This is a list of current women's professional boxing rankings, which includes the latest rankings by each one of the sport's four major sanctioning bodies, as well as other well-regarded sites and entities.
Overview
As professional boxing has four major sanctioning bodies (WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO) each with their own champions, the sport doesn't have a centralized ranking system. The rankings published by these organizations share the trait of not ranking the other organizations' champions, as each one of the sanctioning bodies expects their champion to frequently defend their title against their top-ranked contender. The WBA often has more than one champion, none of which are ranked by the other 3 sanctioning bodies. Their "Super" and "Regular" champions are excluded from the rankings but their "Interim" champion is affixed to the #1 spot. The IBF's protocol is for the top 2 spots in its rankings to remain vacant until two of its other top-ranked contenders face off, at which point the winner takes one of those two places.
In addition to the rankings published by the major sanctioning bodies, The Ring publish their own independent rankings, not excluding any organizations' champions. The aim of The Ring is to crown a single champion for each division. Every single one of these lists are assembled by a committee but since the 90s, other parties have experimented with computerized rankings, but these are sometimes regarded as incapable of accounting for all of boxing's quirks and subtleties.[1][2] The most widely known computerized rankings are published by BoxRec and updated daily.[3] The following is a list compiling the latest instalment of all the previously mentioned rankings.
Current boxing rankings
- As of 30 September 2021
C | Champion |
S | Super champion |
R | Regular champion |
I | Interim champion |
Heavyweight
Rank | BoxRec | The Ring | WBA | WBC | IBF | WBO | IBO | |
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C | — | — | — | Hanna Gabriels | — | — | vacant | |
1 | Lani Daniels | — | — | Danielle Perkins | Lani Daniels | Lani Daniels | Sequita Hemingway | |
2 | Alrie Meleisea | — | — | Laura Ramsey | Alrie Meleisea | Alrie Meleisea | Alrie Meleisea | |
3 | Razel Mohammed | — | — | Sonja Fox | Oxandia Castillo | Oxandia Castillo | Mapule Ngubane | |
4 | Sequita Hemingway | — | — | Geovana Peres | Razel Mohammed | — | Lillian Molala | |
5 | Rolen Mulebo | — | — | Lorissa Rivas | — | — | Danielle Perkins | |
6 | Lillian Molala | — | — | Irais Hernandez | — | — | Seini Draughn | |
7 | Bolatito Oluwole | — | — | Gwendolyn O'Neil | — | — | Monika Harrison | |
8 | Lorena Carrillo | — | — | Alrie Meleisea | — | — | Princess Hairston | |
9 | Thi Phuong Hoai Nguyen | — | — | Claire Hafner | — | — | Chia Fei Asbury | |
10 | Chia Fei Asbury | — | — | Sarah Long | — | — | Porsha Hines |
Light heavyweight
Rank | BoxRec | The Ring | WBA | WBC | IBF | WBO | IBO | |
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C | — | — | Hanna Gabriels | — | — | vacant | vacant | |
1 | Alejandra Jiménez | — | Angelica Lopez | — | — | — | Ashleigh Curry | |
2 | Claire Hafner | — | Danielle Perkins | — | — | — | Angelica Lopez | |
3 | Ashleigh Curry | — | Nadia Meknouzi | — | — | — | Martha Gaytán | |
4 | Angelica Lopez | — | Elena Kuzina | — | — | — | Elena Kuzina | |
5 | Martha Gaytán | — | Laura Ramsey | — | — | — | Lucy Macho | |
6 | Maricela Garcia Mendoza | — | Samantha Pill | — | — | — | Svetlana Khautova | |
7 | Elena Kuzina | — | vacant | — | — | — | Bertha Murillo | |
8 | Lucy Macho | — | vacant | — | — | — | vacant | |
9 | Svetlana Khautova | — | vacant | — | — | — | vacant | |
10 | Bertha Murillo | — | vacant | — | — | — | vacant |
Super middleweight
Rank | BoxRec | The Ring (as of 13 April 2022) | WBA | WBC | IBF | WBO | IBO | |
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C | — | vacant | Franchón Crews-Dezurn | Franchón Crews-Dezurn | Franchón Crews-Dezurn | Franchón Crews-Dezurn | vacant | |
1 | Christina Hammer | Elin Cederroos | Christina Hammer | Shadasia Green | Alicia Napoleon | — | Christina Hammer | |
2 | Elin Cederroos | Franchón Crews-Dezurn | Shadasia Green | Christina Hammer | Ema Kozin | — | Shadasia Green | |
3 | Alicia Napoleon | Ema Kozin | Alicia Napoleon | Elin Cederroos | Femke Hermans | — | Aidyl Cardenas | |
4 | Leatitia Robinson | Christina Hammer | Aidyl Cardenas | Alicia Napoleon | Maricela Cornejo | — | Sanna Turunen | |
5 | Franchón Crews-Dezurn | Shadasia Green | Leatitia Robinson | Angelica Lopez | vacant | — | Luiza Davydova | |
6 | Shadasia Green | — | Janina Neumann | Noni Tenge | vacant | — | Chatiqua Hemingway | |
7 | Sanna Turunen | — | Schemelle Baldwin | Martha Lara | vacant | — | Janina Neumann | |
8 | Madina Smyslova | — | Diana Tapia | Femke Hermans | vacant | — | Elene Sikmashvili | |
9 | Chatiqua Hemingway | — | vacant | Elene Sikmashvili | vacant | — | Silvia Zuniga | |
10 | Diana Tapia | — | vacant | Sanna Turunen | vacant | — | Maria Mungi |
Middleweight
Rank | BoxRec | The Ring (as of 13 April 2022) | WBA | WBC | IBF | WBO | IBO | |
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C | — | Claressa Shields | Claressa Shields | Claressa Shields | Claressa Shields | Claressa Shields | vacant | |
1 | Savannah Marshall | Savannah Marshall | Femke Hermans | Savannah Marshall | Tori Nelson | — | Ema Kozin | |
2 | Ema Kozin | Christina Hammer | Yenebier Guillén | Alma Ibarra | Christina Hammer | — | Maricela Cornejo | |
3 | Hannah Rankin | Ema Kozin | Ivana Habazin | Tori Nelson | Ivana Habazin | — | Femke Hermans | |
4 | Maria Lindberg | Femke Hermans | Raquel Miller | Edith Ogoke | vacant | — | Rita Mrwebi | |
5 | Maricela Cornejo | Raquel Miller | Jordanne Garcia | Chris Namús | vacant | — | Yenebier Guillén | |
6 | Femke Hermans | — | Edith Ogoke | Gifty Amanua Ankrah | vacant | — | Sonya Dreiling | |
7 | Florence Muthoni | — | vacant | vacant | vacant | — | Olivia Curry | |
8 | Tayla Harris | — | vacant | vacant | vacant | — | Miranda Barber | |
9 | Logan Holler | — | vacant | vacant | vacant | — | Kaitlin Lavigne | |
10 | Sonya Dreiling | — | vacant | vacant | vacant | — | Visila Lagilagi |
Light middleweight
Rank | BoxRec | The Ring | WBA | WBC | IBF | WBO | IBO | |
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C | — | Claressa Shields | Hannah Rankin | Patricia Berghult | Marie-Eve Dicaire | Natasha Jonas | Hannah Rankin | |
1 | Claressa Shields | Marie-Eve Dicaire | Cinthia Lozano | Ewa Piątkowska | Maria Lindberg | — | Marie-Eve Dicaire | |
2 | Marie-Eve Dicaire | Chris Namús | Marie-Eve Dicaire | Raquel Miller | Logan Holler | — | Chris Namús | |
3 | Abril Vidal | Hannah Rankin | Hannah Rankin | Logan Holler | Marie-Eve Dicaire | — | Hannah Rankin | |
4 | Raquel Miller | Cinthia Lozano | Maria Lindberg | Marie-Eve Dicaire | Tayla Harris | — | Maria Lindberg | |
5 | Chris Namús | Aidyl Cardenas | Marianne Ahlborg | Oxandia Castillo | Abril Vidal | — | Rushda Mallick | |
6 | Mikaela Laurén | — | Logan Holler | Mikaela Laurén | Alma Ibarra | — | Claribel Mena | |
7 | Patricia Berghult | — | Chevelle Hallback | Maricela Cornejo | Mikaela Laurén | — | Cinthia Lozano | |
8 | Alma Ibarra | — | vacant | Kylie Hutt | Noni Tenge | — | Logan Holler | |
9 | Yenebier Guillén | — | vacant | vacant | vacant | — | Dilara Yücel | |
10 | Éva Bajić | — | vacant | vacant | vacant | — | Marianne Ahlborg |
Welterweight
Rank | BoxRec | The Ring | WBA | WBC | IBF | WBO | IBO | |
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C | — | Jessica McCaskill | Jessica McCaskill | Jessica McCaskill | Jessica McCaskill | Jessica McCaskill | Jessica McCaskill | |
1 | Jessica McCaskill | Cecilia Brækhus | Ornella Domini | Layla McCarter | Cecilia Brækhus | — | Cecilia Brækhus | |
2 | Sandy Ryan | Layla McCarter | Alma Ibarra | Ivana Habazin | Ornella Domini | — | Ewa Piątkowska | |
3 | Mary McGee | Ornella Domini | Layla McCarter | Hannah Rankin | Kali Reis | — | Layla McCarter | |
4 | Ivana Habazin | Victoria Bustos | Cecilia Brækhus | Cecilia Brækhus | Chevelle Hallback | — | Alma Ibarra | |
5 | Stephanie Aquino | Lolita Muzeya | Ogleidis Suárez | Verena Kaiser | Verena Kaiser | — | Lolita Muzeya | |
6 | Marie Houle | — | Chevelle Hallback | Lolita Muzeya | Ogleidis Suárez | — | Chevelle Hallback | |
7 | Diana Prazak | — | Jessica Schadko | Aleksandra Magdziak | Kylie Hutt | — | Olivia Belkacem | |
8 | Kandi Wyatt | — | Oshin Derieuw | Ornella Domini | vacant | — | Gentiane Lupi | |
9 | Lauren Price | — | Lolita Muzeya | Inna Sagaydakovskaya | vacant | — | Summer Lynn | |
10 | Lucia Perez | — | Verena Kaiser | Katelynn Phelan | vacant | — | Karen Te Ruki Pasene |
Light welterweight
Lightweight
Super featherweight
Featherweight
Rank | BoxRec | The Ring | WBA | WBC | IBF | WBO | IBO | |
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C | — | vacant | Amanda Serrano | vacant | Amanda Serrano | Amanda Serrano (S) | Amanda Serrano | |
1 | Amanda Serrano | Amanda Serrano | Licia Boudersa | Nina Meinke | Nina Meinke | — | Daniela Romina Bermúdez | |
2 | Sarah Mahfoud | Sarah Mahfoud | Jelena Mrdjenovich | Erika Cruz | Tiara Brown | — | Jelena Mrdjenovich | |
3 | Erika Cruz | Erika Cruz | Nina Meinke | Melissa Esquivel | Shelly Vincent | — | Nina Meinke | |
4 | Melissa Esquivel | Jelena Mrdjenovich | Dyana Vargas | Shelly Vincent | Heather Hardy | — | Lucy Wildheart | |
5 | Brenda Carabajal | Nina Meinke | Melissa Esquivel | Sarah Mahfoud | Brenda Carabajal | — | Licia Boudersa | |
6 | Nina Meinke | — | Elina Tissen | Yareli Larios | Edith Soledad Matthysse | — | Edith Soledad Matthysse | |
7 | Jelena Mrdjenovich | — | Lucy Wildheart | Heather Hardy | Elena Gradinar | — | Wakako Fujiwara | |
8 | Licia Boudersa | — | Jennifer Miranda | Jelena Mrdjenovich | Alejandra Soledad Zamora | — | Danila Ramos | |
9 | Elena Gradinar | — | Elena Gradinar | Mayra Alejandra Gómez | Vissia Trovato | — | Laura Griffa | |
10 | Lizbeth Crespo | — | Sophie Alisch | Alycia Baumgardner | vacant | — | Elina Tissen |
Super bantamweight
Bantamweight
Super flyweight
Rank | BoxRec | The Ring | WBA | WBC | IBF | WBO | IBO | |
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C | — | vacant | Maribel Ramírez | Lourdes Juárez Sonia Osorio (I) |
Micaela Luján | Miyo Yoshida | vacant | |
1 | Lourdes Juárez | Lourdes Juárez | Victoria Torres | Diana Fernandez | Débora Dionicius | — | Diana Fernandez | |
2 | Jessica Chávez | Guadalupe Martínez Guzmán | Olga Julio | Guadalupe Martínez Guzmán | Susie Ramadan | — | Guadalupe Martínez Guzmán | |
3 | Guadalupe Martínez Guzmán | Jessica Chávez | Yaditza Pérez | Jasseth Noriega | Daniela Asenjo | — | Yuh Hee-jung | |
4 | Diana Fernandez | Diana Fernandez | Jasmine Artiga | Yuh Hee-jung | Terumi Nuki | — | Daniris Garcia | |
5 | Arely Muciño | Adelaida Ruiz | Czarina McCoy | Tyrieshia Douglas | Diana Fernandez | — | Victoria Torres | |
6 | Adelaida Ruiz | — | Yuh Hee-jung | Christina Ruiz | Eva Naranjo | — | Chisakan Ariphipat | |
7 | Victoria Torres | — | Nataly Delgado | Micaela Luján | Zulina Muñoz | — | Jasmine Artiga | |
8 | Miyo Yoshida | — | Carla Campos | Estrella Valverde | Karina Fernández | — | Arely Muciño | |
9 | Micaela Luján | — | Gabriela Fundora | Susie Ramadan | vacant | — | Miyo Yoshida | |
10 | Jaqueline Munoz | — | Sofia Abraamyan | Maribel Ramírez | vacant | — | Carla Campos |
Flyweight
Rank | BoxRec | The Ring | WBA | WBC | IBF | WBO | IBO | |
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C | — | Marlen Esparza | Marlen Esparza | Marlen Esparza | Leonela Paola Yúdica | Gabriela Alaniz | Gloria Gallardo | |
1 | Marlen Esparza | Marlen Esparza | Eva Guzman | Ibeth Zamora Silva | María Salinas | — | Gabriela Alaniz | |
2 | Ibeth Zamora Silva | Arely Muciño | Gabriela Alaniz | Jacky Calvo | Gabriela Alaniz | — | María Salinas | |
3 | Sandra Robles | Naoko Fujioka | Isabel Millan | Naoko Fujioka | Gloria Gallardo | — | Asley González | |
4 | Débora Anahí López | Ibeth Zamora Silva | Niorkis Carreno | Débora Anahí López | Isabel Millan | — | Marilyn Badillo | |
5 | Gabriela Alaniz | Jessica Nery Plata | Jennifer Meza | Ava Knight | Irma Sánchez | — | Cecilia Rodríguez | |
6 | María Salinas | — | Valentina Milazzo | María Salinas | Leiryn Flores | — | Olga Julio | |
7 | Gabriela Sánchez | — | Yoselin Fernández | Leonela Paola Yúdica | Marlen Esparza | — | Niorkis Carreno | |
8 | Asley González | — | Sulem Urbina | Jessica Chávez | Laetitia Arzalier | — | Isabel Millan | |
9 | Eva Guzman | — | María Salinas | Ewelina Pękalska | vacant | — | Mariela Ribera Valverde | |
10 | Sulem Urbina | — | Natalie Gonzalez | Isabel Millan | vacant | — | Alicia Holzken |
Light flyweight
Mini flyweight
Rank | BoxRec | The Ring | WBA | WBC | IBF | WBO | IBO | |
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C | — | vacant | Seniesa Estrada | Tina Rupprecht | Yokasta Valle | Kasumi Saeki | vacant | |
1 | Seniesa Estrada | Seniesa Estrada | Bestalia Sánchez | Seniesa Estrada | Sarah Bormann | — | Joana Pastrana | |
2 | Etsuko Tada | Tina Rupprecht | Mizuki Chimoto | Sarah Bormann | Nguyễn Thị Thu Nhi | — | Katia Gutiérrez | |
3 | Anabel Ortiz | Yokasta Valle | Jazmin Gala Villarino | Rocio Gasper | Mizuki Chimoto | — | Maria Micheo Santizo | |
4 | Yokasta Valle | Anabel Ortiz | Saemi Hanagata | Nguyễn Thị Thu Nhi | Jazmin Gala Villarino | — | Jianping Ouyang | |
5 | Joana Pastrana | Etsuko Tada | Etsuko Tada | Etsuko Tada | Ninlada Meekun | — | Anabel Ortiz | |
6 | Sarah Bormann | — | Jessica Basulto | Yuko Kuroki | Jessica Basulto | — | Umi Ishikawa | |
7 | Ayaka Miyao | — | Maria Micheo Santizo | Cai Zhong Ju | Katia Gutiérrez | — | Blanca Torres Cano | |
8 | Mizuki Chimoto | — | Katia Gutiérrez | Yuko Kuroki | Etsuko Tada | — | Judith Vivanco | |
9 | Yuko Kuroki | — | Maria Milano | Maria Micheo Santizo | Elizabeth Lopez | — | Maria Soledad Vargas | |
10 | Maria Soledad Vargas | — | Naomi Arellano Reyes | Ana Arrazola | Anabel Ortiz | — | Eva Guzman |
Atomweight
Rank | BoxRec | The Ring | WBA | WBC | IBF | WBO | IBO | |
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C | — | vacant | Monserrat Alarcón | Fabiana Bytyqi Louisa Hawton (I) |
Saemi Hanagata | Mika Iwakawa | — | |
1 | Monserrat Alarcón | Monserrat Alarcón | Eri Matsuda | Maria Soledad Vargas | Eva Guzman | — | — | |
2 | Ayaka Miyao | Fabiana Bytyqi | Yenifer León | Mika Iwakawa | Ayaka Miyao | — | — | |
3 | Eri Matsuda | Mika Iwakawa | Kaori Nagai | Saemi Hanagata | Kaori Nagai | — | — | |
4 | Nanae Suzuki | Eri Matsuda | Ayaka Miyao | Eri Matsuda | Maria Soledad Vargas | — | — | |
5 | Mika Iwakawa | Yenifer León | Gabriela Sánchez | Monserrat Alarcón | Nao Ikeyama | — | — | |
6 | Fabiana Bytyqi | — | Silvia Torres | Lorraine Villalobos | Eri Matsuda | — | — | |
7 | Yenifer León | — | vacant | Ayaka Miyao | vacant | — | — | |
8 | Abril Sánchez Torres | — | vacant | Umi Ishikawa | vacant | — | — | |
9 | Sumire Yamanaka | — | vacant | Teodora Bacheva | vacant | — | — | |
10 | Yurie Kishi | — | vacant | Nao Ikeyama | vacant | — | — |
See also
References
- ↑ "Boxrec.com's computerized rankings » Boxing News". Boxingnews24.com. 1 February 2015. Retrieved 2017-08-10.
- ↑ "FEEDBACK - Transnational Boxing Rankings Board". Tbrb.org. Retrieved 2017-08-10.
- ↑ "Invaluable site BoxRec's new ratings: the pound-for-pound best of all-time! - Boxing News". Boxingnews24.com. 14 June 2016. Retrieved 2017-08-10.