List of The Ring world champions

This is a list of world champions who have been certified by The Ring

The Ring (magazine)

The Ring is an American boxing magazine that was first published in 1922 as a boxing and wrestling magazine. As the sporting legitimacy of professional wrestling came more into question, The Ring shifted to becoming exclusively a boxing oriented publication...

magazine. The Ring is a boxing

Boxing

Boxing is a combat sport where two participants, generally of similar weight, fight each other with their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee and is typically engaged in during a series of one to three-minute intervals called rounds. There are three ways to win...

 magazine that was founded in 1922. In 2002, The Ring created a championship system that is "intended to reward fighters who, by satisfying rigid criteria, can justify a claim as the true and only world champion in a given weight class

Boxing weight classes

Boxing weight-class names are not always consistent, as shown in the following table:Current weight classes for boxing at the Summer Olympics:...

." There are currently only two ways that a boxer can win The Ring's title: defeat the reigning champion; or winning a box-off between The Ring's number-one and number-two rated contenders (or, sometimes, number-one and number-three rated).

This is a list of world champions who have been certified by The Ring

The Ring (magazine)

The Ring is an American boxing magazine that was first published in 1922 as a boxing and wrestling magazine. As the sporting legitimacy of professional wrestling came more into question, The Ring shifted to becoming exclusively a boxing oriented publication...

magazine. The Ring is a boxing

Boxing

Boxing is a combat sport where two participants, generally of similar weight, fight each other with their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee and is typically engaged in during a series of one to three-minute intervals called rounds. There are three ways to win...

 magazine that was founded in 1922. In 2002, The Ring created a championship system that is "intended to reward fighters who, by satisfying rigid criteria, can justify a claim as the true and only world champion in a given weight class

Boxing weight classes

Boxing weight-class names are not always consistent, as shown in the following table:Current weight classes for boxing at the Summer Olympics:...

." There are currently only two ways that a boxer can win The Ring's title: defeat the reigning champion; or winning a box-off between The Ring's number-one and number-two rated contenders (or, sometimes, number-one and number-three rated). There are also only three ways that a boxer can lose The Ring's title: lose a championship fight, move to a different weight class, or retire. (The Ring does not strip its champions' titles like the sanctioning bodies do.)

Heavyweight

№	Champion	Reign
1	USA Jack Dempsey Jack Dempsey Jack "Manassa Mauler" Dempsey was an American boxer who held the world heavyweight title from 1919 to 1926. Dempsey's aggressive style and punching power made him one of the most popular boxers in history. Many of his fights set financial and attendance records...	1922 - September 23, 1926
2	USA Gene Tunney Gene Tunney James Joseph "Gene" Tunney was the world heavyweight boxing champion from 1926-1928 who defeated Jack Dempsey twice, first in 1926 and then in 1927. Tunney's successful title defense against Dempsey is one of the most famous bouts in boxing history and is known as The Long Count Fight...	September 23, 1926 - July 31, 1928 (Retired)
3	Germany Max Schmeling Max Schmeling Maximillian Adolph Otto Siegfried Schmeling was a German boxer who was heavyweight champion of the world between 1930 and 1932. His two fights with Joe Louis in the late 1930s transcended boxing and became worldwide social events because of their national associations...  (defeated Jack Sharkey Jack Sharkey Jack Sharkey was an American heavyweight boxing champion... )	June 12, 1930 - June 21, 1932
4	USA Jack Sharkey Jack Sharkey Jack Sharkey was an American heavyweight boxing champion...	June 21, 1932 - June 29, 1933
5	Italy Primo Carnera Primo Carnera Primo Carnera was an Italian boxer who became the world heavyweight champion.- Biography :Born in Sequals, that time Province of Udine, now Province of Pordenone, Italy, Carnera was a remarkable tall and weighed , at a time when the average height in Italy was approximately...	June 29, 1933 - June 14, 1934
6	USA Max Baer	June 14, 1934 - June 13, 1935
7	USA James J. Braddock James J. Braddock James Walter Braddock was an Irish-American boxer who held the world heavyweight championship.Fighting under the name James J. Braddock James Walter Braddock (June 7, 1905 – November 29, 1974) was an Irish-American boxer who held the world heavyweight championship.Fighting under the name...	June 13, 1935 - June 22, 1937
8	USA Joe Louis Joe Louis Joseph Louis Barrow , better known as Joe Louis, was the world heavyweight boxing champion from 1937 to 1949....	June 22, 1937 - September 27, 1950
9	USA Ezzard Charles Ezzard Charles Ezzard Mack Charles was an African-American professional boxer and former world heavyweight champion.He was born in Lawrenceville, Georgia, but is commonly thought of as a Cincinnatian. Charles graduated from Woodward High School in Cincinnati where he was already becoming a well-known fighter...	September 27, 1950 - July 18, 1951
10	USA Jersey Joe Walcott Jersey Joe Walcott Arnold Raymond Cream , better known as Jersey Joe Walcott, was a world heavyweight boxing champion. He broke the world's record for the oldest man to win the world's Heavyweight title when he earned it at the age of 37.- Background :Walcott was born in Merchantville, New Jersey, the son of...	July 18, 1951 - September 23, 1952
11	USA Rocky Marciano Rocky Marciano Rocky Marciano , born Rocco Francis Marchegiano, was the heavyweight champion of the world from September 23, 1952, to April 27, 1956, when he retired as the only heavyweight champion in boxing history to retire having won every fight in his professional career.- Early years :Marciano was an...	September 23, 1952 - April 27, 1956 (Retired)
12	USA Floyd Patterson Floyd Patterson Floyd Patterson was an American 2-time world heavyweight boxing champion. At 21, Patterson was then the youngest man to win the world heavyweight championship and, later, the first to regain it...  (beat Archie Moore Archie Moore Archie Moore, born Archibald Wright , was light heavyweight world boxing champion between 1952 and 1959 and had one of the longest professional careers in the history of his sport. A native of Benoit, Mississippi, raised in St... )	November 30, 1956 - June 26, 1959
13	SWE Ingemar Johansson Ingemar Johansson Jens Ingemar Johansson was a Swedish boxer and former heavyweight champion of the world. He defeated Floyd Patterson by TKO in the third round, after flooring Patterson seven times in that round, to win the World Heavyweight Championship...	June 26, 1959 - June 20, 1960
14	USA Floyd Patterson Floyd Patterson Floyd Patterson was an American 2-time world heavyweight boxing champion. At 21, Patterson was then the youngest man to win the world heavyweight championship and, later, the first to regain it...	June 20, 1960 - September 25, 1962
15	USA Sonny Liston Sonny Liston Charles L. "Sonny" Liston was a professional boxer who became world heavyweight champion in 1962 by knocking out Floyd Patterson in the first round. Liston was one of the most powerful punchers and jabbers in the history of boxing...	September 25, 1962 - February 25, 1964
16	USA Muhammad Ali Muhammad Ali Muhammad Ali is a retired American boxer and three-time World Heavyweight Champion, who is widely considered one of the greatest heavyweight champions. As an amateur, he won a gold medal in the light heavyweight division at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome...	February 25, 1964 - March 8, 1971
17	USA Joe Frazier Joe Frazier Joseph "Billy" Frazier, known as Smokin' Joe , is an Olympic and World Heavyweight Boxing Champion, active mostly from the later 1960s to the mid 1970s....	March 8, 1971 - January 22, 1973
18	USA George Foreman George Foreman George Edward Foreman is an American two-time former World Heavyweight Boxing Champion, Olympic gold medalist, and successful entrepreneur....	January 22, 1973 - October 30, 1974
19	USA Muhammad Ali Muhammad Ali Muhammad Ali is a retired American boxer and three-time World Heavyweight Champion, who is widely considered one of the greatest heavyweight champions. As an amateur, he won a gold medal in the light heavyweight division at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome...	October 30, 1974 - February 15, 1978
20	USA Leon Spinks Leon Spinks Leon Spinks is an American former boxer. He had an overall record of 26 wins, 17 losses and 3 draws as a professional, with 14 knockout wins. While still an amateur, he also became a member of the United States Marine Corps. Spinks went from being heavyweight champion of the world to being...	February 15, 1978 - September 15, 1978
21	USA Muhammad Ali Muhammad Ali Muhammad Ali is a retired American boxer and three-time World Heavyweight Champion, who is widely considered one of the greatest heavyweight champions. As an amateur, he won a gold medal in the light heavyweight division at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome...	September 15, 1978 - October 2, 1980
22	USA Larry Holmes Larry Holmes Larry Holmes is a former world WBC and IBF heavyweight boxing champion. Holmes has spent the majority of his adult life in Easton, Pennsylvania, in the state's Lehigh Valley region, giving rise to his boxing nickname, The Easton Assassin.As a professional heavyweight, Holmes won his first 48...	October 2, 1980 - September 21, 1985
23	USA Michael Spinks Michael Spinks Michael Spinks is a retired American boxer. Nicknamed Jinx, which spawned the nickname of his right hand: The Spinks Jinx, he is the brother of former heavyweight champion Leon Spinks, and uncle of Cory Spinks, a former welterweight champion.After compiling a 93-7 record as an amateur, Spinks won...	September 21, 1985 - June 27, 1988
24	USA Mike Tyson Mike Tyson Michael Gerard "Mike" Tyson is a retired American boxer. He was the undisputed heavyweight champion and remains the youngest man ever to win the WBC, WBA and IBF world heavyweight titles. He won the WBC title at just 20 years, 4 months and 22 days old, after defeating Trevor Berbick by a TKO in...	June 27, 1988 - February 11, 1990
25	USA James Douglas	February 11, 1990 - October 25, 1990
26	USA Evander Holyfield Evander Holyfield Evander Holyfield is a professional boxer from the United States and a multiple world champion in both the cruiserweight and heavyweight divisions, earning him the nickname "The Real Deal". Holyfield won the bronze medal in the Light Heavyweight division at the 1984 Summer Olympics after a...	October 25, 1990 - October 1990 (discontinued championship policy during Holyfield's reign)
27	UK Lennox Lewis Lennox Lewis Lennox Claudius Lewis, CM, CBE is a retired boxer and former undisputed World heavyweight champion. He won gold for Canada at the 1988 Olympic Games as an amateur....	2002 - February 6, 2004 (Retired)
28	UKR Vitali Klitschko Vitali Klitschko Vitali Klitschko Vitali Klitschko Vitali Klitschko is a Ukrainian professional heavyweight boxer and the current WBC world heavyweight champion. He has the highest knockout percentage (92.5%) of any heavyweight boxing...	April 24, 2004 - November 9, 2005
29	UKR Wladimir Klitschko Wladimir Klitschko Wladimir Klitschko is a Ukrainian heavyweight boxer. Klitschko currently holds the IBF, WBO, IBO and Ring Magazine world heavyweight titles. His elder brother, Vitali Klitschko, is the current WBC world heavyweight champion.-Biography:He was born in Semipalatinsk, Kazakh SSR...	June 20, 2009 - Present

Cruiserweight

Number	Champion	Reign
1	Puerto Rico Carlos De Leon Carlos De Leon Carlos De León, also known as "Sugar" De Leon, is a Puerto Rican former boxer who made history by becoming the first Cruiserweight to win the world title twice.  Subsequently, he kept breaking his own record for the most times as Cruiserweight champion by regaining it twice more.- Career :De León,...  (Awarded title by Ring)	February 3, 1984 - June 6, 1985
2	USA Alfonzo Ratliff	June 6, 1985 - September 21, 1985
3	USA Bernard Benton Bernard Benton Bernard Benton was an American professional boxer.-Professional career:Known as "The Bull", Benton turned pro in 1981 and won the WBC cruiserweight title with a decision win over Alfonso Ratcliff in 1985. He lost the belt in his first defense to Carlos De Leon via decision the following year. He...	September 21, 1985 - March 22, 1986
4	Puerto Rico Carlos De Leon Carlos De Leon Carlos De León, also known as "Sugar" De Leon, is a Puerto Rican former boxer who made history by becoming the first Cruiserweight to win the world title twice.  Subsequently, he kept breaking his own record for the most times as Cruiserweight champion by regaining it twice more.- Career :De León,...	March 22, 1986 - March 30, 1987 (Ring stopped recognizing weight class)
5	FRA Jean-Marc Mormeck Jean-Marc Mormeck Jean-Marc Mormeck is a French professional boxer of Antillean descent and a former WBC & WBA unified world cruiserweight champion.-Early life:...  (Defeated Wayne Braithwaite Wayne Braithwaite Wayne Braithwaite is a professional boxer. Nicknamed "Big Truck", Braithwaite looked like an invincible force that would rebuild credibility in the cruiserweight ranks, but the invincibility was short lived.... )	April 2, 2005 - January 7, 2006
6	JAM O'Neil Bell O'Neil Bell O'Neil "Super Nova" Bell is a boxer who is a former undisputed cruiserweight champion, having held the WBA, WBC, IBF, and The Ring magazine cruiserweight titles.- Professional career :...	January 7, 2006 - March 17, 2007
7	FRA Jean-Marc Mormeck Jean-Marc Mormeck Jean-Marc Mormeck is a French professional boxer of Antillean descent and a former WBC & WBA unified world cruiserweight champion.-Early life:...	March 17, 2007 - November 10, 2007
8	GBR David Haye David Haye David Deron Haye is an English professional boxer and boxing promoter who co-owns Hayemaker Promotions. Haye is a former cruiserweight champion, holding the WBA, WBC, WBO and The Ring magazine cruiserweight titles...	November 10, 2007 - May 23, 2008 (Moved up to Heavyweight)
9	POL Tomasz Adamek Tomasz Adamek Tomasz Adamek is a Polish professional Heavyweight boxer known for his incredible punch resistance and winning the International Boxing Federation Cruiserweight Championship and Ring Magazine. His record is 38-1 . He is the former WBC world light heavyweight champion and the former IBF and IBO...  (Defeated Steve Cunningham Steve Cunningham Steven Ormain Cunningham is an American professional boxer. Nicknamed USS Cunningham in reference to his 1994-1998 US Navy service on the aircraft carriers and... )	December 11, 2008 - Present

Light Heavyweight

Number	Champion	Reign
1	USA Maxie Rosenbloom Maxie Rosenbloom Max Everitt Rosenbloom, known as Slapsie Maxie was an American boxer, actor, and television personality.-Career:...	June 25, 1930 - November 16, 1934
2	USA Bob Olin Bob Olin Robert Lous "Bob" Olin was an American boxer.He won the World Light Heavyweight Championship.-Boxing career:...	November 16, 1934 - October 31, 1935
3	USA John Henry Lewis John Henry Lewis John Henry Lewis was an African American boxer who was the world Light Heavyweight champion from 1935 to 1939.One interesting fact of his is that Lewis was managed by a gambler and racketeer of the 1930s: Gus Greenlee, a man who became very important to baseball's Negro Leagues as a commissioner...	October 31, 1935 - June 1939 (Retired)
4	USA Billy Conn Billy Conn William David Conn , better known in the boxing world as Billy Conn, was a Light-Heavyweight boxing champion famed for his fights with Joe Louis. He had a professional boxing record of 63 wins, 11 losses and 1 draw, with 14 wins by knockout...  (beat Melio Bettina Melio Bettina Melio Bettina was a professional boxer.-Amateur career:Bettina won the 1935 Intercity Golden Gloves at light-heavyweight by decision over Tony Zale.-Pro career:... )	July 13, 1939 - May 1941 (moved up to Heavyweight)
5	USA Gus Lesnevich Gus Lesnevich Gustav George Lesnevich was an American boxer. Lesnevich was born and raised in Cliffside Park, NJ....  (beat Tami Mauriello)	August 26, 1941 - July 26, 1948
6	UK Freddie Mills Freddie Mills Freddie Mills, was an English boxer, who was the world light heavyweight boxing champion from 1948 to 1950. He was born in Poole, England.- Early life :...	July 26, 1948 - January 24, 1950
7	USA Joey Maxim Joey Maxim Giuseppe Antonio Berardinelli, , was an American boxer. He was a light heavyweight champion of the world. He took the ring-name Joey Maxim from the Maxim gun, the world's first self-acting machine gun, based on his ability to rapidly throw a large number of left jabs.-Early career:Maxim was born...	January 24, 1950 - December 17, 1952
8	USA Archie Moore Archie Moore Archie Moore, born Archibald Wright , was light heavyweight world boxing champion between 1952 and 1959 and had one of the longest professional careers in the history of his sport. A native of Benoit, Mississippi, raised in St...	December 17, 1952 - May 12, 1962 (moved up to Heavyweight)
9	USA Harold Johnson Harold Johnson (boxer) Harold Johnson was a professional boxer.Johnson won his first twenty four fights before losing a ten round decision to Archie Moore, who would be Johnson's biggest career rival...  (beat Doug Jones Doug Jones (boxer) Doug Jones was an American Heavyweight Boxer.- Boxing career :Doug "Pugilism" Jones started off his career successfully with 18 consective wins against mostly lightly regarded opponents, until his first loss occurred at the hands of Eddie Machen. He lost his next two fights, and the third a draw... )	May 12, 1962 - June 1, 1963
10	USA Willie Pastrano Willie Pastrano Wilfred Raleigh Pastrano was a light heavyweight boxer who held the world crown from 1963 until 1965.-Early life:...	June 1, 1963 - March 30, 1965
11	Puerto Rico Jose Torres José Torres José Torres , known as "Chegui", was a Puerto Rican professional boxer. As an amateur boxer, Torres won a silver medal in the junior middleweight at the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne. In 1965, he defeated Willie Pastrano to win the WBC and WBA light heavyweight championships...	March 30, 1965 - December 16, 1966
12	Nigeria Dick Tiger Dick Tiger Dick Tiger CBE was a boxer from Umuduruoha village, Amaigbo, Nigeria, who emigrated to Liverpool and later to the United States of America). Tiger was a member of the Igbo ethnic group. Tiger was a talented boxer, commercial venturer, and Biafran rebel. Dick Tiger was one of the greatest fighters...	December 16, 1966 - May 24, 1968
13	USA Bob Foster Bob Foster Bob Foster is a native of Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA whom many boxing critics consider to be one of the greatest Light Heavyweight world champions in history. As an amateur he won a silver medal at the 1959 Pan American Games....	May 24, 1968 - September 16, 1974 (retired)
14	ARG Víctor Galíndez Víctor Galíndez Víctor Emilio Galíndez was an Argentine boxer who was the third Latin American to win the world Light Heavyweight championship, after Puerto Rico's Jose Torres and Venezuela's Vicente Rondon.Galíndez was born in Vedia in the Leandro N...	1979 - November 30, 1979 (lost to Marvin Johnson Marvin Johnson Marvin Johnson is a former boxer from the United States, who fought in the 1972 Olympics in Munich, winning a bronze medal, and made his way up the professional ranks in the light heavyweight division soon thereafter... )
15	USA Matthew Saad Muhammad Matthew Saad Muhammad Matthew Saad Muhammad is a former boxer who was the world's light heavyweight champion.Saad Muhammad's mother died when he was 5 years old, and he and his elder brother were sent to live with an aunt. As the aunt couldn't afford to look after both of them she instructed Saad Muhammad's brother to...  (awarded title by Ring)	November 30, 1979 - December 19, 1981
16	USA Dwight Muhammad Qawi Dwight Muhammad Qawi Dwight Muhammad Qawi is a former world boxing champion in the light heavyweight and cruiserweight divisions...	December 19, 1981 - March 18, 1983
17	USA Michael Spinks Michael Spinks Michael Spinks is a retired American boxer. Nicknamed Jinx, which spawned the nickname of his right hand: The Spinks Jinx, he is the brother of former heavyweight champion Leon Spinks, and uncle of Cory Spinks, a former welterweight champion.After compiling a 93-7 record as an amateur, Spinks won...	March 18, 1983 - September 21, 1985 (won heavyweight championship)
18	USA Roy Jones Jr. Roy Jones Jr. Roy Jones, Jr. is an American boxer and current NABO and IBC light heavyweight champion. As a professional he has captured IBF championships in the middleweight, super middleweight and light heavyweight divisions. He also won the WBA heavyweight title in his only fight in this weight class...	2001 - May 15, 2004
19	USA Antonio Tarver Antonio Tarver Antonio Deon Tarver , nicknamed the "Magic Man", is a professional boxer from Orlando, Florida, who is the former Ring light heavyweight champion and former IBF, WBC and IBO light heavyweight champion. He stands at 6' 2" and was the first man to beat Roy Jones, Jr....	May 15, 2004 - December 18, 2004
20	JAM Glen Johnson Glen Johnson (boxer) Glengoffe Donovan Johnson is a professional boxer, nicknamed Gentleman. He stands at 180cm, around 5'11" tall...	December 18, 2004 - June 18, 2005
21	USA Antonio Tarver Antonio Tarver Antonio Deon Tarver , nicknamed the "Magic Man", is a professional boxer from Orlando, Florida, who is the former Ring light heavyweight champion and former IBF, WBC and IBO light heavyweight champion. He stands at 6' 2" and was the first man to beat Roy Jones, Jr....	June 18, 2005 - June 10, 2006
22	USA Bernard Hopkins Bernard Hopkins Bernard Hopkins, known as the Executioner is an American boxer. He is best known for his ten year reign as middleweight world champion in which he successfully defended his title a record 20 times. He is the first fighter to retain all 4 major boxing governing body belts including the Ring...	June 10, 2006 - April 19, 2008
23	WAL Joe Calzaghe Joe Calzaghe Joseph William Calzaghe CBE is a Welsh former professional boxer who retired undefeated. He was rated by Ring magazine as pound for pound one of the top 10 boxers in the world, He retired in February 2009 with an undefeated record, becoming only the third European boxer, after Terry Marsh and Sven...	April 19, 2008 - February 06, 2009 (Retired)

Super Middleweight

Number	Champion	Reign
1	WAL Joe Calzaghe Joe Calzaghe Joseph William Calzaghe CBE is a Welsh former professional boxer who retired undefeated. He was rated by Ring magazine as pound for pound one of the top 10 boxers in the world, He retired in February 2009 with an undefeated record, becoming only the third European boxer, after Terry Marsh and Sven...  (beat Jeff Lacy Jeff Lacy Jeffrey Scott Lacy is an American boxer. He is a former International Boxing Federation super middleweight champion.-Amateur career:... )	March 4, 2006 - September 28, 2008 (won light heavyweight/vacated)

Middleweight

Number	Champion	Reign
1	FRA Marcel Thil Marcel Thil Marcel Thil was a French boxer and world champion.Born in Saint-Dizier, Haute-Marne in the Champagne-Ardenne Region of France, Marcel Thil started boxing at a very young age and turned professional at the age of sixteen...	1933 -
2	USA Freddie Steele Freddie Steele Freddie Steele was a boxer and film actor born Frederick Earle Burgett in Seattle, Washington. He was recognized as middleweight champion of the world between 1936 and 1938. Steele was nicknamed "The Tacoma Assassin" and was trained by Jack Connor, Johnny Babnick, and Ray Arcel, while in New York...	1937 -
3	USA Tony Zale Tony Zale Anthony Florian Zaleski was an American boxer. Zale was born and raised in Gary, Indiana, a steel town, which gave him his nickname,...	November 28, 1941 - July 16, 1947
4	USA Rocky Graziano Rocky Graziano Rocky Graziano, born Thomas Rocco Barbella in New York City , was an outstanding American boxer. Graziano was considered one of the greatest knockout artists in boxing history, often displaying the capacity to take his opponent out with a single punch...	July 16, 1947 - June 10, 1948
5	USA Tony Zale Tony Zale Anthony Florian Zaleski was an American boxer. Zale was born and raised in Gary, Indiana, a steel town, which gave him his nickname,...	June 10, 1948 - September 21, 1948
6	FRA Marcel Cerdan Marcel Cerdan Marcellin "Marcel" Cerdan was a French pied noir world boxing champion who was considered by many boxing experts and fans to be France's as well as Europe's greatest boxer, and beyond to be one of the best to have learned his craft in Africa...	September 21, 1948 - June 16, 1949
7	USA Jake LaMotta Jake LaMotta Giacobbe LaMotta , better known as Jake LaMotta, nicknamed "The Bronx Bull" and "The Raging Bull", is a former boxing world middleweight champion who was famously portrayed by Robert De Niro in the film Raging Bull....	June 16, 1949 - February 14, 1951
8	USA Sugar Ray Robinson Sugar Ray Robinson 'Sugar Ray Robinson was a professional boxer. Frequently cited as the greatest boxer of all time, Robinson's performances at the welterweight and middleweight divisions prompted sportswriters to create "pound for pound" rankings, where they compared fighters regardless of weight...	February 14, 1951 - July 10, 1951
9	UK Randy Turpin Randy Turpin Randolph Adolphus Turpin known as the Leamington Licker, was an English boxer who was considered by some to be Europe's best Middleweight boxer of the 1940s and 1950s.-Biography:...	July 10, 1951 - September 12, 1951
10	USA Sugar Ray Robinson Sugar Ray Robinson 'Sugar Ray Robinson was a professional boxer. Frequently cited as the greatest boxer of all time, Robinson's performances at the welterweight and middleweight divisions prompted sportswriters to create "pound for pound" rankings, where they compared fighters regardless of weight...	September 12, 1951 - December 18, 1952 (Retired)
11	USA Carl Olson  (beat Randy Turpin Randy Turpin Randolph Adolphus Turpin known as the Leamington Licker, was an English boxer who was considered by some to be Europe's best Middleweight boxer of the 1940s and 1950s.-Biography:... )	October 21, 1953 - December 9, 1955
12	USA Sugar Ray Robinson Sugar Ray Robinson 'Sugar Ray Robinson was a professional boxer. Frequently cited as the greatest boxer of all time, Robinson's performances at the welterweight and middleweight divisions prompted sportswriters to create "pound for pound" rankings, where they compared fighters regardless of weight...	December 9, 1955 - January 2, 1957
13	USA Gene Fullmer Gene Fullmer Gene Fullmer is a former American middleweight boxer.Fullmer was born in West Jordan, Utah and raised as a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints...	January 2, 1957 - May 1, 1957
14	USA Sugar Ray Robinson Sugar Ray Robinson 'Sugar Ray Robinson was a professional boxer. Frequently cited as the greatest boxer of all time, Robinson's performances at the welterweight and middleweight divisions prompted sportswriters to create "pound for pound" rankings, where they compared fighters regardless of weight...	May 1, 1957 - January 22, 1960
15	USA Paul Pender Paul Pender Paul Pender was an American middleweight boxer.-Early life:He was born in Brookline, Massachusetts, the son of William and Anna Pender...	January 22, 1960 - July 11, 1961
16	UK Terry Downes Terry Downes Terry Downes, is a retired British middleweight boxer.- Career highlights :Despite a relatively short boxing career, Downes managed to accomplish a great deal in the sport, most notably by winning the World Middleweight Title on the 11th July 1961 by defeating Paul Pender at the Empire Pool,...	July 11, 1961 - April 7, 1962
17	USA Paul Pender Paul Pender Paul Pender was an American middleweight boxer.-Early life:He was born in Brookline, Massachusetts, the son of William and Anna Pender...	April 7, 1962 - May 7, 1963 (Retired)
18	NGA Dick Tiger Dick Tiger Dick Tiger CBE was a boxer from Umuduruoha village, Amaigbo, Nigeria, who emigrated to Liverpool and later to the United States of America). Tiger was a member of the Igbo ethnic group. Tiger was a talented boxer, commercial venturer, and Biafran rebel. Dick Tiger was one of the greatest fighters...	1963 - December 7, 1963
19	USA Joey Giardello Joey Giardello Carmine Orlando Tilelli was an American boxer who was the middleweight champion of the world from 1963 to 1965, and was better known by his professional pseudonym of Joey Giardello.-Early life:...	December 7, 1963 - October 21, 1965
20	NGA Dick Tiger Dick Tiger Dick Tiger CBE was a boxer from Umuduruoha village, Amaigbo, Nigeria, who emigrated to Liverpool and later to the United States of America). Tiger was a member of the Igbo ethnic group. Tiger was a talented boxer, commercial venturer, and Biafran rebel. Dick Tiger was one of the greatest fighters...	October 21, 1965 - April 25, 1966
21	United States Virgin Islands Emile Griffith Emile Griffith Emile Alphonse Griffith is a former boxer who was the first fighter from the U.S. Virgin Islands ever to become a world champion. He is best known for a controversial 1962 welterweight title fight in which Benny Paret died ten days after being knocked out by Griffith. In addition to the...	April 25, 1966 - April 17, 1967
22	Italy Nino Benvenuti Nino Benvenuti Giovanni Benvenuti , better known as Nino Benvenuti, is an Italian former boxer who is considered by many, including noted boxing writer Brian Doogan, to be the greatest boxer ever from Italy.Benvenuti went to the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome, where he earned the Welterweight division's gold medal...	April 17, 1967 - September 29, 1967
23	United States Virgin Islands Emile Griffith Emile Griffith Emile Alphonse Griffith is a former boxer who was the first fighter from the U.S. Virgin Islands ever to become a world champion. He is best known for a controversial 1962 welterweight title fight in which Benny Paret died ten days after being knocked out by Griffith. In addition to the...	September 29, 1967 - March 4, 1968
24	Italy Nino Benvenuti Nino Benvenuti Giovanni Benvenuti , better known as Nino Benvenuti, is an Italian former boxer who is considered by many, including noted boxing writer Brian Doogan, to be the greatest boxer ever from Italy.Benvenuti went to the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome, where he earned the Welterweight division's gold medal...	March 4, 1968 - November 7, 1970
25	ARG Carlos Monzon Carlos Monzón Carlos Monzón was an Argentine boxer who held the world middleweight title for 7 years, during which he made a then-division record of 14 defenses...	November 7, 1970 - August 29, 1977 (Retired)
26	COL Rodrigo Valdez Rodrigo Valdez Rodrigo Valdéz is a former boxer from Colombia who was a two-time world middleweight champion and whose rivalry with Carlos Monzon has long been considered among the most legendary boxing rivalries. Valdez was trained by International Boxing Hall of Fame coach Gil Clancy...   (beat Bennie Briscoe Bennie Briscoe "Bad" Bennie Briscoe was the prototypical Philadelphia fighter. Bad Bennie fought from 1962 to 1982, and retired with a career record of 66 wins 24 losses and 5 draws. Briscoe was a top-rated Middleweight contender during the 1970s, unsuccessfully challenging for the World Title on three... )	November 5, 1977 - April 22, 1978
27	ARG Hugo Corro Hugo Corro Hugo Pastor Corro , better known plainly as Hugo Corro, was a former boxer from Argentina who was world Middleweight champion....	April 22, 1978 - June 30, 1979
28	Italy Vito Antuofermo Vito Antuofermo Vito Antuofermo is an actor who is also a former world Middleweight boxing champion.-Background:Antuofermo was born in Italy, town of Palo del Colle is located about 15 km inland from the city of Bari. but his family moved to the United States when he was 10 years old...	June 30, 1979 - March 16, 1980
29	UK Alan Minter Alan Minter Alan Minter is a former middleweight world champion boxer.-Amateur career:Minter was the 1971 ABA Middleweight Champion. He won the bronze medal at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games...	March 16, 1980 - September 27, 1980
30	USA Marvelous Marvin Hagler	September 27, 1980 - April 6, 1987
31	USA Sugar Ray Leonard Sugar Ray Leonard Sugar Ray Leonard is a retired American professional boxer . Named Fighter of the Decade for the 1980s, he is widely considered to be one of the best boxers of all time, winning world titles at multiple weights and engaging in contests with such celebrated opponents as Wilfred Benitez, Thomas...	April 6, 1987 - (retired, then moved up to Super Middleweight)
32	Zaire Sumbu Kalambay Sumbu Kalambay Sumbu "Patrizio" Kalambay was a world champion boxer. He was born April 10, 1956 in Zaire. As a young man, he moved to Italy, which is where he still resides.- Professional career :...  (Awarded title by Ring)	July 6, 1988 - March 2, 1989 (Ring ceased publication for 7 months)
33	USA Bernard Hopkins Bernard Hopkins Bernard Hopkins, known as the Executioner is an American boxer. He is best known for his ten year reign as middleweight world champion in which he successfully defended his title a record 20 times. He is the first fighter to retain all 4 major boxing governing body belts including the Ring...	September 29, 2001 - July 16, 2005
34	USA Jermain Taylor Jermain Taylor Jermain Taylor is an American professional boxer and former undisputed middleweight champion. He made his professional boxing debut in 2001 and won his first 23 bouts, which included victories over former champions Raúl Márquez and William Joppy...	July 16, 2005 - September 29, 2007
35	USA Kelly Pavlik Kelly Pavlik Kelly Pavlik is an American professional boxer. He is The Ring, WBC, and WBO middleweight champion, defeating Jermain Taylor to earn those titles...	September 29, 2007 - Present

Junior Middleweight

Number	Champion	Reign
1	USA Oscar Albarado Oscar Albarado Oscar Albarado was an American boxer at light middleweight.- Professional career :Known as "Shotgun", Albarado turned pro in 1967 and captured the World, WBC, and WBA light middleweight title when he upset Koichi Wajima by KO in 1974. He defended the belt once before losing it in a rematch to...	June 4, 1974 - January 21, 1975
2	Japan Koichi Wajima Koichi Wajima Koichi Wajima was a professional boxer in the super welterweight division. He is a former WBC and WBA champion.- Childhood and Early Career :...	January 21, 1975 - June 7, 1975
3	South Korea Jae Do Yuh	June 7, 1975 - February 17, 1976
4	Japan Koichi Wajima Koichi Wajima Koichi Wajima was a professional boxer in the super welterweight division. He is a former WBC and WBA champion.- Childhood and Early Career :...	February 17, 1976 - May 18, 1976
5	Spain Jose Manuel Duran	May 18, 1976 - October 8, 1976
6	ARG Miguel Angel Castellini	October 8, 1976 - March 5, 1977
7	NIC Eddie Gazo Eddie Gazo Eddie Gazo is a former professional boxer in the super welterweight division.-Pro Career:...	March 5, 1977 - August 9, 1978
8	Japan Masashi Kudo Masashi Kudo Masashi Kudo is a former professional boxer. He was the WBA light middleweight champion from 1978-1979.- Biography :...	August 9, 1978 - October 24, 1979
9	Uganda Ayub Kalule Ayub Kalule Ayub Kalule is a retired boxer from Uganda, who first came to prominence when he won the Amateur World Welterweight Title at the inaugural 1974 World Championships in Havana, Cuba. He turned professional and based himself in Denmark, and went on to win the light-middleweight championship...	October 24, 1979 - June 25, 1981
10	USA Sugar Ray Leonard Sugar Ray Leonard Sugar Ray Leonard is a retired American professional boxer . Named Fighter of the Decade for the 1980s, he is widely considered to be one of the best boxers of all time, winning world titles at multiple weights and engaging in contests with such celebrated opponents as Wilfred Benitez, Thomas...	June 25, 1981 - June 25, 1982
11	USA Thomas Hearns Thomas Hearns Thomas "Hitman" Hearns , is an outstanding American 8-time world champion professional boxer in six different categories or weights.Hearns became the first ever quadruple world champion in boxing history....	May 1983 - September 1986
12	USA Oscar de la Hoya Oscar de la Hoya Oscar "The Golden Boy" De La Hoya is a retired American boxer of Mexican descent. He won a gold medal at the Barcelona Olympic Games. De La Hoya comes from a boxing family. His grandfather Vicente, father Joel Sr., and brother Joel Jr. were all boxers...	September 14, 2002 - September 13, 2003
13	USA Sugar Shane Mosley	September 13, 2003 - March 13, 2004
14	USA Winky Wright Winky Wright Ronald Lamont "Winky" Wright is an American boxer, the former undisputed light middleweight world champion and a current middleweight contender....	March 13, 2004 - November 7, 2005 (moved up to Middleweight)

Welterweight

Number	Champion	Reign
1	Canada Jimmy McLarnin Jimmy McLarnin James McLarnin, known as Jimmy McLarnin , was an Irish Canadian professional boxer who became two time welterweight world champion and an International Boxing Hall of Fame inductee.-Background:McLarnin was born in Hillsborough, County Down, Ireland, into a large Methodist family who emigrated to...	1933 -
2	USA Barney Ross Barney Ross Barney Ross, born Dov-Ber Rasofsky was a boxer. After his beloved father, a rabbi, dies in his arms after being shot in a robbery, Ross, a rabbinical student: loses his faith in God and abandons his studies; becomes a street brawler alongside his buddy Jack Ruby; goes to work for Al Capone;...	1937 - May 31, 1938
3	USA Henry Armstrong Henry Armstrong Henry Jackson Jr. was a world boxing champion who fought under the name Henry Armstrong....	May 31, 1938 - October 4, 1940
4	USA Fritzie Zivic Fritzie Zivic Fritzie Zivic , born as Ferdinand Henry John Zivcich , was an American boxer.-Biography:...	October 4, 1940 -
5	USA Freddie Cochrane	July 29, 1941 - February 1, 1946
6	USA Marty Servo Marty Servo Mario Severino, "Marty Servo" was the former world welterweight boxing champion. Servo began boxing in the mid-1930s. He became a professional boxer in 1938 and was inducted into the World Boxing Hall of Fame in 1989.Servo had an impressive amateur career...	February 1, 1946 - September 1946 (Vacated)
7	USA Sugar Ray Robinson Sugar Ray Robinson 'Sugar Ray Robinson was a professional boxer. Frequently cited as the greatest boxer of all time, Robinson's performances at the welterweight and middleweight divisions prompted sportswriters to create "pound for pound" rankings, where they compared fighters regardless of weight...	December 20, 1946 -
8	Cuba Kid Gavilan Kid Gavilan Gerardo González , better known in the boxing world as Kid Gavilan, was a former gardener and world welterweight champion from Cuba...  (beat Billy Graham Billy Graham (boxer) Billy Graham was an American boxer from New York City, New York. Graham had the remarkable distinction of never having been knocked off his feet in his long career... )	August 29, 1951 - October 20, 1954
9	USA Johnny Saxton Johnny Saxton Johnny Saxton was a professional boxer in the welterweight division.Saxton learned to box in a Brooklyn orphanage and had an amateur career winning 31 of 33 fights.- Professional career :...	October 20, 1954 - April 1, 1955
10	USA Tony DeMarco Tony DeMarco Tony DeMarco is a boxer and world welterweight champion. He was born in Boston and grew up in that city's North End community. Tony DeMarco's actual birth name is Leonardo Liotta. Tony’s father Vincent and mother Giacomina came from Sicily.To box in the league, the minimum age was 18...	April 1, 1955 - June 10, 1955
11	USA Carmen Basilio Carmen Basilio Carmine Basilio, born April 2 1927 in Canastota, New York, better known in the boxing world as Carmen Basilio, is a former boxer of Italian-American origin. Some reports have suggested that Basilio changed his name from Carmine to Carmen before he began boxing, to sound more masculine...	June 10, 1955 - March 14, 1956
12	USA Johnny Saxton Johnny Saxton Johnny Saxton was a professional boxer in the welterweight division.Saxton learned to box in a Brooklyn orphanage and had an amateur career winning 31 of 33 fights.- Professional career :...	March 14, 1956 - September 12, 1956
13	USA Carmen Basilio Carmen Basilio Carmine Basilio, born April 2 1927 in Canastota, New York, better known in the boxing world as Carmen Basilio, is a former boxer of Italian-American origin. Some reports have suggested that Basilio changed his name from Carmine to Carmen before he began boxing, to sound more masculine...	September 12, 1956 - 1957 (Vacated)
14	USA Don Jordan Don Jordan Don Jordan was a boxer born in Los Angeles, California and was the undisputed Welterweight Champion of the World from 1958 to 1960. His nickname was ‘Geronimo’...	1959 -
15	United States Virgin Islands Emile Griffith Emile Griffith Emile Alphonse Griffith is a former boxer who was the first fighter from the U.S. Virgin Islands ever to become a world champion. He is best known for a controversial 1962 welterweight title fight in which Benny Paret died ten days after being knocked out by Griffith. In addition to the...	April 1, 1961 - September 30, 1961
16	Cuba Benny Paret Benny Paret Benny "Kid" Paret, born Bernardo Paret , born in Santa Clara, Cuba, was a Cuban welterweight boxer.-Boxing career:...	September 30, 1961 - March 24, 1962
17	United States Virgin Islands Emile Griffith Emile Griffith Emile Alphonse Griffith is a former boxer who was the first fighter from the U.S. Virgin Islands ever to become a world champion. He is best known for a controversial 1962 welterweight title fight in which Benny Paret died ten days after being knocked out by Griffith. In addition to the...	March 24, 1962 - March 21, 1963
18	Cuba Luis Manuel Rodriguez Luis Manuel Rodriguez Luis Manuel Rodríguez was a smooth boxing Cuban former world welterweight boxing champion. Known as "El Feo", Rodriguez began his career in pre-Castro Havana. In Cuba, Rodriguez twice defeated the ill-fated future welterweight champion Benny Kid Paret.After, the Cuban Revolution, Rodríguez...	March 21, 1963 - June 8, 1963
19	United States Virgin Islands Emile Griffith Emile Griffith Emile Alphonse Griffith is a former boxer who was the first fighter from the U.S. Virgin Islands ever to become a world champion. He is best known for a controversial 1962 welterweight title fight in which Benny Paret died ten days after being knocked out by Griffith. In addition to the...	June 8, 1963 - April 1966 (Vacated}
20	USA Curtis Cokes Curtis Cokes Curtis Cokes is a former boxer from Dallas, Texas. Cokes was world welterweight champion, and he was famous for his training regimen, which he also imposed on other boxers training with him.-Pre-championship career:...	1967 - April 18, 1969
21	Cuba Jose Napoles José Napoles José Ángel Nápoles, nicknamed Mantequilla , is a Cuban former world welterweight boxing champion. Napoles is a national hero both in Cuba and Mexico, and is a member of the International Boxing Hall of Fame.- Cuba :...	April 18, 1969 - December 3, 1970
22	USA Billy Backus Billy Backus Billy Backus, born March 5, 1943 in Canastota, New York, is a former world boxing champion. In the summer of 2006 Backus retired from his correctional facility job and moved to South Carolina.- Early boxing career :...	December 3, 1970 - June 4, 1971
23	Cuba Jose Napoles José Napoles José Ángel Nápoles, nicknamed Mantequilla , is a Cuban former world welterweight boxing champion. Napoles is a national hero both in Cuba and Mexico, and is a member of the International Boxing Hall of Fame.- Cuba :...	June 4, 1971 - December 6, 1975
24	UK John Stracey	December 6, 1975 - June 22, 1976
25	MEX Carlos Palomino Carlos Palomino Carlos Palomino is a Mexican former boxer who was a world champion. Palomino is also an actor who has been featured in a few movies. He achieved a considerable amount of fame during the 1970s, especially among Mexican and Southern California fans...	June 22, 1976 - January 14, 1979
26	Puerto Rico Wilfred Benitez Wilfred Benitez Wilfred Benítez , is a Puerto Rican boxer. He is remembered best as a skilled and aggressive fighter with exceptional defensive abilities who won world championships in three separate weight divisions, and was the youngest world champion in boxing history.- Early history :Benitez, a young prodigy...	January 14, 1979 - November 30, 1979
27	USA Sugar Ray Leonard Sugar Ray Leonard Sugar Ray Leonard is a retired American professional boxer . Named Fighter of the Decade for the 1980s, he is widely considered to be one of the best boxers of all time, winning world titles at multiple weights and engaging in contests with such celebrated opponents as Wilfred Benitez, Thomas...	November 30, 1979 - June 20, 1980
28	PAN Roberto Duran Roberto Durán Roberto Durán is a retired professional boxer from Panama, widely regarded as one of the greatest boxers of all-time. A versatile brawler in the ring, he was nicknamed "Manos de Piedra" during his career....	>-	29	USA Sugar Ray Leonard Sugar Ray Leonard Sugar Ray Leonard is a retired American professional boxer . Named Fighter of the Decade for the 1980s, he is widely considered to be one of the best boxers of all time, winning world titles at multiple weights and engaging in contests with such celebrated opponents as Wilfred Benitez, Thomas...	November 25, 1980 - November 9, 1982 (Retired)
30	USA Donald Curry Donald Curry Donald Curry is a retired Fort Worth boxer nicknamed the 'Lone Star Cobra'.- Amateur career :Curry, who had an amateur record of 400-4, made the 1980 United States Olympic team, but could not compete due to the U.S. boycott....  (defeated Milton McCrory Milton McCrory Milton McCrory was a professional boxer in the welterweight division.- Pro career :Known as "Ice Man", McCrory turned pro in 1980 and won the Vacant WBC Welterweight Title by beating Colin Jones in 1983. He defended the title four times before losing the belt via KO in a unification match with... )	December 6, 1985 - September 27, 1986
31	UK Lloyd Honeyghan Lloyd Honeyghan Lloyd Honeyghan is a retired British boxer. Born in Jamaica, he was WBC/WBA & IBF welterweight champion from 1986 to 1987. and WBC welterweight champion from 1988 to 1989....	September 27, 1986 - October 27, 1987
32	MEX Jorge Vaca Jorge Vaca Jorge Vaca Jorge Vaca Jorge Vaca (born December 14, 1959 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, was a professional boxer in the welterweight (147lb) division.Vaca turned pro in 1978 and captured the WBC Welterweight Title by beating Lloyd Honeyghan via 8th round technical decision in 1987, but lost the...	October 27, 1987 - March 29, 1988
33	UK Lloyd Honeyghan Lloyd Honeyghan Lloyd Honeyghan is a retired British boxer. Born in Jamaica, he was WBC/WBA & IBF welterweight champion from 1986 to 1987. and WBC welterweight champion from 1988 to 1989....	March 29, 1988 - February 4, 1989
34	USA Marlon Starling Marlon Starling Marlon "Magic Man" Starling was a two-time world champion boxer. He was born in Hartford, CT on August 29, 1959.Starling turned professional in 1979. After 25 straight wins, he lost his first fight. He lost a 12 round decision to Donald Curry in 1982. Starling had a rematch with Curry in 1984,...	February 4, 1989 - March 2, 1989 (Ring ceased publication for 7 months)
35	USA Vernon Forrest Vernon Forrest Vernon Forrest, known as "The Viper", was an American professional boxer who became a world champion in the welterweight and light middleweight divisions and noted for his two victories over Shane Mosley....  (beat Shane Mosley Shane Mosley "Sugar" Shane Mosley is a boxer from Pomona, California. He has won world titles in three weight divisions. He is the current WBA Welterweight Super Champion-Amateur career:... )	January 26, 2002 - January 25, 2003
36	NIC Ricardo Mayorga Ricardo Mayorga Ricardo Mayorga , is a Nicaraguan professional boxer. He is the former WBA/WBC Welterweight champion and the former WBC Junior Middleweight champion. He holds a fair record of 29-7 with 23 knockouts and 1 draw. He was featured for the first time on the cover of Ring Magazine on the December 2003...	January 25, 2003 - December 13, 2003
37	USA Cory Spinks Cory Spinks Corey Spinks is a professional boxer. He's the son of former heavyweight champion of the world Leon Spinks. Cory was born five days after his dad defeated Muhammad Ali for the heavyweight world title in 1978. Cory is the nephew of former light heavyweight and heavyweight world champion Michael...	December 13, 2003 - February 5, 2005
38	USA Zab Judah Zab Judah Zabdiel Judah is an American professional boxer, who is a former undisputed welterweight champion, former IBF and WBO junior welterweight champion and is ranked #8 in the welterweight division by The Ring magazine. After compiling an amateur record of 110–5, Judah turned professional in 1996...	February 5, 2005 - January 7, 2006
39	ARG Carlos Manuel Baldomir Carlos Manuel Baldomir Carlos Manuel Baldomir is an Argentine boxer and former WBC/Ring Magazine world welterweight champion.- Boxing Style :...	January 7, 2006 - November 4 , 2006
40	USA Floyd Mayweather Jr. Floyd Mayweather Jr. Floyd Joy Mayweather, Jr. , is an African-American professional boxer. He is all-time undefeated as a professional, with a record of 40–0...	November 4 , 2006 - June 29, 2008 (Retired)

Junior Welterweight

Number	Champion	Reign
1	ITA Duilio Loi Duilio Loi Duilio Loi was an Italian boxer who held the Italian and European lightweight and welterweight titles, as well as the world junior welterweight championship. Loi fought from 1948 to 1962, and retired with a record of 115 wins , 3 losses and 8 draws...	December 15, 1962 - January 1963 (Retired)
2	USA Eddie Perkins Eddie Perkins Eddie Perkins was an American light welterweight boxer.-Professional career:Perkins turned professional in 1956 and captured the World Boxing Association light welterweight title with a decision win over Duilio Loi in 1962, but lost the belt in a rematch later that year...	1963 - January 18, 1965
3	VEN Carlos Hernandez Carlos Hernández Carlos Hernández or Carlos Hernandez may refer to:*Carlos Hernández *Carlos Hernández Valverde , Costa Rican footballer*Carlos Hernández *Carlos Hernández...	January 18, 1965 - April 29, 1966
4	ITA Sandro Lopopolo Sandro Lopopolo Sandro Lopopolo was an Italian light welterweight boxer, who won the silver medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, and fought as a professional from 1961 to 1973. Lopopolo held the Italian, European and World light welterweight titles during his career...	April 29, 1966 - April 30, 1967
5	USA Takeshi Fuji Takeshi Fuji Takeshi Fuji is a former professional boxer from Hawaii. He is a former world super lightweight champion.- Biography :...	April 30, 1967 - December 12, 1968
6	ARG Nicolino Locche Nicolino Locche Nicolino Locche was an Argentine boxer from Tunuyán, Mendoza Province in the west of Argentina. He was of Italian origin, with his ancestors coming from Sardinia....	December 12, 1968 -
7	COL Antonio Cervantes Antonio Cervantes Antonio Cervantes aka Kid Pambelé is a Colombian boxing trainer and former two time world Jr. Welterweight champion. Cervantes, who is Afro-Colombian, was born in Palenque, also known as the first site of a slave rebellion in Latin America...	1972 - March 6, 1976
8	Puerto Rico Wilfred Benitez Wilfred Benitez Wilfred Benítez , is a Puerto Rican boxer. He is remembered best as a skilled and aggressive fighter with exceptional defensive abilities who won world championships in three separate weight divisions, and was the youngest world champion in boxing history.- Early history :Benitez, a young prodigy...	March 6, 1976 - January 14, 1979 (won welterweight title)
9	COL Antonio Cervantes Antonio Cervantes Antonio Cervantes aka Kid Pambelé is a Colombian boxing trainer and former two time world Jr. Welterweight champion. Cervantes, who is Afro-Colombian, was born in Palenque, also known as the first site of a slave rebellion in Latin America...	1979 - August 2, 1980
10	USA Aaron Pryor Aaron Pryor Aaron Pryor is a former boxer from Cincinnati, Ohio, and member of the International Boxing Hall of Fame. He is the former world Junior Welterweight champion, and regarded as one of the greatest fighters in the history of the weight class.-Amateur career:Pryor, nicknamed The Hawk, had a record of...	August 2, 1980 - October 26, 1983 (Retired)
11	AUS Kostya Tszyu Kostya Tszyu Konstantin Borisovich Tszyu is a retired Russian-born Australian boxer of mixed Russian, Korean and Mongol descent...	November 3, 2001 - June 4, 2005
12	UK Ricky Hatton Ricky Hatton Richard John Hatton MBE, more commonly known as Ricky "the Hitman" Hatton, , is a British professional boxer...	June 4, 2005 - May 2, 2009
13	PHI Manny Pacquiao Manny Pacquiáo Emmanuel Dapidran Pacquiao , more commonly known as Manny Pacquiao, is a Filipino professional boxer...	May 2, 2009 - Present

Lightweight

Number	Champion	Reign
1	USA Barney Ross Barney Ross Barney Ross, born Dov-Ber Rasofsky was a boxer. After his beloved father, a rabbi, dies in his arms after being shot in a robbery, Ross, a rabbinical student: loses his faith in God and abandons his studies; becomes a street brawler alongside his buddy Jack Ruby; goes to work for Al Capone;...	1933 -
2	USA Tony Canzoneri Tony Canzoneri Tony Canzoneri was an American boxer who was born in the town of Slidell, Louisiana.Canzoneri, an Italian American, was one of the members of the exclusive group of boxing world champions who have won titles in three or more divisions.-Career history:When he was a teenager, he and his family moved...	1935 -
3	USA Lou Ambers Lou Ambers Luigi Giuseppe d'Ambrosio , aka Lou Ambers, was a lightweight boxer who fought from 1932 to 1941.Managed by Al Weill and trained by Charley Goldman, the "Herkimer Hurricane", as he was known, began his career losing only once in more than three years when he faced future hall of fame lightweight...	1936 - August 17, 1938
4	USA Henry Armstrong Henry Armstrong Henry Jackson Jr. was a world boxing champion who fought under the name Henry Armstrong....	August 17, 1938 - August 22, 1939
5	USA Lou Ambers Lou Ambers Luigi Giuseppe d'Ambrosio , aka Lou Ambers, was a lightweight boxer who fought from 1932 to 1941.Managed by Al Weill and trained by Charley Goldman, the "Herkimer Hurricane", as he was known, began his career losing only once in more than three years when he faced future hall of fame lightweight...	August 22, 1939 -
6	USA Lew Jenkins Lew Jenkins Lew Jenkins was an American boxer and Lightweight Champion of the World. He was born in Milburn, Texas and was raised in Depression-era Texas...	May 10, 1940 - December 19, 1941
7	USA Sammy Angott Sammy Angott Sammy Angott was born Samuel Engotti in Pennsylvania. He was known as a clever boxer who liked to follow up a clean punch by grabbing his opponent, causing him to be known as "The Clutch."...	December 19, 1941 -
8	USA Ike Williams Ike Williams (boxer) Ike Williams was a former lightweight world boxing champion. Williams was known for his great right hand, and was named to the Ring Magazine's list of 100 greatest punchers of all time as well as Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year for 1948.During his career, Williams faced and defeated former...	1947 - May 25, 1951
9	USA Jimmy Carter Jimmy Carter (boxer) James Walter Carter was a world lightweight boxing champion. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall Of Fame in 2000. Carter's loss to Lauro Salas in 1952 and his loss to Paddy DeMarco in 1954 were each named Ring Magazine upset of the year...	May 25, 1951 - May 14, 1952
10	MEX Lauro Salas Lauro Salas Lauro Salas is a former world lightweight boxing champion.-Professional career:Salas was known as a tireless puncher, who often would wear his opponents out in the late rounds with a volume of punches...	May 14, 1952 - October 15, 1952
11	USA Jimmy Carter Jimmy Carter (boxer) James Walter Carter was a world lightweight boxing champion. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall Of Fame in 2000. Carter's loss to Lauro Salas in 1952 and his loss to Paddy DeMarco in 1954 were each named Ring Magazine upset of the year...	October 15, 1952 - March 5, 1954
12	USA Paddy DeMarco Paddy DeMarco Paddy DeMarco, alias Billygoat, was a lightweight professional boxer from Brooklyn, New York.-Personal life:DeMarco was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, but died in Salt Lake City, Utah....	March 5, 1954 - November 17, 1954
13	USA Jimmy Carter Jimmy Carter (boxer) James Walter Carter was a world lightweight boxing champion. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall Of Fame in 2000. Carter's loss to Lauro Salas in 1952 and his loss to Paddy DeMarco in 1954 were each named Ring Magazine upset of the year...	November 17, 1954 - June 29, 1955
14	USA Wallace (Bud) Smith	June 29, 1955 - August 24, 1956
15	USA Joe Brown Joe Brown (boxer) Joe Brown was an accomplished boxer who won the undisputed Lightweight Championship of the World in 1956, making 11 successful defences before losing his crown in his old age to Carlos Ortiz in 1962. Brown was a classic boxer and a knockout puncher...	August 24, 1956 - April 21, 1962
16	Puerto Rico Carlos Ortiz Carlos Ortiz For the Cuban wrestler with the same name see Carlos Julian OrtízCarlos Ortiz is a Puerto Rican who was a three time world boxing champion, twice in the lightweight division and once in the Jr. Welterweights....	April 21, 1962 - April 10, 1965
17	PAN Ismael Laguna Ismael Laguna Ismael Laguna Meneses was a professional boxer. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2001.Known as "El Tigre Colonense", Laguna was the Panamanian Featherweight Champion from 1962-63...	April 10, 1965 - November 13, 1965
18	Puerto Rico Carlos Ortiz Carlos Ortiz For the Cuban wrestler with the same name see Carlos Julian OrtízCarlos Ortiz is a Puerto Rican who was a three time world boxing champion, twice in the lightweight division and once in the Jr. Welterweights....	November 13, 1965 -
19	USA Mando Ramos Mando Ramos Armando Ramos was an American professional boxer. He was born in Long Beach, California.Armando "Mando" Ramos was one of the most popular and exciting fighters in Southern California during the 1960s. Ramos was an outstanding amateur standout...	1969 -
20	SCO Ken Buchanan Ken Buchanan Ken Buchanan is a former world boxing champion. Many consider Buchanan to be the best boxer ever to come out of Scotland.- Early career :...	1970 - June 26, 1972
21	PAN Roberto Duran Roberto Durán Roberto Durán is a retired professional boxer from Panama, widely regarded as one of the greatest boxers of all-time. A versatile brawler in the ring, he was nicknamed "Manos de Piedra" during his career....	June 26, 1972 - February 2, 1979 (moved up to Welterweight)
22	SCO Jim Watt Jim Watt Jim Watt is a former Scottish boxer, who became world champion in the lightweight division when Roberto Duran left the title vacant in 1979 and the WBC had him fight Alfredo Pitalua. Watt knocked out Pitalua in twelve rounds....	April 12, 1981 - June 20, 1981
23	NIC Alexis Arguello Alexis Argüello Alexis Argüello , also known by the stage name The Explosive Thin Man, was a Nicaraguan professional boxer and politician. As a boxer he was a three-time world champion. After his retirement from boxing, Argüello became active in Nicaraguan politics and in November 2008 he was elected mayor of...	June 20, 1981 - February 1983 (moved up to Junior Welterweight)
24	MEX Julio Cesar Chavez Julio César Chávez Julio César Chávez González is a former Mexican professional boxer. He is a six-time world champion in three weight divisions. His career spanned over twenty-five years. In his prime he was considered the best pound-for-pound in the world, and also the greatest Mexican boxer in history...  (beat Jose Luis Ramirez José Luis Ramírez José Luis Ramírez is a Mexican national who was a boxer and a two time world Lightweight champion.A native of Huatabampo, Sonora and a resident of Culiacán, Ramírez climbed slowly but steadily on boxing's rankings... )	October 29, 1988 - March 2, 1989 (Ring vacated title)
25	USA Pernell Whitaker Pernell Whitaker Pernell Whitaker , nicknamed "Sweet Pea," is a retired professional boxer, who is considered among the greatest of all-time...  (beat Juan Nazario)	August 11, 1990 - January 14, 1992 (moved up to Junior Welterweight)
26	USA Floyd Mayweather Jr. Floyd Mayweather Jr. Floyd Joy Mayweather, Jr. , is an African-American professional boxer. He is all-time undefeated as a professional, with a record of 40–0...  (beat Jose Luis Castillo José Luis Castillo José Luis Castillo is a Mexican boxer. Nicknamed El Temible, Castillo has a current record of 58-9-1 with 50 knockouts. He is best known for his grueling fight against Diego Corrales for the WBC-WBO lightweight title unification on May 7, 2005.-Career:Early in his career, Castillo sparred with... )	April 20, 2002 - May 22, 2004 (moved up to Junior Welterweight)
27	MEX José Luis Castillo José Luis Castillo José Luis Castillo is a Mexican boxer. Nicknamed El Temible, Castillo has a current record of 58-9-1 with 50 knockouts. He is best known for his grueling fight against Diego Corrales for the WBC-WBO lightweight title unification on May 7, 2005.-Career:Early in his career, Castillo sparred with...  (beat Juan Lazcano Juan Lazcano Juan Lazcano is a Mexican American professional boxer from El Paso, Texas, who is now based in Sacramento, California, USA.... )	June 5, 2004 - May 7, 2005
28	USA Diego Corrales Diego Corrales Diego "Chico" Corrales was a former super featherweight and lightweight world boxing champion. He is most noted for his series of bouts with José Luis Castillo.-Early life:...	May 7, 2005 - October 7, 2006
29	CUB Joel Casamayor Joel Casamayor Joel "El Cepillo" Casamayor Johnson is a Cuban boxer, who turned pro after defecting to the United States on the eve of the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. The nickname "El Cepillo", literally translated to "the brush", comes from his uppercut, which rakes his opponents across the face...	October 7, 2006 - September 13, 2008
30	MEX Juan Manuel Márquez Juan Manuel Márquez Juan Manuel "Dinamita" Márquez Méndez , is a Mexican professional boxer and the current WBA and WBO Lightweight world champion as well as the current Ring Magazine Lightweight champion. He has also held the IBF, WBA, and WBO Featherweight titles, and the WBC Super Featherweight title...	September 13, 2008 - Present

Junior Lightweight

Number	Champion	Reign
1	PHL Flash Elorde	1963 - June 15, 1967
2	Japan Yoshiaki Numata Yoshiaki Numata Yoshiaki Numata is a former world Junior Lightweight boxing champion.Numata turned professional in 1962 and won the WBC and WBA super featherweight world titles by defeating Flash Elorde by decision in 1967, although Numata was knocked down in the 3rd round. He lost the title in his first...	June 15, 1967 - December 14, 1967
3	Japan Hiroshi Kobayashi Hiroshi Kobayashi Hiroshi Kobayashi, , is a former professional boxer.Kobayashi turned pro in 1962 and won the WBC and WBA Super Featherweight Title in 1967 by defeating Yoshiaki Numata by 12th round KO, in a bout where Numata was down once in the 6th and three times in the 12th roundand so becoming the undisputed...	December 14, 1967 - July 29, 1971
4	VEN Alfredo Marcano	July 29, 1971 -
5	Japan Kuniaki Shibata Kuniaki Shibata Kuniaki Shibata is a former Japanese professional boxer. He is a former WBC and WBA super featherweight champion.- Biography :...	1973 - October 17, 1973
6	PHL Ben Villaflor Ben Villaflor Benjamin Villaflor is a former boxer who was the WBA world junior lightweight champion during the 1970s.-Professional boxing career:...	October 17, 1973 - October 16, 1976
7	Puerto Rico Samuel Serrano Samuel Serrano Samuel Serrano , nicknamed Sammy and El Torbellino, is a Puerto Rican who won boxing's world junior lightweight championship twice....	October 16, 1976 - August 2, 1980
8	Japan Yasutsune Uehara Yasutsune Uehara Yasutsune Uehara is a former professional boxer and former WBA super featherweight champion. He is one of the few Japanese boxers to have won the world title fighting outside of Japan.- Biography :...	August 2, 1980 - April 9, 1981
9	Puerto Rico Samuel Serrano Samuel Serrano Samuel Serrano , nicknamed Sammy and El Torbellino, is a Puerto Rican who won boxing's world junior lightweight championship twice....	April 9, 1981 - January 19, 1983
10	USA Roger Mayweather Roger Mayweather Roger Mayweather is a retired professional boxer. He won two major world titles in two different weight classes. Throughout his career, Mayweather fought against many other boxing champions of the 1980s and 1990s. He is a part of the Mayweather boxing family; his brothers are former welterweight...	January 19, 1983 - February 26, 1984
11	USA Rocky Lockridge Rocky Lockridge Rocky Lockridge , is a former professional boxer and world champion.- Amateur career :Lockridge started boxing as an amateur out of the Tacoma Boys Club...	February 26, 1984 - May 19, 1985
12	Puerto Rico Wilfredo Gómez Wilfredo Gómez Wilfredo Gómez is a former boxer and three time world champion. Nicknamed "Bazooka", Gómez had one of the highest knockout win percentages in professional boxing, winning 88 percent of his bouts by knockout...	May 19, 1985 - May 24, 1986
13	Panama Alfredo Layne	May 24, 1986 - September 27, 1986
14	South Africa Brian Mitchell Brian Mitchell (boxer) Brian Mitchell is a former professional boxer.Mitchell turned pro in 1981 and captured the WBA Super Featherweight Title in 1986 with a TKO over Alfredo Layne. He defended the title a record 11 times, and never lost a title fight. In 1991 he also captured the IBF Super Featherweight Title with a...	September 27, 1986 - March 30, 1987
15	Philippines Manny Pacquiao Manny Pacquiáo Emmanuel Dapidran Pacquiao , more commonly known as Manny Pacquiao, is a Filipino professional boxer...  (beat Juan Manuel Márquez Juan Manuel Márquez Juan Manuel "Dinamita" Márquez Méndez , is a Mexican professional boxer and the current WBA and WBO Lightweight world champion as well as the current Ring Magazine Lightweight champion. He has also held the IBF, WBA, and WBO Featherweight titles, and the WBC Super Featherweight title... )	March 15, 2008 - July 2008 (Moved up to Lightweight)

Featherweight

Number	Champion	Reign
1	CUB Kid Chocolate Kid Chocolate Eligio Sardiñas Montalvo , better known as Kid Chocolate, was a Cuban boxer who enjoyed wild success both in the boxing ring and in society life during a span of the 1930s.-Biography:...	1933 -
2	USA Freddie Miller Freddie Miller (boxer) Freddie Miller was an American boxer from Cincinnati, Ohio. Freddie Miller was one of the very best featherweight boxers of the 1930s, and was named to Ring Magazine's list of the 80 Best Fighters of the Last 80 Years....	1935 -
3	USA Petey Sarron Petey Sarron Petey Sarron was a member of the Olympic Team at flyweight in boxing for the United States during the 1924 Summer Olympics.-Amateur career:...	1937 - October 29, 1937
4	USA Henry Armstrong Henry Armstrong Henry Jackson Jr. was a world boxing champion who fought under the name Henry Armstrong....	October 29, 1937 -
5	USA Joey Archibald Joey Archibald Joey Archibald was the former world boxing featherweight champion. He was born in Providence, Rhode Island....	1939 - May 20, 1940
6	USA Harry Jeffra Harry Jeffra Harry Jeffra was an American boxer. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, he was a former world bantamweight and NYSAC featherweight boxing champion...	May 20, 1940 - May 12, 1941
7	USA Joey Archibald Joey Archibald Joey Archibald was the former world boxing featherweight champion. He was born in Providence, Rhode Island....	May 12, 1941 - September 11, 1941
8	USA Chalky Wright Chalky Wright Chalky Wright was a African-American featherweight boxer and world champion. He was born Albert Wright on February 10, 1912 in Durango, Mexico. He fought from 1928 to 1948, and his career record was 158 wins , 43 losses and 17 draws...	September 11, 1941 - November 20, 1942
9	USA Willie Pep Willie Pep Guglielmo Papaleo was an American boxer who was better known as Willie Pep. Pep boxed a total of 2017 rounds in the 242 bouts during his 26 year career, a considerable number of rounds and fights even for a fighter of his era. His final record was 230-11-1 with 65 knockouts...	November 20, 1942 - October 29, 1948
10	USA Sandy Saddler Sandy Saddler Joseph "Sandy" Saddler was an American boxer born in Boston, Massachusetts. He was a two-time featherweight world champion, and also held the junior lightweight crown. Over his twelve-year career , Saddler scored 103 knockouts. He was stopped only once, in his second pro fight, by Jock Leslie. ...	October 29, 1948 - February 11, 1949
11	USA Willie Pep Willie Pep Guglielmo Papaleo was an American boxer who was better known as Willie Pep. Pep boxed a total of 2017 rounds in the 242 bouts during his 26 year career, a considerable number of rounds and fights even for a fighter of his era. His final record was 230-11-1 with 65 knockouts...	February 11, 1949 - September 8, 1950
12	USA Sandy Saddler Sandy Saddler Joseph "Sandy" Saddler was an American boxer born in Boston, Massachusetts. He was a two-time featherweight world champion, and also held the junior lightweight crown. Over his twelve-year career , Saddler scored 103 knockouts. He was stopped only once, in his second pro fight, by Jock Leslie. ...	September 8, 1950 - January 21, 1957 (Retired)
13	Nigeria Hogan Bassey Hogan Bassey Hogan "Kid" Bassey was Nigeria's first world boxing champion. He was born Okun Asuguo Bassey on the banks of the Cross River in Creek Town, Calabar, Nigeria. He took the name Hogan Kid Bassey when he turned professional as a boxer...	June 24, 1957 - March 18, 1959
14	USA Davey Moore Davey Moore (1960s) David S. "Davey" Moore was an American world-champion boxer who fought professionally 1953-1963. A resident of Springfield, Ohio, Moore was one of two men to box professionally under the name Davey Moore. The second boxed during the 1980s.Moore died March 25, 1963, as a result of injuries...	March 18, 1959 - March 21, 1963
15	CUB Sugar Ramos Sugar Ramos Ultiminio "Sugar" Ramos is a Cuban boxer, who began his boxing career in his native country.-Exile:...	March 21, 1963 - September 26, 1964
16	MEX Vicente Saldivar Vicente Saldivar A 5'3" southpaw, Vicente Saldivar was a dynamo in the ring. He could box or bang and often softened opponents with a brutal body attack. Among his greatest assets was his stamina...	September 26, 1964 - 1967 (Retired)
17	FRA Johnny Famechon Johnny Famechon Johnny Famechon is an Australian featherweight boxer, who was born as Jean-Pierre Famechon in France. He moved to Australia in 1950 aged five...  (beat Jose Legra José Legrá Jose Legra is a former professional boxer in the featherweight division.Legra is the former European and WBC world bantamweight champion.-Professional career:... )	January 21, 1969 -
18	JPN Kuniaki Shibata Kuniaki Shibata Kuniaki Shibata is a former Japanese professional boxer. He is a former WBC and WBA super featherweight champion.- Biography :...	1970 -
19	NIC Alexis Arguello Alexis Argüello Alexis Argüello , also known by the stage name The Explosive Thin Man, was a Nicaraguan professional boxer and politician. As a boxer he was a three-time world champion. After his retirement from boxing, Argüello became active in Nicaraguan politics and in November 2008 he was elected mayor of...	1976 - January 20, 1977 (Moved to Jr. Lightweight)
20	USA Danny Lopez Danny Lopez Danny Lopez is a former American boxer from Fort Duchesne, Utah. Lopez was world Featherweight champion, and a very popular fighter both in television and Southern California, during the 1970s. His nickname is Little Red....  (beat Roberto Castanon)	March 10, 1979 - February 2, 1980
21	MEX Salvador Sanchez Salvador Sánchez Salvador Sánchez Narváez was a Mexican boxer born in the town of Santiago Tianguistenco, Estado de México.- Career :...	February 2, 1980 - August 12, 1982 (Died in car accident)
22	PAN Eusebio Pedroza Eusebio Pedroza Eusebio Pedroza is a native of Panama who holds two records in boxing: His 19 defenses as world featherweight champion are a record for that division, and his seven years as world champion non-stop are a division record too...  (Awarded title by Ring)	September 22, 1982 - June 8, 1985
23	IRL Barry McGuigan Barry McGuigan Finbar Patrick McGuigan MBE, more commonly known as Barry McGuigan , nicknamed the Clones Cyclone, is a former professional boxer who became a world featherweight champion....	June 8, 1985 - June 23, 1986
24	USA Steve Cruz Steve Cruz Steve Cruz was a professional boxer in the Featherweight division.Known as "Super Kid", Cruz turned pro in 1981 and won the WBA Featherweight Title in 1986 by defeating Barry McGuigan on June 23, 1986 via a 15-round decision. The fight was proclaimed Ring Magazine's 1986 Fight of the Year...	June 23, 1986 - March 6, 1987
25	VEN Antonio Esparragoza Antonio Esparragoza Antonio Esparragoza Betancourt was a boxer in the featherweight division from Venezuela.- Amateur career :Esparragoza represented Venezuela as a Featherweight at the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games.*1st round bye...	March 6, 1987 - March 2, 1989 (Ring stopped recognizing champs)
26	MEX Marco Antonio Barrera Marco Antonio Barrera Marco Antonio Barrera Tapia is a Mexicanprofessional boxer. He is a seven time world champion in three different weight classes; he is a former world champion at WBO Super Bantamweight , IBO / WBC Featherweight , WBC Super Featherweight and IBF Junior Lightweight divisions...  (beat Erik Morales Erik Morales Érik Isaac Morales Elvira is a retired Mexican professional boxer. He is a former seven-time world champion at WBC and WBO Super Bantamweight , WBC Featherweight , WBC Super Featherweight, WBC International Super Featherweight , and the IBF Junior Lightweight divisions... )	June 22, 2002 - November 15, 2003
27	PHL Manny Pacquiao Manny Pacquiáo Emmanuel Dapidran Pacquiao , more commonly known as Manny Pacquiao, is a Filipino professional boxer...	November 15, 2003 - March 19, 2005 (Moved up to Junior Lightweight)

Junior Featherweight

Number	Champion	Reign
1	Puerto Rico Wilfredo Gómez Wilfredo Gómez Wilfredo Gómez is a former boxer and three time world champion. Nicknamed "Bazooka", Gómez had one of the highest knockout win percentages in professional boxing, winning 88 percent of his bouts by knockout...  (beat Nestor Jimenez)	March 9, 1979 - May 1983
2	USA Paulie Ayala Paulie Ayala Paulie Ayala is a Mexican-American former boxer wand two time world champion. Ayala is a born-again Christian, and he professed so by thanking God for his success after virtually every fight. Ayala was promoted by Bob Arum...  (beat Bones Adams)	February 23, 2002 - May 2004 (Moved to Featherweight)
3	MEX Israel Vázquez Israel Vázquez Israel Vázquez Castañeda is a Mexican professional boxer. He is the current Ring Super Bantamweight champion after being stripped of his WBC Super Bantamweight championship for being inactive after a retina surgery.- Career :In 1995, Vázquez made his professional debut in the bantamweight division...  (beat Oscar Larios Oscar Larios Óscar Larios is a professional boxer from Mexico and former WBC super bantamweight and featherweight champion.-Boxing career:... )	December 3, 2005 - March 3, 2007
4	MEX Rafael Márquez Rafael Márquez (boxer) Rafael Márquez Méndez is a Mexican professional boxer. He is a former world champion at the IBF / IBO Bantamweight and WBC Super Bantamweight divisions.- Career history :...	March 3, 2007 - August 4, 2007
5	MEX Israel Vázquez Israel Vázquez Israel Vázquez Castañeda is a Mexican professional boxer. He is the current Ring Super Bantamweight champion after being stripped of his WBC Super Bantamweight championship for being inactive after a retina surgery.- Career :In 1995, Vázquez made his professional debut in the bantamweight division...	August 4, 2007 - May 28, 2009 (moved up to Featherweight)

Bantamweight

Number	Champion	Reign
1	PAN Al Brown	1933 -
2	ITA Baltazar Sangchili	1935 -
3	PRI Sixto Escobar Sixto Escobar Sixto Escobar was a Puerto Rican professional boxer. Competing in the bantamweight division, he became Puerto Rico's first world champion....	1937 - September 23, 1937
4	USA Harry Jeffra Harry Jeffra Harry Jeffra was an American boxer. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, he was a former world bantamweight and NYSAC featherweight boxing champion...	September 23, 1937 - February 20, 1938
5	PRI Sixto Escobar Sixto Escobar Sixto Escobar was a Puerto Rican professional boxer. Competing in the bantamweight division, he became Puerto Rico's first world champion....	February 20, 1938 - October 4, 1939 (Vacated)
6	USA Lou Salica	June 16, 1941 - August 7, 1942
7	USA Manuel Ortiz Manuel Ortiz (boxer) Manuel Ortiz was one of the very best boxers of the 1940s, and was named to Ring Magazine's list of the 80 Best Fighters of the Last 80 Years. In 1996, he was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame.-Amateur career:...	August 7, 1942 -
8	ZAF Vic Toweel Vic Toweel Victor "Vic" Anthony Toweel was a South African boxer and former undisputed World bantamweight champion.Toweel was the first South African to hold a world title.-Personal:...	May 31, 1950 - November 15, 1952
9	AUS Jimmy Carruthers Jimmy Carruthers James "Jimmy" William Carruthers was an Australian boxer, who became world champion in the bantamweight division.-Amateur career:...	November 15, 1952 - May 16, 1954 (Retired)
10	DZA Robert Cohen Robert Cohen (boxer) Robert Cohen was a French boxer. Cohen was world bantamweight champion from 1954 to 1956.-Boxing career:...	1954 - June 29, 1956
11	ITA Mario D’Agata	June 29, 1956 - April 1, 1957
12	DZA Alphonse Halimi Alphonse Halimi Alphonse Halimi was a French boxer. He was nicknamed "la Petite Terreur."Time wrote of him: "Alphonse went to work with a street fighter's will. A grown-up guttersnipe from the back alleys of Algeria...	April 1, 1957 - July 8, 1959
13	MEX Jose Becerra Jose Becerra Jose Becerra Covarrubias is a former Mexican boxer, who became world champion in the bantamweight division.-Early life:...	July 8, 1959 - August 30, 1960 (Retired)
14	BRA Eder Jofre Eder Jofre -Pro career:A native of São Paulo, Jofre, whose nicknames were "Galinho de ouro" and "Jofrinho", made his professional debut onMarch 23, 1957, beating Raul Lopez by knockout in five rounds...	1961 - May 18, 1965
15	JPN Fighting Harada Fighting Harada Masahiko Harada , better known as Fighting Harada, is a former world boxing champion. He is currently the president of the Japanese boxing commission....	May 18, 1965 - February 27, 1968
16	AUS Lionel Rose Lionel Rose Lionel Edward Rose, MBE is an Australian bantamweight boxer, now retired, who became the first Aboriginal in boxing history to win a world title.-Early life:...	February 27, 1968 - August 22, 1969
17	MEX Ruben Olivares Rubén Olivares Rubén Olivares is a former boxer of Mexican nationality. A native of Mexico City, Olivares was a world champion multiple times, and considered by many as the greatest bantamweight champion of all time. He was very popular among Mexicans, many of whom considered him to be Mexico's greatest fighter...	August 22, 1969 - October 16, 1970
18	MEX Chucho Castillo Chucho Castillo Jesus Castillo Aguillera is a former Mexican boxer. Better known as Chucho Castillo, he was WBA and WBC Bantamweight champion in 1970....	October 16, 1970 - April 2, 1971
19	MEX Ruben Olivares Rubén Olivares Rubén Olivares is a former boxer of Mexican nationality. A native of Mexico City, Olivares was a world champion multiple times, and considered by many as the greatest bantamweight champion of all time. He was very popular among Mexicans, many of whom considered him to be Mexico's greatest fighter...	April 2, 1971 -
20	MEX Romeo Anaya Romeo Anaya Romeo Anaya, born 5 April, 1946, in Cahuare, Mexico, is a Mexican bantamweight boxer who from 20 January 1973 to 3 November 1973 was the World Boxing Association World Bantamweight Champion....	1973 - November 3, 1973
21	South Africa Arnold Taylor Arnold Taylor Arnold Taylor was a South African boxer who became the WBA Bantamweight champion in 1973.-Background:Taylor lived during the apartheid period; Born to Muriel and Joe Taylor on the 15th July 1943. White South African...	November 3, 1973 - July 3, 1974
22	KOR Soo Hwan Hong Soo Hwan Hong Soo-Hwan Hong is a retired boxer who won a world championship in the bantamweight division. -Pro career:Hong turned pro in 1969 and in 1974 captured the WBA bantamweight title with a decision win over Arnold Taylor, a fight in which Taylor was down in the 1st, 5th, and 14th rounds. He lost his...	July 3, 1974 - March 14, 1975
23	MEX Alfonso Zamora Alfonso Zamora Alfonso Zamora Quiroz is a former Mexican boxer who fought from 1973 to 1980. Zamora was the silver medalist at the 1972 Munich Olympics and enjoyed a meteoric rise in his professional career...	March 14, 1975 - November 19, 1977
24	PAN Jorge Lujan Jorge Luján Jorge Luján was born in Córdoba, Argentina and lives in Mexico City where he writes, sings and runs workshops on creative writing. He has published poetry and children's literature , as well as a short story and a book that teaches a method of writing based on images...	November 19, 1977 - August 29, 1980
25	PRI Julian Solis Julian Solis Julian Solis is a former boxer from Puerto Rico. He was born in the San Juan area of Río Piedras, but because of the closeness of his birthplace to Caguas, he often trained at the Bairoa Gym in Caguas...	August 29, 1980 - November 14, 1980
26	USA Jeff Chandler Jeff Chandler (boxer) "Joltin'" Jeff Chandler is a former boxer. Chandler reigned as the WBA Bantamweight Champion from November 1980 to April 1984....	November 14, 1980 - April 7, 1984
27	USA Richie Sandoval Richie Sandoval Richard "Richie" Sandoval is a former American boxer who was almost killed during his last fight as a professional. He won a silver medal at the 1979 Pan American Games....	April 7, 1984 - March 10, 1986
28	USA Gaby Canizales Gaby Canizales Jose 'Gaby' Canizales is a retired boxer who won world championships in the bantamweight division. Canizales turned pro in 1979 and in 1983 challenged Jeff Chandler for the World Boxing Association bantamweight title but lost a decision. In 1986 he landed a shot at Richie Sandoval for the WBA...	March 10, 1986 - June 4, 1986
29	VEN Bernardo Pinango Bernardo Piñango José Bernardo Piñango is a retired boxer from Venezuela, who won the silver medal in the Bantamweight division at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. In the final he lost to Cuba's Juan Hernández on points ....	June 4, 1986 - March 1987 (moved up to junior featherweight)

Junior Bantamweight

The Ring has not yet awarded a championship in the junior bantamweight division.

Flyweight

Number	Champion	Reign
1	Philippines Pancho Villa Francisco Guilledo Francisco Guilledo , known as Pancho Villa, was a Filipino flyweight boxer. Villa, who stood only 5 feet and 1 inch tall and never weighed more than 114 pounds , rose from obscurity to win the World Flyweight boxing championship in 1923, earning acclaim in some quarters as "the greatest...	June 18, 1923 - September 24, 1925
2	USA Fidel LaBarba	July 7, 1926 - August 23, 1927 (LaBarba moved up to Bantamweight)
3	UK Benny Lynch Benny Lynch Benny Lynch was a Scottish professional boxer who fought in the flyweight division. He is considered by some to be one of the finest boxers below the lightweight division in his era and Ring Magazine has described him as the greatest fighter that Scotland has ever produced...  (Defeated Small Montana)	January 19, 1937 - March 24, 1938 (Lynch moved up in weight class)
4	UK Jackie Paterson Jackie Paterson Jackie Paterson was a Scottish boxer who was world flyweight boxing champion. He was also British champion at flyweight and bantamweight.-Early life:...	1944 -
5	UK Rinty Monaghan Rinty Monaghan John Joseph "Rinty" Monaghan was a former world flyweight boxing champion from Belfast. He became famous in the post-war period, eventually rising to become undisputed world champion and a hero to many people in his home city....	1948 - April 1950 (Retired)
6	UK Terry Allen Terry Allen (boxer) Terry Allen was an English flyweight boxer. During his career, he became British, Commonwealth, European and World flyweight champion.- Family :...	1950 - August 1, 1950
7	USA Dado Marino Dado Marino Dado Marino, was a flyweight boxer from Honolulu, Hawaii, who became World flyweight champion in 1950. He also boxed as a bantamweight, and unsuccessfully fought for the World bantamweight title.-Professional career:...	August 1, 1950 - May 19, 1952
8	Japan Yoshio Shirai Yoshio Shirai Yoshio Shirai was a professional boxer from Tokyo, Japan. He won the world flyweight title in 1952, becoming the first Japanese boxer to win a world title.- Childhood and Early Career :...	May 19, 1952 - November 26, 1954
9	ARG Pascual Perez	November 26, 1954 - April 16, 1960
10	Thailand Pone Kingpetch Pone Kingpetch Pone Kingpetch , a.k.a. Mana Seedokbuab was a professional Thai boxer and three time world flyweight champion. He became Thailand's first world boxing champion on April 16, 1960 when he defeated Pascual Pérez of Argentina at Lumphini Boxing Stadium in Bangkok for the world flyweight championship...	April 16, 1960 - October 10, 1962
11	Japan Fighting Harada Fighting Harada Masahiko Harada , better known as Fighting Harada, is a former world boxing champion. He is currently the president of the Japanese boxing commission....	October 10, 1962 - January 12, 1963
12	Thailand Pone Kingpetch Pone Kingpetch Pone Kingpetch , a.k.a. Mana Seedokbuab was a professional Thai boxer and three time world flyweight champion. He became Thailand's first world boxing champion on April 16, 1960 when he defeated Pascual Pérez of Argentina at Lumphini Boxing Stadium in Bangkok for the world flyweight championship...	january 12, 1963 - September 18, 1963
13	Japan Hiroyuki Ebihara Hiroyuki Ebihara Hiroyuki Ebihara was a Japanese world-champion flyweight boxer from Tokyo. His record includes 62 wins , 5 losses, and 1 draw. He was the first world flyweight champion certified by the World Boxing Council, and he was also certified by the World Boxing Association and The Ring...	September 18, 1963 - January 23, 1964
14	Thailand Pone Kingpetch Pone Kingpetch Pone Kingpetch , a.k.a. Mana Seedokbuab was a professional Thai boxer and three time world flyweight champion. He became Thailand's first world boxing champion on April 16, 1960 when he defeated Pascual Pérez of Argentina at Lumphini Boxing Stadium in Bangkok for the world flyweight championship...	January 23, 1964 - April 23, 1965
15	Italy Salvatore Burruni Salvatore Burruni Salvatore Burruni , was an Italian flyweight and bantamweight boxer who fought between 1957 to 1969. Burruni was born in Alghero , and fought mostly in Europe.-Amateur career:...	April 23, 1965 - June 14, 1966
16	UK Walter McGowan Walter McGowan Walter McGowan, MBE , is a retired Scottish boxer. He is renowned for having been WBC world flyweight champion.He was the son of Thomas McGowan, who had boxed under the name of 'Joe Gans'....	June 14, 1966 - December 30, 1966
17	Thailand Chartchai Chionoi Chartchai Chionoi Chartchai Chionoi a.k.a. Chartchai Laemfapha is a former professional Thai boxer and WBC World champion in Flyweight division.- Professional career :...	December 30, 1966 - February 23, 1969
18	MEX Efren Torres Efren Torres Efren Torres is a former a Mexican boxer, who was world champion in the Flyweight division.-Pro career:Known as "El Alacrán" , Torres turned pro in 1961 and in 1969 after two unsuccessful bids at a major title defeated Susumu Hanagata by decision to capture the WBC flyweight title...	February 23, 1969 -
19	PHL Erbito Salavarria Erbito Salavarria Erbito Salavarria is a retired professional boxer from the Philippines. He's also a former WBA and WBC flyweight champion.- Biography :Salavarria made his professional debut in 1963. He captured the WBC flyweight title with a TKO win over Chartchai Chionoi in 1970...	1971 - February 9, 1973
20	Thailand Venice Borkorsor	February 9, 1973 - 1973 (moved up to bantamweight)
21	MEX Miguel Canto Miguel Canto Miguel Angel Canto Solis is a former world boxing champion from Mexico.Contrary to many Mexican boxers, Canto was not a "slam-bang" type of boxer...   (beat Shoji Oguma Shoji Oguma Shoji Oguma was a Japanese southpaw boxer at Flyweight.- Professional career :Oguma turned pro in 1970 and in 1974 won the WBC Flyweight Title by winning a split decision over Betulio Gonzalez. He lost the title three months later in his first defense against Miguel Canto... )	January 8, 1975 - March 18, 1979
22	South Korea Chan-Hee Park	March 18, 1979 - May 18, 1980
23	Japan Shoji Oguma Shoji Oguma Shoji Oguma was a Japanese southpaw boxer at Flyweight.- Professional career :Oguma turned pro in 1970 and in 1974 won the WBC Flyweight Title by winning a split decision over Betulio Gonzalez. He lost the title three months later in his first defense against Miguel Canto...	May 18, 1980 - May 12, 1981
24	MEX Antonio Avelar	May 12, 1981 - March 20, 1982
25	Colombia Prudencio Cardona Prudencio Cardona Prudencio Cardona is a former boxer who was world flyweight champion. He represented his native country at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany.-Professional boxing career:...	March 20, 1982 - July 24, 1982
26	MEX Freddie Castillo	July 24, 1982 - November 6, 1982
27	Dominican Republic Eleoncio Mercedes Eleoncio Mercedes Eleoncio Mercedes was a Dominican boxer, who was world champion in the Flyweight division.-Amateur career:As an amateur he competed for his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada...	November 6, 1982 - March 15, 1983
28	UK Charlie Magri Charlie Magri Charlie Magri is a former English flyweight boxer. He is from a Maltese family that settled in Stepney, London where he grew up...	March 15, 1983 - September 27, 1983
29	Philippines Frank Cedeno	September 27, 1983 - January 18, 1984
30	Japan Koji Kobayashi	January 18, 1984 - April 9, 1984
31	MEX Gabriel Bernal Gabriel Bernal Gabriel Bernal in Guerrero, Mexico was a former WBC Flyweight Champion. Bernal would hold the title for 6 months in 1984Bernal was a top-ten Flyweight contender when he went to Tokyo to face hometown favorite Kobi Kobayashi for the WBC Flyweight Championship. Bernal would destroy Kobayashi...	April 9, 1984 - October 8, 1984
32	Thailand Sot Chitalada Sot Chitalada Sot Chitalada in Chonburi, Thailand, was formerly twice WBC Flyweight Champion.Chitalada built a reputation as a Muay Thai champion in Thailand before making the transition to professional boxing...	October 8, 1984 - July 24, 1988
33	South Korea Yong-Kang Kim	July 24, 1988 - March 2, 1989 (Ring ceased publication for 7 months)

Junior Flyweight

Number	Champion	Reign
1	NIC Rosendo Álvarez Rosendo Álvarez Rosendo José Álvarez Hernández is a flyweight boxer, and is well known for giving Mexican legend Ricardo Lopez two tough fights. He is the only person to hold the undefeated flyweight champion to a draw....	March 31, 2003 - October 2, 2004
2	MEX Hugo Cázares Hugo Cázares Hugo Fidel Cázares is a southpaw professional boxer in the Super flyweight division. His record is 30-6-1 . He lost the World Boxing Organization's world junior flyweight championship to Iván Calderón.- External links :...  (beat Nelson Dieppa Nelson Dieppa Nelson Dieppa is a Puerto Rican professional boxer. As an amateur Dieppa represented Puerto Rico in international events including the 1991 World Amateur Boxing Championships, 1991 Pan American Games and the 1992 Summer Olympics. Dieppa debuted as a professional on February 13, 1993, when he... )	September 30, 2006 - August 25, 2007
3	Puerto Rico Ivan Calderón Ivan Calderón (boxer) Iván Calderón Marrero is a Puerto Rican professional boxer. As an amateur Calderón represented Puerto Rico in international competitions and attended the 2000 Olympic Games in Australia. On May 3, 2003, he won the World Boxing Organization's minimumweight championship when he defeated Eduardo...	August 25, 2007 - Present

See also

• Lineal championship
  Lineal championship
  In professional boxing, the lineal championship of a weight class is a notional world championship title. It is initially held at some moment in time by a boxer universally acclaimed as the best in the class. Another boxer can only win the lineal championship by defeating the reigning lineal...
  
  
• List of current world boxing champions
• List of boxing triple champions

• The Ring
  The Ring (magazine)
  The Ring is an American boxing magazine that was first published in 1922 as a boxing and wrestling magazine. As the sporting legitimacy of professional wrestling came more into question, The Ring shifted to becoming exclusively a boxing oriented publication...
  
  

External links

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