Super Lightweight Rankings Archive | July 2003

Note: The WBC and IBF July 2003 rankings are not available.

Rank	WBAJuly 2003	WBOJuly 2003	RINGJuly 2003
🏆	Kostya Tszyu Super Champion	DeMarcus Corley Champion	Kostya Tszyu Champion
🏆	Vivian Harris World Champion
1	Vacant	Junior Witter	Sharmba Mitchell
2	Sharmba Mitchell	Kelson Pinto	Arturo Gatti+1
3	Ricky Hatton	Oktay Urkal	Zab Judah-1
4	Oktay Urkal	Zab Judah	Demarcus Corley
5	Arturo Gatti	Miguel CottoNEW	Vivian Harris
6	Souleymane M'Baye-5	Gianluca Branco	Oktay Urkal+1
7	Miguel Cotto+2	Michael Stewart+2	Diosbelys Hurtado+1
8	Randall Bailey+2	David Diaz+2	Ricky Hatton+1
9	Diosbelys Hurtado-3	Nick Tetoris-1	Souleymane M'BayeNEW
10	Gianluca Branco-3	Omar Weis-3	Miguel CottoNEW
11	Masakazu Satake	Hector Camacho Jr
12	Andriy Kotelnik	Jeffrey Resto+3
13	Demetrio Ceballos	Ricardo Torres
14	Terrance Cauthen	Andriy Kotelnik-2
15	Kelson Pinto	Mukhammadkodir Abdullaev-1

Sources

July 2003 archive

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Month-over-month changes since May 2003

How many names moved on each organisation’s list this month.

Climbed
New
Dropped
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Month-over-month changes since May 2003

Month-over-month changes since June 2003

WBAJuly 2003 vs May 2003

Dropped out of the top 10

Zab JudahLeft the top 10 after #8 - now WBO Champion

Biggest risers

Miguel CottoUp to #7 from #9
+2
Randall BaileyFrom #10 to #8
+2

Biggest fallers

Souleymane M'bayeNow #6 after being #1 last month
-5
Diosbelys HurtadoDown 3 places to #9
-3
Gianluca BrancoDown 3 places to #10
-3

WBOJuly 2003 vs June 2003

Entered the top 10

Miguel CottoNow in the top 10 at #5

Dropped out of the top 10

Sharmba MitchellPreviously held #5

Biggest risers

Jeffrey RestoUp 3 places to #12
+3
Michael StewartFrom #9 to #7
+2
David DiazClimbed from #10 to #8
+2

Biggest fallers

Omar WeisNow #10 after being #7 last month
-3
Andriy KotelnikNow ranked #14 (was #12)
-2
Nick TetorisSlipped a spot to #9
-1

RINGJuly 2003 vs June 2003

Entered the top 10

Souleymane M'bayeNow in the top 10 at #9
Miguel CottoNow in the top 10 at #10

Dropped out of the top 10

Micky WardOut of the top 10 after being #6
Omar WeisPreviously held #10

Biggest risers

Arturo GattiClimbed a place to #2
+1
Oktay UrkalUp one spot to #6
+1
Diosbelys HurtadoClimbed a place to #7
+1

Biggest fallers

Zab JudahSlipped a spot to #3
-1

WBA Super Lightweight Title History

Champions who have held each belt, from oldest to most recent. Title history only goes back as far as our earliest WBA monthly rankings (January 2000).

WBA Super Lightweight - Super Champion

Josh Taylor

October 2019May 2022

2 years 8 months

Regis Prograis

June 2019October 2019

5 months

Terence Crawford

August 2017October 2017

3 months

Julius Indongo

April 2017August 2017

5 months

Adrien Broner

October 2015March 2016

6 months

Danny Garcia

July 2012August 2015

3 years 2 months

Lamont Peterson

November 2011July 2012

9 months

Amir Khan

July 2011November 2011

5 months

Ricky Hatton

November 2005March 2006

5 months

Kostya Tszyu

March 2001June 2004

3 years 4 months

WBA Super Lightweight - World Champion

Gary Antuanne Russell

March 2025Current

1 year 6 months

Jose Valenzuela

August 2024March 2025

8 months

Isaac Cruz

March 2024August 2024

6 months

Rolando Romero

May 2023March 2024

11 months

Alberto Puello

August 2022May 2023

10 months

Gervonta Davis

June 2021December 2021

7 months

Mario Barrios

September 2019June 2021

1 year 10 months

Regis Prograis

April 2019June 2019

3 months

Kiryl Relikh

March 2018April 2019

1 year 2 months

Ricky Burns

May 2016April 2017

1 year

Adrien Broner

September 2015October 2015

2 months

Jessie Vargas

April 2014June 2015

1 year 3 months

Khabib Allakhverdiev

November 2012April 2014

1 year 6 months

Marcos Rene Maidana

July 2011July 2012

1 year 1 month

Amir Khan

June 2009July 2011

2 years 2 months

Andriy Kotelnik

March 2008June 2009

1 year 4 months

Gavin Rees

July 2007March 2008

9 months

Souleymane M'baye

August 2006July 2007

1 year

Carlos Maussa

June 2005November 2005

6 months

Vivian Harris

September 2002June 2005

2 years 10 months

Diosbelys Hurtado

May 2002September 2002

5 months

Kostya Tszyu

February 2001April 2001

3 months

Sharmba Mitchell

January 2000February 2001

1 year 2 months

WBA Super Lightweight - Interim Champion

Alessandro Riguccini

July 2025October 2025

4 months

Ismael Barroso

January 2024September 2024

9 months

Marcos Rene Maidana

June 2009July 2011

2 years 2 months

WBA Super Lightweight Title History

WBC Super 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).

WBC Super Lightweight - Champion

Dalton Smith

February 2026Current

8 months

Subriel Matias

August 2025February 2026

7 months

Alberto Puello

July 2024August 2025

1 year 2 months

Devin Haney

January 2024July 2024

7 months

Regis Prograis

December 2022January 2024

1 year 2 months

Josh Taylor

February 2022September 2022

8 months

Jose Ramirez

January 2020February 2022

2 years 2 months

Terence Crawford

August 2016January 2020

3 years 6 months

Viktor Postol

October 2015August 2016

11 months

Danny Garcia

March 2013August 2015

2 years 6 months

Devon Alexander

August 2009March 2013

3 years 8 months

Timothy Bradley

August 2008August 2009

1 year 1 month

WBC Super Lightweight - Interim Champion

Isaac Cruz

August 2025Current

1 year 2 months

Lucas Martin Matthysse

March 2013January 2014

11 months

WBC Super Lightweight Title History

IBF Super Lightweight Title History

Champions who have held each belt, from oldest to most recent. Title history only goes back as far as our earliest IBF monthly rankings (December 2005).

IBF Super Lightweight - Champion

Richardson Hitchins

December 2024April 2026

1 year 5 months

Liam Paro

June 2024December 2024

7 months

Subriel Matias

February 2023June 2024

1 year 5 months

Josh Taylor

May 2019August 2022

3 years 4 months

Ivan Baranchyk

October 2018May 2019

8 months

Sergey Lipinets

October 2017March 2018

6 months

Terence Crawford

August 2017September 2017

2 months

Julius Indongo

November 2016August 2017

10 months

Eduard Troyanovsky

November 2015November 2016

1 year 1 month

Cesar Cuenca

July 2015November 2015

5 months

Lamont Peterson

December 2011April 2015

3 years 5 months

Amir Khan

July 2011December 2011

6 months

Zab Judah

March 2011July 2011

5 months

Devon Alexander

April 2010October 2010

7 months

Juan Urango

February 2009March 2010

1 year 2 months

Paul Malignaggi

July 2007September 2008

1 year 3 months

Lovemore Ndou

January 2007July 2007

7 months

Juan Urango

July 2006January 2007

7 months

Ricky Hatton

December 2005May 2006

6 months

IBF Super Lightweight Title History

WBO Super Lightweight Title History

Champions who have held each belt, from oldest to most recent. Title history only goes back as far as our earliest WBO monthly rankings (January 2000).

WBO Super Lightweight - Super Champion

Teofimo Lopez

July 2023January 2026

2 years 7 months

Josh Taylor

May 2022June 2023

1 year 2 months

Juan Manuel Marquez

June 2012October 2013

1 year 5 months

WBO Super Lightweight - Champion

Shakur Stevenson

January 2026Current

8 months

Teofimo Lopez

June 2023July 2023

2 months

Josh Taylor

June 2021May 2022

1 year

Jose Carlos Ramirez

August 2019June 2021

1 year 11 months

Maurice Hooker

June 2018August 2019

1 year 3 months

Terence Crawford

May 2015November 2017

2 years 7 months

Chris Algieri

June 2014December 2014

7 months

Ruslan Provodnikov

November 2013June 2014

8 months

Mike Alvarado

October 2013November 2013

2 months

Timothy Bradley

April 2009June 2012

3 years 3 months

Kendall Holt

July 2008April 2009

10 months

Ricardo Torres

December 2006July 2008

1 year 8 months

Miguel Cotto

September 2004October 2006

2 years 2 months

Diego Corrales

May 2004June 2004

2 months

Zab Judah

August 2003May 2004

10 months

DeMarcus Corley

June 2001August 2003

2 years 3 months

Ener Julio

July 2000June 2001

1 year

Randall Bailey

January 2000July 2000

7 months

WBO Super Lightweight - Interim Champion

Arnold Barboza Jr

February 2025May 2025

4 months

Mike Alvarado

April 2013October 2013

7 months

Juan Manuel Marquez

May 2012June 2012

2 months

Lamont Peterson

May 2009January 2010

9 months

WBO Super Lightweight Title History

RING Super Lightweight Title History

Champions who have held each belt, from oldest to most recent. Title history only goes back as far as our earliest RING monthly rankings (August 1929).