Women’s boxing is divided into 17 weight classes, from heavyweight to atomweight. The four main sanctioning bodies, the WBO, IBF, WBA and WBC, have champions in most divisions. To make it easier for boxing fans, below is a table showing the holders of each minor title and belt.

You can find a list of the best fighters regardless of weight class in the ESPN rankings per pound.

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Heavyweight (weight limit varies)

WBO: Not applicable

IBF (over 200 pounds): Empty

WBA: Not applicable

WBC: Klaressa Shields

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Lightweight heavyweight (175 lbs)

WBO: Klaressa Shields

IBF: Lani Daniels

WBA: Che Kenneally

WBC: Empty

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Super middleweight (168 lbs)

WBO: Empty

IBF: Savannah Marshall

WBA: Franchon Crews Dezurn

WBC: Franchon Crews Dezurn

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Middleweight (160 lbs)

WBO: Empty

IBF: Empty

WBA: Klaressa Shields

WBC: Klaressa Shields

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Junior middleweight (154 lbs)

WBO: Ema Kozin

IBF: Woman Hermans

WBA: Terri Harper

WBC: Ema Kozin*

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Welterweight (147 lbs)

WBO: Mikaela Mayer

IBF: Natasha Jonah

WBA: Price Lauren*

WBC: Ivan Habazin

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Junior welterweight (140 pounds)

WBO: Katie Taylor

IBF: Katie Taylor

WBA: Katie Taylor

WBC: Katie Taylor*

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Lightweight (135 lbs)

WBO: Terri Harper

IBF: Beatriz Ferreira

WBA: Katie Taylor

WBC: Katie Taylor*

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Junior lightweight (130 pounds)

WBO: Alicja Baumgardner

IBF: Alicja Baumgardner

WBA: Alicja Baumgardner

WBC: Alicja Baumgardner

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Featherweight (126 lbs)

WBO: Amanda Serrano

IBF: Empty

WBA: Amanda Serrano

WBC: Skye Nicolson

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Junior featherweight (122 pounds)

WBO: Ellie Scotney

IBF: Ellie Scotney

WBA: Nazaren Romero

WBC: Yamilet Mercado

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Bantamweight (118 lbs)

WBO: Dina Thorslund

IBF: Miya Yoshida

WBA: Czerneka Johnson

WBC: Dina Thorslund

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Junior bantamweight (115 pounds)

WBO: Mizuki Triuta

IBF: Irma Garcia

WBA: Clara Lescurat

WBC: Ashley González*

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Flyweight (112 lbs)

WBO: Gabriela Alaniz

IBF: Gabriela Fundor

WBA: Gabriela Alaniz*

WBC: Gabriela Alaniz

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Junior flyweight (108 pounds)

WBO: Evelyn Bermudez

IBF: Evelyn Bermudez

WBA: Jessica Nery Plata

WBC: Jessica Nery Plata

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Strawweight (105 lbs)

WBO: Senise Estrada

IBF: Senise Estrada

WBA: Senise Estrada

WBC: Seniesa Estrada*

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Atomic weight (102 lb)

WBO: Eri Matsuda

IBF: Weekly Sumire

WBA: Eri Matsuda

WBC: Tina Rupprecht

IS Nick Ball’s fight against Ronny Rios a done deal?

On Saturday night (October 5), Ball will defend his WBA featherweight title for the first time against Rios in Liverpool. Not only will the champions have home-field advantage, but Liverpool will also have thousands of Scousers cheering them on at the M&S Bank Arena.

Ball’s first defense came after his impressive victory over Raymond Ford, where the split decision went in Ball’s favor. Rios is seven years older than the current champion and is fighting outside America for the first time in his professional career. The 34-year-old has also enjoyed good company over the years, fighting against Rey Vargas, Azat Hovhannisyan and Murodjon Akhmadaliev in the super bantamweight division. The last two managed to beat Rios at the distance, and Vargas won on points.

Rios stayed at 126 pounds as a featherweight from 2009 to 2016 before competing for world titles at 122 pounds. Ball, however, may prove to be the bigger player on Saturday night.

At the time of writing (Monday, September 30), 81.63 percent of Boxing News app users believe Ball will win by KO or TKO. If Scouser does so, it will be his first non-point win since stopping Ludumo Lamati four fights ago in May 2023.

Meanwhile, 17.01 percent of our app users believe Ball will win on points, while less than one percent believe Rios will win by points or distance.

What do you think? Have your say by downloading the file Boxing News app here.

The fight scheduled for last weekend has already hit the auction block.

The Ring has confirmed that the WBC cruiserweight title fight between Noel Mikaeljan and Ryan Rozicki is up for bidding again. The two were scheduled to meet on September 28 at the Don King Productions concert at Casino Miami Jai Alai in Miami, Florida.

No reason was given for the program’s cancellation. Either way, it was enough that King, Mikaeljan’s promoter, was found to have reneged on the original contract.

Rozicki is promoted by Daniel Otter’s Three Lions Promotions.

The fallout was the fourth time the fight missed its scheduled date. There were problems with a cut suffered by Mikaeljan (27-2, 12 knockouts) during training camp, which disrupted plans for their June 7 meeting. It was agreed to postpone the date in exchange for finding a novel opponent for Rozicki.

Three postponements later, the patience of Rozicki’s team had long since run out.

“We now hope that we win the bid and Ryan becomes the WBC world champion,” Otter told The Ring.

Mikaeljan, rated 200 by The Ring at No. 2, was scheduled to defend his title for the first time. The 33-year-old Armenian won the belt with a third-round defeat of former titleholder Ilunga Makabu on November 4 in his adopted hometown of Miami.

He remains the only busy titleholder on King’s current promotional lineup.

Rozicki (20-1, 19 KO) will fight for the second title fight in his career, either in the USA or on his home field.

The 29-year-old from Ontario, Canada has won seven in a row since losing to Oscar Rivas in October 2021. Their fierce fight was the inaugural fight for the WBC bridgeweight title.

Rozicki was to fight outside Canada for the first time in his career. His team’s intention now is to keep the fight north of the border.

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