List of WBA female world champions

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The following is a list of WBA female world champions certificated by the World Boxing Association (WBA).

Stand: March 31, 2020.

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

During the 2009 WBA convention in Colombia, Susi Kentikian was named the first ever WBA female Super Champion. It was announced that this belt would be called "Susi Kentikian belt" for all other future Super Champions.[1]

Light minimumweight[]

No. Name Duration of reign Defences
1 Japan Sep 22, 2011 — Sep 16, 2012 1
2 Japan Sep 16, 2012 — Oct 22, 2015 5
3 Japan Momo Koseki Oct 22, 2015 — 2016r 0
4 Japan Aug 13, 2016 — 2017s 1
5 VenezuelaInterim champion promoted Mar 9, 2018 — 2018s 0
6 Mexico Monserrat Alarcón Aug 31, 2018 — present 2

Minimumweight[]

No. Name Duration of reign Defences
1 Canada Vaia Zaganas Apr 8, 2004 — 2005r 0
2 South Korea Dec 9, 2006 — Apr 11, 2009 2
3 Japan Etsuko Tada Apr 11, 2009 — Jul 23, 2013 9
4 Mexico Anabel Ortiz Jul 23, 2013 — Mar 20, 2021 12
5 United States Seniesa Estrada Mar 20, 2021 — present 1

Light flyweight[]

No. Name Duration of reign Defences
1 South Korea Aug 24, 2007 — 2009s 0
3 Argentina Yésica BoppSuper champion
(Promoted from Regular champion November 2020)
Jun 20, 2009 — present 22
3 Mexico Guadalupe Bautista
Regular champion
(def. Nora Cardoza
Dec 12, 2020 — present 0

Flyweight[]

No. Name Duration of reign Defences
1 Germany Susi Kentikian (Super Champion from Nov 18, 2009 - May 16, 2012) Feb 16, 2007 — Dec 1, 2012 14
2 United States Dec 1, 2012 — Jul 6, 2013 0
3 Germany Susi Kentikian (2) Jul 6, 2013 — 2016s 4
4 Japan Naoko Fujioka Mar 13, 2017 — present 2

Super flyweight[]

No. Name Duration of reign Defences
1 Mexico Yazmín Rivas Feb 28, 2005 — 2006r 0
2 South Korea Oct 7, 2006 — Oct 9, 2007 2
3 China Oct 9, 2007 — Feb 26, 2009 0
4 Japan Tenkai Tsunami Feb 26, 2009 — Jul 9, 2012 4
5 Japan Jul 9, 2012 — Nov 13, 2013 2
6 Japan Naoko Fujioka Nov 13, 2013 — 2015r 2
7 Peru Linda Laura LeccaInterim champion promoted Apr 15, 2016 — May 19, 2018 2
8 Mexico Maribel Ramírez May 19, 2018 — present 1

Bantamweight[]

No. Name Duration of reign Defences
1 Mexico Jackie Nava Feb 28, 2005 — 2005r 0
2 Denmark Anita Christensen Oct 14, 2006 — Jun 21, 2008 1
3 Bulgaria Galina Koleva Ivanova Jun 21, 2008 — 2008s 0
4 Italy Emanuela Pantani Dec 19, 2008 — 2010s 0
5 Mexico Janeth Pérez Jul 16, 2011 — Jan 5, 2013 3
6 Mexico Irma García Jan 5, 2013 — 2015s 2
7 Venezuela Mayerlin RivasInterim champion promoted Mar 8, 2015 — Feb 29, 2020r 4
8 United Kingdom Shannon Courtenay(def. Ebanie Bridges) Apr 10, 2021 — Oct 8, 2021 0
9 United States Jamie Mitchell – (def. Shannon Courtenay) Oct 9, 2021 0

Super bantamweight[]

No. Name Duration of reign Defences
1 Argentina Marcela Eliana Acuña Aug 12, 2006 — Jan 20, 2010s 5
2 Trinidad and Tobago Lisa Brown Mar 27, 2010 — Apr 2, 2011 0
4 Panama Chanttall Martínez Apr 2, 2011 — Jan 28, 2012 2
3 Argentina Yésica Patricia Marcos (2) Oct 6, 2012 — 2016s 3
4 Mexico Jackie Nava Jan 28, 2012 — May 24, 2014 2
5 Mexico Jackie Nava (2) – Interim, elevated to Super champion on October 15, 2014 May 24, 2014 — 2016s 3
6 ColombiaInterim champion promoted Apr 15, 2016 — Aug 5, 2017 1
7 Venezuela Alys Sánchez (2) Aug 5, 2017 — Nov 18, 2017 0
8 Colombia Liliana Palmera (2) Nov 18, 2017 — May 19, 2018 0
9 Mexico Yazmín Rivas May 19, 2018 — Dec 31, 2019r 1
10 Venezuela Mayerlin Rivas Feb 7, 2020 — present 0

Featherweight[]

No. Name Duration of reign Defences Days
1 China Mar 25, 2006 — 2006r 0 281
2 South Korea Apr 30, 2007 — 2008r 0 611
3 South Korea Hyun Mi Choi Oct 11, 2008 — 2013r 7 1907
4 Venezuela Ogleidis SuárezInterim champion promoted May 10, 2013 — Dec 13, 2013 1 217
5 Argentina Edith Soledad Matthysse Dec 13, 2013 — Mar 11, 2016 1 819
6 Canada Jelena Mrdjenovich Super champion from Apr 30, 2018 - Sep 30, 2018 Mar 11, 2016 — Apr 22, 2021 5 1,868
7 Mexico Erika Cruz Apr 22, 2021 — present 0 248

Super featherweight[]

No. Name Duration of reign Defences Days
1 Peru Kina Malpartida Feb 21, 2009 — 2013s 6 1770
2 South Korea Hyun Mi ChoiInterim champion promoted Oct 30, 2013 — present 8 2,979

Lightweight[]

No. Name Duration of reign Defences Days
1 United States Layla McCarter Dec 2, 2006 — 2011s 2 1855
2 Argentina Aug 12, 2011 — 2012r 0 507
3 Uruguay Cecilia Comunales Mar 30, 2012 — 2015s 2 1731
4 Uruguay Cecilia Comunales (2) Jun 4, 2016 — 2017s 0 575
5 Argentina Anahí Ester Sánchez Sep 9, 2017 — Oct 27, 2017s 0 48
6 Republic of Ireland Katie TaylorSuper champion from Apr 30, 2018 - Sep 30, 2018 Oct 28, 2017 — present 10 1,520

Super lightweight[]

No. Name Duration of reign Defences Days
1 France Myriam Lamare Nov 8, 2004 — Dec 2, 2006 5 754
2 France Anne Sophie Mathis Dec 2, 2006 — 2010s 3 1520
3 Argentina Feb 18, 2011 — Jan 18, 2014 3 1430
4 Argentina Jan 18, 2014 — 2018s 4 89
5 Argentina Anahí Ester SánchezInterim champion promoted Feb 28, 2019 — May 25, 2019 0 89
6 United States Jessica McCaskill May 25, 2019 — August 2020r 1 464
7 United States Kali Reis Nov 6, 2020 — present 0 415

Welterweight[]

No. Name Duration of reign Defences Days
1 United States Holly Holm Jun 10, 2006 — 2007r 1 565
2 Norway Cecilia BraekhusSuper champion from Jul 10, 2014 to Jun 10, 2015, from Aug 29, 2015 to Feb 20, 2016 and again from Apr 30, 2018 to Sep 30, 2018 Mar 14, 2009 — Aug 15, 2020 24 4172
3 United States Jessica McCaskill Aug 15, 2020 — present 2 415

Super welterweight[]

No. Name Duration of reign Defences Days
1 Trinidad and Tobago Jisselle Salandy Sep 15, 2006 — Jan 4, 2009 (died in a vehicular accident) 5 843
2 United States Layla McCarter Sep 30, 2012 — 2014s 0 838
3 Costa Rica Hanna GabrielsSuper champion from Apr 30, 2018 - Sep 30, 2018 Jun 18, 2016 — present 4 2017

Middleweight[]

No. Name Duration of reign Defences Days
1 United Kingdom Bermuda Teresa Perozzi Dec 30, 2011 — 2014s 2 1204
2 United States Claressa Shields Jun 22, 2018 — present 3 1283

Super middleweight[]

No. Name Duration of reign Defences Days
1 Russia Natalya Ragozina Feb 17, 2007 — 2012s 6 2139
2 United States Alicia Napoleon Espinosa Mar 3, 2018 — Jan 10, 2020 2 2975
3 Sweden Elin Cederroos Jan 10, 2020 — present 0 350

Light heavyweight[]

No. Name Duration of reign Defences Days
1 Costa Rica Hanna Gabriels Apr 17, 2021 — present 0 253

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Salandy honoured at WBA 88th Convention". www.guardian.co.tt.
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