| Title Holder |
Tenure |
Status |
Def |
Birthplace |
Notes |
| Shane Mosley * |
2009- |
WBA |
0 |
USA |
|
| Andre Berto |
2009- |
WBC |
3 |
USA |
|
| Manny Pacquiao |
2009- |
WBO |
0 |
Philippines |
|
| Pacquiao makes Boxing History winning a title in a record seventh weight division. |
| Jan Zaveck |
2009- |
IBF |
0 |
Slovenia |
|
| Vyacheslav Senchenko |
2009- |
WBA |
0 |
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) |
