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In this list all boxers who are to be world champion of the World Boxing Council (short WBC outdated).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