List of WBA world champions

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List of WBA world champions is a table showing the world champions certificated by World Boxing Association (WBA). This list includes champions certificated by the National Boxing Association (NBA).

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

Minimumweight

No. Name Duration of reign Defenses
1 Leo Gamez January 10, 1988 — 1988^r 1
2 Bong-Jun Kim April 16, 1989 — February 2, 1991 5
3 Hi-Yong Choi February 2, 1991 — October 14, 1992 4
4 Hideyuki Ohashi October 14, 1992 — February 10, 1993 0
5 Chana Porpaoin February 10, 1993 — December 2, 1995 8
6 Rosendo Álvarez December 2, 1995 — November 13, 1998 5
7 Ricardo López November 13, 1998 — July 1999^r 0
8 Songkram Porpaoin – Interim January 30, 1999 — July 1999^r 0
9 Noel Arambulet October 9, 1999 — August 20, 2000 1
10 Joma Gamboa – Interim December 4, 1999 — August 20, 2000 2
11 Joma Gamboa August 20, 2000 — December 6, 2000 0
12 Keitaro Hoshino December 6, 2000 — April 16, 2001 0
13 Chana Porpaoin April 16, 2001 — August 25, 2001 0
14 Yutaka Niida August 25, 2001 — October 19, 2001^r 0
15 Keitaro Hoshino (2) January 29, 2002 — July 29, 2002 0
16 Noel Arambulet (2) July 29, 2002 — July 2, 2004^s 2
17 Yutaka Niida (2) July 3, 2004 — September 15, 2008 7
18 Román González September 15, 2008 — Present 2

Light flyweight

No. Name Duration of reign Defenses
1 Jaime Rios August 23, 1975 — July 2, 1976 1
2 Juan Antonio Gúzman July 2, 1976 — October 10, 1976 0
3 Yoko Gushiken October 10, 1976 — March 8, 1981 13
4 Pedro Flores March 8, 1981 — July 19, 1981 0
5 Hwan-Jin Kim July 19, 1981 — December 16, 1981 1
6 Katsuo Tokashiki December 16, 1981 — July 10, 1983 5
7 Lupe Madera July 10, 1983 — May 19, 1984 1
8 Francisco Quiróz May 19, 1984 — March 29, 1985 1
9 Joey Olivo March 29, 1985 — December 8, 1985 1
10 Myung-Woo Yuh December 8, 1985 — December 17, 1991 17
11 Hiroki Ioka December 17, 1991 — November 18, 1992 2
12 Myung-Woo Yuh (2) November 18, 1992 — 1993^r 1
13 Leo Gamez October 21, 1993 — February 4, 1995 3
14 Hi-Yong Choi February 4, 1995 — January 13, 1996 1
15 Carlos Murillo January 13, 1996 — May 21, 1996 1
16 Keiji Yamaguchi May 21, 1996 — December 3, 1996 1
17 Pichitnoi Sitbangprachan December 3, 1996 — July 2000^s 5
18 Rosendo Álvarez March 3, 2001 — 2004^r 3
19 Beibis Mendoza – Interim November 15, 2003 — April 29, 2005 0
20 Roberto Vásquez April 29, 2005 — May 25, 2006 3
21 Kōki Kameda August 2, 2006 — January 19, 2007 1
22 Juan Carlos Reveco June 22, 2007 — December 8, 2007 0
23 Brahim Asloum December 8, 2007 — September 6, 2009 (retired) 1
24 Cesar Canchila – Interim July 26, 2008 — March 14, 2009 0
25 Giovanni Segura – Interim March 14, 2009 — July 25, 2009 0
26 Giovanni Segura July 25, 2009 — Present 0
27 Juan Carlos Reveco – Interim August 15, 2009 — Present 0

Flyweight

No. Name Duration of reign Defenses
1 Fidel La Barba August 22, 1925 — October 22, 1927 1
2 Pinky Silverberg October 22, 1927 — 1927^s 0
3 Frenchy Belanger December 19, 1927 — February 6, 1928 0
4 Frankie Genaro February 6, 1928 — March 2, 1929 3
5 Emile Pladner March 2, 1929 — April 18, 1929 3
6 Frankie Genaro (2) April 18, 1929 — October 26, 1931 9
7 Victor Perez October 26, 1931 — October 31, 1932 0
8 Jackie Brown October 31, 1932 — September 9, 1935 4
9 Benny Lynch September 9, 1935 — June 29, 1938^s 1
10 Peter Kane September 22, 1938 — June 19, 1943 1
11 Jackie Paterson June 19, 1943 — July 31, 1947^s 1
12 Rinty Monaghan March 23, 1948 — March 30, 1950^r 1
13 Terry Allen April 25, 1950 — August 1, 1950 0
14 Dado Marino August 1, 1950 — May 19, 1952 1
15 Yoshio Shirai May 19, 1952 — November 26, 1954 4
16 Pascual Pérez November 26, 1954 — April 16, 1960 9
17 Pone Kingpetch April 16, 1960 — October 10, 1962 1
18 Masahiko Harada October 10, 1962 — January 12, 1963 0
19 Pone Kingpetch (2) January 12, 1963 — September 18, 1963 0
20 Hiroyuki Ebihara September 18, 1963 — January 23, 1964 0
21 Pone Kingpetch (3) January 23, 1964 — April 23, 1965 0
22 Salvatore Burruni April 23, 1965 — November 1965^s 0
23 Horacio Accavallo March 1, 1966 — August 12, 1967^r 3
24 Hiroyuki Ebihara (2) March 30, 1969 — October 19, 1969 0
25 Bernabe Villacampo October 19, 1969 — April 5, 1970 0
26 Berkrerk Chartvanchai April 5, 1970 — October 22, 1970 0
27 Masao Ohba October 22, 1970 — 1973^r 0
28 Chartchai Chionoi May 17, 1973 — October 18, 1974 2
29 Susumu Hanagata October 18, 1974 — April 1, 1975 0
30 Erbito Salavarria April 1, 1975 — February 27, 1976 1
31 Alfonso Lopez February 27, 1976 — October 2, 1976 1
32 Guty Espadas October 2, 1976 — August 12, 1978 4
33 Betulio González August 12, 1978 — November 17, 1979 3
34 Luis Ibarra November 17, 1979 — February 17, 1980 0
35 Tae-Shik Kim February 17, 1980 — December 13, 1980 1
36 Peter Mathebula December 13, 1980 — March 28, 1981 0
37 Santos Benigno Laciar March 28, 1981 — June 6, 1981 0
38 Luis Ibarra (2) June 6, 1981 — September 26, 1981 0
39 Juan Herrera September 26, 1981 — May 1, 1982 1
40 Santos Benigno Laciar (2) May 1, 1982 — July 19, 1985^r 9
41 Hilario Zapata October 5, 1985 — February 13, 1987 5
42 Fidel Bassa February 13, 1987 — September 30, 1989 6
43 Jesús Kiki Rojas September 30, 1989 — March 10, 1990 0
44 Yul-Woo Lee March 10, 1990 — July 29, 1990 0
45 Leopard Tamakuma July 29, 1990 — March 14, 1991 1
46 Elvis Álvarez March 14, 1991 — June 1, 1991 1
47 Yong-Kang Kim June 1, 1991 — September 26, 1992 2
48 Aquiles Guzman September 26, 1992 — December 15, 1992 0
49 David Griman December 15, 1992 — February 13, 1994 2
50 Saen Sor Ploenchit February 13, 1994 — November 24, 1996 9
51 Jose Bonilla November 24, 1996 — May 29, 1998 3
52 Hugo Rafael Soto May 29, 1998 — March 13, 1999 0
53 Mauricio Pastrana – Interim October 3, 1998 — March 13, 1999 0
54 Leo Gamez March 13, 1999 — September 3, 1999 0
55 Sornpichai Kratingdaenggym September 3, 1999 — August 5, 2000 1
56 Eric Morel August 5, 2000 — December 6, 2003 5
57 Lorenzo Parra December 6, 2003 — March 19, 2007 5
58 Roberto Vásquez – Interim December 2, 2006 — July 1, 2007 0
59 Takefumi Sakata March 19, 2007 — December 31, 2008 5
60 Denkaosan Kaovichit December 31, 2008 — Present 3
61 Luis Concepcion – Interim September 5, 2009 — Present 0

Super flyweight

No. Name Duration of reign Defenses
1 Gustavo Ballas September 12, 1981 — December 5, 1981 0
2 Rafael Pedroza December 5, 1981 — April 8, 1982 0
3 Jiro Watanabe April 8, 1982 — July 5, 1984^s 6
4 Khaosai Galaxy November 21, 1984 — 1992^r 19
5 Katsuya Onizuka April 10, 1992 — September 18, 1994 5
6 Hyung-Chul Lee September 18, 1994 — July 22, 1995 1
7 Alimi Goitia July 22, 1995 — August 24, 1996 3
8 Yokthai Sithoar August 24, 1996 — December 23, 1997 4
9 Satoshi Iida December 23, 1997 — December 23, 1998 2
10 Jesús Kiki Rojas December 23, 1998 — July 31, 1999 1
11 Leo Gamez – Interim May 29, 1999 — July 31, 1999 0
12 Hideki Todaka July 31, 1999 — October 9, 2000 2
13 Leo Gamez October 9, 2000 — March 11, 2001 0
14 Celes Kobayashi March 11, 2001 — March 9, 2002 1
15 Alexander Muñoz March 9, 2002 — December 3, 2004 3
16 Martín Castillo December 3, 2004 — July 22, 2006 4
17 Nobuo Nashiro July 22, 2006 — May 3, 2007 1
18 Alexander Munoz(2)– Became Super champion May 3, 2007 — May 17, 2008 2
19 Cristian Mijares– Super Champion May 17, 2008 — November 1, 2008 0
20 Vic Darchinyan– Super Champion November 1, 2008 — Present 1
21 Rafael Concepción– Interim July 26, 2008— September 15, 2008 0
22 Jorge Arce– Interim September 15, 2008 — February 7, 2009 1
23 Nonito Donaire– Interim August 15, 2009 — Present 0
24 Nobuo Nashiro(2) September 15, 2008 — Present 1

Bantamweight

No. Name Duration of reign Defenses
1 Joe Lynch December 22, 1922 — March 21, 1924 1
2 Abe Goldstein March 21, 1924 — December 19, 1924 4
3 Eddie Martin December 19, 1924 — March 20, 1925 2
4 Charley Rosenberg March 20, 1925 — 1927^r 2
5 Bud Taylor June 24, 1927 — January 24, 1928^r 0
6 Panama Al Brown June 18, 1929 — April 1935^s 6
7 Sixto Escobar August 7, 1935 — August 26, 1935 0
8 Lou Salica August 26, 1935 — November 15, 1935 0
9 Sixto Escobar (2) November 15, 1935 — September 23, 1937 3
10 Harry Jeffra September 23, 1937 — February 20, 1938 0
11 Sixto Escobar (3) February 20, 1938 — October 4, 1939^r 1
12 Georgie Pace October 29, 1939 — September 24, 1940 0
13 Lou Salica (2) September 24, 1940 — August 7, 1942 5
14 Manuel Ortiz August 7, 1942 — January 6, 1947 14
15 Harold Dade January 6, 1947 — March 11, 1947 0
16 Manuel Ortiz (2) March 11, 1947 — May 31, 1950 4
17 Vic Toweel May 31, 1950 — November 15, 1952 3
18 Jimmy Carruthers November 15, 1952 — May 2, 1954^r 3
19 Robert Cohen September 19, 1954 — 1955^s 0
20 Raul Macias March 9, 1955 — November 6, 1957 2
21 Alphonse Halimi November 6, 1957 — July 8, 1959 0
22 Jose Becerra July 8, 1959 — August 30, 1960^r 2
23 Eder Jofre November 18, 1960 — May 18, 1965 8
24 Masahiko Harada May 18, 1965 — February 27, 1968 4
25 Lionel Rose February 27, 1968 — August 22, 1969 3
26 Rubén Olivares August 22, 1969 — October 16, 1970 2
27 Chucho Castillo October 16, 1970 — April 2, 1971 0
28 Rubén Olivares (2) April 2, 1971 — March 19, 1972 2
29 Rafael Herrera March 19, 1972 — July 29, 1972 0
30 Enrique Pinder July 29, 1972 — January 20, 1973 0
31 Romeo Anaya January 20, 1973 — November 3, 1973 2
32 Arnold Taylor November 3, 1973 — July 3, 1974 0
33 Soo-Hwan Hong July 3, 1974 — March 14, 1975 1
34 Alfonso Zamora March 14, 1975 — November 19, 1977 5
35 Jorge Luján November 19, 1977 — August 29, 1980 5
36 Julian Solís August 29, 1980 — November 14, 1980 0
37 Jeff Chandler November 14, 1980 — April 7, 1984 9
38 Richie Sandoval April 7, 1984 — March 10, 1986 2
39 Gaby Canizales March 10, 1986 — June 4, 1986 0
40 Bernardo Pinango June 4, 1986 — 1987^r 3
41 Takuya Muguruma March 29, 1987 — May 24, 1987 0
42 Chan-Yong Park May 24, 1987 — October 4, 1987 0
43 Wilfredo Vazquez October 4, 1987 — May 9, 1988 1
44 Kaokor Galaxy May 9, 1988 — August 14, 1988 0
45 Sung-Kil Moon August 14, 1988 — July 9, 1989 2
46 Kaokor Galaxy (2) July 9, 1989 — October 18, 1989 0
47 Luisito Espinosa October 18, 1989 — October 19, 1991 2
48 Israel Contreras October 19, 1991 — March 15, 1992 0
49 Eddie Cook March 15, 1992 — October 9, 1992 0
50 Jorge Julio Rocha October 9, 1992 — October 23, 1993 2
51 Junior Jones October 23, 1993 — April 22, 1994 1
52 John Michael Johnson April 22, 1994 — July 16, 1994 0
53 Daorung Chuvatana July 16, 1994 — September 17, 1995 2
54 Veeraphol Sahaprom September 17, 1995 — January 28, 1996 0
55 Nana Konadu January 28, 1996 — October 27, 1996 0
56 Daorung Chuvatana (2) October 27, 1996 — June 21, 1997 1
57 Nana Konadu (2) June 21, 1997 — December 5, 1998 1
58 Johnny Tapia December 5, 1998 — June 26, 1999 0
59 Paulie Ayala June 26, 1999 — April 19, 2002 3
60 Eidy Moya – Interim December 16, 2000 — April 19, 2002 1
61 Johnny Bredahl April 19, 2002 — February 26, 2005 (retires) 3
62 Hideki Todaka – Interim October 4, 2003 — March 6, 2004 0
63 Julio Zarate – Interim March 6, 2004 — March 13, 2004 0
64 Wladimir Sidorenko– def Julio Zarate February 26, 2005 — May 31, 2008 6
65 Poonsawat Kratingdaenggym – Interim August 31, 2005 — July 15, 2006 1
66 Anselmo Moreno May 31, 2008 — Present 4
67 Nehomar Cermeno– Interim March 14, 2009 — Present 2

Super bantamweight

No. Name Duration of reign Defenses
1 Soo-Hwan Hong January 26, 1977 — May 7, 1978 1
2 Ricardo Cardona May 7, 1978 — May 4, 1980 5
3 Leo Randolph May 4, 1980 — August 9, 1980 0
4 Sergio Victor Palma August 9, 1980 — June 12, 1982 5
5 Leo Cruz June 12, 1982 — February 22, 1984 3
6 Loris Stecca February 22, 1984 — May 26, 1984 0
7 Victor Callejas May 26, 1984 — 1986^r 2
8 Louie Espinoza January 11, 1987 — November 28, 1987 2
9 Julio Gervacio November 28, 1987 — February 27, 1988 0
10 Bernardo Pinango February 27, 1988 — May 28, 1988 0
11 Juan Jose Estrada May 28, 1988 — November 11, 1989 3
12 Jesús Salud November 11, 1989 — 1990^r 0
13 Luis Enrique Mendoza September 11, 1990 — October 7, 1991 5
14 Raúl Pérez October 7, 1991 — March 27, 1992 0
15 Wilfredo Vázquez March 27, 1992 — May 13, 1995 9
16 Antonio Cermeño May 13, 1995 — 1997^r 7
17 Enrique Sánchez February 8, 1998 — December 12, 1998 0
18 Carlos Barreto – October 3, 1998 — December 12, 1998 0
19 Nestor Garza December 12, 1998 — March 4, 2000 2
20 Antonio Cermeño – Interim October 10, 1999 — March 4, 2000 0
21 Clarence Adams March 4, 2000 — 2001^s 3
22 Yober Ortega – Interim November 23, 2000 — 2001^r 0
23 Yober Ortega November 17, 2001 — February 21, 2002 0
24 Yoddamrong Sithyodthong February 21, 2002 — May 18, 2002 0
25 Osamu Sato May 18, 2002 — October 9, 2002 0
26 Salim Medjkoune October 9, 2002 — July 4, 2003 1
27 Mahyar Monshipour July 4, 2003 — March 18, 2006 5
28 Celestino Caballero – Interim October 15, 2005 — March 18, 2006 1
29 Somsak Sithchatchawal March 18, 2006 — October 4, 2006 0
30 Celestino Caballero – upgraded to regular October 4, 2006 — November 21, 2008 0
31 Celestino Caballero – upgraded to unified champion November 21, 2008 — Present 3
32 Ricardo Córdoba– Interim September 18, 2008 — March 21, 2009 0
33 Bernard Dunne March 21, 2009 — September 26, 2009 0
34 Poonsawat Kratingdaenggym September 26, 2009 — Present 1

Featherweight

No. Name Duration of reign Defenses
1 Benny Bass September 12, 1927 — February 10, 1928 0
2 Tony Canzoneri February 10, 1928 — September 28, 1928 0
3 Andre Routis September 28, 1928 — September 23, 1929 1
4 Battling Battalino September 23, 1929 — January 27, 1932^r 0
5 Tommy Paul May 26, 1932 — January 13, 1933 0
6 Freddie Miller January 13, 1933 — May 11, 1936 12
7 Petey Sarron May 11, 1936 — October 29, 1937 2
8 Henry Armstrong October 29, 1937 — 1937^r 0
9 Joey Archibald April 18, 1939 — April 1940^s 0
10 Petey Scalzo May 15, 1940 — July 1, 1941 2
11 Richie Lemos July 1, 1941 — November 18, 1941 0
12 Jackie Wilson November 18, 1941 — January 18, 1943 1
13 Jackie Callura January 18, 1943 — August 16, 1943 1
13 Phil Terranova August 16, 1943 — March 10, 1944 1
14 Sal Bartolo March 10, 1944 — June 7, 1946 3
15 Willie Pep June 7, 1946 — October 29, 1948 2
16 Sandy Saddler October 29, 1948 — February 11, 1949 2
17 Willie Pep (2) February 11, 1949 — September 8, 1950 3
18 Sandy Saddler (2) September 8, 1950 — 1953^r 1
19 Tommy Collins – Interim August 25, 1952 — 1953^r 0
20 Sandy Saddler (3) February 25, 1955 — 1956^r 1
21 Sugar Ramos March 21, 1963 — September 26, 1964 3
22 Vicente Saldivar September 26, 1964 — 1967^r 7
23 Raul Rojas March 28, 1968 — September 27, 1968 0
24 Shozo Saijo September 27, 1968 — September 2, 1971 5
25 Antonio Gomez September 2, 1971 — August 19, 1972 1
25 Ernesto Marcel August 19, 1972 — February 16, 1974^r 4
26 Rubén Olivares July 9, 1974 — November 23, 1974 0
27 Alexis Argüello November 23, 1974 — 1976^r 4
28 Rafael Ortega January 15, 1977 — December 17, 1977 1
29 Cecilio Lastra December 17, 1977 — April 15, 1978 0
30 Eusebio Pedroza April 15, 1978 — June 8, 1985 19
31 Barry McGuigan June 8, 1985 — June 23, 1986 2
32 Steve Cruz June 23, 1986 — March 6, 1987 0
33 Antonio Esparragoza March 6, 1987 — March 30, 1991 7
34 Yong-Kyun Park March 30, 1991 — December 4, 1993 8
35 Eloy Rojas December 4, 1993 — May 18, 1996 6
36 Wilfredo Vázquez May 18, 1996 — 1997^s 4
37 Freddie Norwood April 3, 1998 — 1998^r 2
38 Antonio Cermeño October 3, 1998 — May 29, 1999 1
39 Freddie Norwood (2) May 29, 1999 — September 9, 2000 3
40 Derrick Gainer September 9, 2000 — November 1, 2003 3
41 Chris John – Interim September 26, 2003 — November 1, 2003 0
42 Chris John November 1, 2003 — Present 12
43 Yuriorkis Gamboa – Interim April 17, 2009 — Present 0

Super featherweight

No. Name Duration of reign Defenses
1 Johnny Dundee November 18, 1921 — May 30, 1923 4
2 Jack Bernstein May 30, 1923 — December 17, 1923 1
3 Johnny Dundee (2) December 17, 1923 — June 20, 1924 0
4 Steve Sullivan June 20, 1924 — December 15, 1924 2
5 Mike Ballerino December 15, 1924 — December 2, 1925 3
6 Tod Morgan December 2, 1925 — December 20, 1929 12
7 Benny Bass December 20, 1929 — July 15, 1931 1
8 Eligio "Kid Chocolate" Sardiñas July 15, 1931 — September 1932 (title discontinued) 4
9 Harold Gomes July 20, 1959 — March 16, 1960 4
10 Gabriel Elorde March 16, 1960 — June 15, 1967 10
11 Yoshiaki Numata June 15, 1967 — December 14, 1967 0
12 Hiroshi Kobayashi December 14, 1967 — July 29, 1971 6
13 Alfredo Marcano July 29, 1971 — April 25, 1972 1
14 Ben Villaflor April 25, 1972 — March 12, 1973 1
15 Kuniaki Shibata March 12, 1973 — October 17, 1973 1
16 Ben Villaflor (2) October 17, 1973 — October 16, 1976 5
17 Samuel Serrano October 16, 1976 — August 2, 1980 10
18 Yasutsune Uehara August 2, 1980 — April 9, 1981 1
19 Samuel Serrano (2) April 9, 1981 — January 19, 1983 3
20 Roger Mayweather January 19, 1983 — February 26, 1984 2
21 Rocky Lockridge February 26, 1984 — May 19, 1985 2
22 Wilfredo Gómez May 19, 1985 — May 24, 1986 0
23 Alfredo Layne May 24, 1986 — September 27, 1986 0
24 Brian Mitchell September 27, 1986 — 1991^s 11
25 Joey Gamache June 28, 1991 — 1991^r 0
26 Genaro Hernandez June 28, 1991 — April 1995^r 8
27 Yong-Soo Choi October 21, 1995 — September 5, 1998 7
28 Takanori Hatakeyama September 5, 1998 — October 31, 1999 1
29 Antonio Hernández – Interim February 20, 1998 — June 19, 1999 0
30 Joel Casamayor – Interim June 19, 1999 — June 27, 1999 0
31 Lakva Sim June 27, 1999 — October 31, 1999 0
32 Jong-Kwon Baek October 31, 1999 — May 21, 2000 0
33 Joel Casamayor – Interim November 20, 1999 — May 21, 2000 0
34 Joel Casamayor (2) May 21, 2000 — January 12, 2002 4
35 Acelino Freitas – Super January 12, 2002 — August 9, 2003 3
36 Yodsanan Sor Nanthachai April 13, 2002 — April 30, 2005 3
37 Vicente Mosquera April 30, 2005 — August 5, 2006 1
38 Edwin Valero August 5, 2006 — September 3, 2008 (Vacated) 1
39 Jorge Linares November 28, 2008 — October 10, 2009 1
40 Juan Carlos Salgado October 10, 2009 — January 11, 2010 0
41 Takashi Uchiyama January 11, 2010 — Present 0

Lightweight

No. Name Duration of reign Defenses
1 Benny Leonard May 18, 1917¹ — January 15, 1925^r 9
2 Jimmy Goodrich July 13, 1925 — December 7, 1925 0
3 Rocky Kansas December 7, 1925 — July 3, 1926 1
4 Sammy Mandel July 3, 1926 — July 17, 1930 4
5 Al Singer July 17, 1930 — November 14, 1930 0
6 Tony Canzoneri November 14, 1930 — June 23, 1933 4
7 Barney Ross June 23, 1933 — April 9, 1935^r 1
8 Tony Canzoneri (2) May 10, 1935 — September 3, 1936 1
9 Lou Ambers September 3, 1936 — August 17, 1938 2
10 Henry Armstrong August 17, 1938 — August 22, 1939 1
11 Lou Ambers (2) August 22, 1939 — May 10, 1940 0
12 Lew Jenkins May 10, 1940 — December 19, 1941 1
13 Sammy Angott December 19, 1941 — November 13, 1942^r 1
14 Beau Jack November 19, 1943 — March 3, 1944^r 0
15 Juan Zurita March 8, 1944 — April 18, 1945 0
16 Ike Williams April 18, 1945 — May 25, 1951 7
17 Jimmy Carter May 25, 1951 — April 1, 1952 2
18 Lauro Salas April 1, 1952 — October 15, 1952 1
19 Jimmy Carter (2) October 15, 1952 — March 5, 1954 3
20 Paddy DeMarco March 5, 1954 — November 17, 1954 0
21 Jimmy Carter (3) November 17, 1954 — June 29, 1955 0
22 Wallace Smith June 29, 1955 — August 24, 1956 1
23 Joe Brown August 24, 1956 — April 21, 1962 10
24 Carlos Ortiz April 21, 1962 — April 10, 1965 4
25 Ismael Laguna April 10, 1965 — November 13, 1965 0
26 Carlos Ortiz (2) November 13, 1965 — June 29, 1968 5
27 Carlos Teo Cruz June 29, 1968 — February 18, 1969 1
28 Mando Ramos February 18, 1969 — March 3, 1970 1
29 Ismael Laguna March 3, 1970 — September 26, 1970 1
30 Ken Buchanan September 26, 1970 — June 26, 1972 2
31 Roberto Durán June 26, 1972 — January 1979^r 12
32 Ernesto España June 16, 1979 — March 2, 1980 1
33 Hilmer Kenty March 2, 1980 — April 12, 1981 3
34 Sean O'Grady April 12, 1981 — 1981^r 0
35 Claude Noel September 12, 1981 — December 5, 1981 0
36 Arturo Frias December 5, 1981 — May 8, 1982 1
37 Ray Mancini May 8, 1982 — June 1, 1984 4
38 Livingstone Bramble June 1, 1984 — September 26, 1986 2
39 Edwin Rosario September 26, 1986 — November 21, 1987 0
40 Julio César Chávez November 21, 1987 — 1989^r 2
41 Edwin Rosario (2) July 9, 1989 — May 4, 1990 0
42 Juan Nazario May 4, 1990 — August 11, 1990 0
43 Pernell Whitaker August 11, 1990 — 1992^r 3
44 Joey Gamache June 13, 1992 — October 24, 1992 0
45 Tony Lopez October 24, 1992 — June 26, 1993 1
46 Dingaan Thobela June 26, 1993 — October 30, 1993 0
47 Orzubek Nazarov October 30, 1993 — May 16, 1998 6
48 Jean Baptiste Mendy May 16, 1998 — April 10, 1999 1
49 Julien Lorcy April 10, 1999 — August 7, 1999 0
50 Stefano Zoff August 7, 1999 — November 13, 1999 0
51 Gilberto Serrano November 13, 1999 — June 11, 2000 1
52 Takanori Hatakeyama June 11, 2000 — July 1, 2001 2
53 Julien Lorcy (2) July 1, 2001 — October 18, 2001 0
54 Raul Horacio Balbi October 18, 2001 — January 5, 2002 0
55 Leonard Doroftei January 5, 2002 — 2004^r 2
56 Lakva Sim April 10, 2004 — July 17, 2004 5
57 Juan Díaz July 17, 2004 — February 23, 2007 5
58 Jose Alfaro December 29, 2007 — May 19, 2008 0
59 Yusuke Kobori May 19, 2008 — January 3, 2009 0
60 Paulus Moses January 3, 2009 — Present 1
61 Juan Manuel Márquez – Super champion February 28, 2009 — Present 0

Super lightweight

No. Name Duration of reign Defenses
1 Pinky Mitchell January 30, 1923 — March 27, 1925 2
2 James Herring March 27, 1925 — March 30, 1925^s 0
3 Mushy Callahan September 21, 1926 — February 18, 1930 2
4 Jack Kid Berg February 18, 1930 — April 24, 1931 7
5 Tony Canzoneri April 24, 1931 — January 18, 1932 2
6 Johnny Jadick January 18, 1932 — September 1932 (title discontinued) 1
7 Eddie Perkins September 14, 1962 — December 15, 1962 0
8 Duilio Loi December 15, 1962 — January 1963^r 0
9 Roberto Cruz March 21, 1963 — June 15, 1963 0
10 Eddie Perkins (2) June 15, 1963 — January 18, 1965 2
11 Carlos Hernández January 18, 1965 — April 29, 1966 2
12 Sandro Lopopolo April 29, 1966 — April 30, 1967 1
13 Takeshi Fuji April 30, 1967 — December 12, 1968 1
14 Nicolino Locche December 12, 1968 — March 10, 1972 5
15 Alfonso Frazer March 10, 1972 — October 28, 1972 0
16 Antonio Cervantes October 28, 1972 — March 6, 1976 10
17 Wilfred Benítez March 6, 1976 — July 1977^s 2
18 Antonio Cervantes (2) June 25, 1977 — August 2, 1980 6
19 Aaron Pryor August 2, 1980 — September 9, 1983^r 8
20 Johnny Bumphus January 22, 1984 — June 1, 1984 0
21 Gene Hatcher June 1, 1984 — July 21, 1985 1
22 Ubaldo Nestor Sacco July 21, 1985 — March 15, 1986 0
23 Patrizio Oliva March 15, 1986 — July 4, 1987 2
24 Juan Martin Coggi July 4, 1987 — August 17, 1990 4
25 Loreto Garza August 17, 1990 — June 14, 1991 1
26 Edwin Rosario June 14, 1991 — April 10, 1992 0
27 Akinobu Hiranaka April 10, 1992 — September 9, 1992 0
28 Morris East September 9, 1992 — January 12, 1993 0
29 Juan Martin Coggi (2) January 12, 1993 — September 17, 1994 6
30 Frankie Randall September 17, 1994 — January 13, 1996 2
31 Juan Martin Coggi (3) January 13, 1996 — August 16, 1996 0
32 Frankie Randall (2) August 16, 1996 — January 11, 1997 0
33 Khalid Rahilou January 11, 1997 — October 10, 1998 2
34 Sharmba Mitchell October 10, 1998 — September 16, 2000 4
35 Kostya Tszyu September 16, 2000 — 2003^r 4
36 Diosbelys Hurtado May 11, 2002 — October 19, 2002 0
37 Vivian Harris October 19, 2002 — June 25, 2005 2
38 Carlos Maussa June 25, 2005 — November 26, 2005 0
39 Ricky Hatton November 26, 2005 — May 4, 2006^r 1
40 Souleymane M'baye September 2, 2006 — July 21, 2007 1
41 Gavin Rees July 21, 2007 — March 22, 2008 0
42 Andreas Kotelnik March 22, 2008 — July 18, 2009 2
43 Marcos Maidana-interim June 27, 2009 — Present 0
44 Amir Khan July 18, 2009 — Present 1

Welterweight

No. Name Duration of reign Defenses
1 Jack Britton March 17, 1919¹ — November 1, 1922 14
2 Mickey Walker November 1, 1922 — May 20, 1926 6
3 Pete Latzo May 20, 1926 — June 3, 1927 1
4 Joe Dundee June 3, 1927 — November 18, 1927^s 1
5 Jackie Fields March 25, 1929 — May 9, 1930 1
6 Jack Thompson May 9, 1930 — September 5, 1930 0
7 Tommy Freeman September 5, 1930 — April 14, 1931 0
8 Jack Thompson (2) April 14, 1931 — October 23, 1931 0
9 Lou Brouillard October 23, 1931 — January 28, 1932 0
10 Jackie Fields (2) January 28, 1932 — February 22, 1933 0
11 Young Corbett III February 22, 1933 — May 29, 1933 0
12 Jimmy McLarnin May 29, 1933 — May 28, 1934 0
13 Barney Ross May 28, 1934 — September 17, 1934 0
14 Jimmy McLarnin (2) September 17, 1934 — May 28, 1935 0
15 Barney Ross (2) May 28, 1935 — May 31, 1938 2
16 Henry Armstrong May 31, 1938 — October 4, 1940 18
17 Fritzie Zivic October 4, 1940 — July 29, 1941 1
18 Freddie Cochrane July 29, 1941 — February 1, 1946 0
19 Marty Servo February 1, 1946 — September 1946^r 0
20 Sugar Ray Robinson December 20, 1946 — August 1950^r 5
21 Johnny Bratton March 14, 1951 — May 18, 1951 0
22 Kid Gavilan May 18, 1951 — October 20, 1954 7
23 Johnny Saxton October 20, 1954 — April 1, 1955 3
24 Tony DeMarco April 1, 1955 — June 10, 1955 0
25 Carmen Basilio June 10, 1955 — March 14, 1956 1
26 Johnny Saxton (2) March 14, 1956 — September 12, 1956 0
27 Carmen Basilio (2) September 12, 1956 — 1957^r 1
28 Virgil Akins June 6, 1958 — December 5, 1958 0
29 Don Jordan December 5, 1958 — May 27, 1960 2
30 Benny Paret May 27, 1960 — April 1, 1961 1
31 Emile Griffith April 1, 1961 — September 30, 1961 0
32 Benny Paret (2) September 30, 1961 — March 24, 1962 0
33 Emile Griffith (2) March 24, 1962 — March 21, 1963 2
34 Luis Manuel Rodríguez March 21, 1963 — June 8, 1963 0
35 Emile Griffith (3) June 8, 1963 — April 25, 1966^r 4
36 Curtis Cokes August 24, 1966 — April 18, 1969 5
37 José Nápoles April 18, 1969 — December 3, 1970 3
38 Billy Backus December 3, 1970 — June 4, 1971 0
39 José Nápoles (2) June 4, 1971 — May 1975^r 9
40 Ángel Espada June 28, 1975 — July 17, 1976 1
41 José Cuevas July 17, 1976 — August 2, 1980 11
42 Thomas Hearns August 2, 1980 — September 16, 1981 3
43 Sugar Ray Leonard September 16, 1981 — November 9, 1982^r 1
44 Donald Curry February 13, 1983 — September 27, 1986 7
45 Lloyd Honeyghan September 27, 1986 — 1987^r 0
46 Mark Breland February 6, 1987 — August 22, 1987 0
47 Marlon Starling August 22, 1987 — 1988^r 3
48 Mark Breland (2) February 4, 1989 — July 8, 1990 4
49 Aaron Davis July 8, 1990 — January 19, 1991 0
50 Meldrick Taylor January 19, 1991 — October 31, 1992 2
51 Crisanto España October 31, 1992 — June 4, 1994 2
52 Ike Quartey June 4, 1994 — 1998^s 7
53 James Page October 10, 1998 — 2000^s 3
54 Andrew Lewis February 17, 2001 — March 30, 2002 2
55 Ricardo Mayorga – Super champion March 30, 2002 — December 13, 2003 2
56 Cory Spinks – Super champion December 13, 2003 — February 5, 2005 2
57 Zab Judah – Super champion February 5, 2005 — January 7, 2006^s 2
58 Luis Collazo April 2, 2005 — May 13, 2006 1
59 Ricky Hatton May 13, 2006 — August 31, 2006^r 0
60 Miguel Angel Cotto December 2, 2006 — July 26, 2008 4
61 Antonio Margarito July 26, 2008 — October 3, 2008 ?
62 Antonio Margarito – Super champion October 3, 2008 — January 24, 2009 ?
63 Yuriy Nuzhnenko October 3, 2008 — April 10, 2009 0
64 Shane Mosley – Super champion January 24, 2009 — Present 0
65 Vyacheslav Senchenko April 10, 2009 — Present 1

Super welterweight

No. Name Duration of reign Defenses
1 Denny Moyer October 20, 1962 — April 29, 1963 1
2 Ralph Dupas April 29, 1963 — September 7, 1963 1
3 Sandro Mazzinghi September 7, 1963 — June 18, 1965 3
4 Nino Benvenuti June 18, 1965 — June 25, 1966 1
5 Ki-Soo Kim June 25, 1966 — May 25, 1968 2
6 Sandro Mazzinghi (2) May 25, 1968 — October 1968^s 1
7 Freddie Little March 17, 1969 — July 9, 1970 2
8 Carmelo Bossi July 9, 1970 — October 31, 1971 1
9 Koichi Wajima October 31, 1971 — June 4, 1974 6
10 Oscar Albarado June 4, 1974 — January 21, 1975 1
11 Koichi Wajima (2) January 21, 1975 — June 7, 1975 0
12 Jae-Doo Yuh June 7, 1975 — February 17, 1976 1
13 Koichi Wajima (3) February 17, 1976 — May 18, 1976 0
14 José Manuel Duran May 18, 1976 — October 8, 1976 0
15 Miguel Angel Castellini October 8, 1976 — March 5, 1977 0
16 Eddie Gazo March 5, 1977 — August 9, 1978 3
17 Masashi Kudo August 9, 1978 — August 24, 1979 3
18 Ayub Kalule August 24, 1979 — June 25, 1981 4
19 Sugar Ray Leonard June 25, 1981 — 1981^r 0
20 Tadashi Mihara November 7, 1981 — February 2, 1982 0
21 Davey Moore February 2, 1982 — June 16, 1983 3
22 Roberto Durán June 16, 1983 — November 1983^r 0
23 Mike McCallum November 19, 1984 — November 1987^r 6
24 Julian Jackson November 21, 1987 — 1990^r 3
25 Gilbert Dele February 23, 1991 — October 1, 1991 1
26 Vinny Pazienza October 1, 1991 — 1992^r 0
27 Julio César Vásquez December 21, 1991 — March 4, 1995 10
28 Pernell Whitaker March 4, 1995 — June 1995^r 0
29 Carl Daniels June 16, 1995 — December 16, 1995 0
30 Julio César Vásquez (2) December 16, 1995 — August 21, 1996 0
31 Laurent Boudouani August 21, 1996 — March 6, 1999 4
32 David Reid March 6, 1999 — March 3, 2000 2
33 Félix Trinidad March 3, 2000 — May 12, 2001^r 2
34 Fernando Vargas – Super champion September 22, 2001 — September 14, 2002 2
35 Santiago Samaniego August 10, 2002 — September 14, 2002 0
36 Oscar De La Hoya – Super champion September 14, 2002 — September 13, 2003 1
37 Alejandro Garcia March 1, 2003 — December 13, 2003 1
38 Shane Mosley – Super champion September 13, 2003 — March 13, 2004 0
39 Travis Simms December 13, 2003 — 2004^r 0
40 Ronald Wright – Super champion March 13, 2004 — 2005^r 0
41 Alejandro Garcia (2) May 21, 2005 — May 6, 2006 1
42 José Antonio Rivera May 6, 2006 — January 6, 2007 0
43 Travis Simms (2) January 6, 2007 — July 7, 2007 0
44 Joachim Alcine July 7, 2007 — July 11, 2008 1
45 Daniel Santos July 11, 2008 — November 15, 2009 0
46 Nobuhiro Ishida – Interim August 30, 2009 — Present 1
47 Yuri Foreman November 15, 2009 — Present 0

Middleweight

No. Name Duration of reign Defenses
1 Johnny Wilson May 6, 1920¹ — August 31, 1923 4
2 Harry Greb August 31, 1923 — February 26, 1926 6
3 Tiger Flowers February 26, 1926 — December 3, 1926 1
4 Mickey Walker December 3, 1926 — 1930^r 4
5 William Jones January 25, 1932 — June 11, 1932 1
6 Marcel Thil June 11, 1932 — 1932^r 0
7 Lou Brouillard October 30, 1933 — October 30, 1933 0
8 Vince Dundee October 30, 1933 — September 11, 1934 2
9 Teddy Yarosz September 11, 1934 — September 19, 1935 0
10 Eddie Babe Risko September 19, 1935 — July 11, 1936 1
11 Freddie Steele July 11, 1936 — July 26, 1938 5
12 Al Hostak July 26, 1938 — November 11, 1938 0
13 Solly Krieger November 11, 1938 — June 27, 1939 0
14 Al Hostak (2) June 27, 1939 — July 19, 1940 1
15 Tony Zale July 19, 1940 — July 16, 1947 4
16 Rocky Graziano July 16, 1947 — June 10, 1948 0
17 Tony Zale (2) June 10, 1948 — September 21, 1948 0
18 Marcel Cerdan September 21, 1948 — June 16, 1949 0
19 Jake LaMotta June 16, 1949 — February 14, 1951 2
20 Sugar Ray Robinson February 14, 1951 — July 10, 1951 0
21 Randy Turpin July 10, 1951 – September 12, 1951 0
22 Sugar Ray Robinson (2) September 12, 1951 — December 1952^r 2
23 Carl Olson October 21, 1953 – December 9, 1955 3
24 Sugar Ray Robinson (3) December 9, 1955 — January 2, 1957 1
25 Gene Fullmer January 2, 1957 – May 1, 1957 0
26 Sugar Ray Robinson (4) May 1, 1957 — September 23, 1957 0
27 Carmen Basilio September 23, 1957 — March 25, 1958 0
28 Sugar Ray Robinson (5) March 25, 1958 — January 22, 1960 0
29 Paul Pender January 22, 1960 — July 11, 1961 3
30 Terry Downes July 11, 1961 — April 7, 1962 0
31 Paul Pender (2) April 7, 1962 — May 7, 1963^r 0
32 Dick Tiger October 23, 1962 — December 7, 1963 2
33 Joey Giardello December 7, 1963 — October 21, 1965 1
34 Dick Tiger (2) October 21, 1965 — April 25, 1966 0
35 Emile Griffith April 25, 1966 — April 17, 1967 2
36 Nino Benvenuti April 17, 1967 — September 29, 1967 0
37 Emile Griffith (2) September 29, 1967 — March 4, 1968 0
38 Nino Benvenuti (2) March 4, 1968 — May 23, 1970 4
39 Carlos Monzón May 23, 1970 — August 1977^r 14
40 Rodrigo Valdez November 5, 1977 — April 22, 1978 0
41 Hugo Pastor Corro April 22, 1978 — June 30, 1979 2
42 Vito Antuofermo June 30, 1979 — March 16, 1980 1
43 Alan Minter March 16, 1980 — September 27, 1980 1
44 Marvin Hagler September 27, 1980 — April 6, 1987^s 12
45 Sumbu Kalambay October 23, 1987 — March 1988^s 3
46 Mike McCallum May 10, 1989 — 1991^r 3
47 Reggie Johnson April 22, 1992 — October 1, 1993 3
48 John David Jackson October 1, 1993 — 1994^r 0
49 Jorge Castro August 12, 1994 — December 19, 1995 4
50 Shinji Takehara December 19, 1995 — June 24, 1996 0
51 William Joppy June 24, 1996 — August 23, 1997 2
52 Julio César Green August 23, 1997 — January 31, 1998 0
53 William Joppy (2) January 31, 1998 — May 12, 2001 5
54 Julio César Green – Interim February 20, 1999 — September 24, 1999 0
55 Félix Trinidad May 12, 2001 — September 29, 2001 0
56 Bernard Hopkins – Super champion April 29, 1995 — July 16, 2005 21
57 Jermain Taylor – Super champion July 16, 2005 — 2005^r 3
58 Maselino Masoe May 1, 2004 — March 11, 2006 0
59 Felix Sturm May 1, 2004 — July 15, 2006 0
60 Javier Castillejo July 15, 2006 — December 2, 2006 0
61 Mariano Natalio Carrera December 2, 2006 — February 23, 2007^s 0
62 Javier Castillejo (2) February 23, 2007 — April 28, 2007 0
63 Felix Sturm (2) April 28, 2007 — Present 8

Super middleweight

No. Name Duration of reign Defenses
1 Chong-Pal Park December 6, 1987 — May 23, 1988 1
2 Fulgencio Obelmejias May 23, 1988 — May 28, 1989 0
3 In-Chul Baek May 28, 1989 — March 30, 1990 2
4 Christophe Tiozzo March 30, 1990 — April 5, 1991 2
5 Víctor Córdoba April 5, 1991 — September 12, 1992 1
6 Michael Nunn September 12, 1992 — February 26, 1994 4
7 Steve Little February 26, 1994 — August 12, 1994 0
8 Frankie Liles August 12, 1994 — June 12, 1999 7
9 Byron Mitchell June 12, 1999 — April 8, 2000 1
10 Bruno Girard April 8, 2000 — 2000^s 1
11 Byron Mitchell (2) March 3, 2001 — March 15, 2003 2
12 Sven Ottke March 15, 2003 — March 27, 2004^r 2
13 Manny Siaca May 5, 2004 — November 12, 2004 0
14 Mikkel Kessler November 12, 2004 — November 3, 2007 3
15 Joe Calzaghe November 3, 2007 — June 27, 2008 0
16 Mikkel Kessler June 21, 2008 — November 21, 2009 2
17 Andre Ward November 21, 2009 — Present 0

Light heavyweight

No. Name Duration of reign Defenses
1 Georges Carpentier October 12, 1920¹ — February 24, 1922 1
2 Battling Siki February 24, 1922 — March 17, 1923 0
3 Mike McTigue March 17, 1923 — June 25, 1923 0
4 Tommy Loughran June 25, 1923 — August 2, 1923 0
5 Mike McTigue (2) August 2, 1923 — May 30, 1925 1
6 Paul Berlenbach May 30, 1925 — July 16, 1926 4
7 Jack Delaney July 16, 1926 — July 27, 1927^r 1
8 Maxie Rosenbloom August 30, 1927 — June 6, 1931^s 5
9 George Nichols March 18, 1932 — December 1932^s 0
10 Joe Knight January 1933 — March 1, 1933 0
11 Maxie Rosenbloom (2) March 1, 1933 — November 16, 1934 2
12 Bob Olin November 16, 1934 — October 31, 1935 2
13 John Henry Lewis October 31, 1935 — January 1939^r 5
14 Billy Conn July 13, 1939 — June 5, 1940^r 3
15 Anton Christoforidis January 13, 1941 — May 22, 1941 0
16 Gus Lesnevich May 22, 1941 — July 26, 1948 5
17 Freddie Mills July 26, 1948 — January 24, 1950 0
18 Joey Maxim January 24, 1950 — December 17, 1952 2
19 Archie Moore December 17, 1952 — October 25, 1960^s 8
20 Harold Johnson May 12, 1962 — June 1, 1963 1
21 Willie Pastrano June 1, 1963 — March 30, 1965 2
22 José Torres March 30, 1965 — December 16, 1966 3
23 Dick Tiger December 16, 1966 — May 24, 1968 2
24 Bob Foster May 24, 1968 — September 9, 1970^s 4
25 Vicente Rondón February 27, 1971 — April 7, 1972 4
26 Bob Foster (2) April 7, 1972 — September 16, 1974^r 5
27 Víctor Galíndez December 7, 1974 — September 15, 1978 10
28 Mike Rossman September 15, 1978 — April 14, 1979 1
29 Víctor Galíndez (2) April 14, 1979 — November 30, 1979 0
30 Marvin Johnson November 30, 1979 — March 31, 1980 0
31 Eddie Mustafa Muhammad March 31, 1980 — July 18, 1981 2
32 Michael Spinks July 18, 1981 — September 21, 1985^r 10
33 Marvin Johnson (2) February 9, 1986 — May 23, 1987 1
34 Leslie Stewart May 23, 1987 — September 5, 1987 0
35 Virgil Hill September 5, 1987 — June 3, 1991 10
36 Thomas Hearns June 3, 1991 — March 20, 1992 1
37 Iran Barkley March 20, 1992 — 1992^r 0
38 Virgil Hill (2) September 29, 1992 — June 13, 1997 10
39 Dariusz Michalczewski June 13, 1997 — July 1, 1997 0
40 Lou Del Valle September 20, 1997 — July 18, 1998 0
41 Roy Jones Jr. July 18, 1998 — May 15, 2004 10
42 Bruno Girard December 22, 2001 — March 8, 2003 2
43 Mehdi Sahnoune March 8, 2003 — October 10, 2003 0
44 Silvio Branco October 10, 2003 — February 20, 2004 0
45 Fabrice Tiozzo February 20, 2004 — October 19, 2006^r 1
46 Silvio Branco – Interim July 27, 2006 — October 19, 2006 0
47 Silvio Branco (2) October 19, 2006 — April 28, 2007 0
48 Stipe Drviš April 28, 2007 — December 16, 2007 0
49 Danny Green December 16, 2007 — March 25, 2008 (retired) 0
50 Hugo Garay March 25, 2008 — June 20, 2009 1
51 Gabriel Campillo June 20, 2009 — January 29, 2010 1
52 Beibut Shumenov January 29, 2010 — Present 0

Cruiserweight

No. Name Duration of reign Defenses
1 Ossie Ocasio February 13, 1982 — December 1, 1984 3
2 Piet Crous December 1, 1984 — July 27, 1985 1
3 Dwight Muhammad Qawi July 27, 1985 — July 12, 1986 1
4 Evander Holyfield July 12, 1986 — 1988^r 5
5 Taoufik Belbouli March 25, 1989 — 1989^r 0
6 Robert Daniels November 27, 1989 — March 8, 1991 2
7 Bobby Czyz March 8, 1991 — 1992^r 2
8 Orlin Norris November 6, 1993 — July 22, 1995 4
9 Nate Miller July 22, 1995 — November 8, 1997 4
10 Fabrice Tiozzo November 8, 1997 — December 9, 2000 4
11 Virgil Hill December 9, 2000 — February 23, 2002 0
12 Jean-Marc Mormeck February 23, 2002 — January 7, 2006 4
13 O'Neil Bell – Super champion January 7, 2006 — March 17, 2007 0
14 Virgil Hill January 27, 2006 — November 24, 2007 0
15 Valery Brudov – Interim December 2, 2006 — June 16, 2007 0
16 Jean-Marc Mormeck (2) – Super champion March 17, 2007 — November 10, 2007 0
17 David Haye – Undisputed champion November 10, 2007 — Present 1
18 Firat Arslan – Interim June 16, 2007 — November 24, 2007 0
18 Firat Arslan – Elevated to regular November 24, 2007 — September 27, 2008 1
19 Guillermo Jones September 27, 2008 — Present 0

Heavyweight

No. Name Duration of reign Defenses
1 Jack Dempsey July 2, 1921 — September 23, 1926 2
2 Gene Tunney September 23, 1926 — July 31, 1931^r 2
3 Jack Sharkey September 26, 1929 — June 12, 1930 0
4 Max Schmeling June 12, 1930 — June 21, 1932 1
5 Jack Sharkey (2) June 21, 1932 — June 29, 1933 0
6 Primo Carnera not recognized by the NBA as champion
7 Max Baer June 14, 1934 — June 13, 1935 0
8 James J. Braddock June 13, 1935 — June 22, 1937 0
9 Joe Louis June 22, 1937 — March 1, 1949^r 25
10 Ezzard Charles June 22, 1949 — July 18, 1951 8
11 Joe Walcott July 18, 1951 — September 23, 1952 1
12 Rocky Marciano September 23, 1952 — April 27, 1956^r 6
13 Floyd Patterson November 30, 1956 — June 26, 1959 4
14 Ingemar Johansson June 26, 1959 — June 20, 1960 0
15 Floyd Patterson (2) June 20, 1960 — September 25, 1962 2
16 Sonny Liston September 25, 1962 — February 25, 1964 1
17 Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali) February 25, 1964 — June 19, 1964^r 0
18 Ernie Terrell March 5, 1965 — February 6, 1967 2
19 Muhammad Ali (2) February 6, 1967 — April 27, 1968 0
20 Jimmy Ellis April 27, 1968 — February 16, 1970 1
21 Joe Frazier February 16, 1970 — January 22, 1973 4
22 George Foreman January 22, 1973 — October 30, 1974 2
23 Muhammad Ali (3) October 30, 1974 — February 15, 1978 10
24 Leon Spinks February 15, 1978 — September 15, 1978 0
25 Muhammad Ali (4) September 15, 1978 — 18, 1979 0
26 John Tate October 20, 1979 — March 31, 1980 0
27 Mike Weaver March 31, 1980 — December 10, 1982 2
28 Michael Dokes December 10, 1982 — September 23, 1983 1
29 Gerrie Coetzee September 23, 1983 — December 1, 1984 0
30 Greg Page December 1, 1984 — April 29, 1985 0
31 Tony Tubbs April 29, 1985 — January 17, 1986 0
32 Tim Witherspoon January 17, 1986 — December 12, 1986 1
33 James Smith December 12, 1986 — March 7, 1987 0
34 Mike Tyson March 7, 1987 — February 11, 1990 8
35 James Douglas February 11, 1990 — October 25, 1990 0
36 Evander Holyfield October 25, 1990 — November 13, 1992 3
37 Riddick Bowe November 13, 1992 — November 6, 1993 2
38 Evander Holyfield (2) November 6, 1993 — April 22, 1994 0
39 Michael Moorer April 22, 1994 — November 5, 1994 0
40 George Foreman (2) November 5, 1994 — 1995^s 0
41 Bruce Seldon April 8, 1995 — September 7, 1996 1
42 Mike Tyson (2) September 7, 1996 — November 9, 1996 0
43 Evander Holyfield (3) November 9, 1996 — November 13, 1999 4
44 Lennox Lewis November 13, 1999 — April 29, 2000^s 0
45 Evander Holyfield (4) August 12, 2000 — March 3, 2001 0
46 John Ruiz March 3, 2001 — March 1, 2003 2
47 Roy Jones Jr. March 1, 2003 — February 24, 2004^r 0
48 John Ruiz – Interim December 13, 2003 — February 24, 2004 0
49 John Ruiz (2) February 24, 2004 — December 17, 2005 3
50 Nikolai Valuev December 17, 2005 — April 14, 2007 3
51 Ruslan Chagaev April 14, 2007 — August 30, 2008 2
52 Nikolai Valuev (2) August 30, 2008 — November 7, 2009 2
53 David Haye November 7, 2009 0

Notes

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

See also

• World Boxing Association
• List of WBC world champions
• List of IBF world champions
• List of WBO world champions
• List of IBO world champions