List of WBA female world champions

The following is a list of female world champions in the World Boxing Association. Stand: April 30, 2016.

^r – Champion relinquished title.
^s – Champion stripped of title.

During the 2009 WBA convention in Colombia, Susi Kentikian was named the first ever WBA female Super Champion. It was announced that this belt would be called "Susi Kentikian" belt for all other future Super Champions.

Light minimumweight

No.	Name	Duration of reign	Defences
1	Mari Ando	2011-09-22 — 2012-09-16	1
2	Ayaka Miyao	2012-09-16 — 2015-10-22	5
3	Momo Koseki	2015-10-22 — present	0

Minimumweight

No.	Name	Duration of reign	Defences
1	Vaia Zaganas	2004-04-08 — 2005^r	0
2	Son Chorong	2006-12-09 — 2009-04-11	2
3	Etsuko Tada	2009-04-11 — 2013-07-23	9
4	Ria Ramnarine – Interim	2009-08-20 — 2010-08-10^s	0
5	Ibeth Zamora Silva – Interim	2009-09-05 — 2011-04-17	2
6	Anabel Ortiz	2013-07-23 — present	6

Light flyweight

No.	Name	Duration of reign	Defences
1	Ju Hee Kim	2007-08-24 — 2009^s	0
2	Yésica Yolanda Bopp – Won interim title, was then elevated to full champion status.	2008-12-05 — present	14
3	Joselyn Arroyo Ruiz – Interim	2015-03-21 — present	0

Flyweight

No.	Name	Duration of reign	Defences
1	Susi Kentikian (Super Champion from 2009-11-18 - 2012-05-16)	2007-02-16 — 2012-12-01	14
2	Arely Muciño – Interim	2012-02-25 — 2013^s	1
3	Carina Moreno	2012-12-01 — 2013-07-06	0
4	Susi Kentikian (2) – Interim champion since 2013-02-01, has then beaten Moreno for the regular title.	2013-07-06 — present	4

Super flyweight

No.	Name	Duration of reign	Defences
1	Yazmín Rivas	2005-02-28 — 2006^r	0
2	Kim Hana	2006-10-07 — 2007-10-09	2
3	Zhang Xi Yan	2007-10-09 — 2009-02-26	0
4	Carolina Marcela Gutiérrez – Interim, in recess since May 2012	2008-10-17 — 2012-08-30	3
5	Tenkai Tsunami	2009-02-26 — 2012-07-09	4
6	Daniela Romina Bermúdez – Interim	2012-05-12 — 2014^s	4
7	Naoko Yamaguchi	2012-07-09 — 2013-11-13	2
8	Naoko Fujioka	2013-11-13 — 2015^r	2
9	Linda Laura Lecca – Interim (Defended interim title 3 times, was then elevated to regular champion on 15 April 2016.)	2014-05-31 — present	0

Bantamweight

No.	Name	Duration of reign	Defences
1	Jackie Nava	2005-02-28 — 2005^r	0
2	Anita Christensen	2006-10-14 — 2008-06-21	1
3	Galina Koleva Ivanova	2008-06-21 — 2008^s	0
4	Emanuela Pantani	2008-12-19 — 2010^s	0
5	Janeth Pérez	2011-07-16 — 2013-01-05	3
6	Sabrina Maribel Pérez – Interim, in recess for a few months during Bermúdez' interim reign	2011-08-12 — 2014^s	2
7	Daniela Romina Bermúdez – Interim	2012-03-31 — 2012^r	0
8	Irma García – In recess since 8 March 2015.	2013-01-05 — 2015^s	2
9	Mayerlin Rivas – Interim champion, defended title once before being elevated	2015-03-08 — present	2
10	Galina Koleva Ivanova (2)	2015-05-09 — 2015-10-10	0
11	Dayana Cordero – Interim champion	2016-01-15 — 2016^s	0

Super bantamweight

No.	Name	Duration of reign	Defences
1	Marcela Eliana Acuña (Honorary Champion) Title was vacated by the WBA on 2009-09-30. Acuña appealed the decision and was named "Champion in recess" on 2010-01-10 before the WBA vacated her belt.	2006-08-12 — 2010-01-20^s	5
2	Lisa Brown	2010-03-27 — 2011-04-02	0
3	Yésica Patricia Marcos – Interim	2010-08-10 — 2011^r	2
4	Chanttall Martínez	2011-04-02 — 2012-01-28	2
5	Yésica Patricia Marcos (2) – Interim champion since 2011-10-08, has then won vacant regular title.	2012-10-06 — 2016^s	3
6	Jackie Nava (In recess since October 2012)	2012-01-28 — 2014-05-24	2
7	Alys Sánchez – Interim	2012-12-08 — 2014-05-24	0
8	Jackie Nava (2) – Interim, elevated to Super champion on October 15, 2014.	2014-05-24 — 2016^s	3
9	Liliana Palmera – Interim (Defended interim title 3 times, was then elevated to regular champion on 15 April 2016.)	2014-10-24 — present	0

Featherweight

No.	Name	Duration of reign	Defences
1	Gao Li Jun	2006-03-25 — 2006^r	0
2	Lee Hwawon	2007-04-30 — 2008^r	0
3	Choi Hyunmi	2008-10-11 — 2013^r	7
4	Claudia Andrea López – Interim	2009-06-06 — 2010-04-30	0
5	Ogleidis Suárez – Won interim title, defended it twice, was then elevated to full champion status.	2013-05-10 — 2013-12-13	1
6	Edith Soledad Matthysse	2013-12-13 — 2016-03-11	1
7	Dahiana Santana – Interim	2014-06-28 — 2015-08-14	0
8	Anahí Esther Sánchez – Interim	2015-08-14 — 2016^r	1
9	Jelena Mrdjenovich	2016-03-11 — present	0

Super featherweight

No.	Name	Duration of reign	Defences
1	Kina Malpartida	2009-02-21 — 2013^s	6
2	Kim Hyomin – Interim	2010-07-17 — 2012^s	1
3	Choi Hyunmi – Won interim title, was then elevated to full champion status.	2013-10-30 — present	3
4	Ogleidis Suárez – Interim, in recess since October 2014	2014-05-10 — 2016^s	0

Lightweight

No.	Name	Duration of reign	Defences
1	Layla McCarter	2006-12-02 — 2011^s	2
2	Laura Tavecchio – Interim	2008-11-21 — June 2009^s	0
3	Alejandra Marina Oliveras	2011-08-12 — 2012^r	0
4	Cecilia Comunales	2012-03-30 — 2015^s	2

Super lightweight

No.	Name	Duration of reign	Defences
1	Myriam Lamare	2004-11-08 — 2006-12-02	5
2	Anne Sophie Mathis	2006-12-02 — 2010^s	3
3	Mónica Silvina Acosta	2011-02-18 — 2014-01-18	3
4	Svetlana Kulakova – Interim	2013-08-24 — present	1
5	Ana Laura Esteche	2014-01-18 — present	2

Welterweight

No.	Name	Duration of reign	Defences
1	Holly Holm	2006-06-10 — 2007^r	1
2	Cecilia Brækhus – Super champion from 2014-07-10 — 2015-06-10, and again from 2015-08-29 to 2016-02-20.	2009-03-14 — present	16
3	Noni Tenge – Interim	2014-06-07 — 2015^s	0

Super welterweight

No.	Name	Duration of reign	Defences
1	Jisselle Salandy	2006-09-15 — 2009-01-04 (died in a vehicular accident)	5
2	Karolina Lukasik – Interim	2007-09-07 — 2008-03-29	1
3	Layla McCarter	2012-09-30 — 2014^s	0

Middleweight

No.	Name	Duration of reign	Defences
1	Teresa Perozzi (In recess since August 2013)	2011-12-30 — 2014^s	2

Super middleweight

No.	Name	Duration of reign	Defences
1	Natascha Ragosina	2007-02-17 — 2012^s	6

Light heavyweight

No.	Name	Duration of reign	Defences
1	vacant		0

See also

• World Boxing Association
• List of WBA world champions