Amit drops to #6 in the division as a result. I just felt like it was the time to make the jump and just get straight into it.. 11 Koen Mazoudier NSW Despite a loss to #18 Zeyad Eshaish (JOR) at the Olympic qualifying tournament, Eshaish benefitted from some fortunate judging in his home country which is why I havent knocked Baturov in the rankings. In 1935 Carroll defeated Willard Brown, Bobby Wilson and Jack Portney within a four week period, but after his September 1935 bout with Paul Schaeffer was ruled a no-contest by Sydney Stadium referee Joe Wallis due to Schaeffer being overmatched, Carroll signed with Charlie Lucas and his Sydney Sports Ground venture. Hatton later told Michael Rosenthal of the Ring magazine: "I hit him with some good shots and he stayed in there. He boasts a 31-2 (25 KOs) record but has not fought since losing to Ricky Hatton in Manchester, England, in 2005. Fenech won the 10-rounder by majority decision on the scorecards. I feel like Ive taken on that role since a pretty young age. He knocked out Bluey Jones in 1933 to reclaim the welterweight title he had never lost and then beat Henneberry again in another non-title match. 3 Brent Rice QLD 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. Having started out his career fighting at 131 pounds, the New South . 4 Bilal Akkawy NSW 4 Ben Savva NSW From this month onwards, Ill be doing monthly mens amateur boxing rankings ahead of the Tokyo 2021 Olympics, in order keep fans up to date if they dont have the time (or patience) to follow the latest results. Everyone wants to buy you a drink when you're the champ.". Carroll faced world #2 contender Bep van Klaveren in the opening show at the Sydney Sports Ground on Boxing Day 1935, easily outpointing the 1928 Olympic Gold Medallist in front of 25,000 fans. After weeks of speculation, Matchroom announced that Nicolson had signed a long-term promotional deal, which would see the Australian enter the professional circuit. Therefore, he's eligible for this list. 6 Layton McFerran VIC You will receive a link to create a new password via email. Barry Michael, who defeated Lester Ellis to become a world champion, was unfortunate to miss out, as too was Jimmy Carruthers. View the latest boxing rankings. 15 David Drapac VIC, 1 Rohan Murdock QLD 14 Adam Stowe NSW 10 Issac Buckley NSW 7 Daniel Huculak VIC, 1 Luke Jackson TAS 6 Victor Odindo SA (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 2021 Aus-Boxing | Australia's Home of BoxingAll Rights Reserved. He continued fighting until 1980 but retired after a pair of stoppage losses. 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. Zoirov, who has suffered a disappointing year with clear losses to #5 Thitisan Panmot (THA) and Deepak Kumar, falls to #7 in the rankings. The New South Welshmanwho had a brief stint as Mike Tyson's trainerwas inducted into theInternational Boxing Hall of Fame in 2002. 2017 lightweight world champion Sofiane Oumiha (FRA) fills in the vacant #2 spot after soundly beating #3 Dzmitry Asanau (BLR) in November of last year, only to be robbed on the cards. Watch on. At the height of his career Carroll was second to only cricketer Sir Donald Bradman in popularity but Carroll hated the limelight. Lucas negotiated a bout with Barney Ross for the world welterweight title, but the bout was cancelled when Lucas could not raise enough money to pay Ross 9,000 guarantee (the equivalent of ten years salary). 3 Brandon Ogilvie WA Under the guidance of Bill OBrien, Carroll honed his boxing skills in the ring while working full-time in a bakery. Lang was an active champion, defending the title once a month through 1907, winning all of the bouts inside the distance. Class Name: Men Weight: Women Wight: Juniors Weight: Super heavyweight : 91+--Heavyweight Sadly, Sands never got his opportunity. The departure of reigning Olympic champion Julio Csar La Cruz to heavyweight has opened up the 81kg field, and whilst World Champion Bekzad Nurdauletov (KAZ) lost to Simone Fiori (ITA) at the Boxams in a close contest, I personally felt the Kazakh deserved the win and have kept him in the #1 spot. 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. Felix had Lang down in the sixth round, but Lang came back to knock him out in the tenth and claim the title. Rogava and Hovhannisyan are just behind the Russian, with both gaining ground following solid runs at the Strandja tournament. Courtesy of his victory at Russian nationals, Yaroslav Doronichev (RUS) storms to #3 in the rankings whilst World Championship bronze medallist Maxim Babanin (RUS), who suffered an early exit at the national championships in December, plummets to #11. In one of his earlier fights on 6 October 1970 in a bout in Newcastle, Thompson knocked out Roko Spanja in the 10th round. Moloney (twin brother of Jason) was one of Australias best recent amateur boxers. As a result, the Armenian currently sits at #5. Whilst Khalakov did suffer a stoppage loss to #13 Ceiber vila (COL) in February 2020, it was in absolutely bullshit circumstances so I wont knock him for terrible refereeing. 11 Uria Afamasaga TAS 15 Deece McDonald QLD, 1 Dwight Ritchie VIC 12 Daniel Crawford QLD 1934 wins over Todd Morgan, Wesley Ramey and Ron Richards at Sydney Stadium earned him a world ranking. Jeff Fenech told Grantlee Kieza of the Queensland Sunday Mail: "The skills, the speed, the class. 13 Christian Tsoye VIC Off the back of his strong performance against Nurdauletov, Fiori rises to #4 in the rankings. 12 Ben Sila NSW 8 Kyle Freiberg QLD Acars recent triumph at the Bosphorus tournament - where he beat #20 Mahammad Abdullayev (AZE) and Danis Latypov (BHR) en route to gold - sees the Turkish big man feature in the rankings for the first time at #17. Kostya Tszyu takes top spot in the rankings due to the way he dominated the light welterweight division. Ronda Rousey vs. Holly Holm. 2018 AIBA Youth World Championship silver-medallist Jan Paul Rivera (PRI) notched a quality win at the Boxams in Spain, beating Serik Temirzhanov (KAZ) in the semi-finals en route to taking gold in the 57kg field. Jack Carroll was one of the greatest boxers ever produced from Australia. 15 King Mou QLD, 1 Jai Opetaia NSW Despite being one of the best fighters in the division, my rankings are based on wins rather than the eye test, and the young Aussies rsum is fairly light in terms of quality competition. Featherweight is probably the toughest division to rank right now as a number of fighters have split wins amongst one another, and Ive changed my mind more than a few times this past week. Elsewhere, Wanderson Oliveira (BRA) turned a few heads with some fantastic performances at the Cologne World Cup earlier this month and rises to #12 in the rankings. The influential traditional martial arts, olympic wrestling and brazilian jiu-jitsu have shaped MMA in Australia, along with the combat sports of boxing and kickboxing/muay thai. Being on such a big card for my pro debut is exciting, she explained. 2 Michael Zerafa VIC Mirazizbek Mirzakhalilov (UZB) finds himself at #6, having only scored a handful of good wins since his 2019 world championship campaign. He became a world champion for the first time in 1995 when he stoppedJake Rodriguez. Having started out his career fighting at 131 pounds, the New South Welshman flitted between different divisions in a career that saw him win national titles atmiddle, light heavy and heavyweight. His reign, and unbeaten record, ended at the hands of Vince Phillips, though Tszyu recovered quickly from the loss. Carroll avenged the loss in his last bout overseas, and later stopped Casey in a 1929 Brisbane bout. 7 Adam Kaoullas VIC >RHq [Content_Types].xml ( j0EJ(eh Speaking from her training base in Bromley, Nicolson elaborated on the decision to sign with an international promoter, and how the landscape of womens boxing is changing. I wasnt really even interested in turning pro until I spoke to Eddie, she explained. 2 Omari Kimweri VIC 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. Despite having not fought any of the divisions elite in the past year, Khyzhniak retains the top spot with his victories over world champion Gleb Bakshi (RUS) and World Championship silver medallist Eumir Marcial (PHL) back in 2019. 2017 Victorian AIBA Boxing Events. In the end, I had to put out quite an effort to take him down.". bjj, isaac doederlein, EUG, grappling, breakdown, analysis, The Greatest Mixed Martial Artists of All Time, my previous articles covering the 2019 AIBA World Championships. After winning the Australian title, Thompson was signed by managers Doug James and Brian Ogilvie and he relocated to Brisbane. He had signed up for active service in World War I but was spared going into battle when his mother claimed he was still a minor, according to BoxRec's biography of the fighter. Master Blaster duly defeatedHwan-Kil Yuh to become the IBF champion, a crown he defended once before losing it to former training partnerBarry Michael. While she made it clear that Australia will always be her home, is appears as if shell be doing most of her training from various bases abroad. Thompson died on 20 May 2020 at the age of 70. Moloney climbed as high as #7 in the rankings before losing to Joshua Franco in June 2020. Theres been a lot of movement at 91kg in recent months, with the division looking very different than it did this time last year. 2 Rivan Cesaire VIC He impressed as an amateur and made quick progress through the professional ranks, winning the Commonwealth super featherweight belt on the way to a world-title shot at the age of 19. Darchinyan went on to become a world champion at super fly and bantamweight, though a major belt at featherweight has so far eluded him. 3 Jack Brubaker NSW Australia has had some wonderful fighters down the years, so some big names were always going to miss out on the top 10. In our final change, Ive decided to drop Peter McGrail (GBR) down a spot due to his recent inactivity - having had only one fight since the World Championships back in September 2019 - and have moved Abdumalik Khalakov (UZB) up to #4. 15 Brent Dames VIC, 1 Steven Spark QLD Like Tszyu, Vic Darchinyan was born abroad but moved to Australia to further his boxing career. The limited amount of truly elite competition at super-heavyweight prevents Jalolov from pushing the higher places on this list. 13 Dillon Bardgero NSW Wilfried Florentin (FRA) appeared on course to leap up the rankings after an encouraging display at the Strandja tournament, where he was on the losing end of a questionable decision in the semis that favoured home fighter #7 Radoslav Pantaleev. His opponent, Gil McGrath, was highly touted but Carroll stopped him in nine rounds. A chance encounter at a Sydney racetrack while on holiday earned Carroll a short-notice main event slot at Sydney Stadium. He moved up through the divisions, winning belts, including jumping from lightweight to junior middleweight in 1995 to become the IBO champion. 3 James MacDonald QLD Thompsons success earned him a shot at Roberto Durans lightweight championship on 2 June 1973. PK ! With Valdez out due to injuries, Jackson faced former junior featherweight world title holder Carl Frampton for the interim title, losing via TKO in the ninth round. Hes very good at his job, and hes a good salesman, and he made it very enticing and very hard not to consider. 8 Lucas Miller VIC 7 Quintin Carey QLD 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. But I think its a great responsibility to have, a very rewarding one as well when you see those girls follow in your footsteps and do amazing things as well. Australian Official Professional Mens Boxing Ratings as of May 18, 2019. The pair met again the following year, when Nelson stunned the Melbourne crowd by stopping Fenech in the eighth round. Photo by Alex Nicodim/Sportsfile via Getty Images. Why have I ranked Huni as low as #8? 3 Renold Quinlan NSW 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. 8 Lachlan Higgins WA The light heavyweight stunned the boxing world when he knocked outDennis Andries in the 12th and final round in 1989 to claim the WBC title. The decision to sign with Matchroom gives Nicolson the platform to compete on high-profile cards. After winning the state lightweight title on 19 March 1971, Thompson fought for the Australian junior welterweight title on 12 July 1971, outpointing Melbourne fighter Leo Young to take the title. THE countdown to Skye Nicolson's professional debut has officially begun. 9 Trent Broadhurst QLD She joins fellow Australian Ebanie Bridges under the Matchroom banner, with the Blonde Bomber having won seven of her eight professional fights, including a maiden world title challenge last year. In a rematch four months later Thompson took the decision after 15 rounds. Anderson Silva vs. Vitor Belfort. Boxing in Australia refers to the sport of boxing held in Australia. 10 Michael Whitehead QLD Thompson kept his world rating until 1979. 6 Nathan Webber QLD Whilst Sissokho beat #4 Vikas Krishan (IND) in the Boxams final a few weeks ago, I felt that the contest was wrongfully decided and as a result Ive only moved him up as high as #10. Read on for breakdowns of how each division is shaping up heading into April, with the Olympics set to begin in just under four months. At the age of 26, he died after suffering serious injuries in a road accident. The Marrickville Mauler was also crowned a world champion at super bantam and featherweight, winning 25 fights in a row until he drew the first of three bouts againstAzumah Nelson. His family had a background in boxingJohnny's father had been French lightweight championand he followed the same path. Whilst the win appears impressive on paper, its worth remembering that Dominguez hadnt fought in nearly two years and a handful of losses to unranked opposition prevents Unal from climbing higher. 11 Matt Sheehan VIC 2 Regan Dessiax WLD I think it was almost definite that I would go with Matchroom if I was going to go pro. 6 Matthew Hartmann QLD Despite narrowly missing Olympic selection in 2012, Andrew competed at the World Championships in 2011 and 2013 as well as the 2010 Commonwealth Games. There was lots of money, lots of people showing you around but at the end of the day it's just expensive. Andrew Moloney is a 2014 Commonwealth Games gold medallist and is currently ranked #8 junior bantamweight in the world by the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board. Luke Jackson turned professional in 2013 after a successful amateur career and is currently a world ranked featherweight contender. Rose, who enjoyed a brief singing career in the 1970s, passed away in 2011. In front of 15,000 fans in Panama City, Thompson fought bravely before succumbing to Durans two-handed assaults in the eighth round. He returned to the junior welterweight division, winning 16 of his next 17 fights including a seventh-round knockout over former world champion Alfonso Frazer to earn the #1 contender ranking in the division. 4 Richard Lockett WA Australias always going to be home and Im not over here permanently so I will be home, she concluded. Yosvany Veita (CUB) endured a torrid 2019 with a shock exit at the AIBA World Championships, and disciplinary issues saw him suspended from the Cuban national squad for most of 2020. You can kind of sit back and smile and know that you might have influenced that in some way., Making her professional debut and relocating abroad. Lester Ellis was born in Blackpool, England, but moved to Australia when he was three years old. Moloney (twin brother of Jason) was one of Australia's best recent amateur boxers. The latest in the sports world, emailed daily. After turning professional in 2013, Jackson won the Australian featherweight title in 2015 with a split decision over Will Young. 4 Kurtis Pegoraro QLD It's hard to deny him a place, considering he went by the nickname the Thunder from Down Under. Light Flyweight: (48kg) - Inaugural 1967. Bobo-Usmon Baturov (UZB) won gold at the Strandja tournament last month to underline why hes currently ranked #3, out-hustling #9 Yevhenii Barabanov (UKR) in the final. Obviously its going to be great exposure for me, to showcase my skills, a lot of people will be tuning in around the world. 6 Ben Mahoney QLD 19 year-old Makhmud Sabyrkhan (KAZ) jumped to #2 in the division with wins over World Championship bronze medallist Saken Bibossinov (KAZ) and European champion Gabriel Escobar (ESP), whereas Escobar himself rose to #3 with a narrow victory over World Championship silver medallist Amit Panghal (IND). Oliveira himself lost to #14 Hamsat Shadalov (DEU) in the first round of the Cologne World Cup, however I thought the Brazilian deserved the nod in Germany so I wont be holding that against him. 13 Dids Mwaka TAS He was a pretty complete sort of fighter, he could box a bit as well.". The fly rankings have had a real shakeup in the past month, with some new faces at the top-end of the division. Before we begin the countdown, though, it is only right to salute those greats from Australia who didn't quite make the final cut. 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. 9 Ty Telford NSW On 27 December 1909, Lang knocked out former heavyweight champion Bob Fitzsimmons in another defence of his heavyweight title. To be having my pro debut, I feel like its been a long time coming. 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