List of World Boxing Champions of the WBC

In this list all boxers who are to be world champion of the World Boxing Council (short WBC outdated).

The WBC was founded on February 14, 1963 in Mexico City . It was the first association to break away from the WBA (World Boxing Association).

Straw weight

No.	World Champion	From	To	Number of title defenses
1	Hiroki Ioka	October 18, 1987	November 13, 1988	2
2	Napa Kiatwanchai	November 13, 1988	November 12, 1989	2
3	Choi Jum-hwan	November 12, 1989	February 7, 1990	0
4th	Hideyuki Ōhashi	February 7, 1990	125th October 1990	1
5	Ricardo López	October 25, 1990	1999	21st
6th	Wandee Singwancha	1999	February 11, 2000	1
7th	Jose Antonio Aguirre	February 11, 2000	January 10, 2004	7th
8th	Eagle den Junlaphan	January 10, 2004	December 18, 2004	1
9	Isaac Bustos	December 18, 2004	April 4, 2005	0
10	Katsunari Takayama	April 4, 2005	August 6, 2005	0
11	Eagle Den Junlaphan (2)	August 6, 2005	November 29, 2007	4th
12	Oleydong Sithsamerchai	November 29, 2007	February 11, 2011	6th
13	Kazuto Ioka	February 11, 2011	July 1, 2012	3
14th	Xiong Zhaozhong	November 24, 2012	5th February 2014	2
15th	Oswaldo Novoa	5th February 2014	November 6, 2014	1
16	Chayaphone Moonsri	November 6, 2014	current	9

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

Light flyweight

No.	World Champion	From	To	Number of title defenses
1	Franco Udella	April 4th 1975	August 1975	0
2	Luis Estaba	September 13, 1975	19th February 1978	11
3	Freddy Castillo	19th February 1978	May 6, 1978	0
4th	Netrnoi Sor Vorasingh	May 6, 1978	September 30, 1978	1
5	Kim Sung-jun	September 30, 1978	January 3, 1980	3
6th	Shigeo Nakajima	January 3, 1980	March 24, 1980	0
7th	Hilario Zapata	March 24, 1980	February 6, 1982	8th
8th	Amado Ursua	February 6, 1982	April 13, 1982	0
9	Tadashi Tomori	April 13, 1982	July 20, 1982	0
10	Hilario Zapata (2)	July 20, 1982	March 26, 1983	2
11	Chang Jung-koo	March 26, 1983	1988	15th
12	German Torres	December 11, 1988	March 19, 1989 Mar 19	0
13	Lee Yul-woo	March 19, 1989	June 25, 1989	0
14th	Humberto González	June 25, 1989	December 19, 1990	5
15th	Rolando Pascua	December 19, 1990	March 25, 1991	0
16	Melchor Cob Castro	March 25, 1991	June 3, 1991	0
17th	Humberto Gonzalez (2)	June 3, 1991	March 13, 1993	4th
18th	Michael Carbajal	March 13, 1993	February 19, 1994	2
19th	Humberto Gonzalez (3)	February 19, 1994	July 15, 1995	3
20th	Saman Sorjaturong	July 15, 1995	October 17, 1999	10
21st	Choi Yo-sam	October 17, 1999	July 6, 2002	3
22nd	Jorge Arce	July 6, 2002	2005	7th
23	Eric Ortiz	March 11, 2005	September 10, 2005	0
24	Brian Viloria	September 10, 2005	August 10, 2006	1
25th	Omar Nino Romero	August 10, 2006	February 2, 2007	1
26th	Edgar Sosa	April 14, 2007	November 21, 2009	10
27	Mayol toboggan	November 21, 2009	June 19, 2010	1
28	Omar Nino Romero (2)	June 19, 2010	November 6, 2010	1
29	Gilberto Keb Baas	November 6, 2010	April 30, 2011	1
30th	Adrián Hernández	April 30, 2011	December 23, 2011	1
31	Kompayak Porpramook	December 23, 2011	October 6, 2012	1
32	Adrián Hernández (2)	October 6, 2012	April 6, 2014	4th
33	Naoya Inoue	April 6, 2014	3rd November 2014	1
34	Pedro Guevara	December 30, 2014	November 28, 2015	2
35	Yū Kimura	November 28, 2015	4th March 2016	0
36	Ganigan López	4th March 2016	20th May 2017	1
37	Ken Shiro	20th May 2017	current	4th

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

Flyweight

No.	World Champion	From	To	Number of title defenses
1	Pone Kingpetch	February 14, 1963	September 18, 1963	0
2	Hiroyuki Ebihara	September 18, 1963	January 23, 1964	0
3	Pone Kingpetch (2)	January 23, 1964	April 23, 1965	0
4th	Salvatore Burruni	April 23, 1965	November 18, 1965	0
5	Horacio Accavallo	March 1, 1966	2nd October 1968	3
6th	Chartchai Chionoi	November 10, 1968	February 23, 1969	0
7th	Efren Torres	February 23, 1969	March 20, 1970	1
8th	Chartchai Chionoi (2)	March 20, 1970	7th December 1970	0
9	Erbito Salavarria	7th December 1970	December 29, 1971	2
10	Betulio González	3rd June 1972	29th September 1972	0
11	Venice Borkhorsor	29th September 1972	1973	1
12	Betulio Gonzalez (2)	4th August 1973	1st October 1974	2
13	Shōji Oguma	1st October 1974	January 8, 1975	0
14th	Miguel Canto	January 8, 1975	March 18, 1979	14th
15th	Park Chan-hee	March 18, 1979	May 18, 1980	5
16	Shōji Oguma (2)	May 18, 1980	May 12, 1981	3
17th	Antonio Avelar	May 12, 1981	March 20, 1982	1
18th	Prudencio Cardona	March 20, 1982	July 24, 1982	0
19th	Freddy Castillo	July 24, 1982	November 6, 1982	0
20th	Eleoncio Mercedes	November 6, 1982	March 15, 1983	0
21st	Charlie Magri	March 15, 1983	September 27, 1983	0
22nd	Frank Cedeno	September 27, 1983	January 18, 1984	0
23	Kōji Kobayashi	January 18, 1984	April 9, 1984	0
24	Gabriel Bernal	April 9, 1984	October 8, 1984	1
25th	Sot Chitalada	October 8, 1984	July 24, 1988	6th
26th	Kim Yong-kang	July 24, 1988	June 3, 1989	2
27	Sot Chitalada (2)	June 3, 1989	February 15, 1991	4th
28	Muangchai Kittikasem	February 15, 1991	June 23, 1992	3
29	Yuri Arbachakov	June 23, 1992	November 12, 1997	9
30th	Chatchai Sasakul	November 12, 1997	4th December 1998	2
31	Manny Pacquiao	4th December 1998	September 17, 1999	1
32	Medgoen Singsurat	September 17, 1999	May 19, 2000	1
33	Malcolm Tuñacao	May 19, 2000	March 2, 2001	1
34	Pongsaklek wonjongkam	March 2, 2001	July 18, 2007	17th
35	Daisuke Naitō	July 18, 2007	November 29, 2009	5
36	Kōki Kameda	November 29, 2009	March 27, 2010	0
37	Pongsaklek Wonjongkam (2)	March 27, 2010	March 2, 2012	4th
38	Sonny Boy Jaro	March 2, 2012	July 16, 2012	0
39	Toshiyuki Igarashi	July 16, 2012	April 8, 2013	1
40	Akira Yaegashi	April 8, 2013	5th September 2014	3
41	Roman Gonzalez	5th September 2014	September 30, 2016	4th
42	Juan Hernandez Navarrete	4th March 2017	20th May 2017	0
43	Daigo Higa	20th May 2017	April 14, 2018	2
44	Cristofer Rosales	April 14, 2018	22nd December 2018	1
45	Charlie Edwards	22nd December 2018	current	0

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

Super flyweight

No.	World Champion	From	To	Number of title defenses
1	Rafael Oronó	February 2, 1980	January 24, 1981	3
2	Kim Chul-ho	January 24, 1981	November 28, 1982	5
3	Rafael Oronó (2)	November 28, 1982	November 27, 1983	3
4th	Phayao Phoontharat	November 27, 1983	5th July 1984	1
5	Jiro Watanabe	5th July 1984	March 30, 1986	4th
6th	Gilberto Roman	March 30, 1986	May 16, 1987	6th
7th	Santos Benigno Laciar	May 16, 1987	August 8, 1987	0
8th	Sugar baby Rojas	August 8, 1987	April 8, 1988	1
9	Gilberto Roman (2)	April 8, 1988	November 7, 1989	5
10	Nana Konadu	November 7, 1989	January 20, 1990	0
11	Moon Sung-kil	January 20, 1990	November 13, 1993	9
12	José Luis Bueno	November 13, 1993	May 4, 1994	0
13	Hiroshi Kawashima	May 4, 1994	February 20, 1997	6th
14th	Gerry Peñalosa	February 20, 1997	August 29, 1998	3
15th	Cho In-joo	August 29, 1998	August 27, 2000	5
16	Masamori Tokuyama	August 27, 2000	June 28, 2004	8th
17th	Katsushige Kawashima	June 28, 2004	July 18, 2005	2
18th	Masamori Tokuyama (2)	July 18, 2005	December 6, 2006	1
19th	Cristian Mijares	December 6, 2006	November 1, 2008	7th
20th	Vic Darchinyan	November 1, 2008	July 2010	3
21st	Tomás Rojas	20th September 2010	August 19, 2011	2
22nd	Suriyan Por Chokchai	August 19, 2011 Aug 19	March 27, 2012	1
23	Yōta Satō	March 27, 2012	May 3, 2013	2
24	Srisaket Sor Rungvisai	May 3, 2013	May 31, 2014	1
25th	Carlos Cuadras	May 31, 2014	September 10, 2016	6th
26th	Roman Gonzalez	September 10, 2016	18th March 2017	0
27	Srisaket Sor Rungvisai	18th March 2017	current	3

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

Bantamweight

No.	World Champion	From	To	Number of title defenses
1	Éder Jofre	February 14, 1963	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 Ju	1973	0
9	Rafael Herrera (2)	April 14, 1973	7th December 1974	2
10	Rodolfo Martínez	7th December 1974	May 8, 1976	3
11	Carlos Zárate	May 8, 1976	3rd June 1979	9
12	Lupe Pintor	3rd June 1979	1982	8th
13	Alberto Dávila	September 1, 1983	1984	1
14th	Daniel Zaragoza	May 4th 1985	August 9, 1985	0
15th	Miguel Lora	August 9, 1985	October 29, 1988	7th
16	Raúl Pérez	October 29, 1988	February 25, 1991	7th
17th	Greg Richardson	February 25, 1991	September 19, 1991	1
18th	Jōichirō Tatsuyoshi	September 19, 1991	17th September 1992	0
19th	Victor Rabanales	17th September 1992	March 28, 1993	1
20th	Byun Jung-il	March 28, 1993	December 23, 1993	1
21st	Yasuei Yakushiji	December 23, 1993	July 30, 1995	4th
22nd	Wayne McCullough	July 30, 1995	January 1997	2
23	Sirimongkol Singwancha	January 1997	November 22, 1997	3
24	Jōichirō Tatsuyoshi (2)	November 22, 1997	December 29, 1998	2
25th	Veeraphol Sahaprom	December 29, 1998	April 16, 2005	14th
26th	Hozumi Hasegawa	April 16, 2005	April 30, 2010	10
27	Fernando Montiel	April 30, 2010	February 19, 2011	1
28	Nonito Donaire	February 19, 2011	2011	1
29	Shinsuke Yamanaka	November 6, 2011	15th August 2017	11
30th	Luis Nery	15th August 2017	February 28, 2018	0
31	Nordine Oubaali	19th January 2019	current	0

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

Super bantamweight

No.	World Champion	From	To	Number of title defenses
1	Rigoberto Riasco	April 3, 1976	October 9, 1976	2
2	Royal Kobayashi	October 9, 1976	November 24, 1976	0
3	Yum Dong-kyun	November 24, 1976	May 21, 1977	1
4th	Wilfredo Gomez	May 21, 1977	1983	17th
5	Jaime Garza	June 15, 1983	3rd November 1984	1
6th	Juan Meza	3rd November 1984	August 18, 1985	1
7th	Lupe Pintor	August 18, 1985	January 18, 1986	0
8th	Samart Payakaroon	January 18, 1986	May 8, 1987	1
9	Jeff Fenech	May 8, 1987	1988	2
10	Daniel Zaragoza	February 29, 1988	April 23, 1990	5
11	Paul Banke	April 23, 1990	5th November 1990	1
12	Pedro Rubén Décima	5th November 1990	3rd February 1991	0
13	Kiyoshi Hatanaka	3rd February 1991	June 14, 1991	0
14th	Daniel Zaragoza (2)	June 14, 1991	March 20, 1992	2
15th	Thierry Jacob	March 20, 1992	June 23, 1992	0
16	Tracy Harris Patterson	June 23, 1992	August 26, 1994	4th
17th	Hector Acero-Sanchez	August 26, 1994	November 6, 1995	2
18th	Daniel Zaragoza (3)	November 6, 1995	September 6, 1997	4th
19th	Erik Morales	September 6, 1997	2000	9
20th	Willie Jorrin	September 9, 2000	November 1, 2002	2
21st	Óscar Larios	November 1, 2002	December 3, 2005	7th
22nd	Israel Vazquez	December 3, 2005	March 3, 2007	2
23	Rafael Marquez	March 3, 2007	August 4, 2007	0
24	Israel Vazquez (2)	August 4, 2007	December 2008	1
25th	Toshiaki Nishioka	December 2008	March 2012	7th
26th	Abner Mares	April 21, 2012	January 2013	1
27	Víctor Terrazas	April 20, 2013	August 25, 2013	0
28	Léo Santa Cruz	August 25, 2013	3rd August 2015	4th
29	Julio Ceja	November 1, 2015	February 27, 2016	0
30th	Hugo Ruiz	February 27, 2016	16th September 2016	0
31	Hozumi Hasegawa	16th September 2016	December 9, 2016	0
32	Rey Vargas	February 25, 2017	current	4th

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

Featherweight

No.	World Champion	From	To	Number of title defenses
1	Davey Moore	February 14, 1963	March 21, 1963	0
2	Sugar Ramos	March 21, 1963	September 26, 1964	3
3	Vicente Saldivar	September 26, 1964	October 1967	7th
4th	Howard Winstone	January 23, 1968	July 24, 1968	0
5	José Legrá	July 24, 1968	January 21, 1969	0
6th	Johnny Famechon	January 21, 1969	May 9, 1970	2
7th	Vicente Saldivar (2)	May 9, 1970	December 11, 1970	0
8th	Kuniaki Shibata	December 11, 1970	May 19, 1972	2
9	Clemente Sánchez	May 19, 1972	December 16, 1972	0
10	José Legrá (2)	December 16, 1972	May 5th 1973	0
11	Éder Jofre	May 5th 1973	17th June 1974	1
12	Bobby Chacon	7th September 1974	June 20, 1975	1
13	Rubén Olivares	June 20, 1975	20th September 1975	0
14th	David Kotey	20th September 1975	November 6, 1976	2
15th	Danny Lopez	November 6, 1976	February 2, 1980	8th
16	Salvador Sanchez	February 2, 1980	August 12, 1982	9
17th	Juan La Porte	September 15, 1982	March 31, 1984	2
18th	Wilfredo Gomez	March 31, 1984	December 8, 1984	0
19th	Azumah Nelson	December 8, 1984	1988	6th
20th	Jeff Fenech	March 7, 1988	1989	3
21st	Marcos Villasana	June 2, 1990	November 13, 1991	3
22nd	Paul Hodkinson	November 13, 1991	April 28, 1993	3
23	Gregorio Vargas	April 28, 1993	4th December 1993	0
24	Kevin Kelley	4th December 1993	January 7, 1995	2
25th	Alejandro González	January 7, 1995	September 23, 1995	2
26th	Manuel Medina	September 23, 1995	December 11, 1995	0
27	Luisito Espinosa	December 11, 1995	May 15, 1999	7th
28	César Soto	May 15, 1999	October 22, 1999	0
29	Naseem Hamed	October 22, 1999	2000	0
30th	Guty Espadas Jr.	April 14, 2000	February 17, 2001	1
31	Erik Morales	February 17, 2001	June 22, 2002	1
32	Marco Antonio Barrera	June 22, 2002	June 2002	0
33	Erik Morales (2)	November 16, 2002	2003	2
34	Chi In-jin	April 10, 2004	January 29, 2006	2
35	Takashi Koshimoto	January 29, 2006	July 30, 2006	0
36	Rodolfo Lopez	July 30, 2006	December 17, 2006	0
37	Chi In-jin (2)	December 17, 2006	July 2007	0
38	Jorge Linares	July 21, 2007	August 2008	1
39	Óscar Larios	August 2008	March 12, 2009	1
40	Takahiro Aō	March 12, 2009	July 14, 2009	0
41	Elio Rojas	July 14, 2009	2010	1
41	Elio Rojas	2010	April 28, 2012	0
42	Hozumi Hasegawa	November 26, 2010	April 8, 2011	0
43	Jhonny González	April 8, 2011	15th September 2012	3
44	Daniel Ponce de León	15th September 2012	4th May 2013	0
45	Abner Mares	4th May 2013	August 24, 2013	0
46	Jhonny González (2)	August 24, 2013	March 28, 2015	2
47	Gary Russell Junior	March 28, 2015	current	3

World featherweight title of the other major associations: WBA - 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	18th January 1969	2
4th	René Barrientos	15th February 1969	April 5th 1970	0
5	Yoshiaki Numata (2)	April 5th 1970	October 10, 1971	3
6th	Ricardo Arredondo	October 10, 1971	February 28, 1974	5
7th	Kuniaki Shibata	February 1974	5th July 1975	3
8th	Alfredo Escalera	5th July 1975	January 28, 1978	10
9	Alexis Argüello	January 28, 1978	1980	8th
10	Rafael Limón	December 11, 1980	March 8, 1981	0
11	Cornelius Boza Edwards	March 8, 1981	August 29, 1981	1
12	Rolando Navarrete	August 29, 1981	May 29, 1982	1
13	Rafael Limon (2)	May 29, 1982	December 11, 1982	1
14th	Bobby Chacon	December 11, 1982	June 1983	1
15th	Hector Camacho	August 7, 1983	1984	1
16	Julio César Chavez	September 13, 1984	1987	9
17th	Azumah Nelson	February 29, 1988	May 7, 1994	10
18th	Jesse James Leija	May 7, 1994	17th September 1994	0
19th	Gabriel Ruelas	17th September 1994	December 1, 1995	2
20th	Azumah Nelson (2)	December 1, 1995	March 22, 1997	1
21st	Genaro Hernandez	March 22, 1997	October 3, 1998	3
22nd	Floyd Mayweather Jr.	October 3, 1998	April 22, 2002	8th
23	Sirimongkol Singwancha	August 24, 2002	August 15, 2003	1
24	Jesus Chavez	August 15, 2003	February 28, 2004	0
25th	Erik Morales	February 28, 2004	November 27, 2004	1
26th	Marco Antonio Barrera	November 27, 2004	March 17, 2007	4th
27	Juan Manuel Marquez	March 17, 2007	March 15, 2008	1
28	Manny Pacquiao	March 15, 2008	2008	0
29	Humberto Soto	December 20, 2008	March 2010	3
30th	Vitali Tajbert	March 17, 2010	November 26, 2010	1
31	Takahiro Aō	November 26, 2010	October 27, 2012	3
32	Gamaliel Diaz	October 27, 2012	April 8, 2013	0
33	Takashi Miura	April 8, 2013	November 21, 2015	4th
34	Francisco Vargas	November 21, 2015	January 28, 2017	1
35	Miguel Berchelt	January 28, 2017	current	4th

World title in super featherweight of the other major associations: WBA - IBF - WBO - NBA - NYSAC

lightweight

No.	World Champion	From	To	Number of title defenses
1	Carlos Ortiz	February 14, 1963	April 10, 1965	3
2	Ismael Laguna	April 10, 1965	November 13, 1965	0
3	Carlos Ortiz (2)	November 13, 1965	June 29, 1968	4th
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 15, 1970	1
7th	Ken Buchanan	February 12, 1971	June 25, 1971	0
8th	Pedro Carrasco	5th November 1971	February 18, 1972	0
9	Mando Ramos (2)	February 18, 1972	15th September 1972	1
10	Chango Carmona	15th September 1972	November 10, 1972	0
11	Rodolfo González	November 10, 1972	April 11, 1974	2
12	Guts Ishimatsu	April 11, 1974	May 8, 1976	5
13	Esteban de Jesús	May 8, 1976	January 21, 1978	3
14th	Roberto Durán	January 21, 1978	January 1979	0
15th	Jim Watt	April 17th 1979	June 20, 1981	4th
16	Alexis Argüello	June 20, 1981	1983	4th
17th	Edwin Rosario	May 1, 1983	3rd November 1984	2
18th	José Luis Ramírez	3rd November 1984	August 10, 1985	0
19th	Hector Camacho	August 10, 1985	1987	2
20th	José Luis Ramírez (2)	July 19, 1987	October 29, 1988	2
21st	Julio César Chavez	October 29, 1988	1989	0
22nd	Pernell Whitaker	August 20, 1989	1992	6th
23	Miguel Ángel González	August 24, 1992	1995	10
24	Jean-Baptiste Mendy	April 20, 1996	March 1, 1997	0
25th	Stevie Johnston	March 1, 1997 Mar 1	June 13, 1998	3
26th	Cesar Bazan	June 13, 1998	February 27, 1999	2
27	Stevie Johnston (2)	February 27, 1999	June 17, 2000	4th
28	José Luis Castillo	June 17, 2000	April 20, 2002	3
29	Floyd Mayweather Jr.	April 20, 2002	2004	3
30th	José Luis Castillo (2)	June 5, 2004	May 7, 2005	2
31	Diego Corrales	May 7, 2005	October 6, 2006	0
32	Joel Casamayor	October 7, 2006	February 1, 2007	0
33	David Díaz	February 1, 2007	June 28, 2008	1
34	Manny Pacquiao	June 28, 2008	February 24, 2009	0
35	Edwin Valero	April 4, 2009	February 2010	2
35	Edwin Valero	February 2010	April 19, 2010	0
36	Humberto Soto	March 13, 2010	July 2011	4th
37	Antonio DeMarco	October 15, 2011	17th November 2012	2
38	Adrien Broner	17th November 2012	January 2014	1
37	Omar Figueroa	January 27, 2014	November 10, 2014	2
38	Jorge Linares	December 30, 2014	February 24, 2016	2
39	Dejan Zlatičanin	June 11, 2016	January 28, 2017	0
40	Miguel Ángel García	January 28, 2017	current	1

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

Light welterweight

No.	World Champion	From	To	Number of title defenses
1	Eddie Perkins	June 15, 1963	January 18, 1965	2
2	Carlos Hernández	January 18, 1965	April 29, 1966	2
3	Sandro Lopopolo	April 20, 1966	April 30, 1967	1
4th	Takeshi Fuji	April 30, 1967	1968	1
5	Pedro Adigue Jr.	December 14, 1968	January 31, 1970	0
6th	Bruno Arcari	January 31, 1970	February 1974	9
7th	Perico Fernández	September 21, 1974	15th July 1975	1
8th	Saensak Muangsurin	15th July 1975	June 30, 1976	1
9	Miguel Velázquez	June 30, 1976	October 29, 1976	0
10	Saensak Muangsurin (2)	October 29, 1976	December 30, 1978	7th
11	Kim Sang-hyun	December 30, 1978	February 23, 1980	2
12	Saoul Mamby	February 23, 1980	June 26, 1982	5
13	Leroy Haley	June 26, 1982	May 18, 1983	2
14th	Bruce Curry	May 18, 1983	January 29, 1984	2
15th	Billy Costello	January 29, 1984	August 21, 1985	3
16	Lonnie Smith	August 21, 1985	May 5, 1986	0
17th	Rene Arredondo	May 5, 1986	July 24, 1986	0
18th	Tsuyoshi Hamada	July 24, 1986	July 22, 1987	1
19th	Rene Arredondo (2)	July 22, 1987	November 12, 1987	0
20th	Roger Mayweather	November 12, 1987	May 13, 1989	4th
21st	Julio César Chavez	May 13, 1989	January 29, 1994	12
22nd	Frankie Randall	January 29, 1994	May 7, 1994	0
23	Julio César Chavez (2)	May 7, 1994	June 7, 1996	4th
24	Óscar de la Hoya	June 7, 1996	April 12, 1997	1
25th	Kostya Tszyu	August 21, 1999	January 2004	7th
26th	Arturo Gatti	January 24, 2004	June 25, 2005	2
27	Floyd Mayweather Jr.	June 25, 2005	2005	0
28	Junior Witter	September 15, 2006	May 10, 2008	2
29	Timothy Bradley	May 10, 2008	April 28, 2009	2
30th	Devon Alexander	August 1, 2009	January 29, 2011	2
31	Timothy Bradley (2)	January 29, 2011	July 2011	0
31	Timothy Bradley (2)	July 2011	June 2012	-
32	Erik Morales	17th September 2011	March 23, 2012	0
33	Danny García	March 24, 2012	June 11, 2015	5
34	Viktor Postol	3rd October 2015	23rd July 2016	0
35	Terence Crawford	23rd July 2016	October 26, 2017	3
36	José Ramírez	17th March 2018	current	2

World light welterweight title of the other major associations: WBA - 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 Rodríguez	March 21, 1963	June 8, 1963	0
3	Emile Griffith (2)	June 8, 1963	April 25, 1966	4th
4th	Curtis Cokes	August 24, 1966	April 18th 1969	4th
5	José Nápoles	April 18th 1969	3rd December 1970	3
6th	Billy Backus	3rd December 1970	4th June 1971	0
7th	José Nápoles (2)	4th June 1971	6th December 1975	10
8th	John H. Stracey	6th December 1975	June 22, 1976	1
9	Carlos Palomino	June 22, 1976	January 14, 1979	7th
10	Wilfred Benitez	January 14, 1979	November 30, 1979	1
11	Sugar Ray Leonard	November 30, 1979	June 20, 1980	1
12	Roberto Duran	June 20, 1980	1980 Nov 25	0
13	Sugar Ray Leonard (2)	November 25, 1980	1982 Nov 9	3
14th	Milton McCrory	August 13, 1983	December 6, 1985	4th
15th	Donald Curry	December 6, 1985	1986 Sep 27	0
16	Lloyd Honeyghan	September 27, 1986	October 28, 1987	3
17th	Jorge Vaca	October 28, 1987	March 29, 1988	0
18th	Lloyd Honeyghan (2)	March 29, 1988	4th February 1989	1
19th	Marlon Starling	4th February 1989	19th August 1990	1
20th	Maurice Blocker	19th August 1990	March 18, 1991	0
21st	Simon Brown	March 18, 1991	November 29, 1991	0
22nd	Buddy McGirt	November 29, 1991	March 6, 1993	2
23	Pernell Whitaker	March 6, 1993	April 12, 1997	8th
24	Óscar de la Hoya	April 12, 1997	1999 Sep 18	7th
25th	Félix Trinidad	September 18, 1999	March 3, 2000	0
26th	Óscar de la Hoya (2)	March 4, 2000	June 17, 2000	0
27	Shane Mosley	June 17, 2000	January 26, 2002	3
28	Vernon Forrest	January 26, 2002	January 25, 2003	1
29	Ricardo Mayorga	January 5, 2003	December 13, 2003	1
30th	Cory Spinks	December 13, 2003	February 5, 2005	2
31	Zab Judah	February 5, 2005	January 7, 2006	1
32	Carlos Baldomir	January 7, 2006	November 4, 2006	1
33	Floyd Mayweather Jr.	November 4, 2006	June 6, 2008	1
34	Andre Berto	June 21, 2008	April 16, 2011	5
35	Victor Ortiz	April 16, 2011	17th September 2011	0
36	Floyd Mayweather Jr. (2)	17th September 2011	4th November 2015	4th
37	Danny García	January 23, 2016	4th March 2017	0
38	Keith Thurman	4th March 2017	April 24, 2018	0
39	Shawn Porter	September 8, 2018	current	1

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

Light middleweight

No.	World Champion	From	To	Number of title defenses
1	Denny Moyer	19th February 1963	April 29, 1963	0
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	April 1975	0
12	Miguel de Oliveira	May 7th 1975	November 13, 1975	0
13	Elisha Obed	November 13, 1975	June 18, 1976	2
14th	Eckhard Dagge	June 18, 1976	August 6, 1977	2
15th	Rocky Mattioli	August 6, 1977	March 4th 1979	2
16	Maurice Hope	March 4th 1979	May 23, 1981	3
17th	Wilfred Benitez	May 23, 1981	3rd December 1982	2
18th	Thomas Hearns	3rd December 1982	1986	4th
19th	Duane Thomas	5th December 1986	July 12, 1987	0
20th	Magnifying glass Aquino	July 12, 1987	2nd October 1987	0
21st	Gianfranco Rosi	2nd October 1987	July 8, 1988	1
22nd	Donald Curry	July 8, 1988	February 11, 1989	0
23	René Jacquot	February 11, 1989	July 8, 1989	0
24	John Mugabi	July 8, 1989	March 31, 1990	0
25th	Terry Norris	March 31, 1990	18th December 1993	10
26th	Simon Brown	18th December 1993	May 7, 1994	1
27	Terry Norris (2)	May 77, 1994	November 12, 1994	0
28	Luis Santana	November 12, 1994	August 19, 1995	1
29	Terry Norris (3)	August 19, 1995	December 6, 1997	6th
30th	Keith Mullings	December 6, 1997	January 29, 1999	1
31	Javier Castillejo	January 29, 1999	June 23, 2001	5
32	Óscar de la Hoya	June 23, 2001	September 13, 2003	2
33	Shane Mosley	September 13, 2003	March 13, 2004	0
34	Ronald Wright	March 13, 2004	May 2005	1
35	Javier Castillejo (2)	May 2005	June 1, 2005	0
36	Ricardo Mayorga	August 13, 2005	May 6, 2006	0
37	Óscar de la Hoya (2)	May 6, 2006	May 5, 2007	0
38	Floyd Mayweather Jr.	May 5, 2007	4th July 2007	0
39	Vernon Forrest	July 28, 2007	June 7, 2008	1
40	Sergio Mora	June 7, 2008	September 13, 2008	0
41	Vernon Forrest (2)	September 13, 2008	May 21, 2009	0
42	Sergio Gabriel Martínez	May 21, 2009	June 2010	0
43	Manny Pacquiao	November 13, 2010	February 2011	0
44	Saúl Álvarez	March 5, 2011	September 14, 2013	6th
45	Floyd Mayweather Jr.	September 14, 2013	4th November 2015	1
46	Jermell Charlo	May 21, 2016	22nd December 2018	3
47	Tony Harrison	22nd December 2018	current	0

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

medium weight

No.	World Champion	From	To	Number of title defenses
1	Dick Tiger	August 10, 1963	7th December 1963	0
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	February 9, 1974	9
9	Rodrigo Valdez	May 25, 1974	June 26, 1976	4th
10	Carlos Monzón (2)	June 26, 1976	August 29, 1977	1
11	Rodrigo Valdez (2)	5th November 1977	April 22, 1978	0
12	Hugo Pastor Corro	April 22, 1978	June 30, 1979	2
13	Vito Antuofermo	June 30, 1979	March 16, 1980	1
14th	Alan Minter	March 16, 1980	September 27, 1980	1
15th	Marvin Hagler	September 27, 1980	April 6, 1987	12
16	Sugar Ray Leonard	April 6, 1987	May 27, 1987	0
17th	Thomas Hearns	October 29, 1987	June 6, 1988	0
18th	Iran Barkley	June 6, 1988	February 24, 1989	0
19th	Roberto Duran	February 24, 1989	1990	0
20th	Julian Jackson	November 24, 1990	May 8, 1993	4th
21st	Gerald McClellan	May 8, 1993	1994	3
22nd	Julian Jackson (2)	March 17, 1995	August 19, 1995	0
23	Quincy Taylor	August 19, 1995	March 16, 1996	0
24	Keith Holmes	March 16, 1996	May 2, 1998	2
25th	Hacine Cherifi	May 2, 1998	April 24, 1999	0
26th	Keith Holmes (2)	April 24, 1999	April 14, 2001	2
27	Bernard Hopkins	April 14, 2001	July 16, 2005	7th
28	Jermain Taylor	July 16, 2005	September 29, 2007	4th
29	Kelly Pavlik	September 29, 2007	April 17, 2010	3
30th	Sergio Gabriel Martínez	April 17, 2010	January 2011	1
31	Sebastian Zbik	January 2011	June 4, 2011	0
32	Julio César Chavez junior	June 4, 2011	15th September 2012	3
33	Sergio Gabriel Martínez (2)	15th September 2012	June 7, 2014	1
34	Miguel Cotto	June 7, 2014	17th November 2015	1
35	Saúl Álvarez	November 21, 2015	May 18, 2016	1
36	Gennady Golovkin	May 18, 2016	15th September 2018	4th
37	Saúl Álvarez (2)	15th September 2018	current	0

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

Super middleweight

No.	World Champion	From	To	Number of title defenses
1	Sugar Ray Leonard	November 7, 1988	August 27, 1990	2
2	Mauro Galvano	December 15, 1990	3rd October 1992	2
3	Nigel Benn	3rd October 1992	March 2, 1996	9
4th	Thulani Malinga	March 2, 1996	July 6, 1996	0
5	Vincenzo Nardiello	July 6, 1996	October 12, 1996	0
6th	Robin Reid	October 12, 1996	December 19, 1997	3
7th	Thulani Malinga (2)	December 19, 1997	March 27, 1998	0
8th	Richie Woodhall	March 27, 1998	October 23, 1999	2
9	Markus Beyer	October 23, 1999	May 6, 2000	1
10	Glenn Catley	May 6, 2000	September 1, 2000	0
11	Dingaan Thobela	September 1, 2000	December 15, 2000	0
12	Dave Hilton	December 15, 2000	May 2001	0
13	Eric Lucas	July 10, 2001	April 5, 2003	3
14th	Markus Beyer (2)	April 5, 2003	June 5, 2004	2
15th	Cristian Sanavia	June 5, 2004	October 9, 2004	0
16	Markus Beyer (3)	October 9, 2004	October 14, 2006	5
17th	Mikkel Kessler	October 14, 2006	November 3, 2007	1
18th	Joe Calzaghe	November 3, 2007	June 28, 2008	0
19th	Carl Froch	December 6, 2008	April 24, 2010	2
20th	Mikkel Kessler (2)	April 24, 2010	2010	0
21st	Carl Froch (2)	November 27, 2010	December 17, 2011	1
22nd	Andre Ward	December 17, 2011	May 20, 2013	1
23	Sakio Bika	June 22, 2013	August 16, 2014	1
24	Anthony Dirrell	August 16, 2014	April 24, 2015	0
25th	Badou Jack	April 24, 2015	19th January 2017	3
26th	David Benavidez (paused)	September 8, 2017	current	1
27	Anthony Dirrell (2)	February 23, 2019	current	0

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

Light heavyweight

No.	World Champion	From	To	Number of title defenses
1	Harold Johnson	February 14, 1963	June 1, 1963	0
2	Willie Pastrano	June 1, 1963	March 30, 1965	2
3	José Torres	March 30, 1965	December 16, 1966	3
4th	Dick Tiger	December 16, 1966	May 24, 1968	2
5	Bob Foster	May 24, 1968	September 16, 1974	14th
6th	John Conteh	1st October 1974	May 21, 1977	3
7th	Miguel Ángel Cuello	May 21, 1977	January 7, 1978	0
8th	Mate Parlov	January 7, 1978	2nd December 1978	1
9	Marvin Johnson	2nd December 1978	April 22, 1979	0
10	Matthew Franklin	April 22, 1979	19th December 1981	8th
11	Dwight Braxton	19th December 1981	March 18, 1983	3
12	Michael Spinks	March 18, 1983	September 21, 1985	4th
13	JB Williamson	December 10, 1985	April 30, 1986	0
14th	Dennis Andries	April 30, 1986	March 7, 1987	1
15th	Thomas Hearns	March 7, 1987	November 27, 1987	0
16	Donny Lalonde	November 27, 1987	November 7, 1988	1
17th	Sugar Ray Leonard	November 7, 1988	17th November 1988	0
18th	Dennis Andries (2)	February 21, 1989	June 24, 1989	0
19th	Jeff Harding	June 24, 1989	July 28, 1990	2
20th	Dennis Andries (3)	July 28, 1990	September 11, 1991	2
21st	Jeff Harding (2)	September 11, 1991	July 23, 1994	2
22nd	Mike McCallum	July 23, 1994	June 16, 1995	1
23	Fabrice Tiozzo	June 16, 1995	March 1997	1
24	Roy Jones Jr.	March 1997	March 21, 1997	0
25th	Montell Griffin	March 21, 1997 Mar 21	August 7, 1997	0
26th	Roy Jones Jr. (2)	August 7, 1997	March 1, 2003	11
27	Graciano Rocchigiani	March 21, 1998	April 15, 2000	0
28	Antonio Tarver	April 26, 2003	November 8, 2003	0
29	Roy Jones Jr. (3)	November 8, 2003	May 15, 2004	0
30th	Antonio Tarver (2)	May 15, 2004	December 2004	0
31	Tomasz Adamek	May 21, 2005	February 3, 2007	2
32	Chad Dawson	February 3, 2007	July 11, 2008	3
33	Adrian Diaconu	July 11, 2008	June 19, 2009	0
34	Jean Pascal	June 19, 2009	May 21, 2011	4th
35	Bernard Hopkins	May 21, 2011	April 28, 2012	1
36	Chad Dawson (2)	April 28, 2012	June 8, 2013	0
37	Adonis Stevenson	June 8, 2013	1st December 2018	8th
38	Oleksandr Hwosdyk	1st December 2018	current	0

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

Cruiser weight

No.	World Champion	From	To	Number of title defenses
1	Marvin Camel	March 31, 1980	November 25, 1980	0
2	Carlos De León	November 25, 1980	June 27, 1982	1
3	ST Gordon	June 27, 1982	17th July 1983	1
4th	Carlos De Leon (2)	17th July 1983	June 6, 1985	3
5	Alfonso Ratliff	June 6, 1985	September 21, 1985	0
6th	Bernard Benton	September 21, 1985	March 22, 1986	0
7th	Carlos De Leon (3)	March 22, 1986	April 9, 1988	3
8th	Evander Holyfield	April 9, 1988	April 9, 1988	0
9	Carlos De Leon (4)	May 17, 1989	July 27, 1990	1
10	Massimiliano Duran	July 27, 1990	July 20, 1991	1
11	Anaclet Wamba	July 20, 1991	December 30, 1994	7th
12	Marcelo Domínguez	July 25, 1995	February 21, 1998	5
13	Juan Carlos Gomez	February 21, 1998	February 19, 2002	10
14th	Wayne Braithwaite	October 11, 2002	April 2, 2005	3
15th	Jean-Marc Mormeck	April 2, 2005	January 7, 2006	0
16	O'Neil Bell	January 7, 2006	March 17, 2007	0
17th	Jean-Marc Mormeck (2)	March 17, 2007	November 10, 2007	0
18th	David Haye	November 10, 2007	May 12, 2008	1
19th	Giacobbe Fragomeni	October 24, 2008	November 21, 2009	1
20th	Zsolt Erdei	November 21, 2009	January 13, 2010	0
21st	Krzysztof Włodarczyk	May 15, 2010	September 27, 2014	6th
22nd	Grigori Drosd	September 27, 2014	March 16, 2016	1
23	Tony Bellew	May 29, 2016	March 28, 2017	1
24	Mairis Briedis	April 1, 2017	January 27, 2018	1
25th	Oleksandr Ussyk	January 27, 2018	current	2

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

Heavyweight

No.	World Champion	From	To	Number of title defenses
1	Sonny Liston	February 14, 1963	February 25, 1964	1
2	Cassius Clay	February 25, 1964	3rd February 1970	9
3	Joe Frazier	February 16, 1970	22nd January 1973	4th
4th	George Foreman	22nd January 1973	October 30, 1974	2
5	Muhammad Ali (2)	October 30, 1974	February 15, 1978	10
6th	Leon Spinks	February 15, 1978	March 18, 1978	0
7th	Ken Norton	March 29, 1978	June 9, 1978	0
8th	Larry Holmes	June 9, 1978	December 11, 1983	16
9	Tim Witherspoon	March 9, 1984	August 31, 1984	0
10	Pinklon Thomas	August 31, 1984	March 22, 1986	1
11	Trevor Berbick	March 22, 1986	November 22, 1986	0
12	Mike Tyson	November 22, 1986	February 11, 1990	9
13	James "Buster" Douglas	February 11, 1990	October 25, 1990	0
14th	Evander Holyfield	October 25, 1990	November 13, 1992	2
15th	Riddick Bowe	November 13, 1992	December 14, 1992	0
16	Lennox Lewis	December 14, 1992	September 24, 1994	3
17th	Oliver McCall	September 24, 1994	September 2, 1995	1
18th	Frank Bruno	September 2, 1995	March 16, 1996	0
19th	Mike Tyson (2)	March 16, 1996	September 24, 1996	0
20th	Lennox Lewis (2)	February 7, 1997	April 22, 2001	9
21st	Hasim Rahman	April 22, 2001	November 17, 2001	0
22nd	Lennox Lewis (3)	November 17, 2001	February 6, 2004	2
23	Vitali Klitschko	April 24, 2004	November 9, 2005	1
24	Hasim Rahman (2)	November 9, 2005	August 12, 2006	1
25th	Oleg Maskayev	August 12, 2006	March 8, 2008	1
26th	Samuel Peter	March 8, 2008	October 11, 2008	0
27	Vitali Klitschko (2)	October 11, 2008	December 16, 2013	9
28	Bermane Stiverne	May 10, 2014	17th January 2015	0
29	Deontay Wilder	17th January 2015	February 22, 2020	8th
30th	Tyson Fury	February 22, 2020	current	0

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

See also

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

Web links

• Official website