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). The United States Olympic Hall of Fame includes the following boxers: Muhammad Ali (inducted as Cassius Clay), George Foreman, Joe Frazier, Ray Leonard, Floyd Patterson, Eddie Eagan, and Óscar 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—a Venezuelan-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 the standing 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, and Erik 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, the New Jersey-based USBA-I was renamed and became the IBF.

The World Boxing Organization (WBO) was founded in San Juan, Puerto Rico (which is a self-governing commonwealth of the United States) in 1988. Its motto 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] Though Bernard Hopkins and Óscar 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|UKR Vitali Klitschko
36-2 (35 KO)
October 11, 2008
rowspan="2" align="center"|flagicon|UKR Wladimir KlitschkoUndisputed world champion.]
51-3 (45 KO)
April 22, 2006
rowspan="2" align="center"|flagicon|UKR Wladimir KlitschkoWBO super champion.]
51-3 (45 KO)
February 23, 2008
rowspan="2" align="center"|vacant
-
align="center"|flagicon|UZB Ruslan ChagaevChampion in recess.]
24-0-1 (17 KO)
April 14, 2007

Cruiserweight (200 lb, 90.7 kg)

Light heavyweight (175 lb, 79.4 kg)

uper middleweight (168 lb, 76.2 kg)

Middleweight (160 lb, 72.6 kg)

uper welterweight (154 lb, 69.9 kg)

Welterweight (147 lb, 66.7 kg)

uper lightweight (140 lb, 63.5 kg)

Lightweight (135 lb, 61.2 kg)

uper featherweight (130 lb, 59 kg)

Featherweight (126 lb, 57.2 kg)

uper bantamweight (122 lb, 55.3 kg)

Bantamweight (118 lb, 53.5 kg)

uper flyweight (115 lb, 52.2 kg)

Flyweight (112 lb, 50.8 kg)

Light flyweight (108 lb, 49 kg)

trawweight (105 lb, 47.6 kg)

ee also

*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
*cite web
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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