List of current boxing rankings
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This is a list of current professional boxing rankings, which includes the latest rankings by each one of the sport's four major sanctioning bodies, as well as other well-regarded sites and entities.
Overview
As professional boxing has four major sanctioning bodies (WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO) each with their own champions, the sport doesn't have a centralized ranking system. The rankings published by these organizations share the trait of not ranking the other organizations' champions, as each one of the sanctioning bodies expects their champion to frequently defend their title against their top-ranked contender. The WBA often has more than one champion, none of which are ranked by the other 3 sanctioning bodies. Their "Super" and "Regular" champions are excluded from the rankings but their "Interim" champion is affixed to the #1 spot. The IBF's protocol is for the top 2 spots in its rankings to remain vacant until two of its other top-ranked contenders face off, at which point the winner takes one of those two places.
In addition to the rankings published by the major sanctioning bodies, the TBRB and The Ring each publish their own independent rankings, not excluding any organizations' champions. The aim of both the TBRB and The Ring is to crown a single champion for each division. These lists are subjective and derived by a committee. Since the 90s, other parties have experimented with objective computerized rankings, but these are sometimes regarded as incapable of accounting for all of boxing's quirks and subtleties.[1][2] The most widely known computerized rankings are published by BoxRec and updated daily.[3] The following is a list compiling the latest instalment of all the previously mentioned rankings. There are 17 weight classes ranging from Heavyweight to Mini Flyweight.
Current boxing rankings
- As of January 13, 2023
| C | Champion |
| S | Super champion |
| R | Regular champion |
| I | Interim champion |
Heavyweight (201 lbs+ - 91.18 kg+)
Cruiserweight (200 lbs - 90.72 kg)
Light heavyweight (175 lbs - 79.38 kg)
Super middleweight (168 lbs - 76.2 kg)
Middleweight (160 lbs - 72.57 kg)
Super Welterweight (154 lbs - 69.85 kg)
Welterweight (147 lbs - 66.68 kg)
Super Lightweight (140 lbs - 63.5 kg)
Lightweight (135 lbs - 61.23 kg)
Super featherweight (130 lbs - 58.97 kg)
Featherweight (126 lbs - 57.15 kg)
Super bantamweight (122 lbs - 55.34 kg)
Bantamweight (118 lbs - 53.52 kg)
Super flyweight (115 lbs - 52.16 kg)
Flyweight (112 lbs - 50.8 kg)
Light flyweight (108 lbs - 48.99 kg)
Mini flyweight (105 lbs - 47.63 kg)
See also
- List of current world boxing champions
- List of current women boxing rankings
- List of current mixed martial arts champions
References
- ^ "Boxrec.com's computerized rankings » Boxing News". Boxingnews24.com. 1 February 2015. Retrieved 2017-08-10.
- ^ "FEEDBACK - Transnational Boxing Rankings Board". Tbrb.org. Retrieved 2017-08-10.
- ^ "Invaluable site BoxRec's new ratings: the pound-for-pound best of all-time! - Boxing News". Boxingnews24.com. 14 June 2016. Retrieved 2017-08-10.
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