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WBC Rankings and World Champions

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WBC Rankings and World Champions


*In the event of a fighter defeating another or a fighter losing, WBN will alter the rankings accordingly

Heavyweight (200 lbs +)

WBC Champion - Vitali Klitschko (Ukraine)
Won Title: October 2008
WBA 'Super' Champion - Wladimir Klitschko (Ukraine)
WBA Champion - Alexander Povetkin (Russia)
IBF Champion - Wladimir Klitschko (Ukraine)
WBO Champion - Wladimir Klitschko (Ukraine)
IBO Champion - Wladimir Klitschko (Ukraine)
1 .- Bermane Stiverne (Canada)
2 .- Johnathon Banks (US)
3 .- Chris Arreola (US)
4 .- Magomed Abdusalamov (Russia)
5 .- Seth Mitchell (US)
6 .- Tyson Fury (GB)
7 .- David Haye (GB)
8 .- Manuel Charr (Lebanon/Syria)
9 .- Kubrat Pulev (Bulgaria)
10 .- Tomasz Adamek (Poland)

Cruiserweight (200 lbs)

WBC Champion - Krzysztof Wlodarczyk (Poland)
Won Title: May 2010
WBA Champion - Guillermo Jones (Panama)
IBF Champion - Yoan Pablo Hernandez (Cuba)
WBO Champion - Marco Huck (Germany)
IBO Champion - Danny Green (Australia)
1 .- Giacobbe Fragomeni (Italy)
2 .- Rakhim Chakhkiev (Russia)
3 .- Dmytro Kucher (Ukraine)
4 .- Mateusz Masternak (Poland)
5 .- Silvio Branco (Italy)
6 .- Grigory Drozd (Russia)
7 .- Vincenzo Rossitto (Italy)
8 .- Thabiso Mchunu (South Africa)
9 .- Laudelino Barros (Brazil)
10 .- Lateef Kayode (US)

Light-Heavyweight (175 lbs)

WBC Champion - Chad Dawson (USA)
Won Title: April 2012
WBA Champion - Beibut Shumenov (Kazakhstan)
IBF Champion - Bernard Hopkins (USA)
WBO Champion - Nathan Cleverly (Great Britain)
IBO Champion - Andrzej Fonfara (Poland)
1 .- Tony Bellew (GB)
2 .- Jean Pascal (Canada)
3 .- Isaac Chilemba (Malawi)
4 .- Adonis Stevenson (Canada)
5 .- Lucien Bute (Canada)
6 .- Sergey Kovalev (Russia)
7 .- Denis Grachev (Russia)
8 .- Cornelius White (US)
9 .- Umberto Savigne (Cuba)
10 .- Andrezj Fonfara (Poland)

Super-Middleweight (168 lbs)

WBC Champion - Andre Ward (USA)
Won Title: December 2011
WBA 'Super' Champion - Andre Ward (USA)
WBA Champion - Mikkel Kessler (Denmark)
IBF Champion - Carl Froch (Great Britain)
WBO Champion - Robert Stieglitz (Germany)
IBO Champion - Thomas Oosthuizen (South Africa)
1 .- Sakio Bika (Cameroon)
2 .- Edwin Rodriguez (Dom. R.)
3 .- George Groves (GB) 
4 .- Marco Antonio Periban (Mexico) 
5 .- James De Gale (GB) 
6 .- Tommy Oosthuizen (South Africa)
7 .- Maxim Vlasov (Russia) 
8 .- Mouhamed Ali Ndiaye (Italy)
9 .- Nikola Sjekloca (Montenegro)
10 .- Alexander Brand (Colombia)

Middleweight (160 lbs)

WBC Champion - Sergio Martinez (Argentina)
Won Title: September 2012
WBA 'Super' Champion - Gennady Golovkin (Kazakhstan)
WBA Champion - Gennady Golovkin (Kazakhstan)
IBF Champion - Daniel Geale (Australia)
WBO Champion - Peter Quillin (USA)
IBO Champion - Gennady Golovkin (Kazakhstan)
1 .- Marco Antonio Rubio (Mexico)
2 .- Domenico Spada (Italy)
3 .- Jermain Taylor (US)
4 .- Martin Murray (GB)
5 .- Gilberto Ramirez (Mexico)
6 .- Billi Facundo Godoy (Argentina)
7 .- Brian Vera (US)
8 .- Andy Lee (Ireland)
9 .- Patrick Majewski (US)
10 .- Curtis Stevens (US)

Light-middleweight (154 lbs)

WBC Champion - Saul Alvarez (Mexico)
Won Title: March 2011
WBA 'Super' Champion - Floyd Mayweather (USA)
WBA Champion - Saul Alvarez (Mexico)
IBF Champion - Ishe Smith (USA)
WBO Champion - Zauerbek Baysangurov (Russia)
IBO Champion - Zauerbek Baysangurov (Russia)
1 .- Sergey Rabchenko (Belarussia)
2 .- Miguel Cotto (P. Rico)
3 .- Willie Nelson (US)
4 .- Emanuele Della Rosa (Italy)
5 .- Damian Jonak (Poland)
6 .- Carlos Molina (US)
7 .- Jonathan Gonzalez (P. Rico)
8 .- David Zegarra (Peru)
9 .- Michael Oliveira (Brazil)
10 .- Vanes Martirosyan (Armenia)

Welterweight (147 lbs)

WBC Champion - Floyd Mayweather (USA)
Won Title: September 2011
WBA Champion - Paul Malignaggi (USA)
IBF Champion - Devon Alexander (USA)
WBO Champion - Timothy Bradley (USA)
IBO Champion - Chris Van Heerden (South Africa)
1 .- Luis Carlos Abregu (Argentina) 
2 .- Ed Paredes (US)
3 .- Leonard Bundu (Sierra Leone) 
4 .- Ionut Dan Ion (Romania/Canada)
5 .- Robert Guerrero (US)
6 .- Jessie Vargas (US) 
7 .- Antonin Decarie (Canada)
8 .- Thomas Dulorme (P. Rico)
9 .- Vyacheslav Senchenko (Ukraine)
10 .- Dennis Laurente (Phil)

Light-welterweight (140 lbs)

WBC Champion - Danny Garcia (USA)
Won Title: March 2012
WBA 'Super' Champion - Danny Garcia (USA)
WBA Champion - Khabib Allakhverdiev (Russia)
IBF Champion - Lamont Peterson (USA)
WBO Champion - Juan Manuel Marquez (Mexico)
IBO Champion - Khabib Allakhverdiev (Russia)
1 .- Amir Khan (GB)
2 .- Viktor Postol (Ukraine)
3 .- Roberto Ortiz (Mexico)
4 .- Ajose Olusegun (Nigeria)
5 .- Humberto Soto (Mexico)
6 .- Min-Wook Kim (Korea)
7 .- Alberto Mosquera (Panama)
8 .- Cesar Cuenca (Argentina)
9 .- Paul Spadafora (US)
10 .- Juan Carlos Abreu (Dom. R.)

Lightweight (135 lbs)

WBC Champion - Adrien Broner (USA)
Won Title: November 2012
WBA Champion - vacant
IBF Champion - Miguel Vasquez (Mexico)
WBO Champion - Ricky Burns (Great Britain)
IBO Champion - Emiliano Marsili (Italy)
1 .- Nihito Arakawa (Japan)
2 .- Daniel Estrada (Mexico)
3 .- Omar Figueroa (Mexico)
4 .- Denis Shafikov (Russia)
5 .- Jorge Linares (Venezuela)
6 .- Ray Beltran (US)
7 .- Antonio DeMarco (Mexico)
8 .- Dejan Zlaticanin (Montenegro)
9 .- Emiliano Marsili (Italy)
10 .- Fermin De los Santos (Mexico)

Super-featherweight (130 lbs)

WBC Champion - Takashi Miura (Japan)
Won Title: April 2013
WBA Champion - Takashi Uchiyama (Japan)
IBF Champion - Argenis Mendez (Dominican Republic)
WBO Champion - Roman Martinez (Puerto Rico)
IBO Champion - Will Tomlinson (Australia)
1 .- Sergio Thompson (Mexico)
2 .- Devis Boschiero (Italy) 
3 .- Sipho Taliwe (South Africa)
4 .- Edgar Puerta (Mexico)
5 .- Dante Jardon (Mexico) 
6 .- Gamaliel Diaz (Mexico)
7 .- Takahiro Aoh (Japan)
8 .- Daiki Kaneko (Japan)
9 .- Vitaly Tajbert (Germany)
10 .- Will Tomlinson (Australia)

Featherweight (126 lbs)

WBC Champion - Abner Mares (Mexico)
Won Title: May 2013
WBA 'Super' Champion - Chris John (Indonesia)
WBA Champion - Nicholas Walters (Jamaica)
IBF Champion - Evgeny Gradovich (Russia)
WBO Champion - Mikey Garcia (USA)
IBO Champion - Simpiwe Vetyeka (South Africa)
1 .- Robinson Castellanos (Mexico)
2 .- Jhonny Gonzalez (Mexico)
3 .- Daniel Ponce de Leon (Mexico)
4 .- Viorel Simion (Romania)
5 .- Gary Russell (US)
6 .- Celestino Caballero (Panama)
7 .- Jayson Velez (P. Rico)
8 .- Andres Gutierrez (Mexico)
9 .- Ronny Rios (US)
10 .- Alexander Miskirtchian (Belgium)

Super-bantamweight (122 lbs)

WBC Champion - Victor Terrazas (Mexico)
Won Title: April 2013
WBA Champion - Guillermo Rigondeaux (Cuba)
IBF Champion - Johnathan Romero (Colombia)
WBO Champion - Guillermo Rigondeaux (Cuba)
IBO Champion - Alexander Bakhtin (Russia)
1 .- Leo Santa Cruz (Mexico)
2 .- Vic Darchinyan (Armenia)
3 .- Cristian Mijares (Mexico)
4 .- Hugo Cazares (Mexico)
5 .- Hozumi Hasegawa (Japan)
6 .- Carl Frampton (GB)
7 .- Akifumi Shimoda (Japan)
8 .- Yoandris Salinas (Cuba)
9 .- Oscar Escandon (Colombia)
10 .- Fernando Montiel (Mexico)

Bantamweight (118 lbs)

WBC Champion - Shinsuke Yamanaka (Japan)
Won Title: November 2011
WBA Champion - Koki Kameda (Japan)
IBF Champion - Jamie McDonnell (Great Britian)
WBO Champion - Paulus Ambunda (Namibia)
IBO Champion - vacant
1 .- Stephane Jamoye (Belgium) 
2 .- Rolly Matsushita (Japan/Phil) 
3 .- Ryosuke Iwasa (Japan)
4 .- Lee Haskins (GB) 
5 .- Malcolm Tunacao (Phil)
6 .- Cesar Seda (P. Rico)
7 .- Dennis Tubieron (Phil)
8 .- Christian Esquivel (Mexico)
9 .- Jose Nieves (P. Rico)
10 .- Juan Carlos Payano (Dom. R.) 

Super-flyweight (115 lbs)

WBC Champion - Srisaket Sor Rungvisai (Thailand)
Won Title: May 2013
WBA Champion - Liborio Solis (Venezuela)
IBF Champion - Juan Carlos Sanchez Jr. (Mexico)
WBO Champion - Omar Narvaez (Argentina)
IBO Champion - Gideon Buthelezi (South Africa)
1 .- Carlos Cuadras (Mexico)
2 .- Oleydong Sithsamerchai (Thai)
3 .- Suriyan Sor Rungvisai (Thai)
4 .- Yota Sato (Japan)
5 .- Daiki Kameda (Japan)
6 .- Javier Chacon (Argentina)
7 .- Jose Salgado (Mexico)
8 .- Jung Oh Son (Korea)
9 .- Manuel Vides (Panama)
10 .- Nobuo Nashiro (Japan)

Flyweight (112 lbs)

WBC Champion - Akira Yaegashi (Japan)
Won Title: April 2013
WBA Champion - Juan Estrada (Mexico)
IBF Champion - Moruti Mthalane (South Africa)
WBO Champion - Juan Estrada (Mexico)
1 .- Edgar Sosa (Mexico)
2 .- Luis Concepcion (Panama)
3 .- Rocky Fuentes (Phil)
4 .- Noknoi Sitthiprasert (Thai)
5 .- Nestor Narvaes (Argentina)
6 .- Toshiyuki Igarashi (Japan)
7 .- Wilbert Uicab (Mexico)
8 .- Takuya Kogawa (Japan)
9 .- Froilan Saludar (Phil)
10 .- Oscar Blanquet (Mexico)

Light-flyweight (108 lbs)

WBC Champion - Adrian Hernandez (Mexico)
Won Title: October 2012
WBA Champion - Kazuto Ioka (Japan)
IBF Champion - John Reil Casimero (Philippines)
WBO Champion - Donnie Nietes (Philippines)
1 .- Javier Mendoza (Mexico)
2 .- Yodmongkol Wor.Saengthep (Thailand)
3 .- Pedro Guevara (Mexico)
4 .- Ganigan Lopez (Mexico)
5 .- Shin Ono (Japan) OPBF
6 .- Jonathan Inguito Taconing (Phill)
7 .- Ramon Garcia (Mexico)
8 .- Nethra Sasiprapa (Thai)
9 .- Yader Cardoza (Nicaragua)
10 .- Odilon Zaleta (Mexico)

Minimumweight (105 lbs)

WBC Champion - Xiong Zhao Zhong (China)
Won Title: November 2012
WBA Champion - Ryo Miyazaki (Japan)
IBF Champion - Mario Rodriguez (Mexico)
WBO Champion - Moises Fuentes (Mexico)
IBO Champion - Hekkie Budler (South Africa)
1 .- Cuello D. Singwangcha (Phil)
2 .- Wanheng Menayothin (Thailand)
3 .- Hekkie Budler (South Africa)
4 .- Janiel Rivera (P. Rico)
5 .- Juan Hernandez (Mexico)
6 .- Osvaldo Novoa (Mexico)
7 .- Raul Garcia (Mexico)
8 .- Jose Alfredo Zuniga (Mexico)
9 .- Pigmy Kokietgym (Thailand)
10 .- Osvaldo Razon (Mexico)