List of WBO female world champions

Last updated August 17, 2024

This is a list of WBO world champions, showing every world champion certified by the World Boxing Organization (WBO). The WBO is one of the four major governing bodies in professional boxing, and has awarded world championships in 17 different weight classes since 1989.

Atomweight

No.	Name	Duration of reign	Defences
1	Nao Ikeyama	17 May 2014 — 29 Jul 2018	6
2	Mika Iwakawa	29 Jul 2018 — 25 Feb 2022	1
3	Nanae Suzuki	25 Feb 2022 — 1 Sep 2022	0
4	Yuko Kuroki	1 Sep 2022 — 12 Jan 2024	2
5	Eri Matsuda	12 Jan 2024 — present	0

Mini flyweight

No.	Name	Duration of reign	Defences
1	Teeraporn Pannimit	2 Apr 2010 — 2011^s	1
2	Teeraporn Pannimit (2)	25 Apr 2012 — 28 Jun 2012	0
3	Hong Su-yun	28 Jun 2012 — 9 Feb 2014	2
4	Mako Yamada	9 Feb 2014 — 31 May 2014^s	0
Yamada submitted a retirement notification to the Japanese Boxing Commission on 31 May 2014. The belt was vacated on the same day.^[1]
5	Kumiko Seeser Ikehara	20 Sep 2014 — 13 Dec 2016^r	4
Ikehara retired from professional competition on 13 December 2016^[2]
6	Kayoko Ebata	19 May 2017 — 1 Dec 2018	1
7	Etsuko Tada	1 Dec 2018 — 28 Mar 2019^r	0
Tada vacated the title on 28 March 2019, as she intended to move up to minimumweight.^[3]
8	Kasumi Saeki	27 Apr 2019 — 2019^r	0
Saeki vacated the title, for undisclosed reasons, on 18 December 2019.^[3]
9	Etsuko Tada (2)	3 December 2020 — 23 October 2021	0
10	Nguyễn Thị Thu Nhi	23 October 2021 — 8 Sep 2022	0
11	Yokasta Valle	8 September 2022 — 29 March 2024	3
12	Seniesa Estrada ^[4]	29 Mar 2024 — present	0

Junior flyweight

No.	Name	Duration of reign	Defences
1	Yesica Bopp	6 Nov 2009 — 2015^s	12
2	Eun Hye Lee	29 Sep 2015 — 1 Jun 2016^s	0
Hye Lee was stripped of her title on 1 June 2016, as she failed to make a title defense in the mandated time frame.^[5]
3	Louisa Hawton	20 Aug 2016 — 2017^r	0
Hawton vacated her title in early 2017, in order to move down to atomweight.^[6]
4	Hong Su-yun	14 May 2017 — 16 Jul 2017^s	0
Su-yun vacated the title on 26 July 2017, after retiring from professional competition.^{[ citation needed ]}
5	Naoko Fujioka	1 Dec 2017 — 11 Dec 2017^r	0
Fujioka vacated the title on 11 December 2017, to focus on defending her WBA light flyweight championship.^[7]
6	Tenkai Tsunami	8 Mar 2018 — 9 Jul 2021	4
7	Seniesa Estrada	9 Jul 2021 — ?^v	0
8	Yokasta Valle	26 Nov 2022 — 2023^v
9	Evelyn Nazarena Bermúdez^[8]	10 Mar 2023 — present	1

Flyweight

No.	Name	Duration of reign	Defences
1	Susi Kentikian	10 Oct 2009 — 16 May 2012	3
2	Melissa McMorrow	16 May 2012 — 2014^s	2
3	Yesica Bopp	26 Apr 2014 — 2014^r	0
4	Kenia Enriquez	21 Nov 2014 — 28 Feb 2015	0
5	Melissa McMorrow (2)	28 Feb 2015 — 2016^s	0
6	Nana Yoshikawa	9 Oct 2016 — 29 Apr 2017	0
7	Monserrat Alarcón	29 Apr 2017 — 17 Feb 2018	0
8	Arely Muciño	17 Feb 2018 — 29 Jul 2019^s	2
Muciño was stripped of her title on 29 July 2019, as she was unable to make a defense due to an ankle injury sustained in a car crash.^[9]
9	Nicola Adams –Interim Champion since 6 October 2018, elevated to regular champion	29 Jul 2019 — 6 Nov 2019^r	1
Adams retired from professional competition on 6 November 2019, after sustaining an eye injury in a fight.^[10]
10	Debora Anahí López	20 Dec 2019 — 19 Mar 2022^r	1
11	Gabriela Celeste Alaniz	18 Jun 2022 — 8 Jul 2023	1
12	Marlen Esparza	8 Jul 2023 — present	0

Junior bantamweight

No.	Name	Duration of reign	Defences
1	Carolina Raquel Duer	17 Dec 2010 — 26 Jul 2013^r	6
Duer vacated her title on 26 July 2013, after capturing a WBO championship a weight class up.^[11]
2	Daniela Romina Bermúdez	4 Jan 2014 — 2017^r	3
3	Raja Amasheh	10 Mar 2018 — 2019^s	1
4	Amanda Serrano	18 Jan 2019 — 2019^r	0
5	Miyo Yoshida	19 Jun 2019 — 13 Dec 2020	1
6	Tomoko Okuda	13 Dec 2020 — 29 Jun 2021	0
7	Miyo Yoshida (2)	29 Jun 2021 — 30 May 2022	0
8	Tamao Ozawa	30 May 2022 — 27 October 2022	0
Ozawa vacated her title on 27 October 2022, to focus on her family life.^[12]
9	Mizuki Hiruta	1 Dec 2022 — present	2

Bantamweight

No.	Name	Duration of reign	Defences
1	Kaliesha West	18 Sep 2010 — 2012^r	3
2	Daniela Romina Bermúdez	31 May 2013 — 2013^r	0
3	Carolina Raquel Duer	26 Jul 2013 — 2015^s	2
4	Mayra Alejandra Gómez –Interim champion, elevated to full champion 10 February 2015	10 February 2015 — 2015^s	1
5	Naoko Fujioka	19 Oct 2015 — 2016^s	1
6	Sabrina Maribel Pérez	26 Nov 2016 — 2017^r	0
7	Amanda Serrano	22 Apr 2017 — 2017^r	0
8	Daniela Romina Bermúdez (2)	20 Oct 2017 — Dec 2020^r	5
9	Dina Thorslund	25 Jun 2021 – present	4

Junior featherweight

No.	Name	Duration of reign	Defences
1	Ana Julaton	4 Dec 2009 — 2010^s	0
2	Ana Julaton (2)	30 Jun 2010 — 16 Mar 2012	2
3	Yésica Marcos –Interim champion since 8 October 2011, beat Julaton for full title 16 March 2012	16 Mar 2012 — 2013^s	2
4	Marcela Acuña	25 Oct 2013 — 2016^s	2
5	Sabrina Maribel Pérez –Interim champion, elevated to full champion 10 May 2016.	10 May 2016 — 2016^s	0
6	Amanda Serrano	18 Oct 2016 — 2018^r	2
7	Daniela Romina Bermúdez	13 Apr 2018 — 2018^r	0
8	Dina Thorslund	25 Aug 2018 — 2021	3
9	Ségolène Lefebvre	20 Nov 2021 – 13 Apr 2024	3
10	Ellie Scotney ^[13]	13 Apr 2024 – present	0

Featherweight

No.	Name	Duration of reign	Defences
1	Ina Menzer	10 Oct 2009 — 3 Jul 2010	1
2	Jeannine Garside	3 Jul 2010 — 2011^s	0
3	Alejandra Oliveras	5 Jan 2012 — 2014^s	5
4	Amanda Serrano	17 Feb 2016 — 2016^r	1
5	Cindy Serrano	10 Dec 2016 — 2018^r	1
6	Heather Hardy	27 Oct 2018 — 13 Sep 2019	0
7	Amanda Serrano (2) (elevated to Super champion on 19 Feb 2020)	13 Sep 2019 — present	6

Junior lightweight

No.	Name	Duration of reign	Defences
1	Ramona Kuehne	4 Jun 2010 — 2018^s	8
2	Ewa Brodnicka –Interim champion since 13 May 2017, elevated to full champion	22 Feb 2018 — 30 October 2020^s	5
Brodnicka was stripped of her title on 30 October 2020, after failing to make weight for the fight with Mikaela Mayer.^[14]
3	Mikaela Mayer	31 October 2020 — 15 Oct 2022	3
4	Alycia Baumgardner	15 Oct 2022 — present	2

Lightweight

No.	Name	Duration of reign	Defences
1	Erin McGowan	9 Oct 2010 — 2011^s	0
2	Enis Pacheco	16 Mar 2012 — 14 Jun 2013	2
3	María Elena Maderna	14 Jun 2013 — 15 Aug 2014	3
4	Amanda Serrano	15 Aug 2014 — 2015^s	0
5	Yohana Belén Alfonzo	24 Sep 2015 — 2017^s	3
6	Rose Volante	22 Dec 2017 — 15 Mar 2019	2
7	Katie Taylor	15 Mar 2019 — 5 Jan 2024^r	8
Taylor vacated the title on 5 January 2024 to concentrate on defending her undisputed junior-welterweight/super-lightweight championships.^[15]
8	Rhiannon Dixon ^[16]	13 April 2024 — present	0

Junior welterweight

No.	Name	Duration of reign	Defences
1	Fernanda Soledad Alegre	4 Dec 2010 — 2015^s	10
2	Fernanda Soledad Alegre (2)	25 Apr 2015 — 2016^r	1
3	Adela Celeste del Carmen Peralta	14 May 2016 — 4 Nov 2016	0
4	Ana Laura Esteche	4 Nov 2016 — 2017^s	1
5	Amanda Serrano	8 Sep 2018 — 2018^r	0
6	Christina Linardatou	24 Mar 2019 — 2 Nov 2019	1
7	Katie Taylor	2 Nov 2019 — 2019^r	0
8	Christina Linardatou (2)	8 Feb 2020 — 2021^r	0
9	Chantelle Cameron	5 Nov 2022 — 25 Nov 2023	1
10	Katie Taylor (2)	25 Nov 2023 — present	0

Welterweight

No.	Name	Duration of reign	Defences
1	Hanna Gabriels	19 Dec 2009 — 2010^r	0
2	Cecilia Brækhus	15 May 2010 — 15 August 2020	21
3	Jessica McCaskill	15 August 2020 — 2023?	3
4	Sandy Ryan	22 April 2023 — present	1

Junior middleweight

No.	Name	Duration of reign	Defences
1	Hanna Gabriels	29 May 2010 — 28 Feb 2013	3
2	Oxandia Castillo	28 Feb 2013 — 2014^s	0
3	Hanna Gabriels (2)	20 Dec 2014 — 2018^s	4
4	Claressa Shields	10 Jan 2020 — 26 Nov 2021^v	1
5	Natasha Jonas	19 Feb 2022 — present	2

Middleweight

No.	Name	Duration of reign	Defences
1	Christina Hammer	23 Oct 2010 — 13 Apr 2019	12
2	Claressa Shields Super champion since 8 July 2019	13 Apr 2019 — Sep 2020	0
3	Savannah Marshall	31 Oct 2020 — 15 Oct 2022	3
4	Claressa Shields (2)	15 Oct 2022 — present	1

Super middleweight

No.	Name	Duration of reign	Defences
1	Christina Hammer	4 May 2013 — 2013^r	0
2	Femke Hermans	12 May 2018 — 2018^s	0
3	Franchón Crews-Dezurn	14 Sep 2019 — 1 Jul 2023	1
4	Savannah Marshall	1 Jul 2023 — present	0

Light heavyweight

No.	Name	Duration of reign	Defences
1	Geovana Peres	30 Mar 2019 — 26 Jan 2021^r	1
Peres retired from professional competition on 26 January 2021.^[17]
2	Claressa Shields	27 Jul 2024 — present	0

Junior Heavyweight

No.	Name	Duration of reign	Defences
1	vacant		0

Heavyweight

No.	Name	Duration of reign	Defences
1	vacant		0

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[2] "池原シーサーが王者のまま引退、箕輪OPBF王座獲得". boxingnews.jp/. Retrieved 4 March 2023.

[Tada,_Saeki-3] 1 2 "Ayaka Miyao and Etsuko Tada to clash for WBO crown!". asianboxing.info. Retrieved 4 March 2023.

[4] Iskenderov, Parviz (30 March 2024). "Seniesa Estrada bests Yokasta Valle to land undisputed title". FIGHTMAG.

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[6] "Former WBO Champ Fil-Aussie Louisa Hawton Is A World Beater". philboxing.com. Retrieved 4 March 2023.

[7] "Five-time female champ Fujioka renounces WBO 108lb belt". fightnews.com. 18 December 2017. Retrieved 4 March 2023.

[Reclaimed_titles-8] Morilla, Diego (11 March 2023). "Bermudez squeezes past Enriquez to reclaim junior flyweight titles in Argentina's Luna Park". The Ring. Retrieved 22 May 2023.

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[13] "Ellie Scotney Unifies, Wins Ring Title; Rhiannon Dixon Captures Vacant Crown". Boxing Scene. Retrieved 22 April 2024.

[14] Christ, Scott (30 October 2020). "Naoya Inoue vs Jason Moloney set, Ewa Brodnicka loses title on scale for Mikaela Mayer fight". badlefthook.com. Retrieved 4 March 2023.

[15] "Katie Taylor vacates second world title as Chantelle Cameron makes trilogy fight vow". Irish Mirror. Retrieved 22 April 2024.

[16] "Ellie Scotney claims second super-bantamweight belt, Rhiannon Dixon beats Karen Elizabeth Carabajal". BBC Sport. Retrieved 22 April 2024.

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