May 2007 British Ratings

By Ben Carey

It’s the moment you’ve all been waiting for, correction the moment I’ve been waiting for considering I’ve been getting round to compiling this feature since January. Click the link below to discover where we rank the leading fighters in Britain. We also list the champions currently holding traditional titles from the heavyweights to the flyweights.

Heavyweight

1. Matt Skelton
2. Michael Sprott, English & Commonwealth champion
3. Audley Harrison
4. Danny Williams, British champion
5. Scott Gammer
6. Mickey Steeds
7. Colin Kenna
8. Pele Reid
9. Mark Krence
10. John McDermott

Cruiserweight

1. David Haye
2. Enzo Maccarinelli, WBO champion
3. Herbie Hide
4. Mark Hobson
5. Robert Norton, English champion
6. Buster Keeton, British champion
7. Tommy Eastwood
8. Chris P Bacon
9. Lee Swaby
10. Carl Wright

Light-heavyweight

1. Clinton Woods, IBF champion
2. Dean Francis, Commonwealth champion
3. Brian Magee
4. Ovill McKenzie
5. Peter Haymer, English champion
6. Tony Oakey
7. Amer Khan
8. Ayittey Powers
9. Andrew Lowe
10. Steve Spartacus

Super-middleweight

1. Joe Calzaghe, WBO champion
2. Carl Froch, British & Commonwealth champion
3. Robin Reid
4. Glenn Catley
5. Matthew Barney
6. Tony Dodson, English champion
7. Kreshnick Qato
8. Joey Vegas
9. Nathan Cleverly
10. Jamie Hearn

Middleweight

1. Howard Eastman, British & Commonwealth champion
2. Wayne Elcock, English champion
3. Gary Lockett
4. Richard Williams
5. Ryan Rhodes
6. Steve Bendall
7. Paul Smith
8. Darren McDermott
9. Matthew Thirlwell
10. Darren Barker

Light-middleweight

1. Jamie Moore, British champion
2. Michael Jones
3. Bradley Pryce, Commonwealth champion
4. Steve Conway
5. Andrew Facey, English champion
6. Matthew Macklin
7. Wayne Alexander
8. Thomas McDonagh
9. Anthony Small
10. Gary Woolcombe

Welterweight

1. Ali Nuumbembe, Commonwealth champion
2. Kevin Anderson, British champion
3. Michael Jennings
4. Takaloo
5. Eamonn Magee
6. Colin McNeil
7. Tony Doherty
8. John O’Donnell, English champion
9. Ross Minter
10. John Fewkes

Light-welterweight

1. Ricky Hatton
2. Junior Witter, WBC champion
3. Ajose Olusegun
4. Ted Bami, European champion
5. Young Mutley
6. Barry Morrison, British champion
7. Lenny Daws
8. Colin Lynes
9. David Barnes
10. Nigel Wright, English champion

Lightweight

1. Graham Earl
2. Jon Thaxton, British champion
3. Willie Limmond, Commonwealth champion
4. Lee Meager
5. John Murray
6. Dave Stewart
7. Scott Lawton, English champion
8. Amir Khan
9. Gary Reid
10. Michael Gomez

Super-featherweight

1. Alex Arthur
2. Carl Johanneson, British champion
3. Kevin Mitchell, Commonwealth champion
4. Ricky Burns
5. Steven Bell
6. Ian Wilson
7. Kevin O’Hara
8. Femi Fehintola
9. Henry Castle
10. Martin Lindsay

Featherweight

1. Nicky Cook
2. Jackson Asiku, Commonwealth champion
3. Michael Hunter
4. Derry Matthews
5. John Simpson, British champion
6. Andy Morris
7. Stephen Foster Jnr
8. Choi Tseveenpurev
9. Rendall Munroe
10. Ryan Barrett

Super-bantamweight

1. Bernard Dunne, European champion
2. Esham Pickering, British champion
3. Marc Callaghan, English champion
4. Isaac Ward, Commonwealth champion
5. Sean Hughes

Bantamweight

1. Tshifhiwa Munyai, Commonwealth champion
2. Jason Booth
3. Martin Power, British champion
4. Lee Haskins
5. Jamie McDonnell, English champion

Flyweight

1. Chris Edwards, English champion
2. Dale Robinson
3. Ian Napa
4. Don Broadhurst
5. Usman Ahmed

Overseas fighters whose careers are now permanently based in the UK appear in the top 10. Fighters are penalised for inactivity. Comments welcome to benjcarey@yahoo.co.uk