WORLD BOXING ORGANISATION
MARCH 1998
Heavyweight Champion:
Herbie Hide, Great Britain

1. Willi Fischer, Germany,

2. Kim Weber, Germany.

3. Michael Grant, USA.

4. Jerry Ballard, USA.

5. Chris Byrd, USA.

6. Pele Reid, Great Britain.

7. Wladimir Klitschko.

8. Vitali Klitschko.

9. Ed Mahone, USA.

10. Jorge Dascola.

Cruiserweight Champion:
Carl Thompson, Great Britain

1. Johnny Nelson, Great Britain.

2. Kelly Oliver, Great Britain.

3. James Hayes.

4. Arthur Williams, USA.

5. Robert Daniels, USA.

6. Darren Corbett, Great Britain.

7. Toakippa Taseffa, France.

8. Chris Eubank, UK.

9. Ralf Rocchigiani, Ger.

10. George Arias.

Light Heavyweight Champion:
Dariusz Michalczewski, Germany

1. Mark Prince, Great Britain.

2. Virgil Hill, USA.

3. Kenny Bowman.

4. Eddy Smulders, Holland.

5. Montell Griffin, USA.

6. Richard Hall.

7. Muslin Biarslanov.

8. Jason Mufokang.

9. Richard Frazier, USA.

10. David Telesco.

Super Middleweight Champion:
Joe Calzaghe, Great Britain.

1. Juan C. Gimenez, Paraguay.

2. Dean Francis, Great Britain.

3. Rick Thomberry, Australia.

4. Thomas Tate, USA.

5. Omar Gonzalez, Argentina.

6. Mads Larsen, Denmark.

7. Eric Lucas.

8. Fabian Chancalay.

9. Frank Rhodes.

10. Antoine Byrd.

Middleweight Champion:
Otis Grant, Canada

1. Stephane Ouelette.

2. Antwun Echols.

3. Bert Schenk.

4. Robert McCracken, Great Britain.

5. Ernesto Sena.

6. Rito Ruvalcaba, Mexico.

7. Freeman Barr, USA.

8. Andrew Council.

9. Lorant Szabo.

10. Aaron Davis.

Junior Middleweight Champion:
Ronald Wright, USA

1. Harry Simon, South Africa.

2. Rodney Jones, USA.

3. Enrique Areco, Argentina.

4. Julio Cesar Vázquez, Argentina.

5. Ensley Bingham, Great Britain.

6. Giovanni Pretorius, South Africa.

7. Anthony Jones.

8. Jose A. Flores.

9. Roman Karmazin.

10. Emmett Linton.

Welterweight Champion:
Akhmed Katiev

1. Michael Loewe, Germany.

2. Santos Cardona. Puerto Rico.

3. Jose Luis Lopez.

4. Antonio Margarito, Mexico.

5. Michael Carruth, Ireland.

6. David Kamau.

7. Ariel Chavez.

8. Sawito Lagola, Iindonesia.

9. Leonard Townsend, USA.

10. Andrew Lewis.

Junior Welterweight Champion:
Giovanni Parisi, Italy

1. Carlos Gonzalez, Mexico.

2. Hector Lopez, Mexico.

3. Jonathan Thaxton, Great Britain.

4. Hector Quiroz, Mexico.

5. Ricardo Silva.

6. Sharmba Mitchell, USA.

7. Kostya Tszyu, Australia.

8. Jan Bergman, South Africa.

9. Virgil McClendon.

10. Walter Crucce

Lightweight Champion:
Artur Grigorjan, Germany

1. Eduardo Morales, Argentina.

2. Michael Clark.

3. Billy Schwer, Great Britain.

4. Michael Ayers, Great Britain.

5. James Leija.

6. Cesar Bazan.

7. Antonio Pitalua.

8. Oscar Garcia Cano.

9. Thomas Seiler.

10. Giorgio Campanella, Italy.

Junior Lightweight Champion:
Anatoly Alexandrov, Russia

1. Julien Lorcy, France.

2. Arnulfo Castillo, Mexico.

3. Not rated.

4. Dean Pithie, Great Britain.

5. Diego Corrales, USA.

6. John Palaki.

7. Floyd Mayweather, USA.

8. Silvano Usini.

9. Sean Fletcher.

10. Wilson Palacios.

Featherweight Champion:
Naseem Hamed, Great Britain

1. Juan Manuel Marquez, Mexico.

2. Wilfredo Vasquez.

3. Steve Robinson, Great Britain.

4. Sergio Liendo.

5. Pablo Chacon.

6. David Santos, USA.

7. Federic Perez.

8. Mike Garcia.

9. Kevin Kelly, USA.

10. Jesus Chaves.

Junior Featherweight Champion:
Kennedy McKinney, USA

1. Richie Wenton, Great Britain.

2. Marco Antonio Barrera, Mexico.

3. Nestor Garza.

4. Junior Jones, USA.

5. Pastor Maurin.

6. Eduardo Alvarez.

7. Jesus Salud.

8. Hector Acero-Sanchez.

9. Michael Brodie, Great Britain.

10. Harold Mestre, Colombia.

Bantamweight Champion:
Jorge Eliecer Julio, Colombia

1. Daniel Jimenez, Puerto Rico.

2. Paulie Ayala, USA.

3. Danny Romero, USA.

4. Dario Arzuaga, Paraguay.

5. Pablo Palacios.

6. Don Don Consepcion, Philippines.

7. Clarence Adams.

8. Jorge Molsalvo.

9. Adan Vargas.

10. John Michael Johnson.

Junior Bantamweight Champion:
Johnny Tapia, USA

1. Pedro Morquecho, Mexico.

2. Victor Godoi, Argentina.

3. Luis Bolano, Colombia.

4. Hugo Soto.

5. Jose Diaz, Mexico.

6. Rey Liajas, Philippines.

7. Pedro Alcazar.

8. Alberto Jimenez.

9. William Alverzo.

10. Jose R Sosa.

Flyweight Champion:
Carlos Salazar, Argentina

1. Jose Lopez, Puerto Rico.

2. Melvin Magramo, Philippines.

3. Ferdid Ben Geddou, Tunisia.

4. Ysaias Zamudio, Mexico.

5. Adonis Cruz, Nicaragua.

6. Yani Malhendo.

7. Livanier Alvarez.

8. Enrique Orozco.

9. Ramon Hurtado.

10. Rual Juarez.

Light-Flyweight Champion:
Juan Cordoba, Argentina.

1. Jorge Arce.

2. Jake Matlala, South Africa.

3. Osvaldo Guerrero, Mexico.

4. Ruben Sanchez.

5. Edgardo Cardenas, Mexico.

6. Gabriel Munoz.

7. Melchor Cob Castro.

8. Domingo Guillen, Dominican Republic.

9. Alexander Makhmutov.

10. Sandro Oviedo.

Strawweight Champion:
Eric Jamili, Philippines

1. Kevin Guardia, Colombia.

2. Joma Gamboa, Philippines.

3. Andy Tabanas, Philippines.

4. Ala Villamor, Philippines.

5. Jose Garcia.

6. Julio Basez

7. Carmelo Cassires, Philippines.

8. Juan Herrera.

9. Alex Sanchez, Puerto Rico.

10. Meky Mhatu.


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