List of WBO World Champions - Welterweight

Welterweight

Name: Date: Location: Defenses:
Genaro Leon
def. Danny Garcia
May 6, 1989 Santa Ana, California, United States 0
Title vacated 1989
Manning Galloway
def. Al Hamza
December 15, 1989 Yabucoa, Puerto Rico 7
Gert Bo Jacobsen February 12, 1993 Randers, Denmark 0
Title vacated 1993
Eammon Loughran
def. Lorenzo Smith
October 16, 1993 Belfast, Northern Ireland 5
José Luis López April 13, 1996 Liverpool, England, United Kingdom 1
Title vacated 1996–1997 López's only defense was against Luis Ramón Campas on October 6, 1996 in Los Angeles, California, United States.
Mihai Leu
def. Santiago Samaniego
February 22, 1997 Hamburg, Germany 1
Title vacated 1997 Title vacated when Leu retired. His only defense was against Michael Carruth on September 20, 1997 in Aachen, Germany.
Ahmed Kotiev
def. Leonard Townsend
February 22, 1997 Stuttgart, Germany 4
Daniel Santos May 6, 2000 Neuss, Germany 2
Title vacated July 21, 2001 Title vacated when a bout between Santos and Antonio Margarito in Bayamón, Puerto Rico ends in a no-contest in the first round.
Antonio Margarito
def. Antonio Díaz
March 16, 2002 Las Vegas, Nevada, United States 3
Kermit Cintrón – Interim
def. Teddy Reid
July 17, 2004 Houston, Texas, United States 3
Antonio Margarito
def. Kermit Cintrón for undisputed title
April 23, 2005 Las Vegas, Nevada, United States 4
Paul Williams July 14, 2007 Carson City, California, United States 0
Carlos Quintana February 9, 2008 Temecula, California, United States 0
Paul Williams (2) June 7, 2008 Uncasville, Connecticut, United States 0
Title vacated November 2008 Williams vacated the title to fight for the Jr. Middleweight Title.
Miguel Cotto February 21, 2009 Madison Square Garden, New York, United States 1
Manny Pacquiao November 12, 2011 Las Vegas, Nevada, United States 3
Timothy Bradley June 9, 2012 Las Vegas, Nevada, United States 0

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