Ring's Pound for Pound Best and Division Ratings For Period Ending May 25, 05
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POUND-FOR-POUND
1. BERNARD HOPKINS
Middleweight
2. FLOYD MAYWEATHER
Junior Welterweight
3. KOSTYA TSZYU
Junior Welterweight
4. WINKY WRIGHT
Junior Middleweight
5. MARCO ANTONIO BARRERA
Junior Lightweight
6. ERIK MORALES
Junior Lightweight
7. MANNY PACQUIAO
Featherweight
8. JUAN MANUEL MARQUEZ
Featherweight
9. DIEGO CORRALES
Lightweight
10. GLEN JOHNSON
Light Heavyweight

HEAVYWEIGHTS
Weight Unlimited
Champ: VITALI KLITSCHKO
Ukraine 35-2 (34)
1. CHRIS BYRD
Flint, MI 38-2-1 (20)
2. JOHN RUIZ
Methuen, MA 41-5-1 (28)
3. HASIM RAHMAN
Baltimore, MD 40-5-1 (33)
4. JAMES TONEY
Ann Arbor, MI 68-4-2 (43)
5. MONTE BARRETT
Queens, NY 31-3 (17)
6. LAMON BREWSTER
Los Angeles, CA 32-2 (28)
7. CALVIN BROCK
Charlotte, NC 25-0 (20)
8. SAMUEL PETER
Las Vegas, NV 23-0 (20)
9. WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO
Ukraine 44-3 (40)
10. JAMEEL McCLINE
Clifton, NJ 31-5-3 (19)

CRUISERWEIGHTS
Weight Limit: 200 pounds
Champ: JEAN-MARC MORMECK
France 31-2 (21)
1. WAYNE BRAITHWAITE
Guyana 21-1 (17)
2. JOHNNY NELSON
England 44-12-2 (29)
3. CARL THOMPSON
England 33-6 (25)
4. STEVE CUNNINGHAM
Philadelphia, PA 17-0 (9)
5. GUILLERMO JONES
Panama 32-3-2 (25)
6. O'NEIL BELL
Atlanta, GA 24-1-1 (22)
7. DALE BROWN
Canada 33-4-1 (21)
8. VIRGIL HILL
Bismarck, ND 49-5 (23)
9. PIETRO AURINO
Italy 31-2 (14)
10. ALEXANDER GUROV
Ukrain 38-4-1 (33)

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHTS
Weight Limit: 175 pounds
Champ: GLEN JOHNSON
Miami, FL 42-9-2 (28)
1. ANTONIO TARVER
Orlando, FL 22-3 (18)
2. ZSOLT ERDEI
Hungary 22-0 (13)
3. ROY JONES
Pensacola, FL 49-3 (38)
4. JULIO GONZALEZ
Huntington Beach, CA 38-2 (23)
5. FABRICE TIOZZO
France 47-2 (31)
6. CLINTON WOODS
England 37-3-1 (23)
7. TOMASZ ADAMEK
Poland 29-0 (20)
8. PAUL BRIGGS
Australia 23-2 (17)
9. THOMAS ULRICH
Germany 27-1 (19)
10. MONTELL GRIFFIN
Chicago, IL 47-6 (30)

SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHTS
Weight Limit: 168 pounds
Champ: Vacant
1. JOE CALZAGHE
Wales 39-0 (31)
2. MIKKEL KESSLER
Denmark 35-0 (27)
3. ANTHONY MUNDINE
Australia 23-2 (18)
4. MARKUS BEYER
Germany 32-2 (12)
5. JEFF LACY
St. Petersburg, FL 19-0 (15)
6. DANNY GREEN
Australia 19-2 (18)
7. MADS LARSEN
Denmark 45-2 (37)
8. ROBIN REID
England 38-4-1 (27)
9. MANNY SIACA
Puerto Rico 18-5 (16)
10. OTIS GRANT
Canada 36-2-1 (17)

MIDDLEWEIGHTS
Weight Limit: 160 pounds
Champ: BERNARD HOPKINS
Philadelphia, PA 46-2-1 (32)
1. WINKY WRIGHT
St. Petersburg, FL 49-3 (25)
2. FELIX STURM
Germany 23-1 (11)
3. HOWARD EASTMAN
England 40-2 (35)
4. OSCAR DE LA HOYA
Los Angeles, CA 37-4 (29)
5. JERMAIN TAYLOR
Little Rock, AR 23-0 (17)
6. KINGSLEY IKEKE
Canada 23-1 (13)
7. ROBERT ALLEN
Atlanta, GA 36-5 (27)
8. MASELINO MASOE
New Zealand 26-2 (25)
9. SAM SOLIMAN
Australia 30-7 (12)
10. ARTHUR ABRAHAM
Germany 15-0 (14)

JR. MIDDLEWEIGHTS
Weight Limit: 154 pounds
Champ: WINKY WRIGHT
St. Petersburg, FL 49-3 (25)
1. KASSIM OUMA
W. Palm Beach, FL 21-1-1 (13)
2. VERNO PHILLIPS
Aurora, CO 38-9-1 (20)
3. DANIEL SANTOS
Puerto Rico 29-2-1 (20)
4. TRAVIS SIMMS
Norwalk, CT 24-0 (18)
5. JAVIER CASTILLEJO
Spain 58-5 (40)
6. RODNEY JONES
Lafayette, LA 36-3 (22)
7. KOFI JANTUAH
Las Vegas, NV 28-2 (18)
8. ALEJANDRO GARCIA
Mexico 29-1 (29)
9. SERGEI DZINDZIRUK
Germany 30-0 (21)
10. SERGIO MARTINEZ
Spain 33-1-1 (15)

WELTERWEIGHTS
Weight Limit: 147 pounds
Champ: ZAB JUDAH
Brooklyn, NY 34-2 (25)
1. ANTONIO MARGARITO
Mexico 32-4 (23)
2. CORY SPINKS
St. Louis, MO 34-3 (11)
3. SHANE MOSLEY
Pomona, CA 40-4 (35)
4. THOMAS DAMGAARD
Denmark 35-0 (27)
5. LUIS COLLAZO
Queens, NY 25-1 (11)
6. KERMIT CINTRON
Reading, PA 24-1 (22)
7. JOSE ANTONIO RIVERA
Worcester, MA 37-4-1(24)
8. OKTAY URKAL
Germany 35-3 (11)
9. DAVID ESTRADA
Chicago, IL 18-2 (9)
10. SEBASTIAN LUJAN
Argentina 22-2-1 (14)

JR. WELTERWEIGHTS
Weight Limit: 140 pounds
Champ: KOSTYA TSZYU
Australia 31-1 (25)
1. ARTURO GATTI
Jersey City, NJ 39-6 (30)
2. VIVIAN HARRIS
Brooklyn, NY 25-1-1 (17)
3. FLOYD MAYWEATHER
Grand Rapids, MI 33-0 (22)
4. MIGUEL COTTO
Puerto Rico 23-0 (19)
5. SHARMBA MITCHELL
Washington, D.C. 55-4 (31)
6. RICKY HATTON
England 38-0 (28)
7. JUNIOR WITTER
England 31-1-2 (19)
8. DeMARCUS CORLEY
Washington, D.C. 29-4-1 (16)
9. LOVEMORE NDOU
Australia 40-8-1 (26)
10. SOULEYMANE M'BAYE
France 31-1 (16)

LIGHTWEIGHTS
Weight Limit: 135 pounds
Champ: DIEGO CORRALES
Las Vegas, NV 40-2 (33)
1. JOSE LUIS CASTILLO
Mexico 52-7-1 (46)
2. JOEL CASAMAYOR
Miami, FL 31-3 (19)
3. JUAN LAZCANO
El Paso, TX 33-3-1 (25)
4. JUAN DIAZ
Houston, TX 27-0 (13)
5. JULIO DIAZ
Coachella, CA 30-3 (22)
6. ACELINO FREITAS
Brazil 36-1 (31)
7. JAVIER JAUREGUI
Mexico 49-11-2 (34)
8. ARTUR GRIGORIAN
Uzbekistan 37-1 (23)
9. JULIEN LORCY
France 56-4-2 (41)
10. ALMAZBEK RAIYMKULOV
Kyrgyzstan 20-0 (12)

JR. LIGHTWEIGHTS
Weight Limit: 130 pounds
Champ: Vacant
1. MARCO ANTONIO BARRERA
Mexico 60-4 (42)
2. ERIK MORALES
Mexico 48-2 (34)
3. JESUS CHAVEZ
Mexico 40-3 (28)
4. VICENTE MOSQUERA
Mexico 40-3 (28)
5. YODSANAN NANTHACHAI
Thailand 43-3-1 (25)
6. CARLOS HERNANDEZ
Bellflower, CA 41-4-1 (24)
7. JORGE BARRIOS
Argentina 43-2-1 (31)
8. CASSIUS BALOYI
South Africa 31-1 (16)
9. ROBBIE PEDEN
Australia 25-2 (14)
10. NOBUHITO HONMO
Japan 26-4-2 (5)

FEATHERWEIGHTS
Weight Limit: 126 pounds
Champ: MANNY PACQUIAO
Philippines 39-3-2 (30)
1. JUAN MANUEL MARQUEZ
Mexico 44-2-1 (33)
2. INJIN CHI
South Korea 30-2-1 (18)
3. ROCKY JUAREZ
Houston, TX 23-0 (16)
4. SCOTT HARRISON
Scotland 23-2-2 (13)
5. VICTOR POLO
Colombia 34-5-3 (24)
6. MANUEL MEDINA
Mexico 63-14 (29)
7. CHRIS JOHN
Indonesia 35-0-1 (19)
8. MICHAEL BRODIE
England 35-2-1 (23)
9. SPEND ABAZI
Denmark 31-1 (10)
10. NICKY COOK
England 24-0 (14)

JR. FEATHERWEIGHTS
Weight Limit: 122 pounds
Champ: Vacant
1. OSCAR LARIOS
Mexico 55-3-1 (35)
2. MAHYAR MONSHIPOUR
France 26-2-2 (17)
3. ISRAEL VAZQUEZ
Mexico 37-3 (28)
4. JOAN GUZMAN
Dominican Republic 23-0 (17)
5. RICARDO CORDOBA
Panama 24-0 (17)
6. CELESTINO CABALLERO
Panama 22-2 (16)
7. WAYNE McCULLOUGH
Las Vegas, NV 27-5 (18)
8. YODDAMRONG SITHYODTHONG
Thailand 41-2-1 (18)
9. JOSE LUIS VALBUENA
Venezuela 24-4-1 (14)
10. SERGIO MANUEL MEDINA
Argentina 21-0 (12)

BANTAMWEIGHTS
Weight Limit: 118 pounds
Champ: Vacant
1. RAFAEL MARQUEZ
Mexico 33-3 (30)
2. HOZUMI HASEGAWA
Japan 18-2 (5)
3. VEERAPOL SAHAPROM
Thailand 47-2-2 (33)
4. RATANACHAI VORAPIN
Thailand 60-8 (40)
5. SILENCE MABUZA
South Africa 18-0 (15)
6. GENARO GARCIA
Mexico 32-4 (20)
7. TOSHIAKI NISHIOKA
Japan 24-4-3 (14)
8. CRUZ CARVAJAL
Mexico 25-13-1 (21)
9. RICARDO VARGAS
Mexico 36-10-3 (11)
10. JHONNY GONZALEZ
Mexico 28-4 (25)

JR. BANTAMWEIGHTS
Weight Limit: 115 pounds
Champ: Vacant
1. MARTIN CASTILLO
Mexico 28-1 (16)
2. KATSUSHIGE KAWASHIMA
Japan 28-3 (18)
3. LUIS PEREZ
Nicaragua 23-1 (15)
4. FERNANDO MONTIEL
Mexico 30-1-1 (24)
5. ALEXANDER MUNOZ
Venezuela 26-1 (25)
6. JOSE NAVARRO
Los Angeles, CA 21-1 (9)
7. MASAMORI TOKUYAMA
North Korea 30-3-1 (8)
8. IVAN HERNANDEZ
Mexico 20-1-1 (13)
9. MARK JOHNSON
Washington, D.C. 44-4 (28)
10. ERIC MOREL
Madison, WI 35-2 (18)

FLYWEIGHTS
Weight Limit: 112 pounds
Champ: Vacant
1. PONGSAKLEK WONJONGKAM
Thailand 55-2 (29)
2. LORENZO PARRA
Venezuela 25-0 (17)
3. VIC DARCHINYAN
Australia 23-0 (18)
4. IRENE PACHECO
Colombia 29-1 (22)
5. OMAR NARVAEZ
Argentina 18-0-2 (12)
6. JORGE ARCE
Mexico 39-3-1 (29)
7. ROSENDO ALVAREZ
Nicaragua 34-2-2 (22)
8. BRAHIM ASLOUM
France 17-0 (6)
9. TAKEFUMI SAKATA
Japan 22-2-1 (9)
10. HUSSEIN HUSSEIN
Australia 27-2 (21)

JR. FLYWEIGHTS
Weight Limit: 108 pounds
Champ: Vacant
1. ROBERTO VASQUEZ
Panama 19-1 (16)
2. WILL GRIGSBY
St. Paul, MN 18-2-1 (11)
3. VICTOR BURGOS
Mexico 37-14-3 (27)
4. HUGO CAZARES
Mexico 20-3-1 (14)
5. PICHIT SIRIWAT
Thailand 30-2 (14)
6. NELSON DIEPPA
Puerto Rico 22-2-2 (13)
7. ERIC ORTIZ
Mexico 24-4-1 (16)
8. ULISES SOLIS
Mexico 15-1 (11)
9. JOSE AGUIRRE
Mexico 33-3-1 (20)
10. KERMIN GUARDIA
Colombia 35-4 (21)

STRAWWEIGHTS
Weight Limit: 105 pounds
Champ: Vacant
1. YUTAKA NIIDA
Japan 18-1-3 (8)
2. MUHAMMAD RACHMAN
Indonesia 49-7-4 (21)
3. IVAN CALDERON
Puerto Rico 22-0 (5)
4. KATSUNARI TAKAYAMA
Japan 15-1 (7)
5. ISAAC BUSTOS
Mexico 24-7-3 (13)
6. EAGLE KYOWA
Japan 13-1 (5)
7. JUAN LANDAETA
Venezuela 15-3-1 (13)
8. OMAR SOTO
Mexico 14-2-1 (10)
9. DANIEL REYES
Colombia 34-3-1 (29)
10. RODEL MAYOL
Philippines 21-0 (16
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