At least since John L. Sullivan

John L. Sullivan

John Lawrence Sullivan , also known as the Boston Strong Boy, was recognized as the first heavyweight champion of gloved boxing from February 7, 1881 to 1892, and is generally recognized as the last heavyweight champion of bare-knuckle boxing under the London Prize Ring rules...

, in the late 19th century, there have been world boxing champions. The first of today's organizations to award a world title was the World Boxing Association

World Boxing Association

The World Boxing Association is a boxing organization that sanctions official matches, and awards the WBA world championship title at the professional level. It was previously known as the National Boxing Association before changing its name in 1962...

, known as the National Boxing Association when it sanctioned its first title fight in 1921 between Jack Dempsey

Jack Dempsey

William Harrison "Jack" Dempsey was an American boxer who held the world heavyweight title from 1919 to 1926. Dempsey's aggressive style and exceptional punching power made him one of the most popular boxers in history. Many of his fights set financial and attendance records, including the first...

 and Georges Carpentier

Georges Carpentier

Georges Carpentier was a French boxer. He fought mainly as a light heavyweight and heavyweight in a career lasting from 1908-26. Nicknamed the "Orchid Man", he stood and his fighting weight ranged from...

 for the heavyweight championship.

There are now four major sanctioning bodies in professional boxing

Professional Boxing

Professional boxing, or prizefighting, emerged in the early twentieth century as boxing gradually attained legitimacy and became a regulated, sanctioned sport. Professional boxing bouts are fought for a purse which is divided among the fighters and promoters as determined by contract...

. The official rules and regulations of the World Boxing Association

World Boxing Association

The World Boxing Association is a boxing organization that sanctions official matches, and awards the WBA world championship title at the professional level. It was previously known as the National Boxing Association before changing its name in 1962...

, World Boxing Council

World Boxing Council

The World Boxing Council was initially established by 11 countries: the United States, Argentina, United Kingdom, France, Mexico, Philippines, Panama, Chile, Peru, Venezuela and Brazil plus Puerto Rico, met in Mexico City on February 14, 1963, upon invitation of the then President of Mexico, Adolfo...

, International Boxing Federation

International Boxing Federation

The International Boxing Federation or IBF is one of four major organizations recognized by IBHOF which sanction world championship boxing bouts, alongside the WBA, WBC and WBO.- History :...

 and World Boxing Organization

World Boxing Organization

The World Boxing Organization is a sanctioning organization currently recognizing professional boxing world champions. The organization is recognized as one of the four major world championship groups by the IBHOF alongside the International Boxing Federation, the World Boxing Council and the...

 all recognize the other three major sanctioning bodies in their rankings and title unification rules. Each of these organizations sanction and regulate championship bouts and award championships. American boxing magazine The Ring

The Ring (magazine)

The Ring is an American boxing magazine that was first published in 1922 as a boxing and wrestling magazine. As the sporting legitimacy of professional wrestling came more into question, The Ring shifted to becoming exclusively a boxing oriented publication...

 began awarding world championship belts in 1922.

There are seventeen weight divisions

Weight class (boxing)

In boxing, a weight class is a standardized weight range for boxers. The upper weight limit for each class is the lower limit of the next higher class. The top class, with no upper limit, is called heavyweight in professional boxing and super heavyweight in amateur boxing...

. To compete in a weight class, a boxer's weight must not exceed the upper limit. Manny Pacquiao

Manny Pacquiao

Emmanuel "Manny" Dapidran Pacquiao, PLH is a Filipino professional boxer and politician. He is the first eight-division world champion; having won six world titles, as well as the first to win the lineal championship in four different weight classes. He was named "Fighter of the Decade" for the...

 has won world championships in eight different weight classes, more than any other boxer. The Klitschko brothers, Vitali

Vitali Klitschko

Vitaliy Volodymyrovych Klychko is a Ukrainian professional heavyweight boxer and the current WBC heavyweight champion. He is a leader of the political party Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reform and a member of the Ukrainian delegation to the Congress of the Council of Europe. He previously...

 and Wladimir

Wladimir Klitschko

Wladimir Klitschko is a Ukrainian heavyweight boxer. Klitschko is the WBA , IBF, WBO Super, IBO & Ring Magazine Champion. His older brother Vitali Klitschko is the current WBC champion...

, hold all five major titles in the heavyweight division. They are the first brothers to hold versions of the heavyweight championship at the same time.

Championships

When a champion, for reasons beyond his control such as an illness or injury, is unable to defend his title within the normal mandatory time, the sanctioning bodies may order an interim title bout and award the winner an interim championship

Interim championship

An interim championship is a temporary world championship that is awarded in all four major sanctioning bodies of professional boxing and in other combat sports, such as kickboxing and mixed martial arts.The IBF have no Interim Champions...

. The WBA and WBC may change the status of their inactive champions to Champion in Recess.

World Boxing Association

The World Boxing Association

World Boxing Association

The World Boxing Association is a boxing organization that sanctions official matches, and awards the WBA world championship title at the professional level. It was previously known as the National Boxing Association before changing its name in 1962...

 (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, which today has its head office in Panama

Panama

Panama , officially the Republic of Panama , is the southernmost country of Central America. Situated on the isthmus connecting North and South America, it is bordered by Costa Rica to the northwest, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the south. The...

. According to WBA championship rules, when a champion holds a title of one of the other three major sanctioning bodies in an equivalent weight class, the boxer is granted special recognition: he is called the unified champion and is given more time between mandatory title defences. The WBA Championships Committee and President may designate a champion as a Super Champion in exceptional circumstances. The "regular" WBA world title is vacated if it is one of the titles the respective boxer holds. When a WBA champion defends his title for the fifth or sixth time, he may be granted the "WBA Super Belt" upon discretion of a vote of the WBA's board of governors.

World Boxing Council

The World Boxing Council

World Boxing Council

The World Boxing Council was initially established by 11 countries: the United States, Argentina, United Kingdom, France, Mexico, Philippines, Panama, Chile, Peru, Venezuela and Brazil plus Puerto Rico, met in Mexico City on February 14, 1963, upon invitation of the then President of Mexico, Adolfo...

 (WBC) was founded in Mexico City, Mexico on February 14, 1963 in order to establish an international regulating body. The WBC established many of today's safety measures in boxing, such as the standing eight-count, a limit of 12 rounds instead of 15, and additional weight classes. In its discretion, the WBC may designate and recognize, upon a two-thirds majority

Supermajority

A supermajority or a qualified majority is a requirement for a proposal to gain a specified level or type of support which exceeds a simple majority . In some jurisdictions, for example, parliamentary procedure requires that any action that may alter the rights of the minority has a supermajority...

 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

Lennox Lewis

Lennox Claudius Lewis, CM, CBE is a retired boxer and the most recent British undisputed world heavyweight champion. He holds dual British and Canadian citizenship...

, Vitali Klitschko

Vitali Klitschko

Vitaliy Volodymyrovych Klychko is a Ukrainian professional heavyweight boxer and the current WBC heavyweight champion. He is a leader of the political party Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reform and a member of the Ukrainian delegation to the Congress of the Council of Europe. He previously...

, Bernard Hopkins

Bernard Hopkins

Bernard Hopkins Jr, known as The Executioner is an American boxer and the current Ring Magazine and WBC light heavyweight champion...

 (Honorary Champion), Mikkel Kessler

Mikkel Kessler

Mikkel Kessler is a Danish professional boxer and former two time WBA & WBC Super Middleweight champion. In his professional career he has a record of 44–2 with 33 knockouts...

, Sergio Gabriel Martínez

Sergio Gabriel Martínez

Sergio Gabriel Martínez is an Argentine professional boxer and the current The Ring middleweight champion....

, Floyd Mayweather Jr, Kostya Tszyu, Manny Pacquiao

Manny Pacquiao

Emmanuel "Manny" Dapidran Pacquiao, PLH is a Filipino professional boxer and politician. He is the first eight-division world champion; having won six world titles, as well as the first to win the lineal championship in four different weight classes. He was named "Fighter of the Decade" for the...

, Érik Morales

Erik Morales

Érik Isaac Morales Elvira is a Mexican professional boxer. He is the first Mexican born boxer in history to win a world title in four weight classes and is the current WBC Light Welterweight Champion...

, Vic Darchinyan

Vic Darchinyan

Vakhtang "Vic" Darchinyan is an Armenian professional boxer discovered by HyeFighters. He is a three-division world champion, having won eight titles in three different weight classes. He is a former IBF Flyweight World Champion and a former Undisputed WBA, WBC & IBF Super Flyweight World...

, and Édgar Sosa. The WBC has got two "Diamond Champions" as well, a title that normally is at stake at very high-profile matches between two top fighters. Manny Pacquiao

Manny Pacquiao

Emmanuel "Manny" Dapidran Pacquiao, PLH is a Filipino professional boxer and politician. He is the first eight-division world champion; having won six world titles, as well as the first to win the lineal championship in four different weight classes. He was named "Fighter of the Decade" for the...

 was the first one to win this title in 2009 by beating then-WBO welterweight champion Miguel Ángel Cotto. In 2011, Sergio Gabriel Martínez

Sergio Gabriel Martínez

Sergio Gabriel Martínez is an Argentine professional boxer and the current The Ring middleweight champion....

 won the title at middleweight by beating Serhiy Dzinziruk, who was undefeated in 37 fights until then. On May 21, 2011, Bernard Hopkins

Bernard Hopkins

Bernard Hopkins Jr, known as The Executioner is an American boxer and the current Ring Magazine and WBC light heavyweight champion...

 beats Jean Pascal by points to become the oldest ever world boxing champion at the age of 46, becoming the third man to win the WBC's Diamond belt.

International Boxing Federation

The International Boxing Federation

International Boxing Federation

The International Boxing Federation or IBF is one of four major organizations recognized by IBHOF which sanction world championship boxing bouts, alongside the WBA, WBC and WBO.- History :...

 (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. 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

New Jersey

New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...

-based USBA-I was renamed and became the IBF.

World Boxing Organization

The World Boxing Organization

World Boxing Organization

The World Boxing Organization is a sanctioning organization currently recognizing professional boxing world champions. The organization is recognized as one of the four major world championship groups by the IBHOF alongside the International Boxing Federation, the World Boxing Council and the...

 (WBO) was founded in San Juan, Puerto Rico

San Juan, Puerto Rico

San Juan , officially Municipio de la Ciudad Capital San Juan Bautista , is the capital and most populous municipality in Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the United States. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 395,326 making it the 46th-largest city under the jurisdiction of...

 (which is a self-governing commonwealth of the United States) in 1988. Its motto

Motto

A motto is a phrase meant to formally summarize the general motivation or intention of a social group or organization. A motto may be in any language, but Latin is the most used. The local language is usual in the mottoes of governments...

 is "dignity, democracy, honesty." When a WBO champion has reached "preeminent status" the WBO's Executive Committee may designate him as a "Super Champion". Besides the beltholders that are called "Super Champion", there are other fighters that have been named "WBO Super Champion" like Bernard Hopkins

Bernard Hopkins

Bernard Hopkins Jr, known as The Executioner is an American boxer and the current Ring Magazine and WBC light heavyweight champion...

, Joe Calzaghe

Joe Calzaghe

Joseph William Calzaghe, CBE, MBE is a Welsh former professional boxer. He is the former WBO, WBA, WBC, IBF, The Ring & British super middleweight champion and The Ring light heavyweight champion....

, Kelly Pavlik

Kelly Pavlik

Kelly Pavlik is an American professional boxer. He was The Ring, WBC, & WBO middleweight champion from when he beat Jermain Taylor on September 29, 2007 until he lost his titles to Sergio Martinez on April 17, 2010....

, Óscar De La Hoya

Oscar de la Hoya

Oscar De La Hoya is a retired American boxer of Mexican descent. Nicknamed "The Golden Boy", De La Hoya won a gold medal at the Barcelona Olympic Games shortly after graduating from Garfield High School. De La Hoya comes from a boxing family. His grandfather Vicente, father Joel Sr., and brother...

, Juan Díaz, Marco Antonio Barrera

Marco Antonio Barrera

Marco Antonio Barrera Tapia is a Mexicanprofessional boxer. He has won numerous world titles in three different weight classes; he is a former two-time WBO super bantamweight , WBC, Lineal, & The Ring featherweight , and WBC & IBF super featherweight champion...

, Fernando Montiel

Fernando Montiel

Fernando Montiel Martínez is a Mexican professional boxer in the Bantamweight division. Fernando is a former WBO Flyweight, WBO Super Flyweight and WBO and WBC Bantamweight champion.-Early life:...

, Iván Calderón

Ivan Calderón (boxer)

Iván Calderón Marrero is a Puerto Rican professional boxer. As an amateur Calderón represented Puerto Rico in international competitions and attended the 2000 Olympic Games in Australia. On May 3, 2003, he won the World Boxing Organization's minimumweight championship when he defeated Eduardo...

. The WBO championships are not universally recognized. Some media sites do not include the WBO in their list of champions, but others do.

The Ring

The Ring

The Ring (magazine)

The Ring is an American boxing magazine that was first published in 1922 as a boxing and wrestling magazine. As the sporting legitimacy of professional wrestling came more into question, The Ring shifted to becoming exclusively a boxing oriented publication...

 is a respected boxing magazine that was founded in 1922. The Ring has its own version of lineal championship

Lineal championship

In professional boxing, the lineal championship of a weight class is a notional world championship title. It is initially held at some moment in time by a boxer universally acclaimed as the best in the class. Another boxer can win the lineal championship only by defeating the reigning lineal...

 in a given weight class where The Ring Champion holds the linear reign to the throne, the man who beat the man. The Ring began awarding world championship belts in 1922. The Ring stopped giving belts to the world champions in the 1990s but began again in 2002.

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." The Ring claims to be more authoritative and open than the sanctioning bodies' rankings, with a page devoted to full explanations for ranking changes. A fighter pays no sanctioning fees to defend or fight for the title at stake, contrary to practices of the sanctioning bodies. 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). There are also only three ways that a boxer can lose The Rings title: lose a championship fight, move to a different weight class, or retire.

Current champions

The current champions in each weight class are listed below. Each champion's professional boxing record is shown in the following format: wins–losses–draws–no contests (knockout

Knockout

A knockout is a fight-ending, winning criterion in several full-contact combat sports, such as boxing, kickboxing, Muay Thai, mixed martial arts, Karate and others sports involving striking...

 wins).

Heavyweight (200+ lb, 90.7+ kg)

|align="center"|Wladimir Klitschko

Wladimir Klitschko

Wladimir Klitschko is a Ukrainian heavyweight boxer. Klitschko is the WBA , IBF, WBO Super, IBO & Ring Magazine Champion. His older brother Vitali Klitschko is the current WBC champion...

56–3–0–0 (49)
July 2, 2011
|rowspan="2" align="center"|Vitali Klitschko

Vitali Klitschko

Vitaliy Volodymyrovych Klychko is a Ukrainian professional heavyweight boxer and the current WBC heavyweight champion. He is a leader of the political party Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reform and a member of the Ukrainian delegation to the Congress of the Council of Europe. He previously...

43–2–0–0 (40)
October 11, 2008
|rowspan="2" align="center"|Wladimir Klitschko

Wladimir Klitschko

Wladimir Klitschko is a Ukrainian heavyweight boxer. Klitschko is the WBA , IBF, WBO Super, IBO & Ring Magazine Champion. His older brother Vitali Klitschko is the current WBC champion...

56–3–0–0 (49)
April 22, 2006
|rowspan="2" align="center"|Wladimir Klitschko

Wladimir Klitschko

Wladimir Klitschko is a Ukrainian heavyweight boxer. Klitschko is the WBA , IBF, WBO Super, IBO & Ring Magazine Champion. His older brother Vitali Klitschko is the current WBC champion...

56–3–0–0 (49)
February 23, 2008
|rowspan="2" align="center"|Wladimir Klitschko

Wladimir Klitschko

Wladimir Klitschko is a Ukrainian heavyweight boxer. Klitschko is the WBA , IBF, WBO Super, IBO & Ring Magazine Champion. His older brother Vitali Klitschko is the current WBC champion...

56–3–0–0 (49)
June 20, 2009
|-
|align="center"|Alexander Povetkin

Alexander Povetkin

Alexander Vladimirovich Povetkin is a Russian boxer. He is the current holder of the WBA heavyweight title. His height is . Because of his amateur success, as well as his early pro accomplishments, he is seen as a leading contender in professional boxing's Heavyweight division...

22–0–0–0 (15)
August 27, 2011

Cruiserweight, Junior heavyweight (200 lb, 90.7 kg)

|align="center"|Guillermo Jones

Guillermo Jones

Guillermo Jones is a Panamanian boxer best known for losing three world title fights in controversial decisions...

38–3–2–0 (30)
September 27, 2008
|rowspan="2" align="center"|Krzysztof Włodarczyk

46–2–1–0 (33)
May 15, 2010
|rowspan="2" align="center"|Yoan Pablo Hernández

Yoan Pablo Hernández

Yoan Pablo Hernández Suárez is a Cuban professional boxer. Hernández has been featured in the top 10 rankings of Ring Magazine at Cruiserweight. He is the current IBF Cruiserweight Champion.-Amateur career:...

25–1–0–0 (13)
October 1, 2011
|rowspan="2" align="center"|Marco Huck

Marco Huck

Marco Huck is a German professional boxer of Bosniak origin. He is the current WBO Cruiserweight Champion.Marco started Taekwando and kickboxing at the age of ten...

34–1–0–0 (25)
August 29, 2009
|rowspan="2" align="center"|vacant
|-
|align="center"|Denis Lebedev

Denis Lebedev

Denis Lebedev , is a Russian professional boxer from Stary Oskol. He is a contender in the Cruiserweight division.-Professional career:...

23–1–0–0 (17)
November 4, 2011

Light heavyweight (175 lb, 79.4 kg)

|align="center"|Beibut Shumenov

Beibut Shumenov

Beibut Shumenov, is a Kazakh professional boxer who fights in the light heavyweight division. He is the current WBA Light Heavyweight Champion.-Amateur career:Shumenov represented Kazakhstan in the 2004 Summer Olympics...

12–1–0–0 (8)
January 29, 2010
|align="center"|Bernard Hopkins

Bernard Hopkins

Bernard Hopkins Jr, known as The Executioner is an American boxer and the current Ring Magazine and WBC light heavyweight champion...

52–6–2–1 (32)
May 21, 2011
|align="center"|Tavoris Cloud

Tavoris Cloud

Tavoris Karod Cloud is an American professional boxer born in Tallahassee, Florida, USA, and the current IBF light heavyweight champion.-Early life:...

23–0–0–0 (19)
August 28, 2009
|align="center"|Nathan Cleverly

Nathan Cleverly

Nathan Cleverly is a British professional boxer from Wales and current WBO light heavyweight world champion. He is also the former European, British and Commonwealth light heavyweight champion...

23–0–0–0 (11)
May 18, 2011
|align="center"|Bernard Hopkins

Bernard Hopkins

Bernard Hopkins Jr, known as The Executioner is an American boxer and the current Ring Magazine and WBC light heavyweight champion...

52–6–2–1 (32)
May 21, 2011

Super middleweight (168 lb, 76.2 kg)

|align="center"|Andre Ward

Andre Ward

Andre Ward is an American professional boxer and the current WBA super middleweight champion.Currently, Ward is rated among the best pound-for-pound boxers in the world. He is rated #6, #7 and #10 by Yahoo! Sports, Sports Illustrated, and The Ring...

24–0–0–0 (13)
November 21, 2009
|rowspan="3" align="center"|Carl Froch

Carl Froch

Carl Froch is an English professional boxer and is a two-time and reigning WBC super middleweight champion. He previously held the British, Commonwealth, & English titles at super middleweight.-Amateur:...

28–1–0–0 (20)
November 27, 2010
|rowspan="3" align="center"|Lucian Bute

Lucian Bute

Lucian Bute is a Romanian-Canadian professional boxer, currently based in Montreal, Canada. Bute is the current IBF Super Middleweight champion...

30–0–0–0 (24)
October 19, 2007
|rowspan="3" align="center"|Robert Stieglitz

Robert Stieglitz

Robert Stieglitz is a German boxer and the current WBO Super Middleweight world champion...

40–2–0–0 (23)
August 22, 2009
|rowspan="3" align="center"|vacant
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|align="center"|Károly Balzsay

Károly Balzsay

Károly Balzsay is a Hungarian boxer and the current WBA super middleweight champion. He is also a former WBO super middleweight champion...

24–2–0–0 (17)
August 26, 2011
|-
|align="center"|Brian Magee

Brian Magee

Brian Magee is reigning European super middleweight boxing champion, who as an amateur competed for Ireland in the middleweight division at the 1996 Summer Olympics...

35–4–1–0 (24)
July 30, 2011

Middleweight (160 lb, 72.6 kg)

|align="center"|Felix Sturm

Felix Sturm

Felix Sturm is a German boxer and current WBA middleweight Super champion of Bosniak descent. Sturm was born and raised in Leverkusen, Germany, but both of his parents were immigrants from Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina.- Professional career :On 27 January 2001, Sturm made his debut as a...

36–2–1–0 (15)
March 22, 2010
|rowspan="3" align="center"|Julio César Chávez Jr

44–0–1–1 (31)
June 4, 2011
|rowspan="3" align="center"|Daniel Geale

Daniel Geale

Daniel Geale is a middleweight boxer and current IBF middleweight champion from Australia, who won the gold medal in the men's welterweight division at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, United Kingdom.-Amateur career:Other than winning the 2002 2002 Commonwealth Games at welterweight,...

26–1–0–0 (15)
May 7, 2011
|rowspan="3" align="center"|Dmitry Pirog

Dmitry Pirog

Dmitry Pirog is a Russian boxer in the Middleweight division and the current WBO Middleweight Champion.-Amateur career:Dmitry used to be a chess player and wasn’t getting enough activity, so he decided to start boxing...

19–0–0–0 (15)
July 31, 2010
|rowspan="3" align="center"|Sergio Gabriel Martínez

Sergio Gabriel Martínez

Sergio Gabriel Martínez is an Argentine professional boxer and the current The Ring middleweight champion....

48–2–2–0 (27)
April 17, 2010
|-
|align="center"|Gennady Golovkin

21–0–0–0 (18)
October 14, 2010
|-
|align="center"|Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam

Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam

Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam is a French-Cameroonian boxer and the current interim WBA World Middleweight champion. The Ring Magazine currently rates N'Dam N'Jikam at number nine in the Middleweight division, BoxRec ranks him at number four.-Amateur:Ndam Njikam won the silver medal in the Middleweight...

26–0–0–0 (17)
October 30, 2010

Super welterweight, Junior middleweight (154 lb, 69.9 kg)

|align="center"|Miguel Ángel Cotto


36–2–0–0 (29)
September 10, 2010
|rowspan="3" align="center"|Saúl Álvarez

Saul Alvarez

Santos Saúl Álvarez Barragán is an undefeated Mexican boxer in the Light Middleweight division. He is the current WBC Light Middleweight champion...

39–0–1–0 (29)
March 5, 2011
|rowspan="3" align="center"|Cornelius Bundrage

Cornelius Bundrage

Cornelius Bundrage, , is a professional boxer and current IBF Junior Middleweight Champion. He is a former UBA Light Middleweight champion and was member of the ESPN reality show, The Contender.-Pro career:...

31–4–0–1 (18)
August 7, 2010
|rowspan="3" align="center"|Zaurbek Baysangurov

Zaurbek Baysangurov

Zaurbek Baysangurov is a chechen boxer and the current interim WBO Light Middleweight Champion.-Amateur:...

26–1–0–0 (20)
October 5, 2011
|rowspan="3" align="center"|vacant
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|align="center"|Austin Trout

Austin Trout

Austin Trout is an undefeated professional boxer and the current WBA light middleweight champion.-Amateur career:In 2004 Austin was the U.S...

24–0–0–0 (14)
February 5, 2011
|-
|align="center"|Anthony Mundine

Anthony Mundine

Anthony Mundine is an Australian professional boxer and former rugby league footballer.He is the current interim WBA Light Middleweight Champion boxer, former two-time WBA Super Middleweight Champion, former IBO Middleweight Champion and New South Wales State of Origin representative footballer....

43–4–0–0 (25)
October 19, 2011

Welterweight (147 lb, 66.7 kg)

|align="center"|Viacheslav Senchenko

32–0–0–0 (21)
April 10, 2009
|rowspan="2" align="center"|Floyd Mayweather Jr

42–0–0–0 (26)
September 17, 2011
|rowspan="2" align="center"|vacant
|rowspan="2" align="center"|Manny Pacquiao

Manny Pacquiao

Emmanuel "Manny" Dapidran Pacquiao, PLH is a Filipino professional boxer and politician. He is the first eight-division world champion; having won six world titles, as well as the first to win the lineal championship in four different weight classes. He was named "Fighter of the Decade" for the...

54–3–2–0 (38)
November 14, 2009
|rowspan="2" align="center"|vacant
|-
|align="center"|Ismael El Massoudi

Ismael El Massoudi

Ismael El Massoudi is a french boxer with Moroccon roots. He won the interim WBA welterweight on French National Day, July 14, 2011, in Marrakech, Morocco, at the famous marketplace of Jamaâ El Fna, against Souleymane M'baye, elevating his record to 36 wins and 3 losses. He is 5' 7" tall and lives...

36–3–0–0 (14)
July 14, 2011

Super lightweight, Junior welterweight (140 lb, 63.5 kg)

|align="center"|Amir Khan

Amir Khan (boxer)

Amir Iqbal Khan , is a British Pakistani professional boxer who is currently the unified WBA & IBF light welterweight champion....

26–1–0–0 (18)
July 23, 2011
|align="center"|Érik Morales

Erik Morales

Érik Isaac Morales Elvira is a Mexican professional boxer. He is the first Mexican born boxer in history to win a world title in four weight classes and is the current WBC Light Welterweight Champion...

52–7–0–0 (36)
September 17, 2011
|rowspan="2" align="center"|Amir Khan

Amir Khan (boxer)

Amir Iqbal Khan , is a British Pakistani professional boxer who is currently the unified WBA & IBF light welterweight champion....

26–1–0–0 (18)
July 23, 2011
|rowspan="2" align="center"|Timothy Bradley

Timothy Bradley

Timothy Ray Bradley Jr. is an American boxer, fighting out of Palm Springs, California. He is the current WBO World Light Welterweight Champion. He is rated #2 in the Light Welterweight division behind Amir Khan.-Light Welterweight:...

28–0–0–1 (12)
April 4, 2009
|rowspan="2" align="center"|vacant
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|align="center"|Marcos René Maidana

Marcos René Maidana

Marcos Maidana is an Argentine professional boxer from José Leon Suarez, Buenos Aires. He is and the current WBA light welterweight champion. His only professional losses have come against Andreas Kotelnik and Amir Khan both by Decision.-Fight with Kotelnik:On February 2, 2009, Andreas Kotelnik...

31–2–0–0 (28)
July 23, 2011
|align="center"|Timothy Bradley

Timothy Bradley

Timothy Ray Bradley Jr. is an American boxer, fighting out of Palm Springs, California. He is the current WBO World Light Welterweight Champion. He is rated #2 in the Light Welterweight division behind Amir Khan.-Light Welterweight:...

28–0–0–1 (12)
July 26, 2011

Lightweight (135 lb, 61.2 kg)

|align="center"|Juan Manuel Márquez

Juan Manuel Márquez

Juan Manuel Márquez Méndez , is a Mexican professional boxer. He is the fourth Mexican-born boxer to become a three-division world champion, where he won eight world titles in three different boxing weight classes.Currently, Marquez is the WBA Super, WBO and The Ring lightweight champion...

53–6–1–0 (39)
February 28, 2009
|rowspan="3" align="center"|Antonio DeMarco

Antonio DeMarco

Antonio de Marco Soto is a Mexican professional boxer and the current WBC Lightweight Champion. Antonio is a cousin of three division world champion Humberto Soto.-Lightweight:...

26–2–1–0 (19)
October 15, 2011
|rowspan="3" align="center"|Miguel Vázquez

Miguel Vazquez

Miguel Ángel Vázquez‎ Bautista is a Mexican professional boxer and the current IBF Lightweight Champion. His only losses came to Saul Alvarez and Timothy Bradley...

29–3–0–0 (13)
August 14, 2010
|align="center"|Juan Manuel Márquez

Juan Manuel Márquez

Juan Manuel Márquez Méndez , is a Mexican professional boxer. He is the fourth Mexican-born boxer to become a three-division world champion, where he won eight world titles in three different boxing weight classes.Currently, Marquez is the WBA Super, WBO and The Ring lightweight champion...

53–6–1–0 (39)
February 28, 2009
|rowspan="3" align="center"|Juan Manuel Márquez

Juan Manuel Márquez

Juan Manuel Márquez Méndez , is a Mexican professional boxer. He is the fourth Mexican-born boxer to become a three-division world champion, where he won eight world titles in three different boxing weight classes.Currently, Marquez is the WBA Super, WBO and The Ring lightweight champion...

53–6–1–0 (39)
September 13, 2008
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|align="center"|Brandon Ríos

Brandon Rios

Brandon Lee Ríos is an undefeated Mexican-American/Native American boxer and the current WBA lightweight champion. Brandon is trained by former IBF super featherweight champion Roberto García.-Amateur career:...

28–0–1–0 (21)
February 26, 2011
|rowspan="2" align="center"|Ricky Burns

Ricky Burns

Ricky Burns is a boxer from Coatbridge in Scotland who fights in the lightweight division and is currently the WBO interim lightweight champion of the world becoming only the 13th Scottish boxing world champion. He is also a former WBO Super-Featherweight champion, Commonwealth super featherweight...

33–2–0–0 (9)
November 5, 2011
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|align="center"|Richard Abril


17–2–1–0 (8)
October 22, 2011

Super featherweight, Junior lightweight (130 lb, 59 kg)

|align="center"|Takashi Uchiyama

Takashi Uchiyama

is a super featherweight boxer from Japan and the current WBA Super Featherweight Champion. He was born in Nagasaki Prefecture, grew up in Kasukabe, Saitama, and lives in Tokyo....

17–0–0–0 (14)
January 11, 2010
|rowspan="2" align="center"|Takahiro Ao

22–2–1–0 (10)
November 26, 2010
|rowspan="2" align="center"|Juan Carlos Salgado

Juan Carlos Salgado

Juan Carlos Salgado is a Mexican professional boxer in the Super Featherweight division. He is the former WBC FECARBOX, WBC Continental Americas Featherweight, and WBA Super Featherweight Champion...

24–1–1–0 (16)
September 10, 2011
|rowspan="2" align="center"|Adrien Broner

Adrien Broner

Adrien Broner is an American Junior Lightweight boxer, based in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. Adrien has been featured in the top ten of the Ring Magazine rankings for the Junior Lightweight division.-Professional career:2008...

22–0–0–0 (18)
November 26, 2011
|rowspan="2" align="center"|vacant
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|align="center"|Bryan Vázquez

Bryan Vázquez

-Professional career:On November 3, 2011, Vázquez defeated Santos Benavides by twelfth round unanimous decision for the interim WBA Super featherweight title.-External links:...

28–0–0–0 (14)
November 3, 2011

Featherweight (126 lb, 57.2 kg)

|align="center"|Chris John

Chris John (boxer)

Yohannes Christian John is an Indonesian professional boxer, and the current WBA featherweight champion....

46–0–2–0 (22)
July 23, 2009
|align="center"|Jhonny González

Jhonny González

Jhonny González is a Mexican professional boxer and is the current WBC featherweight champion...

50–7–0–0 (44)
April 8, 2011
|rowspan="2" align="center"|Billy Dib

Billy Dib

Billy "The Kid" Dib is an Australian professional boxer. He is the current IBF Featherweight Champion. He is the former IBO super featherweight champion.-Early years:Bilal Dib was born on 17 August 1985 at Kogarah Hospital in Sydney, Australia...

33–1–0–1 (20)
July 29, 2011
|rowspan="2" align="center"|Orlando Salido

Orlando Salido

Orlando Salido Rivera is a Mexican professional boxer. Salido is the current WBO Featherweight Champion and the former IBF Featherweight Champion. Eight of his losses happened between the ages of 15 and 21....

36–11–2–1 (24)
April 16, 2011
|rowspan="2" align="center"|vacant
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|align="center"|Celestino Caballero

Celestino Caballero

Celestino "Pelenchin" Caballero is a professional boxer from Panama. He is the former undisputed Super Bantamweight WBA & IBF and Super Champion for the WBA. On October 14th, 2011, Celestino became the new WBA Featherweight champion of the world after beating Jonathan Barros at Luna Park, Argentina...

35–4–0–0 (23)
October 14, 2011
|align="center"|Elio Rojas

Elio Rojas

Elio Rojas Elio Rojas Elio Rojas (born September 25, 1983, in Villa Rivas, Duarte, Dominican Republic is a Dominican Republican professional boxer.-Amateur Highlights:1999- Gold Medal in the Battle of Carabobo and Cheo Aponte Tournament....

23–1–0–0 (14)
August 25, 2010

Super bantamweight, Junior featherweight (122 lb, 55.3 kg)

|align="center"|Rico Ramos

Rico Ramos

Rico Dashon Ramos is an American Super Bantamweight boxer of Puerto Rican descent. He is the current WBA world super bantamweight champion.-Amateur career:...

20–0–0–0 (11)
July 9, 2011
|rowspan="2" align="center"|Toshiaki Nishioka

Toshiaki Nishioka

is a Japanese professional boxer who is the current WBC super bantamweight champion. Nishioka is currently ranked as the #1 super bantamweight in the world by The Ring and ESPN. Unlike most other Japan's world champions, Nishioka has been willing to fight outside of his own country.- 1976 to 1990s...

39–4–3–0 (24)
December 18, 2008
|rowspan="2" align="center"|Takalani Ndlovu

Takalani Ndlovu

Takalani Ndlovu , is a South African professional boxer with orthodox stance who goes by the nickname of "Panther". His professional record includes 38 fights: 32 wins , and 6 losses...

33–6–0–0 (18)
March 26, 2011
|rowspan="2" align="center"|vacant
|rowspan="2" align="center"|vacant
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|align="center"|Guillermo Rigondeaux


8–0–0–0 (6)
November 13, 2010

Bantamweight (118 lb, 53.5 kg)

|align="center"|Anselmo Moreno

Anselmo Moreno

Anselmo Moreno is a professional boxer from El Martillo San Miguelito, Republic of Panama.He is the current WBA Bantamweight Super Champion. In August 2011, Moreno signed a four fight promotional deal with Golden Boy Promotions.-Bantamweight:...

31–1–1–0 (11)
November 16, 2010
|rowspan="3" align="center"|Shinsuke Yamanaka

Shinsuke Yamanaka

is a Japanese professional boxer who is the current WBC bantamweight champion.Yaegashi captured the vacant WBC bantamweight title in his first world title shot against Mexico's Christian Esquivel via an eleventh round technical knockout after knocking him down in the sixth and eleventh rounds at...

15–0–2–0 (11)
November 6, 2011
|rowspan="3" align="center"|Abner Mares

Abner Mares

Abner Mares Martínez is an undefeated Mexican professional boxer in the Bantamweight division. Abner medaled repeatedly in international amateur tournaments for Mexico. Mares grew up in the city of Hawaiian Gardens, California.-Amateur career:As an amateur, Mares compiled a record of 112-8 with 84...

22–0–1–0 (13)
August 13, 2011
|rowspan="3" align="center"|Jorge Arce

Jorge Arce

Jorge Armando Arce Armenta is a Mexican professional boxer. Arce is the former WBO World Light Flyweight, WBC World Light Flyweight, Interim WBC World Flyweight, Interim WBA World Super Flyweight, WBO World Super Flyweight, WBO World Super Bantamweight, and is the current WBO World Bantamweight...

59–6–2–0 (45)
November 26, 2011
|rowspan="3" align="center"|vacant
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|align="center"|Koki Kameda

Koki Kameda

is a Japanese professional boxer in the Flyweight division and the current WBA Bantamweight Regular Champion. He is the oldest of the three Kameda brothers. His younger brother, Daiki Kameda, is a professional boxer in the super flyweight division, and the youngest brother Tomoki, is the WBC Youth...

26–1–0–0 (16)
December 26, 2010
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|align="center"|Hugo Ruiz

Hugo Ruiz

Hugo Ruiz Dominguez is a Mexican professional boxer in the bantamweight division and is the current interim World Boxing Association bantamweight champion.-Professional career:...

29–1–0–0 (26)
January 22, 2011

Super flyweight, Junior bantamweight (115 lb, 52.2 kg)

|align="center"|Tepparith Kokietgym

18–2–0–0 (12)
November 10, 2011
|rowspan="2" align="center"|Suriyan Sor Rungvisai

Suriyan Sor Rungvisai

Suriyan Sor Rungvisai is a Thai professional boxer in the super flyweight division and is the current World Boxing Council super flyweight champion. Just like other Thai boxers, Suriyan started his career as a Muay Thai boxer since he was very young . He turned to fight in professional boxing since...

20–4–1–0 (7)
August 19, 2011
|rowspan="2" align="center"|Rodrigo Guerrero

Rodrigo Guerrero

Rodrigo Guerrero is a Mexican professional boxer and the current IBF Super Flyweight Champion.-Professional career:...

16–3–1–0 (10)
October 8, 2011
|rowspan="2" align="center"|Omar Andrés Narváez

Omar Andrés Narváez

Omar Andrés Narváez is an Argentine southpaw professional boxer in the super flyweight division and is the WBO Junior Bantamweight champion...

35–1–2–0 (19)
May 15, 2010
|rowspan="2" align="center"|vacant
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|align="center"|Tomonobu Shimizu

Tomonobu Shimizu

is a Japanese professional boxer who is the current WBA super flyweight champion in recess. He is an alumnus of the Tokyo University of Agriculture.-Biography:...

19–3–1–0 (9)
November 10, 2011

Flyweight (112 lb, 50.8 kg)

|align="center"|Hernán Márquez

Hernan Márquez

Hernan Márquez Beltran , is a Mexican professional boxer. He is the current WBA Flyweight Champion.-Professional career:Nicknamed "Tyson" due to his aggressive style, Marquez is a hard-hitting southpaw....

32–2–0–0 (25)
April 2, 2011
|rowspan="2" align="center"|Pongsaklek Wonjongkam

Pongsaklek Wonjongkam

Pongsaklek Wonjongkam is a professional southpaw boxer in the flyweight division. His record is 83-3-1 . He is the WBC Flyweight Champion, as well as The Ring World Flyweight Champion...

83–3–1–0 (45)
March 27, 2010
|rowspan="2" align="center"|Moruti Mthalane

Moruti Mthalane

Moruti Mthalane , is a South African professional boxer with orthodox stance who goes by the nickname of "Babyface". His professional record includes 27 fights: 25 wins , and 2 losses. He lives in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa, where he won the IBF flyweight title against Mexican Julio César...

28–2–0–0 (19)
November 20, 2009
|rowspan="2" align="center"|Brian Viloria

Brian Viloria

Brian Viloria is a Filipino-American professional boxer He is the reigning WBO Flyweight champion. He also won the WBC Light Flyweight and IBF Junior Flyweight titles...

29–3–0–2 (16)
July 16, 2011
|rowspan="2" align="center"|Pongsaklek Wonjongkam

Pongsaklek Wonjongkam

Pongsaklek Wonjongkam is a professional southpaw boxer in the flyweight division. His record is 83-3-1 . He is the WBC Flyweight Champion, as well as The Ring World Flyweight Champion...

83–3–1–0 (45)
March 27, 2010
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|align="center"|Juan Carlos Reveco

Juan Carlos Reveco

Juan Carlos Reveco is an Argentine professional boxer. He is currently the WBA light-flyweight champion.-Professional career:Reveco turned professional in 2004...

27–1–0–0 (16)
June 10, 2011

Light flyweight, Junior flyweight (108 lb, 49 kg)

|align="center"|Román González

Román González (boxer)

Román Alberto González Luna is a Nicaraguan professional boxer who is the current WBA light flyweight champion and is the former WBA minimumweight champion.-Career:...

30–0–0–0 (25)
February 4, 2011
|rowspan="2" align="center"|Adrián Hernández

Adrián Hernández (boxer)

Adrián Hernández is a Mexican professional boxer in the Light Flyweight division. Adrián is the current WBC Light Flyweight Champion.-Professional career:In February 9, 2008, Adrián knocked out Rodel Mayol....

22–1–1–0 (14)
April 30, 2011
|rowspan="2" align="center"|Ulises Solís

Ulises Solis

José Ulises Solís Perez is a Mexican professional boxer and is the current IBF light Flyweight champion. He recently got into a street fight with current champ Saul Alvarez and had his jaw broken. He plans on pressing charges against Alvarez...

34–2–3–0 (21)
April 30, 2011
|rowspan="2" align="center"|Donnie Nietes

Donnie Nietes

Donnie Nietes is a Filipino professional boxer and the WBO Light Flyweight World Champion. He is also a former WBO Minimumweight World Champion. His cousin, Gerson Nietes, is also a boxer....

29–1–3–0 (16)
October 8, 2011
|rowspan="2" align="center"|vacant
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|align="center"|José Alfredo Rodríguez

José Alfredo Rodríguez

José Alfredo Rodríguez is an undefeated Mexican professional boxer and the current interim WBA Light Flyweight Champion...

28–0–0–0 (17)
November 19, 2011

Minimumweight, Strawweight, Mini flyweight (105 lb, 47.6 kg)

|align="center"|Akira Yaegashi

Akira Yaegashi

is a Japanese professional boxer who is the current WBA minimumweight champion.Yaegashi captured the WBA minimumweight title in his second world title shot against Thai's Pornsawan Porpramook via a tenth round technical knockout at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo on October 24, 2011.-External links:...

15–2–0–0 (8)
October 24, 2011
|rowspan="2" align="center"|Kazuto Ioka

Kazuto Ioka

Kazuto Ioka　 is a strawweight boxer from Japan and the current world champion of WBC at Strawweight. He was born in Osaka Prefecture, grew up in Sakai city, and currently lives in Osaka.-Debut:...

8–0–0–0 (5)
February 11, 2011
|rowspan="2" align="center"|Nkosinathi Joyi

Nkosinathi Joyi

Nkosinathi Joyi , is a South African professional boxer with a southpaw stance who goes by the nickname of "Mabere"...

21–0–0–1 (15)
March 26, 2010
|rowspan="2" align="center"|Moisés Fuentes

Moisés Fuentes

Moisés Fuentes Rubio is a Mexican professional boxer in the strawweight division and is the current World Boxing Organization strawweight champion.-Professional career:...

14–1–0–0 (6)
August 27, 2011
|rowspan="2" align="center"|vacant
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|align="center"|Paipharob Kokietgym

Paipharob Kokietgym

Paipharob Kokietgym is a Thai professional boxer in the strawweight division and is the current interim World Boxing Association strawweight champion....

19–0–0–0 (16)
November 7, 2011

See also

• Weight class (boxing)
  Weight class (boxing)
  In boxing, a weight class is a standardized weight range for boxers. The upper weight limit for each class is the lower limit of the next higher class. The top class, with no upper limit, is called heavyweight in professional boxing and super heavyweight in amateur boxing...
  
  
• Ring Magazine pound for pound
  Ring Magazine pound for pound
  The Ring Magazine Pound for Pound is the official list of the current pound for pound professional boxing rankings distributed by The Ring.-Top 10 rankings:-See also:* List of current world boxing champions* List of boxing weight classes...