List of WBA female world champions explained

The following is a list of WBA female world champions certificated by the World Boxing Association (WBA).

Stand: March 31, 2020.

^r – Champion relinquished title.
^s – Champion stripped of title.

During the 2009 WBA convention in Colombia, Susi Kentikian was named the first ever WBA female Super Champion. It was announced that this belt would be called "Susi Kentikian belt" for all other future Super Champions.^[1]

Light minimumweight

width=3%	No.	width=37%	Name	width=50%	Duration of reign	width=10%	Defences
1	Mari Ando	Sep 22, 2011 — Sep 16, 2012	1
2	Ayaka Miyao	Sep 16, 2012 — Oct 22, 2015	5
3	Momo Koseki	Oct 22, 2015 — 2016^r	0
4	Yunoka Furukawa	Aug 13, 2016 — 2017^s	1
5	Maria Milano –	Mar 9, 2018 — 2018^s	0
6	Monserrat Alarcón	Aug 31, 2018 — Aug 5, 2023	3
7	Yuko Kuroki	Aug 5, 2023 — Jan 12, 2024	0
8		Jan 12, 2024 — present	0

Minimumweight

width=3%	No.	width=37%	Name	width=50%	Duration of reign	width=10%	Defences
1	Vaia Zaganas	Apr 8, 2004 — 2005^r	0
2	Cho Rong Son	Dec 9, 2006 — Apr 11, 2009	2
3	Etsuko Tada	Apr 11, 2009 — Jul 23, 2013	9
4	Anabel Ortiz	Jul 23, 2013 — Mar 20, 2021	12
5	Seniesa Estrada	Mar 20, 2021 — present	4

Light flyweight

width=3%	No.	width=37%	Name	width=50%	Duration of reign	width=10%	Defences
1	Ju Hee Kim	Aug 24, 2007 — 2009^s	0
2	Yésica Bopp –	Jun 20, 2009 — March 11, 2022	20
3	Yesica Nery Plata –	March 11, 2022 — present	2

Flyweight

width=3%	No.	width=37%	Name	width=50%	Duration of reign	width=10%	Defences
1		Feb 16, 2007 — Dec 1, 2012	14
2	Carina Moreno	Dec 1, 2012 — Jul 6, 2013	0
3	Susi Kentikian (2)	Jul 6, 2013 — 2016^s	4
4	Naoko Fujioka	Mar 13, 2017 — April 9, 2022	3
5	Marlen Esparza	April 9, 2022 - current	2

Super flyweight

width=3%	No.	width=37%	Name	width=50%	Duration of reign	width=10%	Defences
1	Yazmín Rivas	Feb 28, 2005 — 2006^r	0
2	Ha-Na Kim	Oct 7, 2006 — Oct 9, 2007	2
3	Xiyan Zhang	Oct 9, 2007 — Feb 26, 2009	0
4	Tenkai Tsunami	Feb 26, 2009 — Jul 9, 2012	4
5	Naoko Yamaguchi	Jul 9, 2012 — Nov 13, 2013	2
6	Naoko Fujioka	Nov 13, 2013 — 2015^r	2
7	Linda Laura Lecca –	Apr 15, 2016 — May 19, 2018	2
8	Maribel Ramírez	May 19, 2018 — June 24, 2022	2
9	Clara Lescurat	June 24, 2022 — present	2

Bantamweight

width=3%	No.	width=37%	Name	width=50%	Duration of reign	width=10%	Defences
1	Jackie Nava	Feb 28, 2005 — 2005^r	0
2	Anita Christensen	Oct 14, 2006 — Jun 21, 2008	1
3	Galina Koleva Ivanova	Jun 21, 2008 — 2008^s	0
4	Emanuela Pantani	Dec 19, 2008 — 2010^s	0
5	Janeth Pérez	Jul 16, 2011 — Jan 5, 2013	3
6	Irma García	Jan 5, 2013 — 2015^s	2
7	Mayerlin Rivas –	Mar 8, 2015 — Feb 29, 2020^r	4
8	Shannon Courtenay –	Apr 10, 2021 — Oct 8, 2021^s	0
9	Jamie Mitchell –	Oct 9, 2021— Nov 26, 2022	1
10	Nina Hughes –	Nov 26, 2022 — May 12, 2023	2
11	Cherneka Johnson –	May 12, 2024 — present	0

Super bantamweight

width=3%	No.	width=37%	Name	width=50%	Duration of reign	width=10%	Defences
1	Marcela Eliana Acuña	Aug 12, 2006 — Jan 20, 2010^s	5
2	Lisa Brown	Mar 27, 2010 — Apr 2, 2011	0
3	Chanttall Martínez	Apr 2, 2011 — Jan 28, 2012	2
4	Yésica Marcos	Oct 6, 2012 — 2016^s	3
5	Jackie Nava	Jan 28, 2012 — May 24, 2014	2
6	Jackie Nava (2) –	May 24, 2014 — 2016^s	3
7	Liliana Palmera –	Apr 15, 2016 — Aug 5, 2017	1
8	Alys Sánchez	Aug 5, 2017 — Nov 18, 2017	0
9	Liliana Palmera (2)	Nov 18, 2017 — May 19, 2018	0
10	Yazmín Rivas	May 19, 2018 — Dec 31, 2019^r	1
11	Mayerlin Rivas	Feb 7, 2020 — Nov 18, 2023	2
12	Erika Cruz	Nov 18, 2023 — present	0

Featherweight

width=3%	No.	width=37%	Name	width=50%	Duration of reign	width=10%	Defences	Days
1	Gao Li Jun	Mar 25, 2006 — 2006^r	0	281
2	Hwa-Won Lee	Apr 30, 2007 — 2008^r	0	611
3	Hyun Mi Choi	Oct 11, 2008 — 2013^r	7	1907
4	Ogleidis Suárez –	May 10, 2013 — Dec 13, 2013	1	217
5	Edith Soledad Matthysse	Dec 13, 2013 — Mar 11, 2016	1	819
6		Mar 11, 2016 — Apr 22, 2021	5	1,868
7		Apr 22, 2021 — Feb 4, 2023	2	653
8		Feb 4, 2023 — present	2

Super featherweight

width=3%	No.	width=37%	Name	width=50%	Duration of reign	width=10%	Defences	Days
1	Kina Malpartida	Feb 21, 2009 — 2013^s	6	1770
2	Hyun Mi Choi –	Oct 30, 2013 — Dec, 2022	10	3340
3		Feb 4, 2023 — present	1

Lightweight

width=3%	No.	width=37%	Name	width=50%	Duration of reign	width=10%	Defences	Days
1	Layla McCarter	Dec 2, 2006 — 2011^s	2	1855
2	Alejandra Marina Oliveras	Aug 12, 2011 — 2012^r	0	507
3	Cecilia Comunales	Mar 30, 2012 — 2015^s	2	1731
4	Cecilia Comunales (2)	Jun 4, 2016 — 2017^s	0	575
5	Anahí Ester Sánchez	Sep 9, 2017 — Oct 27, 2017^s	0	48
6	Katie Taylor –	Oct 28, 2017 — present	14

Super lightweight

width=3%	No.	width=37%	Name	width=50%	Duration of reign	width=10%	Defences	Days
1	Myriam Lamare	Nov 8, 2004 — Dec 2, 2006	5	754
2	Anne Sophie Mathis	Dec 2, 2006 — 2010^s	3	1520
3	Mónica Silvina Acosta	Feb 18, 2011 — Jan 18, 2014	3	1430
4	Ana Laura Esteche	Jan 18, 2014 — 2018^s	4	89
5	Anahí Ester Sánchez –	Feb 28, 2019 — May 25, 2019	0	89
6	Jessica McCaskill	May 25, 2019 — August 2020^r	1	464
7	Kali Reis	Nov 6, 2020 — ?	0
8	Chantelle Cameron	Nov 5, 2022 — Nov 25, 2023	1
9	Katie Taylor	Nov 25, 2023 — present	0

Welterweight

width=3%	No.	width=37%	Name	width=50%	Duration of reign	width=10%	Defences	Days
1	Holly Holm	Jun 10, 2006 — 2007^r	1	565
2	Cecilia Braekhus –	Mar 14, 2009 — Aug 15, 2020	24	4172
3	Jessica McCaskill	Aug 15, 2020 — 11 May 2024	4
4	Lauren Price	11 May 2024 - present	0

Super welterweight

width=3%	No.	width=37%	Name	width=50%	Duration of reign	width=10%	Defences	Days
1	Jisselle Salandy	Sep 15, 2006 — Jan 4, 2009	5	843
2	Layla McCarter	Sep 30, 2012 — 2014^s	0	838
3	Hanna Gabriels –	Jun 18, 2016 — 2021	4
4	Claressa Shields -	March 5, 2021 - present	0
5	Hannah Rankin -	November 5, 2021 - September 24, 2022	1
6	Terri Harper -	September 24, 2022 - present	2

Middleweight

width=3%	No.	width=37%	Name	width=50%	Duration of reign	width=10%	Defences	Days
1	Teresa Perozzi	Dec 30, 2011 — 2014^s	2	1204
2	Claressa Shields	Jun 22, 2018 — present	6

Super middleweight

width=3%	No.	width=37%	Name	width=50%	Duration of reign	width=10%	Defences	width=10%	Days
1	Natalya Ragozina	Feb 17, 2007 — 2012^s	6	2139
2	Alicia Napoleon Espinosa	Mar 3, 2018 — Jan 10, 2020	2	2975
3	Elin Cederroos	Jan 10, 2020 — Apr 30, 2022	0	475
4	Franchón Crews-Dezurn	Apr 30, 2022 — Jul 1, 2023	0	428
5	Savannah Marshall	Jul 1, 2023 – present	0

Light heavyweight

width=3%	No.	width=37%	Name	width=50%	Duration of reign	width=10%	Defences	Days
1	Hanna Gabriels	Apr 17, 2021 — present	0

See also

• List of current female world boxing champions
• List of female undisputed world boxing champions
• List of WBC female world champions
• List of IBF female world champions
• List of WBO female world champions
• List of WIBO world champions

Notes and References

1. Web site: Salandy honoured at WBA 88th Convention. www.guardian.co.tt.