| Title Holder |
Tenure |
Status |
Def |
Birthplace |
Notes |
| Sergio Gabriel Martnez |
2009- |
WBC |
1 |
Argentina |
|
| Corry Spinks |
2009- |
IBF |
0 |
USA |
|
| Yuri Foreman |
2009- |
WBA |
0 |
Israel |
|
| Nobuhiro Ishida |
2009 |
WBA |
0 |
Japan |
|
| Vernon Forrest |
2008 |
WBC |
1 |
USA |
|
| Sergio Mora |
2008 |
WBC |
0 |
USA |
|
| Vernon Forrest |
2008 |
WBC |
0 |
USA |
Forrest was fataly shot and died July 2009 |
| Verno Phillips |
2008 |
IBF |
0 |
Belize |
|
| Paul Williams |
2008 |
WBO |
0 |
USA |
|
| Daniel Santos |
2007-2009 |
WBA |
0 |
Puerto Rico |
|
| Joachim Alcine |
2007-2008 |
WBA |
1 |
Haiti |
|
| Travis Simms |
2007 |
WBA |
0 |
USA |
|
| Floyd Mayweather Jr |
2007 |
WBC |
0 |
USA |
Mayweather vacated the title |
| Corry Spinks |
2006-2008 |
IBF |
1 |
USA |
|
| Jose Antonio Rivera |
2006-2007 |
WBA |
0 |
USA |
|
| Oscar De La Hoya |
2006-2007 |
WBC |
0 |
USA |
|
| Sergei Dzindziruk |
2005- |
WBO |
5 |
Ukraine |
|
| Alejandro Garcia |
2005-2006 |
WBA |
1 |
Mexico |
|
| Roman Karmazin |
2005-2006 |
IBF |
0 |
Russia |
|
| Ricardo Mayorga |
2005-2006 |
WBC |
0 |
Nicaragua |
|
| Ronald Wright |
2005 |
WBC |
1 |
USA |
|
| Travis Simms |
2005 |
WBA |
1 |
USA |
|
| Ronald Wright |
2004-2005 |
WBA-WBC |
1 |
USA |
|
| Kassim Ouma |
2004-2005 |
IBF |
1 |
Uganda |
|
| Ronald Wright |
2004 |
IBF-WBA-WBC |
0 |
USA |
Wright unifies the titles. |
| Verno Phillips |
2004 |
IBF |
0 |
USA |
|
| Shane Mosley |
2003-2004 |
WBA-WBC |
0 |
USA |
|
| Daniel Santos |
2002-2005 |
WBO |
4 |
Puerto Rico |
|
| Santiago Samaniego |
2002-2003 |
WBA |
0 |
Panama |
|
| Oscar De La Hoya |
2002-2003 |
WBC |
1 |
USA |
De La Hoya unifies the WBA and WBC titles. |
| Javier Castillejo |
2002 |
WBC |
0 |
Spain |
|
| Ronald Wright |
2001-2004 |
IBF |
5 |
USA |
|
| Oscar De La Hoya |
2001-2002 |
WBC |
1 |
USA |
|
| Fernando Vargas |
2001-2002 |
WBA |
0 |
USA |
|
| Felix Trinidad |
2000-2001 |
IBF-WBA |
0 |
Puerto Rico |
Trinidad beats Vargas unifing the IBF and WBA titles. |
| Felix trinidad |
2000 |
WBA |
2 |
Puerto Rico |
|
| Javier Castillejo |
1999-2001 |
WBC |
5 |
Spain |
|
| David Reid |
1999-2000 |
WBA |
2 |
USA |
|
| Harry Simon |
1998-2001 |
WBO |
4 |
Namibia |
|
| Fernando Vargas |
1998-2000 |
IBF |
5 |
USA |
|
| Keith Mullings |
1997-1999 |
WBC |
1 |
USA |
|
| Luis Ramon Campas |
1997-1998 |
IBF |
3 |
Mexico |
|
| Terry Norris |
1997 |
WBC |
0 |
USA |
Norris relinquished IBF title. |
| Raul Marquez |
1997 |
IBF |
2 |
USA |
|
| Laurent Boudouani |
1996-1999 |
WBA |
4 |
France |
|
| Ronald Wright |
1996-1998 |
WBO |
3 |
USA |
|
| Bronco McKart |
1996 |
WBO |
0 |
USA |
|
| Terry Norris |
1995-1997 |
IBF-WBC |
0 |
USA |
Norris unified both IBF and WBC titles. |
| Paul Jones |
1995-1996 |
WBO |
0 |
England |
WBO stripped Jones for failing to face mandatory. |
| Julio Cesar Vasquez |
1995-1996 |
WBA |
9 |
Argentina |
|
| Pernell Whitaker |
1995 |
WBA |
0 |
USA |
Whitaker returned to Welterweight to defend his WBC title. |
| Gianfranco Rosi |
1995 |
WBO |
0 |
Italy |
Rosi failed a drugs test and was stripped of title by WBO. |
| Carl Daniels |
1995 |
WBA |
0 |
USA |
|
| Verno Phillips |
1995 |
WBO |
3 |
USA |
|
| Paul Vaden |
1995 |
IBF |
0 |
USA |
|
| Terry Norris |
1995 |
WBC |
2 |
USA |
|
| Vince Pettway |
1994-1995 |
IBF |
1 |
USA |
|
| Luis Santana |
1994-1995 |
WBC |
1 |
Dominican Rep |
|
| Terry Norris |
1994 |
WBC |
0 |
USA |
|
| Verno Phillips |
1993-1995 |
WBO |
3 |
USA |
|
| Simon Brown |
1993-1994 |
WBC |
1 |
USA |
|
| Julio Cesar Vasquez |
1992-1995 |
WBA |
9 |
Argentina |
|
| Vinny Pazienza |
1991-1992 |
WBA |
0 |
USA |
|
| Gilbert Dele |
1991 |
WBA |
1 |
France |
|
| Terry Norris |
1990-1993 |
WBC |
10 |
USA |
|
| Gianfranco Rosi |
1989-1994 |
IBF |
11 |
Italy |
|
| John Mugabi |
1989-1990 |
WBC |
0 |
Uganda |
|
| Darrin Van Horn |
1989 |
IBF |
0 |
USA |
|
| Rene Jacqot |
1989 |
WBC |
0 |
France |
|
| John David Jackson |
1988-1993 |
WBO |
6 |
USA |
|
| Don Curry |
1988-1989 |
WBC |
0 |
USA |
|
| Robert Hines |
1988-1989 |
IBF |
0 |
USA |
|
| Julian Jackson |
1987-1990 |
WBA |
3 |
Virgin Islands |
|
| Matthew Hilton |
1987-1988 |
IBF |
1 |
Canada |
|
| Gianfranco Rosi |
1987-1988 |
WBC |
1 |
Italy |
|
| Lupe Aquino |
1987 |
WBC |
0 |
Mexico |
|
| Buster Drayton |
1986-1987 |
IBF |
2 |
USA |
|
| Duane Thomas |
1986-1987 |
WBC |
0 |
USA |
|
| Mike McCallum |
1984-1987 |
WBA |
6 |
Jamaica |
|
| Carlos Santos |
1984-1986 |
IBF |
1 |
Puerto Rico |
IBF stripped Santos for failing to defend against mandatory. |
| Mark Medal |
1984 |
IBF |
0 |
USA |
|
| Roberto Duran |
1983-1984 |
WBA |
0 |
Panama |
Duran relinquished to challenge Hearns for the WBC version. |
| Thomas Hearns |
1982-1986 |
WBC |
4 |
USA |
|
| Davey Moore |
1982-1983 |
WBA |
3 |
USA |
|
| Wilfred Benitez |
1981-1982 |
WBC |
2 |
USA |
|
| Tadashi Mihara |
1981-1982 |
WBA |
0 |
Japan |
|
| Sugar Ray Leonard |
1981 |
WBA |
0 |
USA |
|
| Maurice Hope |
1979-1981 |
WBC |
3 |
Antigua |
|
| Ayub Kalule |
1979-1981 |
WBA |
4 |
Uganda |
|
| Masashi Kudo |
1978-1979 |
WBA |
3 |
Japan |
|
| Rocky Mattioli |
1977-1979 |
WBC |
2 |
Italy |
|
| Eddie Gazo |
1977-1978 |
WBA |
3 |
Nicaragua |
|
| Eckhard Dagge |
1976-1977 |
WBC |
2 |
Germany |
|
| Miguel. Castellini |
1976-1977 |
WBA |
0 |
Argentina |
|
| Koichi Wajima |
1976 |
WBA |
0 |
Japan |
|
| Jose Duran |
1976 |
WBA |
0 |
Spain |
|
| Jae-Do Yuh |
1975-1976 |
WBA |
1 |
S Korea |
|
| Elisha Obed |
1975-1976 |
WBC |
2 |
Bahamas |
|
| Koichi Waiima |
1975 |
WBA |
0 |
Japan |
WBC stripped Waiima. |
| Miguel De Oliveira |
1975 |
WBC |
0 |
Brazil |
|
| Oscar Albarado |
1974-1975 |
WBA |
1 |
USA |
|
| Koichi Wajima |
1971-1974 |
Undisputed |
6 |
Japan |
WBC withdrew recognition of Wajima. |
| Carmelo Bossi |
1970-1971 |
WBA |
1 |
Italy |
|
| Freddie Little |
1969-1970 |
WBA |
2 |
USA |
|
| Sandro Mazzinghi |
1968-1969 |
WBA |
0 |
Italy |
WBA stripped Mazzinghi for failing to defend. |
| Ki-Soo Kim |
1966-1968 |
WBA |
2 |
S Korea |
|
| Nino Benvenuti |
1965-1966 |
WBA |
1 |
Italy |
|
| Sandro Mazzinghi |
1963-1965 |
WBA |
2 |
Italy |
|
| Ralph Dupas |
1963 |
WBA |
1 |
USA |
|
| Denny Moyer |
1962-1963 |
WBA |
1 |
USA |
|
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