List of Welterweight Boxing Champions - WBC

WBC

Separate WBA and WBC champions began when José Nápoles gives up WBA title

8 December 1962 21 March 1963 Emile Griffith WBC 21 March 1963 8 June 1963 Luis Manuel Rodriguez WBC 8 June 1963 25 April 1966-Vacated Emile Griffith WBC 28 November 1966 18 April 1969 Curtis Cokes WBC 18 April 1969 3 December 1970 Jose Napoles WBC 3 December 1970 4 June 1971 Billy Backus WBC 4 June 1971 6 December 1975 Jose Napoles WBC 6 December 1975 22 June 1976 John H Stracey WBC 22 June 1976 14 January 1979 Carlos Palomino WBC 14 January 1979 30 November 1979 Wilfred Benítez WBC 30 November 1979 20 June 1980 Sugar Ray Leonard WBC 20 June 1980 25 November 1980 Roberto Durán WBC 25 November 1980 9 November 1982-Retired Sugar Ray Leonard WBC 13 August 1983 6 December 1985 Milton McCrory WBC 6 December 1985 27 September 1986 Donald Curry WBC 27 September 1986 28 October 1987 Lloyd Honeyghan WBC 28 October 1987 29 March 1988 Jorge Vaca WBC 29 March 1988 4 February 1989 Lloyd Honeyghan WBC 4 February 1989 19 August 1990 Marlon Starling WBC 19 August 1990 18 March 1991 Maurice Blocker WBC 18 March 1991 29 November 1991 Simon Brown WBC 29 November 1991 6 March 1993 James McGirt WBC 6 March 1993 12 April 1997 Pernell Whitaker WBC 12 April 1997 18 September 1999 Oscar De La Hoya WBC 18 September 1999 3 March 2000- Vacated Félix Trinidad WBC 4 March 2000 17 June 2000 Oscar De La Hoya WBC 17 June 2000 26 January 2002 Shane Mosley WBC 26 January 2002 25 January 2003 Vernon Forrest WBC 25 January 2003 13 December 2003 Ricardo Mayorga WBC 13 December 2003 5 February 2005 Cory Spinks WBC 5 February 2005 7 January 2006 Zab Judah WBC 7 January 2006 4 November 2006 Carlos Manuel Baldomir WBC 4 November 2006 6 June 2008- Retired Floyd Mayweather, Jr. WBC 21 June 2008 16 April 2011 Andre Berto WBC 16 April 2011 17 September 2011 Victor Ortiz WBC 17 September 2011 Current Floyd Mayweather, Jr. WBC