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Tier list · Men
Cruiserweight
106 ranked boxers, sorted into tiers from the five official rankings. Under each portrait, what its tier rests on.
Tiers
- S
World champions3 boxersHolds a WBC, WBA, WBO or IBF world title — unified champions first.
- A
Elite7 boxersInterim champion, No. 1 or No. 2 with a major body, or top 5 with two majors.
- KAZRoman FressNo. 1 WBO · No. 18 IBO
GBRChris Billam-SmithNo. 1 WBC · No. 2 WBA · No. 3 IBO · former world champion
GBRViddal RileyNo. 2 IBF · No. 3 WBC · No. 6 IBO
USARobin Sirwan SafarNo. 2 WBC · No. 2 WBO · No. 5 IBO- FRALeonardo MosqueaNo. 1 WBA · No. 6 IBF · No. 7 WBC
- MEXGilberto RamirezNo. 2 IBO · No. 3 WBO · No. 5 WBA · former world champion
- NZLDavid NyikaNo. 1 IBF · No. 4 WBO · No. 16 IBO
- B
Contenders13 boxersTop 10 with a major body, or IBO champion.
RUSMuslim GadzhimagomedovNo. 4 WBA · former world champion
ARMNorair MikaeljanNo. 4 WBC · former world champion
ZAFKevin LerenaNo. 6 WBC · No. 15 IBO · former world champion- UKRUmar SalamovNo. 4 IBO · No. 5 WBO · No. 9 IBF
CUBJulio Cesar La CruzNo. 7 WBA
CUBLenar PerezNo. 3 WBA · No. 7 IBF · No. 8 IBO- ARGYamil Alberto PeraltaNo. 9 WBC · No. 20 IBO
- SWEBadou JackNo. 10 WBC · No. 12 IBO · former world champion
DEULeon HarthNo. 10 WBA · No. 82 IBO- GBRPat BrownNo. 4 IBF · No. 6 WBA · No. 21 WBC
- CUBYuniel DorticosNo. 5 WBC · No. 11 IBF · No. 12 WBO · former world champion
- CUBMike PerezNo. 7 WBO · No. 7 IBO · No. 8 IBF
- GBRAloys YoumbiNo. 8 WBA · No. 19 WBC · No. 23 IBO
- C
Ranked28 boxersRanked by at least one major body.
- DEUArmend XhoxhajNo. 11 WBO · No. 43 IBO
- CODIlunga MakabuNo. 11 WBC · former world champion
- ITAJonathan KogassoNo. 12 WBC · No. 21 IBO
- BRALucas Pontes da SilvaNo. 13 WBO · No. 56 IBO
- NGAEfetobor ApochiNo. 13 WBA · No. 14 WBC · No. 22 IBO
POLMateusz MasternakNo. 13 IBF · No. 15 WBC- BIHEdin PuhaloNo. 15 WBA · No. 60 IBO
GBRCheavon ClarkeNo. 11 IBO · No. 16 WBC- ARGKevin RamirezNo. 14 WBO · No. 20 WBC · No. 46 IBO
- CANRyan RozickiNo. 13 IBO · No. 17 WBC
- ALBJuergen UldedajNo. 12 IBF · No. 23 WBC
- USABrandon GlantonNo. 9 IBO · No. 18 WBC
- AUSLuke ModiniNo. 15 WBO · No. 15 IBF · No. 32 WBC
- AUSFloyd MassonNo. 14 IBF · No. 28 WBC · No. 36 IBO
MEXJulio César Chávez Jr.No. 24 WBC · former world champion- JPNMitsuro Brandon TajimaNo. 12 WBA · No. 37 WBC
- USATristan KalkreuthNo. 24 IBO · No. 26 WBC
- BELMichiel PartoengNo. 27 WBC · No. 31 IBO
- HRVMarko CalicNo. 29 WBC · No. 68 IBO
- USAImran HaddabahNo. 30 WBC
- GBRJack MasseyNo. 31 WBC · No. 33 IBO
- AUSKarim MaatallaNo. 33 WBC
- AUSBlake CaparelloNo. 19 IBO · No. 34 WBC
- ISRYan ZakNo. 35 WBC
- MEXRogelio RomeroNo. 36 WBC · No. 61 IBO
- LBYSaad Fathi SaadNo. 38 WBC · No. 50 IBO
- PRTOctavio PudivitrNo. 39 WBC
- MNEZvjezdan VidakovicNo. 40 WBC · No. 77 IBO
- D
IBO ranked55 boxersRanked by the IBO only.
See the 55 boxers in tier D
DEUFirat ArslanNo. 14 IBO · former world champion- DEUHuseyin CinkaraNo. 17 IBO
- Yan SakNo. 26 IBO
RUSShigabudin AlievNo. 27 IBO- USAMarcus BrowneNo. 28 IBO
- Timur BibilovNo. 29 IBO
- Muhsin CasonNo. 30 IBO
GBRLucas RoehrigNo. 32 IBO- ALBRoberto BakajNo. 34 IBO
GBRIsaac ChamberlainNo. 35 IBO- ZAFThabiso MchunuNo. 37 IBO
- Voldy ToutinNo. 38 IBO
- Vita PomaleNo. 39 IBO
- Abderrezzak LanraniNo. 78 IBO
- Ahmed AbdulaNo. 65 IBO
- Aleksei EgorovNo. 45 IBO
- Alvin Varmall Jr.No. 69 IBO
- Andrei Cristian FlorianNo. 83 IBO
- KAZArtur MannNo. 85 IBO
- Aurel IgnatNo. 58 IBO
- Austine NnandiNo. 64 IBO
- Benjamin ImeriNo. 40 IBO
- GBRCallun JohnsonNo. 71 IBO
- ITAClaudio SqueoNo. 70 IBO
- USACraig ParkerNo. 55 IBO
- Dariel DuquesneNo. 52 IBO
- David DzukaevNo. 44 IBO
- Derick Miller Jr.No. 62 IBO
- Diyab Simon DabschahNo. 74 IBO
- Elaige CamaraNo. 76 IBO
- Ernesbadi Begue BrooksNo. 51 IBO
- Handy GarciaNo. 89 IBO
- TURHasan Kubilay AlcuNo. 59 IBO
- Jamar TalleyNo. 88 IBO
- GBRJohn HedgesNo. 80 IBO
- Juan OneyderNo. 73 IBO
- Keni AliuNo. 79 IBO
- Michal SoczynakiNo. 66 IBO
- Mickael DialloNo. 53 IBO
- Milans VolkovsNo. 90 IBO
- Mohamned BekdashNo. 41 IBO
- Nelson WilliamsNo. 86 IBO
- Olanrewaju DurodolaNo. 72 IBO
- Oronzo BirardiNo. 54 IBO
- Ramazan MuslimovNo. 57 IBO
- Rolly Lambert FogoumNo. 67 IBO
- Seydi CoupeNo. 48 IBO
- TZAShaban Hamadi JongoNo. 81 IBO
- Sotirios GeorgikeasNo. 49 IBO
- Stiven AasNo. 84 IBO
- Tamba MerlinNo. 47 IBO
- Vincenzo CaritaNo. 63 IBO
- Vuk MicicNo. 75 IBO
- Yedil KozhamberdiyevNo. 42 IBO
- Yury KashingkyNo. 87 IBO
How tiers are assigned
- S
- World championsHolds a WBC, WBA, WBO or IBF world title — unified champions first.
- A
- EliteInterim champion, No. 1 or No. 2 with a major body, or top 5 with two majors.
- B
- ContendersTop 10 with a major body, or IBO champion.
- C
- RankedRanked by at least one major body.
- D
- IBO rankedRanked by the IBO only.
Within a tier, the order follows the number of belts, then the average rank with the major bodies. Updated on 26 Oct 2026, with the rankings.