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This is a list of current men's professional boxing rankings, ... There are 18 weight classes ranging from Heavyweight to Strawweight. Current boxing rankings
At boxing's beginning, the heavyweight division had no weight limit, and historically the weight class has gone with vague or no definition.During the 19th century many heavyweights were 170 pounds (12 st 2 lb, 77 kg) or less, though others weighed considerably more.
The first of the current organizations to award a world title was the World Boxing Association (WBA), then known as the National Boxing Association (NBA), when it sanctioned its first title fight in 1921 between Jack Dempsey and Georges Carpentier for the world heavyweight championship.
Usyk is also the third male boxer in history (after Terence Crawford and Naoya Inoue) to become the undisputed champion in two weight classes in the four-belt era. [4] As an amateur, Usyk won heavyweight gold medals at the 2011 World Championships and 2012 Olympics while accumulating a record of 335 wins and 15 losses. He turned professional in ...
Boxer Record Current weight class Current world title(s) Ranker The Ring [1] BWAA [2] TBRB [3] ESPN [4] ... Light heavyweight – 5 7 5 6 7 Errol Spence Jr. 28–1 ...
Haye vacates the title to move up to heavyweight. [8] 12 Victor Emilio Ramírez (interim champion promoted) Feb – 5 Dec 2009 1 13 Marco Huck: 5 Dec 2009 – 14 Aug 2015 13 14 Krzysztof Głowacki: 14 Aug 2015 – 17 Sep 2016 1 15 Oleksandr Usyk: 17 Sep 2016 – 5 Jun 2019 6 Usyk vacated the title to move up to heavyweight. [9] 16 Krzysztof ...
Holyfield vacated the title to move up to heavyweight full time. 5 Glenn McCrory (def. Patrick Lumumba) 3 June 1989 – 22 Mar 1990 1 6 Jeff Lampkin: 22 Mar 1990 – 14 Aug 1991 1 IBF coordinator Bill Brennan revealed that Lampkin vacated the title for unknown reasons. [6] 7 James Warring (def. James Pritchard) 7 Sep 1991 – 30 Jul 1992 2 8 Al ...
Bellew was stripped of the title and named Emeritus champion after moving up to heavyweight. [15] 24 Mairis Briedis (def. Marco Huck) 1 Apr 2017 – 27 Jan 2018 1 25 Oleksandr Usyk: 27 Jan 2018 – 4 Jun 2019 2 Usyk was stripped of the title and named champion in recess after moving up to heavyweight. [16] 26 Ilunga Makabu (def. Michał Cieślak)