| Title Holder |
Tenure |
Status |
Def |
Birthplace |
Notes |
| Fernando Montiel |
2009- |
WBO |
1 |
Mexico |
|
| Yonnhy Perez |
2009- |
IBF |
0 |
Colombia |
|
| Anselmo Moreno |
2008- |
WBA |
5 |
Panama |
|
| Gerry Penalosa |
2007-2009 |
WBO |
1 |
Philippines |
|
| Joseph Agbeko |
2007-2009 |
IBF |
3 |
Ghana |
|
| Luis Alberto Perez |
2007 |
IBF |
0 |
Nicaragua |
|
| Hozumi Hasegawa |
2005- |
WBC |
10 |
Japan |
|
| Wladimir Sidorenko |
2005-2008 |
WBA |
5 |
Ukraine |
|
| Jhonny Gonzalez |
2005-2007 |
WBO |
2 |
Mexico |
|
| P. Kratingdaenggym |
2005 |
WBA |
1 |
Thailand |
|
| Ratanchai Sowvoraphin |
2004-2005 |
WBO |
1 |
Thailand |
|
| Julio Zarate |
2004-2005 |
WBA |
0 |
Mexico |
|
| Rafael Marquez |
2003-2006 |
IBF |
7 |
Mexico |
|
| Cruz Carbajal |
2002-2004 |
WBO |
2 |
Mexico |
|
| Johnny Bredahl |
2002-2004 |
WBA |
1 |
Denmark |
|
| Eidy Moya |
2001-2002 |
WBA |
0 |
Venezuela |
|
| Mauricio Martinez |
2000-2002 |
WBO |
1 |
Panama |
|
| Johnny Tapia |
2000 |
WBO |
1 |
USA |
Tapia relinquished title to campeign at Jnr Featherweight. |
| Paulie Ayala |
1999-2001 |
WBA |
3 |
USA |
Ayala relinquished title to campaign at Jnr Featherweight. |
| Veeraphol Sahaprom |
1998-2005 |
WBC |
14 |
Thailand |
|
| Jorge Elicier Julio |
1998-2000 |
WBO |
3 |
Colombia |
|
| Johnny Tapia |
1998-1999 |
WBA |
0 |
USA |
|
| Tim Austin |
1997-2003 |
IBF |
9 |
USA |
|
| Nana Yaw Konadu |
1997-1998 |
WBA |
1 |
Ghana |
|
| Joichiro Tatsuyoshi |
1997-1998 |
WBC |
2 |
Japan |
|
| S. Singmanassak |
1997 |
WBC |
3 |
Thailand |
|
| Robbie Regan |
1996-1998 |
WBO |
0 |
Wales |
Regan retired on medical grounds. |
| Daorung Chuwatana |
1996-1997 |
WBA |
1 |
Thailand |
|
| Nana Yaw Konadu |
1996 |
WBA |
0 |
Ghana |
|
| Mbulelo Botile |
1995-1997 |
IBF |
5 |
S Africa |
|
| Wayne McCullough |
1995-1997 |
WBC |
2 |
Ireland |
McCullough vacated to challenge for the Jnr Featherweight title. |
| Veeraphol Sahaprom |
1995-1996 |
WBA |
0 |
Thailand |
|
| Daniel Jimenez |
1995-1996 |
WBO |
1 |
Puerto Rico |
|
| Harold Mestre |
1995 |
IBF |
0 |
Colombia |
|
| Daorung Chuwatana |
1994-1995 |
WBA |
2 |
Thailand |
|
| Alfred Kotey |
1994-1995 |
WBO |
2 |
Ghana |
|
| John Michael Johnson |
1994 |
WBA |
0 |
USA |
|
| Yasuei Yakushiji |
1993-1995 |
WBC |
4 |
Japan |
|
| Junior Jones |
1993-1994 |
WBA |
1 |
USA |
|
| II-Jung Byun |
1993 |
WBC |
1 |
S Korea |
|
| Rafael De Valle |
1992-1994 |
WBO |
2 |
Puerto rico |
|
| Victor Rabanales |
1992-1993 |
WBC |
4 |
Mexico |
|
| Jorge Elicier Julio |
1992-1993 |
WBA |
1 |
Colombia |
|
| Eddie Cook |
1992 |
WBA |
0 |
USA |
|
| Duke McKenzie |
1991-1992 |
WBO |
2 |
England |
|
| Joichiro Tatsuyushi |
1991-1992 |
WBC |
0 |
Japan |
Tatsuyushi relinquished the title due to injury. |
| Israel Contrerras |
1991-1992 |
WBA |
0 |
Venezuela |
|
| Greg Richardson |
1991 |
WBC |
1 |
USA |
|
| Gaby Canizales |
1991 |
WBO |
0 |
USA |
|
| Israel Contrerras |
1989-1991 |
WBO |
1 |
Venezuela |
Contrerras vacated title to challenge for the WBA version. |
| Luisito Espinosa |
1989-1991 |
WBA |
3 |
Philippines |
|
| Kaokor Galaxy |
1989 |
WBA |
0 |
Thailand |
|
| Orlando Canizales |
1988-1994 |
IBF |
16 |
USA |
Canizales relinquihsed the IBF title. |
| Raul Perez |
1988-1991 |
WBC |
6 |
Mexico |
|
| Sung-II Moon |
1988-1989 |
WBA |
2 |
S Korea |
|
| Kaokor Galaxy |
1988 |
WBA |
0 |
Thailand |
|
| Kelvin Seabrooks |
1987-1988 |
IBF |
3 |
USA |
|
| Wilfredo Vasquez |
1987-1988 |
WBA |
1 |
Puerto Rico |
|
| Takuyu Muguruma |
1987 |
WBA |
0 |
Japan |
|
| Chang-Yung Park |
1987 |
WBA |
0 |
S Korea |
|
| Bernando Pinango |
1986-1987 |
WBA |
3 |
Venezuela |
Pinango relinquished the title. |
| Gaby Canizales |
1986 |
WBA |
0 |
USA |
|
| Miguel Lora |
1985-1988 |
WBC |
7 |
Colombia |
|
| Jeff Fenech |
1985-1987 |
IBF |
3 |
Australia |
Fenech vacated title to challange for the Jnr Featherweight title. |
| Daniel Zaragoza |
1985 |
WBC |
0 |
Mexico |
|
| Richard Sandoval |
1984-1986 |
WBA |
2 |
USA |
|
| Satoshi Shingaki |
1984-1985 |
IBF |
1 |
Japan |
|
| Albert Davila |
1983-1985 |
WBC |
1 |
USA |
Davila was stripped of the title for failure to defend. |
| Jeff Chandler |
1980-1984 |
WBA |
9 |
USA |
|
| Julian Solis |
1980 |
WBA |
0 |
Puerto Rico |
|
| Lupe Pintor |
1979-1983 |
WBC |
8 |
Mexico |
Pintor was hurt in a motorbike accident and vacated the title. |
| Jorge Lujan |
1977-1980 |
WBA |
5 |
Panama |
|
| Carlos Zarate |
1976-1979 |
WBC |
9 |
Mexico |
|
| Alfonso Zamora |
1975-1977 |
WBA |
5 |
Mexico |
|
| Rodolfo Martinez |
1974-1976 |
WBC |
3 |
Mexico |
|
| Soo-Hwan Hong |
1974-1975 |
WBA |
1 |
S Korea |
|
| Rafael Herrera |
1973-1974 |
WBC |
2 |
Mexico |
|
| Arnold Taylor |
1973-1974 |
WBA |
0 |
S Africa |
|
| Romeo Anaya |
1973 |
WBA |
2 |
Mexico |
|
| Enrique Pinder |
1972-1973 |
WBA |
0 |
Panama |
|
| Rafael Herrera |
1972 |
Undisputed |
0 |
Mexico |
|
| Enrique Pinder |
1972 |
Undisputed |
0 |
Panama |
The WBC stripped Pidner for failing to defend against mandatory. |
| Ruben Olivares |
1971-1972 |
Undisputed |
2 |
Mexico |
|
| Jesus Chuchu Castillo |
1970-1971 |
Undisputed |
0 |
Mexico |
|
| Ruben Olivares |
1969-1970 |
Undisputed |
2 |
Mexico |
|
| Lionel Rose |
1968-1969 |
Undisputed |
3 |
Australia |
|
| M. Fighting Harad |
1965-1968 |
Undisputed |
4 |
Japan |
|
| Eder Jofre |
1962-1965 |
Undisputed |
4 |
Brazil |
|
| John Caldwell |
1961-1962 |
EBU |
1 |
Ireland |
|
| Eder Jofre |
1960-1962 |
NBA |
2 |
Brazil |
|
| Alphonse Halimi |
1960-1961 |
EBU |
0 |
Algeria |
|
| Joe Becerra |
1959-1960 |
Undisputed |
2 |
Mexico |
Becerra retired as undisputed champion. |
| Alphonse Halimi |
1957-1959 |
Undisputed |
0 |
Algeria |
|
| Alphonse Halimi |
1957 |
NY |
1 |
Algeria |
|
| Alphonse Halimi |
1957 |
Undisputed |
0 |
Algeria |
|
| Mario D'Agata |
1956-1957 |
NY |
0 |
Italy |
|
| Raton Macias |
1955-1957 |
NBA |
2 |
Mexico |
|
| Robert Cohen |
1955-1956 |
NY |
0 |
Algeria |
|
| Robert Cohen |
1954-1955 |
Undisputed |
0 |
Algeria |
NBA stripped Cohen for failing to defend against mandatory. |
| Jommy Carruthers |
1952-1954 |
Undisputed |
3 |
Australia |
Carruthers retired undisputed and undefeated champion. |
| Vic Toweel |
1950-1952 |
Undisputed |
3 |
S Africa |
|
| Manuel Ortiz |
1947-1950 |
Undisputed |
4 |
USA |
|
| Harold Dade |
1947 |
Undisputed |
0 |
USA |
|
| Manuel Ortiz |
1943-1945 |
Undisputed |
11 |
USA |
|
| Manuel Ortiz |
1942-1943 |
NBA |
2 |
USA |
|
| Lou Salica |
1942 |
NY |
0 |
USA |
|
| Lou Salica |
1941-1942 |
Undisputed |
0 |
USA |
|
| Kenny Lindsay |
1941 |
CAN |
0 |
Canada |
|
| Lou Salica |
1940-1941 |
NBA |
4 |
USA |
|
| George Pace |
1939-1940 |
NBA |
0 |
USA |
|
| Sixto Escobar |
1939 |
NY |
0 |
Puerto Rico |
IBU stripped Escobar. |
| Sixto Escobar |
1938-1939 |
Undisputed |
0 |
Puerto Rico |
|
| Al Brown |
1938 |
IBU |
0 |
Puerto Rico |
|
| Harry Jeffra |
1937-1938 |
Undisputed |
0 |
USA |
|
| Baltazar Sangchilli |
1935-1938 |
NY-IBU |
0 |
Spain |
Sangchilli Was stripped of the title. |
| Sixto Escobar |
1935-1937 |
NBA-NY |
0 |
Puerto Rico |
|
| Lou Salica |
1935 |
NBA-NY |
0 |
USA |
|
| Sixto Escobar |
1934-1935 |
CAN |
1 |
Puerto Rico |
|
| Sixto Escobar |
1934-1935 |
NBA |
1 |
Puerto Rico |
|
| Al Brown |
1934-1935 |
NY-IBU |
0 |
Panama |
|
| Al Brown |
1931-1934 |
Undisputed |
6 |
Panama |
NBA stripped Brown for failing to defend agaonst mandatory. |
| Pete Sanstol |
1931 |
CAN |
1 |
Norway |
|
| Al Brown |
1929-1931 |
NY |
2 |
Panama |
|
| Bushy Graham |
1928-1929 |
NY |
0 |
|
Graham relinquished the title. |
| Bud Taylor |
1927-1928 |
NBA |
1 |
|
Taylor relinquished title to campeign at Featherweight. |
| Teddy Baldock |
1927 |
IBU |
0 |
|
|
| Willie Smith |
1927 |
IBU |
0 |
|
Smith decided to campaign at Featherweight. |
| Charlie Rosenberg |
1925 |
Undisputed |
0 |
|
NY commission stripped Rosenberg of title. |
| Eddin Martin |
1924-1925 |
Undisputed |
0 |
|
|
| Abe Goldstein |
1924 |
Undisputed |
2 |
|
|
| Joe Lynch |
1922-1924 |
Undisputed |
1 |
|
|
| Johnny Bluff |
1921-1922 |
Undisputed |
1 |
|
|
| Pete Herman |
1921 |
Undisputed |
0 |
|
|
| Joe Lynch |
1920-1921 |
Undisputed |
0 |
|
|
| Pete Herman |
1917-1920 |
Undisputed |
1 |
|
|
| Kid Williams |
1914-1917 |
Undisputed |
1 |
|
|
| Kid Williams |
1914 |
IBU |
1 |
|
|
| Eddie Campi |
1913-1914 |
IBU |
1 |
|
|
| Charles Ledoux |
1912-1913 |
IBU |
0 |
|
|
| Johnny Coulon |
1910-1914 |
USA |
3 |
|
|
| Frankie Conley |
1910 |
USA |
0 |
|
|
| Monte Attell |
1909-1910 |
USA |
1 |
|
|
| Jimmy Walsh |
1908-1909 |
USA |
3 |
|
Walsh moved to campaign in the Featherweight division. |
| Digger Stanley |
1906-1912 |
IBU |
6 |
|
|
| Jimmy Walsh |
1905 |
USA |
0 |
|
|
| Joe Bowker |
1904-1905 |
USA |
1 |
USA |
Bowker relinquished the title. |
| Frankie Neil |
1903-1904 |
USA |
2 |
USA |
|
| Harry Forbes |
1901-1903 |
USA |
6 |
USA |
|
| Harry Harris |
1901 |
USA |
0 |
USA |
Harris moved to campaign in the Lightweight division. |
| Harry Forbes |
1900-1901 |
USA |
0 |
USA |
|
| Terry McGovern |
1899-1900 |
USA |
0 |
USA |
|
| Pedlar Palmer |
1895-1899 |
USA |
4 |
USA |
|
| Billy Pilmmer |
1892-1895 |
USA |
2 |
USA |
|
| Tommy Kellly |
1890-1892 |
USA |
0 |
USA |
|
| Chappie Moran |
1889-1890 |
USA |
0 |
USA |
|
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