List of current world boxing champions
Updated: 5/20/2026, 8:14:26 PM Wikipedia source
This is a list of current male world boxing champions. 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 Georges Carpentier for the world heavyweight championship. There are now four major sanctioning bodies in professional boxing. The official rules and regulations of the WBA, World Boxing Council (WBC), International Boxing Federation (IBF), and World Boxing Organization (WBO) all recognize each other in their rankings and title unification rules. Each of these organizations sanction and regulate championship bouts and award world titles. American boxing magazine The Ring began awarding world titles in 1922. There are 18 weight divisions. To compete in a division, a boxer's weight must not exceed the upper limit. Manny Pacquiao has won world championships in eight weight divisions, more than any other boxer in history. The Klitschko brothers, Vitali and Wladimir, held all four major titles in the heavyweight division from 2011 to 2013; they were the first brothers to hold versions of the heavyweight championship at the same time.
Tables
| WBA | WBC | IBF | WBO | The Ring |
| Oleksandr Usyk Super champion 24–0 (15 KO) September 25, 2021 | Oleksandr Usyk 24–0 (15 KO) May 18, 2024 | Oleksandr Usyk 24–0 (15 KO) July 19, 2025 | Daniel Dubois 23–3 (22 KO) May 9, 2026 | Oleksandr Usyk 24–0 (15 KO) August 20, 2022 |
| Murat Gassiev Regular champion 33–2–0–1 (26 KO) December 12, 2025 | Agit Kabayel Interim champion 27–0 (19 KO) February 22, 2025 |
| WBA | WBC | IBF | WBO | The Ring |
| Muslim Gadzhimagomedov 6–0 (3 KO) July 12, 2024 | Kevin Lerena 31–4 (15 KO) October 8, 2024 | |||
| Vartan Arutyunyan Interim champion 12–0 (8 KO) February 14, 2026 | Krzysztof Włodarczyk Interim champion 66–4–1 (45 KO) May 25, 2025 |
| WBA | WBC | IBF | WBO | The Ring |
| David Benavidez Super champion 32–0 (27 KO) May 2, 2026 | Noel Mikaelian 28–3 (12 KO) December 13, 2025 | vacant | David Benavidez 32–0 (27 KO) May 2, 2026 | Jai Opetaia 30–0 (23 KO) July 2, 2022 |
| Michał Cieślak Interim champion 28–2–0–1 (22 KO) June 28, 2025 |
| WBA | WBC | IBF | WBO | The Ring |
| Dmitry Bivol Super champion 24–1 (12 KO) February 22, 2025 | David Benavidez 31–0 (25 KO) April 7, 2025 | Dmitry Bivol 24–1 (12 KO) February 22, 2025 | Dmitry Bivol 24–1 (12 KO) February 22, 2025 | Dmitry Bivol 24–1 (12 KO) February 22, 2025 |
| David Benavidez Regular champion 31–0 (25 KO) February 1, 2025 | ||||
| Albert Ramírez Interim champion 22–0 (19 KO) August 8, 2025 | Callum Smith Interim champion 31–2 (22 KO) February 22, 2025 |
| WBA | WBC | IBF | WBO | The Ring |
| Jaime Munguia 46–2 (35 KO) May 2, 2026 | Christian M'billi 29–0–1 (24 KO) January 27, 2026 | Osleys Iglesias 15–0 (14 KO) April 9, 2026 | vacant | vacant |
| Lester Martínez Interim champion 20–0–1 (16 KO) March 21, 2026 |