List of The Ring world champions

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Contents 1 Heavyweight 2 Cruiserweight 3 Light Heavyweight 4 Super Middleweight 5 Middleweight 6 Super Welterweight 7 Welterweight 8 Super Lightweight 9 Lightweight 10 Super Featherweight 11 Featherweight 12 Super Bantamweight 13 Bantamweight 14 Super Flyweight 15 Flyweight 16 Light Flyweight 17 Strawweight 18 See also 19 Notes 20 References 21 External links

This is a list of world champions who have been certified by The Ring magazine. The Ring is a boxing magazine that was founded in 1922. In 2002, The Ring created a championship system that is "intended to reward fighters who, by satisfying rigid criteria, can justify a claim as the true and only world champion in a given weight class."^[1] There are only three ways that a boxer can win The Ring's title: defeat the reigning champion; unify the WBA, WBC, and IBF titles; or win a box-off between The Ring's number-one and number-two rated contenders (or, sometimes, number-one and number-three rated).^[2] There are also only three ways that a boxer can lose The Ring's title: lose a championship fight, move to a different weight class, or retire.^[2] (The Ring does not strip its champions' titles like the sanctioning bodies do.)

[edit] Heavyweight

Champion	Reign
1	Primo Carnera	1933 -
2	Max Baer	1935 - June 13, 1935
3	James J. Braddock	June 13, 1935 - June 22, 1937
4	Joe Louis	June 22, 1937 -
5	Ezzard Charles	September 27, 1950 - July 18, 1951
6	Jersey Joe Walcott	July 18, 1951 - September 23, 1952
7	Rocky Marciano	September 23, 1952 - April 27, 1956 (Retired)
8	Floyd Patterson	November 30, 1956 - June 26, 1959
9	Ingemar Johansson	June 26, 1959 - June 20, 1960
10	Floyd Patterson	June 20, 1960 - September 25, 1962
11	Sonny Liston	September 25, 1962 - February 25, 1964
12	Muhammad Ali	February 25, 1964 -
13	Joe Frazier	1970 -
14	George Foreman	January 22, 1973 - October 30, 1974
14	Muhammad Ali	October 30, 1974 -
16	Larry Holmes	1980 - September 21, 1985
17	Michael Spinks	September 21, 1985 - June 27, 1988
18	Mike Tyson	June 27, 1988 - February 11, 1990
19	James "Buster" Douglas	February 11, 1990 - October 25, 1990
20	Evander Holyfield	October 25, 1990 - November 13, 1992
21	Riddick Bowe	November 13, 1992 - November 6, 1993
22	Evander Holyfield	November 6, 1993 -
23	George Foreman	1994–1995
24	Evander Holyfield	1996–1998
25	Lennox Lewis	1999 - February 6, 2004 (Retired)
26	Vitali Klitschko	April 24, 2004 - November 9, 2005 (Retired)

[edit] Cruiserweight

Number	Champion	Reign
1	Carlos De Leon	February 3, 1984 - June 6, 1985
2	Alfonzo Ratliff	June 6, 1985 - September 21, 1985
3	Bernard Benton	September 21, 1985 - March 22, 1986
4	Carlos De Leon	March 22, 1986 -
5	Jean-Marc Mormeck	April 2, 2005 - January 7, 2006
6	O'Neil Bell	January 7, 2006 - March 17, 2007
7	Jean-Marc Mormeck	March 17, 2007 - Present

[edit] Light Heavyweight

Number	Champion	Reign
1	Maxie Rosenbloom	1933 -
2	Bob Olin	1935 -
3	John Henry Lewis	1937 -
4	Billy Conn	1939 - 1941 (Vacated)
5	Gus Lesnevich	1942 - July 26, 1948
6	Freddie Mills	July 26, 1948 - January 24, 1950
7	Joey Maxim	January 24, 1950 - December 17, 1952
8	Archie Moore	December 17, 1952 -
9	Harold Johnson	1962 - June 1, 1963
10	Willie Pastrano	June 1, 1963 - March 30, 1965
11	Jose Torres	March 30, 1965 -
12	Dick Tiger	1966 - May 24, 1968
13	Bob Foster	May 24, 1968 -
14	Víctor Galíndez	1979 - November 30, 1979
15	Matthew Saad Muhammad	1979 - December 19, 1981
16	Dwight Muhammad Qawi	December 19, 1981 - March 18, 1983
17	Michael Spinks	March 18, 1983 - September 21, 1985
18	Roy Jones Jr.	2002 - May 15, 2004
19	Antonio Tarver	May 15, 2004 - December 18, 2004
20	Glen Johnson	December 18, 2004 - June 18, 2005
21	Antonio Tarver	June 18, 2005 - June 10, 2006
22	Bernard Hopkins	June 10, 2006 - Present

[edit] Super Middleweight

Number	Champion	Reign
1	Joe Calzaghe	March 4, 2006 - Present

[edit] Middleweight

Number	Champion	Reign
1	Marcel Thil	1933 -
2	Freddie Steele	1937 -
3	Tony Zale	November 28, 1941 -
4	Rocky Graziano	July 16, 1947 -
5	Marcel Cerdan	1948 - June 16, 1949
6	Jake LaMotta	June 16, 1949 - February 14, 1951
7	Sugar Ray Robinson	February 14, 1951 - July 10, 1951
8	Randy Turpin	July 10, 1951 - September 12, 1951
9	Sugar Ray Robinson	September 12, 1951 - December 1952 (Retired)
10	Carl Olson	1953 - December 9, 1955
11	Sugar Ray Robinson	December 9, 1955 - January 2, 1957
12	Gene Fullmer	January 2, 1957 - May 1, 1957
13	Sugar Ray Robinson	May 1, 1957 - January 22, 1960
14	Paul Pender	January 22, 1960 - July 11, 1961
15	Terry Downes	July 11, 1961 - April 7, 1962
16	Paul Pender	April 7, 1962 - May 7, 1963 (Retired)
17	Dick Tiger	1963 - December 7, 1963
18	Joey Giardello	December 7, 1963 - October 21, 1965
19	Dick Tiger	October 21, 1965 - April 25, 1966
20	Emile Griffith	April 25, 1966 - April 17, 1967
21	Nino Benvenuti	April 17, 1967 - September 29, 1967
22	Emile Griffith	September 29, 1967 - March 4, 1968
23	Nino Benvenuti	March 4, 1968 - November 7, 1970
24	Carlos Monzon	November 7, 1970 -
25	Hugo Corro	1978 - June 30, 1979
26	Vito Antuofermo	June 30, 1979 - March 16, 1980
27	Alan Minter	March 16, 1980 - September 27, 1980
28	Marvelous Marvin Hagler	September 27, 1980 -
29	Sumbu Kalambay	1988 -
30	Bernard Hopkins	2002 - July 16, 2005
31	Jermain Taylor	July 16, 2005 - Present

[edit] Super Welterweight

Number	Champion	Reign
1	Oscar Albarado	June 4, 1974 - January 21, 1975
2	Koichi Wajima	January 21, 1975 - June 7, 1975
3	Jae Do Yuh	June 7, 1975 - February 17, 1976
4	Koichi Wajima	February 17, 1976 - May 18, 1976
5	Jose Manuel Duran	May 18, 1976 - October 8, 1976
6	Miguel Angel Castellini	October 8, 1976 - March 5, 1977
7	Eddie Gazo	March 5, 1977 - August 9, 1978
8	Masashi Kudo	August 9, 1978 - October 24, 1979
9	Ayub Kalule	October 24, 1979 - June 25, 1981
10	Sugar Ray Leonard	June 25, 1981 - June 25, 1982
11	Thomas Hearns	May 1983 - September 1986
12	Oscar de la Hoya	September 14, 2002 - September 13, 2003
13	Shane Mosley	September 13, 2003 - March 13, 2004
14	Winky Wright	March 13, 2004 - November 7, 2005 (Vacated)

[edit] Welterweight

Number	Champion	Reign
1	Jimmy McLarnin	1933 -
2	Barney Ross	1937 - May 31, 1938
3	Henry Armstrong	May 31, 1938 - October 4, 1940
4	Fritzie Zivic	October 4, 1940 -
5	Freddie Cochrane	July 29, 1941 - February 1, 1946
6	Marty Servo	February 1, 1946 - September 1946 (Vacated)
7	Ray Robinson	December 20, 1946 -
8	Kid Gavilan	1952 - October 20, 1954
9	Johnny Saxton	October 20, 1954 - April 1, 1955
10	Tony DeMarco	April 1, 1955 - June 10, 1955
11	Carmen Basilio	June 10, 1955 - March 14, 1956
12	Johnny Saxton	March 14, 1956 - September 12, 1956
13	Carmen Basilio	September 12, 1956 - 1957 (Vacated)
14	Don Jordan	1959 -
15	Emile Griffith	April 1, 1961 - September 30, 1961
16	Benny Paret	September 30, 1961 - March 24, 1962
17	Emile Griffith	March 24, 1962 - March 21, 1963
18	Luis Manuel Rodriguez	March 21, 1963 - June 8, 1963
19	Emile Griffith	June 8, 1963 - April 1966 (Vacated}
20	Curtis Cokes	1967 - April 18, 1969
21	Jose Napoles	April 18, 1969 - December 3, 1970
22	Billy Backus	December 3, 1970 - June 4, 1971
23	Jose Napoles	June 4, 1971 - December 6, 1975
24	John Stracey	December 6, 1975 - June 22, 1976
25	Carlos Palomino	June 22, 1976 - January 14, 1979
26	Wilfred Benitez	January 14, 1979 - November 30, 1979
27	Sugar Ray Leonard	November 30, 1979 - June 20, 1980
28	Roberto Duran	June 20, 1980 - November 25, 1980
29	Sugar Ray Leonard	November 25, 1980 - November 9, 1982 (Retired)
30	Donald Curry	December 6, 1985 - September 27, 1986
31	Lloyd Honeyghan	September 27, 1986 - October 27, 1987
32	Jorge Vaca	October 27, 1987 - March 29, 1988
33	Lloyd Honeyghan	March 29, 1988 -
34	Vernon Forrest	January 26, 2002 - January 25, 2003
35	Ricardo Mayorga	January 25, 2003 - December 13, 2003
36	Cory Spinks	December 13, 2003 - February 5, 2005
37	Zab Judah	February 5, 2005 - January 7, 2006
38	Carlos Manuel Baldomir	January 7, 2006 - November 4 , 2006
39	Floyd Mayweather Jr.	November 4 , 2006 - Present

[edit] Super Lightweight

Number	Champion	Reign
1	Eddie Perkins	1963 - January 18, 1965
2	Carlos Hernandez	January 18, 1965 - April 29, 1966
3	Sandro Lopopolo	April 29, 1966 - April 30, 1967
4	Takeshi Fuji	April 30, 1967 - December 12, 1968
5	Nicolino Locche	December 12, 1968 -
6	Antonio Cervantes	1972 - March 6, 1976
7	Wilfredo Benitez	March 6, 1976 -
8	Antonio Cervantes	1979 - August 2, 1980
9	Aaron Pryor	August 2, 1980 - October 1983
10	Kostya Tszyu	2002 - June 4, 2005
11	Ricky Hatton	June 4, 2005 - Present

[edit] Lightweight

Number	Champion	Reign
1	Barney Ross	1933 -
2	Tony Canzoneri	1935 -
3	Lou Ambers	1937 -
4	Lew Jenkins	1941 - December 19, 1941
5	Sammy Angott	December 19, 1941 -
6	Ike Williams	1947 - May 25, 1951
7	Jimmy Carter	May 25, 1951 - May 14, 1952
8	Lauro Salas	May 14, 1952 - October 15, 1952
9	Jimmy Carter	October 15, 1952 - March 5, 1954
10	Paddy DeMarco	March 5, 1954 - November 17, 1954
11	Jimmy Carter	November 17, 1954 - June 29, 1955
12	Wallace (Bud) Smith	June 29, 1955 - August 24, 1956
13	Joe Brown	August 24, 1956 - April 21, 1962
14	Carlos Ortiz	April 21, 1962 -
15	Mando Ramos	1969 -
16	Ken Buchanan	1970 - June 26, 1972
17	Roberto Duran	June 26, 1972 - January 1979 (Vacated)
18	Jim Watt	1981 - June 20, 1981
19	Alexis Arguello	June 20, 1981 - February 1983
20	Pernell Whitaker	1990 -
21	Floyd Mayweather Jr.	April 20, 2002 - May 22, 2004
22	José Luis Castillo	June 5, 2004 - May 7, 2005
23	Diego Corrales	May 7, 2005 - October 8, 2006
24	Joel Casamayor	October 8, 2006 - Present

[edit] Super Featherweight

Number	Champion	Reign
1	Flash Elorde	1963 -
2	Hiroshi Kobayashi	December 14, 1967 - July 29, 1971
3	Alfredo Marcano	July 29, 1971 -
4	Kuniaki Shibata	1973 - October 17, 1973
5	Ben Villaflor	October 17, 1973 - October 16, 1976
6	Samuel Serrano	October 16, 1976 - August 2, 1980
7	Yasutsune Uehara	August 2, 1980 - April 9, 1981
8	Samuel Serrano	April 9, 1981 - January 19, 1983
9	Roger Mayweather	January 19, 1983 - February 26, 1984
10	Rocky Lockridge	February 26, 1984 - May 19, 1985
11	Wilfredo Gómez	May 19, 1985 - May 24, 1986
12	Alfredo Layne	May 24, 1986 - September 27, 1986
13	Brian Mitchell	September 27, 1986 -

[edit] Featherweight

Number	Champion	Reign
1	Kid Chocolate	1933 -
2	Freddie Miller	1935 -
3	Petey Sarron	1937 - October 29, 1937
4	Henry Armstrong	October 29, 1937 -
5	Joey Archibald	1939 - May 20, 1940
6	Harry Jeffra	May 20, 1940 - May 12, 1941
7	Joey Archibald	May 12, 1941 - September 11, 1941
8	Chalky Wright	September 11, 1941 - November 20, 1942
9	Willie Pep	November 20, 1942 - October 29, 1948
10	Sandy Saddler	October 29, 1948 - February 11, 1949
11	Willie Pep	February 11, 1949 - September 8, 1950
12	Sandy Saddler	September 8, 1950 - January 21, 1957 (Retired)
13	Hogan Bassey	June 24, 1957 - March 18, 1959
14	Davey Moore	March 18, 1959 - March 21, 1963
15	Sugar Ramos	March 21, 1963 - September 26, 1964
16	Vicente Saldivar	September 26, 1964 - 1967 (Retired)
17	Johnny Famechon	1969 -
18	Kuniaki Shibata	1970 -
19	Alexis Arguello	1976 -
20	Danny Lopez	March 10, 1979 - February 2, 1980
21	Salvador Sanchez	February 2, 1980 - August 12, 1982 (Killed in car accident)
22	Eusebio Pedroza	September 22, 1982 - June 8, 1985
23	Barry McGuigan	June 8, 1985 - June 23, 1986
24	Steve Cruz	June 23, 1986 - March 6, 1987
25	Antonio Esparragoza	March 6, 1987 -
26	Marco Antonio Barrera	June 22, 2002 - November 15, 2003
27	Manny Pacquiao	November 15, 2003 - March 19, 2005

[edit] Super Bantamweight

Number	Champion	Reign
1	Wilfredo Gómez	March 9, 1979 - May 1983
2	Paulie Ayala	February 23, 2002 - May 2004 (Vacated)
3	Israel Vázquez	December 3, 2005 - March 3, 2007
4	Rafael Márquez	March 3, 2007 - Present

[edit] Bantamweight

Number	Champion	Reign
1	Al Brown	1933 -
2	Baltazar Sangchili	1935 -
3	Sixto Escobar	1937 - September 23, 1937
4	Harry Jeffra	September 23, 1937 - February 20, 1938
5	Sixto Escobar	February 20, 1938 - October 4, 1939 (Vacated)
6	Lou Salica	June 16, 1941 - August 7, 1942
7	Manuel Ortiz	August 7, 1942 -
8	Vic Toweel	May 31, 1950 - November 15, 1952
9	Jimmy Carruthers	November 15, 1952 - 1954 (Retired)
10	Robert Cohen	1954 - June 29, 1956
11	Mario D’Agata	June 29, 1956 - April 1, 1957
12	Alphonse Halimi	April 1, 1957 - July 8, 1959
13	Jose Becerra	July 8, 1959 - August 30, 1960 (Retired)
14	Eder Jofre	??? - May 18, 1965
15	Fighting Harada	May 18, 1965 - February 27, 1968
16	Lionel Rose	February 27, 1968 - August 22, 1969
17	Ruben Olivares	August 22, 1969 - October 16, 1970
18	Chucho Castillo	October 16, 1970 - April 2, 1971
19	Ruben Olivares	April 2, 1971 -
20	Romeo Anaya	1973 -
21	Soo Hwan Hong	July 3, 1974 - March 14, 1975
22	Alfonso Zamora	March 14, 1975 - November 19, 1977
23	Jorge Lujan	November 19, 1977 - August 29, 1980
24	Julian Solis	August 29, 1980 - November 14, 1980
25	Jeff Chandler	November 14, 1980 - April 7, 1984
26	Richie Sandoval	April 7, 1984 - March 10, 1986
27	Gaby Canizales	March 10, 1986 - June 4, 1986
28	Bernardo Pinango	June 4, 1986 -

[edit] Super Flyweight

Number	Champion	Reign
1	Vacant	?–?

[edit] Flyweight

Number	Champion	Reign
1	Benny Lynch	1937 -
2	Jackie Paterson	1946 -
3	Rinty Monaghan	1948 - April 1950 (Retired)
4	Terry Allen	1950 - August 1, 1950
5	Dado Marino	August 1, 1950 - May 19, 1952
6	Yoshio Shirai	May 19, 1952 - November 26, 1954
7	Pascual Perez	November 26, 1954 - April 16, 1960
8	Pone Kingpetch	April 16, 1960 -
9	Hiroyuki Ebihara	September 18, 1963 - January 23, 1964
10	Pone Kingpetch	January 23, 1964 - April 23, 1965
11	Salvatore Burruni	April 23, 1965 - June 14, 1966
12	Walter McGowan	June 14, 1966 - December 30, 1966
13	Chartchai Chionoi	December 30, 1966 - February 23, 1969
14	Efren Torres	February 23, 1969 -
15	Erbito Salavarria	1971 - February 9, 1973
16	Venice Borkorsor	February 9, 1973 -
17	Miguel Canto	January 8, 1975 - March 18, 1979
18	Chan-Hee Park	March 18, 1979 - May 18, 1980
19	Shoji Oguma	May 18, 1980 - May 12, 1981
20	Antonio Avelar	May 12, 1981 - March 20, 1982
21	Prudencio Cardona	March 20, 1982 - July 24, 1982
22	Freddie Castillo	July 24, 1982 - November 6, 1982
23	Eleoncio Mercedes	November 6, 1982 - March 15, 1983
24	Charlie Magri	March 15, 1983 - September 27, 1983
25	Frank Cedeno	September 27, 1983 - January 18, 1984
26	Koji Kobayashi	January 18, 1984 - April 9, 1984
27	Gabriel Bernal	April 9, 1984 - October 8, 1984
28	Sot Chitalada	October 8, 1984 -

[edit] Light Flyweight

Number	Champion	Reign
1	Rosendo Álvarez	March 31, 2003 - October 2, 2004
2	Hugo Cázares	September 30, 2006 - Present

[edit] Strawweight

Number	Champion	Reign
1	Vacant	?–?

[edit] See also

• List of current world boxing champions
• List of male boxers
• The Ring

[edit] Notes

[edit] References

• BoxRec.com editors. BoxRec title search. BoxRec.com. URL accessed 23 August 2006.
• The Ring editors. The Ring Ratings. 20 August 2006. The Ring. URL accessed 23 August 2006.

[edit] External links

• The Ring

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