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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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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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The Top Ten Dominant Rulers Since 1965

David Martinez, FLASHBACK, Jim Amato, Rankings

***** FLASHBACK ***** In loving memory and respect to our friend Jim Amato (R.I.P.) this article piece was originally published on www.dmboxing for viewing on November 12, 2008. In remembrance of Jim, never to be forgotten, all his postings can be located by clicking onto his name in the Categories section. He came on board to dmboxing in April 2008 and has truly contributed the best of the best in boxing. Jim was truly respected world-wide by many as a boxing historian and sports collector, he passed away in Ashland, Ohio on February 22, 2021, after a bout with cancer at the age of 66. May his soul rest peacefully in heaven with the Lord.


Roberto Duran
photos courtesy
David Martinez
private collection

In this article written by Jim, I will certainly not argue with his expertise regarding The Top Ten Dominant, but let me offer my own personal view of simply the top dozen (12) greatest boxers “Pound-4-Pound” at their height, peak, prime, zenith, pinnacle of career.

Alphabetically they are: Muhammad Ali, Henry Armstrong, Roberto Duran, Joe Gans Harry Greb, Eder Jofre, Sam Langford, Benny Leonard, Joe Louis, Carlos Monzon, Willie Pep, Sugar Ray Robinson.

Sincerely, David Martinez / Boxing Historian

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By Jim Amato / Senior Boxing Writer

Greatness, like beauty is really in the eye of the beholder. Since 1965 I’ve followed the careers of so many wonderful fighters. Over the past couple of decades it has become increasingly more difficult to judge a fighters true worth. With so many titles and weight classes involved sometimes we as fans never really know who is the best fighter in their weight division. At times when a fighter does emerge who looks like he is the cream of his division, he promptly moves up a weight class. Floyd Mayweather Jr. is a good example. Manny Pacquaio too.

This piece is on who I feel were the ten best boxers since 1965 to dominate a single weight class. Those who proudly held the title for an extended reign and ruled it with an iron fist. Coming up with the top ten was not an easy task. Believe it or not there were quite a few fighters that had to be considered. There were some greats who just fell short of making the list but in their day they made their mark. Men like Michael Spinks, Aaron Pryor and Eder Jofre. Others like Julio Cesar Chavez, Marco Antonio Barrera, Pernell Whitaker and Miguel Canto were also passed over. It was pretty difficult to keep Sugar Ray Leonard, Tito Trinidad and Shane Mosley off the list. What about Roy Jones Jr., Carlos Zarate, Khaosai Galaxy, Salvador Sanchez and Jose Napoles. There was no room for them either. By now you must have concluded that the ten boxers I picked must be very special. They are, all ten of them. I’m sure many will disagree with me and there will be many a strong argument for other candidates. I do hope you agree with me that my top ten and also the fighters I’ve mentioned above were pretty special indeed.

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The Airborne Champion

Guest Post, History, Middleweights, Steve Corbo

By Steve Corbo

The young kid pictured above lied about his age to get into the military at the end of WW II. He used the birth certificate of a friend’s cousin to fool the recruiters and at the age of 16, entered the Army under a name other than his own. Born Carmine Orlando Tilelli, he would become known to the world as Joey Giardello.

He became a paratrooper. And although he entered the service too late to see combat in WW II, he served with the elite 82nd Airborne Division. Discharged from the Army in 1948, he kept his assumed name, and this super tough 18-year-old turned pro, launching a ring career which would span 19 years.

A master boxer known for his ability to take a punch, he “fought ‘em all”, racking up wins against some of the top contenders of the day including Ralph Tiger Jones, Bobby Boyd, Al Andrews, Holly Mims, and Del Flannigan. He even beat a past-his-prime Sugar Ray Robinson in a ten-round decision.  His majority decision win over contender Henry Hank was voted by Ring Magazine as “The Fight of The Year”! In what has been described as a foul-filled street fight, he got a shot at Middleweight Champ Gene Fullmer. With the World Championship on the line, they battled for 15 rounds to a split draw. 

Finally, after toiling in the game for 15 years, he climbed to the top of the mountain beating Dick Tiger on December 07, 1963, in Atlantic City, to capture the WBC Middleweight Championship of the World.

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Joshua vs. Paul … and some personal history of my own!

History, Recent Fights, Tom Donelson

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

I have a martial arts background and obtain a black belt plus orange belt in Judo (which was a requirement for a black belt as my sensi insisted his martial artist have a judo background as he noted that many fights end up on the ground.)  We had occasional kick boxing bouts in the do jo and my sensi himself fought kick boxing matches on ESPN when ESPN covered kickboxing matches in the 1980’s and early 90’s.

One weekend, I fought one of my best matches as I defeated a fellow black belt in a kick boxing matches in our dojo. My opponent was in my mid 40’s and I just turned 40. After the bout, the sensi invited me to fight some rounds with him so we went three rounds. He held back and simply wanted to get rounds in and I knew that if he wanted to send them to the canvas, he could. He connected any time he wanted and while I lasted three rounds, he allowed me to do so. I may have been wearing a black belt, but I was not a professional kickboxer and he had been one. There was a difference in skill levels between us and there was a difference between Jake Paul and Anthony Joshua.

Joshua connected 48 punches over the six rounds but 31 of them were in the fifth and sixth round. He only landed 17 over the first four rounds and it was if Joshua didn’t want to end the fight early and carried Paul for the first four rounds before letting loose in the fifth and sixth round, in which he landed the perfect one two, left jab followed by a right hand that send Paul down and broke Paul jaws.

Paul is a decent fighter who takes his craft seriously, but his victories were over fighters beyond the prime like Mike Tyson who was nearly 60 years old. Paul could beat most fighters ranked lower but against elites fighters, he is not in their class. Joshua is a former champion who was not that far beyond his prime. Paul began as youtuber and had a built-in audience when he began his boxing career and his fights brought in millions. Many fans simply watched his fight simply for his entertainment value and while many boxing purist never felt comfortable with Paul, it can’t be denied He attracted fans.

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