Boxing's current title holders by country as of August 30, 2010
1st – Mexico (14)
Juan Manuel Marquez – WBA, WBO & Ring Lightweight (135 lbs)
Julio Cesar Miranda – WBO Flyweight (112 lbs)
Fernando Montiel – WBC & WBO Bantamweight (118 lbs)
Omar Niño Romero – WBC Light Flyweight (108 lbs)
Juan Alberto Rosas – IBF Junior Bantamweight (115 lbs)
Orlando Salido – IBF Featherweight (126 lbs)
Giovanni Segura – WBA Light Flyweight, WBO & Ring Junior Flyweight (108 lbs)
Humberto Soto – WBC Lightweight (135 lbs)
Miguel Vazquez – IBF Lightweight (135 lbs)
2nd – USA (8)
Devon Alexander – WBC Super Lightweight & IBF Junior Welterweight (140 lbs)
Andre Berto – WBC Welterweight (147 lbs)
Timothy Bradley – 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)
Andre Ward – WBA Super Middleweight (168 lbs)
3rd – Ukraine (6)
Sergiy Dzinziruk – WBO Junior Middleweight (154 lbs)
Vitali Klitschko – WBC Heavyweight (200+ lbs)
Wladimir Klitschko – IBF, WBO & Ring Heavyweight (200+ lbs)
Vyacheslav Senchenko – WBA Welterweight (147 lbs)
4th (2 are tied) – Argentina (4)
Luis Alberto Lazarte – IBF Junior Flyweight (108 lbs)
Sergio Gabriel Martinez – WBC & Ring Middleweight (160 lbs)
Omar Andres Narvaez – WBO Junior Bantamweight (115 lbs)
4th (2 are tied) – Puerto Rico (4)
Miguel Angel Cotto – WBA Super Welterweight (154 lbs)
Juan Manuel Lopez – WBO Featherweight (126 lbs)
Roman Martinez – WBO Junior Lightweight (130 lbs)
Wilfredo Vazquez Jr. – WBO Junior Featherweight (122 lbs)
6th (4 are tied) – Germany (3)
Juergen Braehmer – WBO Light Heavyweight (175 lbs)
Felix Sturm – WBA Middleweight (160 lbs)
Sebastian Sylvester – IBF Middleweight (160 lbs)
6th (4 are tied) – Japan (3)
Daiki Kameda – WBA Flyweight (112 lbs)
Toshiaki Nishioka – WBC Super Bantamweight (122 lbs)
Takashi Uchiyama – WBA Super Featherweight (130 lbs)
6th (4 are tied) – Panama (3)
Celestino Caballero – WBA Super Bantamweight (122 lbs)
Guillermo Jones – WBA Cruiserweight (200 lbs)
Anselmo Moreno – WBA Bantamweight (118 lbs)
6th (4 are tied) – Thailand (3)
Oleydong Sithsamerchai – WBC Strawweight (105 lbs)
Pongsaklek Wonjongkam – WBC & Ring Flyweight (112 lbs)
10th (6 are tied) – Haiti (2)
Jean Pascal – WBC & Ring Light Heavyweight (175 lbs)
10th (6 are tied) – Kazakhstan (2)
Beibut Shumenov – WBA Light Heavyweight (175 lbs)
Vitali Tajbert – WBC Super Featherweight (130 lbs)
10th (6 are tied) – Philippines (2)
Donnie Nietes – WBO Mini Flyweight (105 lbs)
Manny Pacquiao – WBO Welterweight (147 lbs)
10th (6 are tied) – Russia (2)
Dmitry Pirog – WBO Middleweight (160 lbs)
Robert Stieglitz – WBO Super Middleweight (168 lbs)
10th (6 are tied) – South Africa (2)
Nkosinathi Joyi – IBF Mini Flyweight (105 lbs)
Moruti Mthalane – IBF Flyweight (112 lbs)
10th (6 are tied) – UK (2)
David Haye – WBA Heavyweight (200+ lbs)
Amir Khan – WBA Super Lightweight (140 lbs)
16th (10 are tied) – Armenia (1)
Vic Darchinyan – WBA Super Flyweight (115 lbs)
16th (10 are tied) – Canada (1)
Steve Molitor – IBF Junior Featherweight (122 lbs)
16th (10 are tied) – Colombia (1)
Yonnhy Perez – IBF Bantamweight (118 lbs)
16th (10 are tied) – Dominican Republic (1)
Elio Rojas – WBC Featherweight (126 lbs)
16th (10 are tied) – Indonesia (1)
Chris John – WBA Featherweight (126 lbs)
16th (10 are tied) – Nicaragua (1)
Roman Gonzalez – WBA Minimumweight (105 lbs)
16th (10 are tied) – Poland (1)
Krzysztof Wlodarczyk – WBC Cruiserweight (200 lbs)
16th (10 are tied) – Romania (1)
Lucian Bute – IBF Super Middleweight (168 lbs)
16th (10 are tied) – Serbia (Yugoslavia) (1)
Marco Huck – WBO Junior Heavyweight (200 lbs)
16th (10 are tied) – Slovenia (1)
Jan Zaveck – IBF Welterweight (147 lbs)
Vacancies
WBC – Super Middleweight (168 lbs), Super Welterweight (154 lbs) & Super Flyweight (115 lbs)
IBF – 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.
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