RING HEAVYWEIGHT RANKINGS

Updated: 26 Feb, 2026

Ukraine flag
Oleksandr Usyk photo

The Ring Heavyweight Champion

Oleksandr
Usyk

24-0-0

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Next Scheduled Defence
TBA
Last defence
United Kingdom flag Dubois (22-2-0) KO 5 19-Jul-2025
Time inactive
225 days - (7 months & 10 days)
Won against
United Kingdom flag Joshua (24-2-0) SD 12 20-Aug-2022
Time held
1289 days - (3 years & 6 months)
Total defences
4
Jul 19 2025
KO 5 United Kingdom flag Dubois (22-2-0)
Dec 21 2024
UD 12 United Kingdom flag Fury (34-1-1)
May 18 2024
SD 12 United Kingdom flag Fury (34-0-1)
Aug 26 2023
KO 9 United Kingdom flag Dubois (19-1-0)
Activity average
Every 322 days - (10 months & 16 days)
Mandatory challenger
TBC
Last mandatory
None Called Yet
Since a mandatory
1289 days - (3 years & 6 months)
2
United Kingdom flag
Fabio Wardley photo
1
Wardley
3
Germany flag
Agit Kabayel photo
1
Kabayel
4
United Kingdom flag
Daniel Dubois photo
1
Dubois
5
Croatia flag
Filip Hrgovic photo
1
Hrgovic
6
China flag
Zhilei Zhang photo
1
Zhang
7
Congo, The Democratic Republic of The flag
Martin Bakole photo
1
Bakole
8
United Kingdom flag
Moses Itauma photo
1
Itauma
9
Nigeria flag
Efe Ajagba photo
1
Ajagba
10
United States flag
Richard Torrez Jr photo
1
Torrez Jr
11
Russian Federation flag
Murat Gassiev photo
1
Gassiev

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WBO HEAVYWEIGHT RANKINGS

Updated: 04 Feb, 2026

United Kingdom flag
Fabio Wardley photo

WBO World Heavyweight Champion

Fabio
Wardley

20-0-1

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Next Scheduled Defence
United Kingdom flag Dubois (22-3-0) 09-May-2026
Last defence
Not Defended Yet
Time inactive
103 days - (3 months & 11 days)
Won against
(Promoted From Secondary Belt)
Time held
103 days - (3 months & 11 days)
Total defences
0
Activity average
N/A
Mandatory challenger
TBC
Last mandatory
None Called Yet
Since a mandatory
103 days - (3 months & 11 days)
1
United Kingdom flag
Moses Itauma photo
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Itauma
2
Croatia flag
Filip Hrgovic photo
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Hrgovic
3
China flag
Zhilei Zhang photo
-
Zhang
4
United Kingdom flag
Daniel Dubois photo
-
Dubois
5
United Kingdom flag
Anthony Joshua photo
5
Joshua
6
United States flag
Jared Anderson photo
1
Anderson
7
United Kingdom flag
Derek Chisora photo
1
Chisora
8
Uzbekistan flag
Bakhodir Jalolov photo
-
Jalolov
9
United States flag
Richard Torrez Jr photo
-
Torrez Jr
10
United States flag
Jermaine Franklin photo
1
Franklin
11
Albania flag
Nelson Hysa photo
4
Hysa

24-0-0

12
Ukraine flag
Viktor Vykhryst photo
Vykhryst

17-1-0

13
United Kingdom flag
Richard Riakporhe photo
1
Riakporhe
14
United Kingdom flag
Solomon Dacres photo
Dacres

10-1-0

15
United States flag
Gustavo Trujillo photo
-
Trujillo

9-0-0

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Nigeria flag
Efe Ajagba photo
Ajagba
Ukraine flag
Vladyslav Sirenko photo
Sirenko

22-1-0

IBF HEAVYWEIGHT RANKINGS

Updated: 10 Feb, 2026

Ukraine flag
Oleksandr Usyk photo

IBF World Heavyweight Champion

Oleksandr
Usyk

24-0-0

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Next Scheduled Defence
TBA
Last defence
Not Defended Yet
Time inactive
225 days - (7 months & 10 days)
Won against
United Kingdom flag Dubois (22-2-0) KO 5 19-Jul-2025
Time held
225 days - (7 months & 10 days)
Total defences
0
Activity average
N/A
Mandatory challenger
TBC
Last mandatory
None Called Yet
Since a mandatory
225 days - (7 months & 10 days)
1
Vacant
-
Vacant

Vacant

2
United Kingdom flag
Derek Chisora photo
-
Chisora
3
Cuba flag
Frank Sanchez photo
-
Sanchez
4
United States flag
Richard Torrez Jr photo
-
Torrez Jr
5
Congo, The Democratic Republic of The flag
Martin Bakole photo
1
Bakole
6
Uzbekistan flag
Bakhodir Jalolov photo
1
Jalolov
7
United Kingdom flag
Lawrence Okolie photo
3
Okolie
8
Italy flag
Guido Vianello photo
-
Vianello
9
United Kingdom flag
Richard Riakporhe photo
-
Riakporhe
10
United Kingdom flag
Daniel Dubois photo
2
Dubois
11
Croatia flag
Filip Hrgovic photo
2
Hrgovic
12
United Kingdom flag
Moses Itauma photo
2
Itauma
13
Nigeria flag
Efe Ajagba photo
2
Ajagba
14
Russian Federation flag
Umar Salamov photo
Salamov
15
Russian Federation flag
Arslanbek Makhmudov photo
Makhmudov

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United States flag
Jared Anderson photo
Anderson
United States flag
Michael Hunter photo
Hunter

WBC HEAVYWEIGHT RANKINGS

Updated: 04 Feb, 2026

Ukraine flag
Oleksandr Usyk photo

WBC World Heavyweight Champion

Oleksandr
Usyk

24-0-0

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Next Scheduled Defence
Netherlands flag Verhoeven (1-0-0) 23-May-2026
Last defence
United Kingdom flag Dubois (22-2-0) KO 5 19-Jul-2025
Time inactive
224 days - (7 months & 9 days)
Won against
United Kingdom flag Fury (34-0-1) SD 12 18-May-2024
Time held
651 days - (1 year & 9 months)
Total defences
2
Jul 19 2025
KO 5 United Kingdom flag Dubois (22-2-0)
Dec 21 2024
UD 12 United Kingdom flag Fury (34-1-1)
Activity average
Every 326 days - (10 months & 20 days)
Mandatory challenger
TBC
Last mandatory
None Called Yet
Since a mandatory
651 days - (1 year & 9 months)
Germany flag
Agit Kabayel photo

WBC Interim World Heavyweight Champion

Agit
Kabayel

27-0-0

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Next Scheduled Defence
TBA
Last defence
Poland flag Knyba (17-0-0) TKO 3 10-Jan-2026
Time inactive
50 days - (1 month & 19 days)
Won against
China flag Zhang (27-2-1) KO 6 22-Feb-2025
Time held
372 days - (1 year & 7 days)
Total defences
1
Jan 10 2026
TKO 3 Poland flag Knyba (17-0-0)
Activity average
Every 372 days - (1 year & 7 days)
Mandatory challenger
TBC
Last mandatory
None Called Yet
Since a mandatory
372 days - (1 year & 7 days)
1
United Kingdom flag
Lawrence Okolie photo
-
Okolie
2
United Kingdom flag
Daniel Dubois photo
-
Dubois
3
United Kingdom flag
Anthony Joshua photo
-
Joshua
4
United Kingdom flag
Moses Itauma photo
-
Itauma
5
Croatia flag
Filip Hrgovic photo
-
Hrgovic
6
Nigeria flag
Efe Ajagba photo
-
Ajagba
7
Congo, The Democratic Republic of The flag
Martin Bakole photo
-
Bakole
8
United States flag
Richard Torrez Jr photo
-
Torrez Jr
9
Cuba flag
Frank Sanchez photo
-
Sanchez
10
China flag
Zhilei Zhang photo
-
Zhang
11
Uzbekistan flag
Bakhodir Jalolov photo
-
Jalolov
12
Italy flag
Guido Vianello photo
-
Vianello
13
United States flag
Deontay Wilder photo
-
Wilder
14
United Kingdom flag
Derek Chisora photo
-
Chisora
15
United States flag
Jared Anderson photo
-
Anderson

WBA HEAVYWEIGHT RANKINGS

Updated: 01 Feb, 2026

Ukraine flag
Oleksandr Usyk photo

WBA Super World Heavyweight Champion

Oleksandr
Usyk

24-0-0

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Next Scheduled Defence
TBA
Last defence
United Kingdom flag Dubois (22-2-0) KO 5 19-Jul-2025
Time inactive
225 days - (7 months & 10 days)
Won against
United Kingdom flag Joshua (24-1-0) UD 12 25-Sep-2021
Time held
1618 days - (4 years & 5 months)
Total defences
5
Jul 19 2025
KO 5 United Kingdom flag Dubois (22-2-0)
Dec 21 2024
UD 12 United Kingdom flag Fury (34-1-1)
May 18 2024
SD 12 United Kingdom flag Fury (34-0-1)
Aug 26 2023
KO 9 United Kingdom flag Dubois (19-1-0)
Aug 20 2022
SD 12 United Kingdom flag Joshua (24-2-0)
Activity average
Every 324 days - (10 months & 18 days)
Mandatory challenger
TBC
Last mandatory
None Called Yet
Since a mandatory
1618 days - (4 years & 5 months)
Russian Federation flag
Murat Gassiev photo

WBA World Heavyweight Champion

Murat
Gassiev

33-2-0

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Next Scheduled Defence
TBA
Last defence
Not Defended Yet
Time inactive
79 days - (2 months & 17 days)
Won against
Bulgaria flag Pulev (32-3-0) KO 6 12-Dec-2025
Time held
79 days - (2 months & 17 days)
Total defences
0
Activity average
N/A
Mandatory challenger
TBC
Last mandatory
None Called Yet
Since a mandatory
79 days - (2 months & 17 days)
1
United Kingdom flag
Moses Itauma photo
-
Itauma
2
Cuba flag
Lenier Pero photo
-
Pero
3
Congo, The Democratic Republic of The flag
Martin Bakole photo
-
Bakole
4
Albania flag
Nelson Hysa photo
-
Hysa

24-0-0

5
Croatia flag
Filip Hrgovic photo
-
Hrgovic
6
Russian Federation flag
Arslanbek Makhmudov photo
-
Makhmudov
7
Cuba flag
Dainier Pero photo
-
Pero

12-0-0

8
Armenia flag
Gurgen Hovhannisyan photo
2
Hovhannisyan

9-0-0

9
Denmark flag
Kem Ljungquist photo
1
Ljungquist

21-1-0

10
Bulgaria flag
Kubrat Pulev photo
Pulev
11
United States flag
Michael Hunter photo
2
Hunter
12
Russian Federation flag
Artem Suslenkov photo
1
Suslenkov

13-0-0

13
Australia flag
Justis Huni photo
-
Huni
14
Australia flag
Joseph Goodall photo
-
Goodall

12-2-1

15
Germany flag
Temur Mamoyan photo
Mamoyan

11-0-0

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Russian Federation flag
Murat Gassiev photo
Gassiev
Germany flag
Mahmoud Charr photo
Charr

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RING HEAVYWEIGHT
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Ukraine flag Oleksandr Usyk (24-0-0)

The Ring Heavyweight Champion

  1. (20-0-1) 1
  2. (27-0-0) 1
  3. (22-3-0) 1
  4. (19-1-0) 1
  5. (27-3-1) 1
  6. (21-2-1) 1
  7. (13-0-0) 1
  8. (21-1-1) 1
  9. (14-0-0) 1
  10. (33-2-0) 1
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WBO HEAVYWEIGHT
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United Kingdom flag Fabio Wardley (20-0-1)

WBO World Heavyweight Champion

  1. (13-0-0) -
  2. (19-1-0) -
  3. (27-3-1) -
  4. (22-3-0) -
  5. (29-4-0) 5
  6. (18-1-0) 1
  7. (36-13-0) 1
  8. (16-0-0) -
  9. (14-0-0) -
  10. (24-2-0) 1
  11. Albania flag Nelson Hysa
    (24-0-0) 4
  12. Ukraine flag Viktor Vykhryst
    (17-1-0)
  13. (19-1-0) 1
  14. United Kingdom flag Solomon Dacres
    (10-1-0)
  15. United States flag Gustavo Trujillo
    (9-0-0) -
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IBF HEAVYWEIGHT
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Ukraine flag Oleksandr Usyk (24-0-0)

IBF World Heavyweight Champion

  1. Vacant
  2. (36-13-0) -
  3. (25-1-0) -
  4. (14-0-0) -
  5. (21-2-1) 1
  6. (16-0-0) 1
  7. (23-1-0) 3
  8. (14-3-1) -
  9. (19-1-0) -
  10. (22-3-0) 2
  11. (19-1-0) 2
  12. (13-0-0) 2
  13. (21-1-1) 2
  14. (32-2-0)
  15. (21-2-0)
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WBC HEAVYWEIGHT
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Ukraine flag Oleksandr Usyk (24-0-0)

WBC World Heavyweight Champion

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Germany flag Agit Kabayel (27-0-0)

WBC Interim World Heavyweight Champion

WBA HEAVYWEIGHT
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Ukraine flag Oleksandr Usyk (24-0-0)

WBA Super World Heavyweight Champion

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Russian Federation flag Murat Gassiev (33-2-0)

WBA World Heavyweight Champion

  1. (13-0-0) -
  2. (13-0-0) -
  3. (21-2-1) -
  4. Albania flag Nelson Hysa
    (24-0-0) -
  5. (19-1-0) -
  6. (21-2-0) -
  7. Cuba flag Dainier Pero
    (12-0-0) -
  8. Armenia flag Gurgen Hovhannisyan
    (9-0-0) 2
  9. Denmark flag Kem Ljungquist
    (21-1-0) 1
  10. (32-4-0)
  11. (24-1-2) 2
  12. Russian Federation flag Artem Suslenkov
    (13-0-0) 1
  13. (12-1-0) -
  14. Australia flag Joseph Goodall
    (12-2-1) -
  15. Germany flag Temur Mamoyan
    (11-0-0)
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Box.Live Power Rankings – Heavyweight

Box.Live's Power Rankings provide a simple method for ranking active fighters 1st through 37th in the heavyweight division.

Outside the top 10 or so fighters, who are more likely to be ranked for their current ability and standing at heavyweight, 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 heavyweight, 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 Oleksandr Usyk (24-0-0) Ukraine flag (c) (c) (c) - (c) -
2 Fabio Wardley (20-0-1) United Kingdom flag 2 - - (c) - -
3 Agit Kabayel (27-0-0) Germany flag 3 (int) - - - -
4 Daniel Dubois (22-3-0) United Kingdom flag 4 2 10 4 - -
5 Filip Hrgovic (19-1-0) Croatia flag 5 5 11 2 5 -
6 Zhilei Zhang (27-3-1) China flag 6 10 - 3 - -
7 Martin Bakole (21-2-1) Congo, The Democratic Republic of The flag 7 7 5 - 3 -
8 Moses Itauma (13-0-0) United Kingdom flag 8 4 12 1 1 -
9 Efe Ajagba (21-1-1) Nigeria flag 9 6 13 - - -
10 Richard Torrez Jr (14-0-0) United States flag 10 8 4 9 - -
11 Murat Gassiev (33-2-0) Russian Federation flag 11 - - - (reg) -
12 Derek Chisora (36-13-0) United Kingdom flag - 14 2 7 - -
13 Lawrence Okolie (23-1-0) United Kingdom flag - 1 7 - - -
14 Anthony Joshua (29-4-0) United Kingdom flag - 3 - 5 - -
15 Bakhodir Jalolov (16-0-0) Uzbekistan flag - 11 6 8 - -
16 Frank Sanchez (25-1-0) Cuba flag - 9 3 - - -
17 Nelson Hysa (24-0-0) Albania flag - - - 11 4 -
18 Lenier Pero (13-0-0) Cuba flag - - - - 2 -
19 Guido Vianello (14-3-1) Italy flag - 12 8 - - -
20 Arslanbek Makhmudov (21-2-0) Russian Federation flag - - 15 - 6 -
21 Jared Anderson (18-1-0) United States flag - 15 - 6 - -
22 Richard Riakporhe (19-1-0) United Kingdom flag - - 9 13 - -
23 Dainier Pero (12-0-0) Cuba flag - - - - 7 -
24 Gurgen Hovhannisyan (9-0-0) Armenia flag - - - - 8 -
25 Kem Ljungquist (21-1-0) Denmark flag - - - - 9 -
26 Jermaine Franklin (24-2-0) United States flag - - - 10 - -
27 Kubrat Pulev (32-4-0) Bulgaria flag - - - - 10 -
28 Michael Hunter (24-1-2) United States flag - - - - 11 -
29 Artem Suslenkov (13-0-0) Russian Federation flag - - - - 12 -
30 Viktor Vykhryst (17-1-0) Ukraine flag - - - 12 - -
31 Deontay Wilder (44-4-1) United States flag - 13 - - - -
32 Justis Huni (12-1-0) Australia flag - - - - 13 -
33 Joseph Goodall (12-2-1) Australia flag - - - - 14 -
34 Solomon Dacres (10-1-0) United Kingdom flag - - - 14 - -
35 Umar Salamov (32-2-0) Russian Federation flag - - 14 - - -
36 Gustavo Trujillo (9-0-0) United States flag - - - 15 - -
37 Temur Mamoyan (11-0-0) Germany flag - - - - 15 -

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17 thoughts on “Heavyweight Rankings & Champions

    • Not entirely sure, but after a final eliminator bout happens (to decide a mandatory/interim challenger) the mandatory then moves up to number 1 and if there is an eliminator fight then the number 2 spot can be filled

    • They tend to use them to assign final eliminator and mandatory positions. Once when has been announced, they’ll move those two fighters into 1st & 2nd.

  • Eddie Hearn is using Joseph Parker as a minesweeper to clear the other big heavyweight threats to his fragile Anthony Joseph.
    First pre-Xmas “Day of Reckoning.” Eddie swapped Joshua’s opponent from Deontay Wilder to Joseph Parker’s easybeat opponent Otto Wallin, and so, Joe Parker was left to hammer the game and extremely dangerous kayo-specialist Wilder for 12 rounds. Hmmm….Hey Eddie, why did you not leave the original Wilder vs Joshua match in place? Ah, too dangerous, eh?
    Next in the co-main event, Joe Parker got to bash the sledgehammer-fisted Zhilei “Big Bang” Zhang for 12 rounds, copping two flash knockdowns on the way – to defeat Zhang comfortably.
    Hmmm….Hey Eddie, why not Joshua v Zhang?
    Meanwhile, at the same promotion, Eddie had arranged for Joshua to face the inexperienced one-fight boxer, Francis Ngannou, in a predictable kayo against a largely defenceless who provided his open, prognathous mandible as an easy target for the pampered Joshua who took three punches in two rounds to win by kayo over a virtually harmless heavy bag .
    Eddie keeps telling the trained British press, that “Joshua is back,” to continue building up his cash cow’s confidence whilst taking care of the really dangerous threats by steering THEM away to Joseph Parker.

  • Who is that young impressive American boxer that has around 18 fights , and they’ve all been KO’s. He’s around 21 years old. I’ve only seen him fight once but he has power in both hands, and he’s a good boxer.

  • I thought Suliman created a new division to separate the big guys from the natural 200+. That group are probably the best pound for pound natural athletes in the world. Current boxers such as Usyk, Hunter, Kabael, Gassiev, Povetkin, and the step down Cruisers. Others that maybe in this group looking in the past, Paterson, Frazier, P Thomas, Weaver, Tunney Greb and Corbett. Mmm

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