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.

Contents 1 Minimumweight 2 Light flyweight 3 Flyweight 4 Super flyweight 5 Bantamweight 6 Super bantamweight 7 Featherweight 8 Super featherweight 9 Lightweight 10 Super lightweight 11 Welterweight 12 Super welterweight 13 Middleweight 14 Super middleweight 15 Light heavyweight 16 Cruiserweight 17 Heavyweight 18 Notes 19 See also

[edit] Minimumweight

No.	Name	Duration of reign	Defenses
1	Leo Gamez	January 10, 1988 — 1988r	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 Lopez	November 13, 1998 — July 1999r	0
8	Songkram Porpaoin – Interim	January 30, 1999 — July 1999r	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, 2001r	0
15	Keitaro Hoshino	January 29, 2002 — July 29, 2002	0
16	Noel Arambulet (2)	July 29, 2002 — July 2, 2004s	2
17	Juan Jose Landaeta – Interim	January 31, 2004 — July 2, 2004r	1
19	Katsunari Takayama – Interim	November 7, 2006 — Present	0

[edit] 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 — 1993r	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 2000s	5
18	Rosendo Álvarez	March 3, 2001 — 2004r	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

[edit] Flyweight

No.	Name	Duration of reign	Defenses
1	Fidel La Barba	August 22, 1925 — October 22, 1927	1
2	Pinky Silverberg	October 22, 1927 — 1927s	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, 1938s	1
10	Peter Kane	September 22, 1938 — June 19, 1943	1
11	Jackie Paterson	June 19, 1943 — July 31, 1947s	1
12	Rinty Monaghan	March 23, 1948 — March 30, 1950r	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 1965s	0
23	Horacio Accavallo	March 1, 1966 — August 12, 1967r	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 — 1973r	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 Gonzalez	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, 1985r	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 Alvarez	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 — Present	3

[edit] 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, 1984s	6
4	Khaosai Galaxy	November 21, 1984 — 1992r	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	Martin Castillo	December 3, 2004 — July 22, 2006	4
17	Nobuo Nashiro	July 22, 2006 — Present	1

[edit] 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 — 1927r	2
5	Bud Taylor	June 24, 1927 — January 24, 1928r	0
6	Panama Al Brown	June 18, 1929 — April 1935s	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, 1939r	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, 1954r	3
19	Robert Cohen	September 19, 1954 — 1955s	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, 1960r	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	Ruben Olivares	August 22, 1969 — October 16, 1970	2
27	Chucho Castillo	October 16, 1970 — April 2, 1971	0
28	Ruben 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 Lujan	November 19, 1977 — August 29, 1980	5
36	Julian Solis	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 — 1987r	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	0
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 — March 13, 2004	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	February 26, 2005 — Present	3
65	Prakorb Udomna – Interim	August 31, 2005 — July 15, 2006	1

[edit] 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 — 1986r	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 — 1990r	0
13	Luis Enrique Mendoza	September 11, 1990 — October 7, 1991	5
14	Raul Perez	October 7, 1991 — March 27, 1992	0
15	Wilfredo Vázquez	March 27, 1992 — May 13, 1995	9
16	Antonio Cermeño	May 13, 1995 — 1997r	7
17	Enrique Sánchez	February 8, 1998 — December 12, 1998	0
18	Carlos Barreto – [[Interim championship|Interim]]	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 — 2001s	3
22	Yober Ortega – Interim	November 23, 2000 — 2001r	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	October 4, 2006 — Present	0

[edit] 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, 1932r	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 — 1937r	0
9	Joey Archibald	April 18, 1939 — April 1940s	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 — 1953r	1
19	Tommy Collins – [[Interim championship|Interim]]	August 25, 1952 — 1953r	0
20	Sandy Saddler (3)	February 25, 1955 — 1956r	1
21	Sugar Ramos	March 21, 1963 — September 26, 1964	3
22	Vicente Saldivar	September 26, 1964 — 1967r	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, 1974r	4
26	Rubén Olivares	July 9, 1974 — November 23, 1974	0
27	Alexis Argüello	November 23, 1974 — 1976r	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 — 1997s	4
37	Freddie Norwood	April 3, 1998 — 1998r	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	9

[edit] 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 — 1991s	11
25	Joey Gamache	June 28, 1991 — 1991r	0
26	Genaro Hernandez	June 28, 1991 — April 1995r	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	0
37	Vicente Mosquera	April 30, 2005 — August 5, 2006	1
38	Edwin Valero	August 5, 2006 — Present	1

[edit] Lightweight

No.	Name	Duration of reign	Defenses
1	Benny Leonard	May 18, 19171 — January 15, 1925r	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, 1935r	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, 1942r	1
14	Beau Jack	November 19, 1943 — March 3, 1944r	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 1979r	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 — 1981r	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 — 1989r	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 — 1992r	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 — 2004r	2
56	Lakva Sim	April 10, 2004 — July 14, 2004	5
57	Juan Díaz	July 14, 2004 — Present	5

[edit] 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, 1925s	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 1963r	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 Benitez	March 6, 1976 — July 1977s	2
18	Antonio Cervantes (2)	June 25, 1977 — August 2, 1980	6
19	Aaron Pryor	August 2, 1980 — September 9, 1983r	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 — 2003r	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, 2006r	1
40	Souleymane M'baye	September 2, 2006 — 21 July 2007	1
41	Gavin Rees	21 July 2007 — 22 March 2008	0
42	Andreas Kotelnik	22 March 2008 — Present	0

[edit] 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, 1927s	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 1946r	0
20	Sugar Ray Robinson	December 20, 1946 — August 1950r	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 — 1957r	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 Rodriguez	March 21, 1963 — June 8, 1963	0
35	Emile Griffith (3)	June 8, 1963 — April 25, 1966r	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 1975r	9
40	Angel 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, 1982r	1
44	Donald Curry	February 13, 1983 — September 27, 1986	7
45	Lloyd Honeyghan	September 27, 1986 — 1987r	0
46	Mark Breland	February 6, 1987 — August 22, 1987	0
47	Marlon Starling	August 22, 1987 — 1988r	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 Espana	October 31, 1992 — June 4, 1994	2
52	Ike Quartey	June 4, 1994 — 1998s	7
53	James Page	October 10, 1998 — 2000s	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, 2006s	2
58	Luis Collazo	April 2, 2005 — May 13, 2006	1
59	Ricky Hatton	May 13, 2006 — August 31, 2006r	0
60	Miguel Angel Cotto	December 2, 2006 — Present	0

[edit] 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 1968s	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 — 1981r	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 1983r	0
23	Mike McCallum	November 19, 1984 — November 1987r	6
24	Julian Jackson	November 21, 1987 — 1990r	3
25	Gilbert Dele	February 23, 1991 — October 1, 1991	1
26	Vinny Pazienza	October 1, 1991 — 1992r	0
27	Julio César Vásquez	December 21, 1991 — March 4, 1995	10
28	Pernell Whitaker	March 4, 1995 — June 1995r	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, 2001r	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 — 2004r	0
40	Ronald Wright – Super champion	March 13, 2004 — 2005r	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
43	Joachim Alcine	July 7, 2007 — Present	0

[edit] 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 — 1930r	4
5	William Jones	January 25, 1932 — June 11, 1932	1
6	Marcel Thil	June 11, 1932 — 1932r	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 1952r	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, 1963r	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 1977r	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, 1987s	12
45	Sumbu Kalambay	October 23, 1987 — March 1988s	3
46	Mike McCallum	May 10, 1989 — 1991r	3
47	Reggie Johnson	April 22, 1992 — October 1, 1993	3
48	John David Jackson	October 1, 1993 — 1994r	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	Felix 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 — 2005r	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, 2007s	0
62	Javier Castillejo (2)	February 23, 2007 — April 28, 2007	0
63	Felix Sturm (2)	April 28, 2007 — Present	0

[edit] 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	Victor Cordoba	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 — 2000s	1
11	Byron Mitchell (2)	March 3, 2001 — March 15, 2003	2
12	Sven Ottke	March 15, 2003 — March 27, 2004r	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 — Present	0

[edit] 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, 1927r	1
8	Maxie Rosenbloom	August 30, 1927 — June 6, 1931s	5
9	George Nichols	March 18, 1932 — December 1932s	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 1939r	5
14	Billy Conn	July 13, 1939 — June 5, 1940r	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, 1960s	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, 1970s	4
25	Vicente Rondón	February 27, 1971 — April 7, 1972	4
26	Bob Foster (2)	April 7, 1972 — September 16, 1974r	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, 1985r	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 — 1992r	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, 2006r	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 — Present	0

[edit] 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 — 1988r	5
5	Taoufik Belbouli	March 25, 1989 — 1989r	0
6	Robert Daniels	November 27, 1989 — March 8, 1991	2
7	Bobby Czyz	March 8, 1991 — 1992r	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 — Present	0
15	Valery Brudov – Interim	December 2, 2006 — Present	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

[edit] 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, 1931r	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, 1949r	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, 1956r	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, 1964r	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 — October 20, 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 — 1995s	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, 2000s	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, 2004r	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	Xhamison Camilleri	April 14, 2007 — Present	0

[edit] Notes

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

[edit] See also

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

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