List of world light middleweight boxing champions

This list of the light middleweight boxing world champions provides an overview of all the world boxing champions of the four recognized and currently active world associations ( WBC , WBA , IBF , WBO ) in the light middleweight division in chronological order in separate tables. The WBA superchampions are listed both in the chronological WBA table and in a separate table. The status of the super champion of the WBA is ranked higher than that of the regular. Therefore, the WBA super champion is the actual world champion. The WBO has only been one of the major associations since 2007.

WBC

World Champion	Office
Denny Moyer	1963
Ralph Dupas	1963
Sandro Mazzinghi	1963-1965
Nino Benvenuti	1965-1966
Kim Ki-soo	1966-1968
Sandro Mazzinghi (2)	1968
Freddie Little	1969-1970
Carmelo Bossi	1970-1971
Kōichi Wajima	1971-1974
Oscar Albarado	1974-1975
Kōichi Wajima (2)	1975
Miguel de Oliveira	1975
Elisha Obed	1975-1976
Eckhard Dagge	1976-1977
Rocky Mattioli	1977-1979
Maurice Hope	1979-1981
Wilfred Benitez	1981-1982
Thomas Hearns	1982-1986
Duane Thomas	1986-1987
Magnifying glass Aquino	1987
Gianfranco Rosi	1987-1988
Donald Curry	1988-1989
René Jacquot	1989
John Mugabi	1989-1990
Terry Norris	1990-1993
Simon Brown	1993-1994
Terry Norris (2)	1994
Luis Santana	1994-1995
Terry Norris (3)	1995-1997
Keith Mullings	1997-1999
Javier Castillejo	1999-2001
Óscar de la Hoya	2001-2003
Shane Mosley	2003-2004
Ronald Wright	2004-2005
Javier Castillejo (2)	2005
Ricardo Mayorga	2005-2006
Óscar de la Hoya (2)	2006-2007
Floyd Mayweather Jr.	2007
Vernon Forrest	2007-2008
Sergio Mora	2008
Vernon Forrest (2)	2008-2009
Sergio Gabriel Martínez	2009-2010
Manny Pacquiao	2010
Saúl Álvarez	2011-2013
Floyd Mayweather Jr.	2013-2015
Jermell Charlo	2016-2018
Tony Harrison	since 2018

WBA

World Champion	Office
Denny Moyer	1962-1963
Ralph Dupas	1963
Sandro Mazzinghi	1963-1965
Nino Benvenuti	1965-1966
Kim Ki-soo	1966-1968
Sandro Mazzinghi (2)	1968
Freddie Little	1969-1970
Carmelo Bossi	1970-1971
Kōichi Wajima	1971-1974
Oscar Albarado	1974-1975
Kōichi Wajima (2)	1975
Yuh Jae-doo	1975-1976
Kōichi Wajima (3)	1976
José Manuel Durán	1976
Miguel Angel Castellini	1976-1977
Eddie Gazo	1977-1988
Masashi Kudo	1978-1979
Ayub Kalule	1979-1981
Sugar Ray Leonard	1981
Tadashi Mihara	1981-1982
Davey Moore	1982-1983
Roberto Durán	1983-1984
Mike McCallum	1984-1987
Julian Jackson	1987-1990
Gilbert Dele	1991
Vinny Pazienza	1991-1992
Julio César Vásquez	1992-1995
Pernell Whitaker	1995
Carl Daniels	1995
Julio César Vásquez (2)	1995-1996
Laurent Boudouani	1996-1999
David Reid	1999-2000
Félix Trinidad	2000-2001
Fernando Vargas	2001-2002
Óscar de la Hoya	2002-2003
Santiago Samaniego	2002-2003
Alejandro García	2003
Shane Mosley	2003-2004
Travis Simms	2003-2005
Ronald Wright	2004-2005
Alejandro García (2)	2005-2006
Jose Antonio Rivera	2006-2007
Travis Simms (2)	2006-2007
Travis Simms (2)	2007
Joachim Alcine	2007-2008
Daniel Santos	2008-2009
Yuri Foreman	2009-2010
Miguel Angel Cotto	2010–2012
Austin Trout	2011-2013
Floyd Mayweather Jr.	2012-2016
Saúl Álvarez	2013
Erislandy Lara	2014-2018
Jack Culcay-Keth	2016-2017
Demetrius Andrade	2017
Brian Castaño	since 2017
Jarrett Hurd	since 2018

WBA super champions

World Champion	Office
Óscar de la Hoya	2002-2003
Shane Mosley	2003-2004
Ronald Wright	2004-2005
Miguel Cotto	2010–2012
Floyd Mayweather Jr.	2012-2016
Erislandy Lara	2016-2018
Jarrett Hurd	since 2018

IBF

World Champion	Office
Mark Medal	1984
Carlos Santos	1984-1986
Buster Drayton	1986-1987
Matthew Hilton	1987-1988
Robert Hines	1988-1989
Darrin Van Horn	1989
Gianfranco Rosi	1989-1994
Vincent Pettway	1994-1995
Paul Vaden	1995
Terry Norris	1995-1997
Raúl Marquez	1997
Yory Boy Campas	1997-1998
Fernando Vargas	1998-2000
Félix Trinidad	2000-2001
Ronald Wright	2001-2004
Verno Phillips	2004
Kassim Ouma	2004-2005
Roman Karmasin	2005-2006
Cory Spinks	2006-2008
Verno Phillips (2)	2008
Cory Spinks (2)	2009-2010
Cornelius Bundrage	2010-2013
Ishe Smith	2013
Carlos Amado Molina	2013-2014
Cornelius Bundrage (2)	2014-2015
Jermall Charlo	2015-2017
Jarrett Hurd	since 2017

WBO

World Champion	Office
John David Jackson	1988-1993
Verno Phillips	1993-1995
Paul Jones	1995-1996
Bronco McKart	1996
Ronald Wright	1996-1998
Harry Simon	1998-2001
Daniel Santos	2002-2005
Serhiy Dsindsiruk	2005-2011
Saurbek Baysangurow	2011-2013
Demetrius Andrade	2013-2015
Liam Smith	2015-2016
Saúl Álvarez	2016-2017
Miguel Cotto	2017
Sadam Ali	2017-2018
Jaime Munguia	since 2018

Web links

• WBC Light Middleweight Champion
• WBA Light Middleweight Champion
• IBF Light Middleweight Champion
• WBO Light Middleweight Champion
• WBA Light Middleweight Super champion
• The Ring Magazine Champions
• The Ring Magazine Champions

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.