RING FEATHERWEIGHT RANKINGS

Updated: 09 May, 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
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Carrington
4
United States flag
Stephen Fulton photo
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Fulton
5
United States flag
Brandon Figueroa photo
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Figueroa
6
United Kingdom flag
Nick Ball photo
-
Ball
7
Mexico flag
Luis Alberto Lopez photo
-
Lopez
8
Argentina flag
Mirco Cuello photo
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Cuello
9
United States flag
Raeese Aleem photo
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Aleem
10
Spain flag
Cristobal Lorente photo
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Lorente

21-0-3

WBO FEATHERWEIGHT RANKINGS

Updated: 04 May, 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
175 days - (5 months & 24 days)
Won against
Cuba flag Ramirez (13-1-0) MD 12 09-Dec-2023
Time held
882 days - (2 years & 5 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 221 days - (7 months & 9 days)
Mandatory challenger
TBC
Last mandatory
Cuba flag Ramirez (14-2-0) TKO 6 07-Dec-2024
Since a mandatory
518 days - (1 year & 5 months)
1
Japan flag
Kenji Fujita photo
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Fujita

10-0-0

2
Venezuela flag
Lorenzo Parra photo
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Parra
3
Japan flag
Ryuto Owan photo
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Owan

15-2-0

4
Japan flag
Mikito Nakano photo
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Nakano

15-1-0

5
United States flag
Omar Trinidad photo
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Trinidad
6
United Kingdom flag
Liam Davies photo
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Davies
7
Dominican Republic flag
Yan Santana photo
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Santana

16-0-0

8
United Kingdom flag
Nick Ball photo
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Ball
9
United Kingdom flag
Nathaniel Collins photo
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Collins
10
Namibia flag
Mateus Heita photo
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Heita

15-1-0

11
United States flag
Felix Parrilla photo
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Parrilla

13-0-0

12
United States flag
Albert Gonzalez photo
2
Gonzalez
13
Japan flag
Ryota Muto photo
Muto

9-1-1

14
Japan flag
Reiya Abe photo
1
Abe

28-5-2

15
South Africa flag
Lerato Dlamini photo
3
Dlamini

21-4-0

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United Kingdom flag
Zak Miller photo
Miller

IBF FEATHERWEIGHT RANKINGS

Updated: 09 May, 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
350 days - (11 months & 16 days)
Won against
Mexico flag Lopez (30-2-0) KO 10 10-Aug-2024
Time held
637 days - (1 year & 8 months)
Total defences
1
May 24 2025
MD 12 Japan flag Kameda (42-4-0)
Activity average
Every 637 days - (1 year & 8 months)
Mandatory challenger
TBC
Last mandatory
None Called Yet
Since a mandatory
637 days - (1 year & 8 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
Japan flag
Toshiki Shimomachi photo
3
Shimomachi

22-1-3

4
Japan flag
Mikito Nakano photo
11
Nakano

15-1-0

5
Japan flag
Tomoki Kameda photo
1
Kameda
6
United Kingdom flag
Nick Ball photo
1
Ball
7
United Kingdom flag
Liam Davies photo
3
Davies
8
Mexico flag
Luis Nery photo
3
Nery
9
United States flag
Albert Gonzalez photo
3
Gonzalez
10
Spain flag
Cristobal Lorente photo
Lorente

21-0-3

11
Japan flag
Reiya Abe photo
3
Abe

28-5-2

12
Philippines flag
Lienard Sarcon photo
2
Sarcon

15-0-0

13
South Africa flag
Lerato Dlamini photo
8
Dlamini

21-4-0

14
United Kingdom flag
Nathaniel Collins photo
5
Collins
15
Venezuela flag
Lorenzo Parra photo
Parra

Dropped Out This Month

Dominican Republic flag
Luis Reynaldo Nunez photo
Nunez

23-0-0

Argentina flag
Hector Andres Sosa photo
Sosa

18-4-0

WBC FEATHERWEIGHT RANKINGS

Updated: 06 May, 2026

United States flag
Bruce Carrington photo

WBC World Featherweight Champion

Bruce
Carrington

17-0-0

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Next Scheduled Defence
Mexico flag Palacios (19-0-1) 04-Jul-2026
Last defence
Not Defended Yet
Time inactive
98 days - (3 months & 9 days)
Won against
United States flag Castro (30-3-0) KO 9 31-Jan-2026
Time held
98 days - (3 months & 9 days)
Total defences
0
Activity average
N/A
Mandatory challenger
TBC
Last mandatory
None Called Yet
Since a mandatory
98 days - (3 months & 9 days)
1
Spain flag
Cristobal Lorente photo
1
Lorente

21-0-3

2
United Kingdom flag
Nick Ball photo
1
Ball
3
United States flag
Omar Trinidad photo
1
Trinidad
4
Mexico flag
Luis Nery photo
1
Nery
5
United Kingdom flag
Nathaniel Collins photo
4
Collins
6
Japan flag
Reiya Abe photo
1
Abe

28-5-2

7
United States flag
Joet Gonzalez photo
1
Gonzalez
8
Japan flag
Mikito Nakano photo
2
Nakano

15-1-0

9
United Kingdom flag
Liam Davies photo
2
Davies
10
Mexico flag
Rene Osvaldo Palacios photo
2
Palacios

19-0-1

11
Japan flag
Toshiki Shimomachi photo
2
Shimomachi

22-1-3

12
Mexico flag
Brandon Mosqueda photo
2
Mejia

13-0-0

13
Philippines flag
Marlon Tapales photo
Tapales
14
Uzbekistan flag
Otabek Kholmatov photo
5
Kholmatov
15
United States flag
Kevin Walsh photo
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Walsh

20-0-0

Dropped Out This Month

Mexico flag
Alan Picasso photo
Picasso

WBA FEATHERWEIGHT RANKINGS

Updated: 02 May, 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
91 days - (3 months & 2 days)
Won against
United Kingdom flag Ball (23-0-1) TKO 12 07-Feb-2026
Time held
91 days - (3 months & 2 days)
Total defences
0
Activity average
N/A
Mandatory challenger
TBC
Last mandatory
None Called Yet
Since a mandatory
91 days - (3 months & 2 days)
1
Argentina flag
Mirco Cuello photo
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Cuello
2
Japan flag
Tomoki Kameda photo
-
Kameda
3
Russian Federation flag
Ivan Chirkov photo
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Chirkov

14-0-0

4
Dominican Republic flag
Luis Reynaldo Nunez photo
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Nunez

23-0-0

5
Japan flag
Kyonosuke Kameda photo
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Kameda

16-5-2

6
Uzbekistan flag
Otabek Kholmatov photo
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Kholmatov
7
United Kingdom flag
Nick Ball photo
-
Ball
8
Mexico flag
Luis Nery photo
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Nery
9
Puerto Rico flag
Jan Paul Rivera Pizarro photo
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Pizarro

15-0-0

10
Venezuela flag
Lorenzo Parra photo
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Parra
11
Japan flag
Reito Tsutsumi photo
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Tsutsumi
12
United States flag
Victor Hernandez photo
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Hernandez

15-0-0

13
Mexico flag
Christian Olivo photo
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Olivo

23-2-1

14
Dominican Republic flag
Jonathan Cabrera Sanchez photo
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Sanchez

13-0-0

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) -
  4. (23-2-0) -
  5. (27-2-1) -
  6. (23-1-1) -
  7. (32-3-0) -
  8. (16-0-0) -
  9. (23-1-0) -
  10. Spain flag Cristobal Lorente
    (21-0-3) -
WBO FEATHERWEIGHT
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Mexico flag Rafael Espinoza (28-0-0)

WBO World Featherweight Champion

  1. Japan flag Kenji Fujita
    (10-0-0) -
  2. (24-1-1) -
  3. Japan flag Ryuto Owan
    (15-2-0) -
  4. Japan flag Mikito Nakano
    (15-1-0) -
  5. (20-0-2) -
  6. (18-1-0) -
  7. Dominican Republic flag Yan Santana
    (16-0-0) -
  8. (23-1-1) -
  9. (17-1-1) -
  10. Namibia flag Mateus Heita
    (15-1-0) -
  11. United States flag Felix Parrilla
    (13-0-0) -
  12. (17-0-0) 2
  13. Japan flag Ryota Muto
    (9-1-1)
  14. Japan flag Reiya Abe
    (28-5-2) 1
  15. South Africa flag Lerato Dlamini
    (21-4-0) 3
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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. Japan flag Toshiki Shimomachi
    (22-1-3) 3
  4. Japan flag Mikito Nakano
    (15-1-0) 11
  5. (42-5-0) 1
  6. (23-1-1) 1
  7. (18-1-0) 3
  8. (37-2-0) 3
  9. (17-0-0) 3
  10. Spain flag Cristobal Lorente
    (21-0-3)
  11. Japan flag Reiya Abe
    (28-5-2) 3
  12. Philippines flag Lienard Sarcon
    (15-0-0) 2
  13. South Africa flag Lerato Dlamini
    (21-4-0) 8
  14. (17-1-1) 5
  15. (24-1-1)
Dropped Out This Month
  • Dominican Republic flag Luis Reynaldo Nunez (23-0-0) (3)
  • Argentina flag Hector Andres Sosa (18-4-0) (13)
WBC FEATHERWEIGHT
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United States flag Bruce Carrington (17-0-0)

WBC World Featherweight Champion

  1. Spain flag Cristobal Lorente
    (21-0-3) 1
  2. (23-1-1) 1
  3. (20-0-2) 1
  4. (37-2-0) 1
  5. (17-1-1) 4
  6. Japan flag Reiya Abe
    (28-5-2) 1
  7. (27-5-0) 1
  8. Japan flag Mikito Nakano
    (15-1-0) 2
  9. (18-1-0) 2
  10. Mexico flag Rene Osvaldo Palacios
    (19-0-1) 2
  11. Japan flag Toshiki Shimomachi
    (22-1-3) 2
  12. Mexico flag Brandon Mosqueda
    (13-0-0) 2
  13. (41-5-0)
  14. (13-1-0) 5
  15. United States flag Kevin Walsh
    (20-0-0) -
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WBA FEATHERWEIGHT
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United States flag Brandon Figueroa (27-2-1)

WBA World Featherweight Champion

  1. (16-0-0) -
  2. (42-5-0) -
  3. Russian Federation flag Ivan Chirkov
    (14-0-0) -
  4. Dominican Republic flag Luis Reynaldo Nunez
    (23-0-0) -
  5. Japan flag Kyonosuke Kameda
    (16-5-2) -
  6. (13-1-0) -
  7. (23-1-1) -
  8. (37-2-0) -
  9. Puerto Rico flag Jan Paul Rivera Pizarro
    (15-0-0) -
  10. (24-1-1) -
  11. (4-0-0) -
  12. United States flag Victor Hernandez
    (15-0-0) -
  13. Mexico flag Christian Olivo
    (23-2-1) -
  14. Dominican Republic flag Jonathan Cabrera Sanchez
    (13-0-0) -
  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 42nd 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 - - - (c) -
6 Nick Ball (23-1-1) United Kingdom flag 6 2 6 8 7 -
7 Luis Alberto Lopez (32-3-0) Mexico flag 7 - - - - -
8 Mirco Cuello (16-0-0) Argentina flag 8 - - - 1 -
9 Raeese Aleem (23-1-0) United States flag 9 - 1 - - -
10 Cristobal Lorente (21-0-3) Spain flag 10 1 10 - - -
11 Omar Trinidad (20-0-2) United States flag - 3 2 5 - -
12 Mikito Nakano (15-1-0) Japan flag - 8 4 4 - +5
13 Luis Nery (37-2-0) Mexico flag - 4 8 - 8 +1
14 Liam Davies (18-1-0) United Kingdom flag - 9 7 6 - +2
15 Tomoki Kameda (42-5-0) Japan flag - - 5 - 2 -3
16 Lorenzo Parra (24-1-1) Venezuela flag - - 15 2 10 +2
17 Nathaniel Collins (17-1-1) United Kingdom flag - 5 14 9 - -2
18 Toshiki Shimomachi (22-1-3) Japan flag - 11 3 - - +3
19 Reiya Abe (28-5-2) Japan flag - 6 11 14 - -
20 Kenji Fujita (10-0-0) Japan flag - - - 1 - -
21 Ryuto Owan (15-2-0) Japan flag - - - 3 15 +1
22 Ivan Chirkov (14-0-0) Russian Federation flag - - - - 3 +1
23 Luis Reynaldo Nunez (23-0-0) Dominican Republic flag - - - - 4 -10
24 Otabek Kholmatov (13-1-0) Uzbekistan flag - 14 - - 6 +1
25 Kyonosuke Kameda (16-5-2) Japan flag - - - - 5 +1
26 Albert Gonzalez (17-0-0) United States flag - - 9 12 - +3
27 Joet Gonzalez (27-5-0) United States flag - 7 - - - -
28 Yan Santana (16-0-0) Dominican Republic flag - - - 7 - -
29 Jan Paul Rivera Pizarro (15-0-0) Puerto Rico flag - - - - 9 +1
30 Mateus Heita (15-1-0) Namibia flag - - - 10 - +1
31 Rene Osvaldo Palacios (19-0-1) Mexico flag - 10 - - - +1
32 Felix Parrilla (13-0-0) United States flag - - - 11 - +1
33 Reito Tsutsumi (4-0-0) Japan flag - - - - 11 +1
34 Brandon Mosqueda (13-0-0) Mexico flag - 12 - - - +1
35 Lienard Sarcon (15-0-0) Philippines flag - - 12 - - +7
36 Victor Hernandez (15-0-0) United States flag - - - - 12 -
37 Lerato Dlamini (21-4-0) South Africa flag - - 13 15 - -13
38 Christian Olivo (23-2-1) Mexico flag - - - - 13 -1
39 Marlon Tapales (41-5-0) Philippines flag - 13 - - - -
40 Ryota Muto (9-1-1) Japan flag - - - 13 - -
41 Jonathan Cabrera Sanchez (13-0-0) Dominican Republic flag - - - - 14 -
42 Kevin Walsh (20-0-0) United States flag - 15 - - - +1

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