Boxing's world titleholders
I keep track so you don't have to
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Since the previous update in late February there have been nearly a dozen titles change hands, become vacant, have vacancies filled or interim titles created. For example, Zhang Zhilei won the WBO interim heavyweight title; Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez won the vacant WBO flyweight title; Marlon Tapales won the unified IBF/WBA junior featherweight belts; brothers Yudai Ginjiro (WBC) and Ginjiro Shigeoka (IBF) claimed vacant interim strawweight belts; Robeisy Ramirez won the vacant WBO featherweight title; and Gennadiy Golovkin vacated the WBA middleweight title. Here is your complete guide to every titleholder among the four major sanctioning bodies.
As of April 16, 2023
Heavyweight (Unlimited)
WBC: Tyson Fury
WBO: Oleksandr Usyk*
IBF: Oleksandr Usyk
WBA: Oleksandr Usyk**
*Zhang Zhilei is the WBO interim heavyweight champion
**Daniel Dubois is the WBA “regular” heavyweight champion
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