List of IBF world boxing champions

This list includes all boxers who have won the world championship title of the International Boxing Federation ( IBF for short ).

The origin of the IBF is the United States Boxing Association ( USBA for short ). Founded in 1983 initially under the name IBF-USBA, later only IBF.

Straw weight

No.	World Champion	From	To	Number of title defenses
1	Lee Kyung-yun	June 14, 1987	1987	0
2	Samuth Sithnaruepol	March 24, 1988	June 17, 1989	2
3	Nico Thomas	June 17, 1989	September 21, 1989	0
4th	Eric Chavez	September 21, 1989	February 22, 1990	0
5	Fahlan Sakkreerin	February 22, 1990	September 6, 1992	7th
6th	Manny Melchor	September 6, 1992	December 10, 1992	0
7th	Ratanapol Sor Vorapin	December 10, 1992	March 15, 1996	12
8th	Ratanapol Sor Vorapin (2)	May 18, 1996	December 27, 1997	6th
9	Zolani Petelo	December 27, 1997	2001	5
10	Roberto Carlos Leyva	April 29, 2001	August 9, 2002	1
11	Miguel Barrera	August 9, 2002	May 31, 2003	1
12	Edgar Cardenas	May 31, 2003	October 4, 2003	0
13	Daniel Reyes	October 4, 2003	September 14, 2004	1
14th	Muhammad Rachman	September 14, 2004	July 7, 2007	3
15th	Florante Condes	July 7, 2007	June 14, 2008	0
16	Raúl García	June 14, 2008	March 26, 2010	4th
17th	Nkosinathi Joyi	March 26, 2010	September 1, 2012	2
18th	Mario Rodríguez	September 1, 2012	March 30, 2013	0
19th	Katsunari Takayama	March 30, 2013	August 9, 2014	2
20th	Francisco Rodríguez junior	August 9, 2014	October 9, 2014	0
21st	Katsunari Takayama (2)	December 31, 2014	December 31, 2015	2
22nd	José Argumedo	December 31, 2015	23rd July 2017	3
23	Hiroto Kyoguchi	23rd July 2017	23rd July 2018	2
24	Carlos Licona	1st December 2018	16th February 2019	0
25th	Deejay Kriel	16th February 2019	current	0

World championship in straw weight of the other major associations: WBC - WBA - WBO

Light flyweight

No.	World Champion	From	To	Number of title defenses
1	Dodie Boy Peñalosa	December 10, 1983	October 1986	3
2	Choi Jum-hwan	7th December 1986	4th November 1988	3
3	Tacy Macalos	4th November 1988	May 2, 1989	0
4th	Muangchai Kittikasem	May 2, 1989	July 29, 1990	3
5	Michael Carbajal	July 29, 1990	February 19, 1994	9
6th	Humberto González	February 19, 1994	July 15, 1995	3
7th	Saman Sorjaturong	July 15, 1995	1996	1
8th	Michael Carbajal (2)	116 March 1996	January 18, 1997	2
9	Mauricio Pastrana	January 18, 1997	July 1997	0
10	Mauricio Pastrana (2)	December 13, 1997	August 28, 1998	1
11	Will Grigsby	December 18, 1998	October 2, 1999	1
12	Ricardo López	October 2, 1999	November 28, 2002	2
13	Victor Burgos	February 15, 2003	May 14, 2005	2
14th	Will Grigsby (2)	May 14, 2005	January 7, 2006	0
15th	Ulises Solis	January 7, 2006	April 19, 2009	8th
16	Brian Viloria	April 19, 2009	January 23, 2010	1
17th	Carlos Tamara	January 23, 2010	May 29, 2010	0
18th	Luis Alberto Lazarte	May 29, 2010	April 30, 2011	2
19th	Ulises Solis (2)	April 30, 2011	July 2012	1
20th	John Riel Casimero	July 2012	May 5, 2014	4th
21st	Javier Mendoza	20th September 2014	December 29, 2015	1
22nd	Akira Yaegashi	December 29, 2015	May 21, 2017	2
23	Milan Melindo	May 21, 2017	December 31, 2017	1
24	Ryōichi Taguchi	December 31, 2017	20th May 2018	0
25th	Hekkie Budler	20th May 2018	July 25, 2018	0
26th	Felix Alvarado	October 29, 2018	current	0

World championship in light flyweight of the other major associations: WBC - WBA - WBO

Flyweight

No.	World Champion	From	To	Number of title defenses
1	Kwon Soon-chun	December 24, 1983	December 20, 1985	6th
2	Chung Jong-kwan	December 20, 1985	April 27, 1986	0
3	Chung Bi-won	April 27, 1986	2nd August 1986	0
4th	Shin Hi-sup	2nd August 1986	February 22, 1987	1
5	Dodie Boy Peñalosa	February 22, 1987	5th September 1987	0
6th	Choi Chang-ho	5th September 1987	January 16, 1988	0
7th	Rolando Bohol	January 16, 1988	5th October 1988	1
8th	Duke McKenzie	5th October 1988	June 7, 1989	1
9	Dave McAuley	June 7, 1989	June 11, 1992	5
10	Rodolfo Blanco	June 11, 1992	November 29, 1992	0
11	Pichit Sithbanprachan	November 29, 1992	November 25, 1994	5
12	Francisco Tejedor	February 18, 1995	April 22, 1995	0
13	Danny Romero	April 22, 1995	1996	1
14th	Marc Johnson	May 4, 1996	April 1999	7th
15th	Irene Pacheco	April 10, 1999	December 16, 2004	6th
16	Vic Darchinyan	December 16, 2004	July 7, 2007	6th
17th	Nonito Donaire	July 7, 2007	2009	3
18th	Moruti Mthalane	November 20, 2009	January 13, 2014	4th
19th	Amnat Ruenroeng	22th January 2014	May 25, 2016	5
20th	John Riel Casimero	May 25, 2016	December 2016	2
21st	Donnie Nietes	April 29, 2017	April 11, 2018	1
22nd	Moruti Mthalane	15th July 2018	current	1

World flyweight title of the other major associations: WBC - WBA - WBO - NBA - NYSAC

Super flyweight

No.	World Champion	From	To	Number of title defenses
1	Chun Ju-do	December 10, 1983	May 3, 1985	5
2	Ellya's Pical	May 3, 1985	February 15, 1986	1
3	César Polanco	February 15, 1986	5th July 1986	0
4th	Ellyas Pical (2)	5th July 1986	February 28, 1987	1
5	Chang Tae-il	May 17, 1987	17th October 1987	0
6th	Ellya's Pical (3)	17th October 1987	October 14, 1989	3
7th	Juan Polo Perez	October 14, 1989	April 21, 1990	0
8th	Robert Quiroga	April 21, 1990	January 16, 1993	5
9	Julio César Borboa	January 16, 1993	August 29, 1994	5
10	Harold Gray	August 29, 1994	October 7, 1995	3
11	Carlos Gabriel Salazar	October 7, 1995	April 27, 1996	1
12	Harold Gray (2)	127 April 1996	August 24, 1996	0
13	Danny Romero	August 24, 1996	July 18, 1997	2
14th	Johnny Tapia	July 18, 1997	5th December 1998	2
15th	Marc Johnson	April 24, 1999	2000	2
16	Félix Machado	July 22, 2000	January 4, 2003	3
17th	Luis Alberto Pérez	January 4, 2003	November 3, 2006	3
18th	Dmitri Kirillov	October 13, 2007	August 2, 2008	1
19th	Vakhtang Dartschinjan	August 2, 2008	July 2009	2
20th	Simphiwe Nongqayi	September 15, 2009	July 31, 2010	1
21st	Juan Alberto Rosas	July 31, 2010	December 11, 2010	0
22nd	Cristian Mijares	December 11, 2010	2011	1
23	Rodrigo Guerrero	October 8, 2011	February 11, 2012	0
24	Juan Carlos Sánchez junior	February 11, 2012	June 8, 2013	2
25th	Daiki Kameda	3rd September 2013	March 19, 2014	0
26th	Zolani Tete	July 18, 2014	3rd June 2015	1
27	McJoe Arroyo	July 18, 2015	3rd September 2016	0
28	Jerwin Ancajas	3rd September 2016	current	6th

World title in super flyweight of the other major associations: WBC - WBA - WBO

Bantamweight

No.	World Champion	From	To	Number of title defenses
1	Satoshi Shingaki	April 15, 1984	April 26, 1985	1
2	Jeff Fenech	April 26, 1985	1987	3
3	Kelvin Seabrooks	May 15, 1987	July 9, 1988	3
4th	Orlando Canizales	July 9, 1988	1994	16
5	Harold Mestre	January 21, 1995	April 29, 1995	0
6th	Mbulelo Botile	April 29, 1995	July 19, 1997	5
7th	Tim Austin	July 19, 1997	February 15, 2003	9
8th	Rafael Marquez	February 15, 2003	March 16, 2007	7th
9	Luis Alberto Pérez	July 7, 2007	September 29, 2007	0
10	Joseph Agbeko	September 29, 2007	October 31, 2009	2
11	Yonnhy Perez	October 31, 2009	December 11, 2010	1
12	Joseph Agbeko (2)	December 11, 2010	August 13, 2011	0
13	Abner Mares	August 13, 2011	February 2012	1
14th	Léo Santa Cruz	June 2, 2012	February 2013	3
15th	Jamie McDonnell	May 11th, 2013	18th October 2013	0
16	Stuart Hall	December 21, 2013	June 6, 2014	1
17th	Paul Butler	June 7, 2014	2nd July 2014	0
18th	Randy Caballero	October 25, 2014	20th November 2015	0
19th	Lee Haskins	November 21, 2015	June 10, 2017	2
20th	Ryan Burnett	June 10, 2017	February 13, 2018	1
21st	Emmanuel Rodríguez	5th May 2018	current	1

World bantamweight title of the other major associations: WBC - WBA - WBO - NBA - NYSAC

Super bantamweight

No.	World Champion	From	To	Number of title defenses
1	Bobby Berna	4th December 1983	April 15, 1984	0
2	Suh Seung-il	April 15, 1984	3rd January 1985	1
3	Kim Ji-won	3rd January 1985	1986	4th
4th	Lee Seung-hoon	January 18, 1987	1988	3
5	José Sanabria	May 21, 1988	March 10, 1989	3
6th	Fabrice Bénichou	March 10, 1989	March 10, 1990	2
7th	Welcome Ncita	March 10, 1990	2nd December 1992	6th
8th	Kennedy McKinney	2nd December 1992	August 20, 1994	5
9	Vuyani Bungu	August 20, 1994	1999	13
10	Lehlohonolo Ledwaba	May 29, 1999	June 23, 2001	5
11	Manny Pacquiao	June 23, 2001	2003	4th
12	Israel Vazquez	March 25, 2004	2005	2
13	Steve Molitor	November 10, 2006	November 21, 2008	5
14th	Celestino Caballero	November 21, 2008	February 5, 2010	2
15th	Steve Molitor (2)	March 27, 2010	March 26, 2011	1
16	Takalani Ndlovu	March 26, 2011	March 24, 2012	1
17th	Jeffrey Mathebula	March 24, 2012	July 7, 2012	0
18th	Nonito Donaire	July 7, 2012	October 13, 2012	0
19th	Jonathan Romero	February 16, 2013	17th August 2013	0
20th	Kiko Martínez	17th August 2013	September 6, 2014	2
21st	Carl Frampton	September 6, 2014	April 28, 2016	3
22nd	Jonathan Guzman	20th July 2016	December 31, 2016	0
23	Yukinori Oguni	December 31, 2016	13th September 2017	0
24	Ryosuke Iwasa	13th September 2017	August 16, 2018	0
25th	TJ Doheny	August 16, 2018	current	1

World championship in super bantamweight of the other major associations: WBC - WBA - WBO

Featherweight

No.	World Champion	From	To	Number of title defenses
1	Oh min-keun	4th March 1984	November 29, 1985	2
2	Chung Ki-young	November 29, 1985	August 30, 1986	2
3	Antonio Rivera	August 30, 1986	January 23, 1988	0
4th	Calvin Grove	January 23rd, 1988	4th August 1988	1
5	Jorge Paez	4th August 1988	1990	8th
6th	Troy Dorsey	June 3, 1991	August 12, 1991	0
7th	Manuel Medina	August 12, 1991	February 26, 1993	4th
8th	Tom Johnson	February 26, 1993	February 8, 1997	11
9	Naseem Hamed	February 8, 1997	July 1997	2
10	Hector Lizarraga	December 13, 1997	April 24, 1998	0
11	Manuel Medina (2)	April 24, 1998	November 13, 1999	1
12	Paul Ingle	November 13, 1999	December 16, 2000	1
13	Mbulelo Botile	December 16, 2000	April 6, 2001	0
14th	Frank Toledo	April 6, 2001	November 16, 2001	0
15th	Manuel Medina (3)	November 16, 2001	April 27, 2002	0
16	Johnny Tapia	April 27, 2002	November 2002	0
17th	Juan Manuel Marquez	February 1, 2003	2005	4th
18th	Valdemir Pereira	January 20, 2006	May 13, 2006	0
19th	Eric Aiken	May 13, 2006	September 2, 2006	0
20th	Robert Guerrero	September 2, 2006	November 4, 2006	0
21st	Orlando Salido	November 4, 2006	November 10, 2006	0
22nd	Robert Guerrero (2)	February 23, 2007	June 23, 2008	2
23	Cristobal Cruz	October 23, 2008	May 15, 2010	3
24	Orlando Salido (2)	May 15, 2010	September 11, 2010	0
25th	Yuriorkis Gamboa	September 11, 2010	March 26, 2011	0
26th	Billy Dib	July 29, 2011	1st of March 2013	2
27	Yevgeny Gradovich	1st of March 2013	May 30, 2015	4th
28	Lee Selby	May 30, 2015	May 19, 218	4th
29	Josh Warrington	19th May 2018	current	1

World featherweight championship from the other major associations: WBC - WBA - WBO - NBA - NYSAC

Super featherweight

No.	World Champion	From	To	Number of title defenses
1	Yuh Hwan-kil	April 22, 1984	February 15, 1985	1
2	Lester Ellis	February 15, 1985	July 12, 1985	1
3	Barry Michael	July 21, 1985	August 9, 1987	3
4th	Rocky Lockridge	August 9, 1987	July 23, 1988	2
5	Tony Lopez	July 23, 1988	October 7, 1989	3
6th	John John Molina	October 7, 1989	May 20, 1990	1
7th	Tony Lopez (2)	May 20, 1990	September 13, 1991	3
8th	Brian Mitchell	September 13, 1991	1991	0
9	John John Molina (2)	February 22, 1992	1995	7th
10	Eddie Hopson	April 22, 1995	July 9, 1995	0
11	Tracy Harris Patterson	July 9, 1995	December 15, 1995	0
12	Arturo Gatti	December 15, 1995	March 13, 1998	3
13	Roberto García	March 13, 1998	October 23, 1999	2
14th	Diego Corrales	October 23, 1999	October 2000	3
15th	Steve Forbes	December 3, 2000	17th August 2002	1
16	Carlos Alberto Hernandez	February 1, 2003	July 31, 2004	1
17th	Erik Morales	July 31, 2004	2004	0
18th	Robbie Peden	February 23, 2005	September 17, 2005	0
19th	Marco Antonio Barrera	September 17, 2005	2006	0
20th	Cassius Baloyi	May 31, 2006	July 29, 2006	0
21st	Gairy St. Clair	July 29, 2006	November 4, 2006	0
22nd	Malcolm classes	November 4, 2006	April 20, 2007	0
23	Mzonke Fana	April 20, 2007	April 12, 2008	1
24	Cassius Baloyi (2)	April 12, 2008	April 18, 2009	1
25th	Malcolm Classes (2)	April 18, 2009	August 22, 2009	0
26th	Robert Guerrero	August 22, 2009	February 2010	0
27	Mzonke Fana (2)	September 1, 2010	May 2011	0
28	Juan Carlos Salgado	September 10, 2011	March 9, 2013	3
29	Argenis Mendez	March 9, 2013	July 10, 2014	1
30th	Rances Barthelemy	July 10, 2014	February 10, 2015	1
31	José Pedraza	June 13, 2015	January 14, 2017	2
32	Gervonta Davis	January 14, 2017	2017	1
33	Gervonta Davis (2)	26th August 2017	2017	0
34	Tevin Farmer	3rd August 2018	current	3

World championship in super featherweight of the other major associations: WBC - WBA - WBO - NBA - NYSAC

lightweight

No.	World Champion	From	To	Number of title defenses
1	Charlie Brown	3rd January 1984	April 15, 1984	0
2	Harry Arroyo	April 15, 1984	April 6, 1985	2
3	Jimmy Paul	April 6, 1985	5th December 1986	3
4th	Greg Haugen	5th December 1986	June 7, 1987	0
5	Vinny Pazienza	June 7, 1987	February 6, 1988	0
6th	Greg Haugen (2)	February 6, 1988	February 18, 1989	2
7th	Pernell Whitaker	February 18, 1989	1992	8th
8th	Freddie Pendleton	January 10, 1993	February 19, 1994	1
9	Rafael Ruelas	February 19, 1994	May 6, 1995	2
10	Óscar de la Hoya	May 6, 1995	July 1995	0
11	Philip Holiday	August 19, 1995	2nd August 1997	6th
12	Shane Mosley	2nd August 1997	April 1999	8th
13	Paul Spadafora	August 20, 1999	June 2003	8th
14th	Javier Jauregui	November 22, 2003	May 13, 2004	0
15th	Julio Díaz	May 13, 2004	March 1, 2005	0
16	Leavander Johnson	June 17, 2005	September 17, 2005	0
17th	Jesus Chavez	September 17, 2005	February 3, 2007	0
18th	Julio Díaz (2)	February 3, 2007	October 13, 2007	0
19th	Julio Díaz (2)	October 13, 2007	March 8, 2008	0
20th	Nate Campbell	March 8, 2008	February 13, 2009	0
21st	Miguel Vázquez	August 14, 2010	September 13, 2014	6th
22nd	Mickey Bey	September 13, 2014	June 26, 2015	0
23	Rances Barthelemy	19th December 2015	June 6, 2016	1
24	Robert Easter Jr.	September 9, 2016	28th July 2018	3
25th	Miguel Ángel García	28th July 2018	October 30, 2018	0
26th	Richard Commey	2nd February 2019	current	0

World lightweight championship title of the other major associations: WBC - WBA - WBO - NBA - NYSAC

Light welterweight

No.	World Champion	From	To	Number of title defenses
1	Aaron Pryor	June 22, 1984	1985	1
2	Gary Hinton	April 26, 1986	October 30, 1986	0
3	Joe Manley	October 30, 1986	March 4th 1987	0
4th	Terry Marsh	March 4th 1987	December 1987	1
5	Buddy McGirt	February 14, 1988	3rd September 1988	1
6th	Meldrick Taylor	3rd September 1988	March 17, 1990	2
7th	Julio César Chavez	March 117, 1990	1991	2
8th	Rafael Pineda	December 7, 1991	July 18, 1992	1
9	Pernell Whitaker	July 18, 1992	1993	0
10	Charles Murray	May 15, 1993	February 13, 1994	2
11	Jake Rodriguez	February 13, 1994	January 28, 1995	2
12	Kostya Tszyu	January 28, 1995	31st time 1997	5
13	Vince Phillips	May 31, 1997	February 20, 1999	3
14th	Terron Millett	February 20, 1999	2000	1
15th	Zab Judah	February 12, 2000	November 3, 2001	5
16	Kostya Tszyu (2)	November 3, 2001	June 4, 2005	3
17th	Ricky Hatton	June 4, 2005	March 29, 2006	1
18th	Juan Urango	June 30, 2006	January 20, 2007	0
19th	Ricky Hatton (2)	January 20, 2007	February 9, 2007	0
20th	Lovemore N'dou	February 4, 2007	June 16, 2007	0
21st	Paul Malignaggi	June 16, 2007	February 19, 2008	2
22nd	Juan Urango (2)	January 30, 2009	March 6, 2010	1
23	Devon Alexander	March 6, 2010	2010	1
24	Zab Judah (2)	March 5, 2011	July 23, 2011	0
25th	Amir Khan	July 23, 2011	December 10, 2011	0
26th	Lamont Peterson	December 10, 2011	April 11, 2015	3
27	César René Cuenca	July 18, 2015	4th November 2015	0
28	Eduard Trojanowski	4th November 2015	3rd December 2016	2
29	Julius Indongo	3rd December 2016	19th August 2017	1
30th	Terence Crawford	19th August 2017	August 30, 2017	0
31	Sergei Lipinez	4th November 2017	March 10, 2018	0
32	Miguel Ángel García	March 10, 2018	April 2018	0
33	Ivan Baranchyk	October 27, 2018	current	0

World light welterweight titles of the other major associations: WBC - WBA - WBO - NBA - NYSAC

Welterweight

No.	World Champion	From	To	Number of title defenses
1	Donald Curry	4th February 1984	September 27, 1986	4th
2	Lloyd Honeyghan	September 27, 1986	October 28, 1987	3
3	Simon Brown	April 23, 1988	1991	8th
4th	Maurice Blocker	4th October 1991	June 19, 1993	1
5	Félix Trinidad	June 19, 1993	March 3, 2000	15th
6th	Vernon Forrest	May 21, 2001	December 12, 2001	0
7th	Michele Piccirillo	April 13, 2002	March 22, 2003	0
8th	Cory Spinks	March 22, 2003	February 5, 2005	3
9	Zab Judah	February 5, 2005	April 8, 2006	1
10	Floyd Mayweather Jr.	April 8, 2006	June 20, 2006	0
11	Kermit Cintrón	October 28, 2006	April 12, 2008	2
12	Antonio Margarito	April 12, 2008	July 2008	0
13	Joshua Clottey	August 2, 2008	April 16, 2009	0
14th	Isaac Hlatshwayo	August 1, 2009	December 11, 2009	0
15th	Dejan Zavec	December 11, 2009	September 13, 2011	3
16	Andre Berto	September 3, 2011	September 3, 2011	0
17th	Randall Bailey	June 9, 2011	20th October 2012	0
18th	Devon Alexander	20th October 2012	December 7, 2013	0
19th	Shawn Porter	December 7, 2013	August 16, 2014	1
20th	Kell Brook	August 16, 2014	May 27, 2017	3
21st	Errol Spence	May 27, 2017	current	3

World welterweight title of the other major associations: WBC - WBA - WBO - NBA - NYSAC

Light middleweight

No.	World Champion	From	To	Number of title defenses
1	Mark Medal	March 11, 1984	2nd November 1984	0
2	Carlos Santos	2nd November 1984	1986	1
3	Buster Drayton	4th June 1986	June 27, 1987	2
4th	Matthew Hilton	June 27, 1987	4th November 1988	1
5	Robert Hines	4th November 1988	5th February 1989	0
6th	Darrin Van Horn	5th February 1989	July 15, 1989	0
7th	Gianfranco Rosi	July 15, 1989	17th September 1994	11
8th	Vincent Pettway	17th September 1994	August 12, 1995	1
9	Paul Vaden	August 12, 1995	December 16, 1995	0
10	Terry Norris	December 16, 1995	March 1997	4th
11	Raúl Marquez	April 12, 1997	December 6, 1997	2
12	Yory Boy Campas	December 6, 1997	December 12, 1998	3
13	Fernando Vargas	December 12, 1998	December 2, 2000	5
14th	Félix Trinidad	December 2, 2000	May 12, 2001	0
15th	Ronald Wright	October 12, 2001	June 5, 2004	5
16	Verno Phillips	June 5, 2004	October 2, 2004	0
17th	Kassim Ouma	October 2, 2004	July 14, 2005	1
18th	Roman Karmasin	July 14, 2005	July 8, 2006	0
19th	Cory Spinks	July 8, 2006	March 27, 2008	1
20th	Verno Phillips (2)	March 27, 2008	November 2008	0
21st	Cory Spinks (2)	April 24, 2009	August 7, 2010	0
22nd	Cornelius Bundrage	August 7, 2010	February 23, 2013	2
23	Ishe Smith	2013 Feb 23	September 14, 2013	0
24	Carlos Amado Molina	September 14, 2013	211 October 2014	0
25th	Cornelius Bundrage (2)	October 11, 2014	September 12, 2015	0
26th	Jermall Charlo	September 12, 2015	16th February 2017	3
27	Jarrett Hurd	February 25, 2017	current	3

World championship in super welterweight of the other major associations: WBC - WBA - WBO

medium weight

No.	World Champion	From	To	Number of title defenses
1	Marvin Hagler	May 27, 1983	April 6, 1987	5
2	Frank Tate	October 10, 1987	July 28, 1988	1
3	Michael Nunn	July 28, 1988	May 10, 1991	5
4th	James Toney	May 10, 1991	February 13, 1993	6th
5	Roy Jones Jr.	May 22, 1993	November 18, 1994	1
6th	Bernard Hopkins	April 29, 1995	July 16, 2005	20th
7th	Jermain Taylor	July 16, 2005	October 11, 2005	0
8th	Arthur Abraham	December 10, 2005	July 11, 2009	10
9	Sebastian Sylvester	September 19, 2009	May 7, 2011	3
10	Daniel Geale	May 7, 2011	17th August 2013	4th
11	Darren Barker	17th August 2013	December 7, 2013	0
12	Felix Sturm	December 7, 2013	May 31, 2014	0
13	Sam Soliman	May 31, 2014	October 8, 2014	0
14th	Jermain Taylor	October 8, 2014	February 6, 2014 F.	0
15th	David Lemieux	20th June 2015	17th October 2015	0
16	Gennady Golovkin	17th October 2015	June 6, 2018	4th
17th	Daniel Jacobs	October 27	current	0

World middleweight title of the other major associations: WBC - WBA - WBO - NBA - NYSAC

Super middleweight

No.	World Champion	From	To	Number of title defenses
1	Murray Sutherland	March 28, 1984	July 22, 1984	0
2	Park Chong-pal	July 22, 1984	December 6, 1987	8th
3	Graciano Rocchigiani	March 11, 1988	January 27, 1989	3
4th	Lindell Holmes	January 27, 1990	May 18, 1991	3
5	Darrin Van Horn	May 18, 1991 M	January 10, 1992	1
6th	Iran Barkley	January 10, 1992	February 13, 1993	0
7th	James Toney	February 13, 1993	November 18, 1994	3
8th	Roy Jones Jr.	November 18, 1994	November 2, 1996	5
9	Charles Brewer	June 21, 1997	October 24, 1998	3
10	Sven Ottke	October 24, 1998	March 27, 2004	21st
11	Jeff Lacy	October 2, 2004	March 4, 2006	4th
12	Joe Calzaghe	March 4, 2006	November 27, 2006	1
13	Alejandro Berrio	March 3, 2007	October 19, 2007	0
14th	Lucian Bute	October 19, 2007	May 26, 2012	9
15th	Carl Froch	May 26, 2012	February 2015	4th
16	James DeGale	May 23, 2015	December 9, 2017	3
17th	Caleb Truax	December 9, 2017	April 7, 2018	0
18th	James DeGale (2)	April 7, 2018	4th July 2018	0
19th	Jose Uzcategui	4th July 2018	January 13, 2019	0
20th	Caleb Plant	January 13, 2019	current	0

World title in the super middleweight division of the other major associations: WBC - WBA - WBO

Light heavyweight

No.	World Champion	From	To	Number of title defenses
1	Michael Spinks	February 25, 1984	September 21, 1985	2
2	Slobodan Kačar	December 21, 1985	September 6, 1986	0
3	Bobby Czyz	September 6, 1986	October 29, 1987	3
4th	Charles Williams	October 29, 1987	March 20, 1993	8th
5	Henry mask	March 20, 1993	November 23, 1996	10
6th	Virgil Hill	November 23, 1996	June 13, 1997	0
7th	Dariusz Michalczewski	June 13, 1997	June 16, 1997	0
8th	William Guthrie	July 19, 1997	February 6, 1998	0
9	Reggie Johnson	February 6, 1998	June 5, 1999	2
10	Roy Jones Jr.	June 5, 1999	March 1, 2003	7th
11	Antonio Tarver	April 26, 2003	November 8, 2003	0
12	Glen Johnson	February 6, 2004	December 2004	1
13	Clinton Woods	March 4, 2005	April 12, 2008	4th
14th	Antonio Tarver (2)	April 12, 2008	October 11, 2008	0
15th	Chad Dawson	October 11, 2008	May 27, 2009	1
16	Tavoris Cloud	August 28, 2009	March 9, 2013	4th
17th	Bernard Hopkins	March 9, 2013	November 8, 2014	2
18th	Sergei Kovalev	November 8, 2014	19th November 2016	4th
19th	Andre Ward	19th November 2016	September 21, 2017	1
20th	Artur Beterbiev	November 11, 2017	current	1

World light heavyweight titles from the other major associations: WBC - WBA - WBO - NBA - NYSAC

Cruiser weight

No.	World Champion	From	To	Number of title defenses
1	Marvin Camel	December 13, 1983	October 6, 1984	0
2	Lee Roy Murphy	October 6, 1984	October 25, 1986	3
3	Rickey Parkey	October 25, 1986	May 15, 1987	1
4th	Evander Holyfield	May 15, 1987	1988	3
5	Glenn McCrory	June 3, 1989	March 22, 1990	1
6th	Jeff Lampkin	March 22, 1990	July 1991	1
7th	James Warring	September 7, 1991	July 30, 1992	2
8th	Al Cole	July 30, 1992	1995	5
9	Adolpho Washington	August 31, 1996	June 21, 1997	0
10	Uriah Grant	June 21, 1997	November 8, 1997	0
11	Imamu Mayfield	November 8, 1997	October 30, 1998	1
12	Arthur Williams	October 30, 1998	June 5, 1999	0
13	Vasily Shirov	June 5, 1999	April 26, 2003	6th
14th	James Toney	April 26, 2003	September 2003	0
15th	Kelvin Davis	May 1, 2004	May 20, 2005	0
16	O'Neil Bell	May 20, 2005	March 2006	2
17th	Krzysztof Włodarczyk	November 25, 2006	May 26, 2007	0
18th	Steve Cunningham	May 26, 2007	December 11, 2008	1
19th	Tomasz Adamek	December 11, 2008	October 2009	2
20th	Steve Cunningham (2)	June 5, 2010	October 1, 2011	1
21st	Yoan Pablo Hernández	October 1, 2011	September 21, 2015	4th
22nd	Victor Emilio Ramírez	September 21, 2015	May 21, 2016	1
23	Denis Lebedev	May 21, 2016	3rd December 2016	0
23	Murat Gassiev	3rd December 2016	July 21, 2018	2
24	Oleksandr Ussyk	July 21, 2018	current	1

World cruiserweight title of the other major associations: WBC - WBA - WBO

Heavyweight

No.	World Champion	From	To	Number of title defenses
1	Larry Holmes	December 11, 1983	September 21, 1985	3
2	Michael Spinks	September 21, 1985	February 26, 1987	2
3	Tony Tucker	May 30, 1987	August 1, 1987	0
4th	Mike Tyson	August 1, 1987	February 11, 1990	6th
5	James "Buster" Douglas	February 11, 1990	October 25, 1990	0
6th	Evander Holyfield	October 25, 1990	November 13, 1992	3
7th	Riddick Bowe	November 13, 1992	November 6, 1993	1
8th	Evander Holyfield (2)	November 6, 1993	April 22, 1994	0
9	Michael Moorer	April 22, 1994	5th November 1994	0
10	George Foreman	5th November 1994	June 29, 1995	1
11	Michael Moorer (2)	June 22, 1996	November 8, 1997	2
12	Evander Holyfield (3)	November 8, 1997	November 13, 1999	2
13	Lennox Lewis	November 13, 1999	April 22, 2001	3
14th	Hasim Rahman	April 22, 2001	November 17, 2001	0
15th	Lennox Lewis (2)	November 17, 2001	September 5, 2002	1
16	Chris Byrd	December 14, 2002	April 22, 2006	4th
17th	Wladimir Klitschko	April 22, 2006	November 28, 2015	19th
18th	Tyson Fury	November 28, 2015	December 8, 2015	0
19th	Charles Martin	January 16, 2016	April 9, 2016	0
20th	Anthony Joshua	April 9, 2016	June 1, 2019	6th
21st	Andy Ruiz Jr.	June 1, 2019	07 December 2019	0
22nd	Anthony Joshua (2)	07 December 2019	current

World heavyweight titles from the other major associations: WBC - WBA - WBO - NBA - NYSAC

See also

• List of World Boxing Champions of the WBC
• List of World Boxing Champions of the WBO
• List of world boxing champions of the NBA
• International Boxing Federation

• List of heavyweight boxing champions
• List of fights for world heavyweight boxing titles

Web links

• Official homepage of the IBF