Women’s Boxing Pound-for-Pound Rankings: August 2026
1- Claressa Shields (19-0, 4 KOs), heavyweight, middleweight, USA
2- Katie Taylor (25-1, 6 KOs), super-lightweight, Ireland
3- Mikaela Mayer (22-2, 5 KOs), welterweight, USA
4- Gabriela Fundora (18-0, 10 KOs), flyweight, USA
5- Dina Thorslund (25-0, 9 KOs), bantamweight, Denmark
6- Ellie Scotney (12-0, 0 KOs), super-bantamweight, England
7- Chantelle Cameron (22-1, 8 KOs), super-welterweight, England
8- Amanda Serrano (49-4-1, 32 KOs), featherweight, USA/Puerto Rico
9- Caroline Dubois (13-0-1, 5 KOs), lightweight, England
10- Lauren Price (10-0, 2 KOs), welterweight, Wales
11- Alycia Baumgardner (18-1, 7 KOs), super-featherweight, USA
12- Mizuki Hiruta (11-0, 2 KOs) super-flyweight, Japan
13- Lourdes Juarez (40-4, 5 KOs) light-flyweight, Mexico
14- Tiara Brown (21-0, 11 KOs) featherweight, USA
15- Yesica Nery Plata (31-3, 3 KOs) light-flyweight, Mexico
16- Yokasta Valle (34-4, 10 KOs), minimum weight, Costa Rica
17- Cherneka Johnson (19-3, 8 KOs), bantamweight, Australia
18- Elif Nur Turhan (14-0, 8 KOs) lightweight, Turkey
19- Skye Nicolson (16-1, 3 KOs) super-bantamweight, Australia
20- Irma Garcia (26-5-1, 6 KOs) super-flyweight, Mexico/ Evelin Nazarena Bermudez (22-2-1, 8 KOs) light-flyweight, Argentina
*Best of the rest: Camila Anae Zamorano, Desley Robinson, Elizabeth Oshoba, Terri Harper, Stephanie Han, Holly Holm, Mayelli Flores, Beatriz Ferreira, Yamileth Mercado, Gabriela Celeste Alaniz, Segolene Lefebvre, Savannah Marshall, Lani Daniels, Tamm Thibeault, Stephanie Pineiro, Sarah Scheurich, Diana Laura Fernandez, Sarah Bormann, Estefany Alegria Osorio, Estelle Mossely, Melissa Mortensen, Francesca Hennessy, and Sumire Yamanaka.
* Boxers placed in this category are listed in no particular order
Photo Credit: Sam Chinkes
Continuous monthly rankings since April 2011