Boxing magazine The Ring has awarded world championships in men's professional boxing within each weight class from its foundation in 1922 until the 1990s, and again since 2001. In 2019 they began awarding world championships to women, however, the publication did not begin producing monthly female divisional rankings until August 2020.
Current champion | |
Most consecutive title defenses | |
No. | Name | Date 2 | Defenses |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Franchón Crews-Dezurn (def. Elin Cederroos ) | April 30, 2022 – July 1, 2023 | 1 |
2 | Savannah Marshall | July 1, 2023 – present | 0 |
No. | Name | Date | Defenses |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Claressa Shields (def. Christina Hammer ) | April 13, 2019 – present | 3 |
No. | Name | Date | Defenses |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Claressa Shields (def. Marie-Eve Dicaire ) | March 5, 2021 – present | 0 |
No. | Name | Date | Defenses |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Jessica McCaskill (def. Cecilia Brækhus ) | March 13, 2021 – present | 2 |
No. | Name | Date 2 | Defenses |
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1 | Chantelle Cameron (def. Mary McGee ) | October 30, 2021 – November 25, 2023 | 1 |
2 | Katie Taylor | November 25, 2023 – present | 0 |
No. | Name | Date | Defenses |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Katie Taylor (def. Delfine Persoon ) | June 1, 2019 – present | 7 |
No. | Name | Date 2 | Defenses |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Mikaela Mayer (def. Maïva Hamadouche ) | November 5, 2021 – October 15, 2022 | 1 |
2 | Alycia Baumgardner | October 15, 2022 – present | 2 |
No. | Name | Date | Defenses |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Amanda Serrano (def. Sarah Mahfoud ) | September 24, 2022 – present | 3 |
No. | Name | Date | Defenses |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Ellie Scotney (def. Ségolène Lefebvre ) | April 13, 2024 – present | 0 |
No. | Name | Date | Defenses |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Dina Thorslund (def. Yulihan Luna ) | September 1, 2023 – present | 1 |
No. | Name | Date | Defenses |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Marlen Esparza (def. Naoko Fujioka ) | April 9, 2022 – present | 0 |
No. | Name | Date | Defenses |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Seniesa Estrada (def. Tina Rupprecht ) | March 25, 2023 – present | 1 |
The Ring is an American boxing magazine that was first published in 1922 as a boxing and wrestling magazine. As the sporting legitimacy of professional wrestling came more into question, The Ring shifted to becoming exclusively a boxing-oriented publication. The magazine is currently owned by Oscar De La Hoya's Golden Boy Enterprises division of Golden Boy Promotions, which acquired it in 2007. Ring began publishing annual ratings of boxers in 1924. With its November/December 2022 issue, the magazine stopped publication of its regular monthly print issues and will remain a digital publication, offering occasional special interest print issues.
Nathaniel Stanley Fleischer was a noted American boxing writer and collector.
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