2017 lightweight world champion Sofiane Oumiha (FRA) fills in the vacant #2 spot after soundly beating #3 Dzmitry Asanau (BLR) in November of last year, only to be robbed on the cards. 2016 Olympic middleweight champion Arlen Lpez (CUB) moved up to 81kg in 2020, which is why he is absent from the rankings. Jackson was named Australias team captain at theCommonwealth Games in 2010 and the London Olympics in 2012. 10 Faiga Opeulu QLD Carroll annexed the title with a seventh-round TKO win. Lang lost the Empire title in a rematch with Tommy Burns in 1910, losing on points at Sydney Stadium in 1910. As a result, the Armenian currently sits at #5. 9 Billy Limov QLD Moloney (twin brother of Jason) was one of Australia's best recent amateur boxers. Boxing NSW is the recognised NSW State Sporting Organisation for the Olympic Sport of Boxing Boxing in Australia refers to the sport of boxing held in Australia. ANBF Boxing Ratings - a list of current Australian boxing rankings, which includes the latest rankings nationally and state by state. Dan Henderson vs. Michael Bisping. 8 Kyle Freiberg QLD The towering Uzbek returned to action at the Strandja tournament last month, and despite competing with an injury claimed wins over #12 Tsotne Rogava (UKR), #13 Gurgen Hovhannisyan (ARM) and #14 Mourad Aliev (FRA). Nicolson has set her sights on being a trailblazer for women in boxing ahead of her first bout as a professional. I feel like Ive taken on that role since a pretty young age. 4 Francis Chua WA Harding has been fighting since, battling an alcohol addiction. Two more wins in Sydney followed by a pair of wins in Brisbane earned Carroll a shot at the 18-year-old Australian welterweight champion Al Bourke. bjj, isaac doederlein, EUG, grappling, breakdown, analysis, The Greatest Mixed Martial Artists of All Time, my previous articles covering the 2019 AIBA World Championships. 11 Luke Woods TAS 5 Paul Gallen NSW Lazaro lvarez (CUB) and Muslim Gadzhimagomedov (RUS) make up #8 and #9 respectively, whilst Aybek Oralbay (KAZ) just makes the cut at #10 courtesy of his wins over Emmanuel Reyes (ESP) and Abner Junior (BRA). Please enter your username or email address. Nicolson had an impressive amateur ledger with a record of 137 wins and 15 losses, which included Darchinyan went on to become a world champion at super fly and bantamweight, though a major belt at featherweight has so far eluded him. Jeff Fenech was a three-weight world champion who became a national hero for his exploits in the ring. You can kind of sit back and smile and know that you might have influenced that in some way., Making her professional debut and relocating abroad. On 1 April 1976, Thompson stopped Chuck Wilburn in the tenth round of a bout at Blacktown in Sydneys west and Wilburn became the second fighter to die from injuries sustained in a bout with Thompson. 3 Jack Brubaker NSW Rocky Mattioli is an Italian-Australian who became a world champion at junior middleweight. 10 Tim Kanofski QLD 5 Conor Wallce QLD History. Because obviously, I did start very young, and I started when womens boxing was still in its really early stages. Get notified about exclusive offers every week! His career finished with four victories in the United States, meaning Mattioli finished with a career knockout ratio of 70 percent. In front of 15,000 fans in Panama City, Thompson fought bravely before succumbing to Durans two-handed assaults in the eighth round. Carroll avenged the loss in his last bout overseas, and later stopped Casey in a 1929 Brisbane bout. Class Name: Men Weight: Women Wight: Juniors Weight: Super heavyweight : 91+--Heavyweight Countryman Bakhodir Jalolov (UZB) secures #7 on the P4P table with a decision over Justis Huni (AUS) as well as a couple of wins against the lower-rung of the 91+kg crop. In our final change, Ive decided to drop Peter McGrail (GBR) down a spot due to his recent inactivity - having had only one fight since the World Championships back in September 2019 - and have moved Abdumalik Khalakov (UZB) up to #4. 7 Gearoid Clancy NSW 12 Adam Copland QLD The Raging Bull competed for his native Armenia at the 2000 Olympics butturned pro later the same year at flyweight in Sydney. I was getting a little bit stale, a little bit bored. Whilst Narek Manasyan (ARM) isnt quite in the same class as the truly elite at 91kg, he proved himself as the best of the rest at the Strandja tournament after beating #6 Abner Junior and deserving the win over #7 Radoslav Pantaleev (BUL) in the final (only to be predictably screwed over on the cards). 13 Manyang Dut NSW Les Darcy was so good that he just so happened to be Australia's heavyweight champion at the same time as he held a world title at middleweight. Born in 1949 near Kempsey on the mid-north coast of New South Wales, Thompson turned professional at the age of 20 after learning to box in the boys home that he grew up in after the death of his mother when he was young. Despite a loss to #18 Zeyad Eshaish (JOR) at the Olympic qualifying tournament, Eshaish benefitted from some fortunate judging in his home country which is why I havent knocked Baturov in the rankings. There has been the odd threat of a comeback, but he has resisted the urge to step back inside the ring. Off the back of his strong performance against Nurdauletov, Fiori rises to #4 in the rankings. 7 Quintin Carey QLD The influential traditional martial arts, olympic wrestling and brazilian jiu-jitsu have shaped MMA in Australia, along with the combat sports of boxing and kickboxing/muay thai. Moloney climbed as high as #7 in the rankings before losing to Joshua Franco in June 2020. Having started out his career fighting at 131 pounds, the New South . After weeks of speculation, Matchroom announced that Nicolson had signed a long-term promotional deal, which would see the Australian enter the professional circuit. WORLD RANKING Pound for Pound View RankingHeavyweight Over 90.72kg View RankingCruiserweight 90.72kg View RankingLight Heavyweight 79.38kg View RankingSuper Middleweight 76.20kg View RankingMiddleweight 72.57kg View RankingSuper Welterweight 69.85kg View RankingWelterweight 66. 2,153 likes. 12 Sam Williams QLD), 1 Billel Dib NSW Lang was an active champion, defending the title once a month through 1907, winning all of the bouts inside the distance. There was talks with No Limit and I love those guys, but for me it was the opportunities and the exposure that I just wouldnt get anywhere else that I would get with Matchroom. The motivation and drive was kind of not there, so having this opportunity come up, it couldnt have been better timing for me. 15 Brent Dames VIC, 1 Steven Spark QLD I think its a responsibility for every single successful athlete thats getting attention, thats in the media, that young girls are looking up to, Nicolson added. Zoirov, who has suffered a disappointing year with clear losses to #5 Thitisan Panmot (THA) and Deepak Kumar, falls to #7 in the rankings. However, the Brazilian doesnt quite break into the top 10 this time having suffered a loss to #11 Asadkhudja Muydinkhudjaev (UZB) at the Strandja tournament in February. 2 Mark Flanagan QLD He won his first world title in 2004 at the 112-pound limit, holding the IBF version for nearly three years before suffering a first career defeat when losing to Nonito Donaire. He built up a 16-fight winning streak including two defences of his Australian title before meeting New Zealand lightweight champion Manny Santos. 2 Darragh Foley NSW The 26-year-old featherweight signed with Matchroom Boxing last month, and is set for an immediate entrance into the professional circuit on March 6 at San Diego's Pechanga Arena. Includes every weigh division including Heavyweight, Cruiserweight, Light Heavyweight, Super Middleweight, Middleweight, Super Welterweight, Welterweight, Middleweight, Super Welterweight, Welterweight, Super Lightweight, Lightweight, Super Featherweight . Competing in one of the toughest divisions in the Australian amateur scene, Jackson holds amateur wins over George Kambosos, Joel Brunker, Paul Flemming as well as future WBA title holder Nicholas Walters. THE countdown to Skye Nicolsons professional debut has officially begun. A hand injury suffered in 1931 forced a six-month layoff, and when Carroll was knocked out by Fred Henneberry upon his return many thought his career as a top boxer was finished. Ilya Popov (RUS) falls to #8 in the rankings, as despite claiming gold at the Strandja tournament last month with a tight win over #10 Alexandru Paraschiv (MDA), the Russian exited to compatriot Ilya Shakirov (RUS), now ranked #7, in the semi-finals of nationals back in December. 9 Tyson Lantry NSW There was a time when Konstantin Borisovich Tszyu was the best light welterweight on the planet. Upcoming Australian Boxing Events. His most notable bout was in Great Britain when he was disqualified against Sam Langford for hitting him while he was on his knees. 2 Luke Boyd NSW The bantamweight picked up the WBA and WBC belts when he defeated Fighting Harada on points in 1968. The past year has seen Andrey Zamkovoy (RUS) strengthen his grip on the #1 spot at 69kg, with a narrow win over #6 Shakhabas Makhmudov (RUS) in the Russian nationals final as well as victory over Youba Sissokho (ESP) at the European Olympic qualifiers. Nicolson had an impressive amateur ledger with a record of 137 wins and 15 losses, which included a Commonwealth Games gold medal on the Gold Coast, and an appearance at the Tokyo Olympics last year. 14 Adam Stowe NSW Before we kick things off, let me briefly explain how this works - because these articles will be published on a monthly basis, the rankings themselves will be highly sensitive to recent results. 20 year-old Dzhambulat Bizhamov (RUS) makes his debut in the rankings at #4 after prevailing in a deep 75kg field at the Russian national championships, with many of his opponents being ranked in and around the middleweight top 10. In his last-ever bout, he knocked out George Chip in Sydney to retain the world middleweight title. 2 Rivan Cesaire VIC 11 Koen Mazoudier NSW Jeff Fenech told Grantlee Kieza of the Queensland Sunday Mail: "The skills, the speed, the class. 3 Zac Dunn VIC A disappointing points loss to Harry Casey on 16 August 1928 in his New Zealand debut set the stage for Carrolls career to remain in Australia. 15 Deece McDonald QLD, 1 Dwight Ritchie VIC 2 Michael Zerafa VIC In 87 career bouts, Thompson won 73 with many of his losses coming at the end of his career. 3 Bowie Tupou NSW He died of a heart attack at the age of 70 in 1976. 12 Hunter Sam QLD Photo by Alex Nicodim/Sportsfile via Getty Images. 6 Layton McFerran VIC The departure of reigning Olympic champion Julio Csar La Cruz to heavyweight has opened up the 81kg field, and whilst World Champion Bekzad Nurdauletov (KAZ) lost to Simone Fiori (ITA) at the Boxams in a close contest, I personally felt the Kazakh deserved the win and have kept him in the #1 spot. Famechonwho was famed for his defensive abilitiesbecame Australian, Commonwealth and world champion at featherweight. That side of it for me is very exciting. 8 Lachlan Higgins WA Learn more about our use of cookies: cookie policy, Skye Nicolsons no brainer decision to turn professional. Jean Paul Rivera (PRI) vs. Serik Temirzhanov (KAZ) Boxam Tournament 2021 Semifinals (57kg) Share. 11 Floyd Masson WA 10 Michael Whitehead QLD Fenech won the 10-rounder by majority decision on the scorecards. From this month onwards, Ill be doing monthly mens amateur boxing rankings ahead of the Tokyo 2021 Olympics, in order keep fans up to date if they dont have the time (or patience) to follow the latest results. I think it was almost definite that I would go with Matchroom if I was going to go pro. 13 Christian Tsoye VIC Last but not least, Wahid Hambli (FRA) also moves up a couple of spots to #14 after picking up some good wins in his successful Cologne World Cup run a few weeks ago. The only site to list the top 15 ratings in the every weight division, including mandatories, boxer's records & country. Imam Khataev (RUS) deservedly takes the #2 spot in the division, having conquered a number of top-tier opponents in the last two years including #7 Georgy Kushitashvili (GEO) and, more recently, #9 Sharaputdin Ataev (RUS) and #11 Ruslan Kolesnikov (RUS) at Russian nationals. Whilst World Championship silver medallist Pat McCormack (GBR) hasnt fought since 2019, Ive decided to keep him at #2 despite recent inactivity as his wins over Baturov and #8 Okazawa put him ahead of his rivals. But, remember, it's all a matter of opinion. During the 1902 Grand Final, Lang was sent from the field for fighting with one of the opposition players. Elsewhere, Wanderson Oliveira (BRA) turned a few heads with some fantastic performances at the Cologne World Cup earlier this month and rises to #12 in the rankings. So the more girls that get involved, the better were going to be.. Thompson kept his world rating until 1979. [citation needed]. Watch on. 4 Richard Lockett WA 13 Dids Mwaka TAS 10 Pino Geracitano WA Acars recent triumph at the Bosphorus tournament - where he beat #20 Mahammad Abdullayev (AZE) and Danis Latypov (BHR) en route to gold - sees the Turkish big man feature in the rankings for the first time at #17. Theres been a lot of movement at 91kg in recent months, with the division looking very different than it did this time last year. 10 Issac Buckley NSW 2 Jayde Mitchell VIC Young Griffo, Vic Patrick, Ron Richards and Hector Thompson were all seriously considered for the shortlist. Saturday is Tszyu's birthday. While he was born in Serov, Russia, Tszyu qualifies for the list. Yosvany Veita (CUB) endured a torrid 2019 with a shock exit at the AIBA World Championships, and disciplinary issues saw him suspended from the Cuban national squad for most of 2020. The Ring magazine voted the result the upset of the year in 1992, via BoxRec. 12 Erik Agateljan NSW He won a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games in 2014 and was the Australian amateur champion in . This may seem unfair, but hey, Id rather be consistent with my criteria. It was the first time he had ever been beyond 10 rounds. 2 Regan Dessiax WLD Nadir Unal (TUR) makes a surprise appearance at #17 in the rankings after stopping reigning European champion Loren Alfonso Dominguez (AZE) in the semi-finals of the Bosphorus tournament last week. He was a pretty complete sort of fighter, he could box a bit as well.". Australia has had some wonderful fighters down the years, so some big names were always going to miss out on the top 10. In a rematch four months later Thompson took the decision after 15 rounds. Still, he deserves great credit for what he has achieved in the ring after his career in rugby league. 13 Shadey Souried VIC 4 Aaron Law NSW 12 Daniel Kennedy NSW Australian Pro-Amateur Boxing World. World champion Muslim Gadzhimagomedov (RUS) won the Russian national championships in December, beating #18 Alexey Zobnin (RUS) in the final to keep hold of the #1 spot. Rogava and Hovhannisyan are just behind the Russian, with both gaining ground following solid runs at the Strandja tournament. Given Zoirovs win over Bennama in the semi-finals of the 2019 AIBA World Championships Im not quite going to rank the Frenchman ahead of him, but Bennama is certainly a contender to medal at the Olympics. Veteran Roniel Iglesias (CUB) appears at #6 after a pair of split-decision victories over #17 Kevin Hayler Brown (CUB) in domestic tournaments.