- List of current world boxing champions
This is a list of current boxing world champions who are certified by the four major
boxing sanctioning bodies [The official rules and regulations of the [http://www.wbaonline.com/legal/LegalStatements/worldchampionships.pdf WBA,] [http://www.ibf-usba-boxing.com/userfiles/File/Uniform%20Championship%20Rules%20-%20September%202006.pdf IBF,] and [http://www.wbo-int.com/public/org/regulations.htm WBO] all mention by name the other three major sanctioning bodies in their title unification rules. The [http://www.wbcboxing.com/wbcboxing/portal/cfpages/contentmgr.cfm?docId=89&docTipo=1 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 website. [http://www.wbcboxing.com/WBCboxing/Portal/cfpages/contentmgr.cfm?docId=2&docTipo=8] 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.] and "The Ring" magazine. Each champion's professional boxing record is shown in the following format: wins-losses-draws-no contests (knockout wins). TheUnited States Olympic Hall of Fame includes the following boxers:Muhammad Ali (inducted asCassius Clay ),George Foreman ,Joe Frazier ,Ray Leonard ,Floyd Patterson ,Eddie Eagan , andÓscar De La Hoya .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—aVenezuela n-based worldwide regulating body. [cite web
last=Bastidas
first=Angel M
url=http://www.wbaonline.com/wba/History/wbahistory.asp
title=World Boxing Association History
publisher=World Boxing Association
accessdate=2006-06-06] According to WBA championship rules, when a boxer holds at least two titles of the four major sanctioning bodies, the boxer is granted special recognition: he is called the undisputed or super world champion. The "regular" WBA world title is vacated if it is one of the titles the respective boxer holds. When a boxer defends his WBA title for the tenth consecutive time, he is normally granted the "WBA Super belt". [cite web
url=http://www.wbaonline.com/legal/LegalStatements/worldchampionships.pdf
title=World Boxing Association World Championships Regulations
publisher=World Boxing Association
accessdate=2006-06-06]The
World Boxing Council (WBC) was founded in Mexico City, Mexico on February 14, 1963 in order to establish an international regulating body. [cite web
url=http://www.wbcboxing.com/WBCboxing/Portal/cfpages/contentmgr.cfm?docId=22&docTipo=1
title=World Boxing Council: History & Founding Fathers
publisher=World Boxing Council
accessdate=2006-06-06] The WBC established many of today's safety measures in boxing, such as thestanding eight-count , [cite web
url=http://www.wbcboxing.com/WBCboxing/Portal/cfpages/contentmgr.cfm?docId=125&docTipo=4
title=Rules that have changed the History of Boxing
publisher=World Boxing Council
accessdate=2006-06-06] a limit of 12 rounds instead of 15,cite web
url=http://www.wbcboxing.com/WBCboxing/Portal/cfpages/contentmgr.cfm?docId=125&docTipo=4
title=Permanent Medical Research Program
publisher=World Boxing Council
accessdate=2006-06-06] and additional weight classes. In its discretion, the WBC may designate and recognize, upon a two-thirds majority vote of their Board of Governors, one or more emeritus world champions in each weight class. Such a recognition is for life and is only bestowed upon present or past WBC world champions. The following boxers have earned the emeritus championship appellation throughout their careers:Lennox Lewis ,Vitali Klitschko ,Bernard Hopkins ,Floyd Mayweather Jr ,Kostya Tszyu ,Manny Pacquiao , andErik Morales .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.cite web
url=http://ibf-usba-boxing.com/history.html
title=History of the IBF
date=December 4, 2000
publisher=International Boxing Federation
accessdate=2006-06-06
archivedate=2000-12-04
archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20001204194900/http://ibf-usba-boxing.com/history.html] In April 1983, The organization established an international division that was known as the United States Boxing Association-International (USBA-I). In May 1984, theNew Jersey -based USBA-I was renamed and became the IBF.The
World Boxing Organization (WBO) was founded inSan Juan, Puerto Rico (which is a self-governing commonwealth of the United States) in 1988. Itsmotto is "dignity, democracy, honesty." [cite web
url=http://www.wbo-int.com/images/logo.jpg
title=WBO logo
publisher=World Boxing Organization
accessdate=2006-06-06] ThoughBernard Hopkins andÓscar De La Hoya don't have WBO belts at the moment, the WBO actually calls them "Super champion". Some media sites do not include the WBO in their list of champions, [cite web
url=http://sports.yahoo.com/box/news?slug=champs&prov=st&type=lgns
title=Current Boxing Champions.
date=May 7, 2007
publisher=Yahoo!
accessdate=2007-05-07] [cite web
url=http://sports.si.cnn.com/default.asp?c=cnnsi&page=boxing/stat/champions.htm
title=Current Boxing Champions
date=April 5, 2007
publisher=Sports Illustrated
accessdate=2007-05-07] whereas others do. [cite web
last=Eisele
first=Andrew
url=http://boxing.about.com/cs/rankingschampions/a/champs.htm
title=Boxing Champions
date=May 6, 2007
publisher=About.com
accessdate=2007-05-07] [cite web
url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/boxing/champions_list/default.stm
title=List of Champions
date=May 5, 2007
publisher=BBC Sport
accessdate=2007-05-07]"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." [cite web
url=http://www.thering-online.com/ringpages/about.html
title=About "The Ring"
date=June 26, 2006
publisher="The Ring"
accessdate=2006-06-06] There are currently only two ways that a boxer can win "The Ring"' s title: defeat the reigning champion; or win a box-off between "The Ring"' s number-one and number-two rated contenders (or, sometimes, number-one and number-three rated).cite web
last=Kellerman
first=Max
authorlink=Max Kellerman
url=http://espn.go.com/boxing/columns/kellerman_max/1715320.html
title=Gatti vs. the unknown
date=January 22, 2004
publisher=ESPN
accessdate=2006-06-06] There are also only three ways that a boxer can lose "The Ring"'s title: lose a championship fight, move to a different weight class, or retire. ("The Ring" does not strip its champions' titles like the sanctioning bodies do.)Current champions
Heavyweight (200+ lb, 90.7+ kg)
align="center"|flagicon|RUS
Nikolay Valuev
49-1-0-1 (34 KO)
August 30, 2008
rowspan="2" align="center"|flagicon|UKRVitali Klitschko
36-2 (35 KO)
October 11, 2008
rowspan="2" align="center"|flagicon|UKRWladimir Klitschko Undisputed world champion.]
51-3 (45 KO)
April 22, 2006
rowspan="2" align="center"|flagicon|UKRWladimir Klitschko WBO super champion.]
51-3 (45 KO)
February 23, 2008
rowspan="2" align="center"|vacant
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align="center"|flagicon|UZBRuslan Chagaev Champion in recess.]
24-0-1 (17 KO)
April 14, 2007Cruiserweight (200 lb, 90.7 kg)
align="center"|flagicon|PAN
Guillermo Jones
36-3-2 (28 KO)
September 27, 2008
align="center"|vacant
align="center"|flagicon|USASteve Cunningham
21-1 (11 KO)
May 26, 2007
align="center"|vacant
align="center"|vacantLight heavyweight (175 lb, 79.4 kg)
align="center"|flagicon|ARG
Hugo Hernán Garay
31-3 (17 KO)
July 3, 2008
align="center"|flagicon|ROMAdrian Diaconu
25-0 (15 KO)
July 11, 2008
align="center"|flagicon|USAAntonio Tarver
27-4 (19 KO)
April 12, 2008
align="center"|flagicon|HUNZsolt Erdei
29-0 (17 KO)
January 17, 2004
align="center"|flagicon|GBRJoe Calzaghe
45-0 (32 KO)
April 19, 2008uper middleweight (168 lb, 76.2 kg)
align="center"|flagicon|DEN
Mikkel Kessler
40-1 (30 KO)
June 21, 2008
align="center"|vacant
align="center"|flagicon|ROMLucian Bute
22-0 (18 KO)
October 19, 2007
align="center"|flagicon|RUSDenis Inkin
34-0 (24 KO)
September 27, 2008
align="center"|vacantMiddleweight (160 lb, 72.6 kg)
align="center"|flagicon|GER
Felix Sturm
30-2-1 (13 KO)
April 28, 2007
align="center"|flagicon|USAKelly Pavlik
34-0 (30 KO)
September 29, 2007
align="center"|flagicon|GERArthur Abraham
27-0 (22 KO)
December 10, 2005
align="center"|flagicon|USAKelly Pavlik
34-0 (30 KO)
September 29, 2007
align="center"|flagicon|USAKelly Pavlik
34-0 (30 KO)
September 29, 2007uper welterweight (154 lb, 69.9 kg)
rowspan="2" align="center"|flagicon|PRI Daniel Santos
32-3-1-1 (23 KO)
July 11, 2008
align="center"|flagicon|USAVernon Forrest
41-3-0-1 (29 KO)
September 13, 2008
rowspan="2" align="center"|flagicon|USAVerno Phillips
42-10-1-1 (21 KO)
March 27, 2008
rowspan="2" align="center"|flagicon|UKRSergiy Dzinziruk
35-0 (22 KO)
December 3, 2005
rowspan="2" align="center"|vacant
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align="center"|flagicon|ARGSergio Gabriel Martínez Interim world champion.]
44-1-1 (24 KO)
October 4, 2008Welterweight (147 lb, 66.7 kg)
align="center"|flagicon|MEX
Antonio Margarito
37-5-0-1 (27 KO)
July 26, 2008
rowspan="2" align="center"|flagicon|USAAndre Berto
23-0 (19 KO)
June 21, 2008
rowspan="2" align="center"|flagicon|GHAJoshua Clottey
35-2-0-1 (20 KO)
August 2, 2008
rowspan="2" align="center"|flagicon|USA Paul Williams
35-1 (26 KO)
June 7, 2008
rowspan="2" align="center"|vacant
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align="center"|flagicon|UKRYuriy Nuzhnenko
27-0-1 (13 KO)
December 8, 2007uper lightweight (140 lb, 63.5 kg)
align="center"|flagicon|UKR
Andriy Kotelnik
30-2-1 (13 KO)
March 22, 2008
align="center"|flagicon|USATimothy Bradley
23-0 (11 KO)
May 10, 2008
align="center"|vacant
align="center"|flagicon|USAKendall Holt
24-2 (13 KO)
July 5, 2008
align="center"|flagicon|GBRRicky Hatton
44-1 (31 KO)
June 4, 2005Lightweight (135 lb, 61.2 kg)
align="center"|flagicon|USA
Nate Campbell
32-5-1 (25 KO)
March 8, 2008
rowspan="2" align="center"|flagicon|PHIManny Pacquiao
47-3-2 (35 KO)
June 28, 2008
rowspan="2" align="center"|flagicon|USANate Campbell
32-5-1 (25 KO)
March 8, 2008
rowspan="2" align="center"|flagicon|USANate Campbell
32-5-1 (25 KO)
March 8, 2008
rowspan="2" align="center"|flagicon|MEXJuan Manuel Márquez
49-4-1 (36 KO)
September 13, 2008
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align="center"|flagicon|JPNYusuke Kobori
23-2-1 (12 KO)
May 19, 2008uper featherweight (130 lb, 59 kg)
align="center"|vacant
align="center"|vacant
align="center"|flagicon|RSACassius Baloyi
36-3-1 (19 KO)
April 12, 2008
align="center"|flagicon|GBRNicky Cook
29-1 (16 KO)
September 6, 2008
align="center"|vacantFeatherweight (126 lb, 57.2 kg)
align="center"|flagicon|IDN Chris John
41-0-1 (22 KO)
November 1, 2003
align="center"|flagicon|MEXÓscar Larios
62-6-1 (39 KO)
August 13, 2008
align="center"|vacant
align="center"|flagicon|USASteven Luevano
35-1-1 (15 KO)
July 14, 2007
align="center"|vacantuper bantamweight (122 lb, 55.3 kg)
align="center"|flagicon|PAN
Celestino Caballero
30-2 (21 KO)
October 4, 2006
align="center"|flagicon|MEXIsrael Vázquez
43-4 (31 KO)
August 4, 2007
rowspan="2" align="center"|flagicon|CANSteve Molitor
28-0 (11 KO)
November 10, 2006
rowspan="2" align="center"|flagicon|PRI Juan Manuel López
23-0 (21 KO)
June 7, 2008
rowspan="2" align="center"|flagicon|MEXIsrael Vázquez
43-4 (31 KO)
August 4, 2007
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align="center"|flagicon|PANRicardo Córdoba
34-1-2 (21 KO)
September 18, 2008
align="center"|flagicon|JPNToshiaki Nishioka
32-4-3 (19 KO)
September 15, 2008Bantamweight (118 lb, 53.5 kg)
align="center"|flagicon|PAN
Anselmo Moreno
23-1-1 (8 KO)
May 31, 2008
align="center"|flagicon|JPNHozumi Hasegawa
24-2 (8 KO)
April 16, 2005
align="center"|flagicon|GHAJoseph Agbeko
25-1 (22 KO)
September 29, 2007
align="center"|flagicon|PHIGerry Peñalosa
53-6-2 (36 KO)
August 11, 2007
align="center"|vacantuper flyweight (115 lb, 52.2 kg)
align="center"|flagicon|MEX
Cristian Mijares
36-3-2 (15 KO)
May 17, 2008
rowspan="3" align="center"|flagicon|MEXCristian Mijares
36-3-2 (15 KO)
December 6, 2006
rowspan="3" align="center"|flagicon|ARMVic Darchinyan
30-1-1 (24 KO)
August 2, 2008
rowspan="3" align="center"|flagicon|MEXFernando Montiel
37-2-1 (28 KO)
April 9, 2005
rowspan="3" align="center"|vacant
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align="center"|flagicon|JPNNobuo Nashiro
12-1 (7 KO)
September 15, 2008
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align="center"|flagicon|MEXJorge Arce
50-4-1 (38 KO)
September 15, 2008Flyweight (112 lb, 50.8 kg)
align="center"|flagicon|JPN
Takefumi Sakata
33-4-2 (15 KO)
March 19, 2007
align="center"|flagicon|JPNDaisuke Naito
33-2-3 (21 KO)
July 18, 2007
align="center"|flagicon|PHINonito Donaire
19-1 (12 KO)
July 7, 2007
align="center"|flagicon|ARGOmar Andrés Narváez
28-0-2 (17 KO)
July 13, 2002
align="center"|vacantLight flyweight (108 lb, 49 kg)
align="center"|flagicon|FRA
Brahim Asloum
23-2 (9 KO)
December 8, 2007
rowspan="2" align="center"|flagicon|MEX Édgar Sosa
33-5 (17 KO)
April 14, 2007
rowspan="2" align="center"|flagicon|MEXUlises Solís
27-1-2 (20 KO)
January 7, 2006
rowspan="2" align="center"|flagicon|PRI Iván Calderón
32-0 (6 KO)
August 25, 2007
rowspan="2" align="center"|flagicon|PRI Iván Calderón
32-0 (6 KO)
August 25, 2007
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align="center"|flagicon|COLCésar Canchila
27-1 (21 KO)
July 26, 2008trawweight (105 lb, 47.6 kg)
rowspan="2" align="center"|flagicon|NIC Román González
21-0 (19 KO)
September 15, 2008
align="center"|flagicon|THAOleydong Sithsamerchai
28-0 (12 KO)
November 29, 2007
rowspan="2" align="center"|flagicon|MEX Raúl García
24-0-1 (15 KO)
June 14, 2008
align="center"|flagicon|PHIDonnie Nietes
23-1-3 (14 KO)
September 30, 2007
rowspan="2" align="center"|vacant
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align="center"|flagicon|NIC Juan Palacios
24-2-0-1 (19 KO)
August 2, 2008
align="center"|flagicon|COL Daniel Reyes
40-5-1 (30 KO)
September 26, 2008ee also
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Boxing weight classes
*Ring Magazine pound for pound Notes
References
*cite web
url=http://www.boxrec.com/title_search.php
title=BoxRec title search
publisher=BoxRec.com
accessdate=2007-05-07
*cite web
url=http://www.ibf-usba-boxing.com/index.php?pg=1
title=IBF-USBA official ratings
date=April 25, 2007
publisher=International Boxing Federation
accessdate=2007-05-07
*cite web
url=http://www.wbaonline.com/ratings/rankings/default.asp
title=WBA official ratings
date=May 2007
publisher=World Boxing Association
accessdate=2007-05-07
*cite web
url=http://www.thering-online.com/ringpages/ratings2.html
title="The Ring" Ratings
date=April 30, 2007
publisher="The Ring"
accessdate=2007-05-07
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url=http://www.wbcboxing.com/WBCboxing/Portal/cfpages/category.cfm?nodeId=2.3&maxdocs=all&orderby=docId
title=WBC official ratings
date=April 2007
publisher=World Boxing Council
accessdate=2007-05-07
*cite web
url=http://www.wbo-int.com/revised/CHAMPS-WBO.asp
title=WBO official champions
date=April 2007
publisher=World Boxing Organization
accessdate=2007-05-07
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