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.

This article is about the men's titles. For the women's, see List of IBF female world champions.

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 1148
Andy Ruiz Jr. 1 June 2019 New York City, United States of America 0 189
Anthony Joshua (2) 7 December 2019 Diriyah, Saudi Arabia 0 200


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 9 April 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 6 May.[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 (2)
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		 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 1 250
Title vacated 15 June 2019 Usyk vacated the title after his announced move up to heavyweight.[10]
Yuniel Dorticos
def. Andrew Tabiti		 15 June 2019 Riga, Latvia 0 375

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.[11] 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.[12]
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.[13] 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.[14]
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.[15] 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 (2) 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.[16]
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.[17] 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 3 956

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.[18] 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.[19] 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 Mike McCallum for the interim WBC title, vacated the IBF super middleweight title, citing the sanctioning bodies' policies of not liking titles to be held in different weight classes simultaneously.[20]
Charles Brewer
def. Gary Ballard		 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.[21]
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..[22]
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 3 February 2015 Froch vacated the title due to his inability to defend it following an elbow injury.[23] 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.[24]
José Uzcátegui
interim champion promoted		 4 July 2018 N/A 0 193
Caleb Plant 13 January 2019 Los Angeles, California 2 528

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.[25] 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 October 1994 Jones vacated the title a month before moving up in weight to challenge James Toney for the IBF Super Middleweight title in Las Vegas, Nevada. Jones' only defense of the IBF Middleweight title was his second round TKO against Thomas Tate on 27 May 1994 in Reno, Nevada.
Bernard Hopkins
def. Segundo Mercado		 29 April 1995 Landover, Maryland 20 3731
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.[26]
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.[27]
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.[28]
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 5 May 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 3 August. After Golovkin failed to agree in writing to a fight with Derevyanchenko, he was stripped of the title.[29]
Daniel Jacobs
def. Sergiy Derevyanchenko		 27 October 2018 New York City, New York 0 189
Saúl Álvarez 4 May 2019 Las Vegas, Nevada 0 89
Title stripped 1 August 2019 Álvarez was stripped of the title after failing to negotiate terms for a bout against mandatory challenger Sergiy Derevyanchenko.[30]
Gennady Golovkin (2)
def. Sergiy Derevyanchenko		 5 October 2019 New York City, New York 0 263

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,[31] 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,[32] 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.[33] His last successful defense was against Julian Williams on 10 December 2016
Jarrett Hurd
def. Tony Harrison		 25 February 2017 Birmingham, Alabama 3 805
Julian Williams 11 May 2019 Fairfax, Virginia 0 252
Jeison Rosario 18 January 2020 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 0 158

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.[34] 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 his March title unification bout with former WBC champion Maurice Blocker.[35] 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.[36] 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.[37]
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 Mayweather vacated the title to fight Carlos Baldomir for the WBC Welterweight Title.
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.[38]
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 13 June fight as a unification bout and grant Clottey an exemption from facing mandatory challenger Isaac Hlatshwayo.[39]
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.[40]
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 4 1124

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.[41] 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.[42] 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.[43] 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.[44]
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.[45]
Zab Judah
def. Jan Piet Bergman		 12 February 2000 Uncasville, Connecticut 5 311
Kostya Tszyu (2) 3 November 2001 Las Vegas, Nevada 4 1309
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.[46] 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 14
Title vacated 3 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.[47]
Lovemore N'dou
def. Naoufel Ben Rabah		 4 February 2007 Homebush bay, Sydney 1 132
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.[48]
Juan Urango (2)
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.[49] His only defense was against Andriy Kotelnik on 7 August 2010 at Saint Louis, Missouri
Zab Judah (2)
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.[50]
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.[51]
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.[52]
Ivan Baranchyk
def. Anthony Yigit		 27 October 2018 New Orleans, Louisiana, USA 0 203
Josh Taylor 18 May 2019 Glasgow, Scotland 1 403

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.[53]
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.[54] 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.[55] 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 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 11 February and instead agreed to a fight with WBC champion José Luis Castillo.[56]
Leavander Johnson
def. Stefano Zoff		 17 June 2005 Milano, Italy 0 92
Jesús Chávez 17 September 2005 Las Vegas, Nevada 1 505
Julio Díaz (2) 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.[57]
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.[58]
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.[59] 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 94
Title vacated 30 October 2018 Garcia vacated the title to move up to welterweight to pursue a fight with Errol Spence Jr.[60]
Richard Commey
def. Isa Chaniev		 2 February 2019 Frisco, Texas 0 315
Teofimo Lopez 14 December 2019 New York, New York 0 193

Junior lightweight
Name Date Location Defenses Days
Hwan-Kil Yuh
def. Rod Sequenan		 22 April 1984 Seoul, South Korea 1 299
Lester Ellis 15 February 1985 Melbourne, Australia 1 147
Barry Michael 12 July 1985 Melbourne, Australia 3 789
Rocky Lockridge 9 September 1987 Windsor, United Kingdom 2 318
Tony Lopez 23 July 1988 Sacramento, California 3 345
John John Molina 7 October 1989 Sacramento, California 2 225
Tony Lopez (2) 20 May 1990 Reno, Nevada 4 481
Brian Mitchell 13 September 1991 Sacramento, California 0 162
Title vacated 1991 Mitchell retired.
John John Molina (2)
def. Jackie Gunguluza		 22 February 1992 Sun City, South Africa 7 1043
Title vacated 1995 Molina's last successful defense was against Wilson Rodriguez on 26 November 1994 in Bayamón, Puerto Rico.
Eddie Hopson
def. Moises Pedroza		 22 April 1995 Atlantic City, New Jersey 0 78
Tracy Harris Patterson 9 July 1995 Reno, Nevada 0 159
Arturo Gatti 15 December 1995 New York City, New York 3 382
Title vacated 1997 Gatti's last successful defense was against Gabriel Ruelas on 4 October 1997 in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
Roberto Garcia
def. Harold Warren		 13 March 1998 Miami, Florida 2 589
Diego Corrales 23 October 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 Dunkin so that one of Dunkin's other clients, Steve Forbes, could fight for it.[61] His last defense was against Angel Manfredy on 2 September 2000 in El Paso, Texas.
Steve Forbes
def. John Brown		 3 December 2000 Miami, Florida 1 987
Title stripped 17 August 2002 Forbes was stripped of the title after failing to make weight the day before his fight with David Santos.[62] His only defense was against John Brown on 29 September 2001 in Miami, Florida.
Carlos Hernández
def. David Santos		 1 February 2003 Los Angeles, California 1 301
Erik Morales 31 July 2004 Las Vegas, Nevada 0 153
Title vacated 2004–2005
Robbie Peden
def. Nate Campbell		 23 February 2005 Los Angeles, California 0 206
Marco Antonio Barrera 17 September 2005 Las Vegas, Nevada 0 470
Title vacated 2005–2006
Cassius Baloyi
def. Manuel Medina		 31 May 2006 Airway Heights, Washington 0 59
Gairy St Clair 29 July 2006 Kempton Park, South Africa 0 98
Malcolm Klassen 4 November 2006 Kempton Park, South Africa 0 167
Mzonke Fana 20 April 2007 South Africa 1 358
Cassius Baloyi (2) 12 April 2008 Mafikeng, South Africa 1 371
Malcolm Klassen (2) 18 April 2009 Mafikeng, South Africa 1 126
Robert Guerrero 22 August 2009 Houston, Texas 0 178
Title vacated 16 February 2010 Guerrero vacated the title to spend time with his wife during her struggle with leukemia.[63]
Mzonke Fana (2) 1 September 2010 Brakpan, South Africa 0 260
Title stripped 19 May 2011 Fana was stripped of belt for failure to comply with his mandatory title defense versus Argenis Méndez
Juan Carlos Salgado
def. Argenis Méndez		 10 September 2011 Zapopan, Mexico 2 546
Argenis Méndez 9 March 2013 Costa Mesa, California 1 300
Rances Barthelemy 3 January 2014 Minneapolis, Minnesota 0 27
Title stripped 30 January 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.[64]
Argenis Méndez (2)
reinstated as champion		 30 January 2014 N/A 0 161
Rances Barthelemy (2) 10 July 2014 Miami, Florida 1 215
Title vacated 10 February 2015 Barthelemy, citing he could no longer make the 130-pound limit, vacated the title to move up to lightweight.[65] His only defense was against Fernando Saucedo on 4 October 2014 at Mashantucket, Connecticut
José Pedraza
def. Andrey Klimov		 13 June 2015 Birmingham, Alabama 2 581
Gervonta Davis
 14 January 2017 Brooklyn, New York 1 223
Title stripped 25 August 2017 Davis was stripped of the title for failing to make weight before his fight against Francisco Fonseca.[66] His only defense was against Liam Walsh on 20 May 2017 in London, England.
Kenichi Ogawa
def. Tevin Farmer		 9 December 2017 Las Vegas, Nevada 0 131
Title stripped 19 April 2018 Ogawa was stripped of the title for testing positive for the banned performance-enhancing drug androstanediol.[67]
Tevin Farmer
def. Billy Dib		 3 August 2018 Sydney, Australia 4 545
Joseph Diaz 30 January 2020 Miami, United States 0 146

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.[68] 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.[69] 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.[70][71]
Juan Manuel Márquez
def. Manuel Medina		 1 February 2003 Las Vegas, Nevada 4 699
Title stripped 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.[72] 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.[73]
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.[74]
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.[75]
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 3 767

Junior featherweight
Name Date Location Defenses Days
Bobby Berna
def. Sung-In Suh		 4 December 1983 Seoul, South Korea 0 133
Suh Sung-in 15 April 1984 Seoul, South Korea 1 263
Kim Ji-won 3 January 1985 Seoul, South Korea 4 362
Title vacated 1986 Title vacated when Kim retired. His last successful defense was against Rudy Casicas on 1 June 1986 in Inchon, South Korea.
Lee Seung-hoon
def. Prayurasak Muangsurin		 18 January 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 27 December 1987 in Pohang.
José Sanabria
def. Moises Fuentes Rocha		 21 May 1988 Bucaramanga, Colombia 3 293
Fabrice Benichou 10 March 1989 Limoges, France 3 365
Welcome Ncita 10 March 1990 Tel Aviv, Israel 6 998
Kennedy McKinney 2 December 1992 Tortolì, Italy 5 626
Vuyani Bungu 20 August 1994 Temba, South Africa 13 1594
Title vacated March 1999 Bungu vacated the title to move up in weight.[76] Bungu's last successful defense was against Victor Llerena on 6 February 1999 in Temba.
Lehlo Ledwaba
def. John Michael Johnson		 25 May 1999 Temba, South Africa 5 760
Manny Pacquiao 23 June 2001 Las Vegas, Nevada 4 556
Title vacated 2003 Pacquiao's last successful defense was against Emmanuel Lucero on 26 July 2003 in Los Angeles, California.
Israel Vázquez
def. Jose Luis Valbuena		 25 March 2004 Los Angeles, California 2 281
Title vacated 2005 Vazquez's last successful defense was against Armando Guerrero on 31 May 2005 in Lynwood, Illinois.
Steve Molitor 10 November 2006 Hartlepool, United Kingdom 4 742
Celestino Caballero 21 November 2008 Ontario, Canada 2 441
Title stripped 5 February 2010 Caballero was stripped of the title because no promoter made an offer for the rights to a defense against mandatory challenger Takalani Ndlovu.[77] His last defense was against Francisco Leal on 29 August 2009 at Mexicali, Mexico
Steve Molitor (2)
def. Takalani Ndlovu		 27 March 2010 Rama, Canada 1 364
Takalani Ndlovu 26 March 2011 Johannesburg, South Africa 1 361
Jeffrey Mathebula 24 March 2012 Johannesburg, South Africa 0 75
Nonito Donaire 7 July 2012 Carson, California 0 128
Title vacated 13 October 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 27 October title eliminator between Takalani Ndlovu and Alejandro López.[78]
Jonatan Romero
def. Alejandro López		 16 February 2013 Tijuana, Mexico 0 548
Kiko Martínez 17 August 2013 Atlantic City, New Jersey 2 385
Carl Frampton 6 September 2014 Belfast, United Kingdom 3 600
Title vacated 28 April 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.[79]
Jonathan Guzmán
def. Shingo Wake		 20 July 2016 Osaka, Japan 0 164
Yukinori Oguni 31 December 2016 Kyoto, Japan 0 256
Ryosuke Iwasa 13 September 2017 Osaka, Japan 1 337
T.J. Doheny 16 August 2018 Tokyo, Japan 1 253
Daniel Roman 26 April 2019 Inglewood, United States 0 279
Murodjon Akhmadaliev 30 January 2020 Miami, United States 0 146

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.[80] 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
Joseph Agbeko (2) 11 December 2010 Tacoma, Washington 1 245
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.[81]
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.[82] 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[83] McDonnell was stripped of the title after failing to negotiate terms with mandatory challenger Vusi Malinga.[84]
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.[85]
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.[86]
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.[87]
Emmanuel Rodríguez
def. Paul Butler		 5 May 2018 London, United Kingdom 1 378
Naoya Inoue 18 May 2019 Glasgow, Scotland 1 403

Junior bantamweight
Name Date Location Defenses Days
Chun Ju-do
def. Ken Kasugai		 10 December 1983 Osaka, Japan 5 510
Ellyas Pical 3 May 1985 Jakarta, Indonesia 2 288
Cesar Polanco 15 February 1986 Jakarta, Indonesia 0 140
Ellyas Pical (2) 5 July 1986 Jakarta, Indonesia 1 388
Title vacated 28 February 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 3 December 1986 in Jakarta.
Chang Tae-il
def. Soon Chun Kwon		 17 May 1987 Busan, South Korea 0 153
Ellyas Pical (3) 17 October 1987 Jakarta, Indonesia 3 728
Juan Polo Perez 14 October 1989 Roanoke, Virginia 0 186
Robert Quiroga 21 April 1990 Sunderland, United Kingdom 5 1001
Julio César Borboa 16 January 1993 San Antonio, Texas 5 590
Harold Grey 29 August 1994 Inglewood, California 3 404
Carlos Gabriel Salazar 7 October 1995 Mar del Plata, Argentina 1 203
Harold Grey (2) 27 April 1996 Cartagena, Colombia 0 119
Danny Romero 24 August 1996 Albuquerque, New Mexico 2 328
Johnny Tapia 18 July 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 13 February 1998 in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Mark Johnson
def. Ratanachai Sor Vorapin		 24 April 1999 Washington, D.C. 2 251
Title vacated 1999–2000 Johnson's last defense was a no-contest against Raul Juarez on 19 November 1999 in Washington, D.C..
Félix Machado
def. Julio Gamboa		 22 July 2000 Miami, Florida 3 1046
Luis Alberto Pérez 4 January 2003 Washington, D.C. (title vacated) 3 1368
Title vacated 3 November 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.[88]
Dimitri Kirilov
def. José Navarro		 13 October 2007 Moscow, Russia 1 294
Vic Darchinyan 2 August 2008 Tacoma, Washington 2 360
Title vacated 28 July 2009 Darchinyan vacated the title after refusing to negotiate terms with mandatory challenger Simphiwe Nongqayi.[89]
Simphiwe Nongqayi
def. Jorge Arce		 15 September 2009 Cancún, Mexico 1 332
Juan Alberto Rosas 31 July 2010 Tepic, Mexico 0 132
Cristian Mijares 11 December 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 14 May 2011 at Victoria de Durango, Mexico
Rodrigo Guerrero
def. Raúl Martínez		 8 October 2011 Tijuana, Mexico 0 126
Juan Carlos Sánchez Jr. 11 February 2012 Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico 2 483
Title stripped 8 June 2013 Sánchez was stripped of the title after failing to make weight the day before his fight against Roberto Domingo Sosa.[90] His last defense was against Rodel Mayol on 22 September 2012 at Los Mochis, Mexico
Daiki Kameda
def. Rodrigo Guerrero		 3 September 2013 Takamatsu, Japan 0 197
Title vacated 19 March 2014 Kameda vacated the title citing difficulties making weight.[91] 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		 18 July 2014 Kobe, Japan 1 319
Title vacated 2 June 2015 Tete vacated the title after refusing to accept the results of a purse bid for a fight with mandatory challenger McJoe Arroyo.[92]
McJoe Arroyo
def. Arthur Villanueva		 18 July 2015 El Paso, Estados Unidos 0 413
Jerwin Ancajas
current champion		 3 September 2016 Taguig City, Philippines 8 1390

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[93] Romero, citing he could no longer make the 112-pound limit, vacated the title to move up to junior bantamweight.[94] 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,[95] 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.[96] 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.[97]
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.[98]
Moruti Mthalane (2)
def. Muhammad Waseem		 15 July 2018 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 3 710

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 15 July deadline.[99] 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.[100]
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.[101]
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 (2) 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.[102] 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.[103] 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 1130
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.[104]
Felix Alvarado
def. Randy Petalcorin		 29 October 2018 Pasay City, Philippines 1 604

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 12 1191
Title stripped March 1996 Sor Vorapin was stripped of the title after failing to make weight the day before his fight with Lee Sandoval.
Ratanapol Sor Vorapin (2)
def. Jun Arlos		 18 May 1996 Yala, Thailand 7 588
Zolani Petelo 27 December 1997 Songkhla, Thailand 5 734
Title vacated October/November 2000 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.[105]
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.
Carlos Licona
def. Mark Anthony Barriga		 1 December 2018 Los Angeles, California 0 77
Deejay Kriel 16 February 2019 Los Angeles, California 0 138
Title vacated 4 July 2019 Kriel vacated the title to move up to junior flyweight.[106]
Pedro Taduran
def. Samuel Salva		 7 September 2019 Taguig City, Philippines 0 291

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