List of WBA world champions
This is a list of WBA world champions, showing every world champion certificated by the World Boxing Association (WBA). The list also includes champions certificated by the National Boxing Association (NBA), the predecessor to the WBA.
- r – Champion relinquished title.
- s – Champion stripped of title.
Heavyweight
No. | Name | Duration of reign | Defenses | Days |
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1 | August 23, 1962 – September 25, 1962 | 0 | 34 | |
Patterson won the NBA title from Ingemar Johansson on June 20, 1960; the NBA became the WBA on August 23, 1962 | ||||
2 | September 25, 1962 – February 25, 1964 | 1 | 519 | |
3 | February 25, 1964 – 1965 | 0 | ? | |
Ali was stripped for facing Liston in a rematch on May 25, 1965 | ||||
4 | March 5, 1965 – February 6, 1967 | 2 | 703 | |
5 | February 6, 1967 – April 28, 1967s | 1 | 446 | |
Ali was stripped due to his refusal to be drafted to Army service | ||||
6 | April 27, 1968 – February 16, 1970 | 1 | 660 | |
7 | February 16, 1970 – January 22, 1973 | 4 | 1071 | |
8 | January 22, 1973 – October 30, 1974 | 2 | 646 | |
9 | October 30, 1974 – February 15, 1978 | 10 | 1204 | |
10 | February 15, 1978 – September 15, 1978 | 0 | 212 | |
11 | September 15, 1978 – October 18, 1979 | 0 | 398 | |
Ali vacated and announced retirement although he would come back a year later to fight Larry Holmes | ||||
12 | October 20, 1979 – March 31, 1980 | 0 | 163 | |
13 | March 31, 1980 – December 10, 1982 | 2 | 984 | |
14 | December 10, 1982 – September 23, 1983 | 1 | 287 | |
15 | September 23, 1983 – December 1, 1984 | 0 | 435 | |
16 | December 1, 1984 – April 29, 1985 | 0 | 149 | |
17 | April 29, 1985 – January 17, 1986 | 0 | 263 | |
18 | January 17, 1986 – December 12, 1986 | 1 | 329 | |
19 | December 12, 1986 – March 7, 1987 | 0 | 85 | |
20 | March 7, 1987 – February 11, 1990 | 8 | 1072 | |
21 | February 11, 1990 – October 25, 1990 | 0 | 256 | |
22 | October 25, 1990 – November 13, 1992 | 3 | 750 | |
23 | November 13, 1992 – November 6, 1993 | 2 | 358 | |
24 | November 6, 1993 – April 22, 1994 | 0 | 167 | |
25 | April 22, 1994 – November 5, 1994 | 0 | 103 | |
26 | November 5, 1994 – March 5, 1995s | 0 | 120 | |
Foreman was stripped after refusing to fight mandatory challenger Tony Tucker | ||||
27 | April 8, 1995 – September 7, 1996 | 1 | 518 | |
28 | September 7, 1996 – November 9, 1996 | 0 | 155 | |
29 | November 9, 1996 – November 13, 1999 | 4 | 1099 | |
30 | November 13, 1999 – April 29, 2000s | 0 | 138 | |
Lewis was stripped after agreeing to fight WBC challenger Michael Grant instead of John Ruiz. Ruiz challenged this decision in court on the basis of a clause in the Lewis–Holyfield rematch contract which said Lewis's first bout as undisputed champion would be against the WBA's number one contender. For this reason, the WBA created the Super title. | ||||
31 | August 12, 2000 – March 3, 2001 | 0 | 356 | |
32 | March 3, 2001 – March 1, 2003 | 2 | 728 | |
33 | March 1, 2003 – February 20, 2004r | 0 | 356 | |
Jones vacated and moved back down to light heavyweight | ||||
34 | February 20, 2004 – December 17, 2005 | 2 | 666 | |
35 | December 17, 2005 – April 14, 2007 | 3 | 483 | |
36 | April 14, 2007 – July 18, 2008 – (Was declared "Champion in Recess", then stripped) | 2 | 461 | |
Chagaev got injured and was declared Champion in Recess. He was then stripped of the title for not agreeing to a rematch with Valuev. | ||||
37 | August 30, 2008 – November 7, 2009 | 1 | 342 | |
38 | November 7, 2009 – July 2, 2011 | 2 | 602 | |
Haye fought for the Super title against Wladimir Klitschko | ||||
39 | July 2, 2011 – November 28, 2015 | 8 | 1610 | |
40 | August 27, 2011 – October 5, 2013 | 4 | 770 | |
Povetkin fought for the Super title against Wladimir Klitschko | ||||
41 | July 6, 2014 – July 25, 2016 | 1 | 750 | |
Chagaev lost title to Lucas Browne on March 5, 2016, although he was later reinstated as Browne failed the doping test. In July, Chagaev was stripped of title for failure to pay sanctioning fees. | ||||
42 | November 28, 2015 – October 12, 2016 | 0 | 319 | |
Fury vacated after cancelling a rematch with Wladimir Klitschko for a second time, citing depression after a positive test for cocaine. | ||||
43 | April 29, 2017 – present | 3 | 372 | |
44 | November 25, 2017 – present | 0 | 162 |
Cruiserweight
No. | Name | Duration of reign | Defenses | Days |
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1 | February 13, 1982 – December 1, 1984 | 3 | 1022 | |
2 | December 1, 1984 – July 27, 1985 | 1 | 238 | |
3 | July 27, 1985 – July 12, 1986 | 1 | 350 | |
4 | July 12, 1986 – 1988r | 5 | 903 | |
Holyfield vacated to move up to heavyweight | ||||
5 | March 25, 1989 – 1989r | 0 | 281 | |
Belbouli never defended the title and vacated it 6 months after winning it | ||||
6 | November 27, 1989 – March 8, 1991 | 2 | 466 | |
7 | March 8, 1991 – 1992r | 2 | 664 | |
Czyz was involved in a car accident and he had to vacate the title for his inability to defend it | ||||
8 | November 6, 1993 – July 22, 1995 | 4 | 501 | |
9 | July 22, 1995 – November 8, 1997 | 4 | 840 | |
10 | November 8, 1997 – December 9, 2000 | 4 | 1127 | |
11 | December 9, 2000 – February 23, 2002 | 0 | 441 | |
12 | February 23, 2002 – April 2, 2005 | 3 | 1134 | |
Mormeck fought for the Super title against Wayne Braithwaite | ||||
13 | April 2, 2005 – January 7, 2006 | 0 | 280 | |
14 | January 7, 2006 – March 17, 2007 | 0 | 434 | |
15 | January 27, 2006 – November 24, 2007 | 0 | 666 | |
16 | March 17, 2007 – November 10, 2007 | 0 | 238 | |
17 | November 10, 2007 – May 12, 2008r | 1 | 184 | |
Haye vacated his title and moved up to heavyweight | ||||
18 | November 24, 2007 – September 27, 2008 | 1 | 308 | |
19 | September 27, 2008 – October 30, 2012 | 2 | 1494 | |
Jones was declared Champion in recess | ||||
20 | October 30, 2012 – May 17, 2013 | 1 | 199 | |
21 | May 17, 2013 – October 18, 2013 | 0 | 154 | |
Jones was stripped of title after failing a drug test from his fight with Denis Lebedev. Lebedev was reinstated as champion | ||||
22 | October 18, 2013 – May 21, 2016 | 3 | 946 | |
Lebedev fought for Super title against IBF champion Víctor Ramírez | ||||
23 | (v. Víctor Ramírez) |
May 21, 2016 – February 1, 2018 | 1 | 638 |
WBA changed Lebedev's status to Champion in recess in order to allow Yunier Dorticos to unify his title with IBF champion Murat Gassiev. Lebedev had lost a bout against Gassiev where only the IBF title was on the line | ||||
24 | (v. Junior Anthony Wright) |
May 21, 2016 – June 19, 2017 | 0 | 394 |
Shumenov vacated title after cancelling defense fight multiple times against Yunier Dorticos, due to an eye injury. He announced retirement one week after vacating the title. He would come back of retirement later | ||||
25 | (interim champ promoted) |
Jun 19, 2017 - February 3, 2018 | 1 | 229 |
Dorticos fought for Unified title against IBF champion Murat Gassiev | ||||
26 | (v. Yunier Dorticos) |
February 3, 2018 - July 21, 2018 | 0 | 168 |
27 | (v. Hizni Altunkaya) |
July 7, 2018 - Present | 0 | 97 |
28 | July 21, 2018 - present | 0 | 83 |
Light heavyweight
No. | Name | Duration of reign | Defenses | Days |
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1 | June 1, 1963 – March 30, 1969 | 2 | 688 | |
2 | March 30, 1965 – December 16, 1966 | 3 | 626 | |
3 | December 16, 1966 – May 24, 1968 | 2 | 525 | |
4 | May 24, 1968 – September 9, 1970s | 4 | 838 | |
Foster then fought for the heavyweight title against Joe Frazier and the WBA stripped him of the title for not fighting mandatory challenger Jimmy Dupree | ||||
5 | February 27, 1971 – April 7, 1972 | 4 | 405 | |
6 | April 7, 1972 – September 16, 1974r | 5 | 892 | |
Foster vacated and announced retirement, although he came back a year later and fought until 1978 | ||||
7 | December 7, 1974 – September 15, 1978 | 10 | 1738 | |
8 | September 15, 1978 – April 14, 1979 | 1 | 211 | |
9 | April 14, 1979 – November 30, 1979 | 0 | 230 | |
10 | November 30, 1979 – March 31, 1980 | 0 | 122 | |
11 | March 31, 1980 – July 18, 1981 | 2 | 474 | |
12 | July 18, 1981 – September 21, 1985r | 10 | 1526 | |
Spinks vacated to fight for the Lineal heavyweight title against Larry Holmes | ||||
13 | February 9, 1986 – May 23, 1987 | 1 | 468 | |
14 | May 23, 1987 – September 5, 1987 | 0 | 105 | |
15 | September 5, 1987 – June 3, 1991 | 10 | 1367 | |
16 | June 3, 1991 – March 20, 1992 | 0 | 291 | |
17 | March 20, 1992 – 1992r | 0 | 286 | |
Barkley was also the IBF Super Middleweight champion at the moment and decided to defend that title against James Toney instead of fighting at light heavyweight | ||||
18 | September 29, 1992 – June 13, 1997 | 10 | 1718 | |
19 | June 13, 1997 – July 1, 1997r | 0 | 18 | |
The WBA immediately stripped Michalczewski of his title for displaying its belt along with that of the WBO, an organization it didn't recognize | ||||
20 | September 20, 1997 – July 18, 1998 | 0 | 301 | |
21 | July 18, 1998 – February 2001 | 6 | 987 | |
Jones was promoted to Super champion | ||||
22 | February 2001 – 2002 | 4 | 698 | |
Jones was stripped of title somewhere between 2002 and 2003, possibly due to inactivity. | ||||
23 | December 22, 2001 – March 8, 2003 | 2 | 654 | |
24 | March 8, 2003 – October 10, 2003 | 0 | 216 | |
25 | October 10, 2003 – February 20, 2004 | 0 | 133 | |
26 | November 8, 2003 – May 15, 2004 | 0 | 189 | |
27 | February 20, 2004 – October 19, 2006r | 1 | 972 | |
Tiozzo vacated and retired from professional boxing after defeating Dariusz Michalczewski | ||||
28 | May 15, 2004 – December 2004s | 0 | 230 | |
Tarver was stripped of title when he decided to fight IBF champion, Glen Johnson instead of WBA's mandatory challenger | ||||
29 | October 19, 2006 – April 28, 2007 | 0 | 191 | |
30 | April 28, 2007 – December 16, 2007 | 0 | 287 | |
31 | December 16, 2007 – March 25, 2008r | 0 | 100 | |
Green vacated and announced retirement. He came back in April 2009 | ||||
32 | July 3, 2008 – June 20, 2009 | 1 | 352 | |
33 | June 20, 2009 – January 29, 2010 | 1 | 223 | |
34 | January 29, 2010 – October 8, 2013 | 5 | 1348 | |
Shumenov got promoted to Super champion | ||||
35 | October 8, 2013 – April 19, 2014 | 1 | 193 | |
36 | December 14, 2013 – October 1, 2016 | 6 | 1022 | |
37 | April 19, 2014 – November 8, 2014 | 0 | 203 | |
38 | November 8, 2014 - November 19, 2016 | 4 | 742 | |
39 | October 1, 2016 – August 26, 2017 | 0 | 741 | |
40 | November 19, 2016 – September 21, 2017 | 1 | 692 | |
Ward announces retirement from boxing. | ||||
41 | August 26, 2017 – September 23, 2017 | 0 | 28 | |
Jack vacated to avoid a purse bid with mandatory Dmitry Bivol and seek opportunities with bigger names | ||||
42 | September 23, 2017 – present | 3 | 366 | |
Super middleweight
No. | Name | Duration of reign | Defenses | Days |
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1 | December 6, 1987 – May 23, 1988 | 1 | 169 | |
2 | May 23, 1988 – May 28, 1989 | 0 | 370 | |
3 | May 28, 1989 – March 30, 1990 | 2 | 305 | |
4 | March 30, 1990 – April 5, 1991 | 2 | 371 | |
5 | April 5, 1991 – September 12, 1992 | 1 | 526 | |
6 | September 12, 1992 – February 26, 1994 | 4 | 532 | |
7 | February 26, 1994 – August 12, 1994 | 0 | 108 | |
8 | August 12, 1994 – June 12, 1999 | 7 | 1769 | |
9 | June 12, 1999 – April 8, 2000 | 1 | 301 | |
10 | April 8, 2000 – 2000s | 1 | 267 | |
Girard vacated and moved up to light heavyweight | ||||
11 | March 3, 2001 – March 15, 2003 | 2 | 773 | |
Mitchell fought for Super title against Sven Ottke | ||||
12 | March 15, 2003 – March 27, 2004r | 4 | 378 | |
Ottke vacated and retired undefeated from professional boxing | ||||
13 | September 3, 2003 – May 5, 2004 | 1 | 245 | |
14 | May 5, 2004 – November 12, 2004 | 0 | 191 | |
15 | November 12, 2004 – October 14, 2006 | 3 | 701 | |
Kessler fought for Super title against Markus Beyer | ||||
16 | October 14, 2006 – November 4, 2007 | 1 | 355 | |
16 | March 7, 2007 – May 27, 2008r | 4 | 447 | |
Mundine vacated and moved down to middleweight | ||||
17 | November 4, 2007 – September 2008r | 0 | 334 | |
Calzaghe vacated and moved up to light heavyweight | ||||
18 | June 21, 2008 – November 21, 2009 | 2 | 521 | |
Kessler fought for Super title against Andre Ward | ||||
19 | November 21, 2009 – July 15, 2011s | 1 | 601 | |
Sartison was stripped of title after failing to fight in defense fights against Brian Magee and later Robert Stieglitz | ||||
20 | November 21, 2009 – November 12, 2015 | 6 | 2182 | |
Ward vacated to move up to light heavyweight | ||||
21 | August 26, 2011 – September 7, 2012r | 1 | 383 | |
Balzsay was declared Champion in recess and then retired from professional boxing | ||||
22 | November 9, 2012 – December 8, 2012 | 0 | 29 | |
23 | December 8, 2012 – May 25, 2013 | 0 | 168 | |
24 | May 25, 2013 – May 8, 2015 | 2 | 713 | |
Froch was stripped of title for not defending it, he then retired | ||||
25 | May 9, 2015 – January 5, 2016 | 1 | 1252 | |
Chudinov promoted to Super champion following Andre Ward's vacancy of his title. | ||||
26 | January 5, 2016 – February 20, 2016 | 0 | 46 | |
27 | January 9, 2016 – November 5, 2016 | 1 | 301 | |
28 | February 20, 2016 – October 5, 2016r (vacated) | 0 | 228 | |
Sturm vacated citing impossibility to defend title after requiring surgery in both elbows | ||||
29 | November 5, 2016 – July 14, 2018 | 3 | 706 | |
30 | May 27, 2017 – September 28, 2018 | 2 | 503 | |
31 | July 14, 2018 – present | 0 | 90 | |
32 | September 28, 2018 – present | 0 | 14 |
Middleweight
No. | Name | Duration of reign | Defenses | Days |
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1 | October 23, 1962 – December 7, 1963 | 2 | 410 | |
2 | December 7, 1963 – October 21, 1965 | 1 | 684 | |
3 | October 21, 1965 – April 25, 1966 | 0 | 363 | |
4 | April 25, 1966 – April 17, 1967 | 2 | 357 | |
5 | April 17, 1967 – September 29, 1967 | 0 | 165 | |
6 | September 29, 1967 – March 4, 1968 | 0 | 158 | |
7 | March 4, 1968 – November 7, 1970 | 4 | 970 | |
8 | November 7, 1970 – August 1977r | 14 | 2489 | |
Monzón retired after his second fight with Rodrigo Valdez, without losing the title for almost 7 years | ||||
9 | November 5, 1977 – April 22, 1978 | 0 | 168 | |
10 | April 22, 1978 – June 30, 1979 | 2 | 799 | |
11 | June 30, 1979 – March 16, 1980 | 1 | 260 | |
12 | March 16, 1980 – September 27, 1980 | 1 | 195 | |
13 | September 27, 1980 – April 6, 1987s | 11 | 2382 | |
Hagler was stripped of title for signing a fight with Sugar Ray Leonard instead of mandatory challenger, Herol Graham. Graham next lost a fight for the European title against Sumbu Kalambay and was not given the chance of fighting for the world title | ||||
14 | October 23, 1987 – March 1989s | 3 | 525 | |
Kalambay was stripped of title for choosing to fight IBF Middleweight Champion Michael Nunn, instead of mandatory challenger Herol Graham | ||||
15 | May 10, 1989 – December 1991r | 3 | 965 | |
The WBA demanded McCallum defend against Steve Collins, whom he decisively outpointed in a title defense the previous year. McCallum chose to fight with IBF champion James Toney and was stripped of title | ||||
16 | April 22, 1992 – October 1, 1993 | 3 | 527 | |
17 | October 1, 1993 – May 1994r | 0 | 212 | |
Jackson was stripped of title for participating in a non-title bout without the permission of the WBA. | ||||
18 | August 12, 1994 – December 19, 1995 | 4 | 494 | |
19 | December 19, 1995 – June 24, 1996 | 0 | 188 | |
20 | June 24, 1996 – August 23, 1997 | 2 | 425 | |
21 | August 23, 1997 – January 31, 1998 | 0 | 161 | |
22 | January 31, 1998 – May 12, 2001 | 5 | 1197 | |
23 | May 12, 2001 – September 29, 2001 | 0 | 140 | |
Trinidad fought for Super title against Bernard Hopkins | ||||
24 | September 29, 2001 – July 16, 2005 | 6 | 1386 | |
25 | November 17, 2001 – December 13, 2003 (lost to super champion) | 1 | 756 | |
Joppy fought for Super title against Bernard Hopkins | ||||
26 | May 1, 2004 – March 11, 2006 | 0 | 679 | |
27 | July 16, 2005 – December 14, 2006s | 1 | 527 | |
Taylor was stripped of title after not paying sanctioning fees to the WBA and thus not exposing the WBA Super title in his previous 2 fights, with Ronald Wright and Kassim Ouma | ||||
28 | March 11, 2006 – July 15, 2006 | 0 | 126 | |
29 | July 15, 2006 – April 28, 2007 | 1 | 287 | |
Castillejo lost his defense fight against Mariano Carrera but Carrera tested positive for clenbuterol later. Castillejo was reinstated as champion and fight was counted as a mandatory defense | ||||
30 | April 28, 2007 – March 23, 2010 | 7 | 1060 | |
Sturm got promoted to Super champion | ||||
31 | March 23, 2010 – September 1, 2012 | 5 | 893 | |
32 | October 14, 2010 – June 3, 2014 | 10 | 1389 | |
33 | September 1, 2012 – November 1, 2012s | 0 | 61 | |
Geale was stripped of title as he chose to fight Anthony Mundine instead of mandatory challenger Gennady Golovkin | ||||
34 | June 3, 2014 – September 15, 2018 | 9 | 1565 | |
35 | August 9, 2014 – March 18, 2017 | 4 | 952 | |
Jacobs lost a fight for the Super title against Gennady Golovkin. Regular title left vacant | ||||
36 | May 20, 2017 – October 22, 2017 | 0 | 155 | |
37 | October 22, 2017 - present | 1 | 355 | |
38 | September 15, 2018 - present | 0 | 27 |
Super welterweight
No. | Name | Duration of reign | Defenses | Days |
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1 | October 20, 1962 – April 29, 1963 | 1 | 191 | |
2 | April 29, 1963 – September 7, 1963 | 1 | 161 | |
3 | September 7, 1963 – June 18, 1965 | 3 | 650 | |
4 | June 18, 1965 – June 25, 1966 | 1 | 372 | |
5 | June 25, 1966 – May 25, 1968 | 2 | 700 | |
6 | May 25, 1968 – October 1968s | 1 | 159 | |
Mazzinghi fought on his second defense against Freddie Little. The bout was stopped with Mazzinghi bleeding from cuts over both eyes, the ringside officials rule a "No-Contest", though under normal circumstances Little would have won by "TKO 8". Mazzinghi was stripped of his World Title shortly thereafter, because of the controversial result | ||||
7 | March 17, 1969 – July 9, 1970 | 2 | 479 | |
8 | July 9, 1970 – October 31, 1971 | 1 | 479 | |
9 | October 31, 1971 – June 4, 1974 | 6 | 947 | |
10 | June 4, 1974 – January 21, 1975 | 1 | 231 | |
11 | January 21, 1975 – June 7, 1975 | 0 | 137 | |
12 | June 7, 1975 – February 17, 1976 | 1 | 255 | |
13 | February 17, 1976 – May 18, 1976 | 0 | 91 | |
14 | May 18, 1976 – October 8, 1976 | 0 | 143 | |
15 | October 8, 1976 – March 5, 1977 | 0 | 148 | |
16 | March 5, 1977 – August 9, 1978 | 3 | 522 | |
17 | August 9, 1978 – August 24, 1979 | 3 | 380 | |
18 | August 24, 1979 – June 25, 1981 | 4 | 670 | |
19 | June 25, 1981 – 1981r | 0 | 181 | |
Leonard vacated and move down to welterweight to fight in a unification bout against Thomas Hearns | ||||
20 | November 7, 1981 – February 2, 1982 | 0 | 81 | |
21 | February 2, 1982 – June 16, 1983 | 3 | 499 | |
22 | June 16, 1983 – November 1983r | 0 | 163 | |
Durán was stripped of WBA for fighting Thomas Hearns instead of the mandatory WBA challenger, Mike McCallum | ||||
23 | October 19, 1984 – November 1987r | 6 | 1106 | |
McCallum vacated to move up to middleweight | ||||
24 | November 21, 1987 – 1990r | 3 | 1135 | |
Jackson vacated to move up to middleweight | ||||
25 | February 23, 1991 – October 1, 1991 | 1 | 220 | |
26 | October 1, 1991 – 1992r | 0 | 457 | |
Pazienza vacated after a car crash which kept him 3 months in hospital | ||||
27 | December 21, 1992 – March 4, 1995 | 10 | 1169 | |
28 | March 4, 1995 – June 1995r | 0 | 118 | |
Whitaker decided to vacate and move back to welterweight | ||||
29 | June 16, 1995 – December 16, 1995 | 0 | 183 | |
30 | December 16, 1995 – August 21, 1996 | 0 | 249 | |
31 | August 21, 1996 – March 6, 1999 | 4 | 927 | |
32 | March 6, 1999 – March 3, 2000 | 2 | 366 | |
33 | March 3, 2000 – May 12, 2001r | 2 | 435 | |
Trinidad vacated to move up to middleweight | ||||
34 | September 22, 2001 – September 14, 2002 | 0 | 357 | |
Vargas fought for Super title against Oscar de la Hoya | ||||
35 | September 14, 2002 – September 13, 2003 | 1 | 364 | |
36 | September 14, 2002 – March 1, 2003 | 0 | 168 | |
37 | March 1, 2003 – December 13, 2003 | 1 | 287 | |
38 | September 13, 2003 – March 13, 2004 | 0 | 182 | |
39 | December 13, 2003 – May 21, 2005s | 1 | 525 | |
Simms was stripped of the belt in May 2005 because he filed a lawsuit against the WBA Organization (in November 2004) for not enforcing his mandatory contract that he received from the organization when he won the regular world title | ||||
40 | March 13, 2004 – March 20, 2005r | 1 | 372 | |
Wright vacated to challenge Félix Trinidad at middleweight | ||||
41 | May 21, 2005 – May 6, 2006 | 1 | 350 | |
42 | May 6, 2006 – January 6, 2007 | 0 | 245 | |
43 | January 6, 2007 – July 7, 2007 | 0 | 182 | |
44 | July 7, 2007 – July 11, 2008 | 1 | 370 | |
45 | July 11, 2008 – November 14, 2009 | 0 | 491 | |
46 | November 14, 2009 – June 5, 2010 | 0 | 203 | |
47 | June 5, 2010 – September 10, 2010 | 0 | 97 | |
Cotto got promoted to Super champion | ||||
48 | September 10, 2010 – May 5, 2012 | 2 | 603 | |
49 | February 5, 2011 – April 20, 2013 | 4 | 803 | |
Trout fought for Unified title against Saúl Álvarez | ||||
50 | May 5, 2012 – January, 2016r | 1 | 1365 | |
Mayweather retired and vacated the title in 2016. He only defended the title once in almost 4 years | ||||
51 | April 20, 2013 – September 14, 2013 | 0 | 147 | |
Álvarez fought for Super title against Floyd Mayweather, Jr. and lost | ||||
52 | March 13, 2014 – June 8, 2016 | 4 | 818 | |
53 | June 8, 2016 – April 7, 2018 | 2 | 668 | |
54 | June 8, 2016 – March 11, 2017 | 0 | 276 | |
55 | March 11, 2017 – October 22, 2017 | 0 | 580 | |
56 | October 22, 2017 – present | 1 | 355 | |
57 | April 7, 2018 - present | 0 | 188 | |
Welterweight
No. | Name | Duration of reign | Defenses | Days |
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1 | December 8, 1962 – March 21, 1963 | 0 | 103 | |
2 | March 21, 1963 – June 8, 1963 | 0 | 179 | |
3 | June 8, 1963 – April 25, 1966r | 4 | 1052 | |
Griffith vacated to move up to middleweight. He lost three fights during his reign as WBA welterweight champion | ||||
6 | August 24, 1966 – April 18, 1969 | 5 | 968 | |
7 | April 18, 1969 – December 3, 1970 | 3 | 594 | |
8 | December 3, 1970 – June 4, 1971 | 0 | 183 | |
9 | June 4, 1971 – May 1975r | 9 | 1457 | |
Nápoles was stripped of his WBA title for failure to sign for a fight against the WBA's No. 1-rated welterweight contender, Ángel Espada | ||||
10 | June 28, 1975 – July 17, 1976 | 1 | 385 | |
11 | July 17, 1976 – August 2, 1980 | 11 | 1862 | |
12 | August 2, 1980 – September 16, 1981 | 3 | 410 | |
13 | September 16, 1981 – November 9, 1982r | 1 | 829 | |
Leonard vacated title after being diagnosed with a detached retina and announced his retirement. He would come back in 1984 | ||||
14 | February 13, 1983 – September 27, 1986 | 7 | 1322 | |
15 | September 27, 1986 – December 1986r | 0 | 1417 | |
Honeyghan vacated after the WBA mandated that he defend the title against South African Harold Volbrecht. Honeyghan dropped the WBA title belt into a trash can on a London street to protest the WBA's continued sanctioning of bouts involving citizens of apartheid-governed South Africa | ||||
16 | February 6, 1987 – August 22, 1987 | 0 | 197 | |
17 | August 22, 1987 – July 29, 1988 | 2 | 342 | |
Starling lost the title in his third defense in controversial fashion to Tomas Molinares. Molinares hit Starling with a punch that was clearly thrown after the bell. Starling went down for the only time in his career, and the referee counted him out. Molinares was declared the new champion by knock out. However, the decision was later changed to a no contest but the Colombian kept the title | ||||
18 | July 29, 1988 – December 12, 1988r | 0 | 136 | |
Molinares withdrew from his defense fight with Mark Breland citing severe depression. He was stripped of the title | ||||
19 | February 4, 1989 – July 8, 1990 | 4 | 519 | |
20 | July 8, 1990 – January 19, 1991 | 0 | 195 | |
21 | January 19, 1991 – October 31, 1992 | 2 | 651 | |
22 | October 31, 1992 – June 4, 1994 | 2 | 581 | |
23 | June 4, 1994 – October 1998s | 7 | 1610 | |
Quartey was stripped of title due to inactivity | ||||
24 | October 10, 1998 – 2000s | 3 | 813 | |
Page was stripped of title for failing to turn up for a mandatory title defense in November 2000 although he was given the chance to fight for the vacant title in February 2001 | ||||
25 | February 17, 2001 – March 30, 2002 | 1 | ||
26 | March 30, 2002 – January 25, 2003 | 0 | 301 | |
Mayorga fought for Super title against Vernon Forrest | ||||
26 | January 25, 2003 – December 13, 2003 | 1 | 322 | |
27 | September 13, 2003 – April 2, 2005 | 0 | 567 | |
28 | December 13, 2003 – February 5, 2005 | 2 | 420 | |
29 | February 5, 2005 – January 7, 2006 | 1 | 336 | |
Judah fought with Carlos Baldomir for the WBC belt as the latter didn't pay the sanctioning fee for the WBA and IBF belt. Judah lost the bout and the WBA subsequently stripped him of the title | ||||
30 | April 2, 2005 – May 13, 2006 | 1 | 406 | |
31 | May 13, 2006 – August 31, 2006r | 0 | 110 | |
Hatton vacated to move back to super lightweight | ||||
32 | December 2, 2006 – July 26, 2008 | 4 | 602 | |
33 | July 26, 2008 – October 3, 2008 | 0 | 69 | |
Margarito was promoted to Super champion | ||||
33 | October 3, 2008 – January 24, 2009 | 0 | 113 | |
34 | October 3, 2008 – April 10, 2009 | 0 | 189 | |
35 | January 24, 2009 – May 22, 2010s | 0 | 483 | |
The WBA stripped Mosley of the title for not agreeing on the terms for his bout with Floyd Mayweather, Jr., who refused to pay the sanctioning fees for the title and Mosley fought without reaching a deal with the WBA. Mosley lost via unanimous decision | ||||
36 | April 10, 2009 – April 30, 2012 | 3 | 1116 | |
37 | April 30, 2012 – June 22, 2013 | 1 | 418 | |
38 | June 22, 2013 – December 14, 2013 | 0 | 175 | |
39 | December 14, 2013 – May 3, 2014 | 0 | 140 | |
Maidana fought for Super title against Floyd Mayweather, Jr. | ||||
40 | May 3, 2014 – January, 2016r | 3 | 637 | |
Mayweather stripped of title after announcing retirement following his fight with Andre Berto in October 2015 | ||||
40 | January 28, 2015 – February 7, 2017 | 3 | 741 | |
Keith Thurman promoted to Super champion before fighting WBC champion Danny Garcia | ||||
41 | February 7, 2017 – present | 1 | 612 | |
42 | February 7, 2017 – February 18, 2017 | 0 | 11 | |
43 | February 18, 2017 – October 3, 2017 | 0 | 227 | |
Peterson vacated to leave space for other contenders in the ranking | ||||
44 | January 27, 2018 - July 15, 2018 | 1 | 169 | |
45 | July 15, 2018 - present | 0 | 89 |
Super lightweight
No. | Name | Duration of reign | Defenses | Day |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | September 14, 1962 – December 15, 1962 | 0 | 92 | |
2 | December 15, 1962 – January 1963r | 0 | 47 | |
Loi vacated and retired from boxing | ||||
3 | March 21, 1963 – June 15, 1963 | 0 | 86 | |
4 | June 15, 1963 – January 18, 1965 | 2 | 583 | |
5 | January 18, 1965 – April 29, 1966 | 2 | 466 | |
6 | April 29, 1966 – April 30, 1967 | 1 | 366 | |
13 | April 30, 1967 – December 12, 1968 | 1 | 592 | |
14 | December 12, 1968 – March 10, 1972 | 5 | 1184 | |
15 | March 10, 1972 – October 28, 1972 | 0 | 232 | |
16 | October 28, 1972 – March 6, 1976 | 10 | 1225 | |
17 | March 6, 1976 – July 1977s | 2 | 512 | |
Benitez vacated to move up to welterweight | ||||
18 | June 25, 1977 – August 2, 1980 | 6 | 1134 | |
19 | August 2, 1980 – September 9, 1983r | 8 | 1133 | |
Pryor was stripped of title after announcing retirement after beating Alexis Argüello for the second time. He came back from retirement less than a year later | ||||
20 | January 22, 1984 – June 1, 1984 | 0 | 131 | |
21 | June 1, 1984 – July 21, 1985 | 1 | 415 | |
22 | July 21, 1985 – March 15, 1986 | 0 | 237 | |
23 | March 15, 1986 – July 4, 1987 | 2 | 476 | |
24 | July 4, 1987 – August 17, 1990 | 4 | 1140 | |
25 | August 17, 1990 – June 14, 1991 | 1 | 301 | |
26 | June 14, 1991 – April 10, 1992 | 0 | 301 | |
27 | April 10, 1992 – September 9, 1992 | 0 | 152 | |
28 | September 9, 1992 – January 12, 1993 | 0 | 125 | |
29 | January 12, 1993 – September 17, 1994 | 6 | 613 | |
30 | September 17, 1994 – January 13, 1996 | 2 | 483 | |
31 | January 13, 1996 – August 16, 1996 | 0 | 216 | |
32 | August 16, 1996 – January 11, 1997 | 0 | 148 | |
33 | January 11, 1997 – October 10, 1998 | 2 | 637 | |
34 | October 10, 1998 – September 16, 2000 | 4 | 707 | |
Mitchell fought for Super title against Kostya Tszyu | ||||
35 | September 16, 2000 – March 16, 2004r | 4 | 1277 | |
Tszyu was stripped of title due to inactivity | ||||
36 | May 11, 2002 – October 19, 2002 | 0 | 222 | |
37 | October 19, 2002 – June 25, 2005 | 3 | 980 | |
38 | June 25, 2005 – November 26, 2005 | 0 | 154 | |
Fought for Super title against Ricky Hatton | ||||
39 | November 26, 2005 – May 4, 2006r | 0 | 159 | |
Hatton vacated to move up to welterweight | ||||
40 | September 2, 2006 – July 21, 2007 | 1 | 322 | |
41 | July 21, 2007 – March 22, 2008 | 0 | 245 | |
42 | March 22, 2008 – July 18, 2009 | 2 | 483 | |
43 | July 18, 2009 – July 23, 2011 | 4 | 735 | |
Khan fought for Super title against Zab Judah | ||||
44 | July 23, 2011 – December 10, 2011 | 0 | 140 | |
45 | July 23, 2011 – July 16, 2012r | 1 | 359 | |
Maidana vacted to move up to welterweight and fight Devon Alexander | ||||
45 | December 10, 2011 – June 27, 2012 | 0 | 200 | |
Peterson was stripped of title after testing positive for testosterone on a random test in March 2012. | ||||
46 | July 11, 2012 – July 14, 2012 | 0 | 3 | |
47 | July 14, 2012 – September 11, 2015 | 4 | 1154 | |
Garcia vacates after moving up to welterweight | ||||
48 | November 30, 2012 – April 12, 2014 | 1 | 498 | |
49 | April 12, 2014 – June 27, 2015 | 2 | 441 | |
Vargas vacated title before fighting Timothy Bradley for the World Boxing Organization weltereweight title to avoid paying a sanctioning fee to the WBA | ||||
50 | October 3, 2015 – March 31, 2016 | 0 | 171 | |
Broner stripped of title before his defense fight with Ashley Theophane for being overweight. Title was at stakes only for Theophane who lost by a TKO in round 9 | ||||
51 | May 28, 2016 – April 15, 2017 | 1 | 317 | |
Burns fought for Unified title against IBF champion, Julius Indongo | ||||
52 | April 15, 2017 – August 19, 2017 | 0 | 127 | |
Indongo fought for Super title against WBO and WBC champion, Terence Crawford | ||||
53 | August 19, 2017 – present | 0 | 68 | |
Crawford vacated all his titles to move up to welterweight | ||||
54 | March 10, 2018 – present | 1 | 216 |
Lightweight
No. | Name | Duration of reign | Defenses | Day |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | April 21, 1962 – April 10, 1965 | 4 | 1065 | |
2 | April 10, 1965 – November 13, 1965 | 0 | 217 | |
3 | November 13, 1965 – June 29, 1968 | 5 | 959 | |
4 | June 29, 1968 – February 18, 1969 | 1 | 234 | |
5 | February 18, 1969 – March 3, 1970 | 1 | 378 | |
6 | March 3, 1970 – September 26, 1970 | 1 | 207 | |
7 | September 26, 1970 – June 26, 1972 | 2 | 639 | |
8 | June 26, 1972 – January 1979r | 12 | 2410 | |
Durán vacated to move up to welterweight | ||||
9 | June 16, 1979 – March 2, 1980 | 1 | 260 | |
10 | March 2, 1980 – April 12, 1981 | 3 | 406 | |
11 | April 12, 1981 – 1981r | 0 | 263 | |
O'Grady was stripped of title for not defending it | ||||
12 | September 12, 1981 – December 5, 1981 | 0 | 84 | |
13 | December 5, 1981 – May 8, 1982 | 1 | 154 | |
14 | May 8, 1982 – June 1, 1984 | 4 | 755 | |
15 | June 1, 1984 – September 26, 1986 | 2 | 847 | |
16 | September 26, 1986 – November 21, 1987 | 1 | 421 | |
17 | November 21, 1987 – October 29, 1988r | 2 | 343 | |
Chávez vacated to move up to super lightweight | ||||
18 | July 9, 1989 – May 4, 1990 | 0 | 299 | |
19 | May 4, 1990 – August 11, 1990 | 0 | 99 | |
20 | August 11, 1990 – 1992r | 3 | 873 | |
Whitaker vacated to move up to super lightweight | ||||
21 | June 13, 1992 – October 24, 1992 | 0 | 133 | |
22 | October 24, 1992 – June 26, 1993 | 1 | 245 | |
23 | June 26, 1993 – October 30, 1993 | 0 | 126 | |
24 | October 30, 1993 – May 16, 1998 | 6 | 1659 | |
25 | May 16, 1998 – April 10, 1999 | 1 | 329 | |
26 | April 10, 1999 – August 7, 1999 | 0 | 119 | |
27 | August 7, 1999 – November 13, 1999 | 0 | 98 | |
28 | November 13, 1999 – June 11, 2000 | 1 | 211 | |
29 | June 11, 2000 – July 1, 2001 | 2 | 385 | |
30 | July 1, 2001 – October 18, 2001 | 0 | 139 | |
31 | October 18, 2001 – January 5, 2002 | 0 | 79 | |
32 | January 5, 2002 – October 24, 2003s | 2 | 657 | |
Doroffei was stripped of title when he came 2kg overweight to his bout with Miguel Callist. The fight was cancelled | ||||
33 | April 10, 2004 – July 17, 2004 | 0 | 98 | |
34 | July 17, 2004 – February 23, 2007 | 5 | 981 | |
Diaz was promoted to Super champion | ||||
35 | February 23, 2007 – March 8, 2008 | 2 | 379 | |
36 | December 29, 2007 – May 19, 2008 | 0 | 142 | |
37 | March 8, 2008 – January 10, 2009r | 0 | 309 | |
Campbell vacated because of concerns regarding sanctioning fees and proposed mandatory defenses | ||||
38 | May 19, 2008 – January 3, 2009 | 0 | 229 | |
39 | January 3, 2009 – May 29, 2010 | 1 | 511 | |
40 | February 28, 2009 – January 8, 2012s | 2 | 1044 | |
Marquez vacated to move up to welterweight and fight Manny Pacquiao | ||||
41 | May 29, 2010 – February 26, 2011 | 0 | 334 | |
42 | February 26, 2011 – December 2, 2011s | 1 | 279 | |
Rios was stripped of title before his second defense against John Murray for being overweight | ||||
43 | February 28, 2013 – April 10, 2015 | 2 | 771 | |
Abril was declared Champion in Recess after he cancelled his fight with Derry Matthews | ||||
44 | April 10, 2015 – November 21, 2015 | 1 | 225 | |
45 | November 21, 2015 – September 24, 2016 | 1 | 308 | |
46 | September 24, 2016 – May 13, 2018 | 3 | 596 | |
Linares fought for Super title against Vasyl Lomachenko | ||||
47 | May 13, 2018 – present | 0 | 152 |
Super featherweight
No. | Name | Duration of reign | Defenses | Days |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | February 16, 1963 – June 15, 1967 | 5 | 1580 | |
2 | June 15, 1967 – December 14, 1967 | 0 | 181 | |
3 | December 14, 1967 – July 29, 1971 | 6 | 1323 | |
4 | July 29, 1971 – April 25, 1972 | 1 | 271 | |
5 | April 25, 1972 – March 12, 1973 | 1 | 321 | |
6 | March 12, 1973 – October 17, 1973 | 1 | 219 | |
7 | October 17, 1973 – October 16, 1976 | 5 | 1095 | |
8 | October 16, 1976 – August 2, 1980 | 10 | 1386 | |
9 | August 2, 1980 – April 9, 1981 | 1 | 250 | |
10 | April 9, 1981 – January 19, 1983 | 3 | 650 | |
11 | January 19, 1983 – February 26, 1984 | 2 | 403 | |
12 | February 26, 1984 – May 19, 1985 | 2 | 448 | |
13 | May 19, 1985 – May 24, 1986 | 0 | 370 | |
14 | May 24, 1986 – September 27, 1986 | 0 | 126 | |
15 | September 27, 1986 – 1991s | 12 | 1921 | |
Mitchell was stripped of title after facing Tony Lopez for the IBF belt | ||||
16 | June 28, 1991 – 1991r | 0 | 186 | |
Gamache vacates to move up to lightweight division | ||||
17 | November 22, 1991 – April 1995r | 8 | 1402 | |
Hernandez vacated to face Oscar de la Hoya at lightweight | ||||
18 | October 21, 1995 – September 5, 1998 | 7 | 1050 | |
19 | September 5, 1998 – October 31, 1999 | 1 | 421 | |
20 | June 27, 1999 – October 31, 1999 | 0 | 126 | |
21 | October 31, 1999 – May 21, 2000 | 1 | 203 | |
22 | May 21, 2000 – January 12, 2002 | 4 | 601 | |
Casamayor fought for Super title against Acelino Freitas | ||||
23 | January 12, 2002 – August 9, 2003r | 3 | 574 | |
Freitas vacated and moved up to lightweight | ||||
24 | April 13, 2002 – April 30, 2005 | 3 | 1113 | |
25 | April 30, 2005 – August 5, 2006 | 1 | 462 | |
26 | August 5, 2006 – September 3, 2008r | 4 | 760 | |
Valero vacated and moved up to lightweight | ||||
27 | November 28, 2008 – October 10, 2009 | 1 | 316 | |
28 | October 10, 2009 – January 11, 2010 | 0 | 93 | |
29 | January 11, 2010 – February 21, 2015 | 9 | 1807 | |
Uchiyama was promoted to Super champion | ||||
30 | February 21, 2015 – April 27, 2016 | 2 | 431 | |
31 | May 29, 2015 – June 24, 2016 | 1 | 392 | |
32 | April 27, 2016 – October 20, 2017 | 2 | 541 | |
Corrales came in overweight and Super title vacated, Machado fought for vacant world regular title | ||||
33 | June 24, 2016 – February 15, 2017 | 1 | 236 | |
Sosa vacates title to fight WBO champion Vasyl Lomachenko | ||||
34 | October 21, 2017 - Present | 1 | 356 | |
35 | April 21, 2018 - Present | 0 | 174 |
Featherweight
No. | Name | Duration of reign | Defenses | Days |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | March 21, 1963 – September 26, 1964 | 3 | 555 | |
2 | September 26, 1964 – 1967r | 7 | 1191 | |
Saldívar announced retirement after his 7th defense | ||||
3 | March 28, 1968 – September 27, 1968 | 0 | 183 | |
4 | September 27, 1968 – September 2, 1971 | 5 | 1070 | |
5 | September 2, 1971 – August 19, 1972 | 1 | 352 | |
6 | August 19, 1972 – February 16, 1974r | 4 | 546 | |
Marcel announced retirement after his 4th defense, against Alexis Argüello | ||||
7 | July 9, 1974 – November 23, 1974 | 0 | 137 | |
8 | November 23, 1974 – 1976r | 4 | 769 | |
Argüello vacated his title to move up to super featherweight | ||||
9 | January 15, 1977 – December 17, 1977 | 1 | 336 | |
10 | December 17, 1977 – April 15, 1978 | 0 | 119 | |
11 | April 15, 1978 – June 8, 1985 | 19 | 2611 | |
12 | June 8, 1985 – June 23, 1986 | 2 | ||
13 | June 23, 1986 – March 6, 1987 | 0 | 407 | |
14 | March 6, 1987 – March 30, 1991 | 7 | 1485 | |
15 | March 30, 1991 – December 4, 1993 | 8 | 980 | |
16 | December 4, 1993 – May 18, 1996 | 6 | 896 | |
17 | May 18, 1996 – 1997s | 4 | 592 | |
Vázquez was stripped of title for failing to set up a fight with mandatory challenger Antonio Cermeño | ||||
18 | April 3, 1998 – September 22, 1998s | 2 | 172 | |
Norwood was stripped of his title for coming overweight to his 3rd defense fight, against Koji Matsumoto | ||||
19 | October 3, 1998 – May 29, 1999 | 1 | 238 | |
20 | May 29, 1999 – September 9, 2000 | 3 | 469 | |
21 | September 9, 2000 – November 1, 2003 | 3 | 1148 | |
Gainer fought for Super title against Juan Manuel Márquez | ||||
22 | November 1, 2003 – August 22, 2005s | 3 | 660 | |
Márquez was stripped for his inability to defend against various boxers after potential bouts failed to draw a bid | ||||
23 | November 1, 2003 – June 27, 2009 | 11 | 2065 | |
John was promoted to Super champion | ||||
24 | June 27, 2009 – July 14, 2010 | 1 | 382 | |
John was declared Champion in Recess | ||||
25 | June 27, 2009 – September 11, 2010 | 3 | 441 | |
Gamboa fought for WBA Unified title against Orlando Salido | ||||
26 | September 11, 2010 – June 11, 2011 | 1 | 273 | |
Gamboa was stripped of his Unified title for not complying with the IBF rules of a second weigh-in in his last fight with Jorge Solís. He was stripped of the IBF title and thus was no longer a unified champion | ||||
27 | December 4, 2010 – October 14, 2011 | 2 | 345 | |
28 | December 5, 2010 – December 6, 2013 | 6 | ||
29 | October 14, 2011 – October 7, 2012r | 1 | 359 | |
Caballero vacated for not accepting a low budget on a mandatory fight with Nicholas Walters. | ||||
30 | December 9, 2012 – October 18, 2014 | 2 | 678 | |
Walters fought for Super title against Nonito Donaire | ||||
31 | December 6, 2013 – May 31, 2014 | 0 | 176 | |
32 | May 31, 2014 – October 18, 2014 | 0 | 140 | |
33 | October 18, 2014 – June 13, 2015s | 0 | 238 | |
Walters was stripped of title for failing to make weight on his first defense fight against Miguel Marriaga. Title was at stakes for Marriaga but Walters won by unanimous decision | ||||
34 | February 21, 2015 – December 10, 2016 | 2 | 658 | |
35 | August 29, 2015 – July 30, 2016 | 1 | 336 | |
36 | July 30, 2016 – January 28, 2017 | 0 | 182 | |
37 | December 10, 2016 – June 9, 2018 | 1 | 546 | |
Mares fought for WBA (Super) title against Leo Santa Cruz | ||||
38 | January 28, 2017 – present | 2 | 622 | |
39 | July 5, 2018 – present | 0 | 99 |
Super bantamweight
No. | Name | Duration of reign | Defenses | Days |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | January 26, 1977 – May 7, 1978 | 1 | 466 | |
2 | May 7, 1978 – May 4, 1980 | 5 | 728 | |
3 | May 4, 1980 – August 9, 1980 | 0 | 97 | |
4 | August 9, 1980 – June 12, 1982 | 5 | 672 | |
5 | June 12, 1982 – February 22, 1984 | 3 | 620 | |
6 | February 22, 1984 – May 26, 1984 | 0 | 94 | |
7 | May 26, 1984 – 1986r | 2 | 949 | |
Callejas started a period of inactivity and vacated the title | ||||
8 | January 11, 1987 – November 28, 1987 | 2 | 321 | |
9 | November 28, 1987 – February 27, 1988 | 0 | 91 | |
10 | February 27, 1988 – May 28, 1988 | 0 | 456 | |
11 | May 28, 1988 – November 11, 1989 | 3 | 532 | |
12 | November 11, 1989 – April 1990r | 0 | 170 | |
Salud stripped of title for failing to defend it in Colombia against the No. 1 contender, Luis Mendoza | ||||
13 | September 11, 1990 – October 7, 1991 | 4 | 26 | |
14 | October 7, 1991 – March 27, 1992 | 0 | 172 | |
15 | March 27, 1992 – May 13, 1995 | 9 | 1142 | |
16 | May 13, 1995 – 1998r | 7 | 232 | |
Cermeño vacated to move up to featherweight | ||||
17 | February 8, 1998 – December 12, 1998 | 0 | 326 | |
18 | December 12, 1998 – March 4, 2000 | 2 | 509 | |
19 | March 4, 2000 – 2001s | 2 | 606 | |
Adams vacated in order to fight Paulie Ayala for the IBO super bantamweight title | ||||
20 | November 17, 2001 – February 21, 2002 | 0 | 96 | |
21 | February 21, 2002 – May 18, 2002 | 0 | 86 | |
22 | May 18, 2002 – October 9, 2002 | 0 | 144 | |
23 | October 9, 2002 – July 4, 2003 | 1 | 268 | |
24 | July 4, 2003 – March 18, 2006 | 5 | 1322 | |
25 | March 18, 2006 – October 4, 2006 | 0 | 200 | |
26 | October 4, 2006 – November 21, 2008 | 5 | 779 | |
Caballero fought for Super title against Steve Molitor | ||||
27 | November 21, 2008 – December 10, 2010 | 2 | 19 | |
Caballero vacated to fight at featherweight | ||||
28 | November 21, 2008 – March 21, 2009 | 0 | 120 | |
29 | March 21, 2009 – September 26, 2009 | 0 | 189 | |
30 | September 26, 2009 – October 2, 2010 | 2 | 555 | |
31 | October 2, 2010 – January 31, 2011 | 0 | 121 | |
32 | January 31, 2011 – July 9, 2011 | 0 | 159 | |
33 | July 9, 2011 – January 20, 2012 | 0 | 195 | |
34 | January 20, 2012 – April 13, 2013 | 2 | 449 | |
Rigondeaux fought for Super title against Nonito Donaire | ||||
35 | April 13, 2013 – October 30, 2015 | 3 | 930 | |
Rigondeaux was declared Champion in Recess due to inactivity | ||||
36 | September 5, 2013 – February 27, 2016 | 6 | 905 | |
Quigg fought for WBA Super title against Carl Frampton | ||||
37 | February 27, 2016 – April 7, 2016 | 0 | 40 | |
Frampton was stripped of title after choosing to fight Leo Santa Cruz for the WBA Featherweight title instead of mandatory challenger Guillermo Rigondeaux | ||||
38 | June 24, 2016 – April 9, 2017 | 2 | 289 | |
39 | May 6, 2016 – December 9, 2017 | 1 | 889 | |
Rigondeaux was stripped of title after losing Super featherweight fight against Vasyl Lomachenko, Daniel Roman promoted from regular champion. | ||||
40 | April 9, 2017 – September 3, 2017 | 0 | 147 | |
41 | September 3, 2017 – present | 3 | 404 |
Bantamweight
No. | Name | Duration of reign | Defenses | Days |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | September 11, 1962 – May 18, 1965 | 3 | 980 | |
2 | May 18, 1965 – February 27, 1968 | 4 | 1015 | |
3 | February 27, 1968 – August 22, 1969 | 3 | 542 | |
4 | August 22, 1969 – October 16, 1970 | 2 | 420 | |
5 | October 16, 1970 – April 2, 1971 | 0 | 168 | |
6 | April 2, 1971 – March 19, 1972 | 2 | 352 | |
7 | March 19, 1972 – July 29, 1972 | 0 | 132 | |
8 | July 29, 1972 – January 20, 1973 | 0 | 175 | |
9 | January 20, 1973 – November 3, 1973 | 2 | 287 | |
10 | November 3, 1973 – July 3, 1974 | 0 | 242 | |
11 | July 3, 1974 – March 14, 1975 | 1 | 254 | |
12 | March 14, 1975 – November 19, 1977 | 5 | 981 | |
13 | November 19, 1977 – August 29, 1980 | 5 | 1014 | |
14 | August 29, 1980 – November 14, 1980 | 0 | 77 | |
15 | November 14, 1980 – April 7, 1984 | 9 | 1240 | |
16 | April 7, 1984 – March 10, 1986 | 2 | 702 | |
17 | March 10, 1986 – June 4, 1986 | 0 | 86 | |
18 | June 4, 1986 – 1987r | 3 | 575 | |
Pinango vacated in order to move up to super bantamweight | ||||
19 | March 29, 1987 – May 24, 1987 | 0 | 56 | |
20 | May 24, 1987 – October 4, 1987 | 0 | 133 | |
21 | October 4, 1987 – May 9, 1988 | 1 | 218 | |
22 | May 9, 1988 – August 14, 1988 | 0 | 97 | |
23 | August 14, 1988 – July 9, 1989 | 2 | 329 | |
24 | July 9, 1989 – October 18, 1989 | 0 | 102 | |
25 | October 18, 1989 – October 19, 1991 | 2 | 731 | |
26 | October 19, 1991 – March 15, 1992 | 0 | 148 | |
27 | March 15, 1992 – October 9, 1992 | 0 | 208 | |
28 | October 9, 1992 – October 23, 1993 | 2 | 379 | |
29 | October 23, 1993 – April 22, 1994 | 1 | 181 | |
30 | April 22, 1994 – July 16, 1994 | 0 | 85 | |
31 | July 16, 1994 – September 17, 1995 | 2 | 428 | |
32 | September 17, 1995 – January 28, 1996 | 0 | 133 | |
33 | January 28, 1996 – October 27, 1996 | 0 | 273 | |
34 | October 27, 1996 – June 21, 1997 | 1 | 237 | |
35 | June 21, 1997 – December 5, 1998 | 1 | 532 | |
36 | December 5, 1998 – June 26, 1999 | 0 | 203 | |
37 | June 26, 1999 – August 7, 2001s | 3 | 773 | |
Ayala vacated in order to move up to super bantamweight | ||||
38 | October 14, 2001 – April 19, 2002 | 0 | 187 | |
39 | April 19, 2002 – October 11, 2004r | 3 | 904 | |
Bredahl vacated and retired from boxing | ||||
40 | February 26, 2005 – May 31, 2008 | 6 | 1190 | |
41 | May 31, 2008 – November 19, 2010 | 7 | 902 | |
Moreno got promoted so Super champion | ||||
42 | November 19, 2010 – September 26, 2014 | 5 | 1407 | |
43 | December 26, 2010 – December 6, 2013r | 8 | 1076 | |
Kameda vacated his title following a call for a unification match with WBA Super Champion Anselmo Moreno, in order to move down to super flyweight | ||||
44 | May 31, 2014 – May 25, 2018 | 5 | 1455 | |
45 | September 26, 2014 – June 18, 2016 | 1 | 631 | |
46 | June 18, 2016 – February 10, 2017 | 0 | 237 | |
47 | February 10, 2017 – October 21, 2017 | 0 | 253 | |
48 | October 21, 2017 – present | 1 | 356 | |
49 | May 25, 2018 – present | 1 | 140 |
Super flyweight
No. | Name | Duration of reign | Defenses | Days |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | September 12, 1981 – December 5, 1981 | 0 | 81 | |
2 | December 5, 1981 – April 8, 1982 | 0 | 124 | |
3 | April 8, 1982 – July 5, 1984s | 6 | 819 | |
Watanabe was stripped of title for not fighting mandatory challenger Khaosai Galaxy | ||||
4 | November 21, 1984 – 1992r | 19 | 2962 | |
Galaxy retired vacated and retired from professional boxing | ||||
5 | April 10, 1992 – September 18, 1994 | 5 | 891 | |
6 | September 18, 1994 – July 22, 1995 | 1 | 307 | |
7 | July 22, 1995 – August 24, 1996 | 3 | 399 | |
8 | August 24, 1996 – December 23, 1997 | 4 | 395 | |
9 | December 23, 1997 – December 23, 1998 | 2 | 365 | |
10 | December 23, 1998 – July 31, 1999 | 1 | 220 | |
11 | July 31, 1999 – October 9, 2000 | 2 | 436 | |
12 | October 9, 2000 – March 11, 2001 | 0 | 153 | |
13 | March 11, 2001 – March 9, 2002 | 1 | 363 | |
14 | March 9, 2002 – December 3, 2004 | 3 | 1000 | |
15 | December 3, 2004 – July 22, 2006 | 3 | 596 | |
16 | July 22, 2006 – May 3, 2007 | 1 | 285 | |
17 | May 3, 2007 – May 17, 2008 | 2 | 380 | |
Muñoz then fought for Super title against Cristian Mijares | ||||
18 | May 17, 2008 – November 1, 2008 | 1 | 168 | |
19 | September 15, 2008 – May 8, 2010 | 2 | 600 | |
20 | November 1, 2008 – May 8, 2010 | 3 | 553 | |
Darchinyan vacated to move up to bantamweight | ||||
21 | May 8, 2010 – August 31, 2011 | 4 | 480 | |
22 | August 31, 2011 – November 10, 2011 | 0 | 71 | |
Shimizu declared Champion in recess | ||||
23 | November 10, 2011 – December 31, 2012 | 3 | 417 | |
24 | December 31, 2012 – May 6, 2013 | 0 | 126 | |
25 | May 6, 2013 – December 2, 2013s | 0 | 210 | |
Solís was stripped of his title before the fight with Daiki Kameda for being overweight. Solís won the fight in split decision but title was at stakes for Kameda only | ||||
26 | March 26, 2014 – August 31, 2016 | 3 | 891 | |
27 | August 31, 2016 – December 10, 2016 | 0 | 101 | |
28 | December 10, 2016 – present | 3 | 671 |
Flyweight
No. | Name | Duration of reign | Defenses | Days |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | October 10, 1962 – January 12, 1963 | 0 | 94 | |
2 | January 12, 1963 – September 18, 1963 | 0 | 249 | |
3 | September 18, 1963 – January 23, 1964 | 0 | 127 | |
4 | January 23, 1964 – April 23, 1965 | 0 | 456 | |
5 | April 23, 1965 – November 1965s | 0 | 192 | |
Burruni was stripped of title for failing to meet the organization's number one contender, Hiroyuki Ebihara | ||||
6 | March 1, 1966 – October 1, 1968r | 3 | 945 | |
Accavallo retired after his third defense fight, against Hiroyuki Ebihara | ||||
7 | March 30, 1969 – October 19, 1969 | 0 | 214 | |
8 | October 19, 1969 – April 5, 1970 | 0 | 351 | |
9 | April 5, 1970 – October 22, 1970 | 0 | 200 | |
10 | October 22, 1970 – 1973r | 5 | 1166 | |
Three weeks after his fifth defense, Ohba died in a car accident in Tokyo | ||||
11 | May 17, 1973 – October 18, 1974 | 2 | 550 | |
12 | October 18, 1974 – April 1, 1975 | 0 | 134 | |
13 | April 1, 1975 – February 27, 1976 | 1 | 332 | |
14 | February 27, 1976 – October 2, 1976 | 1 | 218 | |
15 | October 2, 1976 – August 12, 1978 | 4 | 679 | |
16 | August 12, 1978 – November 17, 1979 | 3 | 1192 | |
17 | November 17, 1979 – February 17, 1980 | 0 | 92 | |
18 | February 17, 1980 – December 13, 1980 | 1 | 300 | |
19 | December 13, 1980 – March 28, 1981 | 0 | 105 | |
20 | March 28, 1981 – June 6, 1981 | 0 | 70 | |
21 | June 6, 1981 – September 26, 1981 | 0 | 112 | |
22 | September 26, 1981 – May 1, 1982 | 1 | 217 | |
23 | May 1, 1982 – July 19, 1985r | 9 | 1175 | |
Laciar vacated in order to move up to super flyweight | ||||
24 | October 5, 1985 – February 13, 1987 | 5 | 575 | |
25 | February 13, 1987 – September 30, 1989 | 6 | 960 | |
26 | September 30, 1989 – March 10, 1990 | 0 | 161 | |
27 | March 10, 1990 – July 29, 1990 | 0 | 141 | |
28 | July 29, 1990 – March 14, 1991 | 1 | 169 | |
29 | March 14, 1991 – June 1, 1991 | 0 | 79 | |
30 | June 1, 1991 – September 26, 1992 | 2 | 483 | |
31 | September 26, 1992 – December 15, 1992 | 0 | 80 | |
32 | December 15, 1992 – February 13, 1994 | 2 | 425 | |
33 | February 13, 1994 – November 24, 1996 | 9 | 712 | |
34 | November 24, 1996 – May 29, 1998 | 3 | 551 | |
35 | May 29, 1998 – March 13, 1999 | 0 | 288 | |
36 | March 13, 1999 – September 3, 1999 | 0 | 174 | |
37 | September 3, 1999 – August 5, 2000 | 1 | 337 | |
38 | August 5, 2000 – December 6, 2003 | 5 | 1584 | |
39 | December 6, 2003 – March 19, 2007 | 5 | 1199 | |
40 | March 19, 2007 – December 31, 2008 | 4 | 653 | |
41 | December 31, 2008 – February 7, 2010 | 2 | 403 | |
42 | February 7, 2010 – January 4, 2011 | 2 | 331 | |
Kameda vacated in order to move up to super flyweight | ||||
43 | January 4, 2011 – April 2, 2011 | 0 | 88 | |
44 | April 2, 2011 – November 17, 2012 | 2 | 381 | |
Marquez fights for Super title against Brian Viloria | ||||
45 | November 17, 2012 – April 6, 2013 | 0 | 146 | |
46 | November 17, 2012 – April 22, 2015 | 6 | 886 | |
47 | April 6, 2013 – September 14, 2016 | 5 | 1257 | |
Estrada vacated and moved to super flyweight | ||||
48 | April 22, 2015 – present | 5 | 932 | |
Ioka vacated and announced retirement later on | ||||
49 | February 24, 2018 | 1 | 230 |
Light flyweight
No. | Name | Duration of reign | Defenses | Days |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | August 23, 1975 – July 2, 1976 | 1 | 314 | |
2 | July 2, 1976 – October 10, 1976 | 0 | 100 | |
3 | October 10, 1976 – March 8, 1981 | 13 | 1618 | |
4 | March 8, 1981 – July 19, 1981 | 0 | 133 | |
5 | July 19, 1981 – December 16, 1981 | 1 | 150 | |
6 | December 16, 1981 – July 10, 1983 | 5 | 571 | |
7 | July 10, 1983 – May 19, 1984 | 1 | 314 | |
8 | May 19, 1984 – March 29, 1985 | 1 | 314 | |
9 | March 29, 1985 – December 8, 1985 | 1 | 254 | |
10 | December 8, 1985 – December 17, 1991 | 17 | 2200 | |
11 | December 17, 1991 – November 18, 1992 | 2 | 337 | |
12 | November 18, 1992 – 1993r (vacated) | 1 | 409 | |
Yuh vacated and retired from professional boxing | ||||
13 | October 21, 1993 – February 4, 1995 | 3 | 471 | |
14 | February 4, 1995 – January 13, 1996 | 1 | 343 | |
15 | January 13, 1996 – May 21, 1996 | 1 | 129 | |
16 | May 21, 1996 – December 3, 1996 | 1 | 196 | |
17 | December 3, 1996 – July 2000s (stripped) | 5 | 1336 | |
18 | August 12, 2000 – March 3, 2001 | 0 | 212 | |
19 | March 3, 2001 – October 2, 2004s (stripped) | 3 | 1309 | |
Alvarez was stripped of title before his fourth fight with Beibis Mendoza for being overweight. | ||||
20 | April 29, 2005 – May 25, 2006r (vacated) | 3 | 391 | |
Vásquez vacated to move up to flyweight | ||||
21 | August 2, 2006 – January 18, 2007r | 1 | 169 | |
Kameda vacated to move up to flyweight | ||||
22 | June 22, 2007 – December 8, 2007 | 1 | 169 | |
23 | December 8, 2007 – 2008 (retired) | 1 | 389 | |
Asloum was declared Champion in recess on July 18, 2008. On September 2009 and retired from boxing | ||||
24 | June 5, 2009 – August 28, 2010 (won Super title) | 3 | 449 | |
Segura promoted to Super champion | ||||
25 | August 28, 2010 – November 26, 2010r (vacated) | 0 | 90 | |
Segura vacated to fight at flyweight | ||||
26 | August 28, 2010 – November 26, 2010r (vacated) | 0 | 314 | |
Reveco vacated to move up to flyweight | ||||
27 | February 4, 2011 – November 30, 2012 (promoted to Super Champion) | 5 | 484 | |
28 | November 30, 2012 - January 14, 2014r (vacated) | 0 | 314 | |
Gonzalez vacated to move up to flyweight | ||||
29 | December 31, 2012 – February 28, 2014r (vacated) | 3 | 424 | |
Ioka vacated to move up to flyweight | ||||
30 | July 8, 2014 – December 31, 2014 | 0 | 176 | |
31 | December 31, 2014 – December 31, 2017 | 6 | 1381 | |
Taguchi promoted to Super champion after unifying titles in bout with IBF holder Milan Melindo | ||||
32 | December 31, 2017 – May 20, 2018 | 0 | 140 | |
33 | March 18, 2018 - present | 1 | 208 | |
34 | May 20, 2018 – present | 0 | 145 |
Minimumweight
No. | Name | Duration of reign | Defenses | Days |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | January 10, 1988 – 1989r (vacated) | 1 | 721 | |
Gamez vacated after a broken arm didn't allow him to defend the title | ||||
2 | April 16, 1989 – February 2, 1991 | 5 | 657 | |
3 | February 2, 1991 – October 14, 1992 | 4 | 620 | |
4 | October 14, 1992 – February 10, 1993 | 0 | 247 | |
5 | February 10, 1993 – December 2, 1995 | 8 | 1205 | |
6 | December 2, 1995 – November 13, 1998 | 5 | 1077 | |
Àlvarez stripped of title before his fight with Ricardo López for being overweight. Title was at stakes only for López who managed to beat the heavier Álvarez | ||||
7 | November 13, 1998 – July 1999r | 0 | 260 | |
Lopez vacated in order to move up to light flyweight | ||||
8 | October 9, 1999 – August 20, 2000 (stripped) | 1 | 377 | |
Arambulet stripped of title before his rematch fight with Joma Gamboa for being overweight. Title was at stakes only for Gamboa who managed to beat the heavier Arambulet | ||||
9 | August 20, 2000 – December 6, 2000 | 0 | 106 | |
10 | December 6, 2000 – April 16, 2001 | 0 | 131 | |
11 | April 16, 2001 – August 25, 2001 | 0 | 131 | |
12 | August 25, 2001 – October 19, 2001r (vacated) | 0 | 55 | |
Niida vacated and retired citing back problems and lack of interest in boxing | ||||
13 | January 29, 2002 – July 29, 2002 | 0 | 182 | |
14 | July 29, 2002 – July 2, 2004s (stripped) | 2 | 704 | |
Arambulet stripped of title before his rematch fight with Yutaka Niida for being overweight. Title was at stakes only for Niida who managed to beat the heavier Arambulet | ||||
15 | July 3, 2004 – September 15, 2008 | 7 | 1535 | |
16 | September 15, 2008 – October 8, 2010r (vacated) | 3 | 753 | |
Gonzalez vacated in order to move up to light flyweight | ||||
17 | November 5, 2010 – April 19, 2011 | 0 | 165 | |
18 | April 19, 2011 – July 31, 2011 | 0 | 103 | |
19 | July 30, 2011 – October 24, 2011 | 0 | 86 | |
20 | October 24, 2011 – June 24, 2012 | 0 | 244 | |
21 | June 24, 2012 – October 10, 2012r (vacated) | 0 | 108 | |
Ioka vacated in order to move up to light flyweight | ||||
22 | December 31, 2012 – December 27, 2013r | 2 | 361 | |
Miyazaki vacated in order to move up to light flyweight | ||||
23 | March 1, 2014 – January 22, 2016 | 4 | 692 | |
Budler was elevated to Super champion on January 2016 | ||||
24 | January 22, 2016 – March 19, 2016 | 0 | 57 | |
25 | March 19, 2016 – June 29, 2016 | 0 | 102 | |
Rojas was only awarded regular title although he beat the Super champion, Hekkie Budler | ||||
26 | June 29, 2016 – present | 5 | 835 |
Notes
- 1 Date listed is when the World title was won (WBA was formed in 1921).
- Top 10
Weight class | Champion | Reign began | Days |
---|---|---|---|
Welterweight | March 14, 2009 – present | 3499(6°) | |
Super flyweight | November 21, 1984 – 1992r | 2962(4°) | |
Light flyweight | June 20, 2009 – present | 3401(8°) | |
Featherweight | April 15, 1978 – June 8, 1985 | 2611(7°) | |
Middleweight | November 7, 1970 – August 1977r | 2489(9°) | |
Lightweight | June 26, 1972 – January 1979r | 2410 | |
Middleweight | September 27, 1980 – April 6, 1987s | 2382 | |
Light flyweight | December 8, 1985 – December 17, 1991 | 2200 | |
Super middleweight | November 21, 2009 – November 12, 2015 | 2182 | |
Featherweight | November 1, 2003 – June 27, 2009 | 2065 |
(*)from all federations
See also
References
External links
- Official list of current WBA champions
- All-time WBA World champions - Reference book
- Ken Buchanan - Lightweight Champion of the World - Ken Buchanan site with detailed bio, statistics, full fights and more
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