6 Matthew Hartmann QLD Welterweight kingpin Andrey Zamkovoy (RUS) is #4 P4P by reason of his recent wins over Shakhabas Makhmudov (RUS) and Youba Sissokho (ESP), whilst Bekzad Nurdauletov (KAZ) falls a couple of spots to #5 due a closely contested loss to Simone Fiori (ITA). However the 2017 light-flyweight world champion finds himself back in the 52kg rankings at #11 after a pair of impressive wins over domestic rival Damian Arce (CUB) at the end of last year, and hopefully he can continue to find his best form in time for Tokyo. In 87 career bouts, Thompson won 73 with many of his losses coming at the end of his career. In their November rematch, Moloney seemed to damage Francos right eye with a jab in round one, but the referee ruled the injury was caused by an accidental head clash and declared the bout a no-decision, robbing Moloney of avenging the loss. Reyes himself earned a huge win over Kazakhstans Vassiliy Levit last month at the Boxams, which saw the Cuban-born Spaniard jump to #3 whilst Levit fell to #4. Obviously its going to be great exposure for me, to showcase my skills, a lot of people will be tuning in around the world. Boxing in Australia refers to the sport of boxing held in Australia. Lost your password? 11 Uria Afamasaga TAS Sofiane Oumiha (FRA) has a strong argument for placing ahead of the Kazakh, but Ive decided to opt for Oralbays more impressive body of work over the past year. The decision to sign with Matchroom gives Nicolson the platform to compete on high-profile cards. 4 Ben Savva NSW He won a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games in 2014 and was the Australian amateur champion in . Rocky Mattioli is an Italian-Australian who became a world champion at junior middleweight. Marcial himself advances to #2 in the rankings by virtue of his outstanding win over #5 Abilkhan Amankul (KAZ) in the final of the 2020 Olympic qualifying tournament. 11 Luke Woods TAS Married with three children, Carroll drifted off into anonymity after retirement. After winning the Australian title, Thompson was signed by managers Doug James and Brian Ogilvie and he relocated to Brisbane. 2,153 likes. One month later he outpointed #7 world-rated Joe Tetteh to win the Commonwealth junior welterweight title and a #5 world rating. Having never competed in America across her well-traveled career as an amateur, Nicolson is clearly excited about entering the lucrative stateside scene for the first time. 3x former world champion Lazaro lvarez (CUB) stays put at #2, with two wins over rival Osvey Caballero (CUB) as well as a unanimous decision over #14 Hamsat Shadalov. 2 Mark Flanagan QLD 7 Adrian Rodriguez QLD 15 David Drapac VIC, 1 Rohan Murdock QLD Felix had Lang down in the sixth round, but Lang came back to knock him out in the tenth and claim the title. History. Thompson kept his world rating until 1979. Despite being at the coalface of womens boxing at a global scale, the former Olympian also predicts a bright future for the sport domestically, with a conveyor belt of talent on the way. Two months later Lang fought for the vacant Australian heavyweight title. He fought just three more times, losing the belt toMike McCallum in 1994 in what proved to be his final outing. 4 Viktor Agateljan NSW Bill Squires, the former champion, had left Australia to pursue a shot at the world champion and Lang fought Peter Felix to become the new champion. Master Blaster duly defeatedHwan-Kil Yuh to become the IBF champion, a crown he defended once before losing it to former training partnerBarry Michael. Australian Official Professional Mens Boxing Ratings as of May 18, 2019. Whilst some of the decisions were contentious, the bouts were all close enough for me to count them as legitimate victories for Schumann. 7 Herman Ene-Purcell QLD He became a world champion for the first time in 1995 when he stoppedJake Rodriguez. 2 Jayde Mitchell VIC Therefore, he's eligible for this list. 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. 3 Zac Dunn VIC 9 Ali Elrich NSW 5 Beau Hartas ACT To be having my pro debut, I feel like its been a long time coming. Ellis retired after a loss to Calvin Grove in 1996 but was tempted to return in 2002 at the age of 37. 11 Chris Hamilton QLD 6 Ben Mahoney QLD However, the end of the line for the heavy-handed Tszyu came with a defeat to Ricky Hatton in Manchester, England, in 2005. I feel like Ive taken on that role since a pretty young age. 3 Renold Quinlan NSW 9 Trent Broadhurst QLD On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Zoirov, who has suffered a disappointing year with clear losses to #5 Thitisan Panmot (THA) and Deepak Kumar, falls to #7 in the rankings. Carroll won every round and claimed the Australian middleweight title. He had begun his career at the age of 16 and, after initially retiring following a failure to beatYoshiaki Numata for the WBC super featherweight crown, made a brief comeback in 1975. 11 Kieran Cronin QLD 12 Daniel Crawford QLD Having started out his career fighting at 131 pounds, the New South . Although Carroll would never lose the title in the ring, both Charlie Purdy and Wally Hancock later claimed the title after Carroll was disqualified in non-title bouts. 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. 6 Mark Kassab VIC The latest in the sports world, emailed daily. But Florentin stuttered against #9 Ammar Abduljabbar in the opening bout of the Cologne World Cup, dropping a decision to the German which leaves Florentin at #11. 7 Foai Aumua Ioelu VIC 2004 Australian Championships26-03-2004 Greg Eadie LDQ3, 2005 Australian Championships31-03-2005 Peter Rankin W 32:1001-04-2005 Glen Gran L 9:17, 2005 Oceania Championships14-06-2005 Jerone Hannette WRSC316-06-2005 Corey McConnell L 10:14, Commonwealth Games Trials26-08-2005 Glen Gran WIN27-08-2005 Mark Pervinsky WIN28-08-2005 Paul Flemming WIN (Final), 2005 World Championships14-11-2005 Chung Chun An L 9:24, Australia vs Croatia17-2-2006 Ivan Klaric W 18:14, 2006 Commonwealth Games18-03-2006 Gottlieb Ndokosho W 17:920-03-2006 Nicholas Walters W 12:522-03-2006 Sharif Bogere W 18:1223-03-2006 Lassi Mehrullah L 13:20 (Semi Final), 2006 Australian Championships21-07-2006 Paul Flemming W 23:1823-07-2006 Joel Brunker W 30:28 (Final), 2006 Tammer Tournament (Finland)20-10-2006 Fadi Chahrour W 16:421-10-2006 Ali Hallab L 16:27, 2007 World Championship Trials23-03-2007 Joel Brunker W 29:2625-03-2007 Paul Flemming L WALKOVER (Final), 2007 Chemistry Cup (Germany)10-05-2007 Marcel Herfurth L 12:21, 2007 Ustri Grand Prix (Czech Republic)17-05-2007 Michal Chudecki L 12:25, 2007 Australian Championships00-12-2007 Corey McConnell W 12:600-12-2007 Joel Brunker W 10:500-12-2007 Paul Flemming W 5:1 (Final), 2008 Oceania Olympic Qualifiers22-04-2008 Freeman Tokatake WRSC224-04-2008 Ufa Deen W 19:625-04-2008 Paul Flemming L 4:8 (Final), 2010 Australian Championships18-03-2010 Kane Cassells W 6:020-03-2010 Jeremy Udovich W 11:221-03-2010 Mark Pervinsky W+3:3 (Final), Konstantin Korotkov (Russia)08-04-2010 Valeriy Pluyaskin W 2:110-04-2010 Pavel Kholodok W 12:311-04-2010 Ismat Eynullayev L 14:17 (Final), Giraldo Cordova Cardin (Cuba)24-04-2010 Jai Bhagwan L 2:9, 2010 Cuban Olympiad25-05-2010 Isbel Ramirez L 2:12, 2010 Commonwealth Games Box-offs04-07-2010 Mark Pervinsky W 9:0, 2010 Oceania Championships05-08-2010 Lalomauga Sanele W 11:107-08-2010 Kautoa Roddy W 15:108-08-2010 Angus Donaldson W 3:0 (Final), 2010 Commonwealth Games06-10-2010 Tsepo Lepogo W 6:108-10-2010 Mmoloki Nogeng W+1:110-10-2010 Thomas Stalker L 2:7, 2011 Australian Championships05-03-2011 Jeremy Udovich W 5:106-03-2011 Valentine Borg W 8:0 (Final), 2011 Chemistry Cup (Germany)17-03-2011 Eugen Burhard L 1:8, 2011 Ustri Grand Prix (Czech Republic)23-03-2011 Yang Jun W 2:124-03-2011 Ara Puluzyan L 0:0+, Gee Bee Tournament (Finland)08-04-2011 Tobias Persson W 10:409-04-2011 Mikko Lehtinen W 5:210-04-2011 David Joyce L 3:9 (Final), 2011 Arafura Games09-05-2011 Colan Caleb W 10:211-05-2011 Jeremy Udovich W 11:612-05-2011 George Kambosos W 19:1313-05-2011 Brandon Ogilvie W 21:20 (Final), 2011 Presidents Cup (Indonesia)03-07-2011 Min-Jae Ju L 4:14, Popenchenko Memorial (Russia)13-07-2011 Soon-Chil Han W 10:414-07-2011 Akzhol Sulaymabek W 14:815-07-2011 Adlan Abdurashidov L 8:17 (Final), 2011 Liventsev Memorial (Belarus)20-07-2011 Petru Apostol W 3:222-07-2011 Yaroslav Shish W 7:123-07-2011 Vazgen Safaryants L 0:2 (Final), 2011 World Championships01-10-2011 Mmoloki Nogeng W 19:803-10-2011 Yasnier Toledo Lopez L 10:11, 2012 Australian Championships02-02-2012 James Katz W 12:703-02-2012 George Kambosos W+16:1605-02-2012 Jai Alexander W 16:12 (Final), 2012 Oceania Olympic Trials21-03-2012 Tom Boga WRSC223-03-2012 Colan Caleb W 15:625-03-2012 Chad Milnes W 18:5 (Final), Algirdas Socikas Tournament (Lithuania)10-05-2012 Ruslan Kamilov L 9:10, Beogradski Pobednik (Serbia)02-05-2012 Charles Plynn W 14:1303-05-2012 Elian Dimitrov W 13:704-05-2012 Stipan Prtenjaca W 17:1005-05-2012 Rachid Azzedine L 4:10 (Final), 2012 Liventsev Memorial Tournament (Belarus)17-05-2016 Hovhannes Bachkov W 10:718-05-2012 Ivan Baranchik L PTS, 2012 London Olympics29-07-2012 Liu Qiang L 7:20, 05-12-2014 Ruben Manakane W814-03-2015 Will Young W10Wins Australian featherweight title, 01-08-2015 Noldi Manakane WKO305-03-2016 John Mark Apolinario W1020-05-2016 Master Suro W619-11-2016 Silvester Lopez W1018-03-2017 Mohammed Kambuluta WTKO616-09-2017 Humbert de Santiago W1027-04-2018 Surachet Tongmala WKO218-08-2018 Carl Frampton LTKO9WBO interim featherweight title, 21-12-2018 Rivo Rengkung W826-04-2019 Boonsom Phothong WKO328-09-2018 Abdallah Zamba W8, https://www.instagram.com/lukejackson/?hl=en. Hatton later told Michael Rosenthal of the Ring magazine: "I hit him with some good shots and he stayed in there. 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. 10 Michael Whitehead QLD Sanctioning bodies include: Combat Sports Authority (NSW) and the Professional Boxing and . 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. Rogava and Hovhannisyan are just behind the Russian, with both gaining ground following solid runs at the Strandja tournament. 9 Kris Terzievski VIC In retirement, Lang ran boxing classes before making a living as the owner of the Victoria Hotel in Melbourne. Burns would lose the title to Johnson three months later. 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. 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. There was a time when Konstantin Borisovich Tszyu was the best light welterweight on the planet. 7 Kerry Foley NSW At the height of his career Carroll was second to only cricketer Sir Donald Bradman in popularity but Carroll hated the limelight. Off the back of his strong performance against Nurdauletov, Fiori rises to #4 in the rankings. 10 Steve Lovett NSW Jos Aldo vs. Conor McGregor. A knockout loss to Meyer Grace derailed Carrolls attempt to enter the world rankings before wins over Jack Kilbourne rejuvenated his career. The Queenslander feels a responsibility to be a positive role model, with plans to inspire future generations that are yet to make their mark. Jeff Fenech told Grantlee Kieza of the Queensland Sunday Mail: "The skills, the speed, the class. Shadalov would later drop a points decision against Samuel Kistohurry (FRA) in the semi-finals, who rises to #11 after a string of impressive results against solid competition, including #20 Orazbek Asylkulov (KAZ). Born in Russia before emigrating to Australia, he followed up a highly successful amateur career by becoming the leading man in the 140-pound division. Jeff "Hit Man" Harding battled opponents in the ring as well as his demons out of it. Before we begin the countdown, though, it is only right to salute those greats from Australia who didn't quite make the final cut. 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