List of WBC world champions
This is a list of WBC world champions, showing every world champion certificated by the World Boxing Council (WBC). The WBC is one of the four major governing bodies in professional boxing, and certifies world champions in 17 different weight classes. In 1963, the year of its foundation, the WBC inaugurated titles in all divisions with the exception of light flyweight, super flyweight, super bantamweight, super middleweight and cruiserweight, which were inaugurated in the subsequent decades. The most recent title inaugurated by the WBC is in the bridgerweight division in 2021.
Current champion | |
Most consecutive title defenses |
Heavyweight[]
No. | Name | Date | Defenses |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() (def. Floyd Patterson) |
22 July 1963 | 0 |
2 | ![]() |
25 February 1964 – 11 March 1969 | 9 |
Ali was stripped of his titles because of his objection to military service. | |||
3 | ![]() (def. Jimmy Ellis) |
16 February 1970 | 4 |
4 | ![]() |
22 January 1973 | 2 |
5 | ![]() |
30 October 1974 | 10 |
6 | ![]() |
15 February 1978 – 19 March 1978 | 0 |
Spinks was stripped of the title for pursuing a rematch against Muhammad Ali instead of a bout against mandatory challenger Ken Norton.[1] | |||
7 | ![]() (no. 1 contender promoted) |
29 March 1978 | 0 |
8 | ![]() |
9 June 1978 – 11 December 1983 | 16 |
Holmes vacated the title after a dispute with his promoter Don King over the proposed purse for a fight against mandatory challenger Greg Page.[2] | |||
9 | ![]() (def. Greg Page) |
9 March 1984 | 0 |
10 | ![]() |
31 August 1984 | 1 |
11 | ![]() |
22 March 1986 | 0 |
12 | ![]() |
22 November 1986 | 9 |
13 | ![]() |
11 February 1990 | 0 |
14 | ![]() |
25 October 1990 | 3 |
15 | ![]() |
13 November 1992 – 14 December 1992 | 0 |
Bowe vacated the title instead of fighting mandatory challenger Lennox Lewis, then dumped his WBC belt in a trash bin during a news conference in London.[3] | |||
16 | ![]() (no. 1 contender promoted) |
14 December 1992 | 3 |
17 | ![]() |
24 September 1994 | 1 |
18 | ![]() |
2 September 1995 | 0 |
19 | ![]() |
16 March 1996 – 24 September 1996 | 0 |
Tyson vacated the title to pursue a bout against Evander Holyfield instead of mandatory challenger Lennox Lewis.[4] | |||
20 | ![]() (def. Oliver McCall) |
7 February 1997 | 9 |
21 | ![]() |
22 April 2001 | 0 |
22 | ![]() |
17 November 2001 – 6 February 2004 | 2 |
Lewis retired as champion and chose not to rematch Vitali Klitschko ahead of a WBC-mandated 1 March deadline to accept the bout.[5] | |||
23 | ![]() (def. Corrie Sanders) |
24 April 2004 – 9 November 2005 | 1 |
Klitschko announced his retirement after withdrawing from a bout against Hasim Rahman due to injuries.[6] | |||
24 | ![]() (interim champion promoted) |
9 November 2005 | 1 |
25 | ![]() |
12 August 2006 | 1 |
26 | ![]() |
8 March 2008 | 0 |
27 | ![]() |
11 October 2008 – 16 December 2013 | 9 |
Klitschko vacated the title to focus on his career in politics in Ukraine.[7] | |||
28 | ![]() (def. Chris Arreola) |
10 May 2014 | 0 |
29 | ![]() |
17 January 2015 | 10 |
30 | ![]() |
22 February 2020 – present | 0 |
Cruiserweight[]
No. | Name | Date | Defenses |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() (def. Mate Parlov) |
31 March 1980 | 0 |
2 | ![]() |
25 November 1980 | 1 |
3 | ![]() |
27 June 1982 | 1 |
4 | ![]() |
17 July 1983 | 3 |
5 | ![]() |
6 June 1985 | 0 |
6 | ![]() |
21 September 1985 | 0 |
7 | ![]() |
22 March 1986 | 3 |
8 | ![]() |
9 April 1988 – July 1988 | 0 |
Holyfield vacated to move up to heavyweight. | |||
9 | ![]() (def. Sammy Reeson) |
17 May 1989 | 1 |
10 | ![]() |
27 July 1990 | 1 |
11 | ![]() |
20 July 1991 – 30 December 1994 | 7 |
Wamba vacated the title. | |||
12 | ![]() (def. Akim Tafer) |
25 July 1995 | 5 |
13 | ![]() |
21 February 1998 – 19 February 2002 | 10 |
Gómez vacated the title to move up to heavyweight. | |||
14 | ![]() (def. Vincenzo Cantatore) |
11 October 2002 | 3 |
15 | ![]() |
2 April 2005 | 0 |
16 | ![]() |
7 January 2006 | 0 |
17 | ![]() |
17 March 2007 | 0 |
18 | ![]() |
10 November 2007 – 12 May 2008 | 1 |
Haye vacated the title to move up to heavyweight.[8] | |||
19 | ![]() (def. Rudolf Kraj) |
24 October 2008 | 1 |
20 | ![]() |
21 November 2009 – 22 January 2010 | 0 |
Erdei vacates the title to move back down to light heavyweight.[9] | |||
21 | ![]() (def. Giacobbe Fragomeni) |
15 May 2010 | 6 |
22 | ![]() |
27 September 2014 – 16 March 2016 | 1 |
Drozd is declared champion in recess due to injury.[10] | |||
23 | ![]() (def. Ilunga Makabu) |
29 May 2016 – 28 March 2017 | 1 |
Bellew was stripped of the title and named Emeritus champion after moving up to heavyweight.[11] | |||
24 | ![]() (def. Marco Huck) |
1 April 2017 | 1 |
25 | ![]() |
27 January 2018 – 4 June 2019 | 2 |
Usyk was stripped of the title and named champion in recess after moving up to heavyweight.[12] | |||
26 | ![]() (def. Michał Cieślak) |
31 January 2020 – present | 1 |
Light heavyweight[]
No. | Name | Date | Defenses |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() (awarded the inaugural title) |
14 February 1963 | 0 |
2 | ![]() |
1 June 1963 | 2 |
3 | ![]() |
30 March 1965 | 3 |
4 | ![]() |
16 December 1966 | 2 |
5 | ![]() |
24 May 1968 – 9 August 1974 | 14 |
Foster was stripped of the title after failing to make a defense against number one contender John Conteh.[13] | |||
6 | ![]() (def. Jorge Ahumada) |
1 October 1974 – 18 May 1977 | 3 |
Conteh was stripped of the title after refusing to fight Jesse Burnett, alleging he was forced to sign the contract at gunpoint.[14] | |||
7 | ![]() (def. Jesse Burnett) |
21 May 1977 | 0 |
8 | ![]() |
8 January 1978 | 1 |
9 | ![]() |
2 December 1978 | 0 |
10 | ![]() |
22 April 1979 | 8 |
11 | ![]() |
19 December 1981 | 3 |
12 | ![]() |
18 March 1983 – 9 October 1995 | 4 |
Spinks, who had won the IBF heavyweight world championship the previous month against Larry Holmes, was stripped of the WBC light heavyweight title due to the WBC's policy against fighters holding world titles in multiple divisions at the same time.[15] | |||
13 | ![]() (def. Prince Mama Mohammed) |
10 December 1985 | 0 |
14 | ![]() |
30 April 1986 | 1 |
15 | ![]() |
7 March 1987 – 6 August 1987 | 0 |
Hearns vacated the title to fight Juan Roldán for the vacant WBC middleweight world championship.[16] | |||
16 | ![]() (def. Eddie Davis) |
27 November 1987 | 1 |
17 | ![]() |
7 November 1988 – 15 November 1988 | 0 |
Leonard vacated the title, noting he was unsure whether he would continue his career in boxing.[17] | |||
18 | ![]() (def. Tony Willis) |
21 February 1989 | 0 |
19 | ![]() |
24 June 1989 | 2 |
20 | ![]() |
28 July 1990 | 2 |
21 | ![]() |
11 September 1991 | 2 |
22 | ![]() |
23 July 1994 | 1 |
23 | ![]() |
16 June 1995 – March 1997 | 1 |
Tiozzo vacates the title. | |||
24 | ![]() (interim champion promoted) |
March 1997 | 0 |
25 | ![]() |
21 March 1997 | 0 |
26 | ![]() |
7 August 1997 – 5 November 1997 | 0 |
Jones vacated the title after his mandatory challenger Michael Nunn's promoter won a purse bid with the intent to stage it as a pay-per-view fight on Request TV, a rival platform to HBO, which Jones was contractually tied to.[18] | |||
27 | ![]() (def. Michael Nunn) |
21 March 1998 – June 1998 | 0 |
Rocchigiani was demoted to interim champion upon Roy Jones Jr.'s request to be reinstated as champion. | |||
28 | ![]() (reinstated) |
June 1998 – 1 March 2003 | 11 |
Jones Jr. vacates the title. | |||
29 | ![]() (def. Montell Griffin) |
26 April 2003 | 0 |
30 | ![]() |
8 November 2003 | 0 |
31 | ![]() |
15 May 2004 – December 2004 | 0 |
Tarver is stripped of the title for not fighting his mandatory challenger. | |||
32 | ![]() (def. Paul Briggs) |
21 May 2005 | 2 |
33 | ![]() |
3 February 2007 – 11 July 2008 | 3 |
Dawson vacated the title to pursue a bout against Antonio Tarver instead of interim champion Adrian Diaconu.[19] | |||
34 | ![]() (interim champion promoted) |
11 July 2008 | 0 |
35 | ![]() |
19 June 2009 | 2 |
36 | ![]() |
21 May 2011 | 0 |
37 | ![]() |
28 April 2012 | 0 |
38 | ![]() |
8 June 2013 | 9 |
39 | ![]() |
1 December 2018 | 1 |
40 | ![]() |
18 October 2019 – present | 1 |
Super middleweight[]
No. | Name | Date | Defenses |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() (def. Donny Lalonde) |
7 November 1988 – 15 December 1990 | 2 |
Leonard vacates the title citing that he is unsure whether he would fight again. | |||
2 | ![]() (def. Dario Matteoni) |
15 December 1990 | 2 |
3 | ![]() |
3 October 1992 | 9 |
4 | ![]() |
2 March 1996 | 0 |
5 | ![]() |
6 July 1996 | 0 |
6 | ![]() |
12 October 1996 | 3 |
7 | ![]() |
19 December 1997 | 0 |
8 | ![]() |
27 March 1998 | 2 |
9 | ![]() |
23 October 1999 | 1 |
10 | ![]() |
6 May 2000 | 0 |
11 | ![]() |
1 September 2000 | 0 |
12 | ![]() |
15 December 2000 – 1 May 2001 | 0 |
Hilton was stripped of the title after being convicted of sexually assaulting two teenaged girls.[20] | |||
13 | ![]() (def. Glenn Catley) |
10 July 2001 | 3 |
14 | ![]() |
5 April 2003 | 2 |
15 | ![]() |
5 June 2004 | 0 |
16 | ![]() |
9 October 2004 | 5 |
17 | ![]() |
14 October 2006 | 1 |
18 | ![]() |
3 November 2007 – 28 June 2008 | 0 |
Calzaghe vacated the title to pursue a fight with Roy Jones Jr. instead of mandatory challenger Carl Froch.[21] | |||
19 | ![]() (def. Jean Pascal) |
6 December 2008 | 2 |
20 | ![]() |
24 April 2010 – 6 September 2010 | 0 |
Kessler, who withdrew from the Super Six World Boxing Classic due to an eye injury, was stripped of the title and is designated by the WBC as Champion Emeritus.[22] | |||
21 | ![]() (def. Arthur Abraham) |
27 November 2010 | 1 |
22 | ![]() |
17 December 2011 – 20 May 2013 | 1 |
Ward is stripped of the title and is designated by the WBC as Champion Emeritus unbeknownst to him.[23] | |||
23 | ![]() (def. Marco Antonio Peribán) |
22 June 2013 | 1 |
24 | ![]() |
16 August 2014 | 0 |
25 | ![]() |
24 April 2015 – 18 January 2017 | 3 |
Jack vacated the title to move up to light heavyweight.[24] | |||
26 | ![]() (def. Ronald Gavril) |
8 September 2017 – 3 October 2018 | 1 |
Benavidez was stripped of the title after testing positive for cocaine and was named champion in recess.[25] | |||
27 | ![]() (def. Avni Yildirim) |
23 February 2019 | 0 |
28 | ![]() |
28 September 2019 – 14 August 2020 | 0 |
Benavidez was stripped of the title after failing to make weight for his fight against Roamer Alexis Angulo.[26] | |||
29 | ![]() (def. Callum Smith) |
19 December 2020 – present | 2 |
Middleweight[]
No. | Name | Date | Defenses |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() (def. Gene Fullmer) |
10 August 1963 | 0 |
2 | ![]() |
7 December 1963 | 1 |
3 | ![]() |
21 October 1965 | 0 |
4 | ![]() |
25 April 1966 | 2 |
5 | ![]() |
4 March 1968 | 4 |
6 | ![]() |
7 November 1970 – 9 February 1974 | 9 |
Monzón is stripped of his title for not fighting his mandatory challenger Rodrigo Valdéz. | |||
7 | ![]() (def. Bennie Briscoe) |
25 May 1974 | 4 |
8 | ![]() |
26 June 1976 – August 1977 | 1 |
Monzón retires. | |||
9 | ![]() (def. Bennie Briscoe) |
5 November 1977 | 0 |
10 | ![]() |
22 April 1978 | 2 |
11 | ![]() |
30 June 1979 | 1 |
12 | ![]() |
16 March 1980 | 1 |
13 | ![]() |
27 September 1980 | 12 |
14 | ![]() |
6 April 1987 – 27 May 1987 | 0 |
Leonard retires. | |||
15 | ![]() (def. Juan Roldán) |
29 October 1987 | 0 |
16 | ![]() |
6 June 1988 | 0 |
17 | ![]() |
24 February 1989 – December 1989 | 0 |
Durán vacates the title following his loss against Sugar Ray Leonard for his WBC super middleweight title. | |||
18 | ![]() (def. Herol Graham) |
24 November 1990 | 4 |
19 | ![]() |
8 May 1993 – 7 May 1994 | 3 |
McClellan vacates his title to move up to super middleweight. | |||
20 | ![]() (def. Agostino Cardamone) |
17 March 1995 | 0 |
21 | ![]() |
19 August 1995 | 0 |
22 | ![]() |
16 March 1996 | 2 |
23 | ![]() |
2 May 1998 | 0 |
24 | ![]() |
24 April 1999 | 2 |
25 | ![]() |
14 April 2001 | 7 |
26 | ![]() |
16 July 2005 | 4 |
27 | ![]() |
29 September 2007 | 3 |
28 | ![]() |
17 April 2010 – 18 January 2011 | 1 |
Martínez is stripped for not fighting his mandatory challenger Sebastian Zbik.[27] | |||
29 | ![]() (interim champion promoted) |
18 January 2011 | 0 |
30 | ![]() |
4 June 2011 | 3 |
31 | ![]() |
15 September 2012 | 1 |
32 | ![]() |
7 June 2014 – 17 November 2015 | 1 |
Cotto is stripped of his title for not abiding WBC's rules and regulations. Some sources tell that it was because he refused to pay the sanctioning fee.[28] | |||
33 | ![]() (def. Miguel Cotto) |
21 November 2015 – 18 May 2016 | 1 |
Álvarez vacated his title to avoid WBC's deadline on the ongoing negotiation with Gennady Golovkin.[29] | |||
34 | ![]() (interim champion promoted) |
18 May 2016 | 4 |
35 | ![]() |
15 September 2018 – 26 June 2019 | 1 |
Álvarez is designated by the WBC as Franchise champion.[30] | |||
36 | ![]() (interim champion promoted) |
26 June 2019 – present | 4 |
Super welterweight[]
No. | Name | Date | Defenses |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() (def. Stan Harrington) |
19 February 1963 | 0 |
2 | ![]() |
29 April 1963 | 1 |
3 | ![]() |
7 September 1963 | 3 |
4 | ![]() |
18 June 1965 | 1 |
5 | ![]() |
25 June 1966 | 2 |
6 | ![]() |
26 May 1968 – November 1968 | 1 |
Mazzinghi is stripped of his titles by the Italian Boxing Federation after an incorrect call made by the referee. | |||
7 | ![]() (def. Stanley Hayward) |
17 March 1969 | 2 |
8 | ![]() |
9 July 1970 | 1 |
9 | ![]() |
31 October 1971 | 6 |
10 | ![]() |
4 June 1974 | 1 |
11 | ![]() |
21 January 1975 – 22 March 1975 | 0 |
Wajima is stripped of his title for refusing to fight Miguel de Oliveira. | |||
12 | ![]() (def. José Durán) |
7 May 1975 | 0 |
13 | ![]() |
13 November 1975 | 2 |
14 | ![]() |
18 June 1976 | 2 |
15 | ![]() |
6 August 1977 | 2 |
16 | ![]() |
4 March 1979 | 3 |
17 | ![]() |
23 May 1981 | 2 |
18 | ![]() |
3 December 1982 – 1986 | 4 |
Hearns vacates his title to move up. | |||
19 | ![]() (def. John Mugabi) |
5 December 1986 | 0 |
20 | ![]() |
12 July 1987 | 0 |
21 | ![]() |
2 October 1987 | 1 |
22 | ![]() |
8 July 1988 | 0 |
23 | ![]() |
11 February 1989 | 0 |
24 | ![]() |
8 July 1989 | 0 |
25 | ![]() |
31 March 1990 | 10 |
26 | ![]() |
18 December 1993 | 1 |
27 | ![]() |
7 May 1994 | 0 |
28 | ![]() |
12 November 1994 | 1 |
29 | ![]() |
19 August 1995 | 6 |
30 | ![]() |
6 December 1997 | 1 |
31 | ![]() |
29 January 1999 | 5 |
32 | ![]() |
28 June 2001 | 2 |
33 | ![]() |
13 September 2003 | 0 |
34 | ![]() |
13 March 2004 – May 2005 | 1 |
Wright vacates his title to move up to middleweight. | |||
35 | ![]() (def. Michele Piccirillo) |
13 August 2005 | 0 |
36 | ![]() |
6 May 2006 | 0 |
37 | ![]() |
5 May 2007 – 2 July 2007 | 0 |
Mayweather Jr. vacates the title to focus in the welterweight division.[31] | |||
38 | ![]() (def. Carlos Baldomir) |
28 July 2007 | 1 |
39 | ![]() |
7 June 2008 | 0 |
40 | ![]() |
13 September 2008 – 21 May 2009 | 0 |
Forrest is stripped of his title because of a rib injury that prevented him from defending his title.[32] | |||
41 | ![]() (interim champion promoted) |
21 May 2009 – 16 June 2010 | 0 |
Martínez vacates his title to stay at middleweight.[33] | |||
42 | ![]() (def. Antonio Margarito) |
14 November 2010 – 8 February 2011 | 0 |
Pacquiao vacates his title to move back down to welterweight.[34] | |||
43 | ![]() (def. Matthew Hatton) |
5 March 2011 | 6 |
44 | ![]() |
14 September 2013 – 2 November 2015 | 1 |
Mayweather Jr. announced his retirement on 12 September 2015 but the title was officially vacated 2 months after. He was also designated by the WBC as Champion Emeritus.[35] | |||
45 | ![]() (def. John Jackson) |
21 May 2016 | 3 |
46 | ![]() |
22 December 2018 | 0 |
47 | ![]() |
21 December 2019 – present | 2 |
Welterweight[]
No. | Name | Date | Defenses |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() (awarded inaugural title) |
February 1963 | 0 |
2 | ![]() |
21 March 1963 | 0 |
3 | ![]() |
8 June 1963 – 1 August 1966 | 5 |
Griffith moves up and wins the WBA, WBC, and The Ring middleweight title; He then loses the lawsuit to retain his WBC welterweight title. | |||
4 | ![]() (def. Jean Josselin) |
28 November 1966 | 4 |
5 | ![]() |
18 April 1969 | 3 |
6 | ![]() |
3 December 1970 | 0 |
7 | ![]() |
4 June 1971 | 10 |
8 | ![]() |
6 December 1975 | 1 |
8 | ![]() |
22 June 1976 | 7 |
9 | ![]() |
14 January 1979 | 1 |
10 | ![]() |
30 November 1979 | 1 |
12 | ![]() |
20 June 1980 | 0 |
13 | ![]() |
25 November 1980 – 9 November 1982 | 3 |
Leonard retires for the first time. | |||
14 | ![]() (def. Colin Jones) |
13 August 1983 | 4 |
15 | ![]() |
6 December 1985 | 0 |
16 | ![]() |
27 September 1986 | 3 |
17 | ![]() |
28 October 1987 | 0 |
18 | ![]() |
29 March 1988 | 1 |
19 | ![]() |
4 February 1989 | 1 |
20 | ![]() |
19 August 1990 | 0 |
21 | ![]() |
18 March 1991 | 0 |
22 | ![]() |
29 November 1991 | 2 |
23 | ![]() |
6 March 1993 | 8 |
24 | ![]() |
12 April 1997 | 7 |
25 | ![]() |
17 September 1999 – 3 March 2000 | 0 |
Trinidad vacates his title to move up to super welterweight. | |||
26 | ![]() (reinstated) |
April 2000 | 0 |
27 | ![]() |
17 June 2000 | 3 |
28 | ![]() |
26 January 2002 | 1 |
29 | ![]() |
25 January 2003 | 1 |
30 | ![]() |
13 December 2003 | 2 |
31 | ![]() |
5 February 2005 | 1 |
32 | ![]() |
7 January 2006 | 1 |
33 | ![]() |
4 November 2006 – 6 June 2008 | 1 |
Mayweather Jr. announces his first retirement.[36] | |||
34 | ![]() (def. Miguel Ángel Rodríguez) |
21 June 2008 | 5 |
35 | ![]() |
16 April 2011 | 0 |
36 | ![]() |
17 September 2011 – 2 November 2015 | 5 |
Mayweather Jr. announced his retirement on 12 September 2015 but the title was officially vacated 2 months after. He was also designated by the WBC as Champion Emeritus.[35] | |||
37 | ![]() (def. Robert Guerrero) |
23 January 2016 | 0 |
38 | ![]() |
4 March 2017 – 24 April 2018 | 0 |
Thurman vacates his title due to injuries.[37] | |||
39 | ![]() (def. Danny García) |
8 September 2018 | 1 |
40 | ![]() |
28 September 2019 – present | 1 |
Super lightweight[]
No. | Name | Date | Defenses |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() (def. Roberto Cruz) |
15 June 1963 | 2 |
2 | ![]() |
18 January 1965 | 2 |
3 | ![]() |
29 April 1966 | 1 |
4 | ![]() |
30 April 1967 – 14 November 1968 | 1 |
Fuji was stripped of the title for not fighting his mandatory challenger. | |||
5 | ![]() (def. Adolph Pruitt) |
14 December 1968 | 0 |
6 | ![]() |
31 January 1970 – February 1974 | 9 |
Arcari vacates the title to move up to welterweight. | |||
7 | ![]() (def. Lion Furuyama) |
21 September 1974 | 1 |
8 | ![]() |
15 July 1975 | 1 |
9 | ![]() |
30 June 1976 | 0 |
10 | ![]() |
29 October 1976 | 7 |
11 | ![]() |
30 December 1978 | 2 |
12 | ![]() |
23 February 1980 | 5 |
13 | ![]() |
26 June 1982 | 2 |
14 | ![]() |
18 May 1983 | 2 |
15 | ![]() |
29 January 1984 | 3 |
16 | ![]() |
21 August 1985 | 0 |
17 | ![]() |
5 May 1986 | 0 |
18 | ![]() |
24 July 1986 | 1 |
19 | ![]() |
22 July 1987 | 0 |
20 | ![]() |
12 November 1987 | 4 |
21 | ![]() |
13 May 1989 | 12 |
22 | ![]() |
29 January 1994 | 0 |
23 | ![]() |
7 May 1994 | 4 |
24 | ![]() |
7 June 1996 – 12 April 1997 | 1 |
De La Hoya vacates the title to move up to welterweight. | |||
25 | ![]() (def. Miguel Ángel González) |
21 August 1999 – January 2004 | 7 |
Tszyu is stripped of the title for refusing to fight mandatory challenger Gianluca Branco. | |||
26 | ![]() (def. Gianluca Branco) |
24 January 2004 | 2 |
27 | ![]() |
25 June 2005 – 23 March 2006 | 0 |
Mayweather Jr. vacates the title to stay at welterweight.[38] | |||
28 | ![]() (def. DeMarcus Corley) |
15 September 2006 | 2 |
29 | ![]() |
10 May 2008 – 28 April 2009 | 2 |
Bradley is stripped of his title for refusing to fight his mandatory challenger Devon Alexander.[39] | |||
30 | ![]() (def. Junior Witter) |
1 August 2009 | 2 |
31 | ![]() |
29 January 2011 – 29 July 2011 | 0 |
Bradley is declared champion in recess for not defending it in six months.[40] | |||
32 | ![]() (def. Pablo César Cano) |
17 September 2011 – 23 March 2012 | 0 |
Morales came in overweight and is stripped of the title before fighting Danny García. Only García can win the title.[41] | |||
33 | ![]() (def. Érik Morales) |
24 March 2012 – 11 June 2015 | 5 |
García is stripped of the title for refusing to fight his mandatory challenger Viktor Postol.[42] | |||
34 | ![]() (def. Lucas Matthysse) |
3 October 2015 | 0 |
35 | ![]() |
23 July 2016 – 13 February 2018 | 3 |
Crawford vacates the title to move up to welterweight.[43] | |||
36 | ![]() (def. Amir Imam) |
17 March 2018 | 4 |
37 | ![]() |
22 May 2021 – present | 0 |
Lightweight[]
No. | Name | Date | Defenses |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() (awarded inaugural title) |
14 February 1963 | 3 |
2 | ![]() |
10 April 1965 | 0 |
3 | ![]() |
13 November 1965 | 5 |
4 | ![]() |
29 June 1968 | 1 |
5 | ![]() |
18 February 1969 | 1 |
6 | ![]() |
3 March 1970 – 15 September 1970 | 1 |
Laguna is stripped of the title. | |||
7 | ![]() (def. Rubén Navarro) |
12 February 1971 – 25 June 1971 | 0 |
Buchanan is stripped of the title for failing to defend his title against Pedro Carrasco | |||
8 | ![]() (def. Mando Ramos) |
5 November 1971 | 0 |
9 | ![]() |
18 February 1972 | 1 |
10 | ![]() |
15 September 1972 | 0 |
11 | ![]() |
10 November 1972 | 2 |
12 | ![]() |
11 April 1974 | 5 |
13 | ![]() |
8 May 1976 | 3 |
14 | ![]() |
21 January 1978 – January 1979 | 0 |
Durán vacates the title to move up to welterweight. | |||
15 | ![]() (def. Alfredo Pitalua) |
17 April 1979 | 4 |
16 | ![]() |
20 June 1981 – 15 February 1983 | 4 |
Argüello vacates the title to move up to super lightweight. | |||
17 | ![]() (def. José Luis Ramírez) |
1 May 1983 | 2 |
18 | ![]() |
3 November 1984 | 0 |
19 | ![]() |
10 August 1985 – 1987 | 2 |
Camacho vacates the title to move up to super lightweight. | |||
20 | ![]() (def. Terrence Alli) |
19 July 1987 | 2 |
21 | ![]() |
29 October 1988 – 13 May 1989 | 0 |
Chávez vacates the title to move up to super lightweight. | |||
22 | ![]() (def. José Luis Ramírez) |
20 August 1989 – 22 May 1992 | 6 |
Whitaker vacates the title to move up to super lightweight. | |||
23 | ![]() (def. Wilfrido Rocha) |
24 August 1992 – 19 August 1995 | 10 |
González vacates his title to move up to super lightweight. | |||
24 | ![]() (def. Lamar Murphy) |
20 April 1996 | 0 |
25 | ![]() |
1 March 1997 | 3 |
26 | ![]() |
13 June 1998 | 2 |
27 | ![]() |
27 February 1999 | 4 |
28 | ![]() |
17 June 2000 | 3 |
29 | ![]() |
20 April 2002 – 22 May 2004 | 3 |
Mayweather Jr. vacates the title to move up to super lightweight. | |||
30 | ![]() (def. Juan Lazcano) |
5 June 2004 | 2 |
31 | ![]() |
7 May 2005 – 6 October 2006 | 0 |
Corrales is stripped of the title for being overweight in his fight against Casamayor. | |||
32 | ![]() (def. Diego Corrales) |
7 October 2006 – 1 February 2007 | 0 |
Casamayor is stripped of the title for refusing to fight his mandatory challenger. | |||
33 | ![]() (interim champion promoted) |
1 February 2007 | 1 |
34 | ![]() |
28 June 2008 – 24 February 2009 | 0 |
Pacquiao vacates the title to move up to super lightweight.[44] | |||
35 | ![]() (def. Antonio Pitalúa) |
4 April 2009 – 9 February 2010 | 2 |
Valero is declared champion in recess after receiving a deep cut in his fight against Antonio DeMarco.[45] | |||
36 | ![]() (def. David Díaz) |
13 March 2010 – 1 July 2011 | 4 |
Soto vacates the title to move up to super lightweight.[46] | |||
37 | ![]() (def. Jorge Linares) |
15 October 2011 | 2 |
38 | ![]() |
17 November 2012 – 29 January 2014 | 1 |
Broner is stripped of his title for failing to defend his title for almost a year.[47] | |||
39 | ![]() (interim champion promoted) |
29 January 2014 – 10 November 2014 | 2 |
Figueroa Jr. is declared champion in recess because of injury.[48] | |||
40 | ![]() (def. Javier Prieto) |
30 December 2014 – 22 February 2016 | 2 |
Linares is declared champion in recess because of fractured hand.[49] | |||
41 | ![]() (def. Franklin Mamani) |
11 June 2016 | 0 |
42 | ![]() |
28 January 2017 – 25 April 2019 | 1 |
Garcia vacates the title to move up to welterweight.[50] | |||
41 | ![]() (def. Luke Campbell) |
31 August 2019 – 23 October 2019 | 0 |
Lomachenko is designated by the WBC as Franchise champion.[51] | |||
42 | ![]() (interim champion promoted) |
23 October 2019 – 12 December 2019 | 2 |
Haney is declared champion in recess after injuring his right shoulder.[52] | |||
43 | ![]() (reinstated) |
22 April 2020 – present | 1 |
Super featherweight[]
No. | Name | Date | Defenses |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() (def. Johnny Bizzaro) |
16 February 1963 | 5 |
2 | ![]() |
15 June 1967 | 0 |
3 | ![]() |
14 December 1967 – 18 January 1969 | 2 |
Kobayashi is stripped of the title for refusing to fight René Barrientos. | |||
4 | ![]() (def. Rubén Navarro) |
15 February 1969 | 0 |
5 | ![]() |
5 April 1970 | 3 |
6 | ![]() |
10 October 1971 | 5 |
7 | ![]() |
28 February 1974 | 3 |
8 | ![]() |
5 July 1975 | 10 |
9 | ![]() |
28 January 1978 – 1980 | 8 |
Argüello vacates the title to move up to lightweight. | |||
10 | ![]() (def. Idelfonso Bethelmy) |
11 December 1980 | 0 |
11 | ![]() |
8 March 1981 | 1 |
12 | ![]() |
29 August 1981 | 1 |
13 | ![]() |
29 May 1982 | 1 |
14 | ![]() |
11 December 1982 – 1983 | 1 |
Chacon is stripped of the title for refusing to fight his mandatory challenger. | |||
15 | ![]() (def. Rafael Limón) |
7 August 1983 – May 1984 | 1 |
Camacho vacates the title to move up to lightweight. | |||
16 | ![]() (def. Mario Martínez) |
13 September 1984 – 21 August 1987 | 9 |
Chávez vacates the title to move up to lightweight. | |||
17 | ![]() (def. Mario Martínez) |
29 February 1988 | 10 |
18 | ![]() |
7 May 1994 | 0 |
19 | ![]() |
17 September 1994 | 2 |
20 | ![]() |
1 December 1995 | 1 |
21 | ![]() |
22 March 1997 | 3 |
22 | ![]() |
3 October 1998 – 20 April 2002 | 8 |
Mayweather Jr. vacates the title to move up to lightweight. | |||
23 | ![]() (def. Kengo Nagashima) |
24 August 2002 | 1 |
24 | ![]() |
15 August 2003 | 0 |
25 | ![]() |
28 February 2004 | 1 |
26 | ![]() |
27 November 2004 | 4 |
27 | ![]() |
17 March 2007 | 1 |
28 | ![]() |
15 March 2008 – 16 July 2008 | 0 |
Pacquiao vacates the title to stay at lightweight.[53] | |||
29 | ![]() (def. Francisco Lorenzo) |
20 December 2008 – 18 March 2010 | 3 |
Soto vacates the title to stay at lightweight.[54] | |||
30 | ![]() (interim champion promoted) |
18 March 2010 | 2 |
31 | ![]() |
26 November 2010 | 3 |
32 | ![]() |
27 October 2012 | 0 |
33 | ![]() |
8 April 2013 | 4 |
34 | ![]() |
21 November 2015 | 1 |
35 | ![]() |
28 January 2017 | 6 |
36 | ![]() |
20 February 2021 – present | 1 |
Featherweight[]
No. | Name | Date | Defenses |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() (def. Davey Moore) |
21 March 1963 | 3 |
2 | ![]() |
26 September 1964 – 14 October 1967 | 7 |
Salvidar retires. | |||
3 | ![]() (def. Mitsunori Seki) |
23 January 1968 | 0 |
4 | ![]() |
24 July 1968 | 0 |
5 | ![]() |
21 January 1969 | 2 |
6 | ![]() |
9 May 1970 | 0 |
7 | ![]() |
11 December 1970 | 2 |
8 | ![]() |
19 May 1972 – 16 December 1972 | 0 |
Sánchez is stripped of the title after failing to make weight against José Legrá. | |||
9 | ![]() (def. Clemente Sánchez) |
16 December 1972 | 0 |
10 | ![]() |
5 May 1973 – 17 June 1974 | 1 |
Jofre is stripped of the title due to inactivity. | |||
11 | ![]() (def. Alfredo Marcano) |
7 September 1974 | 1 |
12 | ![]() |
20 June 1975 | 0 |
13 | ![]() |
20 September 1975 | 2 |
14 | ![]() |
13 November 1976 | 8 |
15 | ![]() |
2 February 1980 – 12 August 1982 | 9 |
Sánchez died thus making the title vacant.[55] | |||
16 | ![]() (def. Mario Miranda) |
15 September 1982 | 2 |
17 | ![]() |
31 March 1984 | 0 |
18 | ![]() |
8 December 1984 – 1988 | 6 |
Nelson vacates the title to move up to super featherweight. | |||
19 | ![]() (def. Victor Callejas) |
7 March 1988 – 1989 | 3 |
Fenech vacates the title to move up to super featherweight. | |||
20 | ![]() (def. Paul Hodkinson) |
2 June 1990 | 3 |
21 | ![]() |
14 November 1991 | 3 |
22 | ![]() |
28 April 1993 | 0 |
23 | ![]() |
4 December 1993 | 2 |
24 | ![]() |
7 January 1995 | 2 |
25 | ![]() |
23 September 1995 | 0 |
26 | ![]() |
11 December 1995 | 7 |
27 | ![]() |
15 May 1999 | 0 |
28 | ![]() |
15 May 1999 – 9 January 2000 | 0 |
Hamed vacates the title due to his commitment in his WBO title.[56] | |||
29 | ![]() (def. Luisito Espinosa) |
14 April 2000 | 1 |
30 | ![]() |
17 February 2001 | 1 |
31 | ![]() |
22 June 2002 – 22 June 2002 | 0 |
Barrera declines the title after winning against Morales. | |||
32 | ![]() (def. Paulie Ayala) |
16 November 2002 – 5 October 2003 | 2 |
Morales vacates the title to move up to super featherweight.[57] | |||
33 | ![]() (def. Michael Brodie) |
10 April 2004 | 3 |
34 | ![]() |
29 January 2006 | 0 |
35 | ![]() |
30 July 2006 | 0 |
36 | ![]() |
17 December 2006 – 31 July 2007 | 0 |
Chi vacates the title.[58] | |||
37 | ![]() (interim champion promoted) |
31 July 2007 – 13 August 2008 | 1 |
Linares vacates the title to move up to super featherweight.[59] | |||
38 | ![]() (interim champion promoted) |
13 August 2008 | 2 |
39 | ![]() |
12 March 2009 | 0 |
40 | ![]() |
14 July 2009 – 25 August 2010 | 1 |
Rojas is declared champion in recess after injuring his hand. | |||
41 | ![]() (def. Juan Carlos Burgos) |
26 November 2010 | 0 |
42 | ![]() |
8 April 2011 | 4 |
43 | ![]() |
14 September 2012 | 0 |
44 | ![]() |
4 May 2013 | 0 |
45 | ![]() |
24 August 2013 | 2 |
46 | ![]() |
28 March 2015 – present | 5 |
Super bantamweight[]
No. | Name | Date | Defenses |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() (def. Philip Waruinge) |
3 April 1976 | 2 |
2 | ![]() |
9 October 1976 | 0 |
3 | ![]() |
24 November 1976 | 1 |
4 | ![]() |
21 May 1977 – April 1983 | 17 |
Gómez vacates the title to move up to featherweight. | |||
5 | ![]() (def. Bobby Berna) |
15 June 1983 | 1 |
6 | ![]() |
3 November 1984 | 1 |
7 | ![]() |
18 August 1985 | 0 |
8 | ![]() |
18 January 1986 | 1 |
9 | ![]() |
8 May 1987 – 1988 | 2 |
Fenech vacates the title to move up to featherweight. | |||
10 | ![]() (def. Carlos Zárate) |
29 February 1988 | 5 |
11 | ![]() |
23 April 1990 | 1 |
12 | ![]() |
5 November 1990 | 0 |
13 | ![]() |
23 February 1991 | 0 |
14 | ![]() |
24 June 1991 | 2 |
15 | ![]() |
20 March 1992 | 0 |
16 | ![]() |
23 June 1992 | 4 |
17 | ![]() |
26 August 1994 | 2 |
18 | ![]() |
6 November 1995 | 4 |
19 | ![]() |
6 September 1997 – 19 February 2000 | 9 |
Morales vacates the title to move up to featherweight. | |||
20 | ![]() (def. Michael Brodie) |
9 September 2000 | 2 |
21 | ![]() |
1 November 2002 | 7 |
22 | ![]() |
12 December 2005 | 2 |
23 | ![]() |
3 March 2007 | 0 |
24 | ![]() |
4 August 2007 – 18 December 2008 | 1 |
Vázquez is stripped of the title after failing to defend the title due to a detached retina.[60] | |||
25 | ![]() (interim champion promoted) |
18 December 2008 – 15 March 2012 | 7 |
Nishioka is designated by the WBC as Champion Emeritus.[61] | |||
26 | ![]() (def. Eric Morel) |
21 April 2012 – 31 January 2013 | 1 |
Mares vacates the title to move up to featherweight.[62] | |||
27 | ![]() (def. Cristian Mijares) |
20 April 2013 | 0 |
28 | ![]() |
24 August 2013 – 1 November 2015 | 4 |
Santa Cruz vacates the title to stay at featherweight.[63] | |||
29 | ![]() (interim champion promoted) |
1 November 2015 | 0 |
30 | ![]() |
27 February 2016 | 0 |
31 | ![]() |
16 September 2016 – 9 December 2016 | 0 |
Hasegawa retires.[64] | |||
32 | ![]() (def. Gavin McDonnell) |
25 February 2017 – 14 August 2020 | 5 |
Vargas is declared champion in recess after breaking his leg.[65] | |||
33 | ![]() (def. Aarón Alameda) |
26 September 2020 | 0 |
34 | ![]() |
15 May 2021 – present | 0 |
Bantamweight[]
No. | Name | Date | Defenses |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() (awarded inaugural title) |
14 February 1963 | 2 |
2 | ![]() |
18 May 1965 | 4 |
3 | ![]() |
27 February 1968 | 3 |
4 | ![]() |
22 August 1969 | 2 |
5 | ![]() |
16 October 1970 | 0 |
6 | ![]() |
2 April 1971 | 2 |
7 | ![]() |
19 March 1972 | 0 |
8 | ![]() |
29 July 1972 – 5 January 1973 | 0 |
Pinder was stripped of the title for failing to defend it against the number one contender within six months of winning it.[66] | |||
9 | ![]() (def. Rodolfo Martínez) |
14 April 1973 | 2 |
10 | ![]() |
7 December 1974 | 3 |
11 | ![]() |
8 May 1976 | 9 |
12 | ![]() |
3 June 1979 – 9 July 1983 | 8 |
Pintor was stripped of the title after failing to defend it in over a year.[67] | |||
13 | ![]() (interim champion promoted) |
1 September 1983 – 1984 | 1 |
Dávila vacates the title for injuring his back resulting in failure to defend the title.[68] | |||
14 | ![]() (def. Fred Jackson) |
4 May 1985 | 0 |
15 | ![]() |
9 August 1985 | 7 |
16 | ![]() |
29 October 1988 | 7 |
17 | ![]() |
25 February 1991 | 1 |
18 | ![]() |
19 September 1991 | 0 |
19 | ![]() |
17 September 1992 | 1 |
20 | ![]() |
28 March 1993 | 1 |
21 | ![]() |
23 December 1993 | 4 |
22 | ![]() |
30 July 1995 – January 1997 | 2 |
McCullough vacates the title to move up to super bantamweight. | |||
23 | ![]() (interim champion promoted) |
January 1997 | 3 |
24 | ![]() |
22 November 1997 | 2 |
25 | ![]() |
29 December 1998 | 14 |
26 | ![]() |
16 April 2005 | 10 |
27 | ![]() |
30 April 2010 | 1 |
28 | ![]() |
19 February 2011 – 22 October 2011 | 1 |
Donaire vacates the title to move up to super bantamweight.[69] | |||
29 | ![]() (def. Christian Esquivel) |
6 November 2011 | 12 |
30 | ![]() |
15 August 2017 – 28 February 2018 | 0 |
Nery was stripped of the title after failing to make weight the day before his rematch against Shinsuke Yamanaka.[70] | |||
31 | ![]() (def. Rau'shee Warren) |
19 January 2019 – 13 November 2020 | 2 |
Oubaali was declared champion in recess after testing positive for COVID-19.[71] | |||
32 | ![]() (reinstated) |
10 January 2021 | 0 |
33 | ![]() |
29 May 2021 – present | 0 |
Super flyweight[]
No. | Name | Date | Defenses |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() (def. Lee Seung-hoon) |
2 February 1980 | 3 |
2 | ![]() |
24 January 1981 | 5 |
3 | ![]() |
28 November 1982 | 3 |
4 | ![]() |
27 November 1983 | 1 |
5 | ![]() |
5 July 1984 | 4 |
6 | ![]() |
30 March 1986 | 6 |
7 | ![]() |
16 May 1987 | 0 |
8 | ![]() |
8 August 1987 | 1 |
9 | ![]() |
8 April 1988 | 5 |
10 | ![]() |
7 November 1989 | 0 |
11 | ![]() |
20 January 1990 | 9 |
12 | ![]() |
13 November 1993 | 0 |
13 | ![]() |
4 May 1994 | 6 |
14 | ![]() |
20 February 1997 | 3 |
15 | ![]() |
29 August 1998 | 5 |
16 | ![]() |
27 August 2000 | 8 |
17 | ![]() |
28 June 2004 | 2 |
18 | ![]() |
18 July 2005 – 6 December 2006 | 1 |
Tokuyama vacated the title and announced his retirement.[72] | |||
19 | ![]() (interim champion promoted) |
6 December 2006 | 7 |
20 | ![]() |
1 November 2008 – 3 August 2010 | 3 |
Darchinyan vacated the title to move up to bantamweight. | |||
21 | ![]() (def. Kohei Kono) |
20 September 2010 | 2 |
22 | ![]() |
19 August 2011 | 1 |
23 | ![]() |
27 March 2012 | 2 |
24 | ![]() |
3 May 2013 | 1 |
25 | ![]() |
31 May 2014 | 6 |
26 | ![]() |
10 September 2016 | 0 |
27 | ![]() |
18 March 2017 | 3 |
28 | ![]() |
26 April 2019 – 26 March 2021 | 3 |
Estrada is designated by the WBC as Franchise champion to avoid his mandatory Srisaket Sor Rungvisai infavor of having an immediate rematch with Román González. A four-man tournament is announced by the WBC with Román González vs Juan Francisco Estrada and Srisaket Sor Rungvisai vs Carlos Cuadras. Rungvisai and Cuadras will fight for the vacant title.[73] |
Flyweight[]
No. | Name | Date | Defenses |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() (awarded inaugural title) |
14 February 1963 | 0 |
2 | ![]() |
18 September 1963 | 0 |
3 | ![]() |
23 January 1964 | 0 |
4 | ![]() |
23 April 1965 – 19 November 1965 | 0 |
Burruni was stripped of the title for failing to defend it against Hiroyuki Ebihara.[74] | |||
5 | ![]() (def. Katsuyoshi Takayama) |
1 March 1966 – 2 October 1968 | 3 |
Accavallo retired after withdrawing from a title defense against Jose Severino.[75] | |||
6 | ![]() (def. Bernabe Villacampo) |
10 November 1968 | 0 |
7 | ![]() |
23 February 1969 | 1 |
8 | ![]() |
20 March 1970 | 0 |
9 | ![]() |
7 December 1970 – 29 December 1971 | 2 |
Salavarria was stripped of the title after a liquid he drank between rounds during his 20 November 1971 bout against Betulio González tested positive for amphetamine.[76] | |||
10 | ![]() (def. Socrates Batoto) |
3 June 1972 | 0 |
11 | ![]() |
29 September 1972 – 11 July 1973 | 1 |
Borkhorsor vacated the title to move up to bantamweight.[77] | |||
12 | ![]() (def. Miguel Canto) |
4 August 1973 | 2 |
13 | ![]() |
1 October 1974 | 0 |
14 | ![]() |
8 January 1975 | 14 |
15 | ![]() |
18 March 1979 | 5 |
16 | ![]() |
18 May 1980 | 3 |
17 | ![]() |
12 May 1981 | 1 |
18 | ![]() |
20 March 1982 | 0 |
19 | ![]() |
24 July 1982 | 0 |
20 | ![]() |
6 November 1982 | 0 |
21 | ![]() |
15 March 1983 | 0 |
22 | ![]() |
27 September 1983 | 0 |
23 | ![]() |
18 January 1984 | 0 |
24 | ![]() |
9 April 1984 | 1 |
25 | ![]() |
8 October 1984 | 6 |
26 | ![]() |
24 July 1988 | 2 |
27 | ![]() |
3 June 1989 | 4 |
28 | ![]() |
15 February 1991 | 3 |
29 | ![]() |
23 June 1992 | 9 |
30 | ![]() |
12 November 1997 | 4 |
31 | ![]() |
4 December 1998 – 16 September 1999 | 1 |
Pacquiao was stripped of the title after failing to make weight the day before his bout against Medgoen 3K-Battery.[78] | |||
32 | ![]() (def. Manny Pacquiao) |
17 September 1999 | 1 |
33 | ![]() |
19 May 2000 | 1 |
34 | ![]() |
2 March 2001 | 17 |
35 | ![]() |
18 July 2007 | 5 |
36 | ![]() |
29 November 2009 | 0 |
37 | ![]() |
27 March 2010 | 4 |
38 | ![]() |
2 March 2012 | 0 |
39 | ![]() |
16 July 2012 | 1 |
40 | ![]() |
8 April 2013 | 3 |
41 | ![]() |
5 September 2014 – 1 October 2016 | 4 |
González vacated the title after moving up in weight and winning the WBC super flyweight world championship against Carlos Cuadras on 10 September 2016.[79] | |||
42 | ![]() (def. Nawaphon Sor Rungvisai) |
4 March 2017 | 0 |
43 | ![]() |
20 May 2017 – 14 April 2018 | 2 |
Higa was stripped of the title for failing to make weight the day before his bout against Cristofer Rosales.[80] | |||
44 | ![]() (def. Daigo Higa) |
15 April 2018 | 1 |
45 | ![]() |
22 December 2018 – 4 October 2019 | 2 |
Edwards vacated the title over concerns of not being able to make weight.[81] | |||
46 | ![]() (def. Cristofer Rosales) |
20 December 2019 – present | 3 |
Light flyweight[]
No. | Name | Date | Defenses |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() (def. Valentin Martinez) |
4 April 1975 – August 1975 | 1 |
Udella was stripped of the title after withdrawing from a 12 September bout against Rafael Lovera due to a fever.[82] | |||
2 | ![]() (def. Rafael Lovera) |
13 September 1975 | 11 |
3 | ![]() |
19 February 1978 | 0 |
4 | ![]() |
6 May 1978 | 1 |
5 | ![]() |
30 September 1978 | 3 |
6 | ![]() |
3 January 1980 | 0 |
7 | ![]() |
24 March 1980 | 8 |
8 | ![]() |
6 February 1982 | 0 |
9 | ![]() |
13 April 1982 | 0 |
10 | ![]() |
20 July 1982 | 2 |
11 | ![]() |
26 March 1983 – 1988 | 15 |
Jung-koo retires. | |||
11 | ![]() (def. Kang Soon-Jung) |
11 December 1988 | 0 |
12 | ![]() |
19 March 1989 | 0 |
13 | ![]() |
25 June 1989 | 5 |
14 | ![]() |
19 December 1990 | 0 |
15 | ![]() |
25 March 1991 | 0 |
16 | ![]() |
3 June 1991 | 4 |
17 | ![]() |
13 March 1993 | 2 |
18 | ![]() |
19 February 1994 | 3 |
19 | ![]() |
15 July 1995 | 10 |
20 | ![]() |
17 October 1999 | 3 |
21 | ![]() |
6 July 2002 – 18 December 2004 | 7 |
Arce vacates the title to move up to flyweight. | |||
22 | ![]() (def. José Antonio Aguirre) |
11 March 2005 | 0 |
23 | ![]() |
10 September 2005 | 1 |
24 | ![]() |
10 August 2006 – 1 February 2007 | 1 |
Niño was stripped of his title after testing positive for methamphetamine following his 18 November 2006 bout against Brian Viloria.[83] | |||
25 | ![]() (def. Brian Viloria) |
14 April 2007 | 10 |
26 | ![]() |
21 November 2009 | 1 |
27 | ![]() |
19 June 2010 | 0 |
28 | ![]() |
6 November 2010 | 1 |
29 | ![]() |
30 April 2011 | 1 |
30 | ![]() |
23 December 2011 | 1 |
31 | ![]() |
6 October 2012 | 4 |
32 | ![]() |
6 April 2014 – 3 November 2014 | 1 |
Inoue vacates the title to move up to super flyweight.[84] | |||
33 | ![]() (def. Akira Yaegashi) |
30 December 2014 | 2 |
34 | ![]() |
28 November 2015 | 0 |
35 | ![]() |
4 March 2016 | 1 |
36 | ![]() |
20 May 2017 – present | 8 |
Strawweight[]
No. | Name | Date | Defenses |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() (def. Mai Thomburifarm) |
18 October 1987 | 2 |
2 | ![]() |
13 November 1988 | 2 |
3 | ![]() |
12 November 1989 | 0 |
4 | ![]() |
7 February 1990 | 1 |
5 | ![]() |
25 October 1990 – September 1999 | 21 |
López vacates the title to move up to light flyweight. | |||
6 | ![]() (interim champion promoted) |
September 1999 | 0 |
7 | ![]() |
11 February 2000 | 7 |
8 | ![]() |
10 January 2004 | 1 |
9 | ![]() |
18 December 2004 | 0 |
10 | ![]() |
4 April 2005 | 0 |
11 | ![]() |
6 August 2005 | 4 |
12 | ![]() |
29 November 2007 | 6 |
13 | ![]() |
11 February 2011 – 1 July 2012 | 3 |
Ioka, the unified WBC/WBA minimumweight world champion, vacated the title because both sanctioning bodies were requiring him to make different mandatory defenses of his titles.[85] | |||
14 | ![]() (def. Javier Martínez Resendiz) |
24 November 2012 | 2 |
15 | ![]() |
5 February 2014 | 1 |
16 | ![]() |
6 November 2014 | 12 |
17 | ![]() |
27 November 2020 – present | 0 |
See also[]
- List of current world boxing champions
- List of undisputed boxing champions
- List of WBA world champions
- List of IBF world champions
- List of WBO world champions
- List of The Ring world champions
- List of WBC female world champions
- List of IBO world champions
- List of current WBC international champions
- List of current WBC youth world champions
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