List of Puerto Rican Boxing World Champions - List of World Champions

List of World Champions

  • M Major Sanctioning Body
  • m Minor Sanctioning Body

This compendium uses the same parameters used by the Puerto Rico Boxing Commission to classify champions. Boxers that won a world championship in either a major or minor organization are included.

  • W Undisputed World Championship
  • L Lineal World Championship
  • S Super World Championship
  • I Interim World Championship
  • C World Colored Championship
  • Y Youth World Championship
  • E Emeritus Championship
  • D Diamond Championship
  • P4P Pound for Pound Leader
Number Name Date Titles Successful defenses References
1 Sixto Escobar June 6, 1934 Bantamweight (W 2 & L 2) 5
2 Herbert Lewis "Cocoa Kid" Hardwick June 11, 1937 Welterweight (C), Middleweight (C)
"World Colored Championship"		 4 and 0
3 Carlos Ortiz June 12, 1959 Light welterweight (W) and lightweight (W 2 & L 2) 2 and 9
4 José Torres March 30, 1965 Light heavyweight (M, M & L) 3
5 Ángel Espada June 28, 1975 Welterweight (M) 1
6 Alfredo Escalera July 5, 1975 Super featherweight (M) 10
7 Samuel Serrano October 16, 1976 Super featherweight (M 2 & L 2) 14
8 Wilfred Benítez * March 6, 1976 Light welterweight (M & L), welterweight (M & L) and light middleweight (M) 2, 1 and 2
9 Esteban De Jesús May 8, 1976 Lightweight (M) 3
10 Wilfredo Gómez May 21, 1977 Super bantamweight (M & L), featherweight (M) and super featherweight (M) 17, 0 and 0
11 Julian Solís August 29, 1980 Bantamweight (M & L) 0
12 Carlos De León November 25, 1980 Cruiserweight (M 4 & L 2) 8
13 Ossie Ocasio February 13, 1982 Cruiserweight (M) 3
14 Juan Laporte September 15, 1982 Featherweight (M) 2
15 Edwin Rosario May 1, 1983 Lightweight (M & M 2) and light welterweight (M) 3 and 0
16 Héctor Camacho August 7, 1983 Super featherweight (M), lightweight (M), light welterweight (M), welterweight (m), middleweight (m), light middleweight (m & m) and super middleweight (m) 1, 2, 3, 3, 1, 0 and 0
17 Mark Medal * March 11, 1984 Light middleweight (M) 0
18 Harry Arroyo * April 15, 1984 Lightweight (M) 2
19 Victor Callejas May 26, 1984 Super bantamweight (M) 2
20 Carlos Santos November 2, 1984 Light middleweight (M) 1
21 Antonio Rivera August 30, 1986 Featherweight (M) 0
22 Wilfredo Vázquez October 4, 1987 Bantamweight (M), super bantamweight (M) and featherweight (M) 1, 9 and 4
23 José Ruíz Matos April 29, 1989 Super flyweight (M) 4
24 John John Molina April 29, 1989 Super featherweight (M & M 2) and lightweight (m) 7 and 0
25 José De Jesús May 19, 1989 Light flyweight (M) 3
26 Juan Nazario April 4, 1990 Lightweight (M) 0
27 Orlando Fernández May 12, 1990 Super bantamweight (M & m) 1
28 Santos Cardona April 11, 1991 Welterweight (m) and light middleweight (m) 0
29 Danny García February 1, 1992 Middleweight (m) 0
30 Rafael del Valle May 13, 1992 Bantamweight (M) 2
31 Felix Camacho May 27, 1992 Super bantamweight (m) 0
32 Josué Camacho July 31, 1992 Light flyweight (M) 1
33 Daniel Jiménez June 9, 1993 Bantamweight (M) and super bantamweight (M) 4 and 0
34 Félix Trinidad June 19, 1993 Welterweight (M & M), light middleweight (M & M) and middleweight (M) 17, 2 and 0
35 Kevin Kelley * December 4, 1993 Featherweight (M) 7
36 Alex Sánchez December 22, 1993 Minimumweight (M) 6
37 Jake Rodríguez February 13, 1994 Light welterweight (M) 2
38 Sammy Fuentes November 7, 1994 Light welterweight (M) 2
39 Ángel Almena July 29, 1995 Super flyweight (m) and flyweight (m) 0 and 0
40 Israel Cardona * August 25, 1995 Super featherweight (m) and light welterweight (m) 1 and 0
41 Angel Manfredy * November 18, 1995 Super featherweight (m) 6
42 Frank Toledo * June 9, 1996 Super bantamweight (m) and featherweight (M) 0 and 0
43 David Santos * April 5, 1997 Featherweight (m) 0
44 José Antonio Rivera * April 25, 1997 Welterweight (M) and light middleweight (M) 0
45 Lou Del Valle * September 20, 1997 Light heavyweight (M) 0
46 Eric Morel October 17, 1998 Super flyweight (M) and bantamweight (IM) 7 and 0
47 Daniel Santos May 6, 2000 Welterweight (M) and light middleweight (M, m & M) 2 and 4
48 Nelson Dieppa July 22, 2000 Light flyweight (M) 5
49 John Ruiz * March 3, 2001 Heavyweight (M 2) 4
50 Aléx Trujillo May 5, 2001 Light welterweight (m 2) 0
51 Ángel Chacón October 27, 2002 Featherweight (m) 0
52 Iván Calderón May 3, 2003 Minimumweight (M) and light flyweight (M & L) 11 and 4
53 Manny Siaca May 5, 2004 Super middleweight (M) 0
54 Miguel Cotto * September 11, 2004 Light welterweight (M), welterweight (M & M) and light middleweight (M, SM & m) 5, 5 and 2
55 Luis Collazo * April 2, 2005 Welterweight (M) 1
56 Kermit Cintrón October 28, 2006 Welterweight (IM & M) 2
57 Carlos Quintana February 9, 2008 Welterweight (M) 0
58 Orlando Cruz March 22, 2008 Featherweight (m) 0
59 Victor Fonseca March 22, 2008 Bantamweight (m) 1
60 Juan Manuel López June 7, 2008 Super bantamweight (M) and featherweight (M) 5 and 2
61 Román Martínez March 14, 2009 Super featherweight (M) 2
62 José López March 28, 2009 Super flyweight (M) 0
63 César Seda, Jr. September 18, 2009 Flyweight (m) 0
64 Wilfredo Vázquez, Jr. February 27, 2010 Super bantamweight (M) 2
65 Danny García * July 30, 2010 Welterweight (IYM) and light welterweight (M, SM & L) 0 and 1
66 Rico Ramos * July 9, 2011 Super bantamweight (M) 0
67 José Pedraza December 30, 2011 Super featherweight (YM) 0
68 Jonathan González March 10, 2012 Flyweight (IYM) 0
  • * indicates boxer of Puerto Rican heritage that is recognized by the commission due to parent's nationality, residence or other circumstances.

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