Cruiserweight boxing: belts & next fights
Cruiserweight (200 lb): who holds each world title, the fights already booked, and who each boxer is likely to fight next. Each percentage is the chance of being the next opponent, not of winning.
Updated (UAE time) · 5 boxers
World titleholders by body
| WBA (Super) | David Benavidez🇺🇸 |
| WBA (Regular) | Jai Opetaia🇦🇺 |
| WBC | Michał Cieślak🇵🇱 |
| IBF | Vacant |
| WBO | David Benavidez🇺🇸 |
| The Ring | Jai Opetaia🇦🇺 |
From the Wikipedia list of current world boxing champions (checked 2 Oct 2026), with later changes from the linked news. Interim belts are labelled. A boxer named without a link has no NextSmash page yet.
Booked fights
| Sat 7 Nov 2026 | Chris Billam-Smith🇬🇧 vs Cheavon Clarke Copper Box Arena, London · Announced for Zuffa Boxing 12, live on Sky Sports. |
Boxers and likely next opponents
NextSmash list Titleholders first, then by the strength of their top next-opponent pick. This is not an official ranking. For rankings, see each body's own list.
| David Benavidez🇺🇸 32–0 · WBA (Super) cruiserweight · WBO cruiserweight · WBC light heavyweight · next: Michał Cieślak 70% |
| Michał Cieślak🇵🇱 28–2 (1) · WBC cruiserweight · next: David Benavidez 70% |
| Jai Opetaia🇦🇺 31–0 · The Ring cruiserweight · WBA (Regular) cruiserweight · next: David Benavidez 15% |
| Chris Billam-Smith🇬🇧 22–2 · No world title listed · next: Cheavon Clarke Booked |
| Jake Paul🇺🇸 12–2 · No world title listed · next: Tommy Fury 40% |
Rankings note: belts are labelled by the body that awards them (WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO or The Ring). The order of boxers on these pages is a NextSmash list, not an official ranking.
Sources
- Wikipedia: List of current world boxing champions (revision of 1 Oct 2026) · 1 Oct 2026
- BoxingNews24: WBC elevates Cieslak, sets Benavidez defense for December 12 · 14 Sep 2026
- ABC News: Jai Opetaia defeats Noel Mikaelian to set up fight against David Benavidez · 14 Sep 2026
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