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title: "Welterweight Boxing Rankings - December 2018"
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# Welterweight Boxing Rankings - December 2018

Combined Welterweight rankings from the WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO, and The RING. Month: December 2018. 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 (December 2018) | WBO (December 2018) | RING (December 2018) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Champion | [Keith Thurman (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/keith-thurman) - Super Champion | [Terence Crawford (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/terence-crawford) - Super Champion | Vacant |
| Champion | [Manny Pacquiao (Philippines)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/manny-pacquiao) - World Champion |  |  |
| 1 | [Alexander Besputin (Russia)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/alexander-besputin) | [Egidijus Kavaliauskas (Lithuania)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/egidijus-kavaliauskas) | [Errol Spence Jr (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/errol-spence-jr) |
| 2 | [Jessie Vargas (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/jessie-vargas) | [Jessie Vargas (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/jessie-vargas) | [Terence Crawford (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/terence-crawford) |
| 3 | [Jamal James (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/jamal-james) | [Amir Khan (United Kingdom)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/amir-khan) | [Keith Thurman (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/keith-thurman) |
| 4 | [Egidijus Kavaliauskas (Lithuania)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/egidijus-kavaliauskas) | [Luis Alberto Veron (Argentina)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/luis-alberto-veron) | [Shawn Porter (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/shawn-porter) |
| 5 | [Amir Khan (United Kingdom)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/amir-khan) | [Kerman Lejarraga (Spain)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/kerman-lejarraga) | [Manny Pacquiao (Philippines)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/manny-pacquiao) |
| 6 | [Adrien Broner (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/adrien-broner) | [Giovani Santillan (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/giovani-santillan) | [Danny Garcia (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/danny-garcia) |
| 7 | [Josesito Lopez (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/josesito-lopez) | [Custio Clayton (Canada)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/custio-clayton) | [Egidijus Kavaliauskas (Lithuania)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/egidijus-kavaliauskas) |
| 8 | [Kerman Lejarraga (Spain)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/kerman-lejarraga) | [Sebastian Formella (Germany)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/sebastian-formella) | [Yordenis Ugas (Cuba)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/yordenis-ugas) |
| 9 | [Conor Benn (United Kingdom)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/conor-benn) | [Mikka Shonena (Namibia)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/mikka-shonena) | [Jeff Horn (Australia)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/jeff-horn) |
| 10 | [Josh Kelly (United Kingdom)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/josh-kelly) | [Rashidi Ellis (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/rashidi-ellis) | [Jessie Vargas (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/jessie-vargas) |
| 11 | [Sergey Lubkovich (Russia)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/sergey-lubkovich) | [Luis Collazo (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/luis-collazo) |  |
| 12 | [Samuel Vargas (Colombia)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/samuel-vargas) | [Kudratillo Abdukakhorov (Uzbekistan)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/kudratillo-abdukakhorov) |  |
| 13 | [Cameron Hammond (Australia)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/cameron-hammond) | [Diego Ramirez (Argentina)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/diego-ramirez) |  |
| 14 | [Miguel Cruz (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/miguel-cruz) | [Karen Chukhadzhian (Ukraine)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/karen-chukhadzhian) |  |
| 15 | [Radzhab Butaev (Russia)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/radzhab-butaev) | [Keita Obara (Japan)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/keita-obara) |  |

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