LIST OF CURRENT WORLD BOXING CHAMPIONS
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This is a 'list of current boxing world champions' who are certified by the four major boxing sanctioning bodies[1] and ''The Ring'' magazine. Each champion's professional boxing record is shown in the following format: wins-losses-draws-no contests (knockout wins).
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—a Venezuelan-based worldwide regulating body.[2] According to WBA championship rules, when a boxer holds both a WBA world title and a world title from at least one of the other three major sanctioning bodies, the boxer is granted special recognition: unified champion (if he holds two titles), undisputed champion (three titles), or super champion (all four titles). The "regular" WBA world title is then vacated.[3]
The World Boxing Council (WBC) was founded in Mexico City, Mexico on February 14, 1963 in order to establish an international regulating body.[4] The WBC established many of today's safety measures in boxing, such as standing eight-counts,[5] a limit of 12 rounds instead of 15,[6] and additional weight classes.6
The International Boxing Federation (IBF) originated in September 1976 as the United States Boxing Association (USBA) when American members of the WBA withdrew in order to legitimize boxing in the United States with "unbiased" ratings.[7] In April 1983, The organization established an international division that was known as the United States Boxing Association-International (USBA-I).7 In May 1984, the New Jersey-based USBA-I was renamed and became the IBF.7
The World Boxing Organization (WBO) was founded in San Juan, Puerto Rico in 1988. Puerto Rico is a commonwealth of the United States of America. Its motto is "dignity, democracy, honesty."[8] Some media sites do not include the WBO in their list of champions,[9][10] whereas others do.[11][12]
''The Ring'' is not a sanctioning body but is a boxing magazine that was founded in 1922. In 2002, ''The Ring'' created a championship system that is "intended to reward fighters who, by satisfying rigid criteria, can justify a claim as the true and only world champion in a given weight class."[13] There are only three ways that a boxer can win ''The Ring''
Current champions
Heavyweight (200+ lbs, 90.7+ kg)
| align="center"| Ruslan Chagaev
23-0-1 (17 KO)
April 14, 2007
| align="center"| Oleg Maskaev
34-5 (26 KO)
August 12, 2006
| align="center"| Wladimir Klitschko
49-3 (44 KO)
April 22, 2006
| align="center"| Sultan Ibragimov
21-0-1 (17 KO)
June 2, 2007
| align="center"|vacant
Cruiserweight (200 lb, 90.7 kg)
| align="center"| Jean-Marc Mormeck[15]
33-3 (22 KO)
March 17, 2007
| rowspan="3" align="center"| Jean-Marc Mormeck
33-3 (22 KO)
March 17, 2007
| rowspan="3" align="center"| Steve Cunningham
20-1 (10 KO)
May 26, 2007
| rowspan="3" align="center"| Enzo Maccarinelli
27-1 (20 KO)
July 8, 2006
| rowspan="3" align="center"| Jean-Marc Mormeck
33-3 (22 KO)
March 17, 2007
|-
| align="center"| Virgil Hill
50-6 (23 KO)
January 27, 2006
|-
| align="center"| Firat Arslan[16]
27-3-1 (18 KO)
June 16, 2007
Light heavyweight (175 lb, 79.4 kg)
| align="center"| Stipe Drviš
32-1 (13 KO)
April 28, 2007
| align="center"| Chad Dawson
24-0-0-1 (16 KO)
February 3, 2007
| align="center"| Clinton Woods
40-3-1 (24 KO)
March 4, 2005
| align="center"| Zsolt Erdei
27-0 (17 KO)
January 17, 2004
| align="center"| Bernard Hopkins
48-4-1-1 (32 KO)
June 10, 2006
Super middleweight (168 lb, 76.2 kg)
| align="center"| Mikkel Kessler15
39-0 (29 KO)
November 12, 2004
| rowspan="2" align="center"| Mikkel Kessler
39-0 (29 KO)
October 14, 2006
| rowspan="2" align="center"| Alejandro Berrio
26-5 (25 KO)
March 3, 2007
| rowspan="2" align="center"| Joe Calzaghe[17]
43-0 (32 KO)
October 11, 1997
| rowspan="2" align="center"| Joe Calzaghe
43-0 (32 KO)
March 4, 2006
|-
| align="center"| Anthony Mundine
29-3 (22 KO)
March 7, 2007
Middleweight (160 lb, 72.6 kg)
| align="center"| Felix Sturm
28-2 (12 KO)
April 28, 2007
| align="center"| Jermain Taylor
27-0-1 (17 KO)
July 16, 2005
| align="center"| Arthur Abraham
24-0 (19 KO)
December 10, 2005
| align="center"| Jermain Taylor17
27-0-1 (17 KO)
July 16, 2005
| align="center"| Jermain Taylor
27-0-1 (17 KO)
July 16, 2005
Super welterweight (154 lb, 69.9 kg)
| rowspan="2" align="center"| Joachim Alcine
29-0 (18 KO)
July 7, 2007
| align="center"| Vernon Forrest
39-2-0-1 (28 KO)
July 28, 2007
| rowspan="2" align="center"| Cory Spinks
36-4 (11 KO)
July 8, 2006
| rowspan="2" align="center"| Sergiy Dzinziruk
34-0 (22 KO)
December 3, 2005
| rowspan="2" align="center"|vacant
|-
| align="center"| Floyd Mayweather Jr.[18]
38-0 (24 KO)
May 5, 2007
Welterweight (147 lb, 66.7 kg)
| rowspan="2" align="center"| Miguel Angel Cotto
30-0 (25 KO)
December 2, 2006
| align="center"| Floyd Mayweather Jr.
38-0 (24 KO)
November 4, 2006
| rowspan="2" align="center"| Kermit Cintron
28-1 (26 KO)
October 28, 2006
| rowspan="2" align="center"| Paul Williams
33-0 (24 KO)
July 14, 2007
| rowspan="2" align="center"| Floyd Mayweather Jr.
38-0 (24 KO)
August 10, 2006
|-
| align="center"| Shane Mosley16
44-4-0-1 (37 KO)
February 10, 2007
Super lightweight (140 lb, 63.5 kg)
| align="center"| Gavin Rees
27-0 (13 KO)
July 21, 2007
| align="center"| Junior Witter
36-1-2 (21 KO)
September 15, 2006
| align="center"| Paul Malignaggi
23-1 (5 KO)
June 16, 2007
| align="center"| Ricardo Torres
32-1 (28 KO)
November 18, 2006
| align="center"| Ricky Hatton
43-0 (31 KO)
June 4, 2005
Lightweight (135 lb, 61.2 kg)
| align="center"| Juan DÃaz15
32-0 (16 KO)
July 17, 2004
| align="center"| David DÃaz
33-1-1 (17 KO)
August 12, 2006
| rowspan="2" align="center"| Julio DÃaz
34-3 (25 KO)
February 3, 2007
| align="center"| Juan DÃaz
32-0 (16 KO)
April 28, 2007
| rowspan="2" align="center"| Joel Casamayor
34-3-1 (21 KO)
October 7, 2006
|-
| align="center"|vacant
| align="center"| Joel Casamayor16
34-3-1 (21 KO)
October 7, 2006
| align="center"| Michael Katsidis16
23-0 (20 KO)
February 17, 2007
Super featherweight (130 lb, 59 kg)
| rowspan="2" align="center"| Edwin Valero
22-0 (22 KO)
August 5, 2006
| rowspan="2" align="center"| Juan Manuel Márquez
47-3-1 (35 KO)
March 17, 2007
| rowspan="2" align="center"| Mzonke Fana
27-3 (10 KO)
April 20, 2007
| align="center"| Joan Guzman
27-0 (17 KO)
September 16, 2006
| rowspan="2" align="center"|vacant
|-
| align="center"| Alex Arthur16
25-1 (19 KO)
July 21, 2007
Featherweight (126 lb, 57.2 kg)
| align="center"| Chris John
40-0-1 (21 KO)
June 4, 2004
| align="center"| Jorge Linares
24-0 (15 KO)
July 21, 2007
| align="center"| Robert Guerrero
20-1-1-1 (13 KO)
February 23, 2007
| align="center"| Steven Luevano
33-1 (15 KO)
July 14, 2007
| align="center"|vacant
Super bantamweight (122 lb, 55.3 kg)
| align="center"| Celestino Caballero
27-2 (18 KO)
October 4, 2006
| align="center"| Israel Vazquez
42-4 (31 KO)
August 4, 2007
| align="center"| Steve Molitor
24-0 (10 KO)
November 10, 2006
| align="center"| Daniel Ponce de León
32-1 (29 KO)
October 29, 2005
| align="center"| Israel Vazquez
42-4 (31 KO)
August 4, 2007
Bantamweight (118 lb, 53.5 kg)
| align="center"| Wladimir Sidorenko
20-0-2 (7 KO)
February 26, 2005
| align="center"| Hozumi Hasegawa
22-2 (7 KO)
April 16, 2005
| align="center"| Luis Alberto Pérez
25-1 (16 KO)
July 7, 2007
| align="center"| Gerry Penalosa
52-6-2 (35 KO)
August 11, 2007
| align="center"|vacant
Super flyweight (115 lb, 52.2 kg)
| align="center"| Alexander Muñoz
30-2 (27 KO)
May 3, 2007
| align="center"| Cristian Mijares
32-3-2 (13 KO)
September 18, 2006
| align="center"|vacant
| align="center"| Fernando Montiel
34-2-1 (25 KO)
April 9, 2005
| align="center"|vacant
Flyweight (112 lb, 50.8 kg)
| align="center"| Takefumi Sakata
31-4-1 (15 KO)
March 19, 2007
| align="center"| Daisuke Naito
31-2-2 (20 KO)
July 18, 2007
| align="center"| Nonito Donaire
18-1 (11 KO)
July 7, 2007
| align="center"| Omar Andrés Narváez
24-0-2 (15 KO)
July 13, 2002
| align="center"|vacant
Light flyweight (108 lb, 49 kg)
| align="center"| Juan Carlos Reveco
16-0 (7 KO)
June 22, 2007
| align="center"| Edgar Sosa
28-5 (14 KO)
April 13, 2007
| align="center"| Ulises Solis
25-1-2 (19 KO)
January 7, 2006
| align="center"| Iván Calderón17
29-0 (6 KO)
August 25, 2007
| align="center"| Iván Calderón
29-0 (6 KO)
August 25, 2007
Strawweight (105 lb, 47.6 kg)
| align="center"| Yutaka Niida
22-1-3 (8 KO)
July 3, 2004
| align="center"| Eagle Den Janlaphan
18-1 (6 KO)
August 6, 2005
| align="center"| Florante Condes
22-3-1 (20 KO)
July 7, 2007
| align="center"|vacant
| align="center"|vacant
See also
★ Boxing weight classes
★ List of male boxers
★ Ring Magazine pound for pound
References
1. The official rules and regulations of the WBA, IBF, and WBO all mention by name the other three major sanctioning bodies in their title unification rules. The WBC does not mention by name any other sanctioning body in its rules, but it does list the other three major sanctioning bodies' champions on its ratings page. Thus, all four organizations consider only themselves and the other three organizations to be major sanctioning bodies. They do not consider organizations such as the IBO and IBA to be major sanctioning bodies.
2. World Boxing Association History
3. World Boxing Association World Championships Regulations
4. World Boxing Council: History & Founding Fathers
5. Rules that have changed the History of Boxing
6. Permanent Medical Research Program
7. History of the IBF
8. WBO logo
9. Current Boxing Champions.
10. Current Boxing Champions
11. Boxing Champions
12. List of Champions
13. About ''The Ring''
14. Gatti vs. the unknown
15. WBA unified champion.
16. Interim world champion.
17. WBO super champion.
18. WBC emeritus champion.
★ BoxRec title search
★ IBF-USBA official ratings
★ WBA official ratings
★ ''The Ring'' Ratings
★ WBC official ratings
★ WBO official champions
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