Saturday, May 30, 2009

Title Fight Cancellation (May 30)

With less than 24 hours before the fight just when I thought it will finally happen, of course Chagaev again has medical issues. For the third time, the WBA Heavyweight fight between Russia's Nikolay Valuev and Uzbekistan's Ruslan Chagaev has been cancelled. The reason, based on unconfirmed reports, is possibly because of hepatitis B which has been a suspicion that lingered over Chagaev for some time. There's more drama and (news) action surrounding this two fighters than their expected yawner of a fight if we refer to their first bout. The on-again and off-again "champion-in-recess" title will very well be permanently tagged on Chagaev. Regardless of the WBA's eventual decision, in-recess or stripped, Chagaev is gone from the list. Therefore, Valuev of course remains. Obviously not the outcome I was expecting but at least gives clarity but not necessarily credibility to the WBA Heavyweight division. ESPN; Boxing Scene; Fight News
List updated as I've removed Chagaev and Uzbekistan from the list.

As of May 30, 2009

































































































































Rank

Country

No. of Titles

Title Holders

1st (2 are tied)

Mexico

9

  • Cristobal Cruz - IBF126

  • Raul Garcia - IBF105

  • Juan Manuel Marquez - Ring135;WBA135;WBO135

  • Fernando Montiel - WBO118

  • Edgar Sosa - WBC108

  • Humberto Soto - WBC130

  • Israel Vazquez - Ring122

1st (2 are tied)

USA

9

  • Andre Berto - WBC147

  • Timothy Bradley - WBO140

  • Steven Luevano - WBO126

  • Shane Mosley - WBA147

  • Kelly Pavlik - WBC160;WBO160;Ring160

  • Cory Spinks - IBF154

  • Brian Viloria - IBF108

3rd

Puerto Rico

7

  • Ivan Calderon - WBO108;Ring108

  • Miguel Cotto - WBO147

  • Jose Lopez - WBO115

  • Juan Manuel Lopez - WBO122

  • Roman Martinez - WBO130

  • Daniel Santos - WBA154

4th

Ukraine

5

  • Sergiy Dzinziruk - WBO154

  • Vitali Klitschko - WBC200+

  • Wladimir Klitschko - IBF200+;WBO200+

  • Andreas Kotelnik - WBA140

5th (4 are tied)

Argentina

4

  • Hugo Hernan Garay - WBA175

  • Sergio Gabriel Martinez - WBC154

  • Omar Andres Narvaez - WBO112

  • Victor Emilio Ramirez - WBO200

5th (4 are tied)

Armenia

4

  • Arthur Abraham - IBF160

  • Vic Darchinyan - WBA115;WBC115;IBF115

5th (4 are tied)

Japan

4

  • Takahiro Aoh - WBC126

  • Hozumi Hasegawa - WBC118

  • Daisuke Naito - WBC112

  • Toshiaki Nishioka - WBC122

5th (4 are tied)

Panama

4

  • Celestino Caballero - WBA122;IBF122

  • Guillermo Jones - WBA200

  • Anselmo Moreno - WBA118

9th

Philippines

3

  • Nonito Donaire - IBF112

  • Donnie Nietes - WBO105

  • Manny Pacquiao - Ring140

10th (5 are tied)

Hungary

2

  • Karoly Balzsay - WBO168

  • Zsolt Erdei - WBO175

10th (5 are tied)

Poland

2

  • Tomasz Adamek - IBF200;Ring200

10th (5 are tied)

Romania

2

  • Lucian Bute - IBF168

  • Adrian Diaconu - WBC175

10th (5 are tied)

Thailand

2

  • Denkaosan Kaovichit - WBA112

  • Oleydong Sithsamerchai - WBC105

10th (5 are tied)

Venezuela

2

  • Jorge Linares - WBA130

  • Edwin Valero - WBC135

15th (10 are tied)

Colombia

1

  • Juan Urango - IBF140

15th (10 are tied)

Denmark

1

  • Mikkel Kessler - WBA168

15th (10 are tied)

Germany

1

  • Felix Sturm - WBA160

15th (10 are tied)

Ghana

1

  • Joseph Agbeko - IBF118

15th (10 are tied)

Indonesia

1

  • Chris John - WBA126

15th (10 are tied)

Italy

1

  • Giacobbe Fragomeni - WBC200

15th (10 are tied)

Nicaragua

1

  • Roman Gonzalez - WBA105

15th (10 are tied)

Russia

1

  • Nikolay Valuev - WBA200+

15th (10 are tied)

South Africa

1

  • Malcolm Klassen - IBF130

15th (10 are tied)

UK

1

  • Carl Froch - WBC168
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