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List Of Current Boxing Rankings
This is a list of current men's professional boxing rankings, which includes the latest rankings by each one of the sport's four major sanctioning bodies, as well as other well-regarded sites and entities. Overview As professional boxing has four major sanctioning bodies ( WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO) each with their own champions, the sport doesn't have a centralized ranking system. The rankings published by these organizations share the trait of not ranking the other organizations' champions, as each one of the sanctioning bodies expects their champion to frequently defend their title against their top-ranked contender. The WBA often has more than one champion, none of which are ranked by the other 3 sanctioning bodies. Their "Super" and "Regular" champions are excluded from the rankings but their "Interim" champion is affixed to the #1 spot. The IBF's protocol is for the top 2 spots in its rankings to remain vacant until two of its other top-ranked contenders face off, at which point ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Professional Boxing
Professional boxing, or prizefighting, is regulated, sanctioned boxing. Professional boxing bouts are fought for a purse that is divided between the boxers as determined by contract. Most professional fights are supervised by a regulatory authority to guarantee the fighters' safety. Most high-profile bouts obtain the endorsement of a sanctioning body, which awards championship belts, establishes rules, and assigns its own judges and referees. In contrast with amateur boxing, professional bouts are typically much longer and can last up to twelve rounds, though less significant fights can be as short as four rounds. Protective headgear is not permitted, and boxers are generally allowed to take substantial punishment before a fight is halted. Professional boxing has enjoyed a much higher profile than amateur boxing throughout the 20th century and beyond. History Early history In 1891, the National Sporting Club (N.S.C), a private club in London, began to promote professio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moses Itauma
Moses Itauma l (born 28 December 2004) is a Slovakian-Nigerian professional boxer. He is the younger brother of light-heavyweight fighter Karol Itauma. Early life Itauma was born in Slovakia in the town of Kežmarok to a Nigerian father and Slovakian mother. He and his family experienced racism in Slovakia stating “Me and my brothers got racially abused. It wasn't a good place to be." Finally, the family decided to move to England, firstly to leave the racist environment they were in and secondly to search for new opportunities which Slovakia did not provide. He was the last person in the family to move to England which was in 2008 and eventually he settled in Chatham, Kent. Growing up, his favourite fighter was Prince Naseem Hamed and Itauma has stated that he tries to implement elements of Hamed's style into his own game. He stated "I used to watch a lot of Naseem Hamed. I must have watched the same video of him about 50 times, I remember it was a highlight reel which st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Joyce (boxer)
Joe Joyce (born 19 September 1985) is a British professional boxer. He held the World Boxing Organization (WBO) interim heavyweight title from 2022 to 2023. At regional level, he has held multiple heavyweight championships, including the Commonwealth title twice between 2018 and 2021; the British title from 2020 to 2022; and the European title from 2020 to 2021. As an amateur, he won a bronze medal at the 2013 European Championships; gold at the 2014 Commonwealth and 2015 European Games; bronze at the 2015 World Championships; and silver at the 2016 Olympics. He currently holds a 93% knockout-to-win percentage. Early life and education Born on 19 September 1985 to a Scottish-born Irish father and a mother of Nigerian origin, Joyce grew up in London and studied at Elliott School, based in Putney.Hubbard, Alan (2015)Joe Joyce: Portrait of the artist as an Olympic boxer, ''The Independent'', 28 March 2015. Retrieved 29 April 2016 He took up boxing at the age of 22, having ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jared Anderson (boxer)
Jared Dovan Anderson (born November 16, 1999) is an American professional boxer who held the NABF heavyweight title in 2021. As an amateur he won the 2017 and 2018 U.S. National Championships. Professional career Anderson signed a multi-year promotional contract with Bob Arum's Top Rank on September 24, 2019, and made his professional debut a month later on October 26, scoring a first-round knockout (KO) victory over Daniel Infante at the Reno-Sparks Convention Center in Reno, Nevada. Anderson faced Andrew Satterfield in his third professional fight, which he won by a first-round technical knockout. On June 9, 2020, Anderson beat Johnnie Langston by a third-round technical knockout. It was the first time that Anderson had fought past the first round. Anderson scored another first-round stoppage on July 16, 2020, when he beat Hector Perez. Anderson passed the first round for the second time in his career on September 5, 2020, against Rodney Hernandez, whom he beat by a fourth- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lenier Pero
Lenier Eunice Peró Justiz (24 November 1992) is a Cuban professional boxer. As an amateur, he won a gold medal at both the 2011 and 2015 Pan American Games, whilst also competing at the 2016 Olympics. Professional boxer Dainier Peró, who won the 2019 Pan Am Games super heavyweight gold medal and unsuccessfully competed at the 2020 Olympics, is his younger brother. Amateur career Highlights Olympic result Rio 2016 *Round of 16: Defeated Guido Vianello (Italy) 3–0 *Quarter-finals: Lost to Filip Hrgović (Croatia) TKO Pan American Games results 2011 Guadalajara *Quarter-finals: Defeated Steven Couture (Canada) 22–2 *Semi-finals: Defeated Yamil Peralta (Argentina) 13–9 *Final: Defeated Julio Castillo (Ecuador) 16–10 2015 Toronto *Quarter-finals: Defeated Kieshno Major (Bahamas) 3–0 *Semi-finals: Defeated Cam Awesome (USA) 2–1 *Final: Defeated Edgar Muñoz (Venezuela) 2–1 Youth Olympics results 2010 Singapore *Preliminaries: Defeated Joshua Temple (USA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Sánchez (boxer)
Frank Sánchez Faure (born 18 July 1992) is a Cuban professional boxer who is a former NABO and WBC Continental Americas heavyweight champion. Professional career Sánchez made his professional debut on 22 September 2015, scoring a first-round technical knockout (TKO) victory against Justin Thornton at the Mel Ott Recreation Center in Gretna, Louisiana. After winning his first six fights, all by stoppage, he faced Lamont Capers on 4 May 2018. Capers received a point deduction in the first round for excessive holding before the contest was halted in the second round after Capers was shoved through the ropes and out of the ring. With capers not able to continue, the bout was scored a no contest (NC). Following six more wins, four by stoppage, Sánchez faced Victor Bisbal for the vacant WBO- NABO heavyweight title on 31 August 2019 at the Minneapolis Armory in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Sánchez defeated Bisbal via fourth-round corner retirement (RTD) after Bisbal's corner inform ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jarrell Miller
Jarrell Miller (born July 15, 1988) is an American professional boxer and former kickboxer who competes in the heavyweight division. He first came to prominence in 2007 when he competed for the New Jersey Tigers in the World Combat League and made it to the finals of the New York Golden Gloves tournament that same year. Miller was due to challenge Anthony Joshua for the WBA (Super), IBF, WBO, and IBO heavyweight titles in 2019, but was denied a license to box after failing multiple drug tests. Early life Miller was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. His mother is of Belizean and Irish descent, his father is of Haitian and Dominican descent. He took up Muay Thai at the age of 14, as a way to defend himself after being attacked on the street. He began boxing at the age of 16. Miller has highlighted some of his early boxing idols, including Mike Tyson and Riddick Bowe. Boxing career Amateur career As an amateur boxer, Miller reached the final of the 2007 New York Gold ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Dubois (boxer)
Daniel Dubois (born 6 September 1997) is a British professional boxer. He has held the International Boxing Federation (IBF) heavyweight title since 2024. Previously, he held the World Boxing Association (WBA) heavyweight title ( Regular version) from 2022 to 2023. At regional level, he has held multiple heavyweight championships, including the British and Commonwealth titles from 2019 to 2020. As an amateur, he was a five-time national junior titlist and British champion. Dubois is known for his formidable punching power, with 21 of 22 wins by knockout. Amateur career His father took him to the boxing gym at the age of nine to stay out of trouble in South London. He trains at the Peacock Gym in Canning Town, working under Tony and Martin Bowers. Dubois had around 75 amateur bouts. He won two English schoolboy titles, two junior ABAs plus the CYPs. Won the British Seniors. He spent a year and a half as part of the GB Elite set-up in Sheffield and boxed for England around a d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Efe Ajagba
Efe Ajagba (born 22 April 1994) is a Nigerian professional boxer who holds the record for the fastest victory in boxing history after his opponent was disqualified for leaving the ring one second after the opening bell. As an amateur, he won a gold medal at the 2015 African Games and bronze at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. Early life Ajagba was born on 22 April 1994 in Ughelli, Delta State, Nigeria. He formerly worked in a bakery. Amateur career Ajagba took up the sport of boxing in 2011 after previously playing football for a club in Ughelli since 2005. He was coached by Anthony Konyegwachie. Ajagba was selected to compete for the Nigerian team at the 2014 Commonwealth Games held in Glasgow. Competing in the super heavyweight division he defeated Junior Fa of Tonga in the round of 16 and Paul Schafer of South Africa in the quarterfinals. He advanced to the semifinals where he was defeated by Joseph Goodall of Australia, meaning Ajagba won a bronze medal. At the 2015 Afri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lawrence Okolie
Lawrence Okolie (born 16 December 1992) is a British professional boxer. He has held world championships in two weight classes, including the World Boxing Council (WBC) bridgerweight title in 2024, and the World Boxing Organization (WBO) cruiserweight title from 2021 to 2023. At regional level, he held the Commonwealth title twice between 2018 and 2019; the British title from 2018 to 2019; and the European title in 2019. Personal life Okolie was born in Hackney, London to Nigerian parents of Igbo descent. He grew up in Stoke Newington and attended Stoke Newington School. While watching Anthony Joshua fighting in the 2012 Summer Olympics super heavyweight final, he decided to take boxing seriously and set a goal to make the 2016 Olympics. He is a supporter of BoxWise, a UK-based non-profit social enterprise based around boxing. Amateur career Okolie represented Team GB as a heavyweight at the 2016 Rio Olympics. He beat Igor Pawel Jakubowski from Poland on points and made it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Parker
Joseph Dennis Parker, (born 9 January 1992) is a New Zealand professional boxer. He has held the World Boxing Organization (WBO) Interim championship, interim heavyweight title since 2024. Previously, he held the WBO heavyweight title from 2016 to 2018. At regional level, he has held multiple heavyweight championships, including the WBO Oriental, Africa, and Oceania titles; as well as the Pan Asian Boxing Association, PABA, Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation, OPBF, and List of New Zealand heavyweight boxing champions, New Zealand titles. As an amateur boxing, amateur, he represented New Zealand at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in the super-heavyweight division, and narrowly missed qualification for the 2012 Summer Olympics. Parker turned professional in July 2012 with Duco Events in Auckland, under the tutelage of Sir Bob Jones. After defeating Andy Ruiz for the vacant WBO title, Parker became the first heavyweight boxer from either New Zealand or the Pacific Islands to win a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filip Hrgović
Filip Hrgović (born 4 June 1992) is a Croatian professional boxer. He has challenged once for the International Boxing Federation, IBF Interim championship, interim heavyweight title in 2024. As an Amateur boxing, amateur, he won the gold medal at the 2015 European Amateur Boxing Championships, 2015 European Championships; and a bronze at the Boxing at the 2016 Summer Olympics, 2016 Olympics. Early life Filip was born on 4 June 1992 in Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia, to Petar and Iva Hrgović. His father, who was born in Livno, Bosnia and Herzegovina worked for Croatian Motorways, while his mother, a native of the Croatian capital Zagreb is a graduate in kinesiology and was focused on raising Filip and his four other siblings. Hrgović recalls being overweight as a child, even earning the nickname "fatty" along the way. He would often end up in trouble and be reprimanded for it. Filip's first sport was basketball at age 8, which he took up as a means to lose weight. He even managed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
