September Boxing Updates

August saw lots of old-timers being added to the record. That meant that Detroit's Joe Louis really closed the gap on Cincinatti's Ezzard Charles in the All-Time Heavyweight ranks. He also moved up two spots to 6th in the All-Time Lb. 4 Lb. rankings. It also saw Young Stribling, (right) from Macon, GA, and Gene Tunney (below left) from New York bump George Foreman and Rocky Marciano from the same rankings. Stribling also debuted on the All-Time lb. for lb. rankings, bumping out Carl Bobo Olson. Lyon's Fabrice Tiozzo moved up to Cruiserweight after a fifteen month layoff to beat the average Henry Saenz and claim the top spot in the current rankings and the second spot in the All-Time Cruiser rankings. That top spot had been put up for grabs by Kenny Keene who announced his retirement after losing to a washed up Arthur Williams and fell out of the All-Time rankings thanks to Tiozzo as well. Guerrero Negro's Julio Gonzalez also moved up, beating Rodney Moore and taking spot number two, as well as spot three in the All-Time rankings. That bumped Jean Marc Mormeck from the All-Time ranks and Johnny Nelson from the active ranks. It also allowed Civitivecchia, Italy's Silvio Branco (color, with belt) to move into the Light Heavyweight rankings after pasting Manny Siaca for an Interim trinket. Philadelphia's old-school Tommy Loughran got added to the database and moved ahead of Dariusz Michalczewski to take fifth in the All-Time Light Heavy rankings. Accra, Ghana Middleweight Ike Quartey moved down to Light Middle and lost a disputed decision to Vernon Forrest. This allowed Durango's Jose Luis Lopez to move in to the Current Middle rankings at 5th. The victory allowed Atlanta's Forrest to pass Cory Spinks in the Light Middle rankings. In the All-Time Middle rankings, old school Harry Greb, from Pittsburgh, got added to the database and debuted in the five spot, dislodging Seattle Freddie Steele. At Welter, Denver's Stevie Johnston showed he had slipped at least a step or two by getting knocked out by Vivian Harris. That allowed Tijuana's Antonio Margarito to move into the rankings. St. Louis's Freddie Norwood made weight at Lightweight, beating Anthony Martinez and moving into the fifth spot at Lightweight. This allowed Bradford, England's Junior Witter to return to the Light Welter rankings and bumped Jose Miguel Aguiniga out of the Light rankings. Humberto Soto, out of Tijuana, moved up to Super Featherweight, allowing Albuquerque's Johnny Tapia to return to the Featherweight rankings. Ratanachai Sor Vorapin, out of Thailand, moved down to Bantamweight with a victory over Johnny Lear, taking the second spot there and allowing Al Seeger to debut in the five spot at Super Bantam. This also allowed Clarence "Bones" Adams, from Mt. Carmel, IL to move into fifth in the All-Time Super Bantam rankings. Fernando Montiel was the unfortunate gent bumped from both the current and All-Time Bantam rankings to make room. Ricardo Castillo moved up to Feather so Jorge Lacierva, from Santa Anita, Mexico, moves into the rankings. At Super Fly, Martin Castillo lost to Japan's Nobuo Nashiro, allowing Rosendo Alvarez to take over the top spot. An uninspired performance by Hawaii's Brian Viloria against Omar Nino lost him his title, his undefeated record, and dropped him to 4th at the Light Fly rankings. In the Pound for Pound rankings, Pensacola's Roy Jones, Jr. beat a mediocre Prince Badi Ajamu and moved up two spots to 7th.

What to Watch For:
September 2nd, James Toney vs. Samuel Peter (#2 Heavy vs. Unranked (#20, up and comer)) Showtime
September 16th, Marco Antonio Barrera vs. Rocky Juarez (#1 Super Feather vs. Unranked (#7)) HBO PPV
September 16th, Jorge Rodrigo Barrios vs. Joan Guzman (#4 Super Feather vs. Unranked (#11 Light)) HBO PPV
September 2nd, Clinton Woods vs. Glen Johnson (#3 Lt. Heavy vs. Unranked (#9 LH))September 29th, Yory Boy Campas vs. John Duddy (#4 Middle vs. Unranked (#32 M, up and comer)
September 16th, Israel Vazquez vs. Jhonny Gonzalez (#1 Super Bantam vs. #3 Bantam) HBO PPV
September 30th, Nelson Dieppa vs. Hugo Fidel Cazares (#4 Fly vs. #3 Lt. Fly)
September 23rd, Fahsan 3K Battery vs. Ricardo Castillo (#3 Super Bantam vs. Unranked (#8 Feather))
September 18th, Fabrice Tiozzo vs. Hugo Hernan Garay (#1 Cruiser vs. Unranked (#15 Lt. Heavy))
September 15th, Junior Witter vs. DeMarcus Corley (#5 Lt. Welter vs. Unranked (#13))September 16th, Jose Luis Castillo vs. Unknown (#1 Lt. Welter vs. Unknown)
September 7th, Pongsaklek Wonjongkam vs. Eugene Gonzales (# 1 Fly vs. Unranked)September 9th, Chris John vs. Renan Acosta (#2 Feather vs. Unranked)