Boxing's current title holders by country as of July 11

  By Dennis Carreon

 

Boxing's current title holders by country as of July 10, 2011 

1st - Mexico (19)

Saul Alvarez - WBC Super Welterweight (154 lbs)

Jorge Arce - WBO Junior Featherweight (122 lbs)

Hugo Fidel Cazares - WBA Super Flyweight (115 lbs)

Julio Cesar Chavez Jr - WBC Middleweight (160 lbs)

Raul Garcia - WBO Mini Flyweight (105 lbs)

Jhonny Gonzalez - WBC Featherweight (126 lbs)

Adrian Hernandez - WBC Light Flyweight (108 lbs)

Ramon Garcia Hirales - WBO Junior Flyweight (108 lbs)

Hernan Marquez - WBA Flyweight (112 lbs)

Juan Manuel Marquez - WBA, WBO & Ring Lightweight (135 lbs)

Cristian Mijares - IBF Junior Bantamweight (115 lbs)

Julio Cesar Miranda - WBO Flyweight (112 lbs)

Tomas Rojas - WBC Super Flyweight (115 lbs)

Orlando Salido - WBO Featherweight (126 lbs)

Giovanni Segura - Ring Junior Flyweight (108 lbs)

Ulises Solis  - IBF Junior Flyweight (108 lbs)

Miguel Vazquez - IBF Lightweight (135 lbs) 

2nd - USA (11)

Timothy Bradley - WBC Super Lightweight & WBO Junior Welterweight (140 lbs)

Cornelius Bundrage - IBF Junior Middleweight (154 lbs)

Tavoris Cloud - IBF Light Heavyweight (175 lbs)

Steve Cunningham - IBF Cruiserweight (200 lbs)

Bernard Hopkins - WBC & Ring Light Heavyweight (175 lbs)

Zab Judah - IBF Junior Welterweight (140 lbs)

Victor Ortiz - WBC Welterweight (147 lbs)

Rico Ramos - WBA Super Bantamweight (122 lbs)

Andre Ward - WBA Super Middleweight (168 lbs) 

3rd - Ukraine (7)

Sergiy Dzinziruk - WBO Junior Middleweight (154 lbs)

Vitali Klitschko - WBC Heavyweight (200+ lbs)

Wladimir Klitschko - WBA, IBF, WBO & Ring Heavyweight (200+ lbs)

Vyacheslav Senchenko - WBA Welterweight (147 lbs) 

4th (2 are tied) - Japan (4)

Takahiro Ao - WBC Super Featherweight (130 lbs)

Kazuto Ioka - WBC Strawweight (105 lbs)

Toshiaki Nishioka - WBC Super Bantamweight (122 lbs)

Takashi Uchiyama - WBA Super Featherweight (130 lbs) 

4th (2 are tied) - UK (4)

Ricky Burns - WBO Junior Lightweight (130 lbs)

Nathan Cleverly - WBO Light Heavyweight (175 lbs)

Carl Froch - WBC Super Middleweight (168 lbs)

Amir Khan - WBA Super Lightweight (140 lbs) 

6th (2 are tied) - Philippines (3)

Nonito Donaire - WBC & WBO Bantamweight (118 lbs)

Manny Pacquiao - WBO Welterweight (147 lbs) 

6th (2 are tied) - South Africa (3)

Nkosinathi Joyi - IBF Mini Flyweight (105 lbs)

Moruti Mthalane - IBF Flyweight (112 lbs)

Takalani Ndlovu - IBF Junior Featherweight (122 lbs) 

8th (5 are tied) - Argentina (2)

Sergio Gabriel Martinez - Ring Middleweight (160 lbs)

Omar Andres Narvaez - WBO Junior Bantamweight (115 lbs) 

8th (5 are tied) - Indonesia (2)

Chris John - WBA Featherweight (126 lbs)

Muhammad Rachman - WBA Minimumweight (105 lbs) 

8th (5 are tied) - Panama (2)

Guillermo Jones - WBA Cruiserweight (200 lbs)

Anselmo Moreno - WBA Bantamweight (118 lbs) 

8th (5 are tied) - Russia (2)

Dmitry Pirog - WBO Middleweight (160 lbs)

Robert Stieglitz - WBO Super Middleweight (168 lbs) 

8th (5 are tied) - Thailand (2)

Pongsaklek Wonjongkam - WBC & Ring Flyweight (112 lbs) 

13th (10 are tied) - Australia (1)

Daniel Geale - IBF Middleweight (160 lbs) 

13th (10 are tied) - Germany (1)

Felix Sturm - WBA Middleweight (160 lbs) 

13th (10 are tied) - Ghana (1)

Joseph Agbeko - IBF Bantamweight (118 lbs) 

13th (10 are tied) - Kazakhstan (1)

Beibut Shumenov - WBA Light Heavyweight (175 lbs) 

13th (10 are tied) - Nicaragua (1)

Roman Gonzalez - WBA Light Flyweight (108 lbs) 

13th (10 are tied) - Poland (1)

Krzysztof Wlodarczyk - WBC Cruiserweight (200 lbs) 

13th (10 are tied) - Puerto Rico (1)

Miguel Angel Cotto - WBA Super Welterweight (154 lbs) 

13th (10 are tied) - Romania (1)

Lucian Bute - IBF Super Middleweight (168 lbs) 

13th (10 are tied) - Serbia (1)

Marco Huck - WBO Junior Heavyweight (200 lbs) 

13th (10 are tied) - Slovenia (1)

Jan Zaveck - IBF Welterweight (147 lbs) 

Vacancies

WBC Lightweight (135 lbs)

IBF Featherweight (126 lbs) & Junior Lightweight (130 lbs)

Ring - 11 divisions 

List Guidelines: (1) Only Ring, WBA, WBC, IBF & WBO; (2) Excluded interim champs, WBA's regular champs (when there are unified/super champs), champs-in-recess, emeritus status champ, WBC's diamond & silver titles and whatever extra sanctioning fee driven title; (3) Tally titles not title holders; (4) Considered boxer's country of birth NOT ancestry, naturalized citizenship nor adopted home country. 

Dennis Carreon can be reached at dcarreon@8countnews.com