{"id":391239,"date":"2026-01-06T07:15:04","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T07:15:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/391239\/"},"modified":"2026-01-06T07:15:04","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T07:15:04","slug":"elizabeth-oshoba-enters-2026-as-no-4-in-world-rankings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/391239\/","title":{"rendered":"Elizabeth Oshoba enters 2026 as No. 4 in world rankings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Nigerian boxing sensation Elizabeth Oshoba has entered 2026 as the world\u2019s fourth-ranked super lightweight boxer, climbing one spot in BoxRec\u2019s latest rankings, PUNCH Sports Extra reports.\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The 26-year-old WBC silver featherweight champion now sits behind USA\u2019s Alycia Baumgardner, Belgium\u2019s Delfine Persoon, and Australia\u2019s Mea Motu in the updated rankings released this week.\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cI\u2019m grateful to God for this achievement, and I\u2019m not stopping here,\u201d Oshoba told PUNCH Sports Extra reports.\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cMy eyes are set on the top three and ultimately the number one spot. With hard work and dedication, I know it\u2019s possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The unbeaten boxer, who maintains a perfect professional record of nine wins with five knockouts, expressed confidence in her ability to continue climbing the rankings. <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cEvery fight is a step closer to my goal. I\u2019m ready to face anyone in the top three and prove that I belong at the very top of this division,\u201d she added.\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Oshoba\u2019s rise in the rankings follows a stellar 2025 campaign that saw her maintain her unbeaten record after she made history in January 2024 by becoming the first female Nigerian boxer to win a world title when she knocked out Italy\u2019s Michela Braga in the 10th round at Copenhagen\u2019s Royal Arena to claim the WBC silver featherweight crown.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The 2022 Commonwealth Games silver medallist now ranks ahead of Spain\u2019s Jennifer Miranda in the current standings. USA\u2019s Baumgardner leads the pack with a 17-1 record, followed by 40-year-old Belgian veteran Persoon (50-3) and Australia\u2019s Motu (23-1).\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Oshoba also holds the IBO female super-featherweight title, which she won via unanimous decision against Italian Martina Righi in November 2023.\n                                            <\/p>\n<p> All rights reserved. This material, and other digital content on this website, may not be reproduced, published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed in whole or in part without prior express written permission from PUNCH.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contact\">Contact: <a href=\"http:\/\/punchng.com\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection#7b0f131e1e1f120f14093b0b0e151813151c55181416\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> [email\u00a0protected] <\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nigerian boxing sensation Elizabeth Oshoba has entered 2026 as the world\u2019s fourth-ranked super lightweight boxer, climbing one spot&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":391240,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,49,48,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-391239","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-boxing","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391239","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=391239"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391239\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/391240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=391239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=391239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=391239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}