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Fibroso
01-04-2012, 11:21 PM
Panama .- The Puerto Rican Miguel Cotto,the super welterweight champion of the world, was chosen as "Boxer of the Month" by the World Boxing Association (WBA) in the classification of this entity for the months of November and October 2011, released today in Panama City.
Cotto retained the super welterweight title by defeating ten-round knockout to Antonio Margarito in a fight contested on 3 December in New York City.

This is the official list for November and December from the Classifications Committee for World Boxing Association (WBA):

- Heavyweight: Super World Champion: Wladimir Klitschko (UKR)

World champion Alexander Povetkin (RUS)

.1. Hasim Rahman (USA)

2. David Haye (UK)

.3. Robert Helenius (FIN)

.4. Alexander Ustinov (RUS)

.5. Denis Boytsov (RUS)

- Cruiserweight: Champion: William Jones (PAN)

.1. Denis Lebedev (RUS)

2. Lateef Kayode (NIG)

.3. Pawel Kolodziej (POL)

.4. Ola Afolabi (GBR)

.5. Rachid El Hadaka (FRA)

- Light Heavyweight Champion: Beibut Shumenov (KAZ)

.1. Gayrat Amedov (UZB)

2. Dawid Kostecki (POL)

.3. Jean Pascal (CAN)

.4. Ryan Cone (USA)

.5. Vyacheslav Uzelkov (UKR)

Super-super middleweight champion Andre Ward (USA)

World champion: Karoly Balzsay (HUN)

.1. Brian Magee (GBR) (interim champion)

2. Dimitri Sartison (KAZ)

.3. Anthony Dirrell (USA)

.4. Stanyslav Kastanov (UKR)

.5. Arthur Abraham (GER)

- Super Middleweight champion Felix Sturm (GER)

World champion: Gennady Golovkin (KAZ)

.1. Hassan Ndam NJikam (FRA). Interim Champion

2. Sebastian Zbik (GER)

.3. Andy Lee (IRL)

.4. Martin Murray (GBR)

.5. Matthew Macklin (GBR)

- Super super welterweight champion Miguel Cotto (PUR)

World Champion: Austin Trout (USA)

.1. Anthony Mundine (AUS) Interim Champion

2. Nobuhiro Ishida (JPN)

.3. Paul Williams (USA)

.4. Erislandy Lara (CUB)

.5. Delvin Rodriguez (DOM)

- Welterweight World Champion: Vyacheslav Senchenko (UKR)

.1. Ismael El Massoudi (FRA) Interim Champion

2. Paul Malignaggi (USA)

.3. Dulorme Thomas (USA)

.4. Diego Chavez (ARG)

.5. Souleymane Mbaye (FRA)

- Super Super Lightweight Champion: Lamont Peterson (USA)

World champion: Marcos Rene Maidana (ARG)

.1. Jhoan Perez (VEN)

2. Amir Khan (GBR)

.3. Humberto Soto (MEX)

.4. Brunet Zamora (ITA)

.5. Zab Judah (USA)

- Lightweight World Champion: Vacant

.1. Richard Abril (CUB) Interim Champion

2. Jorge Linares (VEN)

.3. Brandon Rios (MEX)

.4. Yuriorkis Gamboa (CUB)

.5. Paulus Moses (NAM)

- Super featherweight champion Takashi Uchiyama (JPN)

.1. Bryan Vasquez (CRC) Interim Champion

2. Diego Magdaleno (MEX)

.3. Roman Martinez (PUR)

.4. Juan Carlos Burgos (MEX)

.5. Santos Benavides (NCA)

- Super FEATHERWEIGHT champion Chris John (IND)

World Champion: Celestino Caballero (PAN)

.1. Miguel Angel Garcia (USA)

2. Nicholas Walters (JAM)

.3. Hozumi Hasegawa (JPN)

.4. Jonathan Barros (ARG)

.5. Orlando Del Valle (PUR)

- Super bantamweight World Champion: Rico Ramos (USA)

.1. Guillermo Rigondeaux (CUB) Interim Champion

2. Poonsawat Kratingdaenggym (THA)

.3. Scott Quigg (GBR)

.4. Alexander Bakhtin (RUS)

.5. Ryol Lee (JPN)

- Bantamweight: Super World Champion: Anselmo Moreno (PAN)

World Champion: Koki Kameda (JPN)

.1. Hugo Ruiz (MEX) Interim Champion

2. Hugo Cazares (MEX) Shinsuke Yamanaka (JPN)

.3. Alex John Banal (PHI)

.4. Eric Morel (PUR)

.5. Vic Darchinyan (ARM)

- Super flyweight champion in recess: Tomonobu Shimizu (JPN)

World champion: Tepparith Singwangcha (THA)

.1. Liborio Solis (VEN) Interim Champion

2. Roberto Sosa (ARG)

.3. Denkaosan Kaovichit (THA)

.4. Drian Francisco (PHI)

.5. Daiki Kameda (JPN)

- Flyweight World Champion: Hernan Marquez (MEX)

.1. Juan Reveco (ARG) Interim Champion

2. Ricardo Núñez (PAN)

.3. Toshiyuki Igarashi (JPN)

.4. Jean Piero Perez (VEN)

.5. Julio Cesar Miranda (MEX)

- Light flyweight: World champion: Roman Gonzalez (NIC)

.1. Jose Rodriguez (MEX) Interim Champion

2. Ryo Miyazaki (JPN)

.3. Noknoi Sitthiprasert (THA)

.4. Luis Ceja (MEX)

.5. Wisanu Kokietgym (THA)

- Lightweight World Champion: Akira Yaegashi (JPN)

.1. Paipharob Kokietgym (THA) Interim Champion

2. Pigmy Kokietgym (THA)

.3. Muhammad Rachman (IND)

.4. Porsawan Porpramook (THA)

.5. Jesus Sylvestre (MEX). EFE