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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