By Ben Carey
Featherweight Nicky Cook is on the verge of a world title shot after suffering extreme disappointment when former WBO champion Scott Harrison pulled out of their scheduled clash last year. Cook is currently ranked at 2 by the WBO and could contest the world title against no.1 ranked Steve Luevano if current champion Juan Manuel Marquez decides to vacate and meet Manny Pacquiao in a mouthwatering rematch up at super-feather.
However, Cook could also be set to land a crack at the IBF title currently held by Robert Guerrero. The Dagenham fighter has moved up from 7 to 3 in the IBF’s latest rankings with the organisation’s number 1 and 2 ranking berths currently left unoccupied. It seems likely then that Cook will be ordered to box a final eliminator for the right to become Guerrero’s mandatory challenger. For the record, Valdemir Pereira and Eric Aiken are ranked 4th and 5th respectively by the IBF.
To find out where the rest of the Brits are currently ranked by the WBC, WBA, IBF and WBO click the link below.
Heavweight
Matt Skelton WBO 10
Cruiserweight
David Haye WBC 1, WBA 4, WBO 3
Light-heavyweight
Dean Francis WBO 10
Super-Middleweight
Carl Froch WBC 2, WBA 13, IBF 6, WBO 3
Glenn Catley WBC 15
Middleweight
Howard Eastman IBF 14
Scott Dann IBF 9 (even though Dann has recently announced his retirement)
Gary Lockett WBO 5
Light-Middleweight
Jamie Moore WBC 12
Welterweight
Michael Jennings WBO 2
Tony Doherty WBO 8
Light-welterweight
Ricky Hatton WBC 4, WBA 3,
Ted Bami WBC 15
Ajose Olusegun WBC 14
Lightweight
Graham Earl WBO 10
Willie Limmond WBO 13
Amir Khan WBO 11
Super-Featherweight
Alex Arthur WBC 6, WBA 3, WBO 4
Kevin Mitchell IBF 12, WBO 6
Carl Johanneson WBO 7
Featherweight
Nicky Cook WBA 6, IBF 3, WBO 2
Derry Matthews WBO 9
Super-Bantamweight
Michael Hunter IBF 4, WBO 7 (Incidentally Bernard Dunne is WBC 10, WBA 9, IBF 11 & WBO 5)
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