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As professional boxing has four major sanctioning bodies (WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO) each with their own champions, the sport doesn't have a centralized ranking system.The rankings published by these organizations share the trait of not ranking the other organizations' champions, as each one of the sanctioning bodies expects their champion to frequently defend their title against their top-ranked ...
Since at least John L. Sullivan, in the late 19th century, there have been world champions in professional boxing. 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 ...
This is a list of WBC world champions, showing every world champion certificated by the World Boxing Council (WBC). The WBC is one of the four major governing bodies in professional boxing , and certifies world champions in 18 different weight classes .
Boxing pound-for-pound rankings as of July 25. 1. Naoya Inoue (25-0, 22 KOs), WBC-WBO super bantamweight champion. ... Black Eyed Peas cancel 2025 Las Vegas residency due to 'current circumstances ...
Cole was still listed as champion on IBF's June 1996 rankings posted on 31 July [7] however, just one day after it was posted, a schedule slated for 31 August was released for the vacant IBF title between Adolpho Washington and Torsten May. [8] 9 Adolpho Washington (def. Torsten May) 31 Aug 1996 – 21 Jun 1997 0 10 Uriah Grant: 21 Jun – 8 ...
The following is a list of WBU world champions, a table showing the world champions certificated by the World Boxing Union (WBU), founded in the United States in 1995. This does not includes champions of the identically named German based organization that was active in the 2010s. r – Champion relinquished title. s – Champion stripped of title.
Haney entered the bout seventh on the Yahoo Sports pound-for-pound ranking of the world’s best boxers. For much of the fight’s build-up, he was better than a 3-1 favorite to defeat the 35-year ...
Canelo Alvarez, of Mexico, celebrates after defeating Jermell Charlo in their super middleweight title boxing match, Saturday, Sept. 30, 2023, in Las Vegas.