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List of world light-welterweight boxing champions

Reign Began	Reign Ended	Champion	Recognition
World Claim
1923-01-30	1925-03-27	Pinky Mitchell	NBA/Undisputed
1925-03-27	1925-03-31 Abandoned	James Red Herring	World claim
1926-09-21	1930-02-18	Mushy Callahan	NBA/Undisputed
1930-02-18	1932-05-20	Jack Kid Berg	Undisputed/World claim
1932-05-20	1933-11-17	Sammy Fuller	World claim
1933-11-17	1935-04-09 Vacated	Barney Ross	World/Undisputed
NBA/World
1923-01-30	1925-03-27	Pinky Mitchell	NBA/Undisputed
1926-09-21	1930-02-18	Mushy Callahan	NBA
1930-02-18	1931-04-24	Jack Kid Berg	NBA
1931-04-24	1932-01-18	Tony Canzoneri	NBA
1932-01-18	1933-02-20	Johnny Jadick	NBA
1933-02-20	1933-05-21	Battling Shaw	World
1933-05-21	1933-06-23	Tony Canzoneri	World
1933-06-23	1935-04-09 Vacated	Barney Ross	World
1946-04-29	1946-09-13 Vacated	Tippy Larkin	NBA/NYSAC
1959-06-12	1960-09-01	Carlos Ortiz	NBA/NYSAC
1960-09-01	1962-09-14	Duilio Loi	NBA/NYSAC
1962-09-14	1962-12-15	Eddie Perkins	NBA/NYSAC
1962-12-15	1963-1-24 Retired	Duilio Loi	WBA/NYSAC

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:

Reign Began	Reign Ended	Champion	Recognition
WBC
Title inaugurated
1963-06-15	1965-01-18	Eddie Perkins	WBC
1965-01-18	1966-04-29	Carlos Morocho Hernández	WBC
1966-04-29	1967-04-30	Sandro Lopopolo	WBC
1967-04-30	1968 Stripped	Takeshi Fuji	WBC
1968-12-14	1970-01-31	Pedro Adigue	WBC
1970-01-31	1974-02 Vacated	Bruno Arcari	WBC
1974-09-21	1975-07-15	Perico Fernandez	WBC
1975-07-15	1976-06-30	Saensak Muangsurin	WBC
1976-06-30	1976-10-29	Miguel Velasquez	WBC
1976-10-29	1978-12-30	Saensak Muangsurin	WBC
1978-12-30	1980-02-23	Sang Hyun Kim	WBC
1980-02-23	1982-06-26	Saoul Mamby	WBC
1982-06-26	1983-05-18	Leroy Haley	WBC
1983-05-18	1984-01-29	Bruce Curry	WBC
1984-01-29	1985-08-21	Billy Costello	WBC
1985-08-21	1986-05-05	Lonnie Smith	WBC
1986-05-05	1986-07-24	Rene Arredondo	WBC
1986-07-24	1987-07-22	Tsuyoshi Hamada	WBC
1987-07-22	1987-11-12	Rene Arredondo	WBC
1987-11-12	1989-05-13	Roger Mayweather	WBC
1989-05-13	1994-01-29	Julio César Chávez	WBC
1994-01-29	1994-05-07	Frankie Randall	WBC
1994-05-07	1996-06-07	Julio César Chávez	WBC
1996-06-07	1997-04-12 Vacated	Oscar De La Hoya	WBC
1999-08-21	2004-01 Stripped	Kostya Tszyu	WBC
2004-01-24	2005-06-25	Arturo Gatti	WBC
2005-06-25	2005 Vacated	Floyd Mayweather Jr.	WBC
2006-09-15	2008-05-10	Junior Witter	WBC
2008-05-10	2009-04-28 Vacated	Timothy Bradley	WBC
2009-08-01	2011-01-29	Devon Alexander	WBC
2011-01-29	2011-07-29 Stripped	Timothy Bradley	WBC
2011-09-17	2012-03-23 Stripped	Erik Morales	WBC
2012-03-24	2015-06-11 Vacated	Danny Garcia	WBC
2015-10-03	2016-07-23	Viktor Postol	WBC
2016-07-23	2017-10-26 Vacated	Terence Crawford	WBC
2018-03-17	2021-05-22	Jose Ramirez	WBC
2021-05-22	2022-07-01 Vacated	Josh Taylor	WBC
2022-11-26	2023-12-09	Regis Prograis	WBC
2023-12-09	Present	Devin Haney	WBC
WBA
Title inaugurated
1962-09-14	1962-12-15	Eddie Perkins	WBA
1962-12-15	1962-Retired	Duilio Loi	WBA
1963-03-21	1963-06-15	Roberto Cruz	WBA
1963-06-15	1965-01-18	Eddie Perkins	WBA
1965-01-18	1966-04-29	Carlos Morocho Hernández	WBA
1966-04-29	1967-04-30	Sandro Lopopolo	WBA
1967-04-30	1968-12-12	Takeshi Fuji	WBA
1968-12-12	1972-03-10	Nicolino Locche	WBA
1972-03-10	1972-10-28	Alfonso Frazer	WBA
1972-10-28	1976-03-06	Antonio Cervantes	WBA
1976-03-06	1977 Stripped	Wilfred Benítez	WBA
1977-06-25	1980-08-02	Antonio Cervantes	WBA
1980-08-02	1983-09-09 Stripped	Aaron Pryor	WBA
1984-01-22	1984-06-01	Johnny Bumphus	WBA
1984-06-01	1985-07-21	Gene Hatcher	WBA
1985-07-21	1986-03-15	Ubaldo Nestor Sacco	WBA
1986-03-15	1987-07-04	Patrizio Oliva	WBA
1987-07-04	1990-08-17	Juan Martin Coggi	WBA
1990-08-17	1991-06-14	Loreto Garza	WBA
1991-06-14	1992-04-10	Edwin Rosario	WBA
1992-04-10	1992-09-09	Akinobu Hiranaka	WBA
1992-09-09	1993-01-12	Morris East	WBA
1993-01-12	1994-09-17	Juan Martin Coggi	WBA
1994-09-17	1996-01-13	Frankie Randall	WBA
1996-01-13	1996-08-16	Juan Martin Coggi	WBA
1996-08-16	1997-01-11	Frankie Randall	WBA
1997-01-11	1998-10-10	Khalid Rahilou	WBA
1998-10-10	2001-02-03	Sharmba Mitchell	WBA
2001-02-03	2004 Stripped	Kostya Tszyu	WBA Super Champion
2002-05-11	2002-10-19	Diosbelys Hurtado	WBA Regular Champion
2002-10-19	2005-06-25	Vivian Harris	WBA Regular Champion
2005-06-25	2005-11-26	Carlos Maussa	WBA
2005-11-26	2006-05-06 Vacated	Ricky Hatton	WBA
2006-09-02	2007-07-21	Souleymane M'Baye	WBA
2007-07-21	2008-03-22	Gavin Rees	WBA
2008-03-22	2009-07-18	Andreas Kotelnik	WBA
2009-07-18	2012-07-14	Amir Khan	WBA Super Champion
2011-07-23	2012-07-31 Vacated	Marcos Maidana	WBA Regular Champion
2011-12-10	2012-06-27 Stripped	Lamont Peterson	WBA Super Champion
2012-07-14	2015-09-11 Vacated	Danny García	WBA Super Champion
2012-11-30	2014-04-12	Khabib Allakhverdiev	WBA Regular Champion
2014-04-12	2015-08-09 Stripped	Jessie Vargas	WBA Regular Champion
2015-10-03	2016-03-31 Stripped	Adrien Broner	WBA Super Champion
2016-05-28	2017-04-15	Ricky Burns	WBA
2017-04-15	2017-08-19	Julius Indongo	WBA
2017-08-19	2017-10-26 Vacated	Terence Crawford	WBA
2018-03-10	2019-04-27	Kiryl Relikh	WBA
2019-04-27	2019-10-26	Regis Prograis	WBA
2019-10-26	2022-05-14 Vacated	Josh Taylor	WBA Super Champion
2022-08-20	2023-05-10 Stripped	Alberto Puello	WBA
2023-05-20	2024-03-30	Rolando Romero	WBA
2024-03-30	Present	Isaac Cruz	WBA
IBF
Title inaugurated
1984-06-22	1985-03-02 Stripped	Aaron Pryor	IBF
1986-04-26	1986-10-30	Gary Hinton	IBF
1986-10-30	1987-03-04	Joe Manley	IBF
1987-03-04	1987-07-01 Retired	Terry Marsh	IBF
1988-02-14	1988-09-03	James McGirt	IBF
1988-09-03	1990-03-17	Meldrick Taylor	IBF
1990-03-17	1991-03-18 Vacated	Julio César Chávez	IBF
1991-12-07	1992-07-18	Rafael Pineda	IBF
1992-07-18	1993 Vacated	Pernell Whitaker	IBF
1993-05-15	1994-02-13	Charles Murray	IBF
1994-02-13	1995-01-28	Jake Rodriguez	IBF
1995-01-28	1997-05-31	Kostya Tszyu	IBF
1997-05-31	1999-02-20	Vince Phillips	IBF
1999-02-20	2000 Stripped	Terron Millett	IBF
2000-02-12	2001-11-03	Zab Judah	IBF
2001-11-03	2005-06-04	Kostya Tszyu	IBF
2005-06-04	2006-03-29 Vacated	Ricky Hatton	IBF
2006-06-30	2007-01-20	Juan Urango	IBF
2007-01-20	2007-02-09 Vacated	Ricky Hatton	IBF
2007-02-04	2007-06-16	Lovemore N'dou	IBF
2007-06-16	2008-09-19 Vacated	Paul Malignaggi	IBF
2009-01-30	2010-03-06	Juan Urango	IBF
2010-03-06	2010-10-22 Stripped	Devon Alexander	IBF
2011-03-05	2011-07-23	Zab Judah	IBF
2011-07-23	2011-12-10	Amir Khan	IBF
2011-12-10	2015-04-11 Stripped	Lamont Peterson	IBF
2015-07-18	2015-11-04	Cesar Cuenca	IBF
2015-11-04	2016-12-03	Eduard Troyanovsky	IBF
2016-12-03	2017-08-19	Julius Indongo	IBF
2017-08-19	2017–08–30 Vacated	Terence Crawford	IBF
2017-11-04	2018-03-10	Sergey Lipinets	IBF
2018-03-10	2018-04-18 Vacated	Mikey Garcia	IBF
2018-10-27	2019-05-18	Ivan Baranchyk	IBF
2019-05-18	2022-08-24 Vacated	Josh Taylor	IBF
2023-02-25	Present	Subriel Matías	IBF
WBO
Title inaugurated
1989-03-06	1991-02-23	Héctor Camacho	WBO
1991-02-23	1991-05-18	Greg Haugen	WBO
1991-05-18	1992 Vacated	Héctor Camacho	WBO
1992-06-29	1993-06-07	Carlos Gonzalez	WBO
1993-06-07	1994-07-24 Retired	Zack Padilla	WBO
1995-02-20	1996-03-09	Sammy Fuentes	WBO
1996-03-09	1998-05-29	Giovanni Parisi	WBO
1998-05-29	1999-05-15	Carlos Gonzalez	WBO
1999-05-15	2000-07-22	Randall Bailey	WBO
2000-07-22	2001-06-30 Stripped	Ener Julio	WBO
2001-06-30	2003-07-12	DeMarcus Corley	WBO
2003-07-12	2004-Vacated	Zab Judah	WBO
2004-09-11	2006-10-27 Vacated	Miguel Cotto	WBO
2006-11-18	2008-07-05	Ricardo Torres	WBO
2008-07-05	2009-04-04	Kendall Holt	WBO
2009-04-04	2012-06-09 Vacated	Timothy Bradley	WBO
2012-06-09	2013-10 Stripped	Juan Manuel Marquez	WBO
2013-10	2013-10-19	Mike Alvarado	WBO
2013-10-19	2014-06-14	Ruslan Provodnikov	WBO
2014-06-14	2014-11-22 Stripped	Chris Algieri	WBO
2015-04-18	2017-10-26 Vacated	Terence Crawford	WBO
2018-06-09	2019-07-27	Maurice Hooker	WBO
2019-07-27	2021-05-22	Jose Ramirez	WBO
2021-05-22	2023-06-10	Josh Taylor	WBO
2023-06-10	Present	Teofimo Lopez	WBO

See also[edit]

• List of British world boxing champions