List of WBA world champions

List of WBA world champions is a table showing the world champions certificated by World Boxing Association (WBA). This list includes champions certificated by the National Boxing Association (NBA).

r Champion relinquished title.
s Champion stripped of title.

Minimumweight (Super belt: Leo Gamez)

No. Name Duration of reign Defenses Days
1 Venezuela Leo Gamez (v. Kim Bong-Jun) January 10, 1988 1989r (vacated) 1 721
Gamez vacated after a broken arm didn't allow him to defend the title
2 South Korea Bong-Jun Kim (v. Agustín García) April 16, 1989 February 2, 1991 5 657
3 South Korea Hi-Yong Choi February 2, 1991 October 14, 1992 4 620
4 Japan Hideyuki Ohashi October 14, 1992 February 10, 1993 0 247
5 Thailand Chana Porpaoin February 10, 1993 December 2, 1995 8 1205
6 Nicaragua Rosendo Álvarez (stripped) December 2, 1995 November 13, 1998 5 1077
Àlvarez stripped of title before his fight with Ricardo López for being overweight. Title was at stakes only for López who managed to beat the heavier Álvarez
7 Mexico Ricardo López (v. Rosendo Alvarez) November 13, 1998 July 1999r 0 260
Lopez vacated in order to move up to light flyweight
8 Venezuela Noel Arambulet (v. Joma Gamboa) October 9, 1999 August 20, 2000 (stripped) 1 377
Arambulet stripped of title before his rematch fight with Joma Gamboa for being overweight. Title was at stakes only for Gamboa who managed to beat the heavier Arambulet
9 Philippines Joma Gamboa (v. Noel Arambulet) August 20, 2000 December 6, 2000 0 106
10 Japan Keitaro Hoshino December 6, 2000 April 16, 2001 0 131
11 Thailand Chana Porpaoin April 16, 2001 August 25, 2001 0 131
12 Japan Yutaka Niida August 25, 2001 October 19, 2001r (vacated) 0 55
Niida vacated and retired citing back problems and lack of interest in boxing
13 Japan Keitaro Hoshino (2) (v. Joma Gamboa) January 29, 2002 July 29, 2002 0 182
14 Venezuela Noel Arambulet (2) July 29, 2002 July 2, 2004s (stripped) 2 704
Arambulet stripped of title before his rematch fight with Yutaka Niida for being overweight. Title was at stakes only for Niida who managed to beat the heavier Arambulet
15 Japan Yutaka Niida (2) (v. Noel Arambulet) July 3, 2004 September 15, 2008 7 1535
16 Nicaragua Roman Gonzalez September 15, 2008 – October 8, 2010r (vacated) 3 753
Gonzalez vacated in order to move up to light flyweight
17 Thailand Kwanthai Sithmorseng (v. Pigmy Kokietgym) November 5, 2010 April 19, 2011 0 165
18 Indonesia Muhammad Rachman April 19, 2011 July 31, 2011 0 103
19 Thailand Pornsawan Porpramook July 30, 2011 October 24, 2011 0 86
20 Japan Akira Yaegashi October 24, 2011 June 24, 2012 0 244
21 Japan Kazuto Ioka June 24, 2012 October 10, 2012r (vacated) 0 108
Ioka vacated in order to move up to light flyweight
22 Japan Ryo Miyazaki (v. Pornsawan Porpramook) December 31, 2012 – December 27, 2013r 2 361
Miyazaki vacated in order to move up to light flyweight
23 South Africa Hekkie Budler (v. Karluis Díaz) March 1, 2014 – January 22, 2016 4 692
Budler was elevated to Super champion on January 2016
24 South Africa Hekkie Budler Super Champion (Regular champ promoted) January 22, 2016 – March 19, 2016 0 57
25 Nicaragua Byron Rojas Super Champion March 19, 2016 Current 0 48

Light flyweight (Super belt: Myung-Woo Yuh)

No. Name Duration of reign Defenses Days
1 Panama Jaime Rios (v. Rigoberto Marcano) August 23, 1975 July 2, 1976 1 314
2 Dominican Republic Juan Antonio Guzman July 2, 1976 October 10, 1976 0 100
3 Japan Yoko Gushiken October 10, 1976 March 8, 1981 13 1618
4 Mexico Pedro Flores March 8, 1981 July 19, 1981 0 133
5 South Korea Hwan-Jin Kim July 19, 1981 December 16, 1981 1 150
6 Japan Katsuo Tokashiki December 16, 1981 July 10, 1983 5 571
7 Mexico Lupe Madera July 10, 1983 May 19, 1984 1 314
8 Dominican Republic Francisco Quiróz May 19, 1984 March 29, 1985 1 314
9 United States Joey Olivo March 29, 1985 December 8, 1985 1 254
10 South Korea Myung-Woo Yuh December 8, 1985 December 17, 1991 17 2200
11 Japan Hiroki Ioka December 17, 1991 November 18, 1992 2 337
12 South Korea Myung-Woo Yuh (2) November 18, 1992 1993r (vacated 1 409
Yuh vacated and retired from professional boxing
13 Venezuela Leo Gamez (v. Shiro Yahiro) October 21, 1993 February 4, 1995 3 471
14 South Korea Hi-Yong Choi February 4, 1995 January 13, 1996 1 343
15 Panama Carlos Murillo January 13, 1996 May 21, 1996 1 129
16 Japan Keiji Yamaguchi May 21, 1996 December 3, 1996 1 196
17 Thailand Pichitnoi Sitbangprachan December 3, 1996 July 2000s (stripped) 5 1336
18 Colombia Beibis Mendoza (v. Rosendo Alvarez) August 12, 2000 March 3, 2001 0 212
19 Nicaragua Rosendo Alvarez March 3, 2001 October 2, 2004s (stripped) 3 1309
Alvarez was stripped of title before his fourth fight with Beibis Mendoza for being overweight.
20 Panama Roberto Vásquez (v. Beibis Mendoza) April 29, 2005 May 25, 2006r (vacated) 3 391
Vásquez vacated to move up to flyweight
21 Japan Kōki Kameda (v. Juan José Landaeta) August 2, 2006 January 18, 2007r 1 169
Kameda vacated to move up to flyweight
22 Argentina Juan Carlos Reveco (v. Nethra Sasiprapa) June 22, 2007 December 8, 2007 1 169
23 France Brahim Asloum December 8, 2007 2008 (retired) 1 389
Asloum was declared Champion in recess on July 18, 2008. On September 2009 and retired from boxing
24 Mexico Giovanni Segura (interim champ promoted) June 5, 2009 August 28, 2010 (won Super title) 3 449
Segura promoted to Super champion
25 Mexico Giovanni Segura Super Champion (v. Iván Calderón) August 28, 2010 November 26, 2010r (vacated) 0 90
Segura vacated to fight at flyweight
26 Argentina Juan Carlos Reveco (interim champ promoted) August 28, 2010 November 26, 2010r (vacated) 0 314
Reveco vacated to move up to flyweight
27 Nicaragua Roman Gonzalez (interim champ promoted) February 4, 2011 – November 30, 2012 (promoted to Super Champion) 5 484
28 Nicaragua Roman Gonzalez Super Champion (regular champ promoted) November 30, 2012 - January 14, 2014r (vacated) 0 314
Gonzalez vacated to move up to flyweight
29 Japan Kazuto Ioka (v. José Alfredo Rodríguez) December 31, 2012 February 28, 2014r (vacated) 3 424
Ioka vacated to move up to flyweight
30 Peru Alberto Rossel (interim champ promoted) July 8, 2014 December 31, 2014 0 176
31 Japan Ryoichi Taguchi December 31, 2014 Present 3 492

Flyweight (Super belt: Pascual Perez)

No. Name Duration of reign Defenses Days
1 Japan Fighting Harada (v. Pone Kingpetch) October 10, 1962 January 12, 1963 0 94
2 Thailand Pone Kingpetch January 12, 1963 September 18, 1963 0 249
3 Japan Hiroyuki Ebihara September 18, 1963 January 23, 1964 0 127
4 Thailand Pone Kingpetch (2) January 23, 1964 April 23, 1965 0 456
5 Italy Salvatore Burruni April 23, 1965 November 1965s 0 192
Burruni was stripped of title for failing to meet the organization's number one contender, Hiroyuki Ebihara
6 Argentina Horacio Accavallo (v. Katsuyoshi Takayama) March 1, 1966 October 1, 1968r 3 945
Accavallo retired after his third defense fight, against Hiroyuki Ebihara
7 Japan Hiroyuki Ebihara (2) (v. José Severino) March 30, 1969 October 19, 1969 0 214
8 Philippines Bernabe Villacampo October 19, 1969 April 5, 1970 0 351
9 Thailand Berkrerk Chartvanchai April 5, 1970 October 22, 1970 0 200
10 Japan Masao Ohba October 22, 1970 1973r 5 1166
Three weeks after his fifth defense, Ohba died in a car accident in Tokyo
11 Thailand Chartchai Chionoi (v. Fritz Chervet) May 17, 1973 October 18, 1974 2 550
12 Japan Susumu Hanagata October 18, 1974 April 1, 1975 0 134
13 Philippines Erbito Salavarria April 1, 1975 February 27, 1976 1 332
14 Panama Alfonso Lopez February 27, 1976 October 2, 1976 1 218
15 Mexico Guty Espadas October 2, 1976 August 12, 1978 4 679
16 Venezuela Betulio González August 12, 1978 November 17, 1979 3 1192
17 Panama Luis Ibarra November 17, 1979 February 17, 1980 0 92
18 South Korea Tae-Shik Kim February 17, 1980 December 13, 1980 1 300
19 South Africa Peter Mathebula December 13, 1980 March 28, 1981 0 105
20 Argentina Santos Benigno Laciar March 28, 1981 June 6, 1981 0 70
21 Panama Luis Ibarra (2) June 6, 1981 September 26, 1981 0 112
22 Mexico Juan Herrera September 26, 1981 May 1, 1982 1 217
23 Argentina Santos Benigno Laciar (2) May 1, 1982 July 19, 1985r 9 1175
Laciar vacated in order to move up to super flyweight
24 Panama Hilario Zapata (v. Alonzo González) October 5, 1985 February 13, 1987 5 575
25 Colombia Fidel Bassa February 13, 1987 September 30, 1989 6 960
26 Venezuela Jesús Kiki Rojas September 30, 1989 March 10, 1990 0 161
27 South Korea Yul-Woo Lee March 10, 1990 July 29, 1990 0 141
28 Japan Leopard Tamakuma July 29, 1990 March 14, 1991 1 169
29 Colombia Elvis Álvarez March 14, 1991 June 1, 1991 0 79
30 South Korea Yong-Kang Kim June 1, 1991 September 26, 1992 2 483
31 Venezuela Aquiles Guzman September 26, 1992 December 15, 1992 0 80
32 Venezuela David Griman December 15, 1992 February 13, 1994 2 425
33 Thailand Saen Sor Ploenchit February 13, 1994 November 24, 1996 9 712
34 Venezuela Jose Bonilla November 24, 1996 May 29, 1998 3 551
35 Argentina Hugo Rafael Soto May 29, 1998 March 13, 1999 0 288
36 Venezuela Leo Gamez March 13, 1999 September 3, 1999 0 174
37 Thailand Sornpichai Kratingdaenggym September 3, 1999 August 5, 2000 1 337
38 Puerto Rico Eric Morel August 5, 2000 December 6, 2003 5 1584
39 Venezuela Lorenzo Parra December 6, 2003 March 19, 2007 5 1199
40 Japan Takefumi Sakata March 19, 2007 December 31, 2008 4 653
41 Thailand Denkaosan Kaovichit December 31, 2008 February 7, 2010 2 403
42 Japan Daiki Kameda February 7, 2010 January 4, 2011 2 331
Kameda vacated in order to move up to super flyweight
43 Panama Luis Concepcion (interim champ promoted) January 4, 2011 April 2, 2011 0 88
44 Mexico Hernán Márquez April 2, 2011 November 17, 2012 2 381
Marquez fights for Super title against Brian Viloria
45 United States Brian Viloria Super Champion (v. Hernán Márquez) November 17, 2012 April 6, 2013 0 146
46 Argentina Juan Carlos Reveco (interim champ promoted) November 17, 2012 April 22, 2015 6 886
47 Mexico Juan Francisco Estrada Super Champion April 6, 2013 Present 5 1126
48 Japan Kazuto Ioka Regular Champion April 22, 2015 Present 2 380

As of May 6, 2016.

Super flyweight (Super belt: Khaosai Galaxy)

No. Name Duration of reign Defenses Days
1 Argentina Gustavo Ballas (v. Bae Sok-Chul) September 12, 1981 December 5, 1981 0 81
2 Panama Rafael Pedroza December 5, 1981 April 8, 1982 0 124
3 Japan Jiro Watanabe April 8, 1982 July 5, 1984s 6 819
Watanabe was stripped of title for not fighting mandatory challenger Khaosai Galaxy
4 Thailand Khaosai Galaxy November 21, 1984 1992r 19 2962
Galaxy retired vacated and retired from professional boxing
5 Japan Katsuya Onizuka (v. Thanomsak Sithbaobay) April 10, 1992 September 18, 1994 5 891
6 South Korea Hyung-Chul Lee September 18, 1994 July 22, 1995 1 307
7 Venezuela Alimi Goitia July 22, 1995 August 24, 1996 3 399
8 Thailand Yokthai Sithoar August 24, 1996 December 23, 1997 4 395
9 Japan Satoshi Iida December 23, 1997 December 23, 1998 2 365
10 Venezuela Jesús Kiki Rojas December 23, 1998 July 31, 1999 1 220
11 Japan Hideki Todaka July 31, 1999 October 9, 2000 2 436
12 Venezuela Leo Gamez October 9, 2000 March 11, 2001 0 153
13 Japan Celes Kobayashi March 11, 2001 March 9, 2002 1 363
14 Venezuela Alexander Muñoz March 9, 2002 December 3, 2004 3 1000
15 Mexico Martín Castillo December 3, 2004 July 22, 2006 3 596
16 Japan Nobuo Nashiro July 22, 2006 May 3, 2007 1 285
17 Venezuela Alexander Munoz (2) May 3, 2007 May 17, 2008 2 380
Muñoz then fought for Super title against Cristian Mijares
18 Mexico Cristian Mijares Super Champion (v. Alexander Muñoz) May 17, 2008 November 1, 2008 1 168
19 Japan Nobuo Nashiro (2) Regular Champion (v. Kohei Kono) September 15, 2008 May 8, 2010 2 600
20 Armenia Vic Darchinyan Super Champion November 1, 2008 May 8, 2010 3 553
Darchinyan vacated to move up to bantamweight
21 Mexico Hugo Cázares Regular Champion May 8, 2010 August 31, 2011 4 480
22 Japan Tomonobu Shimizu August 31, 2011 November 10, 2011 0 71
Shimizu declared Champion in recess
23 Thailand Tepparith Kokietgym (interim champ promoted) November 10, 2011 – December 31, 2012 3 417
24 Japan Kohei Kono December 31, 2012 – May 6, 2013 0 126
25 Venezuela Liborio Solís May 6, 2013 – December 2, 2013s 0 210
Solís was stripped of his title before the fight with Daiki Kameda for being overweight. Solís won the fight in split decision but title was at stakes for Kameda only
26 Japan Kohei Kono (2) (v. Denkaosan Kaovichit) March 26, 2014 – Present 3 772

Bantamweight (Super belt: Eder Jofre)

No. Name Duration of reign Defenses Days
1 Brazil Eder Jofre (v. Bae Sok-Chul) September 11, 1962 May 18, 1965 3 980
2 Japan Fighting Harada May 18, 1965 February 27, 1968 4 1015
3 Australia Lionel Rose February 27, 1968 August 22, 1969 3 542
4 Mexico Rubén Olivares August 22, 1969 October 16, 1970 2 420
5 Mexico Chucho Castillo October 16, 1970 April 2, 1971 0 168
6 Mexico Rubén Olivares (2) April 2, 1971 March 19, 1972 2 352
7 Mexico Rafael Herrera March 19, 1972 July 29, 1972 0 132
8 Panama Enrique Pinder July 29, 1972 January 20, 1973 0 175
9 Mexico Romeo Anaya January 20, 1973 November 3, 1973 2 287
10 South Africa Arnold Taylor November 3, 1973 July 3, 1974 0 242
11 South Korea Soo-Hwan Hong July 3, 1974 March 14, 1975 1 254
12 Mexico Alfonso Zamora March 14, 1975 November 19, 1977 5 981
13 Panama Jorge Luján November 19, 1977 August 29, 1980 5 1014
14 Puerto Rico Julian Solís August 29, 1980 November 14, 1980 0 77
15 United States Jeff Chandler November 14, 1980 April 7, 1984 9 1240
16 United States Richie Sandoval April 7, 1984 March 10, 1986 2 702
17 United States Gaby Canizales March 10, 1986 June 4, 1986 0 86
18 Venezuela Bernardo Pinango June 4, 1986 1987r 3 575
Pinango vacated in order to move up to super bantamweight
19 Japan Takuya Muguruma (v. Azael Moran) March 29, 1987 May 24, 1987 0 56
20 South Korea Chan-Young Park May 24, 1987 October 4, 1987 0 133
21 Puerto Rico Wilfredo Vazquez October 4, 1987 May 9, 1988 1 218
22 Thailand Kaokor Galaxy May 9, 1988 August 14, 1988 0 97
23 South Korea Sung-Kil Moon August 14, 1988 July 9, 1989 2 329
24 Thailand Kaokor Galaxy (2) July 9, 1989 October 18, 1989 0 102
25 Philippines Luisito Espinosa October 18, 1989 October 19, 1991 2 731
26 Venezuela Israel Contreras October 19, 1991 March 15, 1992 0 148
27 United States Eddie Cook March 15, 1992 October 9, 1992 0 208
28 Colombia Jorge Julio Rocha October 9, 1992 October 23, 1993 2 379
29 United States Junior Jones October 23, 1993 April 22, 1994 1 181
30 United States John Michael Johnson April 22, 1994 July 16, 1994 0 85
31 Thailand Daorung Chuvatana July 16, 1994 September 17, 1995 2 428
32 Thailand Veeraphol Sahaprom September 17, 1995 January 28, 1996 0 133
33 Ghana Nana Konadu January 28, 1996 October 27, 1996 0 273
34 Thailand Daorung Chuvatana (2) October 27, 1996 June 21, 1997 1 237
35 Ghana Nana Konadu (2) June 21, 1997 December 5, 1998 1 532
36 United States Johnny Tapia December 5, 1998 June 26, 1999 0 203
37 United States Paulie Ayala June 26, 1999 August 7, 2001s 3 773
Ayala vacated in order to move up to super bantamweight
38 Venezuela Eidy Moya (v. Adán Vargas) October 14, 2001 April 19, 2002 0 187
39 Denmark Johnny Bredahl April 19, 2002 October 11, 2004r 3 904
Bredahl vacated and retired from boxing
40 Ukraine Wladimir Sidorenko (v. Julio Zamora) February 26, 2005 May 31, 2008 6 1190
41 Panama Anselmo Moreno May 31, 2008 November 19, 2010 7 902
Moreno got promoted so Super champion
42 Panama Anselmo Moreno Super Champion November 19, 2010 September 26, 2014 5 1407
43 Japan Koki Kameda Regular Champion (v. Alexander Muñoz) December 26, 2010 December 6, 2013r 8 1076
Kameda vacated his title following a call for a unification match with WBA Super Champion Anselmo Moreno, in order to move down to super flyweight
44 United Kingdom Jamie McDonnell Regular Champion (v. Tabtimdaeng Na Rachawat) May 31, 2014 Present 4 706
45 Dominican Republic Juan Carlos Payano Super Champion September 26, 2014 Present 1 588

Super bantamweight (Super belt: Wilfredo Gomez)

No. Name Duration of reign Defenses Days
1 South Korea Soo-Hwan Hong (v. Ricardo Cardona) January 26, 1977 May 7, 1978 1 466
2 Colombia Ricardo Cardona May 7, 1978 May 4, 1980 5 728
3 United States Leo Randolph May 4, 1980 August 9, 1980 0 97
4 Argentina Sergio Victor Palma August 9, 1980 June 12, 1982 5 672
5 Dominican Republic Leo Cruz June 12, 1982 February 22, 1984 3 620
6 Italy Loris Stecca February 22, 1984 May 26, 1984 0 94
7 Puerto Rico Victor Callejas May 26, 1984 1986r 2 949
Callejas started a period of inactivity and vacated the title
8 United States Louie Espinoza (v. Tommy Valoy) January 11, 1987 November 28, 1987 2 321
9 Dominican Republic Julio Gervacio November 28, 1987 February 27, 1988 0 91
10 Venezuela Bernardo Pinango February 27, 1988 May 28, 1988 0 456
11 Mexico Juan Jose Estrada May 28, 1988 November 11, 1989 3 532
12 Philippines Jesús Salud November 11, 1989 April 1990r 0 170
Salud stripped of title for failing to defend it in Colombia against the No. 1 contender, Luis Mendoza
13 Colombia Luis Enrique Mendoza (v. Rubén Darío Palacios) September 11, 1990 October 7, 1991 4 26
14 Mexico Raúl Pérez October 7, 1991 March 27, 1992 0 172
15 Puerto Rico Wilfredo Vázquez March 27, 1992 May 13, 1995 9 1142
16 Venezuela Antonio Cermeño May 13, 1995 1998r 7 232
Cermeño vacated to move up to featherweight
17 Mexico Enrique Sánchez (v. Rafael del Valle) February 8, 1998 December 12, 1998 0 326
18 Mexico Néstor Garza December 12, 1998 March 4, 2000 2 509
19 United States Clarence Adams March 4, 2000 2001s 2 606
Adams vacated in order to fight Paulie Ayala for the IBO super bantamweight title
20 Venezuela Yober Ortega (v. José Rojas) November 17, 2001 February 21, 2002 0 96
21 Thailand Yoddamrong Sithyodthong February 21, 2002 May 18, 2002 0 86
22 Japan Osamu Sato May 18, 2002 October 9, 2002 0 144
23 France Algeria Salim Medjkoune October 9, 2002 July 4, 2003 1 268
24 France Mahyar Monshipour July 4, 2003 March 18, 2006 5 1322
25 Thailand Somsak Sithchatchawal March 18, 2006 October 4, 2006 0 200
26 Panama Celestino Caballero October 4, 2006 November 21, 2008 5 779
Caballero fought for Super title against Steve Molitor
27 Panama Celestino Caballero Super Champion (v. Steve Molitor) November 21, 2008 December 10, 2010 2 19
Caballero vacated to fight at featherweight
28 Panama Ricardo Cordoba Regular Champion (interim champ promoted) November 21, 2008 March 21, 2009 0 120
29 Republic of Ireland Bernard Dunne March 21, 2009 September 26, 2009 0 189
30 Thailand Poonsawat Kratingdaenggym September 26, 2009 October 2, 2010 2 555
31 South Korea Ryol Li Lee October 2, 2010 January 31, 2011 0 121
32 Japan Akifumi Shimoda January 31, 2011 July 9, 2011 0 159
33 United States Rico Ramos July 9, 2011 – January 20, 2012 0 195
34 Cuba Guillermo Rigondeaux January 20, 2012 – April 13, 2013 2 449
Rigondeaux fought for Super title against Nonito Donaire
35 Cuba Guillermo Rigondeaux Super Champion (v. Nonito Donaire) April 13, 2013 – October 30, 2015 3 930
Rigondeaux was declared Champion in Recess due to inactivity
36 United Kingdom Scott Quigg Regular Champion (interim champ promoted) September 5, 2013 February 27, 2016 6 905
37 United Kingdom Carl Frampton Super Champion (b. Scott Quigg) February 27, 2016 Present 0 69

Featherweight (Super belt: Eusebio Pedroza)

No. Name Duration of reign Defenses
1 CubaMexico Sugar Ramos (v. Davey Moore) March 21, 1963 September 26, 1964 3
2 Mexico Vicente Saldivar September 26, 1964 1967r 7
Saldívar announced retiremente after his 7th defense
3 United States Raul Rojas (v. Enrique Higgins) March 28, 1968 September 27, 1968 0
4 Japan Shozo Saijo September 27, 1968 September 2, 1971 5
5 Venezuela Antonio Gomez September 2, 1971 August 19, 1972 1
6 Panama Ernesto Marcel August 19, 1972 February 16, 1974r 4
Marcel announced retirement after his 4th defense, against Alexis Argüello
7 Mexico Rubén Olivares (v. Zensuke Otagawa) July 9, 1974 November 23, 1974 0
8 Nicaragua Alexis Argüello November 23, 1974 1976r 4
Argüello vacated his title to move up to super featherweight
9 Panama Rafael Ortega (v. Francisco Coronado) January 15, 1977 December 17, 1977 1
10 Spain Cecilio Lastra December 17, 1977 April 15, 1978 0
11 Panama Eusebio Pedroza April 15, 1978 June 8, 1985 19
12 Republic of Ireland Barry McGuigan June 8, 1985 June 23, 1986 2
13 United States Steve Cruz June 23, 1986 March 6, 1987 0
14 Venezuela Antonio Esparragoza March 6, 1987 March 30, 1991 7
15 South Korea Yong-Kyun Park March 30, 1991 December 4, 1993 8
16 Venezuela Eloy Rojas December 4, 1993 May 18, 1996 6
17 Puerto Rico Wilfredo Vázquez May 18, 1996 1997s 4
Vázquez was stripped of title for failing to set up a fight with mandatory challenger Antonio Cermeño
18 United States Freddie Norwood (v. Antonio Cermeño) April 3, 1998 September 22, 1998s 2
Norwood was stripped of his title for coming overweight to his 3rd defense fight, against Koji Matsumoto
19 Venezuela Antonio Cermeño (v. Genaro Rios) October 3, 1998 May 29, 1999 1
20 United States Freddie Norwood (2) May 29, 1999 September 9, 2000 3
21 United States Derrick Gainer September 9, 2000 November 1, 2003 3
Gainer fought for Super title against Juan Manuel Márquez
22 Mexico Juan Manuel Marquez Super Champion (v. Derrick Gainer) November 1, 2003 August 22, 2005s 3
Márquez was stripped for his inability to defend against various boxers after potential bouts failed to draw a bid
23 Indonesia Chris John Regular champion (interim champ promoted) November 1, 2003 June 27, 2009 11
John was promoted to Super champion
24 Indonesia Chris John Super champion (regular champ promoted) June 27, 2009 July 14, 2010 1
John was declared Champion in Recess
25 Cuba Yuriorkis Gamboa Regular Champion (interim champ promoted) June 27, 2009 September 11, 2010 3
Gamboa fought for WBA Unified title against Orlando Salido
26 Cuba Yuriorkis Gamboa Unified Champion (v. Orlando Salido) September 11, 2010 June 11, 2011 1
Gamboa was stripped of his Unified title for not complying with the IBF rules of a second weigh-in in his last fight with Jorge Solís. He was stripped of the IBF title and thus was no longer a unified champion
27 Argentina Jonathan Victor Barros Regular Champion (v. Irving Berry) December 4, 2010 October 14, 2011 2
28 Indonesia Chris John Super champion (reinstated) December 5, 2010 December 6, 2013 6
29 Panama Celestino Caballero Regular Champion October 14, 2011 – October 7, 2012r 1
Caballero vacated for not accepting a low budget on a mandatory fight with Nicholas Walters.
30 Jamaica Nicholas Walters Regular Champion (v. Daulis Prescott) December 9, 2012 October 18, 2014 2
Walters fought for Super title against Nonito Donaire
31 South Africa Simpiwe Vetyeka Super Champion December 6, 2013 May 31, 2014 0
32 Philippines Nonito Donaire Super Champion May 31, 2014 October 18, 2014 0
33 Jamaica Nicholas Walters Super Champion October 18, 2014 June 13, 2015s 0
Walters was stripped of title for failing to make weight on his first defense fight against Miguel Marriaga. Title was at stakes for Marriaga but Walters won by unanimous decision
34 Argentina Jesús Cuéllar Regular Champion (interim champ promoted) February 21, 2015 Present 2
35 Mexico Leo Santa Cruz Super Champion (v. Abner Mares) August 29, 2015 Present 1

Super featherweight (Super belt: Gabriel Elorde)

No. Name Duration of reign Defenses
1 Philippines Gabriel Elorde (v. Johnny Bizarro) February 16, 1963 June 15, 1967 5
2 Japan Yoshiaki Numata June 15, 1967 December 14, 1967 0
3 Japan Hiroshi Kobayashi December 14, 1967 July 29, 1971 6
4 Venezuela Alfredo Marcano July 29, 1971 April 25, 1972 1
5 Philippines Ben Villaflor April 25, 1972 March 12, 1973 1
6 Japan Kuniaki Shibata March 12, 1973 October 17, 1973 1
7 Philippines Ben Villaflor (2) October 17, 1973 October 16, 1976 5
8 Puerto Rico Samuel Serrano October 16, 1976 August 2, 1980 10
9 Japan Yasutsune Uehara August 2, 1980 April 9, 1981 1
10 Puerto Rico Samuel Serrano (2) April 9, 1981 January 19, 1983 3
11 United States Roger Mayweather January 19, 1983 February 26, 1984 2
12 United States Rocky Lockridge February 26, 1984 May 19, 1985 2
13 Puerto Rico Wilfredo Gómez May 19, 1985 May 24, 1986 0
14 Panama Alfredo Layne May 24, 1986 September 27, 1986 0
15 South Africa Brian Mitchell September 27, 1986 1991s 12
Mitchell was stripped of title after facing Tony Lopez for the IBF belt
16 United States Joey Gamache (v. Jerry Ngobeni) June 28, 1991 1991r 0
Gamache vacates to move up to lightweight division
17 United States Genaro Hernandez (v. Daniel Londas) June 28, 1991 April 1995r 8
Hernandez vacated to face Oscar de la Hoya at lightweight
18 South Korea Yong-Soo Choi (v. Víctor Hugo Paz) October 21, 1995 September 5, 1998 7
19 Japan Takanori Hatakeyama September 5, 1998 October 31, 1999 1
20 Mongolia Lakva Sim June 27, 1999 October 31, 1999 0
21 South Korea Jong-Kwon Baek October 31, 1999 May 21, 2000 1
22 Cuba Joel Casamayor May 21, 2000 January 12, 2002 4
Casamayor fought for Super title against Acelino Freitas
23 Brazil Acelino Freitas Super Champion (v. Joel Casamayor) January 12, 2002 August 9, 2003r 3
Freitas vacated and moved up to lightweight
24 Thailand Yodsanan Sor Nanthachai Regular Champion (v. Lakva Sim) April 13, 2002 April 30, 2005 3
25 Panama Vicente Mosquera April 30, 2005 August 5, 2006 1
26 Venezuela Edwin Valero August 5, 2006 September 3, 2008r 4
Valero vacated and moved up to lightweight
27 Venezuela Jorge Linares (v. Whyber Garcia) November 28, 2008 October 10, 2009 1
28 Mexico Juan Carlos Salgado October 10, 2009 January 11, 2010 0
29 Japan Takashi Uchiyama January 11, 2010 February 21, 2015 9
Uchiyama was promoted to Super champion
30 Japan Takashi Uchiyama Super Champion (regular champ promoted) February 21, 2015 April 27, 2016 2
31 Dominican Republic Javier Fortuna (v. Bryan Vásquez) May 29, 2015 Present 1
32 Panama Jezreel Corrales Super Champion April 27, 2016 Present 0

Lightweight (Super belt: Roberto Duran)

No. Name Duration of reign Defenses
1 Puerto Rico Carlos Ortiz (v. Joe Brown) April 21, 1962 April 10, 1965 4
2 Panama Ismael Laguna April 10, 1965 November 13, 1965 0
3 Puerto Rico Carlos Ortiz (2) November 13, 1965 June 29, 1968 5
4 Dominican Republic Carlos Teo Cruz June 29, 1968 February 18, 1969 1
5 United States Mando Ramos February 18, 1969 March 3, 1970 1
6 Panama Ismael Laguna (2) March 3, 1970 September 26, 1970 1
7 United Kingdom Ken Buchanan September 26, 1970 June 26, 1972 2
8 Panama Roberto Durán June 26, 1972 January 1979r 12
Durán vacated to move up to welterweight
9 Venezuela Ernesto España (v. Claude Noel) June 16, 1979 March 2, 1980 1
10 United States Hilmer Kenty March 2, 1980 April 12, 1981 3
11 United States Sean O'Grady April 12, 1981 1981r 0
O'Grady was stripped of title for not defending it
12 Trinidad and Tobago Claude Noel (v. Rodolfo González) September 12, 1981 December 5, 1981 0
13 United States Arturo Frias December 5, 1981 May 8, 1982 1
14 United States Ray Mancini May 8, 1982 June 1, 1984 4
15 Saint Kitts and Nevis Livingstone Bramble June 1, 1984 September 26, 1986 2
16 Puerto Rico Edwin Rosario September 26, 1986 November 21, 1987 1
17 Mexico Julio César Chávez November 21, 1987 October 29, 1988r 2
Chávez vacated to move up to super lightweight
18 Puerto Rico Edwin Rosario (2) (v. Anthony Jones) July 9, 1989 May 4, 1990 0
19 Puerto Rico Juan Nazario May 4, 1990 August 11, 1990 0
20 United States Pernell Whitaker August 11, 1990 1992r 3
Whitaker vacated to move up to super lightweight
21 United States Joey Gamache (v. Chil-Sung Jun) June 13, 1992 October 24, 1992 0
22 United States Tony Lopez October 24, 1992 June 26, 1993 1
23 South Africa Dingaan Thobela June 26, 1993 October 30, 1993 0
24 Kyrgyzstan Orzubek Nazarov October 30, 1993 May 16, 1998 6
25 France Jean Baptiste Mendy May 16, 1998 April 10, 1999 1
26 France Julien Lorcy April 10, 1999 August 7, 1999 0
27 Italy Stefano Zoff August 7, 1999 November 13, 1999 0
28 Venezuela Gilberto Serrano November 13, 1999 June 11, 2000 1
29 Japan Takanori Hatakeyama June 11, 2000 July 1, 2001 2
30 France Julien Lorcy (2) July 1, 2001 October 18, 2001 0
31 Argentina Raul Horacio Balbi October 18, 2001 January 5, 2002 0
32 Romania Leonard Doroftei January 5, 2002 October 24, 2003s 2
Doroffei was stripped of title when he came 2kg overweight to his bout with Miguel Callist. The fight was cancelled
33 Mongolia Lakva Sim (v. Miguel Callist) April 10, 2004 July 17, 2004 0
34 United States Juan Díaz July 17, 2004 February 23, 2007 5
Diaz was promoted to Super champion
35 United States Juan Díaz Super Champion (regular champ promoted) February 23, 2007 March 8, 2008 2
36 Mexico Jose Alfaro Regular Champion (v. Prawet Singwancha) December 29, 2007 May 19, 2008 0
37 United States Nate Campbell Super Champion March 8, 2008 January 10, 2009r 0
Campbell vacated because of concerns regarding sanctioning fees and proposed mandatory defenses
38 Japan Yusuke Kobori Regular Champion May 19, 2008 January 3, 2009 0
39 Namibia Paulus Moses Regular Champion January 3, 2009 May 29, 2010 1
40 Mexico Juan Manuel Márquez Super Champion (v. Juan Diaz) February 28, 2009 January 8, 2012s 2
Marquez vacated to move up to welterweight and fight Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
41 Venezuela Miguel Acosta Regular Champion May 29, 2010 February 26, 2011 1
42 United States Brandon Rios February 26, 2011 December 2, 2011s 1
Rios was stripped of title before his second defense against John Murray for being overweight
43 Cuba Richard Abril (interim champ promoted) February 28, 2013 April 10, 2015 2
Abril was declared Champion in Recess after he cancelled his fight with Derry Matthews
44 Colombia Darleys Perez (interim champ promoted) April 10, 2015 November 21, 2015 1
45 United Kingdom Anthony Crolla November 21, 2015 Present 0

Super lightweight (Super belt: Antonio Cervantes)

No. Name Duration of reign Defenses
1 United States Eddie Perkins (v. Duilio Loi) September 14, 1962 December 15, 1962 0
2 Italy Duilio Loi December 15, 1962 January 1963r 0
Loi vacated and retired from boxing
3 Philippines Roberto Cruz (v. Battling Torres) March 21, 1963 June 15, 1963 0
4 United States Eddie Perkins (2) June 15, 1963 January 18, 1965 2
5 Venezuela Carlos Hernández January 18, 1965 April 29, 1966 2
6 Italy Sandro Lopopolo April 29, 1966 April 30, 1967 1
13 United States Takeshi Fuji April 30, 1967 December 12, 1968 1
14 Argentina Nicolino Locche December 12, 1968 March 10, 1972 5
15 Panama Alfonso Frazer March 10, 1972 October 28, 1972 0
16 Colombia Antonio Cervantes October 28, 1972 March 6, 1976 10
17 Puerto Rico Wilfred Benítez March 6, 1976 July 1977s 2
Benitez vacated to move up to welterweight
18 Colombia Antonio Cervantes (2) (v. Carlos María Giménez) June 25, 1977 August 2, 1980 6
19 United States Aaron Pryor August 2, 1980 September 9, 1983r 8
Pryor was stripped of title after announcing retirement after beating Alexis Argüello for the second time. He came back from retirement less than a year later
20 United States Johnny Bumphus (v. Lorenzo Luis García) January 22, 1984 June 1, 1984 0
21 United States Gene Hatcher June 1, 1984 July 21, 1985 1
22 Argentina Ubaldo Nestor Sacco July 21, 1985 March 15, 1986 0
23 Italy Patrizio Oliva March 15, 1986 July 4, 1987 2
24 Argentina Juan Martin Coggi July 4, 1987 August 17, 1990 4
25 United States Loreto Garza August 17, 1990 June 14, 1991 1
26 Puerto Rico Edwin Rosario June 14, 1991 April 10, 1992 0
27 Japan Akinobu Hiranaka April 10, 1992 September 9, 1992 0
28 Philippines Morris East September 9, 1992 January 12, 1993 0
29 Argentina Juan Martin Coggi (2) January 12, 1993 September 17, 1994 6
30 United States Frankie Randall September 17, 1994 January 13, 1996 2
31 Argentina Juan Martin Coggi (3) January 13, 1996 August 16, 1996 0
32 United States Frankie Randall (2) August 16, 1996 January 11, 1997 0
33 Morocco Khalid Rahilou January 11, 1997 October 10, 1998 2
34 United States Sharmba Mitchell October 10, 1998 September 16, 2000 4
Mitchell fought for Super title against Kostya Tszyu
35 Australia Kostya Tszyu Super Champion (v. Sharmba Mitchell) September 16, 2000 March 16, 2004r 4
Tszyu was stripped of title due to inactivity
36 Cuba Diosbelys Hurtado Regular Champion May 11, 2002 October 19, 2002 0
37 Guyana Vivian Harris October 19, 2002 June 25, 2005 3
38 Colombia Carlos Maussa June 25, 2005 November 26, 2005 0
Fought for Super title against Ricky Hatton
39 United Kingdom Ricky Hatton Super Champion (v. Carlos Maussa) November 26, 2005 May 4, 2006r 1
Hatton vacated to move up to welterweight
40 France Souleymane M'baye Regular Champion (v. Raúl Horacio Balbi) September 2, 2006 July 21, 2007 1
41 United Kingdom Gavin Rees July 21, 2007 March 22, 2008 0
42 Ukraine Andreas Kotelnik March 22, 2008 July 18, 2009 2
43 United Kingdom Amir Khan July 18, 2009 July 23, 2011 5
Khan fought for Super title against Zab Judah
44 United Kingdom Amir Khan Super Champion (v. Zab Judah) July 23, 2011 December 10, 2011 5
45 Argentina Marcos René Maidana Regular Champion (interim champ promoted) July 23, 2011 July 16, 2012r 1
Maidana vacted to move up to welterweight and fight Devon Alexander
45 United States Lamont Peterson Super Champion December 10, 2011 June 27, 2012 0
Peterson was stripped of title after testing positive for testosterone on a random test in March 2012.
46 United Kingdom Amir Khan Super Champion (reinstated) July 11, 2012 July 14, 2012 0
47 United States Danny García Super Champion July 14, 2012 September 11, 2015 4
Garcia vacates after moving up to welterweight
48 Russia Khabib Allakhverdiev Regular Champion (v. Joan Guzmán) November 30, 2012 April 12, 2014 1
49 United States Jessie Vargas Regular Champion April 12, 2014 June 27, 2015 2
Vargas vacated title before fighting Timothy Bradley for the World Boxing Organization weltereweight title to avoid paying a sanctioning fee to the WBA
50 United States Adrien Broner Regular Champion (v. Khabib Allakhverdiev) October 3, 2015 March 31, 2016 0
Broner stripped of title before his defense fight with Ashley Theophane for being overweight. Title was at stakes only for Theophane who lost by a TKO in round 9

Welterweight (Super belt: Sugar Ray Robinson)

No. Name Duration of reign Defenses
1 United States Virgin Islands Emile Griffith (v. Jorge José Fernández) December 8, 1962 March 21, 1963 0
2 Cuba Luis Manuel Rodríguez March 21, 1963 June 8, 1963 0
3 United States Virgin Islands Emile Griffith (2) June 8, 1963 April 25, 1966r 4
Griffith vacated to move up to middleweight. He lost three fights during his reign as WBA welterweight champion
6 United States Curtis Cokes (v. Manuel González) August 24, 1966 April 18, 1969 5
7 Cuba José Nápoles April 18, 1969 December 3, 1970 3
8 United States Billy Backus December 3, 1970 June 4, 1971 0
9 Cuba José Nápoles (2) June 4, 1971 May 1975r 9
Nápoles was stripped of his WBA title for failure to sign for a fight against the WBA's No. 1-rated welterweight contender, Ángel Espada
10 Puerto Rico Ángel Espada (v. Clyde Gray) June 28, 1975 July 17, 1976 1
11 Mexico José Cuevas July 17, 1976 August 2, 1980 11
12 United States Thomas Hearns August 2, 1980 September 16, 1981 3
13 United States Sugar Ray Leonard September 16, 1981 November 9, 1982r 1
Leonard vacated title after being diagnosed with a detached retina and announced his retirement. He would come back in 1984
14 United States Donald Curry (v. Jun-Suk Hwang) February 13, 1983 September 27, 1986 7
15 United Kingdom Lloyd Honeyghan September 27, 1986 December 1986r 0
Honeyghan vacated after the WBA mandated that he defend the title against South African Harold Volbrecht. Honeyghan dropped the WBA title belt into a trash can on a London street to protest the WBA's continued sanctioning of bouts involving citizens of apartheid-governed South Africa
16 United States Mark Breland (v. Harold Volbrecht) February 6, 1987 August 22, 1987 0
17 United States Marlon Starling August 22, 1987 July 29, 1988 2
Starling lost the title in his third defense in controversial fashion to Tomas Molinares. Molinares hit Starling with a punch that was clearly thrown after the bell. Starling went down for the only time in his career, and the referee counted him out. Molinares was declared the new champion by knock out. However, the decision was later changed to a no contest but the Colombian kept the title
18 Colombia Tomas Molinares July 29, 1988 December 12, 1988r 0
Molinares withdrew from his defense fight with Mark Breland citing severe depression. He was stripped of the title
19 United States Mark Breland (2) (v. Seung-Soon Lee) February 4, 1989 July 8, 1990 4
20 United States Aaron Davis July 8, 1990 January 19, 1991 0
21 United States Meldrick Taylor January 19, 1991 October 31, 1992 2
22 Venezuela Crisanto España October 31, 1992 June 4, 1994 2
23 Ghana Ike Quartey June 4, 1994 October 1998s 7
Quartey was stripped of title due to inactivity
24 United States James Page (v. Andrey Pestryaev) October 10, 1998 2000s 3
25 Guyana Andrew Lewis February 17, 2001 March 30, 2002 1
26 Nicaragua Ricardo Mayorga March 30, 2002 January 25, 2003 0
Mayorga fought for Super title against Vernon Forrest
26 Nicaragua Ricardo Mayorga Super Champion (v. Vernon Forrest) January 25, 2003 December 13, 2003 1
27 United States Jose Antonio Rivera Regular Champion (v. Michel Trabant) September 13, 2003 April 2, 2005 0
28 United States Cory Spinks Super Champion December 13, 2003 February 5, 2005 2
29 United States Zab Judah Super Champion February 5, 2005 January 7, 2006 1
Judah fought with Carlos Baldomir for the WBC belt as the latter didn't pay the sanctioning fee for the WBA and IBF belt. Judah lost the bout and the WBA subsequently stripped him of the title
30 United States Luis Collazo Regular Champion April 2, 2005 May 13, 2006 1
31 United Kingdom Ricky Hatton May 13, 2006 August 31, 2006r 0
Hatton vacated to move back to super lightweight
32 Puerto Rico Miguel Cotto (v. Carlos Quintana) December 2, 2006 July 26, 2008 4
33 Mexico Antonio Margarito July 26, 2008 October 3, 2008 0
Margarito was promoted to Super champion
33 Mexico Antonio Margarito Super Champion (Regular champ promoted) October 3, 2008 January 24, 2009 0
34 Ukraine Yuriy Nuzhnenko Regular Champion (Interim champ promoted) October 3, 2008 April 10, 2009 0
35 United States Shane Mosley Super champion January 24, 2009 May 22, 2010s 0
The WBA stripped Mosley of the title for not agreeing on the terms for his bout with Floyd Mayweather, Jr., who refused to pay the sanctioning fees for the title and Mosley fought without reaching a deal with the WBA. Mosley lost via unanimous decision
36 Ukraine Vyacheslav Senchenko Regular Champion April 10, 2009 April 30, 2012 3
37 United States Paul Malignaggi April 30, 2012 June 22, 2013 1
38 United States Adrien Broner June 22, 2013 December 14, 2013 0
39 Argentina Marcos René Maidana December 14, 2013 May 3, 2014 0
Maidana fought for Super title against Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
40 United States Floyd Mayweather, Jr. Super Champion (v. Marcos Maidana) May 3, 2014 present 3
40 United States Keith Thurman Regular Champion (interim champ promoted) January 28, 2015 present 2

Super welterweight (Super belt: Thomas Hearns)

No. Name Duration of reign Defenses
1 United States Denny Moyer (v. Joey Giambra) October 20, 1962 April 29, 1963 1
2 United States Ralph Dupas April 29, 1963 September 7, 1963 1
3 Italy Sandro Mazzinghi September 7, 1963 June 18, 1965 3
4 Italy Nino Benvenuti June 18, 1965 June 25, 1966 1
5 South Korea Ki-Soo Kim June 25, 1966 May 25, 1968 2
6 Italy Sandro Mazzinghi (2) May 25, 1968 October 1968s 1
Mazzinghi fought on his second defense against Freddie Little. The bout was stopped with Mazzinghi bleeding from cuts over both eyes, the ringside officials rule a "No-Contest", though under normal circumstances Little would have won by "TKO 8". Mazzinghi was stripped of his World Title shortly thereafter, because of the controversial result
7 United States Freddie Little (v. Stanley Hayward) March 17, 1969 July 9, 1970 2
8 Italy Carmelo Bossi July 9, 1970 October 31, 1971 1
9 Japan Koichi Wajima October 31, 1971 June 4, 1974 6
10 United States Oscar Albarado June 4, 1974 January 21, 1975 1
11 Japan Koichi Wajima (2) January 21, 1975 June 7, 1975 0
12 South Korea Jae-Doo Yuh June 7, 1975 February 17, 1976 1
13 Japan Koichi Wajima (3) February 17, 1976 May 18, 1976 0
14 Spain José Duran May 18, 1976 October 8, 1976 0
15 Argentina Miguel Angel Castellini October 8, 1976 March 5, 1977 0
16 Nicaragua Eddie Gazo March 5, 1977 August 9, 1978 3
17 Japan Masashi Kudo August 9, 1978 August 24, 1979 3
18 Uganda Ayub Kalule August 24, 1979 June 25, 1981 4
19 United States Sugar Ray Leonard June 25, 1981 1981r 0
Leonard vacated and move down to welterweight to fight in a unification bout against Thomas Hearns
20 Japan Tadashi Mihara (v. Rocky Fratto) November 7, 1981 February 2, 1982 0
21 United States Davey Moore February 2, 1982 June 16, 1983 3
22 Panama Roberto Durán June 16, 1983 November 1983r 0
Durán was stripped of WBA for fighting Thomas Hearns instead of the mandatory WBA challenger, Mike McCallum
23 Jamaica Mike McCallum (v. Sean Mannion) November 19, 1984 November 1987r 6
McCallum vacated to move up to middleweight
24 United States Virgin Islands Julian Jackson (v. In-Chul Baek) November 21, 1987 1990r 3
Jackson vacated to move up to middleweight
25 France Gilbert Dele (v. Carlos Elliott) February 23, 1991 October 1, 1991 1
26 United States Vinny Pazienza October 1, 1991 1992r 0
Pazienza vacated after a car crash which kept him 3 months in hospital
27 Argentina Julio César Vásquez (v. Hitoshi Kamiyama) December 21, 1991 March 4, 1995 10
28 United States Pernell Whitaker March 4, 1995 June 1995r 0
Whitaker decided to vacate and move back to welterweight
29 United States Carl Daniels (v. Julio César Green) June 16, 1995 December 16, 1995 0
30 Argentina Julio César Vásquez (2) December 16, 1995 August 21, 1996 0
31 France Laurent Boudouani August 21, 1996 March 6, 1999 4
32 United States David Reid March 6, 1999 March 3, 2000 2
33 Puerto Rico Félix Trinidad March 3, 2000 May 12, 2001r 2
Trinidad vacated to move up to middleweight
34 United States Fernando Vargas (v. José Flores) September 22, 2001 September 14, 2002 0
Vargas fought for Super title against Oscar de la Hoya
35 United States Oscar De La Hoya Super Champion (v. Fernando Vargas) September 14, 2002 September 13, 2003 1
36 Panama Santiago Samaniego Regular Champion (interim champ promoted) September 14, 2002 March 1, 2003 0
37 Mexico Alejandro Garcia Regular Champion March 1, 2003 December 13, 2003 1
38 United States Shane Mosley Super champion September 13, 2003 March 13, 2004 0
39 United States Travis Simms Regular champion December 13, 2003 May 21, 2005s 1
Simms was stripped of the belt in May 2005 because he filed a lawsuit against the WBA Organization (in November 2004) for not enforcing his mandatory contract that he received from the organization when he won the regular world title
40 United States Ronald Wright Super champion March 13, 2004 March 20, 2005r 1
Wright vacated to challenge Félix Trinidad at middleweight
41 Mexico Alejandro Garcia (2) Regular champion (interim champ promoted) May 21, 2005 May 6, 2006 1
42 United States José Antonio Rivera May 6, 2006 January 6, 2007 0
43 United States Travis Simms (2) January 6, 2007 July 7, 2007 0
44 Canada Joachim Alcine July 7, 2007 July 11, 2008 1
45 Puerto Rico Daniel Santos July 11, 2008 November 14, 2009 0
46 Israel Yuri Foreman November 14, 2009 June 5, 2010 0
47 Puerto Rico Miguel Cotto June 5, 2010 September 10, 2010 2
Cotto got promoted to Super champion
48 Puerto Rico Miguel Cotto Super Champion (Regular champ promoted) September 10, 2010 May 5, 2012 2
49 United States Austin Trout Regular Champion (v. Rigoberto Álvarez) February 5, 2011 April 20, 2013 4
Trout fought for Unified title against Saúl Álvarez
50 United States Floyd Mayweather, Jr. Super Champion May 5, 2012 present 1
51 Mexico Saúl Álvarez Unified Champion April 20, 2013 September 14, 2013 0
Álvarez fought for Super title against Floyd Mayweather, Jr. and lost
52 Cuba Erislandy Lara Regular Champion (interim champ promoted) March 13, 2014 present 3

Middleweight (Super belt: Carlos Monzon)

No. Name Duration of reign Defenses Days
1 Nigeria Dick Tiger (v. Gene Fullmer) October 23, 1962 December 7, 1963 2 410
2 United States Joey Giardello December 7, 1963 October 21, 1965 1 684
3 Nigeria Dick Tiger (2) October 21, 1965 April 25, 1966 0 363
4 United States Virgin Islands Emile Griffith April 25, 1966 April 17, 1967 2 357
5 Italy Nino Benvenuti April 17, 1967 September 29, 1967 0 165
6 United States Virgin Islands Emile Griffith (2) September 29, 1967 March 4, 1968 0 158
7 Italy Nino Benvenuti (2) March 4, 1968 November 7, 1970 4 970
8 Argentina Carlos Monzón November 7, 1970 August 1977r 14 2489
Monzón retired after his second fight with Rodrigo Valdez, without losing the title for almost 7 years
9 Colombia Rodrigo Valdez (v. Bennie Briscoe) November 5, 1977 April 22, 1978 0 168
10 Argentina Hugo Pastor Corro April 22, 1978 June 30, 1979 2 799
11 Italy Vito Antuofermo June 30, 1979 March 16, 1980 1 260
12 United Kingdom Alan Minter March 16, 1980 September 27, 1980 1 195
13 United States Marvin Hagler September 27, 1980 April 6, 1987s 11 2382
Hagler was stripped of title for signing a fight with Sugar Ray Leonard instead of mandatory challenger, Herol Graham. Graham next lost a fight for the European title against Sumbu Kalambay and was not given the chance of fighting for the world title
14 Italy Sumbu Kalambay (v. Iran Barkley) October 23, 1987 March 1989s 3 525
Kalambay was stripped of title for choosing to fight IBF Middleweight Champion Michael Nunn, instead of mandatory challenger Herol Graham
15 Jamaica Mike McCallum (v. Herol Graham) May 10, 1989 December, 1991r 3 965
The WBA demanded McCallum defend against Steve Collins, whom he decisively outpointed in a title defense the previous year. McCallum chose to fight with IBF champion James Toney and was stripped of title
16 United States Reggie Johnson (v. Steve Collins) April 22, 1992 October 1, 1993 3 527
17 United States John David Jackson October 1, 1993 May, 1994r 0 212
Jackson was stripped of title for participating in a non-title bout without the permission of the WBA.
18 Argentina Jorge Castro (v. Reggie Johnson) August 12, 1994 December 19, 1995 4 494
19 Japan Shinji Takehara December 19, 1995 June 24, 1996 0 188
20 United States William Joppy June 24, 1996 August 23, 1997 2 425
21 Dominican Republic Julio César Green August 23, 1997 January 31, 1998 0 161
22 United States William Joppy (2) January 31, 1998 May 12, 2001 5 1197
23 Puerto Rico Felix Trinidad May 12, 2001 September 29, 2001 0 140
Trinidad fought for Super title against Bernard Hopkins
24 United States Bernard Hopkins Super champion (v. Félix Trinidad) September 29, 2001 July 16, 2005 6 1386
25 United States William Joppy (3) Regular champion (v. Howard Eastman) November 17, 2001 December 13, 2003 (lost to super champion) 1 756
Joppy fought for Super title against Bernard Hopkins
26 New Zealand Maselino Masoe Regular champion (v. Evans Ashira) May 1, 2004 March 11, 2006 0 679
27 United States Jermain Taylor Super champion July 16, 2005 December 14, 2006s 1 527
Taylor was stripped of title after not paying sanctioning fees to the WBA and thus not exposing the WBA Super title in his previous 2 fights, with Ronald Wright and Kassim Ouma
28 Germany Felix Sturm Regular champion March 11, 2006 July 15, 2006 0 126
29 Spain Javier Castillejo July 15, 2006 April 28, 2007 1 287
Castillejo lost his defense fight against Mariano Carrera but Carrera tested positive for clenbuterol later. Castillejo was reinstated as champion and fight was counted as a mandatory defense
30 Germany Felix Sturm (2) April 28, 2007 March 23, 2010 7 1060
Sturm got promoted to Super champion
31 Germany Felix Sturm Super champion (Regular champ promoted) March 23, 2010 September 1, 2012 5 893
32 Kazakhstan Gennady Golovkin Regular champion (Interim champ promoted) August 14, 2010 June 3, 2014 10 1389
33 Australia Daniel Geale Super champion September 1, 2012 November 1, 2012s 0 61
Geale was stripped of title as he chose to fight Anthony Mundine instead of mandatory challenger Gennady Golovkin
34 Kazakhstan Gennady Golovkin Super champion (Regular champ promoted) June 3, 2014 Present 6 703
35 United States Daniel Jacobs Regular champion (v. Jarrod Fletcher) August 9, 2014 Present 3 636

Super middleweight (Super belt: Sugar Ray Leonard)

No. Name Duration of reign Defenses Days
1 South Korea Chong-Pal Park (v. Jesús Gallardo) December 6, 1987 May 23, 1988 1 169
2 Venezuela Fulgencio Obelmejias May 23, 1988 May 28, 1989 0 370
3 South Korea In-Chul Baek May 28, 1989 March 30, 1990 2 305
4 France Christophe Tiozzo March 30, 1990 April 5, 1991 2 371
5 Panama Víctor Córdoba April 5, 1991 September 12, 1992 1 526
6 United States Michael Nunn September 12, 1992 February 26, 1994 4 532
7 United States Steve Little February 26, 1994 August 12, 1994 0 108
8 United States Frankie Liles August 12, 1994 June 12, 1999 7 1769
9 United States Byron Mitchell June 12, 1999 April 8, 2000 1 301
10 France Bruno Girard April 8, 2000 2000s 1 267
Girard vacated and moved up to light heavyweight
11 United States Byron Mitchell (2) (v. Manny Siaca) March 3, 2001 March 15, 2003 2 773
Mitchell fought for Super title against Sven Ottke
12 Germany Sven Ottke Super champion (v. Byron Mitchell) March 15, 2003 March 27, 2004r 4 378
Ottke vacated and retired undefeated from professional boxing
13 Australia Anthony Mundine (v. Antwun Echols) September 3, 2003 May 5, 2004 1 245
14 Puerto Rico Manny Siaca May 5, 2004 November 12, 2004 0 191
15 Denmark Mikkel Kessler November 12, 2004 October 14, 2006 2 701
Kessler fought for Super title against Markus Beyer
16 Denmark Mikkel Kessler Super champion (v. Markus Beyer) October 14, 2006 November 4, 2007 1 355
16 Australia Anthony Mundine (2) (v. Sam Soliman) March 7, 2007 May 27, 2008r 4 447
Mundine vacated and moved down to middleweight
17 United Kingdom Joe Calzaghe Super champion November 4, 2007 September 2008r 0 334
Calzaghe vacated and moved up to light heavyweight
18 Denmark Mikkel Kessler (2) (v. Dimitri Sartison) June 21, 2008 November 21, 2009 2 521
Kesller fought for Super title against Andre Ward
19 Germany Dimitri Sartison (v. Stjepan Bozic) November 21, 2009 July 15, 2011s 1 601
Sartison was stripped of title after failing to fight in defense fights against Brian Magee and later Robert Stieglitz
20 United States Andre Ward Super champion (v. Mikkel Kessler) November 21, 2009 November 12, 2015 6 2182
Ward vacated to move up to light heavyweight
21 Hungary Károly Balzsay (v. Stanislav Kashtanov) August 26, 2011 September 7, 2012r 1 383
Balzsay was declared Champion in recess and then retired from professional boxing
22 United Kingdom Brian Magee (Interim champ promoted) November 9, 2012 December 8, 2012 0 29
23 Denmark Mikkel Kessler (3) December 8, 2012 May 27, 2013 0 200
24 United Kingdom Carl Froch May 25, 2013 May 8, 2015 2 713
Froch was stripped of title for not defending it, he then retired
25 Russia Fedor Chudinov (v. Felix Sturm) May 9, 2015 Current 1 363
Chudinov promoted to Super champion following Andre Ward's vacancy of his title.
26 Russia Fedor Chudinov Super champion (regular champ promoted) January 5, 2016 February 20, 2016 0 46
27 Italy Giovanni De Carolis (v. Vincent Feigenbutz) January 9, 2016 Current 0 118
28 Germany Felix Sturm Super champion February 20, 2016 Current 0 76

Light heavyweight (Super belt: Virgil Hill)

As of May 6, 2016.

No. Name Duration of reign Defenses Days
1 United States Willie Pastrano (v. Harold Johnson) June 1, 1963 March 30, 1965 2 688
2 Puerto Rico José Torres March 30, 1965 December 16, 1966 3 626
3 Nigeria Dick Tiger December 16, 1966 May 24, 1968 2 525
4 United States Bob Foster May 24, 1968 September 9, 1970s 4 838
Foster then fought for the heavyweight title against Joe Frazier and the WBA stripped him of the title for not fighting mandatory challenger Jimmy Dupree
5 Venezuela Vicente Rondón (v. Jimmy Dupree) February 27, 1971 April 7, 1972 4 405
6 United States Bob Foster (2) April 7, 1972 September 16, 1974r 5 892
Foster vacated and announced retirement, although he came back a year later and fought until 1978
7 Argentina Víctor Galíndez (v. Len Hutchins) December 7, 1974 September 15, 1978 10 1738
8 United States Mike Rossman September 15, 1978 April 14, 1979 1 211
9 Argentina Víctor Galíndez (2) April 14, 1979 November 30, 1979 0 230
10 United States Marvin Johnson November 30, 1979 March 31, 1980 0 122
11 United States Eddie Mustafa Muhammad March 31, 1980 July 18, 1981 2 474
12 United States Michael Spinks July 18, 1981 September 21, 1985r 10 1526
Spinks vacated to fight for the Lineal heavyweight title against Larry Holmes
13 United States Marvin Johnson (2) (v. Leslie Stewart) February 9, 1986 May 23, 1987 1 468
14 Trinidad and Tobago Leslie Stewart May 23, 1987 September 5, 1987 0 105
15 United States Virgil Hill September 5, 1987 June 3, 1991 10 1367
16 United States Thomas Hearns June 3, 1991 March 20, 1992 0 291
17 United States Iran Barkley March 20, 1992 1992r 0 286
Barkley was also the IBF Super Middleweight champion at the moment and decided to defend that title against James Toney instead of fighting at light heavyweight
18 United States Virgil Hill (2) (v. Frank Tate) September 29, 1992 June 13, 1997 10 1718
19 Poland Dariusz Michalczewski June 13, 1997 July 1, 1997r 0 18
The WBA immediately stripped Michalczewski of his title for displaying its belt along with that of the WBO, an organization it didn't recognize
20 United States Lou Del Valle (v. Eddie Smulders) September 20, 1997 July 18, 1998 0 301
21 United States Roy Jones Jr. July 18, 1998 February, 2001 6 987
Jones was promoted to Super champion
22 United States Roy Jones Jr. Super champion (Regular champ promoted) February, 2001 2002 4 698
Jones was stripped of title somewhere between 2002 and 2003, possibly due to inactivity.
23 France Bruno Girard (v. Robert Koon) December 22, 2001 March 8, 2003 2 654
24 France Mehdi Sahnoune March 8, 2003 October 10, 2003 0 216
25 Italy Silvio Branco October 10, 2003 February 20, 2004 0 133
26 United States Roy Jones Jr. Super champion (v. Antonio Tarver) November 8, 2003 May 15, 2004 0 189
27 France Fabrice Tiozzo February 20, 2004 October 19, 2006r 1 972
Tiozzo vacated and retired from professional boxing after defeating Dariusz Michalczewski
28 United States Antonio Tarver Super champion May 15, 2004 December 2004s 0 230
Tarver was stripped of title when he decided to fight IBF champion, Glen Johnson instead of WBA's mandatory challenger
29 Italy Silvio Branco (2) (Interim champ promoted) October 19, 2006 April 28, 2007 0 191
30 Croatia Stipe Drviš April 28, 2007 December 16, 2007 0 287
31 Australia Danny Green December 16, 2007 March 25, 2008r 0 100
Green vacated and announced retirement. He came back in April 2009
32 Argentina Hugo Garay (v. Yuriy Barashian) July 3, 2008 June 20, 2009 1 352
33 Spain Gabriel Campillo June 20, 2009 January 29, 2010 1 223
34 Kazakhstan Beibut Shumenov January 29, 2010 October 8, 2013 4 1348
Shumenov got promoted to Super champion
35 Kazakhstan Beibut Shumenov Super champion (Regular champ promoted) October 8, 2013 April 19, 2014 1 193
36 Germany Jürgen Brähmer (v. Marcus Oliveira) December 14, 2013 Present 6 874
37 United States Bernard Hopkins Super champion April 19, 2014 November 8, 2014 1 203
38 Russia Sergey Kovalev Super champion November 8, 2014 Current 3 545

Cruiserweight (Super belt: Evander Holyfield)

No. Name Duration of reign Defenses Days
1 Puerto Rico Ossie Ocasio (v. Robbie Williams) February 13, 1982 December 1, 1984 3 1022
2 South Africa Piet Crous December 1, 1984 July 27, 1985 1 238
3 United States Dwight Muhammad Qawi July 27, 1985 July 12, 1986 1 350
4 United States Evander Holyfield July 12, 1986 1988r 5
Holyfield vacated to move up to heavyweight
5 Tunisia Taoufik Belbouli (v. Michael Greer) March 25, 1989 1989r 0
Belbouli never defended the title and vacated it 6 months after winning it
6 United States Robert Daniels (v. Dwight Muhammad Qawi) November 27, 1989 March 8, 1991 2 466
7 United States Bobby Czyz March 8, 1991 1992r 2
Czyz was involved in a car accident and he had to vacate the title for his inability to defend it
8 United States Orlin Norris (v. Marcelo Figueroa) November 6, 1993 July 22, 1995 4 501
9 United States Nate Miller July 22, 1995 November 8, 1997 4 840
10 France Fabrice Tiozzo November 8, 1997 December 9, 2000 4 1127
11 United States Virgil Hill December 9, 2000 February 23, 2002 0 441
12 France Jean-Marc Mormeck February 23, 2002 April 2, 2005 3 1134
Mormeck fought for the Super title against Wayne Braithwaite
13 France Jean-Marc Mormeck Super champion (v. Wayne Braithwaite) April 2, 2005 January 7, 2006 0 280
14 Jamaica O'Neil Bell Super champion January 7, 2006 March 17, 2007 0 434
15 United States Virgil Hill (2) (v. Valery Brudov) January 27, 2006 November 24, 2007 0 666
16 France Jean-Marc Mormeck (2) Super champion March 17, 2007 November 10, 2007 0 238
17 United Kingdom David Haye Super champion November 10, 2007 May 12, 2008r 1 184
Haye vacated his title and moved up to heavyweight
18 Germany Firat Arslan November 24, 2007 September 27, 2008 1 308
19 Panama Guillermo Jones September 27, 2008 October 30, 2012 3 1494
Jones was declared Champion in recess
20 Russia Denis Lebedev (Interim champ promoted) October 30, 2012 May 17, 2013 1 199
21 Panama Guillermo Jones (2) May 17, 2013 October 18, 2013 0 154
Jones was stripped of title after failing a drug test from his fight with Denis Lebedev. Lebedev was reinstated as champion
22 Russia Denis Lebedev (2) (Reinstated) October 18, 2013 Current 3 931

As of May 6, 2016.

Heavyweight (Super belt: Muhammad Ali)

No. Name Duration of reign Defenses Days
1 United States Ernie Terrell (v. Eddie Machen) March 5, 1965 February 6, 1967 2 703
2 United States Muhammad Ali February 6, 1967 April 27, 1968s 1 446
Ali's title was stripped due to his refusal to be drafted to Army service
3 United States Jimmy Ellis (v. Jerry Quarry) April 27, 1968 February 16, 1970 1 660
4 United States Joe Frazier February 16, 1970 January 22, 1973 4 1071
5 United States George Foreman January 22, 1973 October 30, 1974 3 646
6 United States Muhammad Ali (2) October 30, 1974 February 15, 1978 10 1204
7 United States Leon Spinks February 15, 1978 September 15, 1978 0 212
8 United States Muhammad Ali (3) September 15, 1978 October 18, 1979 0 398
Ali vacated and announced retirement although he would come back a year later to fight Larry Holmes
9 United States John Tate (v. Gerrie Coetzee) October 20, 1979 March 31, 1980 0 163
10 United States Mike Weaver March 31, 1980 December 10, 1982 2 984
11 United States Michael Dokes December 10, 1982 September 23, 1983 1 287
12 South Africa Gerrie Coetzee September 23, 1983 December 1, 1984 0 435
13 United States Greg Page December 1, 1984 April 29, 1985 0 149
14 United States Tony Tubbs April 29, 1985 January 17, 1986 0 263
15 United States Tim Witherspoon January 17, 1986 December 12, 1986 1 329
16 United States James Smith December 12, 1986 March 7, 1987 0 85
17 United States Mike Tyson March 7, 1987 February 11, 1990 8 1072
18 United States James Douglas February 11, 1990 October 25, 1990 0 256
19 United States Evander Holyfield October 25, 1990 November 13, 1992 3 750
20 United States Riddick Bowe November 13, 1992 November 6, 1993 2 358
21 United States Evander Holyfield (2) November 6, 1993 April 22, 1994 0 167
22 United States Michael Moorer April 22, 1994 November 5, 1994 0 103
23 United States George Foreman (2) November 5, 1994 March 5, 1995s 0 120
Foreman was stripped of title after refusing to fight mandatory challenger, Tony Tucker
24 United States Bruce Seldon (v. Tony Tucker) April 8, 1995 September 7, 1996 1 518
25 United States Mike Tyson (2) September 7, 1996 November 9, 1996 0 155
26 United States Evander Holyfield (3) November 9, 1996 November 13, 1999 4 1099
27 United Kingdom Lennox Lewis November 13, 1999 April 29, 2000s 0 138
Lewis was stripped of title after agreeing to fight WBC challenger, Michael Grant first and then John Ruiz. Ruiz challenged this decision in court on the basis of a clause in the Lewis-Holyfield rematch contract that said Lewis's first bout as undisputed champion would be against the WBA's number one contender. For this reason, the WBA then created the Super belt
28 United States Evander Holyfield (4) (v. John Ruiz) August 12, 2000 March 3, 2001 0 356
29 United States John Ruiz March 3, 2001 March 1, 2003 2 728
30 United States Roy Jones Jr. March 1, 2003 February 20, 2004r 0 356
Jones Jr. vacated and moved back to light heavyweight
31 United States John Ruiz (2) (Interim champ promoted) February 20, 2004 December 17, 2005 2 666
32 Russia Nikolai Valuev December 17, 2005 April 14, 2007 3 483
33 Uzbekistan Ruslan Chagaev April 14, 2007 July 18, 2008 (Was declared "Champion in Recess", then stripped) 2 461
Chagaev got injured and was declared Champion in Recess. Then he was stripped of title for not agreeing on a rematch with Valuev
34 Russia Nikolai Valuev (2) (v. John Ruiz) August 30, 2008 November 7, 2009 1 342
35 United Kingdom David Haye November 7, 2009 July 2, 2011 2 602
Haye fought for the Super title against Wladimir Klitschko
36 Ukraine Wladimir Klitschko Super champion (v. David Haye) July 2, 2011 November 28, 2015 9 1610
37 Russia Aleksander Povetkin (v. Ruslan Chagaev) August 27, 2011 October 5, 2013 4 770
Povetkin fought for the Super title against Wladimir Klitschko
38 Uzbekistan Ruslan Chagaev Regular champion (v. Fres Oquendo) July 6, 2014 March 5, 2016 1 608
39 United Kingdom Tyson Fury Super champion (v. Wladimir Klitschko ) November 28, 2015 Current 0 160
40 Australia Lucas Browne Regular champion (v. Ruslan Chagaev ) March 6, 2016 Current 0 61

Notes

1 Date listed is when the World title was won (WBA was formed in 1921).

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