Current Boxing Champions

Updated: May 25, 2013

Current world champions as recognized by the World Boxing Association (WBA), World Boxing Council (WBC), International Boxing Federation (IBF) and World Boxing Organization (WBO).

HEAVYWEIGHT - (unlimited)
WBA - Wladimir Klitschko 60-3 (51 KOs) / Alexander Povetkin 25-0 (17 KOs)
WBC - Vitali Klitschko 45-2 (41 KOs)
IBF - Wladimir Klitschko 60-3 (51 KOs)
WBO - Wladimir Klitschko 60-3 (51 KOs)

CRUISERWEIGHT - (200 pounds)
WBA - Guillermo Jones 39-3-2 (31 KOs)
WBC - Krzysztof Wlodarczyk 47-2-1 (33 KOs)
IBF - Yoan Pablo Hernandez 26-1 (13 KOs)
WBO - Marco Huck 34-2-1 (25 KOs) / Ola Afolabi 19-2-4 (9 KOs)

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT - (175 pounds)
WBA - Beibut Shumenov 12-1 (8 KOs)
WBC - Chad Dawson 31-2-2 NC (17 KOs)
IBF - Bernard Hopkins 53-6-2-2 NC (32 KOs)
WBO - Nathan Cleverly 25-0 (12 KOs)

SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHT - (168 pounds)
WBA - Andre Ward 26-0 (14 KOs) / Stanyslav Kashtanov 30-1 (16 KOs) / Mikkel Kessler 46-2 (35 KOs)
WBC - VACANT
IBF - Carl Froch 30-2 (22 KOs)
WBO - Robert Stieglitz 44-3 (25 KOs)

MIDDLEWEIGHT - (160 pounds)
WBA - Martin Murray 25-0-1 (11 KOs) / Gennady Golovkin 25-0 (22 KOs)
WBC - Sergio Martinez 52-2-2 (28 KOs)
IBF - Daniel Geale 28-1 (15 KOs)
WBO - Peter Quillen 28-0 (20 KOs)

JUNIOR MIDDLEWEIGHT - (154 pounds)
WBA - Floyd Mayweather Jr. 44-0 (26 KOs) / Austin Trout 26-0 (14 KOs)
WBC - Saul Alvarez 40-0-1 (29 KOs)
IBF - Ishe Smith 25-5 (11 KOs)
WBO - Zaurbek Baysangurov 28-1 (20 KOs) / Lukas Konecny 49-4 (23 KOs)

WELTERWEIGHT - (147 pounds)
WBA - Paulie Malignaggi 32-4 (7 KOs) / Diego Gabriel Chaves 22-0 (18 KOs)
WBC - Floyd Mayweather Jr. 44-0 (26 KOs)
IBF - Devon Alexander 25-1 (14 KOs)
WBO - Timothy Bradley 30-0-0-1 NC (12 KOs)

JUNIOR WELTERWEIGHT - (140 pounds)
WBA - Danny Garcia 25-0 (16 KOs) / Khabib Allakhverdiev 18-0 (8 KOs)
WBC - Danny Garcia 25-0 (16 KOs) / Lucas Matthysse 34-2-1 NC (32 KOs)
IBF - Lamont Peterson 31-2-1 (16 KOs)
WBO - Juan Manuel Marquez 54-6-1 (39 KOs) / Mike Alvarado 34-1 (23 KOs)

LIGHTWEIGHT - (135 pounds)
WBA - Richard Abril 17-3-1 (8 KOs)
WBC - Adrien Broner 26-0 (22 KOs)
IBF - Miguel Vazquez 33-3 (13 KOs)
WBO - Ricky Burns 35-2 (10 KOs)

JUNIOR LIGHTWEIGHT - (130 pounds)
WBA - Takashi Uchiyama 19-0-1 (16 KOs) / Yuriorkis Gamboa 22-0 (16 KOs)
WBC - Takashi Miura 25-2-2 (19 KOs)
IBF - Argenis Mendez 21-2 (11 KOs)
WBO - Rocky Martinez 26-1-2 (16 KOs)

FEATHERWEIGHT - (126 pounds)
WBA - Chris John 48-0-2 (22 KOs) / Nicholas Walters 22-0 (18 KOs) / Javier Fortuna 21-0-1 NC (15 KOs)
WBC - Abner Mares 26-0-1 (14 KOs)
IBF - Evgeny Gradovich 16-0 (8 KOs)
WBO - Mikey Garcia 31-0 (26 KOs)

JUNIOR FEATHERWEIGHT - (122 pounds)
WBA - Guillermo Rigondeaux 12-0 (8 KOs) / Scott Quigg 25-0-1 (18 KOs)
WBC - Victor Terrazas 37-2-1 (21 KOs)
IBF - Jonathan Romero 23-0 (12 KOs)
WBO - Guillermo Rigondeaux 12-0 (8 KOs)

BANTAMWEIGHT - (118 pounds)
WBA - Anselmo Moreno 33-1-1 (12 KOs) / Koki Kameda 28-1 (17 KOs)
WBC - Shinsuke Yamanaka 17-0-2 (12 KOs)
IBF - VACANT
WBO - Paulus Ambunda 20-0 (10 KOs)

JUNIOR BANTAMWEIGHT - (115 pounds)
WBA - Kohei Kono 28-7 (11 KOs) / Liborio Solis 14-3-1 (7 KOs)
WBC - Srisaket Sor Rungvisai 19-3-1 (18 KOs)
IBF - Juan Carlos Sanchez Jr. 15-1-1 (8 KOs)
WBO - Omar Narvaez 38-1-2 (20 KOs)

FLYWEIGHT - (112 pounds)
WBA - Juan Estrada 24-2 (18 KOs) / Juan Carlos Reveco 30-1 (16 KOs)
WBC - Akira Yaegashi 17-3 (9 KOs)
IBF - Moruti Mthalane 29-2 (20 KOs)
WBO - Juan Estrada 24-2 (18 KOs)

JUNIOR FLYWEIGHT - (108 pounds)
WBA - Roman Gonzalez 34-0 (28 KOs) / Alberto Rossel 29-8-1 NC (13 KOs) / Kazuto Ioka 11-0 (7 KOs)
WBC - Adrian Hernandez 25-2-1 (16 KOs)
IBF - Johnriel Casimeroa 16-2 (10 KOs)
WBO - Donnie Nietes 30-1-3 (16 KOs)

STRAWWEIGHT - (105 pounds)
WBA - Jesus Silvestre 26-3 (19 KOs) / Ryo Miyazaki 18-0-3 (10 KOs)
WBC - Xiong Zhao Zhong 20-4-1 (11 KOs)
IBF - Katsunari Takayama 25-6-0-1 NC (10 KOs)
WBO - Moises Fuentes 16-1 (8 KOs) / Merlito Sabillo 21-0 (11 KOs)

Boxing: Current Pound-for-Pound Top Fifty

Updated: May 25, 2013

One of the easiest ways to get into a debate on boxing is to try and rank the sport’s top practitioners on a pound-for-pound basis. Everyone’s got an opinion and there’s no way to definitely determine who’s right and who’s wrong. Sure Wladimir Klitschko would defeat Floyd Mayweather Jr. if they fought each other -- Klitschko outweighs Mayweather by nearly 100 pounds! But if - and this is the big if – Klitschko and Mayweather were in the same weight class and were to match their skills against one another in the ring, which fighter would emerge victorious?

Every boxing enthusiast has seen pound-for-pound rankings online and in various magazines. Most of these lists include only ten boxers. Occasionally, you’ll see a pound-for-pound top twenty. Why stop at twenty? In order to provide even more fodder for conversation and debate, here is a pound-for-pound ranking of the top fifty fighters in the world today:

1. Floyd Mayweather Jr. (147)
2. Andre Ward (168)
3. Juan Manuel Marquez (147)
4. Manny Pacquiao (147)
5. Sergio Martinez (160)
6. Wladimir Klitschko (Heavy)
7. Guillermo Rigondeaux (122)
8. Nonito Donaire (122)
9. Timothy Bradley (147)
10. Vitali Klitschko (Heavy)
11. Adrien Broner (135)
12. Abner Mares (126)
13. Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez (154)
14. Carl Froch (168)
15. Yuriorkis Gamboa (130)
16. Mikey Garcia (126)
17. Gennady Golovkin (160)
18. Chad Dawson (175)
19. Lucas Matthysse (140)
20. Chris John (126)
21. Danny Garcia (140)
22. Anselmo Moreno (118)
23. Robert Guerrero (147)
24. Lucian Bute (168)
25. Devon Alexander (147)
26. Mikkel Kessler (168)
27. Austin Trout (154)
28. Roman Gonzalez (108)
29. Miguel Cotto (154)
30. Joseph Agbeko (118)
31. Miguel Vazquez (135)
32. Ricky Burns (135)
33. Mike Alvarado (140)
34. Lamont Peterson (140)
35. Bernard Hopkins (175)
36. Orlando Salido (126)
37. Brandon Rios (140)
38. Antonio DeMarco (135)
39. Amir Khan (140)
40. Jean Pascal (175)
41. Hernan Marquez (112)
42. Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (160)
43. Daniel Geale (160)
44. Erislandy Lara (154)
45. Brian Viloria (112)
46. Omar Narvaez (115)
47. Marco Huck (200)
48. Takashi Uchiyama (130)
49. Tavoris Cloud (175)
50. Andre Berto (147)
51. Marcos Maidana (147)

No doubt your top fifty would look much different. Maybe entirely different! Tell us what you think of our rankings and share your thoughts on the best pound-for-pound fighters in the world today.

Heavyweight Rankings: Current Top 50

Updated: May 25, 2013

The heavyweight division has always been and will always be the glamour division of the sport ... but it continues to be a mess as the top pound-for-pound fighters in the sport campaign in lower weight categories. The Klitschko brothers are undefeated over the past 9+ years, but they can't go on forever (can they?). Accordingly, it seems appropriate to have an in-depth look at who's who in today's heavyweight division and rank them accordingly. Plenty of magazines and web sites will give their top ten. However, if you really love boxing, then ten is definitely not enough. So here they are -- the top fifty heavyweight fighters in the world today:

1. Wladimir Klitschko Next: Oct. 5 vs. Alexander Povetkin
2. Vitali Klitschko
3. Alexander Povetkin Next: Oct.5 vs. Wladimir Klitschko
4. Tomasz Adamek
5. David Haye
6. Kubrat Pulev
7. Tyson Fury
8. Bryant Jennings Next: June 14 vs. Andrey Fedosov
9. Tony Thompson Next: July 6 vs. David Price
10. Bermane Stiverne
11. Robert Helenius
12. Denis Boytsov
13. Deontay Wilder
14. Chris Arreola
15. Eddie Chambers
16. Ruslan Chagaev
17. Johnathon Banks Next: June 22 vs. Seth Mitchell
18. Malik Scott
19. Derek ChisoraNext: July 20 vs. TBA
20. Manuel Charr
21. Mariusz Wach
22. Kevin Johnson
23. Vyacheslav Glazkov
24. Alexander Ustinov
25. Seth Mitchell Next: June 22 vs. Jonathon Banks
26. Magomed Abdusalamov
27. Carlos Takam
28. Francesco Pianeta
29. Mike Perez
30. Odlanier Solis
31. Samuel Peter
32. Alexander Dimitrenko
33. Artur Szpilka Next: June 15 vs. Mike Mollo
34. David Price Next: July 6 vs. Tony Thompson
35. Luis Ortiz Next: June 14 vs. Travis Kauffman
36. Steve Cunningham
37. Michael Grant
38. Alex Leapai
39. Fres Oquendo Next: June 8 vs. Derric Rossy
40. Juan Carlos Gomez
41. Andrzej Wawrzyk
42. Franklin Lawrence
43. Joe Hanks
44. Neven Pajkic
45. Edmund Gerber
46. Jovo Pudar
47. Andriy Rudenko
48. Richard Towers Next: July 25 vs. Lucas Browne
49. Tony Grano
50. Lucas Browne Next: July 6 vs. Richard Towers

We're sure your list would look quite different. Tell us and your fellow fight fans where you agree and where you disagree with our rankings.

Professional Debut of George "Monk" Foreman III

June 6, 2009 in Kinder, Louisiana



George Foreman III, son of former heavyweight champ George Foreman, stops Clyde Weaver (0-2) via first-round KO in his professional boxing debut.

Diego Corrales vs. Jose Luis Castillo - Round Ten - May 7, 2005

Diego Corrales Dies in Motorcycle Accident



CLICK ABOVE FOR VIDEO OF DIEGO CORRALES vs. JOSE LUIS CASTILLO - MAY 7, 2005 - ROUND TEN

Hey Tiki, Shut Up!

Tiki Barber hasn't even started his new job(s) yet and I'm already sick of listening to him.

After ten years with the New York Giants, Barber has retired from football to begin his career in broadcasting -- landing roles with NBC on both the "Today Show" and Sunday Night Football.

While neither gig has started, Tiki was already offering up some choice soundbytes t his introduction as NBC's newest "star" correspondent:

The "constant grind" of playing for Giants head coach Tom Coughlin had "started to take its toll on me" and that it was an "act of God' that the physical demands Coughlin placed on him did not result in serious injuries. Oh brother ... it's amazing he didn't start referring to himself in the third-person.

"The grind ... really forced me to start thinking about what I wanted to do next. And that's not a bad thing. That's a good thing, for me at least. Maybe not for the Giants, because they lose one of their great players, but for me, it is." Very humble, nice touch ...

"My dream has always been to be on the 'Today Show'." Sincere? Not!

ESPN article

Video: Rocky Balboa - Official Trailer

It's been 30 years since the original Rocky arrived on the scene. Heck, it's been 16 years since Rocky V. Sylvester Stallone is 60 years old. Must be time for Rocky VI! Rocky Balboa (they've dropped the Roman numerals) hits the theatres tomorrow. You're not proud of it but admit it, you want to see it. It's the ultimate guilty pleasure. Resistance is futile . . .

CLICK BELOW FOR ROCKY BALBOA - OFFICIAL TRAILER

New York Knicks: By The Numbers

The NBA salary cap for the 2006-07 season is $53.135 million.

The "luxury tax" for the 2006-07 season is set at $65.42 million. Teams above this level pay a dollar-for-dollar tax on every dollar by which they exceed the threshold.

The New York Knicks team salary for 2006-07 is a league-record $141,666,359.

The Knicks are $76,246,359 above the tax threshold and will pay a luxury tax of $49,102,609 (Note: This represents less than a dollar-for-dollar tax because the team received tax relief by releasing Jerome Williams before last season under a one-time exception known – ironically - as the “Allan Houston” rule. The team also received tax relief when Allan Houston was deemed medically unfit to continue playing and retired).

The Knicks total payroll this season (including luxury tax) will be a league-record $190,768,968.

The Knicks will pay $62,295,250 this season to five players who are no longer on the roster: Allan Houston ($20,718,750 of which some - or all - may be covered by insurance), Jalen Rose ($16,901,500), Maurice Taylor ($9,750,000), Shandon Anderson ($8,500,000) and Jerome Williams ($6,425,000).

The Knicks will pay 49% of their total payroll (including tax), or $93,322,218, for the 14 players who will be in uniform on opening night.

The Knicks will pay 51% of their total payroll (including tax), or $97,446,750, for the five players who will NOT PLAY A SINGLE GAME for them this season ... but might play against them while still collecting a paycheck from the Knicks.

Video: Larry Holmes Attacks Trevor Berbick

Following the murder of Trevor Berbick, the media coverage of his career is understandably focused on his win over a washed-up Muhammad Ali and his loss to an up-and-coming Mike Tyson. What has gone completely unmentioned was Berbick’s role in one of the most bizarre moments in boxing history. (Click here for complete details on Larry Holmes attacking Trevor Berbick).

CLICK BELOW FOR VIDEO OF LARRY HOLMES ATTACKING TREVOR BERBICK

Video: Mike Tyson vs. Trevor Berbick

Former heavyweight champ Trevor Berbick, 52, has died from chop wounds to the head after being attacked in a church courtyard in his native Jamaica. Berbick was reportedly wounded with either a hatchet or a machete after attending a party. (cont.)

CLICK BELOW FOR VIDEO OF ENTIRE MIKE TYSON - TREVOR BERBICK BOUT ON NOV. 22, 1986