List of European Boxing Union light welterweight champions

European Boxing Union

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. The boxers that have won the EBU title in the light welterweight

Light welterweight

-Professional boxing:The light welterweight class is a weight division in professional boxing that has a limit of 63.5 kg or 140 pounds...

division are listed below.

List of champions

List of EBU light welterweight champions.
Name	Date of title victory	Successful defences	Nationality
Olli Maki	14 February 1964	1	Finnish
Juan Albornoz	17 July 1965	0	Spanish
Willy Quatuor	26 December 1965	1	German
Conny Rudhof	1 February 1967	0	German
Johann Orsolics	6 June 1967	2	Austrian
Bruno Arcari	7 May 1968	4	Italian
Rene Roque	22 April 1970	4	French
Pedro Carrasco Pedro Carrasco Pedro Carrasco was a Spanish boxer whose fame transcended the boxing ring. During the 1970s, he was a media darling in Spain.Carrasco was crowned European Lightweight champion in 1967...	21 May 1971	0	Spanish
Roger Zami	28 February 1972	0	French
Cemal Kamaci	1 October 1972	0	Turkish
Antonio Ortiz	13 June 1973	1	Spanish
Perico Fernandez Perico Fernandez Perico Fernandez is a retired professional boxer from Zaragoza, Spain. He is a former WBC light welterweight champion.-Pro career:...	26 July 1974	1	Spanish
Jose Ramon Gomez Fouz	8 March 1975	1	Spanish
Cemal Kamaci	31 October 1975	1	Turkish
Dave Boy Green Dave Boy Green Dave "Boy" Green is a former British welterweight boxing champion and businessman. Born in Chatteris, Cambridgeshire, a small fenland town, he boxed as the "Fen Tiger".-Early years:...	7 December 1976	0	British
Primo Bandini	10 August 1977	0	Italian
Jean-Baptiste Piedvache	5 December 1977	0	French
Colin Powers	5 June 1978	0	British
Fernando Sanchez	9 September 1978	1	Spanish
Jose Luis Heredia	3 March 1979	0	Spanish
Jo Kimpuani	19 May 1979	2	French
Giuseppe Martinese	27 August 1980	0	Italian
Antonio Guinaldo	17 December 1980	1	Spanish
Clinton McKenzie Clinton McKenzie Clinton McKenzie is a former professional boxer. He fought in the light welterweight division and became the British light welterweight title holder and lost to European title fights.-Background:...	13 October 1981	0	British
Robert Gambini	12 October 1982	0	French
Patrizio Oliva Patrizio Oliva Patrizio Oliva is an Italian former boxer, who won the gold medal in the light welterweight division at the 1980 Moscow Olympics as an amateur and the WBA World light welterweight title as a professional....	5 January 1983	8	Italian
Terry Marsh Terry Marsh (boxer) Terry Marsh is an English former professional boxer who was an undefeated world champion in the light welterweight division....	24 October 1985	2	British
Tusikoleta Nkalankete	6 February 1987	3	French
Efrem Calamati	25 January 1989	4	Italian
Pat Barrett	24 August 1990	3	British
Valery Kayumba	13 June 1992	2	French
Christian Merle	4 December 1993	0	French
Valery Kayumba	17 April 1994	0	French
Khalid Rahilou Khalid Rahilou Khalid Rahilou Khalid Rahilou Khalid Rahilou (born June 19, 1966 in Argenteuil, Val-d'Oise, France was a French boxer of a Moroccan origin.-Professional career:Rahilou began his professional career in 1988 and won the WBA Light Welterweight title by defeating Frankie Randall by TKO in 1997...	4 June 1994	5	Moroccan
Soren Sondergaard	26 April 1996	3	Danish
Thomas Damgaard	27 November 1998	2	Danish
Oktay Urkal Oktay Urkal Oktay Urkal is a Turkish-German former professional welterweight.-Amateur career:As an amateur, Urkal won the silver medal in the light welterweight division at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia...	19 February 2000	2	German
Gianluca Branco	23 June 2001	2	Italian
Oktay Urkal Oktay Urkal Oktay Urkal is a Turkish-German former professional welterweight.-Amateur career:As an amateur, Urkal won the silver medal in the light welterweight division at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia...	28 September 2002	3	German
Junior Witter Junior Witter Junior Witter is a professional boxer from Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. He is the former WBC, European, British, and Commonwealth light welterweight champion.-Early professional career:...	2 June 2004	3	British
Ted Bami Ted Bami Ted Bami Minsende is a light-welterweight boxer. Nicknamed "Dangerous", Bami is a former European light welterweight champion and British light welterweight title challenger....	22 September 2006	1	Congolese
Colin Lynes Colin Lynes Colin Lynes is a British professional boxer from Hornchurch in London. He is a former IBO World, British and European champion at light welterweight and is the reigning British champion at welterweight.-Early Professional Career:...	20 July 2007	1	British
Gianluca Branco	16 May 2008	1	Italian
Souleymane M'baye Souleymane M'baye Souleymane M'baye is a professional boxer and is the former WBA super-lightweight champion. He won the vacated title by a fourth technical knockout on September 2, 2006 against Raul Horacio Balbi. His current record is 37 wins, three losses and a draw, with 21 wins coming by way of knockout...	3 July 2009	0	French
Paul McCloskey Paul McCloskey Paul McCloskey is an Irish southpaw professional boxer who fights in the light welterweight division....	6 November 2009	2	British

List of champions

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