Cruiserweight
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United Kingdom · Cruiserweight
Chris Billam-Smith
“The Gentleman”
- 36 years old
- 6′3″
- WBC No. 1
- WBA No. 2
- WBO No. 6
- IBF No. 5
- IBO No. 3
- Fights on 7 November 2026
- Wins
- 22
- Losses
- 2
- Draws
- 0
- KOs
- 14
64% of wins inside the distance
Form
Fights
Next fight
Before that
- WinBrandon Glanton26 Apr 2025UD · 12
- LossGilberto Ramirez16 Nov 2024 · WBA and WBO world titles · CruiserweightUD · 12
- WinRichard Riakporhe15 Jun 2024 · WBO world title · CruiserweightUD · 12
- WinMateusz Masternak10 Dec 2023 · WBO world title · CruiserweightRTD · 8 (12)
Show the next 5 fights
- WinLawrence Okolie27 May 2023 · WBO world title · CruiserweightMD · 12
- WinArmend Xhoxhaj17 Dec 2022KO · 5 (12)
- WinIsaac Chamberlain30 Jul 2022 · Commonwealth Boxing Council Cruiserweight · EBU European CruiserweightUD · 12
- WinTommy McCarthy16 Apr 2022 · Commonwealth Boxing Council Cruiserweight · EBU European CruiserweightKO · 8 (12)
- WinDylan Bregeon13 Nov 2021 · EBU European CruiserweightUD · 12
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Rankings
Best: No. 1
- WBC
1
ranked 1st–2nd since Sep 2026
- WBA
2
ranked 2nd–3rd since Aug 2026
- WBO
6
ranked 4th–6th since Aug 2026
- IBF
5
ranked 3rd–5th since Apr 2025
- IBO
3
tracked since Sep 2026
World titles
1 championship reign · 1 sanctioning body · 1 weight class
Cruiserweight
- WBO2023 – 2024
From 2023 to 2024.
Every date, reign by reign
Past reigns
- WBOCruiserweight27 May 2023 – 16 Nov 2024 · 1 year 6 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 | 1 | · | · | · | · |
| WBA | 2 | 1 | · | · | · |
| WBO | 6 | 2 | · | · | · |
| IBF | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| IBO | 3 | · | · | · | · |
Trajectory, body by body
WBC
No. 1 since Oct 2026tracked since Sep 2026
WBA
No. 2 since Sep 2026tracked since Aug 2026
WBO
No. 6 since Sep 2026 · best No. 4 (Aug 2026)tracked since Aug 2026
IBF
No. 5 since Sep 2026 · best No. 3 (Nov 2021)tracked since Apr 2021
IBO
No. 3tracked since Sep 2026
See the changes in detail
| Sep 2026 | No. 2 |
| Oct 2026 | No. 1 |
| Aug 2026 | No. 3 |
| Sep 2026 | No. 2 |
| Aug 2026 | No. 4 |
| Sep 2026 | No. 6 |
| Apr 2021 | No. 13 |
| Jun 2021 | No. 9 |
| Jul 2021 | No. 4 |
| Nov 2021 | No. 3 |
| Mar 2023 | dropped out of the ranking |
| Apr 2025 | No. 4 |
| Jun 2025 | No. 3 |
| Jul 2026 | No. 4 |
| Sep 2026 | No. 5 |
| Sep 2026 | No. 3 |