List of current men’s boxing world champions as Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk reign as heavyweight kings, while Canelo Alvarez rules the super-middleweights

June 12, 2023

Boxing is a complicated and convoluted sport with several world champions in each division.

Most observers recognise that we are now in a four-belt era, with the WBA, WBC, IBF and WBO all given credibility as legitimate world titles.

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The WBA, WBC, IBF and WBO are recognised as boxing’s four legitimate, major world titlesCredit: Simon Stacpoole/Matchroom

See the full list of the current men’s boxing world champions below…

Heavyweight (200lbs+)

WBA – Oleksandr Usyk

WBC – Tyson Fury

IBF – Oleksandr Usyk

WBO – Oleksandr Usyk

_{^{*Daniel Dubois has the lesser WBA ‘regular’ belt}}

_{^{*Zhilei Zhang has the lesser WBO ‘interim’ belt}}

Usyk and Fury rule the heavyweight division — Usyk and Fury rule the heavyweight divisionCredit: Getty

Bridgerweight (224lbs)

WBC – Lukasz Rozanski

The WBC invented the bridgerweight division in 2020, though many deem it unnecessary with none of the other three sanctioning bodies following suit — The WBC invented the bridgerweight division in 2020, though many deem it unnecessary with none of the other three sanctioning bodies following suitCredit: Lawrence Lustig/BOXXER

Cruiserweight (200lbs)

WBA – Arsen Goulamirian

WBC – Badou Jack

IBF – Jai Opetaia

WBO – Chris Billam-Smith

Billam-Smith is the WBO cruiserweight world champion — Billam-Smith is the WBO cruiserweight world championCredit: Getty

Light-Heavyweight (175lbs)

WBA – Dmitry Bivol

WBC – Artur Beterbiev

IBF – Artur Beterbiev

WBO – Artur Beterbiev

Beterbiev and Bivol own the belts at light-heavyweight

Super-Middleweight (168lbs)

WBA – Canelo Alvarez

WBC – Canelo Alvarez

IBF – Canelo Alvarez

WBO – Canelo Alvarez

^{*David Morrell has the lesser WBA ‘regular’ belt}

^{*David Benavidez has the lesser WBC ‘interim’ belt}

Canelo is the undisputed WBA, WBC, IBF and WBO super-middleweight world champion — Canelo is the undisputed WBA, WBC, IBF and WBO super-middleweight world championCredit: Amanda Westcott/Showtime

Middleweight (160lbs)

WBA – Erislandy Lara

WBC – Jermall Charlo

IBF – Vacant

WBO – Janibek Alimkhanuly

^{*Carlos Adames has the lesser WBC ‘interim’ belt}

Jermall is the WBC middleweight world champion — Jermall is the WBC middleweight world championCredit: Leo Wilson/PBC

Super-Welterweight (154lbs)

WBA – Jermell Charlo

WBC – Jermell Charlo

IBF – Jermell Charlo

WBO – Jermell Charlo

^{*Brian Mendoza has the lesser WBC ‘interim’ belt}

^{*Tim Tszyu has the lesser WBO ‘interim’ belt}

Jermell is the undisputed WBA, WBC, IBF and WBO super-welterweight world champion — Jermell is the undisputed WBA, WBC, IBF and WBO super-welterweight world championCredit: Stephanie Trapp/Showtime

Welterweight (147lbs)

WBA – Errol Spence

WBC – Errol Spence

IBF – Errol Spence

WBO – Terence Crawford

^{*Eimantas Stanionis has the lesser WBA ‘regular’ belt}

^{*Jaron Ennis has the lesser IBF ‘interim’ belt}

Spence and Crawford hold the welterweight world titles

Super-Lightweight (140lbs)

WBA – Rolly Romero

WBC – Regis Prograis

IBF – Subriel Matias

WBO – Teofimo Lopez

Lopez dethroned Josh Taylor to become the WBO super-lightweight world champion — Lopez dethroned Josh Taylor to become the WBO super-lightweight world championCredit: Getty

Lightweight (135lbs)

WBA – Devin Haney

WBC – Devin Haney

IBF – Devin Haney

WBO – Devin Haney

^{*Gervonta Davis has the lesser WBA ‘regular’ belt}

Haney is the undisputed WBA, WBC, IBF and WBO lightweight world champion — Haney is the undisputed WBA, WBC, IBF and WBO lightweight world championCredit: Mikey Williams/Top Rank

Super-Featherweight (130lbs)

WBA – Hector Garcia

WBC – O’Shaquie Foster

IBF – Joe Cordina

WBO – Emanuel Navarrete

Garcia holds the WBA belt at super-featherweight — Garcia holds the WBA belt at super-featherweightCredit: Getty

Featherweight (126lbs)

WBA – Leigh Wood

WBC – Rey Vargas

IBF – Luis Alberto Lopez

WBO – Robeisy Ramirez

^{*Brandon Figueroa has the lesser WBC ‘interim’ belt}

Wood is the WBA featherweight world champion — Wood is the WBA featherweight world championCredit: Dan Thompson/Matchroom

Super-Bantamweight (122lbs)

WBA – Marlon Tapales

WBC – Stephen Fulton

IBF – Marlon Tapales

WBO – Stephen Fulton

Fulton is the unified WBC and WBO super-bantamweight world champion — Fulton is the unified WBC and WBO super-bantamweight world championCredit: Ryan Hafey/PBC

Bantamweight (118lbs)

WBA – Takuma Inoue

WBC – Vacant

IBF – Vacant

WBO – Jason Moloney

Naoya Inoue was the undisputed WBA, WBC, IBF and WBO bantamweight world champion, but has now vacated the belts — Naoya Inoue was the undisputed WBA, WBC, IBF and WBO bantamweight world champion, but has now vacated the beltsCredit: Getty

Super-Flyweight (115lbs)

WBA – Joshua Franco

WBC – Juan Estrada

IBF – Fernando Martinez

WBO – Junto Nakatani

Estrada is the WBC super-flyweight king — Estrada is the WBC super-flyweight kingCredit: Ed Mulholland/Matchroom

Flyweight (112lbs)

WBA – Artem Dalakian

WBC – Julio Cesar Martinez

IBF – Sunny Edwards

WBO – Jesse Rodriguez

^{*McWilliams Arroyo has the lesser WBC ‘interim’ belt}

Edwards is the IBF flyweight world champion

Light-Flyweight (108lbs)

WBA – Kenshiro Teraji

WBC – Kenshiro Teraji

IBF – Sivenathi Nontshinga

WBO – Jonathan Gonzalez

Kenshiro owns the WBA and WBC belts at light-flyweight — Kenshiro owns the WBA and WBC belts at light-flyweightCredit: Getty

Minimumweight (105lbs)

WBA – Knockout CP Freshmart (Thammanoon Niyomtrong)

WBC – Petchmanee CP Freshmart (Panya Pradabsri)

IBF – Daniel Valladares

WBO – Oscar Collazo

^{*Erick Rosa has the lesser WBA ‘regular’ belt}

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^{*Yudai Shigeoka has the lesser WBC ‘interim’ belt}

^{*Ginjiro Shigeoka has the lesser IBF ‘interim’ belt}

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