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title: "WBC Cruiserweight Rankings - January 2023"
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# WBC Cruiserweight Rankings - January 2023

WBC Cruiserweight rankings. Month: January 2023. This is the official monthly list, 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 | WBC (January 2023) |
| --- | --- |
| Champion | [Ilunga Junior Makabu (DR Congo)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/ilunga-junior-makabu) - Champion |
| 1 | [Norair Mikaeljan (Germany)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/norair-mikaeljan) |
| 2 | [Thabiso McHunu (South Africa)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/thabiso-mchunu) |
| 3 | [Badou Jack (Sweden)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/badou-jack) |
| 4 | [Sergey Kovalev (Russia)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/sergey-kovalev) |
| 5 | [Richard Riakporhe (United Kingdom)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/richard-riakporhe) |
| 6 | [Chris Billam-Smith (United Kingdom)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/chris-billam-smith) |
| 7 | [Mateusz Masternak (Poland)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/mateusz-masternak) |
| 8 | [Yamil Alberto Peralta (Argentina)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/yamil-alberto-peralta) |
| 9 | [Ryan Rozicki (Canada)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/ryan-rozicki) |
| 10 | [Yuniel Dorticos (Cuba)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/yuniel-dorticos) |
| 11 | [Andrew Tabiti (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/andrew-tabiti) |
| 12 | [Michal Cieslak (Poland)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/michal-cieslak) |
| 13 | [Mike Perez (Cuba)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/mike-perez) |
| 14 | [Olanrewaju Durodola (Nigeria)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/olanrewaju-durodola) |
| 15 | [David Light (New Zealand)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/david-light) |
| 16 | [Alante Green (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/alante-green) |
| 17 | [Simone Federici (Italy)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/simone-federici) |
| 18 | [Brandon Glanton (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/brandon-glanton) |
| 19 | [Krzysztof Wlodarczyk (Poland)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/krzysztof-wlodarczyk) |
| 20 | [Julio Cesar La Cruz (Cuba)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/julio-cesar-la-cruz) |
| 21 | [Tommy McCarthy (Ireland)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/tommy-mccarthy) |
| 22 | [Youri Kayembre Kalenga (DR Congo)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/youri-kayembre-kalenga) |
| 23 | [Mikael Lawal (United Kingdom)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/mikael-lawal) |
| 24 | [Krzysztof Glowacki (Poland)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/krzysztof-glowacki) |
| 25 | [Tervel Pulev (Bulgaria)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/tervel-pulev) |
| 26 | [Isaac Chamberlain (United Kingdom)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/isaac-chamberlain) |
| 27 | [Artur Mann (Germany)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/artur-mann) |
| 28 | [Roman Fress (Kazakhstan)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/roman-fress) |
| 29 | [Adrian Taylor (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/adrian-taylor) |
| 30 | [Rolly Lambert Fogoum (Cameroon)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/rolly-lambert-fogoum) |
| 31 | [Efetobor Apochi (Nigeria)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/efetobor-apochi) |
| 32 | [Kamshybek Kunkabayev (Kazakhstan)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/kamshybek-kunkabayev) |
| 33 | [Vasil Ducar (Czechia)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/vasil-ducar) |
| 34 | [Jack Massey (United Kingdom)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/jack-massey) |
| 35 | [Armend Xhoxhaj (Kosovo)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/armend-xhoxhaj) |
| 36 | [Huseyin Cinkara (Germany)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/huseyin-cinkara) |
| 37 | [Nikodem Jezewski (Poland)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/nikodem-jezewski) |
| 38 | [Timur Sakulin (Azerbaijan)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/timur-sakulin) |
| 39 | [Lenar Perez (Cuba)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/lenar-perez) |
| 40 | [Serdar Avci (Türkiye)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/serdar-avci) |

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