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List of world light-middleweight boxing champions

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

The World Boxing Association (WBA), founded in 1921 as the National Boxing Association (NBA),
The World Boxing Council (WBC), founded in 1963,
The International Boxing Federation (IBF), founded in 1983,
The World Boxing Organization (WBO), founded in 1988,

Reign Began	Reign Ended	Champion	Recognition
Title inaugurated
1962-10-20	1963-04-29	USA Denny Moyer	Universal (WBA/WBC)
1963-04-29	1963-09-07	USA Ralph Dupas	Universal (WBA/WBC)
1963-09-07	1965-06-18	Italy Sandro Mazzinghi	Universal (WBA/WBC)
1965-06-18	1966-06-25	Italy Nino Benvenuti	Universal (WBA/WBC)
1966-06-25	1968-05-26	KOR Ki-Soo Kim	Universal (WBA/WBC)
1968-05-26	1968-10-25-Stripped	Italy Sandro Mazzinghi	Universal (WBA/WBC)
1969-03-17	1970-07-09	USA Freddie Little	Universal (WBA/WBC)
1970-07-09	1971-10-31	Italy Carmelo Bossi	Universal (WBA/WBC)
1971-10-31	1974-06-04	Japan Koichi Wajima	Universal (WBA/WBC)
1974-06-04	1975-01-21	USA Oscar Albarado	Universal (WBA/WBC)
1975-01-21	1975-03-22-Title Split	Japan Koichi Wajima	Universal (WBA/WBC)
Title Inaugurated
1963-02-19	1963-04-29	USA Denny Moyer	WBC
1963-04-29	1963-09-07	USA Ralph Dupas	WBC
1963-09-07	1965-06-18	Italy Sandro Mazzinghi	WBC
1965-06-18	1966-06-25	Italy Nino Benvenuti	WBC
1966-06-25	1968-05-26	South Korea Ki Soo Kim	WBC
1968-05-26	1968-11-Stripped	Italy Sandro Mazzinghi	WBC
1969-03-17	1970-07-09	USA Freddie Little	WBC
1970-07-09	1971-10-31	Italy Carmelo Bossi	WBC
1971-10-31	1974-06-04	Japan Koichi Wajima	WBC
1974-06-04	1975-01-21	USA Oscar Albarado	WBC
1975-01-21	1975-04-Stripped	Japan Koichi Wajima	WBC
1975-05-07	1975-11-13	Brazil Miguel de Oliveira	WBC
1975-11-13	1976-06-17	Bahamas Elisha Obed	WBC
1976-06-17	1977-08-06	Germany Eckhard Dagge	WBC
1977-08-06	1979-03-04	Australia Rocky Mattioli	WBC
1979-03-04	1981-05-23	Great Britain Maurice Hope	WBC
1981-05-23	1982-12-03	PUR Wilfred Benítez	WBC
1982-12-03	1986-06-23-Vacated	USA Thomas Hearns	WBC
1986-12-05	1987-07-12	USA Duane Thomas	WBC
1987-07-12	1987-10-02	MEX Lupe Aquino	WBC
1987-10-02	1988-07-08	Italy Gianfranco Rosi	WBC
1988-07-08	1989-02-11	USA Donald Curry	WBC
1989-02-11	1989-07-08	France Rene Jacquot	WBC
1989-07-08	1990-03-31	Uganda John Mugabi	WBC
1990-03-31	1993-12-18	USA Terry Norris	WBC
1993-12-18	1994-05-07	Jamaica Simon Brown	WBC
1994-05-07	1994-11-12	USA Terry Norris	WBC
1994-11-12	1995-08-19	Dominican Republic Luis Santana	WBC
1995-08-19	1997-12-06	USA Terry Norris	WBC
1997-12-06	1999-01-29	USA Keith Mullings	WBC
1999-01-29	2001-06-23	Spain Javier Castillejo	WBC
2001-06-23	2003-09-13	USA Oscar De La Hoya	WBC
2003-09-13	2004-03-13	USA Shane Mosley	WBC
2004-03-13	2004-11-20-Vacated	USA Winky Wright	WBC
2004-11-20	2005-06-01-Stripped	Spain Javier Castillejo	WBC
2005-08-13	2006-05-06	Nicaragua Ricardo Mayorga	WBC
2006-05-06	2007-05-05	USA Oscar De La Hoya	WBC
2007-05-05	2007-06-28-Vacated	USA Floyd Mayweather Jr.	WBC
2007-07-28	2008-06-07	USA Vernon Forrest	WBC
2008-06-07	2008-09-13	USA Sergio Mora	WBC
2008-09-13	2009-05-21-Stripped	USA Vernon Forrest	WBC
2009-05-21	2010-06-17-Vacated	Argentina Sergio Martinez	WBC
2010-11-13	2011-02-08-Vacated	Philippines Manny Pacquiao	WBC
2011-03-05	2013-09-14	MEX Saul Alvarez	WBC
2013-09-14	2015-11-01-Changed status to WBC Emeritus	USA Floyd Mayweather Jr.	WBC
2016-05-21	2018-12-22	USA Jermell Charlo	WBC
2018-12-22	2019-12-21	USA Tony Harrison (boxer)	WBC
2019-12-21	2024-01-26-Vacated	USA Jermell Charlo	WBC
2024-03-31	Present	USA Sebastian Fundora	WBC
Title Inaugurated
1962-10-20	1963-04-29	USA Denny Moyer	WBA
1963-04-29	1963-09-07	USA Ralph Dupas	WBA
1963-09-07	1965-06-18	ITA Sandro Mazzinghi	WBA
1965-06-18	1966-06-25	ITA Nino Benvenuti	WBA
1966-06-25	1968-05-26	KOR Kim Ki-soo	WBA
1968-05-26	1968-11-Stripped	ITA Alessandro Mazzinghi	WBA
1969-03-17	1970-07-09	USA Freddie Little	WBA
1970-07-09	1971-10-31	ITA Carmelo Bossi	WBA
1971-10-31	1974-06-04	JPN Koichi Wajima	WBA
1974-06-04	1975-06-07	USA Oscar Albarado	WBA
1975-01-21	1975-06-07	JPN Koichi Wajima	WBA
1975-06-07	1976-02-17	KOR Yuh Jae-doo	WBA
1976-02-17	1976-05-18	JPN Koichi Wajima	WBA
1976-05-18	1976-10-08	SPA Jose Manuel Duran	WBA
1976-10-08	1977-03-05	ARG Miguel Ángel Castellini	WBA
1977-03-05	1978-08-09	NIC Eddie Gazo	WBA
1978-08-09	1979-10-24	JPN Masashi Kudo	WBA
1979-10-24	1981-06-25	UGA Ayub Kalule	WBA
1981-06-25	1981-06-25-Vacated	USA Sugar Ray Leonard	WBA
1981-11-07	1982-02-02	JPN Tadashi Mihara	WBA
1982-02-02	1983-06-16	USA Davey Moore	WBA
1983-06-16	1984-Stripped	PAN Roberto Durán	WBA
1984-10-19	1987-07-18-Vacated	JAM Mike McCallum	WBA
1987-11-22	1991-02-23-Vacated	VIR Julian Jackson	WBA
1991-02-23	1991-10-01	FRA Gilbert Delé	WBA
1991-10-01	1992-12-21	USA Vinny Paz	WBA
1992-12-21	1995-03-04	ARG Julio César Vásquez	WBA
1995-03-04	1995-Vacated	USA Pernell Whitaker	WBA
1995-06-16	1995-12-16	USA Carl Daniels	WBA
1995-12-16	1996-08-21	ARG Julio César Vásquez	WBA
1996-08-21	1999-03-06	FRA Laurent Boudouani	WBA
1999-03-06	2000-03-03	USA David Reid	WBA
2000-03-03	2000-12-02-Vacated	PUR Félix Trinidad	WBA
2001-09-22	2002-09-14	USA Fernando Vargas	WBA
2002-09-14	2003-09-13	USA Oscar De La Hoya	WBA Super Champion
2002-09-14	2003-03-01	PAN Santiago Samaniego	WBA Regular Champion
2003-03-01	2003-12-13	MEX Alejandro Garcia	WBA Regular Champion
2003-09-13	2004-03-13	USA Shane Mosley	WBA Super Champion
2003-12-13	2004-10-02-Stripped	USA Travis Simms	WBA Regular Champion
2004-03-13	2004-11-20-Vacated	USA Winky Wright	WBA Super Champion
2005-05-21	2006-05-06	MEX Alejandro Garcia	WBA
2006-05-06	2007-01-06	USA José Antonio Rivera	WBA
2007-01-06	2007-07-07	USA Travis Simms	WBA
2007-07-07	2008-07-11	CAN Joachim Alcine	WBA
2008-07-11	2009-11-14	PUR Daniel Santos	WBA
2009-11-14	2010-06-06	ISR Yuri Foreman	WBA
2010-06-06	2012-05-05	PUR Miguel Cotto	WBA Super Champion
2011-02-05	2013-04-20	USA Austin Trout	WBA Regular Champion
2012-05-05	2016-01-11-Stripped after retirement	USA Floyd Mayweather Jr.	WBA Super Champion
2013-04-20	2013-09-14-Lost to Super Champion	MEX Canelo Álvarez	WBA Regular Champion
2016-06-08	2018-04-07	CUB Erislandy Lara	WBA Super Champion
2016-10-22	2019-06-25-Stripped	Argentina Brian Castaño	WBA Regular Champion
2018-04-07	2019-05-11	USA Jarrett Hurd	WBA Super Champion
2019-05-11	2020-01-18	USA Julian Williams	WBA Super Champion
2019-08-31	2021-08-31-Vacated	CUB Erislandy Lara	WBA Regular Champion
2020-01-18	2020-09-26	DOM Jeison Rosario	WBA Super Champion
2020-09-26	2024-03-05-Vacated	USA Jermell Charlo	WBA Super Champion
2024-03-08	2024-08-03	UZB Israil Madrimov	WBA
2024-08-03	2025-09-13-Stripped	USA Terence Crawford	WBA
2025-09-13	Present	GER Abass Baraou	WBA
Title inaugurated
1984-03-11	1984-11-02	USA Mark Medal	IBF
1984-11-02	1985-06-01-Vacated	PUR Carlos Santos	IBF
1986-06-04	1987-06-27	USA Buster Drayton	IBF
1987-06-27	1988-11-04	CAN Matthew Hilton	IBF
1988-11-04	1989-02-05	USA Robert Hines	IBF
1989-02-05	1989-07-15	USA Darrin Van Horn	IBF
1989-07-15	1994-09-17	Italy Gianfranco Rosi	IBF
1994-09-17	1995-08-12	USA Vincent Pettway	IBF
1995-08-12	1995-12-16	USA Paul Vaden	IBF
1995-12-16	1997-01-11-Vacated	USA Terry Norris	IBF
1997-04-12	1997-12-06	USA Raúl Márquez	IBF
1997-12-06	1998-12-12	MEX Yori Boy Campas	IBF
1998-12-12	2000-12-02	USA Fernando Vargas	IBF
2000-12-02	2001-05-12-Vacated	PUR Félix Trinidad	IBF
2001-10-12	2004-03-13-Vacated	USA Winky Wright	IBF
2004-06-05	2004-10-02	Belize Verno Phillips	IBF
2004-10-02	2005-07-14	Uganda Kassim Ouma	IBF
2005-07-14	2006-07-08	Russia Roman Karmazin	IBF
2006-07-08	2008-03-27	USA Cory Spinks	IBF
2008-03-27	2008-11-Vacated	Belize Verno Phillips	IBF
2009-04-24	2010-08-07	USA Cory Spinks	IBF
2010-08-07	2013-02-23	USA Cornelius Bundrage	IBF
2013-02-23	2013-09-14	USA Ishe Smith	IBF
2013-09-14	2014-10-11	MEX Carlos Molina	IBF
2014-10-11	2015-09-12	USA Cornelius Bundrage	IBF
2015-09-12	2017-02-16-Vacated	USA Jermall Charlo	IBF
2017-02-25	2019-05-11	USA Jarrett Hurd	IBF
2019-05-11	2020-01-18	USA Julian Williams	IBF
2020-01-18	2020-09-26	DOM Jeison Rosario	IBF
2020-09-26	2023-11-23-Vacated	USA Jermell Charlo	IBF
2024-04-06	2026-31-01	RUS Bakhram Murtazaliev	IBF
2026-31-01	Present	UK Josh Kelly	IBF
Title inaugurated
1988-12-08	1992-12-19-Vacated	USA John David Jackson	WBO
1993-10-30	1995-11-22	BLZ Verno Phillips	WBO
1995-11-22	1996-02-Stripped	GBR Paul Jones	WBO
1996-03-01	1996-05-17	USA Bronco McKart	WBO
1996-05-17	1998-08-22	USA Winky Wright	WBO
1998-08-22	2001-02-10-Vacated	NAM Harry Simon	WBO
2002-03-16	2005-12-03	PUR Daniel Santos	WBO
2005-12-03	2011-10-05-Stripped	UKR Serhiy Dzyndzyruk	WBO
2011-10-05	2013-07-22-Stripped	RUS Zaurbek Baysangurov	WBO
2013-11-09	2015-07-31-Stripped	USA Demetrius Andrade	WBO
2015-10-10	2016- 09-17	GBR Liam Smith	WBO
2016-09-17	2017-05-06-Vacated	MEX Canelo Álvarez	WBO
2017-08-26	2017-12-02	PUR Miguel Cotto	WBO
2017-12-02	2018-05-12	USA Sadam Ali	WBO
2018-05-12	2019-11-23-Vacated	MEX Jaime Munguía	WBO
2019-11-30	2021-02-13	BRA Patrick Teixeira	WBO
2021-02-13	Present	ARG Brian Castaño	WBO
2021-02-13	2023-09-30	USA Jermell Charlo	WBO
2023-09-30	2024-03-31	AUS Tim Tszyu	WBO
2024-03-31	2025-02-05-Stripped	USA Sebastian Fundora	WBO
2025-26-07	Present	PUR Xander Zayas	WBO

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