WBA Super Lightweight Rankings Archive | July 2026 | Box-Rank

Rank	WBAJuly 2026
	Gary Antuanne Russell World Champion
1	Khariton Agrba
2	Kevin Hayler Brown
3	Oscar Duarte
4	Andy Hiraoka
5	Hovhannes Bachkov
6	Jose Nunez
7	Jhon Orobio
8	Zaur Abdullaev+3
9	Frank Martin-1
10	Israel Mercado
11	Gavin Gwynne+2
12	Emiliano Vargas
13	Ruslan AbdullaevNEW
14	Carlos Utria
15	Feudri Franco

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WBA

July 2026 archive

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Month-over-month changes since June 2026

Entered the top 10

Zaur AbdullaevPreviously #11, enters at #8

Dropped out of the top 10

Cletus SeldinPreviously held #9

Biggest risers

Zaur AbdullaevNow #8 after being #11 last month
+3
Gavin GwynneNow ranked #11 (was #13)
+2

Biggest fallers

Frank MartinSlipped a spot to #9
-1

WBA Super Lightweight Title History

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WBA Super Lightweight 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 (January 2000).

WBA Super Lightweight - Super Champion

October 2019May 2022

2 years 8 months

June 2019October 2019

5 months

Terence Crawford

August 2017October 2017

3 months

April 2017August 2017

5 months

October 2015March 2016

6 months

July 2012August 2015

3 years 2 months

Lamont Peterson

November 2011July 2012

9 months

July 2011November 2011

5 months

November 2005March 2006

5 months

March 2001June 2004

3 years 4 months

WBA Super Lightweight - World Champion

Gary Antuanne Russell

1 March 2025Current

1 year 7 months

Became champion: 1 March 2025

Won the WBA title by defeating Jose Valenzuela by unanimous decision at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn.

First shown in March 2025 rankingsView source

Jose Valenzuela

August 2024March 2025

8 months

March 2024August 2024

6 months

May 2023March 2024

11 months

August 2022May 2023

10 months

June 2021December 2021

7 months

September 2019June 2021

1 year 10 months

April 2019June 2019

3 months

March 2018April 2019

1 year 2 months

May 2016April 2017

1 year

September 2015October 2015

2 months

April 2014June 2015

1 year 3 months

Khabib Allakhverdiev

November 2012April 2014

1 year 6 months

Marcos Rene Maidana

July 2011July 2012

1 year 1 month

June 2009July 2011

2 years 2 months

Andriy Kotelnik

March 2008June 2009

1 year 4 months

July 2007March 2008

9 months

Souleymane M'baye

August 2006July 2007

1 year

June 2005November 2005

6 months

September 2002June 2005

2 years 10 months

Diosbelys Hurtado

May 2002September 2002

5 months

February 2001April 2001

3 months

Sharmba Mitchell

January 2000February 2001

1 year 2 months

WBA Super Lightweight - Interim Champion

Alessandro Riguccini

July 2025October 2025

4 months

January 2024September 2024

9 months

Marcos Rene Maidana

June 2009July 2011

2 years 2 months