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Minimumweight Boxing Rankings

Latest official Minimumweight 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
🏆	Oscar Collazo Super Champion	Melvin Jerusalem Champion	Pedro Taduran Champion	Oscar Collazo Champion
🏆	Ryusei Matsumoto World Champion

1	Vacant	Joey Canoy	Vacant	Ronald Chacon
2	Takeshi Ishii	Siyakholwa Kuse	Vacant	Vic Saludar
3	Wilfredo Mendez	Ryusei MatsumotoNEW	DianXing Zhu	Wilfredo Mendez
4	Yuni Takada	Beaven Sibanda	Ian Abne	DianXing Zhu
5	Vic Saludar	Luis Castillo	Takeshi Ishii	Ryusei Matsumoto
6	DianXing Zhu	Joseph Sumabong	Christian Balunan	Joey Canoy
7	Jesus Haro	Vic Saludar	Beaven Sibanda	Takeshi Ishii
8	Katsuki Mori	Junior Leandro ZarateNEW	Katsuki Mori▲+1	Russell Acosta Silveira▲+2
9	Joey Canoy	Brandon Moreno▼-1	Nhlanhla Tyirha▲+1	Joseph Sumabong
10	Joseph Sumabong	Nhlanhla Tyirha▲+2	Vic Saludar▲+1	Junior Leandro Zarate▼-2
11	Ian Abne	Russell Acosta Silveria▲+8	Brandon Moreno▲+1	Azael Villar
12	Jayson Vayson	Yuni Takada▼-3	Wilfredo Mendez▲+1	Beaven Sibanda
13	Russell Acosta	Ian Abne▼-3	Russel Acosta Silvera▲+2	Ian Abne
14	Issa Sakata	Takero KitanoNEW	Azael VillarNEW	Aaron De La Cruz Escobedo
15	Tatsuro Nakashima	Tatsuro Nakashima▼-4	Joseph Sumabong▼-1	Jayson Vayson
16		Shane Gentallan▼-3
17		Katsuki Mori▼-3
18		Goki Kobayashi▼-3
19		Zyvyr John Medecilo▼-2
20		Andre Rodriguez Rayon▼-2
21		Juan Coronel▲+2
22		Arnel Lofranco▼-6
23		Karim Lopez▼-3
24		Samuel Salva▼-3
25		Thinumzi Gqola▲+13
26		Edwin Cano▼-2
27		Reyneris Gutierrez▼-2
28		Kevin Lopez▼-2
29		Christian Balunan▼-2
30		Roberto Karet Ruiz Velazco▼-2
31		Kurt Pabular▲+2
32		Mthokozisi Ngxaka▼-10
33		Jake Amparo▼-4
34		Jesus Haro▼-4
35		Pedro VillagesNEW
36		Sherwin Dacullo▼-5
37		Nhlakanipho Kunene▼-5
38		Carlos Lopez Avalos▼-4
39		Ricardo Astuvilca▼-4
40		Geremys Batista▼-4