Posted: Tue Dec 31 06:24:55 2002 EST

#Current Boxing Champions# (Through December 30)

                      WBA             WBC           IBF
HEAVYWEIGHT           John            Lennox        Chris
(unlimited)           Ruiz            Lewis         Byrd
                      38-4-1 (27 KOS) 40-2-1 (31)   36-2 (20)
CRUISERWEIGHT         Jean-Marc       Wayne         Vassiliy
(190 pounds)          Mormeck         Braithwaite   Jirov 
                      28-2 (20)       18-0 (15)     31-0 (27)
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT  (A)Bruno           Roy           Roy
(175 pounds)          Girard          Jones         Jones
                      42-3-2 (7)      47-1 (38)     47-1 (38)
SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHT    Byron           Eric          Sven
(168 pounds)          Mitchell        Lucas         Ottke
                      25-1-1 (18)     36-4-3 (13)   29-0 (6)
MIDDLEWEIGHT       (B)William         Bernard       Bernard
(160 pounds)          Joppy           Hopkins       Hopkins
                      34-2-1 (25)     41-2-1-1 (30) 41-2-1-1 (30)
JUNIOR MIDDLEWEIGHT (C)Oscar       (D)Oscar         Ronald 
SUPER WELTWERWEIGHT   de la Hoya      de la Hoya    Wright          

(154 pounds) 35-2 (28) 35-2 (28) 44-3 (25)

WELTERWEIGHT          Ricardo         Vernon        Michele 
(147 pounds)          Mayorga         Forrest       Piccirillo  
                      24-3-1-1 (21)   35-0 (26)     37-1-0-1 (23) 
JUNIOR WELTERWEIGHT (E)Vivian         Kostya        Kostya
SUPER LIGHTWEIGHT      Harris         Tszyu         Tszyu 
(140 pounds)           22-1-1 (16)    29-1-1 (23)   29-1-1 (23) 
LIGHTWEIGHT           Leonard         Floyd         Paul
(135 pounds)          Dorin           Mayweather    Spadafora 
                      21-0 (7)        29-0 (20)     36-0 (14) 
JUNIOR LIGHTWEIGHT  (F)Yodsanan       Sirimongkol   VACANT
SUPER FEATHERWEIGHT   Nanthachai      Singmanassak                
(130 pounds)          39-2-1 (34)     41-1 (24 KOs)  
FEATHERWEIGHT         Derrick         Erik          VACANT
(126 pounds)          Gainer          Morales              
                      38-5-1 (24)     42-1 (31)              
JR FEATHERWEIGHT      Salim           Oscar         Manny
SUPER BANTAMWEIGHT    Medjkoune       Larios        Pacquiao 
(122 pounds)          40-3-1 (21)     46-3-1 (33)   35-2-1 (26)
BANTAMWEIGHT          Johnny          Veerapol      Tim
(118 pounds)          Bredahl         Sahaprom      Austin
                      53-2 (26)       39-1-1 (27)   25-0-1 (22)
JR BANTAMWEIGHT       Alexander       Masanori      Felix
SUPER FLYWEIGHT       Munoz           Tokuyama      Machado
(115 pounds)          23-0 (23)       28-2-1 (8)    23-3-1 (12)
FLYWEIGHT             Eric            Pongsaklek    Irene 
(112 pounds)          Morel           Wonjongkam    Pacheco 
                      32-0 (18)       46-2 (25)     27-0 (20)
JUNIOR FLYWEIGHT      Rosendo         Jorge         Ricardo 
LIGHT FLYWEIGHT       Alvarez         Arce          Lopez
(108 pounds)          31-2-1 (20)     31-3-1 (23)   50-0-1 (37)
STRAWWEIGHT           Noel            Jose Antonio  Miguel 
(105 pounds)          Arambulent      Aguirre       Barrera
                      19-2-1-1 (10)   28-1-1 (19)   22-0-2 (11)

(A) Roy Jones Jr. is the WBA light heavyweight "super world champion." (B) Bernard Hopkins is the WBA middleweight "super world champion." (C) Santiago Samaniego (36-6-1, 29 KOs) is the interim champion. (D) Francisco Javier Castillejo (54-5, 35 KOs) is the interim champion. (E) Kostya Tszyu is the WBA super lightweight "super world champion." (F) Acelino Freitas (32-0, 29 KOs) is the WBA super featherweight "super world champion."