List of current men’s boxing world champions as Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk reign as heavyweight kings, while Canelo Alvarez rules the super-middleweights

Boxing is a complicated and convoluted sport with several world champions in each division.

Most observers recognise that we are now in a four-belt era, with the WBA, WBC, IBF and WBO all given credibility as legitimate world titles.

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The WBA, WBC, IBF and WBO are recognised as boxing’s four legitimate, major world titlesCredit: Simon Stacpoole/Matchroom

See the full list of the current men’s boxing world champions below…

Heavyweight (200lbs+)

WBA – Oleksandr Usyk

WBC – Tyson Fury

IBF – Oleksandr Usyk

WBO – Oleksandr Usyk

*Mahmoud Charr has the lesser WBA ‘regular’ belt

*Zhilei Zhang has the lesser WBO ‘interim’ belt

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Usyk and Fury rule the heavyweight divisionCredit: Getty

Bridgerweight (224lbs)

WBC – Lukasz Rozanski

*Kevin Lerena has the lesser WBC ‘interim’ belt

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The WBC invented the bridgerweight division in 2020, though many deem it unnecessary with none of the other three sanctioning bodies following suitCredit: Lawrence Lustig/BOXXER

Cruiserweight (200lbs)

WBA – Arsen Goulamirian

WBC – Noel Mikaelian

IBF – Vacant

WBO – Chris Billam-Smith

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Billam-Smith is the WBO cruiserweight world championCredit: Getty

Light-Heavyweight (175lbs)

WBA – Dmitry Bivol

WBC – Artur Beterbiev

IBF – Artur Beterbiev

WBO – Artur Beterbiev

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Beterbiev and Bivol own the belts at light-heavyweight

Super-Middleweight (168lbs)

WBA – Canelo Alvarez

WBC – Canelo Alvarez

IBF – Canelo Alvarez

WBO – Canelo Alvarez

*David Morrell has the lesser WBA ‘regular’ belt

*David Benavidez has the lesser WBC ‘interim’ belt

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Canelo is the undisputed WBA, WBC, IBF and WBO super-middleweight world championCredit: Amanda Westcott/Showtime

Middleweight (160lbs)

WBA – Erislandy Lara

WBC – Jermall Charlo

IBF – Janibek Alimkhanuly

WBO – Janibek Alimkhanuly

*Carlos Adames has the lesser WBC ‘interim’ belt

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Jermall Charlo is the WBC middleweight world championCredit: Leo Wilson/PBC

Super-Welterweight (154lbs)

WBA – Jermell Charlo

WBC – Jermell Charlo

IBF – Vacant

WBO – Tim Tszyu

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Jermell Charlo is the unified WBA and WBC super-welterweight world championCredit: Stephanie Trapp/Showtime

Welterweight (147lbs)

WBA – Terence Crawford

WBC – Terence Crawford

IBF – Jaron Ennis

WBO – Terence Crawford

*Eimantas Stanionis has the lesser WBA ‘regular’ belt

*Mario Barrios has the lesser WBC ‘interim’ belt

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Crawford is the unified WBA, WBC and WBO welterweight world championCredit: Getty

Super-Lightweight (140lbs)

WBA – Rolly Romero

WBC – Devin Haney

IBF – Subriel Matias

WBO – Teofimo Lopez

*Ismael Barroso has the lesser WBA ‘interim’ belt

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Lopez is the WBO super-lightweight world championCredit: Getty

Lightweight (135lbs)

WBA – Gervonta Davis

WBC – Shakur Stevenson

IBF – Vacant

WBO – Vacant

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Davis and Stevenson hold belts at lightweight

Super-Featherweight (130lbs)

WBA – Lamont Roach Jr

WBC – O’Shaquie Foster

IBF – Joe Cordina

WBO – Emanuel Navarrete

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Cordina is the IBF super-featherweight world championCredit: Getty

Featherweight (126lbs)

WBA – Vacant

WBC – Rey Vargas

IBF – Luis Alberto Lopez

WBO – Rafael Espinoza

*Brandon Figueroa has the lesser WBC ‘interim’ belt

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Featherweight is a wide-open divisionCredit: Dan Thompson/Matchroom

Super-Bantamweight (122lbs)

WBA – Naoya Inoue

WBC – Naoya Inoue

IBF – Naoya Inoue

WBO – Naoya Inoue

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Inoue is the undisputed WBA, WBC, IBF and WBO super-bantamweight world championCredit: Naoki Fukuda/Top Rank

Bantamweight (118lbs)

WBA – Takuma Inoue

WBC – Alexandro Santiago

IBF – Emmanuel Rodriguez

WBO – Jason Moloney

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Santiago is the WBC bantamweight world championCredit: Ryan Hafey/PBC

Super-Flyweight (115lbs)

WBA – Kazuto Ioka

WBC – Juan Estrada

IBF – Fernando Martinez

WBO – Junto Nakatani

*Carlos Cuadras has the lesser WBC ‘interim’ belt

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Estrada is the WBC super-flyweight kingCredit: Ed Mulholland/Matchroom

Flyweight (112lbs)

WBA – Artem Dalakian

WBC – Julio Cesar Martinez

IBF – Jesse Rodriguez

WBO – Jesse Rodriguez

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Rodriguez is the unified IBF and WBO flyweight world championCredit: Ed Mulholland/Matchroom

Light-Flyweight (108lbs)

WBA – Kenshiro Teraji

WBC – Kenshiro Teraji

IBF – Adrian Curiel

WBO – Jonathan Gonzalez

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Kenshiro owns the WBA and WBC belts at light-flyweightCredit: Getty

Minimumweight (105lbs)

WBA – Knockout CP Freshmart (Thammanoon Niyomtrong)

WBC – Yudai Shigeoka

IBF – Ginjiro Shigeoka

WBO – Oscar Collazo

*Erick Rosa has the lesser WBA ‘regular’ belt

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