List of World Boxing Champions of the WBO

In this list all boxers who are to be world champion of the World Boxing Organization (short WBO outdated).

The WBO was formed in 1988 when a group of business people from Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic left the World Boxing Association's annual convention in Margarita Island , Venezuela .

The WBO has only been one of the major associations since 2007.

Straw weight

No.	World Champion	From	To	Number of title defenses
1	Rafael Torres	August 30, 1989	1993	1
2	Paul Weir	May 15, 1993	1993	1
3	Alex Sanchez	December 22, 1993	August 23, 1997	6th
4th	Ricardo López	August 23, 1997	March 6, 1998	0
5	Eric Jamili	December 19, 1997	May 30, 1998	0
6th	Kermin Guardia	May 30, 1998	2001	3
7th	Jorge Mata	2002	March 28, 2003	1
8th	Eduardo Ray Marquez	March 28, 2003	May 3, 2003	0
9	Iván Calderón	May 3, 2003	September 2007	11
10	Donnie Nietes	September 30, 2007	March 2011	4th
11	Raúl García	March 2011	August 27, 2011	1
12	Moises Fuentes	August 27, 2011	April 2013	2
13	Merlito Sabillo	April 2013	Present	2
14th	Francisco Rodríguez junior	March 22, 2014	December 2014	1
15th	Katsunari Takayama	December 31, 2014	March 2, 2015	0
16	Kōsei Tanaka	May 30, 2015	April 16, 2016	1
17th	Katsunari Takayama (2)	20th August 2016	April 14, 2017	0
18th	Tatsuya Fukuhara	April 14, 2017	27th August 2017	0
19th	Ryuya Yamanaka	27th August 2017	13th July 2018	1
20th	Vic Saludar	13th July 2018	current	1

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

Light flyweight

No.	World Champion	From	To	Number of title defenses
1	José de Jesús	May 19, 1989	March 1, 1992	3
2	Josue Camacho	July 31, 1992	July 15, 1994	1
3	Michael Carbajal	July 15, 1994	November 12, 1994	0
4th	Paul Weir	November 23, 1994	November 18, 1995	1
5	Jacob Matlala	November 18, 1995	1997	2
6th	Jesús Chong	May 31, 1997	August 25, 1997	0
7th	Melchor Cob Castro	August 25, 1997	January 17, 1998	0
8th	Juan Domingo Cordoba	January 17, 1998	5th December 1998	1
9	Jorge Arce	5th December 1998	July 31, 1999	1
10	Michael Carbajal (2)	July 31, 1999	August 1999	0
11	Masibulele macepula	February 19, 2000	July 2000	0
12	Nelson Dieppa	April 14, 2001	April 30, 2005	5
13	Hugo Fidel Cázares	April 20, 2005	August 25, 2007	5
14th	Iván Calderón	August 25, 2007	August 28, 2010	6th
15th	Giovanni Segura	August 28, 2010	April 2011	1
16	Jesús Geles	April 2011	April 30, 2011	0
17th	Ramón García Hirales	April 20, 2011	October 8, 2011	0
18th	Donnie Nietes	October 8, 2011	17th August 2016	9
19th	Kōsei Tanaka	December 31, 2016	1st December 2017	2
20th	Angel Acosta	2nd December 2017	current	2

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

Flyweight

No.	World Champion	From	To	Number of title defenses
1	Elvis Álvarez	March 3, 1989	March 1990	0
2	Isidro Perez	August 18, 1990	March 18, 1992	2
3	Pat Clinton	March 18, 1992	May 15, 1993	1
4th	Jacob Matlala	May 15, 1993	February 11, 1995	3
5	Alberto Jiménez	February 11, 1995	December 13, 1996	5
6th	Carlos Gabriel Salazar	December 13, 1996	August 14, 1998	5
7th	Ruben Sanchez Leon	August 14, 1998	April 23, 1999	1
8th	José López Bueno	April 23, 1999	1999	1
9	Isidro Garcia	December 18, 1999	December 15, 2000	1
10	Fernando Montiel	December 15, 2000	October 2001	3
11	Adonis Rivas	May 4, 2002	July 13, 2002	0
12	Omar Andrés Narváez	July 13, 2002	2010	16
13	Julio Cesar Miranda	June 12, 2010	July 16, 2011	3
14th	Brian Viloria	July 16, 2011	April 6, 2013	3
15th	Juan Francisco Estrada	April 6, 2013	5th November 2016	5
16	Zhou Shiming	5th November 2016	28th July 2017	0
17th	Sho Kimura	28th July 2017	September 24, 2018	1
18th	Kōsei Tanaka	September 24, 2018	current	1

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

Super flyweight

No.	World Champion	From	To	Number of title defenses
1	José Ruíz Matos	April 29, 1989	February 22, 1992	4th
2	José Quirino	February 22, 1992	4th September 1992	0
3	Johnny Bredahl	4th September 1992	August 1994	3
4th	Johnny Tapia	October 12, 1994	5th December 1998	13
5	Víctor Godoi	1998	June 7, 1999	0
6th	Diego Morales	June 7, 1999	November 20, 1999	1
7th	Adonis Rivas	November 20, 1999	June 16, 2001	2
8th	Pedro Alcázar	June 16, 2001	June 22, 2002	1
9	Fernando Montiel	June 22, 2002	August 16, 2003	1
10	Marc Johnson	August 16, 2003	September 25, 2004	1
11	Iván Hernández	September 25, 2004	April 9, 2005	0
12	Fernando Montiel (2)	April 9, 2005	2009	7th
13	José Lopez	March 28, 2009	September 4, 2009	0
14th	Marvin Sonsona	September 4, 2009	November 21, 2009	0
15th	Jorge Arce	January 30, 2010	2010	0
16	Omar Andrés Narváez	May 15, 2010	December 30, 2014	11
17th	Naoya Inoue	December 30, 2014	March 2018	7th
18th	Donnie Nietes	December 31, 2018	February 28, 2019	0

Super flyweight titles from the other major associations: WBC - WBA - IBF

Bantamweight

No.	World Champion	From	To	Number of title defenses
1	Israel Contreras	3rd February 1989	March 12, 1991	1
2	Gaby Canizales	March 12, 1991	June 30, 1991	0
3	Duke McKenzie	June 30, 1991	May 13, 1992	2
4th	Rafael Del Valle	May 13, 1992	July 30, 1994	2
5	Alfred Kotey	July 30, 1994	October 21, 1995	2
6th	Daniel Jiménez	October 21, 1995	April 26, 1996	1
7th	Robbie Regan	April 26, 1996	1996	0
8th	Jorge Julio Rocha	July 28, 1997	January 8, 2000	3
9	Johnny Tapia	January 8, 2000	September 2000	1
10	Mauricio Martínez	September 4, 2000	March 15, 2002	1
11	Cruz Carbajal	March 15, 2002	May 7, 2004	2
12	Ratanachai Sor Vorapin	May 7, 2004	October 29, 2005	1
13	Jhonny González	October 29, 2005	August 11, 2007	2
14th	Gerry Peñalosa	August 11, 2007	April 22, 2009	1
15th	Fernando Montiel	April 25, 2009	February 19, 2011	2
16	Nonito Donaire	February 19, 2011	2011	1
17th	Jorge Arce	November 26, 2011	2012	0
18th	Pungluang Sor Singyu	20th October 2012	March 2, 2013	0
19th	Paul Ambunda	March 2, 2013	1 August 2013	0
20th	Tomoki Kameda	1 August 2013	April 24, 2015	3
21st	Pungluang Sor Singyu	August 8, 2015	July 27, 2016	1
22nd	Marlon Tapales	July 27, 2016	April 22, 2017	0
23	Zolani Tete	April 27, 2017	current	3

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

Super bantamweight

No.	World Champion	From	To	Number of title defenses
1	Kenny Mitchell	April 29, 1989	December 9, 1989	1
2	Valerio Nati	December 9, 1989	May 12, 1990	0
3	Orlando Fernandez	May 12, 1990	May 24, 1991	0
4th	Jesse Benavides	May 24, 1991	October 15, 1992	1
5	Duke McKenzie	October 15, 1992	June 9, 1993	0
6th	Daniel Jiménez	June 9, 1993	March 31, 1995	4th
7th	Marco Antonio Barrera	March 31, 1995	November 22, 1996	8th
8th	Junior Jones	November 22, 1996	December 19, 1997	1
9	Kennedy McKinney	December 19, 1997	1998	0
10	Marco Antonio Barrera (2)	October 31, 1998	February 19, 2000	2
11	Erik Morales	February 19, 2000	February 2000	0
12	Marco Antonio Barrera (3)	June 17, 2000	April 7, 2001	3
13	Agapito Sánchez	June 23, 2001	August 15, 2002	1
14th	Joan Guzman	17th August 2002	July 2005	2
15th	Daniel Ponce de León	October 29, 2005	June 7, 2008	6th
16	Juan Manuel López	June 7, 2008	January 23, 2010	5
17th	Wilfredo Vazquez Jr.	February 27, 2010	May 7, 2011	2
18th	Jorge Arce	May 7, 2011	2011	1
19th	Nonito Donaire	4th February 2012	April 13, 2013	3
20th	Guillermo Rigondeaux	April 13, 2013	October 28, 2015	3
21st	Nonito Donaire (2)	December 11, 2015	5th November 2016	1
22nd	Jessie Magdaleno	5th November 2016	April 28, 2018	1
23	Isaac Dogboe	April 28, 2018	December 8, 2018	1
24	Emanuel Navarrete	December 8, 2018	current	0

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

Featherweight

No.	World Champion	From	To	Number of title defenses
1	Maurizio Stecca	January 28, 1989	November 11, 1989	1
2	Louie Espinoza	November 11, 1989	April 7, 1990	0
3	Jorge Paez	April 7, 1990	1991	1
4th	Maurizio Stecca (2)	January 26, 1991	May 16, 1992	2
5	Colin McMillan	May 16, 1992	September 26, 1992	0
6th	Rubén Darío Palacios	September 26, 1992	1993	0
7th	Steve Robinson	April 17, 1993	September 30, 1995	7th
8th	Naseem Hamed	September 30, 1995	September 30, 2000	15th
9	István Kovács	January 27, 2001	June 16, 2001	0
10	Pablo Chacón	June 16, 2001	October 19, 2002	2
11	Scott Harrison	October 19, 2002	July 12, 2003	1
12	Manuel Medina	July 12, 2003	November 29, 2003	0
13	Scott Harrison (2)	November 29, 2003	June 2006	6th
14th	Juan Manuel Marquez	December 6, 2006	April 1, 2007	0
15th	Steven Luevano	July 14, 2007	January 23, 2010	5
16	Juan Manuel López	January 23, 2010	April 16, 2011	2
17th	Orlando Salido	April 16, 2011	19th January 2013	2
18th	Miguel Ángel García	19th January 2013	14th of June 2013	0
19th	Orlando Salido (2)	October 12, 2013	February 28, 2014	0
20th	Vasyl Lomatschenko	June 21, 2014	May 2016	3
21st	Óscar Valdez	23rd July 2016	current	5

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

Super featherweight

No.	World Champion	From	To	Number of title defenses
1	John John Molina	April 29, 1989	1989	0
2	Camel Bou-Ali	December 9, 1989	March 21, 1992	2
3	Daniel Londas	March 21, 1992	4th September 1992	0
4th	Jimmi Bredahl	4th September 1992	March 5, 1994	1
5	Óscar de la Hoya	March 5, 1994	July 29, 1994	1
6th	Regilio Tuur	September 24, 1994	1997	6th
7th	Barry Jones	December 19, 1997	1998	0
8th	Anatoly Alexandrov	May 16, 1998	August 7, 1999	1
9	Acelino Freitas	August 7, 1999	January 15, 2004	10
10	Diego Corrales	March 6, 2004	2004	0
11	Mike Anchondo	July 15, 2004	April 7, 2005	0
12	Jorge Rodrigo Barrios	April 8, 2005	September 15, 2006	2
13	Joan Guzman	September 16, 2006	May 15, 2008	2
14th	Alex Arthur	May 15, 2008	September 6, 2008	0
15th	Nicky Cook	September 6, 2008	March 14, 2009	0
16	Román Martínez	March 14, 2009	September 4, 2010	2
17th	Ricky Burns	September 4, 2010	September 2011	3
18th	Adrien Broner	November 26, 2011	20th July 2012	1
19th	Roman Martínez (2)	15th September 2012	November 2, 2013	2
20th	Miguel Ángel García	November 9, 2013	October 14, 2014	1
21st	Orlando Salido	October 14, 2014	April 11, 2015	0
22nd	Román Martínez	April 11, 2015	June 11, 2016	1
23	Vasyl Lomatschenko	June 11, 2016	23 May 2018	4th
24	Masayuki Ito	28th July 2018	current	1

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

lightweight

No.	World Champion	From	To	Number of title defenses
1	Mauricio Aceves	May 6, 1989	September 22, 1990	1
2	Dingaan Thobela	September 22, 1990	1991	2
3	Giovanni Parisi	September 22, 1992	1994	2
4th	Óscar de la Hoya	July 29, 1994	1996	6th
5	Artur Grigorian	April 13, 1996	January 3, 2004	17th
6th	Acelino Freitas	January 3, 2004	August 7, 2004	0
7th	Diego Corrales	August 7, 2004	2005	1
8th	Acelino Freitas (2)	April 29, 2006	April 28, 2007	0
9	Juan Díaz	April 28, 2007	March 8, 2008	1
10	Nate Campbell	March 8, 2008	February 13, 2009	0
11	Juan Manuel Marquez	February 28, 2009	January 2012	2
12	Ricky Burns	January 2012	March 1, 2014	5
13	Terence Crawford	March 1, 2014	February 2015	2
14th	Terry Flanagan	July 11, 2015	October 26, 2017	5
15th	Raymundo Beltran	February 16, 2018	August 25, 2018	0
16	José Pedraza	August 25, 2018	December 8, 2018	0
17th	Vasyl Lomatschenko	December 8, 2018	current	0

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

Light welterweight

No.	World Champion	From	To	Number of title defenses
1	Hector Camacho	March 6, 1989	February 23, 1991	2
2	Greg Haugen	February 23, 1991	May 18, 1991	0
3	Hector Camacho (2)	May 18, 1991	1992	0
4th	Carlos González	June 29, 1992	June 7, 1993	3
5	Zack Padilla	June 7, 1993	July 1994	4th
6th	Sammy Fuentes	February 20, 1995	March 9, 1996	1
7th	Giovanni Parisi	March 9, 1996	May 29, 1998	5
8th	Carlos Gonzalez (2)	May 29, 1998	15th 1999	0
9	Randall Bailey	May 15, 1999	July 22, 2000	2
10	Ener Julio	July 22, 2000	June 25, 2001	0
11	DeMarcus Corley	June 30, 2001	July 12, 2003	2
12	Zab Judah	July 12, 2003	2004	1
13	Miguel Ángel Cotto	September 11, 2004	October 27, 2006	6th
14th	Ricardo Torres	November 18, 2006	July 5, 2008	2
15th	Kendall Holt	July 5, 2008	April 4, 2009	1
16	Timothy Bradley	April 4, 2009	June 2012	4th
17th	Juan Manuel Marquez	June 27, 2012	October 12, 2013	0
15th	Mike Alvarado	October 2013	19th October 2013	0
16	Ruslan Provodnikov	19th October 2013	June 14, 2014	0
17th	Chris Algieri	June 14, 2014	23rd November 2014	0
18th	Terence Crawford	April 18, 2015	October 26, 2017	6th
19th	Maurice Hooker	June 9, 2018	current	2

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

Welterweight

No.	World Champion	From	To	Number of title defenses
1	Genaro Léon	May 6, 1989	December 15, 1989	0
2	Manning Galloway	December 15, 1989	February 12, 1993	7th
3	Gert Bo Jacobsen	February 12, 1993	October 16, 1993	0
4th	Eamonn Loughran	October 16, 1993	April 13, 1996	5
5	Luis Lopez	April 13, 1996	October 6, 1996	1
6th	Michael Loewe	February 22, 1997	1997	1
7th	Akhmed Kotiev	February 14, 1998	May 6, 2000	4th
8th	Daniel Santos	May 6, 2000	March 2002	3
9	Antonio Margarito	March 16, 2002	July 14, 2007	7th
10	Paul Williams	July 14, 2007	February 9, 2008	0
11	Carlos Quintana	2008	June 7, 2008	0
12	Paul Williams (2)	June 7, 2008	November 12, 2008	0
13	Miguel Ángel Cotto	February 21, 2009	November 14, 2009	1
14th	Manny Pacquiao	November 14, 2009	June 9, 2012	3
15th	Timothy Bradley	June 9, 2012	April 12, 2014	2
16	Manny Pacquiao (2)	April 12, 2014	May 2, 2015	1
17th	Floyd Mayweather Jr.	May 2, 2015	July 6, 2015	0
18th	Timothy Bradley (2)	July 6, 2015	February 9, 2016	1
19th	Jessie Vargas	5th March 2016	5th November 2016	0
20th	Manny Pacquiao (3)	5th November 2016	2nd July 2017	0
21st	Jeff Horn	2nd July 2017	June 9, 2018	1
22nd	Terence Crawford	June 9, 2018	current	1

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

Light middleweight

No.	World Champion	From	To	Number of title defenses
1	John David Jackson	December 8, 1988	October 30, 1993	6th
2	Verno Phillips	October 30, 1993	November 22, 1995	4th
3	Paul Jones	November 22, 1995	February 1996	0
4th	Bronco McKart	March 1, 1996	May 17, 1996	0
5	Ronald Wright	May 17, 1996	August 22, 1998	3
6th	Harry Simon	August 22, 1998	July 2001	4th
7th	Daniel Santos	March 16, 2002	December 3, 2005	4th
8th	Serhiy Dsindsiruk	December 3, 2005	October 2011	6th
9	Saurbek Baysangurow	October 2011	June 2013	2
10	Demetrius Andrade	November 9, 2013	August 1, 2015	1
11	Liam Smith	October 10, 2015	17th September 2016	2
12	Saúl Álvarez	17th September 2016	May 2017	0
13	Miguel Cotto	16th August 2017	2nd December 2017	0
14th	Sadam Ali	2nd December 2017	May 12, 2018	0
15th	Jaime Munguia	May 12, 2018	current	3

World championship in super welterweight of the other important associations: WBC - WBA - IBF

medium weight

No.	World Champion	From	To	Number of title defenses
1	Doug DeWitt	April 18, 1989	April 29, 1990	1
2	Nigel Benn	April 29, 1990	November 18, 1990	1
3	Chris Eubank	November 18, 1990	1991	3
4th	Gerald McClellan	November 20, 1991	1992	0
5	Chris Pyatt	May 19, 1993	May 11, 1994	2
6th	Steve Collins	May 11, 1994	March 1995	0
7th	Lonnie Bradley	May 19, 1995	1997	6th
8th	Otis Grant	December 13, 1997	1998	1
9	Bert Schenk	January 30, 1999	November 1999	1
10	Jason Matthews	November 1999	November 27, 1999	0
11	Armand Krajnc	November 27, 1999	April 6, 2002	3
12	Harry Simon	April 6, 2002	2003	0
13	Héctor Velazco	May 10, 2003	September 13, 2003	0
14th	Felix Sturm	September 13, 2003	June 5, 2004	1
15th	Óscar de la Hoya	June 5, 2004	September 18, 2004	0
16	Bernard Hopkins	September 18, 2004	July 16, 2005	1
17th	Jermain Taylor	July 16, 2005	September 29, 2007	4th
18th	Kelly Pavlik	September 29, 2007	April 17, 2010	3
19th	Sergio Gabriel Martínez	April 17, 2010	June 2010	0
20th	Dmitri Pirog	July 31, 2010	August 2012	3
21st	Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam	August 2012	20th October 2012	0
22nd	Peter Quillin	20th October 2012	4th September 2014	3
23	Andy Lee	December 13, 2014	19th December 2015	1
24	Billy Joe Saunders	19th December 2015	October 11, 2018	3
25th	Demetrius Andrade	20th October 2018	current	1

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

Super middleweight

No.	World Champion	From	To	Number of title defenses
1	Thomas Hearns	4th November 1988	April 28, 1990	2
2	Chris Eubank	September 21, 1991	March 18, 1995	14th
3	Steve Collins	March 18, 1995	5th July 1997	7th
4th	Joe Calzaghe	October 11, 1997	September 26, 2008	21st
5	Denis Inkin	September 27, 2008	January 10, 2009	0
6th	Károly Balzsay	January 10, 2009	August 22, 2009	1
7th	Robert Goldfinch	August 22, 2009	August 25, 2012	6th
8th	Arthur Abraham	August 25, 2012	March 23, 2013	1
9	Robert Goldfinch (2)	March 23, 2013	March 1, 2014	2
10	Arthur Abraham (2)	March 1, 2014	April 9, 2016	5
11	Gilberto Ramírez	April 9, 2016	3rd March 2019	5

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

Light heavyweight

No.	World Champion	From	To	Number of title defenses
1	Michael Moorer	3rd December 1988	May 9, 1991	9
2	Leeonzer Barber	May 9, 1991	September 10, 1994	4th
3	Dariusz Michalczewski	September 10, 1994	October 18, 2003	23
4th	Julio González	October 18, 2003	January 17, 2004	0
5	Zsolt Erdei	January 17, 2004	November 2009	11
6th	Jürgen Brähmer	November 2009	May 19, 2011	2
7th	Nathan Cleverly	May 19, 2011	17th August 2013	5
8th	Sergei Kovalev	17th August 2013	19th November 2016	8th
9	Andre Ward	19th November 2016	September 21, 2017	1
10	Sergei Kovalev (2)	November 25, 2017	4th August 2018	1
11	Eleider Álvarez	4th August 2018	2nd February 2019	0
10	Sergei Kovalev (3)	2nd February 2019	current	0

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

Cruiser weight

No.	World Champion	From	To	Number of title defenses
1	Boone Pultz	3rd December 1989	May 17, 1990	0
2	Magne Havnå	May 17, 1990	February 15, 1991	2
3	Tyrone Booze	July 25, 1992	February 13, 1993	1
4th	Markus Bott	February 13, 1993	June 26, 1993	0
5	Nestor Giovannini	June 26, 1993	17th December 1994	1
6th	Dariusz Michalczewski	17th December 1994	January 1995	0
7th	Ralf Rocchigiani	June 10, 1995	4th October 1997	6th
8th	Carl Thompson	4th October 1997	March 27, 1999	2
9	Johnny Nelson	March 27, 1999	September 22, 2006	13
10	Enzo Maccarinelli	July 8, 2006	March 8, 2008	4th
11	David Haye	March 8, 2008	July 22, 2008	0
12	Victor Emilio Ramírez	February 2009	August 29, 2009	1
13	Marco Huck	August 29, 2009	August 14, 2015	13
14th	Krzysztof Głowacki	August 14, 2015	17th September 2016	1
15th	Oleksandr Ussyk	17th September 2016	current	6th

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

Heavyweight

No.	World Champion	From	To	Number of title defenses
1	Francesco Damiani	May 6, 1989	January 11, 1991	1
2	Ray Mercer	January 11, 1991	December 24, 1991	1
3	Michael Moorer	May 15, 1992	3rd February 1993	0
4th	Tommy Morrison	June 7, 1993	October 29, 1993	1
5	Michael Bentt	October 29, 1993	March 19, 1994	0
6th	Herbie Hide	March 19, 1994	March 11, 1995	0
7th	Riddick Bowe	March 11, 1995	January 11, 1996	1
8th	Henry Akinwande	June 29, 1996	February 1, 1997	2
9	Herbie Hide (2)	June 28, 1997	June 26, 1999	2
10	Vitali Klitschko	June 26, 1999	April 1, 2000	2
11	Chris Byrd	April 1, 2000	October 14, 2000	0
12	Wladimir Klitschko	October 14, 2000	March 8, 2003	5
13	Corrie Sanders	March 8, 2003	February 1, 2004	0
14th	Lamon Brewster	April 10, 2004	April 1, 2006	3
15th	Syarhej Lyachowitsch	April 1, 2006	November 4, 2006	0
16	Shannon Briggs	November 4, 2006	June 2, 2007	0
17th	Sultan Akhmed Ibragimov	June 2, 2007	February 23, 2008	1
18th	Wladimir Klitschko (2)	February 23, 2008	November 28, 2015	14th
19th	Tyson Fury	November 28, 2015	October 12, 2016	0
20th	Joseph Parker	December 10, 2016	March 31, 2018	2
21st	Anthony Joshua	March 31, 2018	June 1, 2019	1
22nd	Andy Ruiz Jr.	June 1, 2019	current

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

See also

• List of world boxing champions of the WBA
• List of World Boxing Champions of the WBC
• List of IBO boxing world champions
• List of IBF world boxing champions

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

Web links

• Official homepage of the IBO

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Joshua's compatriot owned the belts of WBA, IBF and WBC, at that time the WBO was not yet part of the illustrious circle. She has only been there since 2007. Since then, the undisputed champion has had four titles.