List of WBA world champions

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This is a list of WBA world champions, showing every world champion certified by the World Boxing Association (WBA). The list also includes champions certified by the National Boxing Association (NBA), the predecessor to the WBA.

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Boxers who won the title but were stripped due to the title bout being overturned to a no contest are not listed i.e. Evgeny Tishchenko won the inaugural bridgerweight title but was subsequently stripped after testing positive for banned substance. [1]

In December 2000, the WBA created an unprecedented situation of having a split championship in the same weight class by introducing a new title called Super world, commonly referred to simply as Super. The Super champion is the WBA's primary champion, while the World champion – commonly known as the Regular champion by boxing publications – is only considered the primary champion by the other three major sanctioning bodies (WBC, IBF, and WBO) if the Super title is vacant.

A Unified champion is a boxer that holds the primary WBA title and one or two from another major sanctioning body (WBC, IBF, WBO) simultaneously. An Undisputed champion as defined by the WBA, only needs to hold three of the four major titles but in some cases they may change a Super champion into an Undisputed champion after a failed title defense (e.g. Anselmo Moreno losing to Juan Payano and Chris John losing to Simpiwe Vetyeka). This is not to be confused by professional boxing's own definition of an undisputed champion, in which a boxer must hold all four major titles.

There are two tables per section. The primary champion lineage prioritizes the Super champions. If the Super title is vacant, then the Undisputed / Unified title is listed. If both are vacant, then the Regular title becomes the primary champion. The secondary champion lineage lists the Regular or Unified champions while the primary champion is occupied.

Starting from August 2021, any new champions in the primary champion lineage will not be marked as Regular, Unified, Undisputed or Super because of the WBA's title reduction plan.

Current champion
Most consecutive title defenses

Heavyweight

Primary champion lineage

No.NameReignDefenses
1 Jack Dempsey
(awarded inaugural title)
Jan 1921 – 23 Sep 19263
2 Gene Tunney 23 Sep 1926 – 31 Jul 19282
Tunney retires. [2]
3 Max Schmeling
(def. Jack Sharkey )
12 Jun 1930 – 21 Jun 19321
4 Jack Sharkey 21 Jun 1932 – 29 Jun 19330
5 Primo Carnera 29 Jun 1933 – 14 Jun 19341
6 Max Baer 14 Jun 1934 – 13 Jun 19350
7 James J. Braddock 13 Jun 1935 – 22 Jun 19370
8 Joe Louis 22 Jun 1937 – 1 Mar 194925
Louis vacated the title and retired, but would come back a year later to fight Ezzard Charles. [3]
9 Ezzard Charles
(def. Jersey Joe Walcott )
22 Jun 1949 – 18 Jul 19518
10 Jersey Joe Walcott 18 Jul 1951 – 23 Sep 19521
11 Rocky Marciano 23 Sep 1952 – 27 Apr 19566
Marciano retires. [4]
12 Floyd Patterson
(def. Archie Moore )
30 Nov 1956 – 26 Jun 19593
13 Ingemar Johansson 26 Jun 1959 – 20 Jun 19600
14Floyd Patterson (2)20 Jun 1960 – 25 Sep 19622
The NBA changes its name to WBA on 23 August 1962, [5] making Patterson the first WBA heavyweight champion and last NBA heavyweight champion.
15 Sonny Liston 25 Sep 1962 – 25 Feb 19641
16 Muhammad Ali 25 Feb – 14 Sep 19640
Ali was stripped of the title for signing to a rematch with Liston. [6]
17 Ernie Terrell
(def. Eddie Machen )
5 Mar 1965 – 6 Feb 19672
18Muhammad Ali (2)6 Feb – 28 Apr 19671
Ali was stripped of the title due to his refusal to be drafted to Army service. [7]
19 Jimmy Ellis
(def. Jerry Quarry )
27 Apr 1968 – 16 Feb 19701
20 Joe Frazier 16 Feb 1970 – 22 Jan 19734
21 George Foreman 22 Jan 1973 – 30 Oct 19742
22Muhammad Ali (3)30 Oct 1974 – 15 Feb 197810
23 Leon Spinks 15 Feb – 15 Sep 19780
24Muhammad Ali (4)15 Sep 1978 – 4 Jul 19790
Ali vacated the title and retired, but would come back a year later to fight Larry Holmes. [8]
25 John Tate
(def. Gerrie Coetzee )
20 Oct 1979 – 31 Mar 19800
26 Mike Weaver 31 Mar 1980 – 10 Dec 19822
27 Michael Dokes 10 Dec 1982 – 23 Sep 19831
28 Gerrie Coetzee 23 Sep 1983 – 1 Dec 19840
29 Greg Page 1 Dec 1984 – 29 Apr 19850
30 Tony Tubbs 29 Apr 1985 – 17 Jan 19860
31 Tim Witherspoon 17 Jan – 12 Dec 19861
32 James Smith 12 Dec 1986 – 7 Mar 19870
33 Mike Tyson 7 Mar 1987 – 11 Feb 19908
34 Buster Douglas 11 Feb – 25 Oct 19900
35 Evander Holyfield 25 Oct 1990 – 13 Nov 19923
36 Riddick Bowe 13 Nov 1992 – 6 Nov 19932
37Evander Holyfield (2)6 Nov 1993 – 22 Apr 19940
38 Michael Moorer 22 Apr – 5 Nov 19940
39George Foreman (2)5 Nov 1994 – 4 Mar 19950
Foreman was stripped after refusing to fight mandatory challenger Tony Tucker. [9]
40 Bruce Seldon
(def. Tony Tucker )
8 Apr 1995 – 7 Sep 19961
41Mike Tyson (2)7 Sep – 9 Nov 19960
42Evander Holyfield (3)9 Nov 1996 – 13 Nov 19994
43 Lennox Lewis 13 Nov 1999 – 12 Apr 20000
Lewis was stripped after agreeing to fight WBC challenger Michael Grant instead of John Ruiz. Ruiz challenged this decision in court on the basis of a clause in the Lewis–Holyfield rematch contract which said Lewis's first bout as undisputed champion would be against the WBA's number one contender. [10]
44Evander Holyfield (4)
(def. John Ruiz )
12 Aug 2000 – 3 Mar 20010
45 John Ruiz 3 Mar 2001 – 1 Mar 20032
46 Roy Jones Jr. 1 Mar 2003 – 24 Feb 20040
Jones Jr. vacated the title to stay at light heavyweight. [11]
47John Ruiz (2)
(interim champion promoted)
24 Feb 2004 – 17 Dec 20052
48 Nikolai Valuev 17 Dec 2005 – 14 Apr 20073
49 Ruslan Chagaev 14 Apr 2007 – 3 Jul 20082
Chagaev tore his achilles tendon and was declared champion in recess. [12]
50Nikolai Valuev (2)
(def. John Ruiz )
30 Aug 2008 – 7 Nov 20091
51 David Haye 7 Nov 2009 – 2 Jul 20112
Haye fought for the inaugural Unified title against Wladimir Klitschko.
52 Wladimir Klitschko Unified champion
(def. David Haye )
2 Jul 2011 – 28 Nov 20150
Promoted to Super champion on WBA's July 2011 official ratings posted on August. [13]
Wladimir Klitschko Super champion
(Unified champion promoted)
Aug 20118
53 Tyson Fury 28 Nov 2015 – 12 Oct 20160
Fury was recognized as Unified champion on WBA's November rankings posted on 10 December. [14]
Tyson Fury Unified champion10 Dec 2015 – 12 Oct 20160
Fury vacated the title after cancelling a rematch with Wladimir Klitschko for a second time, citing depression after a positive test for cocaine. [15]
54 Anthony Joshua Super champion
(def. Wladimir Klitschko )
29 Apr 2017 – 1 Jun 20193
55 Andy Ruiz Jr. 1 Jun – 7 Dec 20190
56Anthony Joshua (2)7 Dec 2019 – 25 Sep 20211
57 Oleksandr Usyk 25 Sep 2021 – present4

Secondary champion lineage

No.NameReignDefenses
1 Alexander Povetkin
(def. Ruslan Chagaev )
27 Aug 2011 – 5 Oct 20134
Povetkin lost against Super champion Wladimir Klitschko.
2 Ruslan Chagaev
(def. Fres Oquendo )
6 Jul 2014 – 5 Mar 20161
Chagaev was stripped of the title for failing to pay the sanctioning fees. [16]
3 Mahmoud Charr
(def. Alexander Ustinov )
25 Nov 2017 – 29 Jan 20210
Charr declared champion in recess. [17]
4 Trevor Bryan
(def. Bermane Stiverne )
29 Jan 2021 – 11 Jun 20221
5 Daniel Dubois 11 Jun 2022 – 26 Aug 20231
Dubois lost against Super champion Oleksandr Usyk.
6Mahmoud Charr (2)
(reinstated by court ruling) [18]
31 Aug 2023 – 7 Dec 20240
7 Kubrat Pulev 7 Dec 2024 – Present0

Bridgerweight

No.NameReignDefenses
1 Muslim Gadzhimagomedov
(def. Zhaoxin Zhang)
12 Jul 2024 – present0

Cruiserweight

Primary champion lineage

No.NameReignDefenses
1 Ossie Ocasio
(def. Robbie Williams)
13 Feb 1982 – 1 Dec 19843
2 Piet Crous 1 Dec 1984 – 27 Jul 19851
3 Dwight Muhammad Qawi 27 Jul 1985 – 12 Jul 19861
4 Evander Holyfield 12 Jul 1986 – Dec 19885
Holyfield vacated the title to move up to heavyweight full time.
5 Taoufik Belbouli
(def. Michael Greer)
25 Mar – 11 Aug 19890
Belbouli got injured and was expected to get stripped on 11 August. [19]
6 Robert Daniels
(def. Dwight Muhammad Qawi )
27 Nov 1989 – 8 Mar 19912
7 Bobby Czyz 8 Mar 1991 – Oct 19932
Czyz was involved in a car accident and he had to vacate the title for his inability to defend it.
8 Orlin Norris
(def. Marcelo Figueroa)
6 Nov 1993 – 22 Jul 19954
9 Nate Miller 22 Jul 1995 – 8 Nov 19974
10 Fabrice Tiozzo 8 Nov 1997 – 9 Dec 20004
11 Virgil Hill 9 Dec 2000 – 23 Feb 20020
12 Jean-Marc Mormeck 23 Feb 2002 – 2 Apr 20053
Mormeck fought for the Unified title against WBC champion Wayne Braithwaite.
Jean-Marc Mormeck Unified champion
(def. Wayne Braithwaite )
2 Apr 2005 – 7 Jan 20060
(3)
13 O'Neil Bell 7 Jan 2006 – 17 Mar 20070
14Jean-Marc Mormeck (2)17 Mar – 10 Nov 20070
15 David Haye 10 Nov 2007 – 12 May 20081
Status changes to Undisputed champion after winning against WBO champion Enzo Maccarinelli.
David Haye Undisputed champion
(def. Enzo Maccarinelli )
8 Mar – 14 May 20080
(1)
Status changes to Unified champion on WBA's April 2008 ratings posted on 14 May, [20] just days after vacating his WBC title.
David Haye Unified champion14 May – 19 Jun 20080
(1)
Haye intends to move up to heavyweight. The title is vacated on WBA's May 2008 official ratings posted on 19 June. [21]
16 Firat Arslan Regular champion
(Primary champion vacant)
19 Jun – 27 Sep 20080
17 Guillermo Jones 27 Sep 2008 – 30 Oct 20122
Jones was declared champion in recess. [22]
18 Denis Lebedev Regular champion
(interim champion promoted)
30 Oct 2012 – 21 May 20164
Lebedev fought for Super title against IBF champion Víctor Ramírez.
Denis Lebedev Super champion
(def. Víctor Ramírez )
21 May 2016 – 1 Feb 20181
(5)
WBA changed Lebedev's status to champion in recess in order to allow Yuniel Dorticos to unify his title with IBF champion Murat Gassiev. Lebedev had lost a bout against Gassiev where only the IBF title was on the line. [23]
19 Yuniel Dorticos Regular champion
(Primary champion vacant)
1 Feb – 3 Feb 20180
Dorticos fought for Unified title against IBF champion Murat Gassiev.
20 Murat Gassiev Unified champion
(def. Yuniel Dorticos )
3 Feb – 21 Jul 20180
Gassiev fought WBC and WBO champion Oleksandr Usyk for the Super title.
21 Oleksandr Usyk Super champion
(def. Murat Gassiev )
21 Jul 2018 – 27 Mar 20191
Usyk vacated the title and moved up to heavyweight. [24]
22 Beibut Shumenov Regular champion
(Primary champion vacant)
27 Mar – 31 May 20190
Shumenov stripped of title after failing to meet the terms of the purse bid between him and Arsen Goulamirian. [25]
23 Arsen Goulamirian Regular champion
(interim champion promoted);
(Primary champion vacant)
31 May – 1 Sep 20190
Goulamirian promoted to Super champion on WBA's August 2019 official ratings posted on 1 September. [26]
Arsen Goulamirian Super champion
(Regular champion promoted)
1 Sep 2019 – 30 Mar 20243
24 Gilberto Ramirez 30 Mar – 6 Apr 20240
Ramirez becomes World champion in WBA's March 2024 official ratings posted on 6 April. [27]
Gilberto Ramirez6 Apr – 31 Oct 20240
Ramirez listed as Super champion in WBA's October 2024 official ratings posted on November 4. [28]
Gilberto Ramirez Super champion4 Nov 2024 – present1

Secondary champion lineage

No.NameReignDefenses
1 Virgil Hill
(def. Valery Brudov )
27 Jan 2006 – 24 Nov 20070
2 Firat Arslan 24 Nov 2007 – 12 May 20082
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
3 Beibut Shumenov
(def. Junior Anthony Wright)
21 May 2016 – 20 Jun 20170
Shumenov vacated the title after cancelling a defense fight multiple times against Yuniel Dorticos, due to an eye injury. [29]
4 Yuniel Dorticos
(interim champion promoted)
20 Jun 2017 – 1 Feb 20181
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
5Beibut Shumenov (2)
(def. Hizni Altunkaya)
7 Jul 2018 – 27 Mar 20190
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
6Beibut Shumenov (3)
(reinstated)
1 Sep 2019 – 29 Jan 20210
Shumenov stripped of title due to inactivity. [30]
7 Ryad Merhy
(interim champion promoted)
29 Jan 2021 – 12 Aug 20221
Merhy vacated the title. [31]

Light heavyweight

Primary champion lineage

No.NameReignDefenses
1 Georges Carpentier
(awarded inaugural title)
Jan 1921 – 24 Sep 19221
2 Battling Siki 24 Sep 1922 – 17 Mar 19230
3 Mike McTigue 17 Mar 1923 – 30 May 19251
4 Paul Berlenbach 30 May 1925 – 16 Jul 19263
5 Jack Delaney 16 July 1926 – 26 July 19271
Delaney vacated the title to move up to the heavyweight division. [32]
6 Jimmy Slattery
(def. Maxie Rosenbloom )
30 Aug – 12 Dec 19270
7 Tommy Loughran 12 Dec 1927 – 3 Sep 19295
Loughran vacated the title to move up to the heavyweight division. [33]
8 Maxie Rosenbloom
(awarded title)
Sep 1930 – 6 Jun 19311
Rosenbloom is stripped of the title for failing to defend the title in a timely manner. [34]
9 George Nichols
(def. Dave Maier)
18 Mar – 17 Dec 19320
Nichols stripped for failing to defend the title within the eight month time limit. [35]
10 Joe Knight
(awarded title)
Feb – 1 Mar 19330
11 Bob Godwin 1 Mar – 24 Mar 19330
12Maxie Rosenbloom (2)24 Mar 1933 – 17 Sep 19342
Rosenbloom is stripped of the title because the NBA disliked his "clowning tactics and criticizing opponents in the ring". [36]
13 Bob Olin
(def. Maxie Rosenbloom )
16 Nov 1934 – 31 Oct 19350
14 John Henry Lewis 31 Oct 1935 – 19 Jun 19395
Lewis is stripped of the title for failing to defend it within the required six month limit and was virtually blind in his left eye. [37]
15 Billy Conn
(def. Melio Bettina )
13 Jul 1939 – 20 Dec 19403
Conn vacated the title to move up to the heavyweight division. [38]
16 Anton Christoforidis
(def. Melio Bettina )
13 Jan – 24 May 19410
17 Gus Lesnevich 24 May 1941 – 26 Jul 19485
18 Freddie Mills 26 Jul 1948 – 24 Jan 19500
19 Joey Maxim 24 Jan 1950 – 17 Dec 19522
20 Archie Moore 17 Dec 1952 – 25 Oct 19608
Moore was stripped of the title for failing to fight Eric Schoeppner. [39]
21 Harold Johnson
(def. Jesse Bowdry)
7 Feb 1961 – 1 Jun 19634
22 Willie Pastrano 1 Jun 1963 – 30 Mar 19652
23 José Torres 30 Mar 1965 – 16 Dec 19663
24 Dick Tiger 16 Dec 1966 – 24 May 19682
25 Bob Foster 24 May 1968 – 9 Dec 19704
Foster was stripped of the title for failing to post a $5,000 forfeit bond for the fight with Jimmy Dupree within 10 days after losing to Joe Frazier. [40]
26 Vicente Rondón
(def. Jimmy Dupree)
27 Feb 1971 – 7 Apr 19724
27Bob Foster (2)7 Apr 1972 – 16 Sep 19745
Foster retires. [41]
28 Víctor Galíndez
(def. Len Hutchins)
7 Dec 1974 – 15 Sep 197810
29 Mike Rossman 15 Sep 1978 – 14 Apr 19791
30Víctor Galíndez (2)14 April – 30 Nov 19790
31 Marvin Johnson 30 Nov 1979 – 31 Mar 19800
32 Eddie Mustafa Muhammad 31 Mar 1980 – 18 Jul 19812
33 Michael Spinks 18 Jul 1981 – 5 Nov 198510
Spinks vacated the title to stay at heavyweight. [42]
34Marvin Johnson (2)
(def. Leslie Stewart )
9 Feb 1986 – 23 May 19871
35 Leslie Stewart 23 May – 5 Sep 19870
36 Virgil Hill 5 Sep 1987 – 3 Jun 199110
37 Thomas Hearns 3 Jun 1991 – 20 Mar 19920
38 Iran Barkley 20 Mar – 27 May 19920
Barkley vacated the title to stay at super middleweight. [43]
39Virgil Hill (2)
(def. Frank Tate )
29 Sep 1992 – 13 Jun 199710
40 Dariusz Michalczewski 13 Jun – 1 Jul 19970
The WBA stripped Michalczewski of the title 18 days later for displaying its belt along with that of the WBO and subsequently refusing to give up his WBO title.
41 Lou Del Valle
(def. Eddy Smulders)
20 Sep 1997 – 18 Jul 19980
42 Roy Jones Jr. 18 Jul 1998 – Dec 20005
Jones Jr. promoted to inaugural Super champion on WBA's December 2000 official ratings. [44]
Roy Jones Jr. Super champion
(Regular champion promoted)
Dec 2000 – 5 Aug 20023
(8)
Status changes to Unified champion on WBA's July 2002 official ratings posted on 5 August. [45]
Roy Jones Jr. Unified champion5 Aug 2002 – 15 Apr 20031
(9)
Jones Jr. vacates the title to stay at heavyweight. [46]
43 Mehdi Sahnoune Regular champion
(Primary champion vacant)
15 Apr – 10 Oct 20030
44 Silvio Branco 10 Oct – 8 Nov 20030
Branco is relegated since Roy Jones Jr. won the vacant Unified title.
45Roy Jones Jr. (2) Unified champion
(def. Antonio Tarver )
8 Nov 2003 – 15 May 20040
46 Antonio Tarver 15 May – 3 Jul 20040
Tarver was stripped of the title and removed from WBA's June 2004 official ratings posted on 3 July 2004. [47]
47 Fabrice Tiozzo Regular champion
(Primary champion vacant)
3 Jul 2004 – 19 Oct 20061
Tiozzo vacated the title and retired from professional boxing after defeating Dariusz Michalczewski. [48]
48Silvio Branco (2) Regular champion
(interim champion promoted);
(Primary champion vacant)
19 Oct 2006 – 28 Apr 20070
49 Stipe Drews 28 Apr – 16 Dec 20070
50 Danny Green 16 Dec 2007 – 25 Mar 20080
Green vacated the title and retired. [49]
51 Hugo Garay Regular champion
(def. Yuriy Barashian );
(Primary champion vacant)
3 Jul 2008 – 20 Jun 20091
52 Gabriel Campillo 20 Jun 2009 – 29 Jan 20101
53 Beibut Shumenov 29 Jan 2010 – 8 Oct 20135
Shumenov promoted to Super champion. [50]
Beibut Shumenov Super champion
(Regular champion promoted)
8 Oct 2013 – 19 Apr 20141
(6)
54 Bernard Hopkins 19 Apr – 8 Nov 20140
Hopkins fought WBO champion Sergey Kovalev for the Undisputed title.
55 Sergey Kovalev Undisputed champion
(def. Bernard Hopkins )
8 Nov 2014 – 19 Nov 20164
56 Andre Ward 19 Nov 2016 – 21 Sep 20171
Ward retires from boxing. [51]
57 Badou Jack Regular champion
(Primary champion vacant)
21 Sep – 23 Sep 20170
Jack vacated the title to avoid a purse bid with mandatory Dmitry Bivol and seek opportunities with bigger names. [52]
58 Dmitry Bivol Regular champion
(interim champion promoted);
(Primary champion vacant)
23 Sep 2017 – 10 Oct 20195
Bivol promoted to Super champion before fighting Lenin Castillo. [53]
Dmitry Bivol Super champion
(Regular champion promoted)
10 Oct 2019 – 12 Oct 20247
(12)
59 Artur Beterbiev 12 Oct 2024 – present0

Secondary champion lineage

No.NameReignDefenses
1 Bruno Girard
(def. Robert Koon)
22 Dec 2001 – 8 Mar 20032
2 Mehdi Sahnoune 8 Mar – 15 Apr 20030
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
3 Silvio Branco
(relegated from primary champion)
8 Nov 2003 – 20 Feb 20040
4 Fabrice Tiozzo 20 Feb – 3 Jul 20040
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
5 Jürgen Brähmer
(def. Marcus Oliveira )
14 Dec 2013 – 1 Oct 20166
6 Nathan Cleverly 1 Oct 2016 – 26 Aug 20170
7 Badou Jack 26 Aug – 21 Sep 20170
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
8 Jean Pascal
(interim champion promoted)
10 Oct 2019 – 9 Jul 20211
Pascal is stripped of his title for testing positive for banned substances and is also suspended for six months. [54]
9 David Morrell
(def. Radivoje Kalajdzic )
3 Aug 2024 – present0

Super middleweight

Primary champion lineage

No.NameReignDefenses
1 Park Chong-pal
(def. Jesús Gallardo)
6 Dec 1987 – 23 May 19881
2 Fulgencio Obelmejias 23 May 1988 – 28 May 19890
3 Baek In-chul 28 May 1989 – 30 Mar 19902
4 Christophe Tiozzo 30 Mar 1990 – 5 Apr 19912
5 Víctor Córdoba 5 Apr 1991 – 12 Sep 19921
6 Michael Nunn 12 Sep 1992 – 26 Feb 19944
7 Steve Little 26 Feb – 12 Aug 19940
8 Frankie Liles 12 Aug 1994 – 12 Jun 19997
9 Byron Mitchell 12 Jun 1999 – 8 Apr 20001
10 Bruno Girard 8 Apr 2000 – Mar 20011
Girard vacated the title just days before his scheduled bout due to purse bid problems. [55]
11Byron Mitchell (2)
(def. Manny Siaca )
3 Mar 2001 – 14 Mar 20032
Mitchell fought for the inaugural Unified title against Sven Ottke.
12 Sven Ottke Unified champion
(def. Byron Mitchell )
15 Mar 2003 – 27 Mar 20044
Ottke vacated the title and retired undefeated from professional boxing. [56]
13 Anthony Mundine Regular champion
(Primary champion vacant)
27 Mar – 5 May 20040
14 Manny Siaca 5 May – 12 Nov 20040
15 Mikkel Kessler 12 Nov 2004 – 14 Oct 20063
Kessler fought for the Unified title against WBC champion Markus Beyer.
Mikkel Kessler Unified champion
(def. Markus Beyer )
14 Oct 2006 – 4 Nov 20071
(4)
Kessler fought for the Undisputed title against WBO and The Ring champion Joe Calzaghe.
16 Joe Calzaghe Undisputed champion
(def. Mikkel Kessler )
4 Nov 2007 – 26 Sep 20080
Calzaghe vacated the title and moved up to light heavyweight. [57]
17Mikkel Kessler (2) Regular champion
(Primary champion vacant)
3 Oct 2008 – 21 Oct 20092
Kessler promoted to Super champion on WBA's August–September 2009 Official ratings posted on 21 October, [58] 1 month before fighting Andre Ward.
Mikkel Kessler (2) Super champion
(Regular champion promoted)
21 Oct – 21 Nov 20090
(2)
18 Andre Ward 21 Nov 2009 – 12 Nov 20155
Ward vacated the title to move up to light heavyweight. [59]
19 Fedor Chudinov Regular champion
(Primary champion vacant)
12 Nov 2015 – 4 Jan 20160
Chudinov promoted to Super champion. [60]
Fedor Chudinov Super champion
(Regular champion promoted)
4 Jan – 20 Feb 20160
20 Felix Sturm 20 Feb – 5 Oct 20160
Sturm vacated the title citing impossibility to defend title after requiring surgery in both elbows. [61]
21 Giovanni De CarolisRegular champion
(Primary champion vacant)
5 Oct – 5 Nov 20160
22 Tyron Zeuge 5 Nov 2016 – 27 May 20171
Zeuge relegated to secondary champion after George Groves and Fedor Chudinov fought for the vacant Super title.
23 George Groves Super champion
(def. Fedor Chudinov )
27 May 2017 – 28 Sep 20182
24 Callum Smith 28 Sep 2018 – 19 Dec 20202
25 Canelo Álvarez 19 Dec 2020 – present8

Secondary champion lineage

No.NameReignDefenses
1 Anthony Mundine
(def. Antwun Echols )
3 Sep 2003 – 27 Mar 20041
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
2Anthony Mundine (2)
(def. Sam Soliman )
7 Mar 2007 – 27 May 20084
Title is vacated immediately after his final defense. [62]
3 Mikkel Kessler
(def. Dimitri Sartison )
21 Jun – 3 Oct 20080
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
4 Dimitri Sartison
(def. Stjepan Bozic )
21 Nov 2009 – 15 Jul 20111
Sartison was stripped of title after failing to fight in defense fights against Brian Magee and later Robert Stieglitz. [63]
5 Károly Balzsay
(def. Stanislav Kashtanov )
26 Aug 2011 – 3 Aug 20121
Balzsay was declared champion in recess in the July 2012 ratings posted on August 3. [64] [65]
6 Brian Magee
(interim champion promoted)
9 Nov – 3 Dec 20120
7Mikkel Kessler (2)8 Dec 2012 – 25 May 20130
Kessler lost against IBF champion Carl Froch. Froch is declared as Unified champion.
8 Carl Froch Unified champion
(def. Mikkel Kessler )
25 May 2013 – 8 May 20152
Froch was stripped of title for inactivity. [66]
9 Fedor Chudinov
(def. Felix Sturm )
9 May – 12 Nov 20151
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
10 Giovanni De Carolis

(def. Vincent Feigenbutz)

9 Jan – 5 Oct 20161
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
11 Tyron Zeuge
(relegated from primary champion)
27 May 2017 – 14 Jul 20182
(3)
12 Rocky Fielding 14 Jul – 15 Dec 20180
13 Canelo Álvarez 15 Dec 2018 – 19 Dec 20200
Álvarez won against Super champion Callum Smith.
14 David Morrell
(interim champion promoted)
19 Jan 2021 – 30 Aug 20246
Morell was granted a special permission to fight for the vacant WBA (Regular) light heavyweight title given that if he wins, he'll have to keep only one title. [67] Morell then vacated the title and opted to stay at light heavyweight. [68]

Middleweight

Primary champion lineage

No.NameReignDefenses
1 Johnny Wilson
(awarded inaugural title)
Jan 1921 – 31 Aug 19233
2 Harry Greb 31 Aug 1923 – 25 Feb 19264
3 Tiger Flowers 25 Feb – 3 Dec 19261
4 Mickey Walker 3 Dec 1926 – 19 Jun 19313
Walker vacated the title to move up to heavyweight. [69]
5 Gorilla Jones
(def. Oddone Piazza)
25 Jan – 11 Jun 19321
6 Marcel Thil 11 Jun 1932 – 19 Sep 19331
Thil was stripped during the annual NBA convention because he would not defend the title in the United States. [70]
7 Lou Brouillard
(awarded title)
19 Sep – 30 Oct 19330
8 Vince Dundee 30 Oct 1933 – 11 Sep 19342
9 Teddy Yarosz 11 Sep 1934 – 19 Sep 19350
10 Eddie Babe Risko 19 Sep 1935 – 11 Jul 19361
11 Freddie Steele 11 Jul 1936 – 26 Jul 19385
12 Al Hostak 26 Jul – 1 Nov 19380
13 Solly Krieger 1 Nov 1938 – 27 Jun 19390
14Al Hostak (2)27 Jun 1939 – 19 Jul 19401
15 Tony Zale 19 Jul 1940 – 16 Jul 19474
16 Rocky Graziano 16 Jul 1947 – 10 Jun 19484
17Tony Zale (2)10 Jun – 21 Sep 19480
18 Marcel Cerdan 21 Sep 1948 – 16 Jun 19490
19 Jake LaMotta 16 Jun 1949 – 14 Feb 19512
20 Sugar Ray Robinson 14 Feb – 10 Jul 19510
21 Randolph Turpin 10 Jul – 12 Sep 19510
22Sugar Ray Robinson (2)12 Sep 1951 – 19 Dec 19522
Robinson vacated the title and retired. [71]
23 Bobo Olson
(def. Randy Turpin )
21 Oct 1953 – 9 Dec 19553
24Sugar Ray Robinson (3)9 Dec 1955 – 2 Jan 19571
25 Gene Fullmer 2 Jan – 1 May 19570
26Sugar Ray Robinson (4)1 May – 23 Sep 19570
27 Carmen Basilio 23 Sep 1957 – 25 Mar 19580
28Sugar Ray Robinson (5)25 Mar 1958 – 4 May 19590
Robinson was stripped for failing to fight Carmen Basilio in a trilogy bout. [72]
29Gene Fullmer (2)
(def. Carmen Basilio )
28 Aug 1959 – 23 Oct 19627
30 Dick Tiger 23 Oct 1962 – 7 Dec 19632
31 Joey Giardello 7 Dec 1963 – 21 Oct 19651
32Dick Tiger (2)21 Oct 1965 – 25 Apr 19660
33 Emile Griffith 25 Apr 1966 – 17 Apr 19672
34 Nino Benvenuti 17 Apr – 29 Sep 19670
35Emile Griffith (2)29 Sep 1967 – 4 Mar 19680
36Nino Benvenuti (2)4 Mar 1968 – 7 Nov 19704
37 Carlos Monzón 7 Nov 1970 – 29 Aug 197714
Monzón retires. [73]
38 Rodrigo Valdéz
(def. Bennie Briscoe )
5 Nov 1977 – 22 Apr 19780
39 Hugo Corro 22 Apr 1978 – 30 Jun 19792
40 Vito Antuofermo 30 Jun 1979 – 16 Mar 19801
41 Alan Minter 16 Mar – 27 Sep 19801
42 Marvin Hagler 27 Sep 1980 – 25 Feb 198711
Hagler was stripped of title for signing a fight with Sugar Ray Leonard instead of mandatory challenger, Herol Graham. [74]
43 Sumbu Kalambay
(def. Iran Barkley )
23 Oct 1987 – 2 Mar 19893
Kalambay was stripped of title for failing to defend his title against other top-ranked boxers. [75]
44 Mike McCallum
(def. Herol Graham )
10 May 1989 – 4 Dec 19913
The WBA demanded McCallum defend against Steve Collins, whom he decisively outpointed in a title defense the previous year. McCallum chose to fight with IBF champion James Toney and was stripped of title. [76]
45 Reggie Johnson
(def. Steve Collins )
22 Apr 1992 – 1 Oct 19933
46 John David Jackson 1 Oct 1993 – 6 May 19940
Jackson was stripped of title for participating in a non-title bout without the permission of the WBA. [77]
47 Jorge Castro
(def. Reggie Johnson )
12 Aug 1994 – 19 Dec 19954
48 Shinji Takehara 19 Dec 1995 – 24 Jun 19960
49 William Joppy 24 Jun 1996 – 23 Aug 19972
50 Julio César Green 23 Aug 1997 – 31 Jan 19980
51William Joppy (2)31 Jan 1998 – 12 May 20015
52 Félix Trinidad 12 May – 29 Sep 20010
Trinidad fought for the inaugural Super title against Bernard Hopkins.
53 Bernard Hopkins Super champion
(def. Félix Trinidad )
29 Sep 2001 – 5 Aug 20021
Status changed to Unified champion on WBA's July 2002 official ratings posted on 5 August. [45]
Bernard Hopkins Unified champion5 Aug 2002 – 26 Sep 20031
(2)
Status changed to Undisputed champion on WBA's June–July 2003 official ratings posted in September. [78]
Bernard Hopkins Undisputed champion26 Sep 2003 – 16 Jul 20054
(6)
54 Jermain Taylor 16 Jul 2005 – 14 Dec 20061
Taylor was stripped of title after not paying sanctioning fees to the WBA and thus not exposing the title in 2 of his previous fights against Ronald Wright and Kassim Ouma. [79]
55 Javier Castillejo Regular champion
(Primary champion vacant)
14 Dec 2006 – 28 Apr 20070
56 Felix Sturm 28 Apr 2007 – 24 Mar 20107
Sturm is promoted to Super champion on WBA's February 2010 ratings posted on 24 March. [80] [81]
Felix Sturm Super champion
(Regular champion promoted)
24 Mar 2010 – 1 Sep 20125
(12)
57 Daniel Geale 1 Sep – 2 Nov 20120
Geale was stripped of title as he chose to fight Anthony Mundine instead of mandatory challenger Gennady Golovkin. [82]
58 Gennady Golovkin Regular champion
(Primary champion vacant)
2 Nov 2012 – 3 Jun 20145
Golovkin promoted to Super champion. [83]
Gennady Golovkin Super champion
(Regular champion promoted)
3 Jun 2014 – 15 Sept 20189
(14)
59 Canelo Álvarez 15 Sep 2018 – 1 Jan 20211
Álvarez vacates the title to stay at super middleweight. [84]
60 Ryōta Murata Regular champion
(Primary champion vacant)
1 Jan – 6 Jan 20210
Murata promoted to Super champion. [85]
Ryōta Murata Super champion
(Regular champion promoted)
6 Jan 2021 – 9 Apr 20220
61Gennady Golovkin (2)9 Apr 2022 – 9 Mar 20230
Golovkin vacated the title. [86] Succeeding champions will not be marked as Regular, Unified, Undisputed, or Super because of the title reduction plan.
62 Erislandy Lara
(Primary champion vacant)
9 Mar 2023 – present2

Secondary champion lineage

No.NameReignDefenses
1 William Joppy
(def. Howard Eastman )
17 Nov 2001 – 13 Dec 20031
Joppy lost against Super champion Bernard Hopkins.
2 Maselino Masoe
(def. Evans Ashira )
1 May 2004 – 11 Mar 20060
3 Felix Sturm 11 Mar – 15 Jul 20060
4 Javier Castillejo 15 Jul – 14 Dec 20061
Castillejo lost his defense fight against Mariano Carrera but Carrera tested positive for clenbuterol later. Castillejo was reinstated as champion and fight was counted as a mandatory defense. Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
5 Gennady Golovkin
(interim champion promoted)
14 Oct 2010 – 2 Nov 20125
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
6 Daniel Jacobs
(def. Jarrod Fletcher )
9 Aug 2014 – 18 Mar 20174
Jacobs lost against Super champion Gennady Golovkin.
7 Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam
(def. Ryōta Murata )
20 May – 22 Oct 20170
8 Ryōta Murata 22 Oct 2017 – 20 Oct 20181
9 Rob Brant 20 Oct 2018 – 12 Jul 20191
10Ryōta Murata (2)12 Jul 2019 – 1 Jan 20211
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
11 Erislandy Lara
(def. Thomas LaManna)
1 May 2021 – 9 Mar 20231
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.

Super welterweight

Primary champion lineage

No.NameReignDefenses
1 Denny Moyer
(def. Joey Giambra )
20 Oct 1962 – 29 Apr 19631
2 Ralph Dupas 29 Apr – 7 Sep 19631
3 Alessandro Mazzinghi 7 Sep 1963 – 18 Jun 19653
4 Nino Benvenuti 18 Jun 1965 – 25 Jun 19661
5 Kim Ki-soo 25 Jun 1966 – 25 May 19682
6Sandro Mazzinghi (2)25 May – 28 Oct 19681
Mazzinghi fought on his second defense against Freddie Little. The bout was stopped with Mazzinghi bleeding from cuts over both eyes, the ringside officials rule a No contest, though under normal circumstances Little would have won by TKO. Mazzinghi was stripped of his world title shortly thereafter, because of the controversial result. [87]
7 Freddie Little
(def. Stanley Hayward)
17 Mar 1969 – 9 Jul 19702
8 Carmelo Bossi 9 Jul 1970 – 31 Oct 19711
9 Koichi Wajima 31 Oct 1971 – 4 Jun 19746
10 Oscar Albarado 4 Jun 1974 – 21 Jan 19751
11Koichi Wajima (2)21 Jan – 7 Jun 19750
12 Yuh Jae-doo 7 Jun 1975 – 17 Feb 19761
13Koichi Wajima (3)17 Feb – 18 May 19760
14 José Duran 18 May – 8 Oct 19760
15 Miguel Ángel Castellini 8 Oct 1976 – 5 Mar 19770
16 Eddie Gazo 5 Mar 1977 – 9 Aug 19783
17 Masashi Kudo 9 Aug 1978 – 24 Aug 19793
18 Ayub Kalule 24 Aug 1979 – 25 Jun 19814
19 Sugar Ray Leonard 25 Jun – 23 Sep 19810
Leonard vacated the title and moved down to welterweight to fight in a unification bout against Thomas Hearns. [88]
20 Tadashi Mihara
(def. Rocky Fratto)
7 Nov 1981 – 2 Feb 19820
21 Davey Moore 2 Feb 1982 – 16 Jun 19833
22 Roberto Durán 16 Jun 1983 – 15 Jun 19840
Durán intends to vacate the WBA title before fighting Thomas Hearns. [89] The title was officially vacated when he stepped on the ring against Hearns. [90]
23 Mike McCallum
(def. Sean Mannion )
19 Oct 1984 – Aug 19876
McCallum vacated the title to move up to middleweight. [91]
24 Julian Jackson
(def. Baek In-Chul )
21 Nov 1987 – 10 Jan 19913
Jackson's title was vacated the title on WBA's December 1990 ratings posted on 10 January. [92]
25 Gilbert Delé
(def. Carlos Elliott)
23 Feb – 1 Oct 19911
26 Vinny Paz 1 Oct 1991 – 14 Oct 19920
Pazienza vacated the title because of excessive purse demands by no 1. contender Julio César Vásquez. [93]
27 Julio César Vásquez
(def. Hitoshi Kamiyama)
21 Dec 1992 – 4 Mar 199510
28 Pernell Whitaker 4 Mar – 8 Mar 19950
Whitaker vacated the title and moved back to welterweight. [94]
29 Carl Daniels
(def. Julio César Green )
16 Jun – 16 Dec 19950
30Julio César Vásquez (2)16 Dec 1995 – 21 Aug 19960
31 Laurent Boudouani 21 Aug 1996 – 6 Mar 19994
32 David Reid 6 Mar 1999 – 3 Mar 20002
33 Félix Trinidad 3 Mar 2000 – 29 May 20012
Trinidad vacated the title to stay at middleweight. [95]
34 Fernando Vargas
(def. José Flores)
22 Sep 2001 – 14 Sep 20020
Vargas fought for the inaugural Unified title against WBC champion Oscar De La Hoya.
35 Oscar De La Hoya Unified champion
(def. Fernando Vargas )
14 Sep 2002 – 13 Sep 20031
36 Shane Mosley 13 Sep 2003 – 13 Mar 20040
37 Winky Wright 13 Mar 2004 – 20 Mar 20051
Wright Wright challenged Félix Trinidad at middleweight. Title is vacated on WBA's February 2005 ratings posted on 20 March. [96]
38 Travis Simms Regular champion
(Primary champion vacant)
20 Mar – 5 June 20050
Simms' title was vacated on WBA's May 2005 ratings posted on 5 June. [97]
39 Alejandro García Regular champion
(interim champion promoted);
(Primary champion vacant)
18 Jul 2005 – 6 May 20061
40 José Antonio Rivera 6 May 2006 – 6 Jan 20070
41Travis Simms (2)6 Jan – 7 Jul 20070
42 Joachim Alcine 7 Jul 2007 – 11 Jul 20081
43 Daniel Santos 11 Jul 2008 – 14 Nov 20090
44 Yuri Foreman 14 Nov 2009 – 5 Jun 20100
45 Miguel Cotto 5 Jun – 15 Oct 20100
Cotto is promoted to Super champion on WBA's September 2010 official ratings posted on 15 October. [98]
Miguel Cotto Super champion
(Regular champion promoted)
15 Oct 2010 – 5 May 20122
46 Floyd Mayweather Jr. 5 May 2012 – 19 Jan 20161
Mayweather retires following his fight with Andre Berto on 14 September 2015. However, he was officially stripped on the December 2015 rankings posted on 19 January 2016. [99] The reason for the delay was because "it's a matter of formality". [100]
47 Erislandy Lara Regular champion
(Primary champion vacant)
19 Jan – 8 Jun 20161
Lara is promoted to Super champion on WBA's May 2016 ratings posted on 8 June. [101]
Erislandy Lara Super champion
(Regular champion promoted)
8 Jun 2016 – 7 Apr 20182
(3)
48 Jarrett Hurd 7 Apr 2018 – 11 May 20191
49 Julian Williams 11 May 2019 – 18 Jan 20200
50 Jeison Rosario 18 Jan – 26 Sep 20200
51 Jermell Charlo 26 Sep 2020 – 5 Mar 20242
Charlo was reportedly designated as champion in recess by the WBA. [102] WBA then officially announced the designation on March 5th. [103] Succeeding champions will not be marked as Regular, Unified, Undisputed, or Super because of the title reduction plan.
52 Israil Madrimov
(def. Magomed Kurbanov )
8 Mar – 3 Aug 20240
53 Terence Crawford 3 Aug 2024 – present0

Secondary champion lineage

No.NameReignDefenses
1 Santiago Samaniego
(interim champion promoted)
14 Sep 2002 – 1 Mar 20030
2 Alejandro García 1 Mar – 13 Dec 20031
3 Travis Simms 13 Dec 2003 – 20 Mar 20051
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
4 Austin Trout
(def. Rigoberto Álvarez )
5 Feb 2011 – 20 Apr 20134
Trout fought WBC champion Canelo Álvarez for the Unified title.
5 Canelo Álvarez Unified champion
(def. Austin Trout )
20 Apr – 14 Sep 20130
Álvarez lost against Super champion Floyd Mayweather Jr.
6 Erislandy Lara
(interim champion promoted)
13 Mar 2014 – 19 Jan 20163
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
7 Jack Culcay
(interim champion promoted)
8 Jun 2016 – 11 Mar 20170
8 Demetrius Andrade 11 Mar – 22 Oct 20170
Andrade vacates the title to move up to middleweight. [104]
9 Brian Castaño
(interim champion promoted)
22 Oct 2017 – 20 Jun 20192
Castaño vacates the title after not agreeing on terms to fight mandatory fighter Michel Soro. [105]
10Erislandy Lara (2)
(def. Ramón Álvarez )
31 Aug 2019 – 31 Aug 20211
Lara vacates the title to stay at middleweight. [106]

Welterweight

Primary champion lineage

No.NameReignDefenses
1 Jack Britton
(awarded inaugural title)
Jan 1921 – 1 Nov 19224
2 Mickey Walker 1 Nov 1922 – 20 May 19263
3 Pete Latzo 20 May 1926 – 3 Jun 19272
4 Joe Dundee 3 Jun 1927 – 22 Mar 19292
Dundee is stripped of the title when he failed to sign for a title bout contender. [107]
5 Jackie Fields
(def. Jack Thompson )
25 Mar 1929 – 9 May 19301
6 Jack Thompson 9 May – 5 Sep 19300
7 Tommy Freeman 5 Sep 1930 – 14 Apr 19310
8Jack Thompson (2)14 Apr – 23 Oct 19310
9 Lou Brouillard 23 Oct 1931 – 28 Jan 19320
10Jackie Fields (2)28 Jan 1932 – 22 Feb 19330
11 Young Corbett III 22 Feb – 29 May 19330
12 Jimmy McLarnin 29 May 1933 – 28 May 19340
13 Barney Ross 28 May – 17 Sep 19340
14Jimmy McLarnin (2)17 Sep 1934 – 28 May 19350
15Barney Ross (2)28 May 1935 – 31 May 19382
16 Henry Armstrong 31 May 1938 – 4 Oct 194019
17 Fritzie Zivic 4 Oct 1940 – 29 Jul 19411
18 Freddie Cochrane 29 Jul 1941 – 1 Feb 19460
19 Marty Servo 1 Feb – 25 Sep 19460
Servo retires. [108]
20 Sugar Ray Robinson
(def. Tommy Bell )
20 Dec 1946 – 15 Feb 19514
Robinson's title is automatically vacated after winning the middleweight title. [109]
21 Johnny Bratton
(def. Charley Fusari )
13 Mar – 18 May 19510
22 Kid Gavilán 18 May 1951 – 20 Oct 19547
23 Johnny Saxton 20 Oct 1954 – 1 Apr 19550
24 Tony DeMarco 1 Apr – 10 Jun 19550
25 Carmen Basilio 10 Jun 1955 – 14 Mar 19560
26Johnny Saxton (2)14 Mar – 12 Sep 19560
27Carmen Basilio (2)12 Sep 1956 – 23 Sep 19571
Basilio vacated the title after winning the middleweight title. [110]
28 Virgil Akins
(def. Vince Martinez)
6 Jun – 5 Dec 19580
29 Don Jordan 5 Dec 1958 – 27 May 19602
30 Benny Paret 27 May 1960 – 1 Apr 19611
31 Emile Griffith 1 Apr – 30 Sep 19611
32Benny Paret (2)30 Sep 1961 – 24 Mar 19620
33Emile Griffith (2)24 Mar 1962 – 21 Mar 19632
34 Luis Manuel Rodríguez 21 Mar – 8 Jun 19630
35Emile Griffith (3)8 Jun 1963 – 10 Jun 19665
Griffith was stripped of the title for failing to defend it within the required 6 months. [111]
36 Curtis Cokes
(def. Manuel González)
24 Aug 1966 – 18 Apr 19695
37 José Nápoles 18 Apr 1969 – 3 Dec 19703
38 Billy Backus 3 Dec 1970 – 4 Jun 19710
39José Nápoles (2)4 Jun 1971 – 16 May 19759
Nápoles was stripped of his WBA title for failure to sign for a fight against the WBA's No. 1-rated welterweight contender, Ángel Espada. [112]
40 Ángel Espada
(def. Clyde Gray )
28 Jun 1975 – 17 Jul 19761
41 José Cuevas 17 Jul 1976 – 2 Aug 198011
42 Thomas Hearns 2 Aug 1980 – 16 Sep 19813
43 Sugar Ray Leonard 16 Sep 1981 – 9 Nov 19821
Leonard vacated the title due to a detached retina and retired. [113]
44 Donald Curry
(def. Hwang Jun-Suk)
13 Feb 1983 – 27 Sep 19867
45 Lloyd Honeyghan 27 Sep 1986 – 5 Jan 19870
Honeyghan vacated the title after the WBA mandated that he defend the title against South African Harold Volbrecht. Honeyghan dropped the WBA title belt into a trash can on a London street to protest the WBA's continued sanctioning of bouts involving citizens of apartheid-governed South Africa. [114]
46 Mark Breland
(def. Harold Volbrecht)
6 Feb – 22 Aug 19870
47 Marlon Starling 22 Aug 1987 – 29 Jul 19882
Starling lost the title in his third defense in controversial fashion to Tomas Molinares. Molinares hit Starling with a punch that was clearly thrown after the bell. Starling went down for the only time in his career, and the referee counted him out. Molinares was declared the new champion by knockout however, the decision was later changed to a no contest but Molinares kept the title.
48 Tomás Molinares 29 Jul – 12 Dec 19880
Molinares withdrew from his defense fight with Mark Breland and vacated the title due to troubles on keeping his weight down. [115]
49Mark Breland (2)
(def. Lee Seung-Soon)
4 Feb 1989 – 8 Jul 19904
50 Aaron Davis 8 Jul 1990 – 19 Jan 19910
51 Meldrick Taylor 19 Jan 1991 – 31 Oct 19922
52 Crisanto España 31 Oct 1992 – 4 Jun 19942
53 Ike Quartey 4 Jun 1994 – 19 Aug 19987
Quartey was stripped of the title for pulling out on his defense against Andrey Pestryaev. [116]
54 James Page
(def. Andrey Pestryaev)
10 Oct 1998 – 27 Sep 20003
Page was stripped of title for failing to fight his mandatory challenger Andrew Lewis. [117]
55 Andrew Lewis
(def. James Page )
17 Feb 2001 – 30 Mar 20021
56 Ricardo Mayorga 30 Mar 2002 – 25 Jan 20030
Mayorga fought for the inaugural Unified title against WBC and The Ring champion Vernon Forrest.
Ricardo Mayorga Unified champion
(def. Vernon Forrest )
25 Jan – 13 Dec 20032
Mayorga fought for the Undisputed title against IBF champion Cory Spinks.
57 Cory Spinks Undisputed champion
(def. Ricardo Mayorga )
13 Dec 2003 – 5 Feb 20052
58 Zab Judah 5 Feb 2005 – 7 Jan 20061
Judah fought with Carlos Baldomir for the WBC belt as the latter did not pay the sanctioning fee for the WBA and IBF belt. [118] Judah lost the bout and the WBA subsequently stripped him of the title.
59 Luis Collazo Regular champion
(Primary champion vacant)
7 Jan – 13 May 20060
60 Ricky Hatton 13 May – 31 Aug 20060
Hatton vacated the title to move back to super lightweight. [119]
61 Miguel Cotto Regular champion
(def. Carlos Quintana );
(Primary champion vacant)
2 Dec 2006 – 26 Jul 20084
62 Antonio Margarito 26 Jul – 3 Oct 20080
Margarito promoted to Super champion. [120]
Antonio Margarito Super champion
(Regular champion promoted)
3 Oct 2008 – 24 Jan 20090
63 Shane Mosley 24 Jan 2009 – 21 May 20100
The WBA stripped Mosley of the title for not agreeing on the terms for his bout with Floyd Mayweather Jr., who refused to pay the sanctioning fees for the title and Mosley fought without reaching a deal with the WBA. [121]
64 Vyacheslav Senchenko Regular champion
(Primary champion vacant)
21 May 2010 – 30 Apr 20122
65 Paulie Malignaggi 30 Apr 2012 – 22 Jun 20131
66 Adrien Broner 22 Jun – 14 Dec 20130
67 Marcos Maidana 14 Dec 2013 – 3 May 20140
Maidana fought for Unified title against WBC and The Ring champion Floyd Mayweather Jr.
68 Floyd Mayweather Jr.Unified champion
(def. Marcos Maidana )
3 May 2014 – 19 Jan 20163
Mayweather retires following his fight with Andre Berto on 14 September 2015. However, he was officially stripped on the December 2015 rankings posted on 19 January 2016. [99] The reason for the delay was because "it's a matter of formality". [100]
69 Keith ThurmanRegular champion
(Primary champion vacant)
19 Jan 2016 – 7 Feb 20171
Keith Thurman promoted to Super champion on WBA's January 2017 ratings posted on 7 February, 1 month before fighting WBC champion Danny Garcia. [122]
Keith Thurman – Super champion
(Regular champion promoted)
7 Feb 2017 – 20 Jul 20192
(3)
70 Manny Pacquiao 20 Jul 2019 – 29 Jan 20210
Pacquiao was stripped of his title and declared champion in recess due to inactivity. [123]
71 Yordenis Ugás Super champion
(Regular champion promoted)
29 Jan 2021 – 16 Apr 20221
72 Errol Spence Jr. 16 Apr 2022 – 29 Jul 20230
73 Terence Crawford 29 Jul 2023 – 30 Aug 20240
Crawford vacated the title to stay at super welterweight. [124] Succeeding champions will not be marked as Regular, Unified, Undisputed, or Super because of the title reduction plan.
74 Eimantas Stanionis
(Primary champion vacant)
30 Aug 2024 – present0

Secondary champion lineage

No.NameReignDefenses
1 José Antonio Rivera
(def. Michel Trabant)
13 Sep 2003 – 2 Apr 20050
2 Luis Collazo 2 Apr 2005 – 7 Jan 20061
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
3 Yuriy Nuzhnenko
(interim champion promoted)
3 Oct 2008 – 10 Apr 20090
4 Vyacheslav Senchenko 10 Apr 2009 – 21 May 20101
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
5 Keith Thurman
(interim champion promoted)
28 Jan 2015 – 19 Jan 20162
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
6 David Avanesyan
(interim champion promoted)
7 Feb – 18 Feb 20170
7 Lamont Peterson 18 Feb – 3 Oct 20170
Peterson vacated the title to leave space for other contenders in the ranking. [125]
8 Lucas Matthysse
(def. Tewa Kiram )
27 Jan – 15 Jul 20180
9 Manny Pacquiao 15 Jul 2018 – 20 Jul 20191
Pacquiao won against Super champion Keith Thurman.
10 Yordenis Ugás
(def. Abel Ramos)
6 Sep 2020 – 29 Jan 20210
Ugas promoted to Super champion after Pacquiao was stripped due to inactivity. [123]
11 Jamal James
(interim champion promoted)
4 Feb – 30 Oct 20210
12 Radzhab Butaev 30 Oct 2021 – 16 Apr 20220
13 Eimantas Stanionis 16 Apr 2022 – 30 Aug 20241
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.

Super lightweight

Primary champion lineage

No.NameReignDefenses
1 Pinky Mitchell
(awarded inaugural title)
22 Nov 1922 – 21 Sep 19260
2 Mushy Callahan 21 Sep 1926 – 18 Feb 19303
3 Jack Kid Berg 18 Feb 1930 – 24 Apr 19316
4 Tony Canzoneri 24 Apr 1931 – 18 Jan 19323
5 Johnny Jadick 18 Jan – 20 Sep 19321
On 20 September 1932, the NBA decided not to recognize the division. [126]
6 Carlos Ortiz
(def. Kenny Lane )
12 Jun 1959 – 1 Sep 19602
7 Duilio Loi 1 Sep 1960 – 14 Sep 19622
8 Eddie Perkins 14 Sep – 15 Dec 19620
9Duilio Loi (2)15 Dec 1962 – 24 Jan 19630
Loi vacated the title and retired from boxing. [127]
10 Roberto Cruz
(def. Battling Torres )
21 Mar – 15 Jun 19630
11Eddie Perkins (2)15 Jun 1963 – 18 Jan 19652
12 Carlos Hernández 18 Jan 1965 – 29 Apr 19662
13 Sandro Lopopolo 29 Apr 1966 – 30 Apr 19671
14 Takeshi Fuji 30 Apr 1967 – 12 Dec 19681
15 Nicolino Locche 12 Dec 1968 – 10 Mar 19725
16 Alfonso Frazer 10 Mar – 28 Oct 19720
17 Antonio Cervantes 28 Oct 1972 – 6 Mar 197610
18 Wilfred Benítez 6 Mar – 28 Nov 19762
Benítez was stripped of the title for cancelling many scheduled title defenses following an automobile accident. [128]
19Antonio Cervantes (2)
(def. Carlos María Giménez)
25 Jun 1977 – 2 Aug 19806
20 Aaron Pryor 2 Aug 1980 – 26 Oct 19838
Pryor vacated the title after retiring. [129]
21 Johnny Bumphus
(def. Lorenzo Luis García)
22 Jan – 1 Jun 19840
22 Gene Hatcher 1 Jun 1984 – 21 Jul 19851
23 Ubaldo Néstor Sacco 21 Jul 1985 – 15 Mar 19860
24 Patrizio Oliva 15 Mar 1986 – 4 Jul 19872
25 Juan Martin Coggi 4 Jul 1987 – 17 Aug 19904
26 Loreto Garza 17 Aug 1990 – 14 Jun 19911
27 Edwin Rosario 14 Jun 1991 – 10 Apr 19920
28 Akinobu Hiranaka 10 Apr – 9 Sep 19920
29 Morris East 9 Sep 1992 – 12 Jan 19930
30Juan Martin Coggi (2)12 Jan 1993 – 17 Sep 19946
31 Frankie Randall 17 Sep 1994 – 13 Jan 19962
32Juan Martin Coggi (3)13 Jan – 16 Aug 19960
33Frankie Randall (2)16 Aug 1996 – 11 Jan 19970
34 Khalid Rahilou 11 Jan 1997 – 10 Oct 19982
35 Sharmba Mitchell 10 Oct 1998 – 3 Feb 20014
Mitchell fought for inaugural Super title against Kostya Tszyu.
36 Kostya Tszyu Super champion
(def. Sharmba Mitchell )
3 Feb 2001 – 5 Aug 20023
Status changes to Unified champion on WBA's July 2002 ratings posted on 5 August. [45]
Kostya Tszyu Unified champion5 Aug 20021
(4)
Status changed to Undisputed champion on WBA's May–June 2003 ranking. [130]
Kostya Tszyu Undisputed championJul 2003 – 16 Jun 20040
(4)
Tszyu was stripped of title due to inactivity. [131]
37 Vivian Harris Regular champion
(Primary champion vacant)
16 Jun 2004 – 25 Jun 20051
38 Carlos Maussa 25 Jun – 26 Nov 20050
Fought for Unified title against IBF and The Ring champion Ricky Hatton.
39 Ricky Hatton Unified champion
(def. Carlos Maussa )
26 Nov 2005 – 4 May 20060
Hatton vacated the title to move up to welterweight. [132]
40 Souleymane M'baye Regular champion
(def. Raúl Horacio Balbi);
(Primary champion vacant)
2 Sep 2006 – 21 Jul 20071
41 Gavin Rees 21 Jul 2007 – 22 Mar 20080
42 Andreas Kotelnik 22 Mar 2008 – 18 Jul 20092
43 Amir Khan 18 Jul 2009 – 23 Jul 20114
Khan fought for Super title against Zab Judah.
Amir Khan Super champion
(def. Zab Judah )
23 Jul – 10 Dec 20111
(5)
44 Lamont Peterson 10 Dec 2011 – 11 Jul 20120
WBA and IBF champion Peterson tested positive for synthetic testosterone on a random test in May 2012. He was only stripped of his WBA title. [133]
45Amir Khan (2) Super champion
(reinstated)
11 Jul – 14 Jul 20120
46 Danny Garcia 14 Jul 2012 – 11 Sep 20154
Garcia moves up to welterweight and the title is vacated on WBA's August 2015 official ratings posted on 11 September. [134]
47 Adrien Broner Regular champion
(def. Khabib Allakhverdiev );
(Primary champion vacant)
3 Oct – 6 Nov 20150
Broner is promoted to Super champion. [135]
Adrien Broner Super champion
(Regular champion promoted)
6 Nov 2015 – 1 Apr 20160
Broner stripped of title before his defense against Ashley Theophane for being overweight. [136]
48 Ricky Burns Regular champion
(def. Michele Di Rocco );
(Primary champion vacant)
28 May 2016 – 15 Apr 20171
Burns fought for Unified title against IBF champion Julius Indongo.
49 Julius Indongo Unified champion
(def. Ricky Burns )
15 Apr – 19 Aug 20170
Indongo fought for Super title against WBC, WBO, and The Ring champion Terence Crawford.
50 Terence Crawford Super champion
(def. Julius Indongo )
19 Aug – 28 Oct 20170
The title is vacated on WBA's October rankings after Crawford expressed his intentions of moving up to welterweight. [137] [138]
51 Kiryl Relikh Regular champion
(def. Rances Barthelemy );
(Primary champion vacant)
10 Mar 2018 – 27 Apr 20191
52 Regis Prograis 27 Apr – 26 Oct 20190
Prograis fought for Super title against IBF champion Josh Taylor.
53 Josh Taylor Super champion
(def. Regis Prograis )
26 Oct 2019 – 14 May 20223
Taylor was stripped of the title after he failed to sign the contract in an ordered bout against his mandatory challenger, Alberto Puello. [139] Succeeding champions will not be marked as Regular, Unified, Undisputed, or Super because of the title reduction plan.
54 Alberto Puello
(def. Batyr Akhmedov )
20 Aug 2022 – 10 May 20230
Puello was made champion in recess after testing positive for banned substance before his defense against Rolando Romero. [140]
55 Rolando Romero
(def. Ismael Barroso )
13 May 2023 – 30 Mar 20240
56 Isaac Cruz 30 Mar – 3 Aug 20240
57 José Valenzuela 3 Aug 2024 – present0

Secondary champion lineage

No.NameReignDefenses
1 Diosbelys Hurtado
(def. Randall Bailey )
11 May – 19 Oct 20020
2 Vivian Harris 19 Oct 2002 – 16 Jun 20042
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
3 Marcos Maidana
(interim champion promoted)
23 Jul 2011 – 16 Jul 20121
Maidana vacated the title to move up to welterweight and fight Devon Alexander. [141]
4 Khabib Allakhverdiev
(def. Joan Guzmán )
30 Nov 2012 – 12 Apr 20141
5 Jessie Vargas 12 Apr 2014 – 27 Jun 20152
Vargas vacated the title before challenging WBO welterweight champion Timothy Bradley to avoid paying WBA's sanctioning fees. [142]
6 Mario Barrios
(def. Batyr Akhmedov )
28 Sep 2019 – 26 Jun 20211
7 Gervonta Davis 26 Jun – 7 Dec 20210
Davis vacated the title to stay at lightweight. [143]

Lightweight

Primary champion lineage

No.NameReignDefenses
1 Benny Leonard
(awarded inaugural title)
28 May 1917 – 15 Jan 19257
Leonard retires. [144]
2 Jimmy Goodrich
(def. Stanislaus Loayza)
13 Jul – 7 Dec 19250
3 Rocky Kansas 7 Dec 1925 – 3 Jul 19260
4 Sammy Mandell 3 Jul 1926 – 17 Jul 19303
5 Al Singer 17 Jul – 14 Nov 19300
6 Tony Canzoneri 14 Nov 1930 – 23 Jun 19335
7 Barney Ross 23 Jun 1933 – 15 Apr 19351
Ross vacated the title to move up to super lightweight. [145]
8Tony Canzoneri (2)
(def. Lou Ambers )
10 May 1935 – 3 Sep 19361
9Lou Ambers3 Sep 1936 – 17 Aug 19382
10 Henry Armstrong 17 Aug 1938 – 22 Aug 19391
11Lou Ambers (2)22 Aug 1939 – 25 Mar 19400
Ambers was stripped after failing to defend the title within 6 months and refusing to fight the top contender Davey Day. [146]
12 Sammy Angott
(def. Davey Day)
3 May 1940 – 14 Nov 19421
Angott temporarily retires. [147]
13Sammy Angott (2)
(def. Slugger White)
27 Oct 1943 – 8 Mar 19440
14 Juan Zurita 8 Mar 1944 – 18 Apr 19450
15 Ike Williams 18 Apr 1945 – 25 May 19518
16 Jimmy Carter 25 May 1951 – 14 May 19522
17 Lauro Salas 14 May – 15 Oct 19520
18Jimmy Carter (2)15 Oct 1952 – 5 Mar 19543
19 Paddy DeMarco 5 Mar – 17 Nov 19540
20Jimmy Carter (3)17 Nov 1954 – 29 Jun 19550
21 Wallace Bud Smith 29 Jun 1955 – 24 Aug 19561
22 Joe Brown 24 Aug 1956 – 21 Apr 196211
23 Carlos Ortiz 21 Apr 1962 – 10 Apr 19654
24 Ismael Laguna 10 Apr – 13 Nov 19650
25Carlos Ortiz (2)13 Nov 1965 – 29 Jun 19685
26 Carlos Cruz 29 Jun 1968 – 18 Feb 19691
27 Mando Ramos 18 Feb 1969 – 3 Mar 19701
28Ismael Laguna (2)3 Mar – 26 Sep 19701
29 Ken Buchanan 26 Sep 1970 – 26 Jun 19722
30 Roberto Durán 26 Jun 1972 – 2 Feb 197912
Durán vacated the title to move up to welterweight. [148]
31 Ernesto España
(def. Claude Noel )
16 Jun 1979 – 2 Mar 19801
32 Hilmer Kenty 2 Mar 1980 – 12 Apr 19813
33 Sean O'Grady 12 Apr – 14 Aug 19810
O'Grady was stripped of title for not defending it. [149]
34 Claude Noel
(def. Rodolfo González )
12 Sep – 5 Dec 19810
35 Arturo Frias 5 Dec 1981 – 8 May 19821
36 Ray Mancini 8 May 1982 – 1 Jun 19844
37 Livingstone Bramble 1 Jun 1984 – 26 Sep 19862
38 Edwin Rosario 26 Sep 1986 – 21 Nov 19871
39 Julio César Chávez 21 Nov 1987 – 1 Jun 19892
Chávez vacated the title to move up to super lightweight. The title was declared vacant when a bout between Edwin Rosario and Anthony Jones was scheduled. [150]
40Edwin Rosario (2)
(def. Anthony Jones)
9 Jul 1989 – 4 Apr 19900
41 Juan Nazario 4 Apr – 11 Aug 19900
42 Pernell Whitaker 11 Aug 1990 – 20 Apr 19923
Whitaker vacated the title to move up to super lightweight. [151]
43 Joey Gamache
(def. Chil-Sung Jun)
13 Jun – 24 Oct 19920
44 Tony Lopez 24 Oct 1992 – 26 Jun 19931
45 Dingaan Thobela 26 Jun – 30 Oct 19930
46 Orzubek Nazarov 30 Oct 1993 – 16 May 19986
47 Jean Baptiste Mendy 16 May 1998 – 10 Apr 19991
48 Julien Lorcy 10 Apr – 7 Aug 19990
49 Stefano Zoff 7 Aug – 13 Nov 19990
50 Gilberto Serrano 13 Nov 1999 – 11 Jun 20001
51 Takanori Hatakeyama 11 Jun 2000 – 1 Jul 20012
52Julien Lorcy (2)1 Jul – 18 Oct 20010
53 Raúl Horacio Balbi 18 Oct 2001 – 5 Jan 20020
54 Leonard Doroftei 5 Jan 2002 – 24 Oct 20032
Doroftei was stripped of title when he came 4.4 lbs overweight to his bout with Miguel Callist. The fight was cancelled. [152]
55 Lakva Sim
(def. Miguel Callist)
10 Apr – 17 Jul 20040
56 Juan Díaz 17 Jul 2004 – 23 Feb 20075
Diaz became Unified champion after beating WBO champion Acelino Freitas.
Juan Díaz Unified champion
(def. Acelino Freitas )
23 Feb – 13 Oct 20071
(6)
Diaz became Undisputed champion after beating IBF champion Julio Díaz.
Juan Díaz Undisputed champion
(def. Julio Díaz )
13 Oct 2007 – 8 Mar 20081
(7)
57 Nate Campbell 8 Mar 2008 – 10 Jan 20090
Campbell vacated the title because of concerns regarding sanctioning fees and proposed mandatory defenses. [153]
58 Paulus Moses Regular champion
(Primary champion vacant)
10 Jan – 28 Feb 20090
Moses is relegated to secondary champion due to Juan Manuel Márquez winning the vacant Super title.
59 Juan Manuel Márquez Super champion
(def. Juan Diaz )
28 Feb 2009 – 4 Jan 20122
Marquez stripped due to inactivity. [154]
60 Richar Abril Regular champion
(interim champion promoted);
(Primary champion vacant)
28 Feb 2013 – 10 Apr 20152
Abril was declared champion in recess after he cancelled his fight with Derry Matthews. [155]
61 Darleys Pérez Regular champion
(interim champion promoted);
(Primary champion vacant)
10 Apr – 21 Nov 20151
62 Anthony Crolla 21 Nov 2015 – 24 Sep 20161
63 Jorge Linares 24 Sep 2016 – 13 May 20183
Linares fought for Super title against Vasyl Lomachenko.
64 Vasiliy Lomachenko Super champion
(def. Jorge Linares )
13 May 2018 – 17 Oct 20203
65 Teófimo López 17 Oct 2020 – 27 Nov 20210
66 George Kambosos Jr 27 Nov 2021 – 5 Jun 20220
67 Devin Haney 5 Jun 2022 – 29 Nov 20232
Haney vacated the title to move up to super lightweight. [156] Succeeding champions will not be marked as Regular, Unified, Undisputed, or Super because of the title reduction plan.
68 Gervonta Davis
(Primary champion vacant)
29 Nov 2023 – present1

Secondary champion lineage

No.NameReignDefenses
1 José Alfaro
(def. Prawet Singwancha)
29 Dec 2007 – 19 May 20080
2 Yusuke Kobori 19 May 2008 – 3 Jan 20090
3 Paulus Moses 3 Jan – 10 Jan 20090
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
4Paulus Moses (2)
(relegated from primary champion)
28 Feb 2009 – 29 May 20101
5 Miguel Acosta 29 May 2010 – 26 Feb 20110
6 Brandon Ríos 26 Feb – 3 Dec 20111
Rios was stripped of title before his second defense against John Murray for being overweight. [157]
7 Gervonta Davis
(def. Yuriorkis Gamboa )
28 Dec 2019 – 29 Nov 20234
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.

Super featherweight

Primary champion lineage

No.NameReignDefenses
1 Tod Morgan
(awarded inaugural title)
16 Dec 1927 – 19 Dec 19295
2 Benny Bass 19 Dec 1929 – 15 Jul 19310
3 Kid Chocolate 15 Jul 1931 – 20 Sep 19323
On 20 September 1932, the NBA decided not to recognize the division. [126]
4Kid Chocolate (2)
(reinstated as champion [158] )
28 Mar – 25 Dec 19333
5 Frankie Klick 25 Dec 1933 – 5 Mar 19340
Klick vacated the title to move up to the light welterweight division [158]
6 Sandy Saddler 6 Dec 1949 – 21 Jan 19572
Saddler vacated the title to stay at featherweight [158]
7 Harold Gomes
(def. Paul Jorgensan)
20 Jul 1959 – 16 Mar 19600
8 Gabriel Elorde 16 Mar 1960 – 15 Jun 19679
9 Yoshiaki Numata 15 Jun – 14 Dec 19670
10 Hiroshi Kobayashi 14 Dec 1967 – 29 Jul 19716
11 Alfredo Marcano 29 Jul 1971 – 25 Apr 19721
12 Ben Villaflor 25 Apr 1972 – 12 Mar 19731
13 Kuniaki Shibata 12 Mar – 17 Oct 19731
14Ben Villaflor (2)17 Oct 1973 – 16 Oct 19765
15 Samuel Serrano 16 Oct 1976 – 2 Aug 198010
16 Yasutsune Uehara 2 Aug 1980 – 9 Apr 19811
17Samuel Serrano (2)9 Apr 1981 – 19 Jan 19833
18 Roger Mayweather 19 Jan 1983 – 26 Feb 19842
19 Rocky Lockridge 26 Feb 1984 – 19 May 19852
20 Wilfredo Gómez 19 May 1985 – 24 May 19860
21 Alfredo Layne 24 May – 27 Sep 19860
22 Brian Mitchell 27 Sep 1986 – 25 Apr 199112
Mitchell vacated the title to spend time with his family and business. [159]
23 Joey Gamache
(def. Jerry Ngobeni)
28 Jun – 20 Oct 19910
Gamache vacates the title to move up to lightweight. [160]
24 Genaro Hernández
(def. Daniel Londas )
22 Nov 1991 – 13 Jul 19958
Hernandez was stripped of the title when he chose to challenge WBO lightweight champion Oscar De La Hoya instead of fighting his mandatory challenger. [161]
25 Choi Yong-soo
(def. Víctor Hugo Paz)
21 Oct 1995 – 5 Sep 19987
26 Takanori Hatakeyama 5 Sep 1998 – 27 Jun 19991
27 Lakva Sim 27 Jun – 31 Oct 19990
28 Baek Jong-kwon 31 Oct 1999 – 21 May 20001
29 Joel Casamayor 21 May 2000 – 12 Jan 20024
Casamayor fought for the inaugural Super title against WBO champion Acelino Freitas.
30 Acelino Freitas Super champion
(def. Joel Casamayor )
12 Jan – 5 Aug 20021
Status changes to Unified champion on WBA's July 2002 ratings posted on 5 August. [45]
Acelino Freitas Unified champion5 Aug 2002 – 10 Feb 20042
(3)
Freitas' title is declared vacant on WBA's January 2004 ratings posted on 10 February. [162]
31 Yodsanan Sor Nanthachai Regular champion
(Primary champion vacant)
10 Feb 2004 – 30 Apr 20051
32 Vicente Mosquera 30 Apr 2005 – 5 Aug 20061
33 Edwin Valero 5 Aug 2006 – 3 Sept 20084
Valero vacated the title and moved up to lightweight. [163]
34 Jorge Linares
(def. Whyber Garcia)
28 Nov 2008 – 10 Oct 20091
35 Juan Carlos Salgado 10 Oct 2009 – 11 Jan 20100
36 Takashi Uchiyama 11 Jan 2010 – 21 Feb 20159
Uchiyama promoted to Super champion. [164]
Takashi Uchiyama Super champion
(Regular champion promoted)
21 Feb 2015 – 27 Apr 20162
(11)
37 Jezreel Corrales 27 Apr 2016 – 20 Oct 20172
Corrales came in overweight and was stripped of his Super title. Machado fought for the vacant Super title. [165]
38 Alberto Machado Super champion
(def. Jezreel Corrales ); (Primary champion vacant)
21 Oct 2017 – 21 Apr 20180
Machado is relegated to secondary champion due to Gervonta Davis winning the vacant Super title.
39 Gervonta Davis Super champion
(def. Jesús Cuellar )
21 Apr 2018 – 2 Sep 20192
Davis vacated the title and moved up to lightweight. [166]
40 Andrew Cancio Regular champion
(Primary champion vacant)
2 Sep – 23 Nov 20190
Léo Santa Cruz won the vacant Super title an hour before Cancio finished his fight against René Alvarado. [167] [168] Cancio is relegated to secondary champion.
41 Léo Santa Cruz Super champion
(def. Miguel Flores )
23 Nov 2019 – 31 Oct 20200
42Gervonta Davis (2)31 Oct 2020 – 28 Aug 20210
Davis vacates the title to stay at a higher weight class. [169] Succeeding champions will not be marked as Regular, Unified, Undisputed, or Super because of the title reduction plan.
43 Roger Gutiérrez
(Primary champion vacant)
28 Aug 2021 – 20 Aug 20220
44 Héctor García 20 Aug 2022 – 25 Nov 20230
45 Lamont Roach Jr. 25 Nov 2023 – present1

Secondary champion lineage

No.NameReignDefenses
1 Yodsanan Sor Nanthachai
(def. Lakva Sim )
13 Apr 2002 – 10 Feb 20042
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
2 Javier Fortuna
(def. Bryan Vásquez )
29 May 2015 – 24 Jun 20161
3 Jason Sosa 24 Jun 2016 – 15 Feb 20171
Sosa vacates title to fight WBO champion Vasyl Lomachenko. [170]
4 Alberto Machado
(relegated from super champion)
21 Apr 2018 – 9 Feb 20192
5 Andrew Cancio 9 Feb – 2 Sep 20191
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
6Andrew Cancio (2)
(relegated from primary champion)
1 Sep – 23 Nov 20190
(1)
7 René Alvarado 23 Nov 2019 – 2 Jan 20210
8 Roger Gutiérrez 2 Jan – 28 Aug 20211
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.

Featherweight

Primary champion lineage

No.NameReignDefenses
1 Benny Bass
(def. Red Chapman)
12 Sep 1927 – 10 Feb 19280
2 Tony Canzoneri 10 Feb – 28 Sep 19280
3 André Routis 28 Sep 1928 – 23 Sep 19291
4 Christopher Battalino 23 Sep 1929 – 27 Jan 19325
Battalino is stripped of the title for missing weight in a title fight against Freddie Miller which ended in a controversial no contest. [171]
5 Tommy Paul
(def. Johnny Pena)
26 May 1932 – 13 Jan 19330
6 Freddie Miller 13 Jan 1933 – 11 May 193612
7 Petey Sarron 11 May 1936 – 29 Oct 19372
8 Henry Armstrong 29 Oct 1937 – 12 Sep 19380
Armstrong vacated the title to stay at the higher weight divisions. [172]
9 Joey Archibald
(def. Leo Rodak )
29 Oct 1939 – 29 Mar 19401
Archibald was stripped of the title for not fighting Petey Scalzo. [173] Scalzo and Frankie Perrin was slated to fight for the vacant title however, Perrin refused to fight in Washington and preferred to fight in his home city of New Orleans. Scalzo was later awarded of the title by the NBA. [174]
10 Petey Scalzo
(awarded title)
1 May 1940 – 1 Jul 19413
11 Richie Lemos 1 Jul – 18 Nov 19410
12 Jackie Wilson 18 Nov 1941 – 18 Jan 19431
13 Jackie Callura 18 Jan – 16 Aug 19431
14 Phil Terranova 16 Aug 1943 – 10 Mar 19440
15 Sal Bartolo 10 Mar 1944 – 7 Jun 19463
16 Willie Pep 7 Jun 1946 – 29 Oct 19482
17 Sandy Saddler 29 Oct 1948 – 11 Feb 19490
18Willie Pep (2)11 Feb 1949 – 8 Sep 19503
19Sandy Saddler (2)8 Sep 1950 – 16 Jan 19572
Saddler was stripped of the title for failing to sign for a title defense. [175] A few days later, he retired. [176]
20 Hogan Bassey
(def. Cherif Hamia )
24 Jun 1957 – 18 Mar 19591
21 Davey Moore 18 Mar 1959 – 21 Mar 19635
22 Sugar Ramos
(def. Davey Moore )
21 Mar 1963 – 26 Sep 19643
23 Vicente Saldívar 26 Sep 1964 – 14 Oct 19677
Saldívar retired after his 7th defense. [177]
24 Raul Rojas
(def. Enrique Higgins)
28 Mar – 27 Sep 19680
25 Shozo Saijo 27 Sep 1968 – 2 Sept 19715
26 Antonio Gomez 2 Sept 1971 – 19 Aug 19721
27 Ernesto Marcel 19 Aug 1972 – 31 May 19744
Marcel retires. [178]
28 Rubén Olivares
(def. Zensuke Otagawa)
9 July – 23 Nov 19740
29 Alexis Argüello 23 Nov 1974 – 9 Oct 19764
Argüello vacated the title because the WBA wanted to set a fight date that's imposed by the mandatory challenger and not him, the champion. [179]
30 Rafael Ortega
(def. Francisco Coronado )
15 Jan – 17 Dec 19771
31 Cecilio Lastra 17 Dec 1977 – 15 Apr 19780
32 Eusebio Pedroza 15 Apr 1978 – 8 Jun 198519
33 Barry McGuigan 8 Jun 1985 – 23 Jun 19862
34 Steve Cruz 23 Jun 1986 – 6 Mar 19870
35 Antonio Esparragoza 6 Mar 1987 – 30 Mar 19917
36 Park Yong-kyun 30 Mar 1991 – 4 Dec 19938
37 Eloy Rojas 4 Dec 1993 – 18 May 19966
38 Wilfredo Vázquez 18 May 1996 – 25 Mar 19984
Vázquez vacated the title infavor of fighting WBO champion Naseem Hamed. [180]
39 Freddie Norwood
(def. Antonio Cermeño )
3 Apr – 21 Sep 19982
Norwood was stripped of his title for coming overweight to his 3rd defense fight against Koji Matsumoto. [181]
40 Antonio Cermeño
(def. Genaro Rios)
3 Oct 1998 – 29 May 19991
41Freddie Norwood (2)29 May 1999 – 9 Sep 20003
42 Derrick Gainer 9 Sep 2000 – 1 Nov 20033
Gainer fought for the inaugural Unified title against IBF champion Juan Manuel Márquez.
43 Juan Manuel Márquez Unified champion
(def. Derrick Gainer )
1 Nov 2003 – 22 Aug 20053
Márquez was stripped of the IBF title because no promoter was willing to bid at least US$50,000 to stage a mandatory defense against Fahprakorb Rakkiatgym. [182] As a result, he was stripped of his WBA Unified title on WBA's July 2005 official ratings posted on 22 August. [183]
44 Chris John Regular champion
(Primary champion vacant)
22 Aug 2005 – 27 Jun 20097
John is promoted to Super champion. [184]
Chris John Super champion
(Regular champion promoted)
27 Jun 2009 – 14 Jul 20101
(8)
John was declared champion in recess after suffering a rib injury. [185]
45 Yuriorkis Gamboa Regular champion
(Primary champion vacant)
14 Jul – 11 Sep 20100
Gamboa was declared the Unified champion after winning the vacant IBF title against Orlando Salido.
Yuriorkis Gamboa Unified champion
(def. Orlando Salido )
11 Sep – 5 Dec 20101
Gamboa is relegated to secondary champion when John was reinstated as Super champion after winning against Fernando Saucedo.
46Chris John (2) Super champion
(reinstated)
5 Dec 2010 – 6 Dec 20136
John fought for the Undisputed title against Simpiwe Vetyeka.
47 Simpiwe Vetyeka Undisputed champion
(def. Chris John )
6 Dec 2013 – 31 May 20140
48 Nonito Donaire 31 May – 18 Oct 20140
Donaire lost to Regular champion Nicholas Walters however, Walters was not given the Undisputed title.
49 Nicholas Walters Regular champion
(Primary champion vacant)
18 Oct 2014 – 21 Feb 20151
Walters promoted to Super champion. [186]
Nicholas Walters Super champion
(Regular champion promoted)
21 Feb – 12 Jun 20150
(1)
Walters was stripped of the title for failing to make weight on his first defense fight against Miguel Marriaga. The title was at stake for Marriaga but Walters won by unanimous decision. [187]
50 Jesús Cuellar Regular champion
(Primary champion vacant)
12 Jun – 29 Aug 20150
Cuéllar was relegated to secondary champion because Léo Santa Cruz won the vacant Super title.
51 Léo Santa Cruz Super champion
(def. Abner Mares )
29 Aug 2015 – 30 Jul 20161
52 Carl Frampton 30 Jul 2016 – 28 Jan 20170
53Léo Santa Cruz (2)28 Jan 2017 – 12 Dec 20223
Santa Cruz vacated the title on the day of the scheduled purse bid against Regular champion Leigh Wood. [188] Succeeding champions will not be marked as Regular, Unified, Undisputed, or Super because of the title reduction plan.
54 Leigh Wood
(Primary champion vacant)
12 Dec 2022 – 18 Feb 20230
55 Mauricio Lara 18 Feb – 26 May 20230
Lara was stripped for missing the weight before his rematch against Leigh Wood. [189]
56Leigh Wood (2)
(def. Mauricio Lara )
27 May – 17 Oct 20231
Wood vacated the title to move up to super featherweight. [190]
57 Raymond Ford
(def. Otabek Kholmatov )
2 Mar – 1 Jun 20240
58 Nick Ball 1 Jun 2024 – present1

Secondary champion lineage

No.NameReignDefenses
1 Chris John
(interim champion promoted)
1 Nov 2003 – 22 Aug 20054
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
2 Yuriorkis Gamboa
(interim champion promoted)
27 Jun 2009 – 14 Jul 20103
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
3aYuriorkis Gamboa (2) Unified champion
(relegated from primary champion)
5 Dec 2010 – 11 Jun 20111
(5)
Gamboa was stripped of his Unified title for not complying with the IBF rules of a second weigh-in in his last fight with Jorge Solís. He was stripped of the IBF title and thus was no longer a unified champion.
3b Jonathan Victor Barros
(def. Irving Berry )
4 Dec 2010 – 14 Oct 20112
4 Celestino Caballero 14 Oct 2011 – 7 Oct 20121
Caballero vacated the title for declining a low budget on a mandatory fight with Nicholas Walters.
5 Nicholas Walters
(def. Daulis Prescott )
9 Dec 2012 – 18 Oct 20142
Walters won against Undisputed champion Nonito Donaire however, he was not given the Undisputed title. He is moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
6 Jesús Cuellar
(interim champion promoted)
21 Feb – 12 Jun 20151
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
7Jesús Cuéllar (2)
(relegated from primary champion)
29 Aug 2015 – 10 Dec 20161
(2)
8 Abner Mares 10 Dec 2016 – 9 Jun 20181
Mares lost against Super champion Léo Santa Cruz.
9 Jesús Rojas
(interim champion promoted)
4 Jul 2018 – 26 Jan 20190
10 Xu Can 26 Jan 2019 – 31 Jul 20212
11 Leigh Wood 31 Jul 2021 – 12 Dec 20221
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.

Super bantamweight

Primary champion lineage

No.NameReignDefenses
1 Hong Soo-hwan
(def. Hector Carrasquilla)
26 Nov 1977 – 7 May 19781
2 Ricardo Cardona 7 May 1978 – 4 May 19805
3 Leo Randolph 4 May – 9 Aug 19800
4 Sergio Víctor Palma 9 Aug 1980 – 12 Jun 19825
5 Leo Cruz 12 Jun 1982 – 22 Feb 19843
6 Loris Stecca 22 Feb – 26 May 19840
7 Victor Callejas 26 May 1984 – 21 Nov 19862
Callejas was stripped of the title for refusing to fight his mandatory challenger. [191]
8 Louie Espinoza
(def. Tommy Valoy)
11 Jan – 28 Nov 19872
9 Julio Gervacio 28 Nov 1987 – 27 Feb 19880
10 Bernardo Piñango 27 Feb – 28 May 19880
11 Juan José Estrada 28 May 1988 – 11 Nov 19893
12 Jesus Salud 11 Nov 1989 – 5 Apr 19900
Salud was stripped of the title for failing to defend it in Colombia against the No. 1 contender, Luis Mendoza. [192]
13 Luis Mendoza
(def. Rubén Darío Palacios )
11 Sep 1990 – 7 Oct 19914
14 Raúl Pérez 7 Oct 1991 – 27 Mar 19920
15 Wilfredo Vázquez 27 Mar 1992 – 13 May 19959
16 Antonio Cermeño 13 May 1995 – 4 October 19977
Cermeño vacated the title to move up to featherweight. [193]
17 Enrique Sánchez
(def. Rafael del Valle )
8 Feb – 12 Dec 19980
18 Néstor Garza 12 Dec 1998 – 4 Mar 20002
19 Clarence Adams 4 Mar 2000 – 3 Jul 20012
Adams was stripped of the title for refusing to fight his mandatory challenger. [194]
20 Yober Ortega
(def. José Rojas)
17 Nov 2001 – 21 Feb 20020
21 Yoddamrong Sithyodthong 21 Feb – 18 May 20020
22 Osamu Sato 18 May – 9 Oct 20020
23 Salim Medjkoune 9 Oct 2002 – 4 Jul 20031
24 Mahyar Monshipour 4 Jul 2003 – 18 Mar 20065
25 Somsak Sithchatchawal 18 Mar – 4 Oct 20060
26 Celestino Caballero 4 Oct 2006 – 21 Nov 20085
Caballero fought for the Unified title against IBF champion Steve Molitor.
Celestino Caballero Unified champion
(def. Steve Molitor )
21 Nov 2008 – Mar 20103
(8)
Caballero promoted to inaugural Super champion on WBA's February 2010 official ratings posted on March. [195]
Celestino Caballero Super champion
(Unified champion promoted)
Mar – 10 Dec 20100
(8)
Caballero vacated the title to fight at featherweight. [196]
27 Lee Ryol-li Regular champion
(Primary champion vacant)
10 Dec 2010 – 31 Jan 20110
28 Akifumi Shimoda 31 Jan – 9 Jul 20110
29 Rico Ramos 9 Jul 2011 – 20 Jan 20120
30 Guillermo Rigondeaux 20 Jan 2012 – 13 Apr 20132
Rigondeaux fought for Super title against Nonito Donaire.
Guillermo Rigondeaux Super champion
(def. Nonito Donaire )
13 Apr 2013 – 30 Oct 20154
(6)
Rigondeaux was declared champion in recess due to inactivity. [197]
31 Scott Quigg Regular champion
(Primary champion vacant)
30 Oct 2015 – 27 Feb 20160
Quigg fought for Unified title against IBF champion Carl Frampton.
32 Carl Frampton Unified champion
(def. Scott Quigg )
27 Feb – 8 Apr 20160
Frampton was stripped of the title after choosing to fight Léo Santa Cruz for the WBA featherweight title instead of Super champion Guillermo Rigondeaux. [198]
33Guillermo Rigondeaux (2) Super champion
(reinstated)
14 May 2016 – 9 Dec 20171
Rigondeaux was stripped of the title after losing to a super featherweight bout against Vasyl Lomachenko. [199]
34 Daniel Roman Regular champion
(Primary champion vacant)
9 Dec 2017 – 26 Apr 20193
Roman becomes Unified champion after beating IBF champion T. J. Doheny.
Daniel Roman Unified champion
(def. T. J. Doheny )
26 Apr 2019 – 30 Jan 20201
(4)
Roman fought Murodjon Akhmadaliev for the Super title.
35 Murodjon Akhmadaliev Super champion
(def. Daniel Roman )
30 Jan 2020 – 8 Apr 20233
36 Marlon Tapales 8 Apr – 26 Dec 20230
37 Naoya Inoue 26 Dec 2023 – present2

Secondary champion lineage

No.NameReignDefenses
1 Ricardo Cordoba
(interim champion promoted)
21 Nov 2008 – 21 Mar 20090
2 Bernard Dunne 21 Mar – 26 Sep 20090
3 Poonsawat Kratingdaenggym 26 Sep 2009 – 2 Oct 20102
4 Lee Ryol-li 2 Oct – 10 Dec 20100
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
5 Scott Quigg
(interim champion promoted)
5 Sep 2013 – 30 Oct 20156
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
6 Nehomar Cermeño
(def. Qiu Xiaojun )
24 Jun 2016 – 9 Apr 20172
7 Shun Kubo 9 Apr – 3 Sep 20170
8 Daniel Roman 3 Sep – 9 Dec 20170
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
9 Brandon Figueroa
(interim champion promoted)
31 Oct 2019 – 27 Nov 20212
WBA decided on 17 August 2021, that Figueroa's title would be stripped the moment he steps in the ring against WBO champion Stephen Fulton due to WBO's restriction against WBA Regular titles. [200] The bout was supposedly scheduled on 18 September however, it was moved to 27 November. On the 1st of September, WBA released their August 2021 ratings which didn't feature Figueroa as a champion [201] however, he was listed again on the September 2021 ratings. [202] He was officially stripped of the title after fighting Fulton as originally stated by the WBA. [203]

Bantamweight

Primary champion lineage

No.NameReignDefenses
1 Joe Lynch
(awarded inaugural title)
Jan – 25 Jul 19210
2 Pete Herman 25 July – 23 Sep 19210
3 Johnny Buff 23 Sep 1921 – 10 Jul 19221
4Joe Lynch (2)10 Jul 1922 – 21 Mar 19243
5 Abe Goldstein 21 Mar – 19 Dec 19243
6 Eddie Martin 19 Dec 1924 – 20 Mar 19250
7 Charlie Phil Rosenberg 20 Mar 1925 – 18 Oct 19260
Rosenberg was stripped by the NBA during its annual convention after failing to sign a fight with Bud Taylor. [204]
8 Bud Taylor
(awarded title)
18 Oct 1926 – 19 May 19292
Taylor was stripped when he failed to fight for the title for two years. [205]
9 Bushy Graham
(def. Isadore Schwartz )
23 May – 8 Oct 19290
Graham was stripped of the title after Panama Al Brown was given the title. [206]
10 Panamá Al Brown
(awarded title)
8 Oct 1929 – 3 Feb 19301
Brown was stripped of the title after an NBA special meeting.
11Panamá Al Brown (2)
(def. Eugène Huat )
4 Oct 1930 – 18 Sep 19347
Brown was stripped of the title in the rankings released after the annual NBA convention. [207]
12 Sixto Escobar
(def. Pete Sanstol )
7 Aug – 26 Aug 19350
13 Louis Salica 26 Aug – 15 Nov 19350
14Sixto Escobar (2)15 Nov 1935 – 23 Sep 19373
15 Harry Jeffra 23 Sep 1937 – 20 Feb 19380
16Sixto Escobar (3)20 Feb 1938 – 26 Oct 19391
Escobar vacated the title to move up to featherweight. [208]
17Georgie Pace
(awarded title)
26 Oct 1939 – 24 Sep 19401
18Lou Salica (2)24 Sep 1940 – 7 Aug 19424
19 Manuel Ortiz 7 Aug 1942 – 6 Jan 194715
20 Harold Dade 6 Jan – 11 Mar 19470
21Manuel Ortiz (2)11 Mar 1947 – 31 May 19504
22 Vic Toweel 31 May 1950 – 15 Nov 19523
23 Jimmy Carruthers 15 Nov 1952 – 16 May 19543
Carruthers retires from boxing. [209]
24 Robert Cohen
(def. Chamroen Songkitrat )
19 Sep – 23 Dec 19541
Cohen was stripped for failing to sign a fight against Raúl Macías within 90 days. [210]
25 Raúl Macías
(def. Chamroen Songkitrat )
9 Mar 1955 – 6 Nov 19572
26 Alphonse Halimi 6 Nov 1957 – 8 Jul 19590
27 José Becerra 8 Jul 1959 – 30 Aug 19602
Becerra retires due to an eye injury. [211]
28 Éder Jofre
(def. Eloy Sanchez)
18 Nov 1960 – 18 May 19658
29 Fighting Harada 18 May 1965 – 27 Feb 19684
30 Lionel Rose 27 Feb 1968 – 22 Aug 19693
31 Rubén Olivares 22 Aug 1969 – 16 Oct 19702
32 Chucho Castillo 16 Oct 1970 – 2 Apr 19710
33Rubén Olivares (2)2 Apr 1971 – 19 Mar 19722
34 Rafael Herrera 19 Mar – 29 Jul 19720
35 Enrique Pinder 29 Jul 1972 – 20 Jan 19730
36 Romeo Anaya 20 Jan – 3 Nov 19732
37 Arnold Taylor 3 Nov 1973 – 3 Jul 19740
38 Hong Soo-hwan 3 Jul 1974 – 14 Mar 19751
39 Alfonso Zamora 14 Mar 1975 – 19 Nov 19775
40 Jorge Luján 19 Nov 1977 – 29 Aug 19805
41 Julian Solís 29 Aug – 14 Nov 19800
42 Jeff Chandler 14 Nov 1980 – 7 Apr 19849
43 Richie Sandoval 7 April 1984 – 10 Mar 19862
44 Gaby Canizales 10 Mar – 4 Jun 19860
45 Bernardo Piñango 4 Jun 1986 – 13 Mar 19873
Piñango vacated the title in order to move up to super bantamweight. [212]
46 Takuya Muguruma
(def. Azael Moran)
29 Mar – 24 May 19870
47 Park Chan-Yong 24 May – 4 Oct 19870
48 Wilfredo Vázquez 4 Oct 1987 – 9 May 19881
49 Kaokor Galaxy 9 May – 14 Aug 19880
50 Moon Sung-kil 14 Aug 1988 – 9 Jul 19892
51Kaokor Galaxy (2)9 Jul – 18 Oct 19890
52 Luisito Espinosa 18 Oct 1989 – 19 Oct 19912
53 Israel Contreras 19 Oct 1991 – 15 Mar 19920
54 Eddie Cook 15 Mar – 9 Oct 19920
55 Jorge Eliécer Julio 9 Oct 1992 – 23 Oct 19932
56 Junior Jones 23 Oct 1993 – 22 Apr 19941
57 John Michael Johnson 22 Apr – 16 Jul 19940
58 Daorung Chuvatana 16 Jul 1994 – 17 Sep 19952
59 Veeraphol Sahaprom 17 Sep 1995 – 28 Jan 19960
60 Nana Konadu 28 Jan – 27 Oct 19960
61Daorung Chuvatana (2)27 Oct 1996 – 21 Jun 19971
62Nana Konadu (2)21 Jun 1997 – 5 Dec 19981
63 Johnny Tapia 5 Dec 1998 – 26 Jun 19990
64 Paulie Ayala 26 Jun 1999 – 6 Aug 20013
Ayala was stripped of the title for choosing to move up to super bantamweight instead of fighting his mandatory challenger. [213]
65 Eidy Moya
(def. Adán Vargas)
14 Oct 2001 – 19 Apr 20020
66 Johnny Bredahl 19 Apr 2002 – 13 Oct 20043
Bredahl retires. [214]
67 Volodymyr Sydorenko
(def. Julio Zarate)
26 Feb 2005 – 31 May 20086
68 Anselmo Moreno 31 May 2008 – Nov 20108
Moreno is promoted to inaugural Super champion on WBA's October 2010 ratings posted on November. [215]
Anselmo Moreno Super champion
(Regular champion promoted)
Nov 2010 – 26 Sep 20144
(12)
Moreno fought for the Undisputed title against Juan Carlos Payano.
69 Juan Carlos Payano Undisputed champion
(def. Anselmo Moreno )
26 Sep 2014 – 18 Jun 20161
70 Rau'shee Warren 18 Jun 2016 – 10 Feb 20170
71 Zhanat Zhakiyanov 10 Feb – 21 Oct 20170
Zhakiyanov fought IBF champion Ryan Burnett for the Unified title.
72 Ryan Burnett Unified champion
(def. Zhanat Zhakiyanov )
21 Oct 2017 – 31 Oct 20181
Burnett is promoted to Super champion on WBA's October 2018 ratings posted on 31st October; just days before his scheduled bout against Nonito Donaire. [216]
Ryan Burnett Super champion
(Unified champion promoted)
31 Oct – 3 Nov 20180
(1)
73 Nonito Donaire 3 Nov 2018 – 7 Nov 20191
74 Naoya Inoue 7 Nov 2019 – 13 Jan 20235
Inoue vacated the title in order to move up to super bantamweight. [217] Succeeding champions will not be marked as Regular, Unified, Undisputed, or Super because of the title reduction plan.
75 Takuma Inoue
(def. Liborio Solís )
8 Apr 2023 – 13 Oct 20242
76 Seiya Tsutsumi 13 Oct 2024 – present0

Secondary champion lineage

No.NameReignDefenses
1 Koki Kameda
(def. Alexander Muñoz )
26 Dec 2010 – 6 Dec 20138
Kameda vacated the title after being ordered to fight Super champion Anselmo Moreno and moved down to super flyweight. [218]
2 Jamie McDonnell
(def. Tabtimdaeng Na Rachawat)
31 May 2014 – 25 May 20185
3Naoya Inoue25 May 2018 – 18 May 20191
Inoue becomes Unified champion after beating IBF champion Emmanuel Rodríguez.
Naoya Inoue Unified champion18 May – 7 Nov 20191
(2)
Inoue won against Super champion Nonito Donaire.
4 Guillermo Rigondeaux
(def. Liborio Solís )
8 Feb 2020 – 14 Aug 20210
Rigondeaux is stripped of his title for fighting WBO champion John Riel Casimero; a bout not sanctioned by the WBA. [219]

Super flyweight

Primary champion lineage

No.NameReignDefenses
1 Gustavo Ballas
(def. Bae Sok-Chul)
12 Sep – 5 Dec 19810
2 Rafael Pedroza 5 Dec 1981 – 8 Apr 19820
3 Jiro Watanabe 8 Apr 1982 – 5 Jul 19846
Watanabe was stripped of title for not fighting mandatory challenger Khaosai Galaxy. [220]
4 Khaosai Galaxy
(def. Eusebio Espinal)
21 Nov 1984 – 22 Dec 199119
Galaxy retired from professional boxing. [221]
5 Katsuya Onizuka
(def. Thanomsak Sithbaobay)
10 Apr 1992 – 18 Sep 19945
6 Lee Hyung-chul 18 Sep 1994 – 22 Jul 19951
7 Alimi Goitia 22 Jul 1995 – 24 Aug 19963
8 Yokthai Sithoar 24 Aug 1996 – 23 Dec 19974
9 Satoshi Iida 23 Dec 1997 – 23 Dec 19982
10 Jesús Rojas 23 Dec 1998 – 31 Jul 19991
11 Hideki Todaka 31 Jul 1999 – Oct 20002
12 Leo Gámez 9 Oct 2000 – 11 Mar 20010
13 Celes Kobayashi 11 Mar 2001 – 9 Mar 20021
14 Alexander Muñoz 9 Mar 2002 – 3 Dec 20043
15 Martín Castillo 3 Dec 2004 – 22 Jul 20063
16 Nobuo Nashiro 22 Jul 2006 – 3 May 20071
17Alexander Munoz (2)3 May 2007 – 17 May 20082
Muñoz fought for the inaugural Unified title against WBC champion Cristian Mijares.
18 Cristian Mijares Unified champion
(def. Alexander Muñoz )
17 May – 1 Nov 20081
Mijares fought for the Undisputed title against IBF champion Vic Darchinyan.
19 Vic Darchinyan Undisputed champion
(def. Cristian Mijares )
1 Nov 2008 – 29 Jul 20091
Status changed to Unified champion when Darchinyan vacated the IBF title.
Vic Darchinyan Unified champion28 Jul 2009 – 15 Oct 20102
(3)
Darchinyan's title is vacated on WBA's September 2010 ratings posted on 15 October. [98]
20 Hugo Cázares Regular champion
(Primary champion vacant)
15 Oct 2010 – 31 Aug 20112
21 Tomonobu Shimizu 31 Aug – 11 Nov 20110
Shimizu was declared champion in recess due to an injury. [222]
22 Tepparith KokietgymRegular champion
(interim champion promoted);
(Primary champion vacant)
14 Nov 2011 – 31 Dec 20123
23 Kohei Kono 31 Dec 2012 – 6 May 20130
24 Liborio Solís 6 May – 2 Dec 20130
Solís was stripped of his title before the fight with Daiki Kameda for being overweight. [223] Solís won the fight in split decision but title was at stake for Kameda only.
25Kohei Kono (2) – Regular Champion
(def. Denkaosan Kaovichit );
(Primary champion vacant)
26 Mar 2014 – 31 Aug 20163
26 Luis Concepción 31 Aug – 9 Dec 20160
Concepción was stripped of his title before the fight with Khalid Yafai for being overweight. Only Yafai can win the title. [224]
27 Kal Yafai Regular champion
(def. Luis Concepción );
(Primary champion vacant)
10 Dec 2016 – 29 Feb 20205
Yafai fought for the Super title against Román González. [225] [226]
28 Román GonzálezSuper champion
(def. Khalid Yafai )
29 Feb 2020 – 13 Mar 20211
29 Juan Francisco Estrada 13 Mar 2021 – 11 Aug 20220
Estrada was stripped of the title after refusing to fight his mandatory challenger Joshua Franco. [227] Succeeding champions will not be marked as Regular, Unified, Undisputed, or Super because of the title reduction plan.
30 Joshua Franco
(Primary champion vacant)
11 Aug 2022 – 23 Jun 20231
Franco was stripped of the title after missing the weight before his rematch against Kazuto Ioka. [228]
31 Kazuto Ioka
(def. Joshua Franco )
24 Jun 2023 – 7 Jul 20241
32 Fernando Martínez 7 Jul 2024 – present0

Secondary champion lineage

No.NameReignDefenses
1 Nobuo Nashiro
(def. Kohei Kono )
15 Sep 2008 – 8 May 20102
2 Hugo Cázares 8 May– 15 Oct 20102
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
3 Andrew Moloney
(interim champion promoted)
3 Mar – 23 Jun 20200
4 Joshua Franco 23 Jun 2020 – 11 Aug 20222
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.

Flyweight

Primary champion lineage

No.NameReignDefenses
1 Jimmy Wilde
(awarded inaugural title)
Jan 1921 – 18 Jun 19230
2 Pancho Villa 18 Jun 1923 – 14 Jul 19253
Title vacated because Villa died from Ludwig's angina resulting from an infection that spread to his throat. [229]
3 Fidel LaBarba
(def. Frankie Genaro )
22 Aug 1925 – 29 Aug 19272
LaBarba retires. [230]
4 Pinky Silverberg
(def. Ruby Bradley)
22 Oct – 6 Dec 19270
Silverberg was stripped of the title after a match was sanctioned for the vacant title. [231]
5Frenchy Belanger
(def. Ernie Jarvis)
19 Dec 1927 – 6 Feb 19280
6 Frankie Genaro 6 Feb 1928 – 2 Mar 19293
7 Émile Pladner 2 Mar – 18 Apr 19290
8Frankie Genaro (2)18 Apr 1929 – 26 Oct 19317
9 Victor Perez 26 Oct 1931 – 31 Oct 19320
10 Jackie Brown 31 Oct 1932 – 17 Sep 19343
Brown was sentenced to a 4 month conviction to prison for biting a piece of a man's ear during a street fight. [232] The title was declared vacant after an NBA meeting. [233]
11 Benny Lynch
(def. Jackie Brown )
9 Sep 1935 – 29 Jun 19383
Lynch was stripped when he failed to make weight for a title defense against Jackie Jurich. [234]
12 Peter Kane
(def. Jackie Jurich )
22 Sep 1938 – 11 Dec 19390
Kane's title was stripped when the NBA awarded Little Dado the flyweight title. [235]
13 Little Dado
(awarded title)
11 Dec 1939 – 14 Oct 19431
Dado was stripped of the title as he has not fought in the flyweight division for 2 years. Paterson was awarded the title. [236]
14 Jackie Paterson
(awarded title)
14 Oct 1943 – 30 Jul 19471
Paterson was stripped of the title for failing to defend against Dado Marino. [237]
15 Rinty Monaghan
(def. Dado Marino )
20 Oct 1947 – 30 Mar 19503
Monaghan retired after his third defense. [238]
16 Terry Allen
(def. Honore Pratesi)
25 Apr – 1 Aug 19500
17 Dado Marino 1 Aug 1950 – 19 May 19521
18 Yoshio Shirai 19 May 1952 – 26 Nov 19544
19 Pascual Perez 26 Nov 1954 – 16 Apr 19609
20 Pone Kingpetch 16 Apr 1960 – 10 Oct 19623
21 Fighting Harada 10 Oct 1962 – 12 Jan 19630
22Pone Kingpetch (2)12 Jan – 18 Sep 19630
23 Hiroyuki Ebihara 18 Sep 1963 – 23 Jan 19640
24Pone Kingpetch (3)23 Jan 1964 – 23 Apr 19650
25 Salvatore Burruni 23 Apr – 1 Nov 19650
Burruni was stripped of title for failing to meet the organization's number one contender, Hiroyuki Ebihara. [239]
26 Horacio Accavallo
(def. Katsuyoshi Takayama)
1 Mar 1966 – 2 Oct 19683
Accavallo retires. [240]
27Hiroyuki Ebihara (2)
(def. José Severino)
30 Mar – 19 Oct 19690
28 Bernabe Villacampo 19 Oct 1969 – 5 Apr 19700
29 Berkrerk Chartvanchai 5 Apr – 22 Oct 19700
30 Masao Ohba 22 Oct 1970 – 25 Jan 19735
Ohba died in a car accident in Tokyo. [241]
31 Chartchai Chionoi
(def. Fritz Chervet)
17 May 1973 – 18 Oct 19742
32 Susumu Hanagata 18 Oct 1974 – 1 Apr 19750
33 Erbito Salavarria 1 Apr 1975 – 27 Feb 19761
34 Alfonso López 27 Feb – 2 Oct 19761
35 Guty Espadas 2 Oct 1976 – 12 Aug 19784
36 Betulio González 12 Aug 1978 – 17 Nov 19793
37 Luis Ibarra 17 Nov 1979 – 17 Feb 19800
38 Kim Tae-shik 17 Feb – 13 Dec 19801
39 Peter Mathebula 13 Dec 1980 – 28 Mar 19810
40 Santos Laciar 28 Mar – 6 Jun 19810
41Luis Ibarra (2)6 June – 26 Sep 19810
42 Juan Herrera 26 Sep 1981 – 1 May 19821
43Santos Laciar (2)1 May 1982 – 19 Jul 19859
Laciar vacated the title in order to move up to super flyweight. [242]
44 Hilario Zapata
(def. Alonzo González)
5 Oct 1985 – 13 Feb 19875
45 Fidel Bassa 13 Feb 1987 – 30 Sep 19896
46 Jesús Rojas 30 Sep 1989 – 10 Mar 19900
47 Lee Yul-woo 10 Mar – 29 Jul 19900
48 Leopard Tamakuma 29 Jul 1990 – Mar 19911
49 Elvis Álvarez 14 Mar – 1 Jun 19910
50 Kim Yong-kang 1 Jun 1991 – 26 Sep 19922
51 Aquiles Guzmán 26 Sep – 15 Dec 19920
52 David Grimán 15 Dec 1992 – 13 Feb 19942
53 Saen Sor Ploenchit 13 Feb 1994 – 24 Nov 19969
54 José Bonilla 24 Nov 1996 – 29 May 19983
55 Hugo Rafael Soto 29 May 1998 – 13 Mar 19990
56 Leo Gámez 13 Mar – 3 Sep 19990
57 Sornpichai Kratingdaenggym 3 Sep 1999 – 5 Aug 20001
58 Eric Morel 5 Aug 2000 – 6 Dec 20035
59 Lorenzo Parra 6 Dec 2003 – 19 Mar 20075
60 Takefumi Sakata 19 Mar 2007 – 31 Dec 20084
61 Denkaosan Kaovichit 31 Dec 2008 – 7 Feb 20102
62 Daiki Kameda 7 Feb 2010 – 4 Jan 20112
Kameda vacated the title in order to move up to super flyweight. [243]
63 Luis Concepción
(interim champion promoted)
4 Jan – 2 Apr 20110
64 Hernán Márquez 2 Apr 2011 – 17 Nov 20122
Marquez fought for Unified title against WBO champion Brian Viloria.
65 Brian Viloria Unified champion
(def. Hernán Márquez )
17 Nov 2012 – 6 Apr 20130
66 Juan Francisco Estrada 6 Apr 2013 – 14 Sep 20165
Estrada vacated the title and moved to super flyweight. [244]
67 Kazuto Ioka Regular champion
(Primary champion vacant)
14 Sep 2016 – 9 Nov 20172
Ioka vacated the title. [245]
68 Artem Dalakian Regular champion
(def. Brian Viloria );
(Primary champion vacant)
24 Feb 2018 – 23 Jan 20246
69 Seigo Yuri Akui 23 Jan 2024 – Present1

Secondary champion lineage

No.NameReignDefenses
1 Juan Carlos Reveco
(interim champion promoted)
17 Nov 2012 – 22 Apr 20156
2 Kazuto Ioka 22 Apr 2015 – 14 Sep 20163
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.

Light flyweight

Primary champion lineage

No.NameReignDefenses
1 Jaime Rios
(def. Rigoberto Marcano)
23 Aug 1975 – 2 Jul 19761
2 Juan Antonio Guzman 2 Jul – 10 Oct 19760
3 Yoko Gushiken 10 Oct 1976 – 8 Mar 198113
4 Pedro Flores 8 Mar – 19 Jul 19810
5 Kim Hwan-jin 19 Jul – 16 Dec 19811
6 Katsuo Tokashiki 16 Dec 1981 – 10 Jul 19835
7 Lupe Madera 10 Jul 1983 – 19 May 19841
8 Francisco Quiróz 19 May 1984 – 29 Mar 19851
9 Joey Olivo 29 Mar – 8 Dec 19851
10 Yuh Myung-woo 8 Dec 1985 – 17 Dec 199117
11 Hiroki Ioka 17 Dec 1991 – 18 Nov 19922
12Yuh Myung-Woo (2)18 Nov 1992 – 8 Sep 19931
Yuh vacated the title and retired from professional boxing. [246]
13 Leo Gámez
(def. Shiro Yahiro)
21 Oct 1993 – 4 Feb 19953
14 Choi Hi-yong 4 Feb 1995 – 13 Jan 19961
15 Carlos Murillo 13 Jan – 21 May 19961
16 Keiji Yamaguchi 21 May – 3 Dec 19961
17 Pichitnoi Sitbangprachan 3 Dec 1996 – Jul 20005
Sitbangprachan was stripped of title.
18 Beibis Mendoza
(def. Rosendo Alvarez )
12 Aug 2000 – 3 Mar 20010
19 Rosendo Álvarez 3 Mar 2001 – 2 Oct 20043
Alvarez was stripped of title before his fourth fight with Beibis Mendoza for being overweight. [247]
20 Roberto Vásquez
(def. Beibis Mendoza )
29 Apr 2005 – 24 May 20063
Vásquez vacated the title to move up to flyweight. [248]
21 Kōki Kameda
(def. Juan José Landaeta )
2 Aug 2006 – 18 Jan 20071
Kameda vacated the title to move up to flyweight. [249]
22 Juan Carlos Reveco
(def. Nethra Sasiprapa)
22 Jun – 8 Dec 20071
23 Brahim Asloum 8 Dec 2007 – 18 Jul 20081
Asloum was declared champion in recess on WBA's June 2008 ratings posted on 18 July. [250]
24 Giovani Segura
(interim champion promoted)
5 Jun 2009 – 28 Aug 20103
Segura becomes the inaugural Unified champion after unifying with WBO and The Ring champion Iván Calderón.
Giovani Segura – Unified champion
(def. Iván Calderón )
28 Aug – 26 Nov 20101
(4)
Segura vacated the title to fight as flyweight. [251]
25Juan Carlos Reveco (2) Regular champion
(Primary champion vacant)
26 Nov 2010 – 4 Feb 20110
Reveco vacated the title to move up to flyweight. [252]
26 Román GonzálezRegular champion
(interim champion promoted);
(Primary champion vacant)
4 Feb 2011 – 30 Nov 20125
González promoted to inaugural Super champion. [253]
Román González Super champion
(Regular champion promoted)
30 Nov 2012 – 14 Jan 20140
(5)
González vacated the title to move up to flyweight. [254]
27 Kazuto IokaRegular champion
(Primary champion vacant)
14 Jan – 28 Feb 20140
Ioka vacated the title to move up to flyweight. [255]
28 Alberto RosselRegular champion
(interim champion promoted); [256]
(Primary champion vacant)
10 Jul – 31 Dec 20140
29 Ryoichi Taguchi 31 Dec 2014 – 31 Dec 20176
Taguchi declared Unified champion after unifying titles with IBF champion Milan Melindo.
Ryoichi Taguchi Unified champion
(def. Milan Melindo )
31 Dec 2017 – 20 May 20181
(7)
Taguchi fought Budler for the Super title.
30 Hekkie Budler Super champion
(def. Ryoichi Taguchi )
20 May – 31 Dec 20180
31 Hiroto Kyoguchi 31 Dec 2018 – 1 Nov 20224
32 Kenshiro Teraji 1 Nov – 30 Nov 20220
Teraji status changed to Unified champion on WBA's November 2022 ratings. [257]
Kenshiro Teraji Unified champion30 Nov 2022 – 15 Jul 20243
Teraji vacates the title to move up to flyweight. [258] Succeeding champions will not be marked as Regular, Unified, Undisputed, or Super because of the title reduction plan.
33 Erick Rosa
(def. Neidar Valdez)
19 Dec 2024 – present0

Secondary champion lineage

No.NameReignDefenses
1 Juan Carlos Reveco
(interim champion promoted)
28 Aug – 26 Nov 20100
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
2 Kazuto Ioka
(def. José Alfredo Rodríguez )
31 Dec 2012 – 14 Jan 20143
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
3 Carlos Cañizales
(def. Reiya Konishi)
18 Mar 2018 – 21 May 20212
4 Esteban Bermudez 28 May 2021 – 10 June 20220
Bermudez lost against Super champion Hiroto Kyoguchi.

Minimumweight

Primary champion lineage

No.NameReignDefenses
1 Leo Gámez
(def. Kim Bong-Jun)
10 Jan 1988 – 1 Apr 19891
Gámez vacated the title citing weight problems and moved up to light flyweight. [259]
2 Kim Bong-jun
(def. Agustín García)
16 Apr 1989 – 2 Feb 19915
3 Choi Hi-yong 2 Feb 1991 – 14 Oct 19924
4 Hideyuki Ohashi 14 Oct 1992 – 10 Feb 19930
5 Chana Porpaoin 10 Feb 1993 – 2 Dec 19958
6 Rosendo Álvarez 2 Dec 1995 – 12 Nov 19985
Álvarez stripped of title before his fight with Ricardo López for being overweight. [260] Title was at stake only for López who managed to beat the heavier Álvarez.
7 Ricardo López
(def. Rosendo Álvarez )
13 Nov 1998 – Jul 19990
Lopez vacated the title in order to move up to light flyweight.
8 Noel Arambulet
(def. Joma Gamboa )
9 Oct 1999 – 19 Aug 20001
Arambulet stripped of title before his rematch fight with Joma Gamboa for being overweight. [261] Title was at stake only for Gamboa who managed to beat the heavier Arambulet.
9 Joma Gamboa
(def. Noel Arambulet )
20 Aug – 6 Dec 20000
10 Keitaro Hoshino 6 Dec 2000 – 16 Apr 20010
11Chana Porpaoin (2)16 Apr – 25 Aug 20010
12 Yutaka Niida 25 Aug – 22 Oct 20010
Niida vacated the title and retired citing back problems and lack of interest in boxing. [262]
13Keitaro Hoshino (2)
(def. Joma Gamboa )
29 Jan – 29 Jul 20020
14Noel Arambulet (2)29 Jul 2002 – 2 Jul 20042
Arambulet stripped of title before his rematch fight with Yutaka Niida for being overweight. [263] Title was at stake only for Niida who managed to beat the heavier Arambulet.
15Yutaka Niida (2)
(def. Noel Arambulet )
3 Jul 2004 – 15 Sep 20087
16 Román González 15 Sep 2008 – 8 Oct 20103
González vacated in order to move up to light flyweight. [264]
17 Kwanthai Sithmorseng
(def. Pigmy Kokietgym)
5 Nov 2010 – 19 Apr 20110
18 Muhammad Rachman 19 Apr – 30 Jul 20110
19 Pornsawan Porpramook 30 Jul – 24 Oct 20110
20 Akira Yaegashi 24 Oct 2011 – 24 Jun 20120
21 Kazuto Ioka 24 Jun – 2 Oct 20120
Ioka vacated the title in order to move up to light flyweight. [265]
22 Ryo Miyazaki
(def. Pornsawan Porpramook )
31 Dec 2012 – 27 Dec 20132
Miyazaki vacated the title in order to move up to light flyweight. [266]
23 Hekkie Budler
(def. Karluis Díaz)
1 Mar 2014 – 19 Mar 20164
24 Byron Rojas 19 Mar – 29 Jun 20160
25 Knockout CP Freshmart 29 Jun 2016 – 1 Mar 20207
CP Freshmart is promoted to inaugural Super champion on WBA's February 2020 official ratings posted on 1 March. [267]
Knockout CP Freshmart – Super champion
(Regular champion promoted)
1 Mar 2020 – 16 Nov 20245
(12)
26 Oscar Collazo 16 Nov 2024 – present0

Secondary champion lineage

No.NameReignDefenses
1 Vic Saludar
(def. Robert Paradero)
20 Feb – 21 Dec 20210
2 Erick Rosa 21 Dec 2021 – 15 Jan 20240
Rosa vacated the title to move up to light flyweight. [268]

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