Boxing's current title holders by country as of November 15, 2009
Three title belts changed hands last weekend as two champs were dethroned and one relinquished.
Hungary’s Zsolt Erdei officially vacated his WBO Light Heavyweight title to move up to the cruiserweight division. He will challenge WBC Cruiserweight title holder Giaccobe Fragomeni on November 21. Interim champion Juergen Braehmer of Germany was promoted to the full title. Hungary and its lone title have been removed from the list while Germany moves up to 7th tied with Japan and UK in the rankings.
Yuri Foreman of Belarus is added in the list by defeating Puerto Rico’s Daniel Santos and captured the WBA Super Welterweight title via unanimous decision.
Pound for pound king Manny Pacquiao of the Philippines made a strong argument to claim his third fighter of the year award by stopping Miguel Cotto of Puerto Rico. The WBO Welterweight belt is Pac-man’s seventh title in seven weight classes. The Philippines moves up to fourth tied with Panama and Puerto Rico, who lost two titles Saturday.
1st – USA (12)
Devon Alexander – WBC Super Lightweight (140 lbs)
Andre Berto – WBC Welterweight (147 lbs)
Timothy Bradley – WBO Junior Welterweight (140 lbs)
Tavoris Cloud – IBF Light Heavyweight (175 lbs)
Robert Guerrero – IBF Junior Lightweight (130 lbs)
Steven Luevano – WBO Featherweight (126 lbs)
Shane Mosley – WBA Welterweight (147 lbs)
Kelly Pavlik – WBC, WBO & Ring Middleweight (160 lbs)
Cory Spinks – IBF Junior Middleweight (154 lbs)
Brian Viloria – IBF Junior Flyweight (108 lbs)
2nd – Mexico (10)
Cristobal Cruz – IBF Featherweight (126 lbs)
Raul Garcia – IBF Mini Flyweight (105 lbs)
Juan Manuel Marquez – WBA, WBO & Ring Lightweight (135 lbs)
Fernando Montiel – WBO Bantamweight (118 lbs)
Giovanni Segura – WBA Light Flyweight (108 lbs)
Juan Carlos Salgado – WBA Super Featherweight (130 lbs)
Edgar Sosa – WBC Light Flyweight (108 lbs)
Humberto Soto – WBC Super Featherweight (130 lbs)
3rd – Ukraine (5)
Sergiy Dzinziruk – WBO Junior Middleweight (154 lbs)
Vitali Klitschko – WBC Heavyweight (200+ lbs)
Wladimir Klitschko – IBF, WBO & Ring Heavyweight (200+ lbs)
4th (3 are tied) – Panama (4)
Celestino Caballero – WBA Super Bantamweight & IBF Junior Featherweight (122 lbs)
Guillermo Jones – WBA Cruiserweight (200 lbs)
Anselmo Moreno – WBA Bantamweight (118 lbs)
4th (3 are tied) – Philippines (4)
Donnie Nietes – WBO Mini Flyweight (105 lbs)
Manny Pacquiao – Ring Junior Welterweight (140 lbs) & WBO Welterweight (147 lbs)
Marvin Sonsona – WBO Junior Bantamweight (115 lbs)
4th (3 are tied) – Puerto Rico (4)
Ivan Calderon – WBO & Ring Junior Flyweight (108 lbs)
Juan Manuel Lopez – WBO Junior Featherweight (122 lbs)
Roman Martinez – WBO Junior Lightweight (130 lbs)
7th (3 are tied) – Germany (3)
Juergen Braehmer – WBO Light Heavyweight (175 lbs)
Felix Sturm – WBA Middleweight (160 lbs)
Sebastian Sylvester – IBF Middleweight (160 lbs)
7th (3 are tied) – Japan (3)
Hozumi Hasegawa – WBC Bantamweight (118 lbs)
Daisuke Naito – WBC Flyweight (112 lbs)
Toshiaki Nishioka – WBC Super Bantamweight (122 lbs)
7th (3 are tied) – UK (3)
Carl Froch – WBC Super Middleweight (168 lbs)
David Haye – WBA Heavyweight (200+ lbs)
Amir Khan – WBA Super Lightweight (140 lbs)
10th (5 are tied) – Argentina (2)
Sergio Gabriel Martinez – WBC Super Welterweight (154 lbs)
Omar Andres Narvaez – WBO Flyweight (112 lbs)
10th (5 are tied) – Armenia (2)
Vic Darchinyan – WBA & WBC Super Flyweight (115 lbs)
10th (5 are tied) – Colombia (2)
Yonnhy Perez – IBF Bantamweight (118 lbs)
Juan Urango – IBF Junior Welterweight (140 lbs)
10th (5 are tied) – South Africa (2)
Isaac Hlatshwayo – IBF Welterweight (147 lbs)
Simphiwe Nongqayi – IBF Junior Bantamweight (115 lbs)
10th (5 are tied) – Thailand (2)
Denkaosan Kaovichit – WBA Flyweight (112 lbs)
Oleydong Sithsamerchai – WBC Strawweight (105 lbs)
15th (13 are tied) – Belarus (1)
Yuri Foreman – WBA Super Welterweight (154 lbs)
15th (13 are tied) – Denmark (1)
Mikkel Kessler – WBA Super Middleweight (168 lbs)
15th (13 are tied) – Dominican Republic (1)
Elio Rojas – WBC Featherweight (126 lbs)
15th (13 are tied) – Haiti (1)
Jean Pascal – WBC Light Heavyweight (175 lbs)
15th (13 are tied) – Indonesia (1)
Chris John – WBA Featherweight (126 lbs)
15th (13 are tied) – Italy (1)
Giacobbe Fragomeni – WBC Cruiserweight (200 lbs)
15th (13 are tied) – Nicaragua (1)
Roman Gonzalez – WBA Minimumweight (105 lbs)
15th (13 are tied) – Poland (1)
Tomasz Adamek – Ring Cruiserweight (200 lbs)
15th (13 are tied) – Romania (1)
Lucian Bute – IBF Super Middleweight (168 lbs)
15th (13 are tied) – Russia (1)
Robert Stieglitz – WBO Super Middleweight (168 lbs)
15th (13 are tied) – Serbia (Yugoslavia) (1)
Marco Huck – WBO Junior Heavyweight (200 lbs)
15th (13 are tied) – Spain (1)
Gabriel Campillo – WBA Light Heavyweight (175 lbs)
15th (13 are tied) – Venezuela (1)
Edwin Valero – WBC Lightweight (135 lbs)
List Guidelines: (1) Only Ring, WBA, WBC, IBF & WBO; (2) Excluded interim champs, WBA's regular champs (when there are unified/super champs), champs-in-recess, emeritus status champ, WBC's diamond title and whatever extra sanctioning fee driven title; (3) Tally titles not title holders; (4) Considered boxer's country of birth NOT ancestry, naturalized citizenship nor adopted home country.
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