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Tier list · Men
Welterweight
116 ranked boxers, sorted into tiers from the five official rankings. Under each portrait, what its tier rests on.
Tiers
- S
World champions5 boxersHolds a WBC, WBA, WBO or IBF world title — unified champions first.
- A
Elite6 boxersInterim champion, No. 1 or No. 2 with a major body, or top 5 with two majors.
SENSouleymane CissokhoNo. 1 WBC
USARolando RomeroNo. 2 WBA · No. 4 WBC · former world champion- USARichardson HitchinsNo. 2 WBO · No. 3 IBF · No. 3 IBO · former world champion
- USABrian Norman Jr.No. 1 WBO · No. 3 WBC · No. 4 IBO · former world champion
- MEXRaul CurielNo. 1 WBA · No. 2 WBC · No. 8 WBO
- IRLPaddy DonovanNo. 1 IBF · No. 9 WBO · No. 15 IBO
- B
Contenders16 boxersTop 10 with a major body, or IBO champion.
USAKeyshawn DavisNo. 4 IBF · former world champion- MEXOscar Duarte JuradoNo. 4 WBO
- USAArnold Barboza Jr.No. 3 WBO · No. 5 IBO · No. 6 WBC
- ESPSamuel MolinaNo. 7 WBC · No. 39 IBO
- DOMRohan PolancoNo. 6 WBO · No. 6 IBO · No. 8 WBC
UZBShakhram GiyasovNo. 8 WBA · No. 24 IBO- GBRLewis CrockerNo. 5 IBF · No. 13 WBC · No. 13 IBO · former world champion
- USAEgidijus KavaliauskasNo. 9 WBC · No. 30 IBO
- KAZRuslan MadiyevNo. 9 WBA · No. 47 IBO
- GBRConah WalkerNo. 3 WBA · No. 7 IBF · No. 14 IBO
- GBRConor BennNo. 2 IBO · No. 10 WBC
UKRTaras ShelestyukNo. 10 WBO · No. 75 IBO- USAAlexis RochaNo. 5 WBO · No. 10 WBA · No. 12 IBO
- USADelante JohnsonNo. 7 WBO · No. 8 IBO · No. 9 IBF
- FRADavid PapotNo. 10 IBF · No. 15 WBO · No. 18 IBO
- USAJulian RodriguezNo. 5 WBA · No. 7 IBO · No. 27 WBC
- C
Ranked31 boxersRanked by at least one major body.
- ARGJose Angel Gabriel RosaNo. 11 WBC · No. 16 IBO
- RUSVadim MusaevNo. 9 IBO · No. 11 IBF
- GBRBen CrockerNo. 11 WBO
- VENLeonardo SanchezNo. 11 WBA
- CHLEduardo ZuletaNo. 12 WBO · No. 82 IBO
- USAGreg OutlawNo. 12 WBA
JPNJin SasakiNo. 12 WBC · No. 13 WBO · No. 17 IBO- IRLKieran MolloyNo. 14 IBF · No. 55 IBO
- GBRWilly GilheaneyNo. 14 WBO · No. 88 IBO
- DEUIlyas Can KaliNo. 14 WBA
- GBRJack RaffertyNo. 11 IBO · No. 14 WBC · No. 15 WBA
- UKRKaren ChukhadzhianNo. 13 IBF · No. 24 WBC
- LTUEimantas StanionisNo. 19 WBC · former world champion
MEXRuben Eduardo AguilarNo. 20 WBC · No. 68 IBO- USAAbel RamosNo. 22 WBC · No. 38 IBO
- MEXRicardo SalasNo. 23 WBC
- USAJoel IriarteNo. 13 WBA · No. 34 WBC · No. 56 IBO
- UKRYaroslav MykhalushkoNo. 25 WBC · No. 48 IBO
- ZAFThulani MbengeNo. 23 IBO · No. 26 WBC
- USAAvious GriffinNo. 21 IBO · No. 28 WBC
- JPNSora TanakaNo. 29 WBC · No. 65 IBO
- MEXChristopher GuerreroNo. 30 WBC · No. 34 IBO
- ARGLucas Ramon ArganarazNo. 31 WBC · No. 60 IBO
- ECUJhordy MinaNo. 32 WBC
AUSJackson GriffithsNo. 33 WBC · No. 78 IBO- ECUErick BoneNo. 35 WBC
- AUSDaniel KeatingNo. 36 WBC · No. 94 IBO
- DZAMohammed SahnounNo. 37 WBC
- POLMateusz PolskiNo. 38 WBC
- COLJuan Camilo GonzalezNo. 39 WBC
- USAVlad PaninNo. 40 WBC · No. 40 IBO
- D
IBO ranked58 boxersRanked by the IBO only.
See the 58 boxers in tier D
ITAAlessandro RigucciniNo. 19 IBO- USARegis PrograisNo. 20 IBO · former world champion
- Cain SandovalNo. 22 IBO
- Mazlum AkdenizNo. 25 IBO
- Lukas DekysNo. 26 IBO
- RUSVitaly PetryakovNo. 27 IBO
- USAMario BarriosNo. 28 IBO · former world champion
- USABrandun LeeNo. 29 IBO
- Congtantin UrgulNo. 31 IBO
- GBRHarlen EubankNo. 32 IBO
- Victor CakiqiNo. 33 IBO
- GBRElliot WhaleNo. 35 IBO
- Julio Luna AvilaNo. 36 IBO
- Volkan GokcekNo. 37 IBO
- Adel El GarmaouiNo. 69 IBO
- Blair CobbsNo. 41 IBO
- GBRBobby FaulknerNo. 85 IBO
- CANBradley WilcoxNo. 91 IBO
- Chester Parada ToralesNo. 79 IBO
- Cristian Javier AyalaNo. 76 IBO
- Dakota LingerNo. 87 IBO
- Danylo LozanNo. 89 IBO
- UGADavid SsemujjuNo. 83 IBO
- David WhitmireNo. 92 IBO
- Dulat BekbauovNo. 67 IBO
- GBREkow EssumanNo. 43 IBO
- Faizan AnwarNo. 50 IBO
- DOMFeudri FrancoNo. 96 IBO
VENGabriel MaestreNo. 63 IBO- Jabulani MakhenseNo. 90 IBO
- Jakhongir RasulovNo. 74 IBO
- GBRJoel KoduaNo. 95 IBO
FRAJordy WeissNo. 64 IBO- Jose Miguel BorregoNo. 93 IBO
- Joshuah LupiaNo. 42 IBO
- Kelvin DavisNo. 86 IBO
- USAKenneth Sims Jr.No. 73 IBO
- Khavasbek AsadullaevNo. 80 IBO
- RUSKhuseyn BaysangurovNo. 51 IBO
- Marc CastroNo. 84 IBO
- Marco Ezequiel Garcia OvejeroNo. 59 IBO
- Maxim ChernichukNo. 70 IBO
- MessaoudiNo. 45 IBO
GBRMichael McKinsonNo. 58 IBO- Michael Ramirez SantosNo. 62 IBO
- FRAMohamed MimouneNo. 72 IBO
- PRINicklaus FlazNo. 52 IBO
GBRPat McCormackNo. 57 IBO- ESPRafael AcostaNo. 54 IBO
- USAReshat MatiNo. 53 IBO
- Ruslan SelimyanNo. 49 IBO
- Sergey LubkovichNo. 81 IBO
- Tahmir SmallsNo. 77 IBO
- USATre'Sean WiggingNo. 46 IBO
- Vaghinak TanrazyanNo. 71 IBO
- Vladialav AiriyanNo. 61 IBO
- Xolisani NdongeniNo. 66 IBO
- Yauheni MakarchukNo. 44 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.