List of light-middleweight boxing champions

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

Reign Began Reign Ended Champion Recognition
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-Stripped 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 1975-03-22 Koichi Wajima WBA/WBC
Title Split into WBA and WBC Belts
WBC
Title Inaugurated
1963-02-19 1963-04-29 Denny Moyer WBC
1963-04-29 1963-09-07 Ralph Dupas WBC
1963-09-07 1965-06-18 Sandro Mazzinghi WBC
1965-06-18 1966-06-25 Nino Benvenuti WBC
1966-06-25 1968-05-26 Ki Soo Kim WBC
1968-05-26 1968-11-Strippped Sandro Mazzinghi WBC
1969-03-17 1970-07-09 Freddie Little WBC
1970-07-09 1971-10-31 Carmelo Bossi WBC
1971-10-31 1974-06-04 Koichi Wajima WBC
1974-06-04 1975-01-21 Oscar Albarado WBC
1975-01-21 1975-04-Stripped Koichi Wajima WBC
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 Benítez 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 Winky Wright WBC
2004-11-20 2005-06-01-Stripped Javier Castillejo WBC
2005-08-13 2006-05-06 Ricardo Mayorga WBC
2006-05-06 2007-05-05 Oscar De La Hoya WBC
2007-05-05 2007-06-28-Vacated Floyd Mayweather Jr. WBC
2007-07-28 2008-06-07 Vernon Forrest WBC
2008-06-07 2008-09-13 Sergio Mora WBC
2008-09-13 2009-05-21-Stripped Vernon Forrest WBC
2009-05-21 2010-06-17-Vacated Sergio Gabriel Martinez WBC
2010-11-13 2011-02-08-Vacated Manny Pacquiao WBC
2011-03-05 Current Saul Alvarez WBC
WBA
Title Inaugurated
1962-10-20 1963-04-29 Denny Moyer WBA
1963-04-29 1963-09-07 Ralph Dupas WBA
1963-09-07 1965-06-18 Sandro Mazzinghi WBA
1965-06-18 1966-06-25 Nino Benvenuti WBA
1966-06-25 1968-05-26 Ki Soo Kim WBA
1968-05-26 1968-11-Stripped Sandro Mazzinghi WBA
1969-03-17 1970-07-09 Freddie Little WBA
1970-07-09 1971-10-31 Carmelo Bossi WBA
1971-10-31 1974-06-04 Koichi Wajima WBA
1974-06-04 1975-06-07 Oscar Albarado WBA
1975-01-21 1975-06-07 Koichi Wajima WBA
1975-06-07 1976-02-17 Jae-Doo 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 1984-Stripped Roberto Durán 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 César Vásquez WBA
1995-03-04 1995-Vacated Pernell Whitaker WBA
1995-06-16 1995-12-16 Carl Daniels WBA
1995-12-16 1996-08-21 Julio César Vásquez 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 Félix Trinidad WBA
2001-09-22 2002-09-14 Fernando Vargas WBA
2002-09-14 2003-09-13 Oscar De La Hoya WBA Super Champion
2002-09-14 2003-03-01 Santiago Samaniego WBA Regular Champion
2003-03-01 2003-12-13 Alejandro Garcia WBA Regular Champion
2003-09-13 2004-03-13 Shane Mosley WBA Super Champion
2003-12-13 2004-10-02-Stripped Travis Simms WBA Regular Champion
2004-03-13 2004-11-20-Vacated Ronald Wright WBA Super Champion
2005-05-21 2006-05-06 Alejandro Garcia WBA
2006-05-06 2007-01-06 Jose Antonio Rivera WBA
2007-01-06 2007-07-07 Travis Simms WBA
2007-07-07 2008-07-11 Joachim Alcine WBA
2008-07-11 2009-11-14 Daniel Santos WBA
2009-11-14 2010-06-06 Yuri Foreman WBA
2010-06-06 Current Miguel Cotto WBA Super Champion
2011-02-06 Current Austin Trout WBA Regular Champion
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 Raúl Márquez IBF
1997-12-06 1998-12-12 Luis Ramon Campas IBF
1998-12-12 2000-12-02 Fernando Vargas IBF
2000-12-02 2001-05-12-Vacated Felix Trinidad 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 2008-03-27 Cory Spinks IBF
2008-03-27 2008-11-Vacated Verno Phillips IBF
2009-04-24 2010-08-07 Cory Spinks IBF
2010-08-07 Current Cornelius Bundrage IBF
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 1996-02-Stripped Paul Jones WBO
1996-03-01 1996-05-17 Bronco McKart 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 2011-10-05-Stripped Sergiy Dzinziruk WBO
2011-10-05 Current Zaurbek Baysangurov WBO
Champions by sanctioning body
Major titles
WBA (List) · WBC (List) · IBF (List) · WBO (List) · The Ring (List)
Minor titles
IBO (List) · WPBF · IBA · IBC · WBU (List) · IBU · WBF · UBO
Champions by weight class
Champions by different weight class
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