List of world light-welterweight boxing champions

This is a chronological List of World Super Lightweight/Light Welterweight/Junior Welterweight Boxing Champions, as recognized by four of the better-known sanctioning organizations:

• The World Boxing Association (WBA), founded in 1921 as the National Boxing Association (NBA) before renaming itself in 1962;
• The World Boxing Council (WBC), founded in 1963;
• The International Boxing Federation (IBF), founded in 1983;
• The World Boxing Organization (WBO), founded in 1988.

Other major world titles include those handed out by The Ring magazine since 1928 and the New York State Athletic Commission (NYSAC) from 1922 to 1962.

Reign Began	Reign Ended	Champion	Recognition
World Claim
1923-06	1924-04-08	Paul Doyle	World claim
Lost to Willie Harmon
1925-03-27	1925-08-18	James Red Herring	NBA claim
Lost to Mushy Callahan; continued to claim title until 1929
1931-04-21	1932-05-20	Jack Kid Berg	World claim
Lost to Sammy Fuller
1932-05-20	1933-11-17	Sammy Fuller	World claim
Lost to Barney Ross
NBA/NYSAC/World
1922-11-22	1926-09-21	Pinky Mitchell	Undisputed (NBA and possible NYSAC recognition)
The NYSAC may or may not have also recognized Mitchell until August 1925 when he temporarily moved up to welterweight. After this, Willie Harmon claimed the belt until August 1926 when recognition was then apparently given back to Mitchell.
1925-08-14	1926-08 Abandoned	Willie Harmon	NYSAC (Possible recognition)
1926-09-21	1930-02-18	Mushy Callahan	Undisputed (NBA/NYSAC)
1930-02-18	1931-04-24	Jack Kid Berg	Undisputed
1931-04-24	1932-01-18	Tony Canzoneri	Undisputed
1932-01-18	1933-02-06 Vacated	Johnny Jadick	Undisputed/NYSAC
The NBA stopped recognizing the division on 20 September 1932. The NYSAC would later follow suit after Jadick vacated the belt.
1933-02-20	1933-05-21	Battling Shaw	World
1933-05-21	1933-06-23	Tony Canzoneri	World
1933-06-23	1935-04-09 Vacated	Barney Ross	World
The NBA and the NYSAC temporarily resumed championship recognition of the division and crowned Tippy Larkin on 29 April 1946 after he defeated Willie Joyce.
1946-04-29	1946-11-05 Vacated	Tippy Larkin	Undisputed (NBA/NYSAC)
NBA and NYSAC titles remained vacant until Carlos Ortiz defeated Kenny Lane on 12 Jun 1959.
1959-06-12	1960-09-01	Carlos Ortiz	Undisputed (NBA/NYSAC)
1960-09-01	1962-09-14	Duilio Loi	Undisputed
1962-09-14	1962-12-15	Eddie Perkins	Undisputed
1962-12-15	1963-01-24 Retired	Duilio Loi	Undisputed

This is a chronological List of World Super Lightweight/Light Welterweight/Junior Welterweight Boxing Champions, as recognized by four of the better-known sanctioning organizations:

Reign Began	Reign Ended	Champion	Recognition
WBC
Title inaugurated
1963-06-15	1965-01-18	Eddie Perkins	WBC
1965-01-18	1966-04-29	Carlos Morocho Hernández	WBC
1966-04-29	1967-04-30	Sandro Lopopolo	WBC
1967-04-30	1968 Stripped	Takeshi Fuji	WBC
1968-12-14	1970-01-31	Pedro Adigue	WBC
1970-01-31	1974-02 Vacated	Bruno Arcari	WBC
1974-09-21	1975-07-15	Perico Fernandez	WBC
1975-07-15	1976-06-30	Saensak Muangsurin	WBC
1976-06-30	1976-10-29	Miguel Velasquez	WBC
1976-10-29	1978-12-30	Saensak Muangsurin	WBC
1978-12-30	1980-02-23	Sang Hyun Kim	WBC
1980-02-23	1982-06-26	Saoul Mamby	WBC
1982-06-26	1983-05-18	Leroy Haley	WBC
1983-05-18	1984-01-29	Bruce Curry	WBC
1984-01-29	1985-08-21	Billy Costello	WBC
1985-08-21	1986-05-05	Lonnie Smith	WBC
1986-05-05	1986-07-24	Rene Arredondo	WBC
1986-07-24	1987-07-22	Tsuyoshi Hamada	WBC
1987-07-22	1987-11-12	Rene Arredondo	WBC
1987-11-12	1989-05-13	Roger Mayweather	WBC
1989-05-13	1994-01-29	Julio César Chávez	WBC
1994-01-29	1994-05-07	Frankie Randall	WBC
1994-05-07	1996-06-07	Julio César Chávez	WBC
1996-06-07	1997-04-12 Vacated	Oscar De La Hoya	WBC
1999-08-21	2004-01 Stripped	Kostya Tszyu	WBC
2004-01-24	2005-06-25	Arturo Gatti	WBC
2005-06-25	2006-03-23 Vacated	Floyd Mayweather Jr.	WBC
2006-09-15	2008-05-10	Junior Witter	WBC
2008-05-10	2009-04-28 Vacated	Timothy Bradley	WBC
2009-08-01	2011-01-29	Devon Alexander	WBC
2011-01-29	2011-07-29 Stripped	Timothy Bradley	WBC
2011-09-17	2012-03-23 Stripped	Erik Morales	WBC
2012-03-24	2015-06-11 Vacated	Danny Garcia	WBC
2015-10-03	2016-07-23	Viktor Postol	WBC
2016-07-23	2017-10-26 Vacated	Terence Crawford	WBC
2018-03-17	2021-05-22	Jose Ramirez	WBC
2021-05-22	2022-07-01 Vacated	Josh Taylor	WBC
2022-11-26	2023-12-09	Regis Prograis	WBC
2023-12-09	2024-06-24	Devin Haney	WBC
2024-06-24	2025-07-12	Alberto Puello	WBC
2025-07-12	2026-01-10	Subriel Matias	WBC
2026-01-10	Present	Dalton Smith	WBC
WBA
Title inaugurated
1962-09-14	1962-12-15	Eddie Perkins	WBA
1962-12-15	1963-01-24 Retired	Duilio Loi	WBA
1963-03-21	1963-06-15	Roberto Cruz	WBA
1963-06-15	1965-01-18	Eddie Perkins	WBA
1965-01-18	1966-04-29	Carlos Morocho Hernández	WBA
1966-04-29	1967-04-30	Sandro Lopopolo	WBA
1967-04-30	1968-12-12	Takeshi Fuji	WBA
1968-12-12	1972-03-10	Nicolino Locche	WBA
1972-03-10	1972-10-28	Alfonso Frazer	WBA
1972-10-28	1976-03-06	Antonio Cervantes	WBA
1976-03-06	1977 Stripped	Wilfred Benítez	WBA
1977-06-25	1980-08-02	Antonio Cervantes	WBA
1980-08-02	1983-09-09 Stripped	Aaron Pryor	WBA
1984-01-22	1984-06-01	Johnny Bumphus	WBA
1984-06-01	1985-07-21	Gene Hatcher	WBA
1985-07-21	1986-03-15	Ubaldo Nestor Sacco	WBA
1986-03-15	1987-07-04	Patrizio Oliva	WBA
1987-07-04	1990-08-17	Juan Martin Coggi	WBA
1990-08-17	1991-06-14	Loreto Garza	WBA
1991-06-14	1992-04-10	Edwin Rosario	WBA
1992-04-10	1992-09-09	Akinobu Hiranaka	WBA
1992-09-09	1993-01-12	Morris East	WBA
1993-01-12	1994-09-17	Juan Martin Coggi	WBA
1994-09-17	1996-01-13	Frankie Randall	WBA
1996-01-13	1996-08-16	Juan Martin Coggi	WBA
1996-08-16	1997-01-11	Frankie Randall	WBA
1997-01-11	1998-10-10	Khalid Rahilou	WBA
1998-10-10	2001-02-03	Sharmba Mitchell	WBA
2001-02-03	2004 Stripped	Kostya Tszyu	WBA Super Champion
2002-05-11	2002-10-19	Diosbelys Hurtado	WBA Regular Champion
2002-10-19	2005-06-25	Vivian Harris	WBA Regular Champion
2005-06-25	2005-11-26	Carlos Maussa	WBA
2005-11-26	2006-05-06 Vacated	Ricky Hatton	WBA
2006-09-02	2007-07-21	Souleymane M'Baye	WBA
2007-07-21	2008-03-22	Gavin Rees	WBA
2008-03-22	2009-07-18	Andreas Kotelnik	WBA
2009-07-18	2012-07-14	Amir Khan	WBA Super Champion
2011-07-23	2012-07-31 Vacated	Marcos Maidana	WBA Regular Champion
2011-12-10	2012-06-27 Stripped	Lamont Peterson	WBA Super Champion
2012-07-14	2015-09-11 Vacated	Danny García	WBA Super Champion
2012-11-30	2014-04-12	Khabib Allakhverdiev	WBA Regular Champion
2014-04-12	2015-08-09 Stripped	Jessie Vargas	WBA Regular Champion
2015-10-03	2016-03-31 Stripped	Adrien Broner	WBA Super Champion
2016-05-28	2017-04-15	Ricky Burns	WBA
2017-04-15	2017-08-19	Julius Indongo	WBA
2017-08-19	2017-10-26 Vacated	Terence Crawford	WBA
2018-03-10	2019-04-27	Kiryl Relikh	WBA
2019-04-27	2019-10-26	Regis Prograis	WBA
2019-10-26	2022-05-14 Vacated	Josh Taylor	WBA Super Champion
2022-08-20	2023-05-10 Stripped	Alberto Puello	WBA
2023-05-20	2024-03-30	Rolando Romero	WBA
2024-03-30	2024-08-03	Isaac Cruz	WBA
2024-08-03	2025-03-01	José Valenzuela	WBA
2025-03-01	Present	Gary Antuanne Russell	WBA
IBF
Title inaugurated
1984-06-22	1985-03-02 Stripped	Aaron Pryor	IBF
1986-04-26	1986-10-30	Gary Hinton	IBF
1986-10-30	1987-03-04	Joe Manley	IBF
1987-03-04	1987-07-01 Retired	Terry Marsh	IBF
1988-02-14	1988-09-03	James McGirt	IBF
1988-09-03	1990-03-17	Meldrick Taylor	IBF
1990-03-17	1991-03-18 Vacated	Julio César Chávez	IBF
1991-12-07	1992-07-18	Rafael Pineda	IBF
1992-07-18	1993 Vacated	Pernell Whitaker	IBF
1993-05-15	1994-02-13	Charles Murray	IBF
1994-02-13	1995-01-28	Jake Rodriguez	IBF
1995-01-28	1997-05-31	Kostya Tszyu	IBF
1997-05-31	1999-02-20	Vince Phillips	IBF
1999-02-20	2000 Stripped	Terron Millett	IBF
2000-02-12	2001-11-03	Zab Judah	IBF
2001-11-03	2005-06-04	Kostya Tszyu	IBF
2005-06-04	2006-03-29 Vacated	Ricky Hatton	IBF
2006-06-30	2007-01-20	Juan Urango	IBF
2007-01-20	2007-02-09 Vacated	Ricky Hatton	IBF
2007-02-04	2007-06-16	Lovemore N'dou	IBF
2007-06-16	2008-09-19 Vacated	Paul Malignaggi	IBF
2009-01-30	2010-03-06	Juan Urango	IBF
2010-03-06	2010-10-22 Stripped	Devon Alexander	IBF
2011-03-05	2011-07-23	Zab Judah	IBF
2011-07-23	2011-12-10	Amir Khan	IBF
2011-12-10	2015-04-11 Stripped	Lamont Peterson	IBF
2015-07-18	2015-11-04	Cesar Cuenca	IBF
2015-11-04	2016-12-03	Eduard Troyanovsky	IBF
2016-12-03	2017-08-19	Julius Indongo	IBF
2017-08-19	2017–08–30 Vacated	Terence Crawford	IBF
2017-11-04	2018-03-10	Sergey Lipinets	IBF
2018-03-10	2018-04-18 Vacated	Mikey Garcia	IBF
2018-10-27	2019-05-18	Ivan Baranchyk	IBF
2019-05-18	2022-08-24 Vacated	Josh Taylor	IBF
2023-02-25	2024-06-15	Subriel Matías	IBF
2024-06-15	2024-12-07	Liam Paro	IBF
2024-12-07	2026-04-20 Vacated	Richardson Hitchins	IBF
WBO
Title inaugurated
1989-03-06	1991-02-23	Héctor Camacho	WBO
1991-02-23	1991-05-18	Greg Haugen	WBO
1991-05-18	1992 Vacated	Héctor Camacho	WBO
1992-06-29	1993-06-07	Carlos Gonzalez	WBO
1993-06-07	1994-07-24 Retired	Zack Padilla	WBO
1995-02-20	1996-03-09	Sammy Fuentes	WBO
1996-03-09	1998-05-29	Giovanni Parisi	WBO
1998-05-29	1999-05-15	Carlos Gonzalez	WBO
1999-05-15	2000-07-22	Randall Bailey	WBO
2000-07-22	2001-06-30 Stripped	Ener Julio	WBO
2001-06-30	2003-07-12	DeMarcus Corley	WBO
2003-07-12	2004 Vacated	Zab Judah	WBO
2004-09-11	2006-10-27 Vacated	Miguel Cotto	WBO
2006-11-18	2008-07-05	Ricardo Torres	WBO
2008-07-05	2009-04-04	Kendall Holt	WBO
2009-04-04	2012-06-09 Vacated	Timothy Bradley	WBO
2012-06-09	2013-10 Stripped	Juan Manuel Marquez	WBO
2013-10	2013-10-19	Mike Alvarado	WBO
2013-10-19	2014-06-14	Ruslan Provodnikov	WBO
2014-06-14	2014-11-22 Stripped	Chris Algieri	WBO
2015-04-18	2017-10-26 Vacated	Terence Crawford	WBO
2018-06-09	2019-07-27	Maurice Hooker	WBO
2019-07-27	2021-05-22	Jose Ramirez	WBO
2021-05-22	2023-06-10	Josh Taylor	WBO
2023-06-10	2026-01-31	Teofimo Lopez	WBO
2026-01-31	Present	Shakur Stevenson	WBO

See also

• List of British world boxing champions