List of The Ring world champions explained

Boxing magazine The Ring has awarded world championships in professional boxing within each weight class from its foundation 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 magazine stopped giving belts to world champions in the 1990s, but reintroduced their titles in 2001.

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

While there was no official featherweight champion between 1989 and 2002 (as The Ring awarded no titles in any division during that period), Naseem Hamed was retroactively awarded the Ring title in 2019 (the only former world champion in any division thus far to receive this honor) due to his dominance of the division and the multiple champions he beat.^[1]

	Current champion
	Most consecutive title defenses

Heavyweight

No.	Name	Reign	Defenses
1	Jack Dempsey	1922 – 23 Sep 1926	2
2	align=Left	Gene Tunney	23 Sep 1926 – 31 Jul 1928	2
3	align=lEft	Max Schmeling	12 Jun 1930 – 21 Jun 1932	1
4	Jack Sharkey	21 Jun 1932 – 29 Jun 1933	0
5	Primo Carnera	29 Jun 1933 – 14 Jun 1934	2
6	Max Baer	14 Jun 1934 – 13 Jun 1935	0
7	James J. Braddock	13 Jun 1935 – 22 Jun 1937	0
8	Joe Louis	22 Jun 1937 – 1 Mar 1949	26
9	Ezzard Charles	27 Sep 1950 – 18 Jul 1951	4
10	Jersey Joe Walcott	18 Jul 1951 – 23 Sep 1952	1
11	Rocky Marciano	23 Sept 1952 – 27 Apr 1956	6
12	Floyd Patterson	30 Nov 1956 – 26 Jun 1959	4
13	Ingemar Johansson	26 Jun 1959 – 29 Jun 1960	0
14	Floyd Patterson (2)	29 Jun 1960 – 25 Sep 1962	2
15	Sonny Liston	25 Sep 1962 – 25 Feb 1964	1
16	Muhammad Ali	25 Feb 1964 – 13 Mar 1970	9
17	Joe Frazier	May 1970 – 22 Jan 1973	4
18	George Foreman	22 Jan 1973 – 30 Oct 1974	2
19	Muhammad Ali (2)	30 Oct 1974 – 15 Feb 1978	10
20	Leon Spinks	15 Feb – 15 Sep 1978	0
21	Muhammad Ali (3)	15 Sep 1978 – 4 Jul 1979	0
22	Larry Holmes	31 Mar 1980 – 21 Sep 1985	14
23	Michael Spinks	21 Sep 1985 – 27 Jun 1988	3
24	Mike Tyson	27 Jun 1988 – 31 Dec 1989	2
25	Lennox Lewis	Jun 2002 – 6 Feb 2004	2
26	Vitali Klitschko	24 Apr 2004 – 9 Nov 2005	1
27	Wladimir Klitschko	20 Jun 2009 – 28 Nov 2015	11
28	Tyson Fury	28 Nov 2015 – 1 Feb 2018	0
29	Tyson Fury (2)	22 Feb 2020 – 13 Aug 2022	2
30	align=left	Oleksandr Usyk	20 Aug 2022 – present	2

Cruiserweight

No.	Name	Reign	Defenses
1	Carlos de León	3 Feb 1984 – 6 Jun 1985	2
2	Alfonzo Ratliff	6 Jun – 21 Sep 1985	0
3	Bernard Benton	21 Sep 1985 – 22 Mar 1986	0
4	Carlos de León (2)	22 Mar 1986 – 30 Mar 1987	2
5	Jean-Marc Mormeck	2 Apr 2005 – 7 Jan 2006	0
6	O'Neil Bell	7 Jan 2006 – 17 Mar 2007	0
7	Jean-Marc Mormeck (2)	17 Mar – 10 Nov 2007	0
8	David Haye	10 Nov 2007 – 30 Jun 2008	1
9	Tomasz Adamek	11 Dec 2008 – 10 Feb 2010	2
10	Yoan Pablo Hernández	4 Feb 2012 – 23 Nov 2015	3
11	Oleksandr Usyk	21 Jul 2018 – 16 Oct 2019	1
12	Mairis Briedis	26 Sep 2020 – 2 Jul 2022	1
13	Jai Opetaia	2 Jul 2022 – present	3

Light heavyweight

No.	Name	Reign	Defenses
1	Mike McTigue	1924 – 23 May 1925	0
2	Paul Berlenbach	23 May 1925 – 16 Jul 1926	3
3	Jack Delaney	16 Jul 1926 – Jun 1927	1
4	Tommy Loughran	7 Oct 1927 – 18 Jul 1929	5
5	Maxie Rosenbloom	25 Jun 1930 – 16 Nov 1934	7
6	Bob Olin	16 Nov 1934 – 31 Oct 1935	0
7	John Henry Lewis	31 Oct 1935 – Jun 1939	5
8	Billy Conn	13 Jul 1939 – Jun 1941	3
9	Gus Lesnevich	26 Aug 1941 – 26 Jul 1948	4
10	Freddie Mills	26 Jul 1948 – 24 Jan 1950	0
11	Joey Maxim	24 Jan 1950 – 17 Dec 1952	2
12	Archie Moore	17 Dec 1952 – 12 May 1962	9
13	Harold Johnson	12 May 1962 – 1 Jun 1963	1
14	Willie Pastrano	1 Jun 1963 – 30 Mar 1965	2
15	José Torres	30 Mar 1965 – 16 Dec 1966	3
16	Dick Tiger	16 Dec 1966 – 24 May 1968	2
17	Bob Foster	24 May 1968 – 16 Sep 1974	14
18	Matthew Saad Muhammad	30 Nov 1979 – 19 Dec 1981	7
19	Dwight Muhammad Qawi	19 Dec 1981 – 18 Mar 1983	3
20		18 Mar 1983 – 5 Nov 1985	4
21	Roy Jones Jr.	2001 – 15 May 2004	3
22	Antonio Tarver	15 May – 18 Dec 2004	0
23	Glen Johnson	18 Dec 2004 – 18 Jun 2005	0
24	Antonio Tarver (2)	18 Jun 2005 – 10 Jun 2006	1
25	Bernard Hopkins	10 Jun 2006 – 19 Apr 2008	1
26		19 Apr 2008 – 5 Feb 2009	1
27	Jean Pascal	14 Aug 2010 – 21 May 2011	1
28	Bernard Hopkins (2)	21 May 2011 – 28 Apr 2012	0
29	Chad Dawson	28 Apr 2012 – 8 Jun 2013	0
30	Adonis Stevenson	8 Jun 2013 – 23 Nov 2015	6
31	Andre Ward	17 Jun – 21 Sep 2017	0

Super middleweight

No.	Name	Reign	Defenses
1	Joe Calzaghe	4 Mar 2006 – 26 Sep 2008	3
2	Andre Ward	17 Dec 2011 – 19 Feb 2015	2
3	Callum Smith	28 Sep 2018 – 19 Dec 2020	2
4	Canelo Álvarez	19 Dec 2020 – present	7

Middleweight

No.	Name	Reign	Defenses
1	Harry Greb	1924 – 26 Feb 1926	3
2	Tiger Flowers	26 Feb – 3 Dec 1926	1
3	Mickey Walker	3 Dec 1926 – 19 Jun 1931	3
4	Marcel Thil	11 Jun 1932 – 23 Sep 1937	10
5	Freddie Steele	23 Sep 1937 – 1938	1
6	Tony Zale	28 Nov 1941 – 16 Jul 1947	1
7	Rocky Graziano	16 July 1947 – 10 Jun 1948	0
8	Tony Zale (2)	10 Jun – 21 Sep 1948	0
9	Marcel Cerdan	21 Sep 1948 – 17 Jun 1949	0
10	Jake LaMotta	17 Jun 1949 – 14 Feb 1951	2
11		14 Feb – 10 Jul 1951	0
12		10 Jul – 12 Sep 1951	0
13	Sugar Ray Robinson (2)	12 Sep 1951 – 18 Dec 1952	2
14	Carl Olson	21 Oct 1953 – 9 Dec 1955	3
15	Sugar Ray Robinson (3)	9 Dec 1955 – 2 Jan 1957	1
16		2 Jan – 1 May 1957	0
17	Sugar Ray Robinson (4)	1 May – 23 Sep 1957	0
18		23 Sep 1957 – 25 Mar 1958	0
19	Sugar Ray Robinson (5)	25 Mar 1958 – 22 Jan 1960	0
20		22 Jan 1960 – 11 Jul 1961	3
21		11 Jul 1961 – 7 Apr 1962	0
22	Paul Pender (2)	7 Apr 1962 – 7 May 1963	0
23	Dick Tiger	7 May – 7 Dec 1963	1
24		7 Dec 1963 – 21 Oct 1965	1
25	Dick Tiger (2)	21 Oct 1965 – 25 Apr 1966	0
26		25 Apr 1966 – 17 Apr 1967	2
27		17 Apr – 20 Sep 1967	0
28	Emile Griffith (2)	29 Sep 1967 – 4 Mar 1968	0
29	Nino Benvenuti (2)	4 Mar 1968 – 7 Nov 1970	4
30		7 Nov 1970 – 29 Aug 1977	14
31	Rodrigo Valdez	5 Nov 1977 – 22 Apr 1978	0
32		22 Apr 1978 – 30 Jun 1979	2
33		30 Jun 1979 – 16 Mar 1980	1
34	Alan Minter	16 Mar – 27 Sep 1980	1
35	Marvin Hagler	27 Sep 1980 – 6 Apr 1987	12
36	Sugar Ray Leonard	6 April – 27 May 1987	0
37	Sumbu Kalambay	6 Jul 1988 – 31 Dec 1989	2
38	Bernard Hopkins	29 Sep 2001 – 16 Jul 2005	6
39	Jermain Taylor	16 Jul 2005 – 29 Sep 2007	4
40	Kelly Pavlik	29 Sep 2007 – 17 Apr 2010	3
41	Sergio Martínez	17 Apr 2010 – 7 Jun 2014	6
42	Miguel Cotto	7 Jun 2014 – 21 Nov 2015	1
43	Canelo Álvarez	21 Nov 2015 – 12 Jun 2018	2
44	Canelo Álvarez (2)	15 Sep 2018 – 2 Jan 2021	1

Junior middleweight

No.	Name	Reign	Defenses
1	Oscar Albarado	4 Jun 1974 – 21 Jan 1975	1
2	Koichi Wajima	21 Jan – 7 Jun 1975	0
3	Yuh Jae-Doo	7 June 1975 – 17 Feb 1976	1
4	Koichi Wajima (2)	17 Feb – 18 May 1976	0
5	José Durán	18 May – 8 Oct 1976	0
6	Miguel Angel Castellini	8 Oct 1976 – 5 Mar 1977	0
7	Eddie Gazo	5 Mar 1977 – 9 Aug 1978	3
8	Masashi Kudo	9 Aug 1978 – 24 Oct 1979	3
9	Ayub Kalule	24 Oct 1979 – 25 Jun 1981	4
10	Sugar Ray Leonard	25 Jun 1981 – 1982	0
11	Thomas Hearns	3 Dec 1982 – 24 Oct 1986	4
12	Oscar De La Hoya	14 Sep 2002 – 13 Sep 2003	1
13	Shane Mosley	13 Sep 2003 – 13 Mar 2004	0
14	Winky Wright	13 Mar 2004 – 2 Nov 2005	1
15	Canelo Álvarez	20 Apr – 14 Sep 2013	0
16	Floyd Mayweather Jr.	14 Sep 2013 – 10 Aug 2015	0
17	Jermell Charlo	26 Sep 2020 – 13 Jul 2024	2

Welterweight

No.	Name	Reign	Defenses
1	Mickey Walker	1924 – 20 May 1926	2
2	Pete Latzo	20 May 1926 – 3 Jun 1927	2
3	Joe Dundee	3 Jun 1927 – 25 Jul 1929	0
4	Jackie Fields	25 Jul 1929 – 9 May 1930	0
5	Jack Thompson	9 May – 5 Sep 1930	0
6	Tommy Freeman	5 Sep 1930 – 14 Apr 1931	0
7	Jack Thompson (2)	14 Apr – 23 Oct 1931	0
8	Lou Brouillard	23 Oct 1931 – 28 Jan 1932	0
9	Jackie Fields (2)	28 Jan 1932 – 22 Feb 1933	0
10	Young Corbett III	22 February – 29 May 1933	0
11	Jimmy McLarnin	29 May 1933 – 28 May 1934	0
12	Barney Ross	28 May – 17 Sep 1934	0
13	Jimmy McLarnin (2)	17 Sep 1934 – 28 May 1935	0
14	Barney Ross (2)	28 May 1935 – 31 May 1938	2
15	Henry Armstrong	31 May 1938 – 4 Oct 1940	19
16	Fritzie Zivic	4 Oct 1940 – 29 Jul 1941	1
17	Freddie Cochrane	29 Jul 1941 – 1 Feb 1946	0
18	Marty Servo	1 Feb – 25 Sep 1946	0
19	Sugar Ray Robinson	20 Dec 1946 – 15 Feb 1951	5
20	Kid Gavilán	29 Aug 1951 – 20 Oct 1954	7
21	Johnny Saxton	20 Oct 1954 – 1 Apr 1955	0
22	Tony DeMarco	1 Apr – 10 Jun 1955	0
23	Carmen Basilio	10 Jun 1955 – 14 Mar 1956	1
24	Johnny Saxton (2)	14 Mar – 12 Sep 1956	0
25	Carmen Basilio (2)	12 Sep 1956 – 23 Sep 1957	1
26	Virgil Akins	6 June – 5 Dec 1958	0
27	Don Jordan	5 Dec 1958 – 27 May 1960	2
28	Benny Paret	27 May 1960 – 1 Apr 1961	1
29	Emile Griffith	1 Apr – 30 Sep 1961	1
30	Benny Paret (2)	30 Sep 1961 – 24 Mar 1962	0
31	Emile Griffith (2)	24 Mar 1962 – 21 Mar 1963	2
32	Luis Manuel Rodríguez	21 Mar – 8 Jun 1963	0
33	Emile Griffith (3)	8 Jun 1963 – 1966	5
34	Curtis Cokes	28 Nov 1966 – 18 Apr 1969	4
35	José Nápoles	18 Apr 1969 – 3 Dec 1970	3
36	Billy Backus	3 Dec 1970 – 4 Jun 1971	0
37	José Nápoles (2)	4 Jun 1971 – 6 Dec 1975	10
38	John Stracey	6 Dec 1975 – 22 Jun 1976	1
39	Carlos Palomino	22 Jun 1976 – 14 Jan 1979	7
40	Wilfred Benítez	14 Jan – 30 Nov 1979	1
41	Sugar Ray Leonard	30 Nov 1979 – 20 Jun 1980	1
42	Roberto Durán	20 Jun – 25 Nov 1980	0
43	Sugar Ray Leonard (2)	25 Nov 1980 – 9 Nov 1982	2
44	Donald Curry	6 Dec 1985 – 27 Sep 1986	1
45	Lloyd Honeyghan	27 Sep 1986 – 27 Oct 1987	3
46	Jorge Vaca	27 Oct 1987 – 29 Mar 1988	0
47	Lloyd Honeyghan (2)	29 Mar 1988 – 4 Feb 1989	1
48	Marlon Starling	4 Feb – 31 Dec 1989	1
49	Vernon Forrest	26 Jan 2002 – 25 Jan 2003	1
50	Ricardo Mayorga	25 Jan – 13 Dec 2003	1
51	Cory Spinks	13 Dec 2003 – 5 Feb 2005	2
52	Zab Judah	5 Feb 2005 – 7 Jan 2006	1
53	Carlos Baldomir	7 Jan – 4 Nov 2006	1
54	Floyd Mayweather Jr.	4 Nov 2006 – 6 Jun 2008	1
55	Floyd Mayweather Jr. (2)	4 May 2013 – 12 Sep 2015	4
56	Terence Crawford	29 Jul 2023 – 3 Aug 2024	0

Junior welterweight

No.	Name	Reign	Defenses
1	Mushy Callahan	1928 – 18 Feb 1930	1
2	Jack Berg	18 Feb 1930 – 1931	6
3	Duilio Loi	15 Dec 1962 – 24 Jan 1963	0
4	Eddie Perkins	15 Jun 1963 – 18 Jan 1965	2
5	Carlos Hernández	18 Jan 1965 – 29 Apr 1966	2
6	Sandro Lopopolo	29 Apr 1966 – 30 Apr 1967	1
7	Takeshi Fuji	30 Apr 1967 – 12 Dec 1968	1
8	Nicolino Locche	12 Dec 1968 – 10 Mar 1972	5
9	Alfonso Frazer	10 Mar – 28 Oct 1972	0
10	Antonio Cervantes	28 Oct 1972 – 6 Mar 1976	10
11	Wilfred Benítez	6 Mar 1976 – 1979	3
12	Antonio Cervantes (2)	18 Jan 1979 – 2 Aug 1980	2
13		2 Aug 1980 – 26 Oct 1983	8
14	Kostya Tszyu	3 Nov 2001 – 4 Jun 2005	3
15	Ricky Hatton	4 Jun 2005 – 3 May 2009	5
16	Manny Pacquiao	3 May 2009 – 26 Jul 2010	0
17	Danny Garcia	14 Jul 2012 – 10 Aug 2015	4
18	Terence Crawford	23 Jul 2016 – 18 Feb 2018	3
19	Josh Taylor	26 Oct 2019 – 10 Jun 2023	3
20	Teofimo Lopez	10 Jun 2023 – present	2

Lightweight

No.	Name	Reign	Defenses
1	Benny Leonard	1924 – 15 Jan 1925	0
2	Jimmy Goodrich	13 Jul – 7 Dec 1925	0
3	Rocky Kansas	7 Dec 1925 – 3 Jul 1926	0
4	Sammy Mandell	3 Jul 1926 – 17 Jul 1930	2
5	Al Singer	17 Jul – 14 Nov 1930	0
6	Tony Canzoneri	14 Nov 1930 – 23 Jun 1933	4
7	Barney Ross	23 Jun 1933 – 15 Apr 1935	1
8	Tony Canzoneri (2)	10 May 1935 – 3 Sep 1936	1
9	Lou Ambers	3 Sep 1936 – 17 Aug 1938	2
10	Henry Armstrong	17 Aug 1938 – 22 Aug 1939	1
11	Lou Ambers (2)	22 Aug 1939 – 10 May 1940	0
12	Lew Jenkins	10 May 1940 – 19 Dec 1941	1
13	Sammy Angott	19 Dec 1941 – 13 Nov 1942	1
14	Ike Williams	4 Aug 1947 – 25 May 1951	5
15	Jimmy Carter	25 May 1951 – 14 May 1952	2
16	Lauro Salas	14 May – 15 Oct 1952	0
17	Jimmy Carter (2)	15 Oct 1952 – 5 Mar 1954	3
18	Paddy DeMarco	5 Mar – 17 Nov 1954	0
19	Jimmy Carter (3)	17 Nov 1954 – 29 Jun 1955	0
20	Wallace Smith	29 Jun 1955 – 24 Aug 1956	1
21	Joe Brown	24 Aug 1956 – 21 Apr 1962	11
22	Carlos Ortiz	21 Apr 1962 – 10 Apr 1965	4
23	Ismael Laguna	10 Apr – 13 Nov 1965	0
24	Carlos Ortiz (2)	13 Nov 1965 – 29 Jun 1968	5
25	Carlos Cruz	29 Jun 1968 – 18 Feb 1969	1
26	Mando Ramos	18 Feb 1969 – 3 Mar 1970	1
27	Ismael Laguna (2)	3 Mar – 26 Sep 1970	1
28	Ken Buchanan	26 Sep 1970 – 26 Jun 1972	2
29	Roberto Durán	26 Jun 1972 – 1979	12
30	Jim Watt	12 Apr – 20 June 1981	0
31	Alexis Argüello	20 Jun 1981 – Feb 1983	4
32	Julio César Chávez	29 Oct 1988 – 2 Mar 1989	0
33	Pernell Whitaker	20 Aug – 31 Dec 1989	0
34	Floyd Mayweather Jr.	20 Apr 2002 – 22 May 2004	3
35	José Luis Castillo	5 Jun 2004 – 7 May 2005	2
36	Diego Corrales	7 May 2005 – 7 Oct 2006	0
37	Joel Casamayor	7 Oct 2006 – 13 Sep 2008	2
38	Juan Manuel Márquez	13 Sep 2008 – 23 Apr 2012	3
39	Terence Crawford	29 Nov 2014 – 22 Apr 2015	0
40	Jorge Linares	24 Sep 2016 – 13 May 2018	3
41	Vasiliy Lomachenko	13 May 2018 – 17 Oct 2020	3
42	Teófimo López	17 Oct 2020 – 27 Nov 2021	0
43	align=left	George Kambosos Jr.	27 Nov 2021 – 5 June 2022	0
44	align=left	Devin Haney	5 Jun 2022 – 29 Nov 2023	2

Junior lightweight

No.	Name	Reign	Defenses
1	Steve Sullivan	20 Jun 1924 – 1 Apr 1925	2
2	Mike Ballerino	1 Apr – 2 Dec 1925	1
3	Tod Morgan	2 Dec 1925 – 20 Dec 1929	10
4	Benny Bass	20 Dec 1929 – 15 Jul 1931	0
5	Kid Chocolate	15 July 1931 – 1931	1
6	Flash Elorde	1962 – 14 Jun 1967	6
7	Yoshiaki Numata	15 Jun – 14 Dec 1967	0
8	Hiroshi Kobayashi	14 Dec 1967 – 29 Jul 1971	6
9	Alfredo Marcano	29 Jul 1971 – 25 Apr 1972	1
10	Ben Villaflor	25 Apr 1972 – 13 Mar 1973	1
11	Kuniaki Shibata	13 Mar – 17 Oct 1973	1
12	Ben Villaflor (2)	17 Oct 1973 – 16 Oct 1976	5
13	Samuel Serrano	16 Oct 1976 – 2 Aug 1980	10
14	Yasutsune Uehara	2 Aug 1980 – 9 Apr 1981	1
15	Samuel Serrano (2)	9 Apr 1981 – 19 Jan 1983	3
16	Roger Mayweather	19 Jan 1983 – 26 Feb 1984	2
17	Rocky Lockridge	26 Feb 1984 – 19 May 1985	2
18	Wilfredo Gómez	19 May 1985 – 24 May 1986	0
19	Alfredo Layne	24 May – 27 Sep 1986	0
20	Brian Mitchell	27 Sep 1986 – 30 Mar 1987	1
21	Manny Pacquiao	15 Mar – 28 Jul 2008	0
22	align=left	Shakur Stevenson	30 April – 22 September 2022	0

Featherweight

No.	Name	Reign	Defenses
1	Louis Kid Kaplan	2 Jan 1925 – 6 Jul 1926	3
2	Tony Canzoneri	24 Oct 1927 – 28 Sep 1928	1
3	André Routis	28 Sep 1928 – 23 Sep 1929	1
4	Christopher Battalino	23 Sep 1929 – 1 Mar 1932	5
5	Kid Chocolate	13 Oct 1932 – 19 Feb 1934	2
6	Freddie Miller	1934 – 11 May 1936	8
7	Petey Sarron	11 May 1936 – 29 Oct 1937	2
8	Henry Armstrong	29 Oct 1937 – 12 Sep 1938	0
9	Joey Archibald	18 Apr 1939 – 20 May 1940	1
10	Harry Jeffra	20 May 1940 – 12 May 1941	1
11	Joey Archibald (2)	12 May – 11 Sep 1941	0
12	Chalky Wright	11 Sep 1941 – 20 Nov 1942	2
13	Willie Pep	20 Nov 1942 – 29 Oct 1948	6
14	Sandy Saddler	29 Oct 1948 – 11 Feb 1949	0
15	Willie Pep (2)	11 Feb 1949 – 8 Sep 1950	3
16	Sandy Saddler (2)	8 Sep 1950 – 21 Jan 1957	3
17	Hogan Bassey	24 Jun 1957 – 18 Mar 1959	1
18	Davey Moore	18 Mar 1959 – 21 Mar 1963	5
19	Sugar Ramos	21 Mar 1963 – 26 Sep 1964	3
20	Vicente Saldívar	26 Sep 1964 – 14 Oct 1967	7
21	Johnny Famechon	21 Jan 1969 – 9 May 1970	2
22	Vicente Saldívar (2)	9 May – 11 Dec 1970	0
23		11 Dec 1970 – 19 May 1972	2
24	Clemente Sánchez	19 May – 16 Dec 1972	0
25	Alexis Argüello	31 May 1975 – 20 Jun 1977	2
26	Danny Lopez	10 Mar 1979 – 2 Feb 1980	2
27	Salvador Sánchez	2 Feb 1980 – 12 Aug 1982	9
28	Eusebio Pedroza	22 Sep 1982 – 8 Jun 1985	5
29	Barry McGuigan	8 Jun 1985 – 23 Jun 1986	2
30	Steve Cruz	23 Jun 1986 – 6 Mar 1987	0
31	Antonio Esparragoza	6 Mar 1987 – 31 Dec 1989	6
32	Naseem Hamed	retroactively (15 June 2019)
33	Marco Antonio Barrera	22 Jun 2002 – 15 Nov 2003	2
34	Manny Pacquiao	15 Nov 2003 – 18 Jun 2005	2
35	Mikey Garcia	19 Jan – 24 Nov 2013	0

Junior featherweight

No.	Name	Reign	Defenses
1	Wilfredo Gómez	9 Mar 1979 – May 1983	10
2	Paulie Ayala	23 Feb 2002 – May 2004	0
3	Israel Vázquez	3 Dec 2005 – 3 Mar 2007	2
4	Rafael Márquez	3 Mar – 4 Aug 2007	0
5	Israel Vázquez (2)	4 Aug 2007 – 31 May 2009	1
6	Nonito Donaire	13 Oct 2012 – 13 Apr 2013	1
7	Guillermo Rigondeaux	13 Apr 2013 – 9 Feb 2016	4
8	Naoya Inoue	26 Dec 2023 – present	1

Bantamweight

No.	Name	Reign	Defenses
1	Eddie Martin	19 Dec 1924 – 20 Mar 1925	0
2	Charlie Phil Rosenberg	20 Mar 1925 – 4 Feb 1927	1
3	Panama Al Brown	25 Aug 1931 – 1 Jun 1935	7
4	Baltasar Sangchili	1 Jun 1935 – 29 Jun 1936	0
5	Tony Marino	29 Jun – 31 Aug 1936	0
6	Sixto Escobar	31 Aug 1936 – 23 Sep 1937	2
7	Harry Jeffra	23 Sep 1937 – 20 Feb 1938	0
8	Sixto Escobar (2)	20 Feb 1938 – 26 Oct 1939	0
9	Lou Salica	13 Jan 1941 – 7 Aug 1942	5
10	Manuel Ortiz	7 Aug 1942 – 6 Jan 1947	15
11	Harold Dade	6 Jan – 11 Mar 1947	0
12	Manuel Ortiz (2)	11 Mar 1947 – 31 May 1950	4
13	Vic Toweel	31 May 1950 – 15 Nov 1952	3
14	Jimmy Carruthers	15 Nov 1952 – 16 May 1954	3
15	Robert Cohen	19 Sep 1954 – 29 Jun 1956	1
16	Mario D'Agata	29 Jun 1956 – 1 Apr 1957	0
17	Alphonse Halimi	1 Apr 1957 – 8 Jul 1959	1
18	José Becerra	8 Jul 1959 – 30 Aug 1960	2
19	Éder Jofre	25 Mar 1961 – 17 May 1965	7
20	Fighting Harada	17 May 1965 – 26 Feb 1968	4
21	Lionel Rose	26 Feb 1968 – 22 Aug 1969	3
22	Rubén Olivares	22 Aug 1969 – 16 Oct 1970	2
23	Chucho Castillo	16 Oct 1970 – 2 Apr 1971	0
24	Rubén Olivares (2)	2 Apr 1971 – 19 Mar 1972	2
25	Rafael Herrera	19 Mar – 30 Jul 1972	0
26	Enrique Pinder	30 Jul 1972 – 20 January 1973	0
27	Romeo Anaya	20 Jan – 3 Nov 1973	2
28	Arnold Taylor	3 Nov 1973 – 3 Jul 1974	0
29	Hong Soo-Hwan	3 Jul 1974 – 14 Mar 1975	1
30	Alfonso Zamora	14 Mar 1975 – 19 Nov 1977	5
31	Jorge Luján	19 Nov 1977 – 29 Aug 1980	5
32	Julian Solís	29 Aug – 14 Nov 1980	0
33	Jeff Chandler	14 Nov 1980 – 7 Apr 1984	9
34	Richie Sandoval	7 Apr 1984 – 10 Mar 1986	2
35	Gaby Canizales	10 Mar – 4 Jun 1986	0
36	Bernardo Piñango	4 Jun 1986 – 13 Mar 1987	3
37	Shinsuke Yamanaka	16 Sep 2016 – 15 Aug 2017	1
38		15 Aug – 26 Sep 2017	0
39	Shinsuke Yamanaka (2)	26 Sep 2017 – 1 Mar 2018	0
40	Naoya Inoue	18 May 2019 – 13 Jan 2023	6

Junior bantamweight

No.	Name	Reign	Defenses
1	Srisaket Sor Rungvisai	24 Feb 2018 – 26 Apr 2019	1
2	Juan Francisco Estrada	26 Apr 2019 – 29 Jun 2024	5
3	Jesse Rodríguez	29 Jun 2024 – present	0

Flyweight

No.	Name	Reign	Defenses
1	Pancho Villa	18 Jun 1923 – 14 Jul 1925	3
2	align=left	Fidel LaBarba	21 Jan – 29 Aug 1927	0
3	align=left	Benny Lynch	19 Jan 1937 – 29 Jun 1938	1
4	align=left	Peter Kane	22 Sep 1938 – 1939	0
5	align=left	Jackie Paterson	19 June 1943 – 23 Mar 1948	1
6	align=left	Rinty Monaghan	23 March 1948 – 25 April 1950	3
7	align=left	Terry Allen	25 Apr – 1 Aug 1950	0
8	align=left	Dado Marino	1 Aug 1950 – 19 May 1952	1
9	align=left	Yoshio Shirai	19 May 1952 – 26 Nov 1954	4
10	align=left	Pascual Perez	26 Nov 1954 – 16 Apr 1960	9
11	align=left	Pone Kingpetch	16 Apr 1960 – 10 Oct 1962	3
12	align=left	Fighting Harada	10 Oct 1962 – 12 Jan 1963	0
13	align=left	Pone Kingpetch (2)	12 Jan – 18 Sep 1963	0
14	align=left	Hiroyuki Ebihara	18 Sep 1963 – 23 Jan 1964	0
15	align=left	Pone Kingpetch (3)	23 Jan 1964 – 23 Apr 1965	0
16	align=left	Salvatore Burruni	23 Apr 1965 – 14 Jun 1966	1
17	align=left	Walter McGowan	14 Jun – 30 Dec 1966	0
18	align=left	Chartchai Chionoi	30 Dec 1966 – 23 Feb 1969	4
19	align=left	Efren Torres	23 Feb 1969 – 20 Mar 1970	1
20	align=left	Chartchai Chionoi (2)	20 Mar – 7 Dec 1970	0
21	align=left	Erbito Salavarria	7 Dec 1970 – 9 Feb 1973	3
22	align=left	Venice Borkhorsor	9 Feb – 10 Jul 1973	0
23	align=left	Miguel Canto	8 Jan 1975 – 18 Mar 1979	14
24	align=left	Park Chan-Hee	18 Mar 1979 – 18 May 1980	5
25	align=left	Shoji Oguma	18 May 1980 – 12 May 1981	3
26	align=left	Antonio Avelar	12 May 1981 – 20 Mar 1982	1
27	align=left	Prudencio Cardona	20 Mar – 24 Jul 1982	0
28	align=left	Freddy Castillo	24 Jul – 6 Nov 1982	0
29	align=left	Eleoncio Mercedes	6 Nov 1982 – 15 Mar 1983	0
30	align=left	Charlie Magri	15 Mar – 27 Sep 1983	0
31	align=left	Frank Cedeno	27 Sep 1983 – 18 Jan 1984	0
32	align=left	Kōji Kobayashi	18 Jan – 9 Apr 1984	0
33	align=left	Gabriel Bernal	9 Apr – 8 October 1984	1
34	align=left	Sot Chitalada	8 Oct 1984 – 24 Jul 1988	6
35	align=left	Kim Yong-Kang	24 Jul 1988 – 31 Dec 1989	1
36	align=left	Pongsaklek Wonjongkam	27 Mar 2010 – 2 Mar 2012	4
37	align=left	Sonny Boy Jaro	2 Mar – 16 Jul 2012	0
38	align=left	Toshiyuki Igarashi	16 Jul 2012 – 8 Apr 2013	1
39	align=left	Akira Yaegashi	8 Apr 2013 – 5 Sep 2014	3
40	align=left	Román González	5 Sep 2014 – 1 Oct 2016	4

Junior flyweight

No.	Name	Reign	Defenses
1	Rosendo Álvarez	31 Mar 2003 – 2 Oct 2004	1
2	Hugo Cázares	30 Sep 2006 – 25 Aug 2007	1
3	Iván Calderón	25 Aug 2007 – 28 Aug 2010	6
4	Giovani Segura	28 Aug 2010 – 12 Sep 2011	1
5	Donnie Nietes	10 May 2014 – 3 Aug 2016	5
6	Ryoichi Taguchi	31 Dec 2017 – 20 May 2018	1
7	Hekkie Budler	20 May – 31 Dec 2018	0
8	Hiroto Kyoguchi	31 Dec 2018 – 1 Nov 2022	4
9	Kenshiro Teraji	1 Nov 2022 – present	3

Strawweight

The Ring has not yet awarded a championship in the strawweight division.

See also

• The Ring
• List of The Ring female world champions
• Lineal championship
• List of current world boxing champions
• List of current female world boxing champions
• List of undisputed 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
• Current The Ring pound for pound list
• List of The Ring pound for pound rankings

External links

• Official list of current Ring champions
• https://boxrec.com/media/index.php/The_Ring_Magazine%27s_Annual_Ratings

Notes and References

1. Gray, Tom (June 17, 2019). "Prince Naseem Hamed Awarded Ring Magazine Featherweight Belt, History in the Making". The Ring. Retrieved December 19, 2023.