List of world boxing champions of the NBA

This list includes all boxers who have won the boxing world title of the National Boxing Association ( NBA ). The NBA was founded in 1921. In 1962, the association changed its name to World Boxing Association ( WBA for short ). The WBA predecessor NBA should not be confused with today's fringe association NBAW.

Flyweight

No.	World Champion	From	To	Number of title defenses
1	Fidel LaBarba	August 22, 1925	1927	1
2	Pinky Silverberg	October 22, 1927	November 1927	0
3	Frenchy Belanger	December 19, 1927	February 6, 1928	0
4th	Frankie Genaro	February 6, 1928	March 2, 1929	3
5	Émile Pladner	March 2, 1929	April 18, 1929	0
6th	Frankie Genaro (2)	April 18, 1929	October 26, 1931	8th
7th	Victor Perez	October 26, 1931	October 31, 1932	0
8th	Jackie Brown	October 31, 1932	September 9, 1935	3
9	Benny Lynch	September 9, 1935	June 29, 1938	1
10	Little Dado	February 21, 1941	1943	0
11	Rinty Monaghan	October 20, 1947	September 30, 1949	1

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

Bantamweight

No.	World Champion	From	To	Number of title defenses
1	Joe Lynch	December 22, 1922	March 21, 1924	0
2	Bud Taylor	June 24, 1927	May 18, 1928	0
3	Bushy Graham	May 23, 1928	April 12, 1929	0
4th	Panama Al Brown	February 8, 1930	1934	3
5	Sixto Escobar	August 7, 1935	August 26, 1935	0
6th	Louis Salica	August 26, 1935	November 15, 1935	0
7th	Sixto Escobar (2)	November 15, 1935	1939	0
8th	Georgie Pace	October 29, 1939	September 24, 1940	0
9	Louis Salica (2)	September 24, 1940	1942	3
10	Raúl Macías	March 9, 1955	November 6, 1957	2
11	Éder Jofre	November 18, 1960	September 11, 1962	2

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

Featherweight

No.	World Champion	From	To	Number of title defenses
1	Benny Bass	September 12, 1927	February 10, 1928	0
2	Tony Canzoneri	February 10, 1928	February 28, 1928	0
3	André Routis	September 28, 1928	September 23, 1929	1
4th	Christopher Battalino	September 23, 1929	January 27, 1932	3
5	Tommy Paul	May 26, 1932	January 13, 1933	0
6th	Freddie Miller	January 13, 1933	May 31, 1936	12
7th	Petey Sarron	May 31, 1936	October 29, 1937	2
8th	Henry Armstrong	October 29, 1937	September 12, 1938	0
9	Joey Archibald	April 18, 1939	April 1940	0
10	Petey Scalzo	May 15, 1940	July 1, 1941	3
11	Richie Lemos	July 1, 1941	November 18, 1941	0
12	Jackie Wilson	November 18, 1941	January 18, 1943	1
13	Jackie Callura	January 18, 1943	August 16, 1943	1
14th	Phil Terranova	August 16, 1943	March 10, 1944	1
15th	Sal Bartolo	March 10, 1944	June 7, 1946	3
16	Willie Pep	June 7, 1946	October 10, 1948	0

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

Super featherweight

No.	World Champion	From	To	Number of title defenses
1	Death Morgan	December 16, 1927	1928	0
2	Kid Chocolate	July 15, 1931	December 25, 1933	3
3	Sandy Saddler	December 6, 1949	September 8, 1950	0
4th	Harold Gomes	July 20, 1959	March 16, 1960	0

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

lightweight

No.	World Champion	From	To	Number of title defenses
1	Sammy Angott	May 3, 1940	March 8, 1944	1
2	Juan Zurita	March 8, 1944	April 18, 1945	0
3	Ike Williams	April 18, 1945	1947	2

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

Light welterweight

No.	World Champion	From	To	Number of title defenses
1	James Herring	March 21, 1925	1926	1
2	Mushy Callahan	September 21, 1926	February 18, 1930	3
3	Jackie Berg	February 18, 1930	April 24, 1931	6th
4th	Tony Canzoneri	April 24, 1931	January 18, 1932	0
5	Johnny Jadick	January 18, 1932	February 20, 1933	0

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

Welterweight

No.	World Champion	From	To	Number of title defenses
1	Mickey Walker	June 2, 1924	1924	1
2	Jackie Fields	March 25, 1929	July 25, 1929	1
3	Jack Thompson	May 9, 1930	5th September 1930	1
4th	Tommy Freeman	5th September 1930	April 14, 1931	0
5	Jack Thompson (2)	April 14, 1931	October 23, 1931	0
6th	Lou Brouillard	October 23, 1931	January 28, 1932	0
7th	Jackie Fields (2)	January 28, 1932	February 22, 1933	0
8th	Young Corbett III	February 22, 1933	May 29, 1933	0
9	Sugar Ray Robinson	December 20, 1946	February 14, 1951	0
10	Johnny Bratton	March 14, 1951	May 18, 1951	0
11	Kid Gavilan	May 18, 1951	October 20, 1954	1

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

medium weight

No.	World Champion	From	To	Number of title defenses
1	Gorilla Jones	January 25, 1932	June 11, 1932	1
2	Marcel Thil	June 11, 1932	1932	1
3	Lou Brouillard	September 23, 1933	October 30, 1933	0
4th	Vince Dundee	October 30, 1933	September 11, 1934	2
5	Teddy Yarosz	September 11, 1934	September 19, 1935	0
6th	Eddie Babe Risko	September 19, 1935	July 11, 1936	1
7th	Freddie Steele	July 11, 1936	July 26, 1938	0
8th	Al Hostak	July 26, 1938	November 1, 1938	0
9	Solly warrior	November 1, 1938	June 27, 1939	0
10	Al Hostak (2)	June 27, 1939	July 19, 1940	1
11	Tony Zale	July 19, 1940	July 16, 1947	12
13	Rocky Graziano	July 16, 1947	June 10, 1948	0
14th	Tony Zale (2)	June 10, 1948	September 21, 1948	0
15th	Marcel Cerdan	September 21, 1948	June 16, 1949	0
16	Jake LaMotta	June 16, 1949	February 14, 1951	0
17th	Sugar Ray Robinson	May 1, 1957	1957	0
18th	Gene Fullmer	August 28, 1959	October 23, 1962	7th

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

Light heavyweight

No.	World Champion	From	To	Number of title defenses
1	Jimmy Slattery	August 30, 1927	1927	0
2	George Nichols	March 18, 1932	December 17, 1932	0
3	Bob Godwin	March 1, 1933	March 24, 1933	0
4th	Maxie Rosenbloom	March 24, 1933	1933	0
5	Billy Conn	July 13, 1939	June 5, 1940	3
6th	Anton Christoforidis	January 13, 1941	May 22, 1941	0
7th	Gus Lesnevich	May 22, 1941	July 26, 1948	2
8th	Archie Moore	August 12, 1959	1959	0
9	Harold Johnson	February 7, 1961	June 1, 1963	2

World light heavyweight title of the other major associations: WBC - WBA - IBF - WBO - NYSAC

Heavyweight

No.	World Champion	From	To	Number of title defenses
1	Jack Dempsey	July 2, 1921	September 23, 1926	2
2	Gene Tunney	September 23, 1926	July 31, 1928	2
3	Max Schmeling	June 12, 1930	June 21, 1932	1
4th	Jack Sharkey	June 21, 1932	June 29, 1933	0
5	Max Baer	June 14, 1934	June 13, 1935	0
6th	Jim Braddock	June 13, 1935	June 22, 1937	0
7th	Joe Louis	June 22, 1937	March 1, 1949	25th
8th	Ezzard Charles	June 22, 1949	July 18, 1951	8th
9	Jersey Joe Walcott	July 18, 1951	September 23, 1952	1
10	Rocky Marciano	September 23, 1952	April 27, 1956	6th
11	Floyd Patterson	November 30, 1956	June 26, 1959	4th
12	Ingemar Johansson	June 26, 1959	June 20, 1960	0
13	Floyd Patterson (2)	June 20, 1960	September 25, 1962	2

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

Web links

• NBA World Heavyweight Champions
• NBA World Light Heavyweight Champions
• NBA World Middleweight Champions
• NBA World Welterweight Champions
• NBA World Light Welterweight Champions
• NBA World Lightweight Champions
• NBA World Super Featherweight Champions
• NBA World Featherweight Champions
• NBA World Bantamweight Champions
• NBA World Flyweight Champions