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Tier list · Women
Welterweight
41 ranked boxers, sorted into tiers from the five official rankings. Under each portrait, what its tier rests on.
Tiers
- S
World champions2 boxersHolds a WBC, WBA, WBO or IBF world title — unified champions first.
- A
Elite7 boxersInterim champion, No. 1 or No. 2 with a major body, or top 5 with two majors.
- FRAEmilie SonvicoNo. 1 WBC · No. 1 WBO · No. 1 IBF
- USAJordan Barker PorterNo. 2 WBO
- GBRNatasha JonasNo. 2 WBC · former world champion
- GBRDee AllenNo. 3 WBC · No. 3 WBO · No. 3 IBF
- TURDilara YucelNo. 2 IBF · No. 4 IBO · No. 6 WBO
- GBROmarah TaylorNo. 4 WBO · No. 4 IBF · No. 7 IBO
- CANMarie-Pier HouleNo. 4 WBC · No. 4 WBA · No. 7 IBF
- B
Contenders17 boxersTop 10 with a major body, or IBO champion.
- ARGLorena Soledad BalbuenaNo. 3 WBA · No. 12 IBO
- TZARehema MafundoNo. 5 WBC · No. 15 IBO
- AUSJessica MessinaNo. 5 WBO
- GBRJade GriersonNo. 5 IBF · No. 7 WBO · No. 17 IBO
- GBRGemma Paige RichardsonNo. 6 WBA
- USAStevie Jane ColemanNo. 5 WBA · No. 8 WBO
- USASarah FrenchNo. 6 WBC · No. 9 WBO · No. 10 IBO
IRLChristina DesmondNo. 8 IBF · No. 18 IBO
CZEMichaela KotaskovaNo. 8 WBA
MEXBrianda Tamara CruzNo. 5 IBO · No. 7 WBA · No. 8 WBC- FRAFanny GalleNo. 6 IBF · No. 11 WBO · No. 11 IBO
- BRANadja Jesus SantosNo. 8 IBO · No. 9 WBC
- COGBrigitte MbabiNo. 9 IBF
- GBRKirstie BavingtonNo. 9 WBA
- GBROriance LunguNo. 7 WBC · No. 9 IBO · No. 12 WBO
- GBRApril HunterNo. 10 WBC
- CUBYakelin EstornellNo. 10 WBA
- C
Ranked1 boxerRanked by at least one major body.
- D
IBO ranked14 boxersRanked by the IBO only.
See the 14 boxers in tier D
- PRIStephanie Pineiro AquinoNo. 1 IBO
- USALayla McCarterNo. 2 IBO · former world champion
- ZAFNobengazi BoothNo. 6 IBO
- Fatima Airam Villacana GallardoNo. 14 IBO
- Aleksandra SitnikovaNo. 16 IBO
- Julia IgelNo. 20 IBO
- Maria del Sol Moreno TiradoNo. 21 IBO
- Estheliz HernandezNo. 22 IBO
- USABrooke MullenNo. 23 IBO
- USAMelisenda PerezNo. 24 IBO
- GBRLilyella Craw SeamanNo. 25 IBO
- COLBexcy MateusNo. 26 IBO
- Chiamaka NwaturuochaNo. 27 IBO
- USAJocelyn Shalaya ShadeNo. 28 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.