List of WBO world champions
The is a list of boxing world champions in the World Boxing Organization.
Mini-Flyweight
Name: | Date: | Location: | Defenses: |
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![]() def. Yamil Caraballo |
August 30, 1989 | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | 1 |
Title vacated | 1993 | Torres' only defense was against Husni Ray on July 31, 1990 in Jakarta,Indonesia. | |
![]() def. Fernando Martínez |
May 15, 1993 | Glasgow, Scotland | 1 |
Title vacated | 1993 | Weir vacated the title to move up to light flyweight. His only defense was against Lindi Memani on October 25, 1993 in Glasgow, Scotland. | |
![]() def. Orlando Malone |
December 22, 1993 | El Condado, San Juan, Puerto Rico | 6 |
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August 23, 1997 | New York City, New York, United States | 0 |
Title vacated | 1997 | López vacated all his titles at minimumweight to move up to light flyweight. | |
![]() def. Mickey Cantwell |
December 19, 1997 | London, England, United Kingdom | 0 |
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May 30, 1998 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | 3 |
Title vacated | 2001 | Guardia vacated the title to move up to light flyweight. His last defense was against Juan Alfonso Keb Baas on April 6, 2001 in Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico. | |
![]() def. Reynaldo Frutos |
June 29, 2002 | Palma, Majorca, Spain | 1 |
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March 28, 2003 | Madrid, Spain | 0 |
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May 3, 2003 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | 11 |
Title vacated | 2007 | Calderón vacated the title to move up to light flyweight. His last defense of the title was on April 28, 2007 against Ronald Barrera in Barranquilla, Colombia. | |
![]() def. Pornsawan Porpramook |
September 30, 2007 | Cebu City, Cebu, Philippines | 4 |
Title vacated | February 25, 2011 | Nietes vacated the title to move up to light flyweight. His last defense of the title was on August 14, 2010 against Mario Rodriguez in Guasave, Mexico. | |
![]() interim champ promoted |
February 25, 2011 | NA | 1 |
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August 27, 2011 | Guadalajara, Mexico | 2 |
Title vacated | April 19, 2013 | Fuentes vacated the title to move up to light flyweight. His last defense of the title was on October 6, 2012 against Iván Calderón in Bayamón, Puerto Rico. | |
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April 19, 2013 | NA | 2 |
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March 22, 2014 | Monterey, Mexico | 1 |
Title vacated | November 2014 | Rodríguez vacated the title to move up to flyweight. His only defense of the title was on August 9, 2014 against Katsunari Takayama in Monterrey, Mexico. | |
![]() def. Go Odaira |
December 31, 2014 | Osaka, Japan | 0 |
Title vacated | March 2, 2015 | Takayama vacated his WBO title to skip mandatory challenger in favor of a fight with former champion Fahlan Sakkreerin | |
![]() def. Julián Yedras |
May 30, 2015 | Komaki, Japan | 1 |
Title vacated | April 10, 2016 | Tanaka vacated to seek a world title at light flyweight |
Junior Flyweight
Name: | Date: | Location: | Defenses: |
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![]() def. Fernando Martínez |
May 19, 1989 | San Juan, Puerto Rico | 3 |
Title vacated | March 1992 | De Jesús was stripped of the title after failing to defend it in a specific time period. His last defense was against Abdi Pohan on November 10, 1990 in Jakarta, Indonesia. | |
![]() def. Eddie Vallejo |
July 31, 1992 | San Juan, Puerto Rico | 1 |
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July 15, 1994 | Phoenix, Arizona, United States | 0 |
Title vacated | 1994 | Carbajal failed to defend the title he had just won, looking forward instead to have another fight with Humberto González 4 months later. | |
![]() def. Paul Oulden |
November 23, 1994 | Irvine, Scotland | 1 |
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November 18, 1995 | Glasgow, Scotland | 2 |
Title vacated | 1997 | Matlala elected to take a shot against Michael Carbajal rather than defend his title. His last defense of the title was against Mickey Cantwell on February 8, 1997 in Millwall, London. | |
![]() def. Eric Griffin |
May 31, 1997 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | 0 |
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August 25, 1997 | Inglewood, California, United States | 0 |
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January 17, 1998 | Santiago del Estero, Argentina | 1 |
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December 5, 1998 | Tijuana, Mexico | 1 |
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July 31, 1999 | Tijuana, Mexico | 0 |
Title vacated | August 1999 | Carbajal automatically vacated the title after retiring that same year. | |
![]() def. Jacob Matlala |
February 19, 2000 | Brakpan, South Africa | 0 |
Title vacated | 2000 | ||
![]() def. Andy Tabanas |
April 14, 2001 | New York City, United States | 5 |
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April 30, 2005 | San Juan, Puerto Rico | 4 |
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August 25, 2007 | Guaynabo, Puerto Rico | 6 |
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August 28, 2010 | Guaynabo, Puerto Rico | 1 |
Title vacated | April 2011 | Segura vacated the title to move up to Flyweight. His last defense of the title was on April 2, 2011 against Iván Calderón in Baja California, Mexico. | |
![]() interim champ promoted |
April 2011 | NA | 0 |
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April 30, 2011 | Mexico City, Mexico | 0 |
![]() current champion |
October 8, 2011 | Bacolod, Philippines | 8 |
Flyweight
Name: | Date: | Location: | Defenses: |
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![]() def. Miguel Mercedes |
March 3, 1989 | Medellín, Colombia | 0 |
Title vacated | March 1990 | Alvarez vacated the title due to lack of interest in it. | |
![]() def. Angel Rosario |
August 18, 1990 | Ponce, Puerto Rico | 2 |
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March 18, 1992 | Glasgow, Scotland | 1 |
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May 15, 1993 | Glasgow, Scotland | 3 |
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February 11, 1995 | Hammanskraal, South Africa | 5 |
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December 13, 1996 | Buenos Aires, Argentina | 5 |
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August 14, 1998 | Mexicali, Mexico | 1 |
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April 23, 1999 | Zaragoza, Spain | 1 |
Title vacated | 1999 | ||
![]() def. José López |
December 18, 1999 | Indio, California, United States | 1 |
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December 15, 2000 | Ciudad Obregón, Mexico | 3 |
Title vacated | 2001–2002 | Montiel vacated the title to move up to super flyweight. His las defense was September 9, 2001 against José López in Reno, Nevada, United States | |
![]() def. Jair Jimenez |
May 4, 2002 | Managua, Nicaragua | 0 |
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July 13, 2002 | Buenos Aires, Argentina | 16 |
Title vacated | 2010 | Narváez vacated the title to move up to super flyweight. His last defense was on June 26, 2009 against Omar Soto at the Luna Park, Buenos Aires | |
![]() def. Richie Mepranum |
June 12, 2010 | Puebla, Mexico | 3 |
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July 16, 2011 | Honolulu, Hawaii, United States | 3 |
![]() current champion |
April 6, 2013 | Macao, China | 5 |
Junior Bantamweight
Name: | Date: | Location: | Defenses: |
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![]() def. Bebis Rojas |
April 29, 1989 | San Juan, Puerto Rico | 4 |
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February 22, 1992 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | 0 |
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September 4, 1992 | Copenhagen, Denmark | 3 |
Title vacated | 1994 | Bredahl's last defense was against Eduardo Nazario on March 25, 1994 in Aakirkeby, Denmark. | |
![]() def. Henry Martínez |
October 14, 1994 | Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States | 13 |
Title vacated | 1998 | Tapia's last defense was against Rodolfo Blanco on February 13, 1998 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. | |
![]() def. Pedro Morquecho |
November 7, 1998 | Chubut, Argentina | 0 |
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June 7, 1999 | Tijuana, Mexico | 1 |
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November 20, 1999 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | 2 |
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June 16, 2001 | Panama City, Panama | 1 |
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June 22, 2002 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | 1 |
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August 16, 2003 | Uncasville, Connecticut, United States | 1 |
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September 25, 2004 | Memphis, Tennessee, United States | 0 |
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April 9, 2005 | El Paso, Texas, United States | 6 |
Title vacated | 2009 | Montiel's's last defense was against Luis Maldonado on May 31, 2008 in Mexico. | |
![]() def. Pramuansak Posuwan |
March 28, 2009 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | 0 |
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September 4, 2009 | Rama, Ontario, Canada | 0 |
Title vacated | 2009 | Sonsona was stripped of the title after failing to make weight (2.6 lbs. over) in his first title defense against Alejandro Hernández (boxer), whom he fought with to a draw. | |
![]() def. Angky Angkota |
January 30, 2010 | Mexico City, Mexico | 0 |
Title vacated | April 24, 2010 | Arce had to vacate the title upon his move to bantamweight division. | |
![]() def. Everth Briceño |
May 15, 2010 | Distrito Federal, Argentina | 11 |
![]() current champion |
December 30, 2014 | Tokio, Japan | 1 |
Bantamweight
Name: | Date: | Location: | Defenses: |
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![]() def. Maurizio Lupino |
February 3, 1989 | Caracas, Venezuela | 1 |
Title vacated | 1990 | Contreras vacated the title in order to challenge Luisito Espinosa for the WBA title. His only defense was against Ray Minus on September 2, 1990 in Nassau, Bahamas. | |
![]() def. Miguel "Happy" Lora |
March 12, 1991 | Auburn Hills, Michigan, United States | 0 |
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March 12, 1991 | London, England | 2 |
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May 13, 1992 | London, England | 2 |
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July 30, 1994 | London, England | 2 |
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October 21, 1995 | London, England | 1 |
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April 26, 1996 | Cardiff, Wales | 0 |
Title vacated | 1996 | Title vacated when Regan retired. | |
![]() def. Oscar Maldonado |
July 28, 1997 | Inglewood, California, United States | 3 |
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January 8, 2000 | Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States | 1 |
Title vacated | 2000 | Tapia vacated to fight Paulie Ayala at super bantamweight. His only defense was against Pedro Javier Torres on May 6, 2000 at Las Cruces, New Mexico | |
![]() def. Lester Fuentes |
September 4, 2000 | Manchester, England | 1 |
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March 15, 2002 | Veracruz, Mexico | 2 |
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May 7, 2004 | Bangkok, Thailand | 1 |
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October 29, 2005 | Tucson, Arizona, United States | 1 |
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August 11, 2007 | Sacramento, California, United States | 1 |
Title vacated | April 2009 | Title Stripped due to Penalosa not defending the belt for a year. Last defense on April 6, 2008 at Quezon City, Philippines against Ratanachai Sor Vorapin | |
![]() def. Diego Oscar Silva |
March 28, 2009 | Baja California, Mexico | 2 |
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February 19, 2011 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | 2 |
Title vacated | October 2011 | Donaire vacated to move up to super bantamweight. Last defense was against Omar Narváez October 22, 2011 at the Madison Square Garden, New York | |
![]() def. Angky Angkotta |
November 26, 2011 | Plaza de Toros Rea, Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico | 0 |
Title vacated | August 2012 | Arce vacated to fight at super bantamweight against Nonito Donaire. | |
![]() def. AJ Banal |
October 20, 2012 | Pasay City, Metro Manila, Philippines | 0 |
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March 2, 2013 | Windhoek, Namibia | 0 |
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August 1, 2013 | Cebu, Philippines | 3 |
Title vacated | April 23, 2015 | Kameda's request to make his fight with Jamie McDonnell a unification bout was rejected by the WBO as McDonnell was only the "regular" champion which is considered a secondary title by the WBO. As a result, Kameda relinquished his title | |
![]() def. Ryo Akaho |
August 8, 2015 | Ratchaburi, Thailand | 1 |
Junior Featherweight
Name: | Date: | Location: | Defenses: |
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![]() def. Julio Gervacio |
April 29, 1989 | San Juan, Puerto Rico | 1 |
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December 9, 1989 | Teramo, Italy | 0 |
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May 12, 1990 | Sassari, Italy | 0 |
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May 24, 1991 | Corpus Christi, Texas, United States | 1 |
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October 15, 1992 | London, England | 0 |
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June 9, 1993 | London, England | 4 |
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March 31, 1995 | Anaheim, California, United States | 8 |
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November 22, 1996 | Tampa, Florida, United States | 1 |
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April 18, 1997 | New York City, New York, United States | 0 |
Title vacated | 1998 | McKinney vacates to fight for featherweight title. | |
![]() def. Richie Wenton |
October 31, 1998 | Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States | 2 |
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February 19, 2000 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | 0 |
Title vacated | 2000 | Morales vacates to fight at featherweight | |
![]() def. Luiz Freitas |
June 17, 2000 | Mexico City, Mexico | 2 |
Title vacated | April 7, 2001 | Title vacated when Barrera wins the vacant IBO Featherweight title, defeating Naseem Hamed in Las Vegas, Nevada. His last defense was against Jesús Salud on December 1, 2000 also in Las Vegas. | |
![]() def. Jorge Monsalvo |
June 23, 2001 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | 1 |
Title vacated | 2002 | Title stripped due to inactivity. Only defense was a draw against Manny Pacquiao on November 11, 2001 at San Francisco, California | |
![]() def. Jorge Monsalvo |
August 17, 2002 | Cardiff, Wales | 2 |
Title vacated | July 2005 | The WBO stripped Guzman of the title due to his not making weight for a defense against Marcos Licona, scheduled for November 6. His last defense was against Fernando Beltran, Jr. on April 22, 2005 in Hidalgo, Texas, United States. | |
![]() def. Sod Looknongyangtoy |
October 29, 2005 | Tucson, Arizona, United States | 6 |
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June 7, 2008 | Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States | 5 |
Title vacated | January 23, 2010 | Juan Manuel López vacated the title to move up to Featherweight. Last defense was on October 10, 2009 against Rogers Mtagwa at the Madison Square Garden, New York | |
![]() def. Marvin Sonsona |
February 27, 2010 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | 2 |
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May 7, 2011 | MGM Grand, Las Vegas | 1 |
Title vacated | November 2011 | Arce vacates to go down to bantamweight. Only defense was against Simphiwe Nongqayi on September 24, 2011 at Mexicali, Mexico | |
![]() def. Wilfredo Vázquez, Jr. |
February 4, 2012 | San Antonio, Texas | 3 |
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April 13, 2013 | New York, New York | 3 |
Title vacated | October 28, 2015 | Rigondeaux was stripped of title due to inactivity | |
![]() def. César Juárez |
December 11, 2015 | San Juan, Puerto Rico | 1 |
Featherweight
Name: | Date: | Location: | Defenses: |
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![]() def. Pedro Nolasco |
January 28, 1989 | Milan, Italy | 1 |
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November 11, 1989 | Rimini, Italy | 0 |
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April 7, 1990 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | 1 |
Title vacated | 1990 | Paez's only defense was against Troy Dorsey on July 8, 1990 in Las Vegas, Nevada. | |
![]() def. Armando Juan Reyes |
January 26, 1991 | Sassari, Italy | 2 |
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February 16, 1992 | London, England | 0 |
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September 26, 1992 | London, England, United Kingdom | 0 |
Title vacated | 1992 | Title vacated when Palacios retired. | |
![]() def. John Davison |
April 17, 1993 | Washington, England | 7 |
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September 30, 1995 | Cardiff, Wales | 15 |
Title vacated | September 30, 2000 | Hamed's last defense was against Augie Sanchez on August 19, 2000 in Mashantucket, Connecticut, United States. | |
![]() def. Antonio Díaz |
January 27, 2001 | Munich, Germany | 0 |
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June 16, 2001 | Budapest, Hungary | 2 |
Title vacated | 2002 | Chacón's last defense was against Victor Polo on January 19, 2002 in London, England, United Kingdom | |
![]() def. Victor Santiago |
June 8, 2002 | Glasgow, Scotland | 2 |
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July 12, 2003 | Glasgow, Scotland | 0 |
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November 29, 2003 | Glasgow, Scotland | 6 |
Title vacated | June 2006 | Harrison was stripped of the title after pulling out of a scheduled defense. His last defense was against Nedal Hussein on November 5, 2005 in Glasgow, Scotland. | |
![]() def. Terdsak Jandaeng |
August 5, 2006 | Stateline, Nevada, United States | 1 |
Title vacated | February 2007 | Márquez vacates to move up to super featherweight. Only defense against Jimrex Jaca in November 2006 at Hidalgo, Texas | |
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July 14, 2007 | London, England | 5 |
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January 23, 2010 | New York City, USA | 1 |
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April 16, 2011 | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | 2 |
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January 19, 2013 | Madison Square Garden, New York | 1 |
Title vacated | August 2013 | Garcia vacates to move up to super featherweight. Only defense against Juan Manuel López in June 2013 at Dallas, Texas | |
![]() def. Orlando Cruz |
October 12, 2013 | Las Vegas, Nevada | 0 |
Title vacated | March 1, 2014 | Title stripped after Salido couldn't make weight on his defense against Vasyl Lomachenko. Title was at stake for Lomachenko but Salido won via split decision. | |
![]() def. Gary Russell, Jr. current champion |
June 21, 2014 | Carson, California | 3 |
Junior lightweight
Name: | Date: | Location: | Defenses: |
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![]() def. Juan Laporte |
April 29, 1989 | San Juan, Puerto Rico | 0 |
Title vacated | 1989 | ||
![]() def. Antonio Rivera |
December 9, 1989 | Teramo, Italy | 2 |
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March 21, 1992 | San Rufo, Italy | 0 |
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September 4, 1992 | Copenhagen, Denmark | 1 |
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March 5, 1994 | Los Angeles, California, United States | 1 |
Title vacated | 1994 | de la Hoya vacated the title in order to move up to the Lightweight division. Only defense against Giorgio Campanella on Apr 1994 at Las Vegas, Nevada | |
![]() def. Eugene Speed |
September 24, 1994 | Rotterdam, Netherlands | 6 |
Title vacated | 1996–1997 | Titel vacated because of Tuur's retirement. Tuur's last defense was against Jose Vida Ramos on September 6, 1996 in Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States. | |
![]() def. Wilson Palacio |
December 19, 1997 | London, England | 0 |
Title vacated | 1998 | Jones lost his boxing license after a brain scan found an anomaly. The WBO vacated his title before Jones regained his license | |
![]() def. Julien Lorcy |
May 16, 1998 | Paris, France | 1 |
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August 7, 1999 | Le Cannet, France | 11 |
Title vacated | 2003 | Freitas vacated the title to move up to the lightweight division. His last defense was against Jorge Rodrigo Barrios on August 9, 2003 in Miami, Florida. | |
![]() def. Joel Casamayor |
March 6, 2004 | Mashantucket, Connecticut, United States | 0 |
Title vacated | 2004 | Corrales vacated the title to move up to the lightweight division. | |
![]() def. Pablo Chacón |
July 15, 2004 | Dallas, Texas, United States | 0 |
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April 8, 2005 | Miami, Florida, United States | 2 |
Title vacated | September 15, 2006 | Barrios was stripped of the title after he was overweight for his scheduled September 16 defense against Joan Guzmán. His last defense was against Janos Nagy on May 20, 2006 in Los Angeles, California, United States | |
![]() def. Jorge Rodrigo Barrios |
September 16, 2006 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | 2 |
Title vacated | May 2008 | Guzman vacated the title after deciding to move up to Lightweight. Last defense against Humberto Soto on November 2007 at Atlantic City, United States | |
![]() interim champ promoted |
May 2008 | NA | 0 |
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September 9, 2008 | Manchester, England | 0 |
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March 14, 2009 | Manchester, England | 2 |
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September 4, 2010 | Glasgow, Scotland | 3 |
Title vacated | Aug 2011 | Burns vacated the title after deciding to move up to Lightweight. Last defense against Nicky Cook on July 2011 at Liverpool, England | |
![]() def. Vicente Martín Rodríguez |
November 26, 2011 | Cincinnati, Ohio, USA | 2 |
Title vacated | August 2012 | Broner vacated the title after deciding to move up to Lightweight. Last defense against Vicente Escobedo on July 2012 at Cincinnati, Ohio, USA | |
![]() def. Miguel Beltrán, Jr. |
September 15, 2012 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA | 2 |
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November 9, 2013 | Corpus Christi, Texas, USA | 1 |
Title vacated | October 2014 | Garcia vacated the title to move up in weight. Only defense against Juan Carlos Burgos on January 2014 at Cincinnati, Madison Square Garden, New York, USA | |
![]() interim champ promoted |
October 14, 2014 | NA | 0 |
![]() current champion |
April 11, 2015 | San Juan, Puerto Rico | 1 |
Lightweight
Name: | Date: | Location: | Defenses: |
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![]() def. Amancio Castro |
May 6, 1989 | Santa Ana, California, United States | 1 |
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September 22, 1990 | Brownsville, Texas, United States | 2 |
Title vacated | 1991 | Thobela's last defense was against Antonio Rivera on September 14, 1991 in Johannesburg, South Africa. | |
![]() def. Javier Altamirano |
September 25, 1992 | Voghera, Italy | 2 |
Title vacated | 1993 | Parisi's last defense was against Antonio Rivera on September 24, 1993 in Rome, Italy. | |
![]() def. Jorge Páez |
July 29, 1994 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | 6 |
Title vacated | 1996 | de la Hoya's last defense was against Jesse James Leija on December 15, 1995 in New York City, New York, United States. | |
![]() def. Antonio Rivera |
April 13, 1996 | Hamburg, Germany | 17 |
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January 3, 2004 | Mashantucket, Connecticut, United States | 0 |
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August 7, 2004 | Mashantucket, Connecticut, United States | 1 |
Title vacated | 2006 | Corrales' only defense was against José Luis Castillo on May 7, 2005 in Las Vegas, Nevada. | |
![]() def. Zahir Raheem |
April 29, 2006 | Mashantucket, Connecticut, United States | 0 |
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April 28, 2007 | Mashantucket, Connecticut, United States | 1 |
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March 8, 2008 | Cancún, Mexico | 0 |
Title vacated | February 14, 2009 | Campbell was stripped of the title for being unable to make weight for his next fight against Ali Funeka on February 14, 2009 in Sunrise, Florida, United States | |
![]() def. Juan Díaz |
February 28, 2009 | Houston, Texas, United States | 2 |
Title vacated | March 2011 | Marquez vacates to move up to welterweight. Last defense on November 27, 2010 at Las Vegas, Nevada against Michael Katsidis | |
![]() def. Michael Katsidis |
November 5, 2011 | London, England | 5 |
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March 1, 2014 | Glasgow, Scotland | 2 |
Title vacated | March 24, 2015 | Crawford vacates to fight for the super lightweight title. Last defense against Raymundo Beltrán on November 29, 2014 at Omaha, Nebraska, USA | |
![]() def. Jose Zepeda |
July 11, 2015 | Manchester, England | 2 |
Junior welterweight
Name: | Date: | Location: | Defenses: |
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![]() def. Ray Mancini |
March 6, 1989 | Reno, Nevada, United States | 2 |
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February 23, 1991 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | 0 |
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May 19, 1991 | Reno, Nevada, United States | 0 |
Title vacated | 1992 | ||
![]() def. Jimmy Paul |
June 29, 1992 | Inglewood, California, United States | 3 |
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June 7, 1993 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | 4 |
Title vacated | July 24, 1994 | Title vacated when Padilla retired after his final defense against Juan Laporte in Los Angeles, California. | |
![]() def. Fidel Avendano |
February 20, 1995 | Inglewood, California, United States | 1 |
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March 9, 1996 | Milan, Italy | 5 |
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May 29, 1998 | Pesaro, Italy | 0 |
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May 15, 1999 | Miami, Florida, United States | 2 |
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July 22, 2000 | Miami, Florida, United States | 0 |
Title vacated | June 2001 | Title vacated when a routine eye exam reveals that Julio has cataracts. | |
![]() def. Felix Flores |
June 30, 2001 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | 2 |
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July 12, 2003 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | 1 |
Title vacated | 2004 | Judah vacated the title to move up to the Welterweight division. | |
![]() def. Kelson Pinto |
September 11, 2004 | San Juan, Puerto Rico | 6 |
Title vacated | 2006 | Cotto vacated the title to move up to Welterweight and challenge for the WBA title His last defense was against Paul Malignaggi on June 10, 2006 in New York City, New York. | |
![]() def. Mike Arnaoutis |
November 18, 2006 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | 3 |
![]() def. Ricardo Torres |
July 5, 2008 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | 1 |
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April 4, 2009 | Montreal, Quebec, Canada | 1 |
Title vacated | June 27, 2012 | Bradley vacated the title to move up to Welterweight and challenge for the WBO title His last defense was against Joel Casamayor on November 12, 2011 in Las Vegas. | |
![]() interim champ promoted |
June 27, 2012 | Mexico City, Mexico | 0 |
Title vacated | October 12, 2013 | Marquez vacated the title to move up to Welterweight and challenge Timothy Bradley for the WBO belt | |
![]() interim champ promoted |
October 12, 2013 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | 0 |
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October 19, 2013 | Denver, Colorado, United States | 0 |
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June 14, 2014 | Brooklyn, New York, United States | 0 |
Title stripped | November 22, 2014 | Algieri was stripped of title before challenging Manny Pacquiao for the WBO welterweight belt. | |
![]() def. Thomas Dulorme current champion |
April 18, 2015 | Arlington, Texas | 2 |
Welterweight
Name: | Date: | Location: | Defenses: |
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![]() def. Danny Garcia |
May 6, 1989 | Santa Ana, California, United States | 0 |
Title vacated | 1989 | ||
![]() def. Al Hamza |
December 15, 1989 | Yabucoa, Puerto Rico | 7 |
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February 12, 1993 | Randers, Denmark | 0 |
Title vacated | 1993 | ||
![]() def. Lorenzo Smith |
October 16, 1993 | Belfast, Northern Ireland | 5 |
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April 13, 1996 | Liverpool, England, United Kingdom | 1 |
Title vacated | 1996–1997 | López's only defense was against Luis Ramón Campas on October 6, 1996 in Los Angeles, California, United States. | |
![]() def. Santiago Samaniego |
February 22, 1997 | Hamburg, Germany | 1 |
Title vacated | 1997 | Title vacated when Leu retired. His only defense was against Michael Carruth on September 20, 1997 in Aachen, Germany. | |
![]() def. Leonard Townsend |
February 22, 1997 | Stuttgart, Germany | 4 |
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May 6, 2000 | Neuss, Germany | 2 |
Title vacated | July 21, 2001 | Title vacated when a bout between Santos and Antonio Margarito in Bayamón, Puerto Rico ends in a no-contest in the first round. | |
![]() def. Antonio Díaz |
March 16, 2002 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | 7 |
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July 14, 2007 | Carson City, California, United States | 0 |
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February 9, 2008 | Temecula, California, United States | 0 |
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June 7, 2008 | Uncasville, Connecticut, United States | 0 |
Title vacated | November 2008 | Williams vacated the title to fight for the Jr. Middleweight Title. | |
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February 21, 2009 | Madison Square Garden, New York, United States | 1 |
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November 12, 2011 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | 3 |
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June 9, 2012 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | 2 |
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April 12, 2014 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | 1 |
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May 2, 2015 – July 3, 2015 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | 0 |
Title stripped | July 6, 2015 | Mayweather stripped of title for failing to pay a sanctioning fee for his victory over Manny Pacquiao | |
![]() interim champ promoted |
July 6, 2015 | NA | 1 |
Title vacated | February 9, 2016 | Bradley vacated in order to fight a third time with Manny Pacquiao | |
![]() def. Sadam Ali |
March 5, 2016 | Washington, District of Columbia | 0 |
Junior middleweight
Name: | Date: | Location: | Defenses: |
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![]() def. Lupe Aquino |
December 8, 1988 | Detroit, Michigan, United States | 6 |
Title vacated | 1993 | Jackson vacated the title to move up to Middleweight. His last defense was against Michele Mastrodonato on December 19, 1992 in San Severo, Italy. | |
![]() def. Lupe Aquino |
October 30, 1993 | Phoenix, Arizona, United States | 4 |
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November 22, 1995 | Sheffield, England | 0 |
Title vacated | February 1996 | Jones was stripped of the title. | |
![]() def. Santos Cardona |
March 1, 1996 | Indio, California, United States | 0 |
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May 17, 1996 | Monroe, Michigan, United States | 3 |
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August 22, 1998 | Temba, South Africa | 4 |
Title vacated | July 2001 | Simon vacated the title to move up to Middleweight. His last defense was against Wayne Alexander on February 10, 2001 in Widnes, England, United Kingdom. | |
![]() def. Luis "Yori Boy" Campas |
March 16, 2002 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | 4 |
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December 3, 2005 | Magdeburg, Germany | 6 |
Title vacated | October 5, 2011 | Dzindziruk was stripped of the title due to inactivity caused by injuries. As a result, Zaurbek Baysangurov was promoted from interim champion. | |
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October 5, 2011 | NA | 2 |
Title stripped | June 2013 | Stripped due to inactivity. His last defense was against Lukas Konecny on October 6, 2012 in Kiev, Ukraine | |
![]() def. Vanes Martirosyan |
November 9, 2013 | Corpus Christi, Texas | 1 |
Title stripped | July 31, 2015 | Andrade was stripped of the title due to inactivity. | |
![]() def. John Thompson |
October 10, 2015 | Manchester, England | 1 |
Middleweight
Name: | Date: | Location: | Defenses: |
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![]() def. Robbie Sims |
April 18, 1989 | Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States | 1 |
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April 29, 1990 | Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States | 1 |
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November 18, 1990 | Birmingham, England | 3 |
Title vacated | September 21, 1991 | Eubank vacated the title to move up to Super Middleweight. His last defense was against Michael Watson on June 22, 1991 in London, England. | |
![]() def. John Mugabi |
November 20, 1991 | London, England | 0 |
Title vacated | February 24, 1992 | McClellan vacated the title to move up to Super Middleweight. | |
![]() def. Sumbu Kalambay |
May 19, 1993 | Leicester, England | 2 |
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May 11, 1994 | Sheffield, England | 0 |
Title vacated | March 18, 1995 | Collins vacated the title to move up to Super Middleweight. | |
![]() def. David Mendez |
May 19, 1995 | Primm, Nevada, United States | 6 |
Title vacated | 1997 | Bradley vacated title to have eye surgery to repair a detached retina. | |
![]() def. Ryan Rhodes |
December 13, 1997 | Sheffield, England, United Kingdom | 1 |
Title vacated | November 14, 1998 | Grant vacated the title to move up to Light Heavyweight. His only defense was against Ernesto Rafael Sena on May 12, 1998 in Kanata, Ontario, Canada. | |
![]() def. Freeman Barr |
January 30, 1999 | Cottbus, Germany | 1 |
Title vacated | Mid-1999 | Schenk vacated title due to achilles injury. He had one successful defense was against Juan Ramon Medina on May 22, 1999 in Budapest, Hungary. | |
![]() def. Ryan Rhodes |
July 17, 1999 | Doncaster, England | 0 |
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November 27, 1999 | Lübeck, Germany | 3 |
Krajnc vacated the title on June 4, 2001, while in a dispute with Universum Box-Promotion; the WBO unanimously voted on September 17, 2001 that Krajnc never actually vacated and remained as WBO champion. | |||
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April 6, 2002 | Copenhagen, Denmark | 0 |
Harry Simon awarded interim title on July 21, 2001 after defeating Hacine Cherifi. At the time it was believed that Krajnc had vacated the title, however, the WBO later ruled that Krajnc remained as champion. | |||
Title vacated | November 2002 | Title vacated after Simon sentenced to prison due to his role in fatal car crash. | |
![]() def. Andras Galfi |
May 10, 2003 | Buenos Aires, Argentina | 0 |
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September 13, 2003 | Berlin, Germany | 1 |
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June 5, 2004 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | 0 |
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September 18, 2004 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | 1 |
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July 16, 2005 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | 3 |
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September 29, 2007 | Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States | 3 |
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April 17, 2010 | Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States | 0 |
Title stripped | May 29, 2010 | Title stripped because Martinez refused to vacate WBC Light Middleweight title. | |
![]() def. Daniel Jacobs |
July 31, 2010 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | 3 |
Title stripped | August 2012 | Pirog stripped of title after being unable to defend due to back injury. Last defense was against Nobuhiro Ishida on January 5, 2012 at Moscow, Russia | |
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August 25, 2012 | NA | 0 |
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October 20, 2012 | Washington D.C., United States | 3 |
Title vacated | September 4, 2014 | Quillin vacates over unwillingness to fight mandatory challenger Matt Korobov. | |
![]() def. Matt Korobov |
December 13, 2014 | Las Vegas, United States | 1 |
![]() current champion |
December 19, 2015 | Manchester, England | 0 |
Super middleweight
Name: | Date: | Location: | Defenses: |
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![]() def. James Kinchen |
November 4, 1988 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | 2 |
Title vacated | 1990 | Hearns' last defense was against Michael Olajide on April 28, 1990 in Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States. | |
![]() def. Michael Watson |
September 21, 1991 | London, England | 14 |
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March 18, 1995 | Millstreet, Ireland | 7 |
Title vacated | October 1997 | Collins was stripped of the title when he was unable to defend due to injury. His last defense was against Craig Cummings on July 5, 1997 in Glasgow, Scotland. | |
![]() def. Chris Eubank |
October 11, 1997 | Sheffield, England | 21 |
Title vacated | June 2008 | Calazghe vacated all of his titles when he announced he would retire. His last defense was on November 3, 2007 against Mikkel Kessler at Cardiff, Wales | |
![]() def. Fulgencio Zuniga |
September 27, 2008 | Hamburg, Germany | 0 |
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January 10, 2009 | Magdeburg, Germany | 1 |
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August 22, 2009 | Budapest, Hungary | 6 |
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August 25, 2012 | Berlin, Germany | 1 |
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March 23, 2013 | Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt Germany | 2 |
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March 1, 2014 | Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt Germany | 5 |
![]() current champion |
April 9, 2016 | Las Vegas, United States | 0 |
Light heavyweight
Name: | Date: | Location: | Defenses: |
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![]() def. Ramzi Hassan |
December 3, 1988 | Brook Park, Ohio, United States | 9 |
Title vacated | 1991 | Moorer vacated the title in order to move up to Heavyweight. His last defense was against Danny Stonewalker on December 15, 1990 at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | |
![]() def. Tom Collins |
May 9, 1991 | Leeds, England | 4 |
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September 10, 1994 | Hamburg, Germany | 23 |
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October 10, 2003 | Hamburg, Germany | 0 |
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January 17, 2004 | Karlsruhe, Germany | 11 |
Title vacated | November 13, 2009 | Erdei vacated the title in order to move up to Cruiserweight. His last defense was against Yuriy Barashian on January 10, 2009 at Magdeburg, Germany | |
![]() interim champ promoted |
November 13, 2009 | N/A | 2 |
Title stripped | May 19, 2011 | Braehmer was stripped of the title after withdrawing from a bout for the title against Nathan Cleverly citing eye injury. His last defense was against Mariano Nicolas Plotinsky on April 24, 2010 at Alsterdorf, Germany | |
![]() interim champ promoted |
May 19, 2011 | N/A | 5 |
![]() current champion |
August 18, 2013 | Cardiff, Wales | 7 |
Junior heavyweight
This weight class is designated as Cruiserweight in the IBF, WBA and WBC.
Name: | Date: | Location: | Defenses: |
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![]() def. Magne Havnaa |
December 3, 1989 | Copenhagen, Denmark | 0 |
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May 17, 1990 | Aars, Denmark | 2 |
Title vacated | 1991 | Havnaa's last defense was against Tyrone Booze on February 15, 1991 in Randers, Denmark. | |
![]() def. Derek Angol |
July 25, 1992 | Manchester, England | 1 |
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February 13, 1993 | Hamburg, Germany | 0 |
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June 26, 1993 | Hamburg, Germany | 1 |
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December 17, 1994 | Hamburg, Germany | 0 |
Title vacated | 1995 | Michalczewski vacated the title in favor of the WBO Light Heavyweight title, which he already held. | |
![]() def. Carl Thompson |
June 10, 1995 | Manchester, England, United Kingdom | 6 |
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October 4, 1997 | Hanover, Germany | 2 |
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March 27, 1999 | Derby, England | 13 |
Title vacated | 2006 | Title vacated when Nelson retired. Last defense on November 26, 2005 against Vincenzo Cantalore | |
![]() Interim champ promoted |
July 8, 2006 | Cardiff, Wales | 4 |
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March 8, 2008 | London, England | 0 |
Title vacated | 2008 | Title vacated when Haye decided to move up to Heavyweight. | |
![]() Interim champ promoted |
February 2009 | N/A | 1 |
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December 5, 2009 | Ludwigsburg, Germany | 13 |
![]() current champion |
August 14, 2015 | Newark, United States | 1 |
Heavyweight
Name: | Date: | Location: | Defenses: |
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![]() def. Johnny DuPlooy |
May 6, 1989 | Syracuse, Italy | 1 |
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January 11, 1991 | Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States | 1 |
Title vacated | 1991 | Mercer's only defense was against Tommy Morrison on October 18, 1991 in Atlantic City, New Jersey. He gave up the title shortly after. | |
![]() def. Bert Cooper |
May 15, 1992 | Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States | 0 |
Title vacated | February 2, 1993 | ||
![]() def. George Foreman |
June 7, 1993 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | 1 |
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October 29, 1993 | Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States | 0 |
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March 19, 1994 | London, England | 0 |
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March 11, 1995 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | 1 |
Title vacated | 1995 | Bowe vacated to pursue a rematch with Evander Holyfield. Bowe's only defense was against Jorge Luis Gonzalez on June 17, 1995 in Las Vegas, Nevada. | |
![]() def. Jeremy Williams |
June 29, 1996 | Indio, California, United States | 2 |
Title vacated | February 17, 1997 | Akinwande vacated the title in order to challenge for the WBC title. His last defense was against Scott Welch on January 11, 1997 in Nashville, Tennessee. | |
![]() def. Tony Tucker |
June 28, 1997 | Norwich, England | 2 |
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June 26, 1999 | London, England, United Kingdom | 2 |
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April 1, 2000 | Berlin, Germany | 0 |
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October 14, 2000 | Cologne, Germany | 5 |
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March 8, 2003 | Hanover, Germany | 0 |
Title vacated | 2003 | Sanders vacated to concentrate on a challenge for the WBC belt against Vitali Klitschko. | |
![]() def. Wladimir Klitschko |
April 10, 2004 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | 3 |
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April 1, 2006 | Cleveland, Ohio, United States | 0 |
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November 4, 2006 | Phoenix, Arizona, United States | 0 |
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June 2, 2007 | Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States | 1 |
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February 23, 2008 | New York, United States | 15 |
![]() current champion |
November 28, 2015 | Düsseldorf, Germany | 0 |
Fighter of the Decade
On December 8, 2012, Juan Manuel Márquez was named "Fighter of the Decade" by the WBO and was awarded a special belt after beating Manny Pacquiao by KO in six rounds.
See also
- List of WBA world champions
- List of WBC world champions
- List of IBF world champions
- List of IBO world champions
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