lukekohler.com Boxing Ratings

lukekohler.com presents it’s rankings for the sport of boxing. The following are the pound-for-pound, as well as divisional rankings. Check back each month for updates.

For the record, here’s how I define pound-for-pound.

For the month of December 2008

Pound-For-Pound

1 - Joe Calzaghe
2 - Manny Pacquiao
3 - Israel Vasquez
4 - Juan Manuel Marquez
5 - Bernard Hopkins
6 - Ivan Calderon
7 - Rafael Marquez
8 - Antonio Margarito
9 - Wladimir Klitschko
10- Arthur Abraham

Heavyweight

1 - Wladimir Klitschko
2 - Vitali Klitschko
3 - Ruslan Chaegav
4 - Alexander Povetkin
5 - Nicolai Valuev

Cruiserweight

1 - Steve Cunningham
2 - Enzo Maccarinelli
3 - Jean-Marc Mormeck
4 - Tomasz Adamek

Light-Heavyweight

1 - Joe Calzaghe
2 - Chad Dawson
3 - Bernard Hopkins
4 - Zsolt Erdei
5 - Roy Jones, Jr.

Super-Middleweight

1 - Joe Calzaghe
2 - Mikkel Kessler
3 - Jermain Taylor
4 - Lucian Bute
5 - Carl Froch

Middleweight

1 - Kelly Pavlik
2 - Arthur Abraham
3 - Winky Wright
4 - Felix Sturm
5 - Anthony Mundine

Junior-Middleweight

1 - Oscar De La Hoya
2 - Vernon Forrest
3 - Paul Williams
4 - Sergeii Dzindziruk
5 - Joachim Alcine

Welterweight

1 - Antonio Margarito
2 - Miguel Cotto
3 - Paul Williams
4 - Shane Mosley
5 - Andre Berto

Junior-Welterweight

1 - Ricky Hatton
2 - Paulie Malignaggi
3 - Kendall Holt
4 - Timothy Bradley
5 - Ricardo Torres

Lightweight

1 - Juan Manuel Marquez
2 - Manny Pacquiao
3 - Nate Campbell
4 - Juan Diaz
5 - Joel Casamayor

Super-Featherweight

1 - Edwin Valero
2 - Humberto Soto
3 - Jorge Linares
4 - Rocky Juarez

Featherweight

1 - Chris John
2 - Robert Guerrero
3 - Steve Lueveno
4 - Oscar Larios

Super-Bantamweight

1 - Israel Vasquez
2 - Rafael Marquez
3 - Juan Manuel Lopez
4 - Celestino Caballero
5 - Steve Molitor

Bantamweight

1 - Hozumi Hasegawa
2 - Gerry Penalosa
3 - Jhonny Gonzalez
4 - Wladimir Sidorenko

Super-Flyweight

1 - Vic Darchinayn
2 - Fernando Montiel
3 - Christian Mijares
4 - Jorge Arce
5 - Alexander Munoz

Flyweight

1 - Takefumi Sakata
2 - Nonito Donaire
3 - Daisuke Naito
4 - Pongsaklek Wonjongkam

Junior-Flyweight + Strawweight

1 - Ivan Calderon
2 - Hugo Cazares
3 - Ulises Solis
4 - Edgar Sosa