Who is the current heavyweight boxing champion

For women's edition, see List of current female world boxing champions.

This is a list of current male world boxing champions.

Since at least John L. Sullivan, in the late 19th century, there have been world champions in professional boxing. The first of the current organizations to award a world title was the World Boxing Association (WBA), then known as the National Boxing Association (NBA), when it sanctioned its first title fight in between Jack Dempsey and Georges Carpentier for the world heavyweight championship.

Current boxing champions

There are now four major sanctioning bodies in professional boxing. The official rules and regulations of the WBA,^[1]World Boxing Council (WBC),^[2]International Boxing Federation (IBF),^[3] and World Boxing Organization (WBO)^[4] all recognize each other in their rankings and title unification rules.

Each of these organizations sanction and regulate championship bouts and award world