Ghana’s Duke Micah has moved to the position of the number one contender in the World Boxing Organisation (WBO) bantamweight division.
According to the latest ranking released by WBO for the September Micah is now the number one contender.
Micah was ranked 3rd in August, however, he has moved two places up
Micah currently holds the WBC international bantamweight belt.
Meanwhile, Joseph Agbeko has also moved up. The former World Champion is now ranked number 5 in the bantamweight division.
The WBO World bantamweight belt is been held by South Africa’s Zolani Tete.
Below are WBO’s top 15 bantamweight boxers in the world:
| 1 | Duke Micah | GHA | |
| 2 | Ricardo Espinoza Franco (Latino) | MEX | |
| 3 | Hiroaki Teshigawara (Asia Pacific) | JPN | |
| 4 | Takuma Inoue | JPN | |
| 5 | Joseph Agbeko (WBO Africa) | GHA | |
| 6 | Mikhaeil Aloyan | ARM | |
| 7 | Prince Patel (WBO Europe) | UK | |
| 8 | Mzuvukile Magwaca | SA | |
| 9 | Ryo Akaho | JPN | |
| 10 | Nordine Oubaali | FRA | |
| 11 | Rau’Shee Warren | USA | |
| 12 | Nikolai Potapov | RUS | |
| 13 | Carl Jammes Martin (Oriental Youth) | PHI | |
| 14 | Max Ornelas | USA | |
| 15 | Lee Haskins | UK |