Boxing can often be a confusing sport for new fans when there are dozens of world title belts to keep track of.
From various sanctioning bodies, including the WBC, WBA, WBO, IBF and IBO, to ring magazines and lineal titles – prominent figures in the sport can often be found making head-scratching decisions.
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Perhaps a day in the not-too-distant future is about to come where one champion reigns supreme in each division. However, that is not the case for now.
Therefore SunSport has compiled a comprehensive list of all current boxing world title holders. Brace yourself – it’s a long old list.
weighty
- WBC – Tyson Fury
- wba – Alexander Usik
- wbo – Alexander Usik
- ibf – Alexander Usik
- ring – Tyson Fury
cruiserweight
- WBC – Ilunga Makabu
- wba – Arsene Goulamirion
- wbo – Lawrence Okoli
- ibf – Maris Breedes
- ring – Maris Breedes
light heavyweight
- WBC – Arthur Betterbiev
- wba – Dmitry Bivol
- wbo – Joe Smith Jr.
- ibf – Arthur Betterbiev
- ring – Empty
super middleweight
- WBC – Canelo Alvarez
- wba – Canelo Alvarez
- wbo – Canelo Alvarez
- ibf – Canelo Alvarez
- ring canelo alvarez
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middleweight
- WBC – Germale Charlo
- wba – Ryota Murata
- wbo – Demetrius Andrade
- ibf – Gennady Golovkin
- ring – Empty
super-welterweight
- WBC – Germale Charlo
- wba – Germale Charlo
- wbo — Brian Castano
- ibf – Germale Charlo
- ring – Germale Charlo
welterweight
- WBC – Errol Spence Jr.
- wba – Yordenis Ugas
- wbo – Terence Crawford
- ibf – Errol Spence Jr.
- ring – Empty
super lightweight
- WBC – Josh Taylor
- wba – Josh Taylor
- wbo – Josh Taylor
- ibf – Josh Taylor
- ring – Josh Taylor
Lightweight
- WBC – Devin Honey
- wba – George Combosos Jr.
- wbo – George Combosos Jr.
- ibf – George Combosos Jr.
- ring – George Combosos Jr.
super-featherweight
- WBC – Oscar Valdez
- wba — Roger Gutierrez
- wbo – Shakur Stevenson
- ibf – Kenichi Ogawa
- ring – Empty
featherweight
- WBC – Gary Russell Jr.
- wba – Leo Santa Cruz
- wbo – Emanuel Navarrete
- ibf – Kiko Martinez
- ring – Empty
super-bantamweight
- WBC -Stephen Fulton
- wba – Murodzon Akhmadaliev
- wbo -Stephen Fulton
- ibf – Murodzon Akhmadaliev
- ring – Empty
bantamweight
- WBC – nonito donaire
- wba – Naoya Inoue
- wbo – John Riel Casemiro
- ibf – Naoya Inoue
- ring , Naoya Inoue
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super flyweight
- WBC – Empty
- wba – Juan Francisco Estrada
- wbo – Kazuto Ioka
- ibf – Jervin Ankajas
- ring – Juan Francisco Estrada
flyweight
- WBC – Julio Cesar Martinez
- wba – Artem Dalkian
- wbo – Junto Nakatani
- ibf – Sunny Edwards
- ring – Empty
light-flyweight
- WBC – Masamichi Yabuki
- wba – Hiroto Kyoguchi
- wbo – Alvin Soto
- ibf – Felix Alvarado
- ring – Hiroto Kyoguchi
mini flyweight
- WBC – Panya Prabashree
- wba – Thammoon Neomtrong
- wbo – Masataka Taniguchi
- ibf – Rene Marc Cuarto
- ring – Empty
