The first set of world rankings for men and women published HERE by World Boxing have confirmed the status of Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan as the current leading nations in Olympic-style boxing.
Uzbekistan has 12 boxers (seven male and five female) in the top five in the world across the 20 weight categories; Kazakhstan is second with 11 (six men and five women).
The next best performing nations are Türkiye which has eight boxers (seven female and one male) ranked in the top five across the 20 weight classes, Brazil with seven (three women and four men) and China which has six (four women and two men). England, India and Japan all have five boxers ranked in the top five in the world.
When it comes to the top spots, Kazakhstan has the world number one in seven categories (three female and four male) while six men from Uzbekistan are ranked number one in the world.
Other countries that have a female boxer ranked number one in the world include Türkiye, Chinese Taipei, Brazil, Ireland, Australia and Poland which has two. In the men’s weights all of the top ranked boxers are from Uzbekistan or Kazakhstan.
According to the rankings, the leading female boxer in the world is Polish featherweight (W57kg), Julia Szeremeta, who has 2,075 points accrued from her performances at the World Boxing Championships 2025, the World Boxing Cup – Foz do Iguazu 2025 in Brazil and the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.
In the men’s weights Uzbekistan’s Abdumalik Khalokov and Asadkhuja Muydinkhujiaev, who box at lightweight (M60kg) and welterweight (M65kg) respectively, are tied on 3,000 points, based on their gold medals at the recent World Boxing Championships in Liverpool and the Paris 2024 Olympics.
The top five ranked male and female boxers in the world are:
| MALE BOXERS | FEMALE BOXERS | ||||
| Boxer details | Points | Boxer details | Points | ||
| 1st = | Abdumalik KHALOKOV, 60kg, UZB | 3,000 | 1st | Julia SZEREMETA, 57kg, POL | 2,075 |
| 1st = | Asadkhuja MUYDINKHUJAEV, 65kg, UZB | 3,000 | 2nd | Buse CAKIROGLU, 51kg, TUR | 1,975 |
| 3rd | Erislandy ALVAREZ, 65kg, CUB | 2,100 | 3rd | Rebeca DE LIMA SANTOS, 60kg, BRA | 1,837.5 |
| 4th | Aibek ORALBAY, 90kg+, KAZ | 2,025 | 4th | Nazym KYZAIBAY, 51kg, KAZ | 1,750 |
| 5th = | Sanzhar TASHKENBAY, 50kg, KAZ | 1,650 | 5th | Hsiao-Wen HUANG, 54kg, TPE | 1,725 |
| 5th = | Makhmud SABYRKHAN, 55kg, KAZ | 1,650 | |||
| 5th = | Fazliddin ERKINBOEV, 75kg, UZB | 1,650 | |||
| 5th = | Javokhir UMMATALIEV, 80kg, UZB | 1,650 | |||
| 5th = | Turabek KHABIBULLAEV, 90kg, UZB | 1,650 | |||
The Acting Secretary General of World Boxing, Mike McAtee, said: “One of our key priorities as the International Federation for boxing is to deliver a calendar of high-quality competition opportunities for the boxers from our member National Federations and the publication of the first set of World Boxing rankings is a manifestation of this.
“The rankings are based on a detailed methodology and are designed to provide an empirical measurement of performance over time that can be used to determine seedings at future competitions and Championships and multis-port events.”
The World Boxing rankings are for senior elite boxers and are calculated on a three-year, rolling point system which began with the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. To be included in the rankings, a boxer needs to have competed in at least one World Boxing sanctioned event.
Ranking points are awarded for performance in World Boxing Challenge events, World Boxing Cups, World Boxing Cup Finals, World Boxing Championships and the Olympic Games. In future, performances in Continental Championships will also be eligible for ranking points.
The competitions that contributed to this first set of rankings are:
- Paris 2024 Olympic Games (Under PBU regulations)
- World Boxing Cup Finals – Sheffield, England 2024
- World Boxing Challenge – Tammer Tampere, Finland 2024
- World Boxing Cup – Foz do Iguazu, Brazil 2025
- World Boxing Challenge – Usti, Czechia 2025
- World Boxing Cup – Astana, Kazakhstan 2025
- World Boxing Championships – Liverpool, England 2025
Full details on how the rankings are calculated and the allocation of points are available HERE.
The World Boxing rankings will be used to determine seedings at World Boxing’s major Elite competitions, including the World Boxing Championships, Continental Boxing Championships, Multi-Sport Games, World Boxing Cup Finals and others.
World Boxing was launched in April 2023 with a mission to ensure that boxing remains at the heart of the Olympic movement. It held its first formal meeting with the IOC in May 2024 and on 25 February 2025, it was granted provisional recognition by the IOC as the International Federation (IF) within the Olympic Movement governing the sport of boxing at world level.