With Oleksandr Usyk defeating Tyson Fury to become the new Undisputed Heavyweight champion of the world, the Current Pound for Pound rankings of the boxing world have shaken up quite a bit. Here is a look at our pound-for-pound boxing rankings 2024, but first, here are some honorable mentions, who didn’t make our list, but are among the best active boxers in the world right now. But first…

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Honorable Mention

• Juan Francisco Estrada
• Errol Spence Jr.
• Tyson Fury
• Shakur Stevenson
• Jesse Rodriguez
• Junto Nakatani

Top 10 Pound for Pound Boxers

10. Devin Haney

Title(s):

• WBC Super Lightweight World Champion

Starting off the list, we have the former Undisputed Lightweight Champion of the world, Devin Haney.

He is one of the most promising prospects in the sport, and currently also holds the WBA Super Lightweight world title. He has also held multiple regional titles and has a combined 7 world title defenses on his record. 

Haney lost his most recent fight against Ryan Garcia, but his title wasn’t on the line as Garcia had missed weight.

9. Kenshiro Teraji

Title(s):

• WBA Junior Flyweight Unified Champion
• WBC Junior Flyweight World Champion
• The Ring Junior Flyweight World Champion

Moving on, at number 9, we have Japanese Boxer Kenshiro Teraji. He is the current unified WBC, WBA (Super), and The Ring Light-flyweight champion, and has an impressive record of 23 wins and only 1 loss. 

Teraji is a two-time world champion at light flyweight and has a combined 12 title defenses on his record. He has also held multiple regional titles, including the Japanese light-flyweight boxing title. 

He was also the WBC youth light-flyweight champion.

8. Gervonta Davis

Title(s):

• WBA Lightweight World Champion

At number 8, we have one of the best lightweight boxers in the world right now. Gervonta Davis is an undefeated boxer with 29 wins on his record. 

Davis is a three-division world champion and currently holds the WBA Lightweight title. Previously, he has also held the IBF Super Featherweight title, along with the WBA title at both Super Featherweight and Super Lightweight. 

He is coming off an impressive win against Ryan Garcia and will be fighting Frank Martin next month on June 15th.

7. Vasyl Lomachenko

Title(s):

• IBF Lightweight World Champion

Fighting out of Ukraine, Vasyl “Hi-tech” Lomachenko is easily one of the most talented current pound-for-pound Boxers in the world, and he currently holds the unified IBF and IBO titles at Lightweight. 

Vasyl Lomachenko is a two-time Olympic gold medalist and has held multiple world titles in three different weight classes as a professional. He also holds the record for becoming a 3-division champion in the shortest time. 

He is the former unified WBA (Super), WBC, WBO, and The Ring lightweight champion, and also held the WBO titles at both junior lightweight and featherweight.

6. Artur Beterbiev

Title(s):

• WBC Light Heavyweight World Champion
• IBF Light Heavyweight World Champion
• WBO Light Heavyweight World Champion

Coming in at number 6 on our list, we have the current Unified Light-Heavyweight champion, Artur Beterbiev. The Russian-born Canadian boxer is Undefeated, with 20 wins on his record. 

As an amateur, Beterbiev became a two-time European Champion, and as a Pro, he currently holds the unified WBC, IBF, and WBO light-heavyweight titles. He has 8 combined title defenses at Light-Heavyweight. 

We can expect a massive fight between Beterbiev, and the WBA Champion Dmitry Bivol on June 1st of this year, the winner of which will hold all four major world titles, and become the undisputed champion.

5. Dmitry Bivol

Title(s):

• WBA Light Heavyweight Super Champion

Next up, we have the current WBA Light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol, an undefeated Russian boxer with 23 wins on his record. 

Bivol made it into the pound-for-pound rankings back in 2022, when he pulled off one of the biggest upsets of the year by defeating the then pound-for-pound king Canelo Alvarez. He has been on a roll since, defending his title three times, and winning the IBO Light heavyweight title as well. 

He has held the WBA light heavyweight title for over 8 years now, starting as the Interim champion, and making an impressive 14 title defenses along the way.

4. Canelo Alvarez

Title(s):

• WBA Super Middleweight Super Champion
• WBC Super Middleweight Champion
• IBF Super Middleweight Champion
• WBO Super Middleweight Champion
• The Ring Super Middleweight Champion

Canelo Alvarez is easily one of the best pound-for-pound boxers of all time.  The Mexican superstar has held world titles in four different weight classes, with unified titles in three of them, and has a record of 61 wins and 2 losses with 2 draws. 

He is the current undisputed champion at super middleweight, and the only fighter to ever achieve this status. He also reigned as the unified WBA, WBC, IBF and the Ring middleweight champion, and the WBO Light heavyweight champion. 

Alvarez has a total of 16 combined title defenses on his resume, and there is no official announcement about his next fight yet.

3. Terence Crawford

Title(s):

• WBO Welterweight World Champion
• WBA Welterweight Super Champion
• The Ring Welterweight World Champion

Coming in at the number 3 spot, we have Terence Crawford. He is undefeated with 40 wins on his record and has held world titles in three different weight classes. 

Crawford is one of the best pound-for-pound boxers today and holds the top spot according to ESPN and the Boxing Writers Association of America. He is the current unified WBA, WBC, WBO, and The Ring welterweight champion of the world, and has previously held the Undisputed Light-welterweight title as well. 

2. Naoya Inoue

Title(s):

• WBC Super Bantamweight World Champion
• WBO Super Bantamweight World Champion
• WBA Super Bantamweight World Champion
• IBF Super Bantamweight World Champion
• The Ring Super Bantamweight World Champion

Coming in at number 2 we have the Ring Magazine pound-for-pound King, Naoya Inoue, The Japanese Monster with an undefeated professional record of 27 wins and 0 losses. 

Inoue has held world titles in four different weight classes. He is the current Undisputed Super Bantamweight world champion, and previously also held all four major world titles at Bantamweight. 

He is also the former WBO junior-bantamweight champion and has a total of 17 combined title defenses across all four weight classes. Most recently, he defended the undisputed bantamweight title against Luis Nery. 

1. Oleksandr Usyk

Title(s):

• WBA Heavyweight Super Champion
• WBO Heavyweight World Champion
• WBC Heavyweight World Champion
• IBF Heavyweight World Champion
• The Ring Heavyweight World Champion

Holding the number one spot in our pound-for-pound boxing rankings 2024, we have Oleksandr Usyk, the New Undisputed Heavyweight champion, and the former undisputed cruiserweight champion of the world. 

Usyk is one of the most decorated boxers in the world. As an amateur, we won the 2012 Olympic gold in London. As a professional, he became a two-division undisputed champion, which is a very rare feat to achieve. 

He won the Undisputed Heavyweight title last week, after defeating the undefeated Tyson Fury. He became the first Undisputed champion in the four-belt era, and became the first boxer to unify the heavyweight titles since Lennox Lewis became the undisputed champion over 24 years ago.

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