Who is the Best Middleweight Boxer Right Now?

GGG is out of the rankings because of his inactivity, and the insularity surrounding his comeback, while Janibek Alimkhanuly takes the number 1 spot, along with Carlos Adames moving up to number 2 after his most recent win. Here are the new and updated middleweight rankings, but first here are some honorable mentions.

What is a Middleweight in Boxing?

Middleweight is a weight class of boxers that consists of boxers weighing between 154 pounds (69.9 kg) to 160 pounds (72.6 kg).

The following are the Best Middleweight Boxers in the World.

Honorable Mention

• Gennadiy Golovkin
• Anauel Ngamissengue
• Michael Zerafa
• Diego Pacheco
• Kyrone Davis
• Liam Smith
• Felix Cash

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10. Tyler Denny

Next up, we have Tyler Denny, a British professional boxer with a record of 19 wins, 2 losses, and 3 draws. 

He is the current EBU European Middleweight champion, and has held multiple other regional titles as well. He is just coming off a solid win over Felix Cash. He won by technical decision when the fight had to be stopped after five rounds because of an accidental head clash. 

For his next fight, He will be fighting Hamzah Sheeraz on September 21st.

9. Elijah Garcia

Next up, we have Elijah Garcia is an American professional boxer with 16 wins and only 1 loss on his record. 

He is the former WBO Inter-Continental Middleweight champion, and also held the Latino Middleweight title. He lost to Kyrone Davis In his most recent fight, and there is no official announcement about who he will face next.

8. Kyrone Davis

Next up, we have Kyrone Davis, a professional boxer from the United States, with a record of 19 wins and only 3 losses.

He is the former WBC continental super welterweight champion, and though he hasn’t held any titles at middleweight yet, he made it into the rankings after his most recent win over Elijah Garcia.

He defeated Garcia with a close split decision, and there is no official announcement about his next fight.

7. Etinosa Oliha

Moving on, at number 8, we have Italian professional boxer, Etinosa Oliha, who has an undefeated professional record with 20 straight wins. 

He is the current IBF international middleweight champion, and has previously held the IBO and WBO intercontinental middleweight titles as well.

In his most recent fight, he defeated Ismael Seck via Unanimous decision, and there is no official announcement about his next fight.

6. Meiirim Nursultanov

Next up, we have Meiirim Nursultanov, an undefeated professional boxer from Kazakhstan with 20 wins on his record. 

Nursultanov is the former WBO International Middleweight champion, and defended the title three times. He is also the former WBC USA Middleweight champion, and held the NABF title at light middleweight. 

In his most recent fight, he defeated Julio Alamos, and there is no official announcement about his next fight yet.

5. Chris Eubank Jr.

Chris “Next Gen” Eubank is a British boxer with a record of 33 wins and only 3 losses, with 24 knockouts. 

He is the former WBA interim middleweight champion and a two-time IBO super-middleweight champion. He has several impressive wins in the middleweight division. 

In his most recent fight, he defeated Liam Smith via 10th round TKO, and there is no official announcement about his next fight.

4. Hamzah Sheeraz

Hamzah Sheeraz is an undefeated  British professional boxer with 20 wins on his record. 

He is also the current WBC Silver Middleweight champion, and has also held the british and commonwealth titles. At light-middleweight, he won the WBO European title, and defended it four times. 

In his most recent fight, Sheeraz defeated Austin Williams via TKO and there is no official announcement about his next fight.

3. Erislandy Lara

Title(s):

• WBA Middleweight World Champion

Erislandy Lara is a Cuban American boxer, with a professional record of 30 wins, 3 losses, and 3 draws. 

He is also the current WBA  middleweight world champion, and has defended his title twice. He also had a very successful career at light-middleweight, where he fought for most of his career, and won the WBA and IBO titles twice, and made six successful title defenses.  

In his most recent fight, he defended his title against Michael Zerafa, and his next fight is not scheduled yet.

2. Carlos Adames

Title(s):

• WBC Middleweight World Champion

Carlos Adames is a Dominican professional boxer, with a record of 23 wins and 1 loss. 

Adames is the current WBC middleweight world champion. He has won multiple regional titles at light-middleweight and fought for the WBO interim light middleweight title as well. 

Adames was the former Interim champion, after being promoted to full championship status, he made his first world title defense recently, defeating Terrell Gausha via Unanimous Decision.

1. Janibek Alimkhanuly

Title(s):

• WBO Middleweight World Champion
• IBF Middleweight World Champion

Fighting out of Kazakhstan, Janibek Alimkhanuly is an undefeated boxer with a record of 15 wins and 0 losses. 

Janibek Alimkhanuly is the current unified WBO and IBF middleweight world champion, and he has held multiple regional titles as well. He won the Vacant WBO title after defeating Danny Dignum via Knockout, and has already defended it twice. 

Alimkhanuly won the IBF title in his recent fight after defeating Vincenzo Gualtieri. He has a dominant performance, winning by TKO in the 6th round. He is scheduled to fight Andrei Mikhailovich on July 13th for his next fight.

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