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Tier list · Men
Light heavyweight
102 ranked boxers, sorted into tiers from the five official rankings. Under each portrait, what its tier rests on.
Tiers
- S
World champions1 boxerHolds a WBC, WBA, WBO or IBF world title — unified champions first.
- A
Elite9 boxersInterim champion, No. 1 or No. 2 with a major body, or top 5 with two majors.
VENAlbert RamirezWBA interim · No. 4 IBO
USADavid BenavidezNo. 1 WBC · former world champion
GBRBen WhittakerNo. 1 IBF · No. 3 WBC · No. 3 WBO- RUSSharabutdin AtaevNo. 1 WBA · No. 4 IBF · No. 20 IBO
- USARadivoje KalajdzicNo. 1 WBO · No. 4 WBA · No. 5 WBC
- PRINajee LopezNo. 1 IBO · No. 3 WBA · No. 5 IBF
RUSArtur BeterbievNo. 2 WBC · No. 11 WBO · former world champion- CUBArlen LopezNo. 2 WBA · No. 13 WBC · No. 52 IBO
- AUSConor WallaceNo. 2 WBO · No. 10 IBF · No. 11 WBC
- B
Contenders17 boxersTop 10 with a major body, or IBO champion.
GHAJoshua BuatsiNo. 2 IBO · No. 4 WBC- AUSImam KhataevNo. 3 IBF · No. 3 IBO · No. 6 WBC
- DEUArdian KrasniqiNo. 5 WBO · No. 36 IBO
- DEUAdam DeinesNo. 7 WBO · No. 55 IBO
RUSAli IzmailovNo. 5 IBO · No. 8 IBF- USASamuel ArnoldNo. 8 WBA · No. 29 IBO
GBRWilly HutchinsonNo. 7 WBC · No. 9 WBA- DEUArtur ReisNo. 9 WBO · No. 54 IBO
GBRAnthony YardeNo. 9 WBC
GBRBradley ReaNo. 10 WBA · No. 49 IBO
GBRZach ParkerNo. 10 WBC · No. 10 WBO- USAAtif OberltonNo. 5 WBA · No. 6 IBF · No. 6 IBO
- GBRZak ChelliNo. 4 WBO · No. 15 WBC · No. 15 IBF
- NLDGradus KrausNo. 9 IBF · No. 14 WBA · No. 22 IBO
- GBRLerrone RichardsNo. 6 WBA · No. 25 WBC
AUSPaulo AokusoNo. 7 IBF · No. 14 WBO · No. 18 IBO- FRABenjamin Mendes TaniNo. 7 WBA · No. 11 IBF · No. 13 WBO
- C
Ranked24 boxersRanked by at least one major body.
- CANMehmet UnalNo. 10 IBO · No. 12 WBC · No. 12 WBA
AUTUmar DzambekovNo. 8 IBO · No. 13 WBA · No. 14 WBC- AUSKirra RustonNo. 14 IBF
- GBRLewis EdmondsonNo. 11 WBA · No. 19 WBC · No. 40 IBO
- ITALuca D'OrtenziNo. 12 IBF · No. 22 WBC · No. 74 IBO
- GBRCraig RichardsNo. 11 IBO · No. 17 WBC
- USADavid MorrellNo. 18 WBC · No. 19 IBO · former world champion
UKROleksandr GvozdykNo. 20 WBC · No. 21 IBO · former world champion- ROURonald GavrilNo. 21 WBC · No. 25 IBO
- MEXYair GallardoNo. 12 WBO · No. 32 WBC · No. 39 IBO
- NZLAustin AokusoNo. 23 WBC · No. 35 IBO
UKROleksandr KhyzhniakNo. 15 WBA · No. 32 IBO · No. 33 WBC
CHEYoann KongoloNo. 24 WBC · No. 87 IBO
USAJesse HartNo. 16 IBO · No. 26 WBC- ARGPablo CorzoNo. 13 IBF · No. 17 IBO · No. 40 WBC
- POLKajetan KalinowskiNo. 27 WBC · No. 33 IBO
- DEUBadien HassoNo. 29 WBC
- COLJuan CarrilloNo. 30 WBC · No. 38 IBO
- KAZAli AkhmedovNo. 15 IBO · No. 31 WBC
- POLPawel StepienNo. 34 WBC · No. 78 IBO
- IRLJoseph WardNo. 27 IBO · No. 36 WBC
USALawrence KingNo. 23 IBO · No. 37 WBC- USADante BenjaminNo. 28 IBO · No. 38 WBC
- SWEConstantino NangaNo. 24 IBO · No. 39 WBC
- D
IBO ranked51 boxersRanked by the IBO only.
See the 51 boxers in tier D
- ALBAlban BermetaNo. 13 IBO
- Khalil CoeNo. 14 IBO
- TURAvni YildirimNo. 26 IBO
- Aslanbek IdigovNo. 30 IBO
GBREzra TaylorNo. 31 IBO- Deon NicholsonNo. 34 IBO
- Yehor VelikovskyiNo. 37 IBO
- Abraham Gabriel BuonarrigoNo. 43 IBO
EGYAhmed ElbialiNo. 56 IBO- Altin SogajNo. 76 IBO
- ALBAmarildo BakajNo. 45 IBO
- Antonio TejedaNo. 90 IBO
- Antwan JonesNo. 47 IBO
- Artjom KasparianNo. 72 IBO
ZAFAsemahle WellemNo. 63 IBO- GEOAvtandil KhurtsidzeNo. 70 IBO
- Buneet Singh BialaNo. 86 IBO
- GBRDan AzeezNo. 50 IBO
- Daniel Blenda Dos SantosNo. 81 IBO
- UKRDaniel LapinNo. 68 IBO
DEUFelix SturmNo. 62 IBO · former world champion- CANFrancis LafreniereNo. 57 IBO
- Frenk ShagembeNo. 46 IBO
- Hamza SalahudinNo. 64 IBO
- Islam SalimovNo. 80 IBO
- RUSIsmail IlievNo. 71 IBO
CANJean PascalNo. 58 IBO · former world champion- Kwabena Anfo KwakyeNo. 88 IBO
GBRKyle DaviesNo. 53 IBO
DEULyndon ArthurNo. 41 IBO- Maidel SandoNo. 73 IBO
- GBRMark JeffersNo. 44 IBO
DEUMichael EifertNo. 65 IBO
Mobin KhahrazehNo. 60 IBO- Mohanad MardenliNo. 48 IBO
- Mohaned ElmaghrabyNo. 69 IBO
- Muibi LekanNo. 85 IBO
- USANasheed H. SmithNo. 89 IBO
- Nathan LugoNo. 66 IBO
- POLRobert ParzeczewskiNo. 77 IBO
- Roxhersi MusliaNo. 67 IBO
- Sebastian WiktorzakNo. 84 IBO
- Senir BajrovicNo. 82 IBO
- Sergio Leon RodriguezNo. 59 IBO
- Shahir AfridiNo. 75 IBO
- GBRShakan PittersNo. 83 IBO
- Steve GeffrardNo. 79 IBO
- Steven NdukaNo. 91 IBO
- USASuray MahmutovicNo. 92 IBO
Uwel HernandezNo. 42 IBO- Varazdat MkrtchyanNo. 61 IBO
How tiers are assigned
- S
- World championsHolds a WBC, WBA, WBO or IBF world title — unified champions first.
- A
- EliteInterim champion, No. 1 or No. 2 with a major body, or top 5 with two majors.
- B
- ContendersTop 10 with a major body, or IBO champion.
- C
- RankedRanked by at least one major body.
- D
- IBO rankedRanked by the IBO only.
Within a tier, the order follows the number of belts, then the average rank with the major bodies. Updated on 27 Oct 2026, with the rankings.