List of IBO female world champions

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The following is a list of IBO female world champions certificated by the International Boxing Organization (IBO).

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Stand: June 25, 2022.

r Champion relinquished title.
s Champion stripped of title.

Minimumweight

No.NameDuration of reignDefences
1 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zongju Cai June 9, 2018 2018s0
2 Flag of Germany.svg Sarah Bormann May 21, 2022 present0

Light flyweight

No.NameDuration of reignDefences
1vacant0

Flyweight

No.NameDuration of reignDefences
1 Flag of Serbia.svg Nina Radovanović December 8, 2018 2019s0
2 Flag of Mexico.svg Gloria Gallardo November 22, 2019 2021s0

Super flyweight

No.NameDuration of reignDefences
1 Flag of Austria.svg Eva Voraberger September 27, 2015 April 30, 20160
2 Flag of Mexico.svg Esmeralda Moreno April 30, 2016 2016s0
3 Flag of Austria.svg Eva Voraberger (2)October 22, 2016 2017s0
4 Flag of Chile.svg Daniela Asenjo June 7, 2022 present0

Bantamweight

No.NameDuration of reignDefences
1 Flag of South Africa.svg Sharadene Fortuin August 28, 2015 2016s0
2 Flag of the United States.svg Melissa Oddessa Parker June 19, 2021 present1

Super bantamweight

No.NameDuration of reignDefences
1 Flag of Italy.svg Vissia Trovato November 5, 2016 2017s0
2 Flag of France.svg Ségolène Lefebvre April 12, 2019 2019r0
3 Flag of New Zealand.svg Mea Motu April 27, 2023 present2

Featherweight

No.NameDuration of reignDefences
1 Flag of Poland.svg Iwona Guzowska September 18, 1999 2002s3
2 Flag of France.svg Licia Boudersa September 28, 2019 March 2021s0
3 Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Amanda Serrano March 25, 2021 present1

Super featherweight

No.NameDuration of reignDefences
1 Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Firuza Sharipova December 30, 2017 [1] 2019s [2] 0
2 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Terri Harper July 19, 2019 [3] November 13, 20214
3 Flag of the United States.svg Alycia Baumgardner November 13, 2021 present1

Lightweight

No.NameDuration of reignDefences
1 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Chantelle Cameron December 2, 2017 2019s2
2 Flag of France.svg Estelle Yoka Mossely June 14, 2019 present3

Super lightweight

No.NameDuration of reignDefences
1 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Lucia Rijker September 25, 1998 1999s0
2 Flag of Poland.svg Agnieszka Rylik April 10, 2004 2005s0
3 Flag of Zambia.svg Esther Phiri January 29, 2011 2013s1
4 Flag of Russia.svg Svetlana Kulakova December 3, 2016 2019s1
5 Flag of the United States.svg Kali Reis August 20, 2021 August 16, 2022s1
5 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Chantelle Cameron May 20, 2023 November 25, 20230
5 Flag of Ireland.svg Katie Taylor November 25, 2023 present0

Welterweight

No.NameDuration of reignDefences
1 Flag of Germany.svg Jennifer Retzke August 3, 2014 November 29, 20140
2 Flag of Norway.svg Cecilia Braekhus November 29, 2014 August 15, 20209
3 Flag of the United States.svg Jessica McCaskill August 15, 2020 present3

Super welterweight

No.NameDuration of reignDefences
1 Flag of Sweden.svg Mikaela Laurén April 21, 2018 [4] 2018r0
2 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Hannah Rankin June 15, 2019 [5] November 27, 20190
3 Flag of Sweden.svg Patricia Berghult November 27, 2019 2021s0
4 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Hannah Rankin (2)November 5, 2021 September 24, 2022s1
5 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Terri HarperSeptember 24, 2022 present0

Middleweight

No.NameDuration of reignDefences
1 Flag of Croatia.svg Ivana Habazin March 16, 2018 2019s1

Super middleweight

No.NameDuration of reignDefences
1vacant0

Light heavyweight

No.NameDuration of reignDefences
1vacant0

Heavyweight

No.NameDuration of reignDefences
1 Flag of the United States.svg Sonya Lamonakis December 6, 2014 2015s0

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