The Transnational Boxing Rankings Board (TBRB) is an all-volunteer initiative formed in October 2012 with the intention of providing

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with authoritative top-ten rankings, identifying the singular world champion of every division by unbiased reasoning and common sense, and to insist on the sport's reform. Board members are independent professional journalists, boxing historians and record keepers from around the world. Their rankings and titles are meant to be uninfluenced by promoters and the traditional sanctioning bodies' paid-for " alphabet belts".

TBRB championships

The TBRB only awards vacant championships when the two top-ranked fighters in any division meet, and currently recognizes legitimate world champions or "true champions" in each

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. It also presents the "successions" of these championship "thrones." Three of its recognized champions were identified by ''The Ring'' magazine before the TBRB was founded. Thus, the TBRB was formed in order to continue where ''The Ring'' "left off" in the aftermath of the latter's purchase by

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in 2007, and the following dismissal of the editorial board headed by Nigel Collins. After the new editors announced a controversial new championship policy in May 2012, three prominent members of the ''Ring'' Advisory Panel resigned. These three members (Springs Toledo, Cliff Rold and Tim Starks) became the founding members of the TBRB, which was formed over the summer of 2012 with the assistance of Stewart Howe of England. The group also maintains a

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list which, as of June 2022, is currently topped by

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and official "monthly rankings" for record keepers and boxing historians.

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boxing analyst and commentator

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praised the TBRB's efforts on-air in March 2013 and again during the season finale in August 2013. Several sites have adopted their rankings, including Boxing.com, The Queensberry Rules, The Sweet Science, East Side Boxing, Esquina Boxeo and

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. British magazine

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announced in 2021 that it would only recognize world champions as voted by the TBRB.No more sanctioning body titles. The new Boxing News stance here
- Matt Christie, Boxing News, 6 July 2021

TBRB Voting Panel members

There are currently 52 members representing 21 countries on six continents: the

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England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...

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, the

Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas * cbk, República de Filipinas * hil, Republ ...

Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...

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Costa Rica Costa Rica (, ; ; literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica ( es, República de Costa Rica), is a country in the Central American region of North America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the no ...

Scotland Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the ...

Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...

New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...

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and

Ghana Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and To ...

. * Vittorio Parisi (Chair) * Cliff Rold (Chair) * Tim Starks (Chair) *

Springs Toledo Springs Toledo is a writer and author. His work has been featured in Ploughshares, Salon, City Journal, ''Boxing'' ''News'', and THE RING magazine, The Sweet Science, Plough, and Mizan. He is also a member of the Boxing Writers Association of Ameri ...

(Oversight) * Stewart Howe (Tech) * Adam Abramowitz (board member) * Carlos Aguirre (board member) * Ramon Aranda (board member) * Gonzalo Baeza (board member) * Derek Bonnett (board member) * Shaun Brown (board member) * Brin-Jonathan Butler (board member) * Kevin Byrne (board member) * Michael Carbert (board member) * Lázaro Malvarez Cárdenas (board member) * Lou Catalano (board member) * Abac Cordero (board member) * Jose Corpas (board member) * Tom Craze (board member) * Jake Donovan (board member) * Jeremy Foley (board member) * Oliver Fennell (board member) * Jeandra LeBeauf (board member) * Jorge Lera (board member) * Alex McClintock (board member) * Matt McGrain (board member) * Yuriko Miyata (board member) * Diego Morilla (board member) * Gabriel Muhr (board member) * Gautham Nagesh (board member) * James Oddy (board member) * Takahiro Onaga (board member) * Alister Scott Ottesen (board member) * Harry Otty (board member) * Per-Ake Persson (board member) * Alex Pierpaoli (board member) * Ken Pollitt (Record keeper) * Jeremiah J. Preisser (board member) * Eric Raskin (board member) * Victor Salazar (board member) * Mauricio Salvador (Record keeper) * Michael Shepherd (board member) * Don Steinberg (board member) * Brandon Stubbs (board member) * Alexey Sukachev (board member) * Rey Tecson (Record keeper) * Luis Torres (board member) * Paul Upham (board member) * Dave Wilcox (board member) * Nick Wong (board member) * Steve Zemach (board member) * Marquis Johns (board member)

Successions

The following are the lineal champions recognized by the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board: Heavyweight *

Oleksandr Usyk Oleksandr Oleksandrovych Usyk ( uk, Олекса́ндр Олекса́ндрович У́сик; born 17 January 1987) is a Ukrainian professional boxer. He has held multiple world championships in two weight classes, including the unified WB ...

W12 Anthony Joshua (20 August 2022–Usyk and Joshua were the top two Transnational-Ranked heavyweights at the time of this bout. Throne declared open as of 15 August 2022 when Fury finally confirmed repeated claims of retirement by vacating a belt.) * Tyson Fury TKO7

Deontay Wilder Deontay Leshun Wilder (; born October 22, 1985) is an American professional boxer. He held the WBC heavyweight title from 2015 to 2020, making 10 successful defenses. By winning the title, Wilder became the first American world heavyweight ch ...

(22 February 2020 — Fury and Wilder were the top two Transnational-Ranked heavyweights at the time of this bout). *

Tyson Fury Tyson Luke Fury (born 12 August 1988) is an English professional boxer. He is a two-time world heavyweight champion, having held the World Boxing Council, WBC title since defeating Deontay Wilder in 2020, and ''The Ring (magazine), The Ring'' ...

W12 Wladimir Klitschko (28 November 2015). (Fury officially abdicates throne 18 October 2016). *

Wladimir Klitschko Wladimir Klitschko; an equivalent English spelling is Vladimir Klichko . His full name in uk, label=Ukrainian is, Володимир Володимирович Кличко, Volodymyr Volodymyrovych Klychko, . ( uk, Володимир Вол� ...

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Alexander Povetkin Alexander Vladimirovich "Sasha" Povetkin (russian: Алекса́ндр Влади́мирович Пове́ткин; born 2 September 1979) is a Russian former professional boxer who competed from 2005 to 2021. He held the WBA (Regular) heavyw ...

(5 October 2013 — Klitschhko and Povetkin were the top two Transnational-Ranked heavyweights at the time of this bout). Cruiserweight *

Jai Opetaia Jai Opetaia (born 30 June 1995) is an Australian professional boxer who has held the IBF and '' The Ring'' world cruiserweight titles since July 2022. As an amateur he won a bronze medal at the 2012 Youth World Championships and represented ...

W12 Mairis Briedis (2 July 2022) *

Mairis Briedis Mairis Briedis (born 13 January 1985) is a Latvian professional boxer. He is a three-time cruiserweight world champion, having held the IBF and ''Ring'' titles from 2020 to 2022; the WBC title from 2017 to 2018; and the WBO title in 2019. Up ...

W12 Yuniel Dorticós (26 September 2020 — Briedis and Dorticós were the top two Transnational-Ranked cruiserweights at the time of this bout). *

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Murat Gassiev Murat Georgievich Gassiev (russian: Мурат Георгиевич Гассиев; os, Гасситы Георгийы фырт Мурат; born 12 October 1993) is a Russian professional boxer from North Ossetia-Alania. He is a former unifi ...

(21 July 2018 — Usyk and Gassiev were the top two Transnational-Ranked cruiserweights at the time of this bout). (Usyk officially abdicates throne 15 October 2019). Light heavyweight *

Artur Beterbiev Artur Asilbekovich Beterbiev ( ce, Арту́р Асильбе́кович Бетерби́ев russian: Артур Асильбекович Бетербиев; born 21 January 1985) is a Russian-Canadian professional boxer. He is a unified li ...

TKO10 Oleksandr Gvozdyk (18 October 2019) *

Oleksandr Gvozdyk Oleksandr Serhiyovych Gvozdyk ( uk, Олександр Сергійович Гвоздик, ; also Hvozdyk; born 15 April 1987) is a Ukrainian former professional boxer who competed from 2014 to 2019. He held the WBC and lineal light-heavyweig ...

KO11 Adonis Stevenson (1 December 2018) *

Adonis Stevenson Stevenson Adonis (born 22 September 1977), best known as Adonis Stevenson, is a Haitian Canadian former professional boxer who competed from 2006 to 2018. He won the WBC, ''Ring'' magazine and lineal light-heavyweight titles in 2013 by defeatin ...

KO1 Chad Dawson (8 June 2013) *

Chad Dawson Chad Dawson (born July 13, 1982) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 2001 to 2019. He has held multiple light heavyweight world championships, and was one of the most highly regarded boxers in that division between 2006 an ...

W12 Bernard Hopkins (28 April 2012) *

Bernard Hopkins Bernard Hopkins Jr. (born January 15, 1965) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1988 to 2016. He is one of the most successful boxers of the past three decades, having held multiple world championships in two weight class ...

W12 Jean Pascal (21 May 2011) *

Jean Pascal Jean-Thenistor Pascal (born 28 October 1982) is a Haitian-born Canadian professional boxer. He held the WBA (Regular) light-heavyweight title from 2019 to 2021, and previously the WBC, IBO, '' Ring'' magazine and lineal light-heavyweight tit ...

TD11

(14 August 2010 — Pascal and Dawson were the top two RING-rated light heavyweights at the time of this bout). Super middleweight *

Saul Alvarez Saul (; he, , ; , ; ) was, according to the Hebrew Bible, the first monarch of the United Kingdom of Israel. His reign, traditionally placed in the late 11th century BCE, supposedly marked the transition of Israel and Judah from a scattered tri ...

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Caleb Plant Caleb Hunter Plant (born July 8, 1992) is an American professional boxer who held the IBF super middleweight title from 2019 to 2021. As of November 2021, he is ranked as the world's third-best active super middleweight by the Transnational Box ...

(6 November 2021 — Alvarez and Plant were the top two Transnational-Ranked super middleweights at the time of this bout). *

Andre Ward Andre Michael Ward (born February 23, 1984) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 2004 to 2017. He retired with an undefeated record and held multiple world titles in two weight classes, including the unified WBA (Super), ...

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Carl Froch Carl Martin Froch, (born 2 July 1977) is a British former professional boxer who competed from 2002 to 2014, and has since worked as a boxing analyst and commentator. He held multiple super-middleweight world championships, including the W ...

(17 December 2011 — Ward and Froch were the top-two RING-rated super middleweights at the time of this bout). (Ward officially abdicates throne 16 March 2016). Middleweight * Saul Alvarez W12

Gennady Golovkin Gennadiy Gennadyevich Golovkin (Cyrillic: ; also spelled Gennady; born 8 April 1982), often known by his nickname "GGG" or "Triple G", is a Kazakhstani professional boxer. He has held multiple middleweight world championships, and is a two-time ...

(15 September 2018). (Alvarez officially abdicates throne 1 January 2021). *

W12 Miguel Cotto (21 November 2015). (Alvarez officially abdicates throne 18 April 2017). *

Miguel Cotto Miguel Ángel Cotto Vázquez (born October 29, 1980) is a Puerto Rican former professional boxer who competed from 2001 to 2017. He is a multiple-time world champion, and the first Puerto Rican boxer to win world titles in four weight classes, ...

RTD10 Sergio Martinez (7 June 2014) * Sergio Martínez W12 Kelly Pavlik (17 April 2010) *

Kelly Pavlik Kelly Robert Pavlik (born April 5, 1982) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 2000 to 2012. He won the unified WBC, WBO, ''Ring'' magazine and lineal middleweight titles by defeating Jermain Taylor in 2007, and made three ...

TKO7 Jermain Taylor (29 September 2007) *

Jermain Taylor Jermain Taylor (born August 11, 1978) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 2001 to 2014. He remains the most recent undisputed middleweight champion, having won the WBA (Undisputed), WBC, IBF, WBO, ''Ring'' magazine, and ...

W12 Bernard Hopkins (16 July 2005) *

TKO12

Félix Trinidad Félix Juan Trinidad García (born January 10, 1973), popularly known as "Tito" Trinidad, is a Puerto Rican former professional boxer who competed from 1990 to 2008. He held multiple world championships in three weight classes and is said to b ...

(29 September 2001 — Hopkins and Trinidad were the top two RING-rated middleweights at the time of this bout). Super welterweight *

Jermell Charlo Jermell DeAvante Charlo (born May 19, 1990) is an American professional boxer. He is currently the undisputed light middleweight world champion, having held the WBC title since 2019 (and previously from 2016 to 2018), the WBA (Super), IBF and '' ...

TKO10

Brian Castaño Brian Carlos Castaño (born 12 September 1989) is an Argentine professional boxer. He held the WBO light middleweight title between 2021 and 2022 and previously held the WBA interim light middleweight title from 2016 to 2018, and the WBA (Regula ...

(14 May 2022 — Charlo and Castaño were the top two Transnational-Ranked jr. middleweights at the time of this bout). *

Floyd Mayweather Jr. Floyd Joy Mayweather Jr. (''né'' Sinclair; February 24, 1977) is an American boxing promoter and former professional boxer. He currently owns a team in the NASCAR Cup Series named The Money Team Racing. As a professional boxer he competed b ...

W12

(14 September 2013 — Alvarez and Mayweather were the top two Transnational-Ranked jr. middleweights at the time of this bout). (Mayweather officially abdicates throne 21 September 2015). Welterweight *

Manny Pacquiao Emmanuel Dapidran Pacquiao Sr. (; born December17, 1978) is a Filipino politician and former professional boxer. Nicknamed "PacMan", he is regarded as one of the greatest professional boxers of all time. He served as a Senator of the Philip ...

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Timothy Bradley Timothy Ray Bradley Jr. (born August 29, 1983) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 2004 to 2016. He held multiple world championships in two weight classes, including the WBC light welterweight title twice between 2008 an ...

(12 April 2016 — Pacquiao and Bradley were the top two Transnational-Ranked welterweights at the time of this bout). (Pacquiao officially abdicates throne 19 April 2016). *

W12

(2 May 2015 — Mayweather and Pacquiao were the top two Transnational-Ranked welterweights at the time of this bout). (Mayweather officially abdicates throne 21 September 2015). Super lightweight *

Josh Taylor Josh or Joshua Taylor may refer to: * Josh Taylor (actor) (born 1943), American comedy and dramatic television actor * Josh Taylor (baseball) (born 1993), American professional baseball pitcher * Josh Taylor (boxer) (born 1991), Scottish profession ...

W12 José Ramírez (22 May 2021 — Taylor and Ramírez were the top two Transnational-Ranked jr. welterweights at the time of this bout). *

Mikey Garcia Miguel Angel Garcia Cortez (born December 15, 1987), best known as Mikey Garcia, is an American former professional boxer who competed from 2006 to 2021. He held multiple world championships in four weight classes from featherweight to light w ...

W12

Sergey Lipinets Sergey Alekseyevich Lipinets (russian: Сергей Алексеевич Липинец; born 23 March 1989) is a Russian professional boxer and former kickboxer who held the IBF light-welterweight title from 2017 to 2018. Early life and kickbo ...

(10 March 2018 — Garcia and Lipinets were the top two Transnational-Ranked jr. welterweights at the time of this bout). (Garcia officially abdicates throne 3 March 2020). *

Terence Crawford Terence Allan Crawford (born September 28, 1987) is an American professional boxer. He has held multiple world championships in three weight classes, including the WBO welterweight title since 2018. Previously he held the WBO and ''Ring'' maga ...

W12

Viktor Postol Viktor Vasylovych Postol ( uk, Віктор Васильович Постол; born 16 January 1984) is a Ukrainian professional boxer who held the WBC light-welterweight title from 2015 to 2016 and challenged twice for the WBO light-welterwei ...

(23 July 2016 — Postol and Crawford were the top two Transnational-Ranked jr. welterweights at the time of this bout). (Crawford officially abdicates throne 6 March 2018). * Danny Garcia W12

Lucas Matthysse Lucas Martín Matthysse (; born 27 September 1982) is an Argentine former professional boxer who competed from 2004 to 2018. He held the WBA (Regular) welterweight title in 2018 and the WBC interim super lightweight title from 2012 to 2013. Mat ...

(14 September 2013 — Matthysse and Garcia were the top two Transnational-Ranked jr. welterweights at the time of this bout). (Garcia officially abdicates throne August 2015). Lightweight *

Devin Haney Devin Miles Haney (; born November 17, 1998) is an American professional boxer. He is the current undisputed lightweight champion, having held the WBC title since 2019 and the WBA (Super), IBF, WBO and ''Ring'' titles since June 2022. As of J ...

W12 George Kambosos Jr. (4 June 2022) *

George Kambosos Jr. George Kambosos Jr (born 14 June 1993) is an Australian professional boxer who held the WBA (Super), IBF, WBO and '' The Ring'' lightweight titles from 2021 to June 2022. As of September 2022, he's ranked as the world's number one lightweight by ...

W12 Teófimo López (27 November 2021) *

Teófimo López Teófimo Andrés López Rivera (born July 30, 1997) is an American professional boxer. He is a former unified lightweight world champion, having held the IBF title from 2019 to November 2021, and the WBA (Super), WBO, and '' The Ring'' magazi ...

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Vasyl Lomachenko Vasyl Anatoliyovych Lomachenko ( uk, Василь Анатолійович Ломаченко, ; also spelled Vasiliy; born 17 February 1988) is a Ukrainian professional boxer. He has held multiple world championships in three weight classes fr ...

(17 October 2020 — López and Lomachenko were the top two Transnational-Ranked lightweights at the time of this bout). *

W12 Raymundo Beltran (29 November 2014 — Crawford and Beltran were the top two Transnational-Ranked lightweights at the time of this bout). (Crawford officially abdicates throne 18 April 2015). Super featherweight *

Shakur Stevenson Ash-Shakur Stevenson (born June 28, 1997) is an American professional boxer. He is a former world champion in two weight classes, having held the WBO featherweight title from 2019 to 2020, the WBO super featherweight title from 2021 to 2022, and ...

W12

Óscar Valdez Óscar Rafael Valdez Fierro Jr. (born 22 December 1990) is a Mexican professional boxer. He is a former two weight world champion, holding the WBC super featherweight title from 2021 to 2022, and the WBO featherweight title from 2016 to 201 ...

(30 April 2022 — Stevenson and Valdez were the top two Transnational-Ranked jr. lightweights at the time of this bout). Super bantamweight *

Guillermo Rigondeaux Guillermo Rigondeaux Ortiz (; born 30 September 1980) is a Cuban professional boxer. He is a former world champion in two weight classes, having held the unified WBA (Super), WBO and ''Ring'' magazine super bantamweight titles between 2013 and ...

W12 Nonito Donaire (13 April 2013) (Rigondeaux officially abdicates throne 11 June 2022 by TBRB). *

Nonito Donaire Nonito Gonzales Donaire Jr. (; ; born November 16, 1982) is a Filipino American professional boxer. He has held multiple world championships in four weight classes from flyweight to featherweight, and is the oldest boxer in history to win a b ...

TKO9

Toshiaki Nishioka is a Japanese former professional boxer who competed from 1994 to 2012. He held the WBC super-bantamweight title from 2008 to 2012, and challenged for the WBO and ''The Ring super-bantamweight titles in his final-fight. Nishioka is known for ...

(13 October 2012 — Nishioka and Donaire were the top two Transnational-Ranked jr. featherweights at the time of this bout). Bantamweight *

TKO2 Nonito Donaire (7 June 2022 — Inoue and Donaire were the top two Transnational-Ranked bantamweights at the time of this bout). Super flyweight *

Juan Francisco Estrada Juan Francisco Estrada Romero (born April 14, 1990) is a Mexican professional boxer. He is a two-weight world champion, having held ''The Ring'' super flyweight title since 2019. He previously held the WBA (Unified) and WBO flyweight titles b ...

W12 Srisaket Sor Rungvisai (26 April 2019) *

Srisaket Sor Rungvisai Wisaksil Wangek ( th, วิศักดิ์ศิลป์ วังเอก; born 8 December 1986), better known by his ring name Srisaket Sor Rungvisai (ศรีสะเกษ ศ.รุ่งวิสัย), is a Thai professional boxe ...

W12 Juan Francisco Estrada (24 February 2018 – Sor Rungvisai and Estrada were the top two Transnational-Ranked jr. bantamweights at the time of this bout). Flyweight * Román González TKO9 Akira Yaegashi (5 September 2014). (Gonzalez officially abdicates throne 4 October 2016). *

Akira Yaegashi is a Japanese former professional boxer who competed from 2005 to 2019. He was a three-weight world champion, having held the WBA mini-flyweight title from 2011 to 2012, the WBC and '' The Ring'' flyweight titles from 2013 to 2014, and the I ...

W12 Toshiyuki Igarashi (8 April 2013) *

Toshiyuki Igarashi is a Japanese boxer and a former WBC, '' The Ring'' and Lineal Flyweight World Champion. Amateur career He competed for his native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, where he was stopped in the first round of the men's l ...

W12 Sonny Boy Jaro (16 July 2012) *

Sonny Boy Jaro Sonny Boy Jaro (born March 24, 1982) is a Filipino former professional boxer who competed from 2001 to 2019, and held the WBC and '' The Ring'' flyweight titles between March and July 2012. Biography Jaro first made a living in making shoes wit ...

TKO6 Pongsaklek Wonjongkam (2 March 2012) *

Pongsaklek Wonjongkam Pongsaklek Wonjongkam ( th, พงษ์ศักดิ์เล็ก วันจงคำ; born: 11 August 1977) is a former Thai professional boxer and current boxing trainer. He is a two-time former lineal flyweight champion. During his fir ...

W12 Koki Kameda (27 March 2010) *

Kōki Kameda is a Japanese former professional boxer who competed from 2003 to 2015. He is a three-weight world champion, having held the WBA light-flyweight title from 2006 to 2007, the WBC and lineal flyweight titles from 2009 to 2010, and the WBA (Reg ...

W12 Daisuke Naito (29 November 2009) * Daisuke Naitō W12 Pongsaklek Wonjongkam (18 July 2007) *

TKO1 Malcolm Tunacao (2 March 2001) * Malcolm Tuñacao TKO7 Medgoen Singsurat (19 May 2000) *

Medgoen Singsurat Boonsai Sangsurat ( Thai: เม็ดเงิน 3เคแบตเตอรี่; born 12 July 1978), better known as Medgoen Singsurat, is a Thai former professional boxer. Sangsurat has assumed various ring names, including Big Daddy Med ...

TKO 3 Manny Pacquiao (17 September 1999) *

KO8 Chatchai Sasakul (4 December 1998) *

Chatchai Sasakul Chatchai Sasakul ( th, ฉัตรชัย สาสะกุล; ; born February 5, 1970) is a Thai former professional boxer who competed between 1991 to 2008. He held the WBC flyweight title from May 1997 to December 1998. Aside from being ...

W12 Yuri Arbachakov (12 November 1997) *

Yuri Arbachakov Yuri Yakovlevich Arbachakov (russian: Юрий Яковлевич Арбачаков; born October 22, 1966) is a Russian former professional boxer who competed from 1990 to 1997. He held the WBC flyweight title from 1992 to 1997. Amateur care ...

KO8 Muangchai Kittikasem (23 June 1992) *

Muangchai Kittikasem Nattawut Jantaweemol ( th, ณัฐวุฒิ จันทรวิมล, born 11 November 1968), later Muangchai Jantaweemol ( th, เมืองชัย จันทรวิมล), known professionally as Muangchai Kittikasem ( th, เ� ...

TKO6 Sot Chitalada (15 February 1991) *

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W12 Yong-Kang Kim (3 June 1989) *

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W12 Sot Chitalada (24 July 1988) *

W12 Gabriel Bernal (8 October 1984) *

Gabriel Bernal Gabriel Bernal (24 March 1956-June 12, 2014) was a Mexican professional boxer. He was the WBC and Lineal Flyweight Champion for six months in 1984 and a super champion in the ring in the 1970s. Pro career Bernal came from Cruz Grande, Mexico. ...

KO2 Koji Kabayashi (9 April 1984) * Kōji Kobayashi TKO2 Frank Cedeno (18 January 1984) *

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TKO6 Charlie Magri (27 September 1983) *

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TKO7 Eleoncio Mercedes (15 March 1983) *

Eleoncio Mercedes Eleoncio Mercedes (September 12, 1957 – December 22, 1985) was a Dominican boxer, who was world champion in the Flyweight division. He had a record of 14 wins, 12 losses and 2 draws, with 3 wins by knockout. Amateur career As an amateu ...

W15 Freddie Castillo (6 November 1982) *

Freddie Castillo Freddy Castillo (born June 15, 1955) is a Mexican retired professional boxer who is the former WBC light flyweight champion, WBC and Lineal flyweight champion. Pro career Known as "Chato Loco", Castillo turned pro in 1971 and won the WBC li ...

W15 Prudencio Cardona (24 July 1982) *

Prudencio Cardona Prudencio Cardona (December 22, 1951 – August 4, 2019) was a Colombian professional boxer who was world flyweight champion. He represented his native country at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. He is the older brother of forme ...

KO1 Antonio Avelar (20 March 1982) *

Antonio Avelar Jose Antonio Rodríguez Avelar (born August 25, 1958) is a Mexican former professional boxer in the flyweight division. He is a former WBC and Lineal flyweight Champion. Professional career In August 1980, Avelar won his first NABF Championshi ...

KO7 Shoji Oguma (12 May 1981) *

Shoji Oguma Shoji Oguma (大熊正二 born July 22, 1951 in Koriyama, Japan) is a Japanese former professional boxer who held the WBC and Lineal titles in the Flyweight division. Professional career Oguma turned pro in 1970 and in 1974 won the WBC Flyw ...

KO9 Chan-Hee Park (18 May 1980) *

Chan-Hee Park Park Chan-hee (Hangul: 박찬희, Hanja: 朴贊希; born 23 March 1957) is a retired South Korean boxer. As a professional he held the WBC and lineal titles in the flyweight division. As an amateur he won a gold medal at the 1974 Asian Games ...

W15 Miguel Canto (18 March 1979) *

Miguel Canto Miguel Angel Canto Solis (born January 30, 1948) is a Mexican former world boxing champion who held the WBC and Lineal flyweight titles. Boxing life Unlike many Mexican boxers, Canto was not a "slam-bang" type of boxer ("Slam-Bang" boxers ...

W15 Shoji Oguma (8 January 1975 — Canto and Oguma were the top two RING-rated flyweights at the time of this bout).

Current champions

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