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title: "Light Heavyweight Boxing Rankings - January 2021"
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# Light Heavyweight Boxing Rankings - January 2021

Combined Light Heavyweight rankings from the WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO, and The RING. Month: January 2021. These are official monthly lists, not BoxRec fight records. See [Box-Rank vs BoxRec](https://box-rank.com/blog/box-rank-vs-boxrec-which-boxing-site-should-you-use).

| Rank | WBA (January 2021) | IBF (January 2021) | WBO (January 2021) | RING (January 2021) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Champion | [Dmitry Bivol (Russia)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/dmitry-bivol) - Super Champion | [Artur Beterbiev (Canada)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/artur-beterbiev) - Champion | Vacant | Vacant |
| Champion | [Jean Pascal (Canada)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/jean-pascal) - World Champion |  |  |  |
| 1 | [Robin Krasniqi (Germany)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/robin-krasniqi) | [Meng Fanlong (China)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/meng-fanlong) | [Joe Smith Jr (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/joe-smith-jr) | [Artur Beterbiev (Canada)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/artur-beterbiev) |
| 2 | [Joshua Buatsi (United Kingdom)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/joshua-buatsi) | Vacant | [Maksim Vlasov (Russia)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/maksim-vlasov) | [Dmitry Bivol (Russia)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/dmitry-bivol) |
| 3 | [Blake Caparello (Australia)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/blake-caparello) | [Joshua Buatsi (United Kingdom)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/joshua-buatsi) | [Lyndon Arthur (United Kingdom)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/lyndon-arthur) | [Sergey Kovalev (Russia)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/sergey-kovalev) |
| 4 | [Gilberto Ramirez (Mexico)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/gilberto-ramirez) | [Lyndon Arthur (United Kingdom)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/lyndon-arthur) | [Umar Salamov (Kyrgyzstan)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/umar-salamov) | [Joe Smith Jr (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/joe-smith-jr) |
| 5 | [Charles Foster (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/charles-foster) | [Adam Deines (Germany)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/adam-deines) | [Gilberto Ramirez (Mexico)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/gilberto-ramirez) | [Jean Pascal (Canada)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/jean-pascal) |
| 6 | [Dominic Boesel (Germany)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/dominic-boesel) | [Ricards Bolotniks (Latvia)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/ricards-bolotniks) | [Sergey Kovalev (Russia)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/sergey-kovalev) | [Badou Jack (Sweden)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/badou-jack) |
| 7 | [Vyacheslav Shabranskyy (Ukraine)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/vyacheslav-shabranskyy) | [Umar Salamov (Kyrgyzstan)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/umar-salamov) | [Ricards Bolotniks (Latvia)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/ricards-bolotniks) | [Eleider Alvarez (Colombia)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/eleider-alvarez) |
| 8 | [Craig Richards (United Kingdom)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/craig-richards) | [Craig Richards (United Kingdom)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/craig-richards) | [Leon Bunn (Germany)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/leon-bunn) | [Marcus Browne (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/marcus-browne) |
| 9 | [Marcus Browne (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/marcus-browne) | [Mathieu Bauderlique (France)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/mathieu-bauderlique) | [Joshua Buatsi (United Kingdom)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/joshua-buatsi) | [Anthony Yarde (United Kingdom)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/anthony-yarde) |
| 10 | [Mathieu Bauderlique (France)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/mathieu-bauderlique) | [Nick Hannig (Germany)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/nick-hannig) | [Blake Caparello (Australia)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/blake-caparello) | [Umar Salamov (Kyrgyzstan)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/umar-salamov) |
| 11 | [Zac Dunn (Australia)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/zac-dunn) | [Anthony Yarde (United Kingdom)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/anthony-yarde) | [Anthony Yarde (United Kingdom)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/anthony-yarde) |  |
| 12 | [Yunieski Gonzalez (Cuba)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/yunieski-gonzalez) | [Badou Jack (Sweden)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/badou-jack) | [Craig Richards (United Kingdom)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/craig-richards) |  |
| 13 | [Badou Jack (Sweden)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/badou-jack) | [Ali Izmailov (Russia)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/ali-izmailov) | [Vyacheslav Shabranskyy (Ukraine)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/vyacheslav-shabranskyy) |  |
| 14 | [Rustam Tulaganov (Uzbekistan)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/rustam-tulaganov) | [Mansur Elsaev (Austria)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/mansur-elsaev) | [Fanlong Meng (China)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/fanlong-meng) |  |
| 15 | [Albert Ramirez (Venezuela)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/albert-ramirez) | [Blake Caparello (Australia)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/blake-caparello) | [Alem Begic (Germany)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/alem-begic) |  |

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