Fri. Sep 5th, 2025

Boxing features numerous weight divisions and four main sanctioning bodies awarding world championships. Tracking who holds each title can be complex, particularly due to the existence of interim and secondary champions within these organizations.

To assist fans, here is a quick reference guide listing the current titleholders across the four major boxing organizations (WBO, IBF, WBA, WBC) for each weight class.


Heavyweight (Unlimited)

WBO: Oleksandr Usyk*

IBF: Daniel Dubois

WBA: Oleksandr Usyk**

WBC: Oleksandr Usyk***

*Joseph Parker holds the WBO interim heavyweight title

**Kubrat Pulev is the WBA `regular` heavyweight champion, and Fabio Wardley holds the WBA interim heavyweight title

***Agit Kabayel holds the WBC interim heavyweight title


Cruiserweight (200 lbs.)

WBO: Gilberto Ramirez

IBF: Jai Opetaia

WBA: Gilberto Ramirez

WBC: Badou Jack


Light heavyweight (175 lbs.)

WBO: Dmitry Bivol*

IBF: Dmitry Bivol

WBA: Dmitry Bivol**

WBC: David Benavidez

*Callum Smith holds the WBO interim light heavyweight title

**David Benavidez is the WBA `regular` light heavyweight champion


Super middleweight (168 lbs.)

WBO: Canelo Alvarez

IBF: Canelo Alvarez

WBA: Canelo Alvarez*

WBC: Canelo Alvarez

*Caleb Plant holds the WBA interim super middleweight title


Middleweight (160 lbs.)

WBO: Janibek Alimkhanuly

IBF: Janibek Alimkhanuly

WBA: Erislandy Lara

WBC: Carlos Adames


Junior middleweight (154 lbs.)

WBO: Sebastian Fundora*

IBF: Bakhram Murtazaliev

WBA: Terence Crawford**

WBC: Sebastian Fundora***

*Terence Crawford holds the WBO interim junior middleweight title

**Jermell Charlo is the WBA junior middleweight champion in recess. Yoenis Tellez holds the WBA interim junior middleweight title

***Vergil Ortiz Jr. holds the WBC interim junior middleweight title


Welterweight (147 lbs.)

WBO: Brian Norman Jr.

IBF: Jaron Ennis

WBA: Jaron Ennis

WBC: Mario Barrios

*Terence Crawford is the WBC welterweight champion in recess.


Junior welterweight (140 lbs.)

WBO: Teofimo Lopez Jr.

IBF: Richardson Hitchins

WBA: Gary Antuanne Russell

WBC: Alberto Puello*

*Devin Haney is the WBC junior welterweight champion in recess


Lightweight (135 lbs.)

WBO: Vacant

IBF: Vasiliy Lomachenko*

WBA: Gervonta Davis

WBC: Shakur Stevenson**

*Raymond Muratalla holds the IBF interim lightweight title

**William Zepeda holds the WBC interim lightweight title


Junior lightweight (130 lbs.)

WBO: Emanuel Navarrete

IBF: Eduardo Nunez

WBA: Lamont Roach*

WBC: O`Shaquie Foster

*Albert Batyrgaziev holds the WBA interim junior lightweight title


Featherweight (126 lbs.)

WBO: Rafael Espinoza

IBF: Angelo Leo

WBA: Nick Ball

WBC: Stephen Fulton*

*Rey Vargas is the WBC featherweight champion in recess


Junior featherweight (122 lbs.)

WBO: Naoya Inoue

IBF: Naoya Inoue

WBA: Naoya Inoue

WBC: Naoya Inoue


Bantamweight (118 lbs.)

WBO: Yoshiki Takei

IBF: Ryosuke Nishida

WBA: Seiya Tsutsumi*

WBC: Junto Nakatani

*Antonio Vargas holds the WBA interim bantamweight title


Junior bantamweight (115 lbs.)

WBO: Phumelele Cafu

IBF: Willibaldo Garcia Perez

WBA: Fernando Martinez*

WBC: Jesse Rodriguez

*David Jimenez holds the WBA interim junior bantamweight title


Flyweight (112 lbs.)

WBO: Anthony Olascuaga

IBF: Masamichi Yabuki

WBA: Kenshiro Teraji

WBC: Kenshiro Teraji*

*Galal Yafai holds the WBC interim flyweight title


Junior flyweight (108 lbs.)

WBO: Rene Santiago

IBF: Masamichi Yabuki

WBA: Vacant

WBC: Petchmanee CP Freshmart


Strawweight (105 lbs.)

WBO: Oscar Collazo

IBF: Pedro Taduran

WBA: Oscar Collazo

WBC: Melvin Jerusalem

By Gareth Fenton

Gareth Fenton lives and breathes combat sports from his home in Bristol. A passionate journalist with over 15 years covering everything from boxing to MMA, he's known for his incisive analysis and fighter interviews.

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