Junior Lightweight
| Name: | Date: | Location: | Defenses: |
|---|---|---|---|
| John John Molina def. Juan Laporte |
April 29, 1989 | San Juan, Puerto Rico | 0 |
| Title vacated | 1989 | ||
| Kamel Bou Ali def. Antonio Rivera |
December 9, 1989 | Teramo, Italy | 2 |
| Daniel Londas | March 21, 1992 | San Rufo, Italy | 0 |
| Jimmi Bredahl | September 4, 1992 | Copenhagen, Denmark | 1 |
| Oscar De La Hoya | March 5, 1994 | Los Angeles, California, United States | 1 |
| Title vacated | 1994 | de la Hoya vacated the title in order to move up to the Lightweight division. | |
| Regilio Tuur def. Eugene Speed |
September 24, 1994 | Rotterdam, Netherlands | 6 |
| Title vacated | 1996–1997 | Tuur's last defense was against Jose Vida Ramos on September 6, 1996 in Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States. | |
| Barry Jones def. Wilson Palacio |
December 19, 1997 | London, England, United Kingdom | 0 |
| Title vacated | 1998 | Jones lost his boxing license after a brain scan found an anomaly. The WBO vacated his title before Jones regained his license | |
| Anatoly Alexandrov def. Julien Lorcy |
May 16, 1998 | Paris, France | 1 |
| Acelino Freitas | August 7, 1999 | Le Cannet, France | 10 |
| Title vacated | 2003 | Freitas vacated the title to move up to the lightweight division. His last defense was against Jorge Rodrigo Barrios on August 9, 2003 in Miami, Florida. | |
| Diego Corrales def. Joel Casamayor |
March 6, 2004 | Mashantucket, Connecticut, United States | 0 |
| Title vacated | 2004 | Corrales vacated the title to move up to the lightweight division. | |
| Mike Anchondo def. Pablo Chacón |
July 15, 2004 | Dallas, Texas, United States | 0 |
| Jorge Rodrigo Barrios | April 8, 2005 | Miami, Florida, United States | 2 |
| Title vacated | September 15, 2006 | Barrios was stripped of the title after he was overweight for his scheduled September 16 defense against Joan Guzmán. His last defense was against Janos Nagy on May 20, 2006 in Los Angeles, California, United States | |
| Joan Guzmán def. Jorge Rodrigo Barrios |
September 16, 2006 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | 2 |
| Title vacated | May 2008 | Guzman vacated the title after deciding to move up to Lightweight. | |
| Alex Arthur interim champ promoted |
May 2008 | NA | 0 |
| Nicky Cook def. Alex Arthur |
September 9, 2008 | Manchester, England, United Kingdom | 0 |
| Roman Martinez | March 14, 2009 | Manchester, England, United Kingdom | 0 |
| Ricky Burns | September 4, 2010 | Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom | 0 |
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