With the New Year ringing in, here’s a list of all the current world champions in boxing through the top five organizations of the WBC, WBA, IBO, IBF and WBO.
There are 70 world title holders active in the sport at the beginning of 2018.
HEAVYWEIGHT (200 LBS +)
WBC CHAMPION – Deontay Wilder (USA)
WBA ‘SUPER’ CHAMPION – Anthony Joshua (Great Britain)
WBA CHAMPION – Manuel Charr (Lebanon/Germany)
IBF CHAMPION – Anthony Joshua (Great Britain)
WBO CHAMPION – Joseph Parker (New Zealand)
IBO CHAMPION – Anthony Joshua (Great Britain)
CRUISERWEIGHT (200 LBS)
WBC CHAMPION – Mairis Briedis (Latvia)
WBA ‘SUPER’ CHAMPION – Denis Lebedev (Russia)
WBA CHAMPION – Yunier Dorticos (Cuba)
IBF CHAMPION – Murat Gassiev (Russia)
WBO CHAMPION – Aleksandr Usyk (Ukraine)
IBO CHAMPION – Kevin Lerena (South Africa)
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT (175 LBS)
WBC CHAMPION – Adonis Stevenson (Canada)
WBA ‘SUPER’ CHAMPION – vacant
WBA CHAMPION – Dmitry Bivol (Russia)
IBF CHAMPION – Artur Beterbiev (Russia)
WBO CHAMPION – Sergey Kovalev (Russia)
IBO CHAMPION – vacant
SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHT (168 LBS)
WBC CHAMPION – David Benavidez (USA)
WBA ‘SUPER’ CHAMPION – George Groves (Great Britain)
WBA CHAMPION – Tyron Zeuge (Germany)
IBF CHAMPION – Caleb Truax (USA)
WBO CHAMPION – Gilberto Ramirez (Mexico)
IBO CHAMPION – Chris Eubank Jr. (Great Britain)
MIDDLEWEIGHT (160 LBS)
WBC CHAMPION – Gennady Golovkin (Kazakhstan)
WBA ‘SUPER’ CHAMPION – Gennady Golovkin (Kazakhstan)
WBA CHAMPION – Ryota Murata (Japan)
IBF CHAMPION – Gennady Golovkin (Kazakhstan)
WBO CHAMPION – Billy Joe Saunders (Great Britain)
IBO CHAMPION – Gennady Golovkin (Kazakhstan)
SUPER WELTERWEIGHT (154 LBS)
WBC CHAMPION – Jermell Charlo (USA)
WBA ‘SUPER’ CHAMPION – Erislandy Lara (Cuba/USA)
WBA CHAMPION – Brian Castano (Argentina)
IBF CHAMPION – Jarrett Hurd (USA)
WBO CHAMPION – Sadam Ali (USA)
IBO CHAMPION – Erislandy Lara (Cuba/USA)
WELTERWEIGHT (147 LBS)
WBC CHAMPION – Keith Thurman (USA)
WBA ‘SUPER’ CHAMPION – Keith Thurman (USA)
WBA CHAMPION – vacant
IBF CHAMPION – Errol Spence Jr. (USA)
WBO CHAMPION – Jeff Horn (Australia)
IBO CHAMPION – vacant
SUPER LIGHTWEIGHT (140 LBS)
WBC CHAMPION – vacant
WBA ‘SUPER’ CHAMPION – vacant
WBA CHAMPION – vacant
IBF CHAMPION – Sergey Lipinets (Russia)
WBO CHAMPION – vacant
IBO CHAMPION – vacant
LIGHTWEIGHT (135 LBS)
WBC CHAMPION – Mikey Garcia (USA)
WBA ‘SUPER’ CHAMPION – vacant
WBA CHAMPION – Jorge Linares (Venezuela)
IBF CHAMPION – Robert Easter Jr. (USA)
WBO CHAMPION – vacant
IBO CHAMPION – Emmanuel Tagoe (Ghana)
SUPER FEATHERWEIGHT (130 LBS)
WBC CHAMPION – Miguel Berchelt (Mexico)
WBA ‘SUPER’ CHAMPION – vacant
WBA CHAMPION – Alberto Machado (Puerto Rico)
IBF CHAMPION – Kenichi Ogawa (Japan)
WBO CHAMPION – Vasyl Lomachenko (Ukraine)
IBO CHAMPION – Shavkat Rakhimov (Russia)
FEATHERWEIGHT (126 LBS)
WBC CHAMPION – Gary Russell Jr (USA)
WBA ‘SUPER’ CHAMPION – Leo Santa Cruz (Mexico/USA)
WBA CHAMPION – Abner Mares (Mexico/USA)
IBF CHAMPION – Lee Selby (Great Britain)
WBO CHAMPION – Oscar Valdez (Mexico)
IBO CHAMPION – vacant
SUPER BANTAMWEIGHT (122 LBS)
WBC CHAMPION – Rey Vargas (Mexico)
WBA ‘SUPER’ CHAMPION – vacant
WBA CHAMPION – Danny Roman (USA)
IBF CHAMPION – Ryosuke Iwasa (Japan)
WBO CHAMPION – Jessie Magdaleno (USA)
IBO CHAMPION – vacant
BANTAMWEIGHT (118 LBS)
WBC CHAMPION – Luis Nery (Mexico)
WBA ‘SUPER’ CHAMPION – Ryan Burnett (Great Britain)
WBA CHAMPION – Jamie McDonnell (Great Britain)
IBF CHAMPION – Ryan Burnett (Great Britain)
WBO CHAMPION – Zolani Tete (South Africa)
IBO CHAMPION – vacant
SUPER FLYWEIGHT (115 LBS)
WBC CHAMPION – Srisaket Sor Rungvisai (Thailand)
WBA ‘SUPER’ CHAMPION – vacant
WBA CHAMPION – Kal Yafai (Great Britain)
IBF CHAMPION – Jerwin Ancajas (Philippines)
WBO CHAMPION – Naoya Inoue (Japan)
IBO CHAMPION – Gideon Buthelezi (South Africa)
FLYWEIGHT (112 LBS)
WBC CHAMPION – Daigo Higa (Japan)
WBA ‘SUPER’ CHAMPION – vacant
WBA CHAMPION – vacant
IBF CHAMPION – Donnie Nietes (Philippines)
WBO CHAMPION – Sho Kimura (Japan)
IBO CHAMPION – vacant
LIGHT FLYWEIGHT (108 LBS)
WBC CHAMPION – Ken Shiro (Japan)
WBA ‘SUPER’ CHAMPION – vacant
WBA CHAMPION – Ryoichi Taguchi (Japan)
IBF CHAMPION – Ryoichi Taguchi (Japan)
WBO CHAMPION – Angel Acosta (Puerto Rico)
IBO CHAMPION – vacant
MINIMUMWEIGHT (105 LBS)
WBC CHAMPION – Wanheng Menayothin (Thailand)
WBA ‘SUPER’ CHAMPION – vacant
WBA CHAMPION – Knockout CP Freshmart (Thailand)
IBF CHAMPION – Hiroto Kyoguchi (Japan)
WBO CHAMPION – Ryuya Yamanaka (Japan)
IBO CHAMPION – Simphiwe Khonco (South Africa)
