Boxing world champions 2023: Who are the current holders? How many belts do Tyson Fury, Oleksandr Usyk have?

Updated 04/09/2023 at 19:08 GMT

Who are the current title holders in boxing? Does Tyson Fury still hold the WBC belt? Which belts does Oleksandr Usyk have? Does former Olympic champion Anthony Joshua hold any belts at the moment? How many belts does super middleweight Saul 'Canelo Alvarez' hold? See the full list of current boxing world champions in every weight across the four major governing bodies.

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It can be challenging to keep track of the numerous belts in boxing, given the 17 separate weight classes.

Currently, the WBA (World Boxing Association), WBC (World Boxing Council), IBF (International Boxing Federation), and WBO (World Boxing Organization) are the recognised world titles, with multiple champions within each organisation due to interim and secondary belts.

We have rounded up the comprehensive list of current world champions, as we prepare to bring you all the best action on TNT Sports.

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Heavyweight (Unlimited)

Men's

WBA** - Oleksandr Usyk
WBC - Tyson Fury
IBF - Oleksandr Usyk
WBO* - Oleksandr Usyk
*Zhilei Zhang is the WBO interim heavyweight champion
**Mahmoud Charr is the WBA regular heavyweight champion

Women's

WBO: Vacant
IBF (over 175 lbs.): Lani Daniels
WBA: N/A
WBC (over 168 lbs.): Hanna Gabrie

Cruiserweight (200lbs)

WBO - Chris Billam-Smith
IBF - Jai Opetaia
WBA - Arsen Goulamirian
WBC - Badou Jack

Light heavyweight (175lbs)

Men's

WBA - Dmitry Bivol
WBC - Artur Beterbiev
IBF - Artur Beterbiev
WBO - Artur Beterbiev

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Women's

WBA - Hanna GabrielsWBC - N/AIBF - VacantWBO - Vacant

Super middleweight (168lbs)

Men's

WBO - Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez
IBF - Canelo Alvarez
WBA* - Canelo Alvarez
WBC** - Canelo Alvarez

*David Morrell is the WBA regular super middleweight champion
*David Benavidez is the WBC interim super middleweight champion

Women's

WBO - Savannah Marshall
IBF - Savannah Marshall
WBA - Savannah Marshall
WBC - Savannah Marshall

Middleweight (160lbs)

Men's

WBO - Janibek Alimkhanuly
IBF - Vincenzo Gualtieri
WBA: Erislandy Lara
WBC* - Jermall Charlo
*Carlos Adames is the WBC interim champion

Women's

WBO - Claressa Shields
IBF - Claressa Shields
WBA: Claressa Shields
WBC - Claressa Shields

Super welterweight (154lbs)

Men's

WBA - Jermell Charlo
WBC** - Jermell Charlo
IBF - Jermell Charlo
WBO* - Jermell Charlo
*Tim Tszyu is the WBO interim junior middleweight champion
**Brian Mendoza is the WBC interim junior middleweight champion

Welterweight (147lbs)

Men's

WBO: Terence Crawford
IBF* - Terence Crawford
WBA** - Terence Crawford
WBC - Terence Crawford
*Jaron Ennis is the IBF interim welterweight champion
**Eimantas Stanionis is the WBA regular champion

Women's

WBO: Sandy Ryan
IBF - Natasha Jonas
WBA - Jessica McCaskil
WBC - Jessica McCaskil

Super lightweight (140lbs)

Men's

WBA - Rolando Romero
WBC - Regis Prograis
IBF - Subriel Matias
WBO - Teofimo Lopez Jr.

Lightweight (135lbs)

Men's

WBA* - Devin Haney
WBC** - Devin Haney
IBF - Devin Haney
WBO - Devin Haney
*Gervonta Davis is the WBA regular lightweight champion
**Devin Haney is the WBC franchise lightweight champion

Women's

WBA - Katie Taylor
WBC - Katie Taylor
IBF - Katie Taylor
WBO - Katie Taylor

Super featherweight (130lbs)

Men's

WBA - Hector Garcia
WBC - O'Shaquie Foster
IBF - Joe Cordina
WBO - Emanuel Navarrete

Featherweight (126lbs)

Men's

WBA - Leigh Wood
WBC* - Rey Vargas
IBF - Luis Alberto Lopez
WBO - Robeisy Ramirez
*Brandon Figueroa is the WBC interim featherweight champion

Women's

WBA - Amanda Serrano
WBC* - Amanda Serrano
IBF - Amanda Serrano
WBO - Amanda Serrano

Super bantamweight (122lbs)

Men's

WBA - Marlon Tapales
WBC - Naoya Inoue
IBF - Marlon Tapales
WBO - Naoya Inoue

Bantamweight (118lbs)

Men's

WBA - Takuma Inoue
WBC - Alexandro Santiago
IBF - Emmanuel Rodríguez
WBO - Jason Moloney

Women's

WBA - Nina Hughes
WBC - Dina Thorslund
IBF - Ebanie Bridges
WBO - Dina Thorslund

Super flyweight (115lbs)

Men's

WBA - Kazuto Ioka
WBC - Juan Estrada
IBF - Fernando Martinez
WBO - Junto Nakatani

Flyweight (112lbs)

Men's

WBA - Artem Dalakian
WBC* - Julio Cesar Martinez
IBF - Sunny Edwards
WBO - Jesse Rodriguez
*McWilliams Arroyo is the WBC interim flyweight champion

Women's

WBA - Marlen Esparza
WBC* - Marlen Esparza
IBF - Arely Mucino
WBO - Marlen Esparza

Light flyweight (108lbs)

Men's

WBA - Kenshiro Teraji
WBC - Kenshiro Teraji
IBF - Sivenathi Nontshinga
WBO - Jonathan Gonzalez

Strawweight (105lbs)

Men's

WBA* - Knockout CP Freshmart (Thammanoon Niyomtrong)
WBC - Petchmanee CP Freshmart (Panya Pradabsri)
IBF - Daniel Valladares
WBO - Oscar Collazo
*Erick Rosa is the WBA "regular" strawweight champion

Women's

WBA - Seniesa Estrada
WBC - Seniesa Estrada
IBF - Yokasta Valle
WBO - Yokasta Valle

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