September British Ratings

By Ben Carey

I celebrated getting married to my long-time partner Ann-Marie on 9 August and spent my honeymoon in Costa Rica which explains the lack of content on this site throughout August. Thank you to those loyal readers who have been wondering!

I’m guessing I was the only person sat on the beach compiling a british boxing rankings list, but having read the latest editions of Boxing News and Boxing Monthly several times over it seemed like the only thing left to do, with the exception of grabbing a glass of vino from the bar.

So, to see where I rate Britain’s top 10 boxers in each division, please click the link below. As always, rationally worded feedback is most welcome.

Heavyweight
Over 14st 4lbs
1. Matt Skelton
Commonwealth champion
2. Michael Sprott
3. Audley Harrison
4. Danny Williams
British champion
5. John McDermott
English champion
6. Scott Gammer
7. Chris Burton
8. Derek Chisora
9. Pele Reid
10. Martin Rogan

Cruiserweight
14st 4lbs
1. David Haye
2. Enzo Maccarinelli
3. Robert Norton
4. Buster Keeton
5. Neil Simpson
6. Micky Steeds
7. Mark Krence
8. David Dolan
9. John Anthony
10. Kelly Oliver

Light-heavyweight
12st 7lbs
1. Joe Calzaghe
WBO super-middleweight champ
2. Clinton Woods
3. Matthew Barney
4. Dean Francis
British & Commonwealth champion
5. Tony Oakey
6. Courtney Fry
7. Tony Salam
8. Joey Vegas
9. J.J. Ojuederie
10. Darren Stubbs

Super-middleweight
12st
1. Carl Froch
British champ
2. Brian Magee
3. Tony Dodson
4. Steve McGuire
Celtic champ
5. Tyrone Wright
6. Paul David
7. Nathan Cleverly
8. Nathan King
9. Richard Horton
10. Ruben Groenewald

Middleweight
11st 6lbs
1. Wayne Elcock
British champ
2. Howard Eastman
3. Gary Lockett
4. Geard Ajetovic
5. Darren Barker
Commonwealth champ
6. Matthew Macklin
7. Steve Bendall
English champ
8. Paul Smith
9. Darren McDermott
10. Kevin Concepcion

Light-middleweight
11st
1. Jamie Moore
2. Bradley Pryce
Commonwealth champ
3. Andrew Facey
English champ
4. Ryan Rhodes
British champ
5. Anthony Small
6. Thomas McDonagh
7. Gary Woolcombe
8. Danny Reynolds
9. Martin Concepcion
10. Matthew Hall

Welterweight
10st 7lbs
1. Michael Jennings
2. Kevin McIntyre
3. Craig Watson
Commonwealth champ
4. Kevin Anderson
5. Young Mutley
6. Ted Bami
7. Kell Brook
British champ
8. Tony Doherty
9. Adnan Amar
English champ
10. John O’Donnell

Light-welterweight
10st
1. Ricky Hatton
2. Junior Witter
3. Gavin Rees
4. Ajose Olusegun
Commonwealth champ
5. Colin Lynes
6. David Barnes
British champ
7. Barry Morrison
8. Lenny Daws
9. Paul McCloskey
10. Nigel Wright
English champ

Lightweight
9st 9lbs
1. Amir Khan
Commonwealth champ
2. Jon Thaxton
3. John Murray
British champ
4. Willie Limmond
5. Graham Earl
6. Dave Stewart
7. John Fewkes
8. Lee McAllister
9. Martin Gethin
10. Michael Gomez

Super-featherweight
9st 4lbs
1. Alex Arthur
WBO champ
2. Nicky Cook
3. Kevin Mitchell
British & Commonwealth champ
4. Carl Johanneson
5. Stephen Foster Jnr
6. Ricky Burns
7. Henry Castle
8. Femi Fehintola
English champ
9. Steven Bell
10. Gary Sykes

Featherweight
9st
1. Choi Tseveenpurev
2. Derry Matthews
3. Paul Appleby
British champ
4. John Simpson
5. Paul Truscott
Commonwealth champ
6. Andy Morris
7. Martin Lindsay
8. Akaash Bhatia
9. Ricky Owen
10. Ryan Walsh

Super-bantamweight
8st 10lbs
1. Rendall Munroe
European champ
2. Matthew Marsh
British champ
3. Esham Pickering
4. Sean Hughes
5. Mark Moran
English champ

Bantamweight
8st 6lbs
1. Ian Napa
British champ
2. Jason Booth
Commonwealth champ
3. Martin Power
4. Shinny Bayaar
5. Kris Hughes

Super Flyweight
8st 3lbs
1. Andy Bell
British champ
2. Chris Edwards
3. Lee Haskins
4. Jamie McDonnell
5. Wayne Bloy

Overseas fighters whose careers are now permanently based in the UK appear in the top 10. Fighters are penalised for inactivity. Comments welcome to benjcarey@yahoo.co.uk

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