List of The Ring world champions
The Ring magazine has awarded world championships in professional boxing within each weight class from its foundation in 1922 until the 1990s, and again since 2001. These titles were at one point intertwined with the lineal championship of a weight class, but have since become distinct from each other.
History
The Ring began awarding world championship belts in 1922. The first Ring world title belt was awarded to Heavyweight Champion Jack Dempsey, and the second was awarded to Flyweight Champion Pancho Villa. The Ring stopped giving belts to world champions in the 1990s, then reintroduced their title in 2001 yet ignored the current world championship lineage.[1]
The Ring soon introduced a championship policy. A vacant title is awarded only to the winner of a fight between The Ring's No. 1 contender and No. 2 or the No. 3 contender. The ratings are compiled by the magazine's Editorial Board, with the participation of The Ring Ratings Panel of boxing journalists from around the world.
The Ring stated that their title was "intended to reward fighters who, by satisfying rigid criteria, can justify a claim as the true and only world champion in a given weight class".[2] However, many boxing journalists complained that The Ring ignored the current world championship lineage when they started awarding titles again. A controversy described by Cliff Rold of BoxingScene.com is for example, the "world" light-heavyweight title was considered vacant from the time Michael Spinks went up to heavyweight in 1985 until 1996. While the Cyber Boxing Zone and the International Boxing Research Organization considers Virgil Hill's defeat of Henry Maske (who were the two highest rated light-heavyweights) as the beginning of the new lineage,[3] The Ring controversially awarded their newly reintroduced title to Roy Jones.[4] In 2002, The Ring editor, Nigel Collins, acknowledged that if their championship policy was in place in 1997, Dariusz Michalczewski, who defeated Hill, "probably would have been The Ring Champion."[5]
In 2007, The Ring was acquired by Oscar De La Hoya's Golden Boy Enterprises, which includes Golden Boy Promotions, one of the most success promotional companies in boxing.[6] Golden Boy has publicized The Ring's World Championship when the title is at stake in fights it promotes (such as Joe Calzaghe vs. Roy Jones, Jr. in 2008).[7]
In May 2012, citing the number of vacancies in various weight classes as primary motivation, The Ring unveiled a new championship policy. Under the new policy, if the No. 1 and No. 2 contenders choose not to fight one another and either of them fights No. 3, No. 4 or No. 5, the winner may be awarded The Ring belt.
There are now also seven ways that a boxer can lose the title.[8]
- The champion loses a fight in the weight class in which he is champion.
- The champion moves to another weight class.
- The champion does not schedule a fight in any weight class for 18 months.
- The champion does not schedule a fight at his championship weight for 18 months (even if he fights at another weight).
- The champion does not schedule a fight with a Top-5 contender from any weight class for two years.
- The champion retires.
- The champion tests positive for a banned substance.
Some boxing journalists are extremely critical of the new championship policy and state that if this new policy is followed, the Ring title will lose the credibility it once held.[9][10][11]
Heavyweight
Number | Champion | Reign |
---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
1922 - September 23, 1926 |
2 | ![]() |
September 23, 1926 – July 31, 1928 (retired) |
3 | ![]() |
June 12, 1930 – June 21, 1932 |
4 | ![]() |
June 21, 1932 – June 29, 1933 |
5 | ![]() |
June 29, 1933 – June 14, 1934 |
6 | ![]() |
June 14, 1934 – June 13, 1935 |
7 | ![]() |
June 13, 1935 – June 22, 1937 |
8 | ![]() |
June 22, 1937 – March 1, 1949 (retired) |
9 | ![]() |
September 27, 1950 – July 18, 1951 |
10 | ![]() |
July 18, 1951 – September 23, 1952 |
11 | ![]() |
September 23, 1952 – April 27, 1956 (retired) |
12 | ![]() |
November 30, 1956 – June 26, 1959 |
13 | ![]() |
June 26, 1959 – June 20, 1960 |
14 | ![]() |
June 20, 1960 – September 25, 1962 |
15 | ![]() |
September 25, 1962 – February 25, 1964 |
16 | ![]() |
February 25, 1964 – February 3, 1971 (retired) |
17 | ![]() |
March 8, 1971 – January 22, 1973 |
18 | ![]() |
January 22, 1973 – October 30, 1974 |
19 | ![]() |
October 30, 1974 – February 15, 1978 |
20 | ![]() |
February 15, 1978 – September 15, 1978 |
21 | ![]() |
September 15, 1978 – September 6, 1979 (retired) |
22 | ![]() |
October 2, 1980 – September 21, 1985 |
23 | ![]() |
September 21, 1985 – June 27, 1988 |
24 | ![]() |
June 27, 1988 (new ownership discontinued championship policy during Tyson's reign) |
25 | ![]() |
2002 - February 6, 2004 (Retired) |
26 | ![]() |
April 24, 2004 – November 9, 2005 (retired) |
27 | ![]() |
June 20, 2009 – November 28, 2015 |
28 | ![]() |
November 28, 2015 – Present |
Cruiserweight
Number | Champion | Reign |
---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
February 3, 1984 – June 6, 1985 |
2 | ![]() |
June 6, 1985 – September 21, 1985 |
3 | ![]() |
September 21, 1985 – March 22, 1986 |
4 | ![]() |
March 22, 1986 – March 30, 1987 (The Ring stopped recognizing the cruiserweight division) |
5 | ![]() |
April 2, 2005 – January 7, 2006 |
6 | ![]() |
January 7, 2006 – March 17, 2007 |
7 | ![]() |
March 17, 2007 – November 10, 2007 |
8 | ![]() |
November 10, 2007 – May 23, 2008 (moved up to heavyweight) |
9 | ![]() |
December 11, 2008 – February 20, 2010 (moved up to heavyweight) |
10 | ![]() |
February 4, 2012 – September 29, 2015 (retired) |
Light heavyweight
Number | Champion | Reign |
---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
June 25, 1930 – November 16, 1934 |
2 | ![]() |
November 16, 1934 – October 31, 1935 |
3 | ![]() |
October 31, 1935 - June 1939 (Retired) |
4 | ![]() |
July 13, 1939 - May 1941 (moved up to heavyweight) |
5 | ![]() |
August 26, 1941 – July 26, 1948 |
6 | ![]() |
July 26, 1948 – January 24, 1950 |
7 | ![]() |
January 24, 1950 – December 17, 1952 |
8 | ![]() |
December 17, 1952 – May 12, 1962 (moved up to heavyweight) |
9 | ![]() |
May 12, 1962 – June 1, 1963 |
10 | ![]() |
June 1, 1963 – March 30, 1965 |
11 | ![]() |
March 30, 1965 – December 16, 1966 |
12 | ![]() |
December 16, 1966 – May 24, 1968 |
13 | ![]() |
May 24, 1968 - September 16, 1974 (retired) |
14 | ![]() |
1979 - November 30, 1979 (lost to Marvin Johnson) |
15 | ![]() |
November 30, 1979 – December 19, 1981 |
16 | ![]() |
December 19, 1981 – March 18, 1983 |
17 | ![]() |
March 18, 1983 – September 21, 1985 (vacated after winning the Heavyweight Title) |
18 | ![]() |
2001 - May 15, 2004 |
19 | ![]() |
May 15, 2004 – December 18, 2004 |
20 | ![]() |
December 18, 2004 – June 18, 2005 |
21 | ![]() |
June 18, 2005 – June 10, 2006 |
22 | ![]() |
June 10, 2006 – April 19, 2008 |
23 | ![]() |
April 19, 2008 – February 6, 2009 (retired) |
24 | ![]() |
August 14, 2010 – May 21, 2011 |
25 | ![]() |
May 21, 2011 – April 28, 2012 |
26 | ![]() |
April 28, 2012 – June 8, 2013 |
27 | ![]() |
June 8, 2013 – November 24, 2015 (The Ring vacated title) |
Super middleweight
Number | Champion | Reign |
---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
March 4, 2006 – September 28, 2008 (vacated after winning the Light Heavyweight Title) |
2 | ![]() |
December 17, 2011 – February 19, 2015 (The Ring vacated title) |
Middleweight
Number | Champion | Reign |
---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
1933 - September 23, 1937 (vacated title) |
2 | ![]() |
September 23, 1937 – 1938 (Stripped) |
3 | ![]() |
November 28, 1941 – July 16, 1947 |
4 | ![]() |
July 16, 1947 – June 10, 1948 |
5 | ![]() |
June 10, 1948 – September 21, 1948 |
6 | ![]() |
September 21, 1948 – June 16, 1949 |
7 | ![]() |
June 16, 1949 – February 14, 1951 |
8 | ![]() |
February 14, 1951 – July 10, 1951 |
9 | ![]() |
July 10, 1951 – September 12, 1951 |
10 | ![]() |
September 12, 1951 – December 18, 1952 (retired) |
11 | ![]() |
October 21, 1953 – December 9, 1955 |
12 | ![]() |
December 9, 1955 – January 2, 1957 |
13 | ![]() |
January 2, 1957 – May 1, 1957 |
14 | ![]() |
May 1, 1957 – September 23, 1957 |
15 | ![]() |
September 23, 1957 – March 25, 1958 |
16 | ![]() |
March 28, 1958 – January 22, 1960 |
17 | ![]() |
January 22, 1960 – July 11, 1961 |
18 | ![]() |
July 11, 1961 – April 7, 1962 |
19 | ![]() |
April 7, 1962 – May 7, 1963 (Retired) |
20 | ![]() |
May 7, 1963 – December 7, 1963 |
21 | ![]() |
December 7, 1963 – October 21, 1965 |
22 | ![]() |
October 21, 1965 – April 25, 1966 |
23 | ![]() |
April 25, 1966 – April 17, 1967 |
24 | ![]() |
April 17, 1967 – September 29, 1967 |
25 | ![]() |
September 29, 1967 – March 4, 1968 |
26 | ![]() |
March 4, 1968 – November 7, 1970 |
27 | ![]() |
November 7, 1970 – August 29, 1977 (retired) |
28 | ![]() |
November 5, 1977 – April 22, 1978 |
29 | ![]() |
April 22, 1978 – June 30, 1979 |
30 | ![]() |
June 30, 1979 – March 16, 1980 |
31 | ![]() |
March 16, 1980 – September 27, 1980 |
32 | ![]() |
September 27, 1980 - April 6, 1987 |
33 | ![]() |
April 6, 1987 - (retired, then moved up to super middleweight) |
34 | ![]() |
July 6, 1988 (new ownership discontinued championship policy during Kalambay's reign) |
35 | ![]() |
September 29, 2001 – July 16, 2005 |
36 | ![]() |
July 16, 2005 – September 29, 2007 |
37 | ![]() |
September 29, 2007 – April 17, 2010 |
38 | ![]() |
April 17, 2010 – June 7, 2014 |
39 | ![]() |
June 7, 2014 – November 21, 2015 |
40 | ![]() |
November 21, 2015 – present |
Junior middleweight
Number | Champion | Reign |
---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
June 4, 1974 – January 21, 1975 |
2 | ![]() |
January 21, 1975 – June 7, 1975 |
3 | ![]() |
June 7, 1975 – February 17, 1976 |
4 | ![]() |
February 17, 1976 – May 18, 1976 |
5 | ![]() |
May 18, 1976 – October 8, 1976 |
6 | ![]() |
October 8, 1976 – March 5, 1977 |
7 | ![]() |
March 5, 1977 – August 9, 1978 |
8 | ![]() |
August 9, 1978 – October 24, 1979 |
9 | ![]() |
October 24, 1979 - June 25, 1981 |
10 | ![]() |
June 25, 1981 – June 25, 1982 (vacated) |
11 | ![]() |
May 1983 - September 1986 (vacated) |
12 | ![]() |
September 14, 2002 – September 13, 2003 |
13 | ![]() |
September 13, 2003 – March 13, 2004 |
14 | ![]() |
March 13, 2004 – November 7, 2005 (moved up to Middleweight) |
15 | ![]() |
April 20, 2013 – September 14, 2013 |
16 | ![]() |
September 14, 2013 – August 10, 2015 (The Ring vacated title) |
Welterweight
Number | Champion | Reign |
---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
1933 - May 28, 1934 |
2 | ![]() |
May 28, 1934 – September 17, 1934 |
3 | ![]() |
September 17, 1934 – May 28, 1935 |
4 | ![]() |
May 28, 1935 – May 31, 1938 |
5 | ![]() |
May 31, 1938 – October 4, 1940 |
6 | ![]() |
October 4, 1940 – July 29, 1941 |
7 | ![]() |
July 29, 1941 – February 1, 1946 |
8 | ![]() |
February 1, 1946 – September 25, 1946 (retired) |
9 | ![]() |
December 20, 1946 – 1951 |
10 | ![]() |
August 29, 1951 – October 20, 1954 |
11 | ![]() |
October 20, 1954 – April 1, 1955 |
12 | ![]() |
April 1, 1955 – June 10, 1955 |
13 | ![]() |
June 10, 1955 – March 14, 1956 |
14 | ![]() |
March 14, 1956 – September 12, 1956 |
15 | ![]() |
September 12, 1956 – September 23, 1957 (vacated after winning the Middleweight Title) |
16 | ![]() |
June 6, 1958 – December 5, 1958 |
17 | ![]() |
December 5, 1958 – May 27, 1960 |
18 | ![]() |
May 27, 1960 – April 1, 1961 |
19 | ![]() |
April 1, 1961 – September 30, 1961 |
20 | ![]() |
September 30, 1961 – March 24, 1962 |
21 | ![]() |
March 24, 1962 – March 21, 1963 |
22 | ![]() |
March 21, 1963 – June 8, 1963 |
23 | ![]() |
June 8, 1963 – April 25, 1966 (vacated after winning the Middleweight Title) |
24 | ![]() |
November 28, 1966 – April 18, 1969 |
25 | ![]() |
April 18, 1969 – December 3, 1970 |
26 | ![]() |
December 3, 1970 – June 4, 1971 |
27 | ![]() |
June 4, 1971 – December 6, 1975 |
28 | ![]() |
December 6, 1975 – June 22, 1976 |
29 | ![]() |
June 22, 1976 – January 14, 1979 |
30 | ![]() |
January 14, 1979 – November 30, 1979 |
31 | ![]() |
November 30, 1979 – June 20, 1980 |
32 | ![]() |
June 20, 1980 – November 25, 1980 |
33 | ![]() |
November 25, 1980 – November 9, 1982 (retired) |
34 | ![]() |
December 6, 1985 – September 27, 1986 |
35 | ![]() |
September 27, 1986 – October 27, 1987 |
36 | ![]() |
October 27, 1987 – March 29, 1988 |
37 | ![]() |
March 29, 1988 – February 4, 1989 |
38 | ![]() |
February 4, 1989 (new ownership discontinued championship policy during Starling's reign) |
39 | ![]() |
January 26, 2002 – January 25, 2003 |
40 | ![]() |
January 25, 2003 – December 13, 2003 |
41 | ![]() |
December 13, 2003 – February 5, 2005 |
42 | ![]() |
February 5, 2005 – January 7, 2006 |
43 | ![]() |
January 7, 2006 – November 4, 2006 |
44 | ![]() |
November 4, 2006 – June 29, 2008 (retired) |
45 | ![]() |
May 4, 2013 – September 12, 2015 (retired) |
Junior welterweight
Number | Champion | Reign |
---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
December 15, 1962 - January 1963 (retired) |
2 | ![]() |
1963 - January 18, 1965 |
3 | ![]() |
January 18, 1965 – April 29, 1966 |
4 | ![]() |
April 29, 1966 – April 30, 1967 |
5 | ![]() |
April 30, 1967 – December 12, 1968 |
6 | ![]() |
December 12, 1968 – March 10, 1972 |
7 | ![]() |
March 10, 1972 – October 28, 1972 |
8 | ![]() |
October 28, 1972 – March 6, 1976 |
9 | ![]() |
March 6, 1976 – January 14, 1979 (won Welterweight Title) |
10 | ![]() |
1979 - August 2, 1980 |
11 | ![]() |
August 2, 1980 – October 26, 1983 (retired) |
12 | ![]() |
November 3, 2001 – June 4, 2005 |
13 | ![]() |
June 4, 2005 – May 2, 2009 |
14 | ![]() |
May 2, 2009 – July 23, 2010 (vacated) |
15 | ![]() |
July 14, 2012 – August 1, 2015 (vacated and moved up to welterweight) |
16 | ![]() |
July 23, 2016 - Present |
Lightweight
Number | Champion | Reign |
---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
June 23, 1933 – 1933 (vacated and moved up to junior welterweight) |
2 | ![]() |
May 10, 1935 – September 3, 1936 |
3 | ![]() |
September 3, 1936 – August 17, 1938 |
4 | ![]() |
August 17, 1938 – August 22, 1939 |
5 | ![]() |
August 22, 1939 – May 10, 1940 |
6 | ![]() |
May 10, 1940 – December 19, 1941 |
7 | ![]() |
December 19, 1941 – November 13, 1942 (Retired) |
8 | ![]() |
August 4, 1947 – May 25, 1951 |
9 | ![]() |
May 25, 1951 – May 14, 1952 |
10 | ![]() |
May 14, 1952 – October 15, 1952 |
11 | ![]() |
October 15, 1952 – March 5, 1954 |
12 | ![]() |
March 5, 1954 – November 17, 1954 |
13 | ![]() |
November 17, 1954 – June 29, 1955 |
14 | ![]() |
June 29, 1955 – August 24, 1956 |
15 | ![]() |
August 24, 1956 – April 21, 1962 |
16 | ![]() |
April 21, 1962 – April 10, 1965 |
17 | ![]() |
April 10, 1965 – November 13, 1965 |
18 | ![]() |
November 13, 1965 – June 29, 1968 |
19 | ![]() |
June 29, 1968 – February 18, 1969 |
20 | ![]() |
February 18, 1969 – March 3, 1970 |
21 | ![]() |
March 3, 1970 – September 26, 1970 |
22 | ![]() |
September 26, 1970 – June 26, 1972 |
23 | ![]() |
June 26, 1972 – February 2, 1979 (moved up to welterweight) |
24 | ![]() |
April 12, 1981 – June 20, 1981 |
25 | ![]() |
June 20, 1981 - February 1983 (moved up to junior welterweight) |
26 | ![]() |
October 29, 1988 – March 2, 1989 (The Ring vacated title) |
27 | ![]() |
August 20, 1989 (new ownership discontinued championship policy during Whitaker's reign) |
28 | ![]() |
April 20, 2002 – May 22, 2004 (moved up to junior welterweight) |
29 | ![]() |
June 5, 2004 – May 7, 2005 |
30 | ![]() |
May 7, 2005 – October 7, 2006 |
31 | ![]() |
October 7, 2006 – September 13, 2008 |
32 | ![]() |
September 13, 2008 – April 14, 2012 (moved up to junior welterweight) |
33 | ![]() |
November 29, 2014 – April 18, 2015 (moved up to junior welterweight) |
34 | ![]() |
September 24, 2016 – Present |
Junior lightweight
Number | Champion | Reign |
---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
1963 - June 15, 1967 |
2 | ![]() |
June 15, 1967 – December 14, 1967 |
3 | ![]() |
December 14, 1967 – July 29, 1971 |
4 | ![]() |
July 29, 1971 – April 25, 1972 |
5 | ![]() |
April 25, 1972 – March 13, 1973 |
6 | ![]() |
March 13, 1973 – October 17, 1973 |
7 | ![]() |
October 17, 1973 – October 16, 1976 |
8 | ![]() |
October 16, 1976 – August 2, 1980 |
9 | ![]() |
August 2, 1980 – April 9, 1981 |
10 | ![]() |
April 9, 1981 – January 19, 1983 |
11 | ![]() |
January 19, 1983 – February 26, 1984 |
12 | ![]() |
February 26, 1984 – May 19, 1985 |
13 | ![]() |
May 19, 1985 – May 24, 1986 |
14 | ![]() |
May 24, 1986 – September 27, 1986 |
15 | ![]() |
September 27, 1986 – March 30, 1987 |
16 | ![]() |
March 15, 2008 - July 2008 (moved up to lightweight) |
Featherweight
Number | Champion | Reign |
---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
1933 - |
2 | ![]() |
1935 - May 11, 1936 |
3 | ![]() |
May 11, 1936 – October 29, 1937 |
4 | ![]() |
October 29, 1937 – December 5, 1938 (vacated) |
5 | ![]() |
April 18, 1939 – May 20, 1940 |
6 | ![]() |
May 20, 1940 – May 12, 1941 |
7 | ![]() |
May 12, 1941 – September 11, 1941 |
8 | ![]() |
September 11, 1941 – November 20, 1942 |
9 | ![]() |
November 20, 1942 – October 29, 1948 |
10 | ![]() |
October 29, 1948 – February 11, 1949 |
11 | ![]() |
February 11, 1949 – September 8, 1950 |
12 | ![]() |
September 8, 1950 – January 21, 1957 (retired) |
13 | ![]() |
June 24, 1957 – March 18, 1959 |
14 | ![]() |
March 18, 1959 – March 21, 1963 |
15 | ![]() |
March 21, 1963 – September 26, 1964 |
16 | ![]() |
September 26, 1964 – October 14, 1967 (retired) |
17 | ![]() |
January 21, 1969 – May 9, 1970 |
18 | ![]() |
May 9, 1970 – December 11, 1970 |
19 | ![]() |
December 11, 1970 – May 19, 1972 |
20 | ![]() |
May 19, 1972 – December 16, 1972 (Vacated) |
21 | ![]() |
May 31, 1975 – June 20, 1977 (vacated and moved to junior lightweight) |
22 | ![]() |
March 10, 1979 – February 2, 1980 |
23 | ![]() |
February 2, 1980 – August 12, 1982 (died in car accident) |
24 | ![]() |
September 22, 1982 – June 8, 1985 |
25 | ![]() |
June 8, 1985 – June 23, 1986 |
26 | ![]() |
June 23, 1986 – March 6, 1987 |
27 | ![]() |
March 6, 1987 (new ownership discontinued championship policy during Esparragoza's reign) |
28 | ![]() |
June 22, 2002 – November 15, 2003 |
29 | ![]() |
November 15, 2003 – March 19, 2005 (moved up to junior lightweight) |
30 | ![]() |
January 19, 2013 – June 15, 2013 (moved up to junior lightweight) |
Junior featherweight
Number | Champion | Reign |
---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
March 9, 1979 - May 1983 |
2 | ![]() |
February 23, 2002 - May 2004 (moved to featherweight) |
3 | ![]() |
December 3, 2005 – March 3, 2007 |
4 | ![]() |
March 3, 2007 – August 4, 2007 |
5 | ![]() |
August 4, 2007 – May 28, 2009 (moved up to featherweight) |
6 | ![]() |
October 13, 2012 – April 13, 2013 |
7 | ![]() |
April 13, 2013 – February 9, 2016 (The Ring vacated title) |
Bantamweight
Number | Champion | Reign |
---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
June 18, 1929 – June 1, 1935 |
2 | ![]() |
June 1, 1935 – June 29, 1936 |
3 | ![]() |
June 29, 1936 – August 1, 1936 |
4 | ![]() |
August 31, 1936 – September 23, 1937 |
5 | ![]() |
September 23, 1937 – February 20, 1938 |
6 | ![]() |
February 20, 1938 – October 4, 1939 (vacated) |
7 | ![]() |
January 13, 1941 – August 7, 1942 |
8 | ![]() |
August 7, 1942 – January 6, 1947 |
9 | ![]() |
January 6, 1947 – March 11, 1947 |
10 | ![]() |
March 11, 1947 – May 31, 1950 |
11 | ![]() |
May 31, 1950 – November 15, 1952 |
12 | ![]() |
November 15, 1952 – May 16, 1954 (retired) |
13 | ![]() |
September 19, 1954 – June 29, 1956 |
14 | ![]() |
June 29, 1956 – April 1, 1957 |
15 | ![]() |
April 1, 1957 – July 8, 1959 |
16 | ![]() |
July 8, 1959 – August 30, 1960 (retired) |
17 | ![]() |
March 25, 1961 – May 17, 1965 |
18 | ![]() |
May 17, 1965 – February 26, 1968 |
19 | ![]() |
February 26, 1968 – August 22, 1969 |
20 | ![]() |
August 22, 1969 – October 16, 1970 |
21 | ![]() |
October 16, 1970 – April 2, 1971 |
22 | ![]() |
April 2, 1971 – March 19, 1972 |
23 | ![]() |
March 19, 1972 – July 30, 1972 |
24 | ![]() |
July 30, 1972 – January 30, 1973 |
25 | ![]() |
January 20, 1973 – November 3, 1973 |
26 | ![]() |
November 3, 1973 – July 3, 1974 |
27 | ![]() |
July 3, 1974 – March 14, 1975 |
28 | ![]() |
March 14, 1975 – November 19, 1977 |
29 | ![]() |
November 19, 1977 – August 29, 1980 |
30 | ![]() |
August 29, 1980 – November 14, 1980 |
31 | ![]() |
November 14, 1980 – April 7, 1984 |
32 | ![]() |
April 7, 1984 – March 10, 1986 |
33 | ![]() |
March 10, 1986 - June 4, 1986 |
34 | ![]() |
June 4, 1986 - March 1987 (moved up to junior featherweight) |
35 | ![]() |
September 16, 2016 – Present |
Junior bantamweight
The Ring has not yet awarded a championship in the junior bantamweight division.
Flyweight
Number | Champion | Reign |
---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
June 18, 1923 – September 24, 1925 |
2 | ![]() |
January 21, 1927 – August 23, 1927 (retired) |
3 | ![]() |
January 19, 1937 – June 29, 1938 (vacated due to missing weight) |
4 | ![]() |
September 22, 1938 – June 19, 1943 |
5 | ![]() |
June 19, 1943 – March 23, 1948 |
6 | ![]() |
March 23, 1948 – April 25, 1950 (retired) |
7 | ![]() |
April 25, 1950 – August 1, 1950 |
8 | ![]() |
August 1, 1950 – May 19, 1952 |
9 | ![]() |
May 19, 1952 – November 26, 1954 |
10 | ![]() |
November 26, 1954 – April 16, 1960 |
11 | ![]() |
April 16, 1960 – October 10, 1962 |
12 | ![]() |
October 10, 1962 – January 12, 1963 |
13 | ![]() |
January 12, 1963 – September 18, 1963 |
14 | ![]() |
September 18, 1963 – January 23, 1964 |
15 | ![]() |
January 23, 1964 – April 23, 1965 |
16 | ![]() |
April 23, 1965 – June 14, 1966 |
17 | ![]() |
June 14, 1966 – December 30, 1966 |
18 | ![]() |
December 30, 1966 – February 23, 1969 |
19 | ![]() |
February 23, 1969 – March 20, 1970 |
20 | ![]() |
March 20, 1970 – December 7, 1970 |
21 | ![]() |
December 7, 1970 – February 9, 1973 |
22 | ![]() |
February 9, 1973 – July 10, 1973 (vacated and moved to bantamweight) |
23 | ![]() |
January 8, 1975 – March 18, 1979 |
24 | ![]() |
March 18, 1979 – May 18, 1980 |
25 | ![]() |
May 18, 1980 - May 12, 1981 |
26 | ![]() |
May 12, 1981 – March 20, 1982 |
27 | ![]() |
March 20, 1982 – July 24, 1982 |
28 | ![]() |
July 24, 1982 – November 6, 1982 |
29 | ![]() |
November 6, 1982 – March 15, 1983 |
30 | ![]() |
March 15, 1983 – September 27, 1983 |
31 | ![]() |
September 27, 1983 – January 18, 1984 |
32 | ![]() |
January 18, 1984 – April 9, 1984 |
33 | ![]() |
April 9, 1984 – October 8, 1984 |
34 | ![]() |
October 8, 1984 - July 24, 1988 |
35 | ![]() |
July 24, 1988 (new ownership discontinued championship policy during Kim's reign) |
36 | ![]() |
March 27, 2010 – March 2, 2012 |
37 | ![]() |
March 2, 2012 – July 16, 2012 |
38 | ![]() |
July 16, 2012 – April 8, 2013 |
39 | ![]() |
April 8, 2013 – September 5, 2014 |
40 | ![]() |
September 5, 2014 – Present |
Junior flyweight
Number | Champion | Reign |
---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
March 31, 2003 – October 2, 2004 |
2 | ![]() |
September 30, 2006 – August 25, 2007 |
3 | ![]() |
August 25, 2007 – August 28, 2010 |
4 | ![]() |
August 28, 2010 – September 19, 2011 (moved up to flyweight) |
5 | ![]() |
May 10, 2014 – August 17, 2016 (moved up to flyweight) |
Strawweight
The Ring has not yet awarded a championship in the strawweight division.
See also
- The Ring
- Lineal championship
- List of current world boxing champions
- List of WBA world champions
- List of WBC world champions
- List of IBF world champions
- List of WBO world champions
- List of IBO world champions
- The Ring magazine Pound for Pound
References
- ↑ "About the Ring". Ring TV. November 5, 2013.
- ↑ "About The Ring". The Ring. June 26, 2006. Archived from the original on February 21, 2006. Retrieved June 6, 2006.
- ↑ "The Cyber Boxing Zone". cyberboxingzone.com.
- ↑ Rold, Cliff. "Boxing's Lineal Mathematics: Champion Versus Champion II". Wail!. CBZ. Retrieved January 29, 2010.
- ↑ "Boxing News : The Disputed Light Heavyweight Champion of the World". maxboxing.com. Archived from the original on October 15, 2004.
- ↑ "Golden Boy Enterprises' Subsidiary, Sports and Entertainment Publications, LLC, Acquires The Ring Magazine, KO, World Boxing and Pro Wrestling Illustrated". Golden Boy Promotions. September 12, 2007. Retrieved November 20, 2008.
- ↑ Kimball, George (April 27, 2008). "Calzaghe claim far from undisputed". Boston Herald. Retrieved November 14, 2008.
- ↑ THE RING (May 3, 2012). "THE RING updates championship policy". Ring TV.
- ↑ "Chat: Chat with Dan Rafael - SportsNation - ESPN". ESPN.com.
- ↑ Archived May 7, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ "Ring Magazine's pretend rankings upgrade 'championship' policy". theboxingtribune.com.
- "BoxRec title search". BoxRec.com. Retrieved May 7, 2007.
- "The Ring Ratings". The Ring. April 30, 2007. Archived from the original on April 30, 2007. Retrieved May 7, 2007.