Champion - Vitali Klitschko (UKRAINE) Won Title - October 2008 WBA (super) champion - Wladimir Klitschko (Ukraine) WBA champion - Alexander Povetkin (Russia) IBF champion - Wladimir Klitschko (Ukraine) WBO champion - Wladimir Klitschko (Ukraine) IBO champion - Wladimir Klitschko (Ukraine) 1.Chris Arreola (US) 2.Bermane Stiverne (Canada) 3.Denis Boytsov (Russia) 4.Mariusz Wach (Poland) 5.Johnathon Banks (US) 6.Tyson Fury (GB) 7.Manuel Charr (Lebanon/Syria) 8.Seth Mitchell (US) 9.Tomasz Adamek (Poland) 10.Luis Ortiz (Cuba)
Be interesting to see where the WBC rank the winner of Banks and Mitchell since they're both in their top 10.
Thought I read somewhere that Suliman said he talked to Haye and that he was going to lift the ineligibility for Haye to be ranked by the Org. The reason being assumed is for the amount of revenue a possible Vitali/Haye fight would generate the Org. Thought it would have been listed in this months.
seriously...since adamek boxed his ears off..... how does one get ranked #1 in the world with a **** resume as he has put back together in his "comeback" Arreola vs 2010-08-13 Manuel Quezada 29-5-0 This content is protected 2011-01-28 Joey Abell 27-4-0 This content is protected 2011-05-14 Nagy Aguilera 16-5-0 This content is protected 2011-05-27 Kendrick Releford 22-14-2 This content is protected 2011-07-09 Friday Ahunanya 24-7-3 This content is protected 2011-11-05 Raphael Butler 35-11-0 This content is protected 2012-02-18 Eric Molina 18-1-0 This content is protected
First five should be lower, Tyson Fury higher, Tomasz Adamek higher. Tomasz Adamek at 9, while Arreola at 1 WTF didn't Adamek beat him? Those rankings are totally ****ed up. What have Denis Boytsov and Bermaine Stiverne do to deserve to be that high? It seems WBC favors hugely quantity over quality as seen from Arreola and Ortiz examples. Looking forward to seeing Detony Windmiller in Top 5 soon.
I am telling you watch Mitchell skyrocket up the rankings if he beats Banks setting up Arreola vs Mitchell for the vacant WBC when Vitali retires........
lots of politics is being played to maneuver boxers into the title shot because of Vitali's imminent retirement.