List of IBF world champions

This is a list of IBF world champions, showing every world champion certificated by the International Boxing Federation (IBF). The IBF is one of the four major governing bodies in professional boxing, and has certified world champions in 17 different weight classes since 1983.

Heavyweight

Name	Date	Location	Defenses	Days
Larry Holmes	December 11, 1983	Las Vegas, Nevada	3	650
Michael Spinks	September 21, 1985	Las Vegas, Nevada	2	516
Title stripped	February 19, 1987	The IBF stripped Spinks of the title. His last successful defense was against Steffen Tangstad on September 6, 1986 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Tony Tucker def. James "Buster" Douglas	May 30, 1987	Las Vegas, Nevada	0	63
Mike Tyson	August 1, 1987	Las Vegas, Nevada	6	925
James "Buster" Douglas	February 11, 1990	Tokyo, Japan	0	256
Evander Holyfield	October 25, 1990	Las Vegas, Nevada	3	750
Riddick Bowe	November 13, 1992	Las Vegas, Nevada	1	358
Evander Holyfield (2)	November 6, 1993	Las Vegas, Nevada	0	167
Michael Moorer	April 22, 1994	Las Vegas, Nevada	0	197
George Foreman	November 5, 1994	Las Vegas, Nevada	1	235
Title stripped	June 28, 1995	Foreman was stripped of the title by the IBF for his refusing to grant a rematch to Axel Schulz, whom he defeated in his only successful defense on April 22, 1995 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Michael Moorer (2) def. Axel Schulz	June 22, 1996	Dortmund, Germany	2	504
Evander Holyfield (3)	November 8, 1997	Las Vegas, Nevada	2	735
Lennox Lewis	November 13, 1999	Las Vegas, Nevada	3	526
Hasim Rahman	April 22, 2001	Brakpan, South Africa	0	209
Lennox Lewis (2)	November 17, 2001	Las Vegas, Nevada	1	292
Title vacated	September 5, 2002	Lewis gave up the IBF title after being paid US$1 million by promoter Don King to do so, because King wished to promote a fight between Chris Byrd and Evander Holyfield for the vacant title. Lewis' only successful defense was against Mike Tyson on June 8, 2002 in Memphis, Tennessee.
Chris Byrd def. Evander Holyfield	December 14, 2002	Atlantic City, New Jersey	4	1225
Wladimir Klitschko	April 22, 2006	Mannheim, Germany	18	3507
Tyson Fury	November 28, 2015	Düsseldorf, Germany	0	10
Title stripped	December 8, 2015	Fury was stripped of the title by the IBF for being unable to grant a fight to the mandatory challenger Vyacheslav Glazkov, due to agreeing to a rematch with Klitschko.
Charles Martin def. Vyacheslav Glazkov	January 16, 2016	Brooklyn, New York	0	84
Anthony Joshua	April 9, 2016	London, United Kingdom	3	495

Cruiserweight

Name	Date	Location	Defenses	Days
Marvin Camel def. Roddy MacDonald	December 13, 1983	Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada	0	298
Lee Roy Murphy	October 6, 1984	Billings, Montana	3	749
Rickey Parkey	October 25, 1986	Marsala, Italy	1	202
Evander Holyfield	May 15, 1987	Las Vegas, Nevada	3	230
Title vacated	1988	Holyfield vacated the title to move up to Heavyweight. His last defense was against Carlos de León on April 9, 1988 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Glenn McCrory def. Patrick Lumumba	June 3, 1989	Stanley, United Kingdom	1	292
Jeff Lampkin	March 22, 1990	Gateshead, United Kingdom	1	534
James Warring def. James Pritchard	September 7, 1991	Salemi, Italy	2	327
Al Cole	July 30, 1992	Stanhope, New Jersey	5	1492
Adolpho Washington def. Torsten May	August 31, 1996	Palma de Mallorca, Spain	0	295
Uriah Grant	June 21, 1997	Tampa, Florida	0	140
Imamu Mayfield	November 8, 1997	Las Vegas, Nevada	1	356
Arthur Williams	October 30, 1998	Biloxi, Mississippi	0	218
Vassiliy Jirov	June 5, 1999	Biloxi, Mississippi	6	1421
James Toney	April 26, 2003	Mashantucket, Connecticut	0
Title vacated		Toney vacated to move up to heavyweight and fight Evander Holyfield
Kelvin Davis def. Ezra Sellers	May 1, 2004	Miami, Florida	0	244
Title vacated	2004–2005
O'Neil Bell def. Dale Brown	May 20, 2005	Hollywood, Florida	2	315
Title vacated	March 31, 2006	Bell's last defense was against Jean-Marc Mormeck on January 7, 2006 in New York City, New York.
Krzysztof Włodarczyk def. Steve Cunningham	November 25, 2006	Warsaw, Poland	0	182
Steve Cunningham	May 26, 2007	Warsaw, Poland	0	565
Tomasz Adamek	December 11, 2008	Newark, New Jersey	2	311
Title vacated	October 18, 2009	Adamek vacated the title to move up to Heavyweight
Steve Cunningham def. Troy Ross	June 5, 2010	Neubrandenburg, Germany	1	514
Yoan Pablo Hernandez	October 1, 2011	Neubrandenburg, Germany	4	1451
Title stripped	September 21, 2015	Hernández cancelled his defense fight against Víctor Ramírez due to injury and was stripped of title for inactivity.
Víctor Ramírez Interim champ promoted d. Ovill McKenzie	September 21, 2015	N/A	1	243
Denis Lebedev	May 21, 2016	Moscow, Russia	0	196
Murat Gassiev	December 3, 2016	Moscow, Russia	0	257

Light heavyweight

Name	Date	Location	Defenses	Days
Michael Spinks def. Eddie Davis	February 25, 1984	Atlantic City, New Jersey	2	310
Title vacated	1985	Spinks' last successful defense was against Jim MacDonald on June 6, 1985 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Slobodan Kačar def. Eddie Mustafa Muhammad	December 21, 1985	Pesaro, Italy	0	259
Bobby Czyz	September 6, 1986	Las Vegas, Nevada	3	418
Charles Williams	October 29, 1987	Las Vegas, Nevada	8	1969
Henry Maske	March 20, 1993	Düsseldorf, Germany	10	1344
Virgil Hill	November 23, 1996	Munich, Germany	0	202
Dariusz Michalczewski	June 13, 1997	Oberhausen, Germany	0	3
Title vacated	June 16, 1997
William Guthrie def. Darrin Allen	July 19, 1997	Indio, California	0	202
Reggie Johnson	February 6, 1998	Uncasville, Connecticut	2	484
Roy Jones Jr.	June 5, 1999	Biloxi, Mississippi	7	1305
Title vacated	2003	Jones vacated the title in order to move up to Heavyweight. His last successful defense was against Clinton Woods on September 7, 2002 in Portland, Oregon.
Antonio Tarver def. Montell Griffin	April 26, 2003	Mashantucket, Connecticut	0	196
Title vacated	November 8, 2003	Tarver, who also held the WBC title, was stripped of the IBF title after losing the WBC title to Roy Jones Jr. in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Glen Johnson def. Clinton Woods	February 6, 2004	Sheffield, United Kingdom	1	298
Title vacated	December 2004	Johnson's only defense was against Roy Jones Jr. on September 25, 2004 in Memphis, Tennessee.
Clinton Woods def. Rico Hoye	March 4, 2005	Rotherham, United Kingdom	4	1135
Antonio Tarver	April 12, 2008	Tampa, Florida	0	182
Chad Dawson	October 11, 2008	Las Vegas, Nevada	1	229
Title vacated	May 27, 2009	Dawson vacated the title to negotiate a fight with boxer Glen Johnson.
Tavoris Cloud def. Clinton Woods	August 28, 2009	Hollywood, Florida	4	1289
Bernard Hopkins	March 9, 2013	New York City, New York	2	609
Sergey Kovalev	November 8, 2014	Atlantic City, New Jersey	3	742
Andre Ward	November 19, 2016	Las Vegas, Nevada	1	271

Super middleweight

Name	Date	Location	Defenses	Days
Murray Sutherland def. Ernie Singletary	March 28, 1984	Atlantic City, New Jersey	0	116
Chong-Pal Park	July 22, 1984	Seoul, South Korea	8	1232
Title vacated	December 6, 1987	Park vacates the title in Busan, South Korea prior to fighting Jesús Gallardo for the vacant WBA Super Middleweight Championship, a fight which he won. His last defense of the IBF title was against Emmanuel Otti on July 26, 1987 in Gwangju, South Korea.
Graciano Rocchigiani def. Vincent Boulware	March 11, 1988	Düsseldorf, Germany	3	295
Title vacated	1989	Rocchigiani vacates the title in order to move up to Light Heavyweight. His last defense was against Thulani Malinga on January 27, 1989 in Berlin, Germany.
Lindell Holmes def. Frank Tate	January 27, 1990	New Orleans, Louisiana	3	476
Darrin Van Horn	May 18, 1991	Verbania, Italy	1	237
Iran Barkley	January 10, 1992	New York City, New York	0	400
James Toney	February 13, 1993	Las Vegas, Nevada	3	643
Roy Jones Jr.	November 18, 1994	Las Vegas, Nevada	5	408
Title vacated	1996–1997
Charles Brewer	June 21, 1997	Tampa, Florida	3	490
Sven Ottke	October 24, 1998	Düsseldorf, Germany	21	1981
Title vacated	March 27, 2004	Ottke announced his retirement immediately after his last defense, against Armand Krajnc in Magdeburg, Germany.
Jeff Lacy def. Syd Vanderpool	October 2, 2004	Las Vegas, Nevada	4	518
Joe Calzaghe	March 4, 2006	Manchester, United Kingdom	1	268
Title stripped	November 27, 2006	Calzaghe declined a mandatory defence (v. mandatory challenger Robert Stieglitz), preferring to fight "Contender" runner-up Peter Manfredo Jr. instead.
Alejandro Berrio def. Robert Stieglitz	March 3, 2007	Rostock, Germany	0	230
Lucian Bute	October 19, 2007	Montreal, Quebec, Canada	10	1681
Carl Froch	May 26, 2012	Nottingham, United Kingdom	4	983
Title vacated	February 3, 2015	Froch vacated for his inability to defend the title following an elbow injury. Last defense was against George Groves on May 31, 2014 at Wembley Stadium, London.
James DeGale def. Andre Dirrell	May 23, 2015	Boston, Massachusetts	3	817

Middleweight

Name	Date	Location	Defenses	Days
Marvin Hagler def. Wilford Scypion	May 27, 1983	Providence, Rhode Island	5	410
Title vacated	April 6, 1987	Hagler's last successful defense was against John Mugabi on March 10, 1986 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Frank Tate def. Michael Olajide	October 10, 1987	Las Vegas, Nevada	1	292
Michael Nunn	July 28, 1988	Las Vegas, Nevada	5	1016
James Toney	May 10, 1991	Davenport, Iowa	6	645
Title vacated	February 13, 1993	Toney vacated the title upon defeating Iran Barkley for the IBF Super Middleweight title in Las Vegas, Nevada. His last successful defense was against Mike McCallum on August 29, 1992 in Reno, Nevada.
Roy Jones Jr. def. Bernard Hopkins	May 22, 1993	Washington, D.C.	1	514
Title vacated	November 18, 1994	Jones vacated the title upon defeating James Toney for the IBF Super Middleweight title in Las Vegas, Nevada. His only successful defense of the Middleweight title was against Thomas Tate on May 27, 1994 in Reno, Nevada.
Bernard Hopkins def. Segundo Mercado	December 17, 1994	Landover, Maryland	20	3864
Jermain Taylor	July 16, 2005	Las Vegas, Nevada	0	87
Title vacated	October 11, 2005	Taylor stripped of title for agreeing to rematch with Bernard Hopkins.
Arthur Abraham def. Kingsley Ikeke	December 10, 2005	Leipzig, Germany	10	1310
Title vacated	July 12, 2009	Abraham vacated title by agreeing to participate in Super Six World Boxing Classic.
Sebastian Sylvester def. Giovanni Lorenzo	September 19, 2009	Neubrandenburg, Germany	3	595
Daniel Geale	May 7, 2011	Neubrandenburg, Germany	4	833
Darren Barker	August 17, 2013	Atlantic City, New Jersey	0	112
Felix Sturm	December 7, 2013	Stuttgart, Germany	0	175
Sam Soliman	May 31, 2014	Krefeld, Germany	0	130
Jermain Taylor	October 8, 2014	Krefeld, Germany	0	121
Title stripped	February 6, 2015	The IBF stripped him of his title due to his inability to defend during his ongoing legal and mental health issues.
David Lemieux def. Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam	June 20, 2015	Las Vegas, Nevada	0	119
Gennady Golovkin	October 17, 2015	New York City, New York	3	670

Junior middleweight

Name	Date	Location	Defenses	Days
Mark Medal def. Earl Hargrove	March 11, 1984	Atlantic City, New Jersey	0	204
Carlos Santos	November 2, 1984	New York City, New York	1	579
Buster Drayton	June 4, 1986	East Rutherford, New Jersey	2	388
Matthew Hilton	June 27, 1987	Montreal, Quebec, Canada	1	496
Robert Hines	November 4, 1988	Las Vegas, Nevada	0	93
Darrin Van Horn	February 5, 1989	Las Vegas, Nevada	0	160
Gianfranco Rosi	July 15, 1989	Atlantic City, New Jersey	11	1890
Vincent Pettway	September 17, 1994	Atlantic City, New Jersey	1	329
Paul Vaden	August 12, 1995	Las Vegas, Nevada	0	126
Terry Norris	December 16, 1995	Las Vegas, Nevada	4	440
Title vacated	March 1997	Norris' last successful defense was against Nick Rupa on January 11, 1997 in Nashville, Tennessee.
Raúl Márquez def. Anthony Stephens	April 12, 1997	Las Vegas, Nevada	2	238
Luis Ramón Campas	December 6, 1997	Atlantic City, New Jersey	3	371
Fernando Vargas	December 12, 1998	Atlantic City, New Jersey	5	721
Félix Trinidad	December 2, 2000	Las Vegas, Nevada	0	149
Title vacated	May 12, 2001	Trinidad vacated the title after defeating William Joppy for the WBA Middleweight title in New York City, New York.
Ronald Wright def. Robert Frazier	October 12, 2001	Indio, California	5	963
Title vacated	2004	Wright was stripped of the title. His last successful defense was against Shane Mosley on March 13, 2004 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Verno Phillips def. Carlos Bojorquez	June 5, 2004	Joplin, Missouri	0	119
Kassim Ouma	October 2, 2004	Las Vegas, Nevada	1	285
Roman Karmazin	July 14, 2005	Las Vegas, Nevada	0	329
Cory Spinks	July 8, 2006	St. Louis, Missouri	1	658
Verno Phillips	March 27, 2008	St. Louis, Missouri	0	218
Title vacated	November 2008	Phillips vacated the title to fight Paul Williams for the WBO Jr. Middleweight Title.
Cory Spinks def. Deandre Latimore	April 24, 2009	St. Louis, Missouri	0	470
Cornelius Bundrage	August 7, 2010	St. Louis, Missouri	2	931
Ishe Smith	February 23, 2013	Detroit, Michigan	0	203
Carlos Amado Molina	September 14, 2013	Las Vegas, Nevada	0	392
Cornelius Bundrage	October 11, 2014	Cancún, Mexico	0	336
Jermall Charlo	September 12, 2015	Mashantucket, Connecticut	3	63
Title vacated	February 16, 2017	Charlo decided to move up to middleweight. His last successful defense was against Julian Williams in December 2016
Jarrett Hurd def. Tony Harrison	February 25, 2017	Birmingham, Alabama	0	173

Welterweight

Name	Date	Location	Defenses	Days
Donald Curry def. Marlon Starling	February 4, 1984	Atlantic City, New Jersey	4	966
Lloyd Honeyghan	September 27, 1986	Atlantic City, New Jersey	3	396
Title vacated	October 28, 1987	Honeyghan vacated the IBF title after losing the WBC title to Jorge Vaca in London, United Kingdom. His last successful defense of the IBF title was against Gene Hatcher on August 30, 1987 in Marbella, Spain.
Simon Brown def. Tyrone Trice	April 23, 1988	Berck, France	8	982
Title vacated	1991	Brown's last successful defense was against Maurice Blocker on March 18, 1991 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Maurice Blocker def. Glenwood Brown	October 4, 1991	Atlantic City, New Jersey	1	624
Félix Trinidad	June 19, 1993	San Diego, California	15	2449
Title vacated	March 3, 2000	Trinidad vacated the title in order to move up to light middleweight. His last successful defense was against Oscar De La Hoya on September 18, 1999 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Vernon Forrest def. Raul Frank	May 12, 2001	New York City, New York	0	214
Title vacated	December 12, 2001
Michele Piccirillo def. Cory Spinks	April 13, 2002	Campione d'Italia, Italy	0	343
Cory Spinks	March 22, 2003	Campione d'Italia, Italy	3	686
Zab Judah	February 5, 2005	St. Louis, Missouri	1	427
Floyd Mayweather Jr.	April 8, 2006	Las Vegas, Nevada	0	73
Title vacated	June 20, 2006
Kermit Cintrón def. Mark Suárez	October 28, 2006	West Palm Beach, Florida	2	532
Antonio Margarito	April 12, 2008	Atlantic City, New Jersey	0	104
Title vacated	July 25, 2008	Margarito was required to vacate his title, or be stripped, in order to face Miguel Cotto for Cotto's WBA welterweight title on July 26, 2008
Joshua Clottey def. Zab Judah	August 2, 2008	Las Vegas, Nevada	0	257
Title vacated	April 16, 2009	Clottey was required to vacate his title in order to face Miguel Cotto for Cotto's WBO welterweight title on June 13, 2009
Isaac Hlatshwayo def. Delvin Rodríguez	August 1, 2009	Uncasville, Connecticut	1	132
Jan Zaveck	December 11, 2009	Johannesburg, South Africa	3	631
Andre Berto	September 3, 2011	Biloxi, Mississippi	0	66
Title vacated	November 8, 2011	Berto vacated in order to pursue a rematch fight against Victor Ortiz instead of the mandatory challenger Randall Bailey.
Randall Bailey def. Mike Jones	June 9, 2012	Las Vegas, Nevada	0	133
Devon Alexander	October 20, 2012	Brooklyn, New York	0	413
Shawn Porter	December 7, 2013	Brooklyn, New York	1	252
Kell Brook	August 16, 2014	Carson, California	3	1015
Errol Spence current champion	May 27, 2017	Sheffield, United Kingdom	0	82

Junior welterweight

Name	Date	Location	Defenses	Days
Aaron Pryor def. Nick Furlano	June 22, 1984	Toronto, Ontario, Canada	1	192
Title vacated	1985–1986	Pryor's only successful defense was against Gary Hinton on March 2, 1985 in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
Gary Hinton def. Reyes Antonio Cruz	April 26, 1986	Lucca, Italy	1	187
Joe Manley	October 30, 1986	Hartford, Connecticut	0	125
Terry Marsh	March 4, 1987	Basildon, United Kingdom	1	271
Title vacated	December 1987	Title vacated when Marsh retired. His only successful defense was against Akio Kameda on July 1, 1987 in London, United Kingdom.
James McGirt def. Frankie Warren	February 14, 1988	San Antonio, Texas	1	202
Meldrick Taylor	September 3, 1988	Atlantic City, New Jersey	2	621
Julio César Chávez	May 17, 1990	Las Vegas, Nevada	2	228
Title vacated	1991	Chávez's last successful defense was against John Duplessis on March 18, 1991 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Rafael Pineda def. Roger Mayweather	December 7, 1991	Reno, Nevada	1	224
Pernell Whitaker	July 18, 1992	Las Vegas, Nevada	0	166
Title vacated	1992–1993
Jake Rodríguez	May 15, 1993	Atlantic City, New Jersey	2	623
Kostya Tszyu	January 28, 1995	Las Vegas, Nevada	5	854
Vince Phillips	May 31, 1997	Las Vegas, Nevada	3	630
Terron Millett	February 20, 1999	New York City, New York	1	314
Title vacated	1999–2000
Zab Judah def. Jan Piet Bergman	February 12, 2000	Uncasville, Connecticut	5	311
Kostya Tszyu (2)	November 3, 2001	Las Vegas, Nevada	2	827
Sharmba Mitchell – Interim def. Lovemore N'dou	February 7, 2004	Atlantic City, New Jersey	1	273
Kostya Tszyu (3) def. Mitchell for Undisputed title	November 6, 2004	Glendale, Arizona	0	210
Ricky Hatton	June 4, 2005	Manchester, United Kingdom	1	209
Title vacated	2005–2006	Hatton's only successful defense was against Carlos Maussa on November 26, 2005 in Sheffield, United Kingdom.
Juan Urango def. Naoufel Ben Rabah	June 30, 2006	Hollywood, Florida	0	227
Lovemore N'dou	February 12, 2007	Hollywood, Florida	0	124
Paul Malignaggi	June 16, 2007	Uncasville, Connecticut	1	198
Title vacated	2008	Titled Vacated due to Malignaggi challenging Ricky Hatton
Juan Urango def. Herman Ngoudjo	January 30, 2009	Montreal, Canada	1	431
Devon Alexander	March 6, 2010	Uncasville, Connecticut	1	199
Title stripped	October 22, 2010	Alexander was stripped of the title for not fighting the mandatory challenger, Kaizer Mabuza. His only defense was against Andriy Kotelnik on August 7, 2010 at Saint Louis, Missouri
Zab Judah def. Kaizer Mabuza	March 5, 2011	Newark, New Jersey	0	140
Amir Khan	July 23, 2011	Las Vegas, Nevada	0	140
Lamont Peterson	December 10, 2011	Washington, District of Columbia	3	853
Title stripped	April 11, 2014	The IBF decided to strip Peterson of his title after he lost a non-title fight against WBC and WBA champion Danny Garcia at a catchweight of 143 pounds.
César Cuenca def. Ik Yang	July 18, 2015	Macau, China	0	109
Eduard Troyanovsky	November 4, 2015	Kazan, Russia	2	395
Julius Indongo	December 3, 2016	Moscow, Russia	1	257

Lightweight

Name	Date	Location	Defenses	Days
Charlie Brown def. Melvin Paul	January 30, 1984	Atlantic City, New Jersey	0	84
Harry Arroyo	April 15, 1984	Atlantic City, New Jersey	2	721
Jimmy Paul	April 6, 1985	Atlantic City, New Jersey	3	608
Greg Haugen	December 5, 1986	Las Vegas, Nevada	0	184
Vinny Pazienza	June 7, 1987	Providence, Rhode Island	0	244
Greg Haugen (2)	February 6, 1988	Atlantic City, New Jersey	2	378
Pernell Whitaker	February 18, 1989	Hampton, Virginia	8	1046
Title vacated	1992	Whitaker's last successful defense was against Jorge Páez on October 5, 1991 in Reno, Nevada.
Freddie Pendleton def. Tracy Spann	January 10, 1993	Atlantic City, New Jersey	1	405
Rafael Ruelas	February 19, 1994	Inglewood, California	2	441
Oscar De La Hoya	May 6, 1995	Las Vegas, Nevada	0	55
Title vacated	July 1995
Philip Holiday def. Miguel Julio	August 19, 1995	Sun City, South Africa	6	714
Shane Mosley	August 2, 1997	Uncasville, Connecticut	8	516
Title vacated	1999	Mosley's last successful defense was against John Brown on April 17, 1999 in Indio, California.
Paul Spadafora def. Israel Cardona	August 20, 1999	Chester, West Virginia	8	1229
Title vacated	2003	Spadafora's last defense was a draw with Leonard Dorin on May 17, 2003 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Javier Jáuregui def. Leavander Johnson	November 22, 2003	Los Angeles, California	0	357
Julio César Díaz	May 13, 2004	San Diego, California	0	232
Title vacated	2005
Leavander Johnson def. Stefano Zoff	June 17, 2005	Milano, Italy	0	92
Jesús Chávez	September 17, 2005	Las Vegas, Nevada	0	505
Julio Díaz (2) def. Jesús Chávez	February 3, 2007	Kissimmee, Florida	1	252
Juan Díaz	October 13, 2007	Chicago, Illinois	0	147
Nate Campbell	March 8, 2008	Cancún, Mexico	0	343
Title vacated	February 14, 2009	Campbell was stripped of the title for being unable to make weight for his next fight against Ali Funeka on February 14, 2009 in Sunrise, Florida.
Miguel Vázquez def. Kim Ji-Hoon	August 14, 2010	Laredo, Texas	6	1491
Mickey Bey	September 13, 2014	Las Vegas, Nevada	0	286
Title vacated	June 26, 2015	Bey agreed on a defense against Denis Shafikov on Macau, China but later decided to vacate rather than go to Macau for low money
Rances Barthelemy def. Denis Shafikov	December 18, 2015	Las Vegas, Nevada	1	171
Title vacated	June 6, 2016	Barthelemy vacated to seek a title at super lightweight. Last defense was against Mickey Bey
Robert Easter Jr. def. Richard Commey	September 9, 2016	Reading, Pennsylvania	2	342

Junior lightweight

Name	Date	Location	Defenses	Days
Hwan-Kil Yuh def. Rod Sequenan	April 22, 1984	Seoul, South Korea	1	299
Lester Ellis	February 15, 1985	Melbourne, Australia	1	147
Barry Michael	July 12, 1985	Melbourne, Australia	3	789
Rocky Lockridge	September 9, 1987	Windsor, United Kingdom	2	318
Tony Lopez	July 23, 1988	Sacramento, California	3	1147
Brian Mitchell	September 13, 1991	Sacramento, California	0	162
Title vacated	1991	Mitchell retired.
John John Molina def. Jackie Gunguluza	February 22, 1992	Sun City, South Africa	7	1043
Title vacated	1995	Molina's last successful defense was against Wilson Rodriguez on November 26, 1994 in Bayamón, Puerto Rico.
Eddie Hopson def. Moises Pedroza	April 22, 1995	Atlantic City, New Jersey	0	78
Tracy Harris Patterson	July 9, 1995	Reno, Nevada	0	159
Arturo Gatti	December 15, 1995	New York City, New York	3	382
Title vacated	1997	Gatti's last successful defense was against Gabriel Ruelas on October 4, 1997 in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
Roberto Garcia def. Harold Warren	March 13, 1998	Miami, Florida	2	589
Diego Corrales	October 23, 1999	Las Vegas, Nevada	3	69
Title vacated	2000	Corrales vacated the title to move up to Lightweight. His last defense was against Angel Manfredy on September 2, 2000 in El Paso, Texas.
Stephen Forbes def. John Brown	December 3, 2000	Miami, Florida	1	592
Title vacated	July 18, 2002	Forbes was stripped of the title for being unable to make weight for his next fight. His only defense was against John Brown on September 29, 2001 in Miami, Florida.
Carlos Hernández def. Stephen Forbes	October 4, 2003	Los Angeles, California	1	301
Erik Morales	July 31, 2004	Las Vegas, Nevada	0	153
Title vacated	2004–2005
Robbie Peden def. Nate Campbell	February 23, 2005	Los Angeles, California	0	206
Marco Antonio Barrera	September 17, 2005	Las Vegas, Nevada	0	470
Title vacated	2005–2006
Cassius Baloyi def. Manuel Medina	May 31, 2006	Airway Heights, Washington	0	59
Gairy St Clair	July 29, 2006	Kempton Park, South Africa	0	98
Malcolm Klassen	November 4, 2006	Kempton Park, South Africa	0	167
Mzonke Fana	April 20, 2007	South Africa	1	358
Cassius Baloyi (2)	April 12, 2008	Mafikeng, South Africa	1	371
Malcolm Klassen (2)	April 18, 2009	Mafikeng, South Africa	1	126
Robert Guerrero	August 22, 2009	Houston, Texas	0	178
Title vacated	February 16, 2010	Guerrero vacated the title to be with his wife, during the latest steps in her struggle with leukemia
Mzonke Fana	September 1, 2010	Brakpan, South Africa	0	260
Title stripped	May 19, 2011	Fana was stripped of belt for failure to comply with his mandatory title defense versus Argenis Méndez
Juan Carlos Salgado def. Argenis Méndez	September 10, 2011	Zapopan, Mexico	2	546
Argenis Méndez	March 9, 2013	Costa Mesa, California	1	300
Rances Barthelemy	January 3, 2014	Minneapolis, Minnesota	0	27
Title stripped	January 30, 2014	Title reinstated to Mendez after KO decision changed to No Decision by DLI commissioner after video replay
Argenis Méndez Reinstated	January 30, 2014	N/A	0
Rances Barthelemy	July 10, 2014	Miami, Florida	1	161
Title vacated	February 10, 2015	Barthelemy vacates in order to pursuit fights at the lightweight division. His only defense was against Fernando Saucedo on October 4, 2014 at Mashantucket, Connecticut
José Pedraza def. Andrey Klimov	June 13, 2015	Birmingham, Alabama	2	581
Gervonta Davis Current champion	January 14, 2017	Brooklyn, New York	1	215

Featherweight

Name	Date	Location	Defenses	Days
Min-Keun Oh def. Joko Arter	March 4, 1984	Seoul, South Korea	2	635
Ki-Young Chung	November 29, 1985	Jeonju, South Korea	2	335
Antonio Rivera	October 30, 1986	Osan, South Korea	0	450
Calvin Grove	January 23, 1988	Gamaches, France	1	194
Jorge Páez	August 4, 1988	Mexicali, Mexico	8	514
Title vacated	1990–1991	Paez's last defense was a draw with Troy Dorsey on July 8, 1990 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Troy Dorsey def. Alfred Rangel	June 3, 1991	Las Vegas, Nevada	0	71
Manuel Medina	August 12, 1991	Inglewood, California	4	564
Tom Johnson	February 26, 1993	Melun, France	12	1443
Naseem Hamed	February 8, 1997	London, United Kingdom	2	326
Title vacated	1997	Hamed's last successful defense was against Juan Gerardo Cabrera on July 19, 1997 in London, United Kingdom
Hector Lizarraga def. Welcome Ncita	December 13, 1997	Pompano Beach, Florida	0	132
Manuel Medina (2)	April 24, 1998	San Jose, California	1	568
Paul Ingle	November 13, 1999	Hull, United Kingdom	1	399
Mbulelo Botile	December 16, 2000	Sheffield, United Kingdom	0	111
Frank Toledo	April 6, 2001	Las Vegas, Nevada	0	224
Manuel Medina (3)	November 16, 2001	Las Vegas, Nevada	0	162
Johnny Tapia	April 27, 2002	New York City, New York	0	248
Title vacated	2002–2003
Juan Manuel Márquez def. Manuel Medina	February 1, 2003	Las Vegas, Nevada	4	699
Title vacated	2005	Marquez was stripped of the title. His last successful defense was against Victor Polo on May 7, 2005 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Valdemir Pereira def. Fahprakorb Rakkiatgym	January 20, 2006	Mashantucket, Connecticut	0	113
Eric Aiken	May 13, 2006	Boston, Massachusetts	0	112
Robert Guerrero	September 2, 2006	Los Angeles, California	0	63
Orlando Salido	November 4, 2006	Las Vegas, Nevada	0	57
Title vacated	2006–2007
Robert Guerrero (2) def. Spend Abazi	February 23, 2007	Copenhagen, Denmark	2	311
Title vacated	2008	Guerrero vacated the title
Cristobal Cruz def. Orlando Salido	October 23, 2008	Mexico	3	569
Orlando Salido	May 15, 2010	Ciudad Obregón, Mexico	0	119
Yuriorkis Gamboa	September 11, 2010	Las Vegas, Nevada	0	196
Title stripped	March 26, 2011	Gamboa was stripped of the title after skipping a mandatory re-weigh in on the day of the defense fight with Jorge Solís.
Billy Dib def. Jorge Lacierva	July 29, 2011	Homebush, Australia	2	581
Evgeny Gradovich	March 1, 2013	Mashantucket, Connecticut	4	820
Lee Selby current champion	May 30, 2015	London, United Kingdom	3	810

Junior featherweight

Name	Date	Location	Defenses	Days
Bobby Berna def. Sung-In Suh	December 4, 1983	Seoul, South Korea	0	133
Sung-In Suh	April 15, 1984	Seoul, South Korea	1	263
Ji-Won Kim	January 3, 1985	Seoul, South Korea	4	362
Title vacated	1986	Title vacated when Kim retired. His last successful defense was against Rudy Casicas on June 1, 1986 in Inchon, South Korea.
Seung-Hoon Lee def. Prayurasak Muangsurin	January 18, 1987	Pohang, South Korea	3	347
Title vacated	1988	Lee is forced to vacate the title when the IBF stops promoting fights in South Korea. His last successful defense was against Jose Sanabria on December 27, 1987 in Pohang.
Jose Sanabria def. Moises Fuentes Rocha	May 21, 1988	Bucaramanga, Colombia	3	293
Fabrice Benichou	March 10, 1989	Limoges, France	3	365
Welcome Ncita	March 10, 1990	Tel Aviv, Israel	6	998
Kennedy McKinney	December 2, 1992	Tortolì, Italy	5	626
Vuyani Bungu	August 20, 1994	Temba, South Africa	13	1594
Title vacated	1999	Bungu's last successful defense was against Victor Llerena on February 6, 1999 in Temba.
Lehlohonolo Ledwaba def. John Michael Johnson	May 25, 1999	Temba, South Africa	5	760
Manny Pacquiao	June 23, 2001	Las Vegas, Nevada	4	556
Title vacated	2003	Pacquiao's last successful defense was against Emmanuel Lucero on July 26, 2003 in Los Angeles, California.
Israel Vázquez def. Jose Luis Valbuena	March 25, 2004	Los Angeles, California	2	281
Title vacated	2005	Vazquez's last successful defense was against Armando Guerrero on May 31, 2005 in Lynwood, Illinois.
Steve Molitor	November 10, 2006	Hartlepool, United Kingdom	4	742
Celestino Caballero	November 21, 2008	Ontario, Canada	2	441
Title stripped	February 5, 2010	Caballero was stripped of the title after failing to agree a fight with mandatory challenger Takalani Ndlovu. His last defense was against Francisco Leal on August 29, 2009 at Mexicali, Mexico
Steve Molitor def. Takalani Ndlovu	March 27, 2010	Rama, Canada	1	364
Takalani Ndlovu	March 26, 2011	Johannesburg, South Africa	1	361
Jeffrey Mathebula	March 24, 2012	Johannesburg, South Africa		75
Nonito Donaire	July 7, 2012	Carson, California	0	128
Title vacated	October 13, 2012	Donaire vacated just before his fight with Toshiaki Nishioka in order to avoid later sanctioning fees for not being interested in defenses against a mandatory challenger
Jonathan Romero def. Alejandro López	February 16, 2012	Tijuana, Mexico	0	548
Kiko Martínez	August 17, 2013	Atlantic City, New Jersey	2	385
Carl Frampton current champion	September 6, 2014	Belfast, United Kingdom	3	600
Title vacated	April 28, 2016	Frampton vacated to move up in weight and fight for featherweight title against Leo Santa Cruz
Jonathan Guzmán def. Shingo Wake	July 20, 2016	Osaka, Japan	0	164
Yukinori Oguni	December 31, 2016	Kyoto, Japan	0	229

Bantamweight

Name	Date	Location	Defenses	Days
Satoshi Shingaki def. Elmer Magallano	April 15, 1984	Nara, Japan	1	375
Jeff Fenech	April 26, 1985	Sydney, Australia	3	554
Title vacated	1986–1987	Fenech's last successful defense was against Steve McCrory on July 18, 1986 in Sydney.
Kelvin Seabrooks def. Miguel Maturana	May 15, 1987	Cartagena, Colombia	3	360
Orlando Canizales	July 9, 1988	Atlantic City, New Jersey	16	2366
Title vacated	1994–1995	Canizales' last successful defense was against Sergio Reyes on October 15, 1994 in Laredo, Texas.
Harold Mestre def. Juvenal Berrio	January 21, 1995	Cartagena, Colombia	0	98
Mbulelo Botile	April 29, 1995	Johannesburg, South Africa	5	822
Tim Austin	July 19, 1997	Nashville, Tennessee	9	2037
Rafael Márquez	February 15, 2003	Las Vegas, Nevada	7	1503
Title vacated	2006–2007	Márquez vacated the title to move up to Junior Featherweight. His last successful defense was against Silence Mabuza on August 5, 2006 in Stateline, Nevada.
Luís Alberto Pérez	July 7, 2007	Bridgeport, Connecticut	0	84
Joseph Agbeko	September 29, 2007	Sacramento, California	2	763
Yonnhy Pérez	October 31, 2009	Las Vegas, Nevada	2	651
Abner Mares	August 13, 2011	Las Vegas, Nevada	1	294
Leo Santa Cruz	June 2, 2012	Las Vegas, Nevada	3	375
Title vacated	2012–2013	Santa Cruz vacated the title and moved up to Super Bantamweight. His last successful defense was against Alberto Guevara on December 15, 2012 in Los Angeles, California.
Jamie McDonnell def. Julio Ceja	May 11, 2013	Doncaster, United Kingdom	0	159
Title stripped	October 17, 2013	McDonnell was stripped of the title after failing to agree a fight with mandatory challenger Vusi Malinga
Stuart Hall def. Vusi Malinga	December 21, 2013	Newcastle, United Kingdom	1	168
Paul Butler	June 7, 2014	Newcastle, United Kingdom	0	25
Title vacated	July 2, 2014	Butler vacated title in order to move down to super flyweight
Randy Caballero def. Stuart Hall	October 25, 2014	Monte Carlo, Monaco	0	391
Title stripped	November 20, 2015	Caballero lost the title after failing to make weight before his bout with Haskins. The IBF gave the title to Haskins and the fight was cancelled
Lee Haskins	November 20, 2015	Las Vegas, Nevada	2	568
Ryan Burnett	June 10, 2017	Belfast, Northern Ireland	0	68

Junior bantamweight

Name	Date	Location	Defenses	Days
Ju-Do Chun def. Ken Kasugai	December 10, 1983	Osaka, Japan	5	510
Ellyas Pical	May 3, 1985	Jakarta, Indonesia	2	288
Cesar Polanco	February 15, 1986	Jakarta, Indonesia	0	140
Ellyas Pical (2)	July 5, 1986	Jakarta, Indonesia	1	388
Title vacated	February 28, 1987	Pical, who also held the WBA title, was stripped of the IBF title after a loss of the WBA title by TKO to Khaosai Galaxy in Jakarta, Indonesia. His only successful defense was against Dong Chun Lee on December 3, 1986 in Jakarta.
Tae-Il Chang def. Soon Chun Kwon	May 17, 1987	Busan, South Korea	0	153
Ellyas Pical (3)	October 17, 1987	Jakarta, Indonesia	3	728
Juan Polo Perez	October 14, 1989	Roanoke, Virginia	0	186
Robert Quiroga	April 21, 1990	Sunderland, United Kingdom	5	1001
Julio César Borboa	January 16, 1993	San Antonio, Texas	5	590
Harold Grey	August 29, 1994	Inglewood, California	3	404
Carlos Gabriel Salazar	October 7, 1995	Mar del Plata, Argentina	1	203
Harold Grey (2)	April 27, 1996	Cartagena, Colombia	0	119
Danny Romero	August 24, 1996	Albuquerque, New Mexico		328
Johnny Tapia	July 18, 1997	Las Vegas, Nevada	2	166
Title vacated	1998–1999	Title vacated when Tapia moved up to Bantamweight division. His last successful defense was against Rodolfo Blanco on February 13, 1998 in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Mark Johnson def. Ratanachai Sor Vorapin	April 24, 1999	Washington, D.C.	2	251
Title vacated	1999–2000	Johnson's last defense was a no-contest against Raul Juarez on November 19, 1999 in Washington, D.C..
Felix Machado def. Julio Gamboa	July 22, 2000	Miami, Florida	3	1046
Luis Alberto Pérez	January 4, 2003	Washington, D.C. (title vacated)	3	1368
Title vacated	November 3, 2006	Title stripped due to failure to make weight for a defense.
Dimitri Kirilov def. José Navarro	October 13, 2007	Moscow, Russia	1	294
Vic Darchinyan	August 2, 2008	Tacoma, Washington	2	151
Title vacated	2009	Darchinyan vacated the title to move up in weight and challenge Joseph Agbeko.
Simphiwe Nongqayi def. Jorge Arce	September 15, 2009	Cancún, Mexico	1	332
Juan Alberto Rosas	July 31, 2010	Tepic, Mexico	0	132
Cristian Mijares	December 11, 2010	Torreon, Coahuila, Mexico	2	20
Title vacated	2011	Mijares vacated the title sometime in 2012 to compete in heavier weight classes. His only defense was against Carlos Rueda on May 14, 2011 at Victoria de Durango, Mexico
Rodrigo Guerrero	October 8, 2011	Tijuana, Mexico	0	126
Juan Carlos Sánchez Jr.	February 11, 2012	Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico	2	483
Title vacated	June 8, 2013	Sánchez was stripped of title after failing to make weight on his world title fight against Roberto Domingo Sosa. Hist last defense was against Rodel Mayol on September 22, 2012 at Los Mochis, Mexico
Daiki Kameda def. Rodrigo Guerrero	September 3, 2013	Takamatsu, Japan	0	197
Title vacated	March 19, 2014	Kameda lost his defense against Liborio Solís though remained with the title as Solis was overweight. Kameda later vacated the title citing difficulties to keep making the weight.
Zolani Tete def. Teiru Kinoshita	July 18, 2014	Kobe, Japan	1	319
Title vacated	June 2, 2015	Tete vacated after being offered just US$25.000 for a mandatory defense against McJoe Arroyo
McJoe Arroyo def. Arthur Villanueva	July 18, 2015	El Paso, Estados Unidos	0	413
Jerwin Ancajas current champion	September 3, 2016	Taguig City, Philippines	2	348

Flyweight

Name	Date	Location	Defenses	Days
Soon-Chun Kwon def. Rene Busayong	December 24, 1983	Seoul, South Korea	7	735
Jong-Kwan Chung	December 20, 1985	Busan, South Korea	0	128
Bi-Won Chung	April 27, 1986	Busan, South Korea	0	97
Hi-Sup Shin	August 2, 1986	Inchon, South Korea	1	301
Dodie Boy Penalosa	February 22, 1987	Inchon, South Korea	0	195
Chang-Ho Choi	September 5, 1987	Manila, Philippines	0	133
Rolando Bohol	January 16, 1988	Manila, Philippines	1	263
Duke McKenzie	October 5, 1988	London, United Kingdom	1	243
Dave McAuley	June 7, 1989	London, United Kingdom	5	1100
Rodolfo Blanco	June 11, 1992	Bilbao, Spain	0	171
Pichit Sitbangprachan	November 29, 1992	Samut Prakan, Thailand	5	730
Title vacated	November 25, 1994	Sitbangprachan retired. His last successful defense was against Jose Luis Zepeda on May 8, 1994 in Ratchaburi, Thailand
Francisco Tejedor def. Jose Luis Zepeda	February 18, 1995	Cartagena, Colombia	0	63
Danny Romero	April 22, 1995	Las Vegas, Nevada	1	619
Title vacated	1996	Romero vacated to move up to super flyweight. His last successful defense was against Miguel Martínez on July 29, 1995 in San Antonio, Texas
Mark Johnson def. Francisco Tejedor	May 4, 1996	Anaheim, California	7	606
Title vacated	1998–1999	Johnson vacated to fight for the super flyweight title. Johnson's last successful defense was against José Laureano on September 4, 1998 in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
Irene Pacheco def. Luis Cox Coronado	April 10, 1999	Barranquilla, Colombia	6	2077
Vic Darchinyan	December 16, 2004	Hollywood, Florida	5	933
Nonito Donaire	July 7, 2007	Bridgeport, Connecticut	3	725
Title vacated	July 1, 2009	Donaire vacated the title due to wanting to move up in weight. His last defense was against Raúl Martínez on April 19, 2009 at Quezon City, Philippines
Moruti Mthalane def. Julio César Miranda	November 20, 2009	Johannesburg, South Africa	4	725
Title vacated	January 13, 2014	Mthalane vacated in order to fight for a bigger purse in KwaZulu-Natal rather than for a smaller purse against Amnat Ruenroeng in Thailand. His last defense was against Ricardo Núñez on September 1, 2012 at Panama City
Amnat Ruenroeng def. Rocky Fuentes	January 22, 2014	Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand	5	857
John Riel Casimero	May 28, 2016	Beijing, China	1	446
Title vacated	December 20, 2016	Casimero vacated in order to move up to super flyweight
Donnie Nietes def. Komgrich Nantapech	April 29, 2017	Cebu City, Philippines	0	110

Junior flyweight

Name	Date	Location	Defenses	Days
Dodie Boy Penalosa def. Satoshi Shingaki	December 10, 1983	Osaka, Japan	3	1056
Title vacated	October 1986	Penalosa vacated the title in order to move up to the Flyweight division. His last successful defense was against Yani Dokolamo on October 12, 1985 in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Jum-Hwan Choi def. Cho-Woon Park	December 7, 1986	Busan, South Korea	3	698
Tacy Macalos	November 4, 1988	Quezon City, Philippines	0	179
Muangchai Kittikasem	May 2, 1989	Bangkok, Thailand	3	489
Michael Carbajal	July 29, 1990	Phoenix, Arizona	9	1301
Humberto González	February 19, 1994	Inglewood, California	3	511
Saman Sorjaturong	July 15, 1995	Inglewood, California	1	138
Title vacated	November 1995	Sorjaturong vacated the title after defeating Yuichi Hosono in Ratchaburi, Thailand on November 12, 1995.
Michael Carbajal (2) def. Melchor Cob Castro	March 16, 1996	Las Vegas, Nevada	2	308
Mauricio Pastrana	January 18, 1997	Las Vegas, Nevada	3	467
Title vacated	April 30, 1998
Will Grigsby def. Ratanapol Sor Vorapin	December 18, 1998	Fort Lauderdale, Florida	1	288
Ricardo López	October 2, 1999	Las Vegas, Nevada	3	1153
Title vacated	November 28, 2002	Lopez retired as champion in Mexico City, Mexico. His last successful defense was against Zolani Petelo on September 29, 2001 in New York City, New York.
Victor Burgos def. Alex Sánchez	February 15, 2003	Las Vegas, Nevada	2	819
Will Grigsby (2)	May 14, 2005	Las Vegas, Nevada	0	238
Ulises Solís	January 7, 2006	New York City, New York	9	1198
Brian Viloria	April 19, 2009	Manila, Philippines	1	279
Carlos Tamara	January 23, 2010	Manila, Philippines	0	126
Luis Alberto Lazarte	May 29, 2010	Buenos Aires, Argentina	2	336
Ulises Solis	April 30, 2011	Mar del Plata, Argentina	1	446
Title stripped	July 19, 2012	Solís was stripped of the title because of inactivity. His only defense was on August 28, 2011 at Guadalajara against Jether Oliva
John Riel Casimero interim champ promoted	July 19, 2012	N/A	4	652
Title stripped	May 2, 2014	Casimero was stripped of the title after he failed to make weight for his world title fight against Mauricio Fuentes. His last successful defense was against Felipe Salguero on October 26, 2013 at Makati City, Philippines
Javier Mendoza def. Ramón García Hirales	September 20, 2014	Tijuana, Mexico	1	465
Akira Yaegashi	December 29, 2015	Tokyo, Japan	2	509
Milan Melindo current champion	May 21, 2017	Tokyo, Japan	0	88

Mini flyweight

Name	Date	Location	Defenses	Days
Kyung-Yun Lee def. Masaharu Kawakami	June 14, 1987	Changnyeong County, South Korea	0	200
Title vacated	December 1987	Lee abandoned the title to focus on winning the WBC Minimumweight Championship.
Samuth Sithnaruepol def. Domingo Lucas	March 24, 1988	Bangkok, Thailand	2	450
Nico Thomas	June 17, 1989	Jakarta, Indonesia	0	96
Algerico Chávez	September 21, 1989	Jakarta, Indonesia	0	154
Fahlan Sakkreerin	February 22, 1990	Bangkok, Thailand	7	927
Manny Melchor	September 6, 1992	Samut Prakan, Thailand	0	95
Ratanapol Sor Vorapin	December 10, 1992	Bangkok, Thailand	19	1843
Zolani Petelo	December 27, 1997	Songkhla, Thailand	5	734
Title vacated	2000–2001	Petelo vacated the title in order to move up to the Light Flyweight division. His last successful defense was against Brad Leahy on June 2, 2000 in Ashford, United Kingdom.
Roberto Carlos Leyva def. Daniel Reyes	April 29, 2001	Queens, New York	1	467
Miguel Barrera	August 9, 2002	Las Vegas, Nevada	1	295
Edgar Cardenas	May 31, 2003	Tijuana, Mexico	0	126
Daniel Reyes	October 4, 2003	Los Angeles, California	1	346
Muhammad Rachman	September 14, 2004	Jakarta, Indonesia	3	1026
Florante Condes	July 7, 2007	Jakarta, Indonesia	0	343
Raúl García	June 14, 2008	La Paz, Mexico	4	650
Nkosinathi Joyi	March 26, 2010	East London, South Africa	1	890
Mario Rodríguez	September 1, 2012	Guasave, Mexico	0	210
Katsunari Takayama	March 30, 2013	Guasave, Mexico	2	497
Francisco Rodríguez Jr.	August 9, 2014	Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico	0	61
Title vacated	October 9, 2014	Rodríguez vacated titles in order to move up to flyweight.
Katsunari Takayama (2) def. Go Odaira	December 31, 2014	Osaka, Japan	2	365
Jose Argumedo	December 31, 2015	Osaka, Japan	3	570
Hiroto Kyoguchi current champion	July 23, 2017	Tokyo, Japan	0	25

Notes

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

• Top 7

Weight class:	Champion:	Reign began:	Days
Middleweight	Bernard Hopkins	December 17, 1994 – July 16, 2005	3864
Heavyweight	Wladimir Klitschko	April 22, 2006 – November 28, 2015	3507
Welterweight	Félix Trinidad	June 19, 1993 – March 3, 2000	2449
Bantamweight	Orlando Canizales	July 9, 1988 – 1994–1995	2366
Junior middleweight	Orlando Canizales Gianfranco Rosi	November 4, 1988 – September 17, 1994	2143
Flyweight	Irene Pacheco	April 10, 1999 – December 16, 2004	2077
Bantamweight	Tim Austin	July 19, 1997 – February 15, 2003	2037

(*)from all federations

See also

• List of IBF female world champions
• List of WBA world champions
• List of WBC world champions
• List of WBO world champions
• List of IBO world champions
• List of The Ring world champions
• List of undisputed boxing champions
• List of lineal boxing world champions

References