Keeping up with the 17 weight classes in boxing and the 4 significant approving bodies that bestow world titles can be a difficulty. That’s specifically real when there are numerous titlists in each company due to interim and secondary belts.
To make it much easier for boxing fans, here is a fast referral chart of who holds each of the titles in the 4 companies. To inspect the leading 10 fighters in each department, see ESPN’s divisional rankings. For a list of the very best fighters no matter weight class, check ESPN’s pound-for-pound rankings.
Heavyweight (Unlimited)
WBO: Oleksandr Usyk
IBF: Oleksandr Usyk
WBA: Oleksandr Usyk*
WBC: Tyson Fury
*Daniel Dubois is the WBA “routine” heavyweight champ
Cruiserweight (200 pounds.)
WBO: Lawrence Okolie
IBF: Jai Opetaia
WBA: Arsen Goulamirian
WBC: Ilunga Makabu
Light heavyweight (175 pounds.)
WBO: Artur Beterbiev
IBF: Artur Beterbiev
WBA: Dmitry Bivol
WBC: Artur Beterbiev
Super middleweight (168 pounds.)
WBO: Canelo Alvarez*
IBF: Canelo Alvarez
WBA: Canelo Alvarez**
WBC: Canelo Alvarez
*John Ryder is the WBO interim extremely middleweight champ
**David Morrell is the WBA “routine” extremely middleweight champ
Middleweight (160 pounds.)
WBO: Janibek Alimkhanuly
IBF: Vacant
WBA: Gennadiy Golovkin*
WBC: Jermall Charlo**
*Erislandy Lara is the WBA “routine” middleweight champ
**Canelo Alvarez is the WBC “franchise champ” and Carlos Adames is the WBC interim champ
Junior middleweight (154 pounds.)
WBO: Jermell Charlo
IBF: Jermell Charlo
WBA: Jermell Charlo
WBC: Jermell Charlo*
*Sebastian Fundora is the WBC interim junior middleweight champ
Welterweight (147 pounds.)
WBO: Terence Crawford
IBF: Errol Spence Jr.
WBA: Errol Spence Jr.*
WBC: Errol Spence Jr.
*Eimantas Stanionis is the WBA “routine” champ
Junior welterweight (140 pounds.)
WBO: Josh Taylor
IBF: Vacant
WBA: Alberto Puello
WBC: Regis Prograis
Lightweight (135 pounds.)
WBO: Devin Haney
IBF: Devin Haney
WBA: Devin Haney*
WBC: Devin Haney**
*Gervonta Davis is the WBA “routine” light-weight champ
**Devin Haney is the WBC “franchise” light-weight champ
Junior light-weight (130 pounds.)
WBO: Emanuel Navarrete
IBF: Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov
WBA: Hector Luis Garcia
WBC: Vacant
Featherweight (126 pounds.)
WBO: Vacant
IBF: Luis Alberto Lopez
WBA: Leigh Wood
WBC: Rey Vargas
Junior featherweight (122 pounds.)
WBO: Stephen Fulton
IBF: Murodjon Akhmadaliev
WBA: Murodjon Akhmadaliev
WBC: Stephen Fulton
Bantamweight (118 pounds.)
WBO: Vacant
IBF: Vacant
WBA: Vacant
WBC: Vacant
Junior bantamweight (115 pounds.)
WBO: Kazuto Ioka
IBF: Fernando Martinez
WBA: Joshua Franco
WBC: Juan Francisco Estrada*
*Juan Francisco Estrada is the WBC “franchise” junior bantamweight champ
Flyweight (112 pounds.)
WBO: Vacant
IBF: Sunny Edwards
WBA: Artem Dalakian
WBC: Julio Cesar Martinez*
*McWilliams Arroyo is the WBC interim flyweight champ
Junior flyweight (108 pounds.)
WBO: Jonathan Gonzalez
IBF: Sivenathi Nontshinga
WBA: Kenshiro Teraji
WBC: Kenshiro Teraji
Strawweight (105 pounds.)
WBO: Melvin Jerusalem
IBF: Daniel Valladares
WBA: Knockout CP Freshmart*
WBC: Petchmanee CP Freshmart
*Erick Rosa is the WBA “routine” strawweight champ
For those who are having problem tracking the boxing world champs, here is a handy chart that supplies a fast referral for who holds each title in the 4 significant approving bodies. To get a much better understanding of the leading 10 fighters in each department, see ESPN’s divisional rankings. If
