List of WBC world champions explained

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 18 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, cruiserweight and bridgerweight, which were inaugurated in the subsequent decades. The most recent title inaugurated by the WBC is in the bridgerweight division in 2021.

Boxers who won the title but were stripped due to the title bout being overturned to a no contest are not listed.

Current champion
Most consecutive title defenses

Heavyweight

No.NameReignDefenses
1Sonny Liston
22 Jul 1963 – 25 Feb 19640
2Muhammad Ali25 Feb 1964 – 6 Mar 19699
3Joe Frazier
16 Feb 1970 – 22 Jan 19734
4George Foreman22 Jan 1973 – 30 Oct 19742
5Muhammad Ali (2)30 Oct 1974 – 15 Feb 197810
6Leon Spinks15 Feb – 18 Mar 19780
7Ken Norton
18 Mar – 9 Jun 19780
8Larry Holmes9 Jun 1978 – 11 Dec 198316
9Tim Witherspoon
9 Mar – 31 Aug 19840
10Pinklon Thomas31 Aug 1984 – 22 Mar 19861
11Trevor Berbick22 Mar – 22 Nov 19860
12Mike Tyson22 Nov 1986 – 11 Feb 19909
13Buster Douglas11 Feb – 25 Oct 19900
14Evander Holyfield25 Oct 1990 – 13 Nov 19922
15Riddick Bowe13 Nov – 14 Dec 19920
16Lennox Lewis
14 Dec 1992 – 24 Sep 19943
17Oliver McCall24 Sept 1994 – 2 Sep 19951
18Frank Bruno2 Sep 1995 – 16 Mar 19960
19Mike Tyson (2)16 Mar – 24 Sep 19960
20Lennox Lewis (2)
7 Feb 1997 – 22 Apr 20019
21Hasim Rahman22 Apr – 17 Nov 20010
22Lennox Lewis (3)17 Nov 2001 – 6 Feb 20042
23Vitali Klitschko
24 Apr 2004 – 9 Nov 20051
24Hasim Rahman (2)
9 Nov 2005 – 12 Aug 20061
25Oleg Maskaev12 Aug 2006 – 8 Mar 20081
26Samuel Peter8 Mar – 11 Oct 20080
27Vitali Klitschko (2)11 Oct 2008 – 16 Dec 20139
28Bermane Stiverne
10 May 2014 – 17 Jan 20150
29Deontay Wilder17 Jan 2015 – 22 Feb 202010
30Tyson Fury22 Feb 2020 – 18 May 20243
31Oleksandr Usyk18 May 2024 – present0

Bridgerweight

No.NameReignDefenses
1Óscar Rivas
22 Oct 2021 – 6 Jan 20230
2Lukasz Rozanski
22 Apr 2023 – 24 May 20240
3Lawrence Okolie24 May 2024 – present0

Cruiserweight

No.NameReignDefenses
1Marvin Camel
31 Mar – 25 Nov 19800
225 Nov 1980 – 27 Jun 19821
327 Jun 1982 – 17 Jul 19831
4Carlos de León (2)17 Jul 1983 – 6 Jun 19853
56 Jun – 21 Sep 19850
621 Sep 1985 – 22 Mar 19860
7Carlos de León (3)22 Mar 1986 – 9 Apr 19883
89 Apr – Jul 19880
9Carlos de León (4)
17 May 1989 – 27 Jul 19901
1027 Jul 1990 – 20 Jul 19911
1120 Jul 1991 – 19 April 19967
12Marcelo Domínguez
25 May 1996 – 21 Feb 19983
1321 Feb 1998 – 19 Feb 200210
14Wayne Braithwaite
11 Oct 2002 – 2 Apr 20053
152 Apr 2005 – 7 Jan 20060
167 Jan 2006 – 17 Mar 20070
17Jean-Marc Mormeck (2)17 Mar – 10 Nov 20070
1810 Nov 2007 – 12 May 20081
19Giacobbe Fragomeni
24 Oct 2008 – 21 Nov 20091
2021 Nov 2009 – 22 Jan 20100
21Krzysztof Włodarczyk
15 May 2010 – 27 Sep 20146
22Grigory Drozd27 Sep 2014 – 16 Mar 20161
23Tony Bellew
29 May 2016 – 28 Mar 20171
24Mairis Briedis
1 Apr 2017 – 27 Jan 20181
25Oleksandr Usyk27 Jan 2018 – 4 Jun 20192
26Ilunga Makabu
31 Jan 2020 – 26 Feb 2023 2
27Badou Jack26 Feb – 16 Sep 20230
28Noel Mikaelian
4 Nov 2023 – present0

Light heavyweight

No.NameReignDefenses
1Harold Johnson
14 Feb – 1 Jun 19630
21 Jun 1963 – 30 Mar 19652
330 Mar 1965 – 16 Dec 19663
416 Dec 1966 – 24 May 19682
524 May 1968 – 9 Aug 197414
6John Conteh
1 Oct 1974 – 18 May 19773
7Miguel Ángel Cuello
21 May 1977 – 8 Jan 19780
88 Jan – 2 Dec 1978 1
92 Dec 1978 – 22 Apr 19790
1022 Apr 1979 – 19 Dec 19818
1119 Dec 1981 – 18 Mar 19833
1218 Mar 1983 – 9 Oct 19854
13J. B. Williamson
10 Dec 1985 – 30 Apr 19860
1430 Apr 1986 – 7 Mar 19871
157 Mar – 6 Aug 19870
16Donny Lalonde
27 Nov 1987 – 7 Nov 19881
177 Nov – 15 Nov 19880
18Dennis Andries (2)
21 Feb – 24 Jun 19890
1924 Jun 1989 – 28 Jul 19902
20Dennis Andries (3)28 Jul 1990 – 11 Sep 19912
21Jeff Harding (2)11 Sep 1991 – 23 Jul 19942
2223 Jul 1994 – 16 Jun 19951
2316 Jun 1995 – 13 Jan 19971
24Roy Jones Jr.
13 Jan – 21 Mar 19970
2521 Mar – 7 Aug 19970
26Roy Jones Jr. (2)7 Aug – 5 Nov 19970
27Graciano Rocchigiani
21 Mar – Jun 19980
28Roy Jones Jr. (3)
Jun 1998 – 4 Apr 200311
29Antonio Tarver
26 Apr – 8 Nov 20030
30Roy Jones Jr. (4) 8 Nov 2003 – 15 May 20040
31Antonio Tarver (2)15 May – 4 Nov 20040
32Tomasz Adamek
21 May 2005 – 3 Feb 20072
333 Feb 2007 – 11 Jul 20083
34Adrian Diaconu
11 Jul 2008 – 19 Jun 20090
3519 Jun 2009 – 21 May 20112
3621 May 2011 – 28 Apr 20120
37Chad Dawson (2)28 April 2012 – 8 Jun 20130
388 Jun 2013 – 1 Dec 20189
391 Dec 2018 – 18 Oct 20191
40Artur Beterbiev18 Oct 2019 – present5

Super middleweight

No.NameReignDefenses
1Sugar Ray Leonard
7 Nov 1988 – 27 Aug 19902
2Mauro Galvano
15 Dec 1990 – 3 Oct 19922
3Nigel Benn3 Oct 1992 – 2 Mar 19969
4Thulani Malinga2 Mar – 6 Jul 19960
5Vincenzo Nardiello6 Jul – 12 Oct 19960
6Robin Reid12 Oct 1996 – 19 Dec 19973
7Thulani Malinga (2)19 Dec 1997 – 27 Mar 19980
8Richie Woodhall27 Mar 1998 – 23 Oct 19992
9Markus Beyer23 Oct 1999 – 6 May 20001
10Glenn Catley6 May – 1 Sep 20000
11Dingaan Thobela1 Sep – 15 Dec 20000
12Dave Hilton Jr.15 Dec 2000 – 1 May 20010
13Éric Lucas
10 Jul 2001 – 5 Apr 20033
14Markus Beyer (2)5 Apr 2003 – 5 Jun 20042
15Cristian Sanavia5 Jun – 9 Oct 20040
16Markus Beyer (3)9 Oct 2004 – 14 Oct 20065
17Mikkel Kessler14 Oct 2006 – 3 Nov 20071
18Joe Calzaghe3 Nov 2007 – 28 Jun 20080
19Carl Froch
6 Dec 2008 – 24 Apr 20102
20Mikkel Kessler (2)24 Apr – 6 Sep 20100
21Carl Froch (2)
27 Nov 2010 – 17 Dec 20111
22Andre Ward17 Dec 2011 – 20 May 20131
23Sakio Bika
22 Jun 2013 – 16 Aug 20141
24Anthony Dirrell16 Aug 2014 – 24 Apr 20150
25Badou Jack24 Apr 2015 – 18 Jan 20173
26David Benavidez
8 Sep 2017 – 3 Oct 20181
27Anthony Dirrell (2)
23 Feb – 28 Sep 2019 0
28David Benavidez (2)28 Sep 2019 – 14 Aug 20200
29Canelo Álvarez
19 Dec 2020 – present7

Middleweight

No.NameReignDefenses
1Dick Tiger
10 Aug – 7 Dec 1963 0
27 Dec 1963 – 21 Oct 19651
3Dick Tiger (2)21 Oct 1965 – 25 Apr 19660
425 Apr 1966 – 4 Mar 19682
54 Mar 1968 – 7 Nov 19704
67 Nov 1970 – 23 Apr 19749
7Rodrigo Valdéz
25 May 1974 – 26 Jun 19764
8Carlos Monzón (2)26 Jun 1976 – 29 Aug 19771
9Rodrigo Valdéz (2)
5 Nov 1977 – 22 Apr 19780
10Hugo Corro22 Apr 1978 – 30 Jun 19792
11Vito Antuofermo30 Jun 1979 – 16 Mar 1980 1
12Alan Minter16 Mar – 27 Sep 19801
13Marvin Hagler27 Sep 1980 – 6 Apr 198712
14Sugar Ray Leonard6 Apr – 27 May 19870
15Thomas Hearns
29 Oct 1987 – 6 Jun 19880
16Iran Barkley6 Jun 1988 – 24 Feb 1989 0
17Roberto Durán24 Feb 1989 – 11 Jan 19900
18Julian Jackson
24 Nov 1990 – 8 May 19934
19Gerald McClellan8 May 1993 – 5 Jan 19953
20Julian Jackson (2)
17 Mar – 19 Aug 19950
21Quincy Taylor19 Aug 1995 – 16 Mar 1996 0
22Keith Holmes16 Mar 1996 – 2 May 1998 2
23Hacine Cherifi2 May 1998 – 24 Apr 19990
24Keith Holmes (2)24 Apr 1999 – 14 Apr 20012
25Bernard Hopkins14 Apr 2001 – 16 Jul 2005 7
26Jermain Taylor16 Jul 2005 – 29 Sep 20074
27Kelly Pavlik29 Sep 2007 – 17 Apr 2010 3
28Sergio Martínez17 Apr 2010 – 18 Jan 20111
29Sebastian Zbik
18 Jan – 4 Jun 2011 0
30Julio César Chávez Jr.4 Jun 2011 – 15 Sep 20123
31Sergio Martínez (2)15 Sep 2012 – 7 Jun 2014 1
32Miguel Cotto7 Jun 2014 – 17 Nov 20151
33Canelo Álvarez
21 Nov 2015 – 18 May 20161
34Gennady Golovkin
18 May 2016 – 15 Sep 20184
35Canelo Álvarez (2)15 Sep 2018 – 26 Jun 20191
36Jermall Charlo
26 Jun 2019 – 7 May 20244
37Carlos Adames
7 May 2024 – present1

Super welterweight

No.NameReignDefenses
1Denny Moyer
19 Feb – 29 Apr 19630
229 Apr – 7 Sep 19631
37 Sep 1963 – 18 Jun 19653
418 Jun 1965 – 25 Jun 19661
525 Jun 1966 – 26 May 1968 2
6Sandro Mazzinghi (2)26 May – 8 Nov 19681
7Freddie Little
17 Mar 1969 – 9 Jul 1970 2
8Carmelo Bossi9 Jul 1970 – 31 Oct 19711
9Koichi Wajima31 Oct 1971 – 4 Jun 19746
10Oscar Albarado4 Jun 1974 – 21 Jan 1975 1
11Koichi Wajima (2)21 Jan – 6 Mar 19750
12Miguel de Oliveira
7 May – 13 Nov 1975 0
13Elisha Obed13 Nov 1975 – 18 Jun 19762
14Eckhard Dagge18 Jun 1976 – 6 Aug 19772
15Rocky Mattioli6 Aug 1977 – 4 Mar 1979 2
16Maurice Hope4 Mar 1979 – 23 May 19813
17Wilfred Benítez23 May 1981 – 3 Dec 19822
18Thomas Hearns3 Dec 1982 – 24 Oct 19864
19Duane Thomas
5 Dec 1986 – 12 Jul 1987 0
20Lupe Aquino12 Jul – 2 Oct 1987 0
21Gianfranco Rosi2 Oct 1987 – 8 Jul 19881
22Donald Curry8 Jul 1988 – 11 Feb 1989 0
23René Jacquot11 Feb – 8 Jul 1989 0
24John Mugabi8 Jul 1989 – 31 Mar 1990 0
25Terry Norris31 Mar 1990 – 18 Dec 199310
26Simon Brown18 Dec 1993 – 7 May 1994 1
27Terry Norris (2)7 May – 12 Nov 19940
28Luis Santana12 Nov 1994 – 19 Aug 1995 1
29Terry Norris (3)19 Aug 1995 – 6 Dec 1997 6
30Keith Mullings6 Dec 1997 – 29 Jan 1999 1
31Javier Castillejo29 Jan 1999 – 28 Jun 20015
32Oscar De La Hoya28 Jun 2001 – 13 Sep 2003 2
33Shane Mosley13 Sep 2003 – 13 Mar 20040
34Winky Wright13 Mar 2004 – 5 Mar 20051
35Javier Castillejo (2)
5 Mar – 31 May 20050
36Ricardo Mayorga
13 Aug 2005 – 6 May 20060
37Oscar De La Hoya (2)6 May 2006 – 5 May 20070
38Floyd Mayweather Jr.5 May – 2 July 20070
39Vernon Forrest
28 Jul 2007 – 7 Jun 20081
40Sergio Mora7 Jun – 13 Sep 2008 0
41Vernon Forrest (2)13 Sep 2008 – 21 May 20090
42Sergio Martínez
21 May 2009 – 16 Jun 20100
43Manny Pacquiao
14 Nov 2010 – 8 Feb 20110
44Canelo Álvarez
5 Mar 2011 – 14 Sep 20136
45Floyd Mayweather Jr. (2)14 Sep 2013 – 2 Nov 20151
46Jermell Charlo
21 May 2016 – 22 Dec 20183
47Tony Harrison22 Dec 2018 – 21 Dec 20190
48Jermell Charlo (2)21 Dec 2019 – 26 January 20243
49Sebastian Fundora
30 Mar 2024 – present0

Welterweight

No.NameReignDefenses
1Emile Griffith
8 Dec 1962 – 21 Mar 19630
221 Mar – 8 Jun 19630
3Emile Griffith (2)8 Jun 1963 – 1 Aug 19665
4Curtis Cokes
28 Nov 1966 – 18 Apr 1969 4
518 Apr 1969 – 3 Dec 19703
63 Dec 1970 – 4 Jun 19710
7José Nápoles (2)4 Jun 1971 – 6 Dec 197510
86 Dec 1975 – 22 Jun 1976 1
822 Jun 1976 – 14 Jan 19797
9Wilfred Benítez14 Jan – 30 Nov 19791
1030 Nov 1979 – 20 Jun 1980 1
1220 Jun – 25 Nov 19800
13Sugar Ray Leonard (2)25 Nov 1980 – 9 Nov 19823
14Milton McCrory
13 Aug 1983 – 6 Dec 19854
15Donald Curry6 Dec 1985 – 27 Sep 1986 0
16Lloyd Honeyghan27 Sep 1986 – 28 Oct 19873
17Jorge Vaca28 Oct 1987 – 29 Mar 1988 0
18Lloyd Honeyghan (2)29 Mar 1988 – 4 Feb 1989 1
19Marlon Starling4 Feb 1989 – 19 Aug 1990 1
20Maurice Blocker19 Aug 1990 – 18 Mar 19910
21Simon Brown18 Mar – 29 Nov 19910
22Buddy McGirt29 Nov 1991 – 6 Mar 1993 2
23Pernell Whitaker6 Mar 1993 – 12 Apr 19978
24Oscar De La Hoya12 Apr 1997 – 17 Sep 19997
25Félix Trinidad17 Sep 1999 – 20 Mar 20000
26Oscar De La Hoya (2)
20 Mar – 17 Jun 20000
27Shane Mosley17 Jun 2000 – 26 Jan 20023
28Vernon Forrest26 Jan 2002 – 25 Jan 20031
29Ricardo Mayorga25 Jan – 13 Dec 20031
30Cory Spinks13 Dec 2003 – 5 Feb 20052
31Zab Judah5 Feb 2005 – 7 Jan 20061
32Carlos Baldomir7 Jan – 4 Nov 2006 1
33Floyd Mayweather Jr.4 Nov 2006 – 6 Jun 20081
34Andre Berto
21 Jun 2008 – 16 Apr 20115
35Victor Ortiz16 Apr – 17 Sep 2011 0
36Floyd Mayweather Jr. (2)17 Sep 2011 – 2 Nov 20155
37Danny Garcia
23 Jan 2016 – 4 Mar 2017 0
38Keith Thurman4 Mar 2017 – 24 Apr 20180
39Shawn Porter
8 Sep 2018 – 28 Sep 20191
40Errol Spence Jr.28 Sep 2019 – 29 Jul 20232
41Terence Crawford29 Jul 2023 – 27 May 20240
42Mario Barrios
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18 Jun 2024 – present0

Super lightweight

No.NameReignDefenses
1Eddie Perkins
15 Jun 1963 – 18 Jan 19652
218 Jan 1965 – 29 Apr 1966 2
329 Apr 1966 – 30 Apr 1967 1
430 Apr 1967 – 14 Nov 19681
5Pedro Adigue
14 Dec 1968 – 31 Jan 1970 0
6Bruno Arcari31 Jan 1970 – 2 Sep 19749
7Perico Fernandez
21 Sep 1974– 15 Jul 19751
8Saensak Muangsurin15 Jul 1975 – 30 Jun 19761
9Miguel Velasquez30 June – 29 Oct 1976 0
10Saensak Muangsurin (2)29 Oct 1976 – 30 Dec 1978 7
11Kim Sang-Hyun30 Dec 1978 – 23 Feb 1980 2
12Saoul Mamby23 Feb 1980 – 26 Jun 19825
13Leroy Haley26 Jun 1982 – 18 May 1983 2
14Bruce Curry18 May 1983 – 29 Jan 19842
15Billy Costello29 Jan 1984 – 21 Aug 1985 3
16Lonnie Smith21 Aug 1985 – 5 May 1986 0
17René Arredondo5 May – 24 Jul 19860
18Tsuyoshi Hamada24 Jul 1986 – 22 Jul 19871
19René Arredondo (2)22 Jul – 12 Nov 19870
20Roger Mayweather12 Nov 1987 – 13 May 19894
21Julio César Chávez13 May 1989 – 29 Jan 1994 12
22Frankie Randall29 Jan – 7 May 1994 0
23Julio César Chávez (2)7 May 1994 – 7 Jun 1996 4
24Oscar De La Hoya7 Jun 1996 – 17 Jun 19971
25Kostya Tszyu
21 Aug 1999 – 9 Oct 20037
26Arturo Gatti
24 Jan 2004 – 25 Jun 20052
27Floyd Mayweather Jr.25 Jun 2005 – 23 Mar 20060
28Junior Witter
15 Sep 2006 – 10 May 2008 2
29Timothy Bradley10 May 2008 – 28 Apr 20092
30Devon Alexander
1 Aug 2009 – 20 Jan 20112
31Timothy Bradley (2)29 Jan – 29 Jul 20110
32Érik Morales
17 Sep 2011 – 23 Mar 2012 0
33Danny Garcia
24 Mar 2012 – 11 Jun 20155
34Viktor Postol
3 Oct 2015 – 23 Jul 20160
35Terence Crawford23 Jul 2016 – 13 Feb 20183
36José Ramírez
17 Mar 2018 – 22 May 20214
37Josh Taylor22 May 2021 – 1 Jul 20221
38Regis Prograis
26 Nov 2022 – 9 Dec 20231
399 Dec 2023 – 24 Jun 20240
40Alberto Puello
24 Jun 2024 – present0

Lightweight

No.NameReignDefenses
1Carlos Ortiz
7 Apr 1963 – 10 Apr 19653
210 Apr – 13 Nov 19650
3Carlos Ortiz (2)13 Nov 1965 – 25 Oct 19662
4Carlos Ortiz (3)
1 Jul 1967 – 29 Jun 19681
529 Jun 1968 – 18 Feb 19691
618 Feb 1969 – 3 Mar 1970 1
7Ismael Laguna (2)3 Mar – 16 Sep 19701
8Ken Buchanan
12 Feb – 25 Jun 19710
9Pedro Carrasco
5 Nov 1971 – 19 Feb 19720
10Mando Ramos18 Feb – 15 Sep 19721
11Chango Carmona15 Sep – 10 Nov 19720
12Rodolfo González10 No 1972 – 11 Apr 1974 2
13Guts Ishimatsu11 Apr 1974 – 8 May 19765
14Esteban de Jesús8 May 1976 – 21 Jan 19783
15Roberto Durán21 Jan 1978 – 7 Feb 19790
16Jim Watt
17 Apr 1979 – 20 Jun 1981 4
17Alexis Argüello20 Jun 1981 – 15 Feb 19834
18Edwin Rosario
1 May 1983 – 3 Nov 19842
19José Luis Ramírez3 Nov 1984 – 29 Apr 1987 0
20Héctor Camacho10 Aug 1985 – 29 Apr 19872
21José Luis Ramírez (2)
19 Jul 1987 – 29 Oct 19882
22Julio César Chávez29 Oct 1988 – 25 Jun 19890
23Pernell Whitaker
20 Aug 1989 – 13 Apr 19926
24Miguel Ángel González
24 Aug 1992 – 29 Feb 199610
25Jean Baptiste Mendy
20 Apr 1996 – 1 Mar 19970
26Stevie Johnston1 Mar 1997 – 13 Jun 19983
27César Bazán13 Jun 1998 – 27 Feb 19992
28Stevie Johnston (2)27 Feb 1999 – 17 Jun 20004
29José Luis Castillo17 Jun 2000 – 20 Apr 20023
30Floyd Mayweather Jr.20 Apr 2002 – 30 May 20043
31José Luis Castillo (2)
5 Jun 2004 – 7 May 20052
32Diego Corrales7 May 2005 – 6 Oct 20060
33Joel Casamayor
7 Oct 2006 – 22 Feb 20070
34David Díaz
22 Feb 2007 – 28 Jun 20081
35Manny Pacquiao28 Jun 2008 – 24 Feb 20090
36Edwin Valero
4 Apr 2009 – 9 Feb 20102
37Humberto Soto
13 Mar 2010 – 1 Jul 20114
38Antonio DeMarco
15 Oct 2011 – 17 Nov 20122
39Adrien Broner17 Nov 2012 – 29 Jan 20141
40Omar Figueroa Jr.
29 Jan – 10 Nov 20142
41Jorge Linares
30 Dec 2014 – 22 Feb 20162
42Dejan Zlatičanin
11 Jun 2016 – 28 Jan 2017 0
43Mikey Garcia28 Jan 2017 – 25 Apr 20191
44Vasiliy Lomachenko
31 Aug – 23 Oct 20190
45Devin Haney
23 Oct – 12 Dec 20191
46Devin Haney (2)
22 Apr 2020 – 1 Aug 20236
47Shakur Stevenson
16 Nov 2023 – present1

Super featherweight

No.NameReignDefenses
1Gabriel Elorde
16 Feb 1963 – 15 Jun 19675
215 Jun – 14 Dec 19670
314 Dec 1967 – 20 Jan 19692
4Rene Barrientos
15 Feb 1969 – 5 Apr 19700
5Yoshiaki Numata (2)5 Apr 1970 – 10 Oct 19713
6Ricardo Arredondo10 Oct 1971 – 28 Feb 19745
7Kuniaki Shibata28 Feb 1974 – 5 Jul 19753
8Alfredo Escalera5 Jul 1975 – 28 Jan 197810
9Alexis Argüello28 Jan 1978 – 1 Nov 19808
10Rafael Limón
11 Dec 1980 – 8 Mar 19810
11Cornelius Boza-Edwards8 Mar – 29 Aug 19811
12Rolando Navarrete29 Aug 1981 – 29 May 19821
13Rafael Limón (2)29 May – 11 Dec 19821
14Bobby Chacon11 Dec 1982 – 27 Jun 19831
15Héctor Camacho
7 Aug 1983 – 6 Jul 19841
16Julio César Chávez
13 Sep 1984 – 29 Dec 19879
17Azumah Nelson
29 Feb 1988 – 7 May 199410
18Jesse James Leija7 May – 17 Sep 19940
19Gabriel Ruelas17 Sep 1994 – 1 De 19952
20Azumah Nelson (2)1 Dec 1995 – 22 Mar 19971
21Genaro Hernández22 Mar 1997 – 3 Oct 19983
22Floyd Mayweather Jr.3 Oct 1998 – 14 May 20028
23Sirimongkol Singwangcha
24 Aug 2002 – 15 August 20031
24Jesús Chávez15 August 2003 – 28 Feb 20040
25Érik Morales28 Feb – 27 Nov 20041
26Marco Antonio Barrera27 Nov 2004 – 17 Mar 20074
27Juan Manuel Márquez17 Mar 2007 – 15 Mar 20081
28Manny Pacquiao15 Mar – 16 Jul 20080
29Humberto Soto
20 Dec 2008 – 18 Mar 20103
30Vitali Tajbert
18 Mar – 26 Nov 20101
31Takahiro Ao26 Nov 2010 – 27 Oct 20123
32Gamaliel Díaz27 Oct 2012 – 8 Apr 20130
33Takashi Miura8 Apr 2013 – 21 Nov 20154
34Francisco Vargas21 Nov 2015 – 28 Jan 20171
35Miguel Berchelt28 Jan 2017 – 20 Feb 20216
36Óscar Valdez20 Feb 2021 – 30 Apr 20221
37Shakur Stevenson30 Apr – 22 Sep 20220
38O'Shaquie Foster
11 Feb 2023 – 6 Jul 20242
39Robson Conceição6 Jul 2024 – present0

Featherweight

No.NameReignDefenses
1Sugar Ramos
21 Mar 1963 – 26 Sep 19643
226 Sep 1964 – 14 Oct 1967 7
3Howard Winstone
23 Jan – 24 Jul 19680
4José Legrá24 Jul 1968 – 21 Jan 19690
5Johnny Famechon21 Jan 1969 – 9 May 19702
6Vicente Saldívar (2)9 May – 11 Dec 19700
7Kuniaki Shibata11 Dec 1970 – 19 May 19722
8Clemente Sánchez19 May – 16 Dec 19720
9José Legrá (2)
16 Dec 1972 – 5 May 19730
10Éder Jofre5 May 1973 – 17 Jun 19741
11Bobby Chacon
7 Sep 1974 – 20 Jun 19751
12Rubén Olivares20 Jun – 20 Sep 19750
13David Kotei20 Sep 1975 – 13 Nov 19762
1413 Nov 1976 – 2 Feb 19808
15Salvador Sánchez2 Feb 1980 – 12 Aug 19829
16Juan Laporte
15 Sep 1982 – 31 Mar 19842
17Wilfredo Gómez31 Mar – 8 Dec 19840
188 Dec 1984 – 27 Jan 19886
19Jeff Fenech
7 Mar 1988 – 18 Apr 19903
20Marcos Villasana
2 Jun 1990 – 14 Nov 19913
21Paul Hodkinson14 Nov 1991 – 28 Apr 19933
22Gregorio Vargas28 Apr – 4 Dec 19930
23Kevin Kelley4 Dec 1993 – 7 Jan 19952
24Alejandro González7 Jan – 23 Sep 19952
25Manuel Medina23 Sep – 11 Dec 19950
26Luisito Espinosa11 Dec 1995 – 15 May 19997
27César Soto15 May – 22 Oct 19990
28Naseem Hamed22 Oct 1999 – 9 Jan 20000
29Guty Espadas Jr.
14 Apr 2000 – 17 Feb 20011
30Érik Morales17 Feb 2001 – 22 Jun 20021
31Marco Antonio Barrera22 Jun 20020
32Érik Morales (2)
16 Nov 2002 – 5 Oct 20032
33Chi In-Jin
10 Apr 2004 – 29 Jan 20063
34Takashi Koshimoto29 Jan – 30 Jul 20060
35Rodolfo López30 Jul – 17 Dec 20060
36Chi In-Jin (2)17 Dec 2006 – 31 Jul 20070
37Jorge Linares
31 Jul 2007 – 13 Aug 20081
38Óscar Larios
13 Aug 2008 – 12 Mar 20092
39Takahiro Ao12 Mar – 14 Jul 20090
40Elio Rojas14 Jul 2009 – 27 Sep 20101
41Hozumi Hasegawa
26 Nov 2010 – 8 Apr 20110
42Jhonny González8 Apr 2011 – 14 Sep 20124
43Daniel Ponce de León14 Sep 2012 – 4 May 20130
44Abner Mares4 May – 24 Aug 20130
45Jhonny González (2)24 Aug 2013 – 28 Mar 20152
46Gary Russell Jr.28 Mar 2015 – 22 Jan 20225
47Mark Magsayo22 Jan – 9 Jul 20220
48Rey Vargas9 Jul 2022 – present1

Super bantamweight

No.NameReignDefenses
1Rigoberto Riasco
3 Apr – 9 Oct 19762
29 Oct – 24 Nov 19760
324 Nov 1976 – 21 May 19771
4Wilfredo Gómez21 May 1977 – 26 May 198317
5Jaime Garza
15 Jun 1983 – 3 Nov 19841
6Juan Meza3 Nov 1984 – 18 Aug 19851
7Lupe Pintor18 Aug 1985 – 18 Jan 19860
8Samart Payakaroon18 Jan 1986 – 8 May 19871
9Jeff Fenech8 May 1987 – 27 Jan 19882
10Daniel Zaragoza
29 Feb 1988 – 23 Apr 19905
11Paul Banke23 Apr – 5 Nov 19901
12Pedro Rubén Décima5 Nov 1990 – 23 Feb 19910
13Kiyoshi Hatanaka23 Feb – 24 Jun 19910
14Daniel Zaragoza (2)24 Jun 1991 – 20 Mar 19922
15Thierry Jacob20 Mar – 23 Jun 19920
16Tracy Harris Patterson23 Jun 1992 – 26 Aug 19944
17Hector Acero Sánchez26 Aug 1994 – 6 Nov 19952
18Daniel Zaragoza (3)6 Nov 1995 – 6 Sep 19974
19Érik Morales6 Sep 1997 – 20 Jul 20009
20Willie Jorrín
9 Sep 2000 – 1 Nov 20022
21Óscar Larios1 Nov 2002 – 12 Dec 20057
22Israel Vázquez12 Dec 2005 – 3 Mar 20072
23Rafael Márquez3 Mar – Aug 20070
24Israel Vázquez (2)4 Aug 2007 – 18 Dec 20081
25Toshiaki Nishioka
18 Dec 2008 – 15 Mar 20127
26Abner Mares
21 Apr 2012 – 31 Jan 20131
27Victor Terrazas
20 Apr – 24 Aug 20130
28Léo Santa Cruz24 Aug 2013 – 1 Nov 20154
29Julio Ceja
1 Nov 2015 – 27 Feb 20160
30Hugo Ruiz27 Feb – 16 Sep 2016 0
31Hozumi Hasegawa16 Sep – 9 Dec 20160
32Rey Vargas
25 Feb 2017 – 14 Aug 20205
33Luis Nery
26 Sep 2020 – 15 May 20210
34Brandon Figueroa15 May – 27 Nov 20210
35Stephen Fulton27 Nov 2021 – 25 Jul 20231
36Naoya Inoue25 Jul 2023 – present2

Bantamweight

No.NameReignDefenses
1Éder Jofre
4 Apr 1963 – 18 May 19652
218 May 1965 – 27 Feb 19684
327 Feb 1968 – 22 Aug 19693
422 Aug 1969 – 16 Oct 19702
516 Oct 1970 – 2 Apr 19710
6Rubén Olivares (2)2 Apr 1971 – 19 Mar 19722
719 Mar – 29 Jul 19720
8Enrique Pinder29 Jul 1972 – 5 Jan 19730
9Rafael Herrera (2)
14 Apr 1973 – 7 Dec 19742
10Rodolfo Martínez7 Dec 1974 – 8 May 19763
11Carlos Zárate8 May 1976 – 3 Jun 19799
12Lupe Pintor3 Jun 1979 – 9 Jul 19838
13Alberto Dávila
1 Sep 1983 – 23 Mar 19851
14Daniel Zaragoza
4 May – 9 Aug 19850
15Miguel Lora9 Aug 1985 – 29 Oct 19887
16Raúl Pérez29 Oct 1988 – 25 Feb 19917
17Greg Richardson25 Feb – 19 Sep 19911
18Joichiro Tatsuyoshi19 Sep 1991 – 17 Sep 19920
19Victor Rabanales17 Sep 1992 – 28 Mar 19931
20Byun Jung-Il28 Mar – 23 Dec 19931
21Yasuei Yakushiji23 Dec 1993 – 30 Jul 19954
22Wayne McCullough30 Jul 1995 – 11 Jan 19972
23Sirimongkol Singmanasak
11 Jan – 22 Nov 19973
24Joichiro Tatsuyoshi (2)22 Nov 1997 – 29 Dec 19982
25Veeraphol Sahaprom29 Dec 1998 – 16 Apr 200514
26Hozumi Hasegawa16 Apr 2005 – 30 Apr 201010
27Fernando Montiel30 Apr 2010 – 19 Feb 20111
28Nonito Donaire19 Feb – 22 Oct 20111
29Shinsuke Yamanaka
6 Nov 2011 – 15 Aug 201712
30Luis Nery15 Aug 2017 – 28 Feb 20180
31Nordine Oubaali
19 Jan 2019 – 13 Nov 20202
32Nordine Oubaali (2)
10 Jan – 29 May 20210
33Nonito Donaire (2)29 May 2021 – 7 Jun 20221
34Naoya Inoue7 Jun 2022 – 13 Jan 20231
35Alexandro Santiago
29 Jul 2023 – 24 Feb 20240
36Junto Nakatani24 Feb 2024 – present1

Super flyweight

No.NameReignDefenses
1Rafael Orono
2 Feb 1980 – 24 Jan 19813
224 Jan 1981 – 28 Nov 19825
3Rafael Orono (2)28 Nov 1982 – 27 Nov 19833
427 Nov 1983 – 5 Jul 19841
55 Jul 1984 – 30 Mar 19864
630 Mar 1986 – 16 May 19876
716 May – 8 Aug 19870
8Sugar Baby Rojas8 Aug 1987 – 8 Apr 19881
9Gilberto Román (2)8 Apr 1988 – 7 Nov 19895
10Nana Konadu7 Nov 1989 – 20 Jan 19900
11Moon Sung-Kil20 Jan 1990 – 13 Nov 19939
12José Luis Bueno13 Nov 1993 – 4 May 19940
13Hiroshi Kawashima4 May 1994 – 20 Feb 19976
14Gerry Peñalosa20 Feb 1997 – 29 Aug 19983
15Choi In-Joo29 Aug 1998 – 27 Aug 20005
16Masamori Tokuyama27 Aug 2000 – 28 Jun 20048
17Katsushige Kawashima28 Jun 2004 – 18 Jul 20052
18Masamori Tokuyama (2)18 Jul 2005 – 6 Dec 20061
19Cristian Mijares
6 Dec 2006 – 1 Nov 20087
20Vic Darchinyan1 Nov 2008 – 3 Aug 20103
21Tomás Rojas
20 Sep 2010 – 10 Aug 20112
22Suriyan Sor Rungvisai19 Aug 2011 – 27 Mar 20121
23Yota Sato27 Mar 2012 – 3 May 20132
24Srisaket Sor Rungvisai3 May 2013 – 31 May 20141
25Carlos Cuadras31 May 2014 – 10 Sep 20166
26Román González10 Sep 2016 – 18 Mar 20170
27Srisaket Sor Rungvisai (2)18 Mar 2017 – 26 Apr 20193
28Juan Francisco Estrada26 Apr 2019 – 26 Mar 20213
29Jesse Rodríguez
5 Feb 2022 – 26 Oct 20222
30Juan Francisco Estrada (2)
3 Dec 2022 – 29 Jun 20240
31Jesse Rodríguez (2)29 Jun 2024 – present0

Flyweight

No.NameReignDefenses
1Pone Kingpetch
14 Feb – 18 Sep 19630
218 Sep 1963 – 23 Jan 19640
3Pone Kingpetch (2)23 Jan 1964 – 23 Apr 19650
423 Apr – 19 Nov 19650
5Horacio Accavallo
1 Mar 1966 – 2 Oct 19683
6Chartchai Chionoi
10 Nov 1968 – 23 Feb 19690
723 Feb 1969 – 20 Mar 19701
8Chartchai Chionoi (2)20 Mar – 7 Dec 19700
97 Dec 1970 – 29 Dec 19712
10Betulio González
29 Dec 1971 – 29 Sep 19721
11Venice Borkhorsor29 Sep 1972 – 11 Jul 19731
12Betulio González (2)
4 Aug 1973 – 1 Oct 19742
13Shoji Oguma1 Oct 1974 – 8 Jan 19750
14Miguel Canto8 Jan 1975 – 18 Mar 197914
15Park Chan-Hee18 Mac 1979 – 18 May 19805
16Shoji Oguma (2)18 May 1980 – 12 May 19813
17Antonio Avelar12 May 1981 – 20 Mar 19821
18Prudencio Cardona20 Mar – 24 Jul 19820
19Freddy Castillo24 July – 6 Nov 19820
20Eleoncio Mercedes6 Nov 1982 – 15 Mar 19830
21Charlie Magri15 Mar – 27 Sep 19830
22Frank Cedeno27 Sep 1983 – 18 Jan 19840
23Kōji Kobayashi18 Jan – 9 Apr 19840
24Gabriel Bernal9 Apr – 8 Oct 19841
25Sot Chitalada8 Oct 1984 – 24 Jul 19886
26Kim Yong-Kang24 Jul 1988 – 3 Jun 19892
27Sot Chitalada (2)3 Jun 1989 – 15 Feb 19914
28Muangchai Kittikasem15 Feb 1991 – 23 Jun 19923
29Yuri Arbachakov23 Jun 1992 – 12 Nov 19979
30Chatchai Singwangcha12 Nov 1997 – 4 Dec 19984
31Manny Pacquiao4 Dec 1998 – 16 Sep 19991
32Medgoen 3K-Battery
17 Sep 1999 – 19 May 20001
33Malcolm Tuñacao19 May 2000 – 2 Mar 20011
34Pongsaklek Wonjongkam2 Mar 2001 – 18 Jul 200717
35Daisuke Naito18 Jul 2007 – 29 Nov 20095
36Kōki Kameda29 Nov 2009 – 27 Mar 20100
37Pongsaklek Wonjongkam (2)27 Mar 2010 – 2 Mar 20124
38Sonny Boy Jaro2 Mar – 16 Jul 20120
39Toshiyuki Igarashi16 Jul 2012 – 8 Apr 20131
40Akira Yaegashi8 Apr 2013 – 5 Sep 20143
41Román González5 Sep 2014 – 1 Oct 20164
42Juan Hernández Navarrete
4 Mar – 20 May 20170
43Daigo Higa20 May 2017 – 14 April 20182
44Cristofer Rosales
15 April – 22 Dec 20181
45Charlie Edwards22 Dec 2018 – 4 Oct 20192
46Julio Cesar Martinez
20 Dec 2019 – 22 May 20247

Light flyweight

No.NameReignDefenses
1Franco Udella
4 Apr – 29 Aug 19751
2Luis Estaba
13 Sep 1975 – 19 Feb 197811
3Freddy Castillo19 Feb – 6 May 19780
4Netrnoi Sor Vorasingh6 May – 30 Sep 19781
5Kim Sung-Jun30 Sep 1978 – 3 Jan 19803
6Shigeo Nakajima3 Jan – 24 Mar 19800
7Hilario Zapata24 Ma 1980 – 6 Feb 19828
8Amado Ursua6 Feb – 13 Apr 19820
9Tadashi Tomori13 Apr – 20 Jul 19820
10Hilario Zapata (2)20 Jul 1982 – 26 Mar 19832
11Chang Jung-Koo26 Mar 1983 – 14 Oct 198815
12Germán Torres
11 Dec 1988 – 19 Mar 19890
13Lee Yul-Woo19 Mar – 25 Jun 19890
14Humberto González25 Jun 1989 – 19 Dec 19905
15Rolando Pascua19 Dec 1990 – 25 Mar 19910
16Melchor Cob Castro25 Mar – 3 Jun 19910
17Humberto González (2)3 Jun 1991 – 13 Mar 19934
18Michael Carbajal13 Mar 1993 – 19 Feb 19942
19Humberto González (3)19 Feb 1994 – 15 Jul 19953
20Saman Sorjaturong15 Jul 1995 – 17 Oct 199910
21Choi Yo-Sam17 Oct 1999 – 6 Jul 20023
22Jorge Arce6 Jul 2002 – 23 Feb 20057
23Eric Ortiz
11 Mar – 10 Sep 2005 0
24Brian Viloria10 Sep 2005 – 10 Aug 20061
25Omar Niño Romero10 Aug 2006 – 1 Feb 20070
26Édgar Sosa
14 Apr 2007 – 21 Nov 200910
27Rodel Mayol21 Nov 2009 – 19 Jun 20101
28Omar Niño Romero (2)19 Jun – 6 Nov 20101
29Gilberto Keb Baas6 Nov 2010 – 30 Apr 20111
30Adrián Hernández30 Apr – 23 Dec 20111
31Kompayak Porpramook23 Dec 2011 – 6 Oct 20121
32Adrián Hernández (2)6 Oct 2012 – 6 Apr 20144
33Naoya Inoue6 Apr – 3 Nov 20141
34Pedro Guevara
30 Dec 2014 – 28 Nov 20152
35Yu Kimura28 Nov 2015 – 4 Mar 20160
36Ganigan López4 Mar 2016 – 20 May 20171
37Kenshiro Teraji20 May 2017 – 22 Sep 20218
38Masamichi Yabuki22 Sep 2021 – 19 Mar 20220
39Kenshiro Teraji (2)19 Mar 2022 – 15 Jul 20244

Strawweight

No.NameReignDefenses
1Hiroki Ioka
18 Oct 1987 – 13 Nov 19882
213 Nov 1988 – 12 Nov 19892
312 Nov 1989 – 7 Feb 1990 0
47 Feb – 25 Oct 19901
525 Oct 1990 – 28 Sep 199921
6Wandee Singwangcha
28 Sep 1999 – 11 Feb 20000
711 Feb 2000 – 10 Jan 20047
810 Jan – 18 Dec 20041
918 Dec 2004 – 4 Apr 20050
104 Apr – 6 Aug 20050
11Eagle Den Junlaphan (2)6 Aug 2005 – 29 Nov 20074
1229 Nov 2007 – 11 Feb 20116
1311 Feb 2011 – 1 Jul 20123
14Xiong Chaozhong
24 Nov 2012 – 5 Feb 2014 2
15Oswaldo Novoa5 Feb – 6 Nov 20141
16Wanheng Menayothin6 Nov 2014 – 27 Nov 202012
17Panya Pradabsri27 Nov 2020 – 7 Oct 20234
18Yudai Shigeoka7 Oct 2023 – 31 Mar 20240
19Melvin Jerusalem31 Mar 2024 – present0

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: WBC. 18 June 2024. WBC Welterweight Status: Mario Barrios . live . WBC. https://web.archive.org/web/20240619043415/https://wbcboxing.com/en/wbc-welterweight-status-mario-barrios/. 19 June 2024. 20 August 2024.