While he now resides in the United States, Darchinyan was given Australian citizenship in 2004. He defeatedJose Legra in 1969 to claim the WBC belt, successfully defending it twice in two classic bouts againstFighting Harada before then losing toVicente Saldivar in what turned out to be his final bout. In one of his earlier fights on 6 October 1970 in a bout in Newcastle, Thompson knocked out Roko Spanja in the 10th round. 15 Deece McDonald QLD, 1 Dwight Ritchie VIC There was a time when Konstantin Borisovich Tszyu was the best light welterweight on the planet. A disappointing points loss to Harry Casey on 16 August 1928 in his New Zealand debut set the stage for Carrolls career to remain in Australia. Born inAbruzzo, Italy, Mattioli built his reputation Down Under before returning to Europe. 15 David Drapac VIC, 1 Rohan Murdock QLD World Championship silver-medallist Julio Castillo (COL) falls to #13 in the rankings, having not fought since September 2019. A post shared by Skye Nicolson (OLY) (@skyebnic). One month later he outpointed #7 world-rated Joe Tetteh to win the Commonwealth junior welterweight title and a #5 world rating. This may seem unfair, but hey, Id rather be consistent with my criteria. I was getting a little bit stale, a little bit bored. 6 Victor Odindo SA After seven hard-fought rounds, the ringside doctor stopped the bout due to a cut over Thompsons right eye. 10 Michael Whitehead QLD Bill Squires, the former champion, had left Australia to pursue a shot at the world champion and Lang fought Peter Felix to become the new champion. 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. Please enter your username or email address. 11 Chris Hamilton QLD As a result, the Armenian currently sits at #5. Do you agree with the list? Lionel Rose was the firstIndigenous Australian to win a world title. 2 Omari Kimweri VIC On 4 March 1907 Lang fought his first big-money bout, losing on a technical knockout to the future heavyweight champion Jack Johnson in front of 15,000 fans at Richmond Race Course. 15 Jaydii Kalambe QLD, 1 Jacob Ng QLD 8 Matt Casboult QLD 7 Foai Aumua Ioelu VIC His return proved unsuccessfulRose lost four of his next six bouts before hanging up his gloves for good. In his last-ever bout, he knocked out George Chip in Sydney to retain the world middleweight title. Veteran Roniel Iglesias (CUB) appears at #6 after a pair of split-decision victories over #17 Kevin Hayler Brown (CUB) in domestic tournaments. 8 Jayden Joseph/Nichols TAS Aliev himself went up a few places after getting a win over Nelvie Tiafack (DEU), who drops to #15 as a result. Alistair Overeem vs. Francis N'Gannou. Andy Cruz (CUB) and Oleksandr Khyzhniak (UKR) remain the consensus 1)a and 1)b pound-for-pound, whilst Jianguan Hu (CHN) comes in at #3 with wins over Amit Panghal (IND), Saken Bibossinov (KAZ) and a bizarre stoppage of Thitisan Panmot (THA). 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). The Maitland Wonder had a short but successful careerhe died at the age of 21 frompneumonia, by which time he had moved to the United States. On 1 April 1976, Thompson stopped Chuck Wilburn in the tenth round of a bout at Blacktown in Sydneys west and Wilburn became the second fighter to die from injuries sustained in a bout with Thompson. Carroll scored some of his greatest wins in 1937 and 1938, defeating Jimmy Leto three times and former title challenger Izzy Jannazzo. It's hard to deny him a place, considering he went by the nickname the Thunder from Down Under. Before we kick things off, let me briefly explain how this works - because these articles will be published on a monthly basis, the rankings themselves will be highly sensitive to recent results. >RHq [Content_Types].xml ( j0EJ(eh 10 Faiga Opeulu QLD 12 Joseph Liga QLD After turning professional in 2013, Jackson won the Australian featherweight title in 2015 with a split decision over Will Young. 20 year-old Aybek Oralbay (KAZ) isnt far behind at #2, as despite losing to compatriot Vassiliy Levit (KAZ) back in mid-2019 the young Kazakh has gone on to claim a number of valuable scalps at the weight including #6 Abner Junior (BRA), #9 Ammar Abduljabbar (DEU), #10 Sagyndyk Togambay (KAZ), #11 Wilfried Florentin (FRA) and most impressively #3 Emmanuel Reyes (ESP) at the Bocskai tournament in Hungary last year. 5 Mateo Tapia NSW 7 Jason Leuken VIC 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. 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. 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). I think it was almost definite that I would go with Matchroom if I was going to go pro. A statue erected has been erected in his honour in his hometown ofWarragul, Australia. The fly rankings have had a real shakeup in the past month, with some new faces at the top-end of the division. Famechonwho was famed for his defensive abilitiesbecame Australian, Commonwealth and world champion at featherweight. 5 Ben Kite QLD Have your say via the comments section. However, the end of the line for the heavy-handed Tszyu came with a defeat to Ricky Hatton in Manchester, England, in 2005. Why have I ranked Huni as low as #8? Burns would lose the title to Johnson three months later. 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 Diegos Pechanga Arena. He continued fighting until 1980 but retired after a pair of stoppage losses. Jeff Fenech was a three-weight world champion who became a national hero for his exploits in the ring. It was the first time he had ever been beyond 10 rounds. 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. Two more wins in Sydney followed by a pair of wins in Brisbane earned Carroll a shot at the 18-year-old Australian welterweight champion Al Bourke. World champion Muslim Gadzhimagomedov (RUS) won the Russian national championships in December, beating #18 Alexey Zobnin (RUS) in the final to keep hold of the #1 spot. 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. 14 David Tough QLD Includes every weigh division including Heavyweight, Cruiserweight, Light Heavyweight, Super Middleweight, Middleweight, Super Welterweight, Welterweight, Middleweight, Super Welterweight, Welterweight, Super Lightweight, Lightweight, Super Featherweight . 9 Trent Broadhurst QLD 12 Hunter Sam QLD 8 Joseph Goodall QLD Billal Bennama (FRA) leapfrogged Saken Bibossinov (KAZ) to take the #8 spot after claiming a points win over the Kazakh in the light-flyweight final of the Boxam tournament earlier this month. 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. The Cologne World Cup saw Kevin Schumann (DEU) come out on top at middleweight, elevating the German to #7 in the rankings with wins over #15 Hebert Sousa (BRA) and emerging young talent Gradus Kraus (NLD). After rising from a third-round knockdown, Thompson battled back to earn a draw over twelve rounds in one of the best fights seen on television in Australia. 11 Kayne Clarke VIC On 27 December 1909, Lang knocked out former heavyweight champion Bob Fitzsimmons in another defence of his heavyweight title. 12 Ben Sila NSW Edson Barboza vs. Terry Etim. Jean Paul Rivera (PRI) vs. Serik Temirzhanov (KAZ) Boxam Tournament 2021 Semifinals (57kg) Share. In 87 career bouts, Thompson won 73 with many of his losses coming at the end of his career. 3 Brandon Ogilvie WA 7 Herman Ene-Purcell QLD 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. Dainier Per (CUB) has impressed recently, taking clear-cut wins over Carlos Castillo (CUB) and #15 Nelvie Tiafack, and his recent results have been enough to see him sneak past Richard Torrez (USA) as the new #4. This table showing the male boxers who have won the Australian professional championship. Young Griffo, Vic Patrick, Ron Richards and Hector Thompson were all seriously considered for the shortlist. 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. Australias always going to be home and Im not over here permanently so I will be home, she concluded. Even in Australia, the talent thats coming through in the young girls that Ive seen over the last couple of years is just incredible, she said. Born in Carlton, Victoria, Bill Lang was an Australian Rules Footballer before he became a boxer, playing 54 games for Richmond between 1904 and 1909. Shadalov would later drop a points decision against Samuel Kistohurry (FRA) in the semi-finals, who rises to #11 after a string of impressive results against solid competition, including #20 Orazbek Asylkulov (KAZ). Gabil Mamedov (RUS) moves up to #4 after coming out on top of a deep 63kg field at Russian nationals, whilst Manish Kaushik (IND) narrowly takes the #5 spot after a strong display at the Boxams which saw him decision #6 Zakir Safiullin (KAZ) and #14 Nikolai Terteryan (DNK), the latter of whom debuts in the rankings off the back of his own impressive run in the tournament. ANBF Boxing Ratings - a list of current Australian boxing rankings, which includes the latest rankings nationally and state by state. 3 Jai Alexander VIC 4 Bilal Akkawy NSW Married with three children, Carroll drifted off into anonymity after retirement. 6 Ben Mahoney QLD I think its a responsibility for every single successful athlete thats getting attention, thats in the media, that young girls are looking up to, Nicolson added. World Championship silver-medallist Dilshodbek Ruzmetov (UZB) has worked his way back up the rankings to land at #3, following a shock loss at the Olympic qualifiers to #8 Paulo Aokuso (AUS). 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. Carroll took a job in a slaughterhouse and found the act of ripping the flesh from the carcasses strengthened his hand and healed his hand injuries. 7 Adrian Rodriguez QLD 6 Mark Kassab VIC 8 Lachlan Higgins WA 13 Korobo Etto VIC I wasnt really even interested in turning pro until I spoke to Eddie, she explained. Jackson worked his way up the WBO world rankings, earning a top ranking and a potential shot at their title holder Oscar Valdez. Elsewhere, Kamshybek Kunkabayev (KAZ) returned to the #2 spot after triumphing at the Cologne World Cup in March, beating #14 Mourad Aliev in the final. The bantamweight picked up the WBA and WBC belts when he defeated Fighting Harada on points in 1968. Nicolson is currently in the United Kingdom for her training camp, getting the best preparation available ahead of her foray into the punch-for-pay format of the sport. 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His family had a background in boxingJohnny's father had been French lightweight championand he followed the same path. Thompson returned to Panama City on 15 November 1975 for his second world championship shot, this time against long-time champion Antonio Cervantes. 3 Wade Ryan NSW Class Name: Men Weight: Women Wight: Juniors Weight: Super heavyweight : 91+--Heavyweight 9 Justin Frost QLD There has been the odd threat of a comeback, but he has resisted the urge to step back inside the ring. The states and territories of Australia have different sanctioning bodies and rules. Despite being at the coalface of womens boxing at a global scale, the former Olympian also predicts a bright future for the sport domestically, with a conveyor belt of talent on the way. Nicolson had an impressive amateur ledger with a record of 137 wins and 15 losses, which included Since the loss, Jackson has rebounded with three wins and is ranked by Australian Boxing Zone as the top featherweight in the country. 4 Viktor Agateljan NSW In retirement Carroll worked as a referee at West Melbourne Stadium. The Thunder from Down Under competed for the Soviet Union as an amateur but emigrated to Australia in 1992 and turned pro that same year. To be having my pro debut, I feel like its been a long time coming. This Page is for all Boxers, professional and amateur in gaining recognition and the promotion of all boxing events and results in the World of Boxing. 14 Isaac Slade QLD, 1 Blade Caparello VIC Andrey Zamkovoy vs. Shakhabas Makhmudov Russian National Championships 2020 Final (69kg) Watch on. 8 Issac Hardman QLD Dan Henderson vs. Michael Bisping. That side of it for me is very exciting. Thompsons success earned him a shot at Roberto Durans lightweight championship on 2 June 1973. Get notified about exclusive offers every week! Reyes has now cemented himself as one of the top contenders at heavyweight, and will be aiming to medal in Tokyo. He was, however, coaxed back into the ring in 2008 for a grudge match against Nelson, with the pair both well into their 40s. Learn more about our use of cookies: cookie policy, Skye Nicolsons no brainer decision to turn professional. 4 Terry Tzouramanis VIC 3 Jack Brubaker NSW On 3 September 1908 in front of 16,000 fans in Melbourne, Lang dropped Burns in the second round of their world heavyweight championship bout before Burns came back to end matters in round six. 13 Dids Mwaka TAS 10 Issac Buckley NSW Saturday is Tszyu's birthday. Afterwards, Lang toured the United States and Europe. 4 Aaron Law NSW Had his life not been cut short, he may well have been much, much higher on this list. At the height of his career Carroll was second to only cricketer Sir Donald Bradman in popularity but Carroll hated the limelight. bjj, isaac doederlein, EUG, grappling, breakdown, analysis, The Greatest Mixed Martial Artists of All Time, my previous articles covering the 2019 AIBA World Championships. Theyre leading the way with womens boxing globally, so it was a bit of a no brainer really. Like Sands, his final position in the rankings would have been closer to the top had it not been for his early demise. When he again dominated van Klaveren in the rematch, many were calling for Carroll to fight for the world championship. 10 Tim Kanofski QLD 13 Shadey Souried VIC Moloney climbed as high as #7 in the rankings before losing to Joshua Franco in June 2020. 9 Tyson Lantry NSW 5 Paul Gallen NSW Hector Thompson was a two-time world title challenger, a multiple weight Australian champion and a Commonwealth junior welterweight champion. 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