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This is a list of current world boxing champions. Since at least John L. Sullivan, in the late 19th century, there have been world champions in professional boxing. The first of today's organizations to award a world title was the World Boxing Association (WBA), then known as the National Boxing Association (NBA), when it sanctioned its first title fight in 1921 between Jack Dempsey and Georges Carpentier for the world heavyweight championship.

There are now four major sanctioning bodies in professional boxing. The official rules and regulations of the World Boxing Association,[1] World Boxing Council (WBC),[2] International Boxing Federation (IBF),[3] and World Boxing Organization (WBO)[4] all recognize each other in their rankings and title unification rules. Each of these organizations sanction and regulate championship bouts and award world titles. American boxing magazine The Ring began awarding world titles in 1922.

There are seventeen weight divisions. To compete in a division, a boxer's weight must not exceed the upper limit. Manny Pacquiao has won world championships in eight different weight divisions, more than any other boxer. The Klitschko brothers, Vitali and Wladimir, held all four major titles in the heavyweight division from 2011 to 2013; they were the first brothers to hold versions of the heavyweight championship at the same time.[5]

Major sanctioning bodies

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When a champion, for reasons beyond his control such as an illness or injury, is unable to defend his title within the normal mandatory time, the sanctioning bodies may order an interim title bout and award the winner an interim championship. The WBA and WBC have changed the status of their inactive champions to "Champion in Recess" in the past.

World Boxing Association

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The World Boxing Association (WBA) was founded in 1921 as the National Boxing Association (NBA), a national regulating body of the United States. On August 23, 1962, the NBA became the WBA, which today has its head office in Panama.[6] According to WBA championship rules, when a champion also holds a title of one of the other three major sanctioning bodies in an equivalent weight division, that boxer is granted a special recognition of "Unified Champion", and is given more time between mandatory title defences. The WBA Championships Committee and President may also designate a champion as a "Super Champion" or "Undisputed Champion" in exceptional circumstances;[1] the standard WBA title is then vacated and contested between WBA-ranked contenders. When a WBA "Regular Champion" makes between five and ten successful defences, he may be granted the WBA "Super" title upon discretion of a vote of the WBA's board of governors.

World Boxing Council

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The World Boxing Council (WBC) was founded in Mexico City, Mexico on February 14, 1963 in order to establish an international regulating body.[7] The WBC established many of today's safety measures in boxing, such as the standing eight count,[8] a limit of 12 rounds instead of 15, and additional weight divisions. More information about the WBC's titles including "Silver", "Diamond", "Emeritus", "Honorary", and "Supreme Champion" can be read at the WBC article.

International Boxing Federation

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The International Boxing Federation (IBF) originated in September 1976 as the United States Boxing Association (USBA) when American members of the WBA withdrew in order to legitimize boxing in the United States with "unbiased" ratings.[9] In April 1983, the organization established an international division that was known as the United States Boxing Association-International (USBA-I).[9] In May 1984, the New Jersey-based USBA-I was renamed and became the IBF.[9]

World Boxing Organization

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The World Boxing Organization (WBO) was founded in San Juan, Puerto Rico (which is a self-governing commonwealth of the United States) in 1988. In its early years the WBO's titles were not widely recognized. By 2012 when the Japan Boxing Commission officially recognized the governing body, it had gained similar status to the other three major sanctioning bodies. Its motto is "dignity, democracy, honesty."[10] When a WBO champion has reached "preeminent status", the WBO's Executive Committee may designate him as a "Super Champion".[11] However, this is only an honorary title and not the same as the WBA's policy of having separate "Super" and "Regular" champions. A WBO "Super Champion" cannot win or lose that recognition in the ring; it is merely awarded by the WBO.

Current champions

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The current champions in each weight division are listed below. Each champion's professional boxing record is shown in the following format: wins–losses–draws–no contests (knockout wins).

Heavyweight (200+ lb, 90.7+ kg)

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WBA WBC IBF WBO The Ring
Anthony Joshua
Super champion
 United Kingdom
20–0–0–0 (20)
April 29, 2017 		Deontay Wilder
 United States
39–0–0–0 (38)
January 17, 2015 		Anthony Joshua
 United Kingdom
20–0–0–0 (20)
April 9, 2016 		Joseph Parker
 New Zealand
24–0–0–0 (18)
December 10, 2016
Manuel Charr
Regular champion
 Syria
31–4–0–0 (17)
November 25, 2017

Cruiserweight (200 lb, 90.7 kg)

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WBA WBC IBF WBO The Ring
Denis Lebedev
Super champion
 Russia
30–2–0–1 (22)
May 20, 2016 		Mairis Briedis
 Latvia
23–0–0–0 (18)
April 1, 2017 		Murat Gassiev
 Russia
25–0–0–1 (18)
December 3, 2016 		Oleksandr Usyk
 Ukraine
13–0–0–0 (11)
September 17, 2016
Yunier Dorticos
Regular champion
 Cuba
22–0–0–0 (21)
May 20, 2016

Light heavyweight (175 lb, 79.4 kg)

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WBA WBC IBF WBO The Ring
Dmitry Bivol
 Russia
12–0–0–0 (10)
October 14, 2017 		Adonis Stevenson
 Canada
29–1–0–0 (24)
June 8, 2013 		Artur Beterbiev
 Russia
12–0–0–0 (12)
November 11, 2017 		Sergey Kovalev
 Russia
31–2–1–0 (27)
November 25, 2017

Super middleweight (168 lb, 76.2 kg)

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WBA WBC IBF WBO The Ring
George Groves
Super champion
 United Kingdom
27–3–0–0 (20)
May 27, 2017 		David Benavidez
 United States
19–0–0–0 (17)
September 8, 2017 		Caleb Truax
 United States
29–3–2–0 (18)
December 9, 2017 		Gilberto Ramírez
 Mexico
36–0–0–0 (24)
April 9, 2016
Tyron Zeuge
Regular champion
 Germany
21–0–1–0 (11)
November 5, 2016 		Andre Dirrell
Interim champion
 United States
26–2–0–0 (16)
May 20, 2017

Middleweight (160 lb, 72.6 kg)

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WBA WBC IBF WBO The Ring
Gennady Golovkin
Super champion
 Kazakhstan
37–0–1–0 (33)
June 3, 2014 		Gennady Golovkin
 Kazakhstan
37–0–1–0 (33)
May 18, 2016 		Gennady Golovkin
 Kazakhstan
37–0–1–0 (33)
October 17, 2015 		Billy Joe Saunders
 United Kingdom
25–0–0–0 (12)
December 19, 2015
Ryōta Murata
Regular champion
 Japan
13–1–0–0 (10)
October 22, 2017

Light middleweight (154 lb, 69.9 kg)

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WBA WBC IBF WBO The Ring
Erislandy Lara
Super champion
 Cuba
25–2–2–0 (14)
June 8, 2016 		Jermell Charlo
 United States
30–0–0–0 (15)
May 21, 2016 		Jarrett Hurd
 United States
21–0–0–0 (15)
February 25, 2017 		Sadam Ali
 United States
26–1–0–0 (14)
December 2, 2017
Brian Castaño
Regular champion
 Argentina
14–0–0–0 (10)
October 28, 2017

Welterweight (147 lb, 66.7 kg)

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WBA WBC IBF WBO The Ring
Keith Thurman
Super champion
 United States
28–0–0–1 (22)
January 16, 2015 		Keith Thurman
 United States
28–0–0–1 (22)
March 4, 2017 		Errol Spence
 United States
22–0–0–0 (19)
May 27, 2017 		Jeff Horn
 Australia
18–0–1–0 (12)
July 2, 2017

Light welterweight (140 lb, 63.5 kg)

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WBA WBC IBF WBO The Ring
vacant vacant Sergey Lipinets
 Russia
13–0–0–0 (10)
November 4, 2017 		vacant

Lightweight (135 lb, 61.2 kg)

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WBA WBC IBF WBO The Ring
Jorge Linares
 Venezuela
43–3–0–0 (27)
September 24, 2016 		Mikey Garcia
 United States
37–0–0–0 (30)
January 28, 2017 		Robert Easter Jr.
 United States
20–0–0–0 (14)
September 9, 2016 		vacant

Super featherweight (130 lb, 59 kg)

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WBA WBC IBF WBO The Ring
Alberto Machado
 Puerto Rico
19–0–0–0 (16)
October 21, 2017 		Miguel Berchelt
 Mexico
32–1–0–0 (28)
January 28, 2017 		Kenichi Ogawa
 Japan
23–1–0–0 (17)
December 9, 2017 		Vasyl Lomachenko
 Ukraine
10–1–0–0 (8)
June 11, 2016

Featherweight (126 lb, 57.2 kg)

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WBA WBC IBF WBO The Ring
Léo Santa Cruz
Super champion
 Mexico
34–1–1–0 (19)
January 28, 2017 		Gary Russell Jr.
 United States
28–1–0–0 (17)
March 28, 2015 		Lee Selby
 United Kingdom
26–1–0–0 (9)
May 30, 2015 		Óscar Valdez
 Mexico
23–0–0–0 (19)
July 23, 2016
Abner Mares
Regular champion
 Mexico
31–2–1–0 (15)
December 11, 2016
Jesus M. Rojas
Interim champion
 Puerto Rico
26–1–2–1 (19)
September 15, 2017

Super bantamweight (122 lb, 55.3 kg)

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WBA WBC IBF WBO The Ring
Daniel Roman
Regular champion
 United States
23–2–1–0 (9)
September 3, 2017 		Rey Vargas
 Mexico
31–0–0–0 (22)
February 25, 2017 		Ryosuke Iwasa
 Japan
24–2–0–0 (16)
September 13, 2017 		Jessie Magdaleno
 United States
25–0–0–0 (18)
November 5, 2016
Moises Flores
Interim champion
 Mexico
25–0–0–2 (17)
April 18, 2015

Bantamweight (118 lb, 53.5 kg)

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WBA WBC IBF WBO The Ring
Ryan Burnett
Unified champion
 United Kingdom
18–0–0–0 (9)
October 21, 2017 		Luis Nery
 Mexico
25–0–0–0 (19)
August 15, 2017 		Ryan Burnett
 United Kingdom
18–0–0–0 (9)
June 10, 2017 		Zolani Tete
 South Africa
26–3–0–0 (21)
April 22, 2017
Jamie McDonnell
Regular champion
 United Kingdom
29–2–1–1 (13)
May 31, 2014

Super flyweight (115 lb, 52.2 kg)

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WBA WBC IBF WBO The Ring
Khalid Yafai
 United Kingdom
23–0–0–0 (14)
December 10, 2016 		Srisaket Sor Rungvisai
 Thailand
44–4–1–0 (40)
March 18, 2017 		Jerwin Ancajas
 Philippines
28–1–1–0 (19)
September 3, 2016 		Naoya Inoue
 Japan
14–0–0–0 (12)
December 30, 2014

Flyweight (112 lb, 50.8 kg)

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WBA WBC IBF WBO The Ring
vacant Daigo Higa
 Japan
14–0–0–0 (14)
May 20, 2017 		Donnie Nietes
 Philippines
40–1–4–0 (22)
April 29, 2017 		Sho Kimura
 Japan
15–1–2–0 (8)
July 28, 2017

Light flyweight (108 lb, 49 kg)

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WBA WBC IBF WBO The Ring
Ryoichi Taguchi
 Japan
26–2–2–0 (12)
December 31, 2014 		Ken Shiro
 Japan
11–0–0–0 (5)
May 20, 2017 		Milan Melindo
 Philippines
37–2–0–0 (13)
May 21, 2017 		Ángel Acosta
 Puerto Rico
17–1–0–0 (17)
December 2, 2017

Minimumweight (105 lb, 47.6 kg)

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WBA WBC IBF WBO The Ring
Thammanoon Niyomtrong
 Thailand
16–0–0–0 (7)
June 29, 2016 		Chayaphon Moonsri
 Thailand
49–0–0–0 (17)
November 6, 2014 		Hiroto Kyoguchi
 Japan
8–0–0–0 (6)
July 23, 2017 		Ryuya Yamanaka
 Japan
15–2–0–0 (4)
August 27, 2017

Lineal titles

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In combat sports where champions are decided by a challenge, the lineal championship of a weight class is a world championship title held initially by an undisputed champion and subsequently by a fighter who defeats the reigning champion in a match at that weight class. In professional boxing, the lineal champion is informally called "the man who beat the man".[12][13]

The Ring

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The boxing magazine The Ring maintains its own version of the lineal championship. The original sequence began from the magazine's first publication in the 1920s until the lineal championships were placed on hiatus in 1989, continuing as late as 1992 in some divisions. When The Ring started awarding titles again in 2001, it did not calculate retrospective lineages to fill in the gap years, instead nominating a new champion.[14] CBZ commented in 2004, "The Ring has forfeited its credibility by pulling names out of its ass to name fighters as champions".[15] In 2007, The Ring was acquired by the owners of fight promoter Golden Boy Promotions,[16] which has publicized The Ring's world championships when they are at stake in fights it promotes (such as Joe Calzaghe vs. Roy Jones Jr. in 2008).[17] Since 2012, to reduce the number of vacant titles, The Ring allows fights between a No. 1 or No. 2 contender and a No. 3, No. 4, or No. 5 contender to fill a vacant title. This has prompted further doubts about its credibility.[18][19][20]

Some boxing journalists have been extremely critical of the new championship policy and state that if this new policy is followed, the Ring title will lose the credibility it once held.[21][22][23]

Current champions

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Weight class Champion Record Date won
Heavyweight  Tyson Fury (GBR) 25–0–0–0 (18) November 28, 2015
Middleweight  Canelo Álvarez (MEX) 49–1–2–0 (34) November 21, 2015
Lightweight  Jorge Linares (VEN) 43–3–0–0 (27) September 24, 2016
Bantamweight  Shinsuke Yamanaka (JPN) 27–1–2–0 (19) September 16, 2016

Transnational Boxing Rankings Board

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The Transnational Boxing Rankings Board (TBRB) hands out the most complete version of the lineal championship and is universally recognized as the most authoritative boxing rankings in the world today. TBRB was formed in October 2012 as a volunteer initiative to provide boxing with authoritative top-ten rankings, identify the singular world champion of every division by strict reasoning and common sense, and to insist on the sport's reform.[24][25] Board membership includes fifty respected boxing journalists and record keepers from around the world who are uncompromised by sanctioning bodies and promoters.

The board was formed to continue where The Ring "left off" in the aftermath of its purchase by Golden Boy Promotions in 2007 and the following dismissal of the editorial board headed by Nigel Collins.[26] After the new editors announced a controversial new championship policy in May 2012,[27] three prominent members of the Ring Advisory Panel resigned. These three members (Springs Toledo, Cliff Rold and Tim Starks) became the founding members of the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board,[28] which was formed over the summer of 2012 with the assistance of Stewart Howe of England. The board only awards vacant championships when the two top-ranked fighters in any division meet, and currently recognizes legitimate world champions or "true champions" in each weight class.[29]

Current champions

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Weight Champion Record Date won
Light heavyweight  Adonis Stevenson (CAN) 25–1–0–0 (21) June 8, 2013
Junior featherweight  Guillermo Rigondeaux (CUB) 17–0–0–0 (11) April 13, 2013

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Rules of World Boxing Association" (PDF). World Boxing Association. Retrieved June 22, 2016.
  2. ^ "World Boxing Council Rules and Regulations" (PDF). World Boxing Council. Retrieved January 6, 2011.
  3. ^ "IBF/USBA Rules Governing Championship Contests" (PDF). International Boxing Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 27, 2013. Retrieved January 18, 2011.
  4. ^ "World Boxing Organization Regulations of World Championship Contests". World Boxing Organization. Retrieved March 2, 2009.
  5. ^ Lewis, Ron (October 13, 2008). "Vitali Klitschko impressive in comeback victory". The Times. Retrieved January 6, 2011.
  6. ^ "World Boxing Association History". World Boxing Association. Retrieved June 22, 2016.
  7. ^ "World Boxing Council". World Boxing Council. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved September 30, 2013.
  8. ^ "Rules that have changed the History of Boxing". World Boxing Council. Archived from the original on September 25, 2007. Retrieved September 30, 2013.
  9. ^ a b c "History of the IBF". International Boxing Federation. December 4, 2000. Archived from the original on December 4, 2000. Retrieved June 6, 2006.
  10. ^ "WBO logo". World Boxing Organization. Retrieved November 6, 2011.
  11. ^ "WBO Regulations of World Championship Contests" (PDF). World Boxing Organization. Section 14.
  12. ^ Raskin, Eric (March 24, 2008). "In an ideal world, Casamayor fights the 'Galaxxy Warrior' next". ESPN. Retrieved November 20, 2008.
  13. ^ Castellano, Daniel J. (2005). "Critique of "Lineal" Boxing Championships". Repository of Arcane Knowledge. Retrieved November 19, 2008.
  14. ^ Boxing News : The Disputed Light Heavyweight Champion of the World
  15. ^ DeLisa, Mike (August 2004). "What the CBZ Means When it Refers to "Lineal Championships"". The CBZ Journal. cyberboxingzone. Retrieved August 12, 2013.
  16. ^ "Golden Boy Enterprises' Subsidiary, Sports and Entertainment Publications, LLC, Acquires The Ring Magazine, KO, World Boxing and Pro Wrestling Illustrated". Golden Boy Promotions. September 12, 2007. Archived from the original on November 19, 2008. Retrieved November 20, 2008.
  17. ^ Kimball, George (April 27, 2008). "Calzaghe claim far from undisputed". Boston Herald. Retrieved November 14, 2008.
  18. ^ Chat: Chat with Dan Rafael - SportsNation - ESPN
  19. ^ The Horrible New Ring Magazine Championship Policy - Queensberry Rules Archived May 7, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  20. ^ Ring Magazine's pretend rankings upgrade 'championship' policy – theboxingtribune.com
  21. ^ "Chat: Chat with Dan Rafael - SportsNation - ESPN". ESPN.com.
  22. ^ [1] Archived May 7, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  23. ^ "Ring Magazine's pretend rankings upgrade 'championship' policy". theboxingtribune.com.
  24. ^ The Transnational Boxing Rankings Board: More Support is Needed - Boxing247
  25. ^ Raskin, Eric (April 2, 2013). "TBRB: A viable alphabet alternative?". ESPN.
  26. ^ Tim Starks (September 9, 2011). "The Ring Magazine Shakes Up Its Leadership, Threatens Its Credibility". The Queensberry Rules. Retrieved April 19, 2016.
  27. ^ The Ring Updates Championship Policy - The Ring Archived January 1, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
  28. ^ Boxing loses credibility with every new champion. Can the sport be saved? - The Guardian
  29. ^ "What if boxing had one champion for every weight division?". The guardian. October 15, 2013. Retrieved May 27, 2016.
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