The IBO computerised boxing rankings for September 2020 are now available
The previous International Boxing Organization world rankings were released for April-August with no movements due to the lack of activity in boxing, but have now been updated for September 2020 since boxing events have returned.
Britons Liam Smith and Liam Williams both move up one space each in the middleweight rankings, and there's a total of 35 UK and Irish boxers positioned in the IBO world top 15:
Heavyweight
Champion: Anthony Joshua
Inter-Continental: Zhan Kossobutskiy
1 Oleksandr Usyk
2 Andy Ruiz Jr
3 Dillian Whyte
4 Deontay Wilder
5 Alexander Povetkin
6 Kubrat Pulev
7 Michael Hunter
8 Dereck Chisora
9 Luis Ortiz
10 Joe Joyce
* Daniel Dubois #12
Cruiserweight
Champion: Kevin Larena
1 Mairis Briedis
2 Thabiso Mchunu
3 Lawrence Okolie
4 Krzystof Glowacki
5 Ryad Merhy
6 Ruslan Fayfer
7 Aleksei Egorov
8 Aleksei Papin
9 Krzystof Wlodarczyk
10 David Light
Light Heavyweight
Champion: Dominic Boesel
1 Sergey Kovalev
2 Gilberto Ramirez
3 Jean Pascal
4 Marcus Browne
5 Maksim Vlasov
6 Badou Jack
7 Eleider Alvarez
8 Joe Smith Jr
9 Jesse Hart
10 Umar Salamov
*Joshua Buatsi #12
* Anthony Yarde #13
Super Middleweight
Champion: Vacant
Inter-Continental: Evgeny Shvedenko
1 Daniel Jacobs
2 David Benavidez
3 Fedor Chudinov
4 John Ryder
5 Rocky Fielding
6 Juergen Braehmer
7 Willie Munroe Jr
8 Zach Parker
9 Vladimir Shishkin
10 David Lemieux
* Martin Murray #17
Middleweight
Champion: Gennadiiy Golovkin
1 Chris Eubank Jr
2 Jaime Munguia
3 Sergiy Derevyanchenko
4 Ryota Murata
5 Liam Smith
6 Liam Williams
7 Michael Zerafa
8 Kamil Szeremeta
9 Maciej Sulecki
10 Rob Brant
Super Welterweight
Champion: Vacant
1 Erislandy Lara
2 Brian Carlos Castano
3 Jarrett Hurd
4 Kell Brook
5 Jeff Horn
6 Michel Soro
7 Erickson Lubin
8 Jack Culcay
9 Sergio Garcia
10 Julian Williams
Welterweight
Champion: Vacant
1 Shawn Porter
2 Danny Garcia
3 Yordenis Ugas
4 Mikey Garcia
5 Keith Thurman
6 David Avaneyson
7 Kudratillo Abdukakhorov
8 Sergey Lipinets
9 Jamal James
10 Sebastian Formella
* Amir Khan #12
Super Lightweight
Champion: Jeremias Nicolas Ponce
1 Regis Prograis
2 Jose Zepeda
3 Viktor Postol
4 Ivan Baranchyk
5 Jack Catterall
6 Robert Easter Jr
7 Mario Barrios
8 Batyrzhan Jukembayev
9 Jose Pedraza
10 Lewis Ritson
* Terry Flanagan #11
* Ohara Davies #12
Lightweight
Champion: Vacant
1 Gervonta Davis
2 Luke Campbell
3 Lee Selby
4 Richard Commey
5 Javier Fortuna
6 Ryan Garcia
7 Emmanuel Tagoe
8 Gustavo Daniel Lemos
9 Jorge Linares
10 Felix Verdejo
* James Tennyson #15
Super Featherweight
Champion: Vacant
Inter-Continental: Michael Magnesi
1 Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov
2 Oscar Valdez
3 Rene Alvarado
4 Tevin Farmer
5 Carl Frampton
6 Miguel Roman
7 Muhammadkhuja Yaqubov
8 Andrew Cancio
9 Francisco Vargas
10 Jeremiah Nakatila
* Joe Cordina #11
Featherweight
Champion: Vacant
1 Emanuel Navarette
2 Kid Galahad
3 Can Xu
4 Shakur Stevenson
5 Jessie Magdaleno
6 Isaac Dogboe
7 Ryan Walsh
8 Tugstsogt Nyambayar
9 Ryo Sagawa
10 Eduardo Ramirez
* Michael Conlan (IRE) #13
Super Bantamweight
Champion: Vacant
1 Rey Vargas
2 Ryosuke Iwasa
3 Daniel Roman
4 Hiroaki Teshigawara
5 Stephen Fulton
6 Jhunriel Ramonal
7 Brandon Figueroa
8 Ronny Rios
9 Azat Hovhannisyan
10 Carlos Castro
* Thomas Patrick Ward #13
Bantamweight
Champion: Michell Banquez
1 Luis Nery
2 Nonito Donaire
3 Jason Moloney
4 Guillermo Rigondeaux
5 Zolani Tete
6 Emmanuel Rodriguez
7 Jose Velasquez
8 Takuma Inoue
9 Alejandro Santiago Barrios
10 Paul Butler
Super Flyweight
Champion: Gideon Buthelezi
1 Wisaksil Wangek
2 Francisco Rodriguez Jr
3 Joshua Franco
4 Andrew Maloney
5 Khalid Yafai
6 Fernando Daniel Martinez
7 Yanga Sigqibo
8 Mikhail Aloyan
9 Jeyvier Cintron
10 Pedro Guevara
* Sunny Edwards #13
Flyweight
Champion: Maximino Flores
Inter-Continental: Tommy Frank
1 Kosei Tanaka
2 Charlie Edwards
3 Junto Nakatani
4 Giemel Magramo
5 Ricardo Rafael Sandoval
6 Angel Acosta
7 Sho Kimura
8 Wulan Tuolehazi
9 Cristofer Rosales
10 Akira Yaegashi
Light-Flyweight
Champion: Vacant
1 Carlos Canizales
2 Masamichi Yabuki
3 Edward Heno
4 Panya Pradabsri
5 Jonathan Gonzalez
6 DeeJay Kriel
7 Daniel Matellon
8 Agustin Mauro Gauto
9 Tetsuya Hisada
10 Jonathan Taconing
Minimumweight
Champion: Nkosinathi Joyi
1 Daniel Valladares
2 Jose Argumedo
3 Simpiwe Konkco
4 Byron Rojas
5 Victorio Saludar
6 Jing Xiang
7 Ginjiro Shigoeka
8 Leyman Benavides
9 Melvin Jerusalem
10 Tsubasa Koura
2020 IBO World Upcoming Title Fights
August 29, California, LA:
IBO World Super Welterweight
Erislandy Lara vs. Greg Vendetti
Pending dates:
Heavyweight: Anthony Joshua (UK) vs. Kubrat Pulev (Bulgaria) TBD
Cruiserweight: Kevin Lerena (South Africa) vs. Kai Robin Havnaa (Norway) TBD
Light Heavyweight: Dominic Boesel (Germany) vs. Zac Dunn (Australia) TBD
Super Middleweight: Evgeny Shvedenko (Russia) vs. TBD
Middleweight: Gennadiy Golovkin (Kazakhstan) vs. Kamil Szeremeta (Poland) TBD
Flyweight: Maximino Flores (Mexico) vs. Tommy Frank (UK) TBD
Minimumweight: Nkosinathi Joyi (South Africa) vs. Ayanda Ndulani (South Africa) TBD
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