Women’s boxing is divided between 17 weight classes, from heavyweight to atomweight. The four major sanctioning bodies, WBO, IBF, WBA and WBC have champions in most of the divisions and to make it easier for boxing fans, below is a chart of who holds each of the titles and secondary belts.
For a list of the best fighters regardless of weight class, check ESPN’s pound-for-pound rankings.
Heavyweight (Weight limit varies)
WBO: N/A
IBF (over 175 lbs.): Vacant
WBA: N/A
WBC (over 168 lbs.): Hanna Gabriels
Light heavyweight (Weight limit varies)
WBO (175 lbs.): Vacant
IBF (175 lbs.): Vacant
WBA (over 175 lbs.): Hanna Gabriels
WBC: N/A
Super middleweight (168 lbs.)
WBO: Franchon Crews Dezurn
IBF: Elin Cederroos
WBA: Elin Cederroos
WBC: Franchon Crews Dezurn
Middleweight (160 lbs.)
WBO: Savannah Marshall
IBF: Claressa Shields
WBA: Claressa Shields
WBC: Claressa Shields
Junior middleweight (154 lbs.)
WBO: Natasha Jonas
IBF: Vacant
WBA: Hannah Rankin*
WBC: Patricia Berghult
*Hanna Gabriels is the WBA “regular” junior middleweight champion, and Raquel Miller is the WBA interim junior middleweight champion
Welterweight (147 lbs.)
WBO: Jessica McCaskill
IBF: Jessica McCaskill
WBA: Jessica McCaskill
WBC: Jessica McCaskill
Junior welterweight (140 lbs.)
WBO: Vacant
IBF: Chantelle Cameron
WBA: Kali Reis
WBC: Chantelle Cameron
Lightweight (135 lbs.)
WBO: Katie Taylor
IBF: Katie Taylor
WBA: Katie Taylor
WBC: Katie Taylor
Junior lightweight (130 lbs.)
WBO: Mikaela Mayer
IBF: Mikaela Mayer
WBA: Hyun Mi Choi
WBC: Alycia Baumgardner
Featherweight (126 lbs.)
WBO: Amanda Serrano
IBF: Sarah Mahfoud
WBA: Erika Cruz
WBC: Amanda Serrano
Junior featherweight (122 lbs.)
WBO: Vacant
IBF: Vacant
WBA: Mayerlin Rivas
WBC: Yamileth Mercado*
*Rachel Ball is the WBC interim junior featherweight champion
Bantamweight (118 lbs.)
WBO: Dina Thorslund
IBF: Maria Roman
WBA: Jamie Mitchell
WBC: Yulihan Luna*
*Tatyana Zrazhevskaya is the WBC interim bantamweight champion
Junior bantamweight (115 lbs.)
WBO: Miyo Yoshida
IBF: Micaela Lujan
WBA: Maribel Ramirez
WBC: Lourdes Juarez*
*Sonia Osorio is the WBC interim junior bantamweight champion
Flyweight (112 lbs.)
WBO: Debora Anahi Lopez
IBF: Leonela Yudica
WBA: Naoko Fujioka*
WBC: Marlen Esparza
*Eva Guzman is the WBA interim flyweight champion
Junior flyweight (108 lbs.)
WBO: Vacant
IBF: Evelyn Bermudez
WBA: Yesica Yolanda Bopp*
WBC: Yesenia Gomez**
*Maria Guadalupe Bautista is the WBA “regular” junior flyweight champion, and Jessica Nery Plata is the WBA interim junior flyweight champion
**Kenia Enriquez is the WBC interim junior flyweight champion
Strawweight (105 lbs.)
WBO: Nguyen Thi Thu Nhi
IBF: Yokasta Valle
WBA: Seniesa Estrada
WBC: Tina Rupprecht
Atomweight (102 lbs.)
WBO: Mika Iwakawa
IBF: Vacant
WBA: Monserrat Alarcon
WBC: Fabiana Bytyqi*
*Louisa Hawton is the WBC interim atomweight champion
