List of welterweight boxing champions

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

23-0-4 2007-1-2 2007-21-9

Reign Began Reign Ended Champion Recognition

Contents

[edit] World
1914-03-21 1915-06-01 Matt Wells World
1915-06-01 1915-06-22 Mike Glover World
1915-06-22 1915-08-31 Jack Britton World
1915-08-31 1916-04-24 Ted 'Kid' Lewis World
1916-04-24 1917-06-25 Jack Britton World
1917-06-25 1919-03-17 Ted 'Kid' Lewis World
1919-03-17 1922-11-01 Jack Britton World
1922-11-01 1926-05-20 Mickey Walker World
1926-05-20 1927-06-03 Pete Latzo World
1927-06-03 1929-07-25 Joe Dundee World
1929-07-25 1930-05-09 Jackie Fields World
1930-05-09 1930-09-05 Jack Thompson World
1930-09-05 1931-04-14 Tommy Freeman World
1931-04-14 1931-10-23 Jack Thompson World
1931-10-23 1932-01-28 Lou Brouillard World
1932-01-28 1933-02-22 Jackie Fields World
1933-02-22 1933-05-29 Young Corbett III World
1933-05-29 1934-05-28 Jimmy McLarnin World
1934-05-28 1934-09-17 Barney Ross World
1934-09-17 1935-05-28 Jimmy McLarnin World
1935-05-28 1938-05-31 Barney Ross World
1938-05-31 1940-10-04 Henry Armstrong World
1940-10-04 1941-07-29 Fritzie Zivic World
1941-07-29 1946-02-01 Freddie 'Red' Cochrane World
1946-02-01 1946-02-01-Vacated Marty Servo World
1946-12-20 1950-08-09-Vacated Sugar Ray Robinson World
1951-03-14 1951-05-18 Johnny Bratton World
1951-05-18 1951-08-29 Kid Gavilan World
1952-02-04 1954-10-20 Kid Gavilan World
1954-10-20 1955-04-01 Johnny Saxton World
1955-04-01 1955-06-10 Tony DeMarco World
1955-06-10 1956-03-14 Carmen Basilio World
1956-03-14 1956-09-12 Johnny Saxton World
1956-09-12 1957-02-22-Vacated Carmen Basilio World
1958-06-06 1958-12-05 Virgil Akins World
1958-12-05 1960-05-27 Don Jordan World
1960-05-27 1961-04-01 Benny 'Kid' Paret World
1961-04-01 1961-09-30 Emile Griffith World
1961-09-30 1962-03-24 Benny 'Kid' Paret World
1962-03-24 1963-03-21 Emile Griffith World
1963-03-21 1963-06-08 Luis Manuel Rodriguez World
1963-06-08 1965-12-10-Vacated Emile Griffith World
1966-11-28 1969-04-18 Curtis Cokes World
1969-04-18 1970-12-03 Jose Angel Napoles World
1970-12-03 1971-06-04 Billy Backus World
1971-06-04 1975-12-06 Jose Angel Napoles World

[edit] WBC
Separate WBA and WBC champions began when Jose Napoles gives up WBA title[1]
1975 1975-12-06 Jose Angel Napoles WBC
1975-12-06 1976-06-22 John H Stracey WBC
1976-06-22 1979-01-14 Carlos Palomino WBC
1979-01-14 1979-11-30 Wilfred Benitez WBC
1979-11-30 1980-06-20 Sugar Ray Leonard WBC
1980-06-20 1980-11-25 Roberto Duran WBC
1980-11-25 1982-11-09-Retired Sugar Ray Leonard WBC
1983-08-13 1985-12-06 Milton McCrory WBC
1985-12-06 1986-09-27 Donald Curry WBC
1986-09-27 1987-10-28 Lloyd Honeyghan WBC
1987-10-28 1988-03-29 Jorge Vaca WBC
1988-03-29 1989-02-04 Lloyd Honeyghan WBC
1989-02-04 1990-08-19 Marlon Starling WBC
1990-08-19 1991-11-29 Maurice Blocker WBC
1991-03-18 1991-11-29 Simon Brown WBC
1991-11-29 1993-03-06 James McGirt WBC
1993-03-06 1997-04-12 Pernell Whitaker WBC
1997-04-12 1999-09-18 Oscar de la Hoya WBC
1999-09-18 Vacated Felix Trinidad WBC
2000-06-17 2002-01-26 Shane Mosley WBC
2002-01-26 2003-01-25 Vernon Forrest WBC
2003-01-25 2003-12-13 Ricardo Mayorga WBC
2003-12-13 2005-02-05 Cory Spinks WBC
2005-02-05 2006-01-07 Zab Judah WBC
2006-01-07 2006-11-04 Carlos Manuel Baldomir WBC
2006-11-04 2008-6-07-Retired Floyd Mayweather Jr. WBC

[edit] WBA
1975-06-28 1976-07-17 Angel Espada WBA
1976-07-17 1980-08-02 Pipino Cuevas WBA
1980-08-02 1981-09-16 Tommy Hearns WBA
1981-09-16 1982-11-09-Retired Sugar Ray Leonard WBA
1983-02-13 1986-09-27 Donald Curry WBA
1986-09-27 1986-09-27-Vacated Lloyd Honeyghan WBA
1987-02-06 1987-08-22 Mark Breland WBA
1987-08-22 1989-02-04 Marlon Starling WBA
1989-02-04 1990-07-08 Mark Breland WBA
1990-07-08 1991-01-19 Aaron Davis WBA
1991-01-19 1992-10-31 Meldrick Taylor WBA
1992-10-31 1994-06-04 Crisanto Espana WBA
1994-06-04 1997-10-17-Vacated Ike Quartey WBA
1998-10-10 2001-02-17-Stripped James Page WBA
2001-02-17 2002-03-30 Andrew Lewis WBA
2002-03-30 2003-12-13 Ricardo Mayorga WBA Super Champion
2003-12-13 2005-02-05 Cory Spinks WBA Super Champion
2005-02-05 2005-05-14 Zab Judah WBA Super Champion
2003-09-13 2005-04-02 Jose Antonio Rivera WBA
2005-04-02 2006-05-13 Luis Collazo WBA
2006-05-13 Vacated Ricky Hatton WBA
2006-12-02 current Miguel Cotto WBA

[edit] IBF
Title inaugurated
1984-02-04 1986-09-27 Donald Curry IBF
1986-09-27 1988-04-23 Lloyd Honeyghan IBF
1988-04-23 1991-10-04-Vacated Simon Brown IBF
1991-10-04 1993-06-19 Maurice Blocker IBF
1993-06-19 2001-05-12-Vacated Felix Trinidad IBF
2001-05-12 2002-04-13-Vacated Vernon Forrest IBF
2002-04-13 2003-03-22 Michele Piccirillo IBF
2003-03-22 2005-02-05 Cory Spinks IBF
2005-02-05 2006-04-08 Zab Judah IBF
2006-04-08 2006-10-28-Vacated Floyd Mayweather IBF
2006-10-28 2008-04-12 Kermit Cintron IBF
2008-04-12 Current Antonio Margarito IBF

[edit] WBO
Title inaugurated
1989-05-06 1989-05-06-Vacated Genaro Leon WBO
1989-12-15 1993-02-12 Manning Galloway WBO
1993-02-12 1993-02-12-Vacated Gert Bo Jacobsen WBO
1993-10-16 1996-04-13 Eammon Loughran WBO
1996-04-13 1996-10-06-Vacated Jose Luis Lopez WBO
1997-02-22 1998-02-14-Vacated Michael Loewe WBO
1998-02-14 2000-05-06 Ahmed Kotiev WBO
2000-05-06 2002-03-16-Vacated WBO
2002-03-16 2007-07-14 WBO
2007-07-14 2008-02-09 Paul Williams WBO
2008-02-09 2008-06-07 Carlos Quintana WBO
2008-06-07 current Paul Williams WBO

[edit] References

  1. ^ Mullan, Harry (1996). The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Boxing. London, England: Carlton Books, 159. ISBN 0785806415. 
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