List of welterweight boxing champions

This list of welterweight boxing world champions provides an overview of all universal boxing world champions as well as all of the former NYSAC association and all of the NBA (the NBA was renamed WBA in 1962 ) and all of the four recognized and currently active world associations ( WBC , WBA , IBF , WBO ) in welterweight 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.

Universal

No.	World Champion	From	To
1	Paddy Duffy	March 29, 1889	1890
2	Mysterious Billy Smith	December 14, 1892	July 26, 1894
3	Tommy Ryan	July 26, 1894	1898
4th	Mysterious Billy Smith (2)	August 25, 1898	January 15, 1900
5	Rube Ferns	January 15, 1900	October 16, 1900
6th	Matty Matthews	October 16, 1900	May 24, 1901
7th	Rube Ferns	May 24, 1901	December 18, 1901
8th	Joe Walcott	December 18, 1901	April 29, 1904
9	Dixie Kid	April 29, 1904	1904
10	Honey Mellody	October 16, 2006	April 23, 2007
11	Mike Twin Sullivan	April 23, 1907	1908
12	Harry Lewis	April 20, 1908	January 1911
13	Matt Wells	March 21, 1914	June 1, 1915
14th	Mike Glover	June 1, 1915	June 22, 1915
15th	Jack Britton	June 22, 1915	August 31, 1915
16	Ted Lewis	August 31, 1915	April 24, 1916
17th	Jack Britton (2)	April 24, 1916	June 25, 1917
18th	Ted Lewis (2)	June 25, 1917	March 17, 1919
19th	Jack Britton (3)	March 17, 1919	November 1, 1922
20th	Mickey Walker	November 1, 1922	May 20, 1926
21st	Pete Latzo	May 20th	3rd of June
22nd	Joe Dundee	June 3, 1927	July 25, 1929
23	Jack Thompson	May 9, 1930	5th September 1930
24	Tommy Freeman	5th September 1930	April 14, 1931
25th	Jack Thompson (2)	April 14, 1931	October 23, 1931
26th	Lou Brouillard	October 23, 1931	January 28, 1932
27	Jackie Fields	January 28, 1932	February 22, 1933
28	Young Corbett III	February 22, 1933	May 29, 1933
29	Jimmy McLarnin	May 29, 1933	May 28, 1934
30th	Barney Ross	May 28, 1934	September 17, 1934
31	Jimmy McLarnin (2)	September 17, 1934	May 28, 1935
32	Barney Ross	May 28, 1935	May 31, 1938
33	Henry Armstrong	May 31, 1938	4th October 1940
34	Fritzie Zivic	4th October 1940	July 29, 1941
35	Freddie Cochrane	July 29, 1941	February 1, 1946
36	Marty Servo	February 1, 1946	1946
37	´ Sugar Ray Robinson	December 20, 1946	August 9, 1950
38	Johnny Bratton	March 14, 1951	May 18, 1951
39	Kid Gavilan	May 18, 1951	October 20, 1954
40	Johnny Saxton	October 20, 1954	April 1, 1955
41	Tony DeMarco	April 1, 1955	June 10, 1955
42	Carmen Basilio	June 10, 1955	March 14, 1956
43	Virgil Akins	June 6, 1958	5th December 1958
44	Don Jordan	5th December 1958	May 27, 1960
45	Benny Paret	May 27, 1960	April 1, 1961
46	Emile Griffith	April 1, 1961	September 30, 1961
47	Benny Paret (2)	September 30, 1961	March 24, 1962
48	Emile Griffith (2)	March 24, 1962	December 8, 1962

NYSAC

No.	World Champion	From	To	Number of title defenses
1	Jimmy Jones	July 27, 1923	1924	1
2	Joe Dundee	June 23, 1927	June 17, 1927	0
3	Sugar Ray Robinson	December 20, 1946	February 14, 1951	0
4th	Hedgemon Lewis	June 16, 1972	3rd August 1974	1

WBC

World Champion	Office
Emile Griffith	1962-1963
Luis Manuel Rodriguez	1963
Emile Griffith (2)	1963-1966
Curtis Cokes	1966-1969
José Nápoles	1969-1970
Billy Backus	1970-1971
José Nápoles (2)	1971-1975
John H. Stracey	1975-1976
Carlos Palomino	1976-1979
Wilfred Benitez	1979
Sugar Ray Leonard	1979-1980
Roberto Duran	1980
Sugar Ray Leonard (2)	1980-1982
Milton McCrory	1983-1985
Donald Curry	1985-1986
Lloyd Honeyghan	1986-1987
Jorge Vaca	1987-1988
Lloyd Honeyghan (2)	1988-1989
Marlon Starling	1989-1990
Maurice Blocker	1990-1991
Simon Brown	1991
Buddy McGirt	1991-1993
Pernell Whitaker	1993-1997
Óscar de la Hoya	1997-1999
Félix Trinidad	1999-2000
Óscar de la Hoya (2)	2000
Shane Mosley	2000-2002
Vernon Forrest	2002-2003
Ricardo Mayorga	2003
Cory Spinks	2003-2005
Zab Judah	2005-2006
Carlos Manuel Baldomir	2006
Floyd Mayweather Jr.	2006-2008
Andre Berto	2008-2011
Victor Ortiz	2011
Floyd Mayweather Jr. (2)	2011-2015
Danny Garcia	2016-2017
Keith Thurman	2017-2018
Shawn Porter	since 2018

NBA

No.	World Champion	From	To	Number of title defenses
1	Mickey Walker	June 2, 1924	1924	1
2	Jackie Fields	March 25, 1929	July 25, 1929	1
3	Jack Thompson	May 9, 1930	5th September 1930	1
4th	Tommy Freeman	5th September 1930	April 14, 1931	0
5	Jack Thompson (2)	April 14, 1931	October 23, 1931	0
6th	Lou Brouillard	October 23, 1931	January 28, 1932	0
7th	Jackie Fields (2)	January 28, 1932	February 22, 1933	0
8th	Young Corbett III	February 22, 1933	May 29, 1933	0
9	Sugar Ray Robinson	December 20, 1946	February 14, 1951	0
10	Johnny Bratton	March 14, 1951	May 18, 1951	0
11	Kid Gavilan	May 18, 1951	October 20, 1954	1

WBA

World Champion	Office
Emile Griffith	1962-1963
Luis Manuel Rodriguez	1963
Emile Griffith (2)	1963-1966
Curtis Cokes	1966-1969
José Nápoles	1969-1970
Billy Backus	1970-1971
José Nápoles (2)	1971-1975
Angel Espada	1975-1976
Pipino Cuevas	1976-1980
Thomas Hearns	1980-1981
Sugar Ray Leonard	1981-1982
Donald Curry	1983-1986
Lloyd Honeyghan	1986-1987
Mark Breland	1987
Marlon Starling	1987-1988
Tomás Molinares	1988
Mark Breland (2)	1989-1990
Aaron Davis	1990-1991
Meldrick Taylor	1991-1992
Crisanto España	1992-1994
Ike Quartey	1994-1998
James Page	1998-2000
Andrew Lewis	2001-2002
Ricardo Mayorga	2002-2003
Jose Antonio Rivera	2003-2005
Cory Spinks	2003-2005
Zab Judah	2005-2006
Luis Collazo	2005-2006
Ricky Hatton	2006
Miguel Angel Cotto	2006-2008
Antonio Margarito	2008-2009
Yuriy Nuzhnenko	2008-2009
Shane Mosley	2009-2010
Vyacheslav Senchenko	2009–2012
Paul Malignaggi	2012-2013
Adrien Broner	2013
Marcos Maidana	2013-2014
Floyd Mayweather Jr.	2014-2016
Keith Thurman	since 2015
David Avanesyan	2017
Lamont Peterson	2017
Lucas Matthysse	2018
Manny Pacquiao	since 2018

WBA super champions

World Champion	Office
Ricardo Mayorga	2003
Cory Spinks	2003-2005
Zab Judah	2005-2006
Shane Mosley	2009-2010
Floyd Mayweather Jr.	2014-2016
Keith Thurman	since 2017

IBF

World Champion	Office
Donald Curry	1984-1986
Lloyd Honeyghan	1986-1987
Simon Brown	1988-1991
Maurice Blocker	1991-1993
Félix Trinidad	1993-2000
Vernon Forrest	2001
Michele Piccirillo	2002-2003
Cory Spinks	2003-2005
Zab Judah	2005-2006
Floyd Mayweather Jr.	2006
Kermit Cintrón	2006-2008
Antonio Margarito	2008
Joshua Clottey	2008-2009
Isaac Hlatshwayo	2009
Dejan Zavec	2009-2011
Andre Berto	2011
Randall Bailey	2011–2012
Devon Alexander	2012-2013
Shawn Porter	2013-2014
Kell Brook	2014-2017
Errol Spence	since 2017

WBO

World Champion	Office
Genaro Léon	1989
Manning Galloway	1989-1993
Gert Bo Jacobsen	1993
Eamonn Loughran	1993-1996
Luis Lopez	1996
Michael Loewe	1997
Akhmed Jakubowitsch Kotiev	1998-2000
Daniel Santos	2000-2002
Antonio Margarito	2002-2007
Paul Williams	2007-2008
Carlos Quintana	2008
Paul Williams (2)	2008
Miguel Angel Cotto	2009
Manny Pacquiao	2009–2012
Timothy Bradley	2012-2014
Manny Pacquiao (2)	2014-2015
Floyd Mayweather Jr.	2015
Timothy Bradley (2)	2015-2016
Jessie Vargas	2016
Manny Pacquiao (3)	2016-2017
Jeff Horn	2017-2018
Terence Crawford	since 2018

Web links

• WBC Welterweight Champion
• WBA Welterweight Champion
• IBF Welterweight Champion
• WBO Welterweight Champion
• WBA Welterweight 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.