Ghana’s Duke Micah is close in getting his first world title shot as he has moved to 4th in the bantamweight division in the latest World Boxing Organisation (WBO) rankings for the month of May.
Last month, Micah was ranked number 7 in the division and this month he has moved three places up.
The 26 year-old boxer has been one of the pugilists earmarked to win a world title for Ghana.
On June 9th in Brooklyn, USA, Micah will be making his second defense of his WBC international bantamweight strap against America’s Thomas Snow.
Below are the top 15 rated bantamweight boxers in the world
| 1 | Juan Carlos Payano (Int-Cont) | DR | |
| 2 | Daniel Lozano (Latino) | USA | |
| 3 | Jason Moloney | AUST | |
| 4 | Duke Micah | GHA | |
| 5 | Mzuvukile Magwaca | SA | |
| 6 | Lee Haskins | UK | |
| 7 | Hiroaki Teshigawara (Asia Pacific) | JPN | |
| 8 | Takuma Inoue | JPN | |
| 9 | Joseph Agbeko (WBO Africa) | GHA | |
| 10 | Prince Patel (WBO Europe) | UK | |
| 11 | Omar Narvaes | ARG | |
| 12 | Nikolai Potapov | RUS | |
| 13 | Ryo Akaho | JPN | |
| 14 | Antonio Tostado Garcia | MEX | |
| 15 | Zhanat Zhakiyanov | KAZ |