Current Champions

Current Champions

Displayed are the “Current Champions” in boxing with each shown in their respective weight division, world title belt organization, professional ring record in the following format: win-loss-draw-no contest (knockout wins) and the date of winning their title.

As of: March 6, 2026

Heavyweight (+200 lb /+90.7 kg or +224 lb /+101.6 kg)

WBAWBCIBFWBOThe Ring
Oleksandr Usyk
Super champion
24–0 (15 KO)
September 25, 2021		Oleksandr Usyk
24–0 (15 KO)
May 18, 2024		Oleksandr Usyk
24–0 (15 KO)
July 19, 2025		Fabio Wardley
20–0–1 (19 KO)
November 17, 2025		Oleksandr Usyk
24–0 (15 KO)
August 20, 2022
Murat Gassiev
Regular champion
33–2–0–1 (26 KO)
December 12, 2025		Agit Kabayel
Interim champion
27–0 (19 KO)
February 22, 2025

Cruiserweight (200 lb /90.7 kg or 190 lb / 86.2 kg)

WBAWBCIBFWBOThe Ring
Gilberto Ramírez
Super champion
48–1 (30 KO)
March 30, 2024		Noel Mikaelian
28–3 (12 KO)
December 13, 2025		Jai Opetaia
29–0 (23 KO)
May 18, 2024		Gilberto Ramírez
48–1 (30 KO)
November 16, 2024		Jai Opetaia
28–0 (22 KO)
July 2, 2022
Michał Cieślak
Interim champion
28–2–0–1 (22 KO)
June 28, 2025
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RING TRIVIA for March 2026

David Martinez, Trivia

I have always been intrigued with boxing trivia. This actually began back when I was a young kid in 1961. I would pick the minds of the older generation and ask questions about their era to educate myself. It’s now my pleasure to bring the boxing trivia format to my website www.dmboxing.com for everyone to enjoy. On a quarterly basis I post five multiple choice questions – in March, June, September, and December – with the correct answers to follow by end of each posting month for your viewing.

David Martinez / Boxing Historian
 

1 — What boxer had the nickname “The Brooklyn Billy Goat”?
            a – Shannon Briggs
            b – Paddy DeMarco
            c – Riddick Bowe
            d – Junior Jones
 
2 — In his only professional defeat, who did Tyrone Everett lose to (by
split-decision) in a WBC junior lightweight title bout?
            a – Ben Villaflor
            b – Kuniaki Shibata
            c – Samuel Serrano
            d – Alfredo Escalera

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Carlos Chavez / Memories

David Martinez, History

By David Martinez / Boxing Historian / dmboxing.com

A fighter that my uncle admired, and one which was before my time in boxing, was Carlos Chavez.

My uncle’s favorite boxer, though, was Manuel Ortiz. He met Ortiz on several occasions when both were living in the Imperial Valley town of El Centro, California.

I recall my uncle telling me that Carlos Chavez fought all the best boxers in a career that spanned seventeen years, from 1939 to 1956.

Chavez’s opponents included Lou Salica, Harold Dade, Lauro Salas, Willie Pep, Jimmy Carter, Paddy DeMarco, Tony DeMarco, Mario Trigo, Tony Olivera, Art Aragon, Jesse Flores, Eddie Chavez, Maxie Docusen, Paulino Montes, Cisco Andrade, and his epic five-bout series with all time great, Manuel Ortiz.

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Carl Froch Retires

David Martinez, FLASHBACK, Middleweights

***** FLASHBACK *****

This article was originally published on www.dmboxing.com – August 4, 2015

By David Martinez / Boxing Historian / dmboxing.com

 Last month, at age 38, four-time super middleweight champion Carl Froch, from Nottingham, England, UK, has officially announced his retirement.

The British fighter enjoyed a successful career for fourteen years. His professional ring record stands at 33 wins and 2 losses, with 24 by knockout.

His only losses were to Mikkel Kessler in 2010, which he avenged three years later, and to Andre Ward in 2011 in the final of the Super Middleweight Six World Boxing Classic Tournament. The judges’ scores in the Ward fight were 115-113, 115-113, 118-110 … My unofficial scorecard was 117-111 for the winner Ward.

His most notable wins were over Jean Pascal in 2008, Jermain Taylor in 2009, Andre Dirrell in 2009, Arthur Abraham in 2010, Glen Johnson in 2011, Lucian Bute in 2012, and George Groves in 2013 and 2014.

Froch was listed on everyone’s best top10 “pound for pound” list, and in my most recent (June 2015) ranking he was number nine.

The boxing world will certainly miss this great champion Carl Froch, as he plans to move on to be an analyst with the British TV network Sky Sports. May he enjoy a long and healthy retirement with his partner Rachael, five-year-old son Rocco, and two-year-old daughter Natalia; and expecting a third child next month in September – Congratulations

Shakur Stevenson by “Unanimous” Decision over Teofimo Lopez

Recent Fights, Tom Donelson, Welterweights

By Tom Donelson (BWAA) Member Boxing Writers Association of America

Shakur Stevenson easily dominate Teofimo Lopez as he showed great boxing skills. This was a fight in which Stevenson connected on twice as any punches, and his accuracy was 44 percent versus Lopez connect rate of 15 percent. For the most part this was an easy fight to score as He landed more punches in every round but one. You could have scored 120-108 but the judges had it 119-109 giving Lopez only the 8th round.

In the eleventh round he showed this fight in microscopic as he started the round with quartet of hard punches and Lopez moved forward quickly, only to be hit with an accurate hook. Stevenson then landed two right hands followed by left hook. Lopez tried to get inside, but a stiff jab stop his momentum and as the round ended, Stevenson nails Lopez as time ran np down.

Lopez landed 105 jabs and this allowed him to control the real estate between the two, and he connected on half of his power shots. Lopez averaged only 6 punches a round connected which was slightly below Stevenson allowed in his previous 12 rounds.

Stevenson has now moved up the elite levels of the boxing world as he once the outside looking in of the four young kings, Devin Haney, Ryan Garcia, Gervonta Davis, and Teofimo Lopez but now he may be he new king as he now has four world championship in four different weight divisions.

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Fight Club OC / Next Show February 12th

California Boxing, dmboxing.com, Upcoming Fights

Fight Club OC – The Most Fun You Can Have On A Thursday Night In Orange County is back on February 12th Inside The Hangar at The OC Fair & Events Center in Costa Mesa. Six exciting bouts are set with five boxing and one MMA bout alongside our Hustler Casino Knockout Promotion where lucky fans in attendance can win up to $1,000 cash by filling out the KO card on the bottom of our fight card and giving it to a Knockout Girl at the show. Happy Hour at Baja Blues located directly next to The Hangar begins at 5:30pm with great food and drink specials. Below are your February 12th fights, tickets for this upcoming event are priced at $65 for ringside grandstand seats and $75 for floor level seats with all tickets available online at www.socafights.com.

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A Great Fight … A Great Event

David Martinez, FLASHBACK, Middleweights, Steve Corbo, Video

***** FLASHBACK *****

This article was originally published on www.dmboxing – March 14, 2018

By David Martinez / dmboxing.com

I have enjoyed boxing for almost 60 years and I always enjoy a good fight.  Recently, I watched the video of a bout that took place a few years ago.  Felix Strum defended his WBA Super World Middleweight Title against Martin Murray.  The fight took place in Mannheim, Germany on December 2, 2011.  The ring announcer was Steve Corbo from Chicago, who did an outstanding job.  Hall of Fame referee Stanley Christodoulou was the third man in the ring. 

This is as fine an exhibition of the sweet science as you will ever see.  The fight was televised throughout the world, but it has never been televised in the USA.  Please Note: due to programming, there is no sound for 67 seconds during the playing of the German National Anthem.

So sit back, relax, and enjoy – click on the following link to watch a video of the bout.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=Ff9lEl6AF8w%3Ffeature%3Doembed