List of IBF world champions

This is a list of IBF world champions, showing every world champion certificated by the International Boxing Federation (IBF). The IBF is one of the four major governing bodies in professional boxing, and has certified world champions in 17 different weight classes since 1983.

While records stand; prior to 2000, IBF is known to have been a corrupt organization throughout the leadership of founder Robert W. "Bobby" Lee, Sr.

"A culture of corruption has festered in the IBF virtually since its inception... IBF ratings were not earned – they were bought... The crimes have bastardized the ratings in most of the weight classes." — Adam Miller quoting Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert Cleary, "FEDS BID TO KO BOXING BIGS WITH ‘BRIBE’ RAP", New York Post, November 5, 1999

Heavyweight

Name	Date	Location	Defenses	Days
Larry Holmes	11 December 1983	Las Vegas, Nevada	3	650
Michael Spinks	21 September 1985	Las Vegas, Nevada	2	523
Title stripped	26 February 1987	Spinks was stripped of the title for refusing to fight mandatory challenger Tony Tucker.[1] His last successful defense was against Steffen Tangstad on 6 September 1986 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Tony Tucker def. James "Buster" Douglas	30 May 1987	Las Vegas, Nevada	0	63
Mike Tyson	1 August 1987	Las Vegas, Nevada	6	925
James "Buster" Douglas	11 February 1990	Tokyo, Japan	0	256
Evander Holyfield	25 October 1990	Las Vegas, Nevada	3	750
Riddick Bowe	13 November 1992	Las Vegas, Nevada	1	358
Evander Holyfield (2)	6 November 1993	Las Vegas, Nevada	0	167
Michael Moorer	22 April 1994	Las Vegas, Nevada	0	197
George Foreman	5 November 1994	Las Vegas, Nevada	1	236
Title vacated	29 June 1995	Foreman vacated the title after refusing to participate in an IBF-mandated rematch with Axel Schulz,[2] whom he defeated in his only successful defense on 22 April 1995 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Francois Botha def. Axel Schulz	9 December 1995	Stuttgart, Germany	0	109
Title stripped	27 March 1996	Botha was stripped of the title after a ruling by a federal judge that he be disqualified due to testing positive for a banned steroid after his fight with Schulz.[3]
Michael Moorer (2) def. Axel Schulz	22 June 1996	Dortmund, Germany	2	504
Evander Holyfield (3)	8 November 1997	Las Vegas, Nevada	2	735
Lennox Lewis	13 November 1999	Las Vegas, Nevada	3	526
Hasim Rahman	22 April 2001	Brakpan, South Africa	0	209
Lennox Lewis (2)	17 November 2001	Las Vegas, Nevada	1	292
Title vacated	5 September 2002	Lewis vacated the IBF title after refusing to negotiate terms with mandatory challenger Chris Byrd and by being given US$1 million and a Range Rover by promoter Don King to do so, because King wished to promote a fight between Byrd and Evander Holyfield for the vacant title.[4] Lewis' only successful defense was against Mike Tyson on 8 June 2002 in Memphis, Tennessee.
Chris Byrd def. Evander Holyfield	14 December 2002	Atlantic City, New Jersey	4	1225
Wladimir Klitschko	22 April 2006	Mannheim, Germany	18	3507
Tyson Fury	28 November 2015	Düsseldorf, Germany	0	10
Title stripped	8 December 2015	Fury was stripped of the title for being unable to fight mandatory challenger Vyacheslav Glazkov, due to agreeing to a rematch with Wladimir Klitschko.[5]
Charles Martin def. Vyacheslav Glazkov	16 January 2016	Brooklyn, New York	0	84
Anthony Joshua	9 April 2016	London, United Kingdom	6	916

Cruiserweight

Name	Date	Location	Defenses	Days
Marvin Camel def. Roddy MacDonald	13 December 1983	Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada	0	298
Lee Roy Murphy	6 October 1984	Billings, Montana	3	749
Rickey Parkey	25 October 1986	Marsala, Italy	1	202
Evander Holyfield	15 May 1987	Las Vegas, Nevada	3	230
Title vacated	1988	Holyfield vacated the title to move up to heavyweight. His last defense was against Carlos de León on April 9, 1988 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Glenn McCrory def. Patrick Lumumba	3 June 1989	Stanley, United Kingdom	1	292
Jeff Lampkin	22 March 1990	Gateshead, United Kingdom	1	534
James Warring def. James Pritchard	7 September 1991	Salemi, Italy	2	327
Al Cole	30 July 1992	Stanhope, New Jersey	5	1492
Adolpho Washington def. Torsten May	31 August 1996	Palma de Mallorca, Spain	0	295
Uriah Grant	21 June 1997	Tampa, Florida	0	140
Imamu Mayfield	8 November 1997	Las Vegas, Nevada	1	356
Arthur Williams	30 October 1998	Biloxi, Mississippi	0	218
Vassiliy Jirov	5 June 1999	Biloxi, Mississippi	6	1421
James Toney	26 April 2003	Mashantucket, Connecticut	0
Title vacated		Toney vacated to move up to heavyweight and fight Evander Holyfield
Kelvin Davis def. Ezra Sellers	1 May 2004	Miami, Florida	0	284
Title stripped	9 February 2005	Davis was stripped of the title after a fight with O'Neil Bell scheduled for 5 February 2005 was cancelled.[6]
O'Neil Bell def. Dale Brown	20 May 2005	Hollywood, Florida	2	315
Title stripped	April 2006	Bell was stripped of the title after undergoing dental surgery and subsequently withdrawing from a fight with mandatory challenger Steve Cunningham scheduled for May 6.[7] Bell's last defense was against Jean-Marc Mormeck on 7 January 2006 in New York City, New York.
Krzysztof Włodarczyk def. Steve Cunningham	25 November 2006	Warsaw, Poland	0	182
Steve Cunningham	26 May 2007	Warsaw, Poland	0	565
Tomasz Adamek	11 December 2008	Newark, New Jersey	2	311
Title vacated	18 October 2009	Adamek vacated the title to move up to heavyweight.[8]
Steve Cunningham def. Troy Ross	5 June 2010	Neubrandenburg, Germany	1	514
Yoan Pablo Hernandez	1 October 2011	Neubrandenburg, Germany	4	1451
Title stripped	21 September 2015	Hernández was stripped of the title after withdrawing from a scheduled mandatory defense against Víctor Emilio Ramírez due to injury.[9]
Victor Emilio Ramírez interim champion promoted d. Ovill McKenzie	21 September 2015	N/A	1	243
Denis Lebedev	21 May 2016	Moscow, Russia	0	196
Murat Gassiev	3 December 2016	Moscow, Russia	2	230
Oleksandr Usyk	21 July 2018	Moscow, Russia	0	83

Light heavyweight

Name	Date	Location	Defenses	Days
Michael Spinks def. Eddie Davis	25 February 1984	Atlantic City, New Jersey	2	619
Title vacated	5 November 1985	Spinks vacated his unified WBC, WBA, and IBF titles and moved up to heavyweight.[10] His last successful defense was against Jim MacDonald on 6 June 1985 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Slobodan Kačar def. Eddie Mustafa Muhammad	21 December 1985	Pesaro, Italy	0	259
Bobby Czyz	6 September 1986	Las Vegas, Nevada	3	418
Charles Williams	29 October 1987	Las Vegas, Nevada	8	1969
Henry Maske	20 March 1993	Düsseldorf, Germany	10	1344
Virgil Hill	23 November 1996	Munich, Germany	0	202
Dariusz Michalczewski	13 June 1997	Oberhausen, Germany	0	3
Title vacated	16 June 1997	Michalczewski vacated the title after refusing to fight mandatory challenger William Guthrie.[11]
William Guthrie def. Darrin Allen	19 July 1997	Indio, California	0	202
Reggie Johnson	6 February 1998	Uncasville, Connecticut	2	484
Roy Jones Jr.	5 June 1999	Biloxi, Mississippi	7	1305
Title vacated	December 2002	Jones vacated the title to move up to heavyweight and challenge John Ruiz for his WBA title.[12] His last successful defense was against Clinton Woods on 7 September 2002 in Portland, Oregon.
Antonio Tarver def. Montell Griffin	26 April 2003	Mashantucket, Connecticut	0	196
Title vacated	late October or early November 2003	Tarver vacated the title due to agreeing to a fight with Roy Jones Jr. which included a rematch clause that would have made him unavailable for a mandatory defense had he won.[13]
Glen Johnson def. Clinton Woods	6 February 2004	Sheffield, United Kingdom	1	298
Title vacated	5 November 2004	Johnson vacated the title after agreeing to fight Antonio Tarver instead of participating in a mandatory defense.[14] Johnson's only defense was against Roy Jones Jr. on 25 September 2004 in Memphis, Tennessee.
Clinton Woods def. Rico Hoye	4 March 2005	Rotherham, United Kingdom	4	1135
Antonio Tarver	12 April 2008	Tampa, Florida	0	182
Chad Dawson	11 October 2008	Las Vegas, Nevada	1	229
Title vacated	27 May 2009	Dawson vacated the title after refusing to negotiate terms with mandatory challenger Tavoris Cloud and instead pursued a rematch with Glen Johnson.[15]
Tavoris Cloud def. Clinton Woods	28 August 2009	Hollywood, Florida	4	1289
Bernard Hopkins	9 March 2013	New York City, New York	2	609
Sergey Kovalev	8 November 2014	Atlantic City, New Jersey	4	742
Andre Ward	19 November 2016	Las Vegas, Nevada	1	306
Title vacated	21 September 2017	Ward retired as the unified WBA/IBF/WBO world champion.[16] His last successful defense was against Sergey Kovalev on 6 June 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Artur Beterbiev def. Enrico Kölling	11 November 2017	Fresno, California	1	335

Super middleweight

Name	Date	Location	Defenses	Days
Murray Sutherland def. Ernie Singletary	28 March 1984	Atlantic City, New Jersey	0	116
Chong-Pal Park	22 July 1984	Seoul, South Korea	8	1290
Title stripped	2 February 1988	Park was stripped of the title after failing to make a mandatory defense within the IBF's prescribed time limit.[17] His last defense of the title was against Emmanuel Otti on 26 July 1987 in Gwangju, South Korea.
Graciano Rocchigiani def. Vincent Boulware	11 March 1988	Düsseldorf, Germany	3	295
Title vacated	September 1989	Rocchigiani, citing difficulties making weight, vacated the title and withdrew from a scheduled October fight with Frank Tate to move up to light heavyweight.[18] His last defense was against Thulani Malinga on 27 January 1989 in Berlin, Germany.
Lindell Holmes def. Frank Tate	27 January 1990	New Orleans, Louisiana	3	476
Darrin Van Horn	18 May 1991	Verbania, Italy	1	237
Iran Barkley	10 January 1992	New York City, New York	0	400
James Toney	13 February 1993	Las Vegas, Nevada	3	643
Roy Jones Jr.	18 November 1994	Las Vegas, Nevada	5	408
Title vacated	February 1997	Jones, having previously moved up to light heavyweight in November 1996 when he defeated Montell Griffin for the interim WBC title, vacated the IBF title, citing the sanctioning bodies' policies of not allowing titles to be held in different weight classes simultaneously.[19]
Charles Brewer	21 June 1997	Tampa, Florida	3	490
Sven Ottke	24 October 1998	Düsseldorf, Germany	21	1981
Title vacated	27 March 2004	Ottke retired as the unified WBA/IBF world champion immediately after his defense against Armand Krajnc in Magdeburg, Germany.[20]
Jeff Lacy def. Syd Vanderpool	2 October 2004	Las Vegas, Nevada	4	518
Joe Calzaghe	4 March 2006	Manchester, United Kingdom	1	268
Title vacated	27 November 2006	Calzaghe vacated the title after refusing to fight mandatory challenger Robert Stieglitz and instead accepted a fight with Peter Manfredo Jr..[21]
Alejandro Berrio def. Robert Stieglitz	3 March 2007	Rostock, Germany	0	230
Lucian Bute	19 October 2007	Montreal, Quebec, Canada	9	1681
Carl Froch	26 May 2012	Nottingham, United Kingdom	4	983
Title vacated	February 3, 2015	Froch vacated the title due to his inability to defend it following an elbow injury.[22] His last defense was against George Groves on 31 May 2014 at Wembley Stadium, London.
James DeGale def. Andre Dirrell	23 May 2015	Boston, Massachusetts	3	931
Caleb Truax	9 December 2017	London, England	0	119
James DeGale (2)	7 April 2018	Las Vegas, United States	0	88
Title vacated	4 July 2018	DeGale vacated the title one day before a scheduled purse bid for a fight with interim champion José Uzcátegui was supposed to take place.[23]
José Uzcátegui interim champion promoted	4 July 2018	N/A	0	100

Middleweight

Name	Date	Location	Defenses	Days
Marvin Hagler def. Wilford Scypion	27 May 1983	Providence, Rhode Island	5	410
Title stripped	6 April 1987	The IBF refused to sanction Hagler's defense against Sugar Ray Leonard and stripped him of the title after losing the bout.[24] Hagler's last successful defense was against John Mugabi on 10 March 1986 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Frank Tate def. Michael Olajide	10 October 1987	Las Vegas, Nevada	1	292
Michael Nunn	28 July 1988	Las Vegas, Nevada	5	1016
James Toney	10 May 1991	Davenport, Iowa	6	645
Title vacated	13 February 1993	Toney vacated the title upon defeating Iran Barkley for the IBF Super Middleweight title in Las Vegas, Nevada. His last successful defense was against Mike McCallum on 29 August 1992 in Reno, Nevada.
Roy Jones Jr. def. Bernard Hopkins	22 May 1993	Washington, D.C.	1	514
Title vacated	18 November 1994	Jones vacated the title upon defeating James Toney for the IBF Super Middleweight title in Las Vegas, Nevada. His only successful defense of the Middleweight title was against Thomas Tate on 27 May 1994 in Reno, Nevada.
Bernard Hopkins def. Segundo Mercado	17 December 1994	Landover, Maryland	20	3864
Jermain Taylor	16 July 2005	Las Vegas, Nevada	0	87
Title vacated	11 October 2005	Taylor vacated the title after refusing to participate in an immediate mandatory defense and instead agreed to a rematch with Bernard Hopkins.[25]
Arthur Abraham def. Kingsley Ikeke	20 December 2005	Leipzig, Germany	10	1299
Title vacated	11 July 2009	Abraham vacated the title to move up to super middleweight and participate in the Super Six World Boxing Classic.[26]
Sebastian Sylvester def. Giovanni Lorenzo	19 September 2009	Neubrandenburg, Germany	3	595
Daniel Geale	7 May 2011	Neubrandenburg, Germany	4	833
Darren Barker	17 August 2013	Atlantic City, New Jersey	0	112
Felix Sturm	7 December 2013	Stuttgart, Germany	0	175
Sam Soliman	31 May 2014	Krefeld, Germany	0	130
Jermain Taylor (2)	8 October 2014	Krefeld, Germany	0	120
Title stripped	5 February 2015	Taylor was stripped of the title due to his inability to defend it during his ongoing legal and mental health issues.[27]
David Lemieux def. Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam	20 June 2015	Las Vegas, Nevada	0	119
Gennady Golovkin	17 October 2015	New York City, New York	4	963
Title stripped	6 June 2018	After Golovkin's fight with Canelo Alvarez on May 5 was cancelled, the IBF granted an exemption to him to face Vanes Martirosyan in a non-IBF sanctioned bout on the same date with the stipulation that he must face mandatory challenger Sergiy Derevyanchenko by August 3. After Golovkin failed to agree in writing to a fight with Derevyanchenko, he was stripped of the title.[28]

Junior middleweight

Name	Date	Location	Defenses	Days
Mark Medal def. Earl Hargrove	11 March 1984	Atlantic City, New Jersey	0	204
Carlos Santos	2 November 1984	New York City, New York	1	579
Buster Drayton	4 June 1986	East Rutherford, New Jersey	2	388
Matthew Hilton	27 June 1987	Montreal, Quebec, Canada	1	496
Robert Hines	4 November 1988	Las Vegas, Nevada	0	93
Darrin Van Horn	5 February 1989	Las Vegas, Nevada	0	160
Gianfranco Rosi	15 July 1989	Atlantic City, New Jersey	11	1890
Vincent Pettway	17 September 1994	Atlantic City, New Jersey	1	329
Paul Vaden	12 August 1995	Las Vegas, Nevada	0	126
Terry Norris	16 December 1995	Las Vegas, Nevada	4	440
Title stripped	March 1997	Norris was stripped of the title after failing to negotiate terms with mandatory challenger Raúl Márquez and instead agreeing to a fight with Felix Trinidad in June,[29] which was ultimately cancelled.
Raúl Márquez def. Anthony Stephens	12 April 1997	Las Vegas, Nevada	2	238
Luis Ramón Campas	6 December 1997	Atlantic City, New Jersey	3	371
Fernando Vargas	12 December 1998	Atlantic City, New Jersey	5	721
Félix Trinidad	2 December 2000	Las Vegas, Nevada	0	149
Title vacated	12 May 2001	Trinidad vacated the title after defeating William Joppy for the WBA Middleweight title in New York City, New York.
Ronald Wright def. Robert Frazier	12 October 2001	Indio, California	5	920
Title stripped	19 April 2004	Wright was stripped of the title after refusing to fight mandatory challenger Kassim Ouma and instead accepted a rematch with Shane Mosley,[30] whom he defeated on 13 March 2004 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Verno Phillips def. Carlos Bojorquez	5 June 2004	Joplin, Missouri	0	119
Kassim Ouma	2 October 2004	Las Vegas, Nevada	1	285
Roman Karmazin	14 July 2005	Las Vegas, Nevada	0	329
Cory Spinks	8 July 2006	St. Louis, Missouri	1	658
Verno Phillips (2)	27 March 2008	St. Louis, Missouri	0	218
Title vacated	November 2008	Phillips vacated the title to fight Paul Williams for the WBO Jr. Middleweight Title.
Cory Spinks (2) def. Deandre Latimore	24 April 2009	St. Louis, Missouri	0	470
Cornelius Bundrage	7 August 2010	St. Louis, Missouri	2	931
Ishe Smith	23 February 2013	Detroit, Michigan	0	203
Carlos Amado Molina	14 September 2013	Las Vegas, Nevada	0	392
Cornelius Bundrage (2)	11 October 2014	Cancún, Mexico	0	336
Jermall Charlo	12 September 2015	Mashantucket, Connecticut	3	523
Title vacated	16 February 2017	Charlo vacated the title to move up to middleweight.[31] His last successful defense was against Julian Williams on 10 December 2016
Jarrett Hurd def. Tony Harrison	25 February 2017	Birmingham, Alabama	2	594

Welterweight

Name	Date	Location	Defenses	Days
Donald Curry def. Marlon Starling	4 February 1984	Atlantic City, New Jersey	4	966
Lloyd Honeyghan	27 September 1986	Atlantic City, New Jersey	3	396
Title stripped	28 October 1987	The IBF refused to sanction Honeyghan's defense against Jorge Vaca because he was not ranked among its top 12 contenders and stripped him of the title after he lost the bout.[32] His last successful defense of the IBF title was against Gene Hatcher on 30 August 1987 in Marbella, Spain.
Simon Brown def. Tyrone Trice	23 April 1988	Berck, France	8	982
Title vacated	7 May 1991	Brown vacated the title due to the IBF's decision to sanction bouts in apartheid South Africa and for its handling of Brown's March title unification bout with former WBC champion Maurice Blocker.[33] His last successful defense was against Blocker on 18 March 1991 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Maurice Blocker def. Glenwood Brown	4 October 1991	Atlantic City, New Jersey	1	624
Félix Trinidad	19 June 1993	San Diego, California	15	2456
Title vacated	10 March 2000	Trinidad vacated the title a week after moving up to junior middleweight and winning the WBA title against David Reid.[34] His last successful defense was against Oscar De La Hoya on 18 September 1999 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Vernon Forrest def. Raul Frank	12 May 2001	New York City, New York	0	213
Title stripped	11 December 2001	Forrest was stripped of the title after announcing he would fight WBC champion Shane Mosley instead of mandatory challenger Michele Piccirillo.[35]
Michele Piccirillo def. Cory Spinks	13 April 2002	Campione d'Italia, Italy	0	343
Cory Spinks	22 March 2003	Campione d'Italia, Italy	3	686
Zab Judah	5 February 2005	St. Louis, Missouri	1	427
Floyd Mayweather Jr.	8 April 2006	Las Vegas, Nevada	0	73
Title vacated	20 June 2006
Kermit Cintrón def. Mark Suárez	28 October 2006	West Palm Beach, Florida	2	532
Antonio Margarito	12 April 2008	Atlantic City, New Jersey	0	104
Title vacated	25 July 2008	Margarito vacated the title after refusing to fight mandatory challenger Joshua Clottey and instead agreed to a fight with Miguel Cotto for his WBA title on 26 July 2008.[36]
Joshua Clottey def. Zab Judah	2 August 2008	Las Vegas, Nevada	0	257
Title vacated	16 April 2009	Clottey vacated the title after Miguel Cotto, the WBO welterweight champion, failed to sign his contract in time for the IBF to approve their June 13 fight as a unification bout and grant Clottey an exemption from facing mandatory challenger Isaac Hlatshwayo.[37]
Isaac Hlatshwayo def. Delvin Rodríguez	1 August 2009	Uncasville, Connecticut	1	132
Jan Zaveck	11 December 2009	Johannesburg, South Africa	3	631
Andre Berto	3 September 2011	Biloxi, Mississippi	0	66
Title vacated	8 November 2011	Berto vacated the title after HBO indicated a lack of interest in him facing mandatory challenger Randall Bailey on their network and instead pursued a rematch against Victor Ortiz.[38]
Randall Bailey def. Mike Jones	9 June 2012	Las Vegas, Nevada	0	133
Devon Alexander	20 October 2012	Brooklyn, New York	0	413
Shawn Porter	7 December 2013	Brooklyn, New York	1	252
Kell Brook	16 August 2014	Carson, California	3	1015
Errol Spence Jr. current champion	27 May 2017	Sheffield, United Kingdom	2	503

Junior welterweight

Name	Date	Location	Defenses	Days
Aaron Pryor def. Nick Furlano	22 June 1984	Toronto, Ontario, Canada	1	192
Title stripped	9 December 1985	Pryor was stripped of the title due to inactivity.[39] His only successful defense was against Gary Hinton on 2 March 1985 in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
Gary Hinton def. Reyes Antonio Cruz	26 April 1986	Lucca, Italy	1	187
Joe Manley	30 October 1986	Hartford, Connecticut	0	125
Terry Marsh	4 March 1987	Basildon, United Kingdom	1	271
Title vacated	15 September 1987	Marsh vacated the title upon his retirement due to epilepsy.[40] His only successful defense was against Akio Kameda on 1 July 1987 in London, United Kingdom.
James McGirt def. Frankie Warren	14 February 1988	San Antonio, Texas	1	202
Meldrick Taylor	3 September 1988	Atlantic City, New Jersey	2	621
Julio César Chávez	17 May 1990	Las Vegas, Nevada	2	340
Title vacated	22 April 1991	Chávez vacated the title, citing a dispute with IBF president Bob Lee and promoter Bob Arum.[41] Chávez's last successful defense was against John Duplessis on 18 March 1991 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Rafael Pineda def. Roger Mayweather	7 December 1991	Reno, Nevada	1	224
Pernell Whitaker	18 July 1992	Las Vegas, Nevada	0	166
Title vacated	6 March 1993	Whitaker vacated the title when he moved up to welterweight to challenge WBC champion James McGirt.[42]
Charles Murray def. Rodney Moore	15 May 1993	Atlantic City, New Jersey	2	274
Jake Rodríguez	13 February 1994	Atlantic City, New Jersey	2	349
Kostya Tszyu	28 January 1995	Las Vegas, Nevada	5	854
Vince Phillips	31 May 1997	Las Vegas, Nevada	3	630
Terron Millett	20 February 1999	New York City, New York	1	314
Title stripped	December 1999	Millett was stripped of the title after failing to make a mandatory defense due to hand injuries.[43]
Zab Judah def. Jan Piet Bergman	12 February 2000	Uncasville, Connecticut	5	311
Kostya Tszyu (2)	3 November 2001	Las Vegas, Nevada	2	827
Sharmba Mitchell – Interim def. Lovemore N'dou	7 February 2004	Atlantic City, New Jersey	1	273
Kostya Tszyu (3) def. Mitchell for Undisputed title	6 November 2004	Glendale, Arizona	0	210
Ricky Hatton	4 June 2005	Manchester, United Kingdom	1	314
Title vacated	14 April 2006	Hatton vacated the title to move up to welterweight and fight WBA champion Luis Collazo rather than fight mandatory challenger Naoufel Ben Rabah.[44] Hatton's only successful defense was against Carlos Maussa on 26 November 2005 in Sheffield, United Kingdom.
Juan Urango def. Naoufel Ben Rabah	30 June 2006	Hollywood, Florida	0	227
Ricky Hatton (2)	20 January 2007	Paradise, Nevada	0	23
Title vacated	12 February 2007	Hatton vacated the title after refusing to fight mandatory challenger Lovemore N'dou and instead agreed to a fight with José Luis Castillo.[45]
Lovemore N'dou awarded title after Ricky Hatton vacated[46]	13 February 2007	N/A	0	123
Paul Malignaggi	16 June 2007	Uncasville, Connecticut	1	198
Title vacated	2008	Malignaggi vacated the title after refusing to participate in a rematch with mandatory challenger Herman Ngoudjo and instead agreed to a fight with Ricky Hatton.[47]
Juan Urango def. Herman Ngoudjo	30 January 2009	Montreal, Canada	1	431
Devon Alexander	6 March 2010	Uncasville, Connecticut	1	199
Title stripped	22 October 2010	Alexander was stripped of the title after failing to negotiate terms with mandatory challenger Kaizer Mabuza and instead agreed to a unification fight with WBO champion Timothy Bradley.[48] His only defense was against Andriy Kotelnik on 7 August 2010 at Saint Louis, Missouri
Zab Judah def. Kaizer Mabuza	5 March 2011	Newark, New Jersey	0	140
Amir Khan	23 July 2011	Las Vegas, Nevada	0	140
Lamont Peterson	10 December 2011	Washington, District of Columbia	3	1218
Title stripped	11 April 2015	Peterson was stripped of the title after he lost a non-title fight against unified WBC/WBA champion Danny Garcia at a catchweight of 143 pounds.[49]
César Cuenca def. Ik Yang	18 July 2015	Macau, China	0	109
Eduard Troyanovsky	4 November 2015	Kazan, Russia	2	395
Julius Indongo	3 December 2016	Moscow, Russia	1	260
Terence Crawford	19 August 2017	Lincoln, USA	0	11
Title vacated	30 August 2017	Crawford vacated the title after refusing to negotiate terms with mandatory challenger Sergey Lipinets, citing an inability to make the fight under the IBF's time frame.[50]
Sergey Lipinets def. Akihiro Kondo	4 November 2017	New York City, New York, USA	0	126
Mikey Garcia	10 March 2018	San Antonio, Texas, USA	0	36
Title vacated	15 April 2018	Garcia vacated the title after deciding to move back down in weight and defend his WBC lightweight world title rather than face IBF mandatory challenger Ivan Baranchyk.[51]

Lightweight

Name	Date	Location	Defenses	Days
Charlie Brown def. Melvin Paul	30 January 1984	Atlantic City, New Jersey	0	84
Harry Arroyo	15 April 1984	Atlantic City, New Jersey	2	721
Jimmy Paul	6 April 1985	Atlantic City, New Jersey	3	608
Greg Haugen	5 December 1986	Las Vegas, Nevada	0	184
Vinny Pazienza	7 June 1987	Providence, Rhode Island	0	244
Greg Haugen (2)	6 February 1988	Atlantic City, New Jersey	2	378
Pernell Whitaker	18 February 1989	Hampton, Virginia	8	1046
Title vacated	1992	Whitaker's last successful defense was against Jorge Páez on 5 October 1991 in Reno, Nevada.
Freddie Pendleton def. Tracy Spann	10 January 1993	Atlantic City, New Jersey	1	405
Rafael Ruelas	19 February 1994	Inglewood, California	2	441
Oscar De La Hoya	6 May 1995	Las Vegas, Nevada	0	67
Title vacated	12 July 1995	De La Hoya vacated the title after refusing to negotiate terms with mandatory challenger Miguel Julio and instead accepted a fight with Genaro Hernández.[52]
Philip Holiday def. Miguel Julio	19 August 1995	Sun City, South Africa	6	714
Shane Mosley	2 August 1997	Uncasville, Connecticut	8	516
Title vacated	May 1999	Mosley vacated the title to move up to welterweight.[53] Mosley's last successful defense was against John Brown on 17 April 1999 in Indio, California.
Paul Spadafora def. Israel Cardona	20 August 1999	Chester, West Virginia	8	1229
Title vacated	26 June 2003	Spadafora vacated the title to move up to junior welterweight.[54] Spadafora's last defense was a draw with Leonard Dorin on 17 May 2003 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Javier Jáuregui def. Leavander Johnson	22 November 2003	Los Angeles, California	0	357
Julio César Díaz	13 May 2004	San Diego, California	0	265
Title vacated	2 February 2005	Díaz vacated the title after withdrawing from a fight with mandatory challenger Leavander Johnson scheduled for February 11 and instead agreed to a fight with WBC champion José Luis Castillo.[55]
Leavander Johnson def. Stefano Zoff	17 June 2005	Milano, Italy	0	92
Jesús Chávez	17 September 2005	Las Vegas, Nevada	0	505
Julio Díaz (2) def. Jesús Chávez	3 February 2007	Kissimmee, Florida	1	252
Juan Díaz	13 October 2007	Chicago, Illinois	0	147
Nate Campbell	8 March 2008	Cancún, Mexico	0	342
Title stripped	13 February 2009	Campbell was stripped of his unified IBF/WBO world titles after failing to make weight the day before his fight against Ali Funeka.[56]
Miguel Vázquez def. Kim Ji-Hoon	14 August 2010	Laredo, Texas	6	1491
Mickey Bey	13 September 2014	Las Vegas, Nevada	0	286
Title vacated	26 June 2015	Bey vacated the title after withdrawing from a scheduled defense against Denis Shafikov.[57]
Rances Barthelemy def. Denis Shafikov	18 December 2015	Las Vegas, Nevada	1	171
Title vacated	6 June 2016	Barthelemy vacated the title to move up to junior welterweight.[58] His only defense was against Mickey Bey on 3 June 2016.
Robert Easter Jr. def. Richard Commey	9 September 2016	Reading, Pennsylvania	3	687
Mikey Garcia	28 July 2018	Los Angeles, California	0	76

Junior lightweight

Name	Date	Location	Defenses	Days
Hwan-Kil Yuh def. Rod Sequenan	April 22, 1984	Seoul, South Korea	1	299
Lester Ellis	February 15, 1985	Melbourne, Australia	1	147
Barry Michael	July 12, 1985	Melbourne, Australia	3	789
Rocky Lockridge	September 9, 1987	Windsor, United Kingdom	2	318
Tony Lopez	July 23, 1988	Sacramento, California	3	1147
Brian Mitchell	September 13, 1991	Sacramento, California	0	162
Title vacated	1991	Mitchell retired.
John John Molina def. Jackie Gunguluza	February 22, 1992	Sun City, South Africa	7	1043
Title vacated	1995	Molina's last successful defense was against Wilson Rodriguez on November 26, 1994 in Bayamón, Puerto Rico.
Eddie Hopson def. Moises Pedroza	April 22, 1995	Atlantic City, New Jersey	0	78
Tracy Harris Patterson	July 9, 1995	Reno, Nevada	0	159
Arturo Gatti	December 15, 1995	New York City, New York	3	382
Title vacated	1997	Gatti's last successful defense was against Gabriel Ruelas on October 4, 1997 in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
Roberto Garcia def. Harold Warren	March 13, 1998	Miami, Florida	2	589
Diego Corrales	October 23, 1999	Las Vegas, Nevada	3	69
Title vacated	2000	Corrales ostensibly vacated the title to move up to lightweight, but later claimed that it was relinquished without his consent by his manager Cameron Duncan so that one of Duncan's other clients, Steve Forbes, could fight for it.[59] His last defense was against Angel Manfredy on September 2, 2000 in El Paso, Texas.
Steve Forbes def. John Brown	December 3, 2000	Miami, Florida	1	987
Title stripped	August 17, 2002	Forbes was stripped of the title after failing to make weight the day before his fight with David Santos.[60] His only defense was against John Brown on September 29, 2001 in Miami, Florida.
Carlos Hernández def. David Santos	February 1, 2003	Los Angeles, California	1	301
Erik Morales	July 31, 2004	Las Vegas, Nevada	0	153
Title vacated	2004–2005
Robbie Peden def. Nate Campbell	February 23, 2005	Los Angeles, California	0	206
Marco Antonio Barrera	September 17, 2005	Las Vegas, Nevada	0	470
Title vacated	2005–2006
Cassius Baloyi def. Manuel Medina	May 31, 2006	Airway Heights, Washington	0	59
Gairy St Clair	July 29, 2006	Kempton Park, South Africa	0	98
Malcolm Klassen	November 4, 2006	Kempton Park, South Africa	0	167
Mzonke Fana	April 20, 2007	South Africa	1	358
Cassius Baloyi (2)	April 12, 2008	Mafikeng, South Africa	1	371
Malcolm Klassen (2)	April 18, 2009	Mafikeng, South Africa	1	126
Robert Guerrero	August 22, 2009	Houston, Texas	0	178
Title vacated	February 16, 2010	Guerrero vacated the title to spend time with his wife during her struggle with leukemia.[61]
Mzonke Fana	September 1, 2010	Brakpan, South Africa	0	260
Title stripped	May 19, 2011	Fana was stripped of belt for failure to comply with his mandatory title defense versus Argenis Méndez
Juan Carlos Salgado def. Argenis Méndez	September 10, 2011	Zapopan, Mexico	2	546
Argenis Méndez	March 9, 2013	Costa Mesa, California	1	300
Rances Barthelemy	January 3, 2014	Minneapolis, Minnesota	0	27
Title stripped	January 30, 2014	Rances Barthelemy was credited with a 2nd round knockout of Méndez on 3 January 2014, but the result was changed to a no decision by the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry after it was determined that referee Pete Podgorski did not call a foul on Barthelemy when he hit Méndez after the bell, which resulted in the knockout. The IBF, recognizing the decision to overturn the result, reinstated Méndez as champion.[62]
Argenis Méndez reinstated as champion	January 30, 2014	N/A	0	161
Rances Barthelemy	July 10, 2014	Miami, Florida	1	215
Title vacated	February 10, 2015	Barthelemy, citing he could no longer make the 130-pound limit, vacated the title to move up to lightweight.[63] His only defense was against Fernando Saucedo on October 4, 2014 at Mashantucket, Connecticut
José Pedraza def. Andrey Klimov	June 13, 2015	Birmingham, Alabama	2	581
Gervonta Davis	January 14, 2017	Brooklyn, New York	1	223
Title stripped	August 25, 2017	Davis was stripped of the title for failing to make weight before his fight against Francisco Fonseca.[64] His only defense was against Liam Walsh on May 20, 2017 in London, England.
Kenichi Ogawa def. Tevin Farmer	December 9, 2017	Las Vegas, Nevada	0	131
Title stripped	April 19, 2018	Ogawa was stripped of the title for testing positive for the banned performance-enhancing drug androstanediol.[65]
Tevin Farmer def. Billy Dib	August 3, 2018	Sydney, Australia	0	70

Featherweight

Name	Date	Location	Defenses	Days
Min-Keun Oh def. Joko Arter	4 March 1984	Seoul, South Korea	2	635
Ki-Young Chung	29 November 1985	Jeonju, South Korea	2	335
Antonio Rivera	30 October 1986	Osan, South Korea	0	450
Calvin Grove	23 January 1988	Gamaches, France	1	194
Jorge Páez	4 August 1988	Mexicali, Mexico	8	514
Title vacated	14 March 1991	Paez, who had previously challenged Tony Lopez for the IBF junior lightweight title in September 1990, vacated the title citing his inability to make the featherweight limit.[66] His last defense was a draw with Troy Dorsey on 8 July 1990 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Troy Dorsey def. Alfred Rangel	3 June 1991	Las Vegas, Nevada	0	71
Manuel Medina	12 August 1991	Inglewood, California	4	564
Tom Johnson	26 February 1993	Melun, France	12	1443
Naseem Hamed	8 February 1997	London, United Kingdom	2	326
Title vacated	August 1997	Hamed vacated the title after refusing to negotiate terms with mandatory challenger Hector Lizarraga.[67] His last successful defense was against Juan Gerardo Cabrera on 19 July 1997 in London, United Kingdom
Hector Lizarraga def. Welcome Ncita	13 December 1997	Pompano Beach, Florida	0	132
Manuel Medina (2)	24 April 1998	San Jose, California	1	568
Paul Ingle	13 November 1999	Hull, United Kingdom	1	399
Mbulelo Botile	16 December 2000	Sheffield, United Kingdom	0	111
Frank Toledo	6 April 2001	Las Vegas, Nevada	0	224
Manuel Medina (3)	16 November 2001	Las Vegas, Nevada	0	162
Johnny Tapia	27 April 2002	New York City, New York	0	157
Title stripped	1 October 2002	Tapia was stripped of the title for agreeing to a fight with Marco Antonio Barrera instead of mandatory challenger Juan Manuel Márquez.[68][69]
Juan Manuel Márquez def. Manuel Medina	1 February 2003	Las Vegas, Nevada	4	699
Title vacated	15 August 2005	Marquez was stripped of the title because no promoter was willing to bid at least US$50,000 to stage a mandatory defense against Fahprakorb Rakkiatgym.[70] His last successful defense was against Victor Polo on 7 May 2005 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Valdemir Pereira def. Fahprakorb Rakkiatgym	20 January 2006	Mashantucket, Connecticut	0	113
Eric Aiken	13 May 2006	Boston, Massachusetts	0	112
Robert Guerrero	2 September 2006	Los Angeles, California	0	63
Orlando Salido	4 November 2006	Las Vegas, Nevada	0	4
Title stripped	8 November 2006	Salido was stripped of the title after testing positive for the banned steroid Nandrolone.[71]
Robert Guerrero (2) def. Spend Abazi	23 February 2007	Copenhagen, Denmark	2	486
Title vacated	23 June 2008	Guerrero, citing an inability to make weight, vacated the title one day before a scheduled purse bid for a fight with mandatory challenger Orlando Salido.[72]
Cristobal Cruz def. Orlando Salido	23 October 2008	Mexico	3	569
Orlando Salido (2)	15 May 2010	Ciudad Obregón, Mexico	0	119
Yuriorkis Gamboa	11 September 2010	Las Vegas, Nevada	0	196
Title stripped	26 March 2011	Gamboa was stripped of the title after skipping an IBF-mandated second weigh-in on the day of his fight with Jorge Solís.[73]
Billy Dib def. Jorge Lacierva	29 July 2011	Homebush, Australia	2	581
Evgeny Gradovich	1 March 2013	Mashantucket, Connecticut	4	820
Lee Selby	30 May 2015	London, United Kingdom	4	1085
Josh Warrington current champion	19 May 2018	Leeds, United Kingdom	0	146

Junior featherweight

Name	Date	Location	Defenses	Days
Bobby Berna def. Sung-In Suh	December 4, 1983	Seoul, South Korea	0	133
Suh Sung-in	April 15, 1984	Seoul, South Korea	1	263
Kim Ji-won	January 3, 1985	Seoul, South Korea	4	362
Title vacated	1986	Title vacated when Kim retired. His last successful defense was against Rudy Casicas on June 1, 1986 in Inchon, South Korea.
Lee Seung-hoon def. Prayurasak Muangsurin	January 18, 1987	Pohang, South Korea	3	347
Title vacated	1988	Lee is forced to vacate the title when the IBF stops promoting fights in South Korea. His last successful defense was against Jose Sanabria on December 27, 1987 in Pohang.
José Sanabria def. Moises Fuentes Rocha	May 21, 1988	Bucaramanga, Colombia	3	293
Fabrice Benichou	March 10, 1989	Limoges, France	3	365
Welcome Ncita	March 10, 1990	Tel Aviv, Israel	6	998
Kennedy McKinney	December 2, 1992	Tortolì, Italy	5	626
Vuyani Bungu	August 20, 1994	Temba, South Africa	13	1594
Title vacated	March 1999	Bungu vacated the title to move up in weight.[74] Bungu's last successful defense was against Victor Llerena on February 6, 1999 in Temba.
Lehlo Ledwaba def. John Michael Johnson	May 25, 1999	Temba, South Africa	5	760
Manny Pacquiao	June 23, 2001	Las Vegas, Nevada	4	556
Title vacated	2003	Pacquiao's last successful defense was against Emmanuel Lucero on July 26, 2003 in Los Angeles, California.
Israel Vázquez def. Jose Luis Valbuena	March 25, 2004	Los Angeles, California	2	281
Title vacated	2005	Vazquez's last successful defense was against Armando Guerrero on May 31, 2005 in Lynwood, Illinois.
Steve Molitor	November 10, 2006	Hartlepool, United Kingdom	4	742
Celestino Caballero	November 21, 2008	Ontario, Canada	2	441
Title stripped	February 5, 2010	Caballero was stripped of the title because no promoter made an offer for the rights to a defense against mandatory challenger Takalani Ndlovu.[75] His last defense was against Francisco Leal on August 29, 2009 at Mexicali, Mexico
Steve Molitor def. Takalani Ndlovu	March 27, 2010	Rama, Canada	1	364
Takalani Ndlovu	March 26, 2011	Johannesburg, South Africa	1	361
Jeffrey Mathebula	March 24, 2012	Johannesburg, South Africa		75
Nonito Donaire	July 7, 2012	Carson, California	0	128
Title vacated	October 13, 2012	Donaire vacated the title shortly before his fight with Toshiaki Nishioka in order to avoid paying the IBF's sanctioning fee, citing HBO's lack of interest in purchasing rights for an upcoming mandatory defense against the winner of an October 27 title eliminator between Takalani Ndlovu and Alejandro López.[76]
Jonatan Romero def. Alejandro López	February 16, 2012	Tijuana, Mexico	0	548
Kiko Martínez	August 17, 2013	Atlantic City, New Jersey	2	385
Carl Frampton	September 6, 2014	Belfast, United Kingdom	3	600
Title vacated	April 28, 2016	Frampton vacated the title to move up to featherweight to fight Leo Santa Cruz for the WBA title rather than face mandatory challenger Shingo Wake.[77]
Jonathan Guzmán def. Shingo Wake	July 20, 2016	Osaka, Japan	0	164
Yukinori Oguni	December 31, 2016	Kyoto, Japan	0	256
Ryosuke Iwasa	September 13, 2017	Osaka, Japan	1	337
TJ Doheny	August 16, 2018	Tokyo, Japan	0	57

Bantamweight

Name	Date	Location	Defenses	Days
Satoshi Shingaki def. Elmer Magallano	15 April 1984	Nara, Japan	1	375
Jeff Fenech	26 April 1985	Sydney, Australia	3	655
Title vacated	10 February 1987	Fenech vacated the title to move up to junior featherweight and fight Samart Payakaroon for the WBC title.[78] Fenech's last successful defense was against Steve McCrory on 18 July 1986 in Sydney.
Kelvin Seabrooks def. Miguel Maturana	15 May 1987	Cartagena, Colombia	3	360
Orlando Canizales	9 July 1988	Atlantic City, New Jersey	16	2366
Title vacated	1994–1995	Canizales' last successful defense was against Sergio Reyes on 15 October 1994 in Laredo, Texas.
Harold Mestre def. Juvenal Berrio	21 January 1995	Cartagena, Colombia	0	98
Mbulelo Botile	29 April 1995	Johannesburg, South Africa	5	822
Tim Austin	19 July 1997	Nashville, Tennessee	9	2037
Rafael Márquez	15 February 2003	Las Vegas, Nevada	7	1503
Title vacated	2006–2007	Márquez vacated the title to move up to Junior Featherweight. His last successful defense was against Silence Mabuza on 5 August 2006 in Stateline, Nevada.
Luís Alberto Pérez def. Genaro García	7 July 2007	Bridgeport, Connecticut	0	84
Joseph Agbeko	29 September 2007	Sacramento, California	2	763
Yonnhy Pérez	31 October 2009	Las Vegas, Nevada	2	651
Abner Mares	13 August 2011	Las Vegas, Nevada	1	294
Title vacated	8 February 2012	Mares vacated the title to move up to junior featherweight rather than face mandatory challenger Vusi Malinga.[79]
Leo Santa Cruz def. Vusi Malinga	2 June 2012	Las Vegas, Nevada	3	254
Title vacated	11 February 2013	Santa Cruz, citing his difficulty making the 118-pound limit, vacated the title to move up to junior featherweight one day before a scheduled purse bid for a fight with mandatory challenger Jamie McDonnell.[80] His last successful defense was against Alberto Guevara on 15 December 2012 in Los Angeles, California.
Jamie McDonnell def. Julio Ceja	11 May 2013	Doncaster, United Kingdom	0	158
Title stripped	16 October 2013[81]	McDonnell was stripped of the title after failing to negotiate terms with mandatory challenger Vusi Malinga.[82]
Stuart Hall def. Vusi Malinga	21 December 2013	Newcastle, United Kingdom	1	168
Paul Butler	7 June 2014	Newcastle, United Kingdom	0	25
Title vacated	2 July 2014	Butler vacated the title to move down to junior bantamweight.[83]
Randy Caballero def. Stuart Hall	25 October 2014	Monte Carlo, Monaco	0	391
Title stripped	20 November 2015	Caballero was stripped of the title after failing to make weight before his bout with interim IBF champion Lee Haskins. The IBF promoted Haskins to full champion status and the fight was cancelled.[84]
Lee Haskins interim champion promoted	20 November 2015	Las Vegas, Nevada	2	568
Ryan Burnett	10 June 2017	Belfast, Northern Ireland	1	247
Title vacated	12 February 2018	Burnett, the unified WBA/IBF champion, vacated the title after agreeing to fight WBA mandatory challenger Yonfrez Parejo rather than IBF mandatory Emmanuel Rodríguez.[85]
Emmanuel Rodríguez def. Paul Butler	5 May 2018	London, United Kingdom	0	160

Junior bantamweight

Name	Date	Location	Defenses	Days
Chun Ju-do def. Ken Kasugai	December 10, 1983	Osaka, Japan	5	510
Ellyas Pical	May 3, 1985	Jakarta, Indonesia	2	288
Cesar Polanco	February 15, 1986	Jakarta, Indonesia	0	140
Ellyas Pical (2)	July 5, 1986	Jakarta, Indonesia	1	388
Title vacated	February 28, 1987	Pical, who also held the WBA title, was stripped of the IBF title after a loss of the WBA title by TKO to Khaosai Galaxy in Jakarta, Indonesia. His only successful defense was against Dong Chun Lee on December 3, 1986 in Jakarta.
Chang Tae-il def. Soon Chun Kwon	May 17, 1987	Busan, South Korea	0	153
Ellyas Pical (3)	October 17, 1987	Jakarta, Indonesia	3	728
Juan Polo Perez	October 14, 1989	Roanoke, Virginia	0	186
Robert Quiroga	April 21, 1990	Sunderland, United Kingdom	5	1001
Julio César Borboa	January 16, 1993	San Antonio, Texas	5	590
Harold Grey	August 29, 1994	Inglewood, California	3	404
Carlos Gabriel Salazar	October 7, 1995	Mar del Plata, Argentina	1	203
Harold Grey (2)	April 27, 1996	Cartagena, Colombia	0	119
Danny Romero	August 24, 1996	Albuquerque, New Mexico		328
Johnny Tapia	July 18, 1997	Las Vegas, Nevada	2	166
Title vacated	1998–1999	Title vacated when Tapia moved up to Bantamweight division. His last successful defense was against Rodolfo Blanco on February 13, 1998 in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Mark Johnson def. Ratanachai Sor Vorapin	April 24, 1999	Washington, D.C.	2	251
Title vacated	1999–2000	Johnson's last defense was a no-contest against Raul Juarez on November 19, 1999 in Washington, D.C..
Félix Machado def. Julio Gamboa	July 22, 2000	Miami, Florida	3	1046
Luis Alberto Pérez	January 4, 2003	Washington, D.C. (title vacated)	3	1368
Title vacated	November 3, 2006	Pérez was stripped of the title after failing to make weight the day before his scheduled defense against Ricardo Vargas. Arizona Boxing Commission chief John Montano cancelled the fight, citing safety and contractual reasons.[86]
Dimitri Kirilov def. José Navarro	October 13, 2007	Moscow, Russia	1	294
Vic Darchinyan	August 2, 2008	Tacoma, Washington	2	360
Title vacated	July 28, 2009	Darchinyan vacated the title after refusing to negotiate terms with mandatory challenger Simphiwe Nongqayi.[87]
Simphiwe Nongqayi def. Jorge Arce	September 15, 2009	Cancún, Mexico	1	332
Juan Alberto Rosas	July 31, 2010	Tepic, Mexico	0	132
Cristian Mijares	December 11, 2010	Torreon, Coahuila, Mexico	2	20
Title vacated	2011	Mijares vacated the title sometime in 2012 to compete in heavier weight classes. His only defense was against Carlos Rueda on May 14, 2011 at Victoria de Durango, Mexico
Rodrigo Guerrero def. Raúl Martínez	October 8, 2011	Tijuana, Mexico	0	126
Juan Carlos Sánchez Jr.	February 11, 2012	Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico	2	483
Title stripped	June 8, 2013	Sánchez was stripped of the title after failing to make weight the day before his fight against Roberto Domingo Sosa.[88] His last defense was against Rodel Mayol on September 22, 2012 at Los Mochis, Mexico
Daiki Kameda def. Rodrigo Guerrero	September 3, 2013	Takamatsu, Japan	0	197
Title vacated	March 19, 2014	Kameda vacated the title citing difficulties making weight.[89] He was defeated by Liborio Solís in his only defense on 3 December 2013 but retained the title as Solis failed to make weight for the bout.
Zolani Tete def. Teiru Kinoshita	July 18, 2014	Kobe, Japan	1	319
Title vacated	June 2, 2015	Tete vacated the title after refusing to accept the results of a purse bid for a fight with mandatory challenger McJoe Arroyo.[90]
McJoe Arroyo def. Arthur Villanueva	July 18, 2015	El Paso, Estados Unidos	0	413
Jerwin Ancajas current champion	September 3, 2016	Taguig City, Philippines	6	769

Flyweight

Name	Date	Location	Defenses	Days
Kwon Soon-chun def. Rene Busayong	24 December 1983	Seoul, South Korea	7	735
Chung Jong-kwan	20 December 1985	Busan, South Korea	0	128
Jung Bi-won	27 April 1986	Busan, South Korea	0	97
Shin Hi-sup	2 August 1986	Inchon, South Korea	1	301
Dodie Boy Peñalosa	22 February 1987	Inchon, South Korea	0	195
Choi Chang-ho	5 September 1987	Manila, Philippines	0	133
Rolando Bohol	16 January 1988	Manila, Philippines	1	263
Duke McKenzie	5 October 1988	London, United Kingdom	1	243
Dave McAuley	7 June 1989	London, United Kingdom	5	1100
Rodolfo Blanco	11 June 1992	Bilbao, Spain	0	171
Pichit Sitbangprachan	29 November 1992	Samut Prakan, Thailand	5	730
Title vacated	25 November 1994	Sitbangprachan retired. His last successful defense was against Jose Luis Zepeda on 8 May 1994 in Ratchaburi, Thailand
Francisco Tejedor def. Jose Luis Zepeda	18 February 1995	Cartagena, Colombia	0	63
Danny Romero	22 April 1995	Las Vegas, Nevada	1	619
Title vacated	1 January 1996[91]	Romero, citing he could no longer make the 112-pound limit, vacated the title to move up to junior bantamweight.[92] His last successful defense was against Miguel Martínez on 29 July 1995 in San Antonio, Texas
Mark Johnson def. Francisco Tejedor	4 May 1996	Anaheim, California	7	606
Title vacated	September 1998	Johnson, citing weight problems, vacated the title to move up to junior bantamweight and pursue a fight with Johnny Tapia,[93] which never materialized. Johnson's last successful defense was against José Laureano on 4 September 1998 in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
Irene Pacheco def. Luis Cox Coronado	10 April 1999	Barranquilla, Colombia	6	2077
Vic Darchinyan	16 December 2004	Hollywood, Florida	5	933
Nonito Donaire	7 July 2007	Bridgeport, Connecticut	3	725
Title vacated	1 July 2009	Donaire vacated the title due to wanting to move up in weight. His last defense was against Raúl Martínez on 19 April 2009 at Quezon City, Philippines
Moruti Mthalane def. Julio César Miranda	20 November 2009	Johannesburg, South Africa	4	725
Title vacated	13 January 2014	Mthalane vacated the title and withdrew from a fight with mandatory challenger Amnat Ruenroeng scheduled for 24 January 2014 in Bangkok, Thailand, citing the low purse offered.[94] His last defense was against Ricardo Núñez on 1 September 2012 at Panama City
Amnat Ruenroeng def. Rocky Fuentes	22 January 2014	Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand	5	857
John Riel Casimero	28 May 2016	Beijing, China	1	206
Title vacated	20 December 2016	Casimero vacated the title to move up to junior bantamweight.[95]
Donnie Nietes def. Komgrich Nantapech	29 April 2017	Cebu City, Philippines	1	347
Title vacated	11 April 2018	Nietes vacated the title to move up to junior bantamweight.[96]
Moruti Mthalane (2) def. Muhammad Waseem	15 July 2018	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	0	89

Junior flyweight

Name	Date	Location	Defenses	Days
Dodie Boy Peñalosa def. Satoshi Shingaki	10 December 1983	Osaka, Japan	3	951
Title stripped	18 July 1986	Peñalosa was stripped of the title for failing to make a mandatory defense by a July 15 deadline.[97] His last successful defense was against Yani Dokolamo on 12 October 1985 in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Choi Jum-hwan def. Cho-Woon Park	7 December 1986	Busan, South Korea	3	698
Tacy Macalos	4 November 1988	Quezon City, Philippines	0	179
Muangchai Kittikasem	2 May 1989	Bangkok, Thailand	3	489
Michael Carbajal	29 July 1990	Phoenix, Arizona	9	1301
Humberto González	19 February 1994	Inglewood, California	3	511
Saman Sorjaturong	15 July 1995	Inglewood, California	1	138
Title vacated	November 1995	Sorjaturong vacated the title after defeating Yuichi Hosono in Ratchaburi, Thailand on 12 November 1995.
Michael Carbajal (2) def. Melchor Cob Castro	16 March 1996	Las Vegas, Nevada	2	308
Mauricio Pastrana	18 January 1997	Las Vegas, Nevada	0	111
Title stripped	9 May 1997	Pastrana was stripped of the title after withdrawing from a fight with Manuel Herrera due to epididymitis.[98]
Mauricio Pastrana (2) def. Manuel Herrera	13 December 1997	Pompano Beach, Florida	1	258
Title stripped	28 August 1998	Pastrana was stripped of the title after failing to make weight the day before his bout with Carlos Murillo.[99]
Will Grigsby def. Ratanapol Sor Vorapin	18 December 1998	Fort Lauderdale, Florida	1	288
Ricardo López	2 October 1999	Las Vegas, Nevada	3	1153
Title vacated	28 November 2002	Lopez retired as champion in Mexico City, Mexico. His last successful defense was against Zolani Petelo on 29 September 2001 in New York City, New York.
Víctor Burgos def. Alex Sánchez	15 February 2003	Las Vegas, Nevada	2	819
Will Grigsby (2)	14 May 2005	Las Vegas, Nevada	0	238
Ulises Solís	7 January 2006	New York City, New York	9	1198
Brian Viloria	19 April 2009	Manila, Philippines	1	279
Carlos Tamara	23 January 2010	Manila, Philippines	0	126
Luis Alberto Lazarte	29 May 2010	Buenos Aires, Argentina	2	336
Ulises Solís	30 April 2011	Mar del Plata, Argentina	1	446
Title stripped	19 July 2012	Solís was stripped of the title due to inactivity stemming from injuries suffered during a street fight in October 2011.[100] His only defense was on 28 August 2011 in Guadalajara, Mexico against Jether Oliva.
Johnriel Casimero interim champion promoted	19 July 2012	N/A	4	652
Title stripped	2 May 2014	Casimero was stripped of the title after failing to make weight the day before his fight against Mauricio Fuentes.[101] His last successful defense was against Felipe Salguero on 26 October 2013 at Makati City, Philippines
Javier Mendoza def. Ramón García Hirales	20 September 2014	Tijuana, Mexico	1	465
Akira Yaegashi	29 December 2015	Tokyo, Japan	2	509
Milan Melindo	21 May 2017	Tokyo, Japan	1	509
Ryoichi Taguchi	31 December 2017	Tokyo, Japan	0	140
Hekkie Budler	20 May 2018	Tokyo, Japan	0	65
Title vacated	24 July 2018	Budler vacated the title, citing the low purse to defend it against his mandatory challenger Felix Alvarado.[102]

Mini flyweight

Name	Date	Location	Defenses	Days
Kyung-Yung Lee def. Masaharu Kawakami	14 June 1987	Changnyeong County, South Korea	0	200
Title vacated	December 1987	Lee vacated the title to focus on winning the WBC Minimumweight world championship.
Samuth Sithnaruepol def. Domingo Lucas	24 March 1988	Bangkok, Thailand	2	450
Nico Thomas	17 June 1989	Jakarta, Indonesia	0	96
Algerico Chávez	21 September 1989	Jakarta, Indonesia	0	154
Fahlan Sakkreerin	22 February 1990	Bangkok, Thailand	7	927
Manny Melchor	6 September 1992	Samut Prakan, Thailand	0	95
Ratanapol Sor Vorapin	10 December 1992	Bangkok, Thailand	19	1843
Zolani Petelo	27 December 1997	Songkhla, Thailand	5	734
Title vacated	2000–2001	Petelo vacated the title in order to move up to the Light Flyweight division. His last successful defense was against Brad Leahy on 2 June 2000 in Ashford, United Kingdom.
Roberto Carlos Leyva def. Daniel Reyes	29 April 2001	Queens, New York	1	467
Miguel Barrera	9 August 2002	Las Vegas, Nevada	1	295
Edgar Cardenas	31 May 2003	Tijuana, Mexico	0	126
Daniel Reyes	4 October 2003	Los Angeles, California	1	346
Muhammad Rachman	14 September 2004	Jakarta, Indonesia	3	1026
Florante Condes	7 July 2007	Jakarta, Indonesia	0	343
Raúl García	14 June 2008	La Paz, Mexico	4	650
Nkosinathi Joyi	26 March 2010	East London, South Africa	1	890
Mario Rodríguez	1 September 2012	Guasave, Mexico	0	210
Katsunari Takayama	30 March 2013	Guasave, Mexico	2	497
Francisco Rodríguez Jr.	9 August 2014	Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico	0	53
Title vacated	1 October 2014	Rodríguez vacated the title to move up to junior flyweight.[103]
Katsunari Takayama (2) def. Go Odaira	31 December 2014	Osaka, Japan	2	365
Jose Argumedo	31 December 2015	Osaka, Japan	3	570
Hiroto Kyoguchi	23 July 2017	Tokyo, Japan	2	369
Title vacated	27 July 2018	Kyoguchi vacated the title to move up to junior flyweight.

Notes

¹ Date listed is when the World title was won (WBA was formed in 1921).

See also

• List of IBF female world champions
• List of WBA world champions
• List of WBC 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

External links

• Official list of current IBF champions