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This is a list of world lightweight boxing champions by organization, as recognized by four of the better-known sanctioning organizations:

  • The World Boxing Council (WBC), founded in 1963,
  • The International Boxing Federation (IBF), founded in 1983,
  • The World Boxing Organization (WBO), founded in 1988

    • World

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    Reign began Reign ended Champion Recognition
    29 October 1886 9 June 1893[1]  Jack McAuliffe Universal
    After McAuliffe's retirement the title remained inactive until 1896 when the title was won by George "Kid" Lavigne in a 17 Round KO against Dick Burge. Lavigne's victory, the first fought under the Marquess of Queensberry rules, was considered by boxing promoters of the time as the first officially recognized world Lightweight Champion.
    1 June 1896 3 July 1899  George "Kid" Lavigne Universal
    3 July 1899 12 May 1902  Frank Erne Universal
    12 May 1902 4 July 1908[1]  Joe Gans Universal
    4 July 1908 22 February 1910  Oscar "Battling" Nelson Universal
    22 February 1910 28 November 1912  Adolph "Ad" Wolgast Universal
    28 November 1912 7 July 1914  Willie Ritchie Universal
    7 July 1914 28 May 1917  Freddie Welsh Universal
    28 May 1917 15 January 1925[1]  Benny Leonard Universal
    Following Leonard's retirement the vacant undisputed NBA and NYSAC lightweight title was filled when Jimmy Goodrich defeated Stanislaus Loayza.
    13 July 1925 7 December 1925  Jimmy Goodrich Universal
    7 December 1925 3 July 1926  Rocky Kansas Universal
    3 July 1926 17 July 1930  Sammy Mandel NBA
    17 July 1930 14 November 1930  Al Singer Universal
    14 November 1930 23 June 1933  Tony Canzoneri Universal
    23 June 1933 15 Apr 1935[1]  Barney Ross Universal
    Ross vacated the title and campaigned as a light welterweight and welterweight. The vacant undisputed NBA and NYSAC lightweight title was filled when Tony Canzoneri defeated Lou Ambers
    10 May 1935 3 September 1936  Tony Canzoneri Universal
    3 September 1936 17 July? 1938  Lou Ambers Universal
    17 August? 1938 22 August 1939  Henry Armstrong Universal
    22 August 1939 10 May 1940  Lou Ambers NBA
    10 May 1940 19 December 1941  Lew Jenkins Universal
    19 December 1941 13 November 1942[1]  Sammy Angott Universal
    Following Angott's retirement the NBA and NYSAC titles were disputed between Beau Jack, Bob Montgomery, and Juan Zurita as well as Agnott, who later came out of retirement. Ike Williams defeats over Zurita and Montgomery, in 1945 and 1947 respectively, would become recognized as the undisputed Lightweight Champion.
    18 December 1942 21 May 1943  Beau Jack NYSAC
    21 May 1943 19 November 1943  Bob Montgomery NYSAC
    19 November 1943 3 March 1944  Beau Jack NYSAC
    3 March 1944 4 August 1947  Bob Montgomery NYSAC
    27 October 1943 8 March 1944  Sammy Angott NBA
    Angott won the vacant NBA lightweight title versus Slugger White.
    8 March 1944 18 April 1945  Juan Zurita NBA
    18 April 1945 25 May 1951  Ike Williams Universal
    Ike Williams became the undisputed champion on the 4th of August, 1947 when he knocked out Bob Montgomery, retaining his NBA title and winning Montgomery's NYSAC title.
    25 May 1951 1 April 1952  Jimmy Carter Universal
    14 May 1952 15 October 1952  Lauro Salas Universal
    15 October 1952 6 February 1954  Jimmy Carter Universal
    5 March 1954 17 November 1954  Paddy DeMarco Universal
    17 November 1954 29 June 1955  Jimmy Carter Universal
    29 June 1955 24 August 1956  Wallace "Bud" Smith Universal
    24 August 1956 21 April 1962  Joe Brown Universal
    1963-04-07 1965-04-10  Carlos Ortiz WBA/WBC
    1965-04-10 1965-11-13  Ismael Laguna WBA/WBC
    1965-11-13 1968-06-29  Carlos Ortiz WBA/WBC
    1968-06-29 1969-02-18  Carlos Teo Cruz WBA/WBC
    1969-02-18 1970-03-03  Mando Ramos[2] WBA/WBC
    1970-03-03 1970-09-15[1]  Ismael Laguna WBA/WBC
    1971-02-12 1971-06-25  Ken Buchanan WBA/WBC

    WBC

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    Reign began Reign ended Champion Recognition
    1963-04-07 1965-04-10   Carlos Ortiz WBC
    1965-04-10 1965-11-13   Ismael Laguna WBC
    1965-11-13 1968-06-29   Carlos Ortiz WBC
    1968-06-29 1969-02-18   Carlos Teo Cruz WBC
    1969-02-18 1970-03-03   Mando Ramos WBC
    1970-03-03 1970-09-15-Stripped   Ismael Laguna WBC
    1971-02-12 1971-06-25-Stripped   Ken Buchanan WBC
    1971-11-05 1972-02-18   Pedro Carrasco WBC
    1972-02-18 1972-09-15   Mando Ramos WBC
    1972-09-15 1972-11-10   Chango Carmona WBC
    1972-11-10 1974-04-11   Rodolfo Gato González WBC
    1974-04-11 1976-05-08   Guts Ishimatsu WBC
    1976-05-08 1978-01-21   Esteban De Jesús WBC
    1978-01-21 1979-01-31[1]   Roberto Durán WBC
    Durán became WBA champion in 1972 by defeating Ken Buchanan. He unified the titles on January 21, 1978, by defeating Esteban De Jesús.
    1979-04-17 1981-06-20   Jim Watt WBC
    1981-06-20 1983-Vacated   Alexis Argüello WBC
    1983-05-01 1984-11-03   Edwin Rosario WBC
    1984-11-03 1985-08-10   José Luis Ramírez WBC
    1985-08-10 1987-Vacated   Héctor Camacho WBC
    1987-07-19 1988-10-29   José Luis Ramírez WBC
    1988-10-29 1989[1]   Julio César Chávez WBC
    1989-08-20 1991-10-05[3]   Pernell Whitaker WBC
    1992-08-24 1995-08-19[1]   Miguel Ángel González WBC
    1996-04-20 1997-03-01   Jean Baptiste Mendy WBC
    1997-03-01 1998-06-13   Stevie Johnston WBC
    1998-06-13 1999-02-27   Cesar Bazan WBC
    1999-02-27 2000-06-17   Stevie Johnston WBC
    2000-06-17 2002-04-20   José Luis Castillo WBC
    2002-04-20 2003-11-01[1]   Floyd Mayweather Jr. WBC
    2004-06-05 2005-05-07   José Luis Castillo WBC
    2005-05-07 2006-10-06-Stripped   Diego Corrales WBC
    2006-10-07 2007-02-01[4]   Joel Casamayor WBC
    2007-02-01 2008-06-28   David Díaz WBC
    2008-06-28 2009-02-24-Vacated   Manny Pacquiao WBC
    2009-04-04 2010-02-09-Vacated   Edwin Valero WBC
    2010-03-17 2011-07-01-Vacated   Humberto Soto WBC
    2011-10-15 2012-11-17   Antonio DeMarco WBC
    2012-11-17 2014-01-27-Stripped   Adrien Broner WBC
    2014-01-27 2014-11-10-Stripped   Omar Figueroa Jr. WBC
    2014-12-30 2016-06-12   Jorge Linares WBC
    2016-06-12 2017-01-28   Dejan Zlatičanin WBC
    2017-01-28 2019-04-25-Vacated   Mikey Garcia WBC
    2019-08-31 2020-10-17   Vasyl Lomachenko WBC Franchise
    2019-11-09 2023-08-01-Champion in recess   Devin Haney WBC
    2023-11-16 Present   Shakur Stevenson WBC

    WBA

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    Reign began Reign ended Champion Recognition
    1962-04-21 1965-04-10   Carlos Ortiz WBA
    1965-04-10 1965-11-13   Ismael Laguna WBA
    1965-11-13 1968-06-29   Carlos Ortiz WBA
    1968-06-29 1969-02-18   Carlos Teo Cruz WBA
    1969-02-18 1970-03-03   Mando Ramos WBA
    1970-03-03 1970-09-26   Ismael Laguna WBA
    1970-09-26 1972-06-26   Ken Buchanan WBA
    1972-06-26 1979-01-31[1]   Roberto Durán WBA
    1979-06-16 1980-03-02   Ernesto España WBA
    1980-03-02 1981-04-12   Hilmer Kenty WBA
    1981-04-12 1981-04-12[1]   Sean O'Grady WBA
    1981-09-12 1981-12-05   Claude Noel WBA
    1981-12-05 1982-05-08   Arturo Frias WBA
    1982-05-08 1984-06-01   Ray Mancini WBA
    1984-06-01 1986-09-26   Livingstone Bramble WBA
    1986-09-26 1987-11-21   Edwin Rosario WBA
    1987-11-21 1988-10-29[1]   Julio César Chávez WBA
    1989-07-09 1990-04-04   Edwin Rosario WBA
    1990-04-04 1990-08-11   Juan Nazario WBA
    1990-08-11 1991-10-05   Pernell Whitaker[1] WBA
    1992-06-13 1992-10-24   Joey Gamache WBA
    1992-10-24 1993-06-26   Tony Lopez WBA
    1993-06-26 1993-10-30   Dingaan Thobela WBA
    1993-10-30 1998-05-16   Orzubek Nazarov WBA
    1998-05-16 1999-04-10   Jean Baptiste Mendy WBA
    1999-04-10 1999-08-07   Julien Lorcy WBA
    1999-08-07 1999-11-13   Stefano Zoff WBA
    1999-11-13 2000-06-11   Gilberto Serrano WBA
    2000-06-11 2001-07-01   Takanori Hatakeyama WBA
    2001-07-01 2001-10-08   Julien Lorcy WBA
    2001-10-08 2002-01-05   Raul Horacio Balbi WBA
    2002-01-05 2003-05-17[1]   Leonard Doroftei WBA
    2004-04-10 2004-07-17   Lakva Sim WBA
    2004-07-17 2008-03-08   Juan Díaz WBA Super Champion
    2007-12-29 2008-05-19   José Alfaro WBA Regular Champion
    2008-03-08 2009-01-10-Vacated   Nate Campbell WBA Super Champion
    2008-05-19 2009-01-03   Yusuke Kobori WBA Regular Champion
    2009-01-03 2010-05-29   Paulus Moses WBA Regular Champion
    2009-02-28 2012-01-05-Stripped   Juan Manuel Márquez WBA Super Champion
    2010-05-29 2011-02-26   Miguel Acosta WBA Regular Champion
    2011-02-26 2011-12-02-Stripped   Brandon Rios WBA Regular Champion
    2013-02-28 2015-04-09-Stripped   Richar Abril WBA
    2015-04-09 2015-11-21   Darleys Perez WBA
    2015-11-21 2016-09-25   Anthony Crolla WBA
    2016-09-25 2018-05-12   Jorge Linares WBA
    2018-05-12 2020-10-17   Vasyl Lomachenko WBA
    2020-10-17 2021-11-27   Teófimo López WBA
    2021-11-27 2022-06-05   George Kambosos Jr. WBA
    2022-06-05 2023-11-29-Vacated   Devin Haney WBA
    2023-11-29 Present   Gervonta Davis WBA

    IBF

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    Reign began Reign ended Champion Recognition
    1984-01-30 1984-04-15   Charlie Brown IBF
    1984-04-15 1985-04-06   Harry Arroyo IBF
    1985-04-06 1986-12-05   Jimmy Paul IBF
    1986-12-05 1987-06-07   Greg Haugen IBF
    1987-06-07 1988-02-06   Vinny Pazienza IBF
    1988-02-06 1989-02-18   Greg Haugen IBF
    1989-02-18 1992-Vacated   Pernell Whitaker IBF
    Pernell Whitaker becomes the undisputed champion of the lightweight division by winning the IBF title in February, 1989, and then defeating José Luis Ramírez for the vacant WBC title on August 20, 1989, and Juan Nazario for the WBA title on August 11, 1990.
    1993-01-10 1994-02-19   Freddie Pendleton IBF
    1994-02-19 1995-05-06   Rafael Ruelas IBF
    1995-05-06 1995-07[1]   Oscar De La Hoya IBF
    1995-08-19 1997-08-02   Philip Holiday IBF
    1997-08-02 1999-04-17[1]   Shane Mosley IBF
    1999-08-20 2003-06-Vacated   Paul Spadafora[4] IBF
    2003-11-22 2004-05-13   Javier Jáuregui IBF
    2004-05-13 2005-03-01[1]   Julio Díaz IBF
    2005-06-17 2005-09-17   Leavander Johnson IBF
    2005-09-17 2007-02-03   Jesús Chávez IBF
    2008-02-03 2007-10-19   Julio Díaz IBF
    2007-10-19 2008-03-08   Juan Díaz IBF
    2008-03-08 2009-02-13-Stripped   Nate Campbell[4] IBF
    2010-08-14 2014-09-13   Miguel Vazquez IBF
    2014-09-13 2015-06-26-Vacated   Mickey Bey IBF
    2015-12-18 2016-06-03-Vacated   Rances Barthelemy IBF
    2018-07-28 2018-10-30-Vacated   Mikey Garcia IBF
    2019-02-02 2019-12-14   Richard Commey IBF
    2019-12-14 2021-11-27   Teófimo López IBF
    2021-11-27 2022-06-05   George Kambosos Jr. IBF
    2022-06-05 2023-11-29-Vacated   Devin Haney IBF
    2024-05-12 Present   Vasyl Lomachenko IBF

    WBO

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    Reign began Reign ended Champion Recognition
    1989-05-06 1990-09-22   Mauricio Aceves WBO
    1990-09-22 1991-09-14[1]   Dingaan Thobela WBO
    1992-09-25 1994[1]   Giovanni Parisi WBO
    1994-07-29 1996[1]   Oscar De La Hoya WBO
    1996-04-13 2004-01-03   Artur Grigorian WBO
    2004-01-03 2004-08-07   Acelino Freitas WBO
    2004-08-07 2005[1]   Diego Corrales WBO
    2006-04-29 2007-04-28   Acelino Freitas WBO
    2007-04-28 2008-03-08   Juan Díaz WBO
    2008-03-08 2009-02-13-Stripped   Nate Campbell[4] WBO
    2010-02-28 2012-01-06-Stripped   Juan Manuel Márquez WBO
    2012-01-06 2014-03-01   Ricky Burns WBO
    2014-03-01 2015-03-24-Vacated   Terence Crawford WBO
    2015-07-11 2017-08-26-Vacated   Terry Flanagan WBO
    2018-02-16 2018-08-25   Ray Beltrán WBO
    2018-08-25 2018-12-08   Jose Pedraza WBO
    2018-12-08 2020-10-17   Vasyl Lomachenko WBO
    2020-10-17 2021-11-27   Teófimo López WBO
    2021-11-27 2022-06-05   George Kambosos Jr. WBO
    2022-06-05 2023-11-29-Vacated   Devin Haney WBO
    2024-05-18 Present   Denys Berinchyk WBO

    See also

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    References

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    1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v Relinquished championship title.
  • ^ Disputed; see Pedro Carrasco
  • ^ Championship title withdrawn by sanctioning organization due to champion's failure or refusal to defend title against organization's top-ranked contender.
  • ^ a b c d Stripped of championship title.
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