This is a list of current women's professional boxing rankings, which includes the latest rankings by each one of the sport's four major sanctioning bodies, as well as other well-regarded sites and entities.
As professional boxing has four major sanctioning bodies (WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO) each with their own champions, the sport doesn't have a centralized ranking system. The rankings published by these organizations share the trait of not ranking the other organizations' champions, as each one of the sanctioning bodies expects their champion to frequently defend their title against their top-ranked contender. The WBA often has more than one champion, none of which are ranked by the other 3 sanctioning bodies. Their "Super" and "Regular" champions are excluded from the rankings but their "Interim" champion is affixed to the #1 spot. The IBF's protocol is for the top 2 spots in its rankings to remain vacant until two of its other top-ranked contenders face off, at which point the winner takes one of those two places.
In addition to the rankings published by the major sanctioning bodies, The Ring publish their own independent rankings, not excluding any organizations' champions. The aim of The Ring is to crown a single champion for each division. Every single one of these lists are assembled by a committee but since the 90s, other parties have experimented with computerized rankings, but these are sometimes regarded as incapable of accounting for all of boxing's quirks and subtleties. [1] [2] The most widely known computerized rankings are published by BoxRec and updated daily. [3] The following is a list compiling the latest instalment of all the previously mentioned rankings. [4]
C | Champion |
S | Super champion |
R | Regular champion |
I | Interim champion |
Rank | BoxRec | The Ring | WBA | WBC | IBF | WBO | IBO | |
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C | — | — | — | vacant | vacant | vacant | vacant | |
1 | Raquel Miller | — | — | Lani Daniels | Raquel Miller | — | Raquel Miller | |
2 | Roseanna Cox | — | — | Danielle Perkins | Bolatito Oluwole | — | Roseanna Cox | |
3 | Alrie Meleisea | — | — | Roseanna Cox | — | — | Alrie Meleisea | |
4 | Che Kenneally | — | — | Che Kenneally | — | — | Vanessa Lepage-Joanisse | |
5 | Vanessa Lepage-Joanisse | — | — | Oxandia Castillo | — | — | Angie Paola Rocha | |
6 | Razel Mohammed | — | — | Laura Ramsey | — | — | Trish Vaka | |
7 | Angie Paola Rocha | — | — | Bolatito Oluwole | — | — | Sequita Hemingway | |
8 | Trish Vaka | — | — | Lorissa Rivas | — | — | Bolatito Oluwole | |
9 | Minellis Blanco | — | — | Alrie Meleisea | — | — | Razel Mohammed | |
10 | Sequita Hemingway | — | — | — | — | — | Jackie Lea Osborn |
Rank | BoxRec | The Ring | WBA | WBC | IBF | WBO | IBO | |
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C | — | — | vacant | — | Lani Daniels | — | vacant | |
1 | Lani Daniels | — | Vanessa Lepage Joanisse | — | Luiza Davydova | — | Che Kenneally | |
2 | Angelica López Flores | — | Roseanna Cox | — | Bolatito Oluwole | — | Angelica López Flores | |
3 | Natasha Spence | — | Angelica López Flores | — | Che Kenneally | — | Luiza Davydova | |
4 | Luiza Davydova | — | Che Kenneally | — | Angelica López Flores | — | Mwamba Benedict Lulua | |
5 | Mwamba Benedict Lulua | — | Bolatito Oluwole | — | Vanessa Lepage-Joanisse | — | Tímea Nagy | |
6 | Maricela Garcia Mendoza | — | Minellis Blanco | — | vacant | — | Maricela Garcia Mendoza | |
7 | Tímea Nagy | — | Angie Paola Rocha | — | vacant | — | Mary Eze | |
8 | Mary Eze | — | Oxandia Castillo | — | vacant | — | Szilvia Rafaelová | |
9 | Abiola Olawale | — | Mary Caba Rancier | — | vacant | — | Abiola Olawale | |
10 | Szilvia Rafaelová | — | vacant | — | vacant | — | Kimberly Labajo |
Rank | BoxRec | The Ring (as of 13 April 2022) | WBA | WBC | IBF | WBO | IBO | |
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C | — | Claressa Shields | Claressa Shields | Claressa Shields | Claressa Shields | Claressa Shields | vacant | |
1 | Savannah Marshall | Savannah Marshall | Femke Hermans | Savannah Marshall | Tori Nelson | — | Ema Kozin | |
2 | Ema Kozin | Christina Hammer | Yenebier Guillén | Alma Ibarra | Christina Hammer | — | Maricela Cornejo | |
3 | Lovlina Borgohain | Ema Kozin | Ivana Habazin | Tori Nelson | Ivana Habazin | — | Femke Hermans | |
4 | Maria Lindberg | Femke Hermans | Raquel Miller | Edith Ogoke | vacant | — | Rita Mrwebi | |
5 | Maricela Cornejo | Raquel Miller | Jordanne Garcia | Chris Namús | vacant | — | Yenebier Guillén | |
6 | Femke Hermans | — | Edith Ogoke | Gifty Amanua Ankrah | vacant | — | Sonya Dreiling | |
7 | Florence Muthoni | — | vacant | vacant | vacant | — | Olivia Curry | |
8 | Tayla Harris | — | vacant | vacant | vacant | — | Miranda Barber | |
9 | Logan Holler | — | vacant | vacant | vacant | — | Kaitlin Lavigne | |
10 | Sonya Dreiling | — | vacant | vacant | vacant | — | Visila Lagilagi |
Rank | BoxRec | The Ring | WBA | WBC | IBF | WBO | IBO | |
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C | — | vacant | Monserrat Alarcón | Fabiana Bytyqi Louisa Hawton (I) | Saemi Hanagata | Mika Iwakawa | — | |
1 | Monserrat Alarcón | Monserrat Alarcón | Eri Matsuda | Maria Soledad Vargas | Eva Guzman | — | — | |
2 | Ayaka Miyao | Fabiana Bytyqi | Yenifer León | Mika Iwakawa | Ayaka Miyao | — | — | |
3 | Eri Matsuda | Mika Iwakawa | Kaori Nagai | Saemi Hanagata | Kaori Nagai | — | — | |
4 | Nanae Suzuki | Eri Matsuda | Ayaka Miyao | Eri Matsuda | Maria Soledad Vargas | — | — | |
5 | Mika Iwakawa | Yenifer León | Gabriela Sánchez | Monserrat Alarcón | Nao Ikeyama | — | — | |
6 | Fabiana Bytyqi | — | Silvia Torres | Lorraine Villalobos | Eri Matsuda | — | — | |
7 | Yenifer León | — | vacant | Ayaka Miyao | vacant | — | — | |
8 | Abril Sánchez Torres | — | vacant | Umi Ishikawa | vacant | — | — | |
9 | Sumire Yamanaka | — | vacant | Teodora Bacheva | vacant | — | — | |
10 | Yurie Kishi | — | vacant | Nao Ikeyama | vacant | — | — |
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