Bridgerweight Rankings Archive | December 2023

Note: The WBC December 2023 rankings are not available. The Bridgerweight division is not recognized by IBF, WBO and RING.

Rank	WBADecember 2023
	Evgeny TishchenkoNEW World Champion
1	Vacant
2	Evgeny RomanovNEW
3	Badou Jack+1
4	Zhaoxin Zhang+2
5	Roman Fress
6	Julio Cesar La CruzNEW
7	Ryad Merhy
8	Lawrence OkolieNEW
9	Leon Harth-7
10	Andrew Tabiti-2
11	Kem Ljungquist-2
12	Mark Petrovsky
13	Muslim Gadzhimagomedov
14	Keaton Gomes
15	Andrej Pesic

Sources

December 2023 archive

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Month-over-month changes since November 2023

WBADecember 2023 vs November 2023

There is a new World Champion: Evgeny Tishchenko

Became champion: 9 December 2023

Won the inaugural title by stopping Leon Harth in the sixth round in Dubai.

First shown in December 2023 rankingsView source

Entered the top 10

Evgeny RomanovInto the top 10 at #2
Julio Cesar La CruzEnters at #6
Lawrence OkolieInto the top 10 at #8

Dropped out of the top 10

Aleksei EgorovMoved down to Cruiserweight
Kem LjungquistDropped to #11
Cheavon ClarkePreviously held #10

Biggest risers

Zhaoxin ZhangNow ranked #4 (was #6)
+2
Badou JackFrom #4 to #3
+1

Biggest fallers

Leon HarthFell from #2 to #9
-7
Andrew TabitiFrom #8 to #10
-2
Kem LjungquistNow ranked #11 (was #9)
-2

WBA Bridgerweight Title History

Champions who have held each belt, from oldest to most recent. Title history only goes back as far as our earliest WBA monthly rankings (December 2023).

WBA Bridgerweight - World Champion

Muslim Gadzhimagomedov

12 July 202430 June 2026

2 years

Became champion: 12 July 2024

Won the vacant title by stopping Zhaoxin Zhang in the fourth round in Serpukhov.

First shown in July 2024 rankingsView source

Evgeny Tishchenko

9 December 202327 May 2024

6 months

Became champion: 9 December 2023

Won the inaugural title by stopping Leon Harth in the sixth round in Dubai.

First shown in December 2023 rankingsView source

WBA Bridgerweight - Interim Champion

Vartan Arutyunyan

14 February 202630 June 2026

5 months

Became champion: 14 February 2026

Won the interim title by stopping Georgiy Yunovidov in the sixth round in Chelyabinsk.

First shown in February 2026 rankingsView source

Georgiy Yunovidov

5 July 202514 February 2026

8 months

Became champion: 5 July 2025

Won the interim title by stopping Evgeny Romanov in Ekaterinburg.

First shown in July 2025 rankingsView source

WBA Bridgerweight Title History

WBC Bridgerweight Title History

Champions who have held each belt, from oldest to most recent. Title history only goes back as far as our earliest WBC monthly rankings (October 2021).

WBC Bridgerweight - World Champion

Ryad Merhy

30 May 2026Current

6 months

Became champion: 30 May 2026

Won the title by unanimous decision against Kevin Lerena in their rematch in Charleroi, Belgium.

First shown in June 2026 rankingsView source

Kevin Lerena

8 October 202430 May 2026

1 year 8 months

Became champion: 8 October 2024

Promoted from interim champion after Lawrence Okolie relinquished the title to move up to heavyweight.

First shown in October 2024 rankingsView source

Lawrence Okolie

24 May 20248 October 2024

6 months

Became champion: 24 May 2024

Won the title by stopping Lukasz Rozanski in the first round in Rzeszow.

First shown in June 2024 rankingsView source

Lukasz Rozanski

22 April 202324 May 2024

1 year 2 months

Became champion: 22 April 2023

Won the vacant title by stopping Alen Babic in the first round in Rzeszow.

First shown in June 2023 rankingsView source

Oscar Rivas

22 October 2021November 2022

1 year 2 months

Became champion: 22 October 2021

Won the inaugural title by unanimous decision against Ryan Rozicki in Montreal.

First shown in February 2022 rankingsView source

WBC Bridgerweight - Interim Champion

Krzysztof Wlodarczyk

25 May 2025May 2026

1 year 1 month

Became champion: 25 May 2025

Won the interim title by stopping Adam Balski in the tenth round in Kalisz.

First shown in June 2025 rankingsView source

Kevin Lerena

25 November 20238 October 2024

1 year

Became champion: 25 November 2023

Won the interim title by unanimous decision against Senad Gashi in Johannesburg.

Bridgerweight boxing rankings- December 2023

Month-over-month changes since November 2023

Month-over-month changes since November 2023

WBADecember 2023 vs November 2023

Entered the top 10

Dropped out of the top 10

Biggest risers

Biggest fallers

WBA Bridgerweight Title History

WBA Bridgerweight - World Champion

WBA Bridgerweight - Interim Champion

WBA Bridgerweight Title History

WBC Bridgerweight Title History

WBC Bridgerweight - World Champion

WBC Bridgerweight - Interim Champion

WBC Bridgerweight Title History

IBF Bridgerweight Title History

WBO Bridgerweight Title History

RING Bridgerweight Title History

WBA Bridgerweight Title History

WBA Bridgerweight - World Champion

WBA Bridgerweight - Interim Champion

WBC Bridgerweight Title History

WBC Bridgerweight - World Champion

WBC Bridgerweight - Interim Champion