Last fight · 11 Sept 2026
Win vs Giovanni Santillan
MD · 10 · WBO Inter-Continental Super Welterweight
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Germany · Super welterweight
Abass Baraou
- 31 years old
- WBC No. 6
- WBA No. 5
- WBO No. 3
- IBF No. 10
- IBO No. 7
- Wins
- 18
- Losses
- 2
- Draws
- 0
- KOs
- 9
50% of wins inside the distance
Fights
Before that
- LossXander Zayas31 Jan 2026 · WBA and WBO world titles · Super welterweightSD · 12
- WinYoenis Tellez23 Aug 2025UD · 12
- WinMacaulay McGowan14 Jun 2024 · EBU European Super WelterweightUD · 12
- WinSam Eggington1 Mar 2024 · EBU European Super WelterweightMD · 12
Show the next 5 fights
- WinHugo Noriega8 Dec 2023UD · 8
- WinFerenc Katona31 Mar 2023TKO · 3 (8)
- WinBrian Damian Chaves19 Mar 2022 · IBO Continental Super WelterweightTKO · 6 (10)
- WinMeriton Karaxha3 Dec 2021UD · 10
- WinJay Spencer10 Sept 2021TKO · 1 (8)
10 older fights · BoxRec profile ↗
Rankings
Best: No. 3
- WBC
6
ranked 6th–11th since Sep 2026
- WBA
5
tracked since Aug 2026
- WBO
3
ranked 3rd–6th since Aug 2026
- IBF
10
tracked since Sep 2026
- IBO
7
tracked since Sep 2026
World titles
1 championship reign · 1 sanctioning body · 1 weight class
Super welterweight
- WBA2025 – 2026
From 2025 to 2026.
Every date, reign by reign
Past reigns
- WBASuper welterweight13 Sep 2025 – 31 Jan 2026 · 4 months↗
Current titles: the sanctioning bodies' official rankings. History and dates: Wikipedia's lists of world champions (CC BY-SA 4.0), re-read every week.
Movement
Places gained or lost with each sanctioning body. Green is up, red is down, “New” marks an entry into the rankings, and a dot a period with no published archive.
| Body | The boxer's place in the sanctioning body's official ranking. “C”: world champion, above No. 1. An interim champion is marked as such (“Interim”, “Int.”): not the reigning champion. No. 1 is the leading contender for the title. | 1M | 3M | 6M | 1Y |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WBC | 6 | · | · | · | · |
| WBA | 5 | — | · | · | · |
| WBO | 3 | 3 | · | · | · |
| IBF | 10 | New | New | New | New |
| IBO | 7 | · | · | · | · |
Trajectory, body by body
WBC
No. 6 since Oct 2026tracked since Sep 2026
WBA
No. 5tracked since Aug 2026
WBO
No. 3 since Sep 2026tracked since Aug 2026
IBF
No. 10 since Sep 2026 · best No. 7 (Jul 2020)tracked since Jun 2019
IBO
No. 7tracked since Sep 2026
See the changes in detail
| Sep 2026 | No. 11 |
| Oct 2026 | No. 6 |
| Aug 2026 | No. 5 |
| Aug 2026 | No. 6 |
| Sep 2026 | No. 3 |
| Jun 2019 | No. 14 |
| Aug 2019 | No. 13 |
| Oct 2019 | No. 10 |
| Nov 2019 | dropped out of the ranking |
| Dec 2019 | No. 9 |
| May 2020 | dropped out of the ranking |
| Jun 2020 | No. 8 |
| Jul 2020 | No. 7 |
| Aug 2020 | No. 14 |
| Sep 2020 | No. 15 |
| Oct 2020 | dropped out of the ranking |
| Nov 2020 | No. 12 |
| Dec 2020 | dropped out of the ranking |
| Jan 2021 | No. 12 |
| May 2021 | No. 13 |
| Jul 2021 | No. 12 |
| Sep 2021 | No. 10 |
| Dec 2021 | No. 7 |
| Jan 2022 | dropped out of the ranking |
| Apr 2022 | No. 7 |
| May 2022 | dropped out of the ranking |
| Jun 2022 | No. 7 |
| Jul 2022 | dropped out of the ranking |
| Aug 2022 | No. 8 |
| Sep 2022 | No. 9 |
| Dec 2022 | No. 8 |
| Jan 2023 | No. 14 |
| Feb 2023 | dropped out of the ranking |
| Jul 2024 | No. 14 |
| Aug 2024 | No. 13 |
| Sep 2024 | No. 12 |
| Oct 2024 | dropped out of the ranking |
| Nov 2024 | No. 12 |
| Feb 2025 | No. 13 |
| May 2025 | No. 11 |
| Jun 2025 | dropped out of the ranking |
| Sep 2026 | No. 10 |
| Sep 2026 | No. 7 |