A weekly boxing list was compiled by The Ring magazine. This week 10 best active fighters from the former Soviet Union or Soviet satellite states were ranked:

1. Arthur Abraham, Armenia: 31-0, 25 KOs
2. Vitali Klitschko, Ukraine: 38-2, 37 KOs
3. Wladimir Klitschko, Ukraine: 53-3, 47 KOs
4. Tomasz Adamek, Poland: 39-1, 27 KOs
5. Lucian Bute, Romania: 25-0, 20 KOs
6. Zsolt Erdei, Hungary: 31-0, 17 KOs
7. Vic Darchinyan, Armenia: 32-2-1, 26 KOs
8. Sergiy Dzinziruk, Ukraine: 36-0, 22 KOs
9. Krzysztof Wlodarczyk, Poland: 42-2-1, 31 KOs
10. Yuri Foreman, Belarus: 28-0, 8 KOs