RING MIDDLEWEIGHT RANKINGS

Updated: 26 Feb, 2026

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The Ring Middleweight Champion

Vacant

2
Dominican Republic flag
Carlos Adames photo
1
Adames
3
Cuba flag
Yoenli Hernandez photo
1
Hernandez

9-0-0

4
Cuba flag
Erislandy Lara photo
1
Lara
5
United Kingdom flag
Conor Benn photo
1
Benn
6
United States flag
Troy Isley photo
1
Isley
7
Italy flag
Etinosa Oliha photo
1
Oliha

22-0-0

8
Ireland flag
Aaron McKenna photo
1
McKenna
9
United States flag
Austin ‘Ammo’ Williams photo
1
Williams
10
United Kingdom flag
Chris Eubank Jr photo
1
Eubank Jr
11
United States flag
Jesus Ramos photo
1
Ramos

WBO MIDDLEWEIGHT RANKINGS

Updated: 04 Feb, 2026

Kazakhstan flag
Janibek Alimkhanuly photo

WBO World Middleweight Champion

Janibek
Alimkhanuly

17-0-0

Stats icon
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Next Scheduled Defence
TBA
Last defence
France flag Ngamissengue (14-0-0) TKO 5 05-Apr-2025
Time inactive
329 days - (10 months & 23 days)
Won against
(Promoted From Secondary Belt)
Time held
1278 days - (3 years & 5 months)
Total defences
4
Apr 05 2025
TKO 5 France flag Ngamissengue (14-0-0)
Oct 14 2023
TKO 6 Germany flag Gualtieri (21-0-1)
May 13 2023
KO 2 Canada flag Butler (32-3-1)
Nov 12 2022
UD 12 United Kingdom flag Bentley (17-1-1)
Activity average
Every 320 days - (10 months & 14 days)
Mandatory challenger
TBC
Last mandatory
None Called Yet
Since a mandatory
1278 days - (3 years & 5 months)
1
United Kingdom flag
Denzel Bentley photo
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Bentley
2
Venezuela flag
Endry Saavedra photo
-
Saavedra

17-1-1

3
Cuba flag
Yoenli Hernandez photo
2
Hernandez

9-0-0

4
United States flag
Troy Isley photo
-
Isley
5
United States flag
Vito Mielnicki Jr photo
1
Mielnicki Jr
6
Poland flag
Fiodor Czerkaszyn photo
1
Czerkaszyn
7
Germany flag
Vincenzo Gualtieri photo
4
Gualtieri
8
Australia flag
Nikita Tszyu photo
Tszyu
9
Australia flag
Michael Zerafa photo
1
Zerafa
10
Ireland flag
Aaron McKenna photo
4
McKenna
11
United Kingdom flag
Shakiel Thompson photo
-
Thompson

15-0-0

12
United Kingdom flag
Brad Pauls photo
Pauls
13
Japan flag
Riku Kunimoto photo
3
Kunimoto

15-1-0

14
United Kingdom flag
Conor Benn photo
Benn
15
United States flag
Lazaro Francisco Lorenzana photo
Lorenzana

19-0-0

Dropped Out This Month

United States flag
Austin ‘Ammo’ Williams photo
Williams
Mexico flag
Carlos Ocampo photo
Ocampo
Australia flag
Cesar Mateo Tapia photo
Tapia

18-0-1

Canada flag
Derek Pomerleau photo
Pomerleau

15-1-0

IBF MIDDLEWEIGHT RANKINGS

Updated: 10 Feb, 2026

Kazakhstan flag
Janibek Alimkhanuly photo

IBF World Middleweight Champion

Janibek
Alimkhanuly

17-0-0

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Next Scheduled Defence
TBA
Last defence
France flag Ngamissengue (14-0-0) TKO 5 05-Apr-2025
Time inactive
329 days - (10 months & 23 days)
Won against
Germany flag Gualtieri (21-0-1) TKO 6 14-Oct-2023
Time held
868 days - (2 years & 4 months)
Total defences
2
Apr 05 2025
TKO 5 France flag Ngamissengue (14-0-0)
Oct 04 2024
TKO 9 New Zealand flag Mikhailovich (21-0-0)
Activity average
Every 434 days - (1 year & 2 months)
Mandatory challenger
TBC
Last mandatory
None Called Yet
Since a mandatory
868 days - (2 years & 4 months)
1
Vacant
-
Vacant

Vacant

2
Italy flag
Etinosa Oliha photo
-
Oliha

22-0-0

3
United Kingdom flag
Shakiel Thompson photo
2
Thompson

15-0-0

4
Ireland flag
Aaron McKenna photo
2
McKenna
5
United States flag
Austin ‘Ammo’ Williams photo
2
Williams
6
Germany flag
Vincenzo Gualtieri photo
2
Gualtieri
7
United States flag
Amari Jones photo
2
Jones
8
Ireland flag
Callum Walsh photo
Walsh
9
Russian Federation flag
Vadim Tukov photo
1
Tukov

16-0-0

10
United States flag
Vito Mielnicki Jr photo
Mielnicki Jr
11
Poland flag
Fiodor Czerkaszyn photo
-
Czerkaszyn
12
Japan flag
Riku Kunimoto photo
-
Kunimoto

15-1-0

13
Cuba flag
Yoenli Hernandez photo
1
Hernandez

9-0-0

14
United States flag
Jahi Tucker photo
Tucker

15-1-1

15
Latvia flag
Jevgenijs Aleksejevs photo
-
Aleksejevs

Dropped Out This Month

Australia flag
Cesar Mateo Tapia photo
Tapia

18-0-1

Venezuela flag
Endry Saavedra photo
Saavedra

17-1-1

Australia flag
Michael Zerafa photo
Zerafa

WBC MIDDLEWEIGHT RANKINGS

Updated: 04 Feb, 2026

Dominican Republic flag
Carlos Adames photo

WBC World Middleweight Champion

Carlos
Adames

24-1-1

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Next Scheduled Defence
United States flag Williams (20-1-0) 21-Mar-2026
Last defence
United Kingdom flag Sheeraz (21-0-0) SD 12 22-Feb-2025
Time inactive
371 days - (1 year & 6 days)
Won against
(Promoted From Secondary Belt)
Time held
661 days - (1 year & 9 months)
Total defences
2
Feb 22 2025
SD 12 United Kingdom flag Sheeraz (21-0-0)
Jun 15 2024
UD 12 United States flag Gausha (24-3-1)
Activity average
Every 331 days - (10 months & 25 days)
Mandatory challenger
TBC
Last mandatory
None Called Yet
Since a mandatory
661 days - (1 year & 9 months)
United States flag
Jesus Ramos photo

WBC Interim World Middleweight Champion

Jesus
Ramos

24-1-0

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Next Scheduled Defence
TBA
Last defence
Not Defended Yet
Time inactive
84 days - (2 months & 22 days)
Won against
United States flag Mosley Jr (22-4-0) UD 12 06-Dec-2025
Time held
84 days - (2 months & 22 days)
Total defences
0
Activity average
N/A
Mandatory challenger
TBC
Last mandatory
None Called Yet
Since a mandatory
84 days - (2 months & 22 days)
1
Kazakhstan flag
Meiirim Nursultanov photo
-
Nursultanov

20-0-0

2
France flag
Bilel Jkitou photo
2
Jkitou

21-2-0

3
United States flag
Austin ‘Ammo’ Williams photo
4
Williams
4
Cuba flag
Yoenli Hernandez photo
2
Hernandez

9-0-0

5
Italy flag
Etinosa Oliha photo
3
Oliha

22-0-0

6
Poland flag
Fiodor Czerkaszyn photo
3
Czerkaszyn
7
Ukraine flag
Serhii Bohachuk photo
Bohachuk
8
United States flag
Troy Isley photo
2
Isley
9
Ireland flag
Aaron McKenna photo
2
McKenna
10
United States flag
Vito Mielnicki Jr photo
Mielnicki Jr
11
Ireland flag
Callum Walsh photo
Walsh
12
Australia flag
Dylan Biggs photo
Biggs

18-1-0

13
Japan flag
Riku Kunimoto photo
Kunimoto

15-1-0

14
United States flag
Shane Mosley Jr photo
8
Mosley Jr
15
France flag
Bruno Surace photo
-
Surace

Dropped Out This Month

United Kingdom flag
Chris Eubank Jr photo
Eubank Jr
United States flag
Jesus Ramos photo
Ramos
United Kingdom flag
Denzel Bentley photo
Bentley
United Kingdom flag
Kieron Conway photo
Conway
United States flag
Marquis Taylor photo
Taylor

18-1-2

WBA MIDDLEWEIGHT RANKINGS

Updated: 01 Feb, 2026

Cuba flag
Erislandy Lara photo

WBA World Middleweight Champion

Erislandy
Lara

32-3-3

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Next Scheduled Defence
TBA
Last defence
Venezuela flag Gonzalez (36-4-0) UD 12 06-Dec-2025
Time inactive
84 days - (2 months & 22 days)
Won against
United States flag Lamanna (30-4-1) KO 1 01-May-2021
Time held
1764 days - (4 years & 9 months)
Total defences
4
Dec 06 2025
UD 12 Venezuela flag Gonzalez (36-4-0)
Sep 14 2024
TKO 9 United States flag Garcia (37-3-0)
Mar 30 2024
KO 2 Australia flag Zerafa (31-4-0)
May 28 2022
TKO 8 Ireland flag O'Sullivan (31-4-0)
Activity average
Every 441 days - (1 year & 2 months)
Mandatory challenger
TBC
Last mandatory
Australia flag Zerafa (31-4-0) KO 2 30-Mar-2024
Since a mandatory
700 days - (1 year & 10 months)
1
Cuba flag
Yoenli Hernandez photo
-
Hernandez

9-0-0

2
Russian Federation flag
Vadim Tukov photo
-
Tukov

16-0-0

3
Cuba flag
Yoelvis Gomez photo
2
Gomez

9-1-1

4
Australia flag
Michael Zerafa photo
-
Zerafa
5
Dominican Republic flag
Euri Cedeno photo
4
Cedeno

14-0-1

6
Russian Federation flag
Gleb Bakshi photo
2
Bakshi

7-0-0

7
United Kingdom flag
Chris Eubank Jr photo
1
Eubank Jr
8
Ireland flag
Aaron McKenna photo
1
McKenna
9
United States flag
Chordale Booker photo
Booker

24-2-0

10
United States flag
Eric Priest photo
1
Priest
11
Japan flag
Riku Kunimoto photo
1
Kunimoto

15-1-0

12
United Kingdom flag
George Liddard photo
2
Liddard
13
Australia flag
Joel Camilleri photo
-
Camilleri

30-8-1

14
United Kingdom flag
Kieron Conway photo
1
Conway
15
Mexico flag
Jaime Enrique Osuna Diaz photo
Diaz

10-0-0

Dropped Out This Month

United States flag
Austin ‘Ammo’ Williams photo
Williams
Brazil flag
Hebert Conceicao Sousa photo
Sousa

9-0-0

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RING MIDDLEWEIGHT
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Vacant

The Ring Middleweight Champion

  1. (24-1-1) 1
  2. Cuba flag Yoenli Hernandez
    (9-0-0) 1
  3. (32-3-3) 1
  4. (24-1-0) 1
  5. (15-0-0) 1
  6. Italy flag Etinosa Oliha
    (22-0-0) 1
  7. (20-0-0) 1
  8. (20-1-0) 1
  9. (35-4-0) 1
  10. (24-1-0) 1
WBO MIDDLEWEIGHT
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Kazakhstan flag Janibek Alimkhanuly (17-0-0)

WBO World Middleweight Champion

  1. (21-3-1) -
  2. Venezuela flag Endry Saavedra
    (17-1-1) -
  3. Cuba flag Yoenli Hernandez
    (9-0-0) 2
  4. (15-0-0) -
  5. (22-1-0) 1
  6. (27-1-0) 1
  7. (25-1-1) 4
  8. (11-0-0)
  9. (34-5-0) 1
  10. (20-0-0) 4
  11. United Kingdom flag Shakiel Thompson
    (15-0-0) -
  12. (20-2-1)
  13. Japan flag Riku Kunimoto
    (15-1-0) 3
  14. (24-1-0)
  15. United States flag Lazaro Francisco Lorenzana
    (19-0-0)
Dropped Out This Month
IBF MIDDLEWEIGHT
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Kazakhstan flag Janibek Alimkhanuly (17-0-0)

IBF World Middleweight Champion

  1. Vacant
  2. Italy flag Etinosa Oliha
    (22-0-0) -
  3. United Kingdom flag Shakiel Thompson
    (15-0-0) 2
  4. (20-0-0) 2
  5. (20-1-0) 2
  6. (25-1-1) 2
  7. (15-0-0) 2
  8. (16-0-0)
  9. Russian Federation flag Vadim Tukov
    (16-0-0) 1
  10. (22-1-0)
  11. (27-1-0) -
  12. Japan flag Riku Kunimoto
    (15-1-0) -
  13. Cuba flag Yoenli Hernandez
    (9-0-0) 1
  14. United States flag Jahi Tucker
    (15-1-1)
  15. (19-0-0) -
Dropped Out This Month
  • Australia flag Cesar Mateo Tapia (18-0-1) (7)
  • Venezuela flag Endry Saavedra (17-1-1) (8)
  • Australia flag Michael Zerafa (34-5-0) (13)
WBC MIDDLEWEIGHT
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Dominican Republic flag Carlos Adames (24-1-1)

WBC World Middleweight Champion

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United States flag Jesus Ramos (24-1-0)

WBC Interim World Middleweight Champion

  1. Kazakhstan flag Meiirim Nursultanov
    (20-0-0) -
  2. France flag Bilel Jkitou
    (21-2-0) 2
  3. (20-1-0) 4
  4. Cuba flag Yoenli Hernandez
    (9-0-0) 2
  5. Italy flag Etinosa Oliha
    (22-0-0) 3
  6. (27-1-0) 3
  7. (27-3-0)
  8. (15-0-0) 2
  9. (20-0-0) 2
  10. (22-1-0)
  11. (16-0-0)
  12. Australia flag Dylan Biggs
    (18-1-0)
  13. Japan flag Riku Kunimoto
    (15-1-0)
  14. (22-5-0) 8
  15. (26-1-2) -
Dropped Out This Month
WBA MIDDLEWEIGHT
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Cuba flag Erislandy Lara (32-3-3)

WBA World Middleweight Champion

  1. Cuba flag Yoenli Hernandez
    (9-0-0) -
  2. Russian Federation flag Vadim Tukov
    (16-0-0) -
  3. Cuba flag Yoelvis Gomez
    (9-1-1) 2
  4. (34-5-0) -
  5. Dominican Republic flag Euri Cedeno
    (14-0-1) 4
  6. Russian Federation flag Gleb Bakshi
    (7-0-0) 2
  7. (35-4-0) 1
  8. (20-0-0) 1
  9. United States flag Chordale Booker
    (24-2-0)
  10. (16-0-1) 1
  11. Japan flag Riku Kunimoto
    (15-1-0) 1
  12. (13-0-0) 2
  13. Australia flag Joel Camilleri
    (30-8-1) -
  14. (23-4-1) 1
  15. Mexico flag Jaime Enrique Osuna Diaz
    (10-0-0)
Dropped Out This Month

Box.Live Power Rankings – Middleweight

Box.Live's Power Rankings provide a simple method for ranking active fighters 1st through 42nd in the middleweight division.

Outside the top 10 or so fighters, who are more likely to be ranked for their current ability and standing at middleweight, 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 middleweight, 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 Carlos Adames (24-1-1) Dominican Republic flag 2 (c) - - - -
2 Yoenli Hernandez (9-0-0) Cuba flag 3 4 13 3 1 -
3 Erislandy Lara (32-3-3) Cuba flag 4 - - - (c) -
4 Conor Benn (24-1-0) United Kingdom flag 5 - - 14 - -
5 Troy Isley (15-0-0) United States flag 6 8 - 4 - -
6 Etinosa Oliha (22-0-0) Italy flag 7 5 2 - - -
7 Aaron McKenna (20-0-0) Ireland flag 8 9 4 10 8 -
8 Austin ‘Ammo’ Williams (20-1-0) United States flag 9 3 5 - - -
9 Chris Eubank Jr (35-4-0) United Kingdom flag 10 - - - 7 -
10 Jesus Ramos (24-1-0) United States flag 11 (int) - - - -
11 Janibek Alimkhanuly (17-0-0) Kazakhstan flag - - (c) (c) - -
12 Fiodor Czerkaszyn (27-1-0) Poland flag - 6 11 6 - -
13 Vito Mielnicki Jr (22-1-0) United States flag - 10 10 5 - -
14 Vadim Tukov (16-0-0) Russian Federation flag - - 9 - 2 -
15 Michael Zerafa (34-5-0) Australia flag - - - 9 4 -
16 Vincenzo Gualtieri (25-1-1) Germany flag - - 6 7 - -
17 Shakiel Thompson (15-0-0) United Kingdom flag - - 3 11 - -
18 Denzel Bentley (21-3-1) United Kingdom flag - - - 1 - -
19 Meiirim Nursultanov (20-0-0) Kazakhstan flag - 1 - - - -
20 Riku Kunimoto (15-1-0) Japan flag - 13 12 13 11 -
21 Bilel Jkitou (21-2-0) France flag - 2 - - - -
22 Endry Saavedra (17-1-1) Venezuela flag - - - 2 - -
23 Yoelvis Gomez (9-1-1) Cuba flag - - - - 3 -
24 Callum Walsh (16-0-0) Ireland flag - 11 8 - - -
25 Euri Cedeno (14-0-1) Dominican Republic flag - - - - 5 -
26 Gleb Bakshi (7-0-0) Russian Federation flag - - - - 6 -
27 Amari Jones (15-0-0) United States flag - - 7 - - -
28 Serhii Bohachuk (27-3-0) Ukraine flag - 7 - - - -
29 Nikita Tszyu (11-0-0) Australia flag - - - 8 - -
30 Chordale Booker (24-2-0) United States flag - - - - 9 -
31 Eric Priest (16-0-1) United States flag - - - - 10 -
32 Brad Pauls (20-2-1) United Kingdom flag - - - 12 - -
33 Dylan Biggs (18-1-0) Australia flag - 12 - - - -
34 George Liddard (13-0-0) United Kingdom flag - - - - 12 -
35 Joel Camilleri (30-8-1) Australia flag - - - - 13 -
36 Jahi Tucker (15-1-1) United States flag - - 14 - - -
37 Kieron Conway (23-4-1) United Kingdom flag - - - - 14 -
38 Shane Mosley Jr (22-5-0) United States flag - 14 - - - -
39 Bruno Surace (26-1-2) France flag - 15 - - - -
40 Jaime Enrique Osuna Diaz (10-0-0) Mexico flag - - - - 15 -
41 Jevgenijs Aleksejevs (19-0-0) Latvia flag - - 15 - - -
42 Lazaro Francisco Lorenzana (19-0-0) United States flag - - - 15 - -

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2 thoughts on “Middleweight Rankings & Champions

    • Umm…GGG officially retired last year, with each of the sanctioning bodies(excepting WBO) in which he held a title at one time making an official press release, honoring him and the occasion.
      Jermall Charlo, it could be said, has many “in the business” more than a little skeptical whether or not his personal problems of the last two years are behind him.
      If he fights again and beatsa quality opponent, within 6 months, you can expect him to be ranked again(likely top 5) at that time.

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