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The 10 Best Female Boxers Pound-For-Pound Right Now!
Best female boxers in 2023. Photo via Instagram (@katie_t86) (@serranosisters) (@claressashields)
Women’s boxing has been rising rapidly over the past few years, with former Olympic gold medalists Katie Taylor and Claressa Shields as the brightest shining stars.
The best female pound-for-pound boxers seem to have an unquestionable desire to face the absolute toughest opposition, and always seek to unify weight divisions.
Let’s take a closer look at the best female boxers right now!
10. Natasha Jonas
Natasha Jonas. Photo via Instagram (@tashatf12)
British professional boxer Natasha Jonas (13-2) holds the unified WBC, IBF, and WBO female light-middleweight titles since 2022.
As an amaterur, Jonas became the first ever British woman to compete in boxing at an Olympic Games. In the 2012 Olympics in London, she made it all the way to a quarter-final bout where she ultimately lost to Katie Taylor, who we find further down on this list.
9. Mikaela Mayer
Mikaela Mayer. Photo via instagram (@mikaelamayer)
Mikaela Mayer (17-1) is the current WBC interim lightweight title holder after defeating Lucy Wildheart on April 15.
The 32-year-old Californian was a former unified super featherweight world champion, before losing both in October 2022.
As an amateur Mayer won a bronze medal at the 2012 World Championships and competed for Team USA in the women’s 60 kg category at the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics where she made it to the quarterfinals.
8. Alycia Baumgardner
Alycia Baumgardner. Photo via Instagram (@alyciabaumgardner)
Alycia Baumgardner (15-1) became the undisputed female super featherweight champion of the world on February 5.
The 28-year-old American held the WBC and IBO super featherweight titles from 2021, and the WBO, IBF, and The Ring super featherweight titles from 2022. Baumgardner currently has eight straight wins.
7. Delfine Persoon
Delfine Persoon. Photo via Instagram (@delfine_persoon)
Veteran pro pugilist Delfine Persoon (47-3-1) held the IBF female lightweight title in 2012 and the WBC female lightweight title from 2014 to June 2019.
Back in 2019, the 38-year-old Belgian boxer lost her the titles in a unification bout against Katie Taylor for the undisputed lightweight championship at the Madison Square Garden in New York.
6. Jessica McCaskill
Jessica McCaskill. Photo via Instagram (@jessica.mccaskill)
Jessica McCaskill (12-3) is a former welterweight and super lightweight champion who also won the Golden Glove Championship belts in 2014 and 2015 as an amateur.
The 38-year-old American retained the WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO, IBO, and The Ring female welterweight titles in June last year, but then lost her belts to Chantelle Cameron in November.
5. Seniesa Estrada
Photo via Instagram (@seniesa_superbad)
Undefeated WBA and WBC minimumweight champion Seniesa Estrada (24-0) packs one hell of a punch. In July 2020 she scored the fastest knockout in women’s boxing history when she knocked out Miranda Adkins in just 7 seconds.
The 30 year-old Californian previously held the WBC Silver light flyweight title between 2018 and 2021, and the WBA interim flyweight title from 2019 to 2020.
4. Chantelle Cameron
Chantelle Cameron is one of the best female boxers around. Photo via Instagram (@chancam91)
Undefeated Chantelle Cameron (17-0) is a two-division world champion and the current undisputed light-welterweight champion.
The 31-year-old Brit will put her undisputed super-lightweight titles on the line as she will take on undisputed lightweight champion Katie Taylor at the 3Arena in Dublin on May 20.
The rivals previously faced each other as amateurs at the 2011 EU Championships, with Taylor coming out as the winner.
3. Amanda Serrano
Amanda Serrano. Photo via Instagram (@serranosisters)
Amanda Serrano (44-2) is the undisputed featherweight world champion and is the only female to win world titles in more than four weight classes.
The 34-year-old Puerto Rican is the woman with most world championships wins in different weight-classes, as she has held nine major boxing world titles across seven different (!) weight classes.
On August 5, she will be back in the ring to defend her featherweight belts against Heather Hardy.
2. Katie Taylor
Katie Taylor is one the best female boxers ever. Photo via Instagram (@katie_t86)
Undefeated Katie Taylor (22-) is a two-weight world champion and the current undisputed lightweight champ. The popular fighter is known for her entertaining, high-paced and aggressive boxing style and her will to face the absolute best opposition.
In 2019, Taylor became one of only eight boxers in history – female or male – to hold all four major world titles in boxing (WBA, WBC, IBF, and WBO) simultaneously.
As an amateur, she has an outstanding resume with five consecutive gold medals at the World Championships, six gold medals at the European Championships, and five gold medals at the European Union Championships.
Her amateur boxing peak came in 2012 when she won an Olympic gold medal and was the flag bearer for Ireland.
1. Claressa Shields
Claressa Shields is one the best female boxers ever. Photo via Instagram (@claressashields)
Undefeated American boxing superstar Claressa Shields (13-0) has held multiple world championships in light middleweight, middleweight and super middleweight.
In her last bout she became the undisputed middleweight world champion as she won a unanimous decision against Savannah Marshall, who’s the only opponent to have ever defeated her (as an amateur). The massive fight took place at the O2 Arena in London, and headlined the first all-female boxing card in the UK.
With the win over Marshall, Shields became the only boxer – male or female – to ever hold all four major world titles in two weight classes simultaneously.
As an amateur, Shields wrote history as she won gold medals at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics, making her the first American boxer to win consecutive Olympic medals. She won her first Olympic gold medal at the age of 17.