World Top 10 Cruiserweight boxing rankings and current Champions.
Weight limit: 200 lbs
(see boxing weight conversions in lbs, kg, st)
1. Jai Opetaia
Australia
26-0, 20 KO
IBF, RING
2. Gilberto Ramirez
Mexico
47-1, 30 KO
WBA, WBO
3. Chris Billam-Smith
UK
20-2, 13 KO
4. Noel Gevor Mikaelyan
Germany
27-2, 12 KO
WBC
5. Richard Riakporhe
UK
17-1, 13 KO
6. Aleksei Papin
Russia
18-1, 17 KO
7. Arsen Goulamirian
France
27-1, 18 KO
8. Michal Cieslak
Poland
26-2, 20 KO
9. Ryan Rozicki
Canada
20-1, 19 KO
10. Yamil Peralta
Argentina
17-1, 17 KO
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Cruiserweight: Legends & History
The Cruiserweight division was introduced in 1979 for ‘smaller Heavyweight’ boxers who could no longer compete with the expanding frames of modern Heavyweights. Cruiserweight sits between Light Heavyweight and Heavyweight, currently holding a 200 lbs limit, ten north of its original 190.
After the WBC officially sanctioned a Cruiser’ bout in 1979, the WBA, WBO and IBF followed. The division went on to become a distinguished, exciting division in its own right, with some of its standout boxers managing to forge successful Heavyweight campaigns in the future.
Some of the greatest Cruiserweight boxers of all time include the likes of Oleksandr Usyk, Evander Holyfield, David Haye, James Toney, Johnny Nelson, Jean Marc Mormeck, Dwight Muhammad Qawi, Virgil Hill, Guillermo Jones and Juan Carlos Gomez.
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