The World Boxing Council (WBC) is one of four major organizations which sanctions professional boxing bouts, alongside the World Boxing Association (WBA), International Boxing Federation (IBF) and World Boxing Organization (WBO). Many historically high-profile bouts have been sanctioned by the organization with various notable fighters having been recognised as WBC world champions. All four organizations recognise the legitimacy of each other and each have interwoven histories dating back several decades.
Zabdiel Judah is an American former professional boxer who competed between 1996 and 2019. He held multiple world championships in two weight classes, having held the IBF and WBO junior welterweight titles between 2000 and 2004; the IBF junior welterweight title again in 2011; and the undisputed welterweight title in 2005, which included a reign as the lineal champion from 2005 to 2006. Judah's career ended in 2019 when he was hospitalized after suffering a brain bleed in a stoppage loss to Cletus Seldin.
Mike McCallum is a Jamaican former professional boxer who competed from 1981 to 1997. He held world championships in three weight classes, including the WBA super welterweight title from 1984 to 1988, the WBA middleweight title from 1989 to 1991, and the WBC light heavyweight title from 1994 to 1995.
Joel Casamayor Johnson is a Cuban American former professional boxer who competed from 1996 to 2011. He held world championships in two weight classes, including the WBA super featherweight title from 2000 to 2002; and the WBC, Ring magazine and lineal lightweight titles between 2006 and 2008. As an amateur, Casamayor won a gold medal in the bantamweight division at the 1992 Olympics, after which he defected to the United States on the eve of the 1996 Olympics.
Andre Michael Berto is a professional boxer who holds dual American and Haitian citizenship. He is a two-time former welterweight world champion, having held the WBC and IBF titles between 2008 and 2011, as well as the WBA interim title in 2015. As an amateur he won the National Golden Gloves tournament in 2001 and 2003 (welterweight), and would represent the U.S. at the 2003 World Championships, winning a welterweight bronze medal. He also represented Haiti at the 2004 Olympics, reaching the opening round of the welterweight bracket.
Juan Manuel Márquez Méndez is a Mexican former professional boxer who competed from 1993 to 2014. He is the third Mexican boxer to become a world champion in four weight classes, having held nine world championships including the WBA (Super), IBF and WBO featherweight titles between 2003 and 2007; the WBC super featherweight title from 2007 to 2008; the WBA (Super), WBO, Ring magazine and lineal lightweight titles between 2008 and 2012; and the WBO junior welterweight title from 2012 to 2013.
Light welterweight, also known as junior welterweight or super lightweight, is a weight class in combat sports.
Julio César García is a Mexican boxer who began his professional career at the age of fifteen. His promoter is Roberto Durán.
Lamont Peterson is an American former professional boxer who competed from 2004 to 2019. He held world championships in two weight classes, including the IBF light welterweight title between 2011 and 2015, and the WBA (Regular) welterweight title in 2017.
Erislandy Lara Santoya is a Cuban-American professional boxer who has held the WBA (Regular) light middleweight title since 2019. Previously, he held the WBA light middleweight title from 2014 to 2018, and the IBO light middleweight title from 2015 to 2018. As of September 2019, he is ranked as the world's second best active light middleweight by BoxRec, third by The Ring magazine and fifth by the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board.
Jack Robert Culcay-Keth is an Ecuador-born German professional boxer. As an amateur he represented Germany, fighting at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the welterweight division, and winning a silver medal at the 2008 European Championships and gold at the 2009 World Championships. He held the WBA interim light-middleweight title between 2015 and 2017.
Danny Óscar García is an American professional boxer. He has held multiple world championships in two weight classes, including the unified WBA (Super), WBC, Ring magazine and lineal light welterweight titles between 2012 and 2015, and the WBC welterweight title from 2016 to 2017. As of August 2020, he is ranked as the world's sixth best active welterweight by The Ring, seventh by the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board, and eighth by BoxRec.
Shawn Christian Porter is an American professional boxer. He is a former two-time welterweight world champion, having held the IBF title from 2013 to 2014 and the WBC title from 2018 to September 2019. As of August 2020, he is ranked as the world's fourth best active welterweight by BoxRec and the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board, and fifth by The Ring magazine. He is particularly known for his aggressive pressure fighting style, physical strength and high workrate.
Lucas Martín Matthysse is an Argentine former professional boxer who competed from 2004 to 2018. He held the WBA (Regular) welterweight title in 2018 and the WBC interim super lightweight title from 2012 to 2013. Matthysse is known for his aggressive pressure fighting style and formidable punching power. His older brother, Walter, is also a former professional boxer.
Keith Fitzgerald Thurman Jr. is an American professional boxer. He is a former unified welterweight world champion, having held the WBA title From 2015 to 2019, and previously the WBC title from 2017 to 2018. Nicknamed "One Time" for his formidable knockout power, Thurman is considered one of the hardest punchers in the welterweight division. As of August 2020, he is ranked as the world's fourth best active welterweight by The Ring magazine, fifth by BoxRec, and sixth by the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board.
Light welterweight titlist Amir Khan and interim titlist Marcos Maidana reached an agreement to meet on December 11, 2010. The bout was for Khan's WBA Light Welterweight Title, which Khan successfully defended, winning via unanimous decision. The bout was awarded Fight of the Year by the Boxing Writers Association of America.
Mauricio Herrera is an American professional boxer who held the WBA interim super lightweight title in 2014.
Erik Morales vs. Marcos Maidana, billed as Action Heroes, was a boxing light welterweight fight for the Interim WBA Light Welterweight championship. The bout took place on April 9 at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States.
Samuel Andrés Vargas Ariza is a Canadian-Colombian professional boxer.
David Gavrushevich Avanesyan is a Russian professional boxer. He has held the European welterweight title since March 2019, and held the WBA (Regular) welterweight title in 2017.
