Boxing is a complicated and convoluted sport with several world champions in each division.

Most observers recognise that we are now in a four-belt era, with the WBA, WBC, IBF and WBO all given credibility as legitimate world titles.

The WBA, WBC, IBF and WBO are recognised as boxing’s four legitimate, major world titlesSimon Stacpoole/Matchroom

See the full list of the current men’s boxing world champions below…

Heavyweight (200lbs+)

WBA – Oleksandr Usyk

WBC – Oleksandr Usyk

IBF – Daniel Dubois

WBO – Oleksandr Usyk

*Mahmoud Charr has the lesser WBA ‘regular’ belt

*Joseph Parker has the lesser WBO ‘interim’ belt

Usyk is the unified WBA, WBC and WBO heavyweight world championMikey Williams/Top Rank

Bridgerweight (224lbs)

WBA – Muslim Gadzhimagomedov

WBC – Lawrence Okolie

*Kevin Lerena has the lesser WBC ‘interim’ belt

The WBC invented the bridgerweight division in 2020, though many deem it unnecessary with only one of the other three sanctioning bodies following suitRex

Cruiserweight (200lbs)

WBA – Gilberto Ramirez

WBC – Noel Mikaelian

IBF – Jai Opetaia

WBO – Chris Billam-Smith

Billam-Smith is the WBO cruiserweight world championGetty

Light-Heavyweight (175lbs)

WBA – Dmitry Bivol

WBC – Artur Beterbiev

IBF – Artur Beterbiev

WBO – Artur Beterbiev

*David Morrell has the lesser WBA ‘regular’ belt

*David Benavidez has the lesser WBC ‘interim’ belt

Beterbiev and Bivol own the belts at light-heavyweight

Super-Middleweight (168lbs)

WBA – Canelo Alvarez

WBC – Canelo Alvarez

IBF – Vacant

WBO – Canelo Alvarez

*Caleb Plant has the lesser WBA ‘interim’ belt

Canelo is the unified WBA, WBC and WBO super-middleweight world championAmanda Westcott/Showtime

Middleweight (160lbs)

WBA – Erislandy Lara

WBC – Carlos Adames

IBF – Janibek Alimkhanuly

WBO – Janibek Alimkhanuly

Alimkhanuly is the unified IBF and WBO middleweight world championMikey Williams/Top Rank

Super-Welterweight (154lbs)

WBA – Terence Crawford

WBC – Sebastian Fundora

IBF – Bakhram Murtazaliev

WBO – Sebastian Fundora

*Vergil Ortiz has the lesser WBC ‘interim’ belt

*Terence Crawford has the lesser WBO ‘interim’ belt

Fundora is the unified WBC and WBO super-welterweight world championEsther Lin/PBC

Welterweight (147lbs)

WBA – Eimantas Stanionis

WBC – Mario Barrios

IBF – Jaron Ennis

WBO – Brian Norman

Boots is the IBF welterweight world championMelina Pizano/Matchroom

Super-Lightweight (140lbs)

WBA – Jose Valenzuela

WBC – Alberto Puello

IBF – Liam Paro

WBO – Teofimo Lopez

Lopez is the WBO super-lightweight world championGetty

Lightweight (135lbs)

WBA – Gervonta Davis

WBC – Shakur Stevenson

IBF – Vasyl Lomachenko

WBO – Denys Berinchyk

Davis and Stevenson hold belts at lightweight

Super-Featherweight (130lbs)

WBA – Lamont Roach Jr

WBC – Robson Conceicao

IBF – Anthony Cacace

WBO – Emanuel Navarrete

*Albert Batyrgaziev has the lesser WBA ‘interim’ belt

*Oscar Valdez has the lesser WBO ‘interim’ belt

Cacace is the IBF super-featherweight world champion

Featherweight (126lbs)

WBA – Nick Ball

WBC – Rey Vargas

IBF – Angelo Leo

WBO – Rafael Espinoza

*Brandon Figueroa has the lesser WBC ‘interim’ belt

Ball is the WBA featherweight world championMark Robinson/Matchroom

Super-Bantamweight (122lbs)

WBA – Naoya Inoue

WBC – Naoya Inoue

IBF – Naoya Inoue

WBO – Naoya Inoue

Inoue is the undisputed WBA, WBC, IBF and WBO super-bantamweight world championNaoki Fukuda/Top Rank

Bantamweight (118lbs)

WBA – Takuma Inoue

WBC – Junto Nakatani

IBF – Ryosuke Nishida

WBO – Yoshiki Takei

Nakatani is the WBC bantamweight world championMikey Williams/Top Rank

Super-Flyweight (115lbs)

WBA – Fernando Martinez

WBC – Jesse ‘Bam’ Rodriguez

IBF – Fernando Martinez

WBO – Kosei Tanaka

*David Jimenez has the lesser WBA ‘interim’ belt

*Pedro Guevara has the lesser WBC ‘interim’ belt

Rodriguez is the WBC super-flyweight world championAmanda Westcott/Matchroom

Flyweight (112lbs)

WBA – Seigo Yuri Akui

WBC – Vacant

IBF – Angel Ayala

WBO – Anthony Olascuaga

Martinez was the WBC flyweight world champion, but is now moving up to super-flyweightMichelle Farsi/Matchroom

Light-Flyweight (108lbs)

WBA – Vacant

WBC – Vacant

IBF – Sivenathi Nontshinga

WBO – Vacant

Kenshiro was the unified WBA and WBC light-flyweight world champion, but is now moving up to flyweightGetty

Minimumweight (105lbs)

WBA – Knockout CP Freshmart (Thammanoon Niyomtrong)

WBC – Melvin Jerusalem

IBF – Pedro Taduran

WBO – Oscar Collazo