Boxing's world titleholders
I keep track so you don't have to
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Since the previous update in late December there have been many title changes. Most recently, Badou Jack knocked out Ilunga Makabu on Sunday to win the WBC cruiserweight title. Naoya Inoue vacated all four bantamweight titles and Gennadiy Golovkin relinquished the IBF middleweight title. Among some of the other changes: Subriel Matias won the vacant IBF junior welterweight title, O’Shaquie Foster claimed the vacant WBC junior lightweight title and Mauricio Lara won the WBA featherweight title. Here is your complete guide to every titleholder among the four major sanctioning bodies.
As of February 27, 2023
Heavyweight (Unlimited)
WBC: Tyson Fury
WBO: Oleksandr Usyk*
IBF: Oleksandr Usyk
WBA: Oleksandr Usyk**
*Joe Joyce is the WBO interim heavyweight champion
**Daniel Dubois is the WBA “regular” heavyweight champion
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