WBC Lightweight Rankings Archive | May 2015

Rank	WBCMay 2015
	Jorge LinaresNEW Champion
1	Kevin MitchellNEW
2	Dejan Zlaticanin+11
3	Ivan Redkach+6
4	Emiliano Marsili+4
5	Dierry JeanNEW
6	Rances BarthelemyNEW
7	Franklin MamaniNEW
8	Miguel VazquezNEW
9	Ivan Cano+1
10	Javier Prieto-4
11	Masayoshi Nakatani+3
12	Daniel Estrada-11
13	Yoshitaka Kato+7
14	Rod SalkaNEW
15	Juan Diaz+1
16	Edis Tatli+5
17	Richard Commey+22
18	Petr Petrov+7
19	Felix VerdejoNEW
20	Abdiel Ramirez-1
21	Hedi Slimani+6
22	Fermin De Los Santos+6
23	Dante JardonNEW
24	Mercito GestaNEW
25	Chad BennettNEW
26	Diego MagdalenoNEW
27	Nihito Arakawa-20
28	Gamaliel DiazNEW
29	Luke CampbellNEW
30	Ismael BarrosoNEW
31	Tommy CoyleNEW
32	Ricky Burns-17
33	Fedor PapazovNEW
34	Jose A. GonzalezNEW
35	Steven WilcoxNEW
36	Roberto Manzanarez-2
37	Jean Pierre BauwensNEW
38	Massimiliano BallisaiNEW
39	Sharif BogereNEW
40	Tosho Aoki

Source

May 2015 archive

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Month-over-month changes since June 2014

There is a new Champion: Jorge Linares(previously Omar Figueroa)

Entered the top 10

Kevin MitchellInto the top 10 at #1
Dejan ZlaticaninJumped from #13 into the top 10
Dierry JeanNow ranked #5
Rances BarthelemyEnters at #6
Franklin MamaniEnters at #7
Miguel VazquezNow in the top 10 at #8

Dropped out of the top 10

Daniel EstradaFell to #12
Rustam NugaevLast ranked #3
Takahiro AoOut of the top 10 after being #4
Henry LundyPreviously held #5
Nihito ArakawaFell to #27

Biggest risers

Richard CommeyImproved from #39 to #17
+22
Dejan ZlaticaninNow #2 after being #13 last month
+11
Yoshitaka KatoNow #13 after being #20 last month
+7

Biggest fallers

Nihito ArakawaFell from #7 to #27
-20
Ricky BurnsNow #32 after being #15 last month
-17
Daniel EstradaNow #12 after being #1 last month
-11

WBC Lightweight Title History

Champions who have held each belt, from oldest to most recent. Title history only goes back as far as our earliest WBC monthly rankings (August 2008).