RING HEAVYWEIGHT RANKINGS

Updated: 31 Aug, 2026

RING Oleksandr Usyk Oleksandr Usyk Ukraine flag 25-0-0 Defences 5 Time Held 4 Years
The Ring Heavyweight
Box.Live Champ Stats
Next Scheduled Defence TBA
Last defence
Netherlands flag Verhoeven (1-0-0) TKO 11R
23-May-2026
Time inactive 3 months & 9 days
Won against
United Kingdom flag Joshua (24-2-0) SD 12R
20-Aug-2022
Time held 4 years
Total defences 5
May 23 2026 TKO 11R Netherlands flag Verhoeven (1-0-0)
Jul 19 2025 KO 5R United Kingdom flag Dubois (22-2-0)
Dec 21 2024 UD 12R United Kingdom flag Fury (34-1-1)
May 18 2024 SD 12R United Kingdom flag Fury (34-0-1)
Aug 26 2023 KO 9R United Kingdom flag Dubois (19-1-0)
Activity average Every 9 months & 22 days
Mandatory challenger TBC
Last mandatory None Called Yet
Since a mandatory 4 years

WBC HEAVYWEIGHT RANKINGS

Updated: 04 Aug, 2026

IBF HEAVYWEIGHT RANKINGS

Updated: 20 Aug, 2026

WBO HEAVYWEIGHT RANKINGS

Updated: 04 Aug, 2026

WBA HEAVYWEIGHT RANKINGS

Updated: 26 Aug, 2026

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RING HEAVYWEIGHT
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Ukraine flag Oleksandr Usyk (25-0-0)

The Ring Heavyweight Champion

  1. (23-3-0) -
  2. (27-0-0) -
  3. (36-2-1) -
  4. (20-1-1) -
  5. (21-1-0) -
  6. (14-1-0) -
  7. (26-1-0) -
  8. (21-1-1) -
  9. (34-2-0) -
  10. (13-1-0) -
WBC HEAVYWEIGHT
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Germany flag Agit Kabayel (27-0-0)

WBC World Heavyweight Champion

  1. (36-2-1) -
  2. (23-1-0) -
  3. (14-1-0) -
  4. (21-1-0) -
  5. (30-4-0) -
  6. (26-1-0) -
  7. (20-1-1)
  8. (45-4-1) 1
  9. (1-1-0) 1
  10. (21-1-1) 1
  11. (20-1-0) 1
  12. Ukraine flag Andrii Novytskyi
    (16-0-0) 1
  13. (17-0-0) 1
  14. (14-3-2) 1
  15. Germany flag Labinot Xhoxhaj
    (22-0-1) 1
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IBF HEAVYWEIGHT
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Croatia flag Filip Hrgovic (21-1-0)

IBF World Heavyweight Champion

  1. (26-1-0) -
  2. Vacant
  3. (14-1-0) -
  4. (21-1-0) -
  5. (30-4-0) -
  6. (17-0-0) -
  7. (36-2-1) -
  8. (20-1-1) -
  9. (45-4-1) -
  10. (20-1-0) -
  11. (14-1-0) -
  12. (14-3-2) -
  13. (13-1-0) -
  14. (21-1-1) -
  15. (28-1-2) -
WBO HEAVYWEIGHT
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United Kingdom flag Daniel Dubois (23-3-0)

WBO World Heavyweight Champion

  1. (14-1-0) -
  2. (25-0-0) -
  3. (21-1-0) -
  4. (30-4-0) -
  5. (20-1-1) -
  6. (36-4-0) -
  7. (17-0-0) -
  8. (45-4-1) -
  9. (26-1-0) -
  10. Ukraine flag Viktor Vykhryst
    (18-1-0) -
  11. Albania flag Nelson Hysa
    (25-0-0) -
  12. United States flag Gustavo Trujillo
    (12-0-0) -
  13. (20-1-0) -
  14. United States flag Brandon Moore
    (19-1-0) -
  15. (27-4-0) -
WBA HEAVYWEIGHT
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Russian Federation flag Murat Gassiev (34-2-0)

WBA World Heavyweight Champion

  1. (14-1-0) -
  2. (28-1-2) -
  3. (36-2-1) -
  4. (30-4-0) -
  5. Russian Federation flag Vartan Arutyunyan
    (12-0-0) -
  6. Albania flag Nelson Hysa
    (25-0-0) -
  7. (21-1-0) -
  8. Armenia flag Gurgen Hovhannisyan
    (10-0-0) -
  9. Cuba flag Dainier Pero
    (14-0-0) -
  10. Russian Federation flag Artem Suslenkov
    (15-0-0) -
  11. (21-1-1) -
  12. Denmark flag Kem Ljungquist
    (22-1-0) -
  13. Germany flag Temur Mamoyan
    (12-0-0) -
  14. United States flag Kingsley Ibeh
    (17-3-1) -
  15. (1-1-0) -

Box.Live Power Rankings – Heavyweight

Updated: 31 Aug, 2026

Box.Live's Power Rankings provide a simple method for ranking active fighters 1st through 35th 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: m = mandatory challenger.

Pos Fighter RING WBC IBF WBO WBA Monthly change
1 Oleksandr Usyk Oleksandr Usyk Ukraine flag 25-0-0 2 Monthly change 2 Daniel Dubois Daniel Dubois United Kingdom flag 23-3-0 1 Monthly change 3 Agit Kabayel Agit Kabayel Germany flag 27-0-0 2 Monthly change 4 Tyson Fury Tyson Fury United Kingdom flag 36-2-1 3 1 7 3 Monthly change 5 Fabio Wardley Fabio Wardley United Kingdom flag 20-1-1 4 7 8 5 Monthly change 6 Filip Hrgovic Filip Hrgovic Croatia flag 21-1-0 5 4 3 7 Monthly change 7 Moses Itauma Moses Itauma United Kingdom flag 14-1-0 6 3 3 1 1 Monthly change 8 Frank Sanchez Frank Sanchez Cuba flag 26-1-0 7 6 1 9 Monthly change 9 Efe Ajagba Efe Ajagba Nigeria flag 21-1-1 8 10 14 11 Monthly change 10 Murat Gassiev Murat Gassiev Russian Federation flag 34-2-0 9 Monthly change 11 Justis Huni Justis Huni Australia flag 13-1-0 10 13 Monthly change 12 Anthony Joshua Anthony Joshua United Kingdom flag 30-4-0 5 5 4 4 Monthly change 13 Deontay Wilder Deontay Wilder United States flag 45-4-1 8 9 8 Monthly change 14 Bakhodir Jalolov Bakhodir Jalolov Uzbekistan flag 17-0-0 13 6 7 Monthly change 15 Jarrell Miller Jarrell Miller United States flag 28-1-2 15 2 Monthly change 16 Nelson Hysa Nelson Hysa Albania flag 25-0-0 11 6 Monthly change 1 17 Lawrence Okolie Lawrence Okolie United Kingdom flag 23-1-0 2 Monthly change 1 18 Richard Riakporhe Richard Riakporhe United Kingdom flag 20-1-0 11 10 13 Monthly change 19 Vartan Arutyunyan Vartan Arutyunyan Russian Federation flag 12-0-0 5 Monthly change 1 20 Joseph Parker Joseph Parker New Zealand flag 36-4-0 6 Monthly change 1 21 Gurgen Hovhannisyan Gurgen Hovhannisyan Armenia flag 10-0-0 8 Monthly change 2 22 Rico Verhoeven Rico Verhoeven Netherlands flag 1-1-0 9 15 Monthly change 23 Dainier Pero Dainier Pero Cuba flag 14-0-0 9 Monthly change 1 24 Artem Suslenkov Artem Suslenkov Russian Federation flag 15-0-0 10 Monthly change 3 25 Viktor Vykhryst Viktor Vykhryst Ukraine flag 18-1-0 10 Monthly change 5 26 Guido Vianello Guido Vianello Italy flag 14-3-2 14 12 Monthly change 27 Richard Torrez Jr Richard Torrez Jr United States flag 14-1-0 11 Monthly change 2 28 Andrii Novytskyi Andrii Novytskyi Ukraine flag 16-0-0 12 Monthly change 29 Gustavo Trujillo Gustavo Trujillo United States flag 12-0-0 12 Monthly change 3 30 Kem Ljungquist Kem Ljungquist Denmark flag 22-1-0 12 Monthly change 1 31 Temur Mamoyan Temur Mamoyan Germany flag 12-0-0 13 Monthly change 2 32 Brandon Moore Brandon Moore United States flag 19-1-0 14 Monthly change 5 33 Kingsley Ibeh Kingsley Ibeh United States flag 17-3-1 14 Monthly change 1 34 Bryant Jennings Bryant Jennings United States flag 27-4-0 15 Monthly change New entry 35 Labinot Xhoxhaj Labinot Xhoxhaj Germany flag 22-0-1 15 Monthly change

Dropped Out This Month

21 Zhilei Zhang Zhilei Zhang China flag 27-3-1
25 Jared Anderson Jared Anderson United States flag 18-1-0
36 Solomon Dacres Solomon Dacres United Kingdom flag 10-1-0
38 Otto Wallin Otto Wallin Sweden flag 28-4-0

Discuss

19 thoughts on “Heavyweight Rankings & Champions

  • Box.Live has Moses at 7? That’s off. I assume it has to do with his lack of professional rounds, but you can’t deny his power. He’s an impressive heavyweight who has potential for being one of the greats.

    • Hi Rex, our power rankings use a combination of rankings from the Ring and the 4 other bodies, so we don’t decide the positions. No doubt one of the most exciting talents to emerge in the sport in recent times, but notably, he doesn’t have a win over any of the other 34 ranked fighters in the division today. If he captures the IBF on 28th Aug, no doubt he’ll be in the top 3/4 positions

    • 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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