List of The Ring world champions
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This is a list of world champions who have been certified by The Ring
magazine. The Ring is a boxing
magazine that was founded in 1922. The Ring has its own version of the lineal championship
in a given weight class. The Ring began awarding world championship belts in 1922. The first Ring world title belt was awarded to heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey
and the second was awarded to flyweight champion Pancho Villa. The Ring stopped giving belts to world champions in the 1990s but began again in 2002.
In 2002, The Ring created a lineal 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". 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.)
In 2007, The Ring was acquired by the owners of fight promoter Golden Boy Promotions
, which has publicized The Rings world championship when this is at stake in fights it promotes (such as Joe Calzaghe vs. Roy Jones, Jr.
in 2008).
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, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...
magazine that was founded in 1922. The Ring has its own version of the 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 win the lineal championship only by defeating the reigning lineal...
in a given weight class. The Ring began awarding world championship belts in 1922. The first Ring world title belt was awarded to heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey
Jack Dempsey
William Harrison "Jack" Dempsey was an American boxer who held the world heavyweight title from 1919 to 1926. Dempsey's aggressive style and exceptional punching power made him one of the most popular boxers in history. Many of his fights set financial and attendance records, including the first...
and the second was awarded to flyweight champion Pancho Villa. The Ring stopped giving belts to world champions in the 1990s but began again in 2002.
In 2002, The Ring created a lineal 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". There are currently only two ways that a boxer can win The Ring
In 2007, The Ring was acquired by the owners of fight promoter Golden Boy Promotions
Golden Boy Promotions
Golden Boy Promotions, Inc. is a combat sport promotional firm started by former boxer six-division world champion Oscar De La Hoya...
, which has publicized The Rings world championship when this is at stake in fights it promotes (such as Joe Calzaghe vs. Roy Jones, Jr.
Joe Calzaghe vs. Roy Jones, Jr.
Joe Calzaghe versus Roy Jones, Jr., billed as Battle of the Superpowers was a boxing light-heavyweight superfight. The fight was held on November 8, 2008, at Madison Square Garden...
in 2008).
Heavyweight
| Number | Champion | Reign |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Jack DempseyJack Dempsey William Harrison "Jack" Dempsey was an American boxer who held the world heavyweight title from 1919 to 1926. Dempsey's aggressive style and exceptional punching power made him one of the most popular boxers in history. Many of his fights set financial and attendance records, including the first... |
1922 - September 23, 1926 |
| 2 | 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 |  Max SchmelingMax 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. He was born Joseph Paul Zukauskas , the son of Lithuanian immigrants, in Binghamton, New York but moved to Boston, Massachusetts as a young man... ) |
June 12, 1930 - June 21, 1932 |
| 4 | Jack Sharkey Jack Sharkey Jack Sharkey was an American heavyweight boxing champion. He was born Joseph Paul Zukauskas , the son of Lithuanian immigrants, in Binghamton, New York but moved to Boston, Massachusetts as a young man... |
June 21, 1932 - June 29, 1933 |
| 5 |  Primo CarneraPrimo Carnera Primo Carnera was an Italian boxer, nicknamed the Ambling Alp, who became the world heavyweight champion.-Biography:... |
June 29, 1933 - June 14, 1934 |
| 6 | Max Baer |
June 14, 1934 - June 13, 1935 |
| 7 | James J. Braddock James J. Braddock James Walter "The Cinderella Man" Braddock was an American boxer who was the world heavyweight champion from 1935 to 1937.... |
June 13, 1935 - June 22, 1937 |
| 8 | Joe Louis Joe Louis Joseph Louis Barrow , better known as Joe Louis, was the world heavyweight boxing champion from 1937 to 1949. He is considered to be one of the greatest heavyweights of all time... |
June 22, 1937 - September 27, 1950 |
| 9 | Ezzard Charles Ezzard Charles Ezzard Mack Charles was an African-American professional boxer and former world heavyweight champion. He holds wins over numerous Hall of Fame fighters in three different weight classes. Charles retired with a record of 93 wins, 25 losses and 1 draw.-Career:He was born in Lawrenceville, Georgia,... |
September 27, 1950 - July 18, 1951 |
| 10 | 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 , a record that would be broken on November 5, 1994, by George Foreman, who... |
July 18, 1951 - September 23, 1952 |
| 11 | Rocky Marciano Rocky Marciano Rocky Marciano , born Rocco Francis Marchegiano, was an American boxer and the heavyweight champion of the world from September 23, 1952, to April 27, 1956. Marciano is the only champion to hold the heavyweight title and go undefeated throughout his career. Marciano defended his title six times... |
September 23, 1952 - April 27, 1956 (Retired) |
| 12 | Floyd Patterson Floyd Patterson Floyd Patterson was an American heavyweight boxer and former undisputed heavyweight champion. At 21, Patterson became the youngest man to win the world heavyweight title. He was also the first heavyweight boxer to regain the title. He had a record of 55 wins 8 losses and 1 draw, with 40 wins by... (defeated Archie Moore Archie Moore Archie Moore, born Archibald Lee Wright , was light heavyweight world boxing champion who had one of the longest professional careers in the history of that sport.... ) |
November 30, 1956 - June 26, 1959 |
| 13 |  Ingemar JohanssonIngemar Johansson Jens Ingemar Johansson was a Swedish boxer and former heavyweight champion of the world. Johansson was the fifth heavyweight champion born outside the United States. In 1959 he defeated Floyd Patterson by TKO in the third round, after flooring Patterson seven times in that round, to win the World... |
June 26, 1959 - June 20, 1960 |
| 14 | Floyd Patterson Floyd Patterson Floyd Patterson was an American heavyweight boxer and former undisputed heavyweight champion. At 21, Patterson became the youngest man to win the world heavyweight title. He was also the first heavyweight boxer to regain the title. He had a record of 55 wins 8 losses and 1 draw, with 40 wins by... |
June 20, 1960 - September 25, 1962 |
| 15 | Sonny Liston Sonny Liston Charles L. "Sonny" Liston was a professional boxer and ex-convict known for his toughness, punching power, and intimidating appearance who became world heavyweight champion in 1962 by knocking out Floyd Patterson in the first round... |
September 25, 1962 - February 25, 1964 |
| 16 | Muhammad Ali Muhammad Ali Muhammad Ali is an American former professional boxer, philanthropist and social activist... |
February 25, 1964 - March 8, 1971 |
| 17 | Joe Frazier Joe Frazier Joseph William "Joe" Frazier , also known as Smokin' Joe, was an Olympic and Undisputed World Heavyweight boxing champion, whose professional career lasted from 1965 to 1976, with a one-fight comeback in 1981.... |
March 8, 1971 - January 22, 1973 |
| 18 | George Foreman George Foreman George Edward Foreman is an American two-time former World Heavyweight Boxing Champion, Olympic gold medalist, ordained Baptist minister, author and successful entrepreneur... |
January 22, 1973 - October 30, 1974 |
| 19 | Muhammad Ali Muhammad Ali Muhammad Ali is an American former professional boxer, philanthropist and social activist... |
October 30, 1974 - February 15, 1978 |
| 20 | Leon Spinks Leon Spinks Leon Spinks is a former American boxer. He had an overall record of 26 wins, 17 losses and 3 draws as a professional, with 14 knockout wins, and was the former World Boxing Council and World Boxing Association heavyweight champion of the world... |
February 15, 1978 - September 15, 1978 |
| 21 | Muhammad Ali Muhammad Ali Muhammad Ali is an American former professional boxer, philanthropist and social activist... |
September 15, 1978 - October 2, 1980 |
| 22 | Larry Holmes Larry Holmes Larry Holmes is a former professional boxer. He grew up in Easton, Pennsylvania, which gave birth to his boxing nickname, The Easton Assassin.... |
October 2, 1980 - September 21, 1985 |
| 23 | Michael Spinks Michael Spinks Michael Spinks is a retired American boxer who was a world champion in the light-heavyweight and heavyweight divisions... |
September 21, 1985 - June 27, 1988 |
| 24 | Mike Tyson Mike Tyson Michael Gerard "Mike" Tyson is a retired American boxer. Tyson is a former undisputed heavyweight champion of the world and holds the record as the youngest boxer to win the WBC, WBA and IBF world heavyweight titles, he was 20 years, 4 months and 22 days old... |
June 27, 1988 - February 11, 1990 |
| 25 | James Douglas |
February 11, 1990 - October 25, 1990 |
| 26 | Evander Holyfield Evander Holyfield Evander Holyfield is a professional boxer from the United States. He is a former undisputed world champion in both the cruiserweight and heavyweight divisions, earning him the nickname "The Real Deal"... |
October 25, 1990 - Oct. 1990 (discontinued championship policy during Holyfield's reign) |
| 27 |  Lennox LewisLennox Lewis Lennox Claudius Lewis, CM, CBE is a retired boxer and the most recent British undisputed world heavyweight champion. He holds dual British and Canadian citizenship... |
2002 - February 6, 2004 (Retired) |
| 28 |  Vitali KlitschkoVitali Klitschko Vitaliy Volodymyrovych Klychko is a Ukrainian professional heavyweight boxer and the current WBC heavyweight champion. He is a leader of the political party Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reform and a member of the Ukrainian delegation to the Congress of the Council of Europe. He previously... (defeated Corrie Sanders Corrie Sanders Cornelius "Corrie" Johannes Sanders is a South African former professional boxer. In 2003 he became the WBO heavyweight champion by defeating Wladimir Klitschko via a second-round knock out that is considered one of the biggest upsets in heavyweight boxing history and won Ring Magazine upset of... ) |
April 24, 2004 - November 9, 2005 (Retired) |
| 29 | Wladimir Klitschko Wladimir Klitschko Wladimir Klitschko is a Ukrainian heavyweight boxer. Klitschko is the WBA , IBF, WBO Super, IBO & Ring Magazine Champion. His older brother Vitali Klitschko is the current WBC champion... (defeated Ruslan Chagaev Ruslan Chagaev Ruslan Chagaev born October 19, 1978 in Andijan, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union) is an Uzbekistani former WBA heavyweight boxing champion of Tatar ethnicity... ) |
June 20, 2009–present |
Cruiserweight
| Number | Champion | Reign |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Carlos De LeónCarlos 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 | Alfonzo Ratliff |
June 6, 1985 - September 21, 1985 |
| 3 | Bernard Benton Bernard Benton -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 León via decision the following year. He retired in 1995.... |
September 21, 1985 - March 22, 1986 |
| 4 | Carlos De León 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 |  Jean-Marc Mormeck (Defeated Wayne BraithwaiteWayne 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 |  O'Neil BellO'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 | Jean-Marc Mormeck |
March 17, 2007 - November 10, 2007 |
| 8 | David Haye David Haye David Deron Haye is a retired English professional boxer,Haye is the former WBA heavyweight champion. He is also the former unified world cruiserweight champion, holding the WBA, WBC, WBO, and The Ring cruiserweight titles, and also the former European cruiserweight champion.- Amateur :Haye... |
November 10, 2007 - May 23, 2008 (Moved up to Heavyweight) |
| 9 |  Tomasz AdamekTomasz Adamek Tomasz Adamek is a Polish professional heavyweight boxer. His record is 44-2 .He is the former WBC world light heavyweight champion and the former IBF, IBO and The Ring magazine cruiserweight champion. As of the end of 2009, Ring Magazine has ranked Adamek as the 30th best boxer in the world... (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 .-Amateur career:... ) |
December 11, 2008 - February 20, 2010 (Moved up to Heavyweight) |
Light Heavyweight
| Number | Champion | Reign |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maxie Rosenbloom Maxie Rosenbloom Max Everitt Rosenbloom, known as Slapsie Maxie was an American boxer, actor, and television personality.-Life and career:... |
June 25, 1930 - November 16, 1934 |
| 2 | Bob Olin Bob Olin Robert Lous "Bob" Olin was an American boxer.He won the World Light Heavyweight Championship.-Boxing career:In 1928 Olin won the New York City Golden Gloves Open Championship... |
November 16, 1934 - October 31, 1935 |
| 3 | 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 | Billy Conn Billy Conn William David Conn , better known as Billy Conn, was an American 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 | Gus Lesnevich Gus Lesnevich Gustav George Lesnevich was an American boxer. Lesnevich was born and raised in Cliffside Park, New Jersey.... (beat Tami Mauriello) |
August 26, 1941 - July 26, 1948 |
| 6 | 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 | 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 in... |
January 24, 1950 - December 17, 1952 |
| 8 | Archie Moore Archie Moore Archie Moore, born Archibald Lee Wright , was light heavyweight world boxing champion who had one of the longest professional careers in the history of that sport.... |
December 17, 1952 - May 12, 1962 (moved up to Heavyweight) |
| 9 | Harold Johnson Harold Johnson (boxer) Harold Johnson , is a former professional boxer.Johnson was born in Roxborough, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He 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 is a former American heavyweight boxer.- Boxing career :Doug "Pugilism" Jones started off his career successfully with 18 consecutive 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... ) |
May 12, 1962 - June 1, 1963 |
| 10 | 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 | José Torres José Torres José Torres , was a Puerto Rican professional boxer. As an amateur boxer, he 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 |  Dick TigerDick Tiger Dick Tiger CBE was a boxer from Ubahu village, Amaigbo, Nigeria, who emigrated to Liverpool and later to the United States of America. Tiger was a member of the Igbo ethnic group... |
December 16, 1966 - May 24, 1968 |
| 13 | Bob Foster |
May 24, 1968 - September 16, 1974 (retired) |
| 14 |  Víctor GalíndezVíctor 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 José 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 | 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 an infant, and he and his elder brother were sent to live with an aunt. When he was five, his aunt could not afford to look after both of them and she instructed Saad... (awarded title by Ring) |
November 30, 1979 - December 19, 1981 |
| 16 | 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 | Michael Spinks Michael Spinks Michael Spinks is a retired American boxer who was a world champion in the light-heavyweight and heavyweight divisions... |
March 18, 1983 - September 21, 1985 (won heavyweight title) |
| 18 | Roy Jones Jr. Roy Jones Jr. Roy Jones, Jr. is an American boxer. As a professional he has captured numerous world titles in the middleweight, super middleweight, light heavyweight, and heavyweight divisions... |
2001 - May 15, 2004 (moved up to heavyweight) |
| 19 | Antonio Tarver Antonio Tarver Antonio Deon Tarver , nicknamed the "Magic Man", is a professional boxer from Orlando, Florida and the former WBC, WBA, IBF, & The Ring light heavyweight champion.... |
May 15, 2004 - December 18, 2004 |
| 20 | Glen Johnson Glen Johnson (boxer) Glengoffe Donovan Johnson is a professional boxer. Nicknamed Gentleman and The Road Warrior, Johnson is the former IBF and Ring magazine light heavyweight champion.-Amateur career:... |
December 18, 2004 - June 18, 2005 |
| 21 | Antonio Tarver Antonio Tarver Antonio Deon Tarver , nicknamed the "Magic Man", is a professional boxer from Orlando, Florida and the former WBC, WBA, IBF, & The Ring light heavyweight champion.... |
June 18, 2005 - June 10, 2006 |
| 22 | Bernard Hopkins Bernard Hopkins Bernard Hopkins Jr, known as The Executioner is an American boxer and the current Ring Magazine and WBC light heavyweight champion... |
June 10, 2006 - April 19, 2008 |
| 23 | Joe Calzaghe Joe Calzaghe Joseph William Calzaghe, CBE, MBE is a Welsh former professional boxer. He is the former WBO, WBA, WBC, IBF, The Ring & British super middleweight champion and The Ring light heavyweight champion.... |
April 19, 2008 - February 6, 2009 (Retired) |
| 24 |  Jean PascalJean Pascal Jean-Thenistor Pascal is a Canadian professional boxer. He is the former WBC, IBO and Ring magazine light heavyweight champion of the world.-Early life:... (Defeated Chad Dawson Chad Dawson "Bad" Chad Dawson is an American boxer from Hartsville, South Carolina, USA, and the former WBC & IBF light heavyweight champion. Dawson is rated by The Ring Magazine as the number four Light Heavyweight boxer in the world.-Early life:... ) |
August 14, 2010 - May 21, 2011 |
| 25 | Bernard Hopkins Bernard Hopkins Bernard Hopkins Jr, known as The Executioner is an American boxer and the current Ring Magazine and WBC light heavyweight champion... |
May 21, 2011 - present |
Super Middleweight
| Number | Champion | Reign |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joe Calzaghe Joe Calzaghe Joseph William Calzaghe, CBE, MBE is a Welsh former professional boxer. He is the former WBO, WBA, WBC, IBF, The Ring & British super middleweight champion and The Ring light heavyweight champion.... (defeated 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 | Marcel Thil Marcel Thil -Career:Born in Saint-Dizier, Haute-Marne in the Champagne-Ardenne Region of France, Thil started boxing at a very young age and turned professional at the age of sixteen... |
1933 - September 23, 1937 |
| 2 | 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 | 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, "Man of Steel." In addition, he had the reputation of being able to take fearsome punishment and still rally to win, reinforcing that nickname... |
November 28, 1941 - July 16, 1947 |
| 4 | Rocky Graziano Rocky Graziano Rocky Graziano, born Thomas Rocco Barbella in New York City , was an Italian 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 | 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, "Man of Steel." In addition, he had the reputation of being able to take fearsome punishment and still rally to win, reinforcing that nickname... |
June 10, 1948 - September 21, 1948 |
| 6 | 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 greatest boxer, and beyond to be one of the best to have learned his craft in Africa... |
September 21, 1948 - June 16, 1949 |
| 7 | Jake LaMotta Jake LaMotta Giacobbe LaMotta , better known as Jake LaMotta, nicknamed "The Bronx Bull" and "The Raging Bull", is a former American world middleweight champion boxer... |
June 16, 1949 - February 14, 1951 |
| 8 | Sugar Ray Robinson Sugar Ray Robinson Sugar Ray Robinson was an African-American professional boxer. Frequently cited as the greatest boxer of all time, Robinson's performances in 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 | Randy Turpin Randy Turpin Randolph Adolphus Turpin known as the Leamington Larruper, 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 | Sugar Ray Robinson Sugar Ray Robinson Sugar Ray Robinson was an African-American professional boxer. Frequently cited as the greatest boxer of all time, Robinson's performances in 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 | Carl Olson (beat Randy Turpin Randy Turpin Randolph Adolphus Turpin known as the Leamington Larruper, 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 | Sugar Ray Robinson Sugar Ray Robinson Sugar Ray Robinson was an African-American professional boxer. Frequently cited as the greatest boxer of all time, Robinson's performances in 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 | Gene Fullmer Gene Fullmer Gene Fullmer is a former American middleweight boxer and world champion.-Professional career:Fullmer began his professional career in 1951 and won his first 29 fights, 19 by knockout... |
January 2, 1957 - May 1, 1957 |
| 14 | Sugar Ray Robinson Sugar Ray Robinson Sugar Ray Robinson was an African-American professional boxer. Frequently cited as the greatest boxer of all time, Robinson's performances in 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 | 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 | Terry Downes Terry Downes Terry Downes is a retired British middleweight boxer. He was nicknamed the "Paddington Express" for his aggressive fighting style. As of 2008, Downes was Britain’s oldest surviving former world champion... |
July 11, 1961 - April 7, 1962 |
| 17 | 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 | Dick Tiger Dick Tiger Dick Tiger CBE was a boxer from Ubahu village, Amaigbo, Nigeria, who emigrated to Liverpool and later to the United States of America. Tiger was a member of the Igbo ethnic group... (Awarded title by Ring) |
May 7, 1963 - December 7, 1963 |
| 19 | 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 | Dick Tiger Dick Tiger Dick Tiger CBE was a boxer from Ubahu village, Amaigbo, Nigeria, who emigrated to Liverpool and later to the United States of America. Tiger was a member of the Igbo ethnic group... |
October 21, 1965 - April 25, 1966 |
| 21 |  Emile GriffithEmile 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 perhaps best known for his controversial third fight with Benny Paret in 1962 for the welterweight world championship... |
April 25, 1966 - April 17, 1967 |
| 22 | Nino Benvenuti |
April 17, 1967 - September 29, 1967 |
| 23 | 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 perhaps best known for his controversial third fight with Benny Paret in 1962 for the welterweight world championship... |
September 29, 1967 - March 4, 1968 |
| 24 | Nino Benvenuti |
March 4, 1968 - November 7, 1970 |
| 25 | Carlos Monzón Carlos Monzón Carlos Monzón was an Argentine professional boxer who held the undisputed world middleweight title for 7 years, during which he successfully defended the title 14 times.... |
November 7, 1970 - August 29, 1977 (Retired) |
| 26 |  Rodrigo ValdezRodrigo Valdez Rodrigo Valdéz is a former boxer from Colombia who was a two-time world middleweight champion and former undisputed middleweight champion of the world whose rivalry with Carlos Monzón has long been considered among the most legendary boxing rivalries. Valdez was trained by International Boxing... (beat Bennie Briscoe Bennie Briscoe "Bad" Bennie Briscoe was the quintessential Philadelphia boxer."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 | 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 | Vito Antuofermo Vito Antuofermo Vito Antuofermo is an Italian-American actor who is also a former world Middleweight boxing champion.-Background:Antuofermo was born in Italy, in the town of Palo del Colle, which is located about 15 km inland from the city of Bari. but his family moved to the United States when he was 17... |
June 30, 1979 - March 16, 1980 |
| 29 | 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 | Marvelous Marvin Hagler |
September 27, 1980 - April 6, 1987 |
| 31 | Sugar Ray Leonard Sugar Ray Leonard Sugar Ray Leonard is an American retired professional boxer and occasional actor. He was named Ray Charles Leonard, after his mother's favorite singer, Ray Charles... |
April 6, 1987 - (retired, then moved up to Super Middleweight) |
| 32 | Sumbu Kalambay Sumbu Kalambay Sumbu "Patrizio" Kalambay is a Zaire-Italian former professional boxer who held the WBA middleweight championship. He was born in Zaire, moving to Italy during his youth, 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 | Bernard Hopkins Bernard Hopkins Bernard Hopkins Jr, known as The Executioner is an American boxer and the current Ring Magazine and WBC light heavyweight champion... |
September 29, 2001 - July 16, 2005 |
| 34 | 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 25 bouts, which included victories over former champions Raúl Márquez and William Joppy... |
July 16, 2005 - September 29, 2007 |
| 35 | Kelly Pavlik Kelly Pavlik Kelly Pavlik is an American professional boxer. He was The Ring, WBC, & WBO middleweight champion from when he beat Jermain Taylor on September 29, 2007 until he lost his titles to Sergio Martinez on April 17, 2010.... |
September 29, 2007 – April 17, 2010 |
| 36 | Sergio Gabriel Martínez Sergio Gabriel Martínez Sergio Gabriel Martínez is an Argentine professional boxer and the current The Ring middleweight champion.... |
April 17, 2010 – present |
Junior Middleweight
| Number | Champion | Reign |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oscar Albarado Oscar Albarado Oscar Albarado was an American boxer. He competed in the light middleweight division.- Professional career :... (beat 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 :... ) |
June 4, 1974 - January 21, 1975 |
| 2 |  Koichi WajimaKoichi 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 |  Jae-Doo YuhJae-Doo Yuh Jae-Doo Yuh is a former boxer from South Korea.-Pro career:In 1971, Yuh won the Orient and Pacific Boxing Federation middleweight title.... |
June 7, 1975 - February 17, 1976 |
| 4 | 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 |  Jose Manuel DuranJose Manuel Duran Jose Manuel Duran is a former Spanish professional boxer. During his eleven year professional career Duran held the WBA World Light Middleweight title, in addition to this he also challenged for the WBC version of the title and held the EBU title.-Professional career:Duran made his professional... |
May 18, 1976 - October 8, 1976 |
| 6 | Miguel Angel Castellini Miguel Angel Castellini Miguel Angel Castellini is a former Argentine professional boxer. Castellini, who was active as a professional from 1965 to 1980, is most notable for having held the WBA World Light Middleweight title.... |
October 8, 1976 - March 5, 1977 |
| 7 |  Eddie GazoEddie Gazo Eddie Gazo is a former professional boxer in the super welterweight division.-Pro career:... |
March 5, 1977 - August 9, 1978 |
| 8 | 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 |  Ayub Kalule |
October 24, 1979 - June 25, 1981 |
| 10 | Sugar Ray Leonard Sugar Ray Leonard Sugar Ray Leonard is an American retired professional boxer and occasional actor. He was named Ray Charles Leonard, after his mother's favorite singer, Ray Charles... |
June 25, 1981 - June 25, 1982 |
| 11 | Thomas Hearns Thomas Hearns Thomas "Hitman" Hearns is a retired American boxer. Nicknamed the "Motor City Cobra" and more famously "The Hitman", Hearns became the first boxer in history to win world titles in four divisions. He would also become the first fighter in history to win five world titles in five different divisions... |
May 1983 - September 1986 |
| 12 | Oscar De La Hoya Oscar de la Hoya Oscar De La Hoya is a retired American boxer of Mexican descent. Nicknamed "The Golden Boy", De La Hoya won a gold medal at the Barcelona Olympic Games shortly after graduating from Garfield High School. De La Hoya comes from a boxing family. His grandfather Vicente, father Joel Sr., and brother... (beat Fernando Vargas Fernando Vargas Fernando Vargas is a retired Mexican American boxer and two-time world champion, who won a bronze medal as an amateur at the 1995 Pan American Games in Mar del Plata. His nicknames include "Ferocious", "The Aztec Warrior" and "El Feroz"... ) |
September 14, 2002 - September 13, 2003 |
| 13 | Sugar Shane Mosley |
September 13, 2003 - March 13, 2004 |
| 14 | Winky Wright Winky Wright Ronald Lamont "Winky" Wright is an American boxer, the former undisputed world light middleweight champion and a current middleweight contender.... |
March 13, 2004 - November 7, 2005 (moved up to Middleweight) |
Welterweight
| Number | Champion | Reign | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 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... |
1933 - May 28, 1934 | |||
| 2 | Barney Ross Barney Ross Barney Ross , born Beryl David Rosofsky, was a world champion boxer in three weight divisions and decorated veteran of World War II.-Early life:... |
May 28, 1934 - September 17, 1934 | |||
| 3 | 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... |
September 17, 1934 - May 28, 1935 | |||
| 4 | Barney Ross Barney Ross Barney Ross , born Beryl David Rosofsky, was a world champion boxer in three weight divisions and decorated veteran of World War II.-Early life:... |
May 28, 1935 - May 31, 1938 | |||
| 5 | Henry Armstrong Henry Armstrong Henry Jackson Jr. was a world boxing champion who fought under the name Henry Armstrong. He is universally regarded as one of the greatest fighters of all time by many boxing critics and fellow professionals.Henry Jr... |
May 31, 1938 - October 4, 1940 | |||
| 6 | Fritzie Zivic Fritzie Zivic Fritzie Zivic , born as Ferdinand Henry John Zivcich , was an American boxer.-Biography:... |
October 4, 1940 - July 29, 1941 | |||
| 7 | Freddie Cochrane |
July 29, 1941 - February 1, 1946 | |||
| 8 | 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.-Amateur career:Servo had an impressive amateur career... |
February 1, 1946 - September 25, 1946 (Retired) | |||
| 9 | Sugar Ray Robinson Sugar Ray Robinson Sugar Ray Robinson was an African-American professional boxer. Frequently cited as the greatest boxer of all time, Robinson's performances in the welterweight and middleweight divisions prompted sportswriters to create "pound for pound" rankings, where they compared fighters regardless of weight... (beat Tommy Bell Tommy Bell (boxer) Tommy Bell was an African-American boxer. As a professional, he faced legendary fighters such as Jake LaMotta, Fritzie Zivic, and Kid Gavilán. Bell fought for the welterweight title against Sugar Ray Robinson in 1946.... ) |
December 20, 1946 - 1951 | |||
| 10 |  Kid GavilanKid Gavilan Gerardo González , better known in the boxing world as Kid Gavilan, was a former 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 | |||
| 11 | Johnny Saxton Johnny Saxton Johnny Saxton was an American professional boxer in the welterweight division. He was born in Newark, New Jersey, learned to box in a Brooklyn orphanage and had an amateur career winning 31 of 33 fights, twice becoming World Welterweight Champion.- Professional career :Saxton turned professional... |
October 20, 1954 - April 1, 1955 | |||
| 12 | 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 | |||
| 13 | Carmen Basilio Carmen Basilio Carmine Basilio better known in the boxing world as Carmen Basilio, is an American former professional boxer who was a two weight world boxing champion... |
June 10, 1955 - March 14, 1956 | |||
| 14 | Johnny Saxton Johnny Saxton Johnny Saxton was an American professional boxer in the welterweight division. He was born in Newark, New Jersey, learned to box in a Brooklyn orphanage and had an amateur career winning 31 of 33 fights, twice becoming World Welterweight Champion.- Professional career :Saxton turned professional... |
March 14, 1956 - September 12, 1956 | |||
| 15 | Carmen Basilio Carmen Basilio Carmine Basilio better known in the boxing world as Carmen Basilio, is an American former professional boxer who was a two weight world boxing champion... |
September 12, 1956 - September 23, 1957 (Vacated / Won Middleweight) | |||
| 16 | Virgil Akins Virgil Akins Virgil Akins was an American boxer who won the undisputed Welterweight Championship of the World in 1958. Nicknamed ‘Honeybear’, Akins was the first World Champion boxer from St. Louis.-Career:... (beat Vince Martinez) |
June 6, 1958 - December 5, 1958 | |||
| 17 | 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’... |
December 5, 1958 - May 27, 1960 | |||
| 18 | Benny Paret Benny Paret Benny "the Kid" Paret, born Bernardo Paret , born in Santa Clara, Cuba, was a Cuban welterweight boxer. Paret won the world welterweight title twice in the early 1960s and died in 1962 following an unsuccessful attempt to defend the crown in what is considered to be the first ring death witnessed... |
May 27, 1960 - April 1, 1961 | |||
| 19 | 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 perhaps best known for his controversial third fight with Benny Paret in 1962 for the welterweight world championship... |
April 1, 1961 - September 30, 1961 | |||
| 20 | Benny Paret Benny Paret Benny "the Kid" Paret, born Bernardo Paret , born in Santa Clara, Cuba, was a Cuban welterweight boxer. Paret won the world welterweight title twice in the early 1960s and died in 1962 following an unsuccessful attempt to defend the crown in what is considered to be the first ring death witnessed... |
September 30, 1961 - March 24, 1962 | |||
| 21 | 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 perhaps best known for his controversial third fight with Benny Paret in 1962 for the welterweight world championship... |
March 24, 1962 - March 21, 1963 | |||
| 22 | Luis Manuel Rodríguez Luis Manuel Rodriguez Luis Manuel Rodríguez was a professional 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 campaigned in the United States... |
March 21, 1963 - June 8, 1963 | |||
| 23 | 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 perhaps best known for his controversial third fight with Benny Paret in 1962 for the welterweight world championship... |
June 8, 1963 - April 25, 1966 (Vacated / Won Middleweight) | |||
| 24 | Curtis Cokes Curtis Cokes Curtis Cokes is a former boxer from Dallas, Texas, United States. 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:... (beat Jean Josselin) |
November 28, 1966 - April 18, 1969 | |||
| 25 |  José NápolesJosé Napoles José Ángel Nápoles, nicknamed Mantequilla , is a Cuban-Mexican boxer and former world welterweight champion, who is frequently ranked as one of the greatest fighters of all time in that division... |
April 18, 1969 - December 3, 1970 | |||
| 26 | 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 | |||
| 27 | José Nápoles José Napoles José Ángel Nápoles, nicknamed Mantequilla , is a Cuban-Mexican boxer and former world welterweight champion, who is frequently ranked as one of the greatest fighters of all time in that division... |
June 4, 1971 - December 6, 1975 | |||
| 28 | John Stracey |
December 6, 1975 - June 22, 1976 | |||
| 29 | Carlos Palomino Carlos Palomino Carlos Palomino a retired Mexican professional boxer. Palomino is a former WBC Welterweight Champion and member of the International Boxing Hall of Fame. Palomino is also an actor who has been featured in several television shows and films... |
June 22, 1976 - January 14, 1979 | |||
| 30 | Wilfred Benítez 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 at the age of 17... |
January 14, 1979 - November 30, 1979 | |||
| 31 | Sugar Ray Leonard Sugar Ray Leonard Sugar Ray Leonard is an American retired professional boxer and occasional actor. He was named Ray Charles Leonard, after his mother's favorite singer, Ray Charles... |
November 30, 1979 - June 20, 1980 | |||
| 32 |  Roberto DuránRoberto Durán Roberto Durán Samaniego 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.... |
>- | 33 | Sugar Ray Leonard Sugar Ray Leonard Sugar Ray Leonard is an American retired professional boxer and occasional actor. He was named Ray Charles Leonard, after his mother's favorite singer, Ray Charles... |
November 25, 1980 - November 9, 1982 (Retired) |
| 34 | Donald Curry Donald Curry Donald Curry is a retired boxer from Fort Worth, Texas, United States. Nicknamed the "Lone Star Cobra," Curry was the Undisputed World Welterweight Champion and the WBC Super Welterweight Champion.-Amateur career:... (defeated Milton McCrory Milton McCrory Milton McCrory was a professional boxer in the welterweight division.- Amateur :Milton had a reported amateur record of 105-15.He lost in the 1979 National AAU finals to Lemuel Steeples and in the Olympic Trials to Johnny Bumphus.- Pro career :Known as "Ice Man", McCrory turned pro in 1980 an won... ) |
December 6, 1985 - September 27, 1986 | |||
| 35 | 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 | |||
| 36 | 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 | |||
| 37 | 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 | |||
| 38 | Marlon Starling Marlon Starling Marlon "Magic Man" Starling was a two-time US world champion boxer.Starling was born in Hartford, CT in 1959. He 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, challenging... |
February 4, 1989 - March 2, 1989 (Ring ceased publication for 7 months) | |||
| 39 | Vernon Forrest Vernon Forrest Vernon Forrest, nicknamed "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 and upset losses to Ricardo Mayorga.- Early years and amateur career :Forrest began boxing at... (beat Shane Mosley Shane Mosley “Sugar” Shane Mosley is an American professional boxer from Pomona, California who has held world titles in three weight divisions.-Amateur career:Mosley was an amateur standout, capturing various amateur titles, including:... ) |
January 26, 2002 - January 25, 2003 | |||
| 40 | Ricardo Mayorga Ricardo Mayorga Ricardo Mayorga , is a Nicaraguan professional boxer. He is the former WBA/WBC Welterweight champion and the former WBC light middleweight champion. He holds a record of 29-8 with 23 knockouts and 1 draw 1 no contest. He was featured for the first time on the cover of Ring Magazine on the December... |
January 25, 2003 - December 13, 2003 | |||
| 41 | Cory Spinks Cory Spinks Corey Spinks is a professional boxer. He is a former IBF Light middleweight champion, and a former Undisputed Welterweight Champion.... |
December 13, 2003 - February 5, 2005 | |||
| 42 | Zab Judah Zab Judah Zabdiel Judah is an American professional boxer. Judah has won five world titles between the junior welterweight and welterweight divisions, and is a former undisputed welterweight champion.... |
February 5, 2005 - January 7, 2006 | |||
| 43 | Carlos Manuel Baldomir Carlos Manuel Baldomir Carlos Manuel Baldomir is an Argentine boxer and the former WBC & The Ring welterweight champion.- Boxing Style :... |
January 7, 2006 - November 4, 2006 | |||
| 44 | Floyd Mayweather Jr. Floyd Mayweather Jr. Floyd Joy Mayweather, Jr. is an American professional boxer. He is a five-division world champion, where he has won seven world titles, as well as the lineal championship in three different weight classes... |
November 4, 2006 - June 29, 2008 (Retired) |
Junior Welterweight
| Number | Champion | Reign |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 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 | 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 |  Carlos HernándezCarlos Morocho Hernandez Carlos Enrique Hernández Ramos was a world champion professional boxer. Known professionally as Carlos Morocho, he ended his career following a KO by Scottish boxer Ken Buchanan.-History:... |
January 18, 1965 - April 29, 1966 |
| 4 | 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 | 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 | Nicolino Locche Nicolino Locche Nicolino Locche was an Argentine boxer from Tunuyán, Mendoza. He was of Italian origin, with his ancestors coming from Sardinia... |
December 12, 1968 - |
| 7 | Antonio Cervantes Antonio Cervantes Antonio Cervantes aka Kid Pambelé is a Colombian boxing trainer and former two time world Jr. Welterweight champion. He successfully defended the title 16 times. Cervantes fought 21 world title fights, keeping the 140 pounds title for almost 8 years... |
1972 - March 6, 1976 |
| 8 | Wilfred Benítez 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 at the age of 17... |
March 6, 1976 - January 14, 1979 (won welterweight title) |
| 9 | Antonio Cervantes Antonio Cervantes Antonio Cervantes aka Kid Pambelé is a Colombian boxing trainer and former two time world Jr. Welterweight champion. He successfully defended the title 16 times. Cervantes fought 21 world title fights, keeping the 140 pounds title for almost 8 years... |
1979 - August 2, 1980 |
| 10 | 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 |  Kostya Tszyu (beat Zab JudahZab Judah Zabdiel Judah is an American professional boxer. Judah has won five world titles between the junior welterweight and welterweight divisions, and is a former undisputed welterweight champion.... ) |
November 3, 2001 - June 4, 2005 |
| 12 | Ricky Hatton Ricky Hatton Richard John Hatton MBE, more commonly known as Ricky "the Hitman" Hatton, , is a former British professional boxer, and currently a promoter.... |
June 4, 2005 - May 2, 2009 |
| 13 |  Manny PacquiaoManny Pacquiao Emmanuel "Manny" Dapidran Pacquiao, PLH is a Filipino professional boxer and politician. He is the first eight-division world champion; having won six world titles, as well as the first to win the lineal championship in four different weight classes. He was named "Fighter of the Decade" for the... |
May 2, 2009 - July 23, 2010 (Vacated) |
Lightweight
| Number | Champion | Reign |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barney Ross Barney Ross Barney Ross , born Beryl David Rosofsky, was a world champion boxer in three weight divisions and decorated veteran of World War II.-Early life:... |
June 23,1933 - 1933 (Vacated / Moved up to Jr. Welterweight) |
| 2 | 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.- Early life :When he was a teenager, he and his family moved... (beat 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... ) |
May 10, 1935 - September 3, 1936 |
| 3 | 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... |
September 3, 1936 - August 17, 1938 |
| 4 | Henry Armstrong Henry Armstrong Henry Jackson Jr. was a world boxing champion who fought under the name Henry Armstrong. He is universally regarded as one of the greatest fighters of all time by many boxing critics and fellow professionals.Henry Jr... |
August 17, 1938 - August 22, 1939 |
| 5 | 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 - May 10, 1940 |
| 6 | Lew Jenkins |
May 10, 1940 - December 19, 1941 |
| 7 | 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 - November 13, 1942 (Retired) |
| 8 | 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.-Professional Career:During his career, Williams faced and... (beat Bob Montgomery Bob Montgomery (boxer) Bob Montgomery was an American lightweight boxer. He was born in Sumter, South Carolina.Montgomery went undefeated in his first 23 fights, going 22-0-1 and winning the Pennsylvania State Lightweight Title.... ) |
August 4, 1947 - May 25, 1951 |
| 9 | 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 | Lauro Salas Lauro Salas Lauro Salas was a former world lightweight boxing champion.-Professional career:... |
May 14, 1952 - October 15, 1952 |
| 11 | 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 | 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 | 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 | Wallace (Bud) Smith |
June 29, 1955 - August 24, 1956 |
| 15 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 - June 29, 1968 |
| 19 |  Carlos Cruz |
June 29, 1968 - February 18, 1969 |
| 20 | Mando Ramos Mando Ramos Armando Ramos was a Mexican-American professional boxer and the former two-time WBC and WBA Lightweight Champion. 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... |
February 18, 1969 - March 3, 1970 |
| 21 | 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... |
March 3, 1970 - September 26, 1970 |
| 22 | Ken Buchanan Ken Buchanan Ken Buchanan is a former boxing undisputed world lightweight champion. Many consider Buchanan to be the best boxer ever to come out of Scotland.- Early career :... |
September 26, 1970 - June 26, 1972 |
| 23 | Roberto Durán Roberto Durán Roberto Durán Samaniego 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) |
| 24 | Jim Watt (Awarded title by Ring) |
April 12, 1981 - June 20, 1981 |
| 25 | Alexis Argüello Alexis Argüello Alexis Argüello , also known by the stage name El Flaco Explosivo , was a Nicaraguan professional boxer and politician... |
June 20, 1981 - February 1983 (moved up to Junior Welterweight) |
| 26 | Julio César Chávez Julio César Chávez Julio César Chávez is a retired Mexican professional boxer.He is a six-time world champion in three weight divisions, and for several years he was considered the best pound-for-pound boxer in the world... (beat José Luis Ramírez José Luis Ramírez José Luis Ramírez is a retired Mexican boxer. He was a two-time World Lightweight Champion.-Career:A native of Huatabampo, Sonora and a resident of Culiacán, Ramírez made his professional debut on March 25, 1973 at the age of 15. He climbed slowly but steadily on boxing's rankings... ) |
October 29, 1988 - March 2, 1989 (Ring vacated title) |
| 27 | Pernell Whitaker Pernell Whitaker Pernell Whitaker , nicknamed "Sweet Pea", is a professional boxing trainer and retired American professional boxer... (beat Juan Nazario Juan Nazario Juan Nazario is a former professional boxer. During his career, which lasted from 1982 to 1993, Nazario won the WBA world lightweight title. His first world title challenge came in 1987 when he fought fellow Puerto Rican Edwin Rosario for the WBA belt, Roasario won the fight by an eighth round... ) |
August 11, 1990 - January 14, 1992 (moved up to Junior Welterweight) |
| 28 | Floyd Mayweather Jr. Floyd Mayweather Jr. Floyd Joy Mayweather, Jr. is an American professional boxer. He is a five-division world champion, where he has won seven world titles, as well as the lineal championship in three different weight classes... (beat José Luis Castillo José Luis Castillo José Luis Castillo is a Mexican boxer. Nicknamed El Temible, Castillo is considered one the best lightweights of his era. He is the former The Ring and two-time WBC Lightweight champion.... ) |
April 20, 2002 - May 22, 2004 (moved up to Junior Welterweight) |
| 29 | José Luis Castillo José Luis Castillo José Luis Castillo is a Mexican boxer. Nicknamed El Temible, Castillo is considered one the best lightweights of his era. He is the former The Ring and two-time WBC Lightweight champion.... (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 |
| 30 | Diego Corrales Diego Corrales Diego "Chico" Corrales was an American boxer.He was the WBC, WBO, & The Ring lightweight champion, and the WBO & IBF super featherweight champion.... |
May 7, 2005 - October 7, 2006 |
| 31 | 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 |
| 32 | Juan Manuel Márquez Juan Manuel Márquez Juan Manuel Márquez Méndez , is a Mexican professional boxer. He is the fourth Mexican-born boxer to become a three-division world champion, where he won eight world titles in three different boxing weight classes.Currently, Marquez is the WBA Super, WBO and The Ring lightweight champion... |
September 13, 2008 – present |
Junior Lightweight
| Number | Champion | Reign |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Flash Elorde |
1963 - June 15, 1967 |
| 2 | 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 | 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 | Alfredo Marcano Alfredo Marcano Alfredo Marcano was a Venezuelan professional boxer. During his career, which spanned from 1966 to 1975, Marcano won the WBA World super featherweight title. Marcano challenged for the WBA title on July 29, 1971 against Hiroshi Kobayashi. The fight took place in Japan—the home country of the... |
July 29, 1971 - |
| 5 | 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 | 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 | Samuel Serrano Samuel Serrano Samuel Serrano , nicknamed Sammy and El Torbellino, is a Puerto Rican who won boxing's world junior lightweight championship twice.-Early history:... |
October 16, 1976 - August 2, 1980 |
| 8 | 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 | Samuel Serrano Samuel Serrano Samuel Serrano , nicknamed Sammy and El Torbellino, is a Puerto Rican who won boxing's world junior lightweight championship twice.-Early history:... |
April 9, 1981 - January 19, 1983 |
| 10 | 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 | Rocky Lockridge Rocky Lockridge Rocky Lockridge , is a former boxer and world champion. As a professional, he is perhaps best known for handing Roger Mayweather his first defeat, in a first-round knockout for the WBA super featherweight championship.-Amateur career:... |
February 26, 1984 - May 19, 1985 |
| 12 | Wilfredo Gómez Wilfredo Gómez Wilfredo Gómez , sometimes referred to as Bazooka Gómez, is a former boxer and three time world champion.-Biography:... |
May 19, 1985 - May 24, 1986 |
| 13 | Alfredo Layne Alfredo Layne Alfredo Layne was a Panamanian professional boxer. Layne is notable for having won the WBA World super featherweight title. Layne, who began fighting professionally in 1981, fought in his first world title fight on May 24, 1986 as he travelled to San Juan to challenge the Puerto Rican world... |
May 24, 1986 - September 27, 1986 |
| 14 |  Brian Mitchell |
September 27, 1986 - March 30, 1987 |
| 15 | Manny Pacquiao Manny Pacquiao Emmanuel "Manny" Dapidran Pacquiao, PLH is a Filipino professional boxer and politician. He is the first eight-division world champion; having won six world titles, as well as the first to win the lineal championship in four different weight classes. He was named "Fighter of the Decade" for the... (beat Juan Manuel Márquez Juan Manuel Márquez Juan Manuel Márquez Méndez , is a Mexican professional boxer. He is the fourth Mexican-born boxer to become a three-division world champion, where he won eight world titles in three different boxing weight classes.Currently, Marquez is the WBA Super, WBO and The Ring lightweight champion... ) |
March 15, 2008 - July 2008 (Moved up to lightweight) |
Featherweight
| Number | Champion | Reign |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kid Chocolate Kid Chocolate For the boxer of the same nickname see Peter Quillin.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:Eligio Montaldo, also nicknamed The Cuban Bon Bon, learned how... |
1933 - |
| 2 | 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 - May 11, 1936 |
| 3 | 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:... |
May 11, 1936- October 29, 1937 |
| 4 | Henry Armstrong Henry Armstrong Henry Jackson Jr. was a world boxing champion who fought under the name Henry Armstrong. He is universally regarded as one of the greatest fighters of all time by many boxing critics and fellow professionals.Henry Jr... |
October 29, 1937 - December 5, 1938 (Vacated) |
| 5 | Joey Archibald Joey Archibald Joey Archibald was the former world boxing featherweight champion. He was born in Providence, Rhode Island.... (beat Leo Rodak Leo Rodak Leo Rodak was an American boxer from Chicago. Rodak was undefeated in his first 22 fights, with one of those wins coming against Tommy Paul.From 1931-1933 Rodak fought in the Chicago Golden Gloves tournament... ) |
April 18, 1939 - May 20, 1940 |
| 6 | 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 | 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 | Chalky Wright Chalky Wright Albert "Chalky" Wright was a black American featherweight boxer who fought from 1928 to 1948. His career record was 160 wins , 43 losses and 18 draws. In 2003, Wright made The Ring magazine's list of the 100 greatest punchers of all time.-Biography:Wright was born in Durango, Mexico... |
September 11, 1941 - November 20, 1942 |
| 9 | Willie Pep Willie Pep Guglielmo Papaleo was an American boxer who was better known as Willie Pep. Pep boxed a total of 1956 rounds in the 241 bouts during his 26 year career, a considerable number of rounds and fights even for a fighter of his era. His final record was 229-11-1 with 65 knockouts... |
November 20, 1942 - October 29, 1948 |
| 10 | 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 | Willie Pep Willie Pep Guglielmo Papaleo was an American boxer who was better known as Willie Pep. Pep boxed a total of 1956 rounds in the 241 bouts during his 26 year career, a considerable number of rounds and fights even for a fighter of his era. His final record was 229-11-1 with 65 knockouts... |
February 11, 1949 - September 8, 1950 |
| 12 | 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 | Hogan Bassey Hogan Bassey Hogan "Kid" Bassey MBE 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... (beat Cherif Hamia) |
June 24, 1957 - March 18, 1959 |
| 14 | 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 | Sugar Ramos Sugar Ramos Ultiminio Ramos is a Cuban-Mexican boxer who is better known as Sugar Ramos. Ramos fought out of Mexico where he was adopted as a national hero... |
March 21, 1963 - September 26, 1964 |
| 16 | Vicente Saldivar Vicente Saldivar Vicente Samuel Saldivar García was a Mexican boxer in the Featherweight division and was a part of the 1960 Mexican Olympic team. He was a former WBC and a two-time WBA Featherweight Champion... |
September 26, 1964 - October 14, 1967 (Retired) |
| 17 | Johnny Famechon Johnny Famechon Johnny Famechon, born 28 March 1945, is a former Australian featherweight boxer, who was born as Jean-Pierre Famechon in Paris, France.He moved to Australia in 1950 at the age of five. Over his twenty-year career he developed a reputation for being a skilled boxer whose strength was his defence... (beat José Legrá José Legrá Jose Legrá is a former professional boxer in the Featherweight division.Legrá is a former two time WBC World Featherweight Champion.-Professional career:... ) |
January 21, 1969 - May 9, 1970 |
| 18 | Vicente Saldivar Vicente Saldivar Vicente Samuel Saldivar García was a Mexican boxer in the Featherweight division and was a part of the 1960 Mexican Olympic team. He was a former WBC and a two-time WBA Featherweight Champion... |
May 9, 1970 - December 11, 1970 |
| 19 | Kuniaki Shibata Kuniaki Shibata Kuniaki Shibata is a former Japanese professional boxer. He is a former WBC and WBA super featherweight champion.- Biography :... |
December 11, 1970 - May 19, 1972 |
| 20 | Clemente Sanchez Clemente Sánchez Clemente "Xicoténcatl" Sánchez was a Mexican boxer.- Pro career :Sánchez turned pro in 1963 and captured the WBC featherweight title with a 3rd round KO over Kuniaki Shibata in 1972... |
May 19, 1972 - December 16, 1972 (Vacated) |
| 21 | Alexis Argüello Alexis Argüello Alexis Argüello , also known by the stage name El Flaco Explosivo , was a Nicaraguan professional boxer and politician... |
1976 - January 20, 1977 (Moved to Jr. Lightweight) |
| 22 | Danny Lopez Danny Lopez Danny Lopez is a former American boxer from Fort Duchesne, Utah. He was world Featherweight champion, and a very popular fighter both in television and Southern California, during the 1970s. His nickname is Little Red.-Background:... (beat Roberto Castañón) |
March 10, 1979 - February 2, 1980 |
| 23 | Salvador Sánchez Salvador Sánchez Salvador Sánchez Narváez was a Mexican boxer born in the town of Santiago Tianguistenco, Estado de México. Many of his contemporaries as well as boxing writers believe that, had it not been for his premature death, Sanchez could have gone on to become the greatest Featherweight boxer of all time... |
February 2, 1980 - August 12, 1982 (Died in car accident) |
| 24 | 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 |
| 25 |  Barry McGuiganBarry McGuigan Finbarr Patrick McGuigan MBE , known as Barry McGuigan and nicknamed The Clones Cyclone, is a former Irish and British professional boxer who became a world featherweight champion.-Background:... |
June 8, 1985 - June 23, 1986 |
| 26 | Steve Cruz |
June 23, 1986 - March 6, 1987 |
| 27 | 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) |
| 28 | Marco Antonio Barrera Marco Antonio Barrera Marco Antonio Barrera Tapia is a Mexicanprofessional boxer. He has won numerous world titles in three different weight classes; he is a former two-time WBO super bantamweight , WBC, Lineal, & The Ring featherweight , and WBC & IBF super featherweight champion... (beat Erik Morales Erik Morales Érik Isaac Morales Elvira is a Mexican professional boxer. He is the first Mexican born boxer in history to win a world title in four weight classes and is the current WBC Light Welterweight Champion... ) |
June 22, 2002 - November 15, 2003 |
| 29 | Manny Pacquiao Manny Pacquiao Emmanuel "Manny" Dapidran Pacquiao, PLH is a Filipino professional boxer and politician. He is the first eight-division world champion; having won six world titles, as well as the first to win the lineal championship in four different weight classes. He was named "Fighter of the Decade" for the... |
November 15, 2003 - March 19, 2005 (Moved up to junior lightweight) |
Junior Featherweight
| Number | Champion | Reign |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wilfredo Gómez Wilfredo Gómez Wilfredo Gómez , sometimes referred to as Bazooka Gómez, is a former boxer and three time world champion.-Biography:... (beat Nestor Jimenez) |
March 9, 1979 - May 1983 |
| 2 | Paulie Ayala Paulie Ayala Paul Anthony Ayala is a Mexican-American former boxer and two time world champion. Ayala is a born-again Christian, and he professed so by thanking God for his success after virtually every fight... (beat Bones Adams) |
February 23, 2002 - May 2004 (Moved to Featherweight) |
| 3 | Israel Vázquez Israel Vázquez Israel Vázquez Castañeda is a Mexican professional boxer. He is a former Super Bantamweight world champion, having held titles at this weight from 2004 to 2008... (beat Óscar Larios Oscar Larios Óscar Larios is a professional boxer from Mexico and former WBC Super Bantamweight and Featherweight champion. He is trained by Jose "Chepo" Reynoso.-Boxing career:... ) |
December 3, 2005 - March 3, 2007 |
| 4 | 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.... |
March 3, 2007 - August 4, 2007 |
| 5 | Israel Vázquez Israel Vázquez Israel Vázquez Castañeda is a Mexican professional boxer. He is a former Super Bantamweight world champion, having held titles at this weight from 2004 to 2008... |
August 4, 2007 - May 28, 2009 (moved up to featherweight) |
Bantamweight
| Number | Champion | Reign |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Al Brown |
1933 - |
| 2 | Baltazar Sangchili |
1935 - |
| 3 | 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 | 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 | 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 | Lou Salica (beat Tommy Forte) |
January 13, 1941 - August 7, 1942 |
| 7 | 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.... |
August 7, 1942 - January 6, 1947 |
| 8 | Harold Dade Harold Dade Harold Dade was an American boxer and Bantamweight champion.-Amateur career:*Won the 1940 Chicago Golden Gloves Championship in the flyweight division by decision over Gene Evans... |
Januray 6, 1947 - March 11, 1947 |
| 9 | 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.... |
March 11, 1947 - May 31, 1950 |
| 10 |  Vic ToweelVic 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 |
| 11 | 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) |
| 12 |  Robert CohenRobert Cohen (boxer) Robert Cohen was a French boxer. Cohen was world bantamweight champion from 1954 to 1956.-Boxing career:... (beat Chamrern Songkitrat) |
September 19, 1954 - June 29, 1956 |
| 13 | Mario D'Agata Mario D'Agata Mario D'Agata was a former boxer who holds the distinction of being the first, and so far only, world boxing champion to be deaf. On April 4, 2009, D'Agata died at the age of 83.... |
June 29, 1956 - April 1, 1957 |
| 14 | 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 |
| 15 | Jose Becerra Jose Becerra Jesus "Hit man" Becerra is a retired Mexican boxer. He became world champion in the bantamweight division.-Early life:... |
July 8, 1959 - August 30, 1960 (Retired) |
| 16 |  Eder JofreEder Jofre Éder Jofre is a retired Brazilian boxer and former bantamweight and featherweight champion .-Amateur career:Jofre represented his native country at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia.-Olympic Results:*1st round bye... (beat Piero Rollo) |
March 25, 1961 - May 17, 1965 |
| 17 | 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 17, 1965 - February 26, 1968 |
| 18 | Lionel Rose Lionel Rose Lionel Edmund Rose MBE was an Australian bantamweight boxer, the first Indigenous Australian to win a world title.-Early life:... |
February 26, 1968 - August 22, 1969 |
| 19 | Rubén Olivares Rubén Olivares Rubén Olivares is a former Mexican boxer and current member of the Boxing Hall of Fame. 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... |
August 22, 1969 - October 16, 1970 |
| 20 | 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 |
| 21 | Rubén Olivares Rubén Olivares Rubén Olivares is a former Mexican boxer and current member of the Boxing Hall of Fame. 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... |
April 2, 1971 - March 19, 1972 |
| 22 | Rafael Herrera Rafael Herrera Rafael Herrera is a former boxer from Mexico. He has won world titles in the Bantamweight division.- Professional career :... |
March 19, 1972 - July 30, 1972 |
| 23 | Enrique Pinder |
July 30, 1972 - January 30, 1973 |
| 24 | Romeo Anaya Romeo Anaya Romeo Anaya is a Mexican boxer in the Super Bantamweight division. He is the former WBA World Bantamweight Champion.-Pro career:... |
January 20, 1973 - November 3, 1973 |
| 25 | 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 15 July 1943. White South African... |
November 3, 1973 - July 3, 1974 |
| 26 | Soo Hwan Hong Soo Hwan Hong Hong Soo-hwan is a retired boxer from South Korea.-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 title in his 2nd defense to Alfonso Zamora... |
July 3, 1974 - March 14, 1975 |
| 27 | 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. He enjoyed a meteoric rise in his professional career... |
March 14, 1975 - November 19, 1977 |
| 28 | Jorge Luján 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 |
| 29 | Julian Solís Julian Solis Julian Solís 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 |
| 30 | 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 |
| 31 | Richie Sandoval Richie Sandoval Richard Sandoval was a Mexican-American professional boxer and is the former WBA Bantamweight Champion. Richard won a silver medal at the 1979 Pan American Games and was a U.S. Olympian during his amateur career... |
April 7, 1984 - March 10, 1986 |
| 32 | Gaby Canizales Gaby Canizales Jose 'Gaby' Canizales is a retired American boxer who won world championships in the bantamweight division. -Pro career: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... |
March 10, 1986 - June 4, 1986 |
| 33 | 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 | Pancho Villa Francisco Guilledo Francisco Guilledo , more commonly known as Pancho Villa, was a Filipino 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... |
June 18, 1923 - September 24, 1925 |
| 2 | Fidel LaBarba (Defeated Elky Clark) |
January 21, 1927 - August 23, 1927 (Retired) |
| 3 | 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 Small Montana Benjamin Gan , more commomly known as Small Montana, was a Filipino boxer.Montana, who stood 5 feet and 4 inch tall and never weighed more than 112 pounds, won the Flyweight Championship of the World .-Fighting style:Montana was known for his quick punches, although he was a scrappy and not very... ) |
January 19, 1937 - June 29, 1938 (Vacated/Missed weight) |
| 4 | Peter Kane Peter Kane Peter Kane was one of England's greatest flyweight boxers and a world champion in the 1930s. Kane was born in Heywood, Lancashire, on February 28, 1918, but grew up in the town of Golborne, Lancashire, after his family moved there before his first birthday.-Boxing style:He was a two-fisted... (Defeated Jackie Jurich Jackie Jurich Jackie Jurich is a former American professional boxer. He is also known by his nickname "Rose of San Jose."- Profesional career :... ) |
September 22, 1938 - June 19, 1943 |
| 5 | 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:... |
June 19, 1943 - March 23, 1948 |
| 6 | 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.... |
March 23, 1948 - April 25, 1950 (Retired) |
| 7 | 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 :... (Defeated Honore Pratesi) |
April 25, 1950 - August 1, 1950 |
| 8 | 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 |
| 9 | 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 |
| 10 | Pascual Perez |
November 26, 1954 - April 16, 1960 |
| 11 |  Pone KingpetchPone 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 |
| 12 | 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 |
| 13 | 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 |
| 14 | Hiroyuki Ebihara Hiroyuki Ebihara Hiroyuki Ebihara was a Japanese world-champion flyweight boxer from Fussa, 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 |
| 15 | 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 |
| 16 | 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 |
| 17 | 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 |
| 18 | Chartchai Chionoi Chartchai Chionoi Chartchai Chionoi a.k.a. Chartchai Laemfapha is a former professional Thai boxer and WBC World champion in Flyweight division.... |
December 30, 1966 - February 23, 1969 |
| 19 | Efren Torres Efren Torres Efren Torres was a Mexican boxer, who was world champion in the Flyweight division.Torres was born in Guadalajara.-Pro career:... |
February 23, 1969 - March 20, 1970 |
| 20 | Chartchai Chionoi Chartchai Chionoi Chartchai Chionoi a.k.a. Chartchai Laemfapha is a former professional Thai boxer and WBC World champion in Flyweight division.... |
March 20, 1970 - December 7, 1970 |
| 21 | 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... |
December 7, 1970 - February 9, 1973 |
| 22 | Venice Borkorsor |
February 9, 1973 - October 13, 1973 (Vacated/Moved to Bantamweight) |
| 23 | Miguel Canto Miguel Canto Miguel Angel Canto Solis is a former world boxing champion from Mexico.- Boxing Life :Contrary to many Mexican boxers, Canto was not a "slam-bang" type of boxer... (Defeated 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 González. He lost the title three months later in his first defense against Miguel Canto... ) |
January 8, 1975 - March 18, 1979 |
| 24 | Chan-Hee Park |
March 18, 1979 - May 18, 1980 |
| 25 | 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 González. He lost the title three months later in his first defense against Miguel Canto... |
May 18, 1980 - May 12, 1981 |
| 26 | Antonio Avelar Antonio Avelar Jose Antonio Rodríguez Avelar was a Mexican boxer in the Flyweight division. He is a former NABF and the WBC Flyweight Champion.-Professional career:... |
May 12, 1981 - March 20, 1982 |
| 27 | 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 |
| 28 | Freddy Castillo Freddy Castillo Freddy Castillo is a Mexican former world boxing champion.- Pro career :Known as "Chato Loco", Castillo turned pro in 1971 and won the WBC light flyweight title with a TKO win over Luis Estaba in 1978. He lost the belt in his first defense later that year to Netrnoi Sor Vorasingh by split decision... |
July 24, 1982 - November 6, 1982 |
| 29 | 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 |
| 30 | 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 |
| 31 | Frank Cedeno Frank Cedeno Frank Cedeno is a Filipino-English former boxer. Cedeno held the WBC Flyweight title from 27 September 1983 to 18 January 1984. In a September 1983 World Boxing Council title fight, Cedeno knocked out Charlie Magri in the sixth round to claim the Flyweight title.-External links:*... |
September 27, 1983 - January 18, 1984 |
| 32 | Koji Kobayashi Kōji Kobayashi (boxer) is a retired Japanese boxer who is a former WBC flyweight champion. As of August, 2011, he is Japan's latest world champion who was certified by The Ring.Kobayashi was poor at sports in his childhood. He was a slow runner, and lacked in arm strength... |
January 18, 1984 - April 9, 1984 |
| 33 | Gabriel Bernal Gabriel Bernal Gabriel Bernal was a retired WBC Flyweight Champion. He held the title for 6 months in 1984.-Pro career:... |
April 9, 1984 - October 8, 1984 |
| 34 | Sot Chitalada Sot Chitalada Sot Chitalada in Chonburi, Thailand, was formerly twice WBC Flyweight Champion.Chitalada built a reputation as a Muay Thai in name Chaovalit Sithphrabrahma champion in Thailand before making the transition to professional boxing... |
October 8, 1984 - July 24, 1988 |
| 35 | Yong-Kang Kim Yong-Kang Kim Yong-Kang Kim is a former professional boxer in the flyweight division.- Pro career :... |
July 24, 1988 - March 2, 1989 (The Ring ceased awarding belts) |
| 36 | Pongsaklek Wonjongkam Pongsaklek Wonjongkam Pongsaklek Wonjongkam is a professional southpaw boxer in the flyweight division. His record is 83-3-1 . He is the WBC Flyweight Champion, as well as The Ring World Flyweight Champion... (Defeated Kōki Kameda Koki Kameda is a Japanese professional boxer in the Flyweight division and the current WBA Bantamweight Regular Champion. He is the oldest of the three Kameda brothers. His younger brother, Daiki Kameda, is a professional boxer in the super flyweight division, and the youngest brother Tomoki, is the WBC Youth... ) |
March 27, 2010 – present |
Junior Flyweight
| Number | Champion | Reign |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 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 | Hugo Cázares Hugo Cázares Hugo Fidel Cázares is a southpaw professional boxer in the Super flyweight division. He is the former WBA Super Flyweight champion and WBO Light Flyweight champion... (beat Nelson Dieppa Nelson Dieppa Nelson Dieppa is a Puerto Rican professional boxer. As an amateur, he 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 defeated... ) |
September 30, 2006 - August 25, 2007 |
| 3 | 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 - August 28, 2010 |
| 4 | Giovanni Segura Giovanni Segura Giovani Segura is a Mexican professional boxer in the light flyweight division. He is The Ring light flyweight champion and former WBA and WBO champion. Ring Magazine currently rates Segura as the number nine pound-for-pound boxer in the world.-Professional career:Segura made his professional... |
August 28, 2010 – September 19, 2011 (moved up to flyweight) |
See also
- Lineal championshipLineal championshipIn 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 win the lineal championship only by defeating the reigning lineal...
- List of current world boxing champions
- Ring Magazine pound for poundRing Magazine pound for poundThe Ring Magazine Pound for Pound is the official list of the current pound for pound professional boxing rankings distributed by The Ring.-Top 10 rankings:-See also:* List of current world boxing champions* List of boxing weight classes...
- The RingThe 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...