WBA Rankings: Emmanuel Tagoe drops out of top 15

Ghana’s Emmanuel ‘Game Boy’ Tagoe has dropped out of the World Boxing Association (WBA) top 15 rated lightweight boxers in the world.

Last month the Ghanaian was rated number 15, but he has now lost his position in the latest rankings.

Tagoe currently holds the IBO lightweight belt and he will be making his first defense of the belt against former world champion Argenis Mendez on September 2nd.

1 LUKE CAMPBELL GBR

2 DAUD CINO YORDAN IND

3 EVENS PIERRE LAC HAI

4 ANTHONY CROLLA GBR

5 ARGENIS MENDEZ DOM

6 RAYMUNDO BELTRAN INT MEX

7 GEORGE KAMBOSOS JR OC AUS

8 EMILIANO MARSILI ITA

9 MICHAEL PEREZ USA

10 CRISTIAN BAEZ VEN

11 MASAYOSHI NAKATANI JPN

12 TONY LUIS NABA CAN

13 PAVEL MALIKOV RUS

14 ZAPIR RASULOV RUS 15 NIHITO ARAKAWA JPN

In the WBA super featherweight rankings, Ghana’s Raphael Mensah has moved to second. Mensah last month was ranked number 3, and with his latest improvement in the rankings he is close in getting a world title.

Jezreel Corrales currently holds the WBA World super featherweight belt.

1 JESUS ANDRES CUELLAR ARG

2 RAFAEL MENSAH GHA

3 JAVIER FORTUNA DOM

4 CARLOS MORALES NABA MEX

5 JAMES TENNYSON INT GBR

6 RICARDO NUNEZ PAN

7 ALBERTO MACHADO PUR

8 RECKY DULAY PHI

9 RENE ALVARADO NCA

10 LEONARDO PADILLA VEN

11 ALFREDO SANTIAGO LAC PUR

12 GUILLAUME FRENOIS FRA

13 KENICHI OGAWA JPN

14 SAUL RODRIGUEZ USA

15 JOHN MORALDE PHI