At least once a year, BATB takes a look at how the major governing bodies and their affiliates rank our boxers. Whether you buy into the rankings fully or not, this does give some idea of where the boxers of the area might be heading in 2014. We have the rankings from the big four (WBC, WBA, IBF and WBO) as well as three of the four regional rankings (USBA, NABO and NABF).
World Rankings
WBC
Heavyweight – Seth Mitchell #20
Cruiserweight – Venroy July #36 ; Alex Guerrero#39
Light Heavyweight – Thomas Williams, Jr. #17
Super Middleweight – Phil Jackson Benson #20
Middleweight – Tony Jeter #13; Fernando Guerrero #22
Welterweight – Dusty Hernandez Harrison #21
Junior Welterweight – Emmanuel Taylor #21; Anthony Peterson #32
Featherweight – Gary Russell, Jr. #3
WBA
Featherweight – Gary Russell, Jr. #3
IBF
Heavyweight – Tony Thompson #8
Light Heavyweight – Thomas Williams, Jr. #12
Junior Welterweight -- Lamont Peterson, Champion; Emmanuel Taylor #4
Featherweight – Gary Russell, Jr. #7
WBO
Featherweight – Gary Russell, Jr. #1
National Rankings
USBA
Heavyweight -- Seth Mitchell #10
Cruiserweight -- Venroy July #5
Light Heavyweight -- Thomas Williams, Jr. #6
Super Middleweight -- Phil Jackson Benson #5
Middleweight -- Tony Jeter #6; Fernando Guerrero #7
Welterweight -- James Stevenson #7; Dusty Hernandez Harrison #14
Lightweight -- Samuel Neequaye #3; Anthony Peterson #5
(Samuel Neequaye, a native of Ghana, is a recent transplant to Maryland and is trained by local trainer Zeke Thompson. He is currently the NABA Lightweight champion.)
NABO
Light Heavyweight -- Thomas Williams, Jr. #9
Super Middleweight -- Alexander Johnson #9; Phil Jackson Benson #14
Middleweight -- Dominic Wade #14
Welterweight -- Dusty Hernandez Harrison #11; James Stevenson #13
Junior Welterweight -- Emmanuel Taylor #2
Lightweight -- Anthony Peterson #6
Featherweight -- Gary Russell, Jr. #1
NABF
Heavyweight -- Tony Thompson #6
Cruiserweight -- Alexis Guerrero #14; Venroy July #19
Light Heavyweight -- Thomas Williams #4
Super Middleweight -- Phil Jackson Benson #12; Dominic Wade #20
Middleweight -- Fernando Guerrero #8
Welterweight -- Dusty Hernandez Harrison #18
Junior Welterweight -- Emmanuel Taylor #9; Anthony Peterson #14
Featherweight -- Gary Russell, Jr. #1
Gary you forgot Demarcus Corley
ReplyDeleteHe is not ranked anywhere that I saw.
ReplyDeleteGary, that was great! I am sure everyone appreciates this. I know it has made my day. Thanks for all you do. The DMV is very lucky to have you.
ReplyDeleteOne of Adrien Broner's first fights in a ring was against a kid from his neighborhood named Rau'shee Warren. Broner was six, and Warren, who would go on to become a three-time U.S. Olympian, was two years older. Broner was fast (like he is now) and cocky (ditto) and figured he would handle Warren with ease. He didn't. Warren beat him up so bad, Broner left the gym in tears.
ReplyDeleteHere's why that matters: Before last Saturday night, that was the last time Broner's friends and family can remember him taking a beating.
In a one-sided whipping by Marcos Maidana, Broner received his first professional humbling. Knocked down twice, Broner was overwhelmed by an opponent that used pressure and blunt force to get inside Broner's shoulder roll defense and a relentlessness that lasted for all 12 rounds.
Prospect of the Year: Dusty Hernandez-Harrison had a busy 2013 with eight fights in total, wining all of them and even picking a minor youth title in November at Madison Square Garden. Dusty’s last 5 opponents had a combined record of 59-29 so he wasn’t matched with soft competition to pattern his record in his early career stages
ReplyDeleteKo of the year jerd herd
ReplyDeleteThis shows how ridiculous the ratings are by some of the organizations. Would anybody bet on Jeter if he fought Fernando Guerrero? Yet, Jeter is rated higher.
ReplyDeleteI apologize Gary your right he's 32 in America on boxrec 77 in the world...not sure what the major bodies have I dodnt see anything.
ReplyDeleteWhy don't you have the NABA or NABF rankings?
ReplyDeleteThe NABF site seemed to be down and the NABA ranking did not come up completely.
ReplyDeleteThe NABF seems to be up, so I will add them now.
ReplyDeleteThe fact that Tony Jeter is ranked 13 by the WBC is the biggest joke. He has lost to 3 bums, twice getting stopped. His only win against a decent opponent was Jimmy Lange in a fight he should have been disqualified for numerous low blows. He isn't ranked by any of the other three world sanctioning bodies and I personally saw him get his ass whooped in his own gym in a sparring session by a dude with only 30 amateur fights and 0 pro fights and he was 154, a weight class below tony.
ReplyDeleteHe is ranked 148 by Boxrec which is a much more accurate ranking of tony.
ReplyDeleteToney Jeter comes to fight and is always in shape.
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