By Ken Hissner: Recently I’ve read that some United Kingdom readers are tired of hearing about how the USA champions dominate. I looked into it and do not see it that way.
Among the heavyweights WBC Tyson “Gypsy King” Fury, 32-0-1 (23), of the UK and WBA, WBO and IBF champ Oleksandr Usyk, 19-0 (13), of UKR.
Cruiserweights WBA Areen Goulamarian, 26-0 (18), of France, WBC Ilunga Junior Makabu, 29-2 (25), of Congo and South Africa, IBF Mairis Briedis, 28-1 (20), of Riga, Latvia and WBO Lawrence “The Sauce” Okolie, 18-0 (14), of the UK.
Light Heavyweights WBA Dimitrii Bivol, 20-0 (11), of Kyrgyzstan, WBC & IBF Artur Beterbiev, 17-0 (17), of Russia and Canada, WBO Joe Smith, Jr., 28-3 (22), of USA.
Super Middleweight WBA, WBC, WBO & IBF Saul “Canelo” Alvarez, 57-2-2 (39), of Mexico.
Middleweights WBA & IBF Gennadiy “GGG” Golovkin, 42-2-1 (37), of Kazakhstan, WBC Jermall “Hit Man” Charlo, 32-0 (22), of USA, WBO Demetrius “Boo Boo” Andrade, 31-0 (19), of USA.
Super Welterweights WBA, WBC, WBO & IBF Jermell “Iron Man” Charlo, 35-1 (19), of USA.
Welterweights WBA, WBC & IBF Errol “The Truth” Spence, Jr., 28-0 (22), of USA and Terence “Bud” Crawford, 38-0 (29), of USA.
Super Lightweights WBC, WBO, WBA & IBF Josh “The Tartan Tornado” Taylor, 19-0 (13), of UK.
Lightweights WBA, WBC, WBO & IBF Devin “The Dream” Haney, 28-0 (15), of USA.
Super Featherweights WBA Roger “The Kid” Gutierrez, 26-3-1 (20), of VZ, WBC & WBO Shakir “No Fear” Stevenson, 18-0 (9) and IBF Kenichi Ogawa, 26-2-1 (18), of Japan.
Featherweights WBA Leo “El Terremoto” Santa Cruz, 38-2-1 (19), of MEX & CA, WBC Mark Magsayo, 24-0 (16), of PH, IBF Josh “The Leeds Warrior” Warrington, 31-1-1 (8), of UK, WBO Emanuel “Vaquero” Navarrete, 35-1 (29), of MEX.
Super Bantamweights WBC & WBO Stephen “Cool Boy Steph” Fulton, 21-0 (8), USA and WBA & IBF Murodjon “MJ” Akhmadaliev, 10-0 (7), of Uzbekistan.
Bantamweights WBA, WBC & IBF Naoya “Monster” Inoue, 23-0 (20) of Japan, WBO John “Quadro Alas” Riel Casimero, 31-4 (21), of PH.
Super Flyweights WBA Juan “El Gallo” Francisco Estrada, 42-3 (28), of MEX, WBC Joshua “El Profesor” Franco, 18-1-2 (8), of USA, IBF Fernando Daniel Martinez, 14-0 (8), of ARG, WBO Kazuto Ioka, 28-2 (15), of Japan.
Flyweights WBA Artem Dalakian, 21-0 (15), of UKR, WBC Julio Cesar Martinez, 18-2 (14), of MEX, IBF Sunny “Showtime” Edwards, 18-0 (4), of UK, WBO Junto Nakatani, 23-0 (18), of Japan.
Light Flyweights WBA Hiroto Kyoguchi, 15-0 (10), of Japan, WBC Kenashiro “The Amazing Boy” Teraji, 19-1 (11), of Japan, WBO Jonathan Gonzalez, WBO Jonathan “Bomba” Gonzalez, 25-3-1 (14), of PR
Minimumweight WBA Thammanoon Niyomtrong, 23-0 (9), of TH, WBC Panya Fradaberi, 38-1 (23), TH, IBF Rene Mark “Mighty Mouse” Cuarto, 20-2-2 (11), of PH, WBO Masataka Taniguchi, 16-3 (11), of Japan.
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