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Light Heavyweight Boxing Rankings

Latest official Light Heavyweight rankings from the WBA, WBC, IBF and WBO, with champions and a full contender list in one table.

Use the weight-class arrows to move up or down divisions, the month controls to jump between updates, and click any fighter's name to see their ranking history across the four organisations.

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Rank	WBAJanuary 2026	WBCFebruary 2026	IBFJanuary 2026	WBOJanuary 2026
🏆	Dmitry Bivol Super Champion	David Benavidez Champion	Dmitry Bivol Champion	Dmitry Bivol Champion
🏆	David Benavidez World Champion			Callum Smith Interim Champion
🏆	Albert Ramirez Interim Champion

1	Artur Beterbiev	Artur Beterbiev	Michael Eifert	David Morrell▲+1
2	Arlen Lopez	Joshua Buatsi	Conor Wallace	Artur Beterbiev▼-1
3	Sharabutdin Ataev	Ben Whittaker	David Morrell	Joshua Buatsi
4	Daniel Lapin	David Morrell	Malik Zinad	Oleksandr Gvozdyk
5	Atif Oberlton	Imam Khataev▲+1	Artur Beterbiev	Conor Wallace
6	Deon Nicholson	Radivoje KalajdzicNEW	Imam Khataev	Ardian Krasniqi
7	Najee Lopez	Willy Hutchinson	Ali Izmailov▲+1	Artur Reis
8	Anthony Yarde	Zach Parker	Vasyli Voytsekhovsky▼-1	Alban Bermeta
9	Ezra Taylor	Mehmet Unal	Ben Whittaker	Zach Parker
10	Lerrone Richards	Craig Richards▲+2	Sharabutdin Ataev	Daniel Lapin
11	Conor Wallace	Conor Wallace▼-1	Daniel Lapin▲+1	Maxim Xu
12	Joshua Buatsi	Anthony Yarde▼-1	Craig RichardsNEW	Ben Whittaker
13	Liam Cameron	Arlen Lopez	Najee Lopez	Diyab Simon Dabschah▲+1
14	Luis Antonio Tejeda	Najee Lopez▲+1	Atif Oberlton▲+1	Imam Khataev▲+1
15	Alban Bermeta	Ronald Gavril▲+1	Joshua Buatsi▼-1	Juan Carrillo▼-2
16		Oleksandr Gvozdyk▼-11
17		Umar Dzambekov
18		Jerome Pampellone
19		Daniel Lapin▲+2
20		Lewis Edmondson▲+2
21		Jesse Hart▼-2
22		Kajetan Kalinowski▲+4
23		Richard Rivera▼-3
24		Juan Carrillo
25		Robert Parzeczewski
26		Pawel Stepien▼-3
27		Ali AkhmedovNEW
28		Austin AokusoNEW
29		Saipaier Rouzi▼-2
30		Paulo AokusoNEW
31		Dante Benjamin▼-3
32		Bradley Rea▼-3
33		Lawrence King▲+2
34		Ezra Taylor▼-4
35		Atif Oberlton▼-1
36		Maxim Xu▼-4
37		Alban Bermeta▼-1
38		Badien Hasso▼-5
39		Jack Scott
40		Avni Yildirim