{"id":720383,"date":"2026-06-07T04:57:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T04:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/720383\/"},"modified":"2026-06-07T04:57:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T04:57:09","slug":"boxings-world-titleholders-by-dan-rafael-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/720383\/","title":{"rendered":"Boxing’s world titleholders – by Dan Rafael"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"0X8A7992.jpg\"<\/a>Light heavyweight and unified cruiserweight titleholder David BenavidezA note to Fight Freaks Unite readers: I created Fight Freaks Unite in January 2021 and eight months later it also became available for paid subscriptions for additional content \u2014 and as a way to help keep this newsletter going and for readers to support independent journalism. If you haven\u2019t upgraded to a paid subscription please consider it. If you have already, I truly appreciate it! Also, consider a gift subscription for the Fight Freak in your life.<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s been awhile since I have done an update and there have been numerous changes \u2014 more that 50 \u2014 in the status of various titles with belts changing hands in the ring, being relinquished or stripped, interim titles being won or those men being elevated. Terence Crawford retired and left the super middleweight belts up for grabs; heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk gave up his undisputed status by vacating the WBO belt; Shakur Stevenson won the lineal\/WBO junior welterweight title to claim a belt in a fourth division; Jesse \u201cBam\u201d Rodriguez unified three junior bantamweight titles; Xander Zayas (junior middleweight) and Emanuel Navarrete (junior lightweight) unified two; up-and-comers Abdullah Mason (WBO lightweight) and Bruce Carrington (WBC featherweight) won titles; Ryan Garcia (WBC) and Devin Haney (WBO) won welterweight titles; Gervonta Davis was made a lightweight \u201cin recess champion\u201d and then given back the WBA title for no apparent reason; Daniel Dubois won the WBO heavyweight title to become a two-time titlist; the WBA continued to vomit out interim belts at an alarming rate; and more.<\/p>\n

Here is your complete guide to every male titleholder among the four major sanctioning bodies.<\/p>\n

As of June 6, 2026<\/p>\n

WBC: Oleksandr Usyk*<\/p>\n

WBO: Daniel Dubois<\/p>\n

IBF: Oleksandr Usyk<\/p>\n

WBA: Oleksandr Usyk**<\/p>\n

*Agit Kabayel is the WBC interim heavyweight champion<\/p>\n

**Murat Gassiev is the WBA \u201cregular\u201d heavyweight champion<\/p>\n

WBC: Ryad Merhy*<\/p>\n

WBA: Muslim Gadzhimagomedov**<\/p>\n

*Krzysztof W\u0142odarczyk is the WBC interim bridgerweight champion<\/p>\n

**Vartan Arutyunyan is the WBA interim bridgerweight champion<\/p>\n

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