List of WBC world champions

This is a list of WBC world champions, showing every world champion certificated by the World Boxing Council (WBC). The WBC is one of the four major governing bodies in professional boxing, and certifies world champions in 17 different weight classes. In 1963, the year of its foundation, the WBC inaugurated titles in all divisions with the exception of light flyweight, super flyweight, super bantamweight, super middleweight and cruiserweight, which were inaugurated in the subsequent decades. The most recent title inaugurated by the WBC is in the minimumweight (also called strawweight) division in 1987.

Heavyweight

Name:	Date:	Location:	Defenses:
Sonny Liston	22 July 1963	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	0
Muhammad Ali	25 February 1964	Miami Beach, Florida, United States	9
Title stripped	11 March 1969	Conscientious objection to military service
Joe Frazier def. Jimmy Ellis	16 February 1970	New York City, New York, United States	4
George Foreman	22 January 1973	Kingston, Jamaica	2
Muhammad Ali (2)	30 October 1974	Kinshasa, Zaire	10
Leon Spinks	15 February 1978	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	0
Title stripped	18 March 1978	Spinks was stripped of the title for pursuing a rematch against Muhammad Ali instead of a bout against mandatory challenger Ken Norton.[1]
Ken Norton no. 1 contender promoted	29 March 1978	N/A	0
Larry Holmes	9 June 1978	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	16
Title vacated	11 December 1983	Holmes vacated the title after a dispute with his promoter Don King over the proposed purse for a fight against mandatory challenger Greg Page.[2]
Tim Witherspoon def. Greg Page	9 March 1984	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	0
Pinklon Thomas	31 August 1984	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	1
Trevor Berbick	22 March 1986	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	0
Mike Tyson	22 November 1986	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	9
James "Buster" Douglas	11 February 1990	Tokyo, Japan	0
Evander Holyfield	25 October 1990	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	3
Riddick Bowe	13 November 1992	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	0
Title vacated	14 December 1992	Bowe vacated the title instead of fighting mandatory challenger Lennox Lewis, then dumped his WBC belt in a trash bin during a news conference in London.[3]
Lennox Lewis no. 1 contender promoted	14 December 1992	N/A	3
Oliver McCall	24 September 1994	London, England, United Kingdom	1
Frank Bruno	2 September 1995	London, England, United Kingdom	0
Mike Tyson (2)	16 March 1996	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	0
Title vacated	24 September 1996	Tyson vacated the title to pursue a bout against Evander Holyfield instead of mandatory challenger Lennox Lewis.[4]
Lennox Lewis (2) def. Oliver McCall	7 February 1997	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	9
Hasim Rahman	22 April 2001	Brakpan, South Africa	0
Lennox Lewis (3)	17 November 2001	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	2
Title vacated	6 February 2004	Lewis retired as champion and chose not to rematch Vitali Klitschko ahead of a WBC-mandated 1 March deadline to accept the bout.[5]
Vitali Klitschko def. Corrie Sanders	24 April 2004	Los Angeles, California, United States	1
Title vacated	9 November 2005	Klitschko announced his retirement after withdrawing from a bout against Hasim Rahman due to injuries.[6]
Hasim Rahman (2) interim champion promoted	9 November 2005	N/A	1
Oleg Maskaev	12 August 2006	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	1
Samuel Peter	8 March 2008	Cancún, México	0
Vitali Klitschko (2)	11 October 2008	Berlin, Germany	9
Title vacated	16 December 2013	Klitschko vacated the title to focus on his career in politics in Ukraine.[7]
Bermane Stiverne def. Chris Arreola	10 May 2014	Los Angeles, California, United States	0
Deontay Wilder	17 January 2015	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	10
Tyson Fury	22 February 2020	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	0

Cruiserweight

Name:	Date:	Location:	Defenses:
Marvin Camel def. Mate Parlov	31 March 1980	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	0
Carlos de León	25 November 1980	New Orleans, Louisiana, United States	1
S. T. Gordon	27 June 1982	Highland Heights, Ohio, United States	1
Carlos de León (2)	17 July 1983	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	3
Alfonso Ratliff	6 June 1985	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	0
Bernard Benton	21 September 1985	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	0
Carlos de León (3)	22 March 1986	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	3
Evander Holyfield	9 April 1988	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	0
Title vacated	9 April 1989
Carlos de León (4) def. Sammy Reeson	17 May 1989	London, England, United Kingdom	1
Massimiliano Duran	27 July 1990	Capo d'Orlando, Italy	1
Anaclet Wamba	20 July 1991	Palermo, Italy	7
Title vacated	30 December 1994
Marcelo Domínguez def. Akim Tafer	25 July 1995	Saint-Jean-de-Luz, France	5
Juan Carlos Gómez	21 February 1998	Mar del Plata, Argentina	10
Title vacated	19 February 2002
Wayne Braithwaite def. Vincenzo Cantatore	11 October 2002	Campione d'Italia, Italy	3
Jean-Marc Mormeck	2 April 2005	Worcester, Massachusetts, United States	0
O'Neil Bell	7 January 2006	New York City, New York, United States	0
Jean-Marc Mormeck (2)	17 March 2007	Levallois-Perret, France	0
David Haye	10 November 2007	Levallois-Perret, France	1
Title vacated	12 May 2008
Giacobbe Fragomeni def. Rudolf Kraj	24 October 2008	Milan, Italy	1
Zsolt Erdei	21 November 2009	Kiel, Germany	0
Title vacated	13 January 2010
Krzysztof Włodarczyk def. Giacobbe Fragomeni	15 May 2010	Łódź, Poland	6
Grigory Drozd	27 September 2014	Moscow, Russia	1
Title stripped	16 March 2016
Tony Bellew def. Ilunga Makabu	29 May 2016	Manchester, England, United Kingdom	1
Title stripped	28 March 2017	Bellew was stripped of the title and named "Emeritus Champion" after moving up to heavyweight.[8]
Mairis Briedis def. Marco Huck	1 April 2017	Dortmund, Germany	1
Oleksandr Usyk	27 January 2018	Riga, Latvia	2
Title stripped	4 June 2019	Usyk was stripped of the title and named "champion in recess" during his move up to heavyweight.[9]
Ilunga Makabu	31 January 2020	Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo	0

Light heavyweight

Name:	Date:	Location:	Defenses:
Harold Johnson	14 February 1963	N/A	0
Willie Pastrano	1 June 1963	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	2
José Torres	30 March 1965	New York City, New York, United States	3
Dick Tiger	16 December 1966	New York City, New York, United States	2
Bob Foster	24 May 1968	New York City, New York, United States	14
Title stripped	9 August 1974	Foster was stripped of the title after failing to make a defense against number one contender John Conteh.[10]
John Conteh def. Jorge Ahumada	1 October 1974	London, England, United Kingdom	3
Title stripped	18 May 1977	Conteh was stripped of the title after refusing to fight Jesse Burnett, alleging he was forced to sign the contract at gunpoint.[11]
Miguel Ángel Cuello def. Jesse Burnett	21 May 1977	Fontvieille, Monaco	0
Mate Parlov	8 January 1978	Milan, Italy	1
Marvin Johnson	2 December 1978	Marsala, Italy	0
Matthew Saad Muhammad	22 April 1979	Indianapolis, Indiana, United States	8
Dwight Muhammad Qawi	19 December 1981	Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States	3
Michael Spinks	18 March 1983	Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States	4
Title stripped	9 October 1985	Spinks, who had won the IBF heavyweight world championship the previous month against Larry Holmes, was stripped of the WBC light heavyweight title due to the WBC's policy against fighters holding world titles in multiple divisions at the same time.[12]
J. B. Williamson def. Prince Mama Mohammed	10 December 1985	Inglewood, California, United States	0
Dennis Andries	30 April 1986	London, England, United Kingdom	1
Thomas Hearns	7 March 1987	Detroit, Michigan, United States	0
Title vacated	6 August 1987	Hearns vacated the title to fight Juan Roldán for the vacant WBC middleweight world championship.[13]
Donny Lalonde def. Eddie Davis	27 November 1987	Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago	1
Sugar Ray Leonard	7 November 1988	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	0
Title vacated	15 November 1988	Leonard vacated the title, noting he was unsure whether he would continue his career in boxing.[14]
Dennis Andries (2) def. Tony Willis	21 February 1989	Tucson, Arizona, United States	0
Jeff Harding	24 June 1989	Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States	2
Dennis Andries (3)	28 July 1990	Melbourne, Australia	2
Jeff Harding (2)	11 September 1991	London, England, United Kingdom	2
Mike McCallum	23 July 1994	Bismarck, North Dakota, United States	1
Fabrice Tiozzo	16 June 1995	Lyon, France	1
Title vacated	March 1997
Roy Jones Jr. interim champion promoted	March 1997	N/A	0
Montell Griffin	21 March 1997	Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States	0
Roy Jones Jr. (2)	7 August 1997	Mashantucket, Connecticut, United States	0
Title vacated	5 November 1997	Jones vacated the title after his mandatory challenger Michael Nunn's promoter won a purse bid with the intent to stage it as a pay-per-view fight on Request TV, a rival platform to HBO, which Jones was contractually tied to.[15]
Graciano Rocchigiani def. Michael Nunn	21 March 1998	Berlin, Germany	0
Status demoted	May 1998	Rocchigiani was demoted to interim champion upon Roy Jones Jr.'s request to be reinstated as champion.
Roy Jones Jr. (3) reinstated as champion	May 1998	N/A	11
Title vacated	1 March 2003
Antonio Tarver def. Montell Griffin	26 April 2003	Mashantucket, Connecticut, United States	0
Roy Jones Jr. (4)	8 November 2003	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	0
Antonio Tarver (2)	15 May 2004	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	0
Title stripped	December 2004
Tomasz Adamek def. Paul Briggs	21 May 2005	Chicago, Illinois, United States	2
Chad Dawson	3 February 2007	Kissimmee, Florida, United States	3
Title vacated	11 July 2008	Dawson vacated the title to pursue a bout against Antonio Tarver instead of mandatory challenger and interim champion Adrian Diaconu.[16]
Adrian Diaconu interim champion promoted	11 July 2008	N/A	0
Jean Pascal	19 June 2009	Montréal, Québec, Canada	2
Bernard Hopkins	21 May 2011	Montréal, Québec, Canada	0
Chad Dawson (2)	28 April 2012	Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States	0
Adonis Stevenson	8 June 2013	Montréal, Québec, Canada	9
Oleksandr Gvozdyk	1 December 2018	Québec City, Québec, Canada	1
Artur Beterbiev	18 October 2019	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States	0

Super middleweight

Name:	Date:	Location:	Defenses:
Sugar Ray Leonard def. Donny Lalonde	7 November 1988	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	2
Title vacated	15 December 1990
Mauro Galvano def. Dario Matteoni	15 December 1990	Monte Carlo, Monaco	2
Nigel Benn	3 October 1992	Marino, Italy	9
Thulani Malinga	2 March 1996	Newcastle, England, United Kingdom	0
Vincenzo Nardiello	6 July 1996	Manchester, England, United Kingdom	0
Robin Reid	12 October 1996	Marino, Italy	3
Thulani Malinga (2)	19 December 1997	London, England, United Kingdom	0
Richie Woodhall	27 March 1998	Telford, England, United Kingdom	2
Markus Beyer	23 October 1999	Telford, England, United Kingdom	1
Glenn Catley	6 May 2000	Frankfurt, Germany	0
Dingaan Thobela	1 September 2000	Brakpan, South Africa	0
Dave Hilton, Jr.	15 December 2000	Montréal, Québec, Canada	0
Title stripped	1 May 2001	Hilton was stripped of the title after being convicted of sexually assaulting two teenaged girls.[17]
Éric Lucas def. Glenn Catley	10 July 2001	Montréal, Québec, Canada	3
Markus Beyer (2)	5 April 2003	Leipzig, Germany	2
Cristian Sanavia	5 June 2004	Chemnitz, Germany	0
Markus Beyer (3)	9 October 2004	Erfurt, Germany	5
Mikkel Kessler	14 October 2006	Copenhagen, Denmark	1
Joe Calzaghe	3 November 2007	Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom	0
Title vacated	28 June 2008	Calzaghe vacated the title to pursue a fight with Roy Jones Jr. instead of mandatory challenger Carl Froch.[18]
Carl Froch def. Jean Pascal	6 December 2008	Nottingham, England, United Kingdom	2
Mikkel Kessler (2)	24 April 2010	Herning, Denmark	0
Title stripped	6 September 2010	Kessler, who withdrew from the Super Six World Boxing Classic due to an eye injury, was stripped of the title and named "champion emeritus".[19]
Carl Froch (2) def. Arthur Abraham	27 November 2010	Helsinki, Finland	1
Andre Ward	17 December 2011	Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States	1
Title stripped	20 May 2013
Sakio Bika def. Marco Antonio Peribán	22 June 2013	Brooklyn, New York, United States	1
Anthony Dirrell	16 August 2014	Carson, California, United States	0
Badou Jack	24 April 2015	Chicago, Illinois, United States	3
Title vacated	18 January 2017	Jack vacated the title to move up to light heavyweight.[20]
David Benavidez def. Ronald Gavril	8 September 2017	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	1
Title stripped	3 October 2018	Benavidez was stripped of the title after testing positive for cocaine and was named "champion in recess".[21]
Anthony Dirrell (2) def. Avni Yildirim	23 February 2019	Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States	0
David Benavidez (2)	28 September 2019	Los Angeles, California, United States	0
Title stripped	14 August 2020	Benavidez was stripped of the title after failing to make weight for his fight against Roamer Alexis Angulo.[22]
Canelo Álvarez def. Callum Smith	19 December 2020	San Antonio, Texas, United States	0

Middleweight

Name	Reign period	No. of successful defenses	Days
Dick Tiger	10 August 1963 – 7 December 1963	0	119
Joey Giardello	7 December 1963 – 21 October 1965	1	182
Dick Tiger	21 October 1965 – 25 April 1966	0	186
Emile Griffith	25 April 1966 – 17 April 1967	2	357
Nino Benvenuti	4 March 1968 – 7 November 1970	4	978
Carlos Monzón	7 November 1970 – 9 February 1974 (stripped)	9	1190
Rodrigo Valdéz def. Bennie Briscoe	25 May 1974 – 26 June 1976	4	763
Carlos Monzón	26 June 1976 – August 1977 (retired)	1	376
Rodrigo Valdéz def. Bennie Briscoe	5 November 1977 – 22 April 1978	0	168
Hugo Corro	22 April 1978 – 30 June 1979	2	434
Vito Antuofermo	30 June 1979 – 16 March 1980	1	260
Alan Minter	16 March 1980 – 27 September 1980	1	195
Marvelous Marvin Hagler	27 September 1980 – 6 April 1987	12	2474
Sugar Ray Leonard	6 April 1987 – 27 May 1987 (retired)	0	51
Thomas Hearns def. Juan Roldán	29 October 1987 – 6 June 1988	0	253
Iran Barkley	6 June 1988 – 24 February 1989	0	263
Roberto Durán	24 February 1989 – December 1989 (vacated)	0	310
Julian Jackson def. Herol Graham	24 November 1990 – 8 May 1993	4	896
Gerald McClellan	8 May 1993 – 7 May 1994 (vacated)	3	364
Julian Jackson def. Agostino Cardamone	17 March 1995 – 19 August 1995	0	155
Quincy Taylor	19 August 1995 – 16 March 1996	0	211
Keith Holmes	16 March 1996 – 2 May 1998	2	716
Hacine Cherifi	2 May 1998 – 24 April 1999	0	357
Keith Holmes	24 April 1999 – 14 April 2001	2	721
Bernard Hopkins	14 April 2001 – 16 July 2005	7	1554
Jermain Taylor	16 July 2005 – 29 September 2007	4	805
Kelly Pavlik	29 September 2007 – 17 April 2010	3	931
Sergio Martínez	17 April 2010 – 17 January 2011 (stripped)	1	214
Sebastian Zbik (Elevated from interim status)	17 January 2011 – 4 June 2011	0	138
Julio César Chávez Jr.	4 June 2011 – 15 September 2012	3	469
Sergio Martínez	15 September 2012 – 7 June 2014	1	630
Miguel Cotto	7 June 2014 – 17 November 2015 (stripped)	1	528
Canelo Álvarez (def. Miguel Cotto)	21 November 2015 – 18 May 2016 (vacated)	1	179
Gennady Golovkin (Elevated from interim status)	18 May 2016 – 15 September 2018	4	850
Canelo Álvarez	15 September 2018 – 26 June 2019 (elevated to "Franchise Champion")	1	284
Jermall Charlo (Elevated from interim status)	26 June 2019 – present	2	589

Super welterweight

Name	Reign period	No. of successful defenses	Days
Denny Moyer	19 February 1963 – 29 April 1963	0	69
Ralph Dupas	29 April 1963 – 7 September 1963	1	131
Sandro Mazzinghi	7 September 1963 – 18 June 1965	3	650
Nino Benvenuti	18 June 1965 – 25 June 1966	1	7
Kim Ki-soo	25 June 1966 – 26 May 1968	2	700
Sandro Mazzinghi (2)	26 May 1968 – November 1968 (stripped)	1	188
Freddie Little def. Stanley Hayward	17 March 1969 – 9 July 1970	2	479
Carmelo Bossi	9 July 1970 – 31 October 1971	1	479
Koichi Wajima	31 October 1971 – 4 June 1974	6	947
Oscar Albarado	4 June 1974 – 21 January 1975	1	231
Koichi Wajima (2)	21 January 1975 – April 1975 (stripped)	0	99
Miguel de Oliveira def. José Durán	7 May 1975 – 13 November 1975	0	190
Elisha Obed	13 November 1975 – 18 June 1976	2	218
Eckhard Dagge	18 June 1976 – 6 August 1977	2	414
Rocky Mattioli	6 August 1977 – 4 March 1979	2	575
Maurice Hope	4 March 1979 – 23 May 1981	3	811
Wilfred Benítez	23 May 1981 – 3 December 1982	2	559
Thomas Hearns	3 December 1982 – 1986 (vacated)	4	1489
Duane Thomas def. John Mugabi	5 December 1986 – 12 July 1987	0	219
Lupe Aquino	12 July 1987 – 2 October 1987	0	82
Gianfranco Rosi	2 October 1987 – 8 July 1988	1	280
Donald Curry	8 July 1988 – 11 February 1989	0	218
René Jacquot	11 February 1989 – 8 July 1989	0	147
John Mugabi	8 July 1989 – 31 March 1990	0	266
Terry Norris	31 March 1990 – 18 December 1993	10	1358
Simon Brown	18 December 1993 – 7 May 1994	1	140
Terry Norris (2)	7 May 1994 – 12 November 1994	0	189
Luis Santana	12 November 1994 – 19 August 1995	1	280
Terry Norris (3)	19 August 1995 – 6 December 1997	6	841
Keith Mullings	6 December 1997 – 29 January 1999	1	420
Javier Castillejo	29 January 1999 – 23 June 2001	5	726
Oscar De La Hoya	28 June 2001 – 13 September 2003	2	810
Shane Mosley	13 September 2003 – 13 March 2004	0	183
Winky Wright	13 March 2004 – May 2005 (vacated)	1	445
Ricardo Mayorga def. Michele Piccirillo	13 August 2005 – 6 May 2006	0	267
Oscar De La Hoya (2)	6 May 2006 – 5 May 2007	0	365
Floyd Mayweather Jr.	5 May 2007 – 4 July 2007 (vacated)	0	61
Vernon Forrest def. Carlos Baldomir	28 July 2007 – 7 June 2008	1	316
Sergio Mora	7 June 2008 – 13 September 2008	0	99
Vernon Forrest (2)	13 September 2008 – 21 May 2009 (stripped)	0	251
Sergio Martínez (Elevated from Interim status)	21 May 2009 – 17 June 2010 (vacated)	0	393
Manny Pacquiao def. Antonio Margarito	14 November 2010 – 8 February 2011 (vacated)	0	87
Canelo Álvarez def. Matthew Hatton	5 March 2011 – 14 September 2013	6	925
Floyd Mayweather Jr. (2)	14 September 2013 – 2 November 2015 (status changed to Emeritus Champion)	1	780
Jermell Charlo def. John Jackson	21 May 2016 – 22 December 2018	3	945
Tony Harrison	22 December 2018 – 21 December 2019	0	364
Jermell Charlo (2)	21 December 2019 – present	1	411

Welterweight

Name	Reign period	No. of successful defenses	Days
Emile Griffith	8 December 1962 – 21 March 1963	0	103
Luis Manuel Rodríguez	21 March 1963 – 8 June 1963	0	79
Emile Griffith	8 June 1963 – 25 April 1966 (vacated)	4	1052
Curtis Cokes def. Jean Josselin	28 November 1966 – 18 April 1969	4	968
José Nápoles	18 April 1969 – 3 December 1970	3	594
Billy Backus	3 December 1970 – 4 June 1971	0	183
José Nápoles	4 June 1971 – 6 December 1975	10	1646
John H. Stracey	6 December 1975 – 22 June 1976	1	199
Carlos Palomino	22 June 1976 – 14 January 1979	7	936
Wilfred Benítez	14 January 1979 – 30 November 1979	1	320
Sugar Ray Leonard	30 November 1979 – 20 June 1980	1	203
Roberto Durán	20 June 1980 – 25 November 1980	0	158
Sugar Ray Leonard	25 November 1980 – 9 November 1982 (retired)	3	714
Milton McCrory def. Colin Jones	13 August 1983 – 6 December 1985	4	845
Donald Curry	6 December 1985 – 27 September 1986	0	295
Lloyd Honeyghan	27 September 1986 – 28 October 1987	3	396
Jorge Vaca	28 October 1987 – 29 March 1988	0	153
Lloyd Honeyghan (2)	29 March 1988 – 4 February 1989	1	313
Marlon Starling	4 February 1989 – 19 August 1990	1	561
Maurice Blocker	19 August 1990 – 18 March 1991	0	211
Simon Brown	18 March 1991 – 29 November 1991	0	256
Buddy McGirt	29 November 1991 – 6 March 1993	2	463
Pernell Whitaker	6 March 1993 – 12 April 1997	8	1498
Oscar De La Hoya	12 April 1997 – 18 September 1999	7	889
Félix Trinidad	18 September 1999 – 3 March 2000 (vacated)	0	167
Shane Mosley	17 June 2000 – 26 January 2002	3	588
Vernon Forrest	26 January 2002 – 25 January 2003	1	364
Ricardo Mayorga	25 January 2003 – 13 December 2003	1	322
Cory Spinks	13 December 2003 – 5 February 2005	2	420
Zab Judah	5 February 2005 – 7 January 2006	1	336
Carlos Baldomir	7 January 2006 – 4 November 2006	1	301
Floyd Mayweather Jr.	4 November 2006 – 6 June 2008 (vacated)	1	580
Andre Berto def. Miguel Ángel Rodríguez	21 June 2008 – 16 April 2011	5	1029
Victor Ortiz	16 April 2011 – 17 September 2011	0	154
Floyd Mayweather Jr. (2)	17 September 2011 – 2 November 2015 (status changed to Emeritus Champion)	5	1507
Danny García def. Robert Guerrero	23 January 2016 – 4 March 2017	0	407
Keith Thurman	4 March 2017 – 24 April 2018 (vacated)	0	416
Shawn Porter def. Danny Garcia	8 September 2018 – 28 September 2019	1	385
Errol Spence Jr.	28 September 2019 – present	1	495

Super lightweight

Name	Reign period	No. of successful defenses	Days
Eddie Perkins	15 June 1963 – 18 January 1965	2	583
Carlos "Morocho" Hernández	18 January 1965 – 29 April 1966	2	466
Sandro Lopopolo	29 April 1966 – 30 April 1967	1	366
Takeshi Fuji	30 April 1967 – 1968 (stripped)	1	611
Pedro Adigue def. Adolph Pruitt	14 December 1968 – 31 January 1970	0	413
Bruno Arcari	31 January 1970 – February 1974 (vacated)	9	1175
Perico Fernandez def. Lion Furuyama	21 September 1974 – 15 July 1975	1	267
Saensak Muangsurin	15 July 1975 – 30 June 1976	1	583
Miguel Velasquez	30 June 1976 – 29 October 1976	0	381
Saensak Muangsurin	29 October 1976 – 30 December 1978	7	792
Kim Sang-hyun	30 December 1978 – 23 February 1980	2	420
Saoul Mamby	23 February 1980 – 26 June 1982	5	854
Leroy Haley	26 June 1982 – 18 May 1983	2	326
Bruce Curry	18 May 1983 – 29 January 1984	2	256
Billy Costello	29 January 1984 – 21 August 1985	3	570
Lonnie Smith	21 August 1985 – 5 May 1986	0	257
René Arredondo	5 May 1986 – 24 July 1986	0	83
Tsuyoshi Hamada	24 July 1986 – 22 July 1987	1	363
René Arredondo	22 July 1987 – 12 November 1987	0	113
Roger Mayweather	22 July 1987 – 12 November 1987	4	113
Julio César Chávez	13 May 1989 – 29 January 1994	12	1722
Frankie Randall	29 January 1994 – 7 May 1994	0	114
Julio César Chávez	7 May 1994 – 7 June 1996	4	762
Oscar De La Hoya	7 June 1996 – 12 April 1997 (vacated)	1	309
Kostya Tszyu def. Miguel Ángel González	21 August 1999 – January 2004 (stripped)	7	1624
Arturo Gatti def. Gianluca Branco	24 January 2004 – 25 June 2005	2	518
Floyd Mayweather Jr.	25 June 2005 – 23 March 2006 (vacated)	0	271
Junior Witter def. DeMarcus Corley	15 September 2006 – 10 May 2008	0	603
Devon Alexander	1 August 2009 – 29 January 2011	2	546
Timothy Bradley	29 January 2011 – 28 July 2011 (stripped)	2	180
Érik Morales def. Pablo César Cano	17 September 2011 – 24 March 2012	0	189
Danny García	24 March 2012 – 11 June 2015 (stripped)	5	1174
Viktor Postol def. Lucas Matthysse	3 October 2015 – 23 July 2016	0	295
Terence Crawford	23 July 2016 – 26 October 2017 (vacated)	3	460
José Ramírez def. Amir Imam	17 March 2018 – present	4	1055

Lightweight

Name	Reign period	No. of successful defenses	Days
Carlos Ortiz	14 February 1963 – 10 April 1965	3	786
Ismael Laguna	10 April 1965 – 13 November 1965	0	217
Carlos Ortiz	13 November 1965 – 29 June 1968	5	959
Carlos Cruz	29 June 1968 – 18 February 1969	1	234
Mando Ramos	18 February 1969 – 3 March 1970	1	378
Ismael Laguna	3 March 1970 – 15 September 1970 (stripped)	1	234
Ken Buchanan def. Rubén Navarro	12 February 1971 – 25 June 1971 (stripped)	0	133
Pedro Carrasco def. Mando Ramos	5 November 1971 – 18 February 1972	0	105
Mando Ramos	18 February 1972 – 15 September 1972	1	210
Chango Carmona	15 September 1972 – 10 November 1972	0	56
Rodolfo González	10 November 1972 – 11 April 1974	2	517
Guts Ishimatsu	11 April 1974 – 8 May 1976	5	758
Esteban de Jesús	8 May 1976 – 21 January 1978	3	713
Roberto Durán	21 January 1978 – January 1979 (vacated)	0	365
Jim Watt def. Alfredo Pitalua	17 April 1979 – 20 June 1981	4	795
Alexis Argüello	20 June 1981 – 1983 (vacated)	4	924
Edwin Rosario def. José Luis Ramírez	1 May 1983 – 3 November 1984	2	522
José Luis Ramírez	3 November 1984 – 10 August 1985	0	280
Héctor Camacho	10 August 1985 – 1987 (vacated)	2	873
José Luis Ramírez def. Terrence Alli	19 July 1987 – 29 October 1988	2	468
Julio César Chávez	29 October 1988 – 1989 (vacated)	0	428
Pernell Whitaker def. José Luis Ramírez	20 August 1989 – 1992 (vacated)	6	1229
Miguel Ángel González def. Wilfrido Rocha	24 August 1992 – 19 August 1995 (vacated)	10	1090
Jean Baptiste Mendy def. Lamar Murphy	20 April 1996 – 1 March 1997	0	315
Stevie Johnston	1 March 1997 – 13 June 1998	3	469
César Bazán	13 June 1998 – 27 February 1999	2	259
Stevie Johnston	27 February 1999 – 17 June 2000	4	476
José Luis Castillo	17 June 2000 – 20 April 2002	3	672
Floyd Mayweather Jr.	20 April 2002 – 22 May 2004 (vacated)	3	763
José Luis Castillo def. Juan Lazcano	5 June 2004 – 7 May 2005	2	336
Diego Corrales	7 May 2005 – 7 October 2006 (stripped)	0	518
Joel Casamayor def. Corrales, who was stripped of his title	7 October 2006 – 1 February 2007 (stripped)	0	117
David Díaz (Elevated from interim status)	1 February 2007 – 28 June 2008	1	513
Manny Pacquiao	28 June 2008 – 24 February 2009 (vacated)	1	241
Edwin Valero def. Antonio Pitalúa	4 April 2009 – 9 February 2010 (vacated)	2	311
Humberto Soto def. David Díaz	13 March 2010 – 1 July 2011 (vacated)	4	475
Antonio DeMarco def. Jorge Linares	15 October 2011 – 17 November 2012	2	399
Adrien Broner	17 November 2012 – 29 January 2014 (stripped)	1	438
Omar Figueroa Jr. (Elevated from interim status)	29 January 2014 – 10 November 2014 (declared Champion in Recess)	2	285
Jorge Linares def. Javier Prieto	30 December 2014 – 22 February 2016 (declared Champion in Recess)	2	419
Dejan Zlatičanin def. Franklin Mamani	11 June 2016 – 28 January 2017	0	232
Mikey Garcia	28 January 2017 – 25 April 2019 (vacated)	1	812
Vasyl Lomachenko	31 August 2019 – 23 October 2019 (given "Franchise champion" belt)	0	523
Devin Haney (Elevated from interim status)	23 October 2019 – present	2	470

Super featherweight

Name	Reign period	No. of successful defenses	Days
Gabriel Elorde	16 February 1963 – 15 June 1967	5	1580
Yoshiaki Numata	15 June 1967 – 14 December 1967	0	182
Hiroshi Kobayashi	14 December 1967 – 18 January 1969 (stripped)	2	401
René Barrientos def. Rubén Navarro	15 February 1969 – 5 April 1970	0	414
Yoshiaki Numata	5 April 1970 – 10 October 1971	3	553
Ricardo Arredondo	10 October 1971 – 28 February 1974	5	872
Kuniaki Shibata	28 February 1974 – 5 July 1975	3	492
Alfredo Escalera	5 July 1975 – 28 January 1978	10	938
Alexis Argüello	28 January 1978 – 1980 (vacated)	8	1068
Rafael Limón def. Idelfonso Bethelmy	11 December 1980 – 8 March 1981	0	87
Cornelius Boza-Edwards	8 March 1981 – 29 August 1981	1	174
Rolando Navarrete	29 August 1981 – 29 May 1982	1	273
Rafael Limón	29 May 1982 – 11 December 1982	1	196
Bobby Chacon	11 December 1982 – 1983 (stripped)	1	385
Héctor Camacho def. Rafael Limón	7 August 1983 – 1984 (vacated)	1	512
Julio César Chávez def. Mario Martínez	13 September 1984 – 21 August 1987 (vacated)	9	1072
Azumah Nelson def. Mario Martínez	29 February 1988 – 7 May 1994	10	2259
Jesse James Leija	7 May 1994 – 17 September 1994	0	133
Gabriel Ruelas	17 September 1994 – 1 December 1995	2	440
Azumah Nelson	1 December 1995 – 22 March 1997	1	477
Genaro Hernández	22 March 1997 – 3 October 1998	3	560
Floyd Mayweather Jr.	3 October 1998 – 20 April 2002 (vacated)	8	1295
Sirimongkol Singwangcha def. Kengo Nagashima	24 August 2002 – 15 August 2003	1	356
Jesús Chávez	15 August 2003 – 28 February 2004	0	197
Érik Morales	28 February 2004 – 27 November 2004	1	273
Juan Manuel Márquez	17 March 2007 – 15 March 2008	1	364
Manny Pacquiao	15 March 2008 – 16 July 2008 (vacated)	0	123
Humberto Soto def. Francisco Lorenzo	20 December 2008 – 18 March 2010 (vacated)	3	453
Vitali Tajbert (Elevated from interim status)	17 March 2010 – 26 November 2010	2	254
Takahiro Ao	26 November 2010 – 27 October 2012	3	701
Gamaliel Díaz	27 October 2012 – 8 April 2013	0	163
Takashi Miura	8 April 2013 – 21 November 2015	4	957
Francisco Vargas	21 November 2015 – 28 January 2017	1	434
Miguel Berchelt	28 January 2017 – present	6	1468

Featherweight

Name	Reign period	No. of successful defenses	Days
Sugar Ramos	21 March 1963 – 26 September 1964	3	555
Vicente Saldivar	26 September 1964 – October 1967 (retired)	7	1130
Howard Winstone def. Mitsunori Seki	23 January 1968 – 24 July 1968	0	183
José Legrá	24 July 1968 – 21 January 1969	0	181
Johnny Famechon	21 January 1969 – 9 May 1970	2	473
Vicente Saldivar	9 May 1970 – 11 December 1970	0	216
Kuniaki Shibata	11 December 1970 – 19 May 1972	2	525
Clemente Sánchez	19 May 1972 – 16 December 1972 (stripped)	0	211
José Legrá def. Sánchez, who was stripped of his title.	16 December 1972 – 5 May 1973	0	140
Éder Jofre	5 May 1973 – 17 June 1974 (stripped)	1	408
Bobby Chacon def. Alfredo Marcano	7 September 1974 – 20 June 1975	1	286
Rubén Olivares	20 June 1975 – 20 September 1975	0	92
David Kotei	20 September 1975 – 13 November 1976	2	420
Danny López	13 November 1976 – 2 February 1980	8	1176
Salvador Sánchez	2 February 1980 – 12 August 1982 (died)	9	922
Juan Laporte def. Mario Miranda	15 September 1982 – 31 March 1984	2	563
Wilfredo Gómez	31 March 1984 – 8 December 1984	0	252
Azumah Nelson	8 December 1984 – 1988 (vacated)	6	1486
Jeff Fenech def. Victor Callejas	7 March 1988 – 1989 (vacated)	3	664
Marcos Villasana def. Paul Hodkinson	2 June 1990 – 14 November 1991	3	499
Paul Hodkinson	14 November 1991 – 28 April 1993	3	531
Gregorio Vargas	28 April 1993 – 4 December 1993	0	220
Kevin Kelley	4 December 1993 – 7 January 1995	2	399
Alejandro González	7 January 1995 – 23 September 1995	2	259
Manuel Medina	23 September 1995 – 11 December 1995	0	79
Luisito Espinosa	11 December 1995 – 15 May 1999	7	1247
César Soto	15 May 1999 – 22 October 1999	0	160
Naseem Hamed	15 May 1999 – 2000 (vacated)	0	596
Guty Espadas Jr. def. Luisito Espinosa	14 April 2000 – 17 February 2001	1	309
Érik Morales def. by Marco Antonio Barrera, who declined title	17 February 2001 – 22 June 2002	1	490
Érik Morales def. Paulie Ayala	16 November 2002 – 2003 (vacated)	2	410
Chi In-jin def. Michael Brodie	4 October 2003 – 29 January 2006	3	1170
Takashi Koshimoto	29 January 2006 – 30 July 2006	0	182
Rodolfo López	30 July 2006 – 17 December 2006	0	140
Chi In-jin	17 December 2006 – 2007 (retired)	0	379
Jorge Linares def. Óscar Larios	21 July 2007 – 13 August 2008 (vacated)	1	389
Óscar Larios (Elevated from Interim status)	13 August 2008 – 12 March 2009	2	211
Takahiro Ao	12 March 2009 – 14 July 2009	0	124
Elio Rojas	14 July 2009 – 25 August 2010 (vacated)	1	404
Hozumi Hasegawa def. Juan Carlos Burgos	26 November 2010 – 8 April 2011	0	633
Jhonny González	8 April 2011 – 14 September 2012	4	525
Daniel Ponce de León	14 September 2012 – 4 May 2013	0	232
Abner Mares	4 May 2013 – 24 August 2013	0	112
Jhonny González	24 August 2013 – 28 March 2015	2	581
Gary Russell Jr.	28 March 2015 – present	5	2140

Super bantamweight

Name	Reign period	No. of successful defenses	Days
Rigoberto Riasco	3 April 1976 – 9 October 1976	2	189
Kazuo "Royal" Kobayashi	9 October 1976 – 24 November 1976	0	24
Yum Dong-kyun	24 November 1976 – 21 May 1977	1	178
Wilfredo Gómez	21 May 1977 – April 1983 (vacated)	17	2171
Jaime Garza def. Bobby Berna	15 June 1983 – 3 November 1984	1	507
Juan Meza	3 November 1984 – 18 August 1985	1	288
José "Lupe" Pintor	18 August 1985 – 18 January 1986	0	153
Samart Payakaroon	18 January 1986 – 8 May 1987	1	263
Jeff Fenech	8 May 1987 – 1988 (vacated)	2	603
Daniel Zaragoza def. Carlos Zárate	29 February 1988 – 23 April 1990	5	784
Paul Banke	23 April 1990 – 5 November 1990	1	196
Pedro Rubén Décima	5 November 1990 – 23 February 1991	0	110
Kiyoshi Hatanaka	23 February 1991 – 24 June 1991	0	121
Daniel Zaragoza	24 June 1991 – 20 March 1992	2	270
Thierry Jacob	20 March 1992 – 23 June 1992	0	95
Tracy Harris Patterson	23 June 1992 – 26 August 1994	4	794
Hector Acero-Sanchez	26 August 1994 – 6 November 1995	2	437
Daniel Zaragoza	6 November 1995 – 6 September 1997	4	731
Érik Morales	6 September 1997 – 19 February 2000 (vacated)	9	1096
Willie Jorrín def. Michael Brodie	9 September 2000 – 1 November 2002 (vacated)	2	783
Óscar Larios	1 November 2002 – 12 December 2005	7	1,137
Israel Vázquez	12 December 2005 – 3 March 2007	2	446
Rafael Márquez	3 March 2007 – 4 August 2007	0	154
Israel Vázquez	4 August 2007 – 18 December 2008 (stripped)	1	136
Toshiaki Nishioka (Elevated from Interim status)	18 December 2008 – 15 March 2012 (vacated)	7	1183
Abner Mares def. Eric Morel	21 April 2012 – 31 January 2013 (vacated)	1	344
Victor Terrazas def. Cristian Mijares	20 April 2013 – 24 August 2013	0	126
Léo Santa Cruz	24 August 2013 – 1 November 2015 (vacated)	4	799
Julio Ceja (Elevated from Interim status)	1 November 2015 – 27 February 2016	0	118
Hugo Ruiz	27 February 2016 – 16 September 2016	0	202
Hozumi Hasegawa	16 September 2016 – 9 December 2016 (retired)	0	84
Rey Vargas def. Gavin McDonnell	25 February 2017 – 1 September 2020 (vacated)	5	1284
Luis Nery def. Aaron Alameda	26 September 2020 – present	0	131

Bantamweight

Name:	Date:	Location:	Defenses:
Éder Jofre	14 February 1963	N/A	2
Fighting Harada	18 May 1965	Nagoya, Japan	4
Lionel Rose	27 February 1968	Tokyo, Japan	3
Rubén Olivares	22 August 1969	Inglewood, California, United States	2
Chucho Castillo	16 October 1970	Inglewood, California, United States	0
Rubén Olivares (2)	2 April 1971	Inglewood, California, United States	2
Rafael Herrera	19 March 1972	Mexico City, Mexico	0
Enrique Pinder	29 July 1972	Panama City, Panama	0
Title stripped	5 January 1973	Pinder was stripped of the title for failing to defend it against the number one contender within six months of winning it.[23]
Rafael Herrera (2) def. Rodolfo Martínez	14 April 1973	Monterrey, Mexico	2
Rodolfo Martínez	7 December 1974	Mérida, Mexico	3
Carlos Zárate	8 May 1976	Inglewood, California, United States	9
Lupe Pintor	3 June 1979	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	8
Title stripped	9 July 1983	Pintor was stripped of the title after failing to defend it in over a year.[24]
Alberto Dávila def. Kiko Bejines	1 September 1983	Los Angeles, California, United States	1
Title vacated	1984
Daniel Zaragoza def. Fred Jackson	4 May 1985	Oranjestad, Aruba	0
Miguel Lora	9 August 1985	Miami, Florida, United States	7
Raúl Pérez	29 October 1988	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	7
Greg Richardson	25 February 1991	Inglewood, California, United States	1
Joichiro Tatsuyoshi	19 September 1991	Moriguchi, Japan	0
Victor Rabanales	17 September 1992	Osaka, Japan	1
Byun Jung-il	28 March 1993	Gyeongju, South Korea	1
Yasuei Yakushiji	23 December 1993	Nagoya, Japan	4
Wayne McCullough	30 July 1995	Nagoya, Japan	2
Title vacated	January 1997
Sirimongkol Singwangcha interim champion promoted	January 1997	N/A	3
Joichiro Tatsuyoshi (2)	22 November 1997	Osaka, Japan	2
Veeraphol Sahaprom	29 December 1998	Osaka, Japan	14
Hozumi Hasegawa	16 April 2005	Tokyo, Japan	10
Fernando Montiel	30 April 2010	Tokyo, Japan	1
Nonito Donaire	19 February 2011	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	1
Title vacated	22 October 2011
Shinsuke Yamanaka def. Christian Esquivel	6 November 2011	Tokyo, Japan	12
Luis Nery	15 August 2017	Kyoto, Japan	0
Title stripped	28 February 2018	Nery was stripped of the title after failing to make weight the day before his rematch against Shinsuke Yamanaka.[25]
Nordine Oubaali def. Rau'shee Warren	19 January 2019	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	2

Super flyweight

Name:	Date:	Location:	Defenses:
Rafael Orono def. Lee Seung-hoon	2 February 1980	Caracas, Venezuela	3
Kim Chul-ho	24 January 1981	San Cristóbal, Venezuela	5
Rafael Orono (2)	28 November 1982	Seoul, South Korea	3
Payao Poontarat	27 November 1983	Pattaya, Thailand	1
Jiro Watanabe	5 July 1984	Osaka, Japan	4
Gilberto Román	30 March 1986	Itami, Japan	6
Santos Laciar	16 May 1987	Reims, France	0
Sugar Baby Rojas	8 August 1987	Miami, Florida, United States	1
Gilberto Román (2)	8 April 1988	Miami Beach, Florida, United States	5
Nana Konadu	7 November 1989	Mexico City, Mexico	0
Moon Sung-kil	20 January 1990	Seoul, South Korea	9
José Luis Bueno	13 November 1993	Pohang, South Korea	0
Hiroshi Kawashima	4 May 1994	Yokohama, Japan	6
Gerry Peñalosa	20 February 1997	Tokyo, Japan	3
Cho In-joo	29 August 1998	Seoul, South Korea	5
Masamori Tokuyama	27 August 2000	Osaka, Japan	8
Katsushige Kawashima	28 June 2004	Yokohama, Japan	2
Masamori Tokuyama (2)	18 July 2005	Osaka, Japan	1
Title vacated	6 December 2006	Tokuyama vacated the title and announced his retirement.[26]
Cristian Mijares interim champion promoted	6 December 2006	N/A	7
Vic Darchinyan	1 November 2008	Carson, California	3
Title vacated	3 August 2010
Tomás Rojas def. Kohei Kono	20 September 2010	Saitama, Japan	2
Suriyan Sor Rungvisai	19 August 2011	Sisaket, Thailand	1
Yota Sato	27 March 2012	Tokyo, Japan	2
Srisaket Sor Rungvisai	3 May 2013	Sisaket, Thailand	1
Carlos Cuadras	31 May 2014	Mexico City, Mexico	6
Román González	10 September 2016	Inglewood, California, United States	0
Srisaket Sor Rungvisai (2)	18 March 2017	New York City, New York, United States	3
Juan Francisco Estrada	26 April 2019	Inglewood, California, United States	1

Flyweight

Name:	Date:	Location:	Defenses:
Pone Kingpetch	14 February 1963	N/A	0
Hiroyuki Ebihara	18 September 1963	Tokyo, Japan	0
Pone Kingpetch (2)	23 January 1964	Bangkok, Thailand	0
Salvatore Burruni	23 April 1965	Rome, Italy	0
Title stripped	19 November 1965	Burruni was stripped of the title for failing to defend it against Hiroyuki Ebihara.[27]
Horacio Accavallo def. Katsuyoshi Takayama	1 March 1966	Tokyo, Japan	3
Title vacated	2 October 1968	Accavallo retired after withdrawing from a title defense against Jose Severino.[28]
Chartchai Chionoi def. Bernabe Villacampo	10 November 1968	Bangkok, Thailand	0
Efren Torres	23 February 1969	Mexico City, Mexico	1
Chartchai Chionoi (2)	20 March 1970	Bangkok, Thailand	0
Erbito Salavarria	7 December 1970	Bangkok, Thailand	2
Title stripped	29 December 1971	Salavarria was stripped of the title after a liquid he drank between rounds during his 20 November 1971 bout against Betulio González tested positive for amphetamine.[29]
Betulio González awarded championship	29 December 1971	Caracas, Venezuela	1
Venice Borkhorsor	29 September 1972	Bangkok, Thailand	1
Title vacated	11 July 1973	Borkhorsor vacated the title to move up to bantamweight.[30]
Betulio González (2) def. Miguel Canto	4 August 1973	Maracaibo, Venezuela	2
Shoji Oguma	1 October 1974	Tokyo, Japan	0
Miguel Canto	8 January 1975	Sendai, Japan	14
Park Chan-hee	18 March 1979	Busan, South Korea	5
Shoji Oguma (2)	18 May 1980	Seoul, South Korea	3
Antonio Avelar	12 May 1981	Mito, Japan	1
Prudencio Cardona	20 March 1982	Tampico, Mexico	0
Freddy Castillo	24 July 1982	Mérida, Mexico	0
Eleoncio Mercedes	6 November 1982	Los Angeles, California, United States	0
Charlie Magri	15 March 1983	London, England, United Kingdom	0
Frank Cedeno	27 September 1983	London, England, United Kingdom	0
Kōji Kobayashi	18 January 1984	Tokyo, Japan	0
Gabriel Bernal	9 April 1984	Tokyo, Japan	1
Sot Chitalada	8 October 1984	Bangkok, Thailand	6
Kim Yong-kang	24 July 1988	Pohang, South Korea	2
Sot Chitalada (2)	3 June 1989	Trang, Thailand	4
Muangchai Kittikasem	15 February 1991	Ayutthaya, Thailand	3
Yuri Arbachakov	23 June 1992	Tokyo, Japan	9
Chatchai Sasakul	12 November 1997	Sapporo, Japan	4
Manny Pacquiao	4 December 1998	Bangkok, Thailand	1
Title stripped	16 September 1999	Pacquiao was stripped of the title after failing to make weight the day before his bout against Medgoen 3K-Battery.[31]
Medgoen 3K-Battery def. Manny Pacquiao	17 September 1999	Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand	1
Malcolm Tuñacao	19 May 2000	Udon Thani, Thailand	1
Pongsaklek Wonjongkam	2 March 2001	Phichit, Thailand	17
Daisuke Naito	18 July 2007	Tokyo, Japan	5
Kōki Kameda	29 November 2009	Saitama, Japan	0
Pongsaklek Wonjongkam (2)	27 March 2010	Tokyo, Japan	4
Sonny Boy Jaro	2 March 2012	Chonburi, Thailand	0
Toshiyuki Igarashi	16 July 2012	Saitama, Japan	1
Akira Yaegashi	8 April 2013	Tokyo, Japan	3
Román González	5 September 2014	Tokyo, Japan	4
Title vacated	29 September 2016	González vacated the title after moving up in weight and winning the WBC super flyweight world championship against Carlos Cuadras on 10 September 2016.[32]
Juan Hernández Navarrete def. Nawaphon Sor Rungvisai	4 March 2017	Bangkok, Thailand	0
Daigo Higa	20 May 2017	Tokyo, Japan	2
Title stripped	14 April 2018	Higa was stripped of the title for failing to make weight the day before his bout against Cristofer Rosales.[33]
Cristofer Rosales def. Daigo Higa	15 April 2018	Yokohama, Japan	1
Charlie Edwards	22 December 2018	London, England, United Kingdom	2
Title vacated	4 October 2019	Edwards vacated the title over concerns of not being able to make weight.[34]
Julio Cesar Martinez def. Cristofer Rosales	20 December 2019	Phoenix, Arizona, United States	2

Light flyweight

Name:	Date:	Location:	Defenses:
Franco Udella def. Valentin Martinez	4 April 1975	Milan, Italy	1
Title stripped	August 1975	Udella was stripped of the title after withdrawing from a 12 September bout against Rafael Lovera due to a fever.[35]
Luis Estaba def. Rafael Lovera	13 September 1975	Caracas, Venezuela	11
Freddy Castillo	19 February 1978	Caracas, Venezuela	0
Netrnoi Sor Vorasingh	6 May 1978	Bangkok, Thailand	1
Kim Sung-jun	30 September 1978	Seoul, South Korea	3
Shigeo Nakajima	3 January 1980	Tokyo, Japan	0
Hilario Zapata	24 March 1980	Tokyo, Japan	8
Amado Ursua	6 February 1982	Panama City, Panama	0
Tadashi Tomori	13 April 1982	Tokyo, Japan	0
Hilario Zapata (2)	20 July 1982	Kanazawa, Japan	2
Chang Jung-koo	26 March 1983	Daejeon, South Korea	15
Title vacated	1988
Germán Torres def. Kang Soon-Jung	11 December 1988	Gimhae, South Korea	0
Lee Yul-woo	19 March 1989	Daejeon, South Korea	0
Humberto González	25 June 1989	Chongju, South Korea	5
Rolando Pascua	19 December 1990	Inglewood, California, United States	0
Melchor Cob Castro	25 March 1991	Inglewood, California, United States	0
Humberto González (2)	3 June 1991	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	4
Michael Carbajal	13 March 1993	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	2
Humberto González (3)	19 February 1994	Inglewood, California, United States	3
Saman Sorjaturong	15 July 1995	Inglewood, California, United States	10
Choi Yo-sam	17 October 1999	Seoul, South Korea	3
Jorge Arce	6 July 2002	Seoul, South Korea	7
Title vacated	18 December 2004
Eric Ortiz def. José Antonio Aguirre	11 March 2005	Mexico City, Mexico	0
Brian Viloria	10 September 2005	Los Angeles, California, United States	1
Omar Niño	10 August 2006	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	1
Title stripped	1 February 2007	Niño was stripped of his title after testing positive for methamphetamine following his 18 November 2006 bout against Brian Viloria.[36]
Édgar Sosa def. Brian Viloria	14 April 2007	San Antonio, Texas, United States	10
Rodel Mayol	21 November 2009	Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Mexico	1
Omar Niño (2)	19 June 2010	San Juan del Río, Mexico	0
Gilberto Keb Baas	6 November 2010	Mérida, Mexico	1
Adrián Hernández	30 April 2011	Texcoco, Mexico	1
Kompayak Porpramook	23 December 2011	Bangkok, Thailand	1
Adrián Hernández (2)	6 October 2012	Toluca, Mexico	4
Naoya Inoue	6 April 2014	Tokyo, Japan	1
Title vacated	3 November 2014
Pedro Guevara def. Akira Yaegashi	30 December 2014	Tokyo, Japan	2
Yu Kimura	28 November 2015	Sendai, Japan	0
Ganigan López	4 March 2016	Kyoto, Japan	1
Ken Shiro	20 May 2017	Tokyo, Japan	7

Strawweight

Name:	Date:	Location:	Defenses:
Hiroki Ioka def. Mai Thomburifarm	18 October 1987	Osaka, Japan	2
Napa Kiatwanchai	13 November 1988	Osaka, Japan	2
Choi Jum-hwan	12 November 1989	Seoul, South Korea	0
Hideyuki Ohashi	7 February 1990	Tokyo, Japan	1
Ricardo López	25 October 1990	Tokyo, Japan	21
Title stripped	September 1999
Wandee Singwangcha interim champion promoted	September 1999	N/A	0
José Antonio Aguirre	11 February 2000	Samut Sakhon, Thailand	7
Eagle Den Junlaphan	10 January 2004	Tokyo, Japan	1
Isaac Bustos	18 December 2004	Tokyo, Japan	0
Katsunari Takayama	4 April 2005	Osaka, Japan	0
Eagle Den Junlaphan (2)	6 August 2005	Tokyo, Japan	4
Oleydong Sithsamerchai	29 November 2007	Bangkok, Thailand	6
Kazuto Ioka	11 February 2011	Kobe, Japan	3
Title vacated	1 July 2012	Ioka, the unified WBC/WBA minimumweight world champion, vacated the title because both sanctioning bodies were requiring him to make different mandatory defenses of his titles.[37]
Xiong Chaozhong def. Javier Martínez Resendiz	24 November 2012	Kunming, China	2
Oswaldo Novoa	5 February 2014	Haikou, China	1
Wanheng Menayothin	6 November 2014	Chonburi, Thailand	12
Panya Pradabsri	27 November 2020	Nakhon Sawan, Thailand	0

See also

• List of current WBC international champions
• List of current WBC youth world champions
• List of WBC female world champions
• List of WBA world champions
• List of IBF world champions
• List of WBO world champions
• List of IBO world champions
• List of The Ring world champions
• List of undisputed boxing champions

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External links

• Official list of current WBC champions