All-time Unified Boxing Champions List in each Weight Class

2024/01/07

Unified boxing champions are declared as the boxers that have championship belts of two different Boxing Organizations like WBC, WBO, IBF, or WBA at the same time in their respective weight classes. This championship is awarded by the World Boxing Association and different boxers have the privilege to hold this championship status.

This blog will go through the list of current unified champions, players who have defended this championship most times consecutively, and the list of players who have the most number of wins in unified boxing fights in their career.

List of all-time Unified Boxing Champions in each Weight Divison

List of Current Unified Boxing Champions:

Here is the list of all current unified boxing champions in their respective weight divisions along with their number of consecutive title defenses.

Weight class Champion Recognition Consec. defenses Reign began
Mini flyweight vacant x x x
Light flyweight Kenshiro Teraji WBA, WBC 2 November 1, 2022
Flyweight vacant x x x
Super flyweight vacant x x x
Bantamweight vacant x x x
Super bantamweight Marlon Tapales WBA, IBF 0 April 8, 2023
Naoya Inoue WBC, WBO 0 July 25, 2023
Featherweight vacant x x x
Super featherweight vacant x x x
Lightweight vacant x x x
Light welterweight vacant x x x
Welterweight Terence Crawford WBA, WBC, WBO 0 July 29, 2023
Light middleweight Jermell Charlo WBA, WBC, 2 September 26, 2020
Middleweight Janibek Alimkhanuly IBF, WBO 0 October 14, 2023
Super middleweight Canelo Álvarez WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO 6 December 19, 2020
Light heavyweight Artur Beterbiev WBC, IBF, WBO 4 October 18, 2019
Cruiserweight vacant x x x
Heavyweight Oleksandr Usyk WBA, IBF, WBO 2 September 25, 2021

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Most number of wins in unified championship fights

Here is the list of unified boxing champions that have the record of the most number of wins in unified boxing fights in their career along with their respective weight divisions.

Name Title recognition Division Title bout wins
Wladimir Klitschko WBA, IBF, WBO Heavyweight 15
José Nápoles WBA, WBC Welterweight 14
Muhammad Ali WBA, WBC Heavyweight
Marvin Hagler WBA, WBC, IBF Middleweight 13
Carlos Monzón WBA, WBC Middleweight 12
Roy Jones Jr. WBA, WBC, IBF Light heavyweight
Evander Holyfield WBA, WBC, IBF Heavyweight Cruiserweight 11
Bob Foster WBA, WBC Light heavyweight 10
Carlos Ortiz WBA, WBC Lightweight
Bernard Hopkins WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO Light heavyweight Middleweight 9
Mike Tyson WBA, WBC, IBF Heavyweight
;Emile Griffith WBA, WBC Middleweight Welterweight 8
Nino Benvenuti WBA, WBC Middleweight Light middleweight
Vicente Saldivar WBA, WBC Featherweight
Pernell Whitaker WBA, WBC, IBF Lightweight 7
Lennox Lewis WBA, WBC, IBF Heavyweight 6
Juan Manuel Márquez WBA, IBF, WBO Lightweight Featherweight
Gabriel Elorde WBA, WBC Super featherweight
Rubén Olivares WBA, WBC Bantamweight
;Floyd Mayweather Jr. WBA, WBC Light middleweight Welterweight 5
Dick Tiger WBA, WBC Light heavyweight Middleweight
Sergey Kovalev WBA, IBF, WBO Light heavyweight
Gennady Golovkin WBA, WBC, IBF Middleweight
Fighting Harada WBA, WBC Bantamweight
Naoya Inoue WBA, WBC, IBF Bantamweight
Joe Frazier WBA, WBC Heavyweight
Kostya Tszyu WBA, WBC Light welterweight
Sven Ottke WBA, IBF Super middleweight
Terry Norris WBC, IBF Light middleweight
Andre Ward WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO Light heavyweight Super middleweight 4
Julio César Chávez WBA, WBC, IBF Light welterweight Lightweight
Terence Crawford WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO Light welterweight
Vic Darchinyan WBA, WBC, IBF Super flyweight
George Foreman WBA, WBC, IBF Heavyweight
Guillermo Rigondeaux WBA, WBO Super bantamweight
Humberto González WBC, IBF Light flyweight
Naseem Hamed WBO, IBF Featherweight
Anthony Joshua WBA, IBF, WBO Heavyweight

Most consecutive defenses of the Unified title

The following list of boxers describes the unified boxing champions that have the record of most consecutive defenses of their championship in their respective weight classes.

Name Title recognition Division Consec. defenses
Wladimir Klitschko WBA, IBF, WBO Heavyweight 14
Marvin Hagler WBA, WBC, IBF Middleweight 12
Muhammad Ali WBA, WBC Heavyweight 10
Roy Jones Jr. WBA, WBC, IBF Light heavyweight
Carlos Monzón WBA, WBC Middleweight 9
Mike Tyson WBA, WBC, IBF Heavyweight 8
Bernard Hopkins WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO Middleweight 7
Vicente Saldivar WBA, WBC Featherweight
José Nápoles WBA, WBC Welterweight 6
Pernell Whitaker WBA, WBC, IBF Lightweight
Bob Foster WBA, WBC Light heavyweight 5
Gennady Golovkin WBA, WBC, IBF Middleweight
Carlos Ortiz WBA, WBC Lightweight
Gabriel Elorde WBA, WBC Super featherweight
Nino Benvenuti WBA, WBC Middleweight 4
Sergey Kovalev WBA, IBF, WBO Light heavyweight
Fighting Harada WBA, WBC Bantamweight
Joe Frazier WBA, WBC Heavyweight
Kostya Tszyu WBA, WBC Light welterweight
Sven Ottke WBA, IBF Super middleweight
Terry Norris WBC, IBF Light middleweight
Floyd Mayweather Jr. WBA, WBC Welterweight 3
Evander Holyfield WBA, WBC, IBF Heavyweight
Terence Crawford WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO Light welterweight
Humberto González WBC, IBF Light flyweight
Juan Manuel Márquez WBA, IBF Featherweight
Vic Darchinyan WBA, WBC, IBF Super flyweight
Lennox Lewis WBC, IBF Heavyweight
Guillermo Rigondeaux WBA, WBO Super bantamweight
Anthony Joshua WBA, IBF, WBO Heavyweight

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