Heavyweight boxing: belts & next fights
Heavyweight (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) · 13 boxers
World titleholders by body
| WBA | Murat Gassiev🇷🇺 |
| WBC | Agit Kabayel🇩🇪 |
| IBF | Filip Hrgović🇭🇷 |
| WBO | Daniel Dubois🇬🇧 |
| The Ring | Oleksandr Usyk🇺🇦 |
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 17 Oct 2026 | Daniel Dubois🇬🇧 vs Fabio Wardley🇬🇧 The O2, London · Rematch for Dubois's WBO heavyweight title, announced by Queensberry. |
| Sat 28 Nov 2026 | Agit Kabayel🇩🇪 vs Nelson Hysa Düsseldorf, Germany · First defence of Kabayel's full WBC heavyweight title, confirmed by the WBC. |
| Fri 11 Dec 2026 | Tyson Fury🇬🇧 vs Anthony Joshua🇬🇧 Principality Stadium, Cardiff · Officially announced and streamed live on Netflix. Promoted with Turki Alalshikh's The Ring and Dana White. |
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.
| Agit Kabayel🇩🇪 27–0 · WBC heavyweight · next: Nelson Hysa Booked |
| Daniel Dubois🇬🇧 23–3 · WBO heavyweight · next: Fabio Wardley Booked |
| Filip Hrgović🇭🇷 21–1 · IBF heavyweight · next: Frank Sánchez 60% |
| Oleksandr Usyk🇺🇦 25–0 · The Ring heavyweight · next: Deontay Wilder 60% |
| Murat Gassiev🇷🇺 34–2 (1) · WBA heavyweight · next: Derek Chisora 10% |
| Anthony Joshua🇬🇧 30–4 · No world title listed · next: Tyson Fury Booked |
| Fabio Wardley🇬🇧 20–1–1 · No world title listed · next: Daniel Dubois Booked |
| Tyson Fury🇬🇧 36–2–1 · No world title listed · next: Anthony Joshua Booked |
| Deontay Wilder🇺🇸 45–4–1 · No world title listed · next: Oleksandr Usyk 60% |
| Jared Anderson🇺🇸 18–1 · No world title listed · next: David Adeleye 22% |
| Joseph Parker🇳🇿 36–4 · No world title listed · next: Dillian Whyte 12% |
| Arslanbek Makhmudov🇷🇺 21–3 · No world title listed · next: Deontay Wilder 6% |
| Moses Itauma🇬🇧 14–1 · No world title listed · next: not named |
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
- The Ring: WBC elevates Agit Kabayel to full heavyweight champion
- The Guardian: Usyk vacates heavyweight title belts but says he is not retiring · 26 Jun 2026
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