List of WBA world champions

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This is a list of WBA world champions, showing every world champion certified by the World Boxing Association (WBA). The list also includes champions certified by the National Boxing Association (NBA), the predecessor to the WBA.

Boxers who won the title but was immediately stripped and the title bout being overturned to a no contest will not be listed.

In December 2000, the WBA created an unprecedented situation of having a split championship in the same weight class by introducing a new title called Super world, commonly referred to simply as Super. The Super champion is highly regarded as the WBA's primary champion, while the World champion – commonly known as the Regular champion by boxing publications – is only considered the primary champion by the other three major sanctioning bodies (WBC, IBF, and WBO) if the Super title is vacant.

A Unified champion is a boxer that holds the Regular title and a world title from another major sanctioning body (WBC, IBF, WBO) simultaneously. An Undisputed champion as defined by the WBA, only needs to hold three of the four major titles but in some cases they may change a Super champion into an Undisputed champion after a failed title defense (e.g. Anselmo Moreno losing to Juan Payano and Chris John losing to Simpiwe Vetyeka). This is not to be confused by professional boxing's own definition of an undisputed champion, in which a boxer must hold all four major titles.

There are two tables per section. The primary champion lineage prioritizes the Super champions. If the Super title is vacant, then the Undisputed / Unified title is listed. If both are vacant, then the Regular title becomes the primary champion. The secondary champion lineage lists the Regular or Unified champions while the primary champion is occupied.

  • Every Super champion is the primary champion.
  • A Regular champion is a primary champion only if Super, Undisputed and Unified is vacant.
  • A Unified champion is a primary champion only if Super is vacant.
  • Not every Regular or Unified champion gets promoted to Super if it is vacant.
  • Not every Regular champion gets to fight for the vacant Super title.
  • A Regular or Unified champion that is considered the primary champion is relegated to secondary champion if Super gets occupied.


Current champion
Most consecutive title defenses

Heavyweight[]

Primary champion lineage[]

No. Name Date Defenses
1 United States Jack Dempsey
(awarded inaugural title)
January 1921 3
2 United States Gene Tunney 23 September 1926 – 31 July 1928 2
Tunney retires.[1]
3 Weimar Republic Max Schmeling
(def. Jack Sharkey)
12 June 1930 1
4 United States Jack Sharkey 21 June 1932 0
5 Kingdom of Italy Primo Carnera 29 June 1933 1
6 United States Max Baer 14 June 1934 0
7 United States James J. Braddock 13 June 1935 0
8 United States Joe Louis 22 June 1937 – 1 March 1949 25
Louis announced his first retirement.[2]
9 United States Ezzard Charles
(def. Jersey Joe Walcott)
22 June 1949 8
10 United States Jersey Joe Walcott 18 July 1951 1
11 United States Rocky Marciano 23 September 1952 – 27 April 1956 6
Marciano retires.[3]
12 United States Floyd Patterson
(def. Archie Moore)
30 November 1956 3
13 Sweden Ingemar Johansson 26 June 1959 0
14 United States Floyd Patterson (2) 20 June 1960 2
15 United States Sonny Liston 25 September 1962 1
16 United States Muhammad Ali 25 February 1964 – 14 September 1964 0
Ali was stripped of the title for signing to a rematch with Liston.[4]
17 United States Ernie Terrell
(def. Eddie Machen)
5 March 1965 2
18 United States Muhammad Ali (2) 6 February 1967 – 28 April 1967 1
Ali was stripped due to his refusal to be drafted to Army service.[5]
19 United States Jimmy Ellis
(def. Jerry Quarry)
27 April 1968 1
20 United States Joe Frazier 16 February 1970 4
21 United States George Foreman 22 January 1973 2
22 United States Muhammad Ali (3) 30 October 1974 10
23 United States Leon Spinks 15 February 1978 0
24 United States Muhammad Ali (4) 15 September 1978 – 4 July 1979 0
Ali vacated and announced retirement although he would come back a year later to fight Larry Holmes.[6]
25 United States John Tate
(def. Gerrie Coetzee)
20 October 1979 0
26 United States Mike Weaver 31 March 1980 2
27 United States Michael Dokes 10 December 1982 1
28 South Africa Gerrie Coetzee 23 September 1983 0
29 United States Greg Page 1 December 1984 0
30 United States Tony Tubbs 29 April 1985 0
31 United States Tim Witherspoon 17 January 1986 1
32 United States James Smith 12 December 1986 0
33 United States Mike Tyson 7 March 1987 8
34 United States Buster Douglas 11 February 1990 0
35 United States Evander Holyfield 25 October 1990 3
36 United States Riddick Bowe 13 November 1992 2
37 United States Evander Holyfield (2) 6 November 1993 0
38 United States Michael Moorer 22 April 1994 0
39 United States George Foreman (2) 5 November 1994 – 4 March 1995 0
Foreman was stripped after refusing to fight mandatory challenger Tony Tucker.[7]
40 United States Bruce Seldon
(def. Tony Tucker)
8 April 1995 1
41 United States Mike Tyson (2) 7 September 1996 0
42 United States Evander Holyfield (3) 9 November 1996 4
43 United Kingdom Lennox Lewis 13 November 1999 – 13 April 2000 0
Lewis was stripped after agreeing to fight WBC challenger Michael Grant instead of John Ruiz. Ruiz challenged this decision in court on the basis of a clause in the Lewis–Holyfield rematch contract which said Lewis's first bout as undisputed champion would be against the WBA's number one contender.[8]
44 United States Evander Holyfield (4)
(def. John Ruiz)
12 August 2000 0
45 United States John Ruiz 3 March 2001 2
46 United States Roy Jones Jr. 1 March 2003 – 24 February 2004 0
Jones Jr. vacated the title to stay at light heavyweight.[9]
47 United States John Ruiz (2)
(interim champion promoted)
24 February 2004 2
48 Russia Nikolai Valuev 17 December 2005 3
49 Uzbekistan Ruslan Chagaev 14 April 2007 – 3 July 2008 2
Chagaev tore his achilles tendon and was declared champion in recess.[10]
50 Russia Nikolai Valuev (2)
(def. John Ruiz)
30 August 2008 1
51 United Kingdom David Haye 7 November 2009 2
Haye fought for the inaugural Super title against Wladimir Klitschko.
52 Ukraine Wladimir KlitschkoSuper champion
(def. David Haye)
2 July 2011 8
53 United Kingdom Tyson Fury 28 November 2015 0
Fury's status is changed to Unified champion in the monthly rankings after he was stripped of his IBF title for agreeing a rematch with Klitschko instead of facing his IBF mandatory challenger.
United Kingdom Tyson Fury – Unified champion 10 December 2015 – 12 October 2016 0
Fury vacated after cancelling a rematch with Wladimir Klitschko for a second time, citing depression after a positive test for cocaine.[11]
54 United Kingdom Anthony JoshuaSuper champion
(def. Wladimir Klitschko)
29 April 2017 3
55 United States Andy Ruiz Jr. 1 June 2019 0
56 United Kingdom Anthony Joshua (2) 7 December 2019 1
57 Ukraine Oleksandr Usyk 25 September 2021 – present 0

Secondary champion lineage[]

No. Name Date Defenses
1 Russia Alexander Povetkin
(def. Ruslan Chagaev)
27 August 2011 – 5 October 2013 4
Povetkin fought Super champion Wladimir Klitschko and lost.
2 Uzbekistan Ruslan Chagaev
(def. Fres Oquendo)
6 July 2014 1
3 Australia Lucas Browne 5 March 2016 – 13 May 2016 0
Browne failed the drug test and was stripped of his title however, his win against Chagaev was not overturned to an NC.[12]
3 Uzbekistan Ruslan Chagaev (2)
(reinstated)
21 May 2016 – 25 July 2016 0
Chagaev was stripped of the title for failing to pay the sanctioning fees.[13]
4 Germany Manuel Charr
(def. Alexander Ustinov)
25 November 2017 – 29 January 2021 0
Charr was declared champion in recess.[14]
5 United States Trevor Bryan
(def. Bermane Stiverne)
29 January 2021 – present 0

Cruiserweight[]

Primary champion lineage[]

No. Name Date Defenses
1 Puerto Rico Ossie Ocasio
(def. Robbie Williams)
13 February 1982 3
2 South Africa Piet Crous 1 December 1984 1
3 United States Dwight Muhammad Qawi 27 July 1985 1
4 United States Evander Holyfield 12 July 1986 – July 1988 5
Holyfield vacated to move up to heavyweight.
5 Tunisia Taoufik Belbouli
(def. Michael Greer)
25 March 1989 – 11 August 1989 0
Belbouli got injured and was expected to get stripped on 11 August.[15]
6 United States Robert Daniels
(def. Dwight Muhammad Qawi)
27 November 1989 2
7 United States Bobby Czyz 8 March 1991 – October 1993 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
(def. Marcelo Figueroa)
6 November 1993 4
9 United States Nate Miller 22 July 1995 4
10 France Fabrice Tiozzo 8 November 1997 4
11 United States Virgil Hill 9 December 2000 0
12 France Jean-Marc Mormeck 23 February 2002 3
Mormeck fought for the Unified title against WBC champion Wayne Braithwaite.
France Jean-Marc Mormeck – Unified champion
(def. Wayne Braithwaite)
2 April 2005 0
(3)
13 Jamaica O'Neil Bell 7 January 2006 0
14 France Jean-Marc Mormeck (2) 17 March 2007 0
15 United Kingdom David Haye 10 November 2007 – 12 May 2008 1
Status changes to Undisputed champion after winning against WBO champion Enzo Maccarinelli.
United Kingdom David Haye – Undisputed champion
(def. Enzo Maccarinelli)
8 March 2008 0
(1)
Status changes to Unified champion on WBA's April 2008 ratings posted on 14 May,[16] just days after vacating his WBC title.
United Kingdom David Haye – Unified champion 14 May 2008 – 19 June 2008 0
(1)
Haye intends to move up to heavyweight. The title is vacated on WBA's May 2008 official ratings posted on 19 June.[17]
16 Germany Firat ArslanRegular champion
(Primary champion vacant)
19 June 2008 0
17 Panama Guillermo Jones 27 September 2008 – 30 October 2012 2
Jones was declared champion in recess.[18]
18 Russia Denis LebedevRegular champion
(interim champion promoted)
30 October 2012 4
Lebedev fought for Super title against IBF champion Víctor Ramírez.
Russia Denis Lebedev – Super champion
(def. Víctor Ramírez)
21 May 2016 – 1 February 2018 1
(5)
WBA changed Lebedev's status to champion in recess in order to allow Yuniel Dorticos to unify his title with IBF champion Murat Gassiev. Lebedev had lost a bout against Gassiev where only the IBF title was on the line.[19]
19 Cuba Yuniel DorticosRegular champion
(Primary champion vacant)
1 February 2018 0
Dorticos fought for Unified title against IBF champion Murat Gassiev.
20 Russia Murat GassievUnified champion
(def. Yuniel Dorticos)
3 February 2018 0
Gassiev fought WBC and WBO champion Oleksandr Usyk for the Super title.
21 Ukraine Oleksandr UsykSuper champion
(def. Murat Gassiev)
21 July 2018 – 27 March 2019 1
Usyk vacated his title and moved up to heavyweight.[20]
22 Kazakhstan Beibut ShumenovRegular champion
(Primary champion vacant)
27 March 2019 – 31 May 2019 0
Shumenov stripped of title after failing to meet the terms of the purse bid between him and Arsen Goulamirian.[21]
23 France Arsen GoulamirianRegular champion
(interim champion promoted);
(Primary champion vacant)
31 May 2019 0
Goulamirian promoted to Super champion on WBA's August 2019 official ratings posted on 1 September.[22]
France Arsen Goulamirian – Super champion
(Regular champion promoted)
1 September 2019 – present 2

Secondary champion lineage[]

No. Name Date Defenses
1 United States Virgil Hill
(def. Valery Brudov)
27 January 2006 0
2 Germany Firat Arslan 24 November 2007 – 12 May 2008 2
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
3 Kazakhstan Beibut Shumenov
(def. Junior Anthony Wright)
21 May 2016 – 20 June 2017 0
Shumenov vacated title after cancelling defense fight multiple times against Yuniel Dorticos, due to an eye injury.[23]
4 Cuba Yuniel Dorticos
(interim champion promoted)
20 June 2017 – 1 February 2018 1
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
5 Kazakhstan Beibut Shumenov (2)
(def. Hizni Altunkaya)
7 July 2018 – 27 March 2019 0
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
6 Kazakhstan Beibut Shumenov (3)
(reinstated)
1 September 2019 – 29 January 2021 0
Shumenov stripped of title due to inactivity.[24]
7 Belgium Ryad Merhy
(interim champion promoted)
29 January 2021 – present 1

Light heavyweight[]

Primary champion lineage[]

No. Name Date Defenses
1 French Third Republic Georges Carpentier
(awarded inaugural title)
January 1921 1
2 French Third Republic Battling Siki 24 September 1922 0
3 Irish Free State Mike McTigue 17 March 1923 1
4 United States Paul Berlenbach 30 May 1925 3
5 Canada Jack Delaney 16 July 1926 – 26 July 1927 1
Delaney vacated to move up to the heavyweight division.[25]
6 United States Jimmy Slattery
(def. Maxie Rosenbloom)
30 August 1927 0
7 United States Tommy Loughran 12 December 1927 – 3 September 1929 5
Loughran vacated to move up to the heavyweight division.[26]
8 United States Maxie Rosenbloom
(awarded title)
September 1930 – 6 June 1931 1
Rosenbloom is stripped of the title for failing to defend the title in a timely manner.[27]
9 United States George Nichols
(def. Dave Maier)
18 March 1932 – 17 December 1932 0
Nichols stripped for failing to defend the title within the eight month time limit.[28]
10 United States Joe Knight
(awarded title)
February 1933 0
11 United States Bob Godwin 1 March 1933 0
12 United States Maxie Rosenbloom (2) 24 March 1933 – 17 September 1934 2
Rosenbloom is stripped of the title because the convention disliked his "clowning tactics and criticizing opponents in the ring".[29]
13 United States Bob Olin
(def. Maxie Rosenbloom)
16 November 1934 0
14 United States John Henry Lewis 31 October 1935 – 19 June 1939 5
Lewis is stripped of the title for failing to defend it within the required six month limit and was virtually blind in his left eye.[30]
15 United States Billy Conn
(def. Melio Bettina)
13 July 1939 – 20 December 1940 3
Conn vacated to move up to the heavyweight division.[31]
16 Kingdom of Greece Anton Christoforidis
(def. Melio Bettina)
13 January 1941 0
17 United States Gus Lesnevich 24 May 1941 5
18 United Kingdom Freddie Mills 26 July 1948 0
19 United States Joey Maxim 24 January 1950 2
20 United States Archie Moore 17 December 1952 – 25 October 1960 8
Moore was stripped of the title for failing to fight Eric Schoeppner.[32]
21 United States Harold Johnson
(def. Jesse Bowdry)
7 February 1961 4
22 United States Willie Pastrano 1 June 1963 2
23 Puerto Rico José Torres 30 March 1965 3
24 Nigeria Dick Tiger 16 December 1966 2
25 United States Bob Foster 24 May 1968 – 9 December 1970 4
Foster was stripped of the title for failing to post a $5,000 forfeit bond for the fight with Jimmy Dupree within 10 days after losing to Joe Frazier.[33]
26 Venezuela Vicente Rondón
(def. Jimmy Dupree)
27 February 1971 4
27 United States Bob Foster (2) 7 April 1972 – 16 September 1974 5
Foster announces first retirement.[34]
28 Argentina Víctor Galíndez
(def. Len Hutchins)
7 December 1974 10
29 United States Mike Rossman 15 September 1978 1
30 Argentina Víctor Galíndez (2) 14 April 1979 0
31 United States Marvin Johnson 30 November 1979 0
32 United States Eddie Mustafa Muhammad 31 March 1980 2
33 United States Michael Spinks 18 July 1981 – 5 November 1985 10
Spinks vacated his title to stay at heavyweight.[35]
34 United States Marvin Johnson (2)
(def. Leslie Stewart)
9 February 1986 1
35 Trinidad and Tobago Leslie Stewart 23 May 1987 0
36 United States Virgil Hill 5 September 1987 10
37 United States Thomas Hearns 3 June 1991 0
38 United States Iran Barkley 20 March 1992 – 27 May 1992 0
Barkley vacated the title to stay at light heavyweight.[36]
39 United States Virgil Hill (2)
(def. Frank Tate)
29 September 1992 10
40 Poland Dariusz Michalczewski 13 June 1997 – 1 July 1997 0
The WBA stripped Michalczewski of the title 18 days later for displaying its belt along with that of the WBO and subsequently refusing to give up his WBO title.
41 United States Lou Del Valle
(def. Eddy Smulders)
20 September 1997 0
42 United States Roy Jones Jr. 18 July 1998 5
Jones promoted to inaugural Super champion on WBA's December 2000 official ratings.[37]
United States Roy Jones Jr. – Super champion
(Regular champion promoted)
December 2000 3
(8)
Status changes to Unified champion on WBA's July 2002 official ratings posted on 5 August.[38]
United States Roy Jones Jr. – Unified champion 5 August 2002 – 15 April 2003 1
(9)
Jones Jr. vacates the title to stay at heavyweight.[39]
43 France Mehdi SahnouneRegular champion
(Primary champion vacant)
15 April 2003 0
44 Italy Silvio Branco 10 October 2003 – 8 November 2003 0
Branco is relegated since Roy Jones Jr. won the vacant Unified title.
45 United States Roy Jones Jr. (2) – Unified champion
(def. Antonio Tarver)
8 November 2003 0
46 United States Antonio Tarver 15 May 2004 – 3 July 2004 0
Tarver was stripped of the title and removed from WBA's June 2004 official ratings posted on 3 July 2004.[40]
47 France Fabrice TiozzoRegular champion
(Primary champion vacant)
3 July 2004 – 19 October 2006 1
Tiozzo vacated and retired from professional boxing after defeating Dariusz Michalczewski.[41]
48 Italy Silvio Branco (2) – Regular champion
(interim champion promoted);
(Primary champion vacant)
19 October 2006 0
49 Croatia Stipe Drviš 28 April 2007 0
50 Australia Danny Green 16 December 2007 – 25 March 2008 0
Green vacated and announced first retirement.[42]
51 Argentina Hugo GarayRegular champion
(def. Yuriy Barashian);
(Primary champion vacant)
3 July 2008 1
52 Spain Gabriel Campillo 20 June 2009 1
53 Kazakhstan Beibut Shumenov 29 January 2010 5
Shumenov promoted to Super champion.[43]
Kazakhstan Beibut Shumenov – Super champion
(Regular champion promoted)
8 October 2013 1
(6)
54 United States Bernard Hopkins 19 April 2014 0
Hopkins fought WBO champion Sergey Kovalev for the Undisputed title.
55 Russia Sergey KovalevUndisputed champion
(def. Bernard Hopkins)
8 November 2014 4
56 United States Andre Ward 19 November 2016 – 21 September 2017 1
Ward announces retirement from boxing.[44]
57 Sweden Badou JackRegular champion
(Primary champion vacant)
21 September 2017 – 23 September 2017 0
Jack vacated to avoid a purse bid with mandatory Dmitry Bivol and seek opportunities with bigger names.[45]
58 Russia Dmitry BivolRegular champion
(interim champion promoted);
(Primary champion vacant)
23 September 2017 5
Bivol promoted to Super champion before fighting Lenin Castillo.[46]
Russia Dmitry Bivol – Super champion
(Regular champion promoted)
10 October 2019 – present 3
(8)

Secondary champion lineage[]

No. Name Date Defenses
1 France Bruno Girard
(def. Robert Koon)
22 December 2001 2
2 France Mehdi Sahnoune 8 March 2003 – 15 April 2003 0
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
3 Italy Silvio Branco
(relegated from primary champion)
8 November 2003 0
4 France Fabrice Tiozzo 20 February 2004 – 3 July 2004 0
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
5 Germany Jürgen Brähmer
(def. Marcus Oliveira)
14 December 2013 6
6 United Kingdom Nathan Cleverly 1 October 2016 0
7 Sweden Badou Jack 26 August 2017 – 21 September 2017 0
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
8 Canada Jean Pascal
(interim champion promoted)
10 October 2019 – 9 July 2021 1
Pascal is stripped of his title for testing positive for banned substances and is also suspended for six months.[47]

Super middleweight[]

Primary champion lineage[]

No. Name Date Defenses
1 South Korea Park Chong-Pal
(def. Jesús Gallardo)
6 December 1987 1
2 Venezuela Fulgencio Obelmejias 23 May 1988 0
3 South Korea Baek In-Chul 28 May 1989 2
4 France Christophe Tiozzo 30 March 1990 2
5 Panama Víctor Córdoba 5 April 1991 1
6 United States Michael Nunn 12 September 1992 4
7 United States Steve Little 26 February 1994 0
8 United States Frankie Liles 12 August 1994 7
9 United States Byron Mitchell 12 June 1999 1
10 France Bruno Girard 8 April 2000 – March 2001 1
Girard vacated just days before his scheduled bout due to purse bid problems.[48]
11 United States Byron Mitchell (2)
(def. Manny Siaca)
3 March 2001 2
Mitchell fought for the inaugural Unified title against Sven Ottke.
12 Germany Sven OttkeUnified champion
(def. Byron Mitchell)
15 March 2003 – 27 March 2004 4
Ottke vacated and retired undefeated from professional boxing.[49]
13 Australia Anthony MundineRegular champion
(Primary champion vacant)
27 March 2004 0
14 Puerto Rico Manny Siaca 5 May 2004 0
15 Denmark Mikkel Kessler 12 November 2004 3
Kessler fought for Unified title against WBC champion Markus Beyer.
Denmark Mikkel Kessler – Unified champion
(def. Markus Beyer)
14 October 2006 1
(4)
16 United Kingdom Joe Calzaghe 4 November 2007 – 3 October 2008 0
Calzaghe vacated and moved up to light heavyweight.[50]
17 Denmark Mikkel Kessler (2) – Regular champion
(Primary champion vacant)
3 October 2008 2
Kessler promoted to Super champion on WBA's August-September 2009 Official ratings posted on 21 October,[51] 1 month before fighting Andre Ward.
Denmark Mikkel Kessler (2) – Super champion
(Regular champion promoted)
21 October 2009 0
(2)
18 United States Andre Ward 21 November 2009 – 12 November 2015 5
Ward vacated to move up to light heavyweight.[52]
19 Russia Fedor ChudinovRegular champion
(Primary champion vacant)
12 November 2015 0
Chudinov promoted to Super champion.[53]
Russia Fedor Chudinov – Super champion
(Regular champion promoted)
4 January 2016 0
20 Germany Felix Sturm 20 February 2016 – 5 October 2016 0
Sturm vacated citing impossibility to defend title after requiring surgery in both elbows.[54]
21 Italy Giovanni De CarolisRegular champion
(Primary champion vacant)
5 October 2016 0
22 Germany Tyron Zeuge 5 November 2016 – 27 May 2017 1
Zeuge relegated to secondary champion after George Groves and Fedor Chudinov fought for the vacant Super title.
23 United Kingdom George GrovesSuper champion
(def. Fedor Chudinov)
27 May 2017 2
24 United Kingdom Callum Smith 28 September 2018 2
25 Mexico Canelo Álvarez 19 December 2020 – present 3

Secondary champion lineage[]

No. Name Date Defenses
1 Australia Anthony Mundine
(def. Antwun Echols)
3 September 2003 – 27 March 2004 1
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
2 Australia Anthony Mundine (2)
(def. Sam Soliman)
7 March 2007 – 27 May 2008 4
Title is vacated immediately after his final defense.[55]
3 Denmark Mikkel Kessler
(def. Dimitri Sartison)
21 June 2008 – 3 October 2008 0
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
4 Germany Dimitri Sartison
(def. Stjepan Bozic)
21 November 2009 – 15 July 2011 1
Sartison was stripped of title after failing to fight in defense fights against Brian Magee and later Robert Stieglitz.[56]
5 Hungary Károly Balzsay
(def. Stanislav Kashtanov)
26 August 2011 – 3 October 2012 1
Balzsay was declared champion in recess and then retired from professional boxing.
6 United Kingdom Brian Magee
(interim champion promoted)
9 November 2012 0
7 Denmark Mikkel Kessler (2) 8 December 2012 0
Kessler lost against IBF champion Carl Froch. Froch is declared as Unified champion.
8 United Kingdom Carl FrochUnified champion
(def. Mikkel Kessler)
25 May 2013 – 8 May 2015 2
Froch was stripped of title for inactivity.[57]
9 Russia Fedor Chudinov
(def. Felix Sturm)
9 May 2015 – 12 November 2015 1
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
10 Italy Giovanni De Carolis

(def. Vincent Feigenbutz)

9 January 2016 – 5 October 2016 1
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
11 Germany Tyron Zeuge
(relegated from primary champion)
27 May 2017 2
(3)
12 United Kingdom Rocky Fielding 14 July 2018 0
13 Mexico Canelo Álvarez 15 December 2018 – 19 December 2020 0
Álvarez won against Super champion Callum Smith.
14 Cuba David Morrell
(interim champion promoted)
19 January 2021 – present 2

Middleweight[]

Primary champion lineage[]

No. Name Date Defenses
1 United States Johnny Wilson
(awarded inaugural title)
January 1921 3
2 United States Harry Greb 31 August 1923 4
3 United States Tiger Flowers 25 February 1926 1
4 United States Mickey Walker 3 December 1926 – 19 June 1931 3
Walker vacated to move up to heavyweight.[58]
5 United States Gorilla Jones
(def. Oddone Piazza)
25 January 1932 1
6 French Third Republic Marcel Thil 11 June 1932 – 19 September 1933 1
Thil was stripped during the annual NBA convention because he would not defend the title in the United States.[59]
7 Canada Lou Brouillard
(awarded title)
19 September 1933 0
8 Kingdom of Italy Vince Dundee 30 October 1933 2
9 United States Teddy Yarosz 11 September 1934 0
10 United States Eddie Babe Risko 19 September 1935 1
11 United States Freddie Steele 11 July 1936 5
12 United States Al Hostak 26 July 1938 0
13 United States Solly Krieger 1 November 1938 0
14 United States Al Hostak (2) 27 June 1939 1
15 United States Tony Zale 19 July 1940 4
16 United States Rocky Graziano 16 July 1947 4
17 United States Tony Zale (2) 10 June 1948 0
18 French Fourth Republic Marcel Cerdan 21 September 1948 0
19 United States Jake LaMotta 16 June 1949 2
20 United States Sugar Ray Robinson 14 February 1951 0
21 United States Randy Turpin 10 July 1951 0
22 United States Sugar Ray Robinson (2) 12 September 1951 – 19 December 1952 2
Robinson vacated and announced first retirement.[60]
23 United States Bobo Olson
(def. Randy Turpin)
21 October 1953 3
24 United States Sugar Ray Robinson (3) 9 December 1955 1
25 United States Gene Fullmer 2 January 1957 0
26 United States Sugar Ray Robinson (4) 1 May 1957 0
27 United States Carmen Basilio 23 September 1957 0
28 United States Sugar Ray Robinson (5) 25 March 1958 – 4 May 1959 0
Robinson was stripped for failing to fight Carmen Basilio in a trilogy bout.[61]
29 United States Gene Fullmer (2)
(def. Carmen Basilio)
28 August 1959 7
30 Federation of Nigeria Dick Tiger 23 October 1962 2
31 United States Joey Giardello 7 December 1963 1
32 Nigeria Dick Tiger (2) 21 October 1965 0
33 United States Virgin Islands Emile Griffith 25 April 1966 2
34 Italy Nino Benvenuti 17 April 1967 0
35 United States Virgin Islands Emile Griffith (2) 29 September 1967 0
36 Italy Nino Benvenuti (2) 4 March 1968 4
37 Argentina Carlos Monzón 7 November 1970 – 29 August 1977 14
Monzón retires.[62]
38 Colombia Rodrigo Valdez
(def. Bennie Briscoe)
5 November 1977 0
39 Argentina Hugo Pastor Corro 22 April 1978 2
40 Italy Vito Antuofermo 30 June 1979 1
41 United Kingdom Alan Minter 16 March 1980 1
42 United States Marvin Hagler 27 September 1980 – 25 February 1987 11
Hagler was stripped of title for signing a fight with Sugar Ray Leonard instead of mandatory challenger, Herol Graham.[63]
43 Italy Sumbu Kalambay
(def. Iran Barkley)
23 October 1987 – 2 March 1989 3
Kalambay was stripped of title for failing to defend his title against other top-ranked boxers.[64]
44 Jamaica Mike McCallum
(def. Herol Graham)
10 May 1989 – 4 December 1991 3
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.[65]
45 United States Reggie Johnson
(def. Steve Collins)
22 April 1992 3
46 United States John David Jackson 1 October 1993 – 6 May 1994 0
Jackson was stripped of title for participating in a non-title bout without the permission of the WBA.[66]
47 Argentina Jorge Castro
(def. Reggie Johnson)
12 August 1994 4
48 Japan Shinji Takehara 19 December 1995 0
49 United States William Joppy 24 June 1996 2
50 Dominican Republic Julio César Green 23 August 1997 0
51 United States William Joppy (2) 31 January 1998 5
52 Puerto Rico Félix Trinidad 12 May 2001 0
Trinidad fought for the inaugural Super title against Bernard Hopkins.
53 United States Bernard HopkinsSuper champion
(def. Félix Trinidad)
29 September 2001 1
Status changed to Unified champion on WBA's July 2002 official ratings posted on 5 August.[38]
United States Bernard Hopkins – Unified champion 5 August 2002 1
(2)
Status changed to Undisputed champion on WBA's June-July 2003 official ratings posted in September.[67]
United States Bernard Hopkins – Undisputed champion 26 September 2003 4
(6)
54 United States Jermain Taylor 16 July 2005 – 14 December 2006 1
Taylor was stripped of title after not paying sanctioning fees to the WBA and thus not exposing the title in 2 of his previous fights against Ronald Wright and Kassim Ouma.[68]
55 Spain Javier CastillejoRegular champion
(Primary champion vacant)
14 December 2006 0
56 Germany Felix Sturm 28 April 2007 7
Sturm is promoted to Super champion on WBA's February 2010 ratings posted on 24 March.[69][70]
Germany Felix Sturm – Super champion
(Regular champion promoted)
24 March 2010 5
(12)
57 Australia Daniel Geale 1 September 2012 – 2 November 2012 0
Geale was stripped of title as he chose to fight Anthony Mundine instead of mandatory challenger Gennady Golovkin.[71]
58 Kazakhstan Gennady GolovkinRegular champion
(Primary champion vacant)
2 November 2012 5
Golovkin promoted to Super champion.[72]
Kazakhstan Gennady Golovkin – Super champion
(Regular champion promoted)
3 June 2014 9
(14)
59 Mexico Canelo Álvarez 15 September 2018 – 1 January 2021 1
Álvarez vacates the title after winning multiple super middleweight titles against Callum Smith.[73]
60 Japan Ryōta MurataRegular champion
(Primary champion vacant)
1 January 2021 0
Murata promoted to Super champion.[74]
Japan Ryōta Murata – Super champion
(Regular champion promoted)
6 January 2021 – present 0

Secondary champion lineage[]

No. Name Date Defenses
1 United States William Joppy
(def. Howard Eastman)
17 November 2001 – 13 December 2003 1
Joppy fought for Super title against Bernard Hopkins and lost.
2 American Samoa Maselino Masoe
(def. Evans Ashira)
1 May 2004 0
3 Germany Felix Sturm 11 March 2006 0
4 Spain Javier Castillejo 15 July 2006 – 14 December 2006 1
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. Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
5 Kazakhstan Gennady Golovkin
(interim champion promoted)
14 October 2010 – 2 November 2012 5
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
6 United States Daniel Jacobs
(def. Jarrod Fletcher)
9 August 2014 – 18 March 2017 4
Jacobs lost a fight for the Super title against Gennady Golovkin.
7 France Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam
(def. Ryōta Murata)
20 May 2017 0
8 Japan Ryōta Murata 22 October 2017 1
9 United States Rob Brant 20 October 2018 1
10 Japan Ryōta Murata (2) 12 July 2019 – 1 January 2021 1
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
11 United States Erislandy Lara
(def. Thomas LaManna)
1 May 2021 – present 0

Super welterweight[]

Primary champion lineage[]

No. Name Date Defenses
1 United States Denny Moyer
(def. Joey Giambra)
20 October 1962 1
2 United States Ralph Dupas 29 April 1963 1
3 Italy Sandro Mazzinghi 7 September 1963 3
4 Italy Nino Benvenuti 18 June 1965 1
5 South Korea Kim Ki-Soo 25 June 1966 2
6 Italy Sandro Mazzinghi (2) 25 May 1968 – 28 October 1968 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. Mazzinghi was stripped of his world title shortly thereafter, because of the controversial result.[75]
7 United States Freddie Little
(def. Stanley Hayward)
17 March 1969 2
8 Italy Carmelo Bossi 9 July 1970 1
9 Japan Koichi Wajima 31 October 1971 6
10 United States Oscar Albarado 4 June 1974 1
11 Japan Koichi Wajima (2) 21 January 1975 0
12 South Korea Yuh Jae-Doo 7 June 1975 1
13 Japan Koichi Wajima (3) 17 February 1976 0
14 Spain José Duran 18 May 1976 0
15 Argentina Miguel Angel Castellini 8 October 1976 0
16 Nicaragua Eddie Gazo 5 March 1977 3
17 Japan Masashi Kudo 9 August 1978 3
18 Uganda Ayub Kalule 24 August 1979 4
19 United States Sugar Ray Leonard 25 June 1981 – 23 September 1981 0
Leonard vacated and moved down to welterweight to fight in a unification bout against Thomas Hearns.[76]
20 Japan Tadashi Mihara
(def. Rocky Fratto)
7 November 1981 0
21 United States Davey Moore 2 February 1982 3
22 Panama Roberto Durán 16 June 1983 – 15 June 1984 0
Durán intends to vacate the WBA title before fighting Thomas Hearns. [77] The title was officially vacated when he stepped on the ring against Hearns.[78]
23 Jamaica Mike McCallum
(def. Sean Mannion)
19 October 1984 – August 1987 6
McCallum vacated to move up to middleweight.[79]
24 United States Virgin Islands Julian Jackson
(def. Baek In-Chul)
21 November 1987 – 10 January 1991 3
Jackson's title was vacated on WBA's December 1990 ratings posted on 10 January.[80]
25 Guadeloupe Gilbert Dele
(def. Carlos Elliott)
23 February 1991 1
26 United States Vinny Pazienza 1 October 1991 – 14 October 1992 0
Pazienza vacated because of excessive purse demands by no 1. contender Julio César Vásquez.[81]
27 Argentina Julio César Vásquez
(def. Hitoshi Kamiyama)
21 December 1992 10
28 United States Pernell Whitaker 4 March 1995 – 8 March 1995 0
Whitaker decided to vacate and move back to welterweight.[82]
29 United States Carl Daniels
(def. Julio César Green)
16 June 1995 0
30 Argentina Julio César Vásquez (2) 16 December 1995 0
31 France Laurent Boudouani 21 August 1996 4
32 United States David Reid 6 March 1999 2
33 Puerto Rico Félix Trinidad 3 March 2000 – 29 May 2001 2
Trinidad vacated to stay at middleweight.[83]
34 United States Fernando Vargas
(def. José Flores)
22 September 2001 0
Vargas fought for the inaugural Unified title against WBC champion Oscar De La Hoya.
35 United States Oscar De La HoyaUnified champion
(def. Fernando Vargas)
14 September 2002 1
36 United States Shane Mosley 13 September 2003 0
37 United States Winky Wright 13 March 2004 – 20 March 2005 1
Wright Wright challenged Félix Trinidad at middleweight. Title is vacated on WBA's February 2005 ratings posted on 20 March.[84]
38 United States Travis SimmsRegular champion
(Primary champion vacant)
20 March 2005 – 5 June 2005 0
Simms' title was vacated on WBA's May 2005 ratings posted on 5 June.[85]
39 Mexico Alejandro GarcíaRegular champion
(interim champion promoted);
(Primary champion vacant)
18 July 2005 1
40 United States José Antonio Rivera 6 May 2006 0
41 United States Travis Simms 6 January 2007 0
42 Canada Joachim Alcine 7 July 2007 1
43 Puerto Rico Daniel Santos 11 July 2008 0
44 Israel Yuri Foreman 14 November 2009 0
45 Puerto Rico Miguel Cotto 5 June 2010 0
Cotto is promoted to Super champion on WBA's September 2010 official ratings posted in 15 October.[86]
Puerto Rico Miguel Cotto – Super champion
(Regular champion promoted)
15 October 2010 2
46 United States Floyd Mayweather Jr. 5 May 2012 – 19 January 2016 1
Mayweather retires following his fight with Andre Berto on 14 September 2015. However, he was officially stripped on the December 2015 rankings posted on 19 January 2016.[87] The reason for the delay was because "it's a matter of formality".[88]
47 United States Erislandy LaraRegular champion
(Primary champion vacant)
19 January 2016 1
Lara is promoted to Super champion on WBA's May 2016 ratings posted on 8 June.[89]
United States Erislandy Lara – Super champion
(Regular champion promoted)
8 June 2016 2
(3)
48 United States Jarrett Hurd 7 April 2018 1
49 United States Julian Williams 11 May 2019 0
50 Dominican Republic Jeison Rosario 18 January 2020 0
51 United States Jermell Charlo 26 September 2020 – present 1

Secondary champion lineage[]

No. Name Date Defenses
1 Panama Santiago Samaniego
(interim champion promoted)
14 September 2002 0
2 Mexico Alejandro García 1 March 2003 1
3 United States Travis Simms 13 December 2003 – 20 March 2005 1
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
4 United States Austin Trout
(def. Rigoberto Álvarez)
5 February 2011 4
Trout fought WBC champion Canelo Álvarez for the Unified title.
5 Mexico Canelo ÁlvarezUnified champion
(def. Austin Trout)
20 April 2013 – 14 September 2013 0
Álvarez lost against Super champion Floyd Mayweather Jr.
6 United States Erislandy Lara
(interim champion promoted)
13 March 2014 – 19 January 2016 3
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
7 Germany Jack Culcay
(interim champion promoted)
8 June 2016 0
8 United States Demetrius Andrade 11 March 2017 – 22 October 2017 0
Andrade vacates the belt to move up to middleweight.[90]
9 Argentina Brian Castaño
(interim champion promoted)
22 October 2017 – 20 June 2019 2
Castaño vacates the title after not agreeing on terms to fight mandatory fighter Michel Soro.[91]
10 United States Erislandy Lara (2)
(def. Ramón Álvarez)
31 August 2019 – 31 August 2021 1
Lara vacates the title to stay at middleweight.[92]

Welterweight[]

Primary champion lineage[]

No. Name Date Defenses
1 United States Jack Britton
(awarded inaugural title)
January 1921 4
2 United States Mickey Walker 1 November 1922 3
3 United States Pete Latzo 20 May 1926 2
4 Kingdom of Italy Joe Dundee 3 June 1927 – 22 March 1929 2
Dundee is stripped of the title when he failed to sign for a title bout contender.[93]
5 United States Jackie Fields
(def. Jack Thompson)
25 March 1929 1
6 United States Jack Thompson 9 May 1930 0
7 United States Tommy Freeman 5 September 1930 0
8 United States Jack Thompson (2) 14 April 1931 0
9 Canada Lou Brouillard 23 October 1931 0
10 United States Jackie Fields (2) 28 January 1932 0
11 Kingdom of Italy Young Corbett III 22 February 1933 0
12 Canada Jimmy McLarnin 29 May 1933 0
13 United States Barney Ross 28 May 1934 0
14 Canada Jimmy McLarnin (2) 17 September 1934 0
15 United States Barney Ross (2) 28 May 1935 2
16 United States Henry Armstrong 31 May 1938 19
17 United States Fritzie Zivic 4 October 1940 1
18 United States Freddie Cochrane 29 July 1941 0
19 United States Marty Servo 1 February 1946 – 25 September 1946 0
Servo retires.[94]
20 United States Sugar Ray Robinson
(def. Tommy Bell)
20 December 1946 – 15 February 1951 4
Robinson's title is automatically vacated after winning the middleweight title.[95]
21 United States Johnny Bratton
(def. Charley Fusari)
13 March 1951 0
22 Cuba Kid Gavilán 18 May 1951 7
23 United States Johnny Saxton 20 October 1954 0
24 United States Tony DeMarco 1 April 1955 0
25 United States Carmen Basilio 10 June 1955 0
26 United States Johnny Saxton (2) 14 March 1956 0
27 United States Carmen Basilio (2) 12 September 1956 – 23 September 1957 1
Basilio vacated after winning the middleweight title.[96]
28 United States Virgil Akins
(def. Vince Martinez)
6 June 1958 0
29 United States Don Jordan 5 December 1958 2
30 Cuba Benny Paret 27 May 1960 1
31 United States Virgin Islands Emile Griffith 1 April 1961 1
32 Cuba Benny Paret (2) 30 September 1961 0
33 United States Virgin Islands Emile Griffith (2) 24 March 1962 2
34 Cuba Luis Manuel Rodríguez 21 March 1963 0
35 United States Virgin Islands Emile Griffith (3) 8 June 1963 – 10 June 1966 5
Griffith was stripped of the title for failing to defend it within the required 6 months.[97]
36 United States Curtis Cokes
(def. Manuel González)
24 August 1966 5
37 Cuba José Nápoles 18 April 1969 3
38 United States Billy Backus 3 December 1970 0
39 Cuba José Nápoles (2) 4 June 1971 – 16 May 1975 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.[98]
40 Puerto Rico Ángel Espada
(def. Clyde Gray)
28 June 1975 1
41 Mexico José Cuevas 17 July 1976 11
42 United States Thomas Hearns 2 August 1980 3
43 United States Sugar Ray Leonard 16 September 1981 – 9 November 1982 1
Leonard vacated the title after being diagnosed with a detached retina and announced his first retirement.[99]
44 United States Donald Curry
(def. Hwang Jun-Suk)
13 February 1983 7
45 United Kingdom Lloyd Honeyghan 27 September 1986 – 5 January 1986 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.[100]
46 United States Mark Breland
(def. Harold Volbrecht)
6 February 1987 0
47 United States Marlon Starling 22 August 1987 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 knockout however, the decision was later changed to a no contest but the Colombian kept the title.
48 Colombia Tomás Molinares 29 July 1988 – 12 December 1988 0
Molinares withdrew from his defense fight with Mark Breland and vacated the title due to troubles on keeping his weight down.[101]
49 United States Mark Breland (2)
(def. Lee Seung-Soon)
4 February 1989 4
50 United States Aaron Davis 8 July 1990 0
51 United States Meldrick Taylor 19 January 1991 2
52 Venezuela Crisanto España 31 October 1992 2
53 Ghana Ike Quartey 4 June 1994 – 19 August 1998 7
Quartey was stripped of the title for pulling out on his defense against Andrey Pestryaev.[102]
54 United States James Page
(def. Andrey Pestryaev)
10 October 1998 – 27 September 2000 3
Page was stripped of title for failing to fight his mandatory challenger Andrew Lewis.[103]
55 Guyana Andrew Lewis
(def. James Page)
17 February 2001 1
56 Nicaragua Ricardo Mayorga 30 March 2002 0
Mayorga fought for the inaugural Unified title against WBC and The Ring champion Vernon Forrest.
Nicaragua Ricardo Mayorga – Unified champion
(def. Vernon Forrest)
25 January 2003 2
Mayorga fought for the Undisputed title against IBF champion Cory Spinks.
57 United States Cory SpinksUndisputed champion
(def. Ricardo Mayorga)
13 December 2003 2
58 United States Zab Judah 5 February 2005 – 7 January 2006 1
Judah fought with Carlos Baldomir for the WBC belt as the latter did not pay the sanctioning fee for the WBA and IBF belt.[104] Judah lost the bout and the WBA subsequently stripped him of the title.
59 United States Luis CollazoRegular champion
(Primary champion vacant)
7 January 2006 0
60 United Kingdom Ricky Hatton 13 May 2006 – 31 August 2006 0
Hatton vacated to move back to super lightweight.[105]
61 Puerto Rico Miguel CottoRegular champion
(def. Carlos Quintana);
(Primary champion vacant)
2 December 2006 4
62 Mexico Antonio Margarito 26 July 2008 0
Margarito promoted to Super champion.[106]
Mexico Antonio Margarito – Super champion
(Regular champion promoted)
3 October 2008 0
63 United States Shane Mosley 24 January 2009 – 21 May 2010 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.[107]
64 Ukraine Vyacheslav SenchenkoRegular champion
(Primary champion vacant)
21 May 2010 2
65 United States Paulie Malignaggi 30 April 2012 1
66 United States Adrien Broner 22 June 2013 0
67 Argentina Marcos Maidana 14 December 2013 0
Maidana fought for Unified title against WBC and The Ring champion Floyd Mayweather Jr.
68 United States Floyd Mayweather Jr.Unified champion
(def. Marcos Maidana)
3 May 2014 – 19 January 2016 3
Mayweather retires following his fight with Andre Berto on 14 September 2015. However, he was officially stripped on the December 2015 rankings posted on 19 January 2016.[87] The reason for the delay was because "it's a matter of formality".[88]
69 United States Keith ThurmanRegular champion
(Primary champion vacant)
19 January 2016 1
Keith Thurman promoted to Super champion on WBA's January 2017 ratings posted on 7 February, 1 month before fighting WBC champion Danny Garcia.[108]
United States Keith Thurman – Super champion
(Regular champion promoted)
7 February 2017 2
(3)
70 Philippines Manny Pacquiao 20 July 2019 – 29 January 2021 0
Pacquiao was stripped of his title and declared champion in recess due to inactivity.[109]
71 Cuba Yordenis UgasSuper champion
(Regular champion promoted)
29 January 2021 – present 1

Secondary champion lineage[]

No. Name Date Defenses
1 United States Jose Antonio Rivera
(def. Michel Trabant)
13 September 2003 0
2 United States Luis Collazo 2 April 2005 – 7 January 2006 1
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
3 Ukraine Yuriy Nuzhnenko
(interim champion promoted)
3 October 2008 0
4 Ukraine Vyacheslav Senchenko 10 April 2009 – 21 May 2010 1
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
5 United States Keith Thurman
(interim champion promoted)
28 January 2015 – 19 January 2016 2
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
6 Russia David Avanesyan
(interim champion promoted)
7 February 2017 0
7 United States Lamont Peterson 18 February 2017 – 3 October 2017 0
Peterson vacated to leave space for other contenders in the ranking.[110]
8 Argentina Lucas Matthysse
(def. Tewa Kiram)
27 January 2018 0
9 Philippines Manny Pacquiao 15 July 2018 – 20 July 2019 1
Pacquiao won against Super champion Keith Thurman.
10 Cuba Yordenis Ugas
(def. Abel Ramos)
6 September 2020 – 29 January 2021 0
Ugas promoted to Super champion after Pacquiao was stripped due to inactivity.[109]
11 United States Jamal James
(interim champion promoted)
4 February 2021 0
12 Russia Radzhab Butaev 30 October 2021 – present 0

Super lightweight[]

Primary champion lineage[]

No. Name Date Defenses
1 United States Pinky Mitchell
(awarded inaugural title)
22 November 1922 0
2 United States Mushy Callahan 21 September 1926 3
3 United Kingdom Jack Kid Berg 18 February 1930 6
4 United States Tony Canzoneri 24 April 1931 3
5 United States Johnny Jadick 18 January 1932 – 20 September 1932 1
On 20 September 1932, the NBA decided not to recognize the division.[111]
6 Puerto Rico Carlos Ortiz
(def. Kenny Lane)
12 June 1959 2
7 Italy Duilio Loi 1 September 1960 2
8 United States Eddie Perkins 14 September 1962 0
9 Italy Duilio Loi (2) 15 December 1962 – 24 January 1963 0
Loi vacated and retired from boxing.[112]
10 Philippines Roberto Cruz
(def. Battling Torres)
21 March 1963 0
11 United States Eddie Perkins (2) 15 June 1963 2
12 Venezuela Carlos Morocho Hernández 18 January 1965 2
13 Italy Sandro Lopopolo 29 April 1966 1
14 Japan Takeshi Fuji 30 April 1967 1
15 Argentina Nicolino Locche 12 December 1968 5
16 Panama Alfonso Frazer 10 March 1972 0
17 Colombia Antonio Cervantes 28 October 1972 10
18 Puerto Rico Wilfred Benítez 6 March 1976 – 28 November 1976 2
Benítez was stripped of the title for cancelling many scheduled title defenses following an automobile accident.[113]
19 Colombia Antonio Cervantes (2)
(def. Carlos María Giménez)
25 June 1977 6
20 United States Aaron Pryor 2 August 1980 – 26 October 1983 8
Pryor vacated the title after announcing retirement.[114]
21 United States Johnny Bumphus
(def. Lorenzo Luis García)
22 January 1984 0
22 United States Gene Hatcher 1 June 1984 1
23 Argentina Ubaldo Nestor Sacco 21 July 1985 0
24 Italy Patrizio Oliva 15 March 1986 2
25 Argentina Juan Martin Coggi 4 July 1987 4
26 United States Loreto Garza 17 August 1990 1
27 Puerto Rico Edwin Rosario 14 June 1991 0
28 Japan Akinobu Hiranaka 10 April 1992 0
29 Philippines Morris East 9 September 1992 0
30 Argentina Juan Martin Coggi (2) 12 January 1993 6
31 United States Frankie Randall 17 September 1994 2
32 Argentina Juan Martin Coggi (3) 13 January 1996 0
33 United States Frankie Randall (2) 16 August 1996 0
34 France Khalid Rahilou 11 January 1997 2
35 United States Sharmba Mitchell 10 October 1998 4
Mitchell fought for inaugural Super title against Kostya Tszyu.
36 Australia Kostya TszyuSuper champion
(def. Sharmba Mitchell)
3 February 2001 3
Status changes to Unified champion on WBA's July 2002 ratings posted on 5 August.[38]
Australia Kostya Tszyu – Unified champion 5 August 2002 1
(4)
Status changed to Undisputed champion on WBA's May-June 2003 ranking.[115]
Australia Kostya Tszyu – Undisputed champion July 2003 – 16 June 2004 0
(4)
Tszyu was stripped of title due to inactivity.[116]
37 Guyana Vivian HarrisRegular champion
(Primary champion vacant)
16 June 2004 1
38 Colombia Carlos Maussa 25 June 2005 0
Fought for Unified title against IBF and The Ring champion Ricky Hatton.
39 United Kingdom Ricky HattonUnified champion
(def. Carlos Maussa)
26 November 2005 – 4 May 2006 0
Hatton vacated to move up to welterweight.[117]
40 France Souleymane M'bayeRegular champion
(def. Raúl Horacio Balbi);
(Primary champion vacant)
2 September 2006 1
41 United Kingdom Gavin Rees 21 July 2007 0
42 Ukraine Andreas Kotelnik 22 March 2008 2
43 United Kingdom Amir Khan 18 July 2009 4
Khan fought for Super title against Zab Judah.
United Kingdom Amir Khan – Super champion
(def. Zab Judah)
23 July 2011 1
(5)
44 United States Lamont Peterson 10 December 2011 – 11 July 2012 0
WBA and IBF champion Peterson tested positive for testosterone on a random test in March 2012. He was only stripped of his WBA title.[118]
45 United Kingdom Amir Khan (2) – Super champion
(reinstated)
11 July 2012 0
46 United States Danny García 14 July 2012 – 11 September 2015 4
Garcia moves up to welterweight and the title is vacated on WBA's August 2015 official ratings posted on 11 September.[119]
47 United States Adrien BronerRegular champion
(def. Khabib Allakhverdiev);
(Primary champion vacant)
3 October 2015 0
Broner is promoted to Super champion.[120]
United States Adrien Broner – Super champion
(Regular champion promoted)
6 November 2015 – 1 April 2016 0
Broner stripped of title before his defense against Ashley Theophane for being overweight.[121]
48 United Kingdom Ricky BurnsRegular champion
(def. Michele Di Rocco);
(Primary champion vacant)
28 May 2016 1
Burns fought for Unified title against IBF champion Julius Indongo.
49 Namibia Julius IndongoUnified champion
(def. Ricky Burns)
15 April 2017 0
Indongo fought for Super title against WBC, WBO, and The Ring champion Terence Crawford.
50 United States Terence CrawfordSuper champion
(def. Julius Indongo)
19 August 2017 – 28 October 2017 0
The title is vacated on WBA's October rankings after Crawford expressed his intentions of moving up to welterweight.[122][123]
51 Belarus Kiryl RelikhRegular champion
(def. Rances Barthelemy);
(Primary champion vacant)
10 March 2018 1
52 United States Regis Prograis 27 April 2019 0
Prograis fought for Super title against IBF champion Josh Taylor.
53 United Kingdom Josh TaylorSuper champion
(def. Regis Prograis)
26 October 2019 – present 2

Secondary champion lineage[]

No. Name Date Defenses
1 Cuba Diosbelys Hurtado
(def. Randall Bailey)
11 May 2002 0
2 Guyana Vivian Harris 19 October 2002 – 16 June 2004 2
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
3 Argentina Marcos René Maidana
(interim champion promoted)
23 July 2011 – 16 July 2012 1
Maidana vacated to move up to welterweight and fight Devon Alexander.[124]
4 Russia Khabib Allakhverdiev
(def. Joan Guzmán)
30 November 2012 1
5 United States Jessie Vargas 12 April 2014 – 27 June 2015 2
Vargas vacated the title before challenging WBO welterweight champion Timothy Bradley to avoid paying WBA's sanctioning fees.[125]
6 United States Mario Barrios
(def. Batyr Akhmedov)
28 September 2019 1
7 United States Gervonta Davis 26 June 2021 – 7 December 2021 0
Davis vacated the title to stay at lightweight.[126]

Lightweight[]

Primary champion lineage[]

No. Name Date Defenses
1 United States Benny Leonard
(awarded inaugural title)
January 1921 – 15 January 1925 3
Leonard retires.[127]
2 United States Jimmy Goodrich
(def. Stanislaus Loayza)
13 July 1925 0
3 United States Rocky Kansas 7 December 1925 0
4 United States Sammy Mandell 3 July 1926 3
5 United States Al Singer 17 July 1930 0
6 United States Tony Canzoneri 14 November 1930 5
7 United States Barney Ross 23 June 1933 – 15 April 1935 1
Ross vacated to move up to super lightweight.[128]
8 United States Tony Canzoneri (2)
(def. Lou Ambers)
10 May 1935 1
8 United States Lou Ambers 3 September 1936 2
9 United States Henry Armstrong 17 August 1938 1
10 United States Lou Ambers (2) 22 August 1939 – 25 March 1940 0
Ambers was stripped after failing to defend the title within 6 months and refusing to fight the top contender Davey Day.[129]
11 United States Sammy Angott
(def. Davey Day)
3 May 1940 – 14 November 1942 1
Angott announced his temporary retirement.[130]
12 United States Sammy Angott (2)
(def. Slugger White)
27 October 1943 0
13 Mexico Juan Zurita 8 March 1944 0
14 United States Ike Williams 18 April 1945 8
15 United States Jimmy Carter 25 May 1951 2
16 Mexico Lauro Salas 14 May 1952 0
17 United States Jimmy Carter (2) 15 October 1952 3
18 United States Paddy DeMarco 5 March 1954 0
19 United States Jimmy Carter (3) 17 November 1954 0
20 United States Wallace Bud Smith 29 June 1955 1
21 United States Joe Brown 24 August 1956 11
22 Puerto Rico Carlos Ortiz 21 April 1962 4
23 Panama Ismael Laguna 10 April 1965 0
24 Puerto Rico Carlos Ortiz (2) 13 November 1965 5
25 Dominican Republic Carlos Teo Cruz 29 June 1968 1
26 United States Mando Ramos 18 February 1969 1
27 Panama Ismael Laguna (2) 3 March 1970 1
28 United Kingdom Ken Buchanan 26 September 1970 2
29 Panama Roberto Durán 26 June 1972 – 2 February 1979 12
Durán vacated to move up to welterweight.[131]
30 Venezuela Ernesto España
(def. Claude Noel)
16 June 1979 1
31 United States Hilmer Kenty 2 March 1980 3
32 United States Sean O'Grady 12 April 1981 – 14 August 1981 0
O'Grady was stripped of title for not defending it.[132]
33 Trinidad and Tobago Claude Noel
(def. Rodolfo González)
12 September 1981 0
34 United States Arturo Frias 5 December 1981 1
35 United States Ray Mancini 8 May 1982 4
36 Saint Kitts and Nevis Livingstone Bramble 1 June 1984 2
37 Puerto Rico Edwin Rosario 26 September 1986 1
38 Mexico Julio César Chávez 21 November 1987 – 1 June 1989 2
Chávez vacated to move up to super lightweight. The title was declared vacant when a bout between Edwin Rosario and Anthony Jones was scheduled.[133]
39 Puerto Rico Edwin Rosario (2)
(def. Anthony Jones)
9 July 1989 0
40 Puerto Rico Juan Nazario 4 May 1990 0
41 United States Pernell Whitaker 11 August 1990 – 20 April 1992 3
Whitaker vacated to move up to super lightweight.[134]
42 United States Joey Gamache
(def. Chil-Sung Jun)
13 June 1992 0
43 United States Tony Lopez 24 October 1992 1
44 South Africa Dingaan Thobela 26 June 1993 0
45 Kyrgyzstan Orzubek Nazarov 30 October 1993 6
46 France Jean Baptiste Mendy 16 May 1998 1
47 France Julien Lorcy 10 April 1999 0
48 Italy Stefano Zoff 7 August 1999 0
49 Venezuela Gilberto Serrano 13 November 1999 1
50 Japan Takanori Hatakeyama 11 June 2000 2
51 France Julien Lorcy (2) 1 July 2001 0
52 Argentina Raul Horacio Balbi 18 October 2001 0
53 Romania Leonard Doroftei 5 January 2002 – 24 October 2003 2
Doroftei was stripped of title when he came 4.4 lbs overweight to his bout with Miguel Callist. The fight was cancelled.[135]
54 Mongolia Lakva Sim
(def. Miguel Callist)
10 April 2004 0
55 United States Juan Díaz 17 July 2004 5
Diaz became Unified champion after beating WBO champion Acelino Freitas.
United States Juan Díaz – Unified champion
(def. Acelino Freitas)
23 February 2007 1
(6)
Diaz became Undisputed champion after beating IBF champion Julio Díaz.
United States Juan Díaz – Undisputed champion
(def. Julio Díaz)
13 October 2007 1
(7)
56 United States Nate Campbell 8 March 2008 – 10 January 2009 0
Campbell vacated because of concerns regarding sanctioning fees and proposed mandatory defenses.[136]
57 Namibia Paulus MosesRegular champion
(Primary champion vacant)
10 January 2009 – 28 February 2009 0
Moses is relegated to secondary champion due to Juan Manuel Márquez winning the vacant Super title.
58 Mexico Juan Manuel MárquezSuper champion
(def. Juan Diaz)
28 February 2009 – 4 January 2012 2
Marquez stripped due to inactivity.[137]
59 Cuba Richar AbrilRegular champion
(interim champion promoted);
(Primary champion vacant)
28 February 2013 – 10 April 2015 2
Abril was declared champion in recess after he cancelled his fight with Derry Matthews.[138]
60 Colombia Darleys PerezRegular champion
(interim champion promoted);
(Primary champion vacant)
10 April 2015 1
61 United Kingdom Anthony Crolla 21 November 2015 1
62 Venezuela Jorge Linares 24 September 2016 3
Linares fought for Super title against Vasyl Lomachenko.
63 Ukraine Vasyl LomachenkoSuper champion
(def. Jorge Linares)
13 May 2018 3
64 United States Teófimo López 17 October 2020 0
65 Australia George Kambosos Jr. 27 November 2021 – present 0

Secondary champion lineage[]

No. Name Date Defenses
1 Nicaragua José Alfaro
(def. Prawet Singwancha)
29 December 2007 0
2 Japan Yusuke Kobori 19 May 2008 0
3 Namibia Paulus Moses 3 January 2009 – 10 January 2009 0
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
4 Namibia Paulus Moses (2)
(relegated from primary champion)
28 February 2009 1
5 Venezuela Miguel Acosta 29 May 2010 0
6 United States Brandon Rios 26 February 2011 – 3 December 2011 1
Rios was stripped of title before his second defense against John Murray for being overweight.[139]
7 United States Gervonta Davis
(def. Yuriorkis Gamboa)
28 December 2019 – present 2

Super featherweight[]

Primary champion lineage[]

No. Name Date Defenses
1 United States Tod Morgan
(awarded inaugural title)
16 December 1927 5
2 United States Benny Bass 19 December 1929 0
3 Cuba Kid Chocolate 15 July 1931 – 20 September 1932 4
On 20 September 1932, the NBA decided not to recognize the division.[111]
4 United States Harold Gomes
(def. Paul Jorgensan)
20 July 1959 0
5 Philippines Gabriel Elorde 16 March 1960 10
6 Japan Yoshiaki Numata 15 June 1967 0
7 Japan Hiroshi Kobayashi 14 December 1967 6
8 Venezuela Alfredo Marcano 29 July 1971 1
9 Philippines Ben Villaflor 25 April 1972 1
10 Japan Kuniaki Shibata 12 March 1973 1
11 Philippines Ben Villaflor (2) 17 October 1973 5
12 Puerto Rico Samuel Serrano 16 October 1976 10
13 Japan Yasutsune Uehara 2 August 1980 1
14 Puerto Rico Samuel Serrano (2) 9 April 1981 3
15 United States Roger Mayweather 19 January 1983 2
16 United States Rocky Lockridge 26 February 1984 2
17 Puerto Rico Wilfredo Gómez 19 May 1985 0
18 Panama Alfredo Layne 24 May 1986 0
19 South Africa Brian Mitchell 27 September 1986 – 25 April 1991 12
Mitchell vacated the title to spend time with his family and business.[140]
20 United States Joey Gamache
(def. Jerry Ngobeni)
28 June 1991 – 20 October 1991 0
Gamache vacates to move up to lightweight.[141]
21 United States Genaro Hernandez
(def. Daniel Londas)
22 November 1991 – 13 July 1995 8
Hernandez was stripped of the title when he chose to challenge WBO lightweight champion Oscar De La Hoya instead of fighting his mandatory challenger.[142]
22 South Korea Choi Yong-Soo
(def. Víctor Hugo Paz)
21 October 1995 7
23 Japan Takanori Hatakeyama 5 September 1998 1
24 Mongolia Lakva Sim 27 June 1999 0
25 South Korea Baek Jong-Kwon 31 October 1999 1
26 Cuba Joel Casamayor 21 May 2000 4
Casamayor fought for the inaugural Super title against WBO champion Acelino Freitas.
27 Brazil Acelino FreitasSuper champion
(def. Joel Casamayor)
12 January 2002 1
Status changes to Unified champion on WBA's July 2002 ratings posted on 5 August.[38]
Brazil Acelino Freitas – Unified champion 5 August 2002 – 10 February 2004 2
(3)
Freitas' title is declared vacant on WBA's January 2004 ratings posted on 10 February.[143]
28 Thailand Yodsanan Sor NanthachaiRegular champion
(Primary champion vacant)
10 February 2004 1
29 Panama Vicente Mosquera 30 April 2005 1
30 Venezuela Edwin Valero 5 August 2006 – 3 September 2008 4
Valero vacated and moved up to lightweight.[144]
31 Venezuela Jorge Linares
(def. Whyber Garcia)
28 November 2008 1
32 Mexico Juan Carlos Salgado 10 October 2009 0
33 Japan Takashi Uchiyama 11 January 2010 9
Uchiyama promoted to Super champion.[145]
Japan Takashi Uchiyama – Super champion
(Regular champion promoted)
21 February 2015 2
(11)
34 Panama Jezreel Corrales 27 April 2016 – 20 October 2017 2
Corrales came in overweight and was stripped of his Super title. Machado fought for the vacant Regular title.[146]
35 Puerto Rico Alberto MachadoRegular champion
(def. Jezreel Corrales); (Primary champion vacant)
21 October 2017 – 21 April 2018 0
Machado is relegated to secondary champion due to Gervonta Davis winning the vacant Super title.
36 United States Gervonta DavisSuper champion
(def. Jesús Cuellar)
21 April 2018 – 2 September 2019 2
Davis vacated and moved up to lightweight.[147]
37 United States Andrew CancioRegular champion
(Primary champion vacant)
2 September 2019 – 23 November 2019 0
Cancio lost against Rene Alvarado on the same day as Léo Santa Cruz winning the vacant Super title. Alvarado is relegated to secondary champion.
38 Mexico Léo Santa CruzSuper champion
(def. Miguel Flores)
23 November 2019 0
39 United States Gervonta Davis (2) 31 October 2020 – 28 August 2021 0
Davis vacates the title to stay at a higher weight class.[148]
40 Venezuela Roger GutiérrezRegular champion
(Primary champion vacant)
28 August 2021 – present 0

Secondary champion lineage[]

No. Name Date Defenses
1 Thailand Yodsanan Sor Nanthachai
(def. Lakva Sim)
13 April 2002 – 10 February 2004 2
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
2 Dominican Republic Javier Fortuna
(def. Bryan Vásquez)
29 May 2015 1
3 United States Jason Sosa 24 June 2016 – 15 February 2017 1
Sosa vacates title to fight WBO champion Vasyl Lomachenko.[149]
4 Puerto Rico Alberto Machado
(relegated from primary champion)
21 April 2018 2
5 United States Andrew Cancio 9 February 2019 – 2 September 2019 1
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
6 Nicaragua Rene Alvarado
(def. Andrew Cancio); (relegated from primary champion)
23 November 2019 0
7 Venezuela Roger Gutiérrez 2 January 2021 – 28 August 2021 2
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.

Featherweight[]

Primary champion lineage[]

No. Name Date Defenses
1 United States Benny Bass
(def. Red Chapman)
12 September 1927 0
2 United States Tony Canzoneri 10 February 1928 0
3 France André Routis 28 September 1928 1
4 United States Christopher Battalino 23 September 1929 – 27 January 1932 5
Battalino is stripped of the NBA title for missing weight in a title fight against Freddie Miller which ended in a controversial no contest.[150]
5 United States Tommy Paul
(def. Johnny Pena)
26 May 1932 0
6 United States Freddie Miller 13 January 1933 11
7 United States Petey Sarron 11 May 1936 2
8 United States Henry Armstrong 29 October 1937 – 12 September 1938 0
Armstrong vacated the title to stay at the higher weight divisions.[151]
9 United States Joey Archibald
(def. Leo Rodak)
29 October 1939 – 29 March 1940 1
Archibald was stripped of the title for not fighting Petey Scalzo.[152]
10 United States Petey Scalzo
(awarded title)
1 May 1940 3
11 United States Richie Lemos 1 July 1941 0
12 United States Jackie Wilson 18 November 1941 1
13 Canada Jackie Callura 18 January 1943 1
14 United States Phil Terranova 16 August 1943 0
15 United States Sal Bartolo 10 March 1944 3
16 United States Willie Pep 7 June 1946 2
17 United States Sandy Saddler 29 October 1948 0
18 United States Willie Pep (2) 11 February 1949 3
19 United States Sandy Saddler (2) 8 September 1950 – 16 January 1957 2
Saddler was stripped of the title for failing to sign for a title defense.[153] A few days later, he announced his retirement.[154]
20 Nigeria Hogan Bassey
(def. Cherif Hamia)
24 June 1957 1
21 United States Davey Moore 18 March 1959 5
22 Mexico Sugar Ramos
(def. Davey Moore)
21 March 1963 3
23 Mexico Vicente Saldivar 26 September 1964 – 14 October 1967 7
Saldívar announced his retirement after his 7th defense.[155]
24 United States Raul Rojas
(def. Enrique Higgins)
28 March 1968 0
25 Japan Shozo Saijo 27 September 1968 5
26 Venezuela Antonio Gomez 2 September 1971 1
27 Panama Ernesto Marcel 19 August 1972 – 31 May 1974 4
Marcel retires.[156]
28 Mexico Rubén Olivares
(def. Zensuke Otagawa)
9 July 1974 0
29 Nicaragua Alexis Argüello 23 November 1974 – 9 October 1976 4
Argüello vacated the title because the WBA wanted to set a fight date that's imposed by the mandatory challenger and not him, the champion.[157]
30 Panama Rafael Ortega
(def. Francisco Coronado)
15 January 1977 1
31 Spain Cecilio Lastra 17 December 1977 0
32 Panama Eusebio Pedroza 15 April 1978 19
33 Republic of Ireland Barry McGuigan 8 June 1985 2
34 United States Steve Cruz 23 June 1986 0
35 Venezuela Antonio Esparragoza 6 March 1987 7
36 South Korea Park Yong-Kyun 30 March 1991 8
37 Venezuela Eloy Rojas 4 December 1993 6
38 Puerto Rico Wilfredo Vázquez 18 May 1996 – 25 March 1998 4
Vázquez vacated the title infavor of fighting WBO champion Naseem Hamed.[158]
39 United States Freddie Norwood
(def. Antonio Cermeño)
3 April 1998 – 21 September 1998 2
Norwood was stripped of his title for coming overweight to his 3rd defense fight, against Koji Matsumoto. [159]
40 Venezuela Antonio Cermeño
(def. Genaro Rios)
3 October 1998 1
41 United States Freddie Norwood (2) 29 May 1999 3
42 United States Derrick Gainer 9 September 2000 3
Gainer fought for the inaugural Unified title against IBF champion Juan Manuel Márquez.
43 Mexico Juan Manuel MarquezUnified champion
(def. Derrick Gainer)
1 November 2003 – 22 August 2005 3
Márquez was stripped of the IBF title because no promoter was willing to bid at least US$50,000 to stage a mandatory defense against Fahprakorb Rakkiatgym.[160] As a result, he was stripped of his WBA Unified title on WBA's July 2005 official ratings posted on 22 August.[161]
44 Indonesia Chris JohnRegular champion
(Primary champion vacant)
22 August 2005 7
John is promoted to Super champion.[162]
Indonesia Chris John – Super champion
(Regular champion promoted)
27 June 2009 – 14 July 2010 1
(8)
John was declared champion in recess after suffering a rib injury.[163]
45 Cuba Yuriorkis GamboaRegular champion
(Primary champion vacant)
14 July 2010 – 11 September 2010 0
Gamboa declared Unified Champion after winning the vacant IBF title against Orlando Salido.
Cuba Yuriorkis Gamboa – Unified champion
(def. Orlando Salido)
11 September 2010 – 5 December 2010 1
Gamboa is relegated to secondary champion when John was reinstated as Super champion
46 Indonesia Chris John (2) – Super champion
(reinstated)
5 December 2010 6
John fought for the Undisputed title against Simpiwe Vetyeka.
47 South Africa Simpiwe VetyekaUndisputed champion
(def. Chris John)
6 December 2013 0
48 Philippines Nonito Donaire 31 May 2014 – 18 October 2014 0
Donaire lost to Regular champion Nicholas Walters however, Walters was not given the Undisputed title.
49 Jamaica Nicholas WaltersRegular champion
(Primary champion vacant)
18 October 2014 1
Walters promoted to Super champion.[164]
Jamaica Nicholas Walters – Super champion
(Regular champion promoted)
21 February 2015 – 12 June 2015 0
(1)
Walters was stripped of title for failing to make weight on his first defense fight against Miguel Marriaga. Title was at stake for Marriaga but Walters won by unanimous decision.[165]
50 Argentina Jesús CuéllarRegular champion
(Primary champion vacant)
12 June 2015 – 29 August 2015 0
Cuéllar is relegated to secondary champion due to Léo Santa Cruz winning the vacant Super title.
51 Mexico Léo Santa CruzSuper champion
(def. Abner Mares)
29 August 2015 1
52 United Kingdom Carl Frampton 30 July 2016 0
53 Mexico Léo Santa Cruz (2) 28 January 2017 – present 3

Secondary champion lineage[]

No. Name Date Defenses
1 Indonesia Chris John
(interim champion promoted)
1 November 2003 – 22 August 2005 4
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
2 Cuba Yuriorkis Gamboa
(interim champion promoted)
27 June 2009 – 14 July 2010 3
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
3a Cuba Yuriorkis Gamboa (2) – Unified champion
(relegated from primary champion)
5 December 2010 – 11 June 2011 1
(5)
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.
3b Argentina Jonathan Victor Barros
(def. Irving Berry)
4 December 2010 2
4 Panama Celestino Caballero 14 October 2011 – 7 October 2012 1
Caballero vacated for not accepting a low budget on a mandatory fight with Nicholas Walters.
5 Jamaica Nicholas Walters
(def. Daulis Prescott)
9 December 2012 – 18 October 2014 2
Walters won against Undisputed champion Nonito Donaire however, he was not given the Undisputed title. He is moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
6 Argentina Jesús Cuéllar
(interim champion promoted)
21 February 2015 – 12 June 2015 1
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
7 Argentina Jesús Cuéllar (2)
(relegated from primary champion)
29 August 2015 1
(2)
8 Mexico Abner Mares 10 December 2016 – 9 June 2018 1
Mares lost against Super champion Léo Santa Cruz.
9 Puerto Rico Jesús Rojas
(interim champion promoted)
4 July 2018 0
10 China Xu Can 26 January 2019 2
11 United Kingdom Leigh Wood 31 July 2021 – present 0

Super bantamweight[]

Primary champion lineage[]

No. Name Date Defenses
1 South Korea Hong Soo-Hwan
(def. Ricardo Cardona)
26 January 1977 1
2 Colombia Ricardo Cardona 7 May 1978 5
3 United States Leo Randolph 4 May 1980 0
4 Argentina Sergio Victor Palma 9 August 1980 5
5 Dominican Republic Leo Cruz 12 June 1982 3
6 Italy Loris Stecca 22 February 1984 0
7 Puerto Rico Victor Callejas 26 May 1984 – 21 November 1986 2
Callejas was stripped of the title for refusing to fight his mandatory challenger.[166]
8 United States Louie Espinoza
(def. Tommy Valoy)
11 January 1987 2
9 Dominican Republic Julio Gervacio 28 November 1987 0
10 Venezuela Bernardo Piñango 27 February 1988 0
11 Mexico Juan José Estrada 28 May 1988 3
12 Philippines Jesus Salud 11 November 1989 – 5 April 1990 0
Salud was stripped of the title for failing to defend it in Colombia against the No. 1 contender, Luis Mendoza.[167]
13 Colombia Luis Mendoza
(def. Rubén Darío Palacios)
11 September 1990 4
14 Mexico Raúl Pérez 7 October 1991 0
15 Puerto Rico Wilfredo Vázquez 27 March 1992 9
16 Venezuela Antonio Cermeño 13 May 1995 – 4 October 1997 7
Cermeño vacated to move up to featherweight.[168]
17 Mexico Enrique Sánchez
(def. Rafael del Valle)
8 February 1998 0
18 Mexico Néstor Garza 12 December 1998 2
19 United States Clarence Adams 4 March 2000 – 3 July 2001 2
Adams was stripped of the title for refusing to fight his mandatory challenger.[169]
20 Venezuela Yober Ortega
(def. José Rojas)
17 November 2001 0
21 Thailand Yoddamrong Sithyodthong 21 February 2002 0
22 Japan Osamu Sato 18 May 2002 0
23 France Salim Medjkoune 9 October 2002 1
24 France Mahyar Monshipour 4 July 2003 5
25 Thailand Somsak Sithchatchawal 18 March 2006 0
26 Panama Celestino Caballero 4 October 2006 5
Caballero fought for the Unified title against IBF champion Steve Molitor.
Panama Celestino Caballero – Unified champion
(def. Steve Molitor)
21 November 2008 3
(8)
Caballero promoted to inaugural Super champion on WBA's February 2010 official ratings posted on March.[170]
Panama Celestino Caballero – Super champion
(Unified champion promoted)
March 2010 – 10 December 2010 0
(8)
Caballero vacated to fight at featherweight.[171]
27 North Korea Lee Ryol-liRegular champion
(Primary champion vacant)
10 December 2010 0
28 Japan Akifumi Shimoda 31 January 2011 0
29 United States Rico Ramos 9 July 2011 0
30 Cuba Guillermo Rigondeaux 20 January 2012 2
Rigondeaux fought for Super title against Nonito Donaire.
Cuba Guillermo Rigondeaux – Super champion
(def. Nonito Donaire)
13 April 2013 – 30 October 2015 4
(6)
Rigondeaux was declared champion in recess due to inactivity.[172]
31 United Kingdom Scott QuiggRegular champion
(Primary champion vacant)
30 October 2015 0
Quigg fought for Unified title against IBF champion Carl Frampton.
32 United Kingdom Carl FramptonUnified champion
(def. Scott Quigg)
27 February 2016 – 8 April 2016 0
Frampton was stripped of title after choosing to fight Léo Santa Cruz for the WBA featherweight title instead of mandatory challenger Guillermo Rigondeaux.[173]
33 Cuba Guillermo Rigondeaux (2) – Super champion
(reinstated)
14 May 2016 – 9 December 2017 1
Rigondeaux was stripped of title after losing super featherweight bout against Vasyl Lomachenko.[174]
34 United States Daniel RomanRegular champion
(Primary champion vacant)
9 December 2017 3
Roman becomes Unified champion after beating IBF champion T.J. Doheny.
United States Daniel Roman – Unified champion
(def. T.J. Doheny)
26 April 2019 1
(4)
Roman fought Murodjon Akhmadaliev for the Super title.
35 Uzbekistan Murodjon AkhmadalievSuper champion
(def. Daniel Roman)
30 January 2020 – present 2

Secondary champion lineage[]

No. Name Date Defenses
1 Panama Ricardo Cordoba
(interim champion promoted)
21 November 2008 0
2 Republic of Ireland Bernard Dunne 21 March 2009 0
3 Thailand Poonsawat Kratingdaenggym 26 September 2009 2
4 North Korea Lee Ryol-li 2 October 2010 – 10 December 2010 0
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
5 United Kingdom Scott Quigg
(interim champion promoted)
5 September 2013 – 30 October 2015 6
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
6 Venezuela Nehomar Cermeño
(def. Qiu Xiaojun)
24 June 2016 2
7 Japan Shun Kubo 9 April 2017 0
8 United States Daniel Roman 3 September 2017 – 9 December 2017 0
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
9 United States Brandon Figueroa
(interim champion promoted)
31 October 2019 – 27 November 2021 2
WBA announced on 17 August 2021, that Figueroa's title would be stripped the moment he steps in the ring against WBO champion Stephen Fulton Jr. due to WBO's restriction against WBA Regular titles.[175] The bout was supposedly scheduled on 18 September however, it was moved to 27 November. On the 1st of September, WBA released their August 2021 ratings which didn't feature Figueroa as a champion[176] however, he was listed again on the September 2021 ratings.[177] He was officially stripped of the title after fighting Fulton Jr., as originally stated by the WBA.[178]

Bantamweight[]

Primary champion lineage[]

No. Name Date Defenses
1 United States Joe Lynch
(awarded inaugural title)
January 1921 0
2 United States Pete Herman 25 July 1921 0
3 United States Johnny Buff 23 September 1921 1
4 United States Joe Lynch (2) 10 July 1922 3
5 United States Abe Goldstein 21 March 1924 3
6 United States Eddie Martin 19 December 1924 0
7 United States Charley Phil Rosenberg 20 March 1925 – 18 October 1926 0
Rosenberg was stripped by the NBA during its annual convention after failing to sign a fight with Bud Taylor.[179]
8 United States Bud Taylor
(awarded title)
18 October 1926 – 19 May 1929 2
Taylor was stripped when he failed to fight for the title for two years.[180]
9 United States Bushy Graham
(def. Isadore Schwartz)
23 May 1929 – 8 October 1929 0
Graham was stripped of the title after Panama Al Brown was given the title.[181]
10 Panama Panamá Al Brown
(awarded title)
8 October 1929 – 3 February 1930 1
Brown was stripped of the title after an NBA special meeting.
11 Panama Panamá Al Brown (2)
(def. Eugène Huat)
4 October 1930 – 18 September 1934 7
Brown was stripped of the title in the rankings released after the annual NBA convention.[182]
12 Puerto Rico Sixto Escobar
(def. Pete Sanstol)
7 August 1935 0
13 United States Lou Salica 26 August 1935 0
14 Puerto Rico Sixto Escobar (2) 15 November 1935 3
15 United States Harry Jeffra 23 September 1937 0
16 Puerto Rico Sixto Escobar (3) 20 February 1938 – 26 October 1939 1
Escobar vacated the title to move up to featherweight.[183]
17 United States Georgie Pace
(awarded title)
26 October 1939 1
18 United States Lou Salica (2) 24 September 1940 4
19 United States Manuel Ortiz 7 August 1942 15
20 United States Harold Dade 6 January 1947 0
21 United States Manuel Ortiz (2) 11 March 1947 4
22 Union of South Africa Vic Toweel 31 May 1950 3
23 Australia Jimmy Carruthers 15 November 1952 – 16 May 1954 3
Carruthers retires from boxing.[184]
24 France Robert Cohen
(def. Chamroen Songkitrat)
19 September 1954 – 23 December 1954 1
Cohen was stripped for failing to sign a fight against Raúl Macías within 90 days.[185]
25 Mexico Raúl Macías
(def. Chamroen Songkitrat)
9 March 1955 2
26 France Alphonse Halimi 6 November 1957 0
27 Mexico José Becerra 8 July 1959 – 30 August 1960 2
Becerra retired due to an eye injury.[186]
28 Brazil Eder Jofre
(def. Eloy Sanchez)
18 November 1960 8
29 Japan Fighting Harada 18 May 1965 4
30 Australia Lionel Rose 27 February 1968 3
31 Mexico Rubén Olivares 22 August 1969 2
32 Mexico Chucho Castillo 16 October 1970 0
33 Mexico Rubén Olivares (2) 2 April 1971 2
34 Mexico Rafael Herrera 19 March 1972 0
35 Panama Enrique Pinder 29 July 1972 0
36 Mexico Romeo Anaya 20 January 1973 2
37 South Africa Arnold Taylor 3 November 1973 0
38 South Korea Hong Soo-Hwan 3 July 1974 1
39 Mexico Alfonso Zamora 14 March 1975 5
40 Panama Jorge Luján 19 November 1977 5
41 Puerto Rico Julian Solís 29 August 1980 0
42 United States Jeff Chandler 14 November 1980 9
43 United States Richie Sandoval 7 April 1984 2
44 United States Gaby Canizales 10 March 1986 0
45 Venezuela Bernardo Pinango 4 June 1986 – 13 March 1987 3
Pinango vacated in order to move up to super bantamweight.[187]
46 Japan Takuya Muguruma
(def. Azael Moran)
29 March 1987 0
47 South Korea Park Chan-Yong 24 May 1987 0
48 Puerto Rico Wilfredo Vazquez 4 October 1987 1
49 Thailand Kaokor Galaxy 9 May 1988 0
50 South Korea Moon Sung-Kil 14 August 1988 2
51 Thailand Kaokor Galaxy (2) 9 July 1989 0
52 Philippines Luisito Espinosa 18 October 1989 2
53 Venezuela Israel Contreras 19 October 1991 0
54 United States Eddie Cook 15 March 1992 0
55 Colombia Jorge Julio Rocha 9 October 1992 2
56 United States Junior Jones 23 October 1993 1
57 United States John Michael Johnson 22 April 1994 0
58 Thailand Daorung Chuvatana 16 July 1994 2
59 Thailand Veeraphol Sahaprom 17 September 1995 0
60 Ghana Nana Konadu 28 January 1996 0
61 Thailand Daorung Chuvatana (2) 27 October 1996 1
62 Ghana Nana Konadu (2) 21 June 1997 1
63 United States Johnny Tapia 5 December 1998 0
64 United States Paulie Ayala 26 June 1999 – 6 August 2001 3
Ayala was stripped of the title for choosing to move up to super bantamweight instead of fighting his mandatory challenger.[188]
65 Venezuela Eidy Moya
(def. Adán Vargas)
14 October 2001 0
66 Denmark Johnny Bredahl 19 April 2002 – 13 October 2004 3
Bredahl retires.[189]
67 Ukraine Wladimir Sidorenko
(def. Julio Zarate)
26 February 2005 6
68 Panama Anselmo Moreno 31 May 2008 8
Moreno is promoted to inaugural Super champion on WBA's October 2010 ratings posted on November.[190]
Panama Anselmo Moreno – Super champion
(Regular champion promoted)
November 2010 4
(12)
Moreno fought for the Undisputed title against Juan Carlos Payano.
69 Dominican Republic Juan Carlos PayanoUndisputed champion
(def. Anselmo Moreno)
26 September 2014 1
70 United States Rau'shee Warren 18 June 2016 0
71 Kazakhstan Zhanat Zhakiyanov 10 February 2017 0
Zhakiyanov fought IBF champion Ryan Burnett for the Unified title.
72 United Kingdom Ryan BurnettUnified champion
(def. Zhanat Zhakiyanov)
21 October 2017 1
Burnett is promoted to Super champion on WBA's October 2018 ratings posted on 31st October; just days before his scheduled bout against Nonito Donaire.[191]
United Kingdom Ryan Burnett – Super champion
(Unified champion promoted)
31 October 2018 0
(1)
73 Philippines Nonito Donaire 3 November 2018 1
74 Japan Naoya Inoue 7 November 2019 – present 3

Secondary champion lineage[]

No. Name Date Defenses
1 Japan Koki Kameda
(def. Alexander Muñoz)
26 December 2010 – 6 December 2013 8
Kameda vacated his title after being ordered to fight Super champion Anselmo Moreno and moved down to super flyweight.[192]
2 United Kingdom Jamie McDonnell
(def. Tabtimdaeng Na Rachawat)
31 May 2014 5
3 Japan Naoya Inoue 25 May 2018 1
Inoue becomes Unified champion after beating IBF champion Emmanuel Rodríguez.
Japan Naoya Inoue – Unified champion
(def. Emmanuel Rodríguez)
18 May 2019 – 7 November 2019 0
(1)
Inoue won against Super champion Nonito Donaire.
4 Cuba Guillermo Rigondeaux
(def. Liborio Solís)
8 February 2020 – 14 August 2021 0
Rigondeaux is stripped of his title for fighting WBO champion John Riel Casimero; a bout not sanctioned by the WBA.[193]

Super flyweight[]

Primary champion lineage[]

No. Name Date Defenses
1 Argentina Gustavo Ballas
(def. Bae Sok-Chul)
12 September 1981 0
2 Panama Rafael Pedroza 5 December 1981 0
3 Japan Jiro Watanabe 8 April 1982 – 5 July 1984 6
Watanabe was stripped of title for not fighting mandatory challenger Khaosai Galaxy.[194]
4 Thailand Khaosai Galaxy
(def. Eusebio Espinal)
21 November 1984 – 22 December 1991 19
Galaxy retired from professional boxing.[195]
5 Japan Katsuya Onizuka
(def. Thanomsak Sithbaobay)
10 April 1992 5
6 South Korea Lee Hyung-Chul 18 September 1994 1
7 Venezuela Alimi Goitia 22 July 1995 3
8 Thailand Yokthai Sithoar 24 August 1996 4
9 Japan Satoshi Iida 23 December 1997 2
10 Venezuela Jesús Kiki Rojas 23 December 1998 1
11 Japan Hideki Todaka 31 July 1999 2
12 Venezuela Leo Gámez 9 October 2000 0
13 Japan Celes Kobayashi 11 March 2001 1
14 Venezuela Alexander Muñoz 9 March 2002 3
15 Mexico Martín Castillo 3 December 2004 3
16 Japan Nobuo Nashiro 22 July 2006 1
17 Venezuela Alexander Munoz (2) 3 May 2007 2
Muñoz fought for the inaugural Unified title against WBC champion Cristian Mijares.
18 Mexico Cristian MijaresUnified champion
(def. Alexander Muñoz)
17 May 2008 1
Mijares fought for the Undisputed title against IBF champion Vic Darchinyan.
19 Armenia Vic DarchinyanUndisputed champion
(def. Cristian Mijares)
1 November 2008 1
Status changed to Unified champion when Darchinyan vacated the IBF title.
Armenia Vic Darchinyan – Unified champion 28 July 2009 – 15 October 2010 2
(3)
Darchinyan's title is vacated on WBA's September 2010 ratings posted on 15 October.[86]
20 Mexico Hugo CázaresRegular champion
(Primary champion vacant)
15 October 2010 2
21 Japan Tomonobu Shimizu 31 August 2011 – 11 November 2011 0
Shimizu was declared champion in recess due to an injury.[196]
22 Thailand Tepparith KokietgymRegular champion
(interim champion promoted);
(Primary champion vacant)
14 November 2011 3
23 Japan Kohei Kono 31 December 2012 0
25 Venezuela Liborio Solís 6 May 2013 – 2 December 2013 0
Solís was stripped of his title before the fight with Daiki Kameda for being overweight.[197] Solís won the fight in split decision but title was at stake for Kameda only.
26 Japan Kohei Kono (2) – Regular Champion
(def. Denkaosan Kaovichit);
(Primary champion vacant)
26 March 2014 3
27 Panama Luis Concepción 31 August 2016 – 9 December 2016 0
Concepción was stripped of his title before the fight with Khalid Yafai for being overweight. Only Yafai can win the title.[198]
28 United Kingdom Khalid YafaiRegular champion
(def. Luis Concepción);
(Primary champion vacant)
10 December 2016 5
Yafai fought for the Super title against Román González.[199]
29 Nicaragua Román GonzálezSuper champion
(def. Khalid Yafai)
29 February 2020 1
30 Mexico Juan Francisco Estrada 13 March 2021 – present 0

Secondary champion lineage[]

No. Name Date Defenses
1 Japan Nobuo Nashiro
(def. Kohei Kono)
15 September 2008 2
2 Mexico Hugo Cázares 8 May 2010 – 15 October 2010 2
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
3 Australia Andrew Moloney
(interim champion promoted)
3 March 2020 0
4 United States Joshua Franco 23 June 2020 – present 2

Flyweight[]

Primary champion lineage[]

No. Name Date Defenses
1 United Kingdom Jimmy Wilde
(awarded inaugural title)
January 1921 0
2 Philippines Pancho Villa 18 June 1923 – 14 July 1925 3
Title vacated because Villa died from Ludwig's angina resulting from an infection that spread to his throat.[200]
3 United States Fidel LaBarba
(def. Frankie Genaro)
22 August 1925 – 29 August 1927 2
LaBarba retires.[201]
4 United States Pinky Silverberg
(def. Ruby Bradley)
22 October 1927 – 6 December 1927 0
Silverberg was stripped of the title after a match was sanctioned for the vacant title.[202]
5 United States Frenchy Belanger
(def. Ernie Jarvis)
19 December 1927 0
6 United States Frankie Genaro 6 February 1928 3
7 France Émile Pladner 2 March 1929 0
8 United States Frankie Genaro (2) 18 April 1928 7
9 Tunisia Victor Perez 26 October 1931 0
10 United Kingdom Jackie Brown 31 October 1932 – 17 September 1934 3
Brown was sentenced to a 4 month conviction to prison for biting a piece of a man's ear during a street fight.[203] The title was declared vacant after an NBA meeting.[204]
11 United Kingdom Benny Lynch
(def. Jackie Brown)
9 September 1935 – 29 June 1938 3
Lynch was stripped when he failed to make weight for a title defense against Jackie Jurich.[205]
12 United Kingdom Peter Kane
(def. Jackie Jurich)
22 September 1938 – 11 December 1939 0
Kane's title was stripped when the NBA awarded Little Dado the flyweight title.[206]
13 Philippines Little Dado
(awarded title)
11 December 1939 – 15 October 1943 1
Dado vacated the title to move up to bantamweight.[207]
14 United Kingdom Jackie Paterson
(awarded title)
15 October 1943 – 30 July 1947 1
Paterson was stripped of the title for failing to defend against Dado Marino.[208]
15 United Kingdom Rinty Monaghan
(def. Dado Marino)
20 October 1947 – 30 March 1950 3
Monaghan retired after his third defense.[209]
16 United Kingdom Terry Allen
(def. Honore Pratesi)
25 April 1950 0
17 United States Dado Marino 1 August 1950 0
18 Japan Yoshio Shirai 19 May 1952 1
19 Argentina Pascual Perez 26 November 1954 4
20 Thailand Pone Kingpetch 16 April 1960 9
21 Japan Fighting Harada 10 October 1962 0
22 Thailand Pone Kingpetch (2) 12 January 1963 0
23 Japan Hiroyuki Ebihara 18 September 1963 0
24 Thailand Pone Kingpetch (3) 23 January 1964 0
25 Italy Salvatore Burruni 23 April 1965 – 1 November 1965 0
Burruni was stripped of title for failing to meet the organization's number one contender, Hiroyuki Ebihara.[210]
26 Argentina Horacio Accavallo
(def. Katsuyoshi Takayama)
1 March 1966 – 2 October 1968 3
Accavallo retires.[211]
27 Japan Hiroyuki Ebihara (2)
(def. José Severino)
30 March 1969 0
28 Philippines Bernabe Villacampo 19 October 1969 0
29 Thailand Berkrerk Chartvanchai 5 April 1970 0
30 Japan Masao Ohba 22 October 1970 – 25 January 1973 5
Ohba died in a car accident in Tokyo.[212]
31 Thailand Chartchai Chionoi
(def. Fritz Chervet)
17 May 1973 2
32 Japan Susumu Hanagata 18 October 1974 0
33 Philippines Erbito Salavarria 1 April 1975 1
34 Panama Alfonso Lopez 27 February 1976 1
35 Mexico Guty Espadas 2 October 1976 4
36 Venezuela Betulio González 12 August 1978 3
37 Panama Luis Ibarra 17 November 1979 0
38 South Korea Kim Tae-Shik 17 February 1980 1
39 South Africa Peter Mathebula 13 December 1980 0
40 Argentina Santos Laciar 28 March 1981 0
41 Panama Luis Ibarra (2) 6 June 1981 0
42 Mexico Juan Herrera 26 September 1981 1
43 Argentina Santos Laciar (2) 1 May 1982 – 19 July 1985 9
Laciar vacated in order to move up to super flyweight.[213]
44 Panama Hilario Zapata
(def. Alonzo González)
5 October 1985 5
45 Colombia Fidel Bassa 13 February 1987 6
46 Venezuela Jesús Rojas 30 September 1989 0
47 South Korea Lee Yul-Woo 10 March 1990 0
48 Japan Leopard Tamakuma 29 July 1990 1
49 Colombia Elvis Álvarez 14 March 1991 0
50 South Korea Kim Yong-Kang 1 June 1991 2
51 Venezuela Aquiles Guzman 26 September 1992 0
52 Venezuela David Griman 15 December 1992 2
53 Thailand Saen Sor Ploenchit 13 February 1994 9
54 Venezuela Jose Bonilla 24 November 1996 3
55 Argentina Hugo Rafael Soto 29 May 1998 0
56 Venezuela Leo Gámez 13 March 1999 0
57 Thailand Sornpichai Kratingdaenggym 3 September 1999 1
58 Puerto Rico Eric Morel 5 August 2000 5
59 Venezuela Lorenzo Parra 6 December 2003 5
60 Japan Takefumi Sakata 19 March 2007 4
61 Thailand Denkaosan Kaovichit 31 December 2008 2
62 Japan Daiki Kameda 7 February 2010 – 4 January 2011 2
Kameda vacated in order to move up to super flyweight.[214]
63 Panama Luis Concepcion
(interim champion promoted)
4 January 2011 0
64 Mexico Hernán Márquez 2 April 2011 2
Marquez fought for Unified title against WBO champion Brian Viloria.
65 United States Brian ViloriaUnified champion
(def. Hernán Márquez)
17 November 2012 0
66 Mexico Juan Francisco Estrada 6 April 2013 – 14 September 2016 5
Estrada vacated and moved to super flyweight.[215]
67 Japan Kazuto IokaRegular champion
(Primary champion vacant)
14 September 2016 – 9 November 2017 2
Ioka vacated and announced retirement later on.[216]
68 Ukraine Artem DalakianRegular champion
(def. Brian Viloria);
(Primary champion vacant)
24 February 2018 – present 5

Secondary champion lineage[]

No. Name Date Defenses
1 Argentina Juan Carlos Reveco
(interim champion promoted)
17 November 2012 6
2 Japan Kazuto Ioka 22 April 2015 – 14 September 2016 3
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.

Light flyweight[]

Primary champion lineage[]

No. Name Date Defenses
1 Panama Jaime Rios
(def. Rigoberto Marcano)
23 August 1975 1
2 Dominican Republic Juan Antonio Guzman 2 July 1976 0
3 Japan Yoko Gushiken 10 October 1976 13
4 Mexico Pedro Flores 8 March 1981 0
5 South Korea Kim Hwan-Jin 19 July 1981 1
6 Japan Katsuo Tokashiki 16 December 1981 5
7 Mexico Lupe Madera 10 July 1983 1
8 Dominican Republic Francisco Quiróz 19 May 1984 1
9 United States Joey Olivo 29 March 1985 1
10 South Korea Yuh Myung-Woo 8 December 1985 17
11 Japan Hiroki Ioka 17 December 1991 2
12 South Korea Yuh Myung-Woo (2) 18 November 1992 – 8 September 1993 1
Yuh vacated and retired from professional boxing.[217]
13 Venezuela Leo Gámez
(def. Shiro Yahiro)
21 October 1993 3
14 South Korea Choi Hi-Yong 4 February 1995 1
15 Panama Carlos Murillo 13 January 1996 1
16 Japan Keiji Yamaguchi 21 May 1996 1
17 Thailand Pichitnoi Sitbangprachan 3 December 1996 – July 2000 5
Sitbangprachan was stripped of title.
18 Colombia Beibis Mendoza
(def. Rosendo Alvarez)
12 August 2000 0
19 Nicaragua Rosendo Alvarez 3 March 2001 – 2 October 2004 3
Alvarez was stripped of title before his fourth fight with Beibis Mendoza for being overweight.[218]
20 Panama Roberto Vásquez
(def. Beibis Mendoza)
29 April 2005 – 24 May 2006 3
Vásquez vacated to move up to flyweight.[219]
21 Japan Kōki Kameda
(def. Juan José Landaeta)
2 August 2006 – 18 January 2007 1
Kameda vacated to move up to flyweight.[220]
22 Argentina Juan Carlos Reveco
(def. Nethra Sasiprapa)
22 June 2007 1
23 France Brahim Asloum 8 December 2007 – 18 July 2008 1
Asloum was declared champion in recess on WBA's June 2008 ratings posted on 18 July.[221]
24 Mexico Giovani Segura
(interim champion promoted)
5 June 2009 3
Segura becomes the inaugural Unified champion after unifying with WBO and The Ring champion Iván Calderón.
Mexico Giovani Segura – Unified champion
(def. Iván Calderón)
28 August 2010 – 26 November 2010 1
(4)
Segura vacated to fight at flyweight.[222]
25 Argentina Juan Carlos Reveco (2) – Regular champion
(Primary champion vacant)
26 November 2010 – 4 February 2011 0
Reveco vacated to move up to flyweight.[223]
26 Nicaragua Román GonzálezRegular champion
(interim champion promoted);
(Primary champion vacant)
4 February 2011 5
González promoted to inaugural Super champion.[224]
Nicaragua Román González – Super champion
(Regular champion promoted)
30 November 2012 – 14 January 2014 0
(5)
González vacated to move up to flyweight.[225]
27 Japan Kazuto IokaRegular champion
(Primary champion vacant)
14 January 2014 – 28 February 2014 0
Ioka vacated to move up to flyweight.[226]
28 Peru Alberto RosselRegular champion
(interim champion promoted);
(Primary champion vacant)
8 July 2014 0
29 Japan Ryoichi Taguchi 31 December 2014 6
Taguchi declared Unified champion after unifying titles with IBF champion Milan Melindo.
Japan Ryoichi Taguchi – Unified champion
(def. Milan Melindo)
31 December 2017 1
(7)
Taguchi fought Budler for the Super title.
30 South Africa Hekkie BudlerSuper champion
(def. Ryoichi Taguchi)
20 May 2018 0
31 Japan Hiroto Kyoguchi 31 December 2018 – present 3

Secondary champion lineage[]

No. Name Date Defenses
1 Argentina Juan Carlos Reveco
(interim champion promoted)
28 August 2010 – 26 November 2010 0
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
2 Japan Kazuto Ioka
(def. José Alfredo Rodríguez)
31 December 2012 – 14 January 2014 3
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
3 Venezuela Carlos Cañizales
(def. Reiya Konishi)
18 March 2018 2
4 Mexico Esteban Bermudez 28 May 2021 – present 0

Minimumweight[]

Primary champion lineage[]

No. Name Date Defenses
1 Venezuela Leo Gámez
(def. Kim Bong-Jun)
10 January 1988 – 1 April 1989 1
Gamez vacated the title citing weight problems and moved up to light flyweight.[227]
2 South Korea Kim Bong-Jun
(def. Agustín García)
16 April 1989 5
3 South Korea Choi Hi-Yong 2 February 1991 4
4 Japan Hideyuki Ohashi 14 October 1992 0
5 Thailand Chana Porpaoin 10 February 1993 8
6 Nicaragua Rosendo Álvarez 2 December 1995 – 12 November 1998 5
Álvarez stripped of title before his fight with Ricardo López for being overweight.[228] Title was at stake only for López who managed to beat the heavier Álvarez.
7 Mexico Ricardo López
(def. Rosendo Álvarez)
13 November 1998 – July 1999 0
Lopez vacated in order to move up to light flyweight.
8 Venezuela Noel Arambulet
(def. Joma Gamboa)
9 October 1999 – 19 August 2000 1
Arambulet stripped of title before his rematch fight with Joma Gamboa for being overweight.[229] Title was at stake only for Gamboa who managed to beat the heavier Arambulet.
9 Philippines Joma Gamboa
(def. Noel Arambulet)
20 August 2000 0
10 Japan Keitaro Hoshino 6 December 2000 0
11 Thailand Chana Porpaoin 16 April 2001 0
12 Japan Yutaka Niida 25 August 2001 – 22 October 2001 0
Niida vacated and retired citing back problems and lack of interest in boxing.[230]
13 Japan Keitaro Hoshino (2)
(def. Joma Gamboa)
29 January 2002 0
14 Venezuela Noel Arambulet (2) 29 July 2002 – 2 July 2004 2
Arambulet stripped of title before his rematch fight with Yutaka Niida for being overweight.[231] Title was at stake only for Niida who managed to beat the heavier Arambulet.
15 Japan Yutaka Niida (2)
(def. Noel Arambulet)
3 July 2004 7
16 Nicaragua Roman Gonzalez 15 September 2008 – 8 October 2010 3
Gonzalez vacated in order to move up to light flyweight.[232]
17 Thailand Kwanthai Sithmorseng
(def. Pigmy Kokietgym)
5 November 2010 0
18 Indonesia Muhammad Rachman 19 April 2011 0
19 Thailand Pornsawan Porpramook 30 July 2011 0
20 Japan Akira Yaegashi 24 October 2011 0
21 Japan Kazuto Ioka 24 June 2012 – 2 October 2012 0
Ioka vacated in order to move up to light flyweight.[233]
22 Japan Ryo Miyazaki
(def. Pornsawan Porpramook)
31 December 2012 – 27 December 2013 2
Miyazaki vacated in order to move up to light flyweight.[234]
23 South Africa Hekkie Budler
(def. Karluis Díaz)
1 March 2014 4
24 Nicaragua Byron Rojas 19 March 2016 0
25 Thailand Knockout CP Freshmart 29 June 2016 7
CP Freshmart is promoted to inaugural Super champion on WBA's February 2020 official ratings posted on 1 March.[235]
Thailand Knockout CP Freshmart – Super champion
(Regular champion promoted)
1 March 2020 – present 3
(10)

Secondary champion lineage[]

No. Name Date Defenses
1 Philippines Vic Saludar
(def. Robert Paradero)
20 February 2021 – present 0

See also[]

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