List of super welterweight boxing champions

This is a chronological List of World Light Middleweight / List of World Super Welterweight / Junior Middleweight 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
Title inaugurated
1962-10-20	1963-04-29	Denny Moyer Denny Moyer Denny Moyer was an American boxer who held the world light middleweight title between 1962 and 1963. He finished his career with a 97–38–4 record.-Early life:...	WBA/WBC
1963-04-29	1963-09-07	Ralph Dupas Ralph Dupas Ralph Dupas was a boxer from New Orleans who won the world light middleweight championship.-Early boxing career:...	WBA/WBC
1963-09-07	1965-06-18	Sandro Mazzinghi	WBA/WBC
1965-06-18	1966-06-25	Nino Benvenuti	WBA/WBC
1966-06-25	1968-05-26	Ki-Soo Kim	WBA/WBC
1968-05-26	1968-10-25-Stripped	Sandro Mazzinghi	WBA/WBC
1969-03-17	1970-07-09	Freddie Little Freddie Little Freddie Little Freddie Little Freddie Little (born 1936-04-25 in Picayune, MS, is a former American boxer at light middleweight.- Professional career :Little turned pro in 1957 and challenged for the World, WBC, and WBA light middleweight title against Ki-Soo Kim, but lost by split decision in...	WBA/WBC
1970-07-09	1971-10-31	Carmelo Bossi Carmelo Bossi Carmelo Bossi was an Italian boxer who held the European welterweight and world junior middleweight titles. Bossi boxed from 1961 to 1971 and his final overall record was 40 wins , 8 defeats and 3 draws.- Amateur career :...	WBA/WBC
1971-10-31	1974-06-04	Koichi Wajima Koichi Wajima Koichi Wajima was a professional boxer in the super welterweight division. He is a former WBC and WBA champion.- Childhood and Early Career :...	WBA/WBC
1974-06-04	1975-01-21	Oscar Albarado Oscar Albarado Oscar Albarado was an American boxer. He competed in the light middleweight division.- Professional career :...	WBA/WBC
1975-01-21	1975-03-22	Koichi Wajima Koichi Wajima Koichi Wajima was a professional boxer in the super welterweight division. He is a former WBC and WBA champion.- Childhood and Early Career :...	WBA/WBC
Title Split into WBA and WBC Belts
WBC
Title Inaugurated
1963-02-19	1963-04-29	Denny Moyer Denny Moyer Denny Moyer was an American boxer who held the world light middleweight title between 1962 and 1963. He finished his career with a 97–38–4 record.-Early life:...	WBC
1963-04-29	1963-09-07	Ralph Dupas Ralph Dupas Ralph Dupas was a boxer from New Orleans who won the world light middleweight championship.-Early boxing career:...	WBC
1963-09-07	1965-06-18	Sandro Mazzinghi	WBC
1965-06-18	1966-06-25	Nino Benvenuti	WBC
1966-06-25	1968-05-26	Ki Soo Kim Ki Soo Kim Ki-Soo Kim was a South Korean southpaw boxer at middleweight. He is a South Korea's first world boxing champion....	WBC
1968-05-26	1968-11-Strippped	Sandro Mazzinghi	WBC
1969-03-17	1970-07-09	Freddie Little Freddie Little Freddie Little Freddie Little Freddie Little (born 1936-04-25 in Picayune, MS, is a former American boxer at light middleweight.- Professional career :Little turned pro in 1957 and challenged for the World, WBC, and WBA light middleweight title against Ki-Soo Kim, but lost by split decision in...	WBC
1970-07-09	1971-10-31	Carmelo Bossi Carmelo Bossi Carmelo Bossi was an Italian boxer who held the European welterweight and world junior middleweight titles. Bossi boxed from 1961 to 1971 and his final overall record was 40 wins , 8 defeats and 3 draws.- Amateur career :...	WBC
1971-10-31	1974-06-04	Koichi Wajima Koichi Wajima Koichi Wajima was a professional boxer in the super welterweight division. He is a former WBC and WBA champion.- Childhood and Early Career :...	WBC
1974-06-04	1975-01-21	Oscar Albarado Oscar Albarado Oscar Albarado was an American boxer. He competed in the light middleweight division.- Professional career :...	WBC
1975-01-21	1975-04-Stripped	Koichi Wajima Koichi Wajima Koichi Wajima was a professional boxer in the super welterweight division. He is a former WBC and WBA champion.- Childhood and Early Career :...	WBC
1975-05-07	1975-11-13	Miguel de Oliveira Miguel de Oliveira Miguel de Oliveira is a former Brazilian boxer at middleweight. He was born in Sao Paulo, Brazil.- Professional career :...	WBC
1975-11-13	1976-06-17	Elisha Obed Elisha Obed Elisha Obed was a Bahamian boxer at middleweight and is considered to be one of the greatest fighters to ever to come out of the Bahamas.- Amateur career :...	WBC
1976-06-17	1977-08-06	Eckhard Dagge Eckhard Dagge Eckhard Dagge , was a professional boxer in the super welterweight division....	WBC
1977-08-06	1979-03-04	Rocky Mattioli Rocky Mattioli Rocky Mattioli an Italian-Australian former boxer at junior middleweight, and former world champion.- Career :...	WBC
1979-03-04	1981-05-23	Maurice Hope Maurice Hope Maurice Hope is a former boxer from England, who was world Jr. Middleweight champion. Hope lived in Hackney most of his life, but now lives in his place of birth, Antigua. He represented Great Britain at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany.- Biography :Maurice Hope moved at a very...	WBC
1981-05-23	1982-12-03	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...	WBC
1982-12-03	1986-06-23-Vacated	Thomas Hearns Thomas Hearns Thomas "Hitman" Hearns is a retired American boxer. Nicknamed the "Motor City Cobra" and more famously "The Hitman", Hearns became the first boxer in history to win world titles in four divisions. He would also become the first fighter in history to win five world titles in five different divisions...	WBC
1986-12-05	1987-07-12	Duane Thomas Duane Thomas Duane Julius Thomas is a former American football running back in the National Football League who played four seasons for the Dallas Cowboys, San Diego Chargers and Washington Redskins from 1970 to 1974....	WBC
1987-07-12	1987-10-02	Lupe Aquino Lupe Aquino Isaias Guadalupe Aquino , was a professional boxer in the super welterweight division....	WBC
1987-10-02	1988-07-08	Gianfranco Rosi Gianfranco Rosi Gianfranco Rosi was an Italian boxer at middleweight.- Professional career :Rosi turned pro in 1979 and won the WBC Light Middleweight Title in 1987 by decisioning Lupe Aquino. He lost the belt in 1988 when he was dominated by Donald Curry...	WBC
1988-07-08	1989-02-11	Donald Curry Donald Curry Donald Curry is a retired boxer from Fort Worth, Texas, United States. Nicknamed the "Lone Star Cobra," Curry was the Undisputed World Welterweight Champion and the WBC Super Welterweight Champion.-Amateur career:...	WBC
1989-02-11	1989-07-08	Rene Jacquot Rene Jacquot Rene Jacquot is a former professional boxer and world title holder.-Professional career:Jacquot turned professional in 1983 and captured the WBC Light Middleweight Title in 1989 with an upset win over Donald Curry. He lost the belt in his first defence to John Mugabi, via TKO in the first round...	WBC
1989-07-08	1990-03-31	John Mugabi John Mugabi John "The Beast" Mugabi is a former boxer and world Jr. Middleweight champion. A world traveller, Mugabi was a part of an early 1980s Jr...	WBC
1990-03-31	1993-12-18	Terry Norris Terry Norris Terry Wayne Norris is a retired American boxer and a three-time world champion in the light middleweight division. Originally from Lubbock, Texas, he fought out of San Diego.-Early boxing career:...	WBC
1993-12-18	1994-05-07	Simon Brown Simon Brown (boxer) Simon Brown is a former professional boxer. Known as "Mantequilla", a name given to him by his famous trainer Jose 'Pepe' Correa, Brown was an welterweight fighter who held titles at multiple weight classes and at one point was considered one of the best pound for pound fighters in boxing.Brown...	WBC
1994-05-07	1994-11-12	Terry Norris Terry Norris Terry Wayne Norris is a retired American boxer and a three-time world champion in the light middleweight division. Originally from Lubbock, Texas, he fought out of San Diego.-Early boxing career:...	WBC
1994-11-12	1995-08-19	Luis Santana Luis Santana Luis Santana , was a professional boxer in the super welterweight division.Santana turned pro in 1981 and challenged Simon Brown for the IBF Welterweight Titlein 1989, but lost a unanimous decision....	WBC
1995-08-19	1997-12-06	Terry Norris Terry Norris Terry Wayne Norris is a retired American boxer and a three-time world champion in the light middleweight division. Originally from Lubbock, Texas, he fought out of San Diego.-Early boxing career:...	WBC
1997-12-06	1999-01-29	Keith Mullings Keith Mullings Keith Mullings , was a professional boxer in the super welterweight division.Mullings turned pro in 1993 and challenged Raúl Márquez for the IBF Light Middleweight Title in 1997, but lost a split decision. Later that year, Mullings shocked the world with a 9th round TKO over WBC Light Middleweight...	WBC
1999-01-29	2001-06-23	Javier Castillejo Javier Castillejo Francisco Javier Castillejo is a professional boxer from Spain. He is the former WBC light middleweight champion and former WBA middleweight champion. He has fought against stars Oscar De La Hoya, Felix Sturm, Fernando Vargas, Julio Cesar Vasquez, Michael Rask, and Mariano Natalio Carrera...	WBC
2001-06-23	2003-09-13	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
2003-09-13	2004-03-13	Shane Mosley Shane Mosley “Sugar” Shane Mosley is an American professional boxer from Pomona, California who has held world titles in three weight divisions.-Amateur career:Mosley was an amateur standout, capturing various amateur titles, including:...	WBC
2004-03-13	2004-11-20-Vacated	Winky Wright Winky Wright Ronald Lamont "Winky" Wright is an American boxer, the former undisputed world light middleweight champion and a current middleweight contender....	WBC
2004-11-20	2005-06-01-Stripped	Javier Castillejo Javier Castillejo Francisco Javier Castillejo is a professional boxer from Spain. He is the former WBC light middleweight champion and former WBA middleweight champion. He has fought against stars Oscar De La Hoya, Felix Sturm, Fernando Vargas, Julio Cesar Vasquez, Michael Rask, and Mariano Natalio Carrera...	WBC
2005-08-13	2006-05-06	Ricardo Mayorga Ricardo Mayorga Ricardo Mayorga , is a Nicaraguan professional boxer. He is the former WBA/WBC Welterweight champion and the former WBC light middleweight champion. He holds a record of 29-8 with 23 knockouts and 1 draw 1 no contest. He was featured for the first time on the cover of Ring Magazine on the December...	WBC
2006-05-06	2007-05-05	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
2007-05-05	2007-06-28-Vacated	Floyd Mayweather Jr. Floyd Mayweather Jr. Floyd Joy Mayweather, Jr. is an American professional boxer. He is a five-division world champion, where he has won seven world titles, as well as the lineal championship in three different weight classes...	WBC
2007-07-28	2008-06-07	Vernon Forrest Vernon Forrest Vernon Forrest, nicknamed "The Viper", was an American professional boxer who became a world champion in the welterweight and light middleweight divisions and noted for his two victories over Shane Mosley and upset losses to Ricardo Mayorga.- Early years and amateur career :Forrest began boxing at...	WBC
2008-06-07	2008-09-13	Sergio Mora Sergio Mora Sergio "The Latin Snake" Mora is a Mexican American professional boxer trained by Dean Campos. He is the former WBC Light Middleweight Champion and also the first champion of NBC's The Contender....	WBC
2008-09-13	2009-05-21-Stripped	Vernon Forrest Vernon Forrest Vernon Forrest, nicknamed "The Viper", was an American professional boxer who became a world champion in the welterweight and light middleweight divisions and noted for his two victories over Shane Mosley and upset losses to Ricardo Mayorga.- Early years and amateur career :Forrest began boxing at...	WBC
2009-05-21	2010-06-17-Vacated	Sergio Gabriel Martinez Sergio Gabriel Martínez Sergio Gabriel Martínez is an Argentine professional boxer and the current The Ring middleweight champion....	WBC
2010-11-13	2011-02-08-Vacated	Manny Pacquiao Manny Pacquiao Emmanuel "Manny" Dapidran Pacquiao, PLH is a Filipino professional boxer and politician. He is the first eight-division world champion; having won six world titles, as well as the first to win the lineal championship in four different weight classes. He was named "Fighter of the Decade" for the...	WBC
2011-03-05	Current	Saul Alvarez Saul Alvarez Santos Saúl Álvarez Barragán is an undefeated Mexican boxer in the Light Middleweight division. He is the current WBC Light Middleweight champion...	WBC
WBA
Title Inaugurated
1962-10-20	1963-04-29	Denny Moyer Denny Moyer Denny Moyer was an American boxer who held the world light middleweight title between 1962 and 1963. He finished his career with a 97–38–4 record.-Early life:...	WBA
1963-04-29	1963-09-07	Ralph Dupas Ralph Dupas Ralph Dupas was a boxer from New Orleans who won the world light middleweight championship.-Early boxing career:...	WBA
1963-09-07	1965-06-18	Sandro Mazzinghi	WBA
1965-06-18	1966-06-25	Nino Benvenuti	WBA
1966-06-25	1968-05-26	Ki Soo Kim Ki Soo Kim Ki-Soo Kim was a South Korean southpaw boxer at middleweight. He is a South Korea's first world boxing champion....	WBA
1968-05-26	1968-11-Stripped	Sandro Mazzinghi	WBA
1969-03-17	1970-07-09	Freddie Little Freddie Little Freddie Little Freddie Little Freddie Little (born 1936-04-25 in Picayune, MS, is a former American boxer at light middleweight.- Professional career :Little turned pro in 1957 and challenged for the World, WBC, and WBA light middleweight title against Ki-Soo Kim, but lost by split decision in...	WBA
1970-07-09	1971-10-31	Carmelo Bossi Carmelo Bossi Carmelo Bossi was an Italian boxer who held the European welterweight and world junior middleweight titles. Bossi boxed from 1961 to 1971 and his final overall record was 40 wins , 8 defeats and 3 draws.- Amateur career :...	WBA
1971-10-31	1974-06-04	Koichi Wajima Koichi Wajima Koichi Wajima was a professional boxer in the super welterweight division. He is a former WBC and WBA champion.- Childhood and Early Career :...	WBA
1974-06-04	1975-06-07	Oscar Albarado Oscar Albarado Oscar Albarado was an American boxer. He competed in the light middleweight division.- Professional career :...	WBA
1975-01-21	1975-06-07	Koichi Wajima Koichi Wajima Koichi Wajima was a professional boxer in the super welterweight division. He is a former WBC and WBA champion.- Childhood and Early Career :...	WBA
1975-06-07	1976-02-17	Jae-Doo Yuh Jae-Doo Yuh Jae-Doo Yuh is a former boxer from South Korea.-Pro career:In 1971, Yuh won the Orient and Pacific Boxing Federation middleweight title....	WBA
1976-02-17	1976-05-18	Koichi Wajima Koichi Wajima Koichi Wajima was a professional boxer in the super welterweight division. He is a former WBC and WBA champion.- Childhood and Early Career :...	WBA
1976-05-18	1976-10-08	Jose Manuel Duran Jose Manuel Duran Jose Manuel Duran is a former Spanish professional boxer. During his eleven year professional career Duran held the WBA World Light Middleweight title, in addition to this he also challenged for the WBC version of the title and held the EBU title.-Professional career:Duran made his professional...	WBA
1976-10-08	1977-03-05	Miguel Angel Castellini Miguel Angel Castellini Miguel Angel Castellini is a former Argentine professional boxer. Castellini, who was active as a professional from 1965 to 1980, is most notable for having held the WBA World Light Middleweight title....	WBA
1977-03-05	1978-08-09	Eddie Gazo Eddie Gazo Eddie Gazo is a former professional boxer in the super welterweight division.-Pro career:...	WBA
1978-08-09	1979-10-24	Masashi Kudo Masashi Kudo Masashi Kudo is a former professional boxer. He was the WBA light middleweight champion from 1978-1979.- Biography :...	WBA
1979-10-24	1981-06-25	Ayub Kalule	WBA
1981-06-25	1981-06-25-Vacated	Sugar Ray Leonard Sugar Ray Leonard Sugar Ray Leonard is an American retired professional boxer and occasional actor. He was named Ray Charles Leonard, after his mother's favorite singer, Ray Charles...	WBA
1981-11-07	1982-02-02	Tadashi Mihara Tadashi Mihara is a former professional boxer who competed as a light middleweight throughout his career.Mihara began his boxing career when he was a third grader of the high school. He won the title of the All-Japan Amateur Boxing Championships in the light middleweight division in 1977. He also got the group...	WBA
1982-02-02	1983-06-16	Davey Moore	WBA
1983-06-16	1984-Stripped	Roberto Durán Roberto Durán Roberto Durán Samaniego is a retired professional boxer from Panama, widely regarded as one of the greatest boxers of all time. A versatile brawler in the ring, he was nicknamed "Manos de Piedra" during his career....	WBA
1984-10-19	1987-07-18-Vacated	Mike McCallum Mike McCallum Mike McCallum is a retired boxer. Nicknamed "The Body Snatcher" for his fierce body punching. McCallum won world titles in three weight classes.-Amateur career:Claimed an amateur record of 240-10...	WBA
1987-11-22	1991-02-23-Vacated	Julian Jackson Julian Jackson Julian Jackson is a retired professional boxer and former three-time world champion in the light middleweight and middleweight divisions...	WBA
1991-02-23	1991-10-01	Gilbert Dele Gilbert Delé Gilbert Delé was a French professional boxer. He competed in the super welterweight division.-Career:...	WBA
1991-10-01	1992-12-21	Vincenzo Pazienza	WBA
1992-12-21	1995-03-04	Julio César Vásquez Julio Cesar Vasquez Julio César Vásquez is a professional boxer best known to have held a WBA junior middleweight title. Vasquez, known as "El Zurdo" which means lefty as he is a southpaw, turned pro in 1986 and captured the Vacant WBA Light Middleweight Title by KO'ing little-known Hitoshi Kamiyama in 1992...	WBA
1995-03-04	1995-Vacated	Pernell Whitaker Pernell Whitaker Pernell Whitaker , nicknamed "Sweet Pea", is a professional boxing trainer and retired American professional boxer...	WBA
1995-06-16	1995-12-16	Carl Daniels Carl Daniels Carl Bryant Daniels , is a professional boxer in the Light Middleweight division.- Amateur :Southpaw Daniels won the junior world championships 1987 and the Golden Gloves at flyweight....	WBA
1995-12-16	1996-08-21	Julio César Vásquez Julio Cesar Vasquez Julio César Vásquez is a professional boxer best known to have held a WBA junior middleweight title. Vasquez, known as "El Zurdo" which means lefty as he is a southpaw, turned pro in 1986 and captured the Vacant WBA Light Middleweight Title by KO'ing little-known Hitoshi Kamiyama in 1992...	WBA
1996-08-21	1999-03-06	Laurent Boudouani Laurent Boudouani Laurent Boudouani is retired professional boxer. He is a former WBA world light middleweight champion and a welterweight silver medal winner at the 1988 Olympics.-Olympic results:*1st round bye...	WBA
1999-03-06	2000-03-03	David Reid David Reid (boxer) David Terrell Reid is a former boxer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.-Amateur career:Reid had a stellar amateur boxing career, culminating with a come-from-behind, one-punch knock out win to secure a gold medal at the 1996 summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia...	WBA
2000-03-03	2000-12-02-Vacated	Félix Trinidad Félix Trinidad Félix 'Tito' Trinidad, Jr. is a Puerto Rican professional boxer, considered one of the best in Puerto Rico's history. After winning five National Amateur Championships in Puerto Rico, he debuted as a professional when he was 17. He won his first world championship when he defeated Maurice Blocker...	WBA
2001-09-22	2002-09-14	Fernando Vargas Fernando Vargas Fernando Vargas is a retired Mexican American boxer and two-time world champion, who won a bronze medal as an amateur at the 1995 Pan American Games in Mar del Plata. His nicknames include "Ferocious", "The Aztec Warrior" and "El Feroz"...	WBA
2002-09-14	2003-09-13	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...	WBA Super Champion
2002-09-14	2003-03-01	Santiago Samaniego Santiago Samaniego Santiago Ryce Samaniego is a professional boxer in the super welterweight division.- Professional career :...	WBA Regular Champion
2003-03-01	2003-12-13	Alejandro Garcia	WBA Regular Champion
2003-09-13	2004-03-13	Shane Mosley Shane Mosley “Sugar” Shane Mosley is an American professional boxer from Pomona, California who has held world titles in three weight divisions.-Amateur career:Mosley was an amateur standout, capturing various amateur titles, including:...	WBA Super Champion
2003-12-13	2004-10-02-Stripped	Travis Simms Travis Simms Travis Simms is a professional American boxer in the super welterweight division.-Background:Simms is a native of the South Norwalk section of Norwalk, Connecticut. His childhood street bears his name "Travis Simms Way". He is currently a member of the Norwalk Common Council...	WBA Regular Champion
2004-03-13	2004-11-20-Vacated	Ronald Wright	WBA Super Champion
2005-05-21	2006-05-06	Alejandro Garcia	WBA
2006-05-06	2007-01-06	Jose Antonio Rivera José Antonio Rivera José Antonio Rivera is an American professional boxer in the super welterweight division.His record is 39-6-1 . He is a former WBA welterweight and WBA world super welterweight champion. He is of Puerto Rican descent....	WBA
2007-01-06	2007-07-07	Travis Simms Travis Simms Travis Simms is a professional American boxer in the super welterweight division.-Background:Simms is a native of the South Norwalk section of Norwalk, Connecticut. His childhood street bears his name "Travis Simms Way". He is currently a member of the Norwalk Common Council...	WBA
2007-07-07	2008-07-11	Joachim Alcine Joachim Alcine Joachim Alcine is a Haitian-Canadian professional boxer fighting out of Montreal, Quebec, where he now resides.-Pro career:...	WBA
2008-07-11	2009-11-14	Daniel Santos Daniel Santos (boxer) Daniel Santos is a Puerto Rican professional boxer. As an amateur Santos represented Puerto Rico in international events, including the 1990 and 1992 Junior World Championships, Pan American Boxing Tournament, Goodwill Games, 1995 Pan American Games and the 1996 Summer Olympics, where he won a...	WBA
2009-11-14	2010-06-06	Yuri Foreman Yuri Foreman Yuri Foreman is a Belarusian-born Israeli-American professional boxer. He is a former World Boxing Association super welterweight champion...	WBA
2010-06-06	Current	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...	WBA Super Champion
2011-02-06	Current	Austin Trout Austin Trout Austin Trout is an undefeated professional boxer and the current WBA light middleweight champion.-Amateur career:In 2004 Austin was the U.S...	WBA Regular Champion
IBF
Title inaugurated
1984-03-11	1984-11-02	Mark Medal Mark Medal Mark Medal , was a professional boxer in the Light Middleweight division.Medal, a Puerto Rican-American, turned pro in 1979 and won the Vacant IBF Light Middleweight Title with a TKO win over Earl Hargrove in 1984, becoming the inaugural champion. He lost the belt in his first defense to Carlos...	IBF
1984-11-02	1985-06-01-Vacated	Carlos Santos	IBF
1986-06-04	1987-06-27	Buster Drayton Buster Drayton Buster Drayton , was a professional boxer in the Light Middleweight division.Drayton turned pro in 1978 and won the Vacant IBF Light Middleweight Title with a decision win over Carlos Santos in 1986. He defended the belt twice before losing it to Matthew Hilton the following year...	IBF
1987-06-27	1988-11-04	Matthew Hilton	IBF
1988-11-04	1989-02-05	Robert Hines Robert Hines Robert Hines , was a professional boxer in the Light Middleweight division.Known as "Bam Bam", Hines turned pro in 1981 and won the IBF Light Middleweight Title with a decision win over Matthew Hilton in 1988. He lost the belt in his first defense to Darrin Van Horn...	IBF
1989-02-05	1989-07-15	Darrin Van Horn Darrin Van Horn Darrin Van Horn was a professional boxer and a world champion in two weight divisions.Van Horn turned professional in 1984, just five days before his 16th birthday...	IBF
1989-07-15	1994-09-17	Gianfranco Rosi Gianfranco Rosi Gianfranco Rosi was an Italian boxer at middleweight.- Professional career :Rosi turned pro in 1979 and won the WBC Light Middleweight Title in 1987 by decisioning Lupe Aquino. He lost the belt in 1988 when he was dominated by Donald Curry...	IBF
1994-09-17	1995-08-12	Vincent Pettway Vincent Pettway Vincent Pettway Vincent Pettway Vincent Pettway (born November 9, 1965 in Baltimore, MD, was a professional boxer in the super welterweight (154lb) division.- Professional career :...	IBF
1995-08-12	1995-12-16	Paul Vaden Paul Vaden Paul "The Ultimate" Vaden is a retired professional boxer. Vaden held the IBF light middleweight championship from August 12, 1995 to December 16, 1995...	IBF
1995-12-16	1997-01-11-Vacated	Terry Norris Terry Norris Terry Wayne Norris is a retired American boxer and a three-time world champion in the light middleweight division. Originally from Lubbock, Texas, he fought out of San Diego.-Early boxing career:...	IBF
1997-04-12	1997-12-06	Raúl Márquez Raul Marquez Raúl Márquez is a former American professional boxer in the Light Middleweight division and is the former IBF Light Middleweight Champion. Márquez also represented the U.S...	IBF
1997-12-06	1998-12-12	Luis Ramon Campas	IBF
1998-12-12	2000-12-02	Fernando Vargas Fernando Vargas Fernando Vargas is a retired Mexican American boxer and two-time world champion, who won a bronze medal as an amateur at the 1995 Pan American Games in Mar del Plata. His nicknames include "Ferocious", "The Aztec Warrior" and "El Feroz"...	IBF
2000-12-02	2001-05-12-Vacated	Felix Trinidad Félix Trinidad Félix 'Tito' Trinidad, Jr. is a Puerto Rican professional boxer, considered one of the best in Puerto Rico's history. After winning five National Amateur Championships in Puerto Rico, he debuted as a professional when he was 17. He won his first world championship when he defeated Maurice Blocker...	IBF
2001-10-12	2004-03-13-Vacated	Ronald Wright	IBF
2004-06-05	2004-10-02	Verno Phillips Verno Phillips Verno Jeremias Phillips , is a professional boxer in the Light Middleweight division.- Career :Phillips turned pro in 1988 and captured the Vacant WBO Light Middleweight Title in 1993 with a win over Lupe Aquino...	IBF
2004-10-02	2005-07-14	Kassim Ouma Kassim Ouma Kassim Ouma is a Ugandan boxer. He is currently the NABA middleweight champion.-Early life:Born into poverty, at the age of six he was kidnapped and forced to join the National Resistance Army and consequently did not see his family for five years. Ouma is the 7th of 13 children, which include 7...	IBF
2005-07-14	2006-07-08	Roman Karmazin Roman Karmazin Roman Alexandrovich Karmazin is the former IBF Light Middleweight champion of the world. He is a Russian boxer who has defeated Keith Holmes and Kassim Ouma. He suffered his first loss in 2002, a twelve-round decision against Javier Castillejo of Spain in Castiliejo's hometown.Karmazin currently...	IBF
2006-07-08	2008-03-27	Cory Spinks Cory Spinks Corey Spinks is a professional boxer. He is a former IBF Light middleweight champion, and a former Undisputed Welterweight Champion....	IBF
2008-03-27	2008-11-Vacated	Verno Phillips Verno Phillips Verno Jeremias Phillips , is a professional boxer in the Light Middleweight division.- Career :Phillips turned pro in 1988 and captured the Vacant WBO Light Middleweight Title in 1993 with a win over Lupe Aquino...	IBF
2009-04-24	2010-08-07	Cory Spinks Cory Spinks Corey Spinks is a professional boxer. He is a former IBF Light middleweight champion, and a former Undisputed Welterweight Champion....	IBF
2010-08-07	Current	Cornelius Bundrage Cornelius Bundrage Cornelius Bundrage, , is a professional boxer and current IBF Junior Middleweight Champion. He is a former UBA Light Middleweight champion and was member of the ESPN reality show, The Contender.-Pro career:...	IBF
WBO
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1988-12-08	1992-12-19-Vacated	John David Jackson John David Jackson (boxer) John David Jackson , is a former professional boxer who held world titles in the light middleweight and middleweight divisions, and later became a boxing trainer after his career ended.-Professional Career:...	WBO
1993-10-30	1995-11-22	Verno Phillips Verno Phillips Verno Jeremias Phillips , is a professional boxer in the Light Middleweight division.- Career :Phillips turned pro in 1988 and captured the Vacant WBO Light Middleweight Title in 1993 with a win over Lupe Aquino...	WBO
1995-11-22	1996-02-Stripped	Paul Jones Paul Jones (boxer) Paul "Silky" Jones , is a British former professional boxer who has a record of 31-12-1 in the welterweight, light-middleweight, middleweight, and super middleweight divisions...	WBO
1996-03-01	1996-05-17	Bronco McKart Bronco McKart Bronco Banyon McKart is a professional boxer in the super welterweight division, and is best known for fighting, and losing, three times against Winky Wright....	WBO
1996-05-17	1998-08-22	Winky Wright Winky Wright Ronald Lamont "Winky" Wright is an American boxer, the former undisputed world light middleweight champion and a current middleweight contender....	WBO
1998-08-22	2001-02-10-Vacated	Harry Simon Harry Simon (boxer) Harry Simon is a professional boxer in the super welterweight division.- Amateur Highlights :As an amateur Simon represented Namibia as a welterweight at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain...	WBO
2002-03-16	2005-12-03	Daniel Santos Daniel Santos (boxer) Daniel Santos is a Puerto Rican professional boxer. As an amateur Santos represented Puerto Rico in international events, including the 1990 and 1992 Junior World Championships, Pan American Boxing Tournament, Goodwill Games, 1995 Pan American Games and the 1996 Summer Olympics, where he won a...	WBO
2005-12-03	2011-10-05-Stripped	Sergiy Dzinziruk	WBO
2011-10-05	Current	Zaurbek Baysangurov Zaurbek Baysangurov Zaurbek Baysangurov is a chechen boxer and the current interim WBO Light Middleweight Champion.-Amateur:...	WBO

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