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 minimumweight (also called strawweight) division in 1987.

Heavyweight

Name	Reign period	No. of successful defenses	Days
Sonny Liston	July 22, 1963 – February 25, 1964	0	218
Muhammad Ali	February 25, 1964 – March 11, 1969 (stripped)	9	1841
Joe Frazier def. Jimmy Ellis	February 16, 1970 – January 22, 1973	4	1375
George Foreman	January 22, 1973 – October 30, 1974	2	646
Muhammad Ali	October 30, 1974 – February 15, 1978	10	1204
Leon Spinks	February 15, 1978 – March 18, 1978 (stripped)	0	31
Ken Norton (Status elevated as #1 contender)	March 29, 1978 – June 9, 1978	0	72
Larry Holmes	June 9, 1978 – December 11, 1983 (vacated)	16	2011
Tim Witherspoon def. Greg Page	March 9, 1984 – August 31, 1984	0	175
Pinklon Thomas	August 31, 1984 – March 22, 1986	1	568
Trevor Berbick	March 22, 1986 – November 22, 1986	0	245
Mike Tyson	November 22, 1986 – February 11, 1990	9	1176
James "Buster" Douglas	February 11, 1990 – October 25, 1990	0	256
Evander Holyfield	October 25, 1990 – November 13, 1992	3	780
Riddick Bowe	November 13, 1992 – December 14, 1992 (stripped)	0	31
Lennox Lewis Status elevated as Bowe refused to face Lewis	December 14, 1992 – September 24, 1994	3	649
Oliver McCall	September 24, 1994 – September 2, 1995	1	343
Frank Bruno	September 2, 1995 – March 16, 1996	0	196
Mike Tyson	March 16, 1996 – September 24, 1996 (vacated)	0	192
Lennox Lewis def. Oliver McCall	February 7, 1997 – April 22, 2001	9	1535
Hasim Rahman	April 22, 2001 – November 17, 2001	0	209
Lennox Lewis	November 17, 2001 – February 6, 2004 (retired)	2	811
Vitali Klitschko def. Corrie Sanders	April 24, 2004 – November 9, 2005 (retired)	1	564
Hasim Rahman (Elevated from Interim status)	November 9, 2005 – August 12, 2006	1	276
Oleg Maskaev	August 12, 2006 – March 8, 2008	1	574
Samuel Peter	March 8, 2008 – October 11, 2008	0	217
Vitali Klitschko	October 11, 2008 – December 15, 2013 (retired)	9	1891
Bermane Stiverne def. Chris Arreola	May 10, 2014 – January 17, 2015	0	252
Deontay Wilder	January 17, 2015 – Present	4	675

Cruiserweight

Name	Reign period	No. of successful defenses	Days
Marvin Camel	March 31, 1980 – November 25, 1980	0	239
Carlos De León	November 25, 1980 – June 27, 1982	1	459
S. T. Gordon	June 27, 1982 – July 17, 1983	1	385
Carlos De León	July 17, 1983 – June 6, 1985	3	690
Alfonso Ratliff	June 6, 1985 – September 21, 1985	0	107
Bernard Benton	September 21, 1985 – March 22, 1986	0	183
Carlos De León	March 22, 1986 – April 9, 1988	3	777
Evander Holyfield	April 9, 1988 – April 9, 1989 (vacated)	0	365
Carlos De León def. Sammy Reeson	May 17, 1989 – July 27, 1990	3	375
Massimiliano Duran	July 27, 1990 – July 20, 1991	1	358
Anaclet Wamba	July 20, 1991 – December 30, 1994	7	1259
Marcelo Domínguez def. Akim Tafer	July 25, 1995 – February 21, 1998	5	942
Juan Carlos Gómez	February 21, 1998 – February 19, 2002 (vacated)	10	1459
Wayne Braithwaite def. Vincenzo Cantatore	October 11, 2002 – April 2, 2005	3	904
Jean-Marc Mormeck	April 2, 2005 – January 7, 2006	0	280
O'Neil Bell	January 7, 2006 – March 17, 2007	0	424
Jean-Marc Mormeck	March 17, 2007 – November 10, 2007	0	238
David Haye	November 10, 2007 – May 12, 2008 (vacated)	1	184
Giacobbe Fragomeni def. Rudolf Kraj	October 24, 2008 – November 21, 2009	1	393
Zsolt Erdei	November 21, 2009 – January 13, 2010 (vacated)	0	206
Krzysztof Włodarczyk def. Giacobbe Fragomeni	May 15, 2010 – September 27, 2014	6	1596
Grigory Drozd	September 27, 2014 – March 16, 2016 (stripped)	1	536
Tony Bellew def. Ilunga Makabu	May 29, 2016	1	177

Light heavyweight

Name	Reign period	No. of successful defenses	Days
Willie Pastrano	June 1, 1963 – March 30, 1965	2	668
José Torres	March 30, 1965 – December 16, 1966	3	626
Dick Tiger	December 16, 1966 – May 24, 1968	2	525
Bob Foster	May 24, 1968 – September 16, 1974 (retired)	14	2306
John Conteh def. Jorge Ahumada	October 1, 1974 – May 21, 1977 (stripped)	3	963
Miguel Angel Cuello def. Jesse Burnett	May 21, 1977 – January 8, 1978	0	232
Mate Parlov	January 8, 1978 – December 2, 1978	1	328
Marvin Johnson	December 2, 1978 – August 18, 1979	0	250
Matthew Saad Muhammad	August 18, 1979 – December 19, 1981	8	854
Dwight Muhammad Qawi	December 19, 1981 – March 18, 1983	3	454
Michael Spinks	March 18, 1983 – September 21, 1985 (vacated)	4	918
J. B. Williamson def. Prince Mama Mohammed	December 10, 1985 – April 30, 1986	0	141
Dennis Andries	April 30, 1986 – March 7, 1987	1	311
Thomas Hearns	March 7, 1987 – November 21, 1987 (vacated)	0	259
Donny Lalonde def. Eddie Davis	November 27, 1987 – November 7, 1988	1	346
Sugar Ray Leonard	November 7, 1988 – February 21, 1989 (vacated)	0	106
Dennis Andries def. Tony Willis	February 21, 1989 – June 24, 1989	0	123
Jeff Harding	June 24, 1989 – July 28, 1990	2	399
Dennis Andries	July 28, 1990 – September 11, 1991	2	409
Jeff Harding	September 11, 1991 – July 23, 1994	2	1046
Mike McCallum	July 23, 1994 – June 16, 1995	1	694
Fabrice Tiozzo	June 16, 1995 – March 1997 (vacated)	1	654
Roy Jones, Jr. (Elevated from Interim status)	March 1997 – March 21, 1997	0	21
Montell Griffin	March 21, 1997 – August 7, 1997	0	139
Roy Jones, Jr.	August 7, 1997 – January 1998 (vacated)	0	177
Graciano Rocchigiani def. Michael Nunn	March 21, 1998 – April 15, 2000 (Restored champion)	0	756
Roy Jones, Jr.	May 2000 – March 1, 2003 (vacated)	6	1004
Antonio Tarver	April 26, 2003 – November 8, 2003	0	196
Roy Jones, Jr.	November 8, 2003 – May 15, 2004	0	189
Antonio Tarver	May 25, 2004 – December 2004 (stripped)	0	220
Tomasz Adamek def. Paul Briggs	May 21, 2005 – February 3, 2007	2	623
Chad Dawson	February 3, 2007 – July 11, 2008 (stripped)	3	524
Adrian Diaconu (Elevated from Interim status)	July 11, 2008 – June 19, 2009	0	343
Jean Pascal	June 19, 2009 – May 21, 2011	2	701
Bernard Hopkins	May 21, 2011 – April 28, 2012	0	343
Chad Dawson	April 28, 2012 – June 8, 2013	0	406
Adonis Stevenson	June 8, 2013 – Present	7	1263

Super middleweight

Name	Reign period	No. of successful defenses	Days
Sugar Ray Leonard	November 7, 1988 – December 15, 1990 (retired)	2	768
Mauro Galvano def. Dario Matteoni	December 15, 1990 – October 3, 1992	2	658
Nigel Benn	October 3, 1992 – March 2, 1996	9	1246
Thulani Malinga	March 2, 1996 – July 6, 1996	0	126
Vincenzo Nardiello	July 6, 1996 – October 12, 1996	0	98
Robin Reid	October 12, 1996 – December 19, 1997	3	433
Thulani Malinga	December 19, 1997 – March 27, 1998	0	433
Richie Woodhall	March 27, 1998 – October 23, 1999	2	575
Markus Beyer	October 23, 1999 – May 6, 2000	1	196
Glenn Catley	May 6, 2000 – September 1, 2000	0	118
Dingaan Thobela	September 1, 2000 – December 15, 2000	0	105
Dave Hilton, Jr.	December 15, 2000 – May 2001 (stripped)	0	167
Éric Lucas def. Glenn Catley	June 10, 2001 – April 5, 2003	3	664
Markus Beyer	April 5, 2003 – June 5, 2004	2	427
Christian Sanavia	June 5, 2004 – October 9, 2004	0	126
Markus Beyer	October 9, 2004 – October 14, 2006	3	735
Mikkel Kessler	October 14, 2006 – November 3, 2007	1	385
Joe Calzaghe	November 3, 2007 – June 28, 2008 (vacated)	0	238
Carl Froch def. Jean Pascal	December 6, 2008 – April 24, 2010	2	504
Mikkel Kessler	April 25, 2010 – November 2010 (vacated)	0	219
Carl Froch def. Arthur Abraham	November 27, 2010 – December 17, 2011	1	385
Andre Ward	December 17, 2011 – May 20, 2013 (stripped)	1	520
Sakio Bika	June 22, 2013 – August 16, 2014	1	420
Anthony Dirrell	August 16, 2014 – April 24, 2015	0	251
Badou Jack	April 24, 2015 – Present	2	578

Middleweight

Name	Reign period	No. of successful defenses	Days'
Dick Tiger	August 10, 1963 – December 7, 1963	0	119
Joey Giardello	December 7, 1963 – October 21, 1965	1	182
Dick Tiger	October 21, 1965 – April 25, 1966	0	186
Emile Griffith	April 25, 1966 – April 17, 1967	2	357
Nino Benvenuti	March 4, 1968 – November 7, 1970	4	978
Carlos Monzón	November 7, 1970 – February 9, 1974 (stripped)	9	1190
Rodrigo Valdéz def. Bennie Briscoe	May 25, 1974 – June 26, 1976	4	763
Carlos Monzón	June 26, 1976 – August 1977 (retired)	1	376
Rodrigo Valdéz def. Bennie Briscoe	November 5, 1977 – April 22, 1978	0	168
Hugo Corro	April 22, 1978 – June 30, 1979	2	434
Vito Antuofermo	June 30, 1979 – March 16, 1980	1	260
Alan Minter	March 16, 1980 – September 27, 1980	1	195
Marvelous Marvin Hagler	September 27, 1980 – April 6, 1987	12	2474
Sugar Ray Leonard	April 6, 1987 – May 27, 1987 (retired)	0	51
Thomas Hearns def. Juan Roldán	October 29, 1987 – June 6, 1988	0	253
Iran Barkley	June 6, 1988 – February 24, 1989	0	263
Roberto Durán	February 24, 1989 – December 1989 (vacated)	0	310
Julian Jackson def. Herol Graham	November 24, 1990 – May 8, 1993	4	896
Gerald McClellan	May 8, 1993 – May 7, 1994 (vacated)	3	364
Julian Jackson def. Agostino Cardamone	March 17, 1995 – August 19, 1995	0	155
Quincy Taylor	August 19, 1995 – March 16, 1996	0	211
Keith Holmes	March 16, 1996 – May 2, 1998	2	716
Hassine Cherifi	May 2, 1998 – April 24, 1999	0	357
Keith Holmes	April 24, 1999 – April 14, 2001	2	721
Bernard Hopkins	April 14, 2001 – July 16, 2005	7	1554
Jermain Taylor	July 16, 2005 – September 29, 2007	4	805
Kelly Pavlik	September 29, 2007 – April 17, 2010	3	931
Sergio Martínez	April 17, 2010 – January 17, 2011 (stripped)	1	214
Sebastian Zbik (Elevated from interim status)	January 17, 2011 – June 4, 2011	0	138
Julio César Chávez, Jr.	June 4, 2011 – September 15, 2012	3	469
Sergio Martínez	September 15, 2012 – June 7, 2014	1	630
Miguel Ángel Cotto	June 7, 2014 – November 17, 2015 (stripped)	1	528
Saúl Álvarez (def. Miguel Cotto)	November 21, 2015 – May 18, 2016 (vacated)	1	179
Gennady Golovkin (Elevated from interim status)	May 18, 2016 – present	1	188

Super welterweight

Name	Reign period	No. of successful defenses	Days
Denny Moyer	February 19, 1963 – April 29, 1963	0	69
Ralph Dupas	April 29, 1963 – September 7, 1963	1	131
Sandro Mazzinghi	September 7, 1963 – June 18, 1965	3	650
Nino Benvenuti	June 18, 1965 – June 25, 1966	1	7
Kim Ki-Soo	June 25, 1966 – May 26, 1968	2	700
Sandro Mazzinghi	May 26, 1968 – November 1968 (stripped)	1	188
Freddie Little def. Stanley Hayward	March 17, 1969 – July 9, 1970	2	479
Carmelo Bossi	July 9, 1970 – October 31, 1971	1	479
Koichi Wajima	October 31, 1971 – June 4, 1974	6	947
Oscar Albarado	June 4, 1974 – January 21, 1975	1	231
Koichi Wajima	January 21, 1975 – April 1975 (stripped)	0	99
Miguel De Oliveira def. José Durán	May 7, 1975 – November 13, 1975	0	190
Elisha Obed	November 13, 1975 – June 18, 1976	2	218
Eckhard Dagge	June 18, 1976 – August 6, 1977	2	414
Rocky Mattioli	August 6, 1977 – March 4, 1979	2	575
Maurice Hope	March 4, 1979 – May 23, 1981	3	811
Wilfred Benítez	May 23, 1981 – December 3, 1982	2	559
Thomas Hearns	December 3, 1982 – 1986 (vacated)	4	1489
Duane Thomas def. John Mugabi	December 5, 1986 – July 12, 1987	0	219
Lupe Aquino	July 12, 1987 – October 2, 1987	0	82
Gianfranco Rosi	October 2, 1987 – July 8, 1988	1	280
Donald Curry	July 8, 1988 – February 11, 1989	0	218
Rene Jacquot	February 11, 1989 – July 8, 1989	0	147
John Mugabi	July 8, 1989 – March 31, 1990	0	266
Terry Norris	March 31, 1990 – December 18, 1993	10	1358
Simon Brown	December 18, 1993 – May 7, 1994	1	140
Terry Norris	May 7, 1994 – November 12, 1994	0	189
Luis Santana	November 12, 1994 – August 19, 1995	1	280
Terry Norris	August 19, 1995 – December 6, 1997	6	841
Keith Mullings	December 6, 1997 – January 29, 1999	1	420
Javier Castillejo	January 29, 1999 – June 23, 2001	5	726
Oscar de la Hoya	June 28, 2001 – September 13, 2003	2	810
Shane Mosley	September 13, 2003 – March 13, 2004	0	183
Winky Wright	March 13, 2004 – May 2005 (vacated)	1	445
Ricardo Mayorga def. Michele Piccirillo	August 13, 2005 – May 6, 2006	0	267
Oscar De La Hoya	May 6, 2006 – May 5, 2007	0	365
Floyd Mayweather, Jr.	May 5, 2007 – July 4, 2007 (vacated)	0	61
Vernon Forrest def. Carlos Manuel Baldomir	July 28, 2007 – June 7, 2008	1	316
Sergio Mora	June 7, 2008 – September 13, 2008	0	99
Vernon Forrest	September 13, 2008 – May 21, 2009 (stripped)	0	251
Sergio Martínez (Elevated from Interim status)	May 21, 2009 – June 17, 2010 (vacated)	0	393
Manny Pacquiao def. Antonio Margarito	November 14, 2010 – February 8, 2011 (vacated)	0	87
Saúl Álvarez def. Matthew Hatton	March 5, 2011 – September 14, 2013	6	925
Floyd Mayweather, Jr. def. Saúl Álvarez	September 14, 2013 – November 2, 2015 (status changed to Emeritus Champion)	1	780
Jermell Charlo def. John Jackson	May 21, 2016 – present	0	185

Welterweight

Name	Reign period	No. of successful defenses	Days
Emile Griffith	December 8, 1962 – March 21, 1963	0	103
Luis Manuel Rodríguez	March 21, 1963 – June 8, 1963	0	79
Emile Griffith	June 8, 1963 – April 25, 1966 (vacated)	4	1052
Curtis Cokes def. Manuel Gonzalez	August 24, 1966 – April 18, 1969	4	968
José Nápoles	April 18, 1969 – December 3, 1970	3	594
Billy Backus	December 3, 1970 – June 4, 1971	0	183
José Nápoles	June 4, 1971 – December 6, 1975	10	1646
John H. Stracey	December 6, 1975 – June 22, 1976	1	199
Carlos Palomino	June 22, 1976 – January 14, 1979	7	936
Wilfred Benítez	January 14, 1979 – November 30, 1979	1	320
Sugar Ray Leonard	November 30, 1979 – June 20, 1980	1	203
Roberto Durán	June 20, 1980 – November 25, 1980	0	158
Sugar Ray Leonard	November 25, 1980 – November 9, 1982 (retired)	3	714
Milton McCrory def. Colin Jones	August 13, 1983 – December 6, 1985	4	845
Donald Curry	December 6, 1985 – September 27, 1986	0	295
Lloyd Honeyghan	September 27, 1986 – October 28, 1987	3	396
Jorge Vaca	October 28, 1987 – March 29, 1988	0	153
Lloyd Honeyghan	March 29, 1988 – February 4, 1989	1	313
Marlon Starling	February 4, 1989 – August 19, 1990	1	561
Maurice Blocker	August 19, 1990 – March 18, 1991	0	211
Simon Brown	March 18, 1991 – November 29, 1991	0	256
James McGirt	November 29, 1991 – March 6, 1993	2	463
Pernell Whitaker	March 6, 1993 – April 12, 1997	8	1498
Oscar De La Hoya	April 12, 1997 – September 18, 1999	9	889
Félix Trinidad	September 18, 1999 – March 3, 2000 (vacated)	0	167
Eric Hernandez	March 3, 2000 – June 17, 2000	0	106
Shane Mosley	June 17, 2000 – January 26, 2002	3	588
Vernon Forrest	January 26, 2002 – January 25, 2003	1	364
Ricardo Mayorga	January 25, 2003 – December 13, 2003	1	322
Cory Spinks	December 13, 2003 – February 5, 2005	2	420
Zab Judah	February 5, 2005 – January 7, 2006	1	336
Carlos Manuel Baldomir	January 7, 2006 – November 4, 2006	1	301
Floyd Mayweather, Jr.	November 4, 2006 – June 6, 2008 (vacated)	1	580
Andre Berto def. Miguel Ángel Rodríguez	June 21, 2008 – April 16, 2011	5	1029
Victor Ortiz	April 16, 2011 – September 17, 2011	0	154
Floyd Mayweather, Jr.	September 17, 2011 – November 2, 2015 (status changed to Emeritus Champion)	4	1507
Danny García def. Robert Guerrero	January 23, 2016 – Current	0	304

Super lightweight

Name	Reign period	No. of successful defenses	Days
Eddie Perkins	June 15, 1963 – January 18, 1965	2	583
Carlos "Morocho" Hernández	January 18, 1965 – April 29, 1966	2	466
Sandro Lopopolo	April 29, 1966 – April 30, 1967	1	366
Takeshi Fuji	April 30, 1967 – 1968 (stripped)	1	611
Pedro Adigue def. Adolph Pruitt	December 14, 1968 – January 31, 1970	0	413
Bruno Arcari	January 31, 1970 – February 1974 (vacated)	9	1175
Perico Fernandez def. Lion Furuyama	September 21, 1974 – July 15, 1975	1	267
Saensak Muangsurin	July 15, 1975 – June 30, 1976	1	583
Miguel Velasquez	June 30, 1976 – October 29, 1976	0	381
Saensak Muangsurin	October 29, 1976 – December 30, 1978	7	792
Sang-Hyun Kim	December 30, 1978 – February 23, 1980	2	420
Saoul Mamby	February 23, 1980 – June 26, 1982	5	854
Leroy Haley	June 26, 1982 – May 18, 1983	2	326
Bruce Curry	May 18, 1983 – January 29, 1984	2	256
Billy Costello	January 29, 1984 – August 21, 1985	3	570
Lonnie Smith	August 21, 1985 – May 5, 1986	0	257
Rene Arredondo	May 5, 1986 – July 24, 1986	0	83
Tsuyoshi Hamada	July 24, 1986 – July 22, 1987	1	363
Rene Arredondo	July 22, 1987 – November 12, 1987	0	113
Roger Mayweather	July 22, 1987 – November 12, 1987	4	113
Julio César Chávez	May 13, 1989 – January 29, 1994	12	1722
Frankie Randall	January 29, 1994 – May 7, 1994	0	114
Julio César Chávez	May 7, 1994 – June 7, 1996	4	762
Oscar De La Hoya	June 7, 1996 – April 12, 1997 (vacated)	1	309
Kostya Tszyu def. Miguel Ángel González	August 21, 1999 – January 2004 (stripped)	7	1624
Arturo Gatti def. Gianluca Branco	January 24, 2004 – June 25, 2005	2	518
Floyd Mayweather, Jr.	June 25, 2005 – March 23, 2006 (vacated)	0	271
Junior Witter def. DeMarcus Corley	September 15, 2006 – May 10, 2008	0	603
Devon Alexander	August 1, 2009 – January 29, 2011	2	546
Timothy Bradley	January 29, 2011 – July 28, 2011 (stripped)	2	180
Erik Morales def. Pablo César Cano	September 17, 2011 – March 24, 2012	0	189
Danny García	March 24, 2012 – June 11, 2015 (stripped)	5	1174
Viktor Postol def. Lucas Matthysse	October 3, 2015 – July 23, 2016	0	295
Terence Crawford	July 23, 2016 – Present	0	122

Lightweight

Name	Reign period	No. of successful defenses	Days
Carlos Ortíz	February 14, 1963 – April 10, 1965	3	786
Ismael Laguna	April 10, 1965 – November 13, 1965	0	217
Carlos Ortíz	November 13, 1965 – June 29, 1968	5	959
Carlos Cruz	June 29, 1968 – February 18, 1969	1	234
Mando Ramos	February 18, 1969 – March 3, 1970	1	378
Ismael Laguna	March 3, 1970 – September 15, 1970 (stripped)	1	234
Ken Buchanan def. Rubén Navarro	February 12, 1971 – June 25, 1971 (stripped)	0	133
Pedro Carrasco def. Mando Ramos	November 5, 1971 – February 18, 1972	0	105
Mando Ramos	February 18, 1972 – September 15, 1972	1	210
Chango Carmona	September 15, 1972 – November 10, 1972	0	56
Rodolfo González	November 10, 1972 – April 11, 1974	2	517
Guts Ishimatsu	April 11, 1974 – May 8, 1976	5	758
Esteban De Jesús	May 8, 1976 – January 21, 1978	3	713
Roberto Durán	January 21, 1978 – January 1979 (vacated)	0	365
Jim Watt def. Alfredo Pitalua	April 17, 1979 – June 20, 1981	4	795
Alexis Argüello	June 20, 1981 – 1983 (vacated)	4	924
Edwin Rosario def. José Luis Ramírez	May 1, 1983 – November 3, 1984	2	522
José Luis Ramírez	November 3, 1984 – August 10, 1985	0	280
Héctor Camacho	August 10, 1985 – 1987 (vacated)	2	873
José Luis Ramírez def. Terrence Alli	July 19, 1987 – October 29, 1988	2	468
Julio César Chávez	October 29, 1988 – 1989 (vacated)	0	428
Pernell Whitaker def. José Luis Ramírez	August 20, 1989 – 1992 (vacated)	6	1229
Miguel Ángel González def. Wilfrido Rocha	August 24, 1992 – August 19, 1995 (vacated)	10	1090
Jean Baptiste Mendy def. Lamar Murphy	April 20, 1996 – March 1, 1997	0	315
Stevie Johnston	March 1, 1997 – June 13, 1998	3	469
César Bazán	June 13, 1998 – February 27, 1999	2	259
Stevie Johnston	February 27, 1999 – June 17, 2000	4	476
José Luis Castillo	June 17, 2000 – April 20, 2002	3	672
Floyd Mayweather, Jr.	April 20, 2002 – May 22, 2004 (vacated)	3	763
José Luis Castillo def. Juan Lazcano	June 5, 2004 – May 7, 2005	2	336
Diego Corrales	May 7, 2005 – October 7, 2006 (stripped)	0	518
Joel Casamayor def. Corrales, who was stripped of his title	October 7, 2006 – February 1, 2007 (stripped)	0	117
David Díaz (Elevated from interim status)	February 1, 2007 – June 28, 2008	1	513
Manny Pacquiao	June 28, 2008 – February 24, 2009 (vacated)	1	241
Edwin Valero def. Antonio Pitalua	April 4, 2009 – February 9, 2010 (vacated)	2	311
Humberto Soto def. David Díaz	March 13, 2010 – July 1, 2011 (vacated)	4	475
Antonio DeMarco def. Jorge Linares	October 15, 2011 – November 17, 2012	2	399
Adrien Broner	November 17, 2012 – January 29, 2014 (stripped)	1	438
Omar Figueroa Jr. (Elevated from interim status)	January 29, 2014 – November 10, 2014 (declared Champion in Recess)	2	285
Jorge Linares def. Javier Prieto	December 30, 2014 – February 22, 2016 (declared Champion in Recess)	2	419
Dejan Zlaticanin def. Franklin Mamani	June 11, 2016 – Present	0	164

Super featherweight

Name	Reign period	No. of successful defenses	Days
Gabriel Elorde	February 16, 1963 – June 15, 1967	5	1580
Yoshiaki Numata	June 15, 1967 – December 14, 1967	0	182
Hiroshi Kobayashi	December 14, 1967 – January 18, 1969 (stripped)	2	401
René Barrientos def. Rubén Navarro	February 15, 1969 – April 5, 1970	0	414
Yoshiaki Numata	April 5, 1970 – October 10, 1971	3	553
Ricardo Arredondo	October 10, 1971 – February 28, 1974	5	872
Kuniaki Shibata	February 28, 1974 – July 5, 1975	3	492
Alfredo Escalera	July 5, 1975 – January 28, 1978	10	938
Alexis Argüello	January 28, 1978 – 1980 (vacated)	8	1068
Rafael Limón def. Idelfonso Bethelmy	December 11, 1980 – March 8, 1981	0	87
Cornelius Boza Edwards	March 8, 1981 – August 29, 1981	1	174
Rolando Navarette	August 29, 1981 – May 29, 1982	1	273
Rafael Limón	May 29, 1982 – December 11, 1982	1	196
Bobby Chacon	December 11, 1982 – 1983 (stripped)	1	385
Héctor Camacho def. Rafael Limón	August 7, 1983 – 1984 (vacated)	1	512
Julio César Chávez def. Mario Martínez	September 13, 1984 – August 21, 1987 (vacated)	9	1072
Azumah Nelson def. Mario Martínez	February 29, 1988 – May 7, 1994	10	2259
Jesse James Leija	May 7, 1994 – September 17, 1994	0	133
Gabriel Ruelas	September 17, 1994 – December 1, 1995	2	440
Azumah Nelson	December 1, 1995 – March 22, 1997	1	477
Genaro Hernández	March 22, 1997 – October 3, 1998	3	560
Floyd Mayweather, Jr.	October 3, 1998 – April 20, 2002 (vacated)	8	1295
Sirimongkol Singwangcha def. Kengo Nagashima	August 24, 2002 – August 15, 2003	1	356
Jesús Chávez	August 15, 2003 – February 28, 2004	0	197
Erik Morales	February 28, 2004 – November 27, 2004	1	273
Juan Manuel Márquez	March 17, 2007 – March 15, 2008	1	364
Manny Pacquiao	March 15, 2008 – July 16, 2008 (vacated)	0	123
Humberto Soto def. Francisco Lorenzo	December 20, 2008 – March 18, 2010 (vacated)	3	453
Vitali Tajbert (Elevated from interim status)	March 17, 2010 – November 26, 2010	2	254
Takahiro Ao	November 26, 2010 – October 27, 2012	3	701
Gamaliel Diaz	October 27, 2012 – April 8, 2013	0	163
Takashi Miura	April 8, 2013 – November 21, 2015	4	957
Francisco Vargas	November 21, 2015 – Present	1	367

Featherweight

Name	Reign period	No. of successful defenses	Days
Sugar Ramos	March 21, 1963 – September 26, 1964	3	555
Vicente Saldivar	September 26, 1964 – October 1967 (retired)	7	1130
Howard Winstone def. Mitsunori Seki	January 23, 1968 – July 24, 1968	0	183
José Legrá	July 24, 1968 – January 21, 1969	0	181
Johnny Famechon	January 21, 1969 – May 9, 1970	2	473
Vicente Saldivar	May 9, 1970 – December 11, 1970	0	216
Kuniaki Shibata	December 11, 1970 – May 19, 1972	2	525
Clemente Sánchez	May 19, 1972 – December 16, 1972 (stripped)	0	211
José Legrá def. Sánchez, who was stripped of his title.	December 16, 1972 – May 5, 1973	0	140
Éder Jofre	May 5, 1973 – June 17, 1974 (stripped)	1	408
Bobby Chacon def. Alfredo Marcano	September 7, 1974 – June 20, 1975	1	286
Rubén Olivares	June 20, 1975 – September 20, 1975	0	92
David Kotei	September 20, 1975 – November 13, 1976	2	420
Danny López	November 13, 1976 – February 2, 1980	8	1176
Salvador Sánchez	February 2, 1980 – August 12, 1982 (died)	9	922
Juan Laporte def. Mario Miranda	September 15, 1982 – March 31, 1984	2	563
Wilfredo Gómez	March 31, 1984 – December 8, 1984	0	252
Azumah Nelson	December 8, 1984 – 1988 (vacated)	6	1486
Jeff Fenech def. Victor Callejas	March 7, 1988 – 1989 (vacated)	3	664
Marcos Villasana def. Paul Hodkinson	June 2, 1990 – November 14, 1991	3	499
Paul Hodkinson	November 14, 1991 – April 28, 1993	3	531
Gregorio Vargas	April 28, 1993 – December 4, 1993	0	220
Kevin Kelley	December 4, 1993 – January 7, 1995	2	399
Alejandro Martín González	January 7, 1995 – September 23, 1995	2	259
Manuel Medina	September 23, 1995 – December 11, 1995	0	79
Luisito Espinosa	December 11, 1995 – May 15, 1999	7	1247
César Soto	May 15, 1999 – October 22, 1999	0	160
Naseem Hamed	May 15, 1999 – 2000 (vacated)	0	596
Guty Espadas, Jr. def. Luisito Espinosa	April 14, 2000 – February 17, 2001	1	309
Erik Morales def. by Marco Antonio Barrera, who declined title	February 17, 2001 – June 22, 2002	1	490
Erik Morales def. Paulie Ayala	November 16, 2002 – 2003 (vacated)	2	410
Chi In-Jin def. Michael Brodie	October 4, 2003 – January 29, 2006	3	1170
Takashi Koshimoto	January 29, 2006 – July 30, 2006	0	182
Rodolfo López	July 30, 2006 – December 17, 2006	0	140
Chi In-Jin	December 17, 2006 – 2007 (retired)	0	379
Jorge Linares def. Óscar Larios	July 21, 2007 – August 13, 2008 (vacated)	1	389
Óscar Larios (Elevated from Interim status)	August 13, 2008 – March 12, 2009	2	211
Takahiro Aoh	March 12, 2009 – July 14, 2009	0	124
Elio Rojas	July 14, 2009 – August 25, 2010 (vacated)	1	404
Hozumi Hasegawa def. Juan Carlos Burgos	July 14, 2009 – April 8, 2011	0	633
Jhonny González	April 8, 2011 – September 14, 2012	4	525
Daniel Ponce de León	September 14, 2012 – May 4, 2013	0	232
Abner Mares	May 4, 2013 – August 24, 2013	0	112
Jhonny González	August 24, 2013 – March 28, 2015	2	581
Gary Russell, Jr.	March 28, 2015 – Present	1	605

Super bantamweight

Name	Reign period	No. of successful defenses	Days
Rigoberto Riasco	April 3, 1976 – October 9, 1976	2	189
Kazuo "Royal" Kobayashi	October 9, 1976 – November 24, 1976	0	24
Yum Dong-Kyun	November 24, 1976 – May 21, 1977	1	178
Wilfredo Gómez -	May 21, 1977 – April 1983 (vacated)	17	2171
Jaime Garza def. Bobby Berna	June 15, 1983 – November 3, 1984	1	507
Juan Meza	November 3, 1984 – August 18, 1985	1	288
José "Lupe" Pintor	August 18, 1985 – January 18, 1986	0	153
Samart Payakaroon	January 18, 1986 – May 8, 1987	1	263
Jeff Fenech	May 8, 1987 – 1988 (vacated)	2	603
Daniel Zaragoza def. Carlos Zárate	February 29, 1988 – April 23, 1990	5	784
Paul Banke	April 23, 1990 – November 5, 1990	1	196
Pedro Ruben Decima	November 5, 1990 – February 23, 1991	0	110
Kiyoshi Hatanaka	February 23, 1991 – June 24, 1991	0	121
Daniel Zaragoza	June 24, 1991 – March 20, 1992	2	270
Thierry Jacob	March 20, 1992 – June 23, 1992	0	95
Tracy Harris Patterson	June 23, 1992 – August 26, 1994	4	794
Hector Acero Sanchez	August 26, 1994 – November 6, 1995	2	437
Daniel Zaragoza	November 6, 1995 – September 6, 1997	4	731
Erik Morales -	September 6, 1997 – February 19, 2000 (vacated)	9	1096
Willie Jorrín def. Michael Brodie	September 9, 2000 – November 1, 2002 (vacated)	2	783
Óscar Larios	November 1, 2002 – December 12, 2005	7	41
Israel Vázquez	December 12, 2005 – March 3, 2007	2	446
Rafael Márquez	March 3, 2007 – August 4, 2007	0	154
Israel Vázquez	August 4, 2007 – December 18, 2008 (stripped)	1	136
Toshiaki Nishioka (Elevated from Interim status) ----	December 18, 2008 – March 15, 2012 (vacated)	7	1183
Abner Mares def. Eric Morel	April 21, 2012 – January 31, 2013 (vacated)	1	344
Victor Terrazas def. Cristian Mijares	April 20, 2013 – August 24, 2013	0	126
Léo Santa Cruz	August 24, 2013 – November 1, 2015 (vacated)	4	799
Julio Ceja (Elevated from Interim status)	November 1, 2015 – February 27, 2016	0	118
Hugo Ruiz	February 27, 2016 – September 16, 2016	0	202
Hozumi Hasegawa	September 16, 2016 – Present	0	67

Bantamweight

Name	Reign period	No. of successful defenses	Days
Éder Jofre	April 4, 1963 – May 18, 1965	2	716
Masahiko "Fighting" Harada	May 18, 1965 – February 27, 1968	4	1015
Lionel Rose	February 27, 1968 – August 22, 1969	3	542
Rubén Olivares	August 22, 1969 – October 16, 1970	2	962
Jesús "Chucho" Castillo	October 16, 1970 – April 2, 1971	0	1130
Rubén Olivares	April 2, 1971 – March 19, 1972	2	352
Rafael Herrera	March 19, 1972 – July 29, 1972	0	132
Enrique Pinde	July 29, 1972 – 1973 (stripped)	0	520
Rafael Herrera def. Rodolfo Martínez	April 14, 1973 – December 7, 1974	2	602
Rodolfo Martínez	December 7, 1974 – May 8, 1976	3	518
Carlos Zárate	May 8, 1976 – June 3, 1979	9	1121
José Guadalupe Pintor	June 3, 1979 – 1982 (vacated)	8	1307
Alberto Dávila def. Francisco "Kiko" Bejines	September 1, 1983 – 1984 (vacated)	1	487
Daniel Zaragoza def. Fred Jackson	May 4, 1985 – August 9, 1985	0	97
Miguel Lora	August 9, 1985 – October 29, 1988	7	1177
Raúl Pérez	October 29, 1988 – February 25, 1991	7	849
Greg Richardson	February 25, 1991 – September 19, 1991	1	206
Joichiro Tatsuyoshi	September 19, 1991 – September 17, 1992	0	364
Victor Rabanales	September 17, 1992 – March 28, 1993	1	193
Jung-Il Byun	March 28, 1993 – December 23, 1993	1	281
Yasuei Yakushiji	December 23, 1993 – July 30, 1995	4	584
Wayne McCullough	July 30, 1995 – January 1997 (vacated)	2	551
Sirimongkol Singwangcha (Elevated from Interim status)	January 1997 – November 22, 1997	3	295
Joichiro Tatsuyoshi	November 22, 1997 – December 29, 1998	2	402
Veeraphol Sahaprom	December 29, 1998 – April 16, 2005	14	2300
Hozumi Hasegawa	April 16, 2005 – April 30, 2010	10	1840
Fernando Montiel	April 30, 2010 – February 19, 2011	1	295
Nonito Donaire	February 19, 2011 – October 22, 2011 (vacated)	1	245
Shinsuke Yamanaka def. Christian Esquivel	November 6, 2011 – Present	11	1,843

Super flyweight

Name	Reign period	No. of successful defenses	Days'
Rafael Orono	February 2, 1980 – January 24, 1981	3	357
Kim Chul-Ho	January 24, 1981 – November 28, 1982	5	673
Rafael Orono	November 28, 1982 – November 27, 1983	3	364
Payao Poontarat	November 27, 1983 – July 5, 1984	1	221
Jiro Watanabe	July 5, 1984 – March 30, 1986	4	633
Gilberto Román	March 30, 1986 – May 16, 1987	6	412
Santos Laciar	May 16, 1987 – August 8, 1987	0	84
Sugar Baby Rojas	August 8, 1987 – April 8, 1988	1	244
Gilberto Román	April 8, 1988 – November 7, 1989	5	578
Nana Kanadou	November 7, 1989 – January 20, 1990	0	74
Moon Sung-kil	January 20, 1990 – November 13, 1993	9	1,393
José Luis Bueno	November 13, 1993 – May 4, 1994	0	172
Hiroshi Kawashima	May 4, 1994 – February 20, 1997	6	1,023
Gerry Peñalosa	February 20, 1997 – August 29, 1998	3	555
In-Joo Cho	August 29, 1998 – August 27, 2000	5	729
Masamori Tokuyama	August 27, 2000 – June 28, 2004	8	1,401
Katsushige Kawashima	June 28, 2004 – July 18, 2005	2	385
Masamori Tokuyama	July 18, 2005 – December 6, 2006 (vacated)	1	506
Cristian Mijares (Promoted from Interim status)	December 6, 2006 – November 1, 2008	7	696
Vic Darchinyan	November 1, 2008 – August 3, 2010 (vacated)	3	640
Tomás Rojas def. Kohei Kono	September 20, 2010 – August 10, 2011	2	324
Suriyan Sor Rungvisai	August 10, 2011 – March 27, 2012	1	230
Yota Sato	March 27, 2012 – May 3, 2013	2	402
Srisaket Sor Rungvisai	May 3, 2013 – May 31, 2014	1	393
Carlos Cuadras	May 31, 2014 – September 10, 2016	6	833
Román González	September 10, 2016 – Present	0	73

Flyweight

Name	Reign period	No. of successful defenses	Days
Hiroyuki Ebihara	September 18, 1963 – January 23, 1964	0	127
Pone Kingpetch	January 23, 1964 – April 23, 1965	0	583
Salvatore Burruni	April 23, 1965 – November 18, 1965 (stripped)	0	792
Horacio Accavallo def. Katsuyoshi Takayama	March 1, 1966 – October 2, 1968 (retired)	3	946
Chartchai Chionoi def. Bernabe Villacampo	November 10, 1968 – February 23, 1969	0	105
Efren Torres	February 23, 1969 – March 20, 1970	1	390
Chartchai Chionoi	March 20, 1970 – December 7, 1970	0	262
Erbito Salavarria	December 7, 1970 – December 29, 1971 (stripped)	2	387
Betulio González def. Socrates Batoto	June 3, 1972 – September 29, 1972	0	118
Venice Borkhorsor	September 29, 1972 – 1973 (vacated)	1	458
Betulio González def. Miguel Canto	August 4, 1973 – October 1, 1974	2	423
Shoji Oguma	October 1, 1974 – January 8, 1975	0	99
Miguel Canto	January 8, 1975 – March 18, 1979	14	1530
Park Chan-Hee	March 18, 1979 – May 18, 1980	5	427
Shoji Oguma	May 18, 1980 – May 12, 1981	3	359
Antonio Avelar	May 12, 1981 – March 20, 1982	1	373
Prudencio Cardona	March 20, 1982 – July 24, 1982	0	126
Freddy Castillo	July 24, 1982 – November 6, 1982	0	105
Eleoncio Mercedes	November 6, 1982 – March 15, 1983	0	129
Charlie Magri	March 15, 1983 – September 27, 1983	0	196
Frank Cedeno	September 27, 1983 – January 18, 1984	0	309
Koji Kobayashi	January 18, 1984 – April 9, 1984	0	82
Gabriel Bernal	April 9, 1984 – October 8, 1984	1	182
Sot Chitalada	October 8, 1984 – July 24, 1988	6	1385
Kim Yong-Kang	July 24, 1988 – June 3, 1989	2	314
Sot Chitalada	June 3, 1989 – February 15, 1991	4	622
Muangchai Kittikasem	February 15, 1991 – June 23, 1993	3	859
Yuri Arbachakov	June 23, 1993 – November 12, 1997	9	1603
Chatchai Sasakul	November 12, 1997 – December 4, 1998	4	387
Manny Pacquiao	December 4, 1998 – September 17, 1999	1	287
Medgoen Singsurat def. Pacquiao, who was stripped of his title.	September 17, 1999 – May 19, 2000	1	245
Malcolm Tunacao	May 19, 2000 – March 2, 2001	1	287
Pongsaklek Wonjongkam	March 2, 2001 – July 18, 2007	17	2329
Daisuke Naito	July 18, 2007 – November 29, 2009	5	865
Koki Kameda	November 29, 2009 – March 27, 2010	0	118
Pongsaklek Wonjongkam	March 27, 2010 – March 2, 2012	4	706
Sonny Boy Jaro	March 27, 2010 – July 16, 2012	0	842
Toshiyuki Igarashi	July 16, 2012 – April 8, 2013	1	255
Akira Yaegashi	April 8, 2013 – September 5, 2014	3	515
Roman Gonzalez	September 5, 2014 – September 29, 2016 (vacated)	4	755

Light flyweight

Name	Reign period	No. of successful defenses	Days
Franco Udella	April 4, 1975 – August 1975 (stripped)	1	149
Luis Estaba def. Rafael Lovera	September 13, 1975 – February 19, 1978	11	890
Freddy Castillo	February 19, 1978 – May 6, 1978	0	76
Netrnoi Sor Vorasingh	May 6, 1978 – September 30, 1978	1	147
Kim Sung-Jun	September 30, 1978 – January 3, 1980	3	460
Shigeo Nakajima	January 3, 1980 – March 24, 1980	0	81
Hilario Zapata	March 24, 1980 – February 6, 1982	8	684
Amado Ursua	February 6, 1982 – April 13, 1982	0	787
Tadashi Tomori	April 13, 1982 – July 20, 1982	0	149
Hilario Zapata	July 20, 1982 – March 26, 1983	2	98
Chang Jung-Koo	March 26, 1983 – 1988 (retired)	15	2107
Germán Torres def. Kang Soon-Jung	December 11, 1988 – March 19, 1989	0	98
Lee Yul-Woo	March 19, 1989 – June 25, 1989	0	98
Humberto González	June 25, 1989 – December 19, 1990	5	542
Rolando Pascua	December 19, 1990 – March 25, 1991	0	96
Melchor Cob Castro	March 25, 1991 – June 3, 1991	0	70
Humberto González	June 3, 1991 – March 13, 1993	4	649
Michael Carbajal	March 13, 1993 – February 19, 1994	2	343
Humberto González	February 19, 1994 – July 15, 1995	3	511
Saman Sorjaturong	July 15, 1995 – October 17, 1999	10	1555
Choi Yo-Sam	October 17, 1999 – July 6, 2002	3	993
Jorge Arce	July 6, 2002 – December 18, 2004 (vacated)	7	1896
Eric Ortiz def. José Antonio Aguirre	March 11, 2005 – September 10, 2005	0	183
Brian Viloria	September 10, 2005 – August 10, 2006	1	334
Omar Niño Romero	August 10, 2006 – February 2, 2007 (stripped)	1	176
Edgar Sosa def. Brian Viloria	April 14, 2007 – November 21, 2009	10	952
Rodel Mayol	November 21, 2009 – June 19, 2010	1	210
Omar Niño Romero	June 19, 2010 – November 6, 2010	0	140
Gilberto Keb Baas	November 6, 2010 – April 30, 2011	1	175
Adrián Hernández	April 30, 2011 – December 23, 2011	1	237
Kompayak Porpramook	December 23, 2011 – October 6, 2012	1	288
Adrián Hernández	October 6, 2012 – April 6, 2014	4	547
Naoya Inoue	April 6, 2014 – November 3, 2014 (vacated)	1	211
Pedro Guevara def. Akira Yaegashi	December 30, 2014 – November 28, 2015	2	333
Yu Kimura	November 28, 2015 – March 4, 2016	0	97
Ganigan López	March 4, 2016 – Present	0	263

Mini flyweight

Name	Reign period	No. of successful defenses	Days
Hiroki Ioka	October 18, 1987 – November 13, 1988	2	392
Napa Kiatwanchai	November 13, 1988 – November 12, 1989	2	364
Jum-Hwan Choi	November 12, 1989 – February 7, 1990	0	87
Hideyuki Ohashi	February 7, 1990 – October 25, 1990	1	290
Ricardo López	October 25, 1990 – September 1999 (stripped)	21	3263
Wandee Singwancha	September 1999 – February 11, 2000 (elevated from interim status)	0	134
José Antonio Aguirre	February 11, 2000 – January 10, 2004	7	1429
"Eagle" Den Junlapan	January 10, 2004 – December 18, 2004	1	343
Isaac Bustos	December 18, 2004 – April 4, 2005	0	107
Katsunari Takayama	April 4, 2005 – August 6, 2005	0	124
"Eagle" Den Junlapan	August 6, 2005 – November 29, 2007	4	845
Oleydong Sithsamerchai	November 29, 2007 – February 11, 2011	6	1170
Kazuto Ioka	February 11, 2011 – July 1, 2012 (vacated)[1]	3	506
Xiong Zhao Zhong def. Javier Martinez Resendiz	November 24, 2012 – February 5, 2014	2	438
Oswaldo Novoa	February 5, 2014 – November 6, 2014	1	274
Wanheng Menayothin	November 6, 2014 – Present	5	747

Notes

• Top 13

Weight class:	Champion:	Reign began:	Days
Strawweight	Ricardo López	October 25, 1990 – September 1999 (stripped)	3263*
Atomweight	Momo Koseki	August 11, 2008 –Present	3025^(5°)
Welterweight	Cecilia Brækhus	March 14, 2009 –Present	2810^(6°)
Middleweight	Marvelous Marvin Hagler	September 27, 1980 – April 6, 1987	2474^(10°)
Super flyweight	In-Joo Cho	August 29, 1998 – August 27, 2000	2472
Welterweight	Manny Pacquiao (Diamond belt title holders)	November 14, 2009–Present	2565
Flyweight	Pongsaklek Wonjongkam	March 2, 2001 – July 18, 2007	2329
Light heavyweight	Bob Foster	May 24, 1968 – September 16, 1974 (retired)	2306
Bantamweight	Veeraphol Sahaprom	December 29, 1998 – April 16, 2005	2300
Super featherweight	Azumah Nelson	February 29, 1988 – May 7, 1994	2259
Super bantamweight	Wilfredo Gómez	May 21, 1977 – April 1983 (vacated)	2171
Light flyweight	Chang Jung-Koo	March 26, 1983 – 1988 (retired)	2107
Heavyweight	Larry Holmes	June 9, 1978 – December 11, 1983	2011

(*)from all federations

See also

• List of WBA world champions
• List of IBF world champions
• List of WBO world champions
• List of IBO world champions
• List of The Ring world champions
• List of undisputed boxing champions
• List of lineal boxing world champions

References

1. Kazuto Ioka vacates strawweight belt, ESPN.com, July 1, 2012. Retrieved September 28, 2012.