December 19, 2025
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Joshua is the third, where is Usyk? The rating of the world’s strongest heavyweights has been updated

Lawrence Okoli takes the first place, the championship titles are held by boxers from Germany and Ukraine”, — write: sport.ua

World Boxing Council (WBC) has published an updated ranking of the strongest boxers of the heavyweight division as of December.

British Lawrence Okolie (22–1, 16 KOs), who defeated South African Kevin Lerena on the night of July 19 and won the WBC Silver title, continues to hold the first place.

The representatives of Great Britain also placed in the second and third positions – Daniel Dubois and Anthony Joshua previously held the championship titles. The fourth is one of the most talented and promising boxers in the world – the undefeated Moses Itauma.

The world champion in the royal division according to the version of the World Boxing Council is Oleksandr Usyk (24–0, 15 KOs) from Ukraine, who is undefeated in the professional ring and knocked out Dubois in his last fight.

German representative Agit Kabael knocked out Chinese Zhang Zhilei in February of this year, becoming the owner of the temporary title. The undefeated Ukrainian boxer Andriy Novytskyi (15–0, 11 KOs) continues to hold the WBC International belt from July 2024.

Super Heavyweight Rating according to the WBC version (as of December 18):

  • Champion: Oleksandr Usyk (Ukraine)
  • Interim champion: Agit Kabael (Germany)
  • WBC Silver: Lawrence Okolie (Great Britain)
  • WBC International: Andriy Novytskyi (Ukraine)
  • 1. Lawrence Okolie (Great Britain)
  • 2. Daniel Dubois (Great Britain)
  • 3. Anthony Joshua (Great Britain)
  • 4. Moses Itauma (Great Britain)
  • 5. Filip Hrgovych (Croatia)
  • 6. Efe Ajagba (Nigeria)
  • 7. Martin Bakole (DR Congo)
  • 8. Richard Torres (USA)
  • 9. Frank Sanchez (Cuba)
  • 10. Zhang Zhilei (China)

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