latest WBC rankings :

[demirturk]

Heavyweight (over 200-90.719)




HEAVYWEIGHT
CHAMPION: VITALI KLITSCHKO (UKRAINE)
INTERIM CHAMPION: HASIM RAHMAN (US)
WON TITLE: April 24, 2004
LAST DEFENCE: December 11, 2004
LAST COMPULSORY: April 24, 2004
WBA CHAMPION: John Ruiz (P. Rico)
IBF CHAMPION: Chris Byrd (US)
WBO CHAMPION: Lamont Brewster (US)
Contenders:
WBC INT. CHAMPION: Sinan Samil Sam (Turkey)



1 .- Sinan Samil Sam (Turkey) INTL
2 .- James Toney (US) *
3 .- Samuel Peter (Nigeria)
4 .- Oliver McCall (US)
5 .- Oleg Maskaev (Uzbekistan)
6 .- Monte Barrett (US)
7 .- Ray Austin (US) USNBC
8 .- Calvin Brock (US)
9 .- Juan Carlos Gomez (Cuba)
10 .- David Tua (New Zealand)
11 .- Owen Beck (Jamaica)
12 .- Corrie Sanders (South Africa)
13 .- Shannon Briggs (US)
14 .- Audley Harrison (GB)
15 .- Peter Okhello (Uganda) OPBF


16 .- Donnell Holmes (US) AMERICA
17 .- Sergey Lyakhovich (Latvia)
18 .- Timor Ibragimov (Uzbekistan) FECARBOX
19 .- Gerald Nobles (US)
20 .- Paolo Vidoz (Italy) EBU
21 .- Henry Akinwande (Nigeria)
22 .- Kevin McBride (Ireland)
23 .- Leo Nolan (US)
24 .- Kirk Johnson (Canada)
25 .- Tye Fields (US)
26 .- Vassily Jirov (Kazakhstan)
27 .- Orlin Norris (US)
28 .- Jamel McCline (US)
29 .- Timo Hoffmann (Germany)
30 .- Kali Meehan (Australia)
31 .- Jean Francois Bergeron (Canada)
32 .- Chauncy Welliver (US)
33 .- Matt Skelton (GB)
34 .- Malik Scott (US)
35 .- Robert Hawkins (US)
36 .- Rob Calloway (US)
37 .- Tomasz Bonin (Poland)
38 .- Oleg Platov (Ukraine) YOUTH
39 .- Roman Greenberg (Israel)
40 .- Stacy Frazier (US)

[moochi]

shocking rankings, and rankings system..........i noticed that luan krasniqi didn't make the top 40 cut, yet in the top 10 you have fighters like: Maskaev, McCall, Austin, etc....

the wbc has really lost its credibility over the past few years.....big time.

[Martin (Top Knowledge)]

14 .- Audley Harrison (GB)

Based on what???... Audley Harrison isn't even the best in Britain yet! He's gotta beat the British/Brit Commonwealth champ Matt Skelton before he can claim that!

The WBC has gone down hill so much over the last 10yrs. They tend to rate a fighter on how well he sells tickets rather than how good he actually is.

(Hence when Gatti was the 140lb champ) - But when they take their percentage sanctioning fees it's worth more to them.

Corruption...

[moochi]

well said......and Peter Okhello? Who is he and who has he beaten to be ranked 15 also?

[JohnL]

These rankings tell you two things; the WBC is biased and corrupt (but we knew that) the current heavyweights are the worst in a loooong time (but I think we knew that too)

[Slugger Fists]

These rankings tell you two things; the WBC is biased and corrupt (but we knew that) the current heavyweights are the worst in a loooong time (but I think we knew that too)

I dunno pal, but far as I'm concerned, all the so-called alphabet rankings (WBC, WBA, WBO, IBF, IBO, etc etc) are biased and corrupt, favoring and catering to certain ethnic groups to please certain races, all in the name of -what else- pride and money! But hey, that's part of making boxing dirty- and thus-exciting! Some of the more exciting matches are non-title and are not sanctioned by any of these boxing bodies. Take for instance the upcoming Morales-Pacquiao double header. More exciting than any of the heavyweight title matches lately. And speaking of the heavyweight division, don't you think it's gotten too boring lately? Just my thoughts - peace!