ABCO

4.    Toshiaki Nishioka (Japan)

5.    Wethya Sakmuangklang (Thailand) OPBF

6.    Gubula Vabaza (South Africa)

7.    Ricardo Castillo (Mexico) LATINO

8.    Michael Hunter (GB) COMM/EBU

9.    Hector Julio Avila (Dom. Rep.)

10.   Julio Zarate (Mexico) NABF

11.   Steve Molitor (Canada)

12.   Rikiya Fukuhara (Japan)

13.   Jorge Lacierva (Mexico)

14.   Takalani Ndlovu (South Africa)

15.   Shoji Kimura (Japan)

16.   Adam Carrera (US)

17.   Tomas Villa (Mexico) AMERICA

18.   Hugo Dianzo (Mexico)

19.   Tim Austin (US)

20.   Antonio Meza (Mexico)

21.   Adolfo Landeros (Mexico) FECARBOX

22.   Hugo Vargas (Mexico) CABOFE

23.   Miguel Roman (Mexico) YOUTH

24.   Esham Pickering (GB)

25.   Ramon Leyte (Mexico) ABMH

26.   Bernard Dunne (Ireland)

27.   Andres Cabrera (Mexico)

28.   Mikihito Setoh (Japan)

29.   German Guartos (Spain)

30.   Gabriel Perez (Mexico)

31.   Jose Arboleda (Panama)

32.   Franklin Theran (Colombia)

33.   Eusebio Osejo (Nicaragua)

34.   Al Seeger (US)

35.   Carlos Oliveira (Brazil)

36.   Seferino Labarda (Argentina)

37.   Juan Ruiz (Mexico)

38.   Jose Mendoza (Colombia)

39.   Masanori Sugita (Japan)

40.   Daisuke Yamanaka (Japan)

*     NA = NOT AVAILABLE

      Ruben Estanislao (Mexico) * NA Medical

      Sergio Medina (Argentina) * NA WBA

      Eric Aiken (US) * NA WBO

      Mercito Gesta (Phil) * NA Medical

BANTAMWEIGHT (118-53.524)

CHAMPION: HOZUMI HASEGAWA (JAPAN)

WON TITLE: April 16, 2005

LAST DEFENCE: March 25, 2006

LAST COMPULSORY: October 4, 2003 by Nakhonluang

WBA CHAMPION: Wladimir Sidorenko (Ukraine)

IBF CHAMPION: Rafael Marquez (Mexico)

WBO CHAMPION: Jhonny Gonzalez (Mexico)

Contenders:

WBC INTERNATIONAL CHAMPION: Vusi Malinga (Southa Africa)

1.    Genaro Garcia (Mexico) FECARBOX

2.    Simone Maludrotto (Italy) EBU

3.    Veeraphol Nakhonluang (Thailand)

4.    Malcolm Tunacao (Phil) OPBF

5.    Simpiwe Vetyeka (South Africa)

6.    Nobuto Ikehara (Japan)

7.    Rey Bautista (Phil)

8.    Vusi Malinga (South Africa) INTL

9.    Jose Aguiniga (US)

10.   Ivan Hernandez (Mexico)

11.   Alejandro Valdez (Mexico) YOUTH/NABF

12.   Gerardo Martinez (Mexico)

13.   Mauricio Martinez (Panama)

14.   Masayuki Mitani (Japan)

15.   Kenbun Torres (Mexico)

16.   Ricardo Cordoba (Panama)

17.   Karim Quibir (Spain)

18.   Jun Toriumi (Japan)

19.   Jaime Ortiz (Mexico)

20.   Damaen Kelly (GB)

21.   Damian Marchiano (Argentina)

22.   Pablo Sepulveda (Argentina) FESUBOX

23.   Kumarnthong Por Pluemkamol (Thailand)

24.   Moises Zamudio (Mexico) CABOFE

25.   Ratanachai Sow Voraphin (Thailand)

26.   Nestor Paniagua (Argentina)

27.   Carmelo Ballone (Belgium)

28.   Francisco Paredes (Mexico)

29.   Samuel Lopez (Mexico)

30.   Heriberto Ruiz (Mexico)

31.   Akifumi Shimoda (Japan)

32.   Martin Power (GB)

33.   Cesar Morales (Mexico)

34.   Andrey Kostin (Estonia)

35.   Tomas Rojas (Mexico)

36.   Ricardo Vargas (Mexico)

37.   Frederic Patrac (France)

38.   Fidencio Reyes (US)

39.   David Guerault (France)

40.   Friday Felix (Nigeria) ABU

*     NA = NOT AVAILABLE

      Manabu Fukushima (Japan) * NA - WBA/Interim

      Cruz Carvajal (Mexico) * NA - Medical

      Silence Mabuza (South Africa) * NA - IBF

      Sasha Baktin (Russia) * NA - Legal

SUPER FLYWEIGHT (115-52.163)

CHAMPION: MASAMORI TOKUYAMA (JAPAN)

WON TITLE: July 18, 2005

LAST DEFENCE: February 27, 2006

LAST COMPULSORY: February 27, 2006

WBA CHAMPION: Martin Castillo (Mexico)

IBF CHAMPION: Luis Perez (Nicaragua)

WBO CHAMPION: Fernando Montiel (Mexico)

Contenders:

WBC INTERNATIONAL CHAMPION: Masibulele Makepula (South Africa)

1.    Katsushige Kawashima (Japan)

2.    Masibulele Makepula (South Africa) INTL

3.    Christian Mijares (Mexico)

4.    Jose Navarro (US)

5.    Devid Lookmahanak (Thailand)

6.    Masayuki Arinaga (Japan)

7.    Nobuo Nashiro (Japan)

8.    Gerson Guerrero (Mexico)

9.    Z. Gorres (Phil) OPBF

10.   William Gonzalez (Nicaragua)

11.   Valerio Sanchez (Mexico) AMERICA

12.   Jose Angel Beranza (Mexico)

13.   Nonito Donaire (Phil) NABF

14.   Teppei Kikui (Japan)

15.   Kuniyuki Aizawa (Japan)

16.   Medgoen Singsurat (Thai) ABCO

17.   Kohei Ohba (Japan)

18.   Reynaldo Lopez (Colombia)

19.   Julio Ler (Argentina)

20.   Caril Herrera (Uruguay) LATINO

21.   Pramuansak Phosuwan (Thailand)

22.   Chatchai Sasakul (Thailand)

23.   Alexander Muñoz (Venezuela)

24.   Jose Nieves (P. Rico)

25.   Waenpetch Chuwatana (Thailand)

26.   Gabriel Elizondo (US)

27.   Eric Barcelona (Phil)

28.   Kohei Kohno (Japan)

29.   Simon Ramoni (South Africa)

30.   Akio Konishi (Japan)

31.   Luis Melendez (Colombia)

32.   Alex Becerra (US)

33.   Cesar Lopez (US)

34.   Sot Sor Veerapol (Thailand)

35.   Khulile Makeba (South Africa)

36.   Omar Salado (Mexico)

37.   Rafael Tirado (Ecuador)

38.   Ali Rochman (Indonesia)

39.   Glenn Donaire (Phil)

40.   Sergio Espinoza (US)

*     NA = NOT AVAILABLE

      Eric Morel (US) * NA - LEGAL

      Dimitri Kirilov (Russia) * NA - IBF

      Luis Maldonado (Mexico) * IBF - Fly

FLYWEIGHT (112-50.802)

CHAMPION: PONGSAKLEK WONJONGKAM (THAILAND)

INTERIM CHAMPION: JORGE ARCE (MEXICO)

WON TITLE: March 2, 2001

LAST DEFENCE: May 1, 2006

LAST COMPULSORY: November 14, 2003

WBA CHAMPION: Lorenzo Parra (Venezuela)

IBF CHAMPION: Vic Darchinian (Australia)

WBO CHAMPION: Omar Narvaez (Argentina)

Contenders:

WBC INTERNATIONAL CHAMPION: Monelisi Myekeni (South Africa)

1.    Monelisi Myekeni (South Africa) INTL

2.    Ponomrunglek Kratingdaeng (Thailand) ABCO

3.    Alberto Rosas (Mexico) NABF

4.    Koki Kameda (Japan)

5.    Fahpetchnoi Sor Chitpattana (Thailand) YOUTH

6.    Masaki Nakanuma (Japan)

7.    Daisuke Naito (Japan)

8.    Ivan Pozo (Spain) EBU

9.    Hussein Hussein (Australia)

10.   Takefumi Sakata (Japan)

11.   Giovanni Segura (Mexico)

12.   Noriyuki Komatsu (Japan) OPBF

13.   Everardo Morales (Mexico) AMERICA

14.   Brahim Asloum (France)

15.   Carlos Bouchan (Mexico) FECARBOX

16.   Marlon Marquez (Nicaragua)LATINO

17.   Jose Lopez (P. Rico) USNBC

18.   Alejandro Hernandez (Mexico) ABMH

19.   Diosdado Gabi (Phil)

20.   Cyril Bellanger (France)

21.   Everth Briceño (Nicaragua)

22.   Daigo Nakahiro (Japan)

23.   Alejandro Ordoñez (Colombia)

24.   Lee Haskins (GB) COMM

25.   Alberto Rossel (Peru)

26.   Rosendo Vega (Mexico)

27.   Adonis Rivas (Nicaragua)

28.   Bernard Inom (France)

29.   Hiroyuki Hisataka (Japan)

30.   Benedict Suico (Phil)

31.   Carlos Fajardo (Nicaragua)

32.   Wanmeechok Singwancha (Thai)

33.   Juan Carlos Reveco (Argentina)

34.   Santiago Acosta (Argentina)

35.   Raul Eliseo Medina (Argentina) FESUBOX

36.   Rodel Quilaton (Phil)

37.   Federico Catubay (Phil)

38.   Tomonobu Shimizu (Japan)

39.   Christophe Rodriguez (France)

40.   Tsutomu Yamanaka (Japan)

LIGHT FLYWEIGHT (108-48.988)

CHAMPION: BRIAN VILORIA (US)

WON TITLE: September 10, 2005

LAST DEFENCE:

LAST COMPULSORY: September 10, 2005

WBA CHAMPION: Roberto Vazquez (Panama)

IBF CHAMPION: Ulises Solis (Mexico)

WBO CHAMPION: Hugo Cazares (Mexico)

Contenders:

WBC INTERNATIONAL CHAMPION: VACANT

1.    Juanito Rubillar (Phil)

2.    Wandee Singwangcha (Thailand)

3.    Nelson Dieppa (P. Rico) USNBC

4.    Edgar Sosa (Mexico)

5.    Luis Lazarte (Argentina) FESUBOX

6.    Jose Antonio Aguirre (Mexico)

7.    Will Grigsby (US)

8.    Victor Burgos (Mexico)

9.    Petchtapee Pinsinchai (Thailand) ABCO

10.   Munetsugu Kayoh (Japan) OPBF

11.   Nobuaki Masuda (Japan)

12.   Omar Niño (Mexico)

13.   Muvhuso Nedzanami (South Africa)

14.   Ken Nakajima (Japan)

15.   Manuel Vargas (Mexico)

16.   Francisco Rosas (Mexico)

17.   Junichi Ebisuoka (Japan)

18.   Sizwe Sinyabi (South Africa)

19.   Humberto Pool (Mexico) NABF

20.   Nerys Espinoza (Nicaragua)

21.   Takahisa Masuda (Japan)

22.   Domingo Guillen (Dom. Rep.)

23.   Luis Valdez (Mexico)

24.   Yodsaengkeng Por Choomchok (Thailand) YOUTH

25.   Andrea Sarritzu (Italy)

26.   Gilberto Keb Baas (Mexico)

27.   Javier Tello (Panama)

28.   Ronald Barrera (Colombia)

29.   Franky Soto (Mexico) AMERICA

30.   Erick Ramirez (Mexico)

31.   Shingo Yamaguchi (Japan)

32.   Carlos Tamara (Colombia)

33.   Nkosinathi Joyi (South Africa)

34.   Masato Hatakeyama (Japan)

35.   Lookrak Sorkatika (Thailand)

36.   Vicky Tahumil (Indonesia)

37.   Bert Batawang (Phil)

38.   Wendyl Janiola (Phil)

39.   Daniel Diaz (Nicaragua)

40.   Katsuhiko Iezumi (Japan)

STRAWWEIGHT (105-47.627)

CHAMPION: EAGLE KYOWA (JAPAN)

WON TITLE: August 6, 2005

LAST DEFENCE: January 9, 2006

LAST COMPULSORY: December 18, 2004 by Kyowa

WBA CHAMPION: Yutaka Niida (Japan)

IBF CHAMPION: Mohamed Rachman (Indonesia)

WBO CHAMPION: Ivan Calderon (P. Rico)

Contenders:

WBC INTERNATIONAL CHAMPION: Gabriel Pumar (Phil)

1.    Rodel Mayol (Phil)

2.    Oleydong Sithsanerchai (Thai) ABCO/YOUTH

3.    Katsunari Takayama (Japan)

4.    Wilfrido Valdez (Panama) LATINO

5.    Juan Palacios (Nicaragua)

6.    Pornsawan Porpramook (Thailand)

7.    Lorenzo Trejo (Mexico)

8.    Teruo Misawa (Japan)

9.    Omar Soto (P. Rico) CABOFE

10.   Satoshi Kogumasaka (Japan)

11.   Carlos Melo (Panama)

12.   Heriberto Gijon (Phil)

13.   Gabiel Pumar (Phil) INTL

14.   Rafael Lozano (Spain)

15.   Akira Yaegeshi (Japan) OPBF

16.   Makoto Suzuki (Japan)

17.   Isaac Bustos (Mexico)

18.   Junichiro Kaneda (Japan)

19.   Raul Garcia (Mexico) ABMH

20.   Tshepo Lefele (South Africa)

21.   Daniel Reyes (P. Rico)

22.   Oscar Martinez (Mexico)

23.   Miguel Tellez (Nicaragua)

24.   Noel Arambulet (Venezuela)

25.   Gerardo Verde (Mexico)

26.   Iwan Key (Indonesia)

27.   Florante Condes (Phil)

28.   Samuel Gutierrez (Mexico)

29.   Jun Arlos (Phil)

30.   Edo Resilay (Indonesia)

31.   Angky Angkota (Indonesia)

32.   Benjie Sorollo (Phil)

33.   Kazumasa Kumada (Japan)

34.   Yasutaka Kuroki (Japan)

35.   Armand de la Cruz (Phil)

36.   Shunsuke Nagao (Japan)

37.   Rollen Del Castillo (Phil)

38.   Jose Figueroa (Mexico)

39.   Herry Amol (Indonesia)

40.   Ngaoprajan Sithsaithong (Thailand)

*     NA = NOT AVAILABLE

      Juan Landaeta (Venezuela) *NA - WBA