List of WBA female world champions

The following is a list of WBA female world champions certificated by the World Boxing Association (WBA).

Stand: March 31, 2020.

^r – Champion relinquished title.
^s – Champion stripped of title.

During the 2009 WBA convention in Colombia, Susi Kentikian was named the first ever WBA female Super Champion. It was announced that this belt would be called "Susi Kentikian belt" for all other future Super Champions. ^[1]

Light minimumweight

No.	Name	Duration of reign	Defences
1	Mari Ando	Sep 22, 2011 — Sep 16, 2012	1
2	Ayaka Miyao	Sep 16, 2012 — Oct 22, 2015	5
3	Momo Koseki	Oct 22, 2015 — 2016r	0
4	Yunoka Furukawa	Aug 13, 2016 — 2017s	1
5	Maria Milano – Interim champion promoted	Mar 9, 2018 — 2018s	0
6	Monserrat Alarcón	Aug 31, 2018 — Aug 5, 2023	4
7	Yuko Kuroki	Aug 5, 2023 — Jan 12, 2024	0
8	Eri Matsuda	Jan 12, 2024 — Nov 23, 2024	0
9	Tina Rupprecht	Nov 23, 2024 — present	0

Minimumweight

No.	Name	Duration of reign	Defences
1	Vaia Zaganas	Apr 8, 2004 — 2005r	0
2	Cho Rong Son	Dec 9, 2006 — Apr 11, 2009	2
3	Etsuko Tada	Apr 11, 2009 — Jul 23, 2013	9
4	Anabel Ortiz	Jul 23, 2013 — Mar 20, 2021	12
5	Seniesa Estrada	Mar 20, 2021 — October 23, 2024r	6
6	Yuko Kuroki	Jan 21, 2025 — present	0

Light flyweight

No.	Name	Duration of reign	Defences
1	Ju Hee Kim	Aug 24, 2007 — 2009s	0
2	Yésica Bopp – Super champion (Promoted from Regular champion November 2020)	Jun 20, 2009 — March 11, 2022	20
3	Jessica Nery Plata – Super champion	March 11, 2022 — November 2024r	2
4	Sara Bailey – (Promoted from Regular champion November 2024)	April 27, 2024 — present	2

Flyweight

No.	Name	Duration of reign	Defences
1	Susi Kentikian (Super Champion from Nov 18, 2009 - May 16, 2012)	Feb 16, 2007 — Dec 1, 2012	14
2	Carina Moreno	Dec 1, 2012 — Jul 6, 2013	0
3	Susi Kentikian (2)	Jul 6, 2013 — 2016s	4
4	Naoko Fujioka	Mar 13, 2017 — April 9, 2022	3
5	Marlen Esparza	April 9, 2022 - Apr 26, 2024s	2
6	Gabriela Celeste Alaniz	April 27, 2024 - Nov 2, 2024	0
7	Gabriela Fundora	Nov 2, 2024 - current	0

Super flyweight

No.	Name	Duration of reign	Defences
1	Yazmín Rivas	Feb 28, 2005 — 2006r	0
2	Ha-Na Kim	Oct 7, 2006 — Oct 9, 2007	2
3	Zhang Xiyan	Oct 9, 2007 — Feb 26, 2009	0
4	Tenkai Tsunami	Feb 26, 2009 — Jul 9, 2012	4
5	Naoko Yamaguchi	Jul 9, 2012 — Nov 13, 2013	2
6	Naoko Fujioka	Nov 13, 2013 — 2015r	2
7	Linda Laura Lecca – Interim champion promoted	Apr 15, 2016 — May 19, 2018	2
8	Maribel Ramírez	May 19, 2018 — June 24, 2022	2
9	Clara Lescurat	June 24, 2022 — Nov 2024r	4
10	Jasmine Artiga	March 22, 2025 — present	0

Bantamweight

No.	Name	Duration of reign	Defences
1	Jackie Nava	Feb 28, 2005 — 2005r	0
2	Anita Christensen	Oct 14, 2006 — Jun 21, 2008	1
3	Galina Ivanova	Jun 21, 2008 — 2008s	0
4	Emanuela Pantani	Dec 19, 2008 — 2010s	0
5	Janeth Pérez	Jul 16, 2011 — Jan 5, 2013	3
6	Irma García	Jan 5, 2013 — 2015s	2
7	Mayerlin Rivas – Interim champion promoted	Mar 8, 2015 — Feb 29, 2020r	4
8	Shannon Courtenay – (def. Ebanie Bridges)	Apr 10, 2021 — Oct 8, 2021s	0
9	Jamie Mitchell	Oct 9, 2021— Nov 26, 2022	1
10	Nina Hughes	Nov 26, 2022 — May 12, 2023	2
11	Cherneka Johnson	May 12, 2024 — present	1

Super bantamweight

No.	Name	Duration of reign	Defences
1	Marcela Eliana Acuña	Aug 12, 2006 — Jan 20, 2010s	5
2	Lisa Brown	Mar 27, 2010 — Apr 2, 2011	0
3	Chanttall Martínez	Apr 2, 2011 — Jan 28, 2012	2
4	Yésica Marcos	Oct 6, 2012 — 2016s	3
5	Jackie Nava	Jan 28, 2012 — May 24, 2014	2
6	Jackie Nava (2) – Interim, elevated to Super champion on October 15, 2014	May 24, 2014 — 2016s	3
7	Liliana Palmera – Interim champion promoted	Apr 15, 2016 — Aug 5, 2017	1
8	Alys Sánchez	Aug 5, 2017 — Nov 18, 2017	0
9	Liliana Palmera (2)	Nov 18, 2017 — May 19, 2018	0
10	Yazmín Rivas	May 19, 2018 — Dec 31, 2019r	1
11	Mayerlin Rivas	Feb 7, 2020 — Nov 18, 2023	2
12	Erika Cruz	Nov 18, 2023 — Aug 2024r	1
13	Nazarena Romero	Aug 24, 2024 — present	0

Featherweight

No.	Name	Duration of reign	Defences
1	Gao Li Jun	Mar 25, 2006 — 2006r	0
2	Hwa-Won Lee	Apr 30, 2007 — 2008r	0
3	Hyun Mi Choi	Oct 11, 2008 — 2013r	7
4	Ogleidis Suárez – Interim champion promoted	May 10, 2013 — Dec 13, 2013	1
5	Edith Soledad Matthysse	Dec 13, 2013 — Mar 11, 2016	1
6	Jelena Mrdjenovich Super champion from Apr 30, 2018 - Sep 30, 2018	Mar 11, 2016 — Apr 22, 2021	5
7	Erika Cruz	Apr 22, 2021 — Feb 4, 2023	2
8	Amanda Serrano	Feb 4, 2023 — present	2

Super featherweight

No.	Name	Duration of reign	Defences
1	Kina Malpartida	Feb 21, 2009 — 2013s	6
2	Hyun Mi Choi – Interim champion promoted	Oct 30, 2013 — Dec 2022s	10
3	Alycia Baumgardner (def. Elhem Mekhaled)	Feb 4, 2023 — present	1

Lightweight

No.	Name	Duration of reign	Defences
1	Layla McCarter	Dec 2, 2006 — 2011s	2
2	Alejandra Oliveras	Aug 12, 2011 — 2012r	0
3	Cecilia Comunales	Mar 30, 2012 — 2015s	2
4	Cecilia Comunales (2)	Jun 4, 2016 — 2017s	0
5	Anahí Ester Sánchez	Sep 9, 2017 — Oct 27, 2017s	0
6	Katie Taylor – Super champion from Apr 30, 2018 - Sep 30, 2018	Oct 28, 2017 — Dec 2024r	14
7	Stephanie Han	Feb 22, 2025 — present	0

Super lightweight

No.	Name	Duration of reign	Defences
1	Myriam Lamare	Nov 8, 2004 — Dec 2, 2006	5
2	Anne Sophie Mathis	Dec 2, 2006 — 2010s	3
3	Mónica Acosta	Feb 18, 2011 — Jan 18, 2014	3
4	Ana Laura Esteche	Jan 18, 2014 — 2018s	4
5	Anahí Ester Sánchez – Interim champion promoted	Feb 28, 2019 — May 25, 2019	0
6	Jessica McCaskill	May 25, 2019 — August 2020r	1
7	Kali Reis	Nov 6, 2020 — Nov 2022r	2
8	Chantelle Cameron	Nov 5, 2022 — Nov 25, 2023	1
9	Katie Taylor	Nov 25, 2023 — present	0

Welterweight

No.	Name	Duration of reign	Defences	Days
1	Holly Holm	Jun 10, 2006 — 2007r	1	565
2	Cecilia Braekhus – Super champion from Jul 10, 2014 to Jun 10, 2015, from Aug 29, 2015 to Feb 20, 2016 and again from Apr 30, 2018 to Sep 30, 2018	Mar 14, 2009 — Aug 15, 2020	24	4172
3	Jessica McCaskill	Aug 15, 2020 — May 11, 2024	4	1601
4	Lauren Price	May 11, 2024 - present	1	319

Super welterweight

No.	Name	Duration of reign	Defences	Days
1	Jisselle Salandy	Sep 15, 2006 — Jan 4, 2009 (died in a vehicular accident)	5	843
2	Layla McCarter	Sep 30, 2012 — 2014s	0	838
3	Hanna Gabriels – Super champion from Apr 30, 2018 - Sep 30, 2018	Jun 18, 2016 — 2021	4
4	Claressa Shields - Super champion	March 5, 2021 - present	0	1482
5	Hannah Rankin - Regular champion	November 5, 2021 - September 24, 2022	1	1237
6	Terri Harper	September 24, 2022 - September 2024r	2	914
7	Mary Spencer	September 5, 2024 — present	0	202

Middleweight

No.	Name	Duration of reign	Defences	Days
1	Teresa Perozzi	Dec 30, 2011 — 2014s	2	1204
2	Claressa Shields	Jun 22, 2018 — present	6	2469

Super middleweight

No.	Name	Duration of reign	Defences	Days
1	Natalya Ragozina	Feb 17, 2007 — 2012s	6	2139
2	Alicia Napoleon Espinosa	Mar 3, 2018 — Jan 10, 2020	2	2975
3	Elin Cederroos	Jan 10, 2020 — Apr 30, 2022	0	475
4	Franchón Crews-Dezurn	Apr 30, 2022 — Jul 1, 2023	0	428
5	Savannah Marshall	Jul 1, 2023 – March 2024r	0	634
6	Franchón Crews-Dezurn (2) – Interim champion promoted	March 24, 2024 — present	0	367

Light heavyweight

No.	Name	Duration of reign	Defences	Days
1	Hanna Gabriels	Apr 17, 2021 — May 2023r	0	1439
2	Che Kenneally	July 20, 2024 — present	0	249

Heavyweight

No.	Name	Duration of reign	Defences	Days
1	Claressa Shields	February 2, 2025 — present	0	52

See also

• Sports portal

• List of current female world boxing champions
• List of female undisputed world boxing champions
• List of WBC female world champions
• List of IBF female world champions
• List of WBO female world champions
• List of WIBO world champions

References

1. "Salandy honoured at WBA 88th Convention". www.guardian.co.tt.