How Can Anyone Support Boxing?

0 comments by Tim Starks on 11/22/2019

Dwight Richie. Patrick Day. Maxim Dadashev. Hugo Santillan. Boris Stanchov. That’s the list of newsmaking boxing deaths this year, and it’s nothing but tragic and awful, no matter the circumstances. I say that upfront because I’m about to perform a trepidatious high wire act where I try to defend the sport that produced those fatalities, […]

Maxim Dadashev: 1990-2019

0 comments by Matthew Swain on 7/24/2019

Maxim Dadashev died yesterday from injuries he sustained during his junior welterweight match with Subriel Matias last Friday night on a card televised on ESPN+. He is survived by his wife Elizabeth, and their 2 year old son, Daniel. Dadashev was 28 years old. After the 11th round, trainer Buddy McGirt pleaded with Dadashev to […]

The Transnational Boxing Rankings Board champions are the true lineal champions of each division, like in earlier years of boxing when there was only one champion per division. For more on lineal champions vs. titleholders, click the "boxing basics tutorial" tab at the top of the page.

Heavyweight (201+ lbs.): Tyson Fury

Cruiserweight (200): Mairis Briedis

Light Heavyweight (175): Artur Beterbiev

Super Middleweight (168): Saul Alvarez

Middleweight (160): Jermell Charlo

Junior Middleweight (154): Vacant

Welterweight (147): Vacant

Junior Welterweight (140): Josh Taylor

Lightweight (135): Devin Haney

Junior Lightweight (130): Shakur Stevenson

Featherweight (126): Vacant

Junior Featherweight (122): Guillermo Rigondeaux

Bantamweight (118): Naoya Inoue

Junior Bantamweight (115): Juan Francisco Estrada

Flyweight (112): Vacant

Junior Flyweight (108): Vacant

Strawweight (105): Vacant

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