World Boxing has published its latest rankings for elite men and women following a busy period of international competition that has seen two new world number ones crowned.
The rankings, which cover performances from November 2024 to October 2026, have been updated to include results from the European Championships in Sofia, the Aichi-Nagoya 2026 Asian Games and the PanAmerican Boxing Championships in Puebla.
This update sees two brand new world number ones named, with Japan’s Rui Yamaguchi (M55kg) moving up from second to the top spot courtesy of a gold medal at the Asian Games. Meanwhile, in the men’s 75kg category, Azerbaijan’s Saidjamshid Jafarov climbed three places from fourth to number one after winning gold in Sofia.
Those changes leave Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan in possession of eight of the 10 men’s top spots, while the women’s rankings saw no changes to the number one positions.
Two USA boxers recorded the two biggest jumps, with Alyssa Mendoza rising 23 places to seventh in the women’s 57kg, while Jajaira Gonzalez climbed 19 places to seventh in the women’s 60kg.
Other big movers into the top 10 include India’s Ankush who jumped 10 places from 12th to second at men’s 80kg, while Ukraine’s Elvin Aliiev moved from 18th to fourth at men’s 65kg and Azerbaijan’s Nabi Isgandarov rose from 20th to eighth at M70kg.
There is a total of 39 new entries in the top ten of their respective weight categories in the new rankings, with 225 boxers added since the previous publication, comprising 105 women and 120 men. For the purpose of rankings, new entries refer to boxers newly listed in a particular weight category; it is not solely used for boxers appearing in the rankings for the first time.
The latest rankings are the sixth set published by World Boxing, with points awarded for performances at the Olympic Games, World Boxing Championships, World Boxing Cups, World Boxing Challenge events, Continental Championships, Continental Multi-Sport Games and the World Boxing Cup Finals.
Boxers may accumulate ranking points from a maximum of four competitions at any one time, with points issued on a rolling three-year cycle. The rankings are used to seed boxers at World Boxing competitions and can be viewed in full on the World Boxing website.