Current Women’s Professional Boxing Champions by Weight Class
The current WBA, WBC, IBF and WBO women’s champions in 17 divisions, plus the undisputed titleholders and how to read the belt table.
Women’s professional boxing is commonly listed across 17 weight divisions, with world titles awarded by four major sanctioning bodies: the WBA, WBC, IBF and WBO. A division can therefore have four different champions—or one undisputed champion holding every major belt.
As of September 29, 2026, 63 of the table’s 68 cells list a principal champion. Four titles are vacant, while the WBC does not list a women’s light-heavyweight championship. Those 63 positions are held by 35 women, counting each boxer once even if she appears in two divisions.
The table excludes interim, silver and champion-in-recess designations. It was checked against the WBA’s August 31 ratings, the WBC’s current women’s ratings, the WBO’s champions page, and current listings from ESPN and BoxRec.
Current women’s world champions
| Division | WBA | WBC | IBF | WBO |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heavyweight | Claressa Shields | Claressa Shields | Claressa Shields | Claressa Shields |
| Light heavyweight | Vacant | — | Sarah Scheurich | Vacant |
| Super middleweight | Franchón Crews-Dezurn | Franchón Crews-Dezurn | Lani Daniels | Lani Daniels |
| Middleweight | Claressa Shields | Claressa Shields | Tammara Thibeault | Tammara Thibeault |
| Junior middleweight | Chantelle Cameron | Chantelle Cameron | Oshae Jones | Chantelle Cameron |
| Welterweight | Lauren Price | Lauren Price | Lauren Price | Mikaela Mayer |
| Junior welterweight | Katie Taylor | Katie Taylor | Katie Taylor | Katie Taylor |
| Lightweight | Stephanie Han | Caroline Dubois | Elif Nur Turhan | Caroline Dubois |
| Junior lightweight | Alycia Baumgardner | Bernice Ferreira | Alycia Baumgardner | Alycia Baumgardner |
| Featherweight | Amanda Serrano | Tiara Brown | Nina Meinke | Amanda Serrano |
| Junior featherweight | Melissa Mortensen | Skye Nicolson | Vacant | Vacant |
| Bantamweight | Dina Thorslund | Dina Thorslund | Dina Thorslund | Dina Thorslund |
| Junior bantamweight | Nataly Delgado | Adelaida Ruiz | Irma García | Mizuki Hiruta |
| Flyweight | Gabriela Fundora | Gabriela Fundora | Gabriela Fundora | Gabriela Fundora |
| Junior flyweight | Estefany Alegría | Lourdes Juárez | Estefany Alegría | Estefany Alegría |
| Strawweight | Sarah Bormann | Yokasta Valle | Kim Clavel | Sarah Bormann |
| Atomweight | Isabel Rivero | Camila Zamorano | Sumire Yamanaka | Gabriela Timar |
Bold names are undisputed champions. “Vacant” means the organization recognizes the division but its principal title is unoccupied. A dash means that organization does not list a principal championship in the division.
Weight-class naming varies. “Junior” and “super” often describe the same limit: junior welterweight is also called super lightweight, for example. See the professional boxing weight divisions in order for limits and alternate names.
The four undisputed women’s champions
An undisputed champion holds the WBA, WBC, IBF and WBO titles in one division. A unified champion holds at least two but fewer than four. The Ring championship is an editorial recognition rather than one of those four sanctioning-body titles, so it is not part of this table’s undisputed calculation. That conventional distinction is summarized in DAZN’s guide to boxing titles.
The four-belt champions at the cutoff are:
- Claressa Shields — heavyweight
- Katie Taylor — junior welterweight
- Dina Thorslund — bantamweight
- Gabriela Fundora — flyweight
Taylor is an unusual current-status case. She defeated Flora Pili by unanimous decision on September 5, with the judges returning cards of 100–90, 100–90 and 98–91, then announced her retirement with a 26–1 record. She remained listed as champion by all four bodies at this article’s cutoff. Retirement and a sanctioning body’s subsequent decision to vacate a title are separate events. Reuters reported the result, scores and retirement, while the WBC continued to list Taylor as its super-lightweight champion.
How a result becomes a championship record
A belt does not alter the scoring system. If a title fight reaches the final bell, each judge totals a round-by-round card under the 10-point must system. The official decision establishes the bout winner; the sanctioning body then records what happened to its title.
Those are three separate layers:
- Round score: one judge’s assessment of one round.
- Official result: the commission’s recorded decision after the cards are totaled.
- Title status: whether a belt was won, retained, vacated or left unfilled under the sanctioning body’s rules.
A boxer can win a split decision and become champion even when one judge scores the fight against her. Conversely, unofficial punch totals or a broadcaster’s card cannot transfer a title. For the underlying scorecard arithmetic, see how the 10-point must system works.
Why one division can have several champions
The four organizations maintain separate rankings, order separate mandatory defenses and can recognize different title fights. Junior bantamweight, for example, has four different principal champions; at heavyweight, Shields has consolidated all four titles.
Secondary designations add another layer. The WBA ratings separately identify interim champions in several divisions and a champion in recess at welterweight. Those labels matter administratively, but counting them as equivalent to the principal title would obscure who occupies the main championship position. This table therefore lists one principal champion per organization and division.