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Cruiserweight boxing rankings- October 2026

Cruiserweight boxing rankings archive for October 2026 across organizations. Combined rankings list, not fight records. Single-organization lists: WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO or RING, or view the latest Cruiserweight rankings.

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RankWBAOctober 2026WBCOctober 2026IBFOctober 2026WBOOctober 2026RINGOctober 2026
Champion
United States flagDavid Benavidez
Super Champion
Poland flagMichal CieslakNEW
World Champion
Michal Cieslak: Promoted after the WBC ruled on Mikaelyan-Opetaia sanctioning, ordering Cieslak to face Benavidez before the winner meets Opetaia. Event date: 14 September 2026. First shown in the October 2026 rankings.Official source
Vacant
United States flagDavid Benavidez
World Champion
Australia flagJai Opetaia
World Champion
Champion
Vacant (provisional)
Opetaia's team said he would vacate this title if the WBC ranked him No. 2. The request was granted. Confirmation of the vacancy is pending.View source
PreviousAustralia flagJai Opetaia
1France flagLeonardo MosqueaUnited Kingdom flagChris Billam-Smith+1New Zealand flagDavid NyikaKazakhstan flagRoman FressUnited States flagDavid Benavidez
2United Kingdom flagChris Billam-SmithSweden flagRobin Sirwan Safar+1United Kingdom flagViddal RileySweden flagRobin Sirwan SafarMexico flagGilberto Ramirez
3Cuba flagLenar PerezUnited Kingdom flagViddal Riley+1Australia flagJai OpetaiaMexico flagGilberto RamirezUnited Kingdom flagChris Billam-Smith
4Russia flagMuslim GadzhimagomedovGermany flagNorair MikaeljanWas champUnited Kingdom flagPat BrownNew Zealand flagDavid NyikaPoland flagMichal Cieslak
5Mexico flagGilberto RamirezCuba flagYuniel Dorticos+1United Kingdom flagChris Billam-SmithKyrgyzstan flagUmar SalamovArmenia flagNorair Mikaeljan
6United Kingdom flagPat BrownSouth Africa flagKevin Lerena+1France flagLeonardo MosqueaUnited Kingdom flagChris Billam-SmithSweden flagBadou Jack
7Cuba flagJulio Cesar La CruzFrance flagLeonardo Mosquea+1Cuba flagLenar PerezCuba flagMike PerezUnited Kingdom flagViddal Riley
8United Kingdom flagAloys YoumbiMexico flagGilberto Ramirez-3Kyrgyzstan flagUmar Salamov+1France flagLeonardo MosqueaCanada flagRyan Rozicki
9Cuba flagMike PerezArgentina flagYamil Alberto PeraltaMexico flagGilberto Ramirez+1Cuba flagYuniel Dorticos+3France flagLeonardo Mosquea
10Germany flagLeon HarthSweden flagBadou JackCuba flagYuniel Dorticos+1Kosovo flagArmend Xhoxhaj+1Sweden flagRobin Sirwan Safar
11Sweden flagRobin Sirwan SafarDR Congo flagIlunga Junior MakabuAlbania flagJurgen Uldedeaj+1United Kingdom flagViddal Riley-2
12Japan flagMitsuro Brandon TajimaItaly flagJonathan Kogasso+14Poland flagMateusz Masternak+1Cuba flagLenar Perez-2
13Nigeria flagEfetobor ApochiCuba flagLenar Perez+6Australia flagFloyd Masson+1Brazil flagLucas Pontes Da Silva
14Cuba flagYuniel DorticosNigeria flagEfetobor Apochi-1Australia flagLuke Modini+1Australia flagLuke Modini+1
15Brazil flagLucas Pontes Da SilvaNEWPoland flagMateusz Masternak-1United States flagTristan KalkreuthNEWArgentina flagKevin Ramirez-1
16United Kingdom flagCheavon Clarke+1
17Canada flagRyan Rozicki-1
18United States flagBrandon Glanton-3
19United Kingdom flagAloys Youmbi-1
20Argentina flagKevin Ramirez-8
21United Kingdom flagPat Brown+13
22New Zealand flagDavid Nyika-2
23Albania flagJurgen Uldedeaj-2
24Mexico flagJulio Cesar Chavez Jr+1
25Cuba flagMike Perez-3
26United States flagTristan Kalkreuth-3
27Belgium flagMichiel PartoensNEW
28Australia flagFloyd Masson-4
29Croatia flagMarko Calic-2
30United States flagImran Haddabah-2
31United Kingdom flagJack Massey-2
32Australia flagLuke Modini-2
33Australia flagKarim Maatalla-1
34Australia flagBlake Caparello-1
35Israel flagYan Zak+3
36Mexico flagRogelio RomeroNEW
37Japan flagBrandon Tajima-1
38Libya flagSaad Fathi Saad-1
39Portugal flagOctavio Pudivitr
40Montenegro flagZvjezdan Vidakovic

Sources

October 2026 archive

Box-Rank presents each published list in a consistent format. Browse this division and its archive, read the methodology, or see how Box-Rank differs from BoxRec.

Month-over-month changes since September 2026

How many names moved on each organisation’s list this month.

0123WBCIBFWBO
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Month-over-month changes since September 2026

Month-over-month changes since September 2026

Month-over-month changes since September 2026

WBCOctober 2026 vs September 2026

Dropped out of the top 10

  • Jai OpetaiaLeft the top 10 after #1 - now WBA World Champion

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IBFOctober 2026 vs September 2026

Entered the top 10

Dropped out of the top 10

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WBOOctober 2026 vs September 2026

Entered the top 10

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WBA Cruiserweight Title History

WBC Cruiserweight Title History

IBF Cruiserweight Title History

WBO Cruiserweight Title History

RING Cruiserweight Title History

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