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Welterweight Title History 147 lbs

Title Holder	Tenure	Status	Def	Birthplace
Shane Mosley *	2009-	WBA	0	USA
Andre Berto	2009-	WBC	4	USA
Manny Pacquiao	2009-	WBO	1	Philippines
Pacquiao makes Boxing History winning a title in a record seventh weight division.
Jan Zaveck	2009-	IBF	1	Slovenia
Vyacheslav Senchenko	2009-	WBA	1	Ukraine
Miguel Cotto	2009	WBO	1	Puerto rico
Isaac Hlatshwayo	2009	IBF	0	S. Africa
Antonio Margarito	2008-2009	WBA	0	Mexico
Carlos Quintana	2008	WBO	0	Puerto Rico
Antionio Margarito	2008	IBF	0	Mexico
Miguel Angel Cotto	2008	WBA	0	Puerto Rico
Yuriy Nuzhnenko	2008	WBA	0	Ukraine
Paul Williams	2008	WBO	0	USA
Williams vacated the title.
Joshua Clottey	2008	IBF	0	Ghana
Paul Williams	2007-2008	WBO	0	USA
Yuriy Nuzhnenko	2007-2008	WBA	0	Ukraine
Shane Mosley	2007	WBC	0	USA
Floyd Mayweather	2007	WBC	0	USA
Floyd Mayweather	2006-2008	WBC	0	USA
Mayweather vacated title to fight in a Lt-Middleweight bout
Miguel Angel Cotto	2006-2008	WBA	3	Puerto Rico
Kermit Cintron	2006-2008	IBF	2	USA
Carlos Baldomir	2006	WBC	1	Argentina
Floyd Mayweather	2006	IBF	0	USA
Mayweather vacated title to challenge for the WBC version.
Ricky Hatton	2006	WBA	0	England
Hatton relinquished title to defend his Lt-Welterweight title.
Antonio Margarito	2005-2007	WBO	3
Zab Judah	2005-2006	IBF-WBA-WBC	1	USA
Luis Collazo	2005	WBA	1	USA
Kermit Cintron	2004	WBO	0	USA
Cory Spinks	2003-2005	IBF-WBA-WBC	2	USA
Ricardo Mayorga	2003	WBA-WBC	1	Nicaragua
Cory Spinks	2003	IBF	3	USA
Ricardo Mayorga	2002-2003	WBA	1	Nicaragua
Michele Piccirillo	2002-2003	IBF	0	Italy
Antonio Margarito	2001-2004	WBO	4	Mexico
Vernon Forrest	2001-2003	WBC	1	USA
Andrew Lewis	2001-2002	WBA	2	Guyana
Vernon Forrest	2001	IBF	1	USA
Daniel Santos	2000-2002	WBO	3	Puerto Rico
Santos relinquished title and moved to Light Middleweight.
Shane Mosley	2000-2002	WBC	3	USA
Oscar De La Hoya	2000	WBC	0	USA
After Trinidad vacated title WBC reinstated De La Hoya.
Felix Trinidad	1999-2000	IBF-WBC	0	Puerto Rico
Trinidad unified titles but vacated to move to Light middleweight.
Ahmed Kotiev	1998-2000	WBO	4	Russia
Also knowen as Ahmed Katajev.
James Page	1998-2000	WBA	3	USA
Page was stripped of title.
Oscar De La Hoya	1997-1999	WBC	7	USA
Michael Loewe	1997-1998	WBO	1	Romania
Loewe relinquished title due to injury.
Jose Luis Lopez	1996-1997	WBO	1	Mexico
Lopez stripped of title after failing a drugs test.
Ike Quartey	1994-1998	WBA	7	Ghana
Quartey stripped of title.
Felix Trinidad	1993-2000	IBF	15	Puerto Rico
Pernell Whitaker	1993-1997	WBC	8	USA
Eamonn Loughran	1993-1996	WBO	5	Ireland
Gert Bo Jacobsen	1993	WBO	0	Denmark
Jacobsen relinquised title.
Crisano Espana	1992-1994	WBA	2	Venezuela
Maurice Blocker	1991-1993	IBF	1	USA
James Buddy McGrit	1991-1993	WBC	2	USA
Meldrick Taylor	1991-1992	WBA	2	USA
Simon Brown	1991	WBC	0	Jamaica
Aaron Davis	1990-1991	WBA	0	USA
Maurice Blocker	1990-1991	WBC	0	USA
Manning Galloway	1989-1993	WBO	7	USA
Mark Breland	1989-1990	WBA	4	USA
Marlon Starling	1989-1990	WBC	1	USA
Genaro Leon	1989	WBO	0	Mexico
Leon relinquished the WBO title.
Simon Brown	1988-1991	IBF	7	Jamaica
Brown vacated IBF title to challenge for WBC version.>
Lloyd Honeyghan	1988-1989	WBC	2	Jamaica
Tomas Molinares	1988-1989	WBA	0	Colombia
Molinares was stripped of title for failer to make the weight.
Marlon Starling	1987-1988	WBA	2	USA
Jorge Vaca	1987-1988	WBC	0	Mexico
IBF stripped Vaca as defence was not to their rules.
Mark Breland	1987	WBA	0	USA
Lloyd Honeyghan	1986-1987	WBC-IBF	2	Jamaica
Lloyd Honeyghan	1986	Undisputed	0	Jamaica
Honeyghan relinquished WBA title to defend WBC and IBF titles.
Don Curry	1985-1986	Undisputed	1	USA
Don Curry	1984-1985	WBA-IBF	2	USA
Milton McCrory	1983-1985	WBC	5	USA
Don Curry	1983-1984	WBA	3	USA
Sugar Ray Leonard	1981-1982	Undisputed	0	USA
Leonard retired as undisputed Welterweight champion.
Thomas Hearns	1980-1981	WBA	3	USA
Sugar Ray Leonard	1980-1981	WBC	1	USA
Roberto Duran	1980	WBC	0	Panama
Sugar Ray Leonard	1979-1980	WBC	1	USA
Wilfred Benitez	1979	WBC	1	USA
Pipino Cuevas	1976-1980	WBA	11	Mexico
Carlos Palomino	1976-1979	WBC	7	Mexico
Angel Espada	1975-1976	WBA	1	Puerto Rico
John H Stracey	1975-1976	WBC	1	England
Jose Napoles	1975	WBC	1	Cuba
Jose Napoles	1974-1975	Undisputed	2	Cuba
Napoles relinquished WBA title to defend the WBC version.
Jose Napoles	1972-1974	WBA-WBC	0	Cuba
The NY commission stripped Napoles for failing to defend.
Hedgemon Lewis	1972-1974	NY	1	USA
Jose Napoles	1971-1972	NY	1	Cuba
Billy Backus	1970-1971	Undisputed	0	USA
Jose Napoles	1969-1970	Undisputed	3	Cuba
Curtis Cokes	1966-1967	Undisputed	5	USA
Curtis Cokes	1966	WBA	0	USA
Emile Griffith	1963-1966	Undisputed	4	Virgin Islands
Griffith relinquished title on becoming Middleweight Champion.
Luis Rodriguez	1963	Undisputed	0	Cuba
Emile Griffith	1962-1963	Undisputed	2	Virgin Island
Benny Kid Paret	1961-1962	Undisputed	0	Cuba
Emile Griffith	1961	Undisputed	1	Virgin Island
Benny Kid Pare	1960-1961	Undisputed	1	Cuba
Don Jordan	1958-1960	Undisputed	2	Dominican Rep
Virgil Akins	1958	Undisputed	0	USA
Carmen Basilio	1956-1957	Undisputed	1	USA
Basilio relinquished title on winning Undisputed Middleweight title.
Johnny Saxton	1956	Undisputed	0	USA
Carmen Basilio	1955-1956	Undisputed	1	USA
Tony De Marco	1955	Undisputed	0	USA
Johnny Saxton	1954-1955	Undisputed	0	USA
Kid Gavlin	1952-1954	Undisputed	7	Cuba
Kid Gavlin	1951-1952	NBA-NY	0	Cuba
Johhny Bratton	1951	NBA	0	USA
Sugar Ray Robinson	1946-1951	NY-NBA	0	USA
Robinson relinquished titles on becoming Middleweight Champion.
Marty Servo	1946	NY-NBA	5	USA
Servo announced his retirment.
Red Chochrane	1942-1946		0	USA
Red Cochrane	1941-1942	NY-NBA	0	USA
Fritzie Zivic	1940-1941	NY-NBA	0	USA
Fritzie Zivic	1940	Undisputed	1	USA
Henry Armstrong	1938-1940	Undisputed	19	USA
Armstrong also defended his Lightweight title during this reign.
Barnie Ross	1938	NY-NBA	0	USA
The IBU withdrew recognition of Ross as Champion.
Felix Wouters	1938	IBU	0	Belgium
Barnie Ross	1938	IBU	0	USA
Barnie Ross	1935-1938	Undisputed	2	USA
Jimmy McLarnin	1934-1935	Undisputed	0	Ireland
Barnie Ross	1934	Undisputed	0	USA
Jimmy McLarnin	1933-1934	Undisputed	0	Ireland
Young Corbett III	1933	Undisputed	0	Italy
Jackie Fields	1932-1933	Undisputed	0	USA
Lou Brouillard	1931-1932	Undisputed	0	Canada
Tommy Freeman	1930-1931	Undisputed	0	USA
Young Jack Thompson	1930	Undisputed	0	USA
Young Jack Thompson	1930	Undisputed	0	USA
Jackie Fields	1929-1930	Undisputed	0	USA
Jackie Fields	1929	NBA	1	USA
Joe Dundee	1928-1929	NY	0	Italy
Joe Dundee	1927-1928	NY-NBA	1	Italy
NBA stripped Dundee for failing to defend.
Pete Latzo	1926-1927	NY	1	USA
Mickey Walker	1924-1926	NY	2	USA
Mickey Walker	1923-1924	NBA	0	USA
Walker was stripped of title for failer to defend.
Dave Shade	1923	NY	0	USA
Jimmy Jones	1923	NY	0	USA
The NY Commision stripped Jones of title.
Jack Britton	1919-1922		5	USA
Ted Kid Lewis	1917-1919		1	England
Jack Britton	1916-1917		2	USA
Waldemer Holberg	1914	AUST	0	Denmark
Tom McCormick	1914	AUST	0	England
Matt Wells	1914	AUST	0	England
Mike Glover	1913-1915		1	USA
Marcel Thomas	1912-1913	IBU	0	France
Dixie Kid	1911-1912		1	USA
Harry Lewis	1910-1911		3	USA
Lewis relinquished title to box at Middleweight.
Mike Twin Sullivan	1907-1908		0	USA
Sullivan vacated title due to weight problems.
Honey Mellody	1906-1907		0	USA
Joe Walcott	1901-1906		4	Barbados
Jim Ferns	1901		1	USA
Matty Mathews	1900-1901		1	USA
Matty Matthews	1900		0	USA
Eddie Connolly	1900		0	Canada
Jim Ferns	1900		0	USA
Mysterious Bill Smith	1898-1900		3	USA
Joe Walcott	1897-1898		0	Barbados
GeorgeGreen	1897		0	USA
Tommy Ryan	1894-1897		2	USA
Mysterious Bill Smith	1892-1894		1	USA
Tommy Ryan	1891-1892		1	USA
Paddy Duffy	1889-1890		1	USA
Duffy died and Tommy Ryan claimed the title.
Bold ( Indicates Current Holder) - Bold (Indicates Undisputed) - * (Indicates WBA Super)