Lightweight boxing: belts & next fights
Lightweight (135 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 | Vacant |
| WBC | William Zepeda🇲🇽 |
| WBC (Interim) | Jadier Herrera🇨🇺 |
| IBF | Vacant |
| WBO | Abdullah Mason🇺🇸 |
| The Ring | Vacant |
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 10 Oct 2026 | Floyd Schofield🇺🇸 vs Lucas Bahdi Chicago, Illinois · For the vacant WBA lightweight title. |
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.
| Jadier Herrera🇨🇺 18–0 · WBC interim lightweight · next: William Zepeda 55% |
| William Zepeda🇲🇽 34–1 · WBC lightweight · next: Jadier Herrera 55% |
| Abdullah Mason🇺🇸 21–0 · WBO lightweight · next: Joe Cordina 25% |
| Floyd Schofield🇺🇸 19–0 · No world title listed · next: Lucas Bahdi Booked |
| Gervonta Davis🇺🇸 30–0–1 · No world title listed · next: Lucas Bahdi 4% |
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
- BoxingScene: Raymond Muratalla vacates IBF lightweight belt
- Boxing News: Fight finally agreed for Gervonta Davis' old world title
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