List of WBO World Champions - Lightweight

Lightweight

Name: Date: Location: Defenses:
Mauricio Aceves
def. Amancio Castro
May 6, 1989 Santa Ana, California, United States 1
Dingaan Thobela September 22, 1990 Brownsville, Texas, United States 2
Title vacated 1991 Thobela's last defense was against Antonio Rivera on September 14, 1991 in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Giovanni Parisi
def. Javier Altamirano
September 25, 1992 Voghera, Italy 2
Title vacated 1993 Parisi's last defense was against Antonio Rivera on September 24, 1993 in Rome, Italy.
Oscar De La Hoya
def. Jorge Páez
July 29, 1994 Las Vegas, Nevada, United States 6
Title vacated 1996 de la Hoya's last defense was against Jesse James Leija on December 15, 1995 in New York City, New York, United States.
Artur Grigorian
def. Antonio Rivera
April 13, 1996 Hamburg, Germany 17
Acelino Freitas January 3, 2004 Mashantucket, Connecticut, United States 0
Diego Corrales August 7, 2004 Mashantucket, Connecticut, United States 1
Title vacated 2006 Corrales' only defense was against José Luis Castillo on May 7, 2005 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Acelino Freitas (2)
def. Zahir Raheem
April 29, 2006 Mashantucket, Connecticut, United States 0
Juan Díaz April 28, 2007 Mashantucket, Connecticut, United States 1
Nate Campbell March 8, 2008 Cancún, Mexico 0
Title vacated February 14, 2009 Campbell was stripped of the title for being unable to make weight for his next fight against Ali Funeka on February 14, 2009 in Sunrise, Florida, United States
Juan Manuel Márquez
def. Juan Díaz
February 28, 2009 Houston, Texas, United States 0

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