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title: "Lightweight Boxing Rankings - April 2009"
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# Lightweight Boxing Rankings - April 2009

Combined Lightweight rankings from the WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO, and The RING. Month: April 2009. These are official monthly lists, not BoxRec fight records. See [Box-Rank vs BoxRec](https://box-rank.com/blog/box-rank-vs-boxrec-which-boxing-site-should-you-use).

| Rank | WBA (April 2009) | IBF (April 2009) | WBO (April 2009) | RING (April 2009) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Champion | [Juan Manuel Marquez (Mexico)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/juan-manuel-marquez) - Super Champion | Vacant | [Juan Manuel Marquez (Mexico)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/juan-manuel-marquez) - Champion | [Juan Manuel Marquez (Mexico)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/juan-manuel-marquez) - Champion |
| Champion | [Moses Paulus (Namibia)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/moses-paulus) - World Champion |  |  |  |
| 1 | Vacant | Vacant | [Amir Khan (United Kingdom)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/amir-khan) | [Juan Diaz (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/juan-diaz-usa) |
| 2 | [Joan Guzman (Dominican Republic)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/joan-guzman) | Vacant | [Michael Katsidis (Australia)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/michael-katsidis) | [Joel Casamayor (Cuba)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/joel-casamayor) |
| 3 | [Marco Antonio Barrera (Mexico)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/marco-antonio-barrera) | Vacant | [Antonio DeMarco (Mexico)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/antonio-demarco) | [Edwin Valero (Venezuela)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/edwin-valero) |
| 4 | [Antonio DeMarco (Mexico)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/antonio-demarco) | [Ali Funeka (South Africa)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/ali-funeka) | [Urbano Antillon (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/urbano-antillon) | [Rolando Reyes (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/rolando-reyes) |
| 5 | [Breidis Prescott (Colombia)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/breidis-prescott) | [Julio Diaz (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/julio-diaz) | [Breidis Prescott (Colombia)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/breidis-prescott) | [Michael Katsidis (Australia)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/michael-katsidis) |
| 6 | [Vicente Escobedo (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/vicente-escobedo) | [Anthony Peterson (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/anthony-peterson) | [Alex Arthur (United Kingdom)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/alex-arthur) | [Ali Funeka (South Africa)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/ali-funeka) |
| 7 | [Yusuke Kobori (Japan)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/yusuke-kobori) | [Anges Adjaho (Benin)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/anges-adjaho) | [Juan Diaz (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/juan-diaz-usa) | [Yuri Romanov (Belarus)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/yuri-romanov) |
| 8 | [Miguel Acosta (Venezuela)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/miguel-acosta) | [Joan Guzman (Dominican Republic)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/joan-guzman) | [Marco Antonio Barrera (Mexico)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/marco-antonio-barrera) | [Breidis Prescott (Colombia)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/breidis-prescott) |
| 9 | [Anges Adjaho (Benin)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/anges-adjaho) | [Fernando Angulo (Venezuela)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/fernando-angulo) | [Joan Guzman (Dominican Republic)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/joan-guzman) | [Anthony Peterson (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/anthony-peterson) |
| 10 | [Jose Alfaro (Nicaragua)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/jose-alfaro) | Vacant | [Ali Funeka (South Africa)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/ali-funeka) | [Amir Khan (United Kingdom)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/amir-khan) |
| 11 | [Ryuji Migaki (Japan)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/ryuji-migaki) | [Urbano Antillon (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/urbano-antillon) | [Anthony Peterson (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/anthony-peterson) |  |
| 12 | [Ali Funeka (South Africa)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/ali-funeka) | [Amir Khan (United Kingdom)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/amir-khan) | [Vicente Escobedo (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/vicente-escobedo) |  |
| 13 | [Takehiro Shimada (Japan)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/takehiro-shimada) | Vacant | [Daniel Eduardo Brizuela (Argentina)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/daniel-eduardo-brizuela) |  |
| 14 | [Oscar Jesus Pereyra (Argentina)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/oscar-jesus-pereyra) | Vacant | [Thai Tor Silachai (Thailand)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/thai-tor-silachai) |  |
| 15 | [Verquan Kimbrough (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/verquan-kimbrough) | Vacant | [Jatoorora Tjingavet (Namibia)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/jatoorora-tjingavet) |  |

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