List of current men's boxing world champions as Oleksandr Usyk reigns as heavyweight king, while Canelo Alvarez rules the super-middleweights

09/20/2024 10:00 AM

Boxing is a complicated and convoluted sport with several world champions in each division.

Most observers recognise that we are now in a four-belt era, with the WBA, WBC, IBF and WBO all given credibility as legitimate world titles.

See the full list of the current men’s boxing world champions below…

Heavyweight (200lbs+)

WBA – Oleksandr Usyk

WBC – Oleksandr Usyk

IBF – Daniel Dubois

WBO – Oleksandr Usyk

^{*Mahmoud Charr has the lesser WBA ‘regular’ belt}

^{*Joseph Parker has the lesser WBO ‘interim’ belt}

Bridgerweight (224lbs)

WBA – Muslim Gadzhimagomedov

WBC – Lawrence Okolie

^{*Kevin Lerena has the lesser WBC ‘interim’ belt}

Cruiserweight (200lbs)

WBA – Gilberto Ramirez

WBC – Noel Mikaelian

IBF – Jai Opetaia

WBO – Chris Billam-Smith

Light-Heavyweight (175lbs)

WBA – Dmitry Bivol

WBC – Artur Beterbiev

IBF – Artur Beterbiev

WBO – Artur Beterbiev

^{*David Morrell has the lesser WBA ‘regular’ belt}

^{*David Benavidez has the lesser WBC ‘interim’ belt}

Super-Middleweight (168lbs)

WBA – Canelo Alvarez

WBC – Canelo Alvarez

IBF – Vacant

WBO – Canelo Alvarez

^{*Caleb Plant has the lesser WBA ‘interim’ belt}

Middleweight (160lbs)

WBA – Erislandy Lara

WBC – Carlos Adames

IBF – Janibek Alimkhanuly

WBO – Janibek Alimkhanuly

Super-Welterweight (154lbs)

WBA – Terence Crawford

WBC – Sebastian Fundora

IBF – Bakhram Murtazaliev

WBO – Sebastian Fundora

^{*Vergil Ortiz has the lesser WBC ‘interim’ belt}

^{*Terence Crawford has the lesser WBO ‘interim’ belt}

Welterweight (147lbs)

WBA – Eimantas Stanionis

WBC – Mario Barrios

IBF – Jaron Ennis

WBO – Brian Norman

Super-Lightweight (140lbs)

WBA – Jose Valenzuela

WBC – Alberto Puello

IBF – Liam Paro

WBO – Teofimo Lopez

Lightweight (135lbs)

WBA – Gervonta Davis

WBC – Shakur Stevenson

IBF – Vasyl Lomachenko

WBO – Denys Berinchyk

Super-Featherweight (130lbs)

WBA – Lamont Roach Jr

WBC – Robson Conceicao

IBF – Anthony Cacace

WBO – Emanuel Navarrete

^{*Albert Batyrgaziev has the lesser WBA ‘interim’ belt}

*^{Oscar Valdez has the lesser WBO ‘interim’ belt}

Featherweight (126lbs)

WBA – Nick Ball

WBC – Rey Vargas

IBF – Angelo Leo

WBO – Rafael Espinoza

^{*Brandon Figueroa has the lesser WBC ‘interim’ belt}

Super-Bantamweight (122lbs)

WBA – Naoya Inoue

WBC – Naoya Inoue

IBF – Naoya Inoue

WBO – Naoya Inoue

Bantamweight (118lbs)

WBA – Takuma Inoue

WBC – Junto Nakatani

IBF – Ryosuke Nishida

WBO – Yoshiki Takei

Super-Flyweight (115lbs)

WBA – Fernando Martinez

WBC – Jesse ‘Bam’ Rodriguez

IBF – Fernando Martinez

WBO – Kosei Tanaka

^{*David Jimenez has the lesser WBA ‘interim’ belt}

^{*Pedro Guevara has the lesser WBC ‘interim’ belt}

Flyweight (112lbs)

WBA – Seigo Yuri Akui

WBC – Vacant

IBF – Angel Ayala

WBO – Anthony Olascuaga

Light-Flyweight (108lbs)

WBA – Vacant

WBC – Vacant

IBF – Sivenathi Nontshinga

WBO – Vacant

Minimumweight (105lbs)

WBA – Knockout CP Freshmart (Thammanoon Niyomtrong)

WBC – Melvin Jerusalem

IBF – Pedro Taduran

WBO – Oscar Collazo