List of super welterweight boxing champions

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This is a chronological List of World Super Welterweight / Light Middleweight Boxing Champions, as recognized by four of the better-known sanctioning organizations:

• The World Boxing Association (WBA), founded in 1921 as the National Boxing Association (NBA),
• The World Boxing Council (WBC), founded in 1963,
• The International Boxing Federation (IBF), founded in 1983,
• The World Boxing Organization (WBO), founded in 1988,

Reign Began	Reign Ended	Champion	Recognition
IBF
Title inaugurated
1984-03-11	1984-11-02	Mark Medal	IBF
1984-11-02	1985-06-01-Vacated	Carlos Santos	IBF
1986-06-04	1987-06-27	Buster Drayton	IBF
1987-06-27	1988-11-04	Matthew Hilton	IBF
1988-11-04	1989-02-05	Robert Hines	IBF
1989-02-05	1989-07-15	Darrin Van Horn	IBF
1989-07-15	1994-09-17	Gianfranco Rosi	IBF
1994-09-17	1995-08-12	Vincent Pettway	IBF
1995-08-12	1995-12-16	Paul Vaden	IBF
1995-12-16	1997-01-11-Vacated	Terry Norris	IBF
1997-04-12	1997-12-06	Raul Marquez	IBF
1997-12-06	1998-12-12	Luis Ramon Campas	IBF
1998-12-12	2000-12-02	Fernando Vargas	IBF
2001-10-12	2004-03-13-Vacated	Ronald Wright	IBF
2004-06-05	2004-10-02	Verno Phillips	IBF
2004-10-02	2005-07-14	Kassim Ouma	IBF
2005-07-14	2006-07-08	Roman Karmazin	IBF
2006-07-08	current	Cory Spinks	IBF
WBC
Title Inaugurated
1975-05-07	1975-11-13	Miguel de Oliveira	WBC
1975-11-13	1976-06-17	Elisha Obed	WBC
1976-06-17	1977-08-06	Eckhard Dagge	WBC
1977-08-06	1979-03-04	Rocky Mattioli	WBC
1979-03-04	1981-05-23	Maurice Hope	WBC
1981-05-23	1982-12-03	Wilfred Benitez	WBC
1982-12-03	1986-06-23-Vacated	Thomas Hearns	WBC
1986-12-05	1987-07-12	Duane Thomas	WBC
1987-07-12	1987-10-02	Lupe Aquino	WBC
1987-10-02	1988-07-08	Gianfranco Rosi	WBC
1988-07-08	1989-02-11	Donald Curry	WBC
1989-02-11	1989-07-08	Rene Jacquot	WBC
1989-07-08	1990-03-31	John Mugabi	WBC
1990-03-31	1993-12-18	Terry Norris	WBC
1993-12-18	1994-05-07	Simon Brown	WBC
1994-05-07	1994-11-12	Terry Norris	WBC
1994-11-12	1995-08-19	Luis Santana	WBC
1995-08-19	1997-12-06	Terry Norris	WBC
1997-12-06	1999-01-29	Keith Mullings	WBC
1999-01-29	2001-06-23	Javier Castillejo	WBC
2001-06-23	2003-09-13	Oscar de la Hoya	WBC
2003-09-13	2004-03-13	Shane Mosley	WBC
2004-03-13	2004-11-20-Vacated	Ronald Wright	WBC
2005-08-13	2006-05-06	Ricardo Mayorga	WBC
2006-05-06	current	Oscar de la Hoya	WBC
WBA
Title Inaugurated
1975-01-21	1975-06-07	Koichi Wajima	WBA
1975-06-07	1976-02-17	Jae-Do Yuh	WBA
1976-02-17	1976-05-18	Koichi Wajima	WBA
1976-05-18	1976-10-08	Jose Manuel Duran	WBA
1976-10-08	1977-03-05	Miguel Angel Castellini	WBA
1977-03-05	1978-08-09	Eddie Gazo	WBA
1978-08-09	1979-10-24	Masashi Kudo	WBA
1979-10-24	1981-06-25	Ayub Kalule	WBA
1981-06-25	1981-06-25-Vacated	Sugar Ray Leonard	WBA
1981-11-07	1982-02-02	Tadashi Mihara	WBA
1982-02-02	1983-06-16	Davey Moore	WBA
1983-06-16	1983-06-16-Vacated	Mike McCallum	WBA
1984-10-19	1987-07-18-Vacated	Mike McCallum	WBA
1987-11-22	1991-02-23-Vacated	Julian Jackson	WBA
1991-02-23	1991-10-01	Gilbert Dele	WBA
1991-10-01	1992-12-21	Vincenzo Pazienza	WBA
1992-12-21	1995-03-04	Julio Cesar Vasquez	WBA
1995-03-04	Vacated	Pernell Whitaker	WBA
1995-06-16	1995-12-16	Carl Daniels	WBA
1995-12-16	1996-08-21	Julio Cesar Vasquez	WBA
1996-08-21	1999-03-06	Laurent Boudouani	WBA
1999-03-06	2000-03-03	David Reid	WBA
2000-03-03	2000-12-02-Vacated	Felix Trinidad	WBA
2001-09-22	2002-09-14	Fernando Vargas	WBA Super Champion
2002-08-10	2003-03-01	Santiago Samaniego	WBA
2003-03-01	2003-12-13	Alejandro Garcia	WBA
2002-09-14	2003-09-13	Oscar de la Hoya	WBA Super Champion
2003-09-13	2004-03-13	Shane Mosley	WBA Super Champion
2004-03-13	2004-11-20-Vacated	Ronald Wright	WBA Super Champion
2003-12-13	2004-10-02-Vacated	Travis Simms	WBA
2005-05-21	2006-05-06	Alejandro Garcia	WBA
2006-05-06	current	Jose Antonio Rivera	WBA
WBO
Title inaugurated
1988-12-08	1992-12-19-Vacated	John David Jackson	WBO
1993-10-30	1995-11-22	Verno Phillips	WBO
1995-11-22	Stripped	Paul Jones	WBO
1996-05-17	1998-08-22	Winky Wright	WBO
1998-08-22	2001-02-10-Vacated	Harry Simon	WBO
2002-03-16	2005-12-03	Daniel Santos	WBO
2005-12-03	current	Sergiy Dzinziruk	WBO
World
Title inaugurated
1962-10-20	1963-04-29	Denny Moyer	WBA/WBC
1963-04-29	1963-09-07	Ralph Dupas	WBA/WBC
1963-09-07	1965-06-18	Sandro Mazzinghi	WBA/WBC
1965-06-18	1966-06-25	Nino Benvenuti	WBA/WBC
1966-06-25	1968-05-26	Ki Soo Kim	WBA/WBC
1968-05-26	1968-10-25-Vacated	Sandro Mazzinghi	WBA/WBC
1969-03-17	1970-07-09	Freddie Little	WBA/WBC
1970-07-09	1971-10-31	Carmelo Bossi	WBA/WBC
1971-10-31	1974-06-04	Koichi Wajima	WBA/WBC
1974-06-04	1975-01-21	Oscar Albarado	WBA/WBC
1975-01-21	1975-01-21	Koichi Wajima	WBA/WBC
Title Split into WBA and WBC Belts

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