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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.

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.{{cite web |last=Shoffer|first=Scott |date=26 May 2024 |title=WBA issues confounding bridgerweight ruling

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.

  • Every Super champion is the primary champion.
  • A Regular champion is a primary champion only if Super, Undisputed and Unified is vacant.
  • A Unified champion is a primary champion only if Super is vacant.
  • Not every Regular or Unified champion gets promoted to Super if it is vacant.
  • Not every Regular champion gets to fight for the vacant Super title.
  • A Regular or Unified champion that is considered the primary champion is relegated to secondary champion if Super gets 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.

Most consecutive title defenses

Heavyweight

Primary champion lineage

No.NameReignDefenses12{{smallTunney retires.{{cite newsdate=2 August 1928work=The Wetumpka Heraldtitle=Gene Tunney Retires From Ring345678Louis vacated the title and retired, but would come back a year later to fight Ezzard Charles.91011{{smallMarciano retires.{{cite newsdate=27 April 1956work=The Central New Jersey Home Newstitle=Marciano Retires From Ring As Unbeaten World Champion121314The NBA changes its name to WBA on 23 August 1962, making Patterson the first WBA heavyweight champion and last NBA heavyweight champion.1516{{smallAli was stripped of the title for signing to a rematch with Liston.{{cite newsdate=14 September 1964work=Honolulu Star-Bulletintitle=Cass Clay Stripped By W.B.A.1718{{smallAli was stripped of the title due to his refusal to be drafted to Army service.{{cite newsagency=Associated Pressdate=29 April 1967work=Hartford Couranttitle=Heavyweight title stripped from Clay192021222324{{smallAli vacated the title and retired, but would come back a year later to fight Larry Holmes.{{cite newsdate=4 July 1979work=Miami Heraldtitle=Ali's Plans Confirmed By WBA252627282930313233343536373839{{smallForeman was stripped after refusing to fight mandatory challenger Tony Tucker.{{cite newsdate=5 March 1995work=The News and Observertitle=Foreman stripped of title40414243Lewis 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.444546{{smallJones Jr. vacated the title to stay at light heavyweight.{{cite newsagency=Associated Pressdate=24 February 2004title=Jones relinquishes heavyweight belt474849Chagaev tore his achilles tendon and was declared champion in recess.5051Haye fought for the inaugural Unified title against Wladimir Klitschko.52{{smallPromoted to Super champion on WBA's July 2011 official ratings posted on August.{{cite web53{{smallFury was recognized as Unified champion on WBA's November rankings posted on 10 December.{{cite web{{smallFury vacated the title after cancelling a rematch with Wladimir Klitschko for a second time, citing depression after a positive test for cocaine.{{cite newsauthor=date=12 October 2016title=Tyson Fury vacates world titles54555657
Jack Dempsey
(awarded inaugural title)Jan 1921 – 23 Sep 19263
Gene Tunney23 Sep 1926 – 31 Jul 19282
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Max Schmeling
(def. Jack Sharkey)12 Jun 1930 – 21 Jun 19321
Jack Sharkey21 Jun 1932 – 29 Jun 19330
Primo Carnera29 Jun 1933 – 14 Jun 19341
Max Baer14 Jun 1934 – 13 Jun 19350
James J. Braddock13 Jun 1935 – 22 Jun 19370
Joe Louis22 Jun 1937 – 1 Mar 194925
Ezzard Charles
(def. Jersey Joe Walcott)22 Jun 1949 – 18 Jul 19518
Jersey Joe Walcott18 Jul 1951 – 23 Sep 19521
Rocky Marciano23 Sep 1952 – 27 Apr 19566
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Floyd Patterson
(def. Archie Moore)30 Nov 1956 – 26 Jun 19593
Ingemar Johansson26 Jun 1959 – 20 Jun 19600
Floyd Patterson (2)20 Jun 1960 – 25 Sep 19622
Sonny Liston25 Sep 1962 – 25 Feb 19641
Muhammad Ali25 Feb – 14 Sep 19640
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Ernie Terrell
(def. Eddie Machen)5 Mar 1965 – 6 Feb 19672
Muhammad Ali (2)6 Feb – 28 Apr 19671
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Jimmy Ellis
(def. Jerry Quarry)27 Apr 1968 – 16 Feb 19701
Joe Frazier16 Feb 1970 – 22 Jan 19734
George Foreman22 Jan 1973 – 30 Oct 19742
Muhammad Ali (3)30 Oct 1974 – 15 Feb 197810
Leon Spinks15 Feb – 15 Sep 19780
Muhammad Ali (4)15 Sep 1978 – 3 Jul 19790
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John Tate
(def. Gerrie Coetzee)20 Oct 1979 – 31 Mar 19800
Mike Weaver31 Mar 1980 – 10 Dec 19822
Michael Dokes10 Dec 1982 – 23 Sep 19831
Gerrie Coetzee23 Sep 1983 – 1 Dec 19840
Greg Page1 Dec 1984 – 29 Apr 19850
Tony Tubbs29 Apr 1985 – 17 Jan 19860
Tim Witherspoon17 Jan – 12 Dec 19861
James Smith12 Dec 1986 – 7 Mar 19870
Mike Tyson7 Mar 1987 – 11 Feb 19908
Buster Douglas11 Feb – 25 Oct 19900
Evander Holyfield25 Oct 1990 – 13 Nov 19923
Riddick Bowe13 Nov 1992 – 6 Nov 19932
Evander Holyfield (2)6 Nov 1993 – 22 Apr 19940
Michael Moorer22 Apr – 5 Nov 19940
George Foreman (2)5 Nov 1994 – 4 Mar 19950
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Bruce Seldon
(def. Tony Tucker)8 Apr 1995 – 7 Sep 19961
Mike Tyson (2)7 Sep – 9 Nov 19960
Evander Holyfield (3)9 Nov 1996 – 13 Nov 19994
Lennox Lewis13 Nov 1999 – 12 Apr 20000
Evander Holyfield (4)
(def. John Ruiz)12 Aug 2000 – 3 Mar 20010
John Ruiz3 Mar 2001 – 1 Mar 20032
Roy Jones Jr.1 Mar 2003 – 24 Feb 20040
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John Ruiz (2)
(interim champion promoted)24 Feb 2004 – 17 Dec 20052
Nikolai Valuev17 Dec 2005 – 14 Apr 20073
Ruslan Chagaev14 Apr 2007 – 3 Jul 20082
Nikolai Valuev (2)
(def. John Ruiz)30 Aug 2008 – 7 Nov 20091
David Haye7 Nov 2009 – 2 Jul 20112
Wladimir Klitschko – Unified champion
(def. David Haye)2 Jul – Aug 20110
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Wladimir Klitschko – Super champion
(Unified champion promoted)Aug 2011 – 28 Nov 20158
Tyson Fury28 Nov – 10 Dec 20150
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Tyson Fury – Unified champion10 Dec 2015 – 12 Oct 20160
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Anthony Joshua – Super champion
(def. Wladimir Klitschko)29 Apr 2017 – 1 Jun 20193
Andy Ruiz Jr.1 Jun – 7 Dec 20190
Anthony Joshua (2)7 Dec 2019 – 25 Sep 20211
Oleksandr Usyk25 Sep 2021 – present5

Secondary champion lineage

No.NameReignDefenses1Povetkin lost against Super champion Wladimir Klitschko.23Browne was stripped for failing the post fight drug test but the bout wasn’t overturned to a no contest.4Chagaev was stripped of the title for failing to pay the sanctioning fees.5Charr declared champion in recess.67Dubois lost against Super champion Oleksandr Usyk.8910
Alexander Povetkin
(def. Ruslan Chagaev)27 Aug 2011 – 5 Oct 20134
Ruslan Chagaev
(def. Fres Oquendo)6 Jul 2014 – 5 Mar 20161
Lucas Browne5 Mar – 12 May 20160
Ruslan Chagaev (2)
(reinstated)12 May – 25 Jul 20160
Mahmoud Charr
(def. Alexander Ustinov)25 Nov 2017 – 29 Jan 20210
Trevor Bryan
(def. Bermane Stiverne)29 Jan 2021 – 11 Jun 20221
Daniel Dubois11 Jun 2022 – 26 Aug 20231
Mahmoud Charr (2)
(reinstated by court ruling)31 Aug 2023 – 7 Dec 20240
Kubrat Pulev7 Dec 2024 – 12 Dec 20250
Murat Gassiev12 Dec 2025 – present0

Bridgerweight

No.NameReignDefenses1
Muslim Gadzhimagomedov
(def. Zhaoxin Zhang)12 Jul 2024 – present1

Cruiserweight

Primary champion lineage

No.NameReignDefenses1234Holyfield vacated the title to move up to heavyweight full time.5{{smallBelbouli got injured and was expected to get stripped on 11 August.{{cite newsauthor=date=28 July 1989location=Macon, Missourititle=Title Stripped67Czyz was involved in a car accident and he had to vacate the title for his inability to defend it.89101112Mormeck fought for the Unified title against WBC champion Wayne Braithwaite.131415Status changes to Undisputed champion after winning against WBO champion Enzo Maccarinelli.{{smallStatus changes to Unified champion on WBA's April 2008 ratings posted on 14 May,{{cite web{{smallHaye intends to move up to heavyweight. The title is vacated on WBA's May 2008 official ratings posted on 19 June.{{cite web1617Jones was declared champion in recess.18Lebedev fought for Super title against IBF champion Víctor Ramírez.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.19Dorticos fought for Unified title against IBF champion Murat Gassiev.20Gassiev fought WBC and WBO champion Oleksandr Usyk for the Super title.21Usyk vacated the title and moved up to heavyweight.22Shumenov stripped of title after failing to meet the terms of the purse bid between him and Arsen Goulamirian.23{{smallGoulamirian promoted to Super champion on WBA's August 2019 official ratings posted on 1 September.{{cite web24{{smallRamirez becomes World champion in WBA's March 2024 official ratings posted on 6 April.{{cite web{{smallRamirez listed as Super champion in WBA's October 2024 official ratings posted on November 4.{{cite web
Ossie Ocasio
(def. Robbie Williams)13 Feb 1982 – 1 Dec 19843
Piet Crous1 Dec 1984 – 27 Jul 19851
Dwight Muhammad Qawi27 Jul 1985 – 12 Jul 19861
Evander Holyfield12 Jul 1986 – Dec 19885
Taoufik Belbouli
(def. Michael Greer)25 Mar – 11 Aug 19890
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Robert Daniels
(def. Dwight Muhammad Qawi)27 Nov 1989 – 8 Mar 19912
Bobby Czyz8 Mar 1991 – Oct 19932
Orlin Norris
(def. Marcelo Figueroa)6 Nov 1993 – 22 Jul 19954
Nate Miller22 Jul 1995 – 8 Nov 19974
Fabrice Tiozzo8 Nov 1997 – 9 Dec 20004
Virgil Hill9 Dec 2000 – 23 Feb 20020
Jean-Marc Mormeck23 Feb 2002 – 2 Apr 20053
Jean-Marc Mormeck – Unified champion
(def. Wayne Braithwaite)2 Apr 2005 – 7 Jan 20060
(3)
O'Neil Bell7 Jan 2006 – 17 Mar 20070
Jean-Marc Mormeck (2)17 Mar – 10 Nov 20070
David Haye10 Nov 2007 – 12 May 20081
David Haye – Undisputed champion
(def. Enzo Maccarinelli)8 Mar – 14 May 20080
(1)
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David Haye – Unified champion14 May – 19 Jun 20080
(1)
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Firat Arslan – Regular champion
(Primary champion vacant)19 Jun – 27 Sep 20080
Guillermo Jones27 Sep 2008 – 30 Oct 20122
Denis Lebedev – Regular champion
(interim champion promoted)30 Oct 2012 – 21 May 20164
Denis Lebedev – Super champion
(def. Víctor Ramírez)21 May 2016 – 1 Feb 20181
(5)
Yuniel Dorticos – Regular champion
(Primary champion vacant)1 Feb – 3 Feb 20180
Murat Gassiev – Unified champion
(def. Yuniel Dorticos)3 Feb – 21 Jul 20180
Oleksandr Usyk – Super champion
(def. Murat Gassiev)21 Jul 2018 – 27 Mar 20191
Beibut Shumenov – Regular champion
(Primary champion vacant)27 Mar – 31 May 20190
Arsen Goulamirian – Regular champion
(interim champion promoted);
(Primary champion vacant)31 May – 1 Sep 20190
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Arsen Goulamirian – Super champion
(Regular champion promoted)1 Sep 2019 – 30 Mar 20243
Gilberto Ramirez30 Mar – 6 Apr 20240
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Gilberto Ramirez6 Apr – 31 Oct 20240
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Gilberto Ramirez – Super champion4 Nov 2024 – present2

Secondary champion lineage

No.NameReignDefenses12Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.3Shumenov vacated the title after cancelling a defense fight multiple times against Yuniel Dorticos, due to an eye injury.4Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.5Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.6Shumenov stripped of title due to inactivity.7Merhy vacated the title.
Virgil Hill
(def. Valery Brudov)27 Jan 2006 – 24 Nov 20070
Firat Arslan24 Nov 2007 – 12 May 20082
Beibut Shumenov
(def. Junior Anthony Wright)21 May 2016 – 20 Jun 20170
Yuniel Dorticos
(interim champion promoted)20 Jun 2017 – 1 Feb 20181
Beibut Shumenov (2)
(def. Hizni Altunkaya)7 Jul 2018 – 27 Mar 20190
Beibut Shumenov (3)
(reinstated)1 Sep 2019 – 29 Jan 20210
Ryad Merhy
(interim champion promoted)29 Jan 2021 – 12 Aug 20221

Light heavyweight

Primary champion lineage

No.NameReignDefenses12345{{smallDelaney vacated the title to move up to the heavyweight division.{{cite newsdate=26 July 1927work=Daily Newstitle=Delaney to commish to M'tigue67{{smallLoughran vacated the title to move up to the heavyweight division.{{cite newsdate=3 September 1929work=Chattanooga Daily Timestitle= Loughran surrenders boxing crown today8{{smallRosenbloom is stripped of the title for failing to defend the title in a timely manner.{{cite newsdate=7 June 1931work=Chicago Tribunetitle= N.B.A vacates Rosenbloom's boxing title9{{smallNichols stripped for failing to defend the title within the eight month time limit.{{cite newsdate=18 December 1932work=Chicago Tribunetitle=George Nichols loses titles by N.B.A Action101112{{smallRosenbloom is stripped of the title because the NBA disliked his "clowning tactics and criticizing opponents in the ring".{{cite newsdate=18 September 1934work=Chicago Tribunetitle=Rosenbloom and Wolgast titles vacated by N.B.A1314{{smallLewis is stripped of the title for failing to defend it within the required six month limit and was virtually blind in his left eye.{{cite newsdate=20 June 1939work=Chicago Tribunetitle=N.B.A. relieves Lewis of title on two counts15{{smallConn vacated the title to move up to the heavyweight division.{{cite newsdate=20 December 1940work=The St. Louis Star and Timestitle=Billy Conn gives up his title today1617181920{{smallMoore was stripped of the title for failing to fight Eric Schoeppner.{{cite newsdate=26 October 1960work=Daily Newstitle=NBA lifts Moore's Light-heavy title2122232425{{smallFoster 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.{{cite newsdate=11 December 1970work=The Troy Recordtitle=Bob Foster Bugged By WBA 'Cats'2627{{smallFoster retires.{{cite newsdate=17 September 1974work=Daily Newstitle=Bob Foster quits ring282930313233{{smallSpinks vacated the title to stay at heavyweight.{{cite newsdate=6 November 1985work=Daily Newstitle=Spinks aims to wheel, deal3435363738{{smallBarkley vacated the title to stay at super middleweight.{{cite newslast=Seltzerfirst=Robertdate=27 May 1985work= Muncie Evening Presstitle=Heavyweigh picture starting to get focus3940The 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.4142{{smallJones Jr. promoted to inaugural Super champion on WBA's December 2000 official ratings.{{cite web{{smallStatus changes to Unified champion on WBA's July 2002 official ratings posted on 5 August.{{cite web{{smallJones Jr. vacates the title to stay at heavyweight.{{cite newslast=Borgesfirst=Rondate=20 April 2003title= Jones holds all cards in contest with WBA4344Branco is relegated since Roy Jones Jr. won the vacant Unified title.4546{{smallTarver was stripped of the title and removed from WBA's June 2004 official ratings posted on 3 July 2004.{{cite web47{{smallTiozzo vacated the title and retired after defeating Dariusz Michalczewski.{{cite newsauthor=date=20 October 2006title= Boxing champion retires484950Green vacated the title and retired.515253{{smallShumenov promoted to Super champion.{{cite newsauthor=date=8 October 2013title= Shumenov promoted to super champion54Hopkins fought WBO champion Sergey Kovalev for the Undisputed title.5556{{smallWard retires from boxing.{{cite newsauthor=date=21 September 2017title= With desire to fight gone, Andre Ward retires from boxing57Jack vacated the title to avoid a purse bid with interim champion Dmitry Bivol and opted to seek opportunities with bigger names. On 14 Oct 2017, Bivol was promoted to world champion.58Bivol promoted to Super champion before fighting Lenin Castillo.5960
Georges Carpentier
(awarded inaugural title)Jan 1921 – 24 Sep 19221
Battling Siki24 Sep 1922 – 17 Mar 19230
Mike McTigue17 Mar 1923 – 30 May 19251
Paul Berlenbach30 May 1925 – 16 Jul 19263
Jack Delaney16 July 1926 – 26 July 19271
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Jimmy Slattery
(def. Maxie Rosenbloom)30 Aug – 12 Dec 19270
Tommy Loughran12 Dec 1927 – 3 Sep 19295
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Maxie Rosenbloom
(awarded title)Sep 1930 – 6 Jun 19311
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George Nichols
(def. Dave Maier)18 Mar – 17 Dec 19320
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Joe Knight
(awarded title)Feb 28 – 1 Mar 19330
Bob Godwin1 Mar – 24 Mar 19330
Maxie Rosenbloom (2)24 Mar 1933 – 17 Sep 19342
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Bob Olin
(def. Maxie Rosenbloom)16 Nov 1934 – 31 Oct 19350
John Henry Lewis31 Oct 1935 – 19 Jun 19395
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Billy Conn
(def. Melio Bettina)13 Jul 1939 – 20 Dec 19403
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Anton Christoforidis
(def. Melio Bettina)13 Jan – 24 May 19410
Gus Lesnevich24 May 1941 – 26 Jul 19485
Freddie Mills26 Jul 1948 – 24 Jan 19500
Joey Maxim24 Jan 1950 – 17 Dec 19522
Archie Moore17 Dec 1952 – 25 Oct 19608
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Harold Johnson
(def. Jesse Bowdry)7 Feb 1961 – 1 Jun 19634
Willie Pastrano1 Jun 1963 – 30 Mar 19652
José Torres30 Mar 1965 – 16 Dec 19663
Dick Tiger16 Dec 1966 – 24 May 19682
Bob Foster24 May 1968 – 9 Dec 19704
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Vicente Rondón
(def. Jimmy Dupree)27 Feb 1971 – 7 Apr 19724
Bob Foster (2)7 Apr 1972 – 16 Sep 19745
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Víctor Galíndez
(def. Len Hutchins)7 Dec 1974 – 15 Sep 197810
Mike Rossman15 Sep 1978 – 14 Apr 19791
Víctor Galíndez (2)14 April – 30 Nov 19790
Marvin Johnson30 Nov 1979 – 31 Mar 19800
Eddie Mustafa Muhammad31 Mar 1980 – 18 Jul 19812
Michael Spinks18 Jul 1981 – 5 Nov 198510
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Marvin Johnson (2)
(def. Leslie Stewart)9 Feb 1986 – 23 May 19871
Leslie Stewart23 May – 5 Sep 19870
Virgil Hill5 Sep 1987 – 3 Jun 199110
Thomas Hearns3 Jun 1991 – 20 Mar 19920
Iran Barkley20 Mar – 27 May 19920
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Virgil Hill (2)
(def. Frank Tate)29 Sep 1992 – 13 Jun 199710
Dariusz Michalczewski13 Jun – 1 Jul 19970
Lou Del Valle
(def. Eddy Smulders)20 Sep 1997 – 18 Jul 19980
Roy Jones Jr.18 Jul 1998 – Dec 20005
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Roy Jones Jr. – Super champion
(Regular champion promoted)Dec 2000 – 5 Aug 20023
(8)
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Roy Jones Jr. – Unified champion5 Aug 2002 – 15 Apr 20031
(9)
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Mehdi Sahnoune – Regular champion
(Primary champion vacant)15 Apr – 10 Oct 20030
Silvio Branco10 Oct – 8 Nov 20030
Roy Jones Jr. (2) – Unified champion
(def. Antonio Tarver)8 Nov 2003 – 15 May 20040
Antonio Tarver15 May – 3 Jul 20040
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Fabrice Tiozzo – Regular champion
(Primary champion vacant)3 Jul 2004 – 19 Oct 20061
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Silvio Branco (2) – Regular champion
(interim champion promoted);
(Primary champion vacant)19 Oct 2006 – 28 Apr 20070
Stipe Drviš28 Apr – 16 Dec 20070
Danny Green16 Dec 2007 – 25 Mar 20080
Hugo Garay – Regular champion
(def. Yuriy Barashian);
(Primary champion vacant)3 Jul 2008 – 20 Jun 20091
Gabriel Campillo20 Jun 2009 – 29 Jan 20101
Beibut Shumenov29 Jan 2010 – 8 Oct 20135
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Beibut Shumenov – Super champion
(Regular champion promoted)8 Oct 2013 – 19 Apr 20141
(6)
Bernard Hopkins19 Apr – 8 Nov 20140
Sergey Kovalev – Undisputed champion
(def. Bernard Hopkins)8 Nov 2014 – 19 Nov 20164
Andre Ward19 Nov 2016 – 21 Sep 20171
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Badou Jack – Regular champion
(Primary champion vacant)21 Sep – 23 Sep 20170
Dmitry Bivol – Regular champion
(interim champion promoted);
(Primary champion vacant)14 Oct 2017 – 10 Oct 20195
Dmitry Bivol – Super champion
(Regular champion promoted)10 Oct 2019 – 12 Oct 20247
(12)
Artur Beterbiev12 Oct 2024 – 22 Feb 20250
Dmitry Bivol (2)22 Feb 2025 – present0

Secondary champion lineage

No.NameReignDefenses12Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.34Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.567Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.8Pascal is stripped of his title for testing positive for banned substances and is also suspended for six months.910
Bruno Girard
(def. Robert Koon)22 Dec 2001 – 8 Mar 20032
Mehdi Sahnoune8 Mar – 15 Apr 20030
Silvio Branco
(relegated from primary champion)8 Nov 2003 – 20 Feb 20040
Fabrice Tiozzo20 Feb – 3 Jul 20040
Jürgen Brähmer
(def. Marcus Oliveira)14 Dec 2013 – 1 Oct 20166
Nathan Cleverly1 Oct 2016 – 26 Aug 20170
Badou Jack26 Aug – 21 Sep 20170
Jean Pascal
(interim champion promoted)10 Oct 2019 – 9 Jul 20211
David Morrell
(def. Radivoje Kalajdzic)3 Aug 2024 – 1 Feb 20250
David Benavidez1 Feb 2025 – present1

Super middleweight

Primary champion lineage

No.NameReignDefenses12345678910{{smallGirard vacated the title just days before his scheduled bout due to purse bid problems.{{cite newsdate=4 March 2001work=Hartford Couranttitle=Austin Stops Perez In 6th To Retain Title11Mitchell fought for the inaugural Unified title against Sven Ottke.12{{smallOttke vacated the title and retired undefeated from professional boxing.{{cite newsauthor=date=27 March 2004title=Ottke retires from the ring131415Kessler fought for the Unified title against WBC champion Markus Beyer.Kessler fought for the Undisputed title against WBO and The Ring champion Joe Calzaghe.16Calzaghe vacated the title and moved up to light heavyweight.17{{smallKessler promoted to Super champion on WBA's August–September 2009 Official ratings posted on 21 October,{{cite web18Ward vacated the title to move up to light heavyweight.19Chudinov promoted to Super champion.20Sturm vacated the title citing impossibility to defend title after requiring surgery in both elbows.2122Zeuge relegated to secondary champion after George Groves and Fedor Chudinov fought for the vacant Super title.23242526Crawford announces his retirement. Interim champion Armando Reséndiz was later promoted to world champion.27
Park Chong-pal
(def. Jesús Gallardo)6 Dec 1987 – 23 May 19881
Fulgencio Obelmejias23 May 1988 – 28 May 19890
Baek In-chul28 May 1989 – 30 Mar 19902
Christophe Tiozzo30 Mar 1990 – 5 Apr 19912
Víctor Córdoba5 Apr 1991 – 12 Sep 19921
Michael Nunn12 Sep 1992 – 26 Feb 19944
Steve Little26 Feb – 12 Aug 19940
Frankie Liles12 Aug 1994 – 12 Jun 19997
Byron Mitchell12 Jun 1999 – 8 Apr 20001
Bruno Girard8 Apr 2000 – Mar 20011
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Byron Mitchell (2)
(def. Manny Siaca)3 Mar 2001 – 14 Mar 20032
Sven Ottke – Unified champion
(def. Byron Mitchell)15 Mar 2003 – 27 Mar 20044
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Anthony Mundine – Regular champion
(Primary champion vacant)27 Mar – 5 May 20040
Manny Siaca5 May – 12 Nov 20040
Mikkel Kessler12 Nov 2004 – 14 Oct 20063
Mikkel Kessler – Unified champion
(def. Markus Beyer)14 Oct 2006 – 4 Nov 20071
(4)
Joe Calzaghe – Undisputed champion
(def. Mikkel Kessler)4 Nov 2007 – 26 Sep 20080
Mikkel Kessler (2) – Regular champion
(Primary champion vacant)3 Oct 2008 – 21 Oct 20092
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Mikkel Kessler (2) – Super champion
(Regular champion promoted)21 Oct – 21 Nov 20090
(2)
Andre Ward21 Nov 2009 – 12 Nov 20155
Fedor Chudinov – Regular champion
(Primary champion vacant)12 Nov 2015 – 4 Jan 20160
Fedor Chudinov – Super champion
(Regular champion promoted)4 Jan – 20 Feb 20160
Felix Sturm20 Feb – 5 Oct 20160
Giovanni De Carolis – Regular champion
(Primary champion vacant)5 Oct – 5 Nov 20160
Tyron Zeuge5 Nov 2016 – 27 May 20171
George Groves – Super champion
(def. Fedor Chudinov)27 May 2017 – 28 Sep 20182
Callum Smith28 Sep 2018 – 19 Dec 20202
Canelo Álvarez19 Dec 2020 – 13 Sep 20258
Terence Crawford13 Sep 2025 – 1 Jan 20260
Armando Reséndiz
(interim champion promoted)1 Jan 2026 – present0

Secondary champion lineage

No.NameReignDefenses1Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.2Title is vacated immediately after his final defense.3Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.4Sartison was stripped of title after failing to fight in defense fights against Brian Magee and later Robert Stieglitz.5Balzsay was declared champion in recess in the July 2012 ratings posted on August 3.67Kessler lost against IBF champion Carl Froch. Froch is declared as Unified champion.8Froch was stripped of title for inactivity.9Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.10Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.111213Álvarez won against Super champion Callum Smith.14Morell 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. Morell then vacated the title and opted to stay at light heavyweight.
Anthony Mundine
(def. Antwun Echols)3 Sep 2003 – 27 Mar 20041
Anthony Mundine (2)
(def. Sam Soliman)7 Mar 2007 – 27 May 20084
Mikkel Kessler
(def. Dimitri Sartison)21 Jun – 3 Oct 20080
Dimitri Sartison
(def. Stjepan Bozic)21 Nov 2009 – 15 Jul 20111
Károly Balzsay
(def. Stanislav Kashtanov)26 Aug 2011 – 3 Aug 20121
Brian Magee
(interim champion promoted)9 Nov – 3 Dec 20120
Mikkel Kessler (2)8 Dec 2012 – 25 May 20130
Carl Froch – Unified champion
(def. Mikkel Kessler)25 May 2013 – 8 May 20152
Fedor Chudinov
(def. Felix Sturm)9 May – 12 Nov 20151
Giovanni De Carolis
9 Jan – 5 Oct 20161
Tyron Zeuge
(relegated from primary champion)27 May 2017 – 14 Jul 20182
(3)
Rocky Fielding14 Jul – 15 Dec 20180
Canelo Álvarez15 Dec 2018 – 19 Dec 20200
David Morrell
(interim champion promoted)19 Jan 2021 – 30 Aug 20246

Middleweight

Primary champion lineage

No.NameReignDefenses1234{{smallWalker vacated the title to move up to heavyweight.{{cite newsauthor=date=19 June 1931location=Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvaniatitle=Mickey to quit as Middleweight King today; To sign Sharkey bout56{{smallThil was stripped during the annual NBA convention because he would not defend the title in the United States.{{cite newslast=Schlemmerfirst=Jamesdate=20 September 1933location=Akron, Ohiotitle=N. B. A. Ranks Brouollard First; Neglects Ben Jeby, Marcel Thil78910111213141516171819202122{{smallRobinson vacated the title and retired.{{cite newslast=Hamfirst=Jackdate=19 December 1952location=Hanzleton, Pennsylvaniatitle=Sugar Ray Robinson Positively Retires From Boxing Through NBA vacates Middleweight title in favor of other pursuits232425262728{{smallRobinson was stripped for failing to fight Carmen Basilio in a trilogy bout.{{cite newsauthor=date=5 May 1959location=Decatur, Illinoistitle=Sugar Ray stripped of Middleweight title293031323334353637{{smallMonzón retires.{{cite newsauthor=date=30 August 1977location=Indianapolis, Indianatitle=Carlos Monzon Formally Quits3839404142{{smallHagler was stripped of title for signing a fight with Sugar Ray Leonard instead of mandatory challenger, Herol Graham.{{cite newsagency=Associated Pressdate=26 February 1987location=Lafayette, Louisianatitle=Hagler stripped of WBA title43{{smallKalambay was stripped of title for failing to defend his title against other top-ranked boxers.{{cite newsagency=Associated Pressdate=3 March 1989location=Hazleton, Pennsylvaniatitle=Kalambay stripped of WBA title44{{smallThe 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.{{cite newsauthor=date=4 December 1991location=Sacramento, Californiatitle=McCallum stripped of title4546{{smallJackson was stripped of title for participating in a non-title bout without the permission of the WBA.{{cite newsauthor=date=2 June 1994location=Newport News, Virginiatitle=Middleweight John David Jackson wants a state judge to restore his WBA title, claiming the sanctioning body is doing what 31 boxers were unable to do in the ring474849505152Trinidad fought for the inaugural Super title against Bernard Hopkins.53Status changed to Unified champion on WBA's July 2002 official ratings posted on 5 August.{{smallStatus changed to Undisputed champion on WBA's June–July 2003 official ratings posted in September.{{cite web54Taylor 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 Winky Wright and Kassim Ouma.5556{{smallSturm is promoted to Super champion on WBA's February 2010 ratings posted on 24 March.{{cite web57Geale was stripped of title as he chose to fight Anthony Mundine instead of mandatory challenger Gennady Golovkin.58Golovkin promoted to Super champion.59Álvarez vacates the title to stay at super middleweight.60Murata promoted to Super champion.61Golovkin vacated the title. Succeeding champions will not be marked as Regular, Unified, Undisputed, or Super because of the title reduction plan.62
Johnny Wilson
(awarded inaugural title)Jan 1921 – 31 Aug 19233
Harry Greb31 Aug 1923 – 25 Feb 19264
Tiger Flowers25 Feb – 3 Dec 19261
Mickey Walker3 Dec 1926 – 19 Jun 19313
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Gorilla Jones
(def. Oddone Piazza)25 Jan – 11 Jun 19321
Marcel Thil11 Jun 1932 – 19 Sep 19331
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Lou Brouillard
(awarded title)19 Sep – 30 Oct 19330
Vince Dundee30 Oct 1933 – 11 Sep 19342
Teddy Yarosz11 Sep 1934 – 19 Sep 19350
Eddie Babe Risko19 Sep 1935 – 11 Jul 19361
Freddie Steele11 Jul 1936 – 26 Jul 19385
Al Hostak26 Jul – 1 Nov 19380
Solly Krieger1 Nov 1938 – 27 Jun 19390
Al Hostak (2)27 Jun 1939 – 19 Jul 19401
Tony Zale19 Jul 1940 – 16 Jul 19474
Rocky Graziano16 Jul 1947 – 10 Jun 19484
Tony Zale (2)10 Jun – 21 Sep 19480
Marcel Cerdan21 Sep 1948 – 16 Jun 19490
Jake LaMotta16 Jun 1949 – 14 Feb 19512
Sugar Ray Robinson14 Feb – 10 Jul 19510
Randolph Turpin10 Jul – 12 Sep 19510
Sugar Ray Robinson (2)12 Sep 1951 – 19 Dec 19522
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Bobo Olson
(def. Randy Turpin)21 Oct 1953 – 9 Dec 19553
Sugar Ray Robinson (3)9 Dec 1955 – 2 Jan 19571
Gene Fullmer2 Jan – 1 May 19570
Sugar Ray Robinson (4)1 May – 23 Sep 19570
Carmen Basilio23 Sep 1957 – 25 Mar 19580
Sugar Ray Robinson (5)25 Mar 1958 – 4 May 19590
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Gene Fullmer (2)
(def. Carmen Basilio)28 Aug 1959 – 23 Oct 19627
Dick Tiger23 Oct 1962 – 7 Dec 19632
Joey Giardello7 Dec 1963 – 21 Oct 19651
Dick Tiger (2)21 Oct 1965 – 25 Apr 19660
Emile Griffith25 Apr 1966 – 17 Apr 19672
Nino Benvenuti17 Apr – 29 Sep 19670
Emile Griffith (2)29 Sep 1967 – 4 Mar 19680
Nino Benvenuti (2)4 Mar 1968 – 7 Nov 19704
Carlos Monzón7 Nov 1970 – 29 Aug 197714
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Rodrigo Valdéz
(def. Bennie Briscoe)5 Nov 1977 – 22 Apr 19780
Hugo Corro22 Apr 1978 – 30 Jun 19792
Vito Antuofermo30 Jun 1979 – 16 Mar 19801
Alan Minter16 Mar – 27 Sep 19801
Marvin Hagler27 Sep 1980 – 25 Feb 198711
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Sumbu Kalambay
(def. Iran Barkley)23 Oct 1987 – 2 Mar 19893
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Mike McCallum
(def. Herol Graham)10 May 1989 – 4 Dec 19913
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Reggie Johnson
(def. Steve Collins)22 Apr 1992 – 1 Oct 19933
John David Jackson1 Oct 1993 – 6 May 19940
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Jorge Castro
(def. Reggie Johnson)12 Aug 1994 – 19 Dec 19954
Shinji Takehara19 Dec 1995 – 24 Jun 19960
William Joppy24 Jun 1996 – 23 Aug 19972
Julio César Green23 Aug 1997 – 31 Jan 19980
William Joppy (2)31 Jan 1998 – 12 May 20015
Félix Trinidad12 May – 29 Sep 20010
Bernard Hopkins – Super champion
(def. Félix Trinidad)29 Sep 2001 – 5 Aug 20021
Bernard Hopkins – Unified champion5 Aug 2002 – 26 Sep 20031
(2)
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Bernard Hopkins – Undisputed champion26 Sep 2003 – 16 Jul 20054
(6)
Jermain Taylor16 Jul 2005 – 14 Dec 20061
Javier Castillejo – Regular champion
(Primary champion vacant)14 Dec 2006 – 28 Apr 20070
Felix Sturm28 Apr 2007 – 24 Mar 20107
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Felix Sturm – Super champion
(Regular champion promoted)24 Mar 2010 – 1 Sep 20125
(12)
Daniel Geale1 Sep – 2 Nov 20120
Gennady Golovkin – Regular champion
(Primary champion vacant)2 Nov 2012 – 3 Jun 20145
Gennady Golovkin – Super champion
(Regular champion promoted)3 Jun 2014 – 15 Sept 20189
(14)
Canelo Álvarez15 Sep 2018 – 1 Jan 20211
Ryōta Murata – Regular champion
(Primary champion vacant)1 Jan – 6 Jan 20210
Ryōta Murata – Super champion
(Regular champion promoted)6 Jan 2021 – 9 Apr 20220
Gennady Golovkin (2)9 Apr 2022 – 9 Mar 20230
Erislandy Lara
(Primary champion vacant)9 Mar 2023 – present3

Secondary champion lineage

No.NameReignDefenses1Joppy lost against Super champion Bernard Hopkins.234Castillejo 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.5Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.6Jacobs lost against Super champion Gennady Golovkin.78910Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.11Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
William Joppy
(def. Howard Eastman)17 Nov 2001 – 13 Dec 20031
Maselino Masoe
(def. Evans Ashira)1 May 2004 – 11 Mar 20060
Felix Sturm11 Mar – 15 Jul 20060
Javier Castillejo15 Jul – 14 Dec 20061
Gennady Golovkin
(interim champion promoted)14 Oct 2010 – 2 Nov 20125
Daniel Jacobs
(def. Jarrod Fletcher)9 Aug 2014 – 18 Mar 20174
Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam
(def. Ryōta Murata)20 May – 22 Oct 20170
Ryōta Murata22 Oct 2017 – 20 Oct 20181
Rob Brant20 Oct 2018 – 12 Jul 20191
Ryōta Murata (2)12 Jul 2019 – 1 Jan 20211
Erislandy Lara
(def. Thomas LaManna)1 May 2021 – 9 Mar 20231

Super welterweight

Primary champion lineage

No.NameReignDefenses123456{{smallMazzinghi 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.{{cite newsdate=29 October 1968work=Tampa Bay Timestitle=EBU Takes Title From Mazzinghi78910111213141516171819{{smallLeonard vacated the title and moved down to welterweight to fight in a unification bout against Thomas Hearns.{{cite newsdate=24 September 1981work=Palladium-Itemtitle=Leonard drops WBA middle totle202122{{smallDurán intends to vacate the WBA title before fighting Thomas Hearns.{{cite newsdate=14 October 1992work=Greenville Newstitle=Duran forfeits WBA title to fight Hearns23{{smallMcCallum vacated the title to move up to middleweight.{{cite newsdate=7 August 1987work=Miami Heraldtitle=Hagler's return sidetracked by WBA rankings24{{smallJackson's title was vacated the title on WBA's December 1990 ratings posted on 10 January.{{cite newsdate=10 January 1991work=The Recordtitle=The World Boxing Association official ratings as of December, 19902526{{smallPazienza vacated the title because of excessive purse demands by no 1. contender Julio César Vásquez.{{cite newsdate=14 October 1992work=Sant Cruz Sentineltitle=Pazienza will give up title2728{{smallWhitaker vacated the title and moved back to welterweight.{{cite newsdate=9 March 1995work=Boston Globetitle=Whitaker drops WBA title2930313233Trinidad vacated the title to stay at middleweight.34Vargas fought for the inaugural Unified title against WBC champion Oscar De La Hoya.353637{{smallWinky Wright challenged Félix Trinidad at middleweight. Title is vacated on WBA's February 2005 ratings posted on 20 March.{{cite web38{{smallSimms' title was vacated on WBA's May 2005 ratings posted on 5 June.{{cite web39404142434445{{smallCotto is promoted to Super champion on WBA's September 2010 official ratings posted on 15 October.{{cite web46Mayweather 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 2016.47{{smallLara is promoted to Super champion on WBA's May 2016 ratings posted on 8 June.{{cite web48495051Charlo was reportedly designated as champion in recess by the WBA. WBA then officially announced the designation on March 5th. Succeeding champions will not be marked as Regular, Unified, Undisputed, or Super because of the title reduction plan.5253Crawford was stripped of the title for moving up and opting to challenge the undisputed super middleweight titles against Canelo Álvarez.5455
Denny Moyer
(def. Joey Giambra)20 Oct 1962 – 29 Apr 19631
Ralph Dupas29 Apr – 7 Sep 19631
Alessandro Mazzinghi7 Sep 1963 – 18 Jun 19653
Nino Benvenuti18 Jun 1965 – 25 Jun 19661
Kim Ki-soo25 Jun 1966 – 25 May 19682
Sandro Mazzinghi (2)25 May – 28 Oct 19681
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Freddie Little
(def. Stanley Hayward)17 Mar 1969 – 9 Jul 19702
Carmelo Bossi9 Jul 1970 – 31 Oct 19711
Koichi Wajima31 Oct 1971 – 4 Jun 19746
Oscar Albarado4 Jun 1974 – 21 Jan 19751
Koichi Wajima (2)21 Jan – 7 Jun 19750
Yuh Jae-doo7 Jun 1975 – 17 Feb 19761
Koichi Wajima (3)17 Feb – 18 May 19760
José Duran18 May – 8 Oct 19760
Miguel Ángel Castellini8 Oct 1976 – 5 Mar 19770
Eddie Gazo5 Mar 1977 – 9 Aug 19783
Masashi Kudo9 Aug 1978 – 24 Aug 19793
Ayub Kalule24 Aug 1979 – 25 Jun 19814
Sugar Ray Leonard25 Jun – 23 Sep 19810
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Tadashi Mihara
(def. Rocky Fratto)7 Nov 1981 – 2 Feb 19820
Davey Moore2 Feb 1982 – 16 Jun 19833
Roberto Durán16 Jun 1983 – 15 Jun 19840
location=Greenville, South Carolinaaccess-date=23 October 2021via=Newspapers.comurl-access=subscription }} The title was officially vacated when he stepped on the ring against Hearns.{{cite newsdate=21 June 1984work=Arizona Daily Suntitle=Duran Resigns Boxing Careerlocation=Flagstaff, Arizonaaccess-date=23 October 2021via=Newspapers.comurl-access=subscription }}}}
Mike McCallum
(def. Sean Mannion)19 Oct 1984 – Aug 19876
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Julian Jackson
(def. Baek In-Chul)21 Nov 1987 – 10 Jan 19913
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Gilbert Delé
(def. Carlos Elliott)23 Feb – 1 Oct 19911
Vinny Paz1 Oct 1991 – 14 Oct 19920
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Julio César Vásquez
(def. Hitoshi Kamiyama)21 Dec 1992 – 4 Mar 199510
Pernell Whitaker4 Mar – 8 Mar 19950
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Carl Daniels
(def. Julio César Green)16 Jun – 16 Dec 19950
Julio César Vásquez (2)16 Dec 1995 – 21 Aug 19960
Laurent Boudouani21 Aug 1996 – 6 Mar 19994
David Reid6 Mar 1999 – 3 Mar 20002
Félix Trinidad3 Mar 2000 – 29 May 20012
Fernando Vargas
(def. José Flores)22 Sep 2001 – 14 Sep 20020
Oscar De La Hoya – Unified champion
(def. Fernando Vargas)14 Sep 2002 – 13 Sep 20031
Shane Mosley13 Sep 2003 – 13 Mar 20040
Winky Wright13 Mar 2004 – 20 Mar 20051
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Travis Simms – Regular champion
(Primary champion vacant)20 Mar – 5 June 20050
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Alejandro García – Regular champion
(interim champion promoted);
(Primary champion vacant)18 Jul 2005 – 6 May 20061
José Antonio Rivera6 May 2006 – 6 Jan 20070
Travis Simms (2)6 Jan – 7 Jul 20070
Joachim Alcine7 Jul 2007 – 11 Jul 20081
Daniel Santos11 Jul 2008 – 14 Nov 20090
Yuri Foreman14 Nov 2009 – 5 Jun 20100
Miguel Cotto5 Jun – 15 Oct 20100
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Miguel Cotto – Super champion
(Regular champion promoted)15 Oct 2010 – 5 May 20122
Floyd Mayweather Jr.5 May 2012 – 19 Jan 20161
Erislandy Lara – Regular champion
(Primary champion vacant)19 Jan – 8 Jun 20161
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Erislandy Lara – Super champion
(Regular champion promoted)8 Jun 2016 – 7 Apr 20182
(3)
Jarrett Hurd7 Apr 2018 – 11 May 20191
Julian Williams11 May 2019 – 18 Jan 20200
Jeison Rosario18 Jan – 26 Sep 20200
Jermell Charlo26 Sep 2020 – 5 Mar 20242
Israil Madrimov
(def. Magomed Kurbanov)8 Mar – 3 Aug 20240
Terence Crawford3 Aug 2024 – 13 Sep 20250
Abass Baraou
(interim champion promoted)13 Sep 2025 – 31 Jan 20260
Xander Zayas31 Jan 2026 – present0

Secondary champion lineage

No.NameReignDefenses123Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.4Trout fought WBC champion Canelo Álvarez for the Unified title.5Álvarez lost against Super champion Floyd Mayweather Jr.6Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.78Andrade vacates the title to move up to middleweight.9Castaño vacates the title after not agreeing on terms to fight mandatory fighter Michel Soro.10Lara vacates the title to stay at middleweight.
Santiago Samaniego
(interim champion promoted)14 Sep 2002 – 1 Mar 20030
Alejandro García1 Mar – 13 Dec 20031
Travis Simms13 Dec 2003 – 20 Mar 20051
Austin Trout
(def. Rigoberto Álvarez)5 Feb 2011 – 20 Apr 20134
Canelo Álvarez – Unified champion
(def. Austin Trout)20 Apr – 14 Sep 20130
Erislandy Lara
(interim champion promoted)13 Mar 2014 – 19 Jan 20163
Jack Culcay
(interim champion promoted)8 Jun 2016 – 11 Mar 20170
Demetrius Andrade11 Mar – 22 Oct 20170
Brian Castaño
(interim champion promoted)22 Oct 2017 – 20 Jun 20192
Erislandy Lara (2)
(def. Ramón Álvarez)31 Aug 2019 – 31 Aug 20211

Welterweight

Primary champion lineage

No.NameReignDefenses1234{{smallDundee is stripped of the title when he failed to sign for a title bout contender.{{cite newsdate=23 March 1929work=Daily Newstitle=Joe Dundee ruled out by N. B. A.5678910111213141516171819{{smallServo retires.{{cite newsdate=23 March 1929work=The Windsor Startitle=Marty Servo retires from boxing, Nose injury reason for quitting20{{smallRobinson's title is automatically vacated after winning the middleweight title.{{cite newsdate=15 February 1951work=Argus-Leadertitle=Sugar Ray trades Welter for Middleweight title in savage go21222324252627{{smallBasilio vacated the title after winning the middleweight title.{{cite newsdate=24 September 1957work=Democrat and Chronicletitle=Basilio now vacates Welterweight crown under new ruling2829303132333435{{smallGriffith was stripped of the title for failing to defend it within the required 6 months.{{cite newsauthor=date=8 June 1966location=Dayton, Ohiotitle=Ladd Signs With Houston But Davis Still Has Say36373839{{smallNápoles was stripped of his WBA title for failure to sign for a fight against the WBA's No. 1-rated welterweight contender, Ángel Espada.{{cite newsauthor=date=17 May 1975location=Windsor, Ontariotitle=Napoles title stripped40414243{{smallLeonard vacated the title due to a detached retina and retired.{{cite newsauthor=date=10 November 1982location=Lancaster, Pennsylvaniatitle="Feeling Is Gone" So Leonard Retires4445{{smallHoneyghan 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.{{cite newsauthor=date=6 January 1986location=Philadelphia, Pennsylvaniatitle=Boxing4647Starling 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{{smallMolinares withdrew from his defense fight with Mark Breland and vacated the title due to troubles on keeping his weight down.{{cite newsauthor=date=13 December 1988location=Racine, Wisconsintitle=Molinares withdraws4950515253{{smallQuartey was stripped of the title for pulling out on his defense against Andrey Pestryayev.{{cite newsdate=20 August 1998work=Daily Newstitle=To McKinney, Hamed is no Prince to a guy54{{smallPage was stripped of title for failing to fight his mandatory challenger Andrew Lewis.{{cite newsdate=27 September 2000work=The Greenville Newstitle=Golota vows he'll bite back5556Mayorga fought for the inaugural Unified title against WBC and The Ring champion Vernon Forrest.Mayorga fought for the Undisputed title against IBF champion Cory Spinks.5758{{smallJudah fought with Carlos Baldomir for the WBC belt as the latter did not pay the sanctioning fee for the WBA and IBF belt.{{cite newsdate=9 January 2006work=The Baltimore Suntitle=Baldomir forgoes WBA, IBF titles5960{{smallHatton vacated the title to move back to super lightweight.{{cite newsauthor=date=31 August 2006title=Hatton gives up WBA title6162Margarito promoted to Super champion.63Mosley was stripped of the title for disagreeing 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.64656667Maidana fought for Unified title against WBC and The Ring champion Floyd Mayweather Jr.68{{smallMayweather 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.{{cite web69{{smallKeith Thurman promoted to Super champion on WBA's January 2017 ratings posted on 7 February, 1 month before fighting WBC champion Danny Garcia.{{cite web70Pacquiao was stripped of his title and declared champion in recess due to inactivity.717273Crawford vacated the title to stay at super welterweight.7475Ennis promoted to Super champion.Ennis expressed his intention to move up to super welterweight. WBA vacated his title on their July 2025 rankings released on 1 Aug. Succeeding champions will not be marked as Regular, Unified, Undisputed, or Super because of the title reduction plan.76
Jack Britton
(awarded inaugural title)Jan 1921 – 1 Nov 19224
Mickey Walker1 Nov 1922 – 20 May 19263
Pete Latzo20 May 1926 – 3 Jun 19272
Joe Dundee3 Jun 1927 – 22 Mar 19292
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Jackie Fields
(def. Jack Thompson)25 Mar 1929 – 9 May 19301
Jack Thompson9 May – 5 Sep 19300
Tommy Freeman5 Sep 1930 – 14 Apr 19310
Jack Thompson (2)14 Apr – 23 Oct 19310
Lou Brouillard23 Oct 1931 – 28 Jan 19320
Jackie Fields (2)28 Jan 1932 – 22 Feb 19330
Young Corbett III22 Feb – 29 May 19330
Jimmy McLarnin29 May 1933 – 28 May 19340
Barney Ross28 May – 17 Sep 19340
Jimmy McLarnin (2)17 Sep 1934 – 28 May 19350
Barney Ross (2)28 May 1935 – 31 May 19382
Henry Armstrong31 May 1938 – 4 Oct 194019
Fritzie Zivic4 Oct 1940 – 29 Jul 19411
Freddie Cochrane29 Jul 1941 – 1 Feb 19460
Marty Servo1 Feb – 25 Sep 19460
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Sugar Ray Robinson
(def. Tommy Bell)20 Dec 1946 – 15 Feb 19514
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Johnny Bratton
(def. Charley Fusari)13 Mar – 18 May 19510
Kid Gavilán18 May 1951 – 20 Oct 19547
Johnny Saxton20 Oct 1954 – 1 Apr 19550
Tony DeMarco1 Apr – 10 Jun 19550
Carmen Basilio10 Jun 1955 – 14 Mar 19560
Johnny Saxton (2)14 Mar – 12 Sep 19560
Carmen Basilio (2)12 Sep 1956 – 23 Sep 19571
location=Rochester, New Yorkaccess-date=22 October 2021via=Newspapers.comurl-access=subscription }}}}
Virgil Akins
(def. Vince Martinez)6 Jun – 5 Dec 19580
Don Jordan5 Dec 1958 – 27 May 19602
Benny Paret27 May 1960 – 1 Apr 19611
Emile Griffith1 Apr – 30 Sep 19611
Benny Paret (2)30 Sep 1961 – 24 Mar 19620
Emile Griffith (2)24 Mar 1962 – 21 Mar 19632
Luis Manuel Rodríguez21 Mar – 8 Jun 19630
Emile Griffith (3)8 Jun 1963 – 10 Jun 19665
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Curtis Cokes
(def. Manuel González)24 Aug 1966 – 18 Apr 19695
José Nápoles18 Apr 1969 – 3 Dec 19703
Billy Backus3 Dec 1970 – 4 Jun 19710
José Nápoles (2)4 Jun 1971 – 16 May 19759
work=The Windsor Staraccess-date=22 October 2021via=Newspapers.comurl-access=subscription }}}}
Ángel Espada
(def. Clyde Gray)28 Jun 1975 – 17 Jul 19761
José Cuevas17 Jul 1976 – 2 Aug 198011
Thomas Hearns2 Aug 1980 – 16 Sep 19813
Sugar Ray Leonard16 Sep 1981 – 9 Nov 19821
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Donald Curry
(def. Hwang Jun-Suk)13 Feb 1983 – 27 Sep 19867
Lloyd Honeyghan27 Sep 1986 – 5 Jan 19870
work=The Philadelphia Inquireraccess-date=22 October 2021via=Newspapers.comurl-access=subscription }}}}
Mark Breland
(def. Harold Volbrecht)6 Feb – 22 Aug 19870
Marlon Starling22 Aug 1987 – 29 Jul 19882
Tomás Molinares29 Jul – 12 Dec 19880
work=The Journal Timesaccess-date=22 October 2021via=Newspapers.comurl-access=subscription }}}}
Mark Breland (2)
(def. Lee Seung-Soon)4 Feb 1989 – 8 Jul 19904
Aaron Davis8 Jul 1990 – 19 Jan 19910
Meldrick Taylor19 Jan 1991 – 31 Oct 19922
Crisanto España31 Oct 1992 – 4 Jun 19942
Ike Quartey4 Jun 1994 – 19 Aug 19987
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James Page
(def. Andrey Pestryayev)10 Oct 1998 – 27 Sep 20003
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Andrew Lewis
(def. James Page)17 Feb 2001 – 30 Mar 20021
Ricardo Mayorga30 Mar 2002 – 25 Jan 20030
Ricardo Mayorga – Unified champion
(def. Vernon Forrest)25 Jan – 13 Dec 20032
Cory Spinks – Undisputed champion
(def. Ricardo Mayorga)13 Dec 2003 – 5 Feb 20052
Zab Judah5 Feb 2005 – 7 Jan 20061
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Luis Collazo – Regular champion
(Primary champion vacant)7 Jan – 13 May 20060
Ricky Hatton13 May – 31 Aug 20060
url-status=livework=The Guardianarchive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140925094136/http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2006/aug/31/boxing.rickyhattonarchive-date=25 September 2014access-date=5 July 2021}}}}
Miguel Cotto – Regular champion
(def. Carlos Quintana);
(Primary champion vacant)2 Dec 2006 – 26 Jul 20084
Antonio Margarito26 Jul – 3 Oct 20080
Antonio Margarito – Super champion
(Regular champion promoted)3 Oct 2008 – 24 Jan 20090
Shane Mosley24 Jan 2009 – 21 May 20100
Vyacheslav Senchenko – Regular champion
(Primary champion vacant)21 May 2010 – 30 Apr 20122
Paulie Malignaggi30 Apr 2012 – 22 Jun 20131
Adrien Broner22 Jun – 14 Dec 20130
Marcos Maidana14 Dec 2013 – 3 May 20140
Floyd Mayweather Jr. – Unified champion
(def. Marcos Maidana)3 May 2014 – 19 Jan 20163
url=https://www.wbaboxing.com/wp-content/uploads/rankings/2015-december.pdftitle=Official ratings as of December 2015publisher=WBAaccess-date=21 August 2021}} The reason for the delay was because "it's a matter of formality".}}
Keith Thurman – Regular champion
(Primary champion vacant)19 Jan 2016 – 7 Feb 20171
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Keith Thurman – Super champion
(Regular champion promoted)7 Feb 2017 – 20 Jul 20192
(3)
Manny Pacquiao20 Jul 2019 – 29 Jan 20210
Yordenis Ugás – Super champion
(Regular champion promoted)29 Jan 2021 – 16 Apr 20221
Errol Spence Jr.16 Apr 2022 – 29 Jul 20230
Terence Crawford29 Jul 2023 – 30 Aug 20240
Eimantas Stanionis
(Primary champion vacant)30 Aug 2024 – 12 Apr 20250
Jaron Ennis12 Apr – 22 Apr 20250
Jaron Ennis – Super champion
(Regular champion promoted)22 Apr – 1 Aug 20250
Rolando Romero
(Primary champion vacant)1 Aug 2025 – present0

Secondary champion lineage

No.NameReignDefenses12Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.34Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.5Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.67Peterson vacated the title to leave space for other contenders in the ranking.89Pacquiao won against Super champion Keith Thurman.10Ugas promoted to Super champion after Pacquiao was stripped due to inactivity.111213Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.14Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
José Antonio Rivera
(def. Michel Trabant)13 Sep 2003 – 2 Apr 20050
Luis Collazo2 Apr 2005 – 7 Jan 20061
Yuriy Nuzhnenko
(interim champion promoted)3 Oct 2008 – 10 Apr 20090
Vyacheslav Senchenko10 Apr 2009 – 21 May 20101
Keith Thurman
(interim champion promoted)28 Jan 2015 – 19 Jan 20162
David Avanesyan
(interim champion promoted)7 Feb – 18 Feb 20170
Lamont Peterson18 Feb – 3 Oct 20170
Lucas Matthysse
(def. Tewa Kiram)27 Jan – 15 Jul 20180
Manny Pacquiao15 Jul 2018 – 20 Jul 20191
Yordenis Ugás
(def. Abel Ramos)6 Sep 2020 – 29 Jan 20210
Jamal James
(interim champion promoted)4 Feb – 30 Oct 20210
Radzhab Butaev30 Oct 2021 – 16 Apr 20220
Eimantas Stanionis16 Apr 2022 – 30 Aug 20241
Rolando Romero
(def. Ryan Garcia)2 May – 1 Aug 20250

Super lightweight

Primary champion lineage

No.NameReignDefenses12345{{smallOn 20 September 1932, the NBA decided not to recognize the division.{{cite newsdate=21 September 1932work=The Pasedena Posttitle=Two Ring Classes Dropped After N. B. A. Convention6Larkin vacates title to move up to welterweight.78910{{smallLoi vacated the title and retired from boxing.{{cite newsdate=26 January 1963work=The Agetitle= Duilio Loi has retired111213141516171819{{smallBenítez was stripped of the title for cancelling many scheduled title defenses following an automobile accident.{{cite newsdate=29 November 1976work=Tampa Bay Timestitle= Benitez forfeits title2021{{smallPryor vacated the title after retiring.{{cite newsdate=27 October 1983work=The Journal Heraldtitle=Pryor retires222324252627282930313233343536Mitchell fought for inaugural Super title against Kostya Tszyu.37Status changes to Unified champion on WBA's July 2002 ratings posted on 5 August.{{smallStatus changed to Undisputed champion on WBA's May–June 2003 ranking.{{cite web{{smallTszyu was stripped of title due to inactivity.{{cite newsauthor=date=16 June 2004title=Tszyu stripped of WBA title3839Fought for Unified title against IBF and The Ring champion Ricky Hatton.40Hatton vacated the title to move up to welterweight.41424344Khan fought for Super title against Zab Judah.45WBA and IBF champion Peterson tested positive for synthetic testosterone on a random test in May 2012. He was only stripped of his WBA title.4647{{smallGarcia moves up to welterweight and the title is vacated on WBA's August 2015 official ratings posted on 11 September.{{cite web48{{smallBroner is promoted to Super champion.{{cite newslast=Eckselfirst=Robertdate=5 November 2015title= Adrien Broner Declared WBA Super ChampionBroner stripped of title before his defense against Ashley Theophane for being overweight.49Burns fought for Unified title against IBF champion Julius Indongo.50Indongo fought for Super title against WBC, WBO, and The Ring champion Terence Crawford.51{{smallThe title is vacated on WBA's October rankings after Crawford expressed his intentions of moving up to welterweight.{{cite web5253Prograis fought for Super title against IBF champion Josh Taylor.54Taylor was stripped of the title after he failed to sign the contract in an ordered bout against his mandatory challenger, Alberto Puello. Succeeding champions will not be marked as Regular, Unified, Undisputed, or Super because of the title reduction plan.55Puello was made champion in recess after testing positive for banned substance before his defense against Rolando Romero.56575859
Pinky Mitchell
(awarded inaugural title)22 Nov 1922 – 21 Sep 19260
Mushy Callahan21 Sep 1926 – 18 Feb 19303
Jack Kid Berg18 Feb 1930 – 24 Apr 19316
Tony Canzoneri24 Apr 1931 – 18 Jan 19323
Johnny Jadick18 Jan – 20 Sep 19321
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Tippy Larkin
(def. Willie Joyce)29 Apr – 5 Nov 19461
Carlos Ortiz
(def. Kenny Lane)12 Jun 1959 – 1 Sep 19602
Duilio Loi1 Sep 1960 – 14 Sep 19622
Eddie Perkins14 Sep – 15 Dec 19620
Duilio Loi (2)15 Dec 1962 – 24 Jan 19630
location=Melbourne, Victoriaaccess-date=25 October 2021via=Newspapers.comurl-access=subscription }}}}
Roberto Cruz
(def. Battling Torres)21 Mar – 15 Jun 19630
Eddie Perkins (2)15 Jun 1963 – 18 Jan 19652
Carlos Hernández18 Jan 1965 – 29 Apr 19662
Sandro Lopopolo29 Apr 1966 – 30 Apr 19671
Takeshi Fuji30 Apr 1967 – 12 Dec 19681
Nicolino Locche12 Dec 1968 – 10 Mar 19725
Alfonso Frazer10 Mar – 28 Oct 19720
Antonio Cervantes28 Oct 1972 – 6 Mar 197610
Wilfred Benítez6 Mar – 28 Nov 19762
location=Saint Petersburg, Floridaaccess-date=25 October 2021via=Newspapers.comurl-access=subscription }}}}
Antonio Cervantes (2)
(def. Carlos María Giménez)25 Jun 1977 – 2 Aug 19806
Aaron Pryor2 Aug 1980 – 26 Oct 19838
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Johnny Bumphus
(def. Lorenzo Luis García)22 Jan – 1 Jun 19840
Gene Hatcher1 Jun 1984 – 21 Jul 19851
Ubaldo Néstor Sacco21 Jul 1985 – 15 Mar 19860
Patrizio Oliva15 Mar 1986 – 4 Jul 19872
Juan Martin Coggi4 Jul 1987 – 17 Aug 19904
Loreto Garza17 Aug 1990 – 14 Jun 19911
Edwin Rosario14 Jun 1991 – 10 Apr 19920
Akinobu Hiranaka10 Apr – 9 Sep 19920
Morris East9 Sep 1992 – 12 Jan 19930
Juan Martin Coggi (2)12 Jan 1993 – 17 Sep 19946
Frankie Randall17 Sep 1994 – 13 Jan 19962
Juan Martin Coggi (3)13 Jan – 16 Aug 19960
Frankie Randall (2)16 Aug 1996 – 11 Jan 19970
Khalid Rahilou11 Jan 1997 – 10 Oct 19982
Sharmba Mitchell10 Oct 1998 – 3 Feb 20014
Kostya Tszyu – Super champion
(def. Sharmba Mitchell)3 Feb 2001 – 5 Aug 20023
Kostya Tszyu – Unified champion5 Aug 20021
(4)
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Kostya Tszyu – Undisputed championJul 2003 – 16 Jun 20040
(4)
url-status=livework=Sydney Morning Heraldarchive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210719143308/https://www.smh.com.au/sport/tszyu-stripped-of-wba-title-20040616-gdj4vo.htmlarchive-date=19 July 2021access-date=19 July 2021}}}}
Vivian Harris – Regular champion
(Primary champion vacant)16 Jun 2004 – 25 Jun 20051
Carlos Maussa25 Jun – 26 Nov 20050
Ricky Hatton – Unified champion
(def. Carlos Maussa)26 Nov 2005 – 4 May 20060
Souleymane M'baye – Regular champion
(def. Raúl Horacio Balbi);
(Primary champion vacant)2 Sep 2006 – 21 Jul 20071
Gavin Rees21 Jul 2007 – 22 Mar 20080
Andreas Kotelnik22 Mar 2008 – 18 Jul 20092
Amir Khan18 Jul 2009 – 23 Jul 20114
Amir Khan – Super champion
(def. Zab Judah)23 Jul – 10 Dec 20111
(5)
Lamont Peterson10 Dec 2011 – 11 Jul 20120
Amir Khan (2) – Super champion
(reinstated)11 Jul – 14 Jul 20120
Danny Garcia14 Jul 2012 – 11 Sep 20154
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Adrien Broner – Regular champion
(def. Khabib Allakhverdiev);
(Primary champion vacant)3 Oct – 6 Nov 20150
url-status=livework=WBAarchive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190912233303/http://www.wbaboxing.com/boxing-news/adrien-broner-declared-wba-super-championarchive-date=12 September 2019access-date=21 July 2021}}}}
Adrien Broner – Super champion
(Regular champion promoted)6 Nov 2015 – 1 Apr 20160
Ricky Burns – Regular champion
(def. Michele Di Rocco);
(Primary champion vacant)28 May 2016 – 15 Apr 20171
Julius Indongo – Unified champion
(def. Ricky Burns)15 Apr – 19 Aug 20170
Terence Crawford – Super champion
(def. Julius Indongo)19 Aug – 28 Oct 20170
url=https://www.wbaboxing.com/wp-content/uploads/rankings/2017-october.pdftitle=Official ratings as of Octoberpublisher=WBAaccess-date=2 October 2021}}}}
Kiryl Relikh – Regular champion
(def. Rances Barthelemy);
(Primary champion vacant)10 Mar 2018 – 27 Apr 20191
Regis Prograis27 Apr – 26 Oct 20190
Josh Taylor – Super champion
(def. Regis Prograis)26 Oct 2019 – 14 May 20223
Alberto Puello
(def. Batyr Akhmedov)20 Aug 2022 – 10 May 20230
Rolando Romero
(def. Ismael Barroso)13 May 2023 – 30 Mar 20240
Isaac Cruz30 Mar – 3 Aug 20240
José Valenzuela3 Aug 2024 – 1 Mar 20250
Gary Antuanne Russell1 Mar 2025 – present0

Secondary champion lineage

No.NameReignDefenses12Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.3{{smallMaidana vacated the title to move up to welterweight and fight Devon Alexander.{{cite newslast=Rafaelfirst=Dandate=16 July 2012title=Marcos Maidana will relinquish title45{{smallVargas vacated the title before challenging WBO welterweight champion Timothy Bradley to avoid paying WBA's sanctioning fees.{{cite newslast=Rafaelfirst=Dandate=8 July 2015title=Vargas saved $40K by vacating title before Bradley fight67Davis vacated the title to stay at lightweight.
Diosbelys Hurtado
(def. Randall Bailey)11 May – 19 Oct 20020
Vivian Harris19 Oct 2002 – 16 Jun 20042
Marcos Maidana
(interim champion promoted)23 Jul 2011 – 16 Jul 20121
url-status=livework=ESPNarchive-url= https://archive.today/20210827030019/https://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/id/8171905/marcos-maidana-relinquish-junior-welterweight-title-fight-jesus-soto-karassarchive-date=27 August 2021access-date=27 August 2021}}}}
Khabib Allakhverdiev
(def. Joan Guzmán)30 Nov 2012 – 12 Apr 20141
Jessie Vargas12 Apr 2014 – 27 Jun 20152
url-status=livework=ESPNarchive-url= https://archive.today/20210827030658/https://www.espn.com/blog/dan-rafael/post/_/id/13390/vargas-saved-40k-by-vacating-title-before-bradley-fightarchive-date=27 August 2021access-date=27 August 2021}}}}
Mario Barrios
(def. Batyr Akhmedov)28 Sep 2019 – 26 Jun 20211
Gervonta Davis26 Jun – 7 Dec 20210

Lightweight

Primary champion lineage

No.NameReignDefenses1{{smallLeonard retires.{{cite newsdate=16 January 1925work=The Fresno Beetitle=Benny Leonard Vacates Title234567{{smallRoss vacated the title to move up to super lightweight.{{cite newsdate=15 April 1935work=The Herald-Presstitle=Barney Ross gives up Lightweight title891011{{smallAmbers was stripped after failing to defend the title within 6 months and refusing to fight the top contender Davey Day.{{cite newsdate=26 March 1940work=Daily Newstitle=Lou Ambers title vacated by NBA12{{smallAngott temporarily retires.{{cite newsdate=14 November 1942work=Deseret Newstitle=Angott Quits Boxing Forfeits Title Stolz And Larkin Are Leading Contenders, Says NBA Head131415161718192021222324252627282930{{smallDurán vacated the title to move up to welterweight.{{cite newsauthor=date=2 February 1979location=Hackensack, New Jerseytitle= Roberto Duran has renounced his World Boxing Association lightweight title313233{{smallO'Grady was stripped of title for not defending it.{{cite newsdate=15 August 1981work=St. Cloud Timestitle=O'Grady's WBA crown taken away343536373839{{smallChávez 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.{{cite newsdate=15 August 1981work=Newsdaytitle=Sugar, Hearns looking sharp404142{{smallWhitaker vacated the title to move up to super lightweight.{{cite newslast=Dowdfirst=Mikedate=24 April 1992work=The Bangor Daily Newstitle=Gamache to seek WBA lightweight title in June434445464748495051525354{{smallDoroftei was stripped of title when he came 4.4 lbs overweight to his bout with Miguel Callist. The fight was cancelled.{{cite newsauthor=CBC Sportsdate=24 October 2003title=Boxing champ Dorin stripped of title, retires5556Diaz became Unified champion after beating WBO champion Acelino Freitas.Diaz became Undisputed champion after beating IBF champion Julio Díaz.57{{smallCampbell vacated the title because of concerns regarding sanctioning fees and proposed mandatory defenses.{{cite newsauthor=date=10 January 2009title= Nate Campbell vacates WBA title58Moses is relegated to secondary champion due to Juan Manuel Márquez winning the vacant Super title.59{{smallMarquez stripped due to inactivity.{{cite newslast=Foxfirst=Allendate=5 January 2012title=Juan Manuel Marquez stripped of WBA lightweight title60{{smallAbril was declared champion in recess after he cancelled his fight with Derry Matthews.{{cite newslast=Rafaelfirst=Dandate=10 April 2015title=Richar Abril stripped of lightweight world title616263Linares fought for Super title against Vasyl Lomachenko.64656667Haney vacated the title to move up to super lightweight. Succeeding champions will not be marked as Regular, Unified, Undisputed, or Super because of the title reduction plan.68Davis was declared champion in recess after being issued an arrest warrant.
Benny Leonard
(awarded inaugural title)Jan 1921 – 15 Jan 19257
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Jimmy Goodrich
(def. Stanislaus Loayza)13 Jul – 7 Dec 19250
Rocky Kansas7 Dec 1925 – 3 Jul 19260
Sammy Mandell3 Jul 1926 – 17 Jul 19303
Al Singer17 Jul – 14 Nov 19300
Tony Canzoneri14 Nov 1930 – 23 Jun 19335
Barney Ross23 Jun 1933 – 15 Apr 19351
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Tony Canzoneri (2)
(def. Lou Ambers)10 May 1935 – 3 Sep 19361
Lou Ambers3 Sep 1936 – 17 Aug 19382
Henry Armstrong17 Aug 1938 – 22 Aug 19391
Lou Ambers (2)22 Aug 1939 – 25 Mar 19400
location=New York, New Yorkaccess-date=22 October 2021via=Newspapers.comurl-access=subscription }}}}
Sammy Angott
(def. Davey Day)3 May 1940 – 14 Nov 19421
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Sammy Angott (2)
(def. Slugger White)27 Oct 1943 – 8 Mar 19440
Juan Zurita8 Mar 1944 – 18 Apr 19450
Ike Williams18 Apr 1945 – 25 May 19518
Jimmy Carter25 May 1951 – 14 May 19522
Lauro Salas14 May – 15 Oct 19520
Jimmy Carter (2)15 Oct 1952 – 5 Mar 19543
Paddy DeMarco5 Mar – 17 Nov 19540
Jimmy Carter (3)17 Nov 1954 – 29 Jun 19550
Wallace Bud Smith29 Jun 1955 – 24 Aug 19561
Joe Brown24 Aug 1956 – 21 Apr 196211
Carlos Ortiz21 Apr 1962 – 10 Apr 19654
Ismael Laguna10 Apr – 13 Nov 19650
Carlos Ortiz (2)13 Nov 1965 – 29 Jun 19685
Carlos Cruz29 Jun 1968 – 18 Feb 19691
Mando Ramos18 Feb 1969 – 3 Mar 19701
Ismael Laguna (2)3 Mar – 26 Sep 19701
Ken Buchanan26 Sep 1970 – 26 Jun 19722
Roberto Durán26 Jun 1972 – 2 Feb 197912
work=The Recordaccess-date=18 October 2021via=Newspapers.comurl-access=subscription }}}}
Ernesto España
(def. Claude Noel)16 Jun 1979 – 2 Mar 19801
Hilmer Kenty2 Mar 1980 – 12 Apr 19813
Sean O'Grady12 Apr – 14 Aug 19810
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Claude Noel
(def. Rodolfo González)12 Sep – 5 Dec 19810
Arturo Frias5 Dec 1981 – 8 May 19821
Ray Mancini8 May 1982 – 1 Jun 19844
Livingstone Bramble1 Jun 1984 – 26 Sep 19862
Edwin Rosario26 Sep 1986 – 21 Nov 19871
Julio César Chávez21 Nov 1987 – 1 Jun 19892
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Edwin Rosario (2)
(def. Anthony Jones)9 Jul 1989 – 4 Apr 19900
Juan Nazario4 Apr – 11 Aug 19900
Pernell Whitaker11 Aug 1990 – 20 Apr 19923
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Joey Gamache
(def. Chil-Sung Jun)13 Jun – 24 Oct 19920
Tony Lopez24 Oct 1992 – 26 Jun 19931
Dingaan Thobela26 Jun – 30 Oct 19930
Orzubek Nazarov30 Oct 1993 – 16 May 19986
Jean Baptiste Mendy16 May 1998 – 10 Apr 19991
Julien Lorcy10 Apr – 7 Aug 19990
Stefano Zoff7 Aug – 13 Nov 19990
Gilberto Serrano13 Nov 1999 – 11 Jun 20001
Takanori Hatakeyama11 Jun 2000 – 1 Jul 20012
Julien Lorcy (2)1 Jul – 18 Oct 20010
Raúl Horacio Balbi18 Oct 2001 – 5 Jan 20020
Leonard Doroftei5 Jan 2002 – 24 Oct 20032
url-status=livework=CBC Sportsarchive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211018150616/https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.361848archive-date=18 October 2021access-date=18 October 2021}}}}
Lakva Sim
(def. Miguel Callist)10 Apr – 17 Jul 20040
Juan Díaz17 Jul 2004 – 23 Feb 20075
Juan Díaz – Unified champion
(def. Acelino Freitas)23 Feb – 13 Oct 20071
(6)
Juan Díaz – Undisputed champion
(def. Julio Díaz)13 Oct 2007 – 8 Mar 20081
(7)
Nate Campbell8 Mar 2008 – 10 Jan 20090
url-status=livework=Fight Hypearchive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160324033304/http://www.fighthype.com/pages/content4102.htmlarchive-date=24 March 2016access-date=5 July 2021}}}}
Paulus Moses – Regular champion
(Primary champion vacant)10 Jan – 28 Feb 20090
Juan Manuel Márquez – Super champion
(def. Juan Diaz)28 Feb 2009 – 4 Jan 20122
url-status=livework=Boxingnews24archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120112005026/http://www.boxingnews24.com/2012/01/juan-manuel-marquez-stripped-of-wba-lightweight-title/archive-date=12 January 2012access-date=5 July 2021}}}}
Richar Abril – Regular champion
(interim champion promoted);
(Primary champion vacant)28 Feb 2013 – 10 Apr 20152
url-status=livework=ESPNarchive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200705002151/https://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/id/12668327/richar-abril-was-stripped-lightweight-world-titlearchive-date=5 July 2020access-date=5 July 2021}}}}
Darleys Pérez – Regular champion
(interim champion promoted);
(Primary champion vacant)10 Apr – 21 Nov 20151
Anthony Crolla21 Nov 2015 – 24 Sep 20161
Jorge Linares24 Sep 2016 – 13 May 20183
Vasiliy Lomachenko – Super champion
(def. Jorge Linares)13 May 2018 – 17 Oct 20203
Teófimo López17 Oct 2020 – 27 Nov 20210
George Kambosos Jr27 Nov 2021 – 5 Jun 20220
Devin Haney5 Jun 2022 – 29 Nov 20232
Gervonta Davis
(Primary champion vacant)29 Nov 2023 – 16 Jan 20262

Secondary champion lineage

No.NameReignDefenses123Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.456Rios was stripped of title before his second defense against John Murray for being overweight.7Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
José Alfaro
(def. Prawet Singwancha)29 Dec 2007 – 19 May 20080
Yusuke Kobori19 May 2008 – 3 Jan 20090
Paulus Moses3 Jan – 10 Jan 20090
Paulus Moses (2)
(relegated from primary champion)28 Feb 2009 – 29 May 20101
Miguel Acosta29 May 2010 – 26 Feb 20110
Brandon Ríos26 Feb – 3 Dec 20111
Gervonta Davis
(def. Yuriorkis Gamboa)28 Dec 2019 – 29 Nov 20234

Super featherweight

Primary champion lineage

No.NameReignDefenses123On 20 September 1932, the NBA decided not to recognize the division.45Klick vacated the title to move up to the light welterweight division6Saddler vacated the title to stay at featherweight78910111213141516171819202122{{smallMitchell vacated the title to spend time with his family and business.{{cite newsdate=25 April 1991work=El Nuevo Heraldtitle= Mitchell renuncia al cetrolanguage=Spanish23{{smallGamache vacates the title to move up to lightweight.{{cite newsdate=20 October 1991work=The Boston Glovetitle= Local bleatings24{{smallHernandez was stripped of the title when he chose to challenge WBO lightweight champion Oscar De La Hoya instead of fighting his mandatory challenger.{{cite newsdate=13 July 1995work=Desert Dispatchtitle=Oscar de la Hoya gives up title2526272829Casamayor fought for the inaugural Super title against WBO champion Acelino Freitas.30Status changes to Unified champion on WBA's July 2002 ratings posted on 5 August.{{smallFreitas' title is declared vacant on WBA's January 2004 ratings posted on 10 February.{{cite web313233Valero vacated the title and moved up to lightweight.343536{{smallUchiyama promoted to Super champion.{{cite newsauthor=date=21 February 2015title= Takashi Uchiyama promoted to 130 lbs super champion status37{{smallCorrales came in overweight and was stripped of his Super title. Machado fought for the vacant Super title.{{cite newslast=Rafaelfirst=Dandate=20 October 2017title= After missing weight, Jezreel Corrales loses junior lightweight world title38Machado is relegated to secondary champion due to Gervonta Davis winning the vacant Super title.39{{smallDavis vacated the title and moved up to lightweight.{{cite newslast=Bensonfirst=Michaeldate=2 September 2019title=Davis vacates title to move up to lightweight40Léo Santa Cruz won the vacant Super title an hour before Cancio finished his fight against René Alvarado. Cancio is relegated to secondary champion.4142Davis vacates the title to stay at a higher weight class. Succeeding champions will not be marked as Regular, Unified, Undisputed, or Super because of the title reduction plan.434445Roach Jr. is stripped of the title for moving up in weight class.46
Tod Morgan
(awarded inaugural title)16 Dec 1927 – 19 Dec 19295
Benny Bass19 Dec 1929 – 15 Jul 19310
Kid Chocolate15 Jul 1931 – 20 Sep 19323
Kid Chocolate (2)
(reinstated as champion)28 Mar – 25 Dec 19333
Frankie Klick25 Dec 1933 – 5 Mar 19340
Sandy Saddler
(def. Orlando Zulueta)6 Dec 1949 – 21 Jan 19572
Harold Gomes
(def. Paul Jorgensan)20 Jul 1959 – 16 Mar 19600
Gabriel Elorde16 Mar 1960 – 15 Jun 196710
Yoshiaki Numata15 Jun – 14 Dec 19670
Hiroshi Kobayashi14 Dec 1967 – 29 Jul 19716
Alfredo Marcano29 Jul 1971 – 25 Apr 19721
Ben Villaflor25 Apr 1972 – 12 Mar 19731
Kuniaki Shibata12 Mar – 17 Oct 19731
Ben Villaflor (2)17 Oct 1973 – 16 Oct 19765
Samuel Serrano16 Oct 1976 – 2 Aug 198010
Yasutsune Uehara2 Aug 1980 – 9 Apr 19811
Samuel Serrano (2)9 Apr 1981 – 19 Jan 19833
Roger Mayweather19 Jan 1983 – 26 Feb 19842
Rocky Lockridge26 Feb 1984 – 19 May 19852
Wilfredo Gómez19 May 1985 – 24 May 19860
Alfredo Layne24 May – 27 Sep 19860
Brian Mitchell27 Sep 1986 – 25 Apr 199112
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Joey Gamache
(def. Jerry Ngobeni)28 Jun – 20 Oct 19910
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Genaro Hernández
(def. Daniel Londas)22 Nov 1991 – 13 Jul 19958
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Choi Yong-soo
(def. Víctor Hugo Paz)21 Oct 1995 – 5 Sep 19987
Takanori Hatakeyama5 Sep 1998 – 27 Jun 19991
Lakva Sim27 Jun – 31 Oct 19990
Baek Jong-kwon31 Oct 1999 – 21 May 20001
Joel Casamayor21 May 2000 – 12 Jan 20024
Acelino Freitas – Super champion
(def. Joel Casamayor)12 Jan – 5 Aug 20021
Acelino Freitas – Unified champion5 Aug 2002 – 10 Feb 20042
(3)
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Yodsanan Sor Nanthachai – Regular champion
(Primary champion vacant)10 Feb 2004 – 30 Apr 20051
Vicente Mosquera30 Apr 2005 – 5 Aug 20061
Edwin Valero5 Aug 2006 – 3 Sept 20084
Jorge Linares
(def. Whyber Garcia)28 Nov 2008 – 10 Oct 20091
Juan Carlos Salgado10 Oct 2009 – 11 Jan 20100
Takashi Uchiyama11 Jan 2010 – 21 Feb 20159
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Takashi Uchiyama – Super champion
(Regular champion promoted)21 Feb 2015 – 27 Apr 20162
(11)
Jezreel Corrales27 Apr 2016 – 20 Oct 20172
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Alberto Machado – Super champion
(def. Jezreel Corrales); (Primary champion vacant)21 Oct 2017 – 21 Apr 20180
Gervonta Davis – Super champion
(def. Jesús Cuellar)21 Apr 2018 – 2 Sep 20192
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Andrew Cancio – Regular champion
(Primary champion vacant)2 Sep – 23 Nov 20190
Léo Santa Cruz – Super champion
(def. Miguel Flores)23 Nov 2019 – 31 Oct 20200
Gervonta Davis (2)31 Oct 2020 – 28 Aug 20210
Roger Gutiérrez
(Primary champion vacant)28 Aug 2021 – 20 Aug 20220
Héctor García20 Aug 2022 – 25 Nov 20230
Lamont Roach Jr.25 Nov 2023 – 6 Dec 20251
Jazza Dickens
(interim champion promoted)6 Dec 2025 – present0

Secondary champion lineage

No.NameReignDefenses1Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.23Sosa vacates title to fight WBO champion Vasyl Lomachenko.45Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.678Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
Yodsanan Sor Nanthachai
(def. Lakva Sim)13 Apr 2002 – 10 Feb 20042
Javier Fortuna
(def. Bryan Vásquez)29 May 2015 – 24 Jun 20161
Jason Sosa24 Jun 2016 – 15 Feb 20171
Alberto Machado
(relegated from super champion)21 Apr 2018 – 9 Feb 20192
Andrew Cancio9 Feb – 2 Sep 20191
Andrew Cancio (2)
(relegated from primary champion)1 Sep – 23 Nov 20190
(1)
René Alvarado23 Nov 2019 – 2 Jan 20210
Roger Gutiérrez2 Jan – 28 Aug 20211

Featherweight

Primary champion lineage

No.NameReignDefenses1234{{smallBattalino is stripped of the title for missing weight in a title fight against Freddie Miller which ended in a controversial no contest.{{cite newsdate=28 January 1932work=The Burlington Hawk-Eyetitle=Bat Battalino is stripped of crown by N. B. A.5678{{smallArmstrong vacated the title to stay at the higher weight divisions.{{cite newsdate=13 September 1938work=The News-Heraldtitle=Armstrong abandons featherweight title9{{smallArchibald was stripped of the title for not fighting Petey Scalzo.{{cite newsdate=29 March 1940work=Honolulu Star-Bulletintitle=Not Recognized As Champion10111213141516171819{{smallSaddler was stripped of the title for failing to sign for a title defense.{{cite newsdate=17 January 1957work=The Sacramento Beetitle=Saddler Stripped Of Featherweight Crown20212223{{smallSaldívar retired after his 7th defense.{{cite newsdate=15 October 1967work=The Arizona Republictitle=Saldivar Wins, Retires24252627{{smallMarcel retires.{{cite newsdate=1 June 1974work=The Sydney Morning Heraldtitle=Top Boxer to retire2829{{smallArgüello vacated the title because the WBA wanted to set a fight date that's imposed by the mandatory challenger and not him, the champion.{{cite newsdate=12 October 1976work=El Heraldo de Brownsvilletitle= A. Arguello Dice Que Se Retira Del Boxlanguage=Spanish303132333435363738{{smallVázquez vacated the title infavor of fighting WBO champion Naseem Hamed.{{cite newsdate=12 October 1976work=Nanaimo Daily Newstitle= Vazquez gives up featherweight title39{{smallNorwood was stripped of his title for coming overweight to his 3rd defense fight against Koji Matsumoto.{{cite newsdate=23 September 1988work=El Nuevo Heraldtitle=Ganó, pero perdiólanguage=Spanish404142Gainer fought for the inaugural Unified title against IBF champion Juan Manuel Márquez.43{{smallMárquez 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. As a result, he was stripped of his WBA Unified title on WBA's July 2005 official ratings posted on 22 August.{{cite web44John is promoted to Super champion.John was declared champion in recess after suffering a rib injury.45Gamboa was declared the Unified champion after winning the vacant IBF title against Orlando Salido.Gamboa is relegated to secondary champion when John was reinstated as Super champion after winning against Fernando Saucedo.46John fought for the Undisputed title against Simpiwe Vetyeka.4748Donaire lost to Regular champion Nicholas Walters however, Walters was not given the Undisputed title.49{{smallWalters promoted to Super champion.{{cite newsauthor=date=21 February 2015title=Walters is the new 126 lbs. super champion and Cuellar promoted to regular champion titles{{smallWalters 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.{{cite newslast=Rafaelfirst=Dandate=12 June 2015title=Nicholas Walters stripped of world title after failing to make weight50Cuéllar was relegated to secondary champion because Léo Santa Cruz won the vacant Super title.515253Santa Cruz vacated the title on the day of the scheduled purse bid against Regular champion Leigh Wood. Succeeding champions will not be marked as Regular, Unified, Undisputed, or Super because of the title reduction plan.5455Lara was stripped for missing the weight before his rematch against Leigh Wood.56Wood vacated the title to move up to super featherweight.5758
Benny Bass
(def. Red Chapman)12 Sep 1927 – 10 Feb 19280
Tony Canzoneri10 Feb – 28 Sep 19280
André Routis28 Sep 1928 – 23 Sep 19291
Christopher Battalino23 Sep 1929 – 27 Jan 19325
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Tommy Paul
(def. Johnny Pena)26 May 1932 – 13 Jan 19330
Freddie Miller13 Jan 1933 – 11 May 193612
Petey Sarron11 May 1936 – 29 Oct 19372
Henry Armstrong29 Oct 1937 – 12 Sep 19380
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Joey Archibald
(def. Leo Rodak)29 Oct 1939 – 29 Mar 19401
location=Honolulu, Hawaiiaccess-date=26 October 2021via=Newspapers.comurl-access=subscription }} 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.{{cite newsdate=1 May 1940work=Arizona Republictitle=Featherweight Crown Given Petey Scalzolocation=Phoenix, Arizonaaccess-date=12 January 2022via=Newspapers.comurl-access=subscription }}}}
Petey Scalzo
(awarded title)1 May 1940 – 1 Jul 19413
Richie Lemos1 Jul – 18 Nov 19410
Jackie Wilson18 Nov 1941 – 18 Jan 19431
Jackie Callura18 Jan – 16 Aug 19431
Phil Terranova16 Aug 1943 – 10 Mar 19440
Sal Bartolo10 Mar 1944 – 7 Jun 19463
Willie Pep7 Jun 1946 – 29 Oct 19482
Sandy Saddler29 Oct 1948 – 11 Feb 19490
Willie Pep (2)11 Feb 1949 – 8 Sep 19503
Sandy Saddler (2)8 Sep 1950 – 16 Jan 19572
location=Raleigh, North Carolinaaccess-date=26 October 2021via=Newspapers.comurl-access=subscription }} A few days later, he retired.{{cite newsdate=22 January 1957work=Wilkes-Barre Times Leader, The Evening Newstitle=Sandy Saddler Retired By Manager; Going Blind Due To Auto Accidentlocation=Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvaniaaccess-date=26 October 2021via=Newspapers.comurl-access=subscription }}}}
Hogan Bassey
(def. Cherif Hamia)24 Jun 1957 – 18 Mar 19591
Davey Moore18 Mar 1959 – 21 Mar 19635
Sugar Ramos
(def. Davey Moore)21 Mar 1963 – 26 Sep 19643
Vicente Saldívar26 Sep 1964 – 14 Oct 19677
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Raul Rojas
(def. Enrique Higgins)28 Mar – 27 Sep 19680
Shozo Saijo27 Sep 1968 – 2 Sept 19715
Antonio Gomez2 Sept 1971 – 19 Aug 19721
Ernesto Marcel19 Aug 1972 – 31 May 19744
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Rubén Olivares
(def. Zensuke Otagawa)9 July – 23 Nov 19740
Alexis Argüello23 Nov 1974 – 9 Oct 19764
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Rafael Ortega
(def. Francisco Coronado)15 Jan – 17 Dec 19771
Cecilio Lastra17 Dec 1977 – 15 Apr 19780
Eusebio Pedroza15 Apr 1978 – 8 Jun 198519
Barry McGuigan8 Jun 1985 – 23 Jun 19862
Steve Cruz23 Jun 1986 – 6 Mar 19870
Antonio Esparragoza6 Mar 1987 – 30 Mar 19917
Park Yong-kyun30 Mar 1991 – 4 Dec 19938
Eloy Rojas4 Dec 1993 – 18 May 19966
Wilfredo Vázquez18 May 1996 – 25 Mar 19984
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Freddie Norwood
(def. Antonio Cermeño)3 Apr – 21 Sep 19982
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Antonio Cermeño
(def. Genaro Rios)3 Oct 1998 – 29 May 19991
Freddie Norwood (2)29 May 1999 – 9 Sep 20003
Derrick Gainer9 Sep 2000 – 1 Nov 20033
Juan Manuel Márquez – Unified champion
(def. Derrick Gainer)1 Nov 2003 – 22 Aug 20053
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Chris John – Regular champion
(Primary champion vacant)22 Aug 2005 – 27 Jun 20097
Chris John – Super champion
(Regular champion promoted)27 Jun 2009 – 14 Jul 20101
(8)
Yuriorkis Gamboa – Regular champion
(Primary champion vacant)14 Jul – 11 Sep 20100
Yuriorkis Gamboa – Unified champion
(def. Orlando Salido)11 Sep – 5 Dec 20101
Chris John (2) – Super champion
(reinstated)5 Dec 2010 – 6 Dec 20136
Simpiwe Vetyeka – Undisputed champion
(def. Chris John)6 Dec 2013 – 31 May 20140
Nonito Donaire31 May – 18 Oct 20140
Nicholas Walters – Regular champion
(Primary champion vacant)18 Oct 2014 – 21 Feb 20151
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Nicholas Walters – Super champion
(Regular champion promoted)21 Feb – 12 Jun 20150
(1)
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Jesús Cuellar – Regular champion
(Primary champion vacant)12 Jun – 29 Aug 20150
Léo Santa Cruz – Super champion
(def. Abner Mares)29 Aug 2015 – 30 Jul 20161
Carl Frampton30 Jul 2016 – 28 Jan 20170
Léo Santa Cruz (2)28 Jan 2017 – 12 Dec 20223
Leigh Wood
(Primary champion vacant)12 Dec 2022 – 18 Feb 20230
Mauricio Lara18 Feb – 26 May 20230
Leigh Wood (2)
(def. Mauricio Lara)27 May – 17 Oct 20231
Raymond Ford
(def. Otabek Kholmatov)2 Mar – 1 Jun 20240
Nick Ball1 Jun 2024 – present3

Secondary champion lineage

No.NameReignDefenses1Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.2Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.3aGamboa 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.3b4Caballero vacated the title for declining a low budget on a mandatory fight with Nicholas Walters.5Walters won against Undisputed champion Nonito Donaire however, he was not given the Undisputed title. He is moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.6Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.78Mares lost against Super champion Léo Santa Cruz.91011Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
Chris John
(interim champion promoted)1 Nov 2003 – 22 Aug 20054
Yuriorkis Gamboa
(interim champion promoted)27 Jun 2009 – 14 Jul 20103
Yuriorkis Gamboa (2) – Unified champion
(relegated from primary champion)5 Dec 2010 – 11 Jun 20111
(5)
Jonathan Victor Barros
(def. Irving Berry)4 Dec 2010 – 14 Oct 20112
Celestino Caballero14 Oct 2011 – 7 Oct 20121
Nicholas Walters
(def. Daulis Prescott)9 Dec 2012 – 18 Oct 20142
Jesús Cuellar
(interim champion promoted)21 Feb – 12 Jun 20151
Jesús Cuéllar (2)
(relegated from primary champion)29 Aug 2015 – 10 Dec 20161
(2)
Abner Mares10 Dec 2016 – 9 Jun 20181
Jesús Rojas
(interim champion promoted)4 Jul 2018 – 26 Jan 20190
Xu Can26 Jan 2019 – 31 Jul 20212
Leigh Wood31 Jul 2021 – 12 Dec 20221

Super bantamweight

Primary champion lineage

No.NameReignDefenses1234567{{smallCallejas was stripped of the title for refusing to fight his mandatory challenger.{{cite newsdate=22 November 1986work=El Miami Heraldtitle=La AMB quita cetro a Callejas89101112{{smallSalud was stripped of the title for failing to defend it in Colombia against the No. 1 contender, Luis Mendoza.{{cite newsdate=7 April 1990work=Corpus Christi Caller-Timestitle=Title stripped from Salud13141516{{smallCermeño vacated the title to move up to featherweight.{{cite newsdate=4 October 1997work=News-Presstitle=Cermeno leaves division171819{{smallAdams was stripped of the title for refusing to fight his mandatory challenger.{{cite newsauthor=WBAdate=3 July 2001title=The WBA directory declared vacant the super bantamweight title20212223242526Caballero fought for the Unified title against IBF champion Steve Molitor.{{smallCaballero promoted to inaugural Super champion on WBA's February 2010 official ratings posted on March.{{smallCaballero vacated the title to fight at featherweight.{{cite newslast=Corderofirst=Gabrieldate=10 December 2010title=Caballero to featherweight27282930Rigondeaux fought for Super title against Nonito Donaire.Rigondeaux was declared champion in recess due to inactivity.31Quigg fought for Unified title against IBF champion Carl Frampton.32{{smallFrampton was stripped of the title after choosing to fight Léo Santa Cruz for the WBA featherweight title instead of Super champion Guillermo Rigondeaux.{{cite newslast=Damerellfirst=Richarddate=8 April 2016title=Carl Frampton stripped of WBA super-bantamweight title33{{smallRigondeaux was stripped of the title after losing to a super featherweight bout against Vasyl Lomachenko.{{cite newslast=Rafaelfirst=Dandate=3 January 2018title= Guillermo Rigondeaux stripped of junior featherweight title34Roman becomes Unified champion after beating IBF champion T. J. Doheny.Roman fought Murodjon Akhmadaliev for the Super title.353637
Hong Soo-hwan
(def. Hector Carrasquilla)26 Nov 1977 – 7 May 19781
Ricardo Cardona7 May 1978 – 4 May 19805
Leo Randolph4 May – 9 Aug 19800
Sergio Víctor Palma9 Aug 1980 – 12 Jun 19825
Leo Cruz12 Jun 1982 – 22 Feb 19843
Loris Stecca22 Feb – 26 May 19840
Victor Callejas26 May 1984 – 21 Nov 19862
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Louie Espinoza
(def. Tommy Valoy)11 Jan – 28 Nov 19872
Julio Gervacio28 Nov 1987 – 27 Feb 19880
Bernardo Piñango27 Feb – 28 May 19880
Juan José Estrada28 May 1988 – 11 Nov 19893
Jesus Salud11 Nov 1989 – 5 Apr 19900
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Luis Mendoza
(def. Rubén Darío Palacios)11 Sep 1990 – 7 Oct 19914
Raúl Pérez7 Oct 1991 – 27 Mar 19920
Wilfredo Vázquez27 Mar 1992 – 13 May 19959
Antonio Cermeño13 May 1995 – 4 Oct 19977
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Enrique Sánchez
(def. Rafael del Valle)8 Feb – 12 Dec 19980
Néstor Garza12 Dec 1998 – 4 Mar 20002
Clarence Adams4 Mar 2000 – 3 Jul 20012
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Yober Ortega
(def. José Rojas)17 Nov 2001 – 21 Feb 20020
Yoddamrong Sithyodthong21 Feb – 18 May 20020
Osamu Sato18 May – 9 Oct 20020
Salim Medjkoune9 Oct 2002 – 4 Jul 20031
Mahyar Monshipour4 Jul 2003 – 18 Mar 20065
Somsak Sithchatchawal18 Mar – 4 Oct 20060
Celestino Caballero4 Oct 2006 – 21 Nov 20085
Celestino Caballero – Unified champion
(def. Steve Molitor)21 Nov 2008 – Mar 20103
(8)
Celestino Caballero – Super champion
(Unified champion promoted)Mar – 10 Dec 20100
(8)
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Lee Ryol-li – Regular champion
(Primary champion vacant)10 Dec 2010 – 31 Jan 20110
Akifumi Shimoda31 Jan – 9 Jul 20110
Rico Ramos9 Jul 2011 – 20 Jan 20120
Guillermo Rigondeaux20 Jan 2012 – 13 Apr 20132
Guillermo Rigondeaux – Super champion
(def. Nonito Donaire)13 Apr 2013 – 30 Oct 20154
(6)
Scott Quigg – Regular champion
(Primary champion vacant)30 Oct 2015 – 27 Feb 20160
Carl Frampton – Unified champion
(def. Scott Quigg)27 Feb – 8 Apr 20160
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Guillermo Rigondeaux (2) – Super champion
(reinstated)14 May 2016 – 9 Dec 20171
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Daniel Roman – Regular champion
(Primary champion vacant)9 Dec 2017 – 26 Apr 20193
Daniel Roman – Unified champion
(def. T. J. Doheny)26 Apr 2019 – 30 Jan 20201
(4)
Murodjon Akhmadaliev – Super champion
(def. Daniel Roman)30 Jan 2020 – 8 Apr 20233
Marlon Tapales8 Apr – 26 Dec 20230
Naoya Inoue26 Dec 2023 – present6

Secondary champion lineage

No.NameReignDefenses1234Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.5Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.678Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.9{{smallWBA 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. 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
Ricardo Cordoba
(interim champion promoted)21 Nov 2008 – 21 Mar 20090
Bernard Dunne21 Mar – 26 Sep 20090
Poonsawat Kratingdaenggym26 Sep 2009 – 2 Oct 20102
Lee Ryol-li2 Oct – 10 Dec 20100
Scott Quigg
(interim champion promoted)5 Sep 2013 – 30 Oct 20156
Nehomar Cermeño
(def. Qiu Xiaojun)24 Jun 2016 – 9 Apr 20172
Shun Kubo9 Apr – 3 Sep 20170
Daniel Roman3 Sep – 9 Dec 20170
Brandon Figueroa
(interim champion promoted)31 Oct 2019 – 27 Nov 20213
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Bantamweight

Primary champion lineage

No.NameReignDefenses1234567{{smallRosenberg was stripped by the NBA during its annual convention after failing to sign a fight with Bud Taylor.{{cite newsdate=19 October 1926work=Star–Gazettetitle=National Association Makes' Rules Which Will Speed up Bouts–Ignores New York Board8{{smallTaylor was stripped when he failed to fight for the title for two years.{{cite newsdate=19 May 1929work=The Brooklyn Daily Eagletitle=Taylor no longer Bantam champion9{{smallGraham was stripped of the title after Panama Al Brown was given the title.{{cite newsdate=8 October 1929work=The Yonkers Heraldtitle=Brown named champion10Brown was stripped of the title after an NBA special meeting.11{{smallBrown was stripped of the title in the rankings released after the annual NBA convention.{{cite newsdate=18 September 1934work=The Times Dispatchtitle=Slapmey Maxie Shorn of Title By Ring Chiefs1213141516{{smallEscobar vacated the title to move up to featherweight.{{cite newsdate=27 October 1939work=The Courier–Newstitle=Georgie Pace Named Bantamweight Champ17181920212223{{smallCarruthers retires from boxing.{{cite newsdate=17 May 1954work=Hartford Couranttitle=Carruthers Retires From Ring24{{smallCohen was stripped for failing to sign a fight against Raúl Macías within 90 days.{{cite newsdate=24 December 1954work=Wisconsin State Journaltitle=Cohen stripped of world bantam crown by WBA252627{{smallBecerra retires due to an eye injury.{{cite newsdate=31 August 1960work=The Boston Globetitle=Becerra retires after knockout by Elroy Sanchez282930313233343536373839404142434445{{smallPiñango vacated the title in order to move up to super bantamweight.{{cite newsdate=16 March 1987work=El Miami Heraldtitle= Wilfredo Vazquez reta a Happy Loralanguage=Spanish46474849505152535455565758596061626364{{smallAyala was stripped of the title for choosing to move up to super bantamweight instead of fighting his mandatory challenger.{{cite newsdate=8 August 2001last=Thompsonfirst=Trapwork=Fort Worth Star-Telegramtitle=Ayala stripped of title6566{{smallBredahl retires.{{cite newsdate=13 October 2004last=Jensenfirst=Clauswork=Fightnewstitle=WBA champ Bredahl retires!6768{{smallMoreno is promoted to inaugural Super champion on WBA's October 2010 ratings posted on November.{{cite webMoreno fought for the Undisputed title against Juan Carlos Payano.697071Zhakiyanov fought IBF champion Ryan Burnett for the Unified title.72{{smallBurnett is promoted to Super champion on WBA's October 2018 ratings posted on 31st October; just days before his scheduled bout against Nonito Donaire.{{cite web7374Inoue vacated the title in order to move up to super bantamweight. Succeeding champions will not be marked as Regular, Unified, Undisputed, or Super because of the title reduction plan.7576Tsutsumi is declared champion in recess for being medically unfit to defend against mandatory challenger Antonio Vargas.77Vargas is declared champion in recess for being unable to defend the title due to personal matters.78
Joe Lynch
(awarded inaugural title)Jan – 25 Jul 19210
Pete Herman25 July – 23 Sep 19210
Johnny Buff23 Sep 1921 – 10 Jul 19221
Joe Lynch (2)10 Jul 1922 – 21 Mar 19243
Abe Goldstein21 Mar – 19 Dec 19243
Eddie Martin19 Dec 1924 – 20 Mar 19250
Charlie Phil Rosenberg20 Mar 1925 – 18 Oct 19260
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Bud Taylor
(awarded title)18 Oct 1926 – 19 May 19292
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Bushy Graham
(def. Isadore Schwartz)23 May – 8 Oct 19290
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Panamá Al Brown
(awarded title)7 Oct 1929 – 3 Feb 19301
Panamá Al Brown (2)
(def. Eugène Huat)4 Oct 1930 – 18 Sep 19347
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Sixto Escobar
(def. Pete Sanstol)7 Aug – 26 Aug 19350
Louis Salica26 Aug – 15 Nov 19350
Sixto Escobar (2)15 Nov 1935 – 23 Sep 19373
Harry Jeffra23 Sep 1937 – 20 Feb 19380
Sixto Escobar (3)20 Feb 1938 – 26 Oct 19391
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Georgie Pace
(awarded title)26 Oct 1939 – 24 Sep 19401
Lou Salica (2)24 Sep 1940 – 7 Aug 19424
Manuel Ortiz7 Aug 1942 – 6 Jan 194715
Harold Dade6 Jan – 11 Mar 19470
Manuel Ortiz (2)11 Mar 1947 – 31 May 19504
Vic Toweel31 May 1950 – 15 Nov 19523
Jimmy Carruthers15 Nov 1952 – 16 May 19543
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Robert Cohen
(def. Chamroen Songkitrat)19 Sep – 23 Dec 19541
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Raúl Macías
(def. Chamroen Songkitrat)9 Mar 1955 – 6 Nov 19572
Alphonse Halimi6 Nov 1957 – 8 Jul 19590
José Becerra8 Jul 1959 – 30 Aug 19602
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Éder Jofre
(def. Eloy Sanchez)18 Nov 1960 – 18 May 19658
Fighting Harada18 May 1965 – 27 Feb 19684
Lionel Rose27 Feb 1968 – 22 Aug 19693
Rubén Olivares22 Aug 1969 – 16 Oct 19702
Chucho Castillo16 Oct 1970 – 2 Apr 19710
Rubén Olivares (2)2 Apr 1971 – 19 Mar 19722
Rafael Herrera19 Mar – 29 Jul 19720
Enrique Pinder29 Jul 1972 – 20 Jan 19730
Romeo Anaya20 Jan – 3 Nov 19732
Arnold Taylor3 Nov 1973 – 3 Jul 19740
Hong Soo-hwan3 Jul 1974 – 14 Mar 19751
Alfonso Zamora14 Mar 1975 – 19 Nov 19775
Jorge Luján19 Nov 1977 – 29 Aug 19805
Julian Solís29 Aug – 14 Nov 19800
Jeff Chandler14 Nov 1980 – 7 Apr 19849
Richie Sandoval7 April 1984 – 10 Mar 19862
Gaby Canizales10 Mar – 4 Jun 19860
Bernardo Piñango4 Jun 1986 – 13 Mar 19873
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Takuya Muguruma
(def. Azael Moran)29 Mar – 24 May 19870
Park Chan-Yong24 May – 4 Oct 19870
Wilfredo Vázquez4 Oct 1987 – 9 May 19881
Kaokor Galaxy9 May – 14 Aug 19880
Moon Sung-kil14 Aug 1988 – 9 Jul 19892
Kaokor Galaxy (2)9 Jul – 18 Oct 19890
Luisito Espinosa18 Oct 1989 – 19 Oct 19912
Israel Contreras19 Oct 1991 – 15 Mar 19920
Eddie Cook15 Mar – 9 Oct 19920
Jorge Eliécer Julio9 Oct 1992 – 23 Oct 19932
Junior Jones23 Oct 1993 – 22 Apr 19941
John Michael Johnson22 Apr – 16 Jul 19940
Daorung Chuvatana16 Jul 1994 – 17 Sep 19952
Veeraphol Sahaprom17 Sep 1995 – 28 Jan 19960
Nana Konadu28 Jan – 27 Oct 19960
Daorung Chuvatana (2)27 Oct 1996 – 21 Jun 19971
Nana Konadu (2)21 Jun 1997 – 5 Dec 19981
Johnny Tapia5 Dec 1998 – 26 Jun 19990
Paulie Ayala26 Jun 1999 – 6 Aug 20013
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Eidy Moya
(def. Adán Vargas)14 Oct 2001 – 19 Apr 20020
Johnny Bredahl19 Apr 2002 – 13 Oct 20043
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Volodymyr Sydorenko
(def. Julio Zarate)26 Feb 2005 – 31 May 20086
Anselmo Moreno31 May 2008 – Nov 20108
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Anselmo Moreno – Super champion
(Regular champion promoted)Nov 2010 – 26 Sep 20144
(12)
Juan Carlos Payano – Undisputed champion
(def. Anselmo Moreno)26 Sep 2014 – 18 Jun 20161
Rau'shee Warren18 Jun 2016 – 10 Feb 20170
Zhanat Zhakiyanov10 Feb – 21 Oct 20170
Ryan Burnett – Unified champion
(def. Zhanat Zhakiyanov)21 Oct 2017 – 31 Oct 20181
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Ryan Burnett – Super champion
(unified champion promoted)31 Oct – 3 Nov 20180
(1)
Nonito Donaire3 Nov 2018 – 7 Nov 20191
Naoya Inoue7 Nov 2019 – 13 Jan 20235
Takuma Inoue
(def. Liborio Solís)8 Apr 2023 – 13 Oct 20242
Seiya Tsutsumi13 Oct 2024 – 17 May 20251
Antonio Vargas
(interim champion promoted)17 May – 1 Dec 20251
Seiya Tsutsumi (2)
(reinstated)1 Dec 2025 – present1

Secondary champion lineage

No.NameReignDefenses1{{smallKameda vacated the title after being ordered to fight Super champion Anselmo Moreno and moved down to super flyweight.{{cite newslast=Erazofirst=Hilmar Rojasdate=6 December 2013title= Cancelled bidding Moreno vs Kameda23Inoue becomes Unified champion after beating IBF champion Emmanuel Rodríguez.Inoue won against Super champion Nonito Donaire.4Rigondeaux is stripped of his title for fighting WBO champion John Riel Casimero; a bout not sanctioned by the WBA.
Koki Kameda
(def. Alexander Muñoz)26 Dec 2010 – 6 Dec 20138
url-status=livework=WBAarchive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200510204407/https://www.wbaboxing.com/boxing-news/cancelled-bidding-moreno-vs-kamedaarchive-date=10 May 2020access-date=19 September 2021}}}}
Jamie McDonnell
(def. Tabtimdaeng Na Rachawat)31 May 2014 – 25 May 20185
Naoya Inoue25 May 2018 – 18 May 20191
Naoya Inoue – Unified champion18 May – 7 Nov 20191
(2)
Guillermo Rigondeaux
(def. Liborio Solís)8 Feb 2020 – 14 Aug 20210

Super flyweight

Primary champion lineage

No.NameReignDefenses123{{smallWatanabe was stripped of title for not fighting mandatory challenger Khaosai Galaxy.{{cite newsdate=6 July 1984work=Tampa Bay Timestitle=WBA unseats champion after winning WBC share4{{smallGalaxy retired from professional boxing.{{cite newsdate=23 December 1991work=Honolulu Star–Bulletintitle=Khaosai defends title, then retires567891011121314151617Muñoz fought for the inaugural Unified title against WBC champion Cristian Mijares.18Mijares fought for the Undisputed title against IBF champion Vic Darchinyan.19Status changed to Unified champion when Darchinyan vacated the IBF title.Darchinyan's title is vacated on WBA's September 2010 ratings posted on 15 October.2021{{smallShimizu was declared champion in recess due to an injury.{{cite newsdate=11 November 2011title=亀田大毅が"疑惑"の世界タイトルマッチを強行へlanguage=Japanese222324{{smallSolís was stripped of his title before the fight with Daiki Kameda for being overweight.{{cite newslast=Rafaelfirst=Dandate=2 December 2013title= Liborio Solis loses title on scale2526{{smallConcepción was stripped of his title before the fight with Khalid Yafai for being overweight. Only Yafai can win the title.{{cite newslast=Rathbornfirst=Jackdate=9 December 2016title=Kal Yafai's world title opponent Luis Concepcion fails to make weight and vacates WBA super-flyweight belt27Yafai fought for the Super title against Román González.2829Estrada was stripped of the title after refusing to fight his mandatory challenger Joshua Franco. Succeeding champions will not be marked as Regular, Unified, Undisputed, or Super because of the title reduction plan.30Franco was stripped of the title after missing the weight before his rematch against Kazuto Ioka.313233
Gustavo Ballas
(def. Bae Sok-Chul)12 Sep – 5 Dec 19810
Rafael Pedroza5 Dec 1981 – 8 Apr 19820
Jiro Watanabe8 Apr 1982 – 5 Jul 19846
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Khaosai Galaxy
(def. Eusebio Espinal)21 Nov 1984 – 22 Dec 199119
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Katsuya Onizuka
(def. Thanomsak Sithbaobay)10 Apr 1992 – 18 Sep 19945
Lee Hyung-chul18 Sep 1994 – 22 Jul 19951
Alimi Goitia22 Jul 1995 – 24 Aug 19963
Yokthai Sithoar24 Aug 1996 – 23 Dec 19974
Satoshi Iida23 Dec 1997 – 23 Dec 19982
Jesús Rojas23 Dec 1998 – 31 Jul 19991
Hideki Todaka31 Jul 1999 – Oct 20002
Leo Gámez9 Oct 2000 – 11 Mar 20010
Celes Kobayashi11 Mar 2001 – 9 Mar 20021
Alexander Muñoz9 Mar 2002 – 3 Dec 20043
Martín Castillo3 Dec 2004 – 22 Jul 20063
Nobuo Nashiro22 Jul 2006 – 3 May 20071
Alexander Munoz (2)3 May 2007 – 17 May 20082
Cristian Mijares – Unified champion
(def. Alexander Muñoz)17 May – 1 Nov 20081
Vic Darchinyan – Undisputed champion
(def. Cristian Mijares)1 Nov 2008 – 28 Jul 20091
Vic Darchinyan – Unified champion28 Jul 2009 – 15 Oct 20102
(3)
Hugo Cázares – Regular champion
(Primary champion vacant)15 Oct 2010 – 31 Aug 20112
Tomonobu Shimizu31 Aug – 11 Nov 20110
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Tepparith Kokietgym – Regular champion
(interim champion promoted);
(Primary champion vacant)14 Nov 2011 – 31 Dec 20123
Kohei Kono31 Dec 2012 – 6 May 20130
Liborio Solís6 May – 2 Dec 20130
url-status=livework=ESPNarchive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210121154034/https://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/id/10068617/liborio-solis-stripped-junior-bantamweight-title-daiki-kameda-boutarchive-date=21 January 2021access-date=6 July 2021}} Solís won the fight in split decision but title was at stake for Kameda only.}}
Kohei Kono (2) – Regular Champion
(def. Denkaosan Kaovichit);
(Primary champion vacant)26 Mar 2014 – 31 Aug 20163
Luis Concepción31 Aug – 9 Dec 20160
url-status=livework=Daily Mirrorarchive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180109020312/http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/boxing/kal-yafais-world-title-opponent-9426175archive-date=9 January 2018access-date=6 July 2021}}}}
Kal Yafai – Regular champion
(def. Luis Concepción);
(Primary champion vacant)10 Dec 2016 – 29 Feb 20205
Román González – Super champion
(def. Khalid Yafai)29 Feb 2020 – 13 Mar 20211
Juan Francisco Estrada13 Mar 2021 – 11 Aug 20220
Joshua Franco
(Primary champion vacant)11 Aug 2022 – 23 Jun 20231
Kazuto Ioka
(def. Joshua Franco)24 Jun 2023 – 7 Jul 20241
Fernando Martínez7 Jul 2024 – 22 Nov 20251
Jesse Rodriguez22 Nov 2025 – present0

Secondary champion lineage

No.NameReignDefenses12Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.34Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
Nobuo Nashiro
(def. Kohei Kono)15 Sep 2008 – 8 May 20102
Hugo Cázares8 May– 15 Oct 20102
Andrew Moloney
(interim champion promoted)3 Mar – 23 Jun 20200
Joshua Franco23 Jun 2020 – 11 Aug 20222

Flyweight

Primary champion lineage

No.NameReignDefenses12{{smallTitle vacated because Villa died from Ludwig's angina resulting from an infection that spread to his throat.{{cite newsdate=14 July 1925work=The Capital Timestitle=Pancho Villa, Flyweight Boxing Champion, Dies Today Succumbs In West After Operation On His Jaw3{{smallLaBarba retires.{{cite newsdate=30 August 1927work=Argus-Leadertitle=Fidel Labarba Formally Quits Flyweight Throne4{{smallSilverberg was stripped of the title after a match was sanctioned for the vacant title.{{cite newsdate=6 December 1927work=The Tampa Timestitle=N. B. A. Sanctions Flyweight Match5678910{{smallBrown was sentenced to a 4 month conviction to prison for biting a piece of a man's ear during a street fight.{{cite newsdate=2 August 1934work=The Tampa Timestitle=Jackie Brown four months hard labor11{{smallLynch was stripped when he failed to make weight for a title defense against Jackie Jurich.{{cite newsdate=29 June 1938work=Oakland Tribunetitle=Lynch Kayoes Jackie Jurich! San Jose Flyweight Stopped in Twelfth; World Title Vacated12{{smallKane's title was stripped when the NBA awarded Little Dado the flyweight title.{{cite newsdate=12 December 1939work=The San Bernardino County Sunagency=Associated Presstitle=Little Dado Seen as Flyweight Champion13{{smallDado was stripped of the title as he has not fought in the flyweight division for 2 years. Paterson was awarded the title.{{cite newsdate=15 October 1943work=The Philadelphia Inquirertitle=N.B.A. Recognizes English Fighter14{{smallPaterson was stripped of the title for failing to defend against Dado Marino.{{cite newsdate=31 July 1947work=Chattanooga Daily Timestitle=Jackie Paterson Stripped of Title For Failure to Battle Dado Marino15{{smallMonaghan retired after his third defense.{{cite newsdate=30 March 1950work=Des Moines Tribunetitle=Flyweight Champion Monghan retires16171819202122232425{{smallBurruni was stripped of title for failing to meet the organization's number one contender, Hiroyuki Ebihara.{{cite newsdate=2 November 1965work=Wisconsin State Journaltitle=Italy's Burruni Stripped of Title26{{smallAccavallo retires.{{cite newsdate=3 October 1967work=The Sacramento Beetitle=Flyweight Champion Accavallo Retires27282930{{smallOhba died in a car accident in Tokyo.{{cite newsdate=25 January 1973work=Corpus Christi Timestitle=World Flyweight Champion Dies in Auto Accident31323334353637383940414243{{smallLaciar vacated the title in order to move up to super flyweight.{{cite newsdate=20 July 1975work=El Miami Heraldlanguage=Spanishtitle=Laciar deja su faja pero no el boxeo44454647484950515253545556575859606162{{smallKameda vacated the title in order to move up to super flyweight.{{cite newslast=Rojasfirst=Hilmardate=4 January 2011title=Daiki Kameda Officially Vacates Title, Eyes New Weight6364Marquez fought for Unified title against WBO champion Brian Viloria.6566Estrada vacated the title and moved to super flyweight.67{{smallIoka vacated the title.{{cite newsauthor=date=9 November 2017title=Kazuto Ioka vacates WBA title, retirement rumoured68697071
Jimmy Wilde
(awarded inaugural title)Jan 1921 – 18 Jun 19230
Pancho Villa18 Jun 1923 – 14 Jul 19253
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Fidel LaBarba
(def. Frankie Genaro)22 Aug 1925 – 29 Aug 19272
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Pinky Silverberg
(def. Ruby Bradley)22 Oct – 6 Dec 19270
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Frenchy Belanger
(def. Ernie Jarvis)19 Dec 1927 – 6 Feb 19280
Frankie Genaro6 Feb 1928 – 2 Mar 19293
Émile Pladner2 Mar – 18 Apr 19290
Frankie Genaro (2)18 Apr 1929 – 26 Oct 19317
Victor Perez26 Oct 1931 – 31 Oct 19320
Jackie Brown31 Oct 1932 – 17 Sep 19343
location=London, Englandaccess-date=6 November 2021via=Newspapers.comurl-access=subscription }} The title was declared vacant after an NBA meeting.{{cite newsdate=18 September 1934work=Nanaimo Daily Newstitle=Rosenbloom and Midget Wolgast Do Not Measure Up To Standardlocation=Nanaimo, British Columbiaaccess-date=6 November 2021via=Newspapers.comurl-access=subscription }}}}
Benny Lynch
(def. Jackie Brown)9 Sep 1935 – 29 Jun 19383
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Peter Kane
(def. Jackie Jurich)22 Sep 1938 – 11 Dec 19390
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Little Dado
(awarded title)11 Dec 1939 – 14 Oct 19431
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Jackie Paterson
(awarded title)14 Oct 1943 – 30 Jul 19471
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Rinty Monaghan
(def. Dado Marino)20 Oct 1947 – 30 Mar 19503
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Terry Allen
(def. Honore Pratesi)25 Apr – 1 Aug 19500
Dado Marino1 Aug 1950 – 19 May 19521
Yoshio Shirai19 May 1952 – 26 Nov 19544
Pascual Perez26 Nov 1954 – 16 Apr 19609
Pone Kingpetch16 Apr 1960 – 10 Oct 19623
Fighting Harada10 Oct 1962 – 12 Jan 19630
Pone Kingpetch (2)12 Jan – 18 Sep 19630
Hiroyuki Ebihara18 Sep 1963 – 23 Jan 19640
Pone Kingpetch (3)23 Jan 1964 – 23 Apr 19650
Salvatore Burruni23 Apr – 1 Nov 19650
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Horacio Accavallo
(def. Katsuyoshi Takayama)1 Mar 1966 – 2 Oct 19683
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Hiroyuki Ebihara (2)
(def. José Severino)30 Mar – 19 Oct 19690
Bernabe Villacampo19 Oct 1969 – 5 Apr 19700
Berkrerk Chartvanchai5 Apr – 22 Oct 19700
Masao Ohba22 Oct 1970 – 25 Jan 19735
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Chartchai Chionoi
(def. Fritz Chervet)17 May 1973 – 18 Oct 19742
Susumu Hanagata18 Oct 1974 – 1 Apr 19750
Erbito Salavarria1 Apr 1975 – 27 Feb 19761
Alfonso López27 Feb – 2 Oct 19761
Guty Espadas2 Oct 1976 – 12 Aug 19784
Betulio González12 Aug 1978 – 17 Nov 19793
Luis Ibarra17 Nov 1979 – 17 Feb 19800
Kim Tae-shik17 Feb – 13 Dec 19801
Peter Mathebula13 Dec 1980 – 28 Mar 19810
Santos Laciar28 Mar – 6 Jun 19810
Luis Ibarra (2)6 June – 26 Sep 19810
Juan Herrera26 Sep 1981 – 1 May 19821
Santos Laciar (2)1 May 1982 – 19 Jul 19859
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Hilario Zapata
(def. Alonzo González)5 Oct 1985 – 13 Feb 19875
Fidel Bassa13 Feb 1987 – 30 Sep 19896
Jesús Rojas30 Sep 1989 – 10 Mar 19900
Lee Yul-woo10 Mar – 29 Jul 19900
Leopard Tamakuma29 Jul 1990 – Mar 19911
Elvis Álvarez14 Mar – 1 Jun 19910
Kim Yong-kang1 Jun 1991 – 26 Sep 19922
Aquiles Guzmán26 Sep – 15 Dec 19920
David Grimán15 Dec 1992 – 13 Feb 19942
Saen Sor Ploenchit13 Feb 1994 – 24 Nov 19969
José Bonilla24 Nov 1996 – 29 May 19983
Hugo Rafael Soto29 May 1998 – 13 Mar 19990
Leo Gámez13 Mar – 3 Sep 19990
Sornpichai Kratingdaenggym3 Sep 1999 – 5 Aug 20001
Eric Morel5 Aug 2000 – 6 Dec 20035
Lorenzo Parra6 Dec 2003 – 19 Mar 20075
Takefumi Sakata19 Mar 2007 – 31 Dec 20084
Denkaosan Kaovichit31 Dec 2008 – 7 Feb 20102
Daiki Kameda7 Feb 2010 – 4 Jan 20112
url-status=livework=Boxingscenearchive-url= https://archive.today/20210923004924/https://www.boxingscene.com/daiki-kameda-officially-vacates-title-eyes-new-weight--34394archive-date=23 September 2021access-date=23 September 2021}}}}
Luis Concepción
(interim champion promoted)4 Jan – 2 Apr 20110
Hernán Márquez2 Apr 2011 – 17 Nov 20122
Brian Viloria – Unified champion
(def. Hernán Márquez)17 Nov 2012 – 6 Apr 20130
Juan Francisco Estrada6 Apr 2013 – 14 Sep 20165
Kazuto Ioka – Regular champion
(Primary champion vacant)14 Sep 2016 – 9 Nov 20172
url-status=livework=Asian Boxingarchive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201109031919/https://www.asianboxing.info/asian-news/kazuto-ioka-vacates-wba-title-retirement-rumouredarchive-date=9 November 2020access-date=6 July 2021}}}}
Artem Dalakian – Regular champion
(def. Brian Viloria);
(Primary champion vacant)24 Feb 2018 – 23 Jan 20246
Seigo Yuri Akui23 Jan 2024 – 13 Mar 20252
Kenshiro Teraji13 Mar – 30 Jul 20250
Ricardo Sandoval30 Jul 2025 – Present0

Secondary champion lineage

No.NameReignDefenses12Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
Juan Carlos Reveco
(interim champion promoted)17 Nov 2012 – 22 Apr 20156
Kazuto Ioka22 Apr 2015 – 14 Sep 20163

Light flyweight

Primary champion lineage

No.NameReignDefenses123456789101112{{smallYuh vacated the title and retired from professional boxing.{{cite newsdate=8 September 1993work=The Miami Heraldtitle=Korean Boxer retires holding WBA title1314151617Sitbangprachan was stripped of title.1819{{smallAlvarez was stripped of title before his fourth fight with Beibis Mendoza for being overweight.{{cite newsdate=2 October 2004title= Alvarez loses title on scale!20{{smallVásquez vacated the title to move up to flyweight.{{cite newsdate=25 May 2006title="Araña" Vasquez relinquishes WBA title21{{smallKameda vacated the title to move up to flyweight.{{cite newsdate=18 January 2007title= 亀田興毅がライトフライ級王座を返上、3月にフライ級に挑戦 - 東京2223{{smallAsloum was declared champion in recess on WBA's June 2008 ratings posted on 18 July.{{cite web24Segura becomes the inaugural Unified champion after unifying with WBO and The Ring champion Iván Calderón.{{smallSegura vacated the title to fight as flyweight.{{cite newslast=Newmanfirst=Bobdate=26 November 2010title=Last day WBA Convention Managua25{{smallReveco vacated the title to move up to flyweight.{{cite newslast=Thymefirst=Juliodate=5 February 2011title= Gonzalez is king after Reveco drops WBA belt26González promoted to inaugural Super champion.{{smallGonzález vacated the title to move up to flyweight.{{cite newslast=Erazofirst=Hilmar Rojasdate=14 January 2014title= Chocolatico González vacates 108 lbs title27{{smallIoka vacated the title to move up to flyweight.{{cite newslast=Erazofirst=Hilmar Rojasdate=28 February 2014title= Kazuto Ioka relinquished his 108-pound belt2829Taguchi declared Unified champion after unifying titles with IBF champion Milan Melindo.Taguchi fought Budler for the Super title.303132{{smallTeraji status changed to Unified champion on WBA's November 2022 ratings.{{cite web{{smallTeraji vacates the title to move up to flyweight.{{cite newsauthor=date=17 July 2024title=WBC/WBA light flyweight champ Teraji relinquishes titles, plans to move up to flyweight333435
Jaime Rios
(def. Rigoberto Marcano)23 Aug 1975 – 2 Jul 19761
Juan Antonio Guzman2 Jul – 10 Oct 19760
Yoko Gushiken10 Oct 1976 – 8 Mar 198113
Pedro Flores8 Mar – 19 Jul 19810
Kim Hwan-jin19 Jul – 16 Dec 19811
Katsuo Tokashiki16 Dec 1981 – 10 Jul 19835
Lupe Madera10 Jul 1983 – 19 May 19841
Francisco Quiróz19 May 1984 – 29 Mar 19851
Joey Olivo29 Mar – 8 Dec 19851
Yuh Myung-woo8 Dec 1985 – 17 Dec 199117
Hiroki Ioka17 Dec 1991 – 18 Nov 19922
Yuh Myung-Woo (2)18 Nov 1992 – 8 Sep 19931
location=Miami, Floridaaccess-date=6 November 2021via=Newspapers.comurl-access=subscription }}}}
Leo Gámez
(def. Shiro Yahiro)21 Oct 1993 – 4 Feb 19953
Choi Hi-yong4 Feb 1995 – 13 Jan 19961
Carlos Murillo13 Jan – 21 May 19961
Keiji Yamaguchi21 May – 3 Dec 19961
Pichitnoi Sitbangprachan3 Dec 1996 – Jul 20005
Beibis Mendoza
(def. Rosendo Alvarez)12 Aug 2000 – 3 Mar 20010
Rosendo Álvarez3 Mar 2001 – 2 Oct 20043
url-status=deadwork=Fightnewsarchive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20041012080206/http://www.wbaonline.com/archive-date=12 October 2004access-date=7 November 2021}}}}
Roberto Vásquez
(def. Beibis Mendoza)29 Apr 2005 – 24 May 20063
url-status=deadwork=WBAarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060610173448/http://www.wbaonline.com/archive-date=10 June 2006access-date=7 November 2021}}}}
Kōki Kameda
(def. Juan José Landaeta)2 Aug 2006 – 18 Jan 20071
language=Japaneseurl-status=livework=Agence France-Pressearchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211107112551/https://www.afpbb.com/articles/-/2168743?act=allarchive-date=7 November 2021access-date=7 November 2021}}}}
Juan Carlos Reveco
(def. Nethra Sasiprapa)22 Jun – 8 Dec 20071
Brahim Asloum8 Dec 2007 – 18 Jul 20081
url=https://www.wbaboxing.com/wp-content/uploads/rankings/2008-june.pdftitle=Official ratings as of June 2008publisher=WBAaccess-date=7 November 2021}}}}
Giovani Segura
(interim champion promoted)5 Jun 2009 – 28 Aug 20103
Giovani Segura – Unified champion
(def. Iván Calderón)28 Aug – 26 Nov 20101
(4)
url-status=deadwork=WBAarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101202035824/http://wbanews.com/artman/publish/news/WBA_Convention_Managua_-_Last_Day.shtmlarchive-date=2 December 2010access-date=7 November 2021}}}}
Juan Carlos Reveco (2) – Regular champion
(Primary champion vacant)26 Nov 2010 – 4 Feb 20110
url-status=livework=WBAarchive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210122031507/https://www.wbaboxing.com/boxing-news/gonzalez-is-king-after-reveco-drops-wba-beltarchive-date=22 January 2021access-date=21 July 2021}}}}
Román González – Regular champion
(interim champion promoted);
(Primary champion vacant)4 Feb 2011 – 30 Nov 20125
Román González – Super champion
(Regular champion promoted)30 Nov 2012 – 14 Jan 20140
(5)
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Kazuto Ioka – Regular champion
(Primary champion vacant)14 Jan – 28 Feb 20140
url-status=livework=WBAarchive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210122030246/https://www.wbaboxing.com/boxing-news/kazuto-ioka-relinquished-his-108-pound-belt#.YApAiuSQGEcarchive-date=22 January 2021access-date=21 July 2021}}}}
Alberto Rossel – Regular champion
(interim champion promoted);{{cite newslast=Ezarofirst=Hilmar Rojasdate=10 July 2014title=Rossel promoted to WBA regular 108 pound championurl-status=livework=WBAarchive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240416220733/https://www.wbaboxing.com/boxing-news/rossel-promoted-to-wba-regular-108-pound-championarchive-date=16 April 2024access-date=18 July 2024}}
(Primary champion vacant)10 Jul – 31 Dec 20140
Ryoichi Taguchi31 Dec 2014 – 31 Dec 20176
Ryoichi Taguchi – Unified champion
(def. Milan Melindo)31 Dec 2017 – 20 May 20181
(7)
Hekkie Budler – Super champion
(def. Ryoichi Taguchi)20 May – 31 Dec 20180
Hiroto Kyoguchi31 Dec 2018 – 1 Nov 20224
Kenshiro Teraji1 Nov – 30 Nov 20220
url=https://www.wbaboxing.com/wp-content/uploads/rankings/2022-november.pdftitle=Official ratings as of Novemberpublisher=WBAaccess-date=24 April 2023}}}}
Kenshiro Teraji – Unified champion30 Nov 2022 – 15 Jul 20243
url-status=livework=Boxing News JParchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240810125713/https://boxingnews.jp/english/109076/?amp=1archive-date=10 August 2024access-date=10 August 2024}} Succeeding champions will not be marked as Regular, Unified, Undisputed, or Super because of the title reduction plan.}}
Erick Rosa
(def. Neidar Valdez)19 Dec 2024 – 30 Jul 20250
Kyosuke Takami30 Jul 2025 – 17 Dec 20250
René Santiago17 Dec 2025 – present0

Secondary champion lineage

No.NameReignDefenses1Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.2Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.34Bermudez lost against Super champion Hiroto Kyoguchi.
Juan Carlos Reveco
(interim champion promoted)28 Aug – 26 Nov 20100
Kazuto Ioka
(def. José Alfredo Rodríguez)31 Dec 2012 – 14 Jan 20143
Carlos Cañizales
(def. Reiya Konishi)18 Mar 2018 – 21 May 20212
Esteban Bermudez28 May 2021 – 10 Jun 20220

Minimumweight

Primary champion lineage

No.NameReignDefenses1{{smallGámez vacated the title citing weight problems and moved up to light flyweight.{{cite newsdate=2 April 1989work=El Nuevo Heraldlanguage=Spanishtitle=Gamez renuncia a cetro de AMB23456{{smallÁlvarez stripped of title before his fight with Ricardo López for being overweight.{{cite newsdate=14 November 1998work=El Nuevo Heraldlanguage=Spanishtitle=Desilusion en Nicaragua7Lopez vacated the title in order to move up to light flyweight.8{{smallArambulet stripped of title before his rematch fight with Joma Gamboa for being overweight.{{cite newslast=Hensonfirst=Joaquindate=6 December 2000title=More at stake for Joma - SPORTING CHANCE by Joaquin M. Henson9101112{{smallNiida vacated the title and retired citing back problems and lack of interest in boxing.{{cite newsdate=23 October 2001title=WBA's Niida confirms retirement plans1314{{smallArambulet stripped of title before his rematch fight with Yutaka Niida for being overweight.{{cite newslast=Koizumifirst=Joedate=2 July 2004title=Arambulet loses title on scale1516{{smallGonzález vacated in order to move up to light flyweight.{{cite newslast=Corderofirst=Gabrieldate=8 October 2010title=Gonzalez vacates WBA title1718192021{{smallIoka vacated the title in order to move up to light flyweight.{{cite newsauthor=WBA Pressdate=3 October 2012title= Ioka vacates 105 lbs and moves up división22{{smallMiyazaki vacated the title in order to move up to light flyweight.232425{{smallCP Freshmart is promoted to inaugural Super champion on WBA's February 2020 official ratings posted on 1 March.26
Leo Gámez
(def. Kim Bong-Jun)10 Jan 1988 – 1 Apr 19891
location=Miami, Floridaaccess-date=7 November 2021via=Newspapers.comurl-access=subscription }}}}
Kim Bong-jun
(def. Agustín García)16 Apr 1989 – 2 Feb 19915
Choi Hi-yong2 Feb 1991 – 14 Oct 19924
Hideyuki Ohashi14 Oct 1992 – 10 Feb 19930
Chana Porpaoin10 Feb 1993 – 2 Dec 19958
Rosendo Álvarez2 Dec 1995 – 12 Nov 19985
location=Miami, Floridaaccess-date=7 November 2021via=Newspapers.comurl-access=subscription }} Title was at stake only for López who managed to beat the heavier Álvarez.}}
Ricardo López
(def. Rosendo Álvarez)13 Nov 1998 – Jul 19990
Noel Arambulet
(def. Joma Gamboa)9 Oct 1999 – 19 Aug 20001
url-status=livework=Philstararchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211108093141/https://www.philstar.com/sports/2000/12/06/109201/more-stake-joma-sporting-chance-joaquin-m-hensonarchive-date=8 November 2021access-date=8 November 2021}} Title was at stake only for Gamboa who managed to beat the heavier Arambulet.}}
Joma Gamboa
(def. Noel Arambulet)20 Aug – 6 Dec 20000
Keitaro Hoshino6 Dec 2000 – 16 Apr 20010
Chana Porpaoin (2)16 Apr – 25 Aug 20010
Yutaka Niida25 Aug – 22 Oct 20010
url-status=livework=The Japan Timesarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211108093426/https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2001/10/23/more-sports/wbas-niida-confirms-retirement-plans/archive-date=8 November 2021access-date=8 November 2021}} }}
Keitaro Hoshino (2)
(def. Joma Gamboa)29 Jan – 29 Jul 20020
Noel Arambulet (2)29 Jul 2002 – 2 Jul 20042
url-status=deadwork=WBAarchive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20040812082202/http://www.wbaonline.com/news/news030704a.asparchive-date=12 August 2004access-date=7 November 2021}} Title was at stake only for Niida who managed to beat the heavier Arambulet.}}
Yutaka Niida (2)
(def. Noel Arambulet)3 Jul 2004 – 15 Sep 20087
Román González15 Sep 2008 – 8 Oct 20103
url-status=deadwork=Fightnewsarchive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101011101350/http://www.fightnews.com/Boxing/gonzalez-vacates-wba-title-62564archive-date=11 October 2010access-date=7 November 2021}}}}
Kwanthai Sithmorseng
(def. Pigmy Kokietgym)5 Nov 2010 – 19 Apr 20110
Muhammad Rachman19 Apr – 30 Jul 20110
Pornsawan Porpramook30 Jul – 24 Oct 20110
Akira Yaegashi24 Oct 2011 – 24 Jun 20120
Kazuto Ioka24 Jun – 2 Oct 20120
url-status=deadwork=WBAarchive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121006061611/http://wbanews.com/artman/publish/news/Super_champion_Andre_Ward_awarded_as_boxer_of_the_month.shtmlarchive-date=6 October 2012access-date=21 July 2021}}}}
Ryo Miyazaki
(def. Pornsawan Porpramook)31 Dec 2012 – 27 Dec 20132
Hekkie Budler
(def. Karluis Díaz)1 Mar 2014 – 19 Mar 20164
Byron Rojas19 Mar – 29 Jun 20160
Knockout CP Freshmart29 Jun 2016 – 1 Mar 20207
Knockout CP Freshmart – Super champion
(Regular champion promoted)1 Mar 2020 – 16 Nov 20245
(12)
Oscar Collazo16 Nov 2024 – present2

Secondary champion lineage

No.NameReignDefenses12{{smallRosa vacated the title to move up to light flyweight.3
Vic Saludar
(def. Robert Paradero)20 Feb – 21 Dec 20210
Erick Rosa21 Dec 2021 – 15 Jan 20240
Ryūsei Matsumoto
(def. Yuni Takada)14 Sep 2025 – present0

Notes

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