List of light-middleweight boxing champions

This is a chronological List of World Light Middleweight / List of World Super Welterweight / Junior Middleweight Boxing Champions, as recognized by four of the better-known sanctioning organizations:

• The World Boxing Association (WBA), founded in 1921 as the National Boxing Association (NBA),
• The World Boxing Council (WBC), founded in 1963,
• The International Boxing Federation (IBF), founded in 1983,
• The World Boxing Organization (WBO), founded in 1988,

Reign Began	Reign Ended	Champion	Recognition
World
Title inaugurated
1962-10-20	1963-04-29	Denny Moyer	Universal (WBA/WBC)
1963-04-29	1963-09-07	Ralph Dupas	Universal (WBA/WBC)
1963-09-07	1965-06-18	Sandro Mazzinghi	Universal (WBA/WBC)
1965-06-18	1966-06-25	Nino Benvenuti	Universal (WBA/WBC)
1966-06-25	1968-05-26	Ki-Soo Kim	Universal (WBA/WBC)
1968-05-26	1968-10-25-Stripped	Sandro Mazzinghi	Universal (WBA/WBC)
1969-03-17	1970-07-09	Freddie Little	Universal (WBA/WBC)
1970-07-09	1971-10-31	Carmelo Bossi	Universal (WBA/WBC)
1971-10-31	1974-06-04	Koichi Wajima	Universal (WBA/WBC)
1974-06-04	1975-01-21	Oscar Albarado	Universal (WBA/WBC)
1975-01-21	1975-03-22-Title Split	Koichi Wajima	Universal (WBA/WBC)
WBC
Title Inaugurated
1963-02-19	1963-04-29	Denny Moyer	WBC
1963-04-29	1963-09-07	Ralph Dupas	WBC
1963-09-07	1965-06-18	Sandro Mazzinghi	WBC
1965-06-18	1966-06-25	Nino Benvenuti	WBC
1966-06-25	1968-05-26	Ki Soo Kim	WBC
1968-05-26	1968-11-Stripped	Sandro Mazzinghi	WBC
1969-03-17	1970-07-09	Freddie Little	WBC
1970-07-09	1971-10-31	Carmelo Bossi	WBC
1971-10-31	1974-06-04	Koichi Wajima	WBC
1974-06-04	1975-01-21	Oscar Albarado	WBC
1975-01-21	1975-04-Stripped	Koichi Wajima	WBC
1975-05-07	1975-11-13	Miguel de Oliveira	WBC
1975-11-13	1976-06-17	Elisha Obed	WBC
1976-06-17	1977-08-06	Eckhard Dagge	WBC
1977-08-06	1979-03-04	Rocky Mattioli	WBC
1979-03-04	1981-05-23	Maurice Hope	WBC
1981-05-23	1982-12-03	Wilfred Benítez	WBC
1982-12-03	1986-06-23-Vacated	Thomas Hearns	WBC
1986-12-05	1987-07-12	Duane Thomas	WBC
1987-07-12	1987-10-02	Lupe Aquino	WBC
1987-10-02	1988-07-08	Gianfranco Rosi	WBC
1988-07-08	1989-02-11	Donald Curry	WBC
1989-02-11	1989-07-08	Rene Jacquot	WBC
1989-07-08	1990-03-31	John Mugabi	WBC
1990-03-31	1993-12-18	Terry Norris	WBC
1993-12-18	1994-05-07	Simon Brown	WBC
1994-05-07	1994-11-12	Terry Norris	WBC
1994-11-12	1995-08-19	Luis Santana	WBC
1995-08-19	1997-12-06	Terry Norris	WBC
1997-12-06	1999-01-29	Keith Mullings	WBC
1999-01-29	2001-06-23	Javier Castillejo	WBC
2001-06-23	2003-09-13	Oscar De La Hoya	WBC
2003-09-13	2004-03-13	Shane Mosley	WBC
2004-03-13	2004-11-20-Vacated	Winky Wright	WBC
2004-11-20	2005-06-01-Stripped	Javier Castillejo	WBC
2005-08-13	2006-05-06	Ricardo Mayorga	WBC
2006-05-06	2007-05-05	Oscar De La Hoya	WBC
2007-05-05	2007-06-28-Vacated	Floyd Mayweather, Jr.	WBC
2007-07-28	2008-06-07	Vernon Forrest	WBC
2008-06-07	2008-09-13	Sergio Mora	WBC
2008-09-13	2009-05-21-Stripped	Vernon Forrest	WBC
2009-05-21	2010-06-17-Vacated	Sergio Martinez	WBC
2010-11-13	2011-02-08-Vacated	Manny Pacquiao	WBC
2011-03-05	2013-09-14	Saul Alvarez	WBC
2013-09-14	2015-11-01-Changed status to WBC Emeritus	Floyd Mayweather, Jr.	WBC
WBA
Title Inaugurated
1962-10-20	1963-04-29	Denny Moyer	WBA
1963-04-29	1963-09-07	Ralph Dupas	WBA
1963-09-07	1965-06-18	Sandro Mazzinghi	WBA
1965-06-18	1966-06-25	Nino Benvenuti	WBA
1966-06-25	1968-05-26	Ki Soo Kim	WBA
1968-05-26	1968-11-Stripped	Sandro Mazzinghi	WBA
1969-03-17	1970-07-09	Freddie Little	WBA
1970-07-09	1971-10-31	Carmelo Bossi	WBA
1971-10-31	1974-06-04	Koichi Wajima	WBA
1974-06-04	1975-06-07	Oscar Albarado	WBA
1975-01-21	1975-06-07	Koichi Wajima	WBA
1975-06-07	1976-02-17	Jae-Doo Yuh	WBA
1976-02-17	1976-05-18	Koichi Wajima	WBA
1976-05-18	1976-10-08	Jose Manuel Duran	WBA
1976-10-08	1977-03-05	Miguel Angel Castellini	WBA
1977-03-05	1978-08-09	Eddie Gazo	WBA
1978-08-09	1979-10-24	Masashi Kudo	WBA
1979-10-24	1981-06-25	Ayub Kalule	WBA
1981-06-25	1981-06-25-Vacated	Sugar Ray Leonard	WBA
1981-11-07	1982-02-02	Tadashi Mihara	WBA
1982-02-02	1983-06-16	Davey Moore	WBA
1983-06-16	1984-Stripped	Roberto Durán	WBA
1984-10-19	1987-07-18-Vacated	Mike McCallum	WBA
1987-11-22	1991-02-23-Vacated	Julian Jackson	WBA
1991-02-23	1991-10-01	Gilbert Dele	WBA
1991-10-01	1992-12-21	Vincenzo Pazienza	WBA
1992-12-21	1995-03-04	Julio César Vásquez	WBA
1995-03-04	1995-Vacated	Pernell Whitaker	WBA
1995-06-16	1995-12-16	Carl Daniels	WBA
1995-12-16	1996-08-21	Julio César Vásquez	WBA
1996-08-21	1999-03-06	Laurent Boudouani	WBA
1999-03-06	2000-03-03	David Reid	WBA
2000-03-03	2000-12-02-Vacated	Félix Trinidad	WBA
2001-09-22	2002-09-14	Fernando Vargas	WBA
2002-09-14	2003-09-13	Oscar De La Hoya	WBA Super Champion
2002-09-14	2003-03-01	Santiago Samaniego	WBA Regular Champion
2003-03-01	2003-12-13	Alejandro Garcia	WBA Regular Champion
2003-09-13	2004-03-13	Shane Mosley	WBA Super Champion
2003-12-13	2004-10-02-Stripped	Travis Simms	WBA Regular Champion
2004-03-13	2004-11-20-Vacated	Winky Wright	WBA Super Champion
2005-05-21	2006-05-06	Alejandro Garcia	WBA
2006-05-06	2007-01-06	Jose Antonio Rivera	WBA
2007-01-06	2007-07-07	Travis Simms	WBA
2007-07-07	2008-07-11	Joachim Alcine	WBA
2008-07-11	2009-11-14	Daniel Santos	WBA
2009-11-14	2010-06-06	Yuri Foreman	WBA
2010-06-06	2012-05-05	Miguel Cotto	WBA Super Champion
2011-02-05	2013-04-20	Austin Trout	WBA Regular Champion
2012-05-05	2016-01-11-Stripped after retirement	Floyd Mayweather, Jr.	WBA Super Champion
2013-04-20	2013-09-14-Lost to Super Champion	Saul Alvarez	WBA Regular Champion
2013-12-07	Present	Erislandy Lara	WBA Regular Champion
IBF
Title inaugurated
1984-03-11	1984-11-02	Mark Medal	IBF
1984-11-02	1985-06-01-Vacated	Carlos Santos	IBF
1986-06-04	1987-06-27	Buster Drayton	IBF
1987-06-27	1988-11-04	Matthew Hilton	IBF
1988-11-04	1989-02-05	Robert Hines	IBF
1989-02-05	1989-07-15	Darrin Van Horn	IBF
1989-07-15	1994-09-17	Gianfranco Rosi	IBF
1994-09-17	1995-08-12	Vincent Pettway	IBF
1995-08-12	1995-12-16	Paul Vaden	IBF
1995-12-16	1997-01-11-Vacated	Terry Norris	IBF
1997-04-12	1997-12-06	Raúl Márquez	IBF
1997-12-06	1998-12-12	Luis Ramon Campas	IBF
1998-12-12	2000-12-02	Fernando Vargas	IBF
2000-12-02	2001-05-12-Vacated	Felix Trinidad	IBF
2001-10-12	2004-03-13-Vacated	Winky Wright	IBF
2004-06-05	2004-10-02	Verno Phillips	IBF
2004-10-02	2005-07-14	Kassim Ouma	IBF
2005-07-14	2006-07-08	Roman Karmazin	IBF
2006-07-08	2008-03-27	Cory Spinks	IBF
2008-03-27	2008-11-Vacated	Verno Phillips	IBF
2009-04-24	2010-08-07	Cory Spinks	IBF
2010-08-07	2013-02-23	Cornelius Bundrage	IBF
2013-02-23	2013-09-14	Ishe Smith	IBF
2013-09-14	2014-10-11	Carlos Molina	IBF
2014-10-11	2015-09-12	Cornelius Bundrage	IBF
2015-09-12	Present	Jermall Charlo	IBF
WBO
Title inaugurated
1988-12-08	1992-12-19-Vacated	John David Jackson	WBO
1993-10-30	1995-11-22	Verno Phillips	WBO
1995-11-22	1996-02-Stripped	Paul Jones	WBO
1996-03-01	1996-05-17	Bronco McKart	WBO
1996-05-17	1998-08-22	Winky Wright	WBO
1998-08-22	2001-02-10-Vacated	Harry Simon	WBO
2002-03-16	2005-12-03	Daniel Santos	WBO
2005-12-03	2011-10-05-Stripped	Sergiy Dzinziruk	WBO
2011-10-05	2013-07-22-Stripped	Zaurbek Baysangurov	WBO
2013-11-09	2015-07-31-Stripped	Demetrius Andrade	WBO
2015-10-10	Present	Liam Smith	WBO