List of world welterweight boxing champions
Appearance
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Beginning with Mysterious Billy Smith to Harry Lewis, the welterweight world champions listed below are more widely recognized in the United States and are not as widely sanctioned as the boxers that follow. Beginning with boxer Pat Bradley, is a chronological widely recognized List of World Welterweight Boxing Champions, as recognized by four of the better-known sanctioning organizations:
- The World Boxing Association (WBA), founded in 1921 as the National Boxing Association (NBA)
- The World Boxing Council (WBC), founded in 1963
- The International Boxing Federation (IBF), founded in 1983
- The World Boxing Organization (WBO), founded in 1988
Lists of Champions
[edit ]World claimants
[edit ]Date won | Date lost | Name | |
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14 December 1892 | 26 July 1894 | Canada Mysterious Billy Smith | World claim |
Continued to claim title after losing to Mike "Twin" Sullivan | 1 November 1907 | United States William "Honey" Mellody | World claim |
1 November 1907 | 23 Jan 1908 | United States Frank Mantell | World claim |
23 Jan 1908 | March 1911-vacated | United States Harry Lewis | World claim |
World/Undisputed
[edit ]Date won | Date lost | Name | |
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30 October 1888 | 10 July 1890 (died) | United States Paddy Duffy | World |
17 February 1891 | 20 December 1897 (vacated) | United States Tommy Ryan def. Danny Needham | World |
25 August 1898 | 17 April 1900 | Canada Mysterious Billy Smith | World |
17 April 1900 | 5 June 1900 | United States Matty Matthews | World |
5 June 1900 | 13 August 1900 | Canada Eddie Connolly | World |
13 August 1900 | 16 October 1900 | United States Rube Ferns | World |
16 October 1900 | 24 May 1901 | United States Matty Matthews | World |
24 May 1901 | 18 December 1901 | United States Rube Ferns | World |
18 December 1901 | 16 October 1906 | Barbados Barbados Joe Walcott | World |
16 October 1906 | 23 April 1907 | United States William "Honey" Mellody | World |
23 April 1907 | 1908 (vacated) | United States Mike "Twin" Sullivan | World |
1 April 1912 | 1 January 1914 | United States Ray Bronson | World |
1 January 1914 | 24 January 1914 | Denmark Waldemar Holberg | World |
24 January 1914 | 21 March 1914 | United Kingdom Tom McCormick | World |
21 March 1914 | 1 June 1915 | United Kingdom Matt Wells | World |
1 June 1915 | 22 June 1915 | United States Mike Glover | World |
22 June 1915 | 31 August 1915 | United States Jack Britton | World |
31 August 1915 | 24 April 1916 | United Kingdom Ted Kid Lewis | World |
24 April 1916 | 25 June 1917 | United States Jack Britton | World |
25 June 1917 | 17 March 1919 | United Kingdom Ted Kid Lewis | World |
17 March 1919 | 1 November 1922 | United States Jack Britton | World/NYSAC/NBA |
1 November 1922 | 20 May 1926 | United States Mickey Walker | NBA/NYSAC |
20 May 1926 | 3 June 1927 | United States Pete Latzo | NBA/NYSAC |
3 June 1927 | 25 July 1929 | United States Joe Dundee | NBA/NYSAC |
25 July 1929 | 9 May 1930 | United States Jackie Fields | NBA/NYSAC |
9 May 1930 | 5 September 1930 | United States Jack Thompson | NBA/NYSAC |
5 September 1930 | 14 April 1931 | United States Tommy Freeman | NBA/NYSAC |
14 April 1931 | 23 October 1931 | United States Jack Thompson | NBA/NYSAC |
23 October 1931 | 28 January 1932 | Canada Lou Brouillard | NBA/NYSAC |
28 January 1932 | 22 February 1933 | United States Jackie Fields | NBA/NYSAC |
22 February 1933 | 29 May 1933 | United States Young Corbett III | NBA/NYSAC |
29 May 1933 | 28 May 1934 | Canada Jimmy McLarnin | NBA/NYSAC |
28 May 1934 | 17 September 1934 | United States Barney Ross | NBA/NYSAC |
17 September 1934 | 28 May 1935 | Canada Jimmy McLarnin | NBA/NYSAC |
28 May 1935 | 31 May 1938 | United States Barney Ross | NBA/NYSAC |
31 May 1938 | 4 October 1940 | United States Henry Armstrong | NBA/NYSAC |
4 October 1940 | 29 July 1941 | United States Fritzie Zivic | NBA/NYSAC |
29 July 1941 | 1 February 1946 | United States Freddie 'Red' Cochrane | NBA/NYSAC |
1 February 1946 | 1 February 1946 (vacated) | United States Marty Servo | NBA/NYSAC |
20 December 1946 | 9 August 1950 (vacated) | United States Sugar Ray Robinson | NBA/NYSAC |
14 March 1951 | 18 May 1951 | United States Johnny Bratton | NBA |
18 May 1951 | 29 August 1951 | Cuba Kid Gavilán | NBA/NYSAC |
4 February 1952 | 20 October 1954 | Cuba Kid Gavilán | NBA/NYSAC |
20 October 1954 | 1 April 1955 | United States Johnny Saxton | NBA/NYSAC |
1 April 1955 | 10 June 1955 | United States Tony DeMarco | NBA/NYSAC |
10 June 1955 | 14 March 1956 | United States Carmen Basilio | NBA/NYSAC |
14 March 1956 | 12 September 1956 | United States Johnny Saxton | NBA/NYSAC |
12 September 1956 | 22 February 1957 (vacated) | United States Carmen Basilio | NBA/NYSAC |
6 June 1958 | 5 December 1958 | United States Virgil Akins | NBA/NYSAC |
5 December 1958 | 27 May 1960 | United States Don Jordan | NBA/NYSAC |
27 May 1960 | 1 April 1961 | Cuba Benny 'Kid' Paret | NBA/NYSAC |
1 April 1961 | 30 September 1961 | United States Virgin Islands Emile Griffith | NBA/NYSAC |
30 September 1961 | 24 March 1962 | Cuba Benny 'Kid' Paret | NBA/NYSAC |
24 March 1962 | 21 March 1963 | United States Virgin Islands Emile Griffith | NBA/NYSAC—WBA/WBC |
Title Splits into WBA and WBC Belts during Griffith's reign | |||
21 March 1963 | 8 June 1963 | Cuba Luis Manuel Rodríguez | WBA/WBC |
8 June 1963 | 10 December 1965 (vacated) | United States Virgin Islands Emile Griffith | WBA/WBC |
28 November 1966 | 18 April 1969 | United States Curtis Cokes | WBA/WBC |
18 April 1969 | 3 December 1970 | Mexico José Nápoles | WBA/WBC |
3 December 1970 | 4 June 1971 | United States Billy Backus | WBA/WBC |
4 June 1971 | 6 December 1975 | Mexico José Nápoles | WBA/WBC |
16 September 1981 | 9 November 1982 (retires) | United States Sugar Ray Leonard | WBA/WBC |
Title Split into WBA, WBC, and IBF Belts | |||
6 December 1985 | 27 September 1986 | United States Donald Curry | WBA/WBC/IBF |
27 September 1986 | 22 August 1987 | United Kingdom Lloyd Honeyghan | WBA/WBC/IBF |
13 December 2003 | 5 February 2005 | United States Cory Spinks | WBA/WBC/IBF |
5 February 2005 | 7 January 2006 | United States Zab Judah | WBA/WBC/IBF |
29 July 2023 | Present | United States Terence Crawford | WBO/WBA (Super)/WBC/IBF |
WBC
[edit ]Date won | Date lost | Name | |
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8 December 1962 | 21 March 1963 | United States Virgin Islands Emile Griffith | WBC |
21 March 1963 | 8 June 1963 | Cuba Luis Manuel Rodriguez | WBC |
8 June 1963 | 25 April 1966-Vacated | United States Virgin Islands Emile Griffith | WBC |
24 August 1966 | 18 April 1969 | United States Curtis Cokes | WBC |
18 April 1969 | 3 December 1970 | Mexico José Napoles | WBC |
3 December 1970 | 4 June 1971 | United States Billy Backus | WBC |
4 June 1971 | 6 December 1975 | Mexico José Napoles | WBC |
6 December 1975 | 22 June 1976 | United Kingdom John H Stracey | WBC |
22 June 1976 | 14 January 1979 | Mexico Carlos Palomino | WBC |
14 January 1979 | 30 November 1979 | Puerto Rico Wilfred Benítez | WBC |
30 November 1979 | 20 June 1980 | United States Sugar Ray Leonard | WBC |
20 June 1980 | 25 November 1980 | Panama Roberto Durán | WBC |
25 November 1980 | 9 November 1982-Retired | United States Sugar Ray Leonard | WBC |
13 August 1983 | 6 December 1985 | United States Milton McCrory | WBC |
6 December 1985 | 27 September 1986 | United States Donald Curry | WBC |
27 September 1986 | 28 October 1987 | United Kingdom Lloyd Honeyghan | WBC |
28 October 1987 | 29 March 1988 | Mexico Jorge Vaca | WBC |
29 March 1988 | 4 February 1989 | United Kingdom Lloyd Honeyghan | WBC |
4 February 1989 | 19 August 1990 | United States Marlon Starling | WBC |
19 August 1990 | 18 March 1991 | United States Maurice Blocker | WBC |
18 March 1991 | 29 November 1991 | Jamaica Simon Brown | WBC |
29 November 1991 | 6 March 1993 | United States James McGirt | WBC |
6 March 1993 | 12 April 1997 | United States Pernell Whitaker | WBC |
12 April 1997 | 18 September 1999 | United States Oscar De La Hoya | WBC |
18 September 1999 | 3 March 2000- Vacated | Puerto Rico Félix Trinidad | WBC |
4 March 2000 | 17 June 2000 | United States Oscar De La Hoya | WBC |
17 June 2000 | 26 January 2002 | United States Shane Mosley | WBC |
26 January 2002 | 25 January 2003 | United States Vernon Forrest | WBC |
25 January 2003 | 13 December 2003 | Nicaragua Ricardo Mayorga | WBC |
13 December 2003 | 5 February 2005 | United States Cory Spinks | WBC |
5 February 2005 | 7 January 2006 | United States Zab Judah | WBC |
7 January 2006 | 4 November 2006 | Argentina Carlos Manuel Baldomir | WBC |
4 November 2006 | 6 June 2008- Retired | United States Floyd Mayweather Jr. | WBC |
21 June 2008 | 16 April 2011 | United States Andre Berto | WBC |
16 April 2011 | 17 September 2011 | United States Victor Ortiz | WBC |
17 September 2011 | 12 September 2015- Retired | United States Floyd Mayweather Jr. | WBC |
23 January 2016 | 4 March 2017 | United States Danny García | WBC |
4 March 2017 | 24 April 2018- Vacated | United States Keith Thurman | WBC |
8 September 2018 | 28 September 2019 | United States Shawn Porter | WBC |
28 September 2019 | 29 July 2023 | United States Errol Spence Jr. | WBC |
29 July 2023 | 18 June 2024-Stripped | United States Terence Crawford | WBC |
18 June 2024 | Present | United States Mario Barrios | WBC |
WBA
[edit ]Date won | Date lost | Name | |
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8 December 1962 | 21 March 1963 | United States Virgin Islands Emile Griffith | WBA |
21 March 1963 | 8 June 1963 | Cuba Luis Manuel Rodriguez | WBA |
8 June 1963 | 25 April 1966-Vacated | United States Virgin Islands Emile Griffith | WBA |
24 August 1966 | 18 April 1969 | United States Curtis Cokes | WBA |
18 April 1969 | 3 December 1970 | Cuba Jose Napoles | WBA |
3 December 1970 | 4 June 1971 | United States Billy Backus | WBA |
4 June 1971 | 1975-Stripped | Cuba Jose Napoles | WBA |
28 June 1975 | 17 July 1976 | Puerto Rico Ángel Espada | WBA |
17 July 1976 | 2 August 1980 | Mexico Pipino Cuevas | WBA |
2 August 1980 | 16 September 1981 | United States Thomas Hearns | WBA |
16 September 1981 | 9 November 1982-Retired | United States Sugar Ray Leonard | WBA |
13 February 1983 | 27 September 1986 | United States Donald Curry | WBA |
27 September 1986 | 1987-Vacated | United Kingdom Lloyd Honeyghan | WBA |
6 February 1987 | 22 August 1987 | United States Mark Breland | WBA |
22 August 1987 | 29 July 1988 | United States Marlon Starling | WBA |
29 July 1988 | 12 December 1988-Vacated | Colombia Tomas Molinares | WBA |
4 February 1989 | 8 July 1990 | United States Mark Breland | WBA |
8 July 1990 | 19 January 1991 | United States Aaron Davis | WBA |
19 January 1991 | 31 October 1992 | United States Meldrick Taylor | WBA |
31 October 1992 | 4 June 1994 | Venezuela Crisanto España | WBA |
4 June 1994 | 17 October 1997-Vacated | Ghana Ike Quartey | WBA |
10 October 1998 | 2000-Stripped | United States James Page | WBA |
17 February 2001 | 30 March 2002 | Guyana Andrew Lewis | WBA |
30 March 2002 | 13 December 2003 | Nicaragua Ricardo Mayorga | WBA Super Champion |
12 September 2003 | 2 April 2005 | United States Jose Antonio Rivera | WBA Regular Champion |
13 December 2003 | 5 February 2005 | United States Cory Spinks | WBA Super Champion |
5 February 2005 | 7 January 2006-Stripped | United States Zab Judah | WBA Super Champion |
2 April 2005 | 13 May 2006 | United States Luis Collazo | WBA Regular Champion |
13 May 2006 | 31 August 2006-Vacated | United Kingdom Ricky Hatton | WBA |
2 December 2006 | 26 July 2008 | Puerto Rico Miguel Cotto | WBA |
26 July 2008 | 24 January 2009 | Mexico Antonio Margarito | WBA Super Champion |
3 October 2008 | 10 April 2009 | Ukraine Yuriy Nuzhnenko | WBA Regular Champion |
24 January 2009 | 22 May 2010-Stripped | United States Shane Mosley | WBA Super Champion |
10 April 2009 | 29 April 2012 | Ukraine Vyacheslav Senchenko | WBA Regular Champion |
29 April 2012 | 22 June 2013 | United States Paul Malignaggi | WBA |
22 June 2013 | 14 December 2013 | United States Adrien Broner | WBA |
14 December 2013 | 3 May 2014 | Argentina Marcos Maidana | WBA |
3 May 2014 | 11 January 2016-Retired | United States Floyd Mayweather Jr. | WBA Super Champion |
February 2015 | 7 November 2016 | United States Keith Thurman | WBA Regular Champion |
7 November 2016 | 20 July 2019 | United States Keith Thurman | WBA Super Champion |
7 November 2016 | 18 February 2017 | Russia David Avanesyan | WBA Regular Champion |
18 February 2017 | 3 October 2017-Vacated | United States Lamont Peterson | WBA Regular Champion |
27 January 2018 | 15 July 2018 | Argentina Lucas Matthysse | WBA Regular Champion |
15 July 2018 | 20 July 2019 | Philippines Manny Pacquiao | WBA Regular Champion |
20 July 2019 | 29 January 2021-Stripped | Philippines Manny Pacquiao | WBA Super Champion |
6 September 2020 | 29 January 2021-Elevated | Cuba Yordenis Ugás | WBA Regular Champion |
29 January 2021 | 16 April 2022 | Cuba Yordenis Ugás | WBA Super Champion |
30 October 2021 | 16 April 2022 | Russia Radzhab Butaev | WBA Regular Champion |
16 April 2022 | 30 August 2024 | Lithuania Eimantas Stanionis | WBA Regular Champion |
16 April 2022 | 29 July 2023 | United States Errol Spence Jr. | WBA Super Champion |
29 July 2023 | 30 August 2024 | United States Terence Crawford | WBA Super Champion |
30 August 2024 | Present | Lithuania Eimantas Stanionis | WBA |
IBF
[edit ]Date won | Date lost | Name | |
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Title inaugurated | |||
4 February 1984 | 27 September 1986 | United States Donald Curry | IBF |
27 September 1986 | 28 October 1987-Stripped | United Kingdom Lloyd Honeyghan | IBF |
23 April 1988 | 4 October 1991-Vacated | United States Simon Brown | IBF |
4 October 1991 | 19 June 1993 | United States Maurice Blocker | IBF |
19 June 1993 | 3 March 2000-Vacated | Puerto Rico Félix Trinidad | IBF |
12 May 2001 | 12 December 2001-Vacated | United States Vernon Forrest | IBF |
13 April 2002 | 22 March 2003 | Italy Michele Piccirillo | IBF |
22 March 2003 | 5 February 2005 | United States Cory Spinks | IBF |
5 February 2005 | 8 April 2006 | United States Zab Judah | IBF |
8 April 2006 | 20 June 2006-Vacated | United States Floyd Mayweather Jr. | IBF |
28 October 2006 | 12 April 2008 | Puerto Rico Kermit Cintron | IBF |
12 April 2008 | July 2008-Stripped | Mexico Antonio Margarito | IBF |
2 August 2008 | 16 April 2009-Vacated | Ghana Joshua Clottey | IBF |
1 August 2009 | 11 December 2009 | South Africa Isaac Hlatshwayo | IBF |
11 December 2009 | 3 September 2011 | Slovenia Dejan Zavec | IBF |
3 September 2011 | 8 November 2011-Vacated | United States Andre Berto | IBF |
9 June 2012 | 20 October 2012 | United States Randall Bailey | IBF |
20 October 2012 | 7 December 2013 | United States Devon Alexander | IBF |
7 December 2013 | 16 August 2014 | United States Shawn Porter | IBF |
16 August 2014 | 27 May 2017 | United Kingdom Kell Brook | IBF |
27 May 2017 | 29 July 2023 | United States Errol Spence Jr. | IBF |
29 July 2023 | 9 November 2023-Stripped | United States Terence Crawford | IBF |
9 November 2023 | Present | United States Jaron Ennis | IBF |
WBO
[edit ]Date won | Date lost | Name | |
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Title inaugurated | |||
6 May 1989 | 15 December 1989-Vacated | Mexico Genaro Leon | WBO |
15 December 1989 | 12 February 1993 | United States Manning Galloway | WBO |
12 February 1993 | 16 October 1993-Vacated | Denmark Gert Bo Jacobsen | WBO |
16 October 1993 | 13 April 1996 | Republic of Ireland Eamonn Loughran | WBO |
13 April 1996 | 6 October 1996-Vacated | Mexico José Luis López | WBO |
22 February 1997 | 1997-Vacated | Romania Michael Loewe | WBO |
14 February 1998 | 6 May 2000 | Russia Ahmed Kotiev | WBO |
6 May 2000 | 16 March 2002-Vacated | Puerto Rico Daniel Santos | WBO |
16 March 2002 | 14 July 2007 | Mexico Antonio Margarito | WBO |
14 July 2007 | 9 February 2008 | United States Paul Williams | WBO |
9 February 2008 | 7 June 2008 | Puerto Rico Carlos Quintana | WBO |
7 June 2008 | 12 November 2008-Vacated | United States Paul Williams | WBO |
21 February 2009 | 14 November 2009 | Puerto Rico Miguel Cotto | WBO |
14 November 2009 | 9 June 2012 | Philippines Manny Pacquiao | WBO |
9 June 2012 | 12 April 2014 | United States Timothy Bradley | WBO |
12 April 2014 | 2 May 2015 | Philippines Manny Pacquiao | WBO |
2 May 2015 | 6 July 2015-Stripped | United States Floyd Mayweather Jr. | WBO |
6 July 2015 | 9 February 2016-Vacated | United States Timothy Bradley | WBO |
5 March 2016 | 5 November 2016 | United States Jessie Vargas | WBO |
5 November 2016 | 2 July 2017 | Philippines Manny Pacquiao | WBO |
2 July 2017 | 6 June 2018 | Australia Jeff Horn | WBO |
9 June 2018 | 12 August 2024 | United States Terence Crawford | WBO |
12 August 2024 | Present | United States Brian Norman Jr. | WBO |
See also
[edit ]References
[edit ]- ^ Mullan, Harry (1996). The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Boxing. London, England: Carlton Books. p. 159. ISBN 0-7858-0641-5.