List of Welterweight Boxing Champions

List Of Welterweight Boxing Champions

This is a chronological List of World Welterweight Boxing Champions, as recognized by four of the better-known sanctioning organizations:

  • The World Boxing Association (WBA), founded in 1921 as the National Boxing Association (NBA)
  • The World Boxing Council (WBC), founded in 1963
  • The International Boxing Federation (IBF), founded in 1983
  • The World Boxing Organization (WBO), founded in 1988
19 March 1913 25 October 1913 Pat Bradley World
21 March 1914 1 June 1915 Matt Wells World
1 June 1915 22 June 1915 Mike Glover World
22 June 1915 31 August 1915 Jack Britton World
31 August 1915 24 April 1916 Ted "Kid" Lewis World
24 April 1916 25 June 1917 Jack Britton World
25 June 1917 17 March 1919 Ted "Kid" Lewis World
17 March 1919 1 November 1922 Jack Britton World
1 November 1922 20 May 1926 Mickey Walker World
20 May 1926 3 June 1927 Pete Latzo World
3 June 1927 25 July 1929 Joe Dundee World
25 July 1929 9 May 1930 Jackie Fields World
9 May 1930 5 September 1930 Jack Thompson World
5 September 1930 14 April 1931 Tommy Freeman World
14 April 1931 23 October 1931 Jack Thompson World
23 October 1931 28 January 1932 Lou Brouillard World
28 January 1932 22 February 1933 Jackie Fields World
22 February 1933 29 May 1933 Young Corbett III World
29 May 1933 28 May 1934 Jimmy McLarnin World
28 May 1934 17 September 1934 Barney Ross World
17 September 1934 28 May 1935 Jimmy McLarnin World
28 May 1935 31 May 1938 Barney Ross World
31 May 1938 4 October 1940 Henry Armstrong World
4 October 1940 29 July 1941 Fritzie Zivic World
29 July 1941 1 February 1946 Freddie 'Red' Cochrane World
1 February 1946 1 February 1946-Vacated Marty Servo World
20 December 1946 9 August 1950-Vacated Sugar Ray Robinson World
14 March 1951 18 May 1951 Johnny Bratton World
18 May 1951 29 August 1951 Kid Gavilán World
4 February 1952 20 October 1954 Kid Gavilán World
20 October 1954 1 April 1955 Johnny Saxton World
1 April 1955 10 June 1955 Tony DeMarco World
10 June 1955 14 March 1956 Carmen Basilio World
14 March 1956 12 September 1956 Johnny Saxton World
12 September 1956 22 February 1957-Vacated Carmen Basilio World
6 June 1958 5 December 1958 Virgil Akins World
5 December 1958 27 May 1960 Don Jordan World
27 May 1960 1 April 1961 Benny 'Kid' Paret World
1 April 1961 30 September 1961 Emile Griffith World
30 September 1961 24 March 1962 Benny 'Kid' Paret World
24 March 1962 21 March 1963 Emile Griffith World
21 March 1963 8 June 1963 Luis Manuel Rodríguez World
8 June 1963 10 December 1965-Vacated Emile Griffith World
28 November 1966 18 April 1969 Curtis Cokes World
18 April 1969 3 December 1970 José Nápoles World
Title Split into WBA and WBC Belts
3 December 1970 4 June 1971 Billy Backus WBA/WBC
4 June 1971 6 December 1975 José Nápoles WBA/WBC
16 September 1981 9 November 1982-Retires Sugar Ray Leonard WBA/WBC
Title Split into WBA, WBC, and IBF Belts
6 December 1985 27 September 1986 Donald Curry WBA/WBC/IBF
27 September 1986 22 August 1987 Lloyd Honeyghan WBA/WBC/IBF

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