RING FEATHERWEIGHT RANKINGS

Updated: 10 Feb, 2026

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The Ring Featherweight Champion

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1
Mexico flag
Rafael Espinoza photo
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Espinoza
2
United States flag
Angelo Leo photo
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Leo
3
United States flag
Bruce Carrington photo
3
Carrington
4
United States flag
Stephen Fulton photo
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Fulton
5
United States flag
Brandon Figueroa photo
2
Figueroa
6
United Kingdom flag
Nick Ball photo
3
Ball
7
Mexico flag
Luis Alberto Lopez photo
2
Lopez
8
Argentina flag
Mirco Cuello photo
-
Cuello
9
United States flag
Raeese Aleem photo
-
Aleem
10
Cuba flag
Dayan Gonzalez photo
-
Gonzalez

18-0-0

WBO FEATHERWEIGHT RANKINGS

Updated: 04 Feb, 2026

Mexico flag
Rafael Espinoza photo

WBO World Featherweight Champion

Rafael
Espinoza

28-0-0

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Next Scheduled Defence
TBA
Last defence
Ukraine flag Khegai (23-2-1) TKO 11 15-Nov-2025
Time inactive
95 days - (3 months & 3 days)
Won against
Cuba flag Ramirez (13-1-0) MD 12 09-Dec-2023
Time held
802 days - (2 years & 2 months)
Total defences
4
Nov 15 2025
TKO 11 Ukraine flag Khegai (23-2-1)
May 04 2025
TKO 7 United States flag Vazquez (17-2-0)
Dec 07 2024
TKO 6 Cuba flag Ramirez (14-2-0)
Jun 21 2024
TKO 4 Mexico flag Sanchez (22-1-0)
Activity average
Every 201 days - (6 months & 17 days)
Mandatory challenger
TBC
Last mandatory
Cuba flag Ramirez (14-2-0) TKO 6 07-Dec-2024
Since a mandatory
438 days - (1 year & 2 months)
1
United States flag
Brandon Figueroa photo
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Figueroa
2
United States flag
Elijah Pierce photo
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Pierce

21-2-0

3
Japan flag
Kenji Fujita photo
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Fujita

10-0-0

4
Japan flag
Ryuto Owan photo
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Owan

15-2-0

5
Japan flag
Mikito Nakano photo
1
Nakano

14-1-0

6
United States flag
Raeese Aleem photo
Aleem
7
Dominican Republic flag
Yan Santana photo
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Santana

16-0-0

8
United Kingdom flag
Liam Davies photo
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Davies
9
United Kingdom flag
Nathaniel Collins photo
-
Collins
10
Namibia flag
Mateus Heita photo
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Heita

15-1-0

11
Italy flag
Francesco Grandelli photo
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Grandelli

21-4-2

12
Puerto Rico flag
Jan Paul Rivera Pizarro photo
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Pizarro

14-0-0

13
United Kingdom flag
Zak Miller photo
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Miller
14
United States flag
Albert Gonzalez photo
1
Gonzalez
15
Venezuela flag
Lorenzo Parra II photo
1
Parra II

23-1-1

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United States flag
Omar Trinidad photo
Trinidad

IBF FEATHERWEIGHT RANKINGS

Updated: 10 Feb, 2026

United States flag
Angelo Leo photo

IBF World Featherweight Champion

Angelo
Leo

26-1-0

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Next Scheduled Defence
TBA
Last defence
Japan flag Kameda (42-4-0) MD 12 24-May-2025
Time inactive
270 days - (8 months & 25 days)
Won against
Mexico flag Lopez (30-2-0) KO 10 10-Aug-2024
Time held
557 days - (1 year & 6 months)
Total defences
1
May 24 2025
MD 12 Japan flag Kameda (42-4-0)
Activity average
Every 557 days - (1 year & 6 months)
Mandatory challenger
TBC
Last mandatory
None Called Yet
Since a mandatory
557 days - (1 year & 6 months)
1
United States flag
Raeese Aleem photo
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Aleem
2
United States flag
Omar Trinidad photo
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Trinidad
3
Dominican Republic flag
Luis Reynaldo Nunez photo
1
Nunez

22-0-0

4
Japan flag
Tomoki Kameda photo
1
Kameda
5
South Africa flag
Lerato Dlamini photo
1
Dlamini

21-3-0

6
Japan flag
Toshiki Shimomachi photo
1
Shimomachi

22-1-3

7
Japan flag
Reiya Abe photo
2
Abe

28-4-2

8
United Kingdom flag
Nathaniel Collins photo
2
Collins
9
United Kingdom flag
Liam Davies photo
2
Davies
10
Mexico flag
Luis Nery photo
2
Nery
11
Argentina flag
Hector Andres Sosa photo
3
Sosa

18-4-0

12
Philippines flag
Lienard Sarcon photo
2
Sarcon

15-0-0

13
Japan flag
Mikito Nakano photo
-
Nakano

14-1-0

14
United States flag
Albert Gonzalez photo
Gonzalez
15
Japan flag
Kyonosuke Kameda photo
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Kameda

16-5-2

Dropped Out This Month

United States flag
Brandon Figueroa photo
Figueroa

WBC FEATHERWEIGHT RANKINGS

Updated: 04 Feb, 2026

United States flag
Bruce Carrington photo

WBC World Featherweight Champion

Bruce
Carrington

17-0-0

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Next Scheduled Defence
TBA
Last defence
Not Defended Yet
Time inactive
18 days - (18 days)
Won against
United States flag Castro (30-3-0) KO 9 31-Jan-2026
Time held
18 days - (18 days)
Total defences
0
Activity average
N/A
Mandatory challenger
TBC
Last mandatory
None Called Yet
Since a mandatory
18 days - (18 days)
1
United Kingdom flag
Nathaniel Collins photo
2
Collins
2
Spain flag
Cristobal Lorente photo
3
Lorente

20-0-3

3
United States flag
Omar Trinidad photo
4
Trinidad
4
Mexico flag
Luis Nery photo
Nery
5
Mexico flag
Alan Picasso photo
Picasso
6
Japan flag
Reiya Abe photo
3
Abe

28-4-2

7
United States flag
Joet Gonzalez photo
3
Gonzalez
8
Ireland flag
Michael Conlan photo
3
Conlan
9
Uzbekistan flag
Otabek Kholmatov photo
3
Kholmatov
10
Japan flag
Mikito Nakano photo
8
Nakano

14-1-0

11
Japan flag
Toshiki Shimomachi photo
Shimomachi

22-1-3

12
Mexico flag
Brandon Mosqueda photo
Mejia

13-0-0

13
United Kingdom flag
Liam Davies photo
2
Davies
14
United States flag
Carlos Castro photo
10
Castro
15
Japan flag
Tomoki Kameda photo
2
Kameda

Dropped Out This Month

United States flag
Brandon Figueroa photo
Figueroa
Uganda flag
Sulaiman Segawa photo
Segawa

18-6-1

Australia flag
Sam Goodman photo
Goodman
South Africa flag
Lerato Dlamini photo
Dlamini

21-3-0

WBA FEATHERWEIGHT RANKINGS

Updated: 01 Feb, 2026

United States flag
Brandon Figueroa photo

WBA World Featherweight Champion

Brandon
Figueroa

27-2-1

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Next Scheduled Defence
TBA
Last defence
Not Defended Yet
Time inactive
11 days - (11 days)
Won against
United Kingdom flag Ball (23-0-1) TKO 12 07-Feb-2026
Time held
11 days - (11 days)
Total defences
0
Activity average
N/A
Mandatory challenger
TBC
Last mandatory
None Called Yet
Since a mandatory
11 days - (11 days)
Argentina flag
Mirco Cuello photo

WBA Interim World Featherweight Champion

Mirco
Cuello

16-0-0

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Next Scheduled Defence
TBA
Last defence
Not Defended Yet
Time inactive
194 days - (6 months & 10 days)
Won against
Mexico flag Jimenez (19-0-0) KO 2 08-Aug-2025
Time held
194 days - (6 months & 10 days)
Total defences
0
Activity average
N/A
Mandatory challenger
TBC
Last mandatory
None Called Yet
Since a mandatory
194 days - (6 months & 10 days)
1
United States flag
Brandon Figueroa photo
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Figueroa
2
United States flag
Elijah Pierce photo
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Pierce

21-2-0

3
Uzbekistan flag
Otabek Kholmatov photo
-
Kholmatov
4
Russian Federation flag
Ivan Chirkov photo
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Chirkov

14-0-0

5
Japan flag
Tomoki Kameda photo
-
Kameda
6
Mexico flag
Luis Nery photo
-
Nery
7
Puerto Rico flag
Jan Paul Rivera Pizarro photo
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Pizarro

14-0-0

8
Japan flag
Reito Tsutsumi photo
5
Tsutsumi
9
Japan flag
Reiya Abe photo
1
Abe

28-4-2

10
United States flag
Victor Hernandez photo
1
Hernandez

15-0-0

11
Dominican Republic flag
Luis Reynaldo Nunez photo
1
Nunez

22-0-0

12
Mexico flag
Christian Olivo photo
3
Olivo

23-2-1

13
Dominican Republic flag
Jonathan Cabrera Sanchez photo
1
Sanchez

13-0-0

14
United Kingdom flag
Liam Davies photo
2
Davies
15
Japan flag
Ryuto Owan photo
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Owan

15-2-0

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RING FEATHERWEIGHT
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Vacant

The Ring Featherweight Champion

  1. (28-0-0) -
  2. (26-1-0) -
  3. (17-0-0) 3
  4. (23-2-0) -
  5. (27-2-1) 2
  6. (23-1-1) 3
  7. (32-3-0) 2
  8. (16-0-0) -
  9. (23-1-0) -
  10. Cuba flag Dayan Gonzalez
    (18-0-0) -
WBO FEATHERWEIGHT
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Mexico flag Rafael Espinoza (28-0-0)

WBO World Featherweight Champion

  1. (27-2-1) -
  2. United States flag Elijah Pierce
    (21-2-0) -
  3. Japan flag Kenji Fujita
    (10-0-0) -
  4. Japan flag Ryuto Owan
    (15-2-0) -
  5. Japan flag Mikito Nakano
    (14-1-0) 1
  6. (23-1-0)
  7. Dominican Republic flag Yan Santana
    (16-0-0) -
  8. (17-1-0) -
  9. (17-0-1) -
  10. Namibia flag Mateus Heita
    (15-1-0) -
  11. Italy flag Francesco Grandelli
    (21-4-2) -
  12. Puerto Rico flag Jan Paul Rivera Pizarro
    (14-0-0) -
  13. (17-1-0) -
  14. (16-0-0) 1
  15. Venezuela flag Lorenzo Parra II
    (23-1-1) 1
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IBF FEATHERWEIGHT
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United States flag Angelo Leo (26-1-0)

IBF World Featherweight Champion

  1. (23-1-0) -
  2. (20-0-2) -
  3. Dominican Republic flag Luis Reynaldo Nunez
    (22-0-0) 1
  4. (42-5-0) 1
  5. South Africa flag Lerato Dlamini
    (21-3-0) 1
  6. Japan flag Toshiki Shimomachi
    (22-1-3) 1
  7. Japan flag Reiya Abe
    (28-4-2) 2
  8. (17-0-1) 2
  9. (17-1-0) 2
  10. (37-2-0) 2
  11. Argentina flag Hector Andres Sosa
    (18-4-0) 3
  12. Philippines flag Lienard Sarcon
    (15-0-0) 2
  13. Japan flag Mikito Nakano
    (14-1-0) -
  14. (16-0-0)
  15. Japan flag Kyonosuke Kameda
    (16-5-2) -
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WBC FEATHERWEIGHT
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United States flag Bruce Carrington (17-0-0)

WBC World Featherweight Champion

  1. (17-0-1) 2
  2. Spain flag Cristobal Lorente
    (20-0-3) 3
  3. (20-0-2) 4
  4. (37-2-0)
  5. (32-1-1)
  6. Japan flag Reiya Abe
    (28-4-2) 3
  7. (27-5-0) 3
  8. (20-3-0) 3
  9. (13-1-0) 3
  10. Japan flag Mikito Nakano
    (14-1-0) 8
  11. Japan flag Toshiki Shimomachi
    (22-1-3)
  12. Mexico flag Brandon Mosqueda
    (13-0-0)
  13. (17-1-0) 2
  14. (30-4-0) 10
  15. (42-5-0) 2
Dropped Out This Month
WBA FEATHERWEIGHT
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United States flag Brandon Figueroa (27-2-1)

WBA World Featherweight Champion

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Argentina flag Mirco Cuello (16-0-0)

WBA Interim World Featherweight Champion

  1. (27-2-1) -
  2. United States flag Elijah Pierce
    (21-2-0) -
  3. (13-1-0) -
  4. Russian Federation flag Ivan Chirkov
    (14-0-0) -
  5. (42-5-0) -
  6. (37-2-0) -
  7. Puerto Rico flag Jan Paul Rivera Pizarro
    (14-0-0) -
  8. (4-0-0) 5
  9. Japan flag Reiya Abe
    (28-4-2) 1
  10. United States flag Victor Hernandez
    (15-0-0) 1
  11. Dominican Republic flag Luis Reynaldo Nunez
    (22-0-0) 1
  12. Mexico flag Christian Olivo
    (23-2-1) 3
  13. Dominican Republic flag Jonathan Cabrera Sanchez
    (13-0-0) 1
  14. (17-1-0) 2
  15. Japan flag Ryuto Owan
    (15-2-0) -

Box.Live Power Rankings – Featherweight

Box.Live's Power Rankings provide a simple method for ranking active fighters 1st through 45th in the featherweight division.

Outside the top 10 or so fighters, who are more likely to be ranked for their current ability and standing at featherweight, others are considered by their potential future influence as mandatory or eliminator contenders. Every fighter is either a champion or ranked by at least one organisation at featherweight, so inactive fighters may not appear until they fight again.

Order: Ring champion, Ring positions 1–10, then other world champions, then by combined ranking points (WBC/IBF/WBO/WBA).

Key: (c) = champion, (int) = interim, (reg) = WBA regular when multiple champions, [m] = mandatory.

# Fighter The Ring WBC IBF WBO WBA Change
1 Rafael Espinoza (28-0-0) Mexico flag 1 - - (c) - -
2 Angelo Leo (26-1-0) United States flag 2 - (c) - - -
3 Bruce Carrington (17-0-0) United States flag 3 (c) - - - -
4 Stephen Fulton (23-2-0) United States flag 4 - - - - -
5 Brandon Figueroa (27-2-1) United States flag 5 - - 1 (reg) -
6 Nick Ball (23-1-1) United Kingdom flag 6 - - - - -
7 Luis Alberto Lopez (32-3-0) Mexico flag 7 - - - - -
8 Mirco Cuello (16-0-0) Argentina flag 8 - - - (int) -
9 Raeese Aleem (23-1-0) United States flag 9 - 1 6 - -
10 Dayan Gonzalez (18-0-0) Cuba flag 10 - - - - -
11 Nathaniel Collins (17-0-1) United Kingdom flag - 1 8 9 - -
12 Elijah Pierce (21-2-0) United States flag - - - 2 2 -
13 Luis Nery (37-2-0) Mexico flag - 4 10 - 6 -
14 Omar Trinidad (20-0-2) United States flag - 3 2 - - -
15 Reiya Abe (28-4-2) Japan flag - 6 7 - 9 -
16 Tomoki Kameda (42-5-0) Japan flag - 15 4 - 5 -
17 Otabek Kholmatov (13-1-0) Uzbekistan flag - 9 - - 3 -
18 Mikito Nakano (14-1-0) Japan flag - 10 13 5 - -
19 Liam Davies (17-1-0) United Kingdom flag - 13 9 8 14 -
20 Luis Reynaldo Nunez (22-0-0) Dominican Republic flag - - 3 - 11 -
21 Toshiki Shimomachi (22-1-3) Japan flag - 11 6 - - -
22 Cristobal Lorente (20-0-3) Spain flag - 2 - - - -
23 Kenji Fujita (10-0-0) Japan flag - - - 3 - -
24 Ryuto Owan (15-2-0) Japan flag - - - 4 15 -
25 Jan Paul Rivera Pizarro (14-0-0) Puerto Rico flag - - - 12 7 -
26 Ivan Chirkov (14-0-0) Russian Federation flag - - - - 4 -
27 Alan Picasso (32-1-1) Mexico flag - 5 - - - -
28 Lerato Dlamini (21-3-0) South Africa flag - - 5 - - -
29 Joet Gonzalez (27-5-0) United States flag - 7 - - - -
30 Yan Santana (16-0-0) Dominican Republic flag - - - 7 - -
31 Michael Conlan (20-3-0) Ireland flag - 8 - - - -
32 Reito Tsutsumi (4-0-0) Japan flag - - - - 8 -
33 Mateus Heita (15-1-0) Namibia flag - - - 10 - -
34 Victor Hernandez (15-0-0) United States flag - - - - 10 -
35 Francesco Grandelli (21-4-2) Italy flag - - - 11 - -
36 Hector Andres Sosa (18-4-0) Argentina flag - - 11 - - -
37 Brandon Mosqueda (13-0-0) Mexico flag - 12 - - - -
38 Christian Olivo (23-2-1) Mexico flag - - - - 12 -
39 Lienard Sarcon (15-0-0) Philippines flag - - 12 - - -
40 Albert Gonzalez (16-0-0) United States flag - - 14 14 - -
41 Jonathan Cabrera Sanchez (13-0-0) Dominican Republic flag - - - - 13 -
42 Zak Miller (17-1-0) United Kingdom flag - - - 13 - -
43 Carlos Castro (30-4-0) United States flag - 14 - - - -
44 Kyonosuke Kameda (16-5-2) Japan flag - - 15 - - -
45 Lorenzo Parra II (23-1-1) Venezuela flag - - - 15 - -

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