List of super lightweight boxing champions
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This is a chronological List of World Super Lightweight/Light Welterweight/Junior Welterweight Boxing Champions, as recognized by four of the better-known sanctioning organizations:
  • The World Boxing Association
    World Boxing Association
    The World Boxing Association is a boxing organization that sanctions official matches, and awards the WBA world championship title at the professional level. It was previously known as the National Boxing Association before changing its name in 1962...

     (WBA), founded in 1921 as the National Boxing Association (NBA),
  • The World Boxing Council
    World Boxing Council
    The World Boxing Council was initially established by 11 countries: the United States, Argentina, United Kingdom, France, Mexico, Philippines, Panama, Chile, Peru, Venezuela and Brazil plus Puerto Rico, met in Mexico City on February 14, 1963, upon invitation of the then President of Mexico, Adolfo...

     (WBC), founded in 1963,
  • The International Boxing Federation
    International Boxing Federation
    The International Boxing Federation or IBF is one of four major organizations recognized by IBHOF which sanction world championship boxing bouts, alongside the WBA, WBC and WBO.- History :...

     (IBF), founded in 1983,
  • The World Boxing Organization
    World Boxing Organization
    The World Boxing Organization is a sanctioning organization currently recognizing professional boxing world champions. The organization is recognized as one of the four major world championship groups by the IBHOF alongside the International Boxing Federation, the World Boxing Council and the...

     (WBO), founded in 1988,

Reign Began Reign Ended Champion Recognition
World
1923-01-30 1925-03-27 Pinky Mitchell
Pinky Mitchell
Pinky Mitchell was an American boxer who was the first champion in the light welterweight division.-Early life:Born Myron Mitchell on January 1, 1899, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Mitchell was nicknamed Pinky because of his father's statement, on seeing Mitchell in his crib as a baby, that "he's like a...

World
1925-03-27 1925-03-31 James Red Herring
James Red Herring
James Bryan Herring, also known as Red Herring, was a boxer and a champion in the light welterweight division.Herring was born on March 19, 1896, in Paducah, Kentucky, and began boxing in 1913 when he won a bout as a featherweight by KO, fighting on a benefit card for striking railroad workers in...

World
1926-09-21 1930-02-18 Mushy Callahan
Mushy Callahan
Mushy Callahan was the ring name of Vincent Morris Scheer, a boxer and a champion in the light welterweight division.Callahan was born on November 3, 1904, in New York City. He took the ring name of Mushy Callahan and began boxing in 1924....

World
1930-02-18 1931-04-24 Jack Kid Berg
Jack Kid Berg
Judah Bergman, known as Jack Kid Berg or Jackie Kid Berg , was an English boxer born in the East End of London.-Biography:Judah Bergman was born in Romford Street near Cable Street, St George in the East, Stepney...

World
1931-04-24 1932-01-18 Tony Canzoneri
Tony Canzoneri
Tony Canzoneri was an American boxer who was born in the town of Slidell, Louisiana.Canzoneri, an Italian American, was one of the members of the exclusive group of boxing world champions who have won titles in three or more divisions.- Early life :When he was a teenager, he and his family moved...

World
1932-01-18 1933-02-20 Johnny Jadick
Johnny Jadick
John J. Jadick, better known as Johnny Jadick was an American light welterweight boxer. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.- Professional career :...

World
1933-02-20 1933-05-21 Battling Shaw
Battling Shaw
Jose Flores Perez, was a Mexican boxer better known as Battling Shaw or Benny Kid Roy. He was the first Mexican to become world champion.- Professional career :...

World
1933-05-21 1933-06-23 Tony Canzoneri
Tony Canzoneri
Tony Canzoneri was an American boxer who was born in the town of Slidell, Louisiana.Canzoneri, an Italian American, was one of the members of the exclusive group of boxing world champions who have won titles in three or more divisions.- Early life :When he was a teenager, he and his family moved...

World
1933-06-23 1935-04-09-Vacated Barney Ross
Barney Ross
Barney Ross , born Beryl David Rosofsky, was a world champion boxer in three weight divisions and decorated veteran of World War II.-Early life:...

World
1946-04-29 1946-09-13-Vacated Tippy Larkin
Tippy Larkin
Tippy Larkin was a boxer from New Jersey who appeared on the cover of The Ring magazine in July 1944. From 1935 to 1946, Larkin's record was 114-9.-External links:* http://www.boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=9619&cat=boxer&pageID=1...

World
1959-06-12 1960-09-01 Carlos Ortiz
Carlos Ortiz
For the Cuban wrestler with the same name see Carlos Julian OrtízCarlos Ortiz is a Puerto Rican who was a three time world boxing champion, twice in the lightweight division and once in the Jr. Welterweights....

World
1960-09-01 1962-09-14 Duilio Loi
Duilio Loi
Duilio Loi was an Italian boxer who held the Italian and European lightweight and welterweight titles, as well as the world junior welterweight championship. Loi fought from 1948 to 1962, and retired with a record of 115 wins , 3 losses and 8 draws...

World
1962-09-14 1962-12-15 Eddie Perkins
Eddie Perkins
Eddie Perkins was an American light welterweight boxer.-Professional career:Perkins turned professional in 1956 and captured the World Boxing Association light welterweight title with a decision win over Duilio Loi in 1962, but lost the belt in a rematch later that year...

WBA
1962-12-15 1962-12-15-Vacated Duilio Loi
Duilio Loi
Duilio Loi was an Italian boxer who held the Italian and European lightweight and welterweight titles, as well as the world junior welterweight championship. Loi fought from 1948 to 1962, and retired with a record of 115 wins , 3 losses and 8 draws...

WBA
1963-03-21 1963-06-15 Roberto Cruz
Roberto Cruz
Roberto de la Cruz is a former Filipino professional boxer. Cruz won the WBA World Light Welterweight title in a career that spanned from 1955 to 1968.-Professional career:...

WBA/WBC
1963-06-15 1965-01-18 Eddie Perkins
Eddie Perkins
Eddie Perkins was an American light welterweight boxer.-Professional career:Perkins turned professional in 1956 and captured the World Boxing Association light welterweight title with a decision win over Duilio Loi in 1962, but lost the belt in a rematch later that year...

WBA/WBC
1965-01-18 1966-04-29 Carlos Hernández
Carlos Hernandez (boxer)
Carlos Hernández is a retired Salvadoran American boxer. He made boxing history by becoming the IBF super featherweight champion by beating David Santos. Carlos Hernández counted in that fight with the backing up of Alexis Argüello, Roberto Durán and the Salvadoran President, all of whom were at...

WBA/WBC
1966-04-29 1967-04-30 Sandro Lopopolo
Sandro Lopopolo
Sandro Lopopolo was an Italian light welterweight boxer, who won the silver medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, and fought as a professional from 1961 to 1973. Lopopolo held the Italian, European and World light welterweight titles during his career...

WBA/WBC
1967-04-30 1967-11-16-Vacated Takeshi Fuji
Takeshi Fuji
Takeshi Fuji is a former professional boxer from Hawaii. He is a former world super lightweight champion.- Biography :...

WBA/WBC
WBC
Title inaugurated
1963-06-15 1965-01-18   Eddie Perkins
Eddie Perkins
Eddie Perkins was an American light welterweight boxer.-Professional career:Perkins turned professional in 1956 and captured the World Boxing Association light welterweight title with a decision win over Duilio Loi in 1962, but lost the belt in a rematch later that year...

WBC
1965-01-18 1966-04-29   Carlos Morocho Hernández
Carlos Morocho Hernandez
Carlos Enrique Hernández Ramos was a world champion professional boxer. Known professionally as Carlos Morocho, he ended his career following a KO by Scottish boxer Ken Buchanan.-History:...

WBC
1966-04-29 1967-04-30   Sandro Lopopolo
Sandro Lopopolo
Sandro Lopopolo was an Italian light welterweight boxer, who won the silver medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, and fought as a professional from 1961 to 1973. Lopopolo held the Italian, European and World light welterweight titles during his career...

WBC
1967-04-30 1968-Stripped   Takeshi Fuji
Takeshi Fuji
Takeshi Fuji is a former professional boxer from Hawaii. He is a former world super lightweight champion.- Biography :...

WBC
1968-12-14 1970-01-31   Pedro Adigue
Pedro Adigue
Pedro Adigue, Jr was a world champion boxer. He came from the small town of Bontod in Palanas, Masbate, the Philippines.Adigue became a professional boxer on February 18, 1962. After 14 bouts , he fought Carl Peñalosa for the Philippine lightweight title but lost on points...

WBC
1970-01-31 1974-02-Vacated   Bruno Arcari WBC
1974-09-21 1975-07-15   Perico Fernandez
Perico Fernandez
Perico Fernandez is a retired professional boxer from Zaragoza, Spain. He is a former WBC light welterweight champion.-Pro career:...

WBC
1975-07-15 1976-06-30   Saensak Muangsurin
Saensak Muangsurin
Saensak Muangsurin was a retired professional boxer from Phetchabun, Thailand. He was a former WBC light welterweight champion, who set a world record by winning the world title in only his 3rd professional fight.- Biography :...

WBC
1976-06-30 1976-10-29   Miguel Velasquez
Miguel Velasquez
Miguel Velasquez Torres, , is a former Spanish boxer at Light Welterweight.- Olympic games results :1964 *Lost to Hoji Yonekura 2-3- Professional career :...

WBC
1976-10-29 1978-12-30   Saensak Muangsurin
Saensak Muangsurin
Saensak Muangsurin was a retired professional boxer from Phetchabun, Thailand. He was a former WBC light welterweight champion, who set a world record by winning the world title in only his 3rd professional fight.- Biography :...

WBC
1978-12-30 1980-02-23   Sang Hyun Kim WBC
1980-02-23 1982-06-26   Saoul Mamby
Saoul Mamby
Saoul Paul Mamby was a professional boxer between 1969 and 2008.- Personal :Mamby, the child of a mother of Spanish descent and father from Jamaica, converted to Judaism at age 4.Mamby is also a Vietnam veteran....

WBC
1982-06-26 1983-05-18   Leroy Haley
Leroy Haley
Leroy Haley , is a former American boxer at Light Welterweight.- Professional career :Known as "Irish", Haley turned pro in 1973 and captured the WBC light welterweight title with a split decision win over Saoul Mamby in 1982. He defended the belt twice before losing it to Bruce Curry by decision...

WBC
1983-05-18 1984-01-29   Bruce Curry
Bruce Curry
Bruce Curry , is a former professional boxer. He was the WBC Super Lightweight Champion from 1983 to 1984.-Amateur career:...

WBC
1984-01-29 1985-08-21   Billy Costello
Billy Costello
Billy Costello was a professional boxer in the United States.-Early Life:...

WBC
1985-08-21 1986-05-05   Lonnie Smith
Lonnie Smith (boxer)
Harlan Alonso Smith, known as Lonnie Smith , is an American boxer at Welterweight.- Professional career :...

WBC
1986-05-05 1986-07-24   Rene Arredondo
Rene Arredondo
Rene Arredondo was a Mexican professional boxer. He competed in the welterweight division.-Personal life:...

WBC
1986-07-24 1987-07-22   Tsuyoshi Hamada
Tsuyoshi Hamada
is a retired Japanese professional boxer who is a former WBC world junior welterweight champion.Hamada was born in Nakagusuku, Okinawa, and began boxing at the age of fifteen. He won the Japan's inter-high school championship in the featherweight division in 1978. He had an amateur record of 37–6...

WBC
1987-07-22 1987-11-12   Rene Arredondo
Rene Arredondo
Rene Arredondo was a Mexican professional boxer. He competed in the welterweight division.-Personal life:...

WBC
1987-11-12 1989-05-13   Roger Mayweather
Roger Mayweather
Roger Mayweather is a retired professional boxer. He won two major world titles in two different weight classes. Throughout his career, Mayweather fought against many other boxing champions of the 1980s and 1990s. He is a part of the Mayweather boxing family; his brothers are former welterweight...

WBC
1989-05-13 1994-01-29   Julio César Chávez
Julio César Chávez
Julio César Chávez is a retired Mexican professional boxer.He is a six-time world champion in three weight divisions, and for several years he was considered the best pound-for-pound boxer in the world...

WBC
1994-01-29 1994-05-07   Frankie Randall
Frankie Randall
-External links:...

WBC
1994-05-07 1996-06-07   Julio César Chávez
Julio César Chávez
Julio César Chávez is a retired Mexican professional boxer.He is a six-time world champion in three weight divisions, and for several years he was considered the best pound-for-pound boxer in the world...

WBC
1996-06-07 1997-04-12-Vacated   Oscar De La Hoya
Oscar de la Hoya
Oscar De La Hoya is a retired American boxer of Mexican descent. Nicknamed "The Golden Boy", De La Hoya won a gold medal at the Barcelona Olympic Games shortly after graduating from Garfield High School. De La Hoya comes from a boxing family. His grandfather Vicente, father Joel Sr., and brother...

WBC
1999-08-21 2004-01-Stripped   Kostya Tszyu WBC
2004-01-24 2005-06-25   Arturo Gatti
Arturo Gatti
Arturo "Thunder" Gatti was a Canadian professional boxer. Born in Cassino, Italy, and raised in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Gatti relocated to Jersey City, United States as a teenager...

WBC
2005-06-25 2005-Vacated   Floyd Mayweather Jr WBC
2006-09-15 2008-05-10   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:...

WBC
2008-05-10 2009-04-28-Vacated   Timothy Bradley
Timothy Bradley
Timothy Ray Bradley Jr. is an American boxer, fighting out of Palm Springs, California. He is the current WBO World Light Welterweight Champion. He is rated #2 in the Light Welterweight division behind Amir Khan.-Light Welterweight:...

WBC
2009-08-01 2011-01-29   Devon Alexander
Devon Alexander
Devon Alexander is a professional American boxer. Nicknamed "Alexander the Great," he is the former WBC and IBF Light Welterweight champion.-Biography:...

WBC
2011-01-29 2011-07-29-Stripped   Timothy Bradley
Timothy Bradley
Timothy Ray Bradley Jr. is an American boxer, fighting out of Palm Springs, California. He is the current WBO World Light Welterweight Champion. He is rated #2 in the Light Welterweight division behind Amir Khan.-Light Welterweight:...

WBC
2011-09-17 Current   Erik Morales
Erik Morales
Érik Isaac Morales Elvira is a Mexican professional boxer. He is the first Mexican born boxer in history to win a world title in four weight classes and is the current WBC Light Welterweight Champion...

WBC
WBA
Title inaugurated
1962-09-14 1962-12-15   Eddie Perkins
Eddie Perkins
Eddie Perkins was an American light welterweight boxer.-Professional career:Perkins turned professional in 1956 and captured the World Boxing Association light welterweight title with a decision win over Duilio Loi in 1962, but lost the belt in a rematch later that year...

WBA
1962-12-15 1962-Retired   Duilio Loi
Duilio Loi
Duilio Loi was an Italian boxer who held the Italian and European lightweight and welterweight titles, as well as the world junior welterweight championship. Loi fought from 1948 to 1962, and retired with a record of 115 wins , 3 losses and 8 draws...

WBA
1963-03-21 1963-06-15   Roberto Cruz
Roberto Cruz
Roberto de la Cruz is a former Filipino professional boxer. Cruz won the WBA World Light Welterweight title in a career that spanned from 1955 to 1968.-Professional career:...

WBA
1963-06-15 1965-01-18   Eddie Perkins
Eddie Perkins
Eddie Perkins was an American light welterweight boxer.-Professional career:Perkins turned professional in 1956 and captured the World Boxing Association light welterweight title with a decision win over Duilio Loi in 1962, but lost the belt in a rematch later that year...

WBA
1965-01-18 1966-04-29   Carlos Morocho Hernández
Carlos Morocho Hernandez
Carlos Enrique Hernández Ramos was a world champion professional boxer. Known professionally as Carlos Morocho, he ended his career following a KO by Scottish boxer Ken Buchanan.-History:...

WBA
1966-04-29 1967-04-30   Sandro Lopopolo
Sandro Lopopolo
Sandro Lopopolo was an Italian light welterweight boxer, who won the silver medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, and fought as a professional from 1961 to 1973. Lopopolo held the Italian, European and World light welterweight titles during his career...

WBA
1967-04-30 1968-12-12   Takeshi Fuji
Takeshi Fuji
Takeshi Fuji is a former professional boxer from Hawaii. He is a former world super lightweight champion.- Biography :...

WBA
1968-12-12 1972-03-10   Nicolino Locche
Nicolino Locche
Nicolino Locche was an Argentine boxer from Tunuyán, Mendoza. He was of Italian origin, with his ancestors coming from Sardinia...

WBA
1972-03-10 1972-10-28   Alfonso Frazer WBA
1972-10-28 1976-03-06   Antonio Cervantes
Antonio Cervantes
Antonio Cervantes aka Kid Pambelé is a Colombian boxing trainer and former two time world Jr. Welterweight champion. He successfully defended the title 16 times. Cervantes fought 21 world title fights, keeping the 140 pounds title for almost 8 years...

WBA
1976-03-06 1977-Stripped   Wilfred Benítez
Wilfred Benitez
Wilfred Benítez , is a Puerto Rican boxer. He is remembered best as a skilled and aggressive fighter with exceptional defensive abilities who won world championships in three separate weight divisions, and was the youngest world champion in boxing history at the age of 17...

WBA
1977-06-25 1980-08-02   Antonio Cervantes
Antonio Cervantes
Antonio Cervantes aka Kid Pambelé is a Colombian boxing trainer and former two time world Jr. Welterweight champion. He successfully defended the title 16 times. Cervantes fought 21 world title fights, keeping the 140 pounds title for almost 8 years...

WBA
1980-08-02 1983-09-09-Stripped   Aaron Pryor
Aaron Pryor
Aaron Pryor is a former boxer from Cincinnati, Ohio, and member of the International Boxing Hall of Fame. He is the former world Junior Welterweight champion, and regarded as one of the greatest fighters in the history of the weight class.-Amateur career:Pryor, nicknamed The Hawk, had a record of...

WBA
1984-01-22 1984-06-01   Johnny Bumphus
Johnny Bumphus
Johnny 'Bump City' Bumphus , is a former boxer who was world light welterweight champion.-Professional career:...

WBA
1984-06-01 1985-07-21   Gene Hatcher
Gene Hatcher
Ronald Hatcher Jr. , better known as "Gene Hatcher," is a former boxer who was world light welterweight champion. His nickname was "Mad Dog."-Amateur career:Hatcher was a United States Amateur Champion...

WBA
1985-07-21 1986-03-15   Ubaldo Nestor Sacco
Ubaldo Nestor Sacco
Ubaldo Nestor Sacco was an Argentine boxer.- Professional career :Known as "Uby", Sacco turned pro in 1978 and won the World Boxing Association light welterweight title by TKO over Gene Hatcher in 1985. He lost the belt the following year to Patrizio Oliva by decision.- External links :*...

WBA
1986-03-15 1987-07-04   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....

WBA
1987-07-04 1990-08-17   Juan Martin Coggi
Juan Martin Coggi
Juan Martin Coggi is a former boxer from Argentina. A native of Santa Fe , which was also the birthplace of Carlos Monzón, Coggi was a three time world light welterweight champion. He had 75 wins, 5 losses and 2 draws, with 44 wins by knockout...

WBA
1990-08-17 1991-06-14   Loreto Garza
Loreto Garza
Loreto Garza is a former American boxer.Garza started boxing amateur at 18 years old and did it for three years. He won the Golden Gloves all three years and was also on the US boxing team....

WBA
1991-06-14 1992-04-10   Edwin Rosario
Edwin Rosario
Edwin "El Chapo" Rosario was a Puerto Rican boxer. He was the WBC world lightweight champion from 1983–84 and the WBA world champion in 1986–87 and again in 1989–90...

WBA
1992-04-10 1992-09-09   Akinobu Hiranaka
Akinobu Hiranaka
Akinobu Hiranaka is a former boxer in the Light welterweight division...

WBA
1992-09-09 1993-01-12   Morris East
Morris East
Morris East is a retired Filipino boxing champion.As a teenager, East moved to Cebu City and was spotted by Lito Cortes who brought him to the Cebu Coliseum gym...

WBA
1993-01-12 1994-09-17   Juan Martin Coggi
Juan Martin Coggi
Juan Martin Coggi is a former boxer from Argentina. A native of Santa Fe , which was also the birthplace of Carlos Monzón, Coggi was a three time world light welterweight champion. He had 75 wins, 5 losses and 2 draws, with 44 wins by knockout...

WBA
1994-09-17 1996-01-13   Frankie Randall
Frankie Randall
-External links:...

WBA
1996-01-13 1996-08-16   Juan Martin Coggi
Juan Martin Coggi
Juan Martin Coggi is a former boxer from Argentina. A native of Santa Fe , which was also the birthplace of Carlos Monzón, Coggi was a three time world light welterweight champion. He had 75 wins, 5 losses and 2 draws, with 44 wins by knockout...

WBA
1996-08-16 1997-01-11   Frankie Randall
Frankie Randall
-External links:...

WBA
1997-01-11 1998-10-10   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...

WBA
1998-10-10 2001-02-03   Sharmba Mitchell
Sharmba Mitchell
Sharmba David Mitchell , known professionally as Sharmba Mitchell, is a boxer who was WBA light welterweight champion.Mitchell, nicknamed "Little Big Man", is a native of Takoma Park, Maryland, but a resident of Washington, D.C.....

WBA
2001-02-03 2004-Stripped   Kostya Tszyu WBA Super Champion
2002-05-11 2002-10-19   Diosbelys Hurtado
Diosbelys Hurtado
Diosbelys Hurtado is a Cuban-Spanish boxer.-Amateur career:Amateur Record: 221-20*1990 Represented Cuba at the World Junior Championships in Lima, Peru as a Featherweight. His results were:...

WBA Regular Champion
2002-10-19 2005-06-25   Vivian Harris
Vivian Harris
"Vicious" Vivian Harris is a Guyanese professional boxer who was born in Georgetown, Guyana and now resides in Brooklyn, New York...

WBA Regular Champion
2005-06-25 2005-11-26   Carlos Maussa
Carlos Maussa
Carlos "El Apóstol" Maussa is a former professional boxer and light welterweight titleholder. Turning pro in 2000, at the age of 29, Maussa won two titles and fought in several significant fights until his retirement at age 38.Maussa was raised in the Santa Fe neighborhood of Montería, a city...

WBA
2005-11-26 2005-05-06-Vacated   Ricky Hatton
Ricky Hatton
Richard John Hatton MBE, more commonly known as Ricky "the Hitman" Hatton, , is a former British professional boxer, and currently a promoter....

WBA
2006-09-02 2007-07-21   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...

WBA
2007-07-21 2008-03-22   Gavin Rees
Gavin Rees
Gavin Rees is a Welsh professional boxer. Nicknamed "The Rock", Rees is the current EBU Lightweight Champion, and former WBA super-lightweight World Champion...

WBA
2008-03-22 2009-07-18   Andreas Kotelnik WBA
2009-07-18 Current   Amir Khan
Amir Khan (boxer)
Amir Iqbal Khan , is a British Pakistani professional boxer who is currently the unified WBA & IBF light welterweight champion....

WBA Super Champion
2011-07-23 Current   Marcos Maidana WBA Regular Champion
IBF
Title inaugurated
1984-06-22 1985-03-02-Stripped   Aaron Pryor
Aaron Pryor
Aaron Pryor is a former boxer from Cincinnati, Ohio, and member of the International Boxing Hall of Fame. He is the former world Junior Welterweight champion, and regarded as one of the greatest fighters in the history of the weight class.-Amateur career:Pryor, nicknamed The Hawk, had a record of...

IBF
1986-04-26 1986-10-30   Gary Hinton
Gary Hinton
- Professional career :Hinton turned pro in 1978 and won the vacant IBF light welterweight title with a decision win over Reyes Antonio Cruz in 1986. He lost the title in his first defense to Joe Manley by KO later that year.- External links :...

IBF
1986-10-30 1987-03-04   Joe Manley
Joe Manley
Joe Louis Manley Jr. was an American boxer at light welterweight.-Amateur career:Manley qualified as a lightweight for the 1980 United States Olympic team, defeating Frankie Randall on his way to earning his berth. Manley did not compete, however, due to the U.S. boycott of the Moscow Olympics...

IBF
1987-03-04 1987-07-01-Retired   Terry Marsh
Terry Marsh (boxer)
Terry Marsh is an English former professional boxer who was an undefeated world champion in the light welterweight division....

IBF
1988-02-14 1988-09-03   James McGirt IBF
1988-09-03 1990-03-17   Meldrick Taylor
Meldrick Taylor
Meldrick Taylor is a former Olympic gold medalist and world boxing champion in two weight classes.-Amateur career:...

IBF
1990-03-17 1991-03-18-Vacated   Julio César Chávez
Julio César Chávez
Julio César Chávez is a retired Mexican professional boxer.He is a six-time world champion in three weight divisions, and for several years he was considered the best pound-for-pound boxer in the world...

IBF
1991-12-07 1992-07-18   Rafael Pineda
Rafael Pineda (boxer)
Rafael Pineda, born January 12, 1966 in Barranquilla, Colombia, was a Colombian boxer at welterweight.- Professional career :Known as "Derby", Pineda turned pro in 1986 and in 1989 took on former Olympian Mark Breland for the WBA Welterweight Title, but was TKO'd in the fifth round...

IBF
1992-07-18 1993-Vacated   Pernell Whitaker
Pernell Whitaker
Pernell Whitaker , nicknamed "Sweet Pea", is a professional boxing trainer and retired American professional boxer...

IBF
1993-05-15 1994-02-13   Charles Murray
Charles Murray (boxer)
Charles Murray was an American boxer at light welterweight.- Professional career :Known as "The Natural," Murray turned pro in 1989 and won the vacant IBF light welterweight title with a decision win over Rodney Moore in 1993. He defended the title twice before losing it in 1994 to Jake Rodriguez...

IBF
1994-02-13 1995-01-28   Jake Rodriguez
Jake Rodriguez
Evaristo Rodriguez, better known as Jake Rodriguez was a Puerto Rican boxer at light welterweight.- Professional career :...

IBF
1995-01-28 1997-05-31   Kostya Tszyu IBF
1997-05-31 1999-02-20   Vince Phillips
Vince Phillips
Vincent Edwards Phillips Sr. is an American boxer best known for upsetting and beating then undefeated Kostya Tszyu for the junior welterweight title.- Early life :...

IBF
1999-02-20 2000-Stripped   Terron Millett
Terron Millett
Terron Millett was a professional boxer in the Welterweight division and former IBF Light Welterweight Champion.-Amateur career:Millett was the 1991 National Golden Gloves Light welterweight champion.-Pro career:...

IBF
2000-02-12 2001-11-03   Zab Judah
Zab Judah
Zabdiel Judah is an American professional boxer. Judah has won five world titles between the junior welterweight and welterweight divisions, and is a former undisputed welterweight champion....

IBF
2001-11-03 2005-06-04   Kostya Tszyu IBF
2005-06-04 2006-03-29-Vacated   Ricky Hatton
Ricky Hatton
Richard John Hatton MBE, more commonly known as Ricky "the Hitman" Hatton, , is a former British professional boxer, and currently a promoter....

IBF
2006-06-30 2007-01-20   Juan Urango
Juan Urango
Juan "Iron Twin" Urango is a professional boxer in the junior welterweight division.-Pro Career:...

IBF
2007-01-20 2007-02-09-Vacated   Ricky Hatton
Ricky Hatton
Richard John Hatton MBE, more commonly known as Ricky "the Hitman" Hatton, , is a former British professional boxer, and currently a promoter....

IBF
2007-02-04 2007-06-16   Lovemore N'dou
Lovemore N'dou
Lovemore N'dou is an Australian based South African boxer.He was the IBF world light welterweight champion, until he lost the title to Paul Malignaggi.-Fight career:...

IBF
2007-06-16 2008-09-19-Vacated   Paul Malignaggi
Paul Malignaggi
Paul "Paulie" Malignaggi is an Italian-American professional boxer. He is the former IBF junior welterweight champion, and former WBO NABO light welterweight champion.-Light Welterweight:...

IBF
2009-01-30 2010-03-06   Juan Urango
Juan Urango
Juan "Iron Twin" Urango is a professional boxer in the junior welterweight division.-Pro Career:...

IBF
2010-03-06 2010-10-22-Stripped   Devon Alexander
Devon Alexander
Devon Alexander is a professional American boxer. Nicknamed "Alexander the Great," he is the former WBC and IBF Light Welterweight champion.-Biography:...

IBF
2011-03-05 2011-07-23   Zab Judah
Zab Judah
Zabdiel Judah is an American professional boxer. Judah has won five world titles between the junior welterweight and welterweight divisions, and is a former undisputed welterweight champion....

IBF
2011-07-23 Current   Amir Khan
Amir Khan (boxer)
Amir Iqbal Khan , is a British Pakistani professional boxer who is currently the unified WBA & IBF light welterweight champion....

IBF
WBO
Title inaugurated
1989-03-06 1991-02-23   Héctor Camacho
Héctor Camacho
Héctor Camacho , nicknamed "Macho Camacho", is a Puerto Rican professional boxer. His son, Héctor Camacho Jr., is also a boxer.- Early life and amateur career :...

WBO
1991-02-23 1991-05-18   Greg Haugen
Greg Haugen
Greg Lee Haugen is a retired American boxer. Haugen was champion at both the Lightweight and Light-welterweight classes.Haugen turned pro in 1982 and won his first 17 fights before challenging for a world title...

WBO
1991-05-18 1992-Vacated   Héctor Camacho
Héctor Camacho
Héctor Camacho , nicknamed "Macho Camacho", is a Puerto Rican professional boxer. His son, Héctor Camacho Jr., is also a boxer.- Early life and amateur career :...

WBO
1992-06-29 1993-06-07   Carlos Gonzalez
Carlos González
Carlos González may refer to:*Carlos González , Venezuelan-born baseball player*Carlos González , Mexican boxer*Carlos González , Mexican football player*Carlos González , Mexican football player...

WBO
1993-06-07 1994-07-24-Retired   Zack Padilla
Zack Padilla
Zack Padilla is a retired American boxer and a former WBO Light Welterweight champion.-Professional career:Padilla turned pro in 1985 and retired shortly thereafter in 1986 after a TKO loss to Dwayne Prim....

WBO
1995-02-20 1996-03-09   Sammy Fuentes
Sammy Fuentes
Sammy Fuentes is a retired Puerto Rican boxer. On February 20, 1995, he defeated Fidel Avendano to win the WBO Light Welterweight title. Fuentes defended the title once against Hector Lopez before losing it to Giovanni Parisi. He retired with a record of 34 wins , 18 loses, and 2 draws.-External...

WBO
1996-03-09 1998-05-29   Giovanni Parisi
Giovanni Parisi
Giovanni Parisi was an Italian boxer, who won the gold medal in the Men's Featherweight category at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.- Biography:...

WBO
1998-05-29 1999-05-15   Carlos Gonzalez
Carlos González (boxer)
For the Mexican boxer with the same name born in 1959 see Carlos González Carlos González Ferrer , was a boxer from Xochimilco, Mexico, and a former WBO world junior welterweight champion....

WBO
1999-05-15 2000-07-22   Randall Bailey
Randall Bailey
Randall Bailey is an American boxer at welterweight. Nicknamed "The Knockout King", Bailey is widely considered to be one of the hardest punchers in boxing today.- Professional career :...

WBO
2000-07-22 2001-06-30-Stripped   Ener Julio
Ener Julio
Ener Julio is a boxer from Cartagena, Colombia, and a former WBO world junior welterweight champion.Julio began boxing professionally in 1994, and captured the WBO Light Welterweight Title with a decision victory over Randall Bailey. He lost the belt in his first defense to DeMarcus Corley after a...

WBO
2001-06-30 2003-07-12   DeMarcus Corley
DeMarcus Corley
DeMarcus "Chop Chop" Corley , is a boxer from Washington D.C., and a former WBO and USBA light welterweight champion. Corley also designs his own boxing attire.-Amateur career:...

WBO
2003-07-12 2004-Vacated   Zab Judah
Zab Judah
Zabdiel Judah is an American professional boxer. Judah has won five world titles between the junior welterweight and welterweight divisions, and is a former undisputed welterweight champion....

WBO
2004-09-11 2006-10-27-Vacated   Miguel Cotto
Miguel Cotto
Miguel Ángel Cotto Vázquez is a Puerto Rican professional boxer and the reigning WBA light middleweight champion. He is the younger brother of contender Jose Miguel Cotto and cousin of Abner Cotto...

WBO
2006-11-18 2008-07-05   Ricardo Torres WBO
2008-07-05 2009-04-04   Kendall Holt
Kendall Holt
Kendall Holt is an American professional boxer fighting in the light welterweight class. He is a one-time world champion, having held the WBO junior welterweight championship from July 5, 2008 until April 5, 2009.-Personal:...

WBO
2009-04-04 Current   Timothy Bradley
Timothy Bradley
Timothy Ray Bradley Jr. is an American boxer, fighting out of Palm Springs, California. He is the current WBO World Light Welterweight Champion. He is rated #2 in the Light Welterweight division behind Amir Khan.-Light Welterweight:...

WBO
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