List of world boxing champions of the WBA

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This list of the WBA world boxing champions provides an overview of all the WBA world boxing champions in chronological order in separate tables depending on the weight class . The super champions are listed in the chronological tables as well as in separate tables. The status of the super champion of the WBA is ranked higher than that of the regular. Therefore, the WBA super champion is the actual world champion.

Straw weight

No.	World Champion	From	To	Number of title defenses
1	Leo Gámez	January 10, 1988	1989	1
2	Kim Bong-jun	April 16, 1989	February 2, 1991	5
3	Choi Hi-yong	February 2, 1991	October 14, 1992	4th
4th	Hideyuki Ōhashi	October 14, 1992	February 10, 1993	0
5	Chana Porpaoin	February 10, 1993	2nd December 1995	8th
6th	Rosendo Álvarez	2nd December 1995	November 13, 1998	5
7th	Ricardo López	November 13, 1998	1999	0
8th	Noel Arambulet	October 9, 1999	August 20, 2000	1
9	Joma Gamboa	August 20, 2000	December 6, 2000	0
10	Keitaro Hoshino	December 6, 2000	April 16, 2001	0
11	Chana Porpaoin (2)	April 16, 2001	August 25, 2001	0
12	Yutaka Niida	August 25, 2001	October 19, 2001	0
13	Keitaro Hoshino (2)	January 29, 2002	July 29, 2002	0
14th	Noel Arambulet (2)	July 29, 2002	July 2, 2004	2
15th	Yutaka Niida (2)	July 3, 2004	September 15, 2008	7th
16	Roman Gonzalez	September 15, 2008	2010	3
17th	Kwanthai Sithmorseng	5th November 2010	April 19, 2011	0
18th	Muhammad Rachman	April 19, 2011	July 30, 2011	0
19th	Pornsawan Kratingdaenggym	July 30, 2011	October 24, 2011	0
20th	Akira Yaegashi	October 24, 2011	June 20, 2012	0
21st	Kazuto Ioka	June 20, 2012	3rd October 2012	0
22nd	Ryo Miyazaki	December 31, 2012	December 27, 2013	2
23	Hekkie Budler	March 1, 2014	19th March 2016	4th
24	Byron Rojas	19th March 2016	June 29, 2016	0
25th	Thammanoon Niyomtrong	June 29, 2016	current	4th

Superchampions

No.	World Champion	From	To	Number of title defenses
1	Hekkie Budler	22nd January 2016	19th March 2016	0
2	Byron Rojas	19th March 2016	June 29, 2016	0

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

Light flyweight

No.	World Champion	From	To	Number of title defenses
1	Jaime Rios	23rd August 1975	2nd July 1976	1
2	Juan Antonio Guzman	2nd July 1976	October 10, 1976	0
3	Yōkō Gushiken	October 10, 1976	March 8, 1981	13
4th	Pedro Flores	March 8, 1981	July 29, 1981	0
5	Kim Hwan-jin	July 19, 1981	December 16, 1981	1
6th	Katsuo Tokashiki	December 16, 1981	July 10, 1983	5
7th	Magnifying glass Madera	July 10, 1983	May 19, 1984	1
8th	Francisco Quiroz	May 19, 1984	March 29, 1985	1
9	Joey Olivo	March 29, 1985	December 8, 1985	1
10	Yuh Myung-woo	December 8, 1985	17th December 1991	17th
11	Hiroki Ioka	17th December 1991	November 18, 1992	2
12	Yuh Myung-woo (2)	November 18, 1992	1993	1
13	Leo Gámez	October 21, 1993	February 4, 1995	3
14th	Choi Hi-yong	February 4, 1995	January 13, 1996	1
15th	Carlos Murillo	January 13, 1996	May 21, 1996	1
16	Keiji Yamaguchi	May 21, 1996	3rd December 1996	1
17th	Pichitnoi Sitbangprachan	3rd December 1996	July 2000	5
18th	Beibis Mendoza	August 12, 2000	March 3, 2001	0
19th	Rosendo Álvarez	March 3, 2001	October 2, 2004	3
20th	Roberto Vásquez	April 29, 2005	2006	3
21st	Kōki Kameda	August 2, 2006	January 18, 2007	1
22nd	Juan Carlos Reveco	June 22, 2007	December 8, 2007	1
23	Brahim Asloum	December 8, 2007	December 6, 2009	0
24	Giovanni Segura	June 5, 2009	November 26, 2010	4th
25th	Juan Carlos Reveco (2)	August 28, 2010	February 2011	0
26th	Roman Gonzalez	February 4, 2011	November 30, 2012	5
27	Kazuto Ioka	December 31, 2012	July 8, 2014	3
28	Alberto Rossel	July 8, 2014	December 31, 2014	0
29	Ryōichi Taguchi	December 31, 2014	20th May 2018	6th
30th	Carlos Canizales	18th March 2018	current	1
31	Hekkie Budler	20th May 2018	December 31, 2018	0
31	Hiroto Kyoguchi	December 31, 2018	current	0

Superchampions

No.	World Champion	From	To	Number of title defenses
1	Giovanni Segura	August 28, 2010	November 26, 2010	0
2	Roman Gonzalez	November 30, 2012	January 14, 2014	0
3	Ryōichi Taguchi	December 31, 2017	20th May 2018	0
4th	Hekkie Budler	20th May 2018	December 31, 2018	0
5	Hiroto Kyoguchi	December 31, 2018	current	0

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

Flyweight

No.	World Champion	From	To	Number of title defenses
1	Fighting Harada	October 10, 1962	January 12, 1963	0
2	Pone Kingpetch	January 12, 1963	September 18, 1963	0
3	Hiroyuki Ebihara	September 18, 1963	January 23, 1964	0
4th	Pone Kingpetch (2)	January 23, 1964	April 23, 1965	0
5	Salvatore Burruni	April 23, 1965	November 1965	0
6th	Horacio Accavallo	March 1, 1966	1st October 1968	3
7th	Hiroyuki Ebihara (2)	March 30, 1969	19th October 1969	0
8th	Bernabe Villacampo	19th October 1969	April 5th 1970	0
9	Berkrerk Chartvanchai	April 5th 1970	October 22, 1970	0
10	Masao Ohba	October 22, 1970	January 24, 1973	5
11	Chartchai Chionoi	17th May 1973	October 18, 1974	2
12	Susumu Hanagata	October 18, 1974	April 1, 1975	0
13	Erbito Salavarria	April 1, 1975	February 27, 1976	1
14th	Alfonso López	February 27, 1976	2nd October 1976	1
15th	Guty espadas	2nd October 1976	August 12, 1978	4th
16	Betulio González	August 12, 1978	17th November 1979	3
17th	Luis Ibarra	17th November 1979	17th February 1980	0
18th	Kim Tae-shik	17th February 1980	December 13, 1980	1
19th	Peter Mathebula	December 13, 1980	March 28, 1981	0
20th	Santos Benigno Laciar	March 28, 1981	June 6, 1981	0
21st	Luis Ibarra (2)	June 6, 1981	September 26, 1981	0
22nd	Juan Herrera	September 26, 1981	May 1, 1982	1
23	Santos Benigno Laciar (2)	May 1, 1982	July 19, 1985	9
24	Hilario Zapata	5th October 1985	February 13, 1987	5
25th	Fidel Bassa	February 13, 1987	September 30, 1989	6th
26th	Jesus Kiki Rojas	September 30, 1989	March 10, 1990	0
27	Lee Yul-woo	March 10, 1990	July 29, 1990	0
28	Leopard Tamakuma	July 29, 1990	March 14, 1991	1
29	Elvis Álvarez	March 14, 1991	June 1, 1991	0
30th	Kim Yong-kang	June 1, 1991	September 26, 1992	2
31	Aquiles Guzmán	September 26, 1992	December 15, 1992	0
32	David Grimán	December 15, 1992	February 13, 1994	2
33	Saen Sor Ploenchit	February 13, 1994	November 24, 1996	9
34	José Bonilla	November 24, 1996	May 29, 1998	3
35	Hugo Rafael Soto	May 29, 1998	1999 Mar 13	0
36	Leo Gámez	March 13, 1999	September 3, 1999	0
37	Sornpichai Kratingdaenggym	September 3, 1999	August 5, 2000	1
38	Eric Morel	August 5, 2000	December 6, 2003	5
39	Lorenzo Parra	December 6, 2003	March 18, 2007	5
40	Takefumi Sakata	March 19, 2007	December 31, 2008	4th
41	Denkaosan Kaovichit	December 31, 2008	February 7, 2010	2
42	Daiki Kameda	February 7, 2010	January 2011	2
43	Luis Concepción	January 2011	April 2, 2011	0
44	Hernan Marquez	April 2, 2011	17th November 2012	2
45	Brian Viloria	17th November 2012	April 6, 2013	0
46	Juan Carlos Reveco	17th November 2012	April 22, 2015	6th
47	Juan Francisco Estrada	April 6, 2013	September 14, 2016	5
48	Kazuto Ioka	April 22, 2015	9th November 2017	3
49	Artem Dalakian	February 24, 2018	current	2

Superchampions

No.	World Champion	From	To	Number of title defenses
1	Brian Viloria	17th November 2012	April 6, 2013	0
2	Juan Francisco Estrada	April 6, 2013	September 14, 2016	5

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

Super flyweight

No.	World Champion	From	To	Number of title defenses
1	Gustavo Ballas	September 12, 1981	5th December 1981	0
2	Rafael Pedroza	5th December 1981	April 8, 1982	0
3	Jiro Watanabe	April 8, 1982	1984	6th
4th	Khaosai Galaxy	November 21, 1984	January 1992	19th
5	Katsuya Onizuka	April 10, 1992	September 18, 1994	5
6th	Lee Hyung-chul	September 18, 1994	July 22, 1995	1
7th	Alimí Goitía	July 22, 1995	August 24, 1996	3
8th	Yokthai Sithoar	August 24, 1996	December 23, 1997	4th
9	Satoshi Iida	December 23, 1997	December 23, 1998	2
10	Jesus Kiki Rojas	December 23, 1998	July 31, 1999	1
11	Hideki Todaka	July 31, 1999	October 9, 2000	2
12	Leo Gámez	October 9, 2000	March 11, 2001	0
13	Celes Kobayashi	March 11, 2001	March 9, 2002	1
14th	Alexander Muñoz	March 9, 2002	December 3, 2004	3
15th	Martin Castillo	December 3, 2004	July 22, 2006	3
16	Nobuo Nashiro	July 22, 2006	May 3, 2007	1
17th	Alexander Muñoz (2)	May 3, 2007	May 17, 2008	2
18th	Cristian Mijares	May 17, 2008	November 1, 2008	1
19th	Nobuo Nashiro (2)	September 15, 2008	May 8, 2010	2
20th	Vic Darchinyan	November 1, 2008	October 15, 2010	3
21st	Hugo Fidel Cázares	May 8, 2010	August 31, 2011	4th
22nd	Tomonobu Shimizu	August 31, 2011	April 4, 2012	0
23	Tepparith Singwancha	2011	December 31, 2012	3
24	Kohei Kono	December 31, 2012	May 6, 2013	0
25th	Liborio Solís	May 6, 2013	2nd December 2013	0
26th	Kōhei Kōno (2)	March 26, 2014	August 31, 2016	3
26th	Luis Concepción	August 31, 2016	10th of December	0
27	Khalid Saeed Yafai	December 10, 2016	current	4th

Superchampions

No.	World Champion	From	To	Number of title defenses
1	Cristian Mijares	May 17, 2008	November 1, 2008	1
2	Vic Darchinyan	November 1, 2008	October 15, 2010	3

World championship in super flyweight of the other major associations: WBC - IBF - WBO

Bantamweight

No.	World Champion	From	To	Number of title defenses
1	Éder Jofre	September 11, 1962	May 18, 1965	3
2	Fighting Harada	May 18, 1965	February 27, 1968	4th
3	Lionel Rose	February 27, 1968	22nd August 1969	3
4th	Rubén Olivares	22nd August 1969	October 16, 1970	2
5	Chucho Castillo	October 16, 1970	April 2nd 1971	0
6th	Rubén Olivares (2)	April 2nd 1971	March 19, 1972	2
7th	Rafael Herrera	March 19, 1972	July 29, 1972	0
8th	Enrique Pinder	July 29, 1972	20th January 1973	0
9	Romeo Anaya	20th January 1973	3rd November 1973	2
10	Arnold Taylor	3rd November 1973	3rd July 1974	0
11	Hong Soo-hwan	3rd July 1974	March 14, 1975	1
12	Alfonso Zamora	March 14, 1975	19th November 1977	5
13	Jorge Lujan	19th November 1977	August 29, 1980	5
14th	Julian Solis	August 29, 1980	November 14, 1980	0
15th	Jeff Chandler	November 114, 1980	April 7, 1984	9
16	Richard Sandoval	April 7, 1984	March 10, 1986	2
17th	Gaby Canizales	March 10, 1986	4th June 1986	0
18th	Bernardo Pinango	4th June 1986	March 29, 1987	3
19th	Takuya Muguruma	March 29, 1987	May 24, 1987	0
20th	Chan-yong park	May 24, 1987	4th October 1987	0
21st	Wilfredo Vázquez	4th October 1987	May 9, 1988	1
22nd	Khaokor Galaxy	May 9, 1988	August 14, 1988	0
23	Moon Sung-kil	August 14, 1988	July 9, 1989	2
24	Khaokor Galaxy (2)	July 9, 1989	October 18, 1989	0
25th	Luisito Espinosa	October 18, 1989	October 19, 1991	2
26th	Israel Contreras	October 19, 1991	March 15, 1992	0
27	Eddie Cook	March 15, 1992	October 9, 1992	0
28	Jorge Julio Rocha	October 9, 1992	October 23, 1993	2
29	Junior Jones	October 23, 1993	April 22, 1994	1
30th	John Michael Johnson	April 22, 1994	July 16, 1994	0
31	Daorung Chuvatana	July 16, 1994	17th September 1995	2
32	Veeraphol Sahaprom	17th September 1995	January 28, 1996	0
33	Nana Konadu	January 28, 1996	October 27, 1996	0
34	Daorung Chuvatana (2)	October 27, 1996	June 21, 1997	1
35	Nana Konadu (2)	June 21, 1997	5th December 1998	1
36	Johnny Tapia	5th December 1998	June 26, 1999	0
37	Paulie Ayala	June 26, 1999	August 7, 2001	3
38	Eidy Moya	October 14, 2001	April 19, 2002	0
39	Johnny Bredahl	April 19, 2002	October 11, 2004	3
40	Vladimir Sidorenko	February 26, 2005	May 31, 2008	6th
41	Anselmo Moreno	May 31, 2008	September 26, 2014	12
42	Kōki Kameda	December 26, 2010	December 6, 2013	8th
43	Jamie McDonnell	May 31, 2014	25th May 2018	5
44	Juan Carlos Payano	September 26, 2014	June 18, 2016	1
45	Rau'Shee Warren	June 18, 2016	February 10, 2017	0
46	Zhanat Zhakiyanov	February 10, 2017	October 21, 2017	0
47	Ryan Burnett	October 21, 2017	3rd November 2018	1
48	Naoya Inoue	May 25, 2018	current	1
49	Nonito Donaire	3rd November 2018	current	0

Superchampions

No.	World Champion	From	To	Number of title defenses
1	Anselmo Moreno	November 19, 2010	September 26, 2014	5
2	Juan Carlos Payano	September 26, 2014	June 18, 2016	1
3	Rau'Shee Warren	June 18, 2016	February 10, 2017	0
4th	Zhanat Zhakiyanov	February 10, 2017	October 21, 2017	0
5	Ryan Burnett	October 21, 2017	3rd November 2018	1
6th	Nonito Donaire	3rd November 2018	current	0

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

Super bantamweight

No.	World Champion	From	To	Number of title defenses
1	Hong Soo-hwan	November 26, 1977	May 7, 1978	1
2	Ricardo Cardona	May 7, 1978	May 4th 1980	5
3	Leo Randolph	May 4th 1980	August 9, 1980	0
4th	Sergio Víctor Palma	August 9, 1980	June 12, 1982	5
5	Leonardo Cruz	June 12, 1982	February 22, 1984	3
6th	Loris Stecca	February 22, 1984	May 26, 1984	0
7th	Victor Callejas	May 26, 1984	1986	2
8th	Louie Espinoza	January 16, 1987	November 28, 1987	2
9	Julio Gervacio	November 28, 1987	February 27, 1988	0
10	Bernardo Pinango	February 27, 1988	May 28, 1988	0
11	Juan José Estrada	May 28, 1988	December 11, 1989	3
12	Jesus Salud	December 11, 1989	1990	0
13	Luis Enrique Mendoza	September 11, 1990	October 7, 1991	4th
14th	Raúl Pérez	October 7, 1991	March 27, 1992	0
15th	Wilfredo Vázquez	March 27, 1992	May 13, 1995	9
16	Antonio Cermeño	May 13, 1995	1998	7th
17th	Enrique Sánchez	February 8, 1998	December 12, 1998	0
18th	Néstor Garza	December 12, 1998	March 4, 2000	2
19th	Clarence Adams	March 4, 2000	2001	2
20th	Yober Ortega	November 17, 2001	February 21, 2002	0
21st	Yoddamrong Sithyodthong	February 21, 2002	May 18, 2002	0
22nd	Osamu Satō	May 18, 2002	October 9, 2002	0
23	Salim Medjkoune	October 9, 2002	4th July 2003	1
24	Mahyar Monshipour	4th July 2003	March 18, 2006	5
25th	Somsak Sithchatchawal	March 18, 2006	October 4, 2006	0
26th	Celestino Caballero	October 4, 2006	2010	8th
27	Ricardo Cordoba	November 21, 2008	March 21, 2009	0
28	Bernard Dunne	March 21, 2009	September 26, 2009	0
29	Poonsawat Kratingdaenggym	September 26, 2009	October 2, 2010	2
30th	Ryol-li Lee	October 2, 2010	January 31, 2011	0
31	Akifumi Shimoda	January 31, 2011	July 9, 2011	0
32	Rico Ramos	July 9, 2011	January 20, 2012	0
33	Guillermo Rigondeaux	January 20, 2012	October 30, 2015	6th
34	Scott Quigg	5th September 2013	February 27, 2016	6th
34	Carl Frampton	February 27, 2016	April 7, 2016	0
33	Guillermo Rigondeaux (2)	April 8, 2016	December 9, 2017	2
34	Nehomar Cermeño	June 24, 2016	April 9, 2017	2
35	Shun Kubo	April 9, 2017	3rd September 2017	0
36	Daniel Roman	3rd September 2017	current	2

Superchampions

No.	World Champion	From	To	Number of title defenses
1	Celestino Caballero	November 21, 2008	December 11, 2010	2
2	Guillermo Rigondeaux	April 13, 2013	October 30, 2015	3
3	Carl Frampton	February 27, 2016	April 7, 2016	0
4th	Guillermo Rigondeaux (2)	May 6, 2016	December 9, 2017	2

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

Featherweight

No.	World Champion	From	To	Number of title defenses
1	Sugar Ramos	March 21, 1963	September 26, 1964	3
2	Vicente Saldivar	September 26, 1964	October 1967	7th
3	Raul Rojas	March 28, 1968	September 27, 1968	0
4th	Shōzō Saijō	September 27, 1968	2nd September 1971	5
5	Antonio Gomez	2nd September 1971	19th August 1972	1
6th	Ernesto Marcel	19th August 1972	1974	4th
7th	Rubén Olivares	July 9, 1974	23rd November 1974	0
8th	Alexis Argüello	23rd November 1974	1977	4th
9	Rafael Ortega	15th January 1977	17th December 1977	1
10	Cecilio Lastra	17th December 1977	April 15, 1978	0
11	Eusebio Pedroza	April 15, 1978	June 8, 1985	19th
12	Barry McGuigan	June 8, 1985	June 23, 1986	2
13	Steve Cruz	June 23, 1986	March 6, 1987	0
14th	Antonio Esperragozza	March 6, 1987	March 30, 1991	7th
15th	Yong-kyun Park	March 30, 1991	4th December 1993	8th
16	Eloy Rojas	4th December 1993	May 18, 1996	6th
17th	Wilfredo Vázquez	May 18, 1996	April 3, 1998	4th
18th	Freddie Norwood	April 3, 1998	September 22, 1998	2
19th	Antonio Cermeño	October 3, 1998	May 29, 1999	1
20th	Freddie Norwood (2)	May 29, 1999	September 9, 2000	3
21st	Derrick Gainer	September 9, 2000	November 1, 2003	3
22nd	Juan Manuel Marquez	November 1, 2003	2005	3
23	Chris John	November 1, 2003	December 6, 2013	18th
24	Yuriorkis Gamboa	July 23, 2009	June 11, 2011	5
25th	Jonathan Victor Barros	4th December 2010	October 14, 2011	2
26th	Celestino Caballero	October 14, 2011	October 2012	1
27	Nicholas Walters	December 8, 2012	February 21, 2015	3
28	Simpiwe Vetyeka	December 6, 2013	May 31, 2014	0
29	Nonito Donaire	May 31, 2014	October 18, 2014	0
30th	Jesús Marcelo Andrés Cuellar	February 21, 2015	December 10, 2016	2
31	Léo Santa Cruz	29th August 2015	July 30, 2016	1
32	Carl Frampton	July 30, 2016	January 28, 2017	0
33	Abner Mares	December 10, 2016	June 9, 2018	1
34	Leo Santa Cruz (2)	January 28, 2017	current	3
35	Jesús Rojas	5th July 2018	January 26, 2019	0
36	Xu Can	January 26, 2019	current	0

Superchampions

No.	World Champion	From	To	Number of title defenses
1	Juan Manuel Marquez	November 1, 2003	August 22, 2005	3
2	Chris John	5th December 2010	December 6, 2013	6th
3	Yuriorkis Gamboa	September 11, 2010	June 11, 2011	1
4th	Simpiwe Vetyeka	2nd December 2013	May 31, 2014	0
5	Nonito Donaire	May 31, 2014	October 18, 2014	0
6th	Nicholas Walters	October 18, 2014	June 13, 2015	0
7th	Léo Santa Cruz	29th August 2015	July 30, 2016	1
8th	Carl Frampton	July 30, 2016	January 28, 2017	0
9	Leo Santa Cruz (2)	January 28, 2017	current	3

World featherweight championship of the other major associations: WBC - IBF - WBO - NBA - NYSAC

Super featherweight

No.	World Champion	From	To	Number of title defenses
1	Flash Elorde	February 16, 1963	June 15, 1967	5
2	Yoshiaki Numata	June 15, 1967	December 14, 1967	0
3	Hiroshi Kobayashi	December 14, 1967	July 29, 1971	6th
4th	Alfredo Marcano	July 29, 1971	April 25, 1972	1
5	Ben Villaflor	April 25, 1972	March 12, 1973	1
6th	Kuniaki Shibata	March 12, 1973	17th October 1973	1
7th	Ben Villaflor (2)	17th October 1973	October 16, 1976	5
8th	Samuel Serrano	October 16, 1976	2nd August 1980	10
9	Yasutsune Uehara	2nd August 1980	April 9, 1981	1
10	Samuel Serrano (2)	April 9, 1981	January 19, 1983	3
11	Roger Mayweather	January 19, 1983	February 26, 1984	2
12	Rocky Lockridge	February 26, 1984	May 19, 1985	2
13	Wilfredo Gomez	May 19, 1985	May 24, 1986	0
14th	Alfredo Layne	May 24, 1986	September 27, 1986	0
15th	Brian Mitchell	September 27, 1986	1991	12
16	Joey Gamache	June 28, 1991	1991	0
17th	Genaro Hernandez	November 22, 1991	1995	8th
18th	Choi Yong-soo	October 21, 1995	5th September 1998	7th
19th	Takanori Hatakeyama	5th September 1998	June 27, 1999	1
20th	Lakva Sim	June 27, 1999	October 31, 1999	0
21st	Baek Jong-kwon	October 31, 1999	May 21, 2000	1
22nd	Joel Casamayor	May 21, 2000	January 12, 2002	4th
23	Acelino Freitas	January 12, 2002	January 15, 2004	3
24	Yodsanan Sor Nanthachai	April 13, 2002	April 30, 2005	3
25th	Vicente Mosquera	April 30, 2005	August 5, 2006	1
26th	Edwin Valero	August 5, 2006	August 31, 2008	4th
27	Jorge Linares	November 28, 2008	October 10, 2009	1
28	Juan Carlos Salgado	October 10, 2009	January 11, 2010	0
29	Takashi Uchiyama	January 11, 2010	April 27, 2016	11
30th	Javier Fortuna	May 29, 2015	June 24, 2016	1
31	Jezreel Corrales	April 27, 2016	October 21, 2017	2
32	Jason Sosa	June 24, 2016	15th February 2017	1
33	Alberto Machado	October 21, 2017	February 9, 2019	1
34	Gervonta Davis	April 21, 2018	current	1
35	Andrew Cancio	February 9, 2019	current	0

Superchampions

No.	World Champion	From	To	Number of title defenses
1	Acelino Freitas	January 12, 2002	January 15, 2004	3
2	Takashi Uchiyama	February 21, 2015	April 27, 2016	2
3	Jezreel Corrales	April 27, 2016	October 21, 2017	2
4th	Gervonta Davis	April 21, 2018	current	1

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

lightweight

No.	World Champion	From	To	Number of title defenses
1	Carlos Ortiz	April 21, 1962	April 1, 1965	4th
2	Ismael Laguna	April 10, 1965	November 13, 1965	0
3	Carlos Ortiz (2)	November 13, 1965	June 29, 1968	5
4th	Carlos Teo Cruz	June 29, 1968	18th February 1969	1
5	Mando Ramos	18th February 1969	March 3, 1970	1
6th	Ismael Laguna (2)	March 3, 1970	September 26, 1970	1
7th	Ken Buchanan	September 26, 1970	June 26, 1972	2
8th	Roberto Durán	June 26, 1972	January 1979	12
9	Ernesto España	June 16, 1979	March 2, 1980	1
10	Hilmer Kenty	March 2, 1980	April 12, 1981	3
11	Sean O'Grady	April 12, 1981	1981	0
12	Claude Noel	September 12, 1981	5th December 1981	0
13	Arturo Frias	5th December 1981	May 8, 1982	1
14th	Ray Mancini	May 8, 1982	June 1, 1984	4th
15th	Livingstone Bramble	June 1, 1984	1986 Sep 26	2
16	Edwin Rosario	September 26, 1986	November 21, 1987	1
17th	Julio César Chavez	November 21, 1987	1989	2
18th	Edwin Rosario (2)	July 9, 1989	April 4, 1990	0
19th	Juan Nazario	April 4, 1990	August 11, 1990	0
20th	Pernell Whitaker	August 11, 1990	1992	3
21st	Joey Gamache	June 13, 1992	October 24, 1992	0
22nd	Tony Lopez	October 24, 1992	June 26, 1993	1
23	Dingaan Thobela	June 26, 1993	October 30, 1993	0
24	Orsubek Nazarov	October 30, 1993	May 16, 1998	6th
25th	Jean-Baptiste Mendy	May 16, 1998	April 10, 1999	1
26th	Julien Lorcy	April 10, 1999	August 7, 1999	0
27	Stefano Zoff	August 7, 1999	November 13, 1999	0
28	Gilberto Serrano	November 13, 1999	June 11, 2000	1
29	Takanori Hatakeyama	June 11, 2000	July 1, 2001	2
30th	Julien Lorcy (2)	July 1, 2001	October 8, 2001	0
31	Raul Horacio Balbi	October 8, 2001	January 5, 2002	0
32	Leonard Doroftei	January 5, 2002	October 24, 2003	2
33	Lakva Sim	April 10, 2004	July 17, 2004	0
34	Juan Díaz	July 17, 2004	March 8, 2008	7th
35	José Alfaro	December 29, 2007	May 19, 2008	0
36	Nate Campbell	March 8, 2008	February 13, 2009	0
37	Yūsuke Kobori	May 19, 2008	January 3, 2009	0
38	Paul Moses	January 3, 2009	May 29, 2010	1
39	Juan Manuel Marquez	February 28, 2009	January 2012	2
40	Miguel Acosta	May 29, 2010	February 26, 2011	0
41	Brandon Rios	February 26, 2011	December 2, 2011	1
42	Richard Abril	February 28, 2013	April 9, 2015	2
43	Darley's Pérez	April 9, 2015	November 21, 2015	1
44	Anthony Crolla	November 21, 2015	September 24, 2016	1
45	Jorge Linares	September 24, 2016	May 12, 2018	3
46	Vasyl Lomatschenko	May 12, 2018	current	1

Superchampions

No.	World Champion	From	To	Number of title defenses
1	Juan Díaz	February 23, 2007	March 8, 2008	2
2	Nate Campbell	March 8, 2008	February 13, 2009	0
3	Juan Manuel Marquez	February 28, 2009	January 8, 2012	2
4th	Vasyl Lomatschenko	May 12, 2018	current	1

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

Light welterweight

No.	World Champion	From	To	Number of title defenses
1	Eddie Perkins	September 14, 1962	December 15, 1962	0
2	Duilio Loi	December 15, 1962	1962	0
3	Roberto Cruz	March 21, 1963	June 15, 1963	0
4th	Eddie Perkins (2)	June 15, 1963	January 18, 1965	2
5	Carlos Hernández	January 18, 1965	April 29, 1966	2
6th	Sandro Lopopolo	April 29, 1966	April 30, 1967	1
7th	Takeshi Fuji	April 30, 1967	December 12, 1968	1
8th	Nicolino Locche	December 12, 1968	March 10, 1972	5
9	Alfonso Frazer	March 10, 1972	October 28, 1972	0
10	Antonio Cervantes	October 28, 1972	March 6, 1976	10
11	Wilfred Benitez	March 6, 1976	1977	2
12	Antonio Cervantes (2)	June 25, 1977	2nd August 1980	6th
13	Aaron Pryor	2nd August 1980	1983	8th
14th	Johnny Bumphus	January 22nd 1984	June 1, 1984	0
15th	Gene Hatcher	June 1, 1984	July 21, 1985	1
16	Ubaldo Néstor Sacco	July 21, 1985	March 15, 1986	0
17th	Patrizio Oliva	March 15, 1986	4th July 1987	2
18th	Juan Martin Coggi	4th July 1987	17th August 1990	4th
19th	Loreto Garza	17th August 1990	June 14, 1991	1
20th	Edwin Rosario	June 14, 1991	April 1, 1992	0
21st	Akinobu Hiranaka	April 10, 1992	September 9, 1992	0
22nd	Morris East	September 9, 1992	January 12, 1993	0
23	Juan Martin Coggi (2)	January 12, 1993	17th September 1994	6th
24	Frankie Randall	17th September 1994	January 13, 1996	2
25th	Juan Martin Coggi (3)	January 13, 1996	August 16, 1996	0
26th	Frankie Randall (2)	August 16, 1996	January 11, 1997	0
27	Khalid Rahilou	January 11, 1997	October 10, 1998	2
28	Sharmba Mitchell	October 10, 1998	February 3, 2001	4th
29	Kostya Tszyu	February 3, 2001	2004	4th
30th	Diosbely's Hurtado	May 11, 2002	October 19, 2002	0
31	Vivian Harris	October 19, 2002	June 25, 2005	3
32	Carlos Maussa	June 25, 2005	November 26, 2005	0
33	Ricky Hatton	November 26, 2005	May 4, 2006	0
34	Souleymane M'baye	September 2, 2006	July 21, 2007	1
35	Gavin Rees	July 21, 2007	March 22, 2008	0
36	Andreas Kotelnik	March 22, 2008	July 18, 2009	2
37	Amir Khan	2009	December 10, 2011	5
38	Marcos René Maidana	July 23, 2011	July 2012	1
39	Lamont Peterson	December 10, 2011	June 2012	0
40	Amir Khan	June 2012	July 14, 2012	0
41	Danny Garcia	July 14, 2012	November 11, 2015	4th
42	Khabib Allakhverdiev	November 30, 2012	April 12, 2014	1
42	Jessie Vargas	April 12, 2014	June 27, 2015	2
43	Adrien Broner	3rd October 2015	March 31, 2016	0
44	Ricky Burns	May 28, 2016	April 15, 2017	1
45	Julius Indongo	April 15, 2017	19th August 2017	0
46	Terence Crawford	19th August 2017	October 26, 2017	0
47	Kiryl Relikh	18th March 2018	current	1

Superchampions

No.	World Champion	From	To	Number of title defenses
1	Kostya Tszyu	February 3, 2001	March 16, 2004	4th
2	Ricky Hatton	November 25, 2005	May 4, 2006	0
3	Amir Khan	July 23, 2011	December 10, 2011	4th
5	Lamont Peterson	December 10, 2011	June 27, 2012	0
6th	Amir Khan (2)	July 11, 2012	July 14, 2012	0
7th	Danny García	July 14, 2012	September 11, 2015	4th
8th	Julius Indongo	April 15, 2017	19th August 2017	0
9	Terence Crawford	August 31, 2017	October 26, 2017	0

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

Welterweight

No.	World Champion	From	To	Number of title defenses
1	Emile Griffith	December 8, 1962	March 21, 1963	0
2	Luis Manuel Rodriguez	March 12, 1963	1963 Jun 8	0
3	Emile Griffith (2)	June 8, 1963	April 25, 1966	4th
4th	Curtis Cokes	August 24, 1966	April 18th 1969	5
5	José Nápoles	April 18th 1969	1970 Dec 3	3
6th	Billy Backus	3rd December 1970	4th June 1971	0
7th	José Nápoles (2)	4th June 1971	1975	9
8th	Angel Espada	June 28, 1975	17th July 1976	1
9	Pipino Cuevas	17th July 1976	2nd August 1980	11
10	Thomas Hearns	2nd August 1980	September 16, 1981	3
11	Sugar Ray Leonard	September 16, 1981	November 9, 1982	1
12	Donald Curry	February 13, 1983	September 27, 1986	7th
13	Lloyd Honeyghan	September 27, 1986	1987	0
14th	Mark Breland	February 6, 1987	August 22, 1987	0
15th	Marlon Starling	August 22, 1987	July 29, 1988	2
16	Tomás Molinares	July 29, 1988	December 12, 1988	0
17th	Mark Breland (2)	4th February 1989	July 8, 1990	4th
18th	Aaron Davis	July 8, 1990	January 19, 1991	0
19th	Meldrick Taylor	January 19, 1991	October 31, 1992	2
20th	Crisanto España	October 31, 1992	4th June 1994	2
21st	Ike Quartey	4th June 1994	October 1998	7th
22nd	James Page	October 10, 1998	2000	3
23	Andrew Lewis	February 17, 2001	March 30, 2002	2
24	Ricardo Mayorga	March 30, 2002	December 13, 2003	2
25th	Jose Antonio Rivera	September 13, 2003	April 2, 2005	0
26th	Cory Spinks	December 13, 2003	February 5, 2005	2
27	Zab Judah	February 5, 2005	January 7, 2006	1
28	Luis Collazo	April 2, 2005	May 13, 2006	1
29	Ricky Hatton	May 13, 2006	August 31, 2006	0
30th	Miguel Angel Cotto	December 2, 2006	July 26, 2008	4th
31	Antonio Margarito	July 26, 2008	January 24, 2009	0
32	Yuriy Nuzhnenko	October 3, 2008	April 10, 2009	0
33	Shane Mosley	January 24, 2009	May 2010	0
34	Vyacheslav Senchenko	April 10, 2009	April 29, 2012	3
35	Paul Malignaggi	April 29, 2012	June 22, 2013	0
36	Adrien Broner	June 22, 2013	December 14, 2013	0
37	Marcos Maidana	December 14, 2013	May 3, 2014	0
38	Floyd Mayweather Jr.	May 3, 2014	20th January 2016	3
39	Keith Thurman	January 28, 2015	current	5
40	David Avanesyan	February 7, 2017	18th February 2017	0
41	Lamont Peterson	18th February 2017	3rd October 2017	0
42	Lucas Matthysse	January 27, 2018	15th July 2018	0
43	Manny Pacquiao	15th July 2018	current	1

Superchampions

No.	World Champion	From	To	Number of title defenses
1	Ricardo Mayorga	January 25, 2003	December 13, 2003	1
2	Cory Spinks	December 13, 2003	February 5, 2005	2
3	Zab Judah	February 5, 2005	January 7, 2006	1
4th	Shane Mosley	January 24, 2009	May 22, 2010	0
5	Floyd Mayweather Jr.	May 3, 2014	20th January 2016	3
6th	Keith Thurman	February 7, 2017	current	1

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

Light middleweight

No.	World Champion	From	To	Number of title defenses
1	Denny Moyer	October 20, 1962	April 29, 1963	1
2	Ralph Dupas	April 29, 1963	September 7, 1963	1
3	Sandro Mazzinghi	September 7, 1963	June 18, 1965	3
4th	Nino Benvenuti	June 18, 1965	June 25, 1966	1
5	Kim Ki-soo	June 25, 1966	May 26, 1968	2
6th	Sandro Mazzinghi (2)	May 26, 1968	November 1968	1
7th	Freddie Little	17th March 1969	July 9, 1970	2
8th	Carmelo Bossi	July 9, 1970	October 31, 1971	1
9	Kōichi Wajima	October 31, 1971	4th June 1974	6th
10	Oscar Albarado	4th June 1974	January 21, 1975	1
11	Kōichi Wajima (2)	January 21, 1975	June 7th 1975	0
12	Yuh Jae-doo	June 7th 1975	17th February 1976	1
13	Kōichi Wajima (3)	17th February 1976	May 18, 1976	0
14th	José Manuel Durán	May 18, 1976	October 8, 1976	0
15th	Miguel Angel Castellini	October 8, 1976	March 5th 1977	0
16	Eddie Gazo	March 5th 1977	August 9, 1978	3
17th	Masashi Kudo	August 9, 1978	October 24, 1979	3
18th	Ayub Kalule	October 24, 1979	June 25, 1981	4th
19th	Sugar Ray Leonard	June 25, 1981	September 22, 1981	0
20th	Tadashi Mihara	November 7, 1981	2nd February 1982	0
21st	Davey Moore	2nd February 1982	June 16, 1983	3
22nd	Roberto Durán	June 16, 1983	1984	0
23	Mike McCallum	October 19, 1984	1987	6th
24	Julian Jackson	November 21, 1987	November 24, 1990	3
25th	Gilbert Dele	February 23, 1991	October 1, 1991	1
26th	Vinny Pazienza	October 1, 1991	1992	0
27	Julio César Vásquez	December 21, 1992	March 4, 1995	10
28	Pernell Whitaker	March 4, 1995	1995	0
29	Carl Daniels	June 16, 1995	December 16, 1995	0
30th	Julio César Vásquez (2)	December 16, 1995	August 21, 1996	0
31	Laurent Boudouani	August 21, 1996	May 6, 1999	4th
32	David Reid	March 6, 1999	March 3, 2000	2
33	Félix Trinidad	March 3, 2000	May 12, 2001	2
34	Fernando Vargas	September 22, 2001	September 14, 2002	0
35	Óscar de la Hoya	September 14, 2002	September 13, 2003	1
36	Santiago Samaniego	September 14, 2002	March 1, 2003	0
37	Alejandro García	March 1, 2003	December 13, 2003	1
38	Shane Mosley	September 13, 2003	March 13, 2004	0
39	Travis Simms	December 13, 2003	June 2005	1
40	Ronald Wright	March 13, 2004	May 2005	1
41	Alejandro García (2)	June 2005	May 6, 2006	1
42	Jose Antonio Rivera	May 6, 2006	January 6, 2007	0
43	Travis Simms (2)	August 2006	January 6, 2007	0
43	Travis Simms (2)	January 6, 2007	July 7, 2007	0
44	Joachim Alcine	July 7, 2007	July 11, 2008	1
45	Daniel Santos	July 11, 2008	November 14, 2009	0
46	Yuri Foreman	November 14, 2009	June 5, 2010	0
47	Miguel Angel Cotto	June 5, 2010	May 5, 2012	2
48	Austin Trout	February 5, 2011	April 20, 2013	4th
49	Floyd Mayweather Jr.	May 5, 2012	20th January 2016	1
50	Saúl Álvarez	April 20, 2013	September 14, 2013	0
51	Erislandy Lara	March 13th. 2014	April 8, 2018	6th
52	Jack Culcay-Keth	June 8, 2016	March 11, 2017	0
53	Demetrius Andrade	March 11, 2017	October 21, 2017	0
54	Brian Castaño	October 22, 2017	current	2
55	Jarrett Hurd	April 8, 2018	current	1

Superchampions

No.	World Champion	From	To	Number of title defenses
1	Óscar de la Hoya	September 14, 2002	September 13, 2003	1
2	Shane Mosley	September 13, 2003	March 13, 2004	0
3	Ronald Wright	March 13, 2004	May 2005	1
4th	Miguel Cotto	September 10, 2010	May 5, 2012	2
5	Floyd Mayweather Jr.	May 5, 2012	20th January 2016	1
6th	Erislandy Lara	June 8, 2016	April 8, 2018	2
7th	Jarrett Hurd	April 8, 2018	current	1

World title in super welterweight of the other associations: WBC - IBF - WBO

medium weight

No.	World Champion	From	To	Number of title defenses
1	Dick Tiger	October 23, 1962	7th December 1963	2
2	Joey Giardello	7th December 1963	October 21, 1965	1
3	Dick Tiger (2)	October 21, 1965	April 25, 1966	0
4th	Emile Griffith	April 25, 1966	April 17, 1967	2
5	Nino Benvenuti	April 17, 1967	29th September 1967	0
6th	Emile Griffith (2)	29th September 1967	4th March 1968	0
7th	Nino Benvenuti (2)	4th March 1968	November 7, 1970	4th
8th	Carlos Monzón	November 7, 1970	August 29, 1977	14th
9	Rodrigo Valdez	5th November 1977	April 22, 1978	0
10	Hugo Pastor Corro	April 22, 1978	June 30, 1979	2
11	Vito Antuofermo	June 30, 1979	March 16, 1980	1
12	Alan Minter	March 16, 1980	September 27, 1980	1
13	Marvin Hagler	September 27, 1980	1987	12
14th	Sumbu Kalambay	October 23, 1987	1989	3
15th	Mike McCallum	May 10, 1989	1991	3
16	Reggie Johnson	April 22, 1992	October 1, 1993	3
17th	John David Jackson	October 1, 1993	August 1994	0
18th	Jorge Fernando Castro	August 12, 1994	December 19, 1995	4th
19th	Shinji Takehara	December 19, 1995	June 24, 1996	0
20th	William Joppy	June 24, 1996	August 23, 1997	2
21st	Julio César Green	August 23, 1997	January 31, 1998	0
22nd	William Joppy (2)	January 31, 1998	May 12, 2001	5
23	Félix Trinidad	May 12, 2001	September 29, 2001	0
24	Bernard Hopkins	September 29, 2001	July 16, 2005	6th
25th	William Joppy (3)	November 17, 2001	December 13, 2003	1
26th	Maselino Masoe	May 1, 2004	March 11, 2006	0
27	Jermain Taylor	July 16, 2005	December 14, 2006	1
28	Felix Sturm	March 11, 2006	July 15, 2006	0
29	Javier Castillejo	July 15, 2006	April 28, 2007	1
30th	Felix Sturm (2)	April 28, 2007	September 1, 2012	12
31	Gennady Golovkin	October 2010	15th September 2018	20th
32	Daniel Geale	September 1, 2012	November 1, 2012	0
33	Daniel Jacobs	August 9, 2014	18th March 2017	4th
34	Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam	20th May 2017	October 22, 2017	0
35	Ryota Murata	October 22, 2017	20th October 2018	1
36	Saúl Álvarez	15th September 2018	current	0
37	Rob Brant	20th October 2018	current	1

Superchampions

No.	World Champion	From	To	Number of title defenses
1	Bernard Hopkins	September 29, 2001	July 16, 2005	6th
2	Jermain Taylor	July 16, 2005	December 14, 2006	1
3	Felix Sturm	March 11, 2006	July 5, 2006	0
4th	Daniel Geale	September 1, 2012	November 1, 2012	0
5	Gennady Golovkin	June 2014	15th September 2018	9
6th	Saúl Álvarez	September 15th	current	0

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

Super middleweight

No.	World Champion	From	To	Number of title defenses
1	Park Chong-pal	December 6, 1987	May 23, 1988	1
2	Fulgencio Obelmejias	May 23, 1988	May 28, 1989	0
3	Baek In-chul	May 28, 1989	March 30, 1990	2
4th	Christophe Tiozzo	March 30, 1990	April 5, 1991	2
5	Víctor Cordoba	April 5, 1991	September 12, 1992	1
6th	Michael Nunn	September 12, 1992	February 26, 1994	4th
7th	Steve Little	February 26, 1994	August 12, 1994	0
8th	Frankie Liles	August 12, 1994	June 12, 1999	7th
9	Byron Mitchell	June 12, 1999	April 8, 2000	1
10	Bruno Girard	April 8, 2000	March 3, 2001	1
11	Byron Mitchell (2)	March 3, 2001	March 15, 2003	2
12	Sven Ottke	March 15, 2003	2004	4th
13	Anthony Mundine	September 3, 2003	May 5, 2004	1
14th	Manny Siaca	May 5, 2004	November 12, 2004	0
15th	Mikkel Kessler	November 12, 2004	November 3, 2007	4th
16	Anthony Mundine (2)	March 7, 2007	May 28, 2008	4th
17th	Joe Calzaghe	November 3, 2007	September 2008	0
18th	Mikkel Kessler (2)	June 21, 2008	November 21, 2009	2
19th	Dimitri Sartison	November 21, 2009	July 2011	1
20th	Andre Ward	November 21, 2009	November 12, 2015	6th
21st	Károly Balzsay	2011 Aug 26	August 2012	1
22nd	Brian Magee	November 2012	December 8, 2012	0
23	Mikkel Kessler (3)	December 8, 2012	May 25, 2013	0
24	Carl Froch	May 25, 2013	May 8, 2015	2
26th	Fyodor Chudinov	May 9, 2015	20th February 2016	1
27	Giovanni de Carolis	January 9, 2016	5th November 2016	1
28	Felix Sturm	20th February 2016	September 6, 2016	0
29	Tyron witness	5th November 2016	July 14, 2018	3
30th	George Groves	May 27, 2017	28th September 2018	2
31	Rocky Fielding	July 14, 2018	15th December 2018	0
32	Callum Smith	28th September 2018	current	0
33	Saúl Álvarez	15th December 2018	current	0

Superchampions

No.	World Champion	From	To	Number of title defenses
1	Sven Ottke	March 15, 2003	March 27, 2004	4th
2	Mikkel Kessler	October 14, 2006	November 3, 2007	1
3	Joe Calzaghe	November 3, 2007	September 2008	0
4th	Andre Ward	November 21, 2009	November 12, 2015	6th
5	Carl Froch	May 25, 2013	May 8, 2015	2
7th	Fyodor Chudinov	5th January 2016	20th February 2016	0
8th	Felix Sturm	20th February 2016	September 6, 2016	0
9	George Groves	May 27, 2017	28th September 2018	2
10	Callum Smith	28th September 2018	current	0

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

Light heavyweight

No.	World Champion	From	To	Number of title defenses
1	Willie Pastrano	June 1, 1963	March 30, 1965	2
2	José Torres	March 30, 1965	December 16, 1966	3
3	Dick Tiger	December 16, 1966	May 24, 1968	2
4th	Bob Foster	May 24, 1968	December 9, 1970	4th
5	Vicente Rondón	February 27, 1971	April 7, 1972	4th
6th	Bob Foster (2)	April 7, 1972	September 16, 1974	5
7th	Víctor Galíndez	7th December 1974	September 15, 1978	10
8th	Mike Rossman	September 15, 1978	April 14, 1979	1
9	Víctor Galíndez (2)	April 14, 1979	November 30, 1979	0
10	Marvin Johnson	November 30, 1979	March 31, 1980	0
11	Eddie Mustafa Muhammad	March 31, 1980	July 18, 1981	2
12	Michael Spinks	July 18, 1981	September 21, 1985	10
13	Marvin Johnson (2)	February 9, 1986	May 23, 1987	1
14th	Leslie Stewart	May 23, 1987	5th September 1987	0
15th	Virgil Hill	5th September 1987	June 3, 1991	10
16	Thomas Hearns	June 3, 1991	March 20, 1992	0
17th	Iran Barkley	March 20, 1992	29th September 1992	0
18th	Virgil Hill (2)	29th September 1992	June 13, 1997	10
19th	Dariusz Michalczewski	June 13, 1997	July 1, 1997	0
20th	Lou Del Valle	September 20, 1997	July 18, 1998	0
21st	Roy Jones Jr.	July 18, 1998	2003	10
22nd	Bruno Girard	December 22, 2001	March 8, 2003	2
23	Mehdi Sahnoune	March 8, 2003	October 10, 2003	0
24	Silvio Branco	October 10, 2003	March 20, 2004	0
25th	Roy Jones Jr. (2)	November 8, 2003	May 15, 2004	0
26th	Fabrice Tiozzo	March 20, 2004	October 19, 2006	1
27	Antonio Tarver	May 15, 2004	December 2004	0
28	Silvio Branco (2)	October 19, 2006	April 28, 2007	0
29	Stipe Drews	April 28, 2007	December 16, 2007	0
30th	Danny Green	December 16, 2007	March 25, 2008	0
31	Hugo Hernán Garay	July 3, 2008	June 20, 2009	1
32	Gabriel Campillo	June 20, 2009	January 29, 2010	1
33	Beibut Shumenov	January 29, 2010	April 19, 2014	5
34	Jürgen Brähmer	December 14, 2013	October 1, 2016	6th
36	Bernard Hopkins	April 19, 2014	November 8, 2014	1
37	Sergei Kovalev	November 8, 2014	19th November 2016	4th
38	Nathan Cleverly	October 1, 2016	26th August 2017	0
39	Andre Ward	19th November 2016	September 21, 2017	1
40	Badou Jack	26th August 2017	23 September 2017	0
41	Dmitry Bivol	October 11, 2017	current	5

Superchampions

No.	World Champion	From	To	Number of title defenses
1	Roy Jones Junior	November 8, 2003	May 15, 2004	0
2	Antonio Tarver	May 15, 2004	December 2004	0
3	Beibut Shumenov	October 8, 2013	April 19, 2014	1
4th	Bernard Hopkins	April 19, 2014	November 8, 2014	0
5	Sergey Kovalev	November 8, 2014	19th November 2016	4th
6th	Andre Ward	19th November 2016	September 21, 2017	1

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

Cruiser weight

No.	World Champion	From	To	Number of title defenses
1	Ossie Ocasio	February 13, 1982	1st December 1984	3
2	Piet Crous	1st December 1984	July 27, 1985	1
3	Dwight Qawi	July 27, 1985	July 12, 1986	1
4th	Evander Holyfield	July 12, 1986	April 9, 1988	5
5	Taoufik Belbouli	March 25, 1989	November 27, 1989	0
6th	Robert Daniels	November 27, 1989	March 8, 1991	2
7th	Bobby Czyz	March 8, 1991	May 8, 1992	2
8th	Orlin Norris	November 6, 1993	July 22, 1995	4th
9	Nate Miller	July 22, 1995	November 8, 1997	4th
10	Fabrice Tiozzo	November 8, 1997	December 9, 2000	4th
11	Virgil Hill	December 9, 2000	February 23, 2002	0
12	Jean-Marc Mormeck	February 23, 2002	January 7, 2006	4th
13	O'Neil Bell	January 7, 2006	March 17, 2007	0
14th	Virgil Hill (2)	January 27, 2006	November 24, 2007	0
15th	Jean-Marc Mormeck (2)	March 17, 2007	November 19, 2007	0
16	David Haye	November 10, 2007	May 12, 2008	1
17th	Firat Arslan	November 24, 2007	September 27, 2008	1
18th	Guillermo Jones	September 27, 2008	October 30, 2012	2
19th	Denis Lebedev	October 30, 2012	1st February 2018	6th
20th	Guillermo Jones (2)	17th May 2013	18th October 2013	0
21st	Beibut Shumenov	May 21, 2016	20th May 2017	0
22nd	Yunier Dorticos	20th May 2017	3rd February 2018	1
23	Murat Gassiev	3rd February 2018	July 21, 2018	0
24	Beibut Schumenow (2)	7th July 2018	current	0
25th	Oleksandr Ussyk	July 21, 2018	current	1

Superchampions

No.	World Champion	From	To	Number of title defenses
1	Jean-Marc Mormeck	April 2, 2005	January 7, 2006	0
2	O'Neil Bell	January 7, 2006	March 17, 2007	0
3	Jean-Marc Mormeck (2)	March 17, 2007	November 10, 2007	0
4th	David Haye	November 10, 2007	May 12, 2008	1
5	Denis Lebedev	May 21, 2016	1st February 2018	1
6th	Murat Gassiev	3rd February 2018	July 21, 2018	0
6th	Oleksandr Ussyk	July 21, 2018	current	1

World championship in cruiserweight of the other major associations: WBC - IBF - WBO

Heavyweight

No.	World Champion	From	To	Number of title defenses
1	Sonny Liston	September 25, 1962	February 25, 1964	1
2	Cassius Clay	February 25, 1964	September 14, 1964	0
3	Ernie Terrell	March 5, 1965	February 6, 1967	2
4th	Muhammad Ali (2)	February 6, 1967	May 9, 1967	1
5	Jimmy Ellis	April 27, 1968	February 16, 1970	1
6th	Joe Frazier	February 16, 1970	22nd January 1973	4th
7th	George Foreman	22nd January 1973	October 30, 1974	2
8th	Muhammad Ali (3)	October 30, 1974	February 15, 1978	10
9	Leon Spinks	February 15, 1978	September 15, 1978	0
10	Muhammad Ali (4)	September 15, 1978	September 6, 1979	0
11	John Tate	20th October 1979	March 31, 1980	0
12	Mike Weaver	March 31, 1980	December 10, 1982	2
13	Michael Dokes	December 10, 1982	September 23, 1983	1
14th	Gerrie Coetzee	September 23, 1983	1st December 1984	0
15th	Greg Page	1st December 1984	April 29, 1985	0
16	Tony Tubbs	April 29, 1985	17th January 1986	0
17th	Tim Witherspoon	17th January 1986	December 12, 1986	1
18th	James Smith	December 12, 1986	March 7, 1987	0
19th	Mike Tyson	March 7, 1987	February 11, 1990	8th
20th	James (Buster) Douglas	February 11, 1990	October 25, 1990	0
21st	Evander Holyfield	October 25, 1990	November 13, 1992	3
22nd	Riddick Bowe	November 13, 1992	November 6, 1993	2
23	Evander Holyfield (2)	November 6, 1993	April 22, 1994	0
24	Michael Moorer	April 22, 1994	5th November 1994	0
25th	George Foreman (2)	5th November 1994	March 4, 1995	0
26th	Bruce Seldon	April 8, 1995	September 7, 1996	1
27	Mike Tyson (2)	September 7, 1996	November 9, 1996	0
28	Evander Holyfield (3)	November 9, 1996	November 13, 1999	4th
29	Lennox Lewis	November 13, 1999	April 29, 2000	0
30th	Evander Holyfield (4)	August 12, 2000	March 3, 2001	0
31	John Ruiz	March 3, 2001	March 1, 2003	2
32	Roy Jones Jr.	March 1, 2003	February 20, 2004	0
33	John Ruiz (2)	February 20, 2004	December 17, 2005	3
34	Nikolai Valuev	December 17, 2005	April 14, 2007	3
35	Ruslan Chagayev	April 14, 2007	July 18, 2008	2
36	Nikolai Valuev (2)	August 30, 2008	November 7, 2009	1
37	David Haye	November 7, 2009	July 2, 2011	2
38	Wladimir Klitschko	July 2, 2011	November 28, 2015	9
39	Alexander Povetkin	August 27, 2011	5th October 2013	4th
40	Ruslan Chagayev (2)	July 6, 2014	July 25, 2016	1
41	Tyson Fury	November 28, 2015	October 12, 2016	0
42	Anthony Joshua	April 29, 2017	June 1, 2019	3
43	Manuel Charr	November 25, 2017	current	0
44	Andy Ruiz Jr.	June 1, 2019	7th December 2019	0
45	Anthony Joshua	7th December 2019	current	3

Superchampions

No.	World Champion	From	To	Number of title defenses
1	Wladimir Klitschko	July 2, 2011	November 28, 2015	8th
2	Tyson Fury	November 28, 2015	October 12, 2016	0
3	Anthony Joshua	April 29, 2017	June 1, 2019	3
4th	Andy Ruiz Jr.	June 1, 2019	7th December 2019	0
5	Anthony Joshua	7th December 2019	current	3

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

See also

• List of IBF world boxing champions
• List of IBO boxing world champions
• List of world boxing champions of the NBA
• List of World Boxing Champions of the WBC
• List of World Boxing Champions of the WBO
• World Boxing Association
• List of heavyweight boxing champions
• List of fights for world heavyweight boxing titles

Web links

• Official homepage of the WBA
• List of current titleholders on the WBA website