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Boxing: c. 2002– Patricia Alcivar USA Colombia: 50 kilograms (110 lb) Super Flyweight: Boxing: c. 1995– Shondell Alfred Guyana: 52 kilograms (115 lb) Super Flyweight: Boxing: 1999– Laila Ali USA: 76 kilograms (168 lb) Super Middleweight: Boxing: 1997–2007 Sumya Anani USA: 63 kilograms (139 lb) Welterweight: Boxing: 1996–2006 Theresa ...
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 ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 21 January 2025. For men's edition, see List of current world boxing champions.
The following is a list of WBC female world champions certificated by the World Boxing Council (WBC). Stand: June 3, 2020. r – Champion relinquished title. s – Champion stripped of title. On July 30, 2011, Ana María Torres won the first female Diamond Belt by defeating Jackie Nava at Bantamweight. [1]
World Boxing Association (WBA), founded in 1921 as the National Boxing Association (NBA); re-named as the WBA in 1962; World Boxing Council (WBC), founded in 1963; International Boxing Federation (IBF), founded in 1983; World Boxing Organization (WBO), founded in 1988; International Boxing Organization (IBO), founded in 1992
The following is a list of WBA female world champions certificated by the World Boxing Association (WBA). Stand: March 31, 2020. r – Champion relinquished title. s – Champion stripped of title. During the 2009 WBA convention in Colombia, Susi Kentikian was named the first ever WBA female Super Champion. It was announced that this belt would ...
Professional women's boxing has declined in popularity in the United States and struggles to get viewership and sponsorship. Many women boxers have to fight in Mexico or Europe in order to make a good living. [222] [223] [172] [224] The sport has largely been supplanted by Women's MMA, which is increasingly popular in the USA. [172] [225] [226]
This is a list of WBO world champions, showing every world champion certified by the World Boxing Organization (WBO). The WBO is one of the four major governing bodies in professional boxing , and has awarded world championships in 17 different weight classes since 1989.