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List of world welterweight boxing champions

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The welterweight world champions listed from Mysterious Billy Smith to Harry Lewis are claimants who were not widely accepted outside of the USA as world champions, and are thus not traditionally included in the list of world champions in the welterweight division. Starting with Paddy Duffy follows a more widely accepted chronological List of World Welterweight Boxing Champions, as recognized by four of the major sanctioning bodies:

  • 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

Lists of Champions

World claimants

Date wonDate lostName
14 December 189226 July 1894CANMysterious Billy Smith
Continued to claim title after losing to Mike "Twin" Sullivan1 November 1907USAWilliam "Honey" Mellody
1 November 190723 Jan 1908USA Frank Mantell
23 Jan 1908March 1911-vacatedUSA Harry Lewis

World/Undisputed

Date wonDate lostName
30 October 188810 July 1890 (died)USAPaddy Duffy
17 February 189120 December 1897 (vacated)USATommy Ryan def. Danny Needham
25 August 189817 April 1900CANMysterious Billy Smith
17 April 19005 June 1900USAMatty Matthews
5 June 190013 August 1900CANEddie Connolly
13 August 190016 October 1900USARube Ferns
16 October 190024 May 1901USAMatty Matthews
24 May 190118 December 1901USARube Ferns
18 December 190116 October 1906BarbadosBarbados Joe Walcott
16 October 190623 April 1907USAWilliam "Honey" Mellody
23 April 19071908 (vacated)USAMike "Twin" Sullivan
1 April 19121 January 1914USARay Bronson
1 January 191424 January 1914DenmarkWaldemar Holberg
24 January 191421 March 1914UKTom McCormick
21 March 19141 June 1915UKMatt Wells
1 June 191522 June 1915USMike Glover
22 June 191531 August 1915USAJack Britton
31 August 191524 April 1916UKTed Kid Lewis
24 April 191625 June 1917USAJack Britton
25 June 191717 March 1919UKTed Kid Lewis
17 March 19191 November 1922USAJack Britton
1 November 192220 May 1926USAMickey Walker
20 May 19263 June 1927USAPete Latzo
3 June 192725 July 1929USAJoe Dundee
25 July 19299 May 1930USAJackie Fields
9 May 19305 September 1930USAJack Thompson
5 September 193014 April 1931USATommy Freeman
14 April 193123 October 1931USAJack Thompson
23 October 193128 January 1932CANLou Brouillard
28 January 193222 February 1933USAJackie Fields
22 February 193329 May 1933USAYoung Corbett III
29 May 193328 May 1934CANJimmy McLarnin
28 May 193417 September 1934USABarney Ross
17 September 193428 May 1935CANJimmy McLarnin
28 May 193531 May 1938USABarney Ross
31 May 19384 October 1940USAHenry Armstrong
4 October 194029 July 1941USAFritzie Zivic
29 July 19411 February 1946USAFreddie 'Red' Cochrane
1 February 194625 September 1946 (vacated)USAMarty Servo
20 December 19469 August 1950 (vacated)USASugar Ray Robinson
14 March 195118 May 1951USAJohnny Bratton
18 May 195129 August 1951CubaKid Gavilán
4 February 195220 October 1954CubaKid Gavilán
20 October 19541 April 1955USAJohnny Saxton
1 April 195510 June 1955USATony DeMarco
10 June 195514 March 1956USACarmen Basilio
14 March 195612 September 1956USAJohnny Saxton
12 September 195622 February 1957 (vacated)USACarmen Basilio
6 June 19585 December 1958USAVirgil Akins
5 December 195827 May 1960USADon Jordan
27 May 19601 April 1961CUBBenny 'Kid' Paret
1 April 196130 September 1961USVIEmile Griffith
30 September 196124 March 1962CUBBenny 'Kid' Paret
24 March 196221 March 1963USVIEmile Griffith
Title Splits into WBA and WBC Belts during Griffith's reign
21 March 19638 June 1963CubaLuis Manuel Rodríguez
8 June 196310 December 1965 (vacated)USVIEmile Griffith
28 November 196618 April 1969USACurtis Cokes
18 April 19693 December 1970MexicoJosé Nápoles
3 December 19704 June 1971USABilly Backus
4 June 19716 December 1975MexicoJosé Nápoles
16 September 19819 November 1982 (retires)USASugar Ray Leonard
Title Split into WBA, WBC, and IBF Belts
6 December 198527 September 1986USADonald Curry
27 September 198622 August 1987UKLloyd Honeyghan
13 December 20035 February 2005USACory Spinks
5 February 20057 January 2006USAZab Judah
29 July 20239 November 2023USA Terence Crawford

WBC

Date wonDate lostName
last = Mullanfirst = Harry
8 December 196221 March 1963United States Virgin Islands Emile Griffith
21 March 19638 June 1963Cuba Luis Manuel Rodriguez
8 June 196325 April 1966-VacatedUnited States Virgin Islands Emile Griffith
24 August 196618 April 1969USA Curtis Cokes
18 April 19693 December 1970Mexico José Napoles
3 December 19704 June 1971USA Billy Backus
4 June 19716 December 1975Mexico José Napoles
6 December 197522 June 1976UK John H Stracey
22 June 197614 January 1979MEX Carlos Palomino
14 January 197930 November 1979PUR Wilfred Benítez
30 November 197920 June 1980USA Sugar Ray Leonard
20 June 198025 November 1980Panama Roberto Durán
25 November 19809 November 1982-RetiredUSA Sugar Ray Leonard
13 August 19836 December 1985USA Milton McCrory
6 December 198527 September 1986USA Donald Curry
27 September 198628 October 1987Great Britain Lloyd Honeyghan
28 October 198729 March 1988MEX Jorge Vaca
29 March 19884 February 1989Great Britain Lloyd Honeyghan
4 February 198919 August 1990USA Marlon Starling
19 August 199018 March 1991USA Maurice Blocker
18 March 199129 November 1991Jamaica Simon Brown
29 November 19916 March 1993USA James McGirt
6 March 199312 April 1997USA Pernell Whitaker
12 April 199718 September 1999USA Oscar De La Hoya
18 September 19993 March 2000- VacatedPUR Félix Trinidad
4 March 200017 June 2000USA Oscar De La Hoya
17 June 200026 January 2002USA Shane Mosley
26 January 200225 January 2003USA Vernon Forrest
25 January 200313 December 2003Nicaragua Ricardo Mayorga
13 December 20035 February 2005USA Cory Spinks
5 February 20057 January 2006USA Zab Judah
7 January 20064 November 2006ARG Carlos Manuel Baldomir
4 November 20066 June 2008- RetiredUSA Floyd Mayweather Jr.
21 June 200816 April 2011USA Andre Berto
16 April 201117 September 2011USA Victor Ortiz
17 September 201112 September 2015- RetiredUSA Floyd Mayweather Jr.
23 January 20164 March 2017USA Danny García
4 March 201724 April 2018- VacatedUSA Keith Thurman
8 September 201828 September 2019USA Shawn Porter
28 September 201929 July 2023USA Errol Spence Jr.
29 July 202318 June 2024-StrippedUSA Terence Crawford
18 June 2024PresentUSA Mario Barrios

WBA

Date wonDate lostName
8 December 196221 March 1963United States Virgin IslandsEmile Griffith
21 March 19638 June 1963Cuba Luis Manuel Rodriguez
8 June 196325 April 1966-VacatedUnited States Virgin Islands Emile Griffith
24 August 196618 April 1969USA Curtis Cokes
18 April 19693 December 1970Cuba Jose Napoles
3 December 19704 June 1971USA Billy Backus
4 June 19711975-StrippedCuba Jose Napoles
28 June 197517 July 1976PUR Ángel Espada
17 July 19762 August 1980MEX Pipino Cuevas
2 August 198016 September 1981USA Thomas Hearns
16 September 19819 November 1982-RetiredUSA Sugar Ray Leonard
13 February 198327 September 1986USA Donald Curry
27 September 19861987-VacatedUK Lloyd Honeyghan
6 February 198722 August 1987USA Mark Breland
22 August 198729 July 1988USA Marlon Starling
29 July 198812 December 1988-VacatedCOL Tomas Molinares
4 February 19898 July 1990USA Mark Breland
8 July 199019 January 1991USA Aaron Davis
19 January 199131 October 1992USA Meldrick Taylor
31 October 19924 June 1994Venezuela Crisanto España
4 June 199417 October 1997-VacatedGhana Ike Quartey
10 October 19982000-StrippedUSA James Page
17 February 200130 March 2002GUY Andrew Lewis
30 March 200213 December 2003Nicaragua Ricardo Mayorga
12 September 20032 April 2005USA Jose Antonio Rivera
13 December 20035 February 2005USA Cory Spinks
5 February 20057 January 2006-StrippedUSA Zab Judah
2 April 200513 May 2006USA Luis Collazo
13 May 200631 August 2006-VacatedUK Ricky Hatton
2 December 200626 July 2008PUR Miguel Cotto
26 July 200824 January 2009MEX Antonio Margarito
3 October 200810 April 2009UKR Yuriy Nuzhnenko
24 January 200922 May 2010-StrippedUSA Shane Mosley
10 April 200929 April 2012UKR Vyacheslav Senchenko
29 April 201222 June 2013USA Paul Malignaggi
22 June 201314 December 2013USA Adrien Broner
14 December 20133 May 2014ARG Marcos Maidana
3 May 201411 January 2016-RetiredUSA Floyd Mayweather Jr.
February 20157 November 2016USA Keith Thurman
7 November 201620 July 2019USA Keith Thurman
7 November 201618 February 2017RUS David Avanesyan
18 February 20173 October 2017-VacatedUSA Lamont Peterson
27 January 201815 July 2018ARG Lucas Matthysse
15 July 201820 July 2019PHI Manny Pacquiao
20 July 201929 January 2021-StrippedPHI Manny Pacquiao
6 September 202029 January 2021-ElevatedCUB Yordenis Ugás
29 January 202116 April 2022CUB Yordenis Ugás
30 October 202116 April 2022RUS Radzhab Butaev
16 April 202230 August 2024-ElevatedLithuania Eimantas Stanionis
16 April 202229 July 2023USA Errol Spence Jr.
29 July 202330 August 2024USA Terence Crawford
30 August 202412 April 2025Lithuania Eimantas Stanionis
12 April 20251 August 2025-VacatedUSA Jaron Ennis
2 May 20251 August 2025-ElevatedUSA Rolly Romero
1 August 2025PresentUSA Rolly Romero

IBF

Date wonDate lostName
Title inaugurated
4 February 198427 September 1986USA Donald Curry
27 September 198628 October 1987-StrippedGBR Lloyd Honeyghan
23 April 19884 October 1991-VacatedUSA Simon Brown
4 October 199119 June 1993USA Maurice Blocker
19 June 19933 March 2000-VacatedPUR Félix Trinidad
12 May 200112 December 2001-VacatedUSA Vernon Forrest
13 April 200222 March 2003ITA Michele Piccirillo
22 March 20035 February 2005USA Cory Spinks
5 February 20058 April 2006USA Zab Judah
8 April 200620 June 2006-VacatedUSA Floyd Mayweather Jr.
28 October 200612 April 2008PUR Kermit Cintron
12 April 200823 May 2008-VacatedMEX Antonio Margarito
2 August 200816 April 2009-VacatedGhana Joshua Clottey
1 August 200911 December 2009ZAF Isaac Hlatshwayo
11 December 20093 September 2011SLO Dejan Zavec
3 September 20118 November 2011-VacatedUSA Andre Berto
9 June 201220 October 2012USA Randall Bailey
20 October 20127 December 2013USA Devon Alexander
7 December 201316 August 2014USA Shawn Porter
16 August 201427 May 2017GBR Kell Brook
27 May 201729 July 2023USA Errol Spence Jr.
29 July 20239 November 2023-StrippedUSA Terence Crawford
9 November 20237 July 2025-VacatedUSA Jaron Ennis
13 Sep 2025PresentGBR Lewis Crocker

WBO

Date wonDate lostName
Title inaugurated
6 May 198915 December 1989-VacatedMEX Genaro Leon
15 December 198912 February 1993USA Manning Galloway
12 February 199316 October 1993-VacatedDenmark Gert Bo Jacobsen
16 October 199313 April 1996Ireland Eamonn Loughran
13 April 19966 October 1996-VacatedMEX José Luis López
22 February 19971997-VacatedRomania Michael Loewe
14 February 19986 May 2000Russia Ahmed Kotiev
6 May 200016 March 2002-VacatedPUR Daniel Santos
16 March 200214 July 2007MEX Antonio Margarito
14 July 20079 February 2008USA Paul Williams
9 February 20087 June 2008PUR Carlos Quintana
7 June 200812 November 2008-VacatedUSA Paul Williams
21 February 200914 November 2009PUR Miguel Cotto
14 November 20099 June 2012PHI Manny Pacquiao
9 June 201212 April 2014USA Timothy Bradley
12 April 20142 May 2015PHI Manny Pacquiao
2 May 20156 July 2015-StrippedUSA Floyd Mayweather Jr.
6 July 20159 February 2016-VacatedUSA Timothy Bradley
5 March 20165 November 2016USA Jessie Vargas
5 November 20162 July 2017PHI Manny Pacquiao
2 July 20176 June 2018AUS Jeff Horn
9 June 201812 August 2024USA Terence Crawford
12 August 2024PresentUSA Brian Norman Jr.

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