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[edit] Certifying organizations

[edit] World Boxing Association

The World Boxing Association (WBA) was founded in 1921 as the National Boxing Association (NBA)—a national regulating body of the United States. On August 23, 1962, the NBA became the WBA—a Venezuelan-based worldwide regulating body, which today has its head office in Panama.^[2] According to WBA championship rules, when a boxer holds at least two titles of the four major sanctioning bodies, the boxer is granted special recognition: he is called the undisputed or super world champion and is given more time between mandatory title defences. The "regular" WBA world title is vacated if it is one of the titles the respective boxer holds. When a boxer defends his WBA title for the tenth consecutive time, he is normally granted the "WBA Super Belt".^[3]

[edit] World Boxing Council

The World Boxing Council (WBC) was founded in Mexico City, Mexico on February 14, 1963 in order to establish an international regulating body.^[4] The WBC established many of today's safety measures in boxing, such as the standing eight-count,^[5] a limit of 12 rounds instead of 15, and additional weight classes. In its discretion, the WBC may designate and recognize, upon a two-thirds majority vote of their Board of Governors, one or more emeritus world champions in each weight class. Such a recognition is for life and is only bestowed upon present or past WBC world champions. The following boxers have earned the emeritus championship appellation throughout their careers: Lennox Lewis, Vitali Klitschko, Bernard Hopkins, Floyd Mayweather Jr, Kostya Tszyu, Manny Pacquiao, Érik Morales, Israel Vázquez and Édgar Sosa. In September 2009, the WBC created its new "Diamond Championship". This belt^[6] is thought to award the winner of a boxing match between two high-profile boxers who have a fight at catchweight. The inaugural Diamond Belt was awarded on November 14, 2009 to Manny Pacquiao who won a 12th round technical knockout over Miguel Ángel Cotto at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

[edit] International Boxing Federation

The International Boxing Federation (IBF) originated in September 1976 as the United States Boxing Association (USBA) when American members of the WBA withdrew in order to legitimize boxing in the United States with "unbiased" ratings.^[7] In April 1983, the organization established an international division that was known as the United States Boxing Association-International (USBA-I).^[7] In May 1984, the New Jersey-based USBA-I was renamed and became the IBF.^[7]

[edit] World Boxing Organization

The World Boxing Organization (WBO) was founded in San Juan, Puerto Rico (which is a self-governing commonwealth of the United States) in 1988. Its motto is "dignity, democracy, honesty."^[8] Besides the beltholders that are called "Super Champion" by the WBO, there are some more fighters that have been named "WBO Super Champion" in the past, for example Bernard Hopkins, Óscar De La Hoya, Juan Díaz, Marco Antonio Barrera, Joe Calzaghe. Some media sites do not include the WBO in their list of champions,^[9]^[10] whereas others do.^[11]^[12]

[edit] The Ring magazine

The Ring is not a sanctioning body but is a boxing magazine that was founded in 1922. In 2002, The Ring created a championship system that is "intended to reward fighters who, by satisfying rigid criteria, can justify a claim as the true and only world champion in a given weight class."^[13] There are currently only two ways that a boxer can win The Ring's title: defeat the reigning champion; or win a box-off between The Ring's number-one and number-two rated contenders (or, sometimes, number-one and number-three rated).^[14] There are also only three ways that a boxer can lose The Ring's title: lose a championship fight, move to a different weight class, or retire.^[14] (The Ring does not strip its champions' titles like the sanctioning bodies do.)

[edit] Current champions

The current champions in each weight class are listed below. Each champion's professional boxing record is shown in the following format: wins-losses-draws-no contests (knockout wins).

[edit] Heavyweight (200+ lb, 90.7+ kg)

WBA	WBC	IBF	WBO	The Ring
David Haye 23-1 (21 KO) November 7, 2009	Vitali Klitschko 38-2 (37 KO) October 11, 2008	Wladimir Klitschko^{[nb 1]} 53-3 (47 KO) April 22, 2006	Wladimir Klitschko^{[nb 2]} 53-3 (47 KO) February 23, 2008	Wladimir Klitschko 53-3 (47 KO) June 20, 2009

[edit] Cruiserweight, Junior heavyweight (200 lb, 90.7 kg)

WBA	WBC	IBF	WBO	The Ring
Guillermo Jones 36-3-2 (28 KO) September 27, 2008	Zsolt Erdei 31-0 (17 KO) November 21, 2009	vacant	Marco Huck 26-1 (20 KO) August 29, 2009	Tomasz Adamek 39-1 (27 KO) December 11, 2008
			Ola Afolabi^{[nb 3]} 14-1-3 (6 KO) March 14, 2009

[edit] Light heavyweight (175 lb, 79.4 kg)

WBA	WBC	IBF	WBO	The Ring
Gabriel Campillo 19-2-0-1 (6 KO) June 20, 2009	Jean Pascal 24-1 (16 KO) June 19, 2009	Tavoris Cloud 20-0 (18 KO) August 28, 2009	Juergen Braehmer 34-2 (28 KO) November 13, 2009	vacant
	Chad Dawson^{[nb 3]} 29-0-0-1 (17 KO) November 7, 2009

[edit] Super middleweight (168 lb, 76.2 kg)

WBA	WBC	IBF	WBO	The Ring
Andre Ward^{[nb 1]} 21-0 (13 KO) November 21, 2009	Carl Froch 26-0 (20 KO) December 6, 2008	Lucian Bute 25-0 (20 KO) October 19, 2007	Robert Stieglitz 36-2 (22 KO) August 22, 2009	vacant
Dimitri Sartison 26-1 (17 KO) November 21, 2009

[edit] Middleweight (160 lb, 72.6 kg)

WBA	WBC	IBF	WBO	The Ring
Felix Sturm 33-2-1 (14 KO) April 28, 2007	Kelly Pavlik^{[nb 1]} 35-1 (31 KO) September 29, 2007	Sebastian Sylvester 32-3 (15 KO) September 19, 2009	Kelly Pavlik^{[nb 2]} 35-1 (31 KO) September 29, 2007	Kelly Pavlik 35-1 (31 KO) September 29, 2007
	Sebastian Zbik^{[nb 3]} 27-0 (10 KO) July 11, 2009

[edit] Super welterweight, Junior middleweight (154 lb, 69.9 kg)

WBA	WBC	IBF	WBO	The Ring
Yuri Foreman 28-0-0-1 (8 KO) November 14, 2009	Sergio Gabriel Martínez 44-1-2 (24 KO) May 21, 2009	Cory Spinks 37-5 (11 KO) April 24, 2009	Sergiy Dzinziruk 36-0 (22 KO) December 3, 2005	vacant
Nobuhiro Ishida^{[nb 3]} 21-5-2 (7 KO) August 30, 2009	Sergio Gabriel Martínez 44-1-2 (24 KO) May 21, 2009	Cory Spinks 37-5 (11 KO) April 24, 2009	Alfredo Angulo^{[nb 3]} 17-1 (14 KO) November 7, 2009	vacant

[edit] Welterweight (147 lb, 66.7 kg)

WBA	WBC	IBF	WBO	The Ring
Shane Mosley^{[nb 1]} 46-5-0-1 (39 KO) January 24, 2009	Andre Berto 25-0 (19 KO) June 21, 2008	Isaac Hlatshwayo 29-1-1-1 (10 KO) August 1, 2009	Manny Pacquiao^{[nb 2]} 50-3-2 (38 KO) November 14, 2009	vacant
Vyacheslav Senchenko 30-0 (20 KO) April 10, 2009

[edit] Super lightweight, Junior welterweight (140 lb, 63.5 kg)

WBA	WBC	IBF	WBO	The Ring
Amir Khan 21-1 (15 KO) July 18, 2009	Devon Alexander 19-0 (12 KO) August 1, 2009	Juan Urango 22-2-1 (17 KO) January 30, 2009	Timothy Bradley 24-0-0-1 (11 KO) April 4, 2009	Manny Pacquiao 50-3-2 (38 KO) May 2, 2009
Marcos René Maidana^{[nb 3]} 27-1 (26 KO) June 27, 2009	Devon Alexander 19-0 (12 KO) August 1, 2009	Juan Urango 22-2-1 (17 KO) January 30, 2009	Lamont Peterson^{[nb 3]} 27-0 (13 KO) April 25, 2009	Manny Pacquiao 50-3-2 (38 KO) May 2, 2009

[edit] Lightweight (135 lb, 61.2 kg)

WBA	WBC	IBF	WBO	The Ring
Juan Manuel Márquez^{[nb 1]} 50-5-1 (37 KO) February 28, 2009	Edwin Valero 25-0 (25 KO) April 4, 2009	vacant	Juan Manuel Márquez^{[nb 2]} 50-5-1 (37 KO) February 28, 2009	Juan Manuel Márquez 50-5-1 (37 KO) September 13, 2008
Paulus Moses 25-0 (17 KO) January 3, 2009	Antonio DeMarco^{[nb 3]} 23-1-1 (17 KO) October 31, 2009		Michael Katsidis^{[nb 3]} 26-2 (21 KO) September 19, 2009
Miguel Acosta^{[nb 3]} 26-3-2 (20 KO) July 25, 2009	Antonio DeMarco^{[nb 3]} 23-1-1 (17 KO) October 31, 2009		Michael Katsidis^{[nb 3]} 26-2 (21 KO) September 19, 2009

[edit] Super featherweight, Junior lightweight (130 lb, 59 kg)

WBA	WBC	IBF	WBO	The Ring
Juan Carlos Salgado 21-0-1 (15 KO) October 10, 2009	Humberto Soto 49-7-2-1 (32 KO) December 20, 2008	Robert Guerrero 25-1-1-2 (17 KO) August 22, 2009	Román Martínez 23-0-1 (14 KO) March 14, 2009	vacant
Likar Ramos^{[nb 3]} 21-2 (15 KO) November 19, 2009	Vitali Tajbert^{[nb 3]} 19-1 (6 KO) November 21, 2009	Robert Guerrero 25-1-1-2 (17 KO) August 22, 2009	Román Martínez 23-0-1 (14 KO) March 14, 2009	vacant

[edit] Featherweight (126 lb, 57.2 kg)

WBA	WBC	IBF	WBO	The Ring
Chris John^{[nb 1]} 43-0-2 (22 KO) July 23, 2009	Elio Rojas 21-1 (13 KO) July 14, 2009	Cristóbal Cruz 39-11-1-1 (23 KO) October 23, 2008	Steven Luevano 37-1-1 (15 KO) July 14, 2007	vacant
Yuriorkis Gamboa 16-0 (14 KO) July 23, 2009

[edit] Super bantamweight, Junior featherweight (122 lb, 55.3 kg)

WBA	WBC	IBF	WBO	The Ring
Celestino Caballero^{[nb 1]} 33-2 (23 KO) November 21, 2008	Toshiaki Nishioka 35-4-3 (22 KO) December 18, 2008	Celestino Caballero 33-2 (23 KO) November 21, 2008	Juan Manuel López 27-0 (24 KO) June 7, 2008	vacant
Poonsawat Kratingdaenggym 39-1 (28 KO) September 26, 2009

[edit] Bantamweight (118 lb, 53.5 kg)

WBA	WBC	IBF	WBO	The Ring
Anselmo Moreno 27-1-1 (9 KO) May 31, 2008	Hozumi Hasegawa 27-2 (11 KO) April 16, 2005	Yonnhy Pérez 20-0 (14 KO) October 31, 2009	Fernando Montiel 39-2-2 (29 KO) April 25, 2009	vacant
Nehomar Cermeño^{[nb 3]} 18-0 (10 KO) March 14, 2009

[edit] Super flyweight, Junior bantamweight (115 lb, 52.2 kg)

WBA	WBC	IBF	WBO	The Ring
Vic Darchinyan^{[nb 1]} 32-2-1 (26 KO) November 1, 2008	Vic Darchinyan 32-2-1 (26 KO) November 1, 2008	Simphiwe Nongqayi 16-0 (6 KO) September 15, 2009	vacant	vacant
Nobuo Nashiro 13-1-1 (8 KO) September 15, 2008	Tomás Rojas^{[nb 3]} 32-11-1 (22 KO) July 18, 2009
Nonito Donaire^{[nb 3]} 22-1 (14 KO) August 15, 2009

[edit] Flyweight (112 lb, 50.8 kg)

WBA	WBC	IBF	WBO	The Ring
Denkaosan Kaovichit 48-1-1 (20 KO) December 31, 2008	Koki Kameda 22-0 (14 KO) November 29, 2009	Moruti Mthalane 25-2 (16 KO) November 20, 2009	Omar Andrés Narváez 30-0-2 (19 KO) July 13, 2002	vacant
Luis Concepción^{[nb 3]} 19-1 (14 KO) September 5, 2009	Pongsaklek Wonjongkam^{[nb 3]} 73-3-1 (39 KO) April 24, 2009	Moruti Mthalane 25-2 (16 KO) November 20, 2009	Omar Andrés Narváez 30-0-2 (19 KO) July 13, 2002	vacant

[edit] Light flyweight, Junior flyweight (108 lb, 49 kg)

WBA	WBC	IBF	WBO	The Ring
Giovanni Segura 22-1-1 (18 KO) June 5, 2009	Rodel Mayol 26-4-1 (20 KO) November 21, 2009	Brian Viloria 26-2-0-2 (15 KO) April 19, 2009	Iván Calderón^{[nb 2]} 33-0-1 (6 KO) August 25, 2007	Iván Calderón 33-0-1 (6 KO) August 25, 2007
Juan Carlos Reveco^{[nb 3]} 21-1 (11 KO) August 15, 2009

[edit] Minimumweight, Strawweight, Mini flyweight (105 lb, 47.6 kg)

WBA	WBC	IBF	WBO	The Ring
Román González 24-0 (20 KO) September 15, 2008	Oleydong Sithsamerchai 33-0 (12 KO) November 29, 2007	Raúl García 27-0-1 (16 KO) June 14, 2008	Donnie Nietes 25-1-3 (14 KO) September 30, 2007	vacant

[edit] Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Undisputed world champion.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e WBO super champion.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r Interim world champion.

[edit] See also

[edit] References

^ The official rules and regulations of the WBA, IBF, and WBO all mention by name the other three major sanctioning bodies in their title unification rules. The WBC does not mention by name any other sanctioning body in its rules, but it does list the other three major sanctioning bodies' champions on its website. [1].
^ "World Boxing Association History". World Boxing Association. http://wbanews.com/artman/publish/wbahistory/index.shtml. Retrieved 2009-03-02.
^ "World Boxing Association Super Belt winners". World Boxing Association. http://wbanews.com/artman/publish/campionshipSuperBeltWinners/index.shtml. Retrieved 2009-03-02.
^ "World Boxing Council". World Boxing Council. http://www.wbcboxing.com/indexEng.php. Retrieved 2009-09-05.
^ "Rules that have changed the History of Boxing". World Boxing Council. http://suljos.tv/prepro/cmb/swf/wbcNewRulesAndRegulations2009.zip. Retrieved 2009-09-05.
^ "WBC Diamond Belt Presentation". Fightnews. http://www.fightnews.com/?p=22319. Retrieved 2009-09-08.
^ ^a ^b ^c "History of the IBF". International Boxing Federation. December 4, 2000. Archived from the original on 2000-12-04. http://web.archive.org/web/20001204194900/http://ibf-usba-boxing.com/history.html. Retrieved 2006-06-06.
^ "WBO logo". World Boxing Organization. http://www.wbo-int.com/images/logo.jpg. Retrieved 2006-06-06.
^ "Current Boxing Champions.". Yahoo!. May 7, 2007. http://sports.yahoo.com/box/news?slug=champs&prov=st&type=lgns. Retrieved 2007-05-07.
^ "Current Boxing Champions". Sports Illustrated. April 5, 2007. http://sports.si.cnn.com/default.asp?c=cnnsi&page=boxing/stat/champions.htm. Retrieved 2007-05-07.
^ Eisele, Andrew (May 6, 2007). "Boxing Champions". About.com. http://boxing.about.com/cs/rankingschampions/a/champs.htm. Retrieved 2007-05-07.
^ "List of Champions". BBC Sport. May 5, 2007. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/boxing/champions_list/default.stm. Retrieved 2007-05-07.
^ "About The Ring". The Ring. February 14, 2009. http://www.ringtv.com/. Retrieved 2009-02-08.
^ ^a ^b Kellerman, Max (January 22, 2004). "Gatti vs. the unknown". ESPN. http://static.espn.go.com/boxing/columns/kellerman_max/1715320.html. Retrieved 2009-03-03.

"BoxRec title search". BoxRec.com. http://www.boxrec.com/title_search.php. Retrieved 2007-05-07.
"IBF-USBA official ratings". International Boxing Federation. April 25, 2007. http://www.ibf-usba-boxing.com/index.php?pg=1. Retrieved 2007-05-07.
"WBA official ratings". World Boxing Association. March 2009. http://wbanews.com/artman/publish/ranking/index.shtml. Retrieved 2009-03-02.
"The Ring Ratings". The Ring. February 9, 2009. http://www.ringtv.com/ratings/. Retrieved 2009-02-08.
"WBC official ratings". World Boxing Council. September 2009. http://www.wbcboxing.com/indexEng.php. Retrieved 2009-09-05.
"WBO official champions". World Boxing Organization. April 2007. http://www.wbo-int.com/revised/CHAMPS-WBO.asp. Retrieved 2007-05-07.

[uwc-14] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Undisputed world champion.

[sup-15] WBO super champion.

[int-16] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r Interim world champion.

[0] The official rules and regulations of the WBA, IBF, and WBO all mention by name the other three major sanctioning bodies in their title unification rules. The WBC does not mention by name any other sanctioning body in its rules, but it does list the other three major sanctioning bodies' champions on its website. [1].

[1] "World Boxing Association History". World Boxing Association. http://wbanews.com/artman/publish/wbahistory/index.shtml. Retrieved 2009-03-02.

[2] "World Boxing Association Super Belt winners". World Boxing Association. http://wbanews.com/artman/publish/campionshipSuperBeltWinners/index.shtml. Retrieved 2009-03-02.

[3] "World Boxing Council". World Boxing Council. http://www.wbcboxing.com/indexEng.php. Retrieved 2009-09-05.

[4] "Rules that have changed the History of Boxing". World Boxing Council. http://suljos.tv/prepro/cmb/swf/wbcNewRulesAndRegulations2009.zip. Retrieved 2009-09-05.

[5] "WBC Diamond Belt Presentation". Fightnews. http://www.fightnews.com/?p=22319. Retrieved 2009-09-08.

[ibf-6] "History of the IBF". International Boxing Federation. December 4, 2000. Archived from the original on 2000-12-04. http://web.archive.org/web/20001204194900/http://ibf-usba-boxing.com/history.html. Retrieved 2006-06-06.

[7] "WBO logo". World Boxing Organization. http://www.wbo-int.com/images/logo.jpg. Retrieved 2006-06-06.

[8] "Current Boxing Champions.". Yahoo!. May 7, 2007. http://sports.yahoo.com/box/news?slug=champs&prov=st&type=lgns. Retrieved 2007-05-07.

[9] "Current Boxing Champions". Sports Illustrated. April 5, 2007. http://sports.si.cnn.com/default.asp?c=cnnsi&page=boxing/stat/champions.htm. Retrieved 2007-05-07.

[10] Eisele, Andrew (May 6, 2007). "Boxing Champions". About.com. http://boxing.about.com/cs/rankingschampions/a/champs.htm. Retrieved 2007-05-07.

[11] "List of Champions". BBC Sport. May 5, 2007. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/boxing/champions_list/default.stm. Retrieved 2007-05-07.

[12] "About The Ring". The Ring. February 14, 2009. http://www.ringtv.com/. Retrieved 2009-02-08.

[kel-13] Kellerman, Max (January 22, 2004). "Gatti vs. the unknown". ESPN. http://static.espn.go.com/boxing/columns/kellerman_max/1715320.html. Retrieved 2009-03-03.

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