List of WBC female world champions

The following is a list of WBC female world champions certificated by the World Boxing Council (WBC).

Stand: June 3, 2020.

r – Champion relinquished title.
s – Champion stripped of title.

On July 30, 2011, Ana María Torres won the very first female Diamond Belt by defeating Jackie Nava at Bantamweight.
On October 13, 2012, Ava Knight won the Diamond Belt at Flyweight, decisioning Mariana Juárez. On May 11, 2013, she defended this title against Linda Soto from Mexico by unanimous decision.
On January 14, 2017, Amanda Serrano beat Yazmín Rivas to become the Diamond Champion at Super bantamweight.
On September 30, 2017, Jessica Chávez beat Esmeralda Moreno to win the vacant WBC female Diamond flyweight title.
On September 14, 2018, German Raja Amasheh won the vacant WBC Diamond super flyweight title against Peruvian Linda Laura Lecca.
On April 13, 2019, Claressa Shields won the vacant Diamond middleweight title via UD against Christina Hammer.

Atomweight
No. Name Duration of reign Defences
1 Chirawadee Srisuk 31 Aug 2007 — 11 Aug 2008 0
2 Momo Koseki 11 Aug 2008 — 2018r 17
3 Brenda Flores – Interim (in recess during December 2018 due to illness) 8 Sep 2018 — 2019r 1
4 Fabiana Bytyqi 22 Sep 2018 — present 2
5 Louisa Hawton 1 Dec 2019 — present 1

Minimumweight
No. Name Duration of reign Defences
1 Nanako Kikuchi Nov 7, 2005 — May 27, 2007 1
2 Carina Moreno May 17, 2007 — Oct 31, 2009 3
3 Eun Young Huh – Interim Jun 1, 2008 — Apr 2, 2010s 0
4 Anabel Ortiz Oct 31, 2009 — May 8, 2011 1
5 Naoko Fujioka May 8, 2011 — 2013r 2
6 Mari Ando Dec 14, 2013 — May 17, 2014 0
7 Yuko Kuroki May 17, 2014 — Dec 17, 2017 5
8 Tina Rupprecht – Interim champion since Dec 2, 2017, defended title once, has since been elevated Sep 30, 2018 — present 3
9 Momo Koseki Dec 17, 2017 — 2018r 0

Light flyweight
No. Name Duration of reign Defences
1 Eun Soon Choi Jun 28, 2005 — 2006s 0
2 Carina Moreno – Interim Feb 22, 2007 — 2007r 0
3 Siriporn Taweesuk (Champion Emeritus) Apr 3, 2007 — 2008r 3
4 Naomi Togashi - Won interim title, was then elevated to full champion Jul 13, 2008 — Jun 23, 2012 7
5 Kanchana Tungthaisong – Interim Jan 29, 2009 — Apr 9, 2010 1
6 Esmeralda Moreno – (In recess since January 2013) Jun 23, 2012 — 2015s 1
7 Ibeth Zamora Silva Mar 3, 2013 — Apr 22, 2017 8
8 Esmeralda Moreno (2) Apr 22, 2017 — Sep 22, 2018 1
9 Kenia Enriquez – Interim May 27, 2017 — present 4
10 Yesenia Gómez Sep 22, 2018 — present 3

Flyweight
No. Name Duration of reign Defences
1 Stefania Bianchini Aug 7, 2005 — Mar 29, 2008 4
2 Simona Galassi Mar 29, 2008 — Mar 11, 2011 4
3 Mariana Juárez – Interim champion from Jun 5, 2009, defended title six times, beaten Galassi for regular title on Mar 11, 2011 Mar 11, 2011 — Oct 13, 2012s 7
4 Renáta Szebelédi Oct 27, 2012 — May 19, 2013 0
5 Shindo Go May 19, 2013 — Dec 6, 2014 2
6 Arely Muciño Dec 6, 2014 — Sep 19, 2015 0
7 Jessica Chávez Sep 19, 2015 — 2018r 6
8 Nana Yoshikawa – Interim champion Dec 16, 2017 — 2018r 0
9 Ibeth Zamora Silva May 26, 2018 — present 1

Super flyweight
No. Name Duration of reign Defences
1 Myung Ok Ryu Jun 28, 2005 — 2006r 1
2 Ana María Torres Won interim title, was then elevated to full champion Oct 7, 2006 — Oct 19, 2007 1
3 Myung Ok Ryu (2) Oct 19, 2007 — 2008r 1
4 Ana María Torres (2) - Won interim title, was then elevated to full champion
(Champion Emeritus)		 Aug 30, 2008 — May 17, 2012r 11
5 Usanakorn Thawilsuhannawang – Interim Mar 2, 2009 — Jun 13, 2009 0
6 Zulina Muñoz Nov 24, 2012 — May 13, 2017 10
7 Guadalupe Martínez Guzmán May 13, 2017 — present 4
8 Sonia Osorio – Interim Oct 26, 2019 — present 0

Bantamweight
No. Name Duration of reign Defences
1 Kwang Ok Kim Jun 28, 2005 — Jun 7, 2006r 2
2 Anita Christensen Oct 14, 2006 — 2007r 0
3 Susana Vázquez Jun 1, 2007 — 2008s 0
4 Anita Christensen (2) - Won interim title, was then elevated to full champion Sep 14, 2007 — Jun 21, 2008 1
5 Galina Koleva Ivanova Jun 21, 2008 — Oct 5, 2009 2
6 Usanakorn Thawilsuhannawang Oct 5, 2009 — Jul 13, 2013 2
7 Susie Ramadan – In recess since May 4, 2014 Jul 13, 2012 — Oct 25, 2014 0
8 Jessica González – Interim Nov 2, 2013 — 2015r 1
9 Yazmín Rivas Jun 28, 2014 — Jan 30, 2016 4
10 Christina McMahon – Interim May 2, 2015 — 2016s 0
11 Catherine Phiri Jan 30, 2016 — Apr 1, 2017 1
12 Mariana Juárez Apr 1, 2017 — present 9
13 Eva Voraberger – Interim Apr 7, 2018 — 2019s 1

Super bantamweight
No. Name Duration of reign Defences
1 Jackie Nava May 30, 2005 — May 20, 2006 2
2 Alejandra Marina Oliveras May 20, 2006 — Dec 4, 2008 3
3 Jackie Nava (2) – Interim Sep 16, 2007 — Apr 30, 2009 2
4 Marcela Eliana Acuña (Champion Emeritus, Honorary Champion) Dec 4, 2008 — 2010r 4
5 Jackie Nava (3) – Interim Jan 30, 2010 — 2012s 3
6 Alicia Ashley Jul 23, 2011 — Sep 6, 2014 3
7 Jackie Nava (4) – In recess since January 20, 2015 Sep 6, 2014 — 2015s 2
8 Alicia Ashley (2) Oct 29, 2015 — Oct 1, 2016 0
9 Fatuma Zarika Oct 1, 2016 — Nov 16, 2019 1
10 Dina Thorslund – Interim Mar 10, 2018 — 2018r 0
11 Yamileth Mercado Nov 16, 2019 — present 0

Featherweight
No. Name Duration of reign Defences
1 Sharon Anyos (Champion Emeritus) Oct 22, 2005 — 2007s 1
2 Ina Menzer Mar 8, 2008 — Jul 3, 2010 6
3 Jeannine Garside (In recess since October 2011) Jul 3, 2010 — 2012s 0
4 Maureen Shea – Interim Dec 10, 2011 — 2012s 0
5 Jelena Mrdjenovich Mar 23, 2012 — Sep 14, 2012 0
6 Melissa Hernández Sep 14, 2012 — May 31, 2013 0
7 Jelena Mrdjenovich (2) May 31, 2013 — Aug 1, 2015 2
8 Edith Soledad Matthysse Aug 1, 2015 — Mar 11, 2016 0
9 Jelena Mrdjenovich (3) Mar 11, 2016 — present 4
10 Amanda Serrano – Interim Sep 13, 2019 — present 0

Super featherweight
No. Name Duration of reign Defences
1 Jelena Mrdjenovich Nov 18, 2005 — Apr 9, 2009 5
2 Myriam Chomaz – Interim Nov 20, 2008 — Dec 17, 2009 0
3 Olivia Gerula Apr 9, 2008 — Nov 27, 2010 2
4 Frida Wallberg Nov 27, 2010 — Jun 14, 2013 2
5 Diana Prazak Jun 14, 2013 — 2015s 1
6 Eva Wahlstrom Apr 25, 2015 — Feb 8, 2020 5
7 Elhem Mekhaled – Interim Mar 16, 2019 — 2019s 0
8 Katharina Thanderz – Interim Nov 16, 2019 — present 0
9 Terri Harper Feb 8, 2020 — present 0

Lightweight
No. Name Duration of reign Defences
1 Jessica Rakoczy Jul 21, 2005 — Sep 16, 2005 0
2 Eliza Olson Sep 16, 2005 — 2006s 0
3 Ann Saccurato Nov 4, 2006 — 2007r 0
4 Jessica Rakoczy (2) Feb 22, 2007 — Sep 27, 2007 0
5 Ann Saccurato (2) Sep 27, 2007 — 2008r 0
6 Ann Saccurato (3) Aug 11, 2008 — Aug 6, 2011 1
7 Darys Esther Pardo – Interim Oct 30, 2009 — May 8, 2010 0
8 Érica Anabella Farías – Interim champion from May 8, 2010, defended title twice, beat Saccurato for regular title Aug 6, 2011 — Apr 20, 2014 8
9 Delfine Persoon Apr 20, 2014 — Jun 1, 2019 9
10 Katie Taylor Jun 1, 2019 — present 0

Super lightweight
No. Name Duration of reign Defences
1 Mary Jo Sanders Jul 30, 2005 — 2006s 0
2 Anne Sophie Mathis Mar 8, 2008 — 2008r 0
3 Mónica Silvina Acosta Jun 19, 2009 — 2013s 7
4 Lely Luz Flórez – Interim Aug 8, 2009 — Sep 10, 2010 0
5 Alejandra Marina Oliveras Oct 11, 2013 — Nov 16, 2014 0
6 Klara Svensson – Interim Sep 13, 2014 — May 2, 2015 1
7 Érica Anabella Farías Nov 16, 2014 — Oct 6, 2018 4
8 Jessica McCaskill Oct 6, 2018 — present 2

Welterweight
No. Name Duration of reign Defences
1 Mary Jo Sanders Feb 3, 2006 — 2006r 0
2 Holly Holm Mar 22, 2007 — 2008r 1
3 Cecilia Brækhus Mar 14, 2009 — present 25
4 Klara Svensson – Interim Sep 10, 2016 — Feb 24, 2017 0

Super welterweight
No. Name Duration of reign Defences
1 Jisselle Salandy (Eternal Champion) Sep 15, 2006 — Jan 4, 2009 (died in a vehicular accident) 5
2 Christy Martin (Champion Emeritus, Honorary Champion) Sep 2, 2009 — 2011s 0
3 Mia St John Aug 14, 2012 — Nov 10, 2012 0
4 Tiffany Junot Nov 10, 2013 — 2013s 0
5 Mikaela Laurén Nov 8, 2014 — 2016s 3
6 Ewa Piatkowska Sep 17, 2016 — 2019s 2
7 Inna Sagaydakovskaya – Interim Dec 30, 2017 — 2018s 0
8 Patricia Berghult – Interim Nov 27, 2019 — 2020r 0
9 Claressa Shields Jan 10, 2020 — present 0

Middleweight
No. Name Duration of reign Defences
1 Yvonne Reis Apr 1, 2006 — 2007r 0
2 Wang Ya Nan Jan 26, 2008 — 2010s 2
3 Tori Nelson Jul 29, 2011 — 2012r 0
4 Kali Reis Apr 16, 2016 — Nov 5, 2016 0
5 Christina Hammer – In recess since Nov 1, 2018 Nov 5, 2016 — Apr 13, 2019 3
6 Claressa Shields Nov 17, 2018 — present 2

Super middleweight
No. Name Duration of reign Defences
1 Laila Ali (Champion Emeritus) Nov 11, 2006 — 2007s 2
2 Natalya Ragozina Dec 15, 2007 — 2010s 4
3 Nikki Adler Nov 30, 2013 — Aug 4, 2017 2
4 Claressa Shields Aug 4, 2017 — 2018s 1
5 Franchon Crews Dezurn Sep 13, 2018 — Jan 11, 2020 1

Heavyweight
No. Name Duration of reign Defences
1 Vonda Ward Feb 10, 2007 — 2010r 0
2 Martha Salazar Nov 8, 2014 — Mar 18, 2016 0
3 Alejandra Jiménez Mar 18, 2016 — 2019r 2

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