List of Welterweight Boxing Champions - WBO

Title inaugurated 6 May 1989 15 December 1989-Vacated Genaro Leon WBO 15 December 1989 12 February 1993 Manning Galloway WBO 12 February 1993 16 October 1993-Vacated Gert Bo Jacobsen WBO 16 October 1993 13 April 1996 Eammon Loughran WBO 13 April 1996 6 October 1996-Vacated José Luis López WBO 22 February 1997 1997-Vacated Michael Loewe WBO 14 February 1998 6 May 2000 Ahmed Kotiev WBO 6 May 2000 16 March 2002-Vacated Daniel Santos WBO 16 March 2002 14 July 2007 Antonio Margarito WBO 14 July 2007 9 February 2008 Paul Williams WBO 9 February 2008 7 June 2008 Carlos Quintana WBO 7 June 2008 12 November 2008-Vacated Paul Williams WBO 21 February 2009 14 November 2009 Miguel Cotto WBO 14 November 2009 9 June 2012 Manny Pacquiao WBO 9 June 2012 Current Timothy Bradley WBO