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Boxing champions list

Tyson Fury is the WBC heavyweight world titlist and the lineal heavyweight champion. Al Bello/Getty Images

With 17 weight classes in boxing and four major sanctioning bodies that bestow world titles, keeping track of who holds each of the belts can be difficult -- especially when there are sometimes multiple titlists in each organization because of interim and secondary belts.

To make it easier for boxing fans, below is a quick reference chart of who holds each of the titles in the four organizations

To check the top 10 fighters in each division, visit ESPN's divisional rankings.

For a list of the best fighters regardless of weight class, check ESPN's pound-for-pound rankings.


Heavyweight (Unlimited)

WBO: Oleksandr Usyk

IBF: Oleksandr Usyk

WBA: Oleksandr Usyk*

WBC: Tyson Fury

*Zhilei Zhang is the WBO interim heavyweight champion

**Daniel Dubois is the WBA "regular" heavyweight champion


Cruiserweight (200 lbs.)

WBO: Chris Billam-Smith

IBF: Jai Opetaia

WBA: Arsen Goulamirian

WBC: Badou Jack


Light heavyweight (175 lbs.)

WBO: Artur Beterbiev

IBF: Artur Beterbiev

WBA: Dmitry Bivol

WBC: Artur Beterbiev


Super middleweight (168 lbs.)

WBO: Canelo Alvarez

IBF: Canelo Alvarez

WBA: Canelo Alvarez*

WBC: Canelo Alvarez**

*David Morrell is the WBA "regular" super middleweight champion

**David Benavidez is the WBC interim super middleweight champion


Middleweight (160 lbs.)

WBO: Janibek Alimkhanuly

IBF: Vacant

WBA: Erislandy Lara

WBC: Jermall Charlo*

*Carlos Adames is the WBC interim champion


Junior middleweight (154 lbs.)

WBO: Jermell Charlo*

IBF: Jermell Charlo

WBA: Jermell Charlo

WBC: Jermell Charlo**

*Tim Tszyu is the WBO interim junior middleweight champion

**Brian Mendoza is the WBC interim junior middleweight champion


Welterweight (147 lbs.)

WBO: Terence Crawford

IBF: Errol Spence Jr.*

WBA: Errol Spence Jr.**

WBC: Errol Spence Jr.

*Jaron Ennis is the IBF interim welterweight champion

**Eimantas Stanionis is the WBA "regular" champion


Junior welterweight (140 lbs.)

WBO: Teofimo Lopez Jr.

IBF: Subriel Matias

WBA: Rolando Romero

WBC: Regis Prograis


Lightweight (135 lbs.)

WBO: Devin Haney

IBF: Devin Haney

WBA: Devin Haney*

WBC: Devin Haney**

*Gervonta Davis is the WBA "regular" lightweight champion

**Devin Haney is the WBC "franchise" lightweight champion


Junior lightweight (130 lbs.)

WBO: Emanuel Navarrete

IBF: Joe Cordina

WBA: Hector Luis Garcia

WBC: O'Shaquie Foster


Featherweight (126 lbs.)

WBO: Robeisy Ramirez

IBF: Luis Alberto Lopez

WBA: Leigh Wood

WBC: Rey Vargas*

*Brandon Figueroa is the WBC interim featherweight champion


Junior featherweight (122 lbs.)

WBO: Stephen Fulton

IBF: Marlon Tapales

WBA: Marlon Tapales

WBC: Stephen Fulton


Bantamweight (118 lbs.)

WBO: Jason Moloney

IBF: Vacant

WBA: Takuma Inoue

WBC: Vacant


Junior bantamweight (115 lbs.)

WBO: Junto Nakatani

IBF: Fernando Martinez

WBA: Kazuto Ioka

WBC: Juan Francisco Estrada*

*Juan Francisco Estrada is the WBC "franchise" junior bantamweight champion


Flyweight (112 lbs.)

WBO: Jesse Rodriguez

IBF: Sunny Edwards

WBA: Artem Dalakian

WBC: Julio Cesar Martinez*

*McWilliams Arroyo is the WBC interim flyweight champion


Junior flyweight (108 lbs.)

WBO: Jonathan Gonzalez

IBF: Sivenathi Nontshinga

WBA: Kenshiro Teraji

WBC: Kenshiro Teraji


Strawweight (105 lbs.)

WBO: Oscar Collazo

IBF: Daniel Valladares

WBA: Knockout CP Freshmart*

WBC: Petchmanee CP Freshmart

*Erick Rosa is the WBA "regular" strawweight champion