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Light Heavyweight Boxing Rankings
(April 2025)

Official Light Heavyweight rankings for April 2025 across the WBA, WBC, IBF and WBO.

Light Heavyweight

April 2025

Showing:

Rank	WBA(Apr 2025)	WBC(Apr 2025)	IBF(Apr 2025)	WBO(Apr 2025)
🏆	Dmitry Bivol Super Champion	David Benavidez Champion	Dmitry Bivol Champion	Dmitry Bivol Champion
🏆	David Benavidez World Champion			Callum Smith Interim Champion

1	Artur Beterbiev	Artur Beterbiev	Michael Eifert	Artur Beterbiev
2	David Morrell	David Morrell	Conor Wallace	Anthony Yarde
3	Albert Ramirez	Albert Ramirez	Artur Beterbiev	David Morrell
4	Anthony Yarde	Oleksandr Gvozdyk	Anthony Yarde	Albert Ramirez
5	Arlen Lopez	Joshua Buatsi	Albert Ramirez	Joshua Buatsi
6	Radivoje Kalajdzic	Conor Wallace	Imam Khataev	Zach Parker
7	Atif Oberlton	Imam Khataev	Malik Zinad	Conor Wallace
8	Daniel Lapin	Willy Hutchinson	Ali Izmailov	Jean Pascal
9	Lyndon Arthur	Anthony Yarde	Vasyli Voytsekhovsky	Diyab Simon Dabschah
10	Imam Khataev	Robin Krasniqi	Juan Carrillo	Willy Hutchinson
11	Deon Nicholson	Richard Rivera	Zach Parker	Mateusz Tryc
12	Malik Zinad	Ben Whittaker	Ben Whittaker	Alban Bermeta
13	Najee Lopez	Zach Parker	Sharabutdin Ataev	Bilel Latreche
14	Ben Whittaker	Ronald Gavril	Louis Edmondson	Ardian Krasniqi
15	Saad Fathi Saad	Paulo Aokuso	Daniel Lapin	Juan Carrillo
16		Jesse Hart
17		Malik Zinad
18		Craig Richards
19		Lewis Edmondson
20		Jerome Pampellone
21		Daniel Blenda Dos Santos
22		Pawel Stepien
23		Manuel Gallegos
24		Juan Carrillo
25		Ahmed Elbiali
26		Najee Lopez
27		Dan Azeez
28		Arlen Lopez
29		Lawrence King
30		Michael Eifert
31		Shakan Pitters
32		Ezra Taylor
33		Yunior Menendez
34		Daniel Lapin
35		Mehmet Unal
36		Benjanmin Gavazi
37		Michael Alan Flannery
38		Sanderson Diaz
39		Harald Pfingstl
40		Kajetan Kalinowski

Light Heavyweight Rankings Data (2025-04)

WBA

WBA Champions
Title	Name	Country
SC	Dmitry Bivol	RUS
WC	David Benavidez	USA

WBA Contenders
Rank	Name	Country
#1	Artur Beterbiev	CAN
#2	David Morrell	CUB
#3	Albert Ramirez	VEN
#4	Anthony Yarde	GBR
#5	Arlen Lopez	CUB
#6	Radivoje Kalajdzic	USA
#7	Atif Oberlton	USA
#8	Daniel Lapin	UKR
#9	Lyndon Arthur	GBR
#10	Imam Khataev	AUS
#11	Deon Nicholson	USA
#12	Malik Zinad	LBA
#13	Najee Lopez	PUR
#14	Ben Whittaker	GBR
#15	Saad Fathi Saad	LBA

WBC

WBC Champions
Title	Name	Country
C	David Benavidez	USA

WBC Contenders
Rank	Name	Country
#1	Artur Beterbiev	CAN
#2	David Morrell	CUB
#3	Albert Ramirez	VEN
#4	Oleksandr Gvozdyk	UKR
#5	Joshua Buatsi	GBR
#6	Conor Wallace	GBR
#7	Imam Khataev	AUS
#8	Willy Hutchinson	GBR
#9	Anthony Yarde	GBR
#10	Robin Krasniqi	DEU
#11	Richard Rivera	USA
#12	Ben Whittaker	GBR
#13	Zach Parker	GBR
#14	Ronald Gavril	ROU
#15	Paulo Aokuso	AUS
#16	Jesse Hart	USA
#17	Malik Zinad	LBY
#18	Craig Richards	GBR
#19	Lewis Edmondson	GBR
#20	Jerome Pampellone	GBR
#21	Daniel Blenda Dos Santos	FRA
#22	Pawel Stepien	POL
#23	Manuel Gallegos	MEX
#24	Juan Carrillo	COL
#25	Ahmed Elbiali	EGY
#26	Najee Lopez	USA
#27	Dan Azeez	GBR
#28	Arlen Lopez	CUB
#29	Lawrence King	USA
#30	Michael Eifert	DEU
#31	Shakan Pitters	GBR
#32	Ezra Taylor	GBR
#33	Yunior Menendez	CUB
#34	Daniel Lapin	UKR
#35	Mehmet Unal	TUR
#36	Benjanmin Gavazi	DEU
#37	Michael Alan Flannery	GBR
#38	Sanderson Diaz	DOM
#39	Harald Pfingstl	AUT
#40	Kajetan Kalinowski	POL

IBF

IBF Champions
Title	Name	Country
CH	Dmitry Bivol	KGZ

IBF Contenders
Rank	Name	Country
#1	Michael Eifert	GER
#2	Conor Wallace	AUS
#3	Artur Beterbiev	RUS
#4	Anthony Yarde	ENG
#5	Albert Ramirez	VEN
#6	Imam Khataev	AUS
#7	Malik Zinad	LBY
#8	Ali Izmailov	RUS
#9	Vasyli Voytsekhovsky	RUS
#10	Juan Carrillo	COL
#11	Zach Parker	ENG
#12	Ben Whittaker	GBR
#13	Sharabutdin Ataev	RUS
#14	Louis Edmondson	GBR
#15	Daniel Lapin	UKR

WBO

WBO Champions
Title	Name	Country
C	Dmitry Bivol	RUS
IC	Callum Smith	GBR

WBO Contenders
Rank	Name	Country
#1	Artur Beterbiev	RUS
#2	Anthony Yarde	GBR
#3	David Morrell	CUB
#4	Albert Ramirez	VEN
#5	Joshua Buatsi	GBR
#6	Zach Parker	GBR
#7	Conor Wallace	AUS
#8	Jean Pascal	HTI
#9	Diyab Simon Dabschah	DEU
#10	Willy Hutchinson	GBR
#11	Mateusz Tryc	POL
#12	Alban Bermeta	ALB
#13	Bilel Latreche	FRA
#14	Ardian Krasniqi	DEU
#15	Juan Carrillo	COL