List of world boxing champions from The Ring magazine

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This list of boxing world champions from The Ring magazine provides an overview of all boxing world champions from the oldest boxing magazine in the USA , The Ring .

Heavyweight

No. World Champion Office
1 United StatesUnited States Jack Dempsey 1922 - September 23, 1926
2 United StatesUnited States Gene Tunney September 23, 1926 to July 31, 1928
3 GermanyGermany Max Schmeling June 12, 1930 to June 21, 1932
4th United StatesUnited States Jack Sharkey June 21, 1932 to June 29, 1933
5 ItalyItaly Primo Carnera June 29, 1933 to June 14, 1934
6th United StatesUnited States Max Baer June 14, 1934 to June 13, 1935
7th United StatesUnited States James J. Braddock June 13, 1935 to June 22, 1937
8th United StatesUnited States Joe Louis June 22, 1937 to March 1, 1949
9 United StatesUnited States Ezzard Charles September 27, 1950 to July 18, 1951
10 United StatesUnited States Jersey Joe Walcott July 18, 1951 to September 23, 1952
11 United StatesUnited States Rocky Marciano September 23, 1952 to April 27, 1956
12 United StatesUnited States Floyd Patterson November 30, 1956 to June 26, 1959
13 SwedenSweden Ingemar Johansson June 26, 1959 to June 20, 1960
14th United StatesUnited States Floyd Patterson (2) June 20, 1960 to September 25, 1962
15th United StatesUnited States Sonny Liston September 25, 1962 to February 25, 1964
16 United StatesUnited States Muhammad Ali February 25, 1964 to February 3, 1971
17th United StatesUnited States Joe Frazier March 8, 1971 to January 22, 1973
18th United StatesUnited States George Foreman January 22, 1973 to October 30, 1974
19th United StatesUnited States Muhammad Ali (2) October 30, 1974 to February 15, 1978
20th United StatesUnited States Leon Spinks February 15, 1978 to September 15, 1978
21st United StatesUnited States Muhammad Ali (3) September 15, 1978 to September 6, 1979
22nd United StatesUnited States Larry Holmes October 2, 1980 to September 21, 1985
23 United StatesUnited States Michael Spinks September 21, 1985 to June 27, 1988
24 United StatesUnited States Mike Tyson June 27, 1988 to February 11, 1990
25th United KingdomUnited Kingdom Lennox Lewis June 8, 2002 to February 6, 2004
26th UkraineUkraine Vitali Klitschko April 24, 2004 to November 9, 2005
27 UkraineUkraine Wladimir Klitschko June 20, 2009 to November 28, 2015
28 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Tyson Fury November 28, 2015 to February 1, 2018,
since February 22, 2020

Cruiser weight

No. World Champion Office
1 Puerto RicoPuerto Rico Carlos De León February 3, 1984 to June 6, 1985
2 United StatesUnited States Alfonso Ratliff June 6, 1985 to September 21, 1985
3 United StatesUnited States Bernard Benton September 21, 1985 to March 22, 1986
4th Puerto RicoPuerto Rico Carlos De Leon (2) March 22, 1986 to March 30, 1987
5 FranceFrance Jean-Marc Mormeck April 2, 2005 to January 7, 2006
6th JamaicaJamaica O'Neil Bell January 7, 2006 to March 17, 2007
7th FranceFrance Jean-Marc Mormeck (2) March 17, 2007 to November 10, 2007
8th United KingdomUnited Kingdom David Haye November 10, 2007 to May 23, 2008
9 PolandPoland Tomasz Adamek December 11, 2008 to February 20, 2010
10 CubaCuba Yoan Pablo Hernandez February 4, 2012 to September 29, 2015
11 UkraineUkraine Oleksandr Ussyk July 21, 218 - currently

Light heavyweight

No. World Champion Office
1 United StatesUnited States Maxie Rosenbloom June 25, 1930 to November 16, 1934
2 United StatesUnited States Bob Olin November 16, 1934 to October 31, 1935
3 United StatesUnited States John Henry Lewis October 31, 1935 - June 1939
4th United StatesUnited States Billy Conn July 13, 1939 - May 1941
5 United StatesUnited States Gus Lesnevich August 26, 1941 to July 26, 1948
6th United KingdomUnited Kingdom Freddie Mills July 26, 1948 to January 24, 1950
7th United StatesUnited States Joey Maxim January 24, 1950 to December 17, 1952
8th United StatesUnited States Archie Moore December 17, 1952 to May 12, 1962
9 United StatesUnited States Harold Johnson May 12, 1962 to June 1, 1963
10 United StatesUnited States Willie Pastrano June 1, 1963 to March 30, 1965
11 Puerto RicoPuerto Rico José Torres March 30, 1965 to December 16, 1966
12 NigeriaNigeria Dick Tiger December 16, 1966 to May 24, 1968
13 United StatesUnited States Bob Foster May 24, 1968 to September 16, 1974
14th ArgentinaArgentina Víctor Galíndez 1979 - November 30, 1979
15th United StatesUnited States Matthew Saad Muhammad November 30, 1979 to December 19, 1981
16 United StatesUnited States Dwight Muhammad Qawi December 19, 1981 to March 18, 1983
17th United StatesUnited States Michael Spinks March 18, 1983 to September 21, 1985
18th United StatesUnited States Roy Jones Jr. 2001 - May 15, 2004
19th United StatesUnited States Antonio Tarver May 15, 2004 to December 18, 2004
20th JamaicaJamaica Glen Johnson December 18, 2004 to June 18, 2005
21st United StatesUnited States Antonio Tarver (2) June 18, 2005 to June 10, 2006
22nd United StatesUnited States Bernard Hopkins June 10, 2006 to April 19, 2008
23 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Joe Calzaghe April 19, 2008 to February 6, 2009
24 CanadaCanada Jean Pascal August 14, 2010 to May 21, 2011
25th United StatesUnited States Bernard Hopkins (2) May 21, 2011 to April 28, 2012
26th United StatesUnited States Chad Dawson April 28, 2012 to June 8, 2013
27 CanadaCanada Adonis Stevenson June 8, 2013 to November 24, 2015
28 United StatesUnited States Andre Ward June 17, 2017 to September 21, 2017

Super middleweight

No. World Champion Office
1 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Joe Calzaghe March 4, 2006 to September 28, 2008
2 United StatesUnited States Andre Ward December 17, 2011 to February 19, 2015
3 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Callum Smith September 28, 2018 - currently

medium weight

No. World Champion Office
1 FranceFrance Marcel Thil 1933 - September 23, 1937
2 United StatesUnited States Freddie Steele September 23, 1937-1938
3 United StatesUnited States Tony Zale November 28, 1941 to July 16, 1947
4th United StatesUnited States Rocky Graziano July 16, 1947 to June 10, 1948
5 United StatesUnited States Tony Zale (2) June 10, 1948 to September 21, 1948
6th FranceFrance Marcel Cerdan September 21, 1948 to June 16, 1949
7th United StatesUnited States Jake LaMotta June 16, 1949 to February 14, 1951
8th United StatesUnited States Sugar Ray Robinson February 14, 1951 to July 10, 1951
9 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Randy Turpin July 10, 1951 to September 12, 1951
10 United StatesUnited States Sugar Ray Robinson (2) September 12, 1951 to December 18, 1952
11 United StatesUnited States Carl Olson October 21, 1953 to December 9, 1955
12 United StatesUnited States Sugar Ray Robinson (3) December 9, 1955 to January 2, 1957
13 United StatesUnited States Gene Fullmer January 2, 1957 to May 1, 1957
14th United StatesUnited States Sugar Ray Robinson (4) May 1, 1957 to September 23, 1957
15th United StatesUnited States Carmen Basilio September 23, 1957 to March 25, 1958
16 United StatesUnited States Sugar Ray Robinson (5) March 28, 1958 to January 22, 1960
17th United StatesUnited States Paul Pender January 22, 1960 to July 11, 1961
18th United KingdomUnited Kingdom Terry Downes July 11, 1961 to April 7, 1962
19th United StatesUnited States Paul Pender (2) April 7, 1962 to May 7, 1963
20th NigeriaNigeria Dick Tiger May 7, 1963 to December 7, 1963
21st United StatesUnited States Joey Giardello December 7, 1963 to October 21, 1965
22nd NigeriaNigeria Dick Tiger (2) October 21, 1965 to April 25, 1966
23 American Virgin IslandsAmerican Virgin Islands Emile Griffith April 25, 1966 to April 17, 1967
24 ItalyItaly Nino Benvenuti April 17, 1967 to September 29, 1967
25th American Virgin IslandsAmerican Virgin Islands Emile Griffith (2) September 29, 1967 to March 4, 1968
26th ItalyItaly Nino Benvenuti (2) March 4, 1968 to November 7, 1970
27 ArgentinaArgentina Carlos Monzón November 7, 1970 to August 29, 1977
28 ColombiaColombia Rodrigo Valdez November 5, 1977 to April 22, 1978
29 ArgentinaArgentina Hugo Corro April 22, 1978 to June 30, 1979
30th ItalyItaly Vito Antuofermo June 30, 1979 to March 16, 1980
31 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Alan Minter March 16, 1980 to September 27, 1980
32 United StatesUnited States Marvin Hagler September 27, 1980 to April 6, 1987
33 United StatesUnited States Sugar Ray Leonard April 6, 1987-1987
34 ItalyItaly Sumbu Kalambay July 6, 1988 - 1988
35 United StatesUnited States Bernard Hopkins September 29, 2001 to July 16, 2005
36 United StatesUnited States Jermain Taylor July 16, 2005 to September 29, 2007
37 United StatesUnited States Kelly Pavlik September 29, 2007 to April 17, 2010
38 ArgentinaArgentina Sergio Martínez April 17, 2010 to June 7, 2014
39 Puerto RicoPuerto Rico Miguel Cotto June 7, 2014 to November 21, 2015
40 MexicoMexico Saúl Álvarez November 21, 2015 to June 12, 2018
41 MexicoMexico Saúl Álvarez (2) September 15, 2018 - current

Light middleweight

No. World Champion Office
1 United StatesUnited States Oscar Albarado June 4, 1974 to January 21, 1975
2 JapanJapan Kōichi Wajima January 21, 1975 to June 7, 1975
3 Korea SouthSouth Korea Yuh Jae-doo June 7, 1975 to February 17, 1976
4th JapanJapan Kōichi Wajima (2) February 17, 1976 to May 18, 1976
5 SpainSpain José Manuel Durán May 18, 1976 to October 8, 1976
6th ArgentinaArgentina Miguel Angel Castellini October 8, 1976 to March 5, 1977
7th NicaraguaNicaragua Eddie Gazo March 5, 1977 to August 9, 1978
8th JapanJapan Masashi Kudo August 9, 1978 to October 24, 1979
9 UgandaUganda Ayub Kalule October 24, 1979 to June 25, 1981
10 United StatesUnited States Sugar Ray Leonard June 25, 1981 to June 25, 1982
11 United StatesUnited States Thomas Hearns May 1983 - September 1986
12 United StatesUnited States Óscar de la Hoya September 14, 2002 to September 13, 2003
13 United StatesUnited States Shane Mosley September 13, 2003 to March 13, 2004
14th United StatesUnited States Winky Wright March 13, 2004 to November 7, 2005
15th MexicoMexico Saúl Álvarez April 20, 2013 to September 14, 2013
16 United StatesUnited States Floyd Mayweather Jr. September 14, 2013 to August 10, 2015

Welterweight

No. World Champion Office
1 CanadaCanada Jimmy McLarnin 1933 - May 28, 1934
2 United StatesUnited States Barney Ross May 28, 1934 to September 17, 1934
3 CanadaCanada Jimmy McLarnin (2) September 17, 1934 to May 28, 1935
4th United StatesUnited States Barney Ross (2) May 28, 1935 to May 31, 1938
5 United StatesUnited States Henry Armstrong May 31, 1938 to October 4, 1940
6th United StatesUnited States Fritzie Zivic October 4, 1940 to July 29, 1941
7th United StatesUnited States Freddie Cochrane July 29, 1941 to February 1, 1946
8th United StatesUnited States Marty Servo February 1, 1946 to September 25, 1946
9 United StatesUnited States Sugar Ray Robinson December 20, 1946–1951
10 CubaCuba Kid Gavilan August 29, 1951 to October 20, 1954
11 United StatesUnited States Johnny Saxton October 20, 1954 to April 1, 1955
12 United StatesUnited States Tony DeMarco April 1, 1955 to June 10, 1955
13 United StatesUnited States Carmen Basilio June 10, 1955 to March 14, 1956
14th United StatesUnited States Johnny Saxton March 14, 1956 to September 12, 1956
15th United StatesUnited States Carmen Basilio (2) September 12, 1956 to September 23, 1957
16 United StatesUnited States Virgil Akins June 6, 1958 to December 5, 1958
17th United StatesUnited States Don Jordan December 5, 1958 to May 27, 1960
18th CubaCuba Benny Paret May 27, 1960 to April 1, 1961
19th American Virgin IslandsAmerican Virgin Islands Emile Griffith April 1, 1961 to September 30, 1961
20th CubaCuba Benny Paret (2) September 30, 1961 to March 24, 1962
21st American Virgin IslandsAmerican Virgin Islands Emile Griffith (2) March 24, 1962 to March 21, 1963
22nd CubaCuba Luis Rodríguez March 21, 1963 to June 8, 1963
23 American Virgin IslandsAmerican Virgin Islands Emile Griffith (3) June 8, 1963 to April 25, 1966
24 United StatesUnited States Curtis Cokes November 28, 1966 to April 18, 1969
25th MexicoMexico José Nápoles April 18, 1969 to December 3, 1970
26th United StatesUnited States Billy Backus December 3, 1970 to June 4, 1971
27 MexicoMexico José Nápoles (2) June 4, 1971 to December 6, 1975
28 United KingdomUnited Kingdom John H. Stracey December 6, 1975 to June 22, 1976
29 MexicoMexico Carlos Palomino June 22, 1976 to January 14, 1979
30th Puerto RicoPuerto Rico Wilfred Benitez January 14, 1979 to November 30, 1979
31 United StatesUnited States Sugar Ray Leonard November 30, 1979 to June 20, 1980
32 PanamaPanama Roberto Durán June 20, 1980 to November 25, 1980
33 United StatesUnited States Sugar Ray Leonard (2) November 25, 1980 to November 9, 1982
34 United StatesUnited States Donald Curry December 6, 1985 to September 27, 1986
35 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Lloyd Honeyghan September 27, 1986 to October 27, 1987
36 MexicoMexico Jorge Vaca October 27, 1987 to March 29, 1988
37 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Lloyd Honeyghan March 29, 1988 to February 4, 1989
38 United StatesUnited States Marlon Starling February 4, 1989 - 1989
39 United StatesUnited States Vernon Forrest January 26, 2002 to January 25, 2003
40 NicaraguaNicaragua Ricardo Mayorga January 25, 2003 to December 13, 2003
41 United StatesUnited States Cory Spinks December 13, 2003 to February 5, 2005
42 United StatesUnited States Zab Judah February 5, 2005 to January 7, 2006
43 ArgentinaArgentina Carlos Manuel Baldomir January 7, 2006 to November 4, 2006
44 United StatesUnited States Floyd Mayweather Jr. November 4, 2006 to June 29, 2008
45 United StatesUnited States Floyd Mayweather Jr. (2) May 4, 2013 to September 12, 2015

Light welterweight

No. World Champion Office
1 ItalyItaly Duilio Loi December 15, 1962 - January 1963
2 United StatesUnited States Eddie Perkins 1963 - January 18, 1965
3 VenezuelaVenezuela Carlos Hernández January 18, 1965 to April 29, 1966
4th ItalyItaly Sandro Lopopolo April 29, 1966 to April 30, 1967
5 United StatesUnited States Takeshi Fuji April 30, 1967 to December 12, 1968
6th ArgentinaArgentina Nicolino Locche December 12, 1968 to March 10, 1972
7th PanamaPanama Alfonso Frazer March 10, 1972 to October 28, 1972
8th ColombiaColombia Antonio Cervantes October 28, 1972 to March 6, 1976
9 Puerto RicoPuerto Rico Wilfred Benitez March 6, 1976 to January 14, 1979
10 ColombiaColombia Antonio Cervantes (2) 1979 - August 2, 1980
11 United StatesUnited States Aaron Pryor August 2, 1980 to October 26, 1983
12 AustraliaAustralia Kostya Tszyu November 3, 2001 to June 4, 2005
13 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Ricky Hatton June 4, 2005 to May 2, 2009
14th PhilippinesPhilippines Manny Pacquiao May 2, 2009 to July 23, 2010
15th United StatesUnited States Danny García July 14, 2012 to August 1, 2015
16 United StatesUnited States Terence Crawford July 23, 2016 to October 26, 2017

lightweight

No. champion Office
1 United StatesUnited States Barney Ross June 23, 1933--1933
2 United StatesUnited States Tony Canzoneri May 10, 1935 to September 3, 1936
3 United StatesUnited States Lou Ambers September 3, 1936 to August 17, 1938
4th United StatesUnited States Henry Armstrong August 17, 1938 to August 22, 1939
5 United StatesUnited States Lou Ambers (2) August 22, 1939 to May 10, 1940
6th United StatesUnited States Lew Jenkins May 10, 1940 to December 19, 1941
7th United StatesUnited States Sammy Angott December 19, 1941 to November 13, 1942
8th United StatesUnited States Ike Williams August 4, 1947 to May 25, 1951
9 United StatesUnited States Jimmy Carter May 25, 1951 to May 14, 1952
10 MexicoMexico Lauro Salas May 14, 1952 to October 15, 1952
11 United StatesUnited States Jimmy Carter (2) October 15, 1952 to March 5, 1954
12 United StatesUnited States Paddy DeMarco March 5, 1954 to November 17, 1954
13 United StatesUnited States Jimmy Carter (3) November 17, 1954 to June 29, 1955
14th United StatesUnited States Wallace Smith June 29, 1955 to August 24, 1956
15th United StatesUnited States Joe Brown August 24, 1956 to April 21, 1962
16 Puerto RicoPuerto Rico Carlos Ortiz April 21, 1962 to April 10, 1965
17th PanamaPanama Ismael Laguna April 10, 1965 to November 13, 1965
18th Puerto RicoPuerto Rico Carlos Ortiz (2) November 13, 1965 to June 29, 1968
19th Dominican RepublicDominican Republic Carlos Teo Cruz June 29, 1968 to February 18, 1969
20th United StatesUnited States Mando Ramos February 18, 1969 to March 3, 1970
21st PanamaPanama Ismael Laguna (2) March 3, 1970 to September 26, 1970
22nd United KingdomUnited Kingdom Ken Buchanan September 26, 1970 to June 26, 1972
23 PanamaPanama Roberto Durán June 26, 1972 to February 2, 1979
24 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Jim Watt April 12, 1981 to June 20, 1981
25th NicaraguaNicaragua Alexis Argüello June 20, 1981 - February 1983
26th MexicoMexico Julio César Chavez October 29, 1988 to March 2, 1989
27 United StatesUnited States Pernell Whitaker August 11, 1990 to January 14, 1992
28 United StatesUnited States Floyd Mayweather Jr. April 20, 2002 to May 22, 2004
29 MexicoMexico José Luis Castillo June 5, 2004 to May 7, 2005
30th United StatesUnited States Diego Corrales May 7, 2005 to October 7, 2006
31 CubaCuba Joel Casamayor October 7, 2006 to September 13, 2008
32 MexicoMexico Juan Manuel Marquez September 13, 2008 to April 14, 2012
33 United StatesUnited States Terence Crawford November 29, 2014 to April 18, 2015
34 VenezuelaVenezuela Jorge Linares September 24, 2016 to May 12, 2018
35 UkraineUkraine Vasyl Lomatschenko May 12, 2018 - current

Super featherweight

No. World Champion Office
1 PhilippinesPhilippines Flash Elorde 1963 - June 15, 1967
2 JapanJapan Yoshiaki Numata June 15, 1967 to December 14, 1967
3 JapanJapan Hiroshi Kobayashi December 14, 1967 to July 29, 1971
4th VenezuelaVenezuela Alfredo Marcano July 29, 1971 to April 25, 1972
5 PhilippinesPhilippines Ben Villaflor April 25, 1972 to March 13, 1973
6th JapanJapan Kuniaki Shibata March 13, 1973 to October 17, 1973
7th PhilippinesPhilippines Ben Villaflor (2) October 17, 1973 to October 16, 1976
8th Puerto RicoPuerto Rico Samuel Serrano October 16, 1976 to August 2, 1980
9 JapanJapan Yasutsune Uehara August 2, 1980 to April 9, 1981
10 Puerto RicoPuerto Rico Samuel Serrano (2) April 9, 1981 to January 19, 1983
11 United StatesUnited States Roger Mayweather January 19, 1983 to February 26, 1984
12 United StatesUnited States Rocky Lockridge February 26, 1984 to May 19, 1985
13 Puerto RicoPuerto Rico Wilfredo Gomez May 19, 1985 to May 24, 1986
14th PanamaPanama Alfredo Layne May 24, 1986 to September 27, 1986
15th South AfricaSouth Africa Brian Mitchell September 27, 1986 to March 30, 1987
16 PhilippinesPhilippines Manny Pacquiao March 15, 2008 - July 2008

Featherweight

No. World Champion Office
1 CubaCuba Kid Chocolate 1933-1933
2 United StatesUnited States Freddie Miller 1935 - May 11, 1936
3 United StatesUnited States Petey Sarron May 11, 1936 to October 29, 1937
4th United StatesUnited States Henry Armstrong October 29, 1937 to December 5, 1938
5 United StatesUnited States Joey Archibald April 18, 1939 to May 10, 1940
6th United StatesUnited States Harry Jeffra May 20, 1940 to May 12, 1941
7th United StatesUnited States Joey Archibald (2) May 12, 1941 to September 11, 1941
8th United StatesUnited States Chalky Wright September 11, 1941 to November 20, 1942
9 United StatesUnited States Willie Pep November 20, 1942 to October 29, 1948
10 United StatesUnited States Sandy Saddler October 29, 1948 to February 11, 1949
11 United StatesUnited States Willie Pep (2) February 11, 1949 to September 8, 1950
12 United StatesUnited States Sandy Saddler (2) September 8, 1950 to January 21, 1957
13 NigeriaNigeria Hogan Bassey June 24, 1957 to March 18, 1959
14th United StatesUnited States Davey Moore March 18, 1959 to March 21, 1963
15th MexicoMexico Sugar Ramos March 21, 1963 to September 26, 1964
16 MexicoMexico Vicente Saldivar September 26, 1964 to October 14, 1967
17th FranceFrance Johnny Famechon January 21, 1969 to May 9, 1970
18th MexicoMexico Vicente Saldivar (2) May 9, 1970 to December 11, 1970
19th JapanJapan Kuniaki Shibata December 11, 1970 to May 19, 1972
20th MexicoMexico Clemente Sánchez May 19, 1972 to December 16, 1972
21st NicaraguaNicaragua Alexis Argüello May 31, 1976 to June 20, 1977
22nd United StatesUnited States Danny Lopez March 10, 1979 to February 2, 1980
23 MexicoMexico Salvador Sánchez February 2, 1980 to August 12, 1982
24 PanamaPanama Eusebio Pedroza September 22, 1982 to June 8, 1985
25th IrelandIreland Barry McGuigan June 8, 1985 to June 23, 1986
26th United StatesUnited States Steve Cruz June 23, 1986 to March 6, 1987
27 VenezuelaVenezuela Antonio Esperragozza March 6, 1987-1987
28 MexicoMexico Marco Antonio Barrera June 22, 2002 to November 15, 2003
29 PhilippinesPhilippines Manny Pacquiao November 15, 2003 to March 19, 2005
30th United StatesUnited States Miguel Ángel García January 19, 2013 to June 15, 2013

Super bantamweight

No. World Champion Office
1 Puerto RicoPuerto Rico Wilfredo Gomez March 9, 1979 - May 1983
2 United StatesUnited States Paulie Ayala February 23, 2002 - May 2004
3 MexicoMexico Israel Vazquez December 3, 2005 to March 3, 2007
4th MexicoMexico Rafael Marquez March 3, 2007 to August 4, 2007
5 MexicoMexico Israel Vázquez (2) August 4, 2007 to May 28, 2009
6th PhilippinesPhilippines Nonito Donaire October 13, 2012 to April 13, 2013
7th CubaCuba Guillermo Rigondeaux April 13, 2013 to February 9, 2016

Bantamweight

No. World Champion Office
1 PanamaPanama Panama Al Brown June 18, 1929 to June 1, 1935
2 SpainSpain Baltazar Sangchili June 1, 1935 to June 29, 1936
3 United StatesUnited States Tony Marino June 29, 1936 to August 1, 1936
4th Puerto RicoPuerto Rico Sixto Escobar August 31, 1936 to September 23, 1937
5 United StatesUnited States Harry Jeffra September 23, 1937 to February 20, 1938
6th Puerto RicoPuerto Rico Sixto Escobar (2) February 20, 1938 to October 4, 1939
7th United StatesUnited States Louis Salica January 13, 1941 to August 7, 1942
8th MexicoMexico Manuel Ortiz August 7, 1942 to January 6, 1947
9 United StatesUnited States Harold Dade January 6, 1947 to March 11, 1947
10 MexicoMexico Manuel Ortiz (2) March 11, 1947 to May 31, 1950
11 South AfricaSouth Africa Vic Toweel May 31, 1950 to November 15, 1952
12 AustraliaAustralia Jimmy Carruthers November 15, 1952 to May 16, 1954
13 FranceFrance Robert Cohen September 19, 1954 to June 29, 1956
14th ItalyItaly Mario D'Agata June 29, 1956 to April 1, 1957
15th FranceFrance Alphonse Halimi 1. 1957 - July 8, 1959
16 MexicoMexico José Becerra July 8, 1959 to August 30, 1960
17th BrazilBrazil Éder Jofre March 25, 1961 to May 17, 1965
18th JapanJapan Fighting Harada May 17, 1965 to February 26, 1968
19th AustraliaAustralia Lionel Rose February 26, 1968 to August 22, 1969
20th MexicoMexico Rubén Olivares August 22, 1969 to October 16, 1970
21st MexicoMexico Chucho Castillo October 16, 1970 to April 2, 1971
22nd MexicoMexico Rubén Olivares (2) April 2, 1971 to March 19, 1972
23 MexicoMexico Rafael Herrera March 19, 1972 to July 30, 1972
24 PanamaPanama Enrique Pinder July 30, 1972 to January 30, 1973
25th MexicoMexico Romeo Anaya January 20, 1973 to November 3, 1973
26th South AfricaSouth Africa Arnold Taylor November 3, 1973 to July 3, 1974
27 Korea SouthSouth Korea Soo Hwan Hong July 3, 1974 to March 14, 1975
28 MexicoMexico Alfonso Zamora March 14, 1975 to November 19, 1977
29 PanamaPanama Jorge Lujan November 19, 1977 to August 29, 1980
30th Puerto RicoPuerto Rico Julian Solis August 29, 1980 to November 14, 1980
31 United StatesUnited States Jeff Chandler November 14, 1980 to April 7, 1984
32 United StatesUnited States Richard Sandoval April 7, 1984 to March 10, 1986
33 United StatesUnited States Gaby Canizales March 10, 1986 to June 4, 1986
34 VenezuelaVenezuela Bernardo Pinango June 4, 1986 - March 1987
35 JapanJapan Shinsuke Yamanaka September 16, 2016 to August 15, 2017
36 MexicoMexico Luis Nery August 15, 2017 to September 26, 2017
37 JapanJapan Shinsuke Yamanaka (2) September 26, 2017 to March 1, 2018

Super flyweight

No. World Champion Office
1 ThailandThailand Srisaket Sor Rungvisai February 24, 2018 - current

Flyweight

No. World Champion Office
1 PhilippinesPhilippines Pancho Villa June 18, 1923 to September 24, 1925
2 United StatesUnited States Fidel LaBarba January 21, 1927 to August 23, 1927
3 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Benny Lynch January 19, 1937 to June 29, 1938
4th United KingdomUnited Kingdom Peter Kane September 22, 1938 to June 19, 1943
5 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Jackie Paterson June 19, 1943 to March 23, 1948
6th United KingdomUnited Kingdom Rinty Monaghan March 23, 1948 to April 25, 1950
7th United KingdomUnited Kingdom Terry Allen April 25, 1950 to August 1, 1950
8th United StatesUnited States Dado Marino August 1, 1950 to May 19, 1952
9 JapanJapan Yoshio Shirai May 19, 1952 to November 26, 1954
10 ArgentinaArgentina Pascual Pérez November 26, 1954 to April 16, 1960
11 ThailandThailand Pone Kingpetch April 16, 1960 to October 10, 1962
12 JapanJapan Fighting Harada October 10, 1962 to January 12, 1963
13 ThailandThailand Pone Kingpetch (2) January 12, 1963 to September 18, 1963
14th JapanJapan Hiroyuki Ebihara September 18, 1963 to January 23, 1964
15th ThailandThailand Pone Kingpetch (3) January 23, 1964 to April 23, 1965
16 ItalyItaly Salvatore Burruni April 23, 1965 to June 14, 1966
17th United KingdomUnited Kingdom Walter McGowan June 14, 1966 to December 30, 1966
18th ThailandThailand Chartchai Chionoi December 30, 1966 to February 23, 1969
19th MexicoMexico Efren Torres February 23, 1969 to March 20, 1970
20th ThailandThailand Chartchai Chionoi (2) March 20, 1970 to December 7, 1970
21st PhilippinesPhilippines Erbito Salavarria December 7, 1970 to February 9, 1973
22nd ThailandThailand Venice Borkhorsor February 9, 1973 to July 10, 1973
23 MexicoMexico Miguel Canto January 8, 1975 to March 18, 1979
24 Korea SouthSouth Korea Park Chan-hee March 18, 1979 to May 18, 1980
25th JapanJapan Shōji Oguma May 18, 1980 to May 12, 1981
26th MexicoMexico Antonio Avelar May 12, 1981 to March 20, 1982
27 ColombiaColombia Prudencio Cardona March 20, 1982 to July 24, 1982
28 MexicoMexico Freddy Castillo July 24, 1982 to November 6, 1982
29 Dominican RepublicDominican Republic Eleoncio Mercedes November 6, 1982 to March 15, 1983
30th United KingdomUnited Kingdom Charlie Magri March 15, 1983 to September 27, 1983
31 PhilippinesPhilippines Frank Cedeno September 27, 1983 to January 18, 1984
32 JapanJapan Kōji Kobayashi January 18, 1984 to April 9, 1984
33 MexicoMexico Gabriel Bernal April 9, 1984 to October 8, 1984
34 ThailandThailand Sot Chitalada October 8, 1984 to July 24, 1988
35 Korea SouthSouth Korea Kim Yong-kang July 24, 1988 - 1988
36 ThailandThailand Pongsaklek wonjongkam March 27, 2010 to March 2, 2012
37 PhilippinesPhilippines Sonny Boy Jaro March 2, 2012 to July 16, 2012
38 JapanJapan Toshiyuki Igarashi July 16, 2012 to April 8, 2013
39 JapanJapan Akira Yaegashi April 8, 2013 to September 5, 2014
40 NicaraguaNicaragua Roman Gonzalez September 5, 2014 to September 10, 2016

Light flyweight

No. World Champion Office
1 NicaraguaNicaragua Rosendo Álvarez March 31, 2003 to October 2, 2004
2 MexicoMexico Hugo Fidel Cázares September 30, 2006 to August 25, 2007
3 Puerto RicoPuerto Rico Iván Calderón August 25, 2007 to August 28, 2010
4th MexicoMexico Giovanni Segura August 28, 2010 to September 19, 2011
5 PhilippinesPhilippines Donnie Nietes May 10, 2014 to August 17, 2016
6th JapanJapan Ryōichi Taguchi December 31, 2017 to May 19, 2018
7th South AfricaSouth Africa Hekkie Budler May 20, 2018 to December 31, 2018
8th JapanJapan Hiroto Kyoguchi December 31, 2018 - currently

Straw weight

The title of the ring magazine has not yet been awarded in this weight class .

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