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List of current world boxing champions

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This is a list of current male 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 the current 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 WBA,{{cite web |access-date=June 22, 2016 |access-date=January 6, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150414170152/http://www.ibf-usba-boxing.com/userfiles/File/RulesGoverningChampionshipContestsEffectiveSeptember1_2006with10_21_10amendments.pdf |archive-date=April 14, 2015 |access-date=January 18, 2011 |url-status=dead |access-date=March 2, 2009

There are 18 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 weight divisions, more than any other boxer in history. 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.

Championships

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 often changed the status of their inactive champions to a "Champion in Recess" or "Champion Emeritus".

World Boxing Association

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.{{cite web |access-date=June 22, 2016}} 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 defenses. The WBA Championships Committee and President may also designate a champion as a "Super Champion" or "Undisputed Champion" in exceptional circumstances; the standard WBA title is then vacated and contested between WBA-ranked contenders. When a WBA "Regular Champion" makes between five and ten successful defenses, he may be granted the WBA "Super" title upon discretion of a vote of the WBA's board of governors.

World Boxing Council

The World Boxing Council (WBC) was founded in Mexico City, Mexico, on February 14, 1963, to establish an international regulating body.{{cite web |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927003523/http://www.wbcboxing.com/WBCboxing/Portal/cfpages/contentmgr.cfm?docId=125&docTipo=4 |archive-date=September 27, 2007 |access-date=September 30, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070925051631/http://www.wbcboxing.com/WBCboxing/Portal/cfpages/contentmgr.cfm |archive-date=September 25, 2007 |url-status=dead |access-date=September 30, 2013

International Boxing Federation

The International Boxing Federation (IBF) originated in September 1976 as the United States Boxing Association (USBA) when American members of the WBA withdrew to legitimize boxing in the United States with "unbiased" ratings.{{cite web |access-date=June 6, 2006 |archive-date=December 4, 2000 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001204194900/http://ibf-usba-boxing.com/history.html |url-status=dead

World Boxing Organization

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."{{cite web |access-date=November 6, 2011

''The Ring''

The boxing magazine The Ring awards its own belts. The original title sequence began from the magazine's first publication in the 1920s until its titles 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.

In 2007, The Ring was acquired by the owners of fight promoter Golden Boy Promotions, 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). Since 2012, to reduce the number of vacant titles, The Ring allows fights between a number one or two contender; or alternatively a number three, four, or five contender to fill a vacant title. This has prompted further doubts about its credibility. Some boxing journalists have been extremely critical of the new championship policy and state that if this new policy is followed, the *Ring'' title may lose the credibility it once held.

Current champions

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 or +224 lb/+101.6 kg)

Super champion 24–0 (15 KO) September 25, 2021 24–0 (15 KO) May 18, 2024 24–0 (15 KO) July 19, 2025 20–0–1 (19 KO) November 17, 2025 24–0 (15 KO) August 20, 2022 |- Regular champion 33–2–0–1 (26 KO) December 12, 2025 Interim champion 27–0 (19 KO) February 22, 2025

Bridgerweight (224 lb/101.6 kg)

6–0 (3 KO) July 12, 2024 30–4 (14 KO) October 8, 2024 |- Interim champion 11–1 (7 KO) July 5, 2025 Interim champion 66–4–1 (45 KO) May 25, 2025

Cruiserweight/Junior heavyweight (200 lb/90.7 kg or 190 lb/86.2 kg)===

Super champion 48–1 (30 KO) March 30, 2024 28–3 (12 KO) December 13, 2025 29–0 (23 KO) May 18, 2024 48–1 (30 KO) November 16, 2024 28–0 (22 KO) July 2, 2022 |- Interim champion 28–2–0–1 (22 KO) June 28, 2025

Light heavyweight (175 lb/79.4 kg)

Super champion 24–1 (12 KO) February 22, 2025 31–0 (25 KO) April 7, 2025 24–1 (12 KO) February 22, 2025 24–1 (12 KO) February 22, 2025 24–1 (12 KO) February 22, 2025 |- Regular champion 31–0 (25 KO) February 1, 2025 |- Interim champion 22–0 (19 KO) August 8, 2025 Interim champion 31–2 (22 KO) February 22, 2025

Super middleweight (168 lb/76.2 kg)

16–2 (11 KO) January 1, 2026 29–0–1 (24 KO) January 27, 2026

Middleweight (160 lb/72.6 kg)

32–3–3 (19 KO) May 1, 2021 24–1–1 (18 KO) May 7, 2024 17–0 (12 KO) October 14, 2023 17–0 (12 KO) August 26, 2022 |- Interim champion 24–1 (19 KO) December 6, 2025

Super welterweight / Junior middleweight (154 lb / 69.9 kg)

23–0 (13 KO) January 31, 2026 23–1–1 (15 KO) March 30, 2024 18–1–1 (9 KO) January 31, 2026 23–0 (13 KO) July 26, 2025 |- Interim champion 35–0–0–1 (31 KO) October 11, 2025 Interim champion 24–0 (22 KO) August 10, 2024

Welterweight (147 lb/66.7 kg)

17–2 (13 KO) August 1, 2025 29–2–2 (18 KO) June 18, 2024 22–0 (11 KO) September 13, 2025 33–0–0–1 (15 KO) November 22, 2025

Super lightweight/Junior welterweight (140 lb/63.5 kg)

18–1 (17 KO) March 1, 2025 19-0 (14 KO) January 10, 2026 20–0 (8 KO) December 8, 2024 25–0 (11 KO) January 31, 2026 25–0 (11 KO) January 31, 2026 |- Interim champion 28–3-2 (18 KO) July 19, 2025

Lightweight (135 lb/61.2 kg)

24–0 (11 KO) November 16, 2023 24–0 (17 KO) June 9, 2025 20–0 (17 KO) November 22, 2025 |- Interim champion 18–0 (16 KO) January 10, 2026 |-

Super featherweight/Junior lightweight (130 lb/59 kg)

36–5 (15 KO) December 6, 2025 24–3 (12 KO) November 2, 2024 29–1 (27 KO) May 28, 2025 39–2–1–1 (32 KO) August 12, 2023

Featherweight (126 lb/57.2 kg)

23–0–1 (13 KO) June 1, 2024 17–0 (10 KO) January 31, 2026 26–1 (12 KO) August 10, 2024 28–0 (24 KO) December 9, 2023 |- Interim champion 16–0 (13 KO) August 8, 2025

Super bantamweight/Junior featherweight (122 lb/55.3 kg)

Super champion 32–0 (27 KO) December 26, 2023 32–0 (27 KO) July 25, 2023 32–0 (27 KO) December 26, 2023 32–0 (27 KO) July 25, 2023 32–0 (27 KO) December 26, 2023

Bantamweight (118 lb/53.5 kg)

13–0–3 (8 KO) December 1, 2025 21–2 (5 KO) November 24, 2025 17–0 (11 KO) December 13, 2025 26–4 (19 KO) September 14, 2025

Super flyweight/Junior bantamweight (115 lb/52.2 kg)

23–0 (16 KO) November 22, 2025 23–0 (16 KO) June 29, 2024 23–5–2–1 (13 KO) May 23, 2025 23–0 (16 KO) July 19, 2025 23–0 (16 KO) June 29, 2024 |- Interim champion 18–1 (12 KO) April 20, 2024

Flyweight (112 lb/50.8 kg)

27–2 (18 KO) July 30, 2025 27–2 (18 KO) July 30, 2025 19–4 (18 KO) March 29, 2025 11–1 (8 KO) July 20, 2024 |- Interim champion 29–4–1–1 (14 KO) January 3, 2026 Interim champion 9–1 (7 KO) July 26, 2025

Light flyweight/Junior flyweight (108 lb/49 kg)

15–4 (9 KO) December 17, 2025 29–1 (11 KO) December 4, 2025 39–1 (34 KO) June 19, 2025 15–4 (9 KO) March 13, 2025

Minimumweight/Mini flyweight/Strawweight (105 lb/47.6 kg)

Super champion 13–0 (10 KO) November 16, 2024 25–3 (12 KO) March 31, 2024 19–4–1 (13 KO) July 28, 2024 13–0 (10 KO) May 27, 2023 13–0 (10 KO) November 16, 2024 |- Regular champion 7–0 (5 KO) September 14, 2025

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