Title Promotion - WBO Jr. Heavyweight

I just found out that interim titleholder Victor Emilio Ramirez of Argentina has been elevated to the full WBO Junior Heavyweight (200 lbs.) title. Ramirez won the vacant interim title on January 17 against Alexander Alexeev. He's scheduled to fight Enzo Maccarinelli on March 14 for the full title but was replaced by Ola Afolabi. The Maccarinelli-Afolabi fight is now for the interim title. While Ramirez is very likely to defend his title against Ali Ismailov on April 11.

Argentina adds another titlist in the list and moves up to 8th tied with Japan and the UK. Here's the updated list:

As of Feb. 16, 2009

Rank	Country	No. of Titles	Title Holders
1st	USA	10	Andre Berto - WBC147 Timothy Bradley - WBC140 Chad Dawson - IBF175 Vernon Forrest - WBC154 Kendall Holt - WBO140 Steven Luevano - WBO126 Shane Mosley - WBA147 Kelly Pavlik - WBC160;WBO160;Ring160
2nd	Mexico	9	Cristobal Cruz - IBF126 Raul Garcia - IBF105 Oscar Larios - WBC126 Juan Manuel Marquez - Ring135 Fernando Montiel - WBO115 Ulises Solis - IBF108 Edgar Sosa - WBC108 Humberto Soto - WBC130 Israel Vazquez - Ring122
3rd	Ukraine	5	Sergiy Dzinziruk - WBO154 Vitali Klitschko - WBC200+ Wladimir Klitschko - IBF200+;WBO200+ Andreas Kotelnik - WBA140
4th (4 are tied)	Armenia	4	Arthur Abraham - IBF160 Vic Darchinyan - WBA115;WBC115;IBF115
4th (4 are tied)	Panama	4	Celestino Caballero - WBA122;IBF122 Guillermo Jones - WBA200 Anselmo Moreno - WBA118
4th (4 are tied)	Philippines	4	Nonito Donaire - IBF112 Donnie Nietes - WBO105 Manny Pacquiao - WBC135 Gerry Peñalosa - WBO118
4th (4 are tied)	Puerto Rico	4	Ivan Calderon - WBO108;Ring108 Juan Manuel Lopez - WBO122 Daniel Santos - WBA154
8th (3 are tied)	Argentina	3	Hugo Hernan Garay - WBA175 Omar Andres Narvaez - WBO112 Victor Emilio Ramirez - WBO200
8th (3 are tied)	Japan	3	Hozumi Hasegawa - WBC118 Daisuke Naito - WBC112 Toshiaki Nishioka - WBC122
8th (3 are tied)	UK	3	Nicky Cook - WBO130 Carl Froch - WBC168 Ricky Hatton - Ring140
11th (5 are tied)	Ghana	2	Joseph Agbeko - IBF118 Joshua Clottey - IBF147
11th (5 are tied)	Hungary	2	Karoly Balzsay - WBO168 Zsolt Erdei - WBO175
11th (5 are tied)	Poland	2	Tomasz Adamek - IBF200;Ring200
11th (5 are tied)	Romania	2	Lucian Bute - IBF168 Adrian Diaconu - WBC175
11th (5 are tied)	Thailand	2	Denkaosan Kaovichit - WBA112 Oleydong Sithsamerchai - WBC105
16th (11 are tied)	Colombia	1	Juan Urango - IBF140
16th (11 are tied)	Denmark	1	Mikkel Kessler - WBA168
16th (11 are tied)	France	1	Brahim Asloum - WBA108
16th (11 are tied)	Germany	1	Felix Sturm - WBA160
16th (11 are tied)	Indonesia	1	Chris John - WBA126
16th (11 are tied)	Italy	1	Giacobbe Fragomeni - WBC200
16th (11 are tied)	Namibia	1	Paulus Moses - WBA135
16th (11 are tied)	Nicaragua	1	Roman Gonzalez - WBA105
16th (11 are tied)	Russia	1	Nikolay Valuev - WBA200+
16th (11 are tied)	South Africa	1	Cassius Baloyi - IBF130
16th (11 are tied)	Venezuela	1	Jorge Linares - WBA130