Transnational Boxing Rankings Board


The Transnational Boxing Rankings Board is an all-volunteer initiative formed in October 2012 with the intention of providing professional boxing with authoritative top-ten rankings, identifying the singular world champion of every division by unbiased reasoning and common sense, and to insist on the sport's reform. Board members are independent professional journalists, boxing historians and record keepers from around the world. Their rankings and titles are meant to be uninfluenced by promoters and the traditional sanctioning bodies' paid-for "alphabet belts".

TBRB championships

The TBRB only awards vacant championships when the two top-ranked fighters in any division meet, and currently recognizes legitimate world champions or "true champions" in each weight class. It also presents the "successions" of these championship "thrones."
Three of its recognized champions were identified by The Ring magazine before the TBRB was founded. Thus, the TBRB was formed in order to continue where The Ring "left off" in the aftermath of the latter's purchase by Golden Boy Promotions in 2007, and the following dismissal of the editorial board headed by Nigel Collins. After the new editors announced a controversial new championship policy in May 2012, three prominent members of the Ring Advisory Panel resigned. These three members became the founding members of the TBRB, which was formed over the summer of 2012 with the assistance of Stewart Howe of England.
The group also maintains a pound for pound list which, as of June 2019, is currently topped by Vasyl Lomachenko and official "monthly rankings" for record keepers and boxing historians.
ESPN boxing analyst and commentator Teddy Atlas praised the TBRB's efforts on-air in March 2013 and again during the season finale in August 2013. Several sites have adopted their rankings, including Boxing.com, The Queensberry Rules, The Sweet Science, East Side Boxing, Esquina Boxeo and Stiff Jab.

TBRB Voting Panel members

There are currently 51 members representing 21 countries on six continents: the United States, England, Italy, the Philippines, Ireland, Chile, Cuba, Costa Rica, Scotland, Canada, New Zealand, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Norway, Sweden, Japan, Thailand, Australia, Argentina, Russia and Ghana.
The following are the lineal champions recognized by the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board:
Heavyweight
Cruiserweight
Light heavyweight
Super middleweight
Middleweight
Super welterweight
Welterweight
Super lightweight
Lightweight
Super bantamweight
Super flyweight
Flyweight
WeightChampionRecord
Heavyweight30-0-1-0
Cruiserweight-
Light heavyweight15–0–0–0
Super middleweight–
Middleweight53–1–2–0
Junior middleweight–
Welterweight–
Junior welterweight39–1–0–0
Lightweight–
Junior lightweight–
Featherweight–
Junior featherweight19–1–0–1
Bantamweight–
Junior bantamweight39–3–0–0
Flyweight–
Junior flyweight–
Strawweight–

Pound-for-pound

RankBoxerRecordWeight class
114–1–0–0 Lightweight
235–0–0–0 Welterweight
318–0–0–0 Bantamweight
417-0–0–0 Heavyweight
552–1–2–0 Middleweight/Super middleweight
638–1–1–0 Middleweight
739–3–0 Junior bantamweight
862–7–2–0 Welterweight
926–0–0–0 Welterweight
1016–0 Super lightweight