WBA RANKINGS

CARACAS, Venezuela (Jan 7, 1997) -- The World Boxing Association rankings through November 1996 (Americans unless otherwise noted):

Heavyweight
Champion: Evander Holyfield

1, Oliver McCall. 2, Mike Tyson. 3, Francois Botha, South Africa. 4, Orlin Norris. 5, Tony Tucker. 6, Vaughn Bean. 7, Bruce Seldon. 8, Lennox Lewis, Great Britain. 9, Andrew Golota, Poland. 10, Zelko Mavrovic, Croatia. 11, Joe Bugner, Australia. 12, Jimmy Thunder.

Cruiserweight (190 pounds)
Champion: Nate Miller

1, Alexandre Gurov, Ukraine. 2, Ezequiel Paixao, Brazil. 3, Robert Daniels. 4, Saul Montana, Dominican Republic. 5, Akim Tafer, France. 6, Juan Carlos Gomez, Cuba. 7, Terry Dunstan, Great Britain. 8, Rick Lamontagne. 9, Torsten May, Germany. 10, Arimetea Silva, Brazil. 11, Ken Murphy. 12, David Izeqwire, Nigeria.

Light Heavyweight (175 pounds)
Champion: Virgil Hill

1, Eddy Smulders, Holland. 2, William Guthrie. 3, Montell Griffin. 4, Louis del Valle. 5, Leif Keiski, Sweden. 6, Michael Nunn. 7, Joseph Kiwanuka, Uganda. 8, Antoine Byrd. 9, Darrin Allen. 10, Dario Mattioni, Argentina. 11, Merqui Sosa, Dominican Republic. 12, Richard Frazier.

Super Middleweight (168 pounds)
Champion: Frank Liles

1, Frederic Seillier, France. 2, Henry Wharton, Great Britain. 3, Gary Ballard, South Africa. 4, Mauricio Amaral, Brazil. 5, Tim Littles. 6, Andrei Shkalikov, Russia. 7, Zaffarou Ballogou, Kenya. 8, Charles Brewer. 9, Mike Makata, Newa Zealand. 10, Joe Calzaghe, Great Britain. 11, Chris Johnson, Canada. 12, Frank Nicotra, France.

Middleweight (160 pounds)
Champion: William Joppy

1, Peter Venancio, Brazil. 2, Paul Vaden. 3, Otis Grant. 4, Glenn Johnson, Jamaica. 5, Darren Obah, Austria. 6, Jorge Castro, Argentina. 7, Anthony Andrews, Guyana. 8, Anthony Stephens. 9, Julian Jackson, Virgin Islands. 10, Brian Barbosa. 11, Hassine Cherifi, France. 12, Andrew Council.

Junior Middleweight (154 pounds)
Champion: Laurent Boudouani, France

1, Carl Daniels. 2, Guillermo Jones, Panama. 3, Robert McCraken, Great Britain. 4, Giovanni Petrorius, South Africa. 5, Julio C. Vasquez, Argentina. 6, Javier Castillejos, Spain. 7, Nick Rupa. 8, Alejandro Ugueto, Venezuela. 9, Engel Pedroza, Venezuela. 10, Raul Marquez, Mexico. 11, Gianfranco Rossi, Italy. 12, Tony Meneffe.

Welterweight (147 pounds)
Champion: Ike Quartey, Ghana

1, Andrey Pestryaev, Russia. 2, Patrick Carpenter, France. 3, Sean Sullivan, New Zealand. 4, Derrel Coley. 5, Oba Carr. 6, Andrew Murray, Guyana. 7, Wilfredo Rivera, Puerto Rico. 8, Juan Negron, Puerto Rico. 9, Jeff Malcolm, Austria. 10, Ralph Jones. 11, Tony Martin. 12, Romalis Ellis.

Junior Welterweight (140 pounds)
Champion: Frankie Randall

1, Kalid Rahilou, France. 2, Julio C. Chavez, Mexico. 3, Jose Barboza, Venezuela. 4, Freddy Ladd. 5, Juan Coggi, Argentina. 6, Sharmba Mitchel. 7, Charles Murray. 8, Viacheslav Yanowsky, Kazakhstan. 9, Soren Soindergaard, Denmark. 10, David Kamau, Kenya. 11, Asao Arai, Japan. 12, Virgil McClendon.

Lightweight (135 pounds)
Champion: Gusshie Nazarov, Russia

1, Levander Johnson. 2, Angel Mona, France. 3, Ivan Robinson. 4, Manuel Fernandez, Portugal. 5, Steve Johnston. 6, Hiroyuki Sakamoto, Japan. 7, Alberto Sicurella, Argentina. 8, David Tetteh, Great Britain. 9, Adrianus Taroreh, Indonesia. 10, Samir Charad, France. 11, Billy Schwer, Great Britain. 12, Eduardo Morales, Argentina.

Junior Lightweight (130 pounds)
Champion: Yong-soo Choi, South Korea

1, Lakva Sim, Mongolia. 2, Anatoly Alexandrov, Russia. 3, Gilbert Serrano, Venezuela. 4, Carlos Gerena, Puerto Rico. 5, Julien Lorcy, France. 6, Roberto Garcia. 7, Douglas Villarreal, Colombia. 8, Djamel Lifa, France. 9, Koji Arisawa, Japan. 10, Orlando Soto, Panama. 11, Yamato Mitani, Japan. 12, Edson Xuxa Nacimento, Brazil.

Featherweight (126 pounds)
Champion: Wilfredo Vazquez, Puerto Rico

1, Yuji Watanabe, Japan. 2, Carlos Rios, Argentina. 3, Victor Polo, Colombia. 4, Rafael Meran, Dominican Republic. 5, Tony Wehbe, Indonesia. 6, Billy Hardy, Great Britain. 7, Roque Cassiani, Colombia. 8, Ever Beleno, 9, Anjel Vasquez, Puerto Rico. 10, Victor Llerena, Colombia. 11, Bernardo Mendoza, Chile. 12, Juan Gerardo Cabrera, Argentina.

Junior Featherweight (122 pounds)
Champion; Antonio Cermeno, Venezuela

1, Yuichi Kasai, Japan. 2, Rafael del Valle, Puerto Rico. 3, Erik Morales, Mexico. 4, Yober Ortega, Venezuela. 5, Salim Medjkoone, France. 6, Enrique Sanchez, Mexico. 7, Mike Garcia. 8, Serge Poilban, France. 9, Bonchul Kim, South Korea. 10, Bugiarso, Indonesia. 11, Lelho Ledwaba, South Africa. 12, Martin Krastev, Bulgaria.

Bantanweight (118 pounds)

Champion: Daorung C. Siriwat, Thailand

1, Abraham Torres, Venezuela. 2, Lackhim C.P. Gym, Thailand. 3, Yong-hoon Lee, South Korea. 4, Nana Konadu, Ghana. 5, Angel Chacon, Puerto Rico. 6, Paul Ayala. 7, Tim Austin. 8, Pastor Maurin, Argentina. 9, Setsuo Kawamasu, Japan. 10, John M. Johnson. 11, Johnny Bredahl, Denmark. 12, Gerardo Martinez, Mexico.

Junior Bantamweight (115 pounds)
Champion: Yokthai Sith Oar, Thailand

1, Aquiles Guzman, Venezuela. 2, Dario Azuaga, Paraguay. 3, Veerapol Sahaprom, Thailand. 4, Alimi Goitia, Venezuela. 5, Jerry Penalosa, Philippines. 6, Jesus Rojas, Venezuela. 7, Joel Luna Zarate, Mexico. 8, Luis Bolanos, Colombia. 9, Julio Gamboa, Nicaragua. 10, Satoshi Iida, Japan. 11, Luis Benavides, Colombia. 12, Andy Agosto.

Flyweight (112 pounds)
Champion: Jose Bonilla, Venezuela

1, Evangelio Perez, Panama. 2, San S. Ploenchit, Thailand. 3, Peter Culshaw, Great Britain. 4, Ysaias Zamudio, Mexico. 5, Young-soon Chang, South Korea. 6, Hiorki Ioka, Japan. 7, Takashi Ohba, Japan. 8, Jesper Jensen, Denmark. 9, Phanieng Adradeet Gym, Thailand. 10, Leo Gamez, Venezuela. 11, Alejandro Montiel, Mexico. 12, Alex Mahimutov, Russia.

Junior Flyweight (108)
Champion: Keiji Yamaguchi, Japan

1, Pitchinoi C. Siriwat, Thailand. 2, Manuel Herrera, Dominican Republic. 3, Hadao C.P. Gym, Thailand. 4, Sinn Ploenchit, Thailand. 5, Carlos Murillo, Panama. 6, Jesus Chong, Mexico. 7, Young-jin Kim, South Korea. 8, Suzuki Kabato, Japan. 9, Yosam Choi, South Korea. 10, Mzukisi Marali, South Africa. 11, Joma Gamboa, Phillipines. 12, Chaiyadetch Jaw Chareon, Thailand.

Mini Flyweight (105 pounds)
Champion: Rosendo Alvarez, Nicaragua

1, Songkram Porpaoin, Thailand. 2, Rocky Lin, Japan. 3, Jose Garcia, Colombia. 4, Chana Porpaoin, Thailand. 5, Andy Tabanas, Philippines. 6, Sungtae Lim, South Korea. 7, Kwanjai Battery, Thailand. 8, Ala Villamor, Philippines. 9, Fah Sung Ponasawang, Thailand. 10, Pngsaklek Sithanosak, Thailand. 11, Kermin Guardia, Colombia. 12, Javier Medina, Nicaragua.

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