Welterweight (Super Belt: Sugar Ray Robinson)
| No. | Name | Duration of reign | Defenses |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jack Britton | March 17, 19191 — November 1, 1922 | 14 |
| 2 | Mickey Walker | November 1, 1922 — May 20, 1926 | 6 |
| 3 | Pete Latzo | May 20, 1926 — June 3, 1927 | 1 |
| 4 | Joe Dundee | June 3, 1927 — November 18, 1927s | 1 |
| 5 | Jackie Fields | March 25, 1929 — May 9, 1930 | 1 |
| 6 | Jack Thompson | May 9, 1930 — September 5, 1930 | 0 |
| 7 | Tommy Freeman | September 5, 1930 — April 14, 1931 | 0 |
| 8 | Jack Thompson (2) | April 14, 1931 — October 23, 1931 | 0 |
| 9 | Lou Brouillard | October 23, 1931 — January 28, 1932 | 0 |
| 10 | Jackie Fields (2) | January 28, 1932 — February 22, 1933 | 0 |
| 11 | Young Corbett III | February 22, 1933 — May 29, 1933 | 0 |
| 12 | / Jimmy McLarnin | May 29, 1933 — May 28, 1934 | 0 |
| 13 | Barney Ross | May 28, 1934 — September 17, 1934 | 0 |
| 14 | Jimmy McLarnin (2) | September 17, 1934 — May 28, 1935 | 0 |
| 15 | Barney Ross (2) | May 28, 1935 — May 31, 1938 | 2 |
| 16 | Henry Armstrong | May 31, 1938 — October 4, 1940 | 18 |
| 17 | Fritzie Zivic | October 4, 1940 — July 29, 1941 | 1 |
| 18 | Freddie Cochrane | July 29, 1941 — February 1, 1946 | 0 |
| 19 | Marty Servo | February 1, 1946 — September 1946r | 0 |
| 20 | Sugar Ray Robinson | December 20, 1946 — August 1950r | 5 |
| 21 | Johnny Bratton | March 14, 1951 — May 18, 1951 | 0 |
| 22 | Kid Gavilan | May 18, 1951 — October 20, 1954 | 7 |
| 23 | Johnny Saxton | October 20, 1954 — April 1, 1955 | 3 |
| 24 | Tony DeMarco | April 1, 1955 — June 10, 1955 | 0 |
| 25 | Carmen Basilio | June 10, 1955 — March 14, 1956 | 1 |
| 26 | Johnny Saxton (2) | March 14, 1956 — September 12, 1956 | 0 |
| 27 | Carmen Basilio (2) | September 12, 1956 — 1957r | 1 |
| 28 | Virgil Akins | June 6, 1958 — December 5, 1958 | 0 |
| 29 | Don Jordan | December 5, 1958 — May 27, 1960 | 2 |
| 30 | Benny Paret | May 27, 1960 — April 1, 1961 | 1 |
| 31 | Emile Griffith | April 1, 1961 — September 30, 1961 | 0 |
| 32 | Benny Paret (2) | September 30, 1961 — March 24, 1962 | 0 |
| 33 | Emile Griffith (2) | March 24, 1962 — March 21, 1963 | 0 |
| 34 | Luis Manuel Rodríguez | March 21, 1963 — June 8, 1963 | 0 |
| 35 | Emile Griffith (3) | June 8, 1963 — April 25, 1966r | 4 |
| 36 | Curtis Cokes | August 24, 1966 — April 18, 1969 | 5 |
| 37 | José Nápoles | April 18, 1969 — December 3, 1970 | 3 |
| 38 | Billy Backus | December 3, 1970 — June 4, 1971 | 0 |
| 39 | José Nápoles (2) | June 4, 1971 — May 1975r | 9 |
| 40 | Ángel Espada | June 28, 1975 — July 17, 1976 | 1 |
| 41 | José Cuevas | July 17, 1976 — August 2, 1980 | 11 |
| 42 | Thomas Hearns | August 2, 1980 — September 16, 1981 | 3 |
| 43 | Sugar Ray Leonard | September 16, 1981 — November 9, 1982r | 1 |
| 44 | Donald Curry | February 13, 1983 — September 27, 1986 | 7 |
| 45 | Lloyd Honeyghan | September 27, 1986 — 1987r | 0 |
| 46 | Mark Breland | February 6, 1987 — August 22, 1987 | 0 |
| 47 | Marlon Starling | August 22, 1987 — July 29, 1988 | 2 |
| 48 | Tomas Molinares | July 29, 1988 — December 12, 1988r | 0 |
| 49 | Mark Breland (2) | February 4, 1989 — July 8, 1990 | 4 |
| 50 | Aaron Davis | July 8, 1990 — January 19, 1991 | 0 |
| 51 | Meldrick Taylor | January 19, 1991 — October 31, 1992 | 2 |
| 52 | Crisanto España | October 31, 1992 — June 4, 1994 | 2 |
| 53 | Ike Quartey | June 4, 1994 — 1998s | 7 |
| 54 | James Page | October 10, 1998 — 2000s | 3 |
| 55 | Andrew Lewis | February 17, 2001 — March 30, 2002 | 2 |
| 56 | Ricardo Mayorga – Super Champion | March 30, 2002 — December 13, 2003 | 2 |
| 57 | Jose Antonio Rivera – Regular Champion | September 13, 2003 — April 2, 2005 | 0 |
| 58 | Cory Spinks – Super Champion | December 13, 2003 — February 5, 2005 | 2 |
| 59 | Zab Judah– Super Champion | February 5, 2005 — January 7, 2006 | 1 |
| 60 | Luis Collazo – Regular Champion | April 2, 2005 — May 13, 2006 | 1 |
| 61 | Ricky Hatton | May 13, 2006 — August 31, 2006r | 0 |
| 62 | Miguel Cotto | December 2, 2006 — July 26, 2008 | 4 |
| 63 | Antonio Margarito – Super champion | July 26, 2008 — January 24, 2009 | 0 |
| 64 | Yuriy Nuzhnenko – Regular Champion | October 3, 2008 — April 10, 2009 | 0 |
| 65 | Shane Mosley – Super champion | January 24, 2009 — May 22, 2010s | 0 |
| 66 | Vyacheslav Senchenko – Regular Champion | April 10, 2009 — April 30, 2012 | 3 |
| 67 | Souleymane M'Baye – Interim Champion | May 28, 2010 — present | 0 |
| 68 | Paul Malignaggi – Regular Champion | April 30, 2012 — present | 0 |
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