Heavyweight boxing rankings: Top 10 WBC, WBA, IBF and WBO fighters and world champions

Tony Mogan

2 August 2020 at 5:15 pm·2-min read

Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua sit at the summit of heavyweight boxing as the sport begins to return to our screens.

Fury put on a stunning display as he secured a seventh round victory over Deontay Wilder in Las Vegas in February to win the WBC belt.

His win sets up the mouth-watering possibility of a unification showdown with Joshua, who outpointed Andy Ruiz Jr in Saudi Arabia in December to reclaim the IBF, WBA (Super) and WBO straps.

First up for Joshua is a mandatory title defence against Kubrat Pulev with the small matter of a trilogy fight with Wilder awaiting 'The Gypsy King'.

Those bouts remain on hold however with sport halted due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Here's the state of play as we wait for a huge summer of heavyweight boxing to begin.

World Boxing Council (WBC)

Champion - Tyson Fury (beat Deontay Wilder on 23 February 2020)

Interim	Dillian Whyte
1.	Deontay Wilder
2.	Oleksandr Usyk
3.	Luis Ortiz
4.	Andy Ruiz Jr
5.	Oscar Rivas
6.	Joseph Parker
7.	Daniel Dubois
8.	Filip Hrgovic
9.	Alexander Povetkin
10.	Michael Hunter

World Boxing Association (WBA)

Champion - Anthony Joshua (beat Andy Ruiz Jr on 7 December 2017)

1.	Trevor Bryan
2.	Oleksandr Usyk
3.	Luis Ortiz
4.	Andy Ruiz Jr
5.	Adam Kownacki
6.	Charles Martin
7.	Chris Arreola
8.	Agit Kabayel
9.	Michael Hunter
10.	Dereck Chisora

IBF (International Boxing Federation)

Champion - Anthony Joshua (beat Andy Ruiz Jr on 7 December 2017)

1.	Kubrat Pulev
2.	Charles Martin
3.	Oleksandr Usyk
4.	Michael Hunter
5.	Andy Ruiz
6.	Filip Hrgovic
7.	Joseph Parker
8.	Tom Schwarz
9.	Dereck Chisora
10.	Tony Yoka

WBO (World Boxing Organisation)

Champion - Anthony Joshua (beat Andy Ruiz Jr on 7 December 2017)

1.	Oleksandr Usyk
2.	Joseph Parker
3.	Daniel Dubois
4.	Kubrat Pulev
5.	Andy Ruiz Jr
6.	Junior Fa
7.	Michael Hunter
8.	Evgeny Romanov
9.	Dereck Chisora
10.	Frank Sanchez

*Updated as of 2 August

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World Boxing Council (WBC)

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IBF (International Boxing Federation)

WBO (World Boxing Organisation)

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