List of WBA world champions
This is a list of WBA world champions, showing every world champion certificated by the World Boxing Association (WBA). The list also includes champions certificated by the National Boxing Association (NBA), the predecessor to the WBA.
- r – Champion relinquished title.
- s – Champion stripped of title.
Heavyweight
No. | Name | Date | Defenses | Days |
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1 | Jack Dempsey (v. Georges Carpentier) | July 02, 1921 | 2 | 1,909 |
Jack Dempsey won the inaugural NBA title | ||||
2 | Gene Tunney | September 23, 1926 | 2 | 674 |
Gene Tunney announced his retirement on July 28, 1928 | ||||
3 | Max Schmeling (v. Jack Sharkey) | June 12, 1930 | 1 | 740 |
4 | Jack Sharkey | June 21, 1932 | 0 | 373 |
5 | Primo Carnera | June 29, 1933 | 1 | 350 |
6 | Max Baer | June 14, 1934 | 0 | 366 |
7 | James J. Braddock | June 13, 1935 | 0 | 740 |
8 | Joe Louis | June 22, 1937 | 25 | 4,270 |
Louis announced his retirement on Mar 01, 1949 although he would come back a year later to fight Ezzard Charles | ||||
9 | Ezzard Charles (v. Jersey Joe Walcott) | June 22, 1949 | 8 | 756 |
10 | Jersey Joe Walcott | Jul 18, 1951 | 1 | 433 |
11 | Rocky Marciano | September 23, 1952 | 6 | 1312 |
Marciano announced his retirement on April 27, 1956 | ||||
12 | Floyd Patterson (v. Archie Moore) | November 30, 1956 | 4 | 938 |
13 | Ingemar Johansson | June 26, 1959 | 0 | 360 |
14 | Floyd Patterson (2) | June 20, 1960 | 2 | 827 |
The National Boxing Association changed its name to the World Boxing Association on August 23, 1962 | ||||
15 | Sonny Liston | September 25, 1962 | 1 | 519 |
16 | Muhammad Ali | February 25, 1964 | 0 | ? |
Ali was stripped for facing Liston in a rematch on May 25, 1965 | ||||
17 | Ernie Terrell (v. Eddie Machen) | March 5, 1965 | 2 | 703 |
18 | Muhammad Ali (2) | February 6, 1967 | 1 | 446 |
Ali was stripped due to his refusal to be drafted to Army service | ||||
19 | Jimmy Ellis (v. Jerry Quarry) | April 27, 1968 | 1 | 660 |
20 | Joe Frazier | February 16, 1970 | 4 | 1071 |
21 | George Foreman | January 22, 1973 | 2 | 646 |
22 | Muhammad Ali (3) | October 30, 1974 | 10 | 1204 |
23 | Leon Spinks | February 15, 1978 | 0 | 212 |
24 | Muhammad Ali (4) | September 15, 1978 | 0 | 398 |
Ali vacated and announced retirement although he would come back a year later to fight Larry Holmes | ||||
25 | John Tate (v. Gerrie Coetzee) | October 20, 1979 | 0 | 163 |
26 | Mike Weaver | March 31, 1980 | 2 | 984 |
27 | Michael Dokes | December 10, 1982 | 1 | 287 |
28 | Gerrie Coetzee | September 23, 1983 | 0 | 435 |
29 | Greg Page | December 1, 1984 | 0 | 149 |
30 | Tony Tubbs | April 29, 1985 | 0 | 263 |
31 | Tim Witherspoon | January 17, 1986 | 1 | 329 |
32 | James Smith | December 12, 1986 | 0 | 85 |
33 | Mike Tyson | March 7, 1987 | 8 | 1072 |
34 | Buster Douglas | February 11, 1990 | 0 | 256 |
35 | Evander Holyfield | October 25, 1990 | 3 | 750 |
36 | Riddick Bowe | November 13, 1992 | 2 | 358 |
37 | Evander Holyfield (2) | November 6, 1993 | 0 | 167 |
38 | Michael Moorer | April 22, 1994 | 0 | 103 |
39 | George Foreman (2) | November 5, 1994 | 0 | 120 |
Foreman was stripped after refusing to fight mandatory challenger Tony Tucker | ||||
40 | Bruce Seldon (v. Tony Tucker) | April 8, 1995 | 1 | 518 |
41 | Mike Tyson (2) | September 7, 1996 | 0 | 155 |
42 | Evander Holyfield (3) | November 9, 1996 | 4 | 1099 |
43 | Lennox Lewis | November 13, 1999 | 0 | 138 |
Lewis was stripped after agreeing to fight WBC challenger Michael Grant instead of John Ruiz. Ruiz challenged this decision in court on the basis of a clause in the Lewis–Holyfield rematch contract which said Lewis's first bout as undisputed champion would be against the WBA's number one contender. For this reason, the WBA created the Super title. | ||||
44 | Evander Holyfield (4) (v. John Ruiz) | August 12, 2000 | 0 | 356 |
45 | John Ruiz | March 3, 2001 | 2 | 728 |
46 | Roy Jones Jr. | March 1, 2003 | 0 | 356 |
Jones vacated and moved back down to light heavyweight | ||||
47 | John Ruiz (2) (Interim champ promoted) | February 20, 2004 | 2 | 666 |
48 | Nikolai Valuev | December 17, 2005 | 3 | 483 |
49 | Ruslan Chagaev | April 14, 2007 | 2 | 461 |
Chagaev was injured and declared Champion in Recess. He was later stripped of that title for not being able participate in a rematch with Valuev. | ||||
50 | Nikolai Valuev (2) (v. John Ruiz) | August 30, 2008 | 1 | 342 |
51 | David Haye | November 7, 2009 | 2 | 602 |
Haye fought for the inaugural Super title against Wladimir Klitschko | ||||
52 | Wladimir Klitschko – Super champion (v. David Haye) | July 2, 2011 | 8 | 1610 |
Povetkin fought for the inaugural Regular title against Ruslan Chagaev | ||||
53 | Alexander Povetkin – Regular champion (v. Ruslan Chagaev) | August 27, 2011 | 4 | 770 |
Povetkin fought for the Super title against Wladimir Klitschko | ||||
54 | Ruslan Chagaev (2) – Regular champion (v. Fres Oquendo) | July 6, 2014 | 1 | 750 |
Chagaev lost title to Lucas Browne on March 5, 2016, although he was later reinstated as Browne failed the doping test. In July, Chagaev was stripped of title for failure to pay sanctioning fees. | ||||
55 | Tyson Fury – Super champion | November 28, 2015 | 0 | 319 |
Fury vacated after cancelling a rematch with Wladimir Klitschko for a second time, citing depression after a positive test for cocaine. | ||||
56 | Anthony Joshua – Super champion (v. Wladimir Klitschko) | April 29, 2017 | 3 | 763 |
57 | Manuel Charr – Regular champion (v. Alexander Ustinov) | November 25, 2017 | 0 | 1168 |
Charr declared 'champion in recess' on January 29, 2021 | ||||
58 | Andy Ruiz Jr. – Super champion | June 1, 2019 | 0 | 189 |
59 | Anthony Joshua (2) – Super champion | December 7, 2019 | 1 | 426 |
60 | Trevor Bryan – Regular champion (v. Bermane Stiverne) | January 29, 2021 | 0 | 7 |
Cruiserweight
No. | Name | Date | Defenses | Days |
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1 | Ossie Ocasio (v. ) | February 13, 1982 | 3 | 1022 |
2 | Piet Crous | December 1, 1984 | 1 | 238 |
3 | Dwight Muhammad Qawi | July 27, 1985 | 1 | 350 |
4 | Evander Holyfield | July 12, 1986 | 5 | 903 |
Holyfield vacated to move up to heavyweight | ||||
5 | Taoufik Belbouli (v. Michael Greer) | March 25, 1989 | 0 | 281 |
Belbouli never defended the title and vacated it 6 months after winning it | ||||
6 | Robert Daniels (v. Dwight Muhammad Qawi) | November 27, 1989 | 2 | 466 |
7 | Bobby Czyz | March 8, 1991 | 2 | 664 |
Czyz was involved in a car accident and he had to vacate the title for his inability to defend it | ||||
8 | Orlin Norris (v. Marcelo Figueroa) | November 6, 1993 | 4 | 501 |
9 | Nate Miller | July 22, 1995 | 4 | 840 |
10 | Fabrice Tiozzo | November 8, 1997 | 4 | 1127 |
11 | Virgil Hill | December 9, 2000 | 0 | 441 |
12 | Jean-Marc Mormeck | February 23, 2002 | 3 | 1134 |
Mormeck fought for the Super title against Wayne Braithwaite | ||||
13 | Jean-Marc Mormeck – Super champion (v. Wayne Braithwaite) | April 2, 2005 | 0 | 280 |
14 | O'Neil Bell – Super champion | January 7, 2006 | 0 | 434 |
15 | Virgil Hill (2) (v. Valery Brudov) | January 27, 2006 | 0 | 666 |
16 | Jean-Marc Mormeck (2) – Super champion | March 17, 2007 | 0 | 238 |
17 | David Haye – Super champion | November 10, 2007 | 1 | 184 |
Haye vacated his title and moved up to heavyweight | ||||
18 | Firat Arslan | November 24, 2007 | 1 | 308 |
19 | Guillermo Jones | September 27, 2008 | 2 | 1494 |
Jones was declared Champion in recess | ||||
20 | Denis Lebedev (Interim champ promoted) | October 30, 2012 | 1 | 199 |
21 | Guillermo Jones (2) | May 17, 2013 | 0 | 154 |
Jones was stripped of title after failing a drug test from his fight with Denis Lebedev. Lebedev was reinstated as champion | ||||
22 | Denis Lebedev (2) – Reinstated | October 18, 2013 | 3 | 946 |
Lebedev fought for Super title against IBF champion Víctor Ramírez | ||||
23 | Denis Lebedev – Super champion (v. Víctor Ramírez) |
May 21, 2016 | 1 | 638 |
WBA changed Lebedev's status to Champion in recess in order to allow Yuniel Dorticos to unify his title with IBF champion Murat Gassiev. Lebedev had lost a bout against Gassiev where only the IBF title was on the line | ||||
24 | Beibut Shumenov – Regular champion (v. Junior Anthony Wright) |
May 21, 2016 | 0 | 394 |
Shumenov vacated title after cancelling defense fight multiple times against Yuniel Dorticos, due to an eye injury. He announced retirement one week after vacating the title. He would come back of retirement later | ||||
25 | Yuniel Dorticos – Regular champion (interim champ promoted) |
Jun 19, 2017 | 1 | 229 |
Dorticos fought for Unified title against IBF champion Murat Gassiev | ||||
26 | Murat Gassiev – Unified champion (v. Yuniel Dorticos) |
February 3, 2018 | 0 | 168 |
27 | Beibut Shumenov – Regular champion (v. Hizni Altunkaya) |
July 7, 2018 | 0 | 944 |
Shumenov stripped of title after failing to meet the terms of the purse bid between him and Arsen Goulamirian. Goulamirian was promoted to Regular champion | ||||
28 | Oleksandr Usyk – Unified champion | July 21, 2018 | 1 | 249 |
Usyk vacated his title and moved up to heavyweight | ||||
29 | Arsen Goulamirian – Regular champion (interim champ promoted) |
May 30, 2019 | 0 | 93 |
Goulamirian was promoted to Super champion | ||||
30 | Arsen Goulamirian – Super champion – Regular champion promoted | August 31, 2019 | 2 | 524 |
31 | Beibut Shumenov – Regular champion – Reinstated | August 31, 2019 | 0 | 517 |
Shumenov stripped of title due to inactivity on January 29, 2021. Ryad Merhy was promoted to Regular champion | ||||
32 | Ryad Merhy – Regular champion – (Interim champion promoted) | January 29, 2021 | 0 | 7 |
Light heavyweight
No. | Name | Date | Defenses | Days |
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1 | Willie Pastrano (v. Harold Johnson) | June 1, 1963 | 2 | 688 |
2 | José Torres | March 30, 1965 | 3 | 626 |
3 | Dick Tiger | December 16, 1966 | 2 | 525 |
4 | Bob Foster | May 24, 1968 | 4 | 838 |
Foster then fought for the heavyweight title against Joe Frazier and the WBA stripped him of the title for not fighting mandatory challenger Jimmy Dupree | ||||
5 | Vicente Rondón (v. Jimmy Dupree) | February 27, 1971 | 4 | 405 |
6 | Bob Foster (2) | April 7, 1972 | 5 | 892 |
Foster vacated and announced retirement, although he came back a year later and fought until 1978 | ||||
7 | Víctor Galíndez (v. Len Hutchins) | December 7, 1974 | 10 | 1738 |
8 | Mike Rossman | September 15, 1978 | 1 | 211 |
9 | Víctor Galíndez (2) | April 14, 1979 | 0 | 230 |
10 | Marvin Johnson | November 30, 1979 | 0 | 122 |
11 | Eddie Mustafa Muhammad | March 31, 1980 | 2 | 474 |
12 | Michael Spinks | July 18, 1981 | 10 | 1526 |
Spinks vacated to fight for the Lineal heavyweight title against Larry Holmes | ||||
13 | Marvin Johnson (2) (v. Leslie Stewart) | February 9, 1986 | 1 | 468 |
14 | Leslie Stewart | May 23, 1987 | 0 | 105 |
15 | Virgil Hill | September 5, 1987 | 10 | 1367 |
16 | Thomas Hearns | June 3, 1991 | 0 | 291 |
17 | Iran Barkley | March 20, 1992 | 0 | 286 |
Barkley was also the IBF Super Middleweight champion at the moment and decided to defend that title against James Toney instead of fighting at light heavyweight | ||||
18 | Virgil Hill (2) (v. Frank Tate) | September 29, 1992 | 10 | 1718 |
19 | Dariusz Michalczewski | June 13, 1997 | 0 | 18 |
The WBA stripped Michalczewski of the title 18 days later for displaying its belt along with that of the WBO and subsequently refusing to give up his WBO title | ||||
20 | Lou Del Valle (v. Eddie Smulders) | September 20, 1997 | 0 | 301 |
21 | Roy Jones Jr. | July 18, 1998 | 6 | 987 |
Jones was promoted to Super champion | ||||
22 | Roy Jones Jr. – Super champion (Regular champ promoted) | March 31, 2001 | 4 | 1141 |
23 | Bruno Girard (v. Robert Koon) | December 22, 2001 | 2 | 654 |
24 | Mehdi Sahnoune | March 8, 2003 | 0 | 216 |
25 | Silvio Branco | October 10, 2003 | 0 | 133 |
27 | Fabrice Tiozzo | February 20, 2004 | 1 | 972 |
Tiozzo vacated and retired from professional boxing after defeating Dariusz Michalczewski | ||||
28 | Antonio Tarver – Super champion after defeating Roy Jones Jr. | May 15, 2004 | 0 | 230 |
Tarver was stripped of title when he decided to fight IBF champion, Glen Johnson instead of WBA's mandatory challenger | ||||
29 | Silvio Branco (2) (Interim champ promoted) | October 19, 2006 | 0 | 191 |
30 | Stipe Drviš | April 28, 2007 | 0 | 287 |
31 | Danny Green | December 16, 2007 | 0 | 100 |
Green vacated and announced retirement. He came back in April 2009 | ||||
32 | Hugo Garay (v. Yuriy Barashian) | July 3, 2008 | 1 | 352 |
33 | Gabriel Campillo | June 20, 2009 | 1 | 223 |
34 | Beibut Shumenov | January 29, 2010 | 5 | 1348 |
Shumenov got promoted to Super champion | ||||
35 | Beibut Shumenov – Super champion (Regular champ promoted) | October 8, 2013 | 1 | 193 |
36 | Jürgen Brähmer (v. Marcus Oliveira) | December 14, 2013 | 6 | 1022 |
37 | Bernard Hopkins – Super champion | April 19, 2014 | 0 | 203 |
38 | Sergey Kovalev – Super champion | November 8, 2014 | 4 | 742 |
39 | Nathan Cleverly | October 1, 2016 | 0 | 1588 |
40 | Andre Ward – Super champion | November 19, 2016 | 1 | 1539 |
Ward announces retirement from boxing. | ||||
41 | Badou Jack | August 26, 2017 | 0 | 28 |
Jack vacated to avoid a purse bid with mandatory Dmitry Bivol and seek opportunities with bigger names | ||||
42 | Dmitry Bivol (Interim champ promoted) | September 23, 2017 | 6 | 729 |
Bivol promoted to WBA (Super) before fighting Lenin Castillo | ||||
43 | Dmitry Bivol – Super champion (Regular champ promoted) | October 10, 2019 | 1 | 485 |
44 | Jean Pascal – Regular champion (Interim champ promoted) | October 10, 2019 | 1 | 485 |
Super middleweight
No. | Name | Date | Defenses | Days |
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1 | Park Chong-pal (v. Jesús Gallardo) | December 6, 1987 | 1 | 169 |
2 | Fulgencio Obelmejias | May 23, 1988 | 0 | 370 |
3 | Baek In-chul | May 28, 1989 | 2 | 305 |
4 | Christophe Tiozzo | March 30, 1990 | 2 | 371 |
5 | Víctor Córdoba | April 5, 1991 | 1 | 526 |
6 | Michael Nunn | September 12, 1992 | 4 | 532 |
7 | Steve Little | February 26, 1994 | 0 | 108 |
8 | Frankie Liles | August 12, 1994 | 7 | 1769 |
9 | Byron Mitchell | June 12, 1999 | 1 | 301 |
10 | Bruno Girard | April 8, 2000 | 1 | 267 |
Girard vacated and moved up to light heavyweight | ||||
11 | Byron Mitchell (2) (v. Manny Siaca) | March 3, 2001 | 2 | 773 |
Mitchell fought for Super title against Sven Ottke | ||||
12 | Sven Ottke – Super champion (v. Byron Mitchell) | March 15, 2003 | 4 | 378 |
Ottke vacated and retired undefeated from professional boxing | ||||
13 | Anthony Mundine (v. Antwun Echols) | September 3, 2003 | 1 | 245 |
14 | Manny Siaca | May 5, 2004 | 0 | 191 |
15 | Mikkel Kessler | November 12, 2004 | 3 | 701 |
Kessler fought for Super title against Markus Beyer | ||||
16 | Mikkel Kessler – Super champion (v. Markus Beyer) | October 14, 2006 | 1 | 355 |
16 | Anthony Mundine (2) (v. Sam Soliman) | March 7, 2007 | 4 | 447 |
Mundine vacated and moved down to middleweight | ||||
17 | Joe Calzaghe – Super champion | November 4, 2007 | 0 | 334 |
Calzaghe vacated and moved up to light heavyweight | ||||
18 | Mikkel Kessler (2) (v. Dimitri Sartison) | June 21, 2008 | 2 | 521 |
Kessler fought for Super title against Andre Ward | ||||
19 | Dimitri Sartison (v. Stjepan Bozic) | November 21, 2009 | 1 | 601 |
Sartison was stripped of title after failing to fight in defense fights against Brian Magee and later Robert Stieglitz | ||||
20 | Andre Ward – Super champion (v. Mikkel Kessler) | November 21, 2009 | 6 | 2182 |
Ward vacated to move up to light heavyweight | ||||
21 | Károly Balzsay (v. Stanislav Kashtanov) | August 26, 2011 | 1 | 383 |
Balzsay was declared Champion in recess and then retired from professional boxing | ||||
22 | Brian Magee (Interim champ promoted) | November 9, 2012 | 0 | 29 |
23 | Mikkel Kessler (3) | December 8, 2012 | 0 | 168 |
24 | Carl Froch | May 25, 2013 | 2 | 713 |
Froch was stripped of title for not defending it, he then retired | ||||
25 | Fedor Chudinov (v. Felix Sturm) | May 9, 2015 | 1 | 313 |
Chudinov promoted to Super champion following Andre Ward's vacancy of his title. | ||||
26 | Fedor Chudinov – Super champion (Regular champ promoted) | January 5, 2016 | 0 | 46 |
27 | Giovanni De Carolis (v. Vincent Feigenbutz) | January 9, 2016 | 1 | 301 |
28 | Felix Sturm – Super champion | February 20, 2016 | 0 | 228 |
Sturm vacated citing impossibility to defend title after requiring surgery in both elbows | ||||
29 | Tyron Zeuge – Regular champion | November 5, 2016 | 3 | 1553 |
30 | George Groves – Super champion (v. Fedor Chudinov) | May 27, 2017 | 2 | 1350 |
31 | Rocky Fielding – Regular champion | July 14, 2018 | 0 | 154 |
32 | Callum Smith – Super champion (v. George Groves) | September 28, 2018 | 2 | 813 |
33 | Canelo Álvarez – Regular champion | December 15, 2018 | 0 | 735 |
Canelo Álvarez fought Callum Smith for the Super title | ||||
34 | Canelo Álvarez – Super champion (v. Callum Smith) | December 19, 2020 | 0 | 48 |
35 | David Morrell – Regular champion (Interim champ promoted) | January 19, 2021 | 0 | 17 |
Middleweight
No. | Name | Date | Defenses | Days |
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1 | Dick Tiger (v. Gene Fullmer) | October 23, 1962 | 2 | 410 |
2 | Joey Giardello | December 7, 1963 | 1 | 684 |
3 | Dick Tiger (2) | October 21, 1965 | 0 | 363 |
4 | Emile Griffith | April 25, 1966 | 2 | 357 |
5 | Nino Benvenuti | April 17, 1967 | 0 | 165 |
6 | Emile Griffith (2) | September 29, 1967 | 0 | 158 |
7 | Nino Benvenuti (2) | March 4, 1968 | 4 | 970 |
8 | Carlos Monzón | November 7, 1970 | 14 | 2489 |
Monzón retired after his second fight with Rodrigo Valdez, without losing the title for almost 7 years | ||||
9 | Rodrigo Valdez (v. Bennie Briscoe) | November 5, 1977 | 0 | 168 |
10 | Hugo Pastor Corro | April 22, 1978 | 2 | 799 |
11 | Vito Antuofermo | June 30, 1979 | 1 | 260 |
12 | Alan Minter | March 16, 1980 | 1 | 195 |
13 | Marvin Hagler | September 27, 1980 | 11 | 2382 |
Hagler was stripped of title for signing a fight with Sugar Ray Leonard instead of mandatory challenger, Herol Graham. Graham next lost a fight for the European title against Sumbu Kalambay and was not given the chance of fighting for the world title | ||||
14 | Sumbu Kalambay (v. Iran Barkley) | October 23, 1987 | 3 | 525 |
Kalambay was stripped of title for choosing to fight IBF Middleweight Champion Michael Nunn, instead of mandatory challenger Herol Graham | ||||
15 | Mike McCallum (v. Herol Graham) | May 10, 1989 | 3 | 965 |
The WBA demanded McCallum defend against Steve Collins, whom he decisively outpointed in a title defense the previous year. McCallum chose to fight with IBF champion James Toney and was stripped of title | ||||
16 | Reggie Johnson (v. Steve Collins) | April 22, 1992 | 3 | 527 |
17 | John David Jackson | October 1, 1993 | 0 | 212 |
Jackson was stripped of title for participating in a non-title bout without the permission of the WBA. | ||||
18 | Jorge Castro (v. Reggie Johnson) | August 12, 1994 | 4 | 494 |
19 | Shinji Takehara | December 19, 1995 | 0 | 188 |
20 | William Joppy | June 24, 1996 | 2 | 425 |
21 | Julio César Green | August 23, 1997 | 0 | 161 |
22 | William Joppy (2) | January 31, 1998 | 5 | 1197 |
23 | Felix Trinidad | May 12, 2001 | 0 | 140 |
Trinidad fought for Super title against Bernard Hopkins | ||||
24 | Bernard Hopkins – Super champion (v. Félix Trinidad) | September 29, 2001 | 6 | 1386 |
25 | William Joppy (3) – Regular champion (v. Howard Eastman) | November 17, 2001 | 1 | 756 |
Joppy fought for Super title against Bernard Hopkins | ||||
26 | Maselino Masoe – Regular champion (v. Evans Ashira) | May 1, 2004 | 0 | 679 |
27 | Jermain Taylor – Super champion | July 16, 2005 | 1 | 527 |
Taylor was stripped of title after not paying sanctioning fees to the WBA and thus not exposing the WBA Super title in his previous 2 fights, with Ronald Wright and Kassim Ouma | ||||
28 | Felix Sturm – Regular champion | March 11, 2006 | 0 | 126 |
29 | Javier Castillejo | July 15, 2006 | 1 | 287 |
Castillejo lost his defense fight against Mariano Carrera but Carrera tested positive for clenbuterol later. Castillejo was reinstated as champion and fight was counted as a mandatory defense | ||||
30 | Felix Sturm (2) | April 28, 2007 | 7 | 1060 |
Sturm got promoted to Super champion | ||||
31 | Felix Sturm – Super champion (Regular champ promoted) | March 23, 2010 | 5 | 893 |
32 | Gennady Golovkin – Regular champion (Interim champ promoted) | October 14, 2010 | 10 | 1389 |
33 | Daniel Geale – Super champion | September 1, 2012 | 0 | 61 |
Geale was stripped of title as he chose to fight Anthony Mundine instead of mandatory challenger Gennady Golovkin | ||||
34 | Gennady Golovkin – Super champion (Regular champ promoted) | June 3, 2014 | 9 | 1565 |
35 | Daniel Jacobs – Regular champion (v. Jarrod Fletcher) | August 9, 2014 | 4 | 952 |
Jacobs lost a fight for the Super title against Gennady Golovkin. Regular title left vacant | ||||
36 | Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam – Regular champion (v. Ryota Murata) | May 20, 2017 | 0 | 155 |
37 | Ryota Murata – Regular champion | October 22, 2017 | 1 | 363 |
38 | Saúl Álvarez – Super champion | September 15, 2018 | 1 | 473 |
39 | Rob Brant – Regular champion | October 20, 2018 | 1 | 265 |
40 | Ryota Murata – Regular champion | July 12, 2019 | 1 | 178 |
Canelo Álvarez vacates WBA (Super) title after winning the WBA (Super) Super Middleweight title against Callum Smith | ||||
41 | Ryota Murata – Super champion (Regular champ promoted) | January 6, 2021 | 0 | 30 |
Super welterweight
No. | Name | Date | Defenses | Days |
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1 | Denny Moyer (v. Joey Giambra) | October 20, 1962 | 1 | 191 |
2 | Ralph Dupas | April 29, 1963 | 1 | 161 |
3 | Sandro Mazzinghi | September 7, 1963 | 3 | 650 |
4 | Nino Benvenuti | June 18, 1965 | 1 | 372 |
5 | Kim Ki-soo | June 25, 1966 | 2 | 700 |
6 | Sandro Mazzinghi (2) | May 25, 1968 | 1 | 159 |
Mazzinghi fought on his second defense against Freddie Little. The bout was stopped with Mazzinghi bleeding from cuts over both eyes, the ringside officials rule a "No-Contest", though under normal circumstances Little would have won by "TKO 8". Mazzinghi was stripped of his World Title shortly thereafter, because of the controversial result | ||||
7 | Freddie Little (v. Stanley Hayward) | March 17, 1969 | 2 | 479 |
8 | Carmelo Bossi | July 9, 1970 | 1 | 479 |
9 | Koichi Wajima | October 31, 1971 | 6 | 947 |
10 | Oscar Albarado | June 4, 1974 | 1 | 231 |
11 | Koichi Wajima (2) | January 21, 1975 | 0 | 137 |
12 | Yuh Jae-doo | June 7, 1975 | 1 | 255 |
13 | Koichi Wajima (3) | February 17, 1976 | 0 | 91 |
14 | José Duran | May 18, 1976 | 0 | 143 |
15 | Miguel Angel Castellini | October 8, 1976 | 0 | 148 |
16 | Eddie Gazo | March 5, 1977 | 3 | 522 |
17 | Masashi Kudo | August 9, 1978 | 3 | 380 |
18 | Ayub Kalule | August 24, 1979 | 4 | 670 |
19 | Sugar Ray Leonard | June 25, 1981 | 0 | 181 |
Leonard vacated and move down to welterweight to fight in a unification bout against Thomas Hearns | ||||
20 | Tadashi Mihara (v. Rocky Fratto) | November 7, 1981 | 0 | 81 |
21 | Davey Moore | February 2, 1982 | 3 | 499 |
22 | Roberto Durán | June 16, 1983 | 0 | 163 |
Durán was stripped of WBA for fighting Thomas Hearns instead of the mandatory WBA challenger, Mike McCallum | ||||
23 | Mike McCallum (v. Sean Mannion) | October 19, 1984 | 6 | 1106 |
McCallum vacated to move up to middleweight | ||||
24 | Julian Jackson (v. In-Chul Baek) | November 21, 1987 | 3 | 1135 |
Jackson vacated to move up to middleweight | ||||
25 | Gilbert Dele (v. Carlos Elliott) | February 23, 1991 | 1 | 220 |
26 | Vinny Pazienza | October 1, 1991 | 0 | 457 |
Pazienza vacated after a car crash which kept him 3 months in hospital | ||||
27 | Julio César Vásquez (v. Hitoshi Kamiyama) | December 21, 1992 | 10 | 1169 |
28 | Pernell Whitaker | March 4, 1995 | 0 | 118 |
Whitaker decided to vacate and move back to welterweight | ||||
29 | Carl Daniels (v. Julio César Green) | June 16, 1995 | 0 | 183 |
30 | Julio César Vásquez (2) | December 16, 1995 | 0 | 249 |
31 | Laurent Boudouani | August 21, 1996 | 4 | 927 |
32 | David Reid | March 6, 1999 | 2 | 366 |
33 | Félix Trinidad | March 3, 2000 | 2 | 435 |
Trinidad vacated to move up to middleweight | ||||
34 | Fernando Vargas (v. José Flores) | September 22, 2001 | 0 | 357 |
Vargas fought for Super title against Oscar De La Hoya | ||||
35 | Oscar De La Hoya – Super Champion (v. Fernando Vargas) | September 14, 2002 | 1 | 364 |
36 | Santiago Samaniego – Regular Champion (interim champ promoted) | September 14, 2002 | 0 | 168 |
37 | Alejandro Garcia– Regular Champion | March 1, 2003 | 1 | 287 |
38 | Shane Mosley – Super champion | September 13, 2003 | 0 | 182 |
39 | Travis Simms– Regular champion | December 13, 2003 | 1 | 525 |
Simms was stripped of the belt in May 2005 because he filed a lawsuit against the WBA Organization (in November 2004) for not enforcing his mandatory contract that he received from the organization when he won the regular world title | ||||
40 | Ronald Wright – Super champion | March 13, 2004 | 1 | 372 |
Wright vacated to challenge Félix Trinidad at middleweight | ||||
41 | Alejandro Garcia (2) – Regular champion (interim champ promoted) | May 21, 2005 | 1 | 350 |
42 | José Antonio Rivera | May 6, 2006 | 0 | 245 |
43 | Travis Simms (2) | January 6, 2007 | 0 | 182 |
44 | Joachim Alcine | July 7, 2007 | 1 | 370 |
45 | Daniel Santos | July 11, 2008 | 0 | 491 |
46 | Yuri Foreman | November 14, 2009 | 0 | 203 |
47 | Miguel Cotto | June 5, 2010 | 0 | 97 |
Cotto got promoted to Super champion | ||||
48 | Miguel Cotto – Super Champion (Regular champ promoted) | September 10, 2010 | 2 | 603 |
49 | Austin Trout – Regular Champion (v. Rigoberto Álvarez) | February 5, 2011 | 4 | 803 |
Trout fought for Unified title against Saúl Álvarez | ||||
50 | Floyd Mayweather, Jr. – Super Champion | May 5, 2012 | 1 | 1365 |
Mayweather retired and vacated the title in 2016. He only defended the title once in almost 4 years | ||||
51 | Saúl Álvarez – Unified Champion | April 20, 2013 | 0 | 147 |
Álvarez fought for Super title against Floyd Mayweather, Jr. and lost | ||||
52 | Erislandy Lara – Regular Champion (interim champ promoted) | March 13, 2014 | 4 | 818 |
53 | Erislandy Lara – Super Champion (Regular champ promoted) | June 8, 2016 | 2 | 668 |
54 | Jack Culcay – Regular Champion (interim champ promoted) | June 8, 2016 | 0 | 276 |
55 | Demetrius Andrade – Regular Champion | March 11, 2017 | 0 | 1427 |
56 | Brian Castaño – Regular Champion (Interim champ promoted) | October 22, 2017 | 2 | 606 |
Castaño vacated title after not agreeing on terms to fight mandatory fighter Michel Soro | ||||
57 | Jarrett Hurd – Super Champion | April 7, 2018 | 1 | 399 |
58 | Julian Williams – Super Champion | May 11, 2019 | 0 | 252 |
59 | Jeison Rosario – Super Champion | January 18, 2020 | 0 | 252 |
60 | Jermell Charlo – Super Champion | September 26, 2020 | 0 | 132 |
Welterweight
No. | Name | Date | Defenses | Days |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Emile Griffith (v. Jorge José Fernández) | December 8, 1962 | 0 | 103 |
2 | Luis Manuel Rodríguez | March 21, 1963 | 0 | 179 |
3 | Emile Griffith (2) | June 8, 1963 | 4 | 1052 |
Griffith vacated to move up to middleweight. He lost three fights during his reign as WBA welterweight champion | ||||
6 | Curtis Cokes (v. Manuel González) | August 24, 1966 | 5 | 968 |
7 | José Nápoles | April 18, 1969 | 3 | 594 |
8 | Billy Backus | December 3, 1970 | 0 | 183 |
9 | José Nápoles (2) | June 4, 1971 | 9 | 1457 |
Nápoles was stripped of his WBA title for failure to sign for a fight against the WBA's No. 1-rated welterweight contender, Ángel Espada | ||||
10 | Ángel Espada (v. Clyde Gray) | June 28, 1975 | 1 | 385 |
11 | José Cuevas | July 17, 1976 | 11 | 1862 |
12 | Thomas Hearns | August 2, 1980 | 3 | 410 |
13 | Sugar Ray Leonard | September 16, 1981 | 1 | 829 |
Leonard vacated title after being diagnosed with a detached retina and announced his retirement. He would come back in 1984 | ||||
14 | Donald Curry (v. Jun-Suk Hwang) | February 13, 1983 | 7 | 1322 |
15 | Lloyd Honeyghan | September 27, 1986 | 0 | 1417 |
Honeyghan vacated after the WBA mandated that he defend the title against South African Harold Volbrecht. Honeyghan dropped the WBA title belt into a trash can on a London street to protest the WBA's continued sanctioning of bouts involving citizens of apartheid-governed South Africa | ||||
16 | Mark Breland (v. Harold Volbrecht) | February 6, 1987 | 0 | 197 |
17 | Marlon Starling | August 22, 1987 | 2 | 342 |
Starling lost the title in his third defense in controversial fashion to Tomas Molinares. Molinares hit Starling with a punch that was clearly thrown after the bell. Starling went down for the only time in his career, and the referee counted him out. Molinares was declared the new champion by knock out. However, the decision was later changed to a no contest but the Colombian kept the title | ||||
18 | Tomás Molinares | July 29, 1988 | 0 | 136 |
Molinares withdrew from his defense fight with Mark Breland citing severe depression. He was stripped of the title | ||||
19 | Mark Breland (2) (v. Seung-Soon Lee) | February 4, 1989 | 4 | 519 |
20 | Aaron Davis | July 8, 1990 | 0 | 195 |
21 | Meldrick Taylor | January 19, 1991 | 2 | 651 |
22 | Crisanto España | October 31, 1992 | 2 | 581 |
23 | Ike Quartey | June 4, 1994 | 7 | 1610 |
Quartey was stripped of title due to inactivity | ||||
24 | James Page (v. Andrey Pestryaev) | October 10, 1998 | 3 | 813 |
Page was stripped of title for failing to turn up for a mandatory title defense in November 2000 although he was given the chance to fight for the vacant title in February 2001 | ||||
25 | Andrew Lewis | February 17, 2001 | 1 | |
26 | Ricardo Mayorga | March 30, 2002 | 0 | 301 |
Mayorga fought for Super title against Vernon Forrest | ||||
26 | Ricardo Mayorga – Super Champion (v. Vernon Forrest) | January 25, 2003 | 1 | 322 |
27 | Jose Antonio Rivera – Regular Champion (v. Michel Trabant) | September 13, 2003 | 0 | 567 |
28 | Cory Spinks – Super Champion | December 13, 2003 | 2 | 420 |
29 | Zab Judah– Super Champion | February 5, 2005 | 1 | 336 |
Judah fought with Carlos Baldomir for the WBC belt as the latter didn't pay the sanctioning fee for the WBA and IBF belt. Judah lost the bout and the WBA subsequently stripped him of the title | ||||
30 | Luis Collazo – Regular Champion | April 2, 2005 | 1 | 406 |
31 | Ricky Hatton | May 13, 2006 | 0 | 110 |
Hatton vacated to move back to super lightweight | ||||
32 | Miguel Cotto (v. Carlos Quintana) | December 2, 2006 | 4 | 602 |
33 | Antonio Margarito | July 26, 2008 | 0 | 69 |
Margarito was promoted to Super champion | ||||
33 | Antonio Margarito – Super Champion (Regular champ promoted) | October 3, 2008 | 0 | 113 |
34 | Yuriy Nuzhnenko – Regular Champion (Interim champ promoted) | October 3, 2008 | 0 | 189 |
35 | Shane Mosley – Super champion | January 24, 2009 | 0 | 483 |
The WBA stripped Mosley of the title for not agreeing on the terms for his bout with Floyd Mayweather, Jr., who refused to pay the sanctioning fees for the title and Mosley fought without reaching a deal with the WBA. Mosley lost via unanimous decision | ||||
36 | Vyacheslav Senchenko – Regular Champion | April 10, 2009 | 3 | 1116 |
37 | Paul Malignaggi | April 30, 2012 | 1 | 418 |
38 | Adrien Broner | June 22, 2013 | 0 | 175 |
39 | Marcos René Maidana | December 14, 2013 | 0 | 140 |
Maidana fought for Super title against Floyd Mayweather, Jr. | ||||
40 | Floyd Mayweather, Jr. – Super Champion (v. Marcos Maidana) | May 3, 2014 | 3 | 637 |
Mayweather stripped of title after announcing retirement following his fight with Andre Berto in October 2015 | ||||
41 | Keith Thurman – Regular Champion (interim champ promoted) | January 28, 2015 | 3 | 741 |
Keith Thurman promoted to Super champion before fighting WBC champion Danny Garcia | ||||
42 | Keith Thurman – Super Champion (regular champ promoted) | February 7, 2017 | 2 | 893 |
43 | David Avanesyan – Regular Champion (interim champ promoted) | February 7, 2017 | 0 | 11 |
44 | Lamont Peterson – Regular Champion | February 18, 2017 | 0 | 227 |
Peterson vacated to leave space for other contenders in the ranking | ||||
45 | Lucas Matthysse – Regular Champion | January 27, 2018 | 0 | 169 |
46 | Manny Pacquiao – Regular Champion | July 15, 2018 | 1 | 370 |
Manny Pacquiao fought for Super title against Keith Thurman | ||||
47 | Manny Pacquiao – Super Champion (v. Keith Thurman) | July 20, 2019 | 0 | 559 |
Pacquiao was stripped of his title due to inactivity | ||||
48 | Alexander Besputin – Regular Champion (v. Radzhab Butaev) | November 30, 2019 | 0 | 216 |
Besputin was stripped of his WBA title after failing a post-fight drug test for his fight against Radzhab Butaev | ||||
49 | Yordenis Ugas - Regular Champion (v. Abel Ramos) | September 6, 2020 | 0 | 72 |
50 | Yordenis Ugas - Super Champion (Regular champ promoted) | January 29, 2021 | 0 | 7 |
51 | Jamal James - Regular Champion (Interim champ promoted) | February 4, 2021 | 0 | 1 |
Super lightweight
No. | Name | Date | Defenses | Days |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Eddie Perkins (v. Duilio Loi) | September 14, 1962 | 0 | 92 |
2 | Duilio Loi | December 15, 1962 | 0 | 47 |
Loi vacated and retired from boxing | ||||
3 | Roberto Cruz (v. Battling Torres) | March 21, 1963 | 0 | 86 |
4 | Eddie Perkins (2) | June 15, 1963 | 2 | 583 |
5 | Carlos Morocho Hernández | January 18, 1965 | 2 | 466 |
6 | Sandro Lopopolo | April 29, 1966 | 1 | 366 |
13 | Takeshi Fuji | April 30, 1967 | 1 | 592 |
14 | Nicolino Locche | December 12, 1968 | 5 | 1184 |
15 | Alfonso Frazer | March 10, 1972 | 0 | 232 |
16 | Antonio Cervantes | October 28, 1972 | 10 | 1225 |
17 | Wilfred Benítez | March 6, 1976 | 2 | 512 |
Benitez vacated to move up to welterweight | ||||
18 | Antonio Cervantes (2) (v. Carlos María Giménez) | June 25, 1977 | 6 | 1134 |
19 | Aaron Pryor | August 2, 1980 | 8 | 1133 |
Pryor was stripped of title after announcing retirement after beating Alexis Argüello for the second time. He came back from retirement less than a year later | ||||
20 | Johnny Bumphus (v. Lorenzo Luis García) | January 22, 1984 | 0 | 131 |
21 | Gene Hatcher | June 1, 1984 | 1 | 415 |
22 | Ubaldo Nestor Sacco | July 21, 1985 | 0 | 237 |
23 | Patrizio Oliva | March 15, 1986 | 2 | 476 |
24 | Juan Martin Coggi | July 4, 1987 | 4 | 1140 |
25 | Loreto Garza | August 17, 1990 | 1 | 301 |
26 | Edwin Rosario | June 14, 1991 | 0 | 301 |
27 | Akinobu Hiranaka | April 10, 1992 | 0 | 152 |
28 | Morris East | September 9, 1992 | 0 | 125 |
29 | Juan Martin Coggi (2) | January 12, 1993 | 6 | 613 |
30 | Frankie Randall | September 17, 1994 | 2 | 483 |
31 | Juan Martin Coggi (3) | January 13, 1996 | 0 | 216 |
32 | Frankie Randall (2) | August 16, 1996 | 0 | 148 |
33 | Khalid Rahilou | January 11, 1997 | 2 | 637 |
34 | Sharmba Mitchell | October 10, 1998 | 4 | 707 |
Mitchell fought for Super title against Kostya Tszyu | ||||
35 | Kostya Tszyu – Super Champion (v. Sharmba Mitchell) | 3 February, 2001 | 4 | 1277 |
Tszyu was stripped of title due to inactivity | ||||
36 | Diosbelys Hurtado – Regular Champion | May 11, 2002 | 0 | 222 |
37 | Vivian Harris | October 19, 2002 | 3 | 980 |
38 | Carlos Maussa | June 25, 2005 | 0 | 154 |
Fought for Super title against Ricky Hatton | ||||
39 | Ricky Hatton – Super Champion (v. Carlos Maussa) | November 26, 2005 | 0 | 159 |
Hatton vacated to move up to welterweight | ||||
40 | Souleymane M'baye – Regular Champion (v. Raúl Horacio Balbi) | September 2, 2006 | 1 | 322 |
41 | Gavin Rees | July 21, 2007 | 0 | 245 |
42 | Andreas Kotelnik | March 22, 2008 | 2 | 483 |
43 | Amir Khan | July 18, 2009 | 4 | 735 |
Khan fought for Super title against Zab Judah | ||||
44 | Amir Khan– Super Champion (v. Zab Judah) | July 23, 2011 | 0 | 140 |
45 | Marcos René Maidana – Regular Champion (interim champ promoted) | July 23, 2011 | 1 | 359 |
Maidana vacted to move up to welterweight and fight Devon Alexander | ||||
45 | Lamont Peterson– Super Champion | December 10, 2011 | 0 | 200 |
Peterson was stripped of title after testing positive for testosterone on a random test in March 2012. | ||||
46 | Amir Khan– Super Champion (reinstated) | July 11, 2012 | 0 | 3 |
47 | Danny García– Super Champion | July 14, 2012 | 4 | 1154 |
Garcia vacates after moving up to welterweight | ||||
48 | Khabib Allakhverdiev– Regular Champion (v. Joan Guzmán) | November 30, 2012 | 1 | 498 |
49 | Jessie Vargas – Regular Champion | April 12, 2014 | 2 | 441 |
Vargas vacated title before fighting Timothy Bradley for the World Boxing Organization weltereweight title to avoid paying a sanctioning fee to the WBA | ||||
50 | Adrien Broner (v. Khabib Allakhverdiev) – Regular champion | October 3, 2015 | 0 | 34 |
Adrien Broner promoted to Super title | ||||
51 | Adrien Broner – Super Champion (Regular champ promoted) | November 6, 2015 | 0 | 147 |
Broner stripped of title before his defense fight with Ashley Theophane for being overweight. Title was at stakes only for Theophane who lost by a TKO in round 9 | ||||
52 | Ricky Burns (v. Michele Di Rocco) | May 28, 2016 | 1 | 317 |
Burns fought for Unified title against IBF champion, Julius Indongo | ||||
53 | Julius Indongo – Unified Champion (v. Ricky Burns) | April 15, 2017 | 0 | 127 |
Indongo fought for Super title against WBO and WBC champion, Terence Crawford | ||||
54 | Terence Crawford – Super Champion – (v. Julius Indongo) | August 19, 2017 | 0 | 68 |
Crawford vacated all his titles to move up to welterweight | ||||
55 | Kiryl Relikh – (v. Rances Barthelemy) | March 10, 2018 | 1 | 413 |
56 | Regis Prograis – Super Champion | April 27, 2019 | 0 | 182 |
57 | Mario Barrios – Regular Champion – v Batyr Akhmedov | September 28, 2019 | 1 | 496 |
58 | Josh Taylor – Super Champion | October 26, 2019 | 1 | 468 |
Lightweight
No. | Name | Date | Defenses | Days |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Carlos Ortiz (v. Joe Brown) | April 21, 1962 | 4 | 1065 |
2 | Ismael Laguna | April 10, 1965 | 0 | 217 |
3 | Carlos Ortiz (2) | November 13, 1965 | 5 | 959 |
4 | Carlos Teo Cruz | June 29, 1968 | 1 | 234 |
5 | Mando Ramos | February 18, 1969 | 1 | 378 |
6 | Ismael Laguna (2) | March 3, 1970 | 1 | 207 |
7 | Ken Buchanan | September 26, 1970 | 2 | 639 |
8 | Roberto Durán | June 26, 1972 | 12 | 2410 |
Durán vacated to move up to welterweight | ||||
9 | Ernesto España (v. Claude Noel) | June 16, 1979 | 1 | 260 |
10 | Hilmer Kenty | March 2, 1980 | 3 | 406 |
11 | Sean O'Grady | April 12, 1981 | 0 | 263 |
O'Grady was stripped of title for not defending it | ||||
12 | Claude Noel (v. Rodolfo González) | September 12, 1981 | 0 | 84 |
13 | Arturo Frias | December 5, 1981 | 1 | 154 |
14 | Ray Mancini | May 8, 1982 | 4 | 755 |
15 | Livingstone Bramble | June 1, 1984 | 2 | 847 |
16 | Edwin Rosario | September 26, 1986 | 1 | 421 |
17 | Julio César Chávez | November 21, 1987 | 2 | 343 |
Chávez vacated to move up to super lightweight | ||||
18 | Edwin Rosario (2) (v. Anthony Jones) | July 9, 1989 | 0 | 299 |
19 | Juan Nazario | May 4, 1990 | 0 | 99 |
20 | Pernell Whitaker | August 11, 1990 | 3 | 873 |
Whitaker vacated to move up to super lightweight | ||||
21 | Joey Gamache (v. Chil-Sung Jun) | June 13, 1992 | 0 | 133 |
22 | Tony Lopez | October 24, 1992 | 1 | 245 |
23 | Dingaan Thobela | June 26, 1993 | 0 | 126 |
24 | Orzubek Nazarov | October 30, 1993 | 6 | 1659 |
25 | Jean Baptiste Mendy | May 16, 1998 | 1 | 329 |
26 | Julien Lorcy | April 10, 1999 | 0 | 119 |
27 | Stefano Zoff | August 7, 1999 | 0 | 98 |
28 | Gilberto Serrano | November 13, 1999 | 1 | 211 |
29 | Takanori Hatakeyama | June 11, 2000 | 2 | 385 |
30 | Julien Lorcy (2) | July 1, 2001 | 0 | 139 |
31 | Raul Horacio Balbi | October 18, 2001 | 0 | 79 |
32 | Leonard Doroftei | January 5, 2002 | 2 | 657 |
Doroffei was stripped of title when he came 2kg overweight to his bout with Miguel Callist. The fight was cancelled | ||||
33 | Lakva Sim (v. Miguel Callist) | April 10, 2004 | 0 | 98 |
34 | Juan Díaz | July 17, 2004 | 5 | 981 |
Diaz was promoted to Super champion | ||||
35 | Juan Díaz – Super Champion (regular champ promoted) | February 23, 2007 | 2 | 379 |
36 | José Alfaro – Regular Champion (v. Prawet Singwancha) | December 29, 2007 | 0 | 142 |
37 | Nate Campbell – Super Champion | March 8, 2008 | 0 | 309 |
Campbell vacated because of concerns regarding sanctioning fees and proposed mandatory defenses | ||||
38 | Yusuke Kobori – Regular Champion | May 19, 2008 | 0 | 229 |
39 | Paulus Moses – Regular Champion | January 3, 2009 | 1 | 511 |
40 | Juan Manuel Márquez – Super Champion (v. Juan Diaz) | February 28, 2009 | 2 | 1044 |
Marquez vacated to move up to welterweight and fight Manny Pacquiao | ||||
41 | Miguel Acosta – Regular Champion | May 29, 2010 | 0 | 334 |
42 | Brandon Rios | February 26, 2011 | 1 | 279 |
Rios was stripped of title before his second defense against John Murray for being overweight | ||||
43 | Richar Abril (interim champ promoted) | February 28, 2013 | 2 | 771 |
Abril was declared Champion in Recess after he cancelled his fight with Derry Matthews | ||||
44 | Darleys Perez (interim champ promoted) | April 10, 2015 | 1 | 225 |
45 | Anthony Crolla | November 21, 2015 | 1 | 308 |
46 | Jorge Linares | September 24, 2016 | 3 | 596 |
Linares fought for Super title against Vasyl Lomachenko | ||||
47 | Vasyl Lomachenko – Super Champion (v. Jorge Linares) | May 13, 2018 | 3 | 888 |
48 | Gervonta Davis (v. Yuriorkis Gamboa) | December 28, 2019 | 1 | 405 |
49 | Teófimo López – Super Champion (v. Vasyl Lomachenko) | October 17, 2020 | 0 | 111 |
Super featherweight
No. | Name | Date | Defenses | Days |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Gabriel Elorde (v. Johnny Bizarro) | February 16, 1963 | 5 | 1580 |
2 | Yoshiaki Numata | June 15, 1967 | 0 | 181 |
3 | Hiroshi Kobayashi | December 14, 1967 | 6 | 1323 |
4 | Alfredo Marcano | July 29, 1971 | 1 | 271 |
5 | Ben Villaflor | April 25, 1972 | 1 | 321 |
6 | Kuniaki Shibata | March 12, 1973 | 1 | 219 |
7 | Ben Villaflor (2) | October 17, 1973 | 5 | 1095 |
8 | Samuel Serrano | October 16, 1976 | 10 | 1386 |
9 | Yasutsune Uehara | August 2, 1980 | 1 | 250 |
10 | Samuel Serrano (2) | April 9, 1981 | 3 | 650 |
11 | Roger Mayweather | January 19, 1983 | 2 | 403 |
12 | Rocky Lockridge | February 26, 1984 | 2 | 448 |
13 | Wilfredo Gómez | May 19, 1985 | 0 | 370 |
14 | Alfredo Layne | May 24, 1986 | 0 | 126 |
15 | Brian Mitchell | September 27, 1986 | 12 | 1921 |
Mitchell was stripped of title after facing Tony Lopez for the IBF belt | ||||
16 | Joey Gamache (v. Jerry Ngobeni) | June 28, 1991 | 0 | 186 |
Gamache vacates to move up to lightweight division | ||||
17 | Genaro Hernandez (v. Daniel Londas) | November 22, 1991 | 8 | 1402 |
Hernandez vacated to face Oscar De La Hoya at lightweight | ||||
18 | Yong-Soo Choi (v. Víctor Hugo Paz) | October 21, 1995 | 7 | 1050 |
19 | Takanori Hatakeyama | September 5, 1998 | 1 | 421 |
20 | Lakva Sim | June 27, 1999 | 0 | 126 |
21 | Jong-Kwon Baek | October 31, 1999 | 1 | 203 |
22 | Joel Casamayor | May 21, 2000 | 4 | 601 |
Casamayor fought for Super title against Acelino Freitas | ||||
23 | Acelino Freitas– Super Champion (v. Joel Casamayor) | January 12, 2002 | 3 | 574 |
Freitas vacated and moved up to lightweight | ||||
24 | Yodsanan Sor Nanthachai– Regular Champion (v. Lakva Sim) | April 13, 2002 | 3 | 1113 |
25 | Vicente Mosquera | April 30, 2005 | 1 | 462 |
26 | Edwin Valero | August 5, 2006 | 4 | 760 |
Valero vacated and moved up to lightweight | ||||
27 | Jorge Linares (v. Whyber Garcia) | November 28, 2008 | 1 | 316 |
28 | Juan Carlos Salgado | October 10, 2009 | 0 | 93 |
29 | Takashi Uchiyama | January 11, 2010 | 9 | 1807 |
Uchiyama was promoted to Super champion | ||||
30 | Takashi Uchiyama – Super Champion (regular champ promoted) | February 21, 2015 | 2 | 431 (2298) |
31 | Javier Fortuna (v. Bryan Vásquez) | May 29, 2015 | 1 | 392 |
32 | Jezreel Corrales – Super Champion | April 27, 2016 | 2 | 541 |
Corrales came in overweight and Super title vacated, Machado fought for vacant world regular title | ||||
33 | Jason Sosa | June 24, 2016 | 1 | 236 |
Sosa vacates title to fight WBO champion Vasyl Lomachenko | ||||
34 | Alberto Machado | October 21, 2017 | 2 | 476 |
35 | Gervonta Davis – Super Champion (v. Jesús Cuellar) | April 21, 2018 | 2 | 498 |
Davis vacated and moved up to lightweight | ||||
36 | Andrew Cancio | February 9, 2019 | 1 | 287 |
37 | Léo Santa Cruz – Super Champion (v. Miguel Flores) | November 23, 2019 | 0 | 343 |
38 | Rene Alvarado | November 23, 2019 | 0 | 406 |
39 | Gervonta Davis (2) – Super Champion (v. Léo Santa Cruz) | October 31, 2020 | 0 | 97 |
40 |
Roger Gutierrez |
January 2, 2021 | 0 | 34 |
Featherweight
No. | Name | Duration of reign | Defenses | Days |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Sugar Ramos (v. Davey Moore) | March 21, 1963 – September 26, 1964 | 3 | 555 |
2 | Vicente Saldivar | September 26, 1964 – 1967r | 7 | 1191 |
Saldívar announced retirement after his 7th defense | ||||
3 | Raul Rojas (v. Enrique Higgins) | March 28, 1968 – September 27, 1968 | 0 | 183 |
4 | Shozo Saijo | September 27, 1968 – September 2, 1971 | 5 | 1070 |
5 | Antonio Gomez | September 2, 1971 – August 19, 1972 | 1 | 352 |
6 | Ernesto Marcel | August 19, 1972 – February 16, 1974r | 4 | 546 |
Marcel announced retirement after his 4th defense, against Alexis Argüello | ||||
7 | Rubén Olivares (v. Zensuke Otagawa) | July 9, 1974 – November 23, 1974 | 0 | 137 |
8 | Alexis Argüello | November 23, 1974 – 1976r | 4 | 769 |
Argüello vacated his title to move up to super featherweight | ||||
9 | Rafael Ortega (v. Francisco Coronado) | January 15, 1977 – December 17, 1977 | 1 | 336 |
10 | Cecilio Lastra | December 17, 1977 – April 15, 1978 | 0 | 119 |
11 | Eusebio Pedroza | April 15, 1978 – June 8, 1985 | 19 | 2611 |
12 | Barry McGuigan | June 8, 1985 – June 23, 1986 | 2 | 380 |
13 | Steve Cruz | June 23, 1986 – March 6, 1987 | 0 | 407 |
14 | Antonio Esparragoza | March 6, 1987 – March 30, 1991 | 7 | 1485 |
15 | Park Yong-kyun | March 30, 1991 – December 4, 1993 | 8 | 980 |
16 | Eloy Rojas | December 4, 1993 – May 18, 1996 | 6 | 896 |
17 | Wilfredo Vázquez | May 18, 1996 – 1997s | 4 | 592 |
Vázquez was stripped of title for failing to set up a fight with mandatory challenger Antonio Cermeño | ||||
18 | Freddie Norwood (v. Antonio Cermeño) | April 3, 1998 – September 22, 1998s | 2 | 172 |
Norwood was stripped of his title for coming overweight to his 3rd defense fight, against Koji Matsumoto | ||||
19 | Antonio Cermeño (v. Genaro Rios) | October 3, 1998 – May 29, 1999 | 1 | 238 |
20 | Freddie Norwood (2) | May 29, 1999 – September 9, 2000 | 3 | 469 |
21 | Derrick Gainer | September 9, 2000 – November 1, 2003 | 3 | 1148 |
Gainer fought for Super title against Juan Manuel Márquez | ||||
22 | Juan Manuel Marquez– Super Champion (v. Derrick Gainer) | November 1, 2003 – August 22, 2005s | 3 | 660 |
Márquez was stripped for his inability to defend against various boxers after potential bouts failed to draw a bid | ||||
23 | Chris John– Regular champion (interim champ promoted) | November 1, 2003 – June 27, 2009 | 11 | 2065 |
John was promoted to Super champion | ||||
24 | Chris John– Super champion (regular champ promoted) | June 27, 2009 – July 14, 2010 | 1 | 382 (2447) |
John was declared Champion in Recess | ||||
25 | Yuriorkis Gamboa – Regular Champion (interim champ promoted) | June 27, 2009 – September 11, 2010 | 3 | 441 |
Gamboa fought for WBA Unified title against Orlando Salido | ||||
26 | Yuriorkis Gamboa – Unified Champion (v. Orlando Salido) | September 11, 2010 – June 11, 2011 | 1 | 273 |
Gamboa was stripped of his Unified title for not complying with the IBF rules of a second weigh-in in his last fight with Jorge Solís. He was stripped of the IBF title and thus was no longer a unified champion | ||||
27 | Jonathan Victor Barros – Regular Champion (v. Irving Berry) | December 4, 2010 – October 14, 2011 | 2 | 345 |
28 | Chris John– Super champion (reinstated) | December 5, 2010 – December 6, 2013 | 6 | 1097 |
29 | Celestino Caballero – Regular Champion | October 14, 2011 – October 7, 2012r | 1 | 359 |
Caballero vacated for not accepting a low budget on a mandatory fight with Nicholas Walters. | ||||
30 | Nicholas Walters – Regular Champion (v. Daulis Prescott) | December 9, 2012 – October 18, 2014 | 2 | 678 |
Walters fought for Super title against Nonito Donaire | ||||
31 | Simpiwe Vetyeka – Super Champion | December 6, 2013 – May 31, 2014 | 0 | 176 |
32 | Nonito Donaire – Super Champion | May 31, 2014 – October 18, 2014 | 0 | 140 |
33 | Nicholas Walters – Super Champion | October 18, 2014 – June 13, 2015s | 0 | 238 |
Walters was stripped of title for failing to make weight on his first defense fight against Miguel Marriaga. Title was at stakes for Marriaga but Walters won by unanimous decision | ||||
34 | Jesús Cuéllar – Regular Champion (interim champ promoted) | February 21, 2015 – December 10, 2016 | 2 | 658 |
35 | Leo Santa Cruz – Super Champion (v. Abner Mares) | August 29, 2015 – July 30, 2016 | 1 | 336 |
36 | Carl Frampton – Super Champion | July 30, 2016 – January 28, 2017 | 0 | 182 |
37 | Abner Mares – Regular Champion | December 10, 2016 – June 9, 2018 | 1 | 546 |
Mares fought for WBA (Super) title against Leo Santa Cruz | ||||
38 | Leo Santa Cruz – Super Champion | January 28, 2017 – present | 3 | 1469 |
39 | Jesús Rojas – Regular Champion (interim champ promoted) | July 5, 2018 – January 26, 2019 | 0 | 205 |
40 | Xu Can – Regular Champion | January 26, 2019 – present | 2 | 741 |
Super bantamweight
No. | Name | Duration of reign | Defenses | Days |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Hong Soo-hwan (v. Ricardo Cardona) | January 26, 1977 – May 7, 1978 | 1 | 466 |
2 | Ricardo Cardona | May 7, 1978 – May 4, 1980 | 5 | 728 |
3 | Leo Randolph | May 4, 1980 – August 9, 1980 | 0 | 97 |
4 | Sergio Victor Palma | August 9, 1980 – June 12, 1982 | 5 | 672 |
5 | Leo Cruz | June 12, 1982 – February 22, 1984 | 3 | 620 |
6 | Loris Stecca | February 22, 1984 – May 26, 1984 | 0 | 94 |
7 | Victor Callejas | May 26, 1984 – 1986r | 2 | 949 |
Callejas started a period of inactivity and vacated the title | ||||
8 | Louie Espinoza (v. Tommy Valoy) | January 11, 1987 – November 28, 1987 | 2 | 321 |
9 | Julio Gervacio | November 28, 1987 – February 27, 1988 | 0 | 91 |
10 | Bernardo Piñango | February 27, 1988 – May 28, 1988 | 0 | 456 |
11 | Juan José Estrada | May 28, 1988 – November 11, 1989 | 3 | 532 |
12 | Jesus Salud | November 11, 1989 – April 1990r | 0 | 170 |
Salud stripped of title for failing to defend it in Colombia against the No. 1 contender, Luis Mendoza | ||||
13 | Luis Enrique Mendoza (v. Rubén Darío Palacios) | September 11, 1990 – October 7, 1991 | 4 | 26 |
14 | Raúl Pérez | October 7, 1991 – March 27, 1992 | 0 | 172 |
15 | Wilfredo Vázquez | March 27, 1992 – May 13, 1995 | 9 | 1142 |
16 | Antonio Cermeño | May 13, 1995 – 1998r | 7 | 232 |
Cermeño vacated to move up to featherweight | ||||
17 | Enrique Sánchez (v. Rafael del Valle) | February 8, 1998 – December 12, 1998 | 0 | 326 |
18 | Néstor Garza | December 12, 1998 – March 4, 2000 | 2 | 509 |
19 | Clarence Adams | March 4, 2000 – 2001s | 2 | 606 |
Adams vacated in order to fight Paulie Ayala for the IBO super bantamweight title | ||||
20 | Yober Ortega (v. José Rojas) | November 17, 2001 – February 21, 2002 | 0 | 96 |
21 | Yoddamrong Sithyodthong | February 21, 2002 – May 18, 2002 | 0 | 86 |
22 | Osamu Sato | May 18, 2002 – October 9, 2002 | 0 | 144 |
23 | Salim Medjkoune | October 9, 2002 – July 4, 2003 | 1 | 268 |
24 | Mahyar Monshipour | July 4, 2003 – March 18, 2006 | 5 | 1322 |
25 | Somsak Sithchatchawal | March 18, 2006 – October 4, 2006 | 0 | 200 |
26 | Celestino Caballero | October 4, 2006 – November 21, 2008 | 5 | 779 |
Caballero fought for Super title against Steve Molitor | ||||
27 | Celestino Caballero– Super Champion (v. Steve Molitor) | November 21, 2008 – December 10, 2010 | 2 | 19 |
Caballero vacated to fight at featherweight | ||||
28 | Ricardo Cordoba– Regular Champion (interim champ promoted) | November 21, 2008 – March 21, 2009 | 0 | 120 |
29 | Bernard Dunne – Regular Champion | March 21, 2009 – September 26, 2009 | 0 | 189 |
30 | Poonsawat Kratingdaenggym – Regular Champion | September 26, 2009 – October 2, 2010 | 2 | 555 |
31 | Lee Ryol-li – Regular Champion | October 2, 2010 – January 31, 2011 | 0 | 121 |
32 | Akifumi Shimoda | January 31, 2011 – July 9, 2011 | 0 | 159 |
33 | Rico Ramos | July 9, 2011 – January 20, 2012 | 0 | 195 |
34 | Guillermo Rigondeaux | January 20, 2012 – April 13, 2013 | 2 | 449 |
Rigondeaux fought for Super title against Nonito Donaire | ||||
35 | Guillermo Rigondeaux – Super Champion (v. Nonito Donaire) | April 13, 2013 – October 30, 2015 | 3 | 930 (1378) |
Rigondeaux was declared Champion in Recess due to inactivity | ||||
36 | Scott Quigg – Regular Champion (interim champ promoted) | September 5, 2013 – February 27, 2016 | 6 | 905 |
Quigg fought for WBA Super title against Carl Frampton | ||||
37 | Carl Frampton – Super Champion (b. Scott Quigg) | February 27, 2016 – April 7, 2016 | 0 | 40 |
Frampton was stripped of title after choosing to fight Leo Santa Cruz for the WBA Featherweight title instead of mandatory challenger Guillermo Rigondeaux | ||||
38 | Guillermo Rigondeaux – Super Champion (reinstated) | May 6, 2016 – December 9, 2017 | 1 | 582 |
Rigondeaux was stripped of title after losing Super featherweight fight against Vasyl Lomachenko, Daniel Roman promoted from regular champion. | ||||
39 | Nehomar Cermeño – Regular Champion (b. Qiu Xiaojun) | June 24, 2016 – April 9, 2017 | 2 | 289 |
40 | Shun Kubo – Regular Champion | April 9, 2017 – September 3, 2017 | 0 | 147 |
41 | Daniel Roman | September 3, 2017 – April 26, 2019 | 3 | 600 |
Roman fought for the unified title against IBF champion TJ Doheny | ||||
42 | Daniel Roman – Unified Champion | April 26, 2019 – present | 1 | 279 |
43 | Brandon Figueroa – Regular champion (Interim champ promoted) |
November 21, 2019 – present | 1 | 442 |
44 | Murodjon Akhmadaliev – Unified Champion | January 30, 2020 – present | 0 | 372 |
Bantamweight
No. | Name | Duration of reign | Defenses | Days |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Eder Jofre (v. José Medel) | September 11, 1962 – May 18, 1965 | 3 | 980 |
2 | Fighting Harada | May 18, 1965 – February 27, 1968 | 4 | 1015 |
3 | Lionel Rose | February 27, 1968 – August 22, 1969 | 3 | 542 |
4 | Rubén Olivares | August 22, 1969 – October 16, 1970 | 2 | 420 |
5 | Chucho Castillo | October 16, 1970 – April 2, 1971 | 0 | 168 |
6 | Rubén Olivares (2) | April 2, 1971 – March 19, 1972 | 2 | 352 |
7 | Rafael Herrera | March 19, 1972 – July 29, 1972 | 0 | 132 |
8 | Enrique Pinder | July 29, 1972 – January 20, 1973 | 0 | 175 |
9 | Romeo Anaya | January 20, 1973 – November 3, 1973 | 2 | 287 |
10 | Arnold Taylor | November 3, 1973 – July 3, 1974 | 0 | 242 |
11 | Hong Soo-hwan | July 3, 1974 – March 14, 1975 | 1 | 254 |
12 | Alfonso Zamora | March 14, 1975 – November 19, 1977 | 5 | 981 |
13 | Jorge Luján | November 19, 1977 – August 29, 1980 | 5 | 1014 |
14 | Julian Solís | August 29, 1980 – November 14, 1980 | 0 | 77 |
15 | Jeff Chandler | November 14, 1980 – April 7, 1984 | 9 | 1240 |
16 | Richie Sandoval | April 7, 1984 – March 10, 1986 | 2 | 702 |
17 | Gaby Canizales | March 10, 1986 – June 4, 1986 | 0 | 86 |
18 | Bernardo Pinango | June 4, 1986 – 1987r | 3 | 575 |
Pinango vacated in order to move up to super bantamweight | ||||
19 | Takuya Muguruma (v. Azael Moran) | March 29, 1987 – May 24, 1987 | 0 | 56 |
20 | Chan-Young Park | May 24, 1987 – October 4, 1987 | 0 | 133 |
21 | Wilfredo Vazquez | October 4, 1987 – May 9, 1988 | 1 | 218 |
22 | Kaokor Galaxy | May 9, 1988 – August 14, 1988 | 0 | 97 |
23 | Moon Sung-kil | August 14, 1988 – July 9, 1989 | 2 | 329 |
24 | Kaokor Galaxy (2) | July 9, 1989 – October 18, 1989 | 0 | 102 |
25 | Luisito Espinosa | October 18, 1989 – October 19, 1991 | 2 | 731 |
26 | Israel Contreras | October 19, 1991 – March 15, 1992 | 0 | 148 |
27 | Eddie Cook | March 15, 1992 – October 9, 1992 | 0 | 208 |
28 | Jorge Julio Rocha | October 9, 1992 – October 23, 1993 | 2 | 379 |
29 | Junior Jones | October 23, 1993 – April 22, 1994 | 1 | 181 |
30 | John Michael Johnson | April 22, 1994 – July 16, 1994 | 0 | 85 |
31 | Daorung Chuvatana | July 16, 1994 – September 17, 1995 | 2 | 428 |
32 | Veeraphol Sahaprom | September 17, 1995 – January 28, 1996 | 0 | 133 |
33 | Nana Konadu | January 28, 1996 – October 27, 1996 | 0 | 273 |
34 | Daorung Chuvatana (2) | October 27, 1996 – June 21, 1997 | 1 | 237 |
35 | Nana Konadu (2) | June 21, 1997 – December 5, 1998 | 1 | 532 |
36 | Johnny Tapia | December 5, 1998 – June 26, 1999 | 0 | 203 |
37 | Paulie Ayala | June 26, 1999 – August 7, 2001s | 3 | 773 |
Ayala vacated in order to move up to super bantamweight | ||||
38 | Eidy Moya (v. Adán Vargas) | October 14, 2001 – April 19, 2002 | 0 | 187 |
39 | Johnny Bredahl | April 19, 2002 – October 11, 2004r | 3 | 904 |
Bredahl vacated and retired from boxing | ||||
40 | Wladimir Sidorenko (v. Julio Zarate) | February 26, 2005 – May 31, 2008 | 6 | 1190 |
41 | Anselmo Moreno | May 31, 2008 – November 19, 2010 | 7 | 902 |
Moreno got promoted so Super champion | ||||
42 | Anselmo Moreno – Super Champion | November 19, 2010 – September 26, 2014 | 5 | 1407 |
43 | Koki Kameda – Regular Champion (v. Alexander Muñoz) | December 26, 2010 – December 6, 2013r | 8 | 1076 |
Kameda vacated his title following a call for a unification match with WBA Super Champion Anselmo Moreno, in order to move down to super flyweight | ||||
44 | Jamie McDonnell – Regular Champion (v. Tabtimdaeng Na Rachawat) | May 31, 2014 – May 25, 2018 | 5 | 1455 |
45 | Juan Carlos Payano – Super Champion | September 26, 2014 – June 18, 2016 | 1 | 631 |
46 | Rau'shee Warren – Super Champion | June 18, 2016 – February 10, 2017 | 0 | 237 |
47 | Zhanat Zhakiyanov – Super Champion | February 10, 2017 – October 21, 2017 | 0 | 253 |
48 | Ryan Burnett – Super Champion | October 21, 2017 – November 3, 2018 | 1 | 378 |
49 | Naoya Inoue – Regular Champion | May 25, 2018 – November 7, 2019 | 1 | 531 |
50 | Nonito Donaire – Super Champion | November 3, 2018 – November 7, 2019 | 1 | 369 |
Naoya fought for WBA (Super) against Nonito Donaire | ||||
51 | Naoya Inoue – Super Champion | November 7, 2019 – present | 0 | 456 |
52 | Guillermo Rigondeaux – Regular Champion (v. Liborio Solís) | February 8, 2020 – present | 0 | 363 |
Super flyweight
No. | Name | Duration of reign | Defenses | Days |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Gustavo Ballas (v. Bae Sok-Chul) | September 12, 1981 – December 5, 1981 | 0 | 81 |
2 | Rafael Pedroza | December 5, 1981 – April 8, 1982 | 0 | 124 |
3 | Jiro Watanabe | April 8, 1982 – July 5, 1984s | 6 | 819 |
Watanabe was stripped of title for not fighting mandatory challenger Khaosai Galaxy | ||||
4 | Khaosai Galaxy | November 21, 1984 – 1992r | 19 | 2962 |
Galaxy retired vacated and retired from professional boxing | ||||
5 | Katsuya Onizuka (v. Thanomsak Sithbaobay) | April 10, 1992 – September 18, 1994 | 5 | 891 |
6 | Hyung-Chul Lee | September 18, 1994 – July 22, 1995 | 1 | 307 |
7 | Alimi Goitia | July 22, 1995 – August 24, 1996 | 3 | 399 |
8 | Yokthai Sithoar | August 24, 1996 – December 23, 1997 | 4 | 395 |
9 | Satoshi Iida | December 23, 1997 – December 23, 1998 | 2 | 365 |
10 | Jesús Kiki Rojas | December 23, 1998 – July 31, 1999 | 1 | 220 |
11 | Hideki Todaka | July 31, 1999 – October 9, 2000 | 2 | 436 |
12 | Leo Gámez | October 9, 2000 – March 11, 2001 | 0 | 153 |
13 | Celes Kobayashi | March 11, 2001 – March 9, 2002 | 1 | 363 |
14 | Alexander Muñoz | March 9, 2002 – December 3, 2004 | 3 | 1000 |
15 | Martín Castillo | December 3, 2004 – July 22, 2006 | 3 | 596 |
16 | Nobuo Nashiro | July 22, 2006 – May 3, 2007 | 1 | 285 |
17 | Alexander Munoz (2) | May 3, 2007 – May 17, 2008 | 2 | 380 |
Muñoz then fought for Super title against Cristian Mijares | ||||
18 | Cristian Mijares – Super Champion (v. Alexander Muñoz) | May 17, 2008 – November 1, 2008 | 1 | 168 |
19 | Nobuo Nashiro (2) – Regular Champion (v. Kohei Kono) | September 15, 2008 – May 8, 2010 | 2 | 600 |
20 | Vic Darchinyan – Super Champion | November 1, 2008 – May 8, 2010 | 3 | 553 |
Darchinyan vacated to move up to bantamweight | ||||
21 | Hugo Cázares – Regular Champion | May 8, 2010 – August 31, 2011 | 4 | 480 |
22 | Tomonobu Shimizu | August 31, 2011 – November 10, 2011 | 0 | 71 |
Shimizu declared Champion in recess | ||||
23 | Tepparith Kokietgym (interim champ promoted) | November 10, 2011 – December 31, 2012 | 3 | 417 |
24 | Kohei Kono | December 31, 2012 – May 6, 2013 | 0 | 126 |
25 | Liborio Solís | May 6, 2013 – December 2, 2013s | 0 | 210 |
Solís was stripped of his title before the fight with Daiki Kameda for being overweight. Solís won the fight in split decision but title was at stakes for Kameda only | ||||
26 | Kohei Kono (2) (v. Denkaosan Kaovichit) | March 26, 2014 – August 31, 2016 | 3 | 889 |
27 | Luis Concepción | August 31, 2016 – December 10, 2016s | 0 | 101 |
Concepción was stripped of his title before the fight with Khalid Yafai for being overweight | ||||
28 | Khalid Yafai | December 10, 2016 – February 29, 2020 | 5 | 1175 |
29 | Román González Super champion | February 29, 2020 – present | 1 | 342 |
30 | Andrew Moloney (Interim champion promoted) | March 3, 2020 – June 23, 2020 | 0 | 112 |
31 | Joshua Franco Regular champion | June 23, 2020 – present | 1 | 227 |
Flyweight
No. | Name | Duration of reign | Defenses | Days |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Fighting Harada (v. Pone Kingpetch) | October 10, 1962 – January 12, 1963 | 0 | 94 |
2 | Pone Kingpetch | January 12, 1963 – September 18, 1963 | 0 | 249 |
3 | Hiroyuki Ebihara | September 18, 1963 – January 23, 1964 | 0 | 127 |
4 | Pone Kingpetch (2) | January 23, 1964 – April 23, 1965 | 0 | 456 |
5 | Salvatore Burruni | April 23, 1965 – November 1965s | 0 | 192 |
Burruni was stripped of title for failing to meet the organization's number one contender, Hiroyuki Ebihara | ||||
6 | Horacio Accavallo (v. Katsuyoshi Takayama) | March 1, 1966 – October 1, 1968r | 3 | 945 |
Accavallo retired after his third defense fight, against Hiroyuki Ebihara | ||||
7 | Hiroyuki Ebihara (2) (v. José Severino) | March 30, 1969 – October 19, 1969 | 0 | 214 |
8 | Bernabe Villacampo | October 19, 1969 – April 5, 1970 | 0 | 351 |
9 | Berkrerk Chartvanchai | April 5, 1970 – October 22, 1970 | 0 | 200 |
10 | Masao Ohba | October 22, 1970 – 1973r | 5 | 1166 |
Three weeks after his fifth defense, Ohba died in a car accident in Tokyo | ||||
11 | Chartchai Chionoi (v. Fritz Chervet) | May 17, 1973 – October 18, 1974 | 2 | 550 |
12 | Susumu Hanagata | October 18, 1974 – April 1, 1975 | 0 | 134 |
13 | Erbito Salavarria | April 1, 1975 – February 27, 1976 | 1 | 332 |
14 | Alfonso Lopez | February 27, 1976 – October 2, 1976 | 1 | 218 |
15 | Guty Espadas | October 2, 1976 – August 12, 1978 | 4 | 679 |
16 | Betulio González | August 12, 1978 – November 17, 1979 | 3 | 1192 |
17 | Luis Ibarra | November 17, 1979 – February 17, 1980 | 0 | 92 |
18 | Kim Tae-shik | February 17, 1980 – December 13, 1980 | 1 | 300 |
19 | Peter Mathebula | December 13, 1980 – March 28, 1981 | 0 | 105 |
20 | Santos Benigno Laciar | March 28, 1981 – June 6, 1981 | 0 | 70 |
21 | Luis Ibarra (2) | June 6, 1981 – September 26, 1981 | 0 | 112 |
22 | Juan Herrera | September 26, 1981 – May 1, 1982 | 1 | 217 |
23 | Santos Benigno Laciar (2) | May 1, 1982 – July 19, 1985r | 9 | 1175 |
Laciar vacated in order to move up to super flyweight | ||||
24 | Hilario Zapata (v. Alonzo González) | October 5, 1985 – February 13, 1987 | 5 | 575 |
25 | Fidel Bassa | February 13, 1987 – September 30, 1989 | 6 | 960 |
26 | Jesús Kiki Rojas | September 30, 1989 – March 10, 1990 | 0 | 161 |
27 | Lee Yul-woo | March 10, 1990 – July 29, 1990 | 0 | 141 |
28 | Leopard Tamakuma | July 29, 1990 – March 14, 1991 | 1 | 169 |
29 | Elvis Álvarez | March 14, 1991 – June 1, 1991 | 0 | 79 |
30 | Kim Yong-kang | June 1, 1991 – September 26, 1992 | 2 | 483 |
31 | Aquiles Guzman | September 26, 1992 – December 15, 1992 | 0 | 80 |
32 | David Griman | December 15, 1992 – February 13, 1994 | 2 | 425 |
33 | Saen Sor Ploenchit | February 13, 1994 – November 24, 1996 | 9 | 712 |
34 | Jose Bonilla | November 24, 1996 – May 29, 1998 | 3 | 551 |
35 | Hugo Rafael Soto | May 29, 1998 – March 13, 1999 | 0 | 288 |
36 | Leo Gámez | March 13, 1999 – September 3, 1999 | 0 | 174 |
37 | Sornpichai Kratingdaenggym | September 3, 1999 – August 5, 2000 | 1 | 337 |
38 | Eric Morel | August 5, 2000 – December 6, 2003 | 5 | 1584 |
39 | Lorenzo Parra | December 6, 2003 – March 19, 2007 | 5 | 1199 |
40 | Takefumi Sakata | March 19, 2007 – December 31, 2008 | 4 | 653 |
41 | Denkaosan Kaovichit | December 31, 2008 – February 7, 2010 | 2 | 403 |
42 | Daiki Kameda | February 7, 2010 – January 4, 2011 | 2 | 331 |
Kameda vacated in order to move up to super flyweight | ||||
43 | Luis Concepcion (interim champ promoted) | January 4, 2011 – April 2, 2011 | 0 | 88 |
44 | Hernán Márquez | April 2, 2011 – November 17, 2012 | 2 | 381 |
Marquez fights for Super title against Brian Viloria | ||||
45 | Brian Viloria – Super Champion (v. Hernán Márquez) | November 17, 2012 – April 6, 2013 | 0 | 146 |
46 | Juan Carlos Reveco (interim champ promoted) | November 17, 2012 – April 22, 2015 | 6 | 886 |
47 | Juan Francisco Estrada – Super Champion | April 6, 2013 – September 14, 2016 | 5 | 1257 |
Estrada vacated and moved to super flyweight | ||||
48 | Kazuto Ioka – Regular Champion | April 22, 2015 – November 9, 2017 | 5 | 932 |
Ioka vacated and announced retirement later on | ||||
49 | Artem Dalakian – (v. Brian Viloria) | February 24, 2018 | 4 | 1077 |
Light flyweight
No. | Name | Duration of reign | Defenses | Days |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Jaime Rios (v. Rigoberto Marcano) | August 23, 1975 – July 2, 1976 | 1 | 314 |
2 | Juan Antonio Guzman | July 2, 1976 – October 10, 1976 | 0 | 100 |
3 | Yoko Gushiken | October 10, 1976 – March 8, 1981 | 13 | 1618 |
4 | Pedro Flores | March 8, 1981 – July 19, 1981 | 0 | 133 |
5 | Hwan-Jin Kim | July 19, 1981 – December 16, 1981 | 1 | 150 |
6 | Katsuo Tokashiki | December 16, 1981 – July 10, 1983 | 5 | 571 |
7 | Lupe Madera | July 10, 1983 – May 19, 1984 | 1 | 314 |
8 | Francisco Quiróz | May 19, 1984 – March 29, 1985 | 1 | 314 |
9 | Joey Olivo | March 29, 1985 – December 8, 1985 | 1 | 254 |
10 | Myung-Woo Yuh | December 8, 1985 – December 17, 1991 | 17 | 2200 |
11 | Hiroki Ioka | December 17, 1991 – November 18, 1992 | 2 | 337 |
12 | Myung-Woo Yuh (2) | November 18, 1992 – 1993r (vacated) | 1 | 409 |
Yuh vacated and retired from professional boxing | ||||
13 | Leo Gámez (v. Shiro Yahiro) | October 21, 1993 – February 4, 1995 | 3 | 471 |
14 | Hi-Yong Choi | February 4, 1995 – January 13, 1996 | 1 | 343 |
15 | Carlos Murillo | January 13, 1996 – May 21, 1996 | 1 | 129 |
16 | Keiji Yamaguchi | May 21, 1996 – December 3, 1996 | 1 | 196 |
17 | Pichitnoi Sitbangprachan | December 3, 1996 – July 2000s (stripped) | 5 | 1336 |
18 | Beibis Mendoza (v. Rosendo Alvarez) | August 12, 2000 – March 3, 2001 | 0 | 212 |
19 | Rosendo Alvarez | March 3, 2001 – October 2, 2004s (stripped) | 3 | 1309 |
Alvarez was stripped of title before his fourth fight with Beibis Mendoza for being overweight. | ||||
20 | Roberto Vásquez (v. Beibis Mendoza) | April 29, 2005 – May 25, 2006r (vacated) | 3 | 391 |
Vásquez vacated to move up to flyweight | ||||
21 | Kōki Kameda (v. Juan José Landaeta) | August 2, 2006 – January 18, 2007r | 1 | 169 |
Kameda vacated to move up to flyweight | ||||
22 | Juan Carlos Reveco (v. Nethra Sasiprapa) | June 22, 2007 – December 8, 2007 | 1 | 169 |
23 | Brahim Asloum | December 8, 2007 – 2008 (retired) | 1 | 389 |
Asloum was declared Champion in recess on July 18, 2008. On September 2009 and retired from boxing | ||||
24 | Giovanni Segura (interim champ promoted) | June 5, 2009 – August 28, 2010 (won Super title) | 3 | 449 |
Segura promoted to Super champion | ||||
25 | Giovanni Segura– Super Champion (v. Iván Calderón) | August 28, 2010 – November 26, 2010r (vacated) | 0 | 90 |
Segura vacated to fight at flyweight | ||||
26 | Juan Carlos Reveco (interim champ promoted) | August 28, 2010 – February 4, 2011r (vacated) | 0 | 160 |
Reveco vacated to move up to flyweight | ||||
27 | Roman Gonzalez (interim champ promoted) | February 4, 2011 – November 30, 2012 (promoted to Super Champion) | 5 | 484 |
28 | Roman Gonzalez – Super Champion (regular champ promoted) | November 30, 2012 – January 14, 2014r (vacated) | 0 | 314 |
Gonzalez vacated to move up to flyweight | ||||
29 | Kazuto Ioka (v. José Alfredo Rodríguez) | December 31, 2012 – February 28, 2014r (vacated) | 3 | 424 |
Ioka vacated to move up to flyweight | ||||
30 | Alberto Rossel (interim champ promoted) | July 8, 2014 – December 31, 2014 | 0 | 176 |
31 | Ryoichi Taguchi | December 31, 2014 – December 31, 2017 | 6 | 2228 |
Taguchi promoted to Super champion after unifying titles in bout with IBF holder Milan Melindo | ||||
32 | Ryoichi Taguchi– Super Champion (v. Milan Melindo) | December 31, 2017 – May 20, 2018 | 0 | 140 (1628) |
33 | Carlos Cañizales– Regular Champion (v. Reiya Konishi) | March 18, 2018 – present | 2 | 1055 |
34 | Hekkie Budler– Super Champion | May 20, 2018 – December 31, 2018 | 0 | 225 |
35 | Hiroto Kyoguchi– Super Champion | December 31, 2018 – present | 2 | 767 |
Minimumweight
No. | Name | Duration of reign | Defenses | Days |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Leo Gámez (v. Kim Bong-Jun) | January 10, 1988 – 1989r (vacated) | 1 | 721 |
Gamez vacated after a broken arm didn't allow him to defend the title | ||||
2 | Bong-Jun Kim (v. Agustín García) | April 16, 1989 – February 2, 1991 | 5 | 657 |
3 | Hi-Yong Choi | February 2, 1991 – October 14, 1992 | 4 | 620 |
4 | Hideyuki Ohashi | October 14, 1992 – February 10, 1993 | 0 | 247 |
5 | Chana Porpaoin | February 10, 1993 – December 2, 1995 | 8 | 1205 |
6 | Rosendo Álvarez (stripped) | December 2, 1995 – November 13, 1998 | 5 | 1077 |
Àlvarez stripped of title before his fight with Ricardo López for being overweight. Title was at stakes only for López who managed to beat the heavier Álvarez | ||||
7 | Ricardo López (v. Rosendo Alvarez) | November 13, 1998 – July 1999r | 0 | 260 |
Lopez vacated in order to move up to light flyweight | ||||
8 | Noel Arambulet (v. Joma Gamboa) | October 9, 1999 – August 20, 2000 (stripped) | 1 | 377 |
Arambulet stripped of title before his rematch fight with Joma Gamboa for being overweight. Title was at stakes only for Gamboa who managed to beat the heavier Arambulet | ||||
9 | Joma Gamboa (v. Noel Arambulet) | August 20, 2000 – December 6, 2000 | 0 | 106 |
10 | Keitaro Hoshino | December 6, 2000 – April 16, 2001 | 0 | 131 |
11 | Chana Porpaoin | April 16, 2001 – August 25, 2001 | 0 | 131 |
12 | Yutaka Niida | August 25, 2001 – October 19, 2001r (vacated) | 0 | 55 |
Niida vacated and retired citing back problems and lack of interest in boxing | ||||
13 | Keitaro Hoshino (2) (v. Joma Gamboa) | January 29, 2002 – July 29, 2002 | 0 | 182 |
14 | Noel Arambulet (2) | July 29, 2002 – July 2, 2004s (stripped) | 2 | 704 |
Arambulet stripped of title before his rematch fight with Yutaka Niida for being overweight. Title was at stakes only for Niida who managed to beat the heavier Arambulet | ||||
15 | Yutaka Niida (2) (v. Noel Arambulet) | July 3, 2004 – September 15, 2008 | 7 | 1535 |
16 | Roman Gonzalez | September 15, 2008 – October 8, 2010r (vacated) | 3 | 753 |
Gonzalez vacated in order to move up to light flyweight | ||||
17 | Kwanthai Sithmorseng (v. Pigmy Kokietgym) | November 5, 2010 – April 19, 2011 | 0 | 165 |
18 | Muhammad Rachman | April 19, 2011 – July 31, 2011 | 0 | 103 |
19 | Pornsawan Porpramook | July 30, 2011 – October 24, 2011 | 0 | 86 |
20 | Akira Yaegashi | October 24, 2011 – June 24, 2012 | 0 | 244 |
21 | Kazuto Ioka | June 24, 2012 – October 10, 2012r (vacated) | 0 | 108 |
Ioka vacated in order to move up to light flyweight | ||||
22 | Ryo Miyazaki (v. Pornsawan Porpramook) | December 31, 2012 – December 27, 2013r | 2 | 361 |
Miyazaki vacated in order to move up to light flyweight | ||||
23 | Hekkie Budler (v. Karluis Díaz) | March 1, 2014 – March 19, 2016 | 4 | 851 |
24 | Byron Rojas | March 19, 2016 – June 29, 2016 | 0 | 102 |
25 | Thammanoon Niyomtrong | June 29, 2016 – present | 8 | 1682 |
Top 10 pound-for-pound
Rank | Weight class | Name | Date | Days |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Welterweight | Cecilia Brækhus | March 14, 2009 | 4346(6°) |
2 | Super flyweight | Khaosai Galaxy | November 21, 1984 | 2962(4°) |
3 | Light flyweight | Yesica Bopp | June 20, 2009 | 4248(8°) |
4 | Featherweight | Eusebio Pedroza | April 15, 1978 | 2611(7°) |
5 | Middleweight | Carlos Monzón | November 7, 1970 | 2489(9°) |
6 | Lightweight | Roberto Durán | June 26, 1972 | 2410 |
7 | Middleweight | Marvin Hagler | September 27, 1980 | 2382 |
8 | Light flyweight | Myung-Woo Yuh | December 8, 1985 | 2200 |
9 | Super middleweight | Andre Ward | November 21, 2009 | 2182 |
10 | Featherweight | Chris John | November 1, 2003 | 2065 |
See also
Notes
1 Date listed is when the World title was won (NBA was formed in 1921)
External links
- Official list of current WBA champions
- https://boxrec.com/media/index.php/National_Boxing_Association
- https://boxrec.com/media/index.php/NBA_World_Heavyweight_Title_Fights
- https://boxrec.com/media/index.php/NBA_World_Heavyweight_Champion
- All-time WBA World champions - Reference book
- Ken Buchanan - Lightweight Champion of the World - Ken Buchanan site with detailed bio, statistics, full fights and more
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