• The World Boxing Association
  World Boxing Association
  The World Boxing Association is a boxing organization that sanctions official matches, and awards the WBA world championship title at the professional level. It was previously known as the National Boxing Association before changing its name in 1962...
  
   (WBA), founded in 1921 as the National Boxing Association (NBA),
• The World Boxing Council
  World Boxing Council
  The World Boxing Council was initially established by 11 countries: the United States, Argentina, United Kingdom, France, Mexico, Philippines, Panama, Chile, Peru, Venezuela and Brazil plus Puerto Rico, met in Mexico City on February 14, 1963, upon invitation of the then President of Mexico, Adolfo...
  
   (WBC), founded in 1963,
• The International Boxing Federation
  International Boxing Federation
  The International Boxing Federation or IBF is one of four major organizations recognized by IBHOF which sanction world championship boxing bouts, alongside the WBA, WBC and WBO.- History :...
  
   (IBF), founded in 1983,
• The World Boxing Organization
  World Boxing Organization
  The World Boxing Organization is a sanctioning organization currently recognizing professional boxing world champions. The organization is recognized as one of the four major world championship groups by the IBHOF alongside the International Boxing Federation, the World Boxing Council and the...
  
   (WBO), founded in 1988

World

Reign began	Reign ended	Champion	Recognition
29 October 1886	9 June 1893	Jack McAuliffe Jack McAuliffe Jack McAuliffe was an Irish-American boxer. Nicknamed 'The Napolean of the Ring', and fighting mostly out of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, he was one of only nine boxers to remain undefeated throughout his entire career. He was the Lightweight Champion of the World from 1886 to 1893...	Universal
After McAuliffe's retirement the title remained inactive until 1896 when the title was won by George "Kid" Lavigne in a 17 Round KO against Dick Burge. Lavigne's victory, the first fought under the Marquess of Queensberry rules Marquess of Queensberry rules The Marquess of Queensberry rules is a code of generally accepted rules in the sport of boxing. They were named so because John Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry publicly endorsed the code, although they were written by a sportsman named John Graham Chambers. The code of rules on which modern... , was considered by boxing promoters of the time as the first officially recognized world Lightweight Champion.
1 June 1896	3 July 1899	George "Kid" Lavigne Kid Lavigne George Henry "Kid" Lavigne was an American boxer from Michigan. He was the second American boxer to hold the lightweight champion, winning the title on June 1, 1896.-Pro career:...	Universal
3 July 1899	12 May 1902	Frank Erne	Universal
12 May 1902	9 June 1908	Joe Gans Joe Gans Joe Gans was born in Baltimore, Maryland. Gans was rated as the greatest lightweight boxer of all time by boxing historian and Ring Magazine founder, Nat Fleischer and was known as the "Old Master". He fought from 1891 to 1909.Gans started boxing professionally about 1891 in Baltimore...	Universal
9 June 1908	22 May 1910	Oscar "Battling" Nelson Battling Nelson Oscar Mathæus Nielsen, also known as Battling Nelson, was a Danish boxer who held the world lightweight championship on two separate occasions...	Universal
22 February 1910	28 November 1912	Adolph "Ad" Wolgast Adolph Wolgast Adolphus Wolgast , nicknamed Michigan Wildcat, was a world lightweight boxing champion.-Biography:He was born on 8 February 1888, his siblings were, fellow boxers Johnny Wolgast and Al Wolgast....	Universal
28 November 1912	7 July 1914	Willie Ritchie Willie Ritchie Willie Ritchie , was the world lightweight boxing champion from 1912 to 1914.-Biography:He was born in San Francisco, California as Gerhardt Anthony Steffen on February 13, 1891...	Universal
7 July 1914	28 May 1917	Freddie Welsh Freddie Welsh Freddie Welsh was a Welsh lightweight boxing champion. Born in Pontypridd, Wales, and christened Frederick Hall Thomas, he was nicknamed the "Welsh Wizard". Brought up in a tough mining community, Welsh left a middle-class background to make a name for himself in America...	Universal
28 May 1917	15 January 1925	Benny Leonard Benny Leonard Benny Leonard was an American lightweight boxer. He was named as number 8 on Ring Magazine's list of the 80 Best Fighters of the Last 80 Years and number 7 on ESPN's 50 Greatest Boxers of All-Time....	Universal
13 July 1925	7 December 1925	Jimmy Goodrich	Universal
7 December 1925	3 July 1926	Rocky Kansas Rocky Kansas Rocky Kansas was a tough, short former lightweight champion of the world. He was born Rocco Tozzo on April 21, 1893 in Italy and came to America in 1898. He died on January 10, 1954.-Background:...	Universal
3 July 1926	17 July 1930	Sammy Mandel Sammy Mandel Sammy Mandell was a former world lightweight boxing champion...	NBA
17 July 1930	14 November 1930	Al Singer Al Singer Al Singer was an American boxer. He was born in the Lower East Side in New York City....	Universal
14 November 1930	23 June 1933	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...	Universal
23 June 1933	?? Apr 1935	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:...	Universal
10 May 1935	3 September 1936	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...	Universal
3 September 1936	17 July? 1938	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...	Universal
17 August? 1938	22 August 1939	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...	Universal
22 August 1939	10 May 1940	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...	NBA
10 May 1940	19 December 1941	Lew Jenkins	Universal
19 December 1941	13 November 1942	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."...	Universal
Following Angott's retirement the title was disputed between Beau Jack, Bob Montgomery, and Juan Zurita as well as Agnott, who later came out of retirement. Ike Williams defeats over Zurita and Montgomery, in 1945 and 1947 respectively, would become recognized as the universal Lightweight Champion.
23 September 1943	21 May 1943	Beau Jack Beau Jack Sidney Walker, better known as Beau Jack, , was an American lightweight boxer, he was a world champion twice...	New York
21 May 1943	19 November 1943	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....	New York
19 November 1943	3 March 1944	Beau Jack Beau Jack Sidney Walker, better known as Beau Jack, , was an American lightweight boxer, he was a world champion twice...	NBA
With Jack and Montgomery enlisting in the United States Army United States Army The United States Army is the main branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for land-based military operations. It is the largest and oldest established branch of the U.S. military, and is one of seven U.S. uniformed services...  to fight in World War II, Juan Zurita defeated Sammy Angott, after 15 rounds, for the NBA lightweight championship.
8 March 1944	18 April 1945	Juan Zurita Juan Zurita Juan Zurita was a Mexican boxer in the Lightweight division and a former Lightweight world champion.-Pro career:During his career he won a version of the Lightweight Championship of the World and other belts such as the NBA Lightweight Championship of the World, Featherweight Championship of...	NBA
18 April 1945	25 May 1951	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...	Universal
25 May 1951	1 April 1952	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...	Universal
1 April 1952	15 October 1952	Lauro Salas Lauro Salas Lauro Salas was a former world lightweight boxing champion.-Professional career:...	Universal
15 October 1952	6 February 1954	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...	Universal
5 March 1954	17 November 1954	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....	Universal
17 November 1954	29 June 1955	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...	Universal
29 June 1955	24 August 1956	Wallace "Bud" Smith	Universal
24 August 1956	21 April 1962	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...	Universal
1963-04-07	1965-04-10	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....	WBA/WBC
1965-04-10	1965-11-13	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...	WBA/WBC
1965-11-13	1968-06-29	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....	WBA/WBC
1968-06-29	1969-02-18	Carlos 'Teo' Cruz	WBA/WBC
1969-02-18	1970-03-03	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...	WBA/WBC
1970-03-03	1970-09-15	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...	WBA/WBC
1971-02-12	1971-06-25	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 :...	WBA/WBC

WBC

Reign began	Reign ended	Champion	Recognition
1963-04-07	1965-05-10	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....	WBC
1965-05-10	1965-11-13	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...	WBC
1965-11-13	1968-06-25	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....	WBC
1968-06-25	1969-02-08	Carlos Teo Cruz	WBC
1969-02-08	1970-03-03	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...	WBC
1970-03-03	1970-09-15-Stripped	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...	WBC
1971-02-12	1971-06-25-Stripped	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 :...	WBC
1971-11-05	1972-02-18	Pedro Carrasco Pedro Carrasco Pedro Carrasco was a Spanish boxer whose fame transcended the boxing ring. During the 1970s, he was a media darling in Spain.Carrasco was crowned European Lightweight champion in 1967...	WBC
1972-02-18	1972-09-15	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...	WBC
1972-09-15	1972-11-10	Chango Carmona Chango Carmona Chango Carmona was a Mexican boxer who won the WBC lightweight title in 1972.Carmona is believed to be the boxer who began the tradition of having a big fight on the Mexico Independence Day holiday weekend when he stopped Mando Ramos in the eighth round to win the lightweight title in Los Angeles...	WBC
1972-11-10	1974-04-11	Rodolfo Gato González Rodolfo Gato Gonzalez Rodolfo González was a Mexican boxer and former WBC Lightweight Champion.Known as "El Gato", Gonzalez started his career very young at the age of 14, and won his first 53 bouts. In 1972 he took on Chango Carmona for the WBC Lightweight Title and won via a Corner retirement in the 13th round. ...	WBC
1974-04-11	1976-05-08	Guts Ishimatsu Guts Ishimatsu is a former boxing world champion from Kanumashi, Japan. After retiring from boxing, he has gained popularity as an actor and comedian.As a boxer, he was known for his unpredictable style, sometimes marking completely unpredicted victories, and often losing in extravagant fashion as well...	WBC
1976-05-08	1978-01-21	Esteban De Jesús Esteban De Jesús Esteban De Jesús was a Puerto Rican world lightweight champion boxer whose life was full of controversy, problems and scandals. De Jesus, a native of the town of Carolina, Puerto Rico, was a gymmate of Wilfred Benítez and an acquaintance of Benitez's mother, Clara Benítez. He was trained by...	WBC
1978-01-21	1979-01	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....	WBC
1979-04-17	1981-06-20	Jim Watt	WBC
1981-06-20	1983-Vacated	Alexis Argüello Alexis Argüello Alexis Argüello , also known by the stage name El Flaco Explosivo , was a Nicaraguan professional boxer and politician...	WBC
1983-05-01	1984-11-03	Edwin Rosario Edwin Rosario Edwin "El Chapo" Rosario was a Puerto Rican boxer. He was the WBC world lightweight champion from 1983–84 and the WBA world champion in 1986–87 and again in 1989–90...	WBC
1984-11-03	1985-08-10	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...	WBC
1985-08-10	1987-Vacated	Héctor Camacho Héctor Camacho Héctor Camacho , nicknamed "Macho Camacho", is a Puerto Rican professional boxer. His son, Héctor Camacho Jr., is also a boxer.- Early life and amateur career :...	WBC
1987-07-19	1988-10-29	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...	WBC
1988-10-29	1989	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...	WBC
Chavez became WBA champion in 1987 by defeating Edwin Rosario. He partially unified the titles on October 29, 1988, by defeating José Luis Ramírez.
1989-08-20	1991-10-05	Pernell Whitaker Pernell Whitaker Pernell Whitaker , nicknamed "Sweet Pea", is a professional boxing trainer and retired American professional boxer...	WBC
1992-08-24	1995-08-19	Miguel Ángel González Miguel Ángel González Miguel Ángel González Suárez , known as Miguel Ángel, is a retired Spanish footballer who played as a goalkeeper.-Football career:...	WBC
1996-04-20	1997-03-01	Jean Baptiste Mendy Jean Baptiste Mendy Jean-Baptiste Mendy is a French former professional boxer of African origin. He's also a former WBC and WBA lightweight champion.- Professional career :...	WBC
1997-03-01	1998-06-13	Stevie Johnston Stevie Johnston Steven Earl Johnston is an American boxer in the lightweight division. Johnston is a two-time former WBC Lightweight Champion.- Amateur career :...	WBC
1998-06-13	1999-02-27	Cesar Bazan Cesar Bazan César Bazán Pérez is a former professional boxer in the Light Welterweight division and is the former WBC Lightweight Champion.-Professional career:...	WBC
1999-02-27	2000-06-17	Stevie Johnston Stevie Johnston Steven Earl Johnston is an American boxer in the lightweight division. Johnston is a two-time former WBC Lightweight Champion.- Amateur career :...	WBC
2000-06-17	2002-04-20	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....	WBC
2002-04-20	2003-11-01	Floyd Mayweather Jr	WBC
2004-06-05	2005-05-07	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....	WBC
2005-05-07	2006-10-06-Stripped	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....	WBC
2006-10-07	2007-02-01	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...	WBC
2007-02-01	2008-06-28	David Díaz	WBC
2008-06-28	2009-02-24-Vacated	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...	WBC
2009-04-04	2010-02-09-Vacated	Edwin Valero Edwin Valero Edwin Valero was a Venezuelan professional boxer. He was born in Bolero Alto, and raised in El Vigía ....	WBC
2010-03-17	2011-07-01-Vacated	Humberto Soto Humberto Soto Armando Humberto Soto Ochoa is a Mexican professional boxer in the Lightweight division. He is a former WBC Interim Featherweight, WBC Super Featherweight, and WBC Lightweight champion.-Pro career:...	WBC
2011-10-15	Current	Antonio DeMarco Antonio DeMarco Antonio de Marco Soto is a Mexican professional boxer and the current WBC Lightweight Champion. Antonio is a cousin of three division world champion Humberto Soto.-Lightweight:...	WBC

WBA

Reign began	Reign ended	Champion	Recognition
1962-04-21	1965-04-10	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....	WBA
1965-05-10	1965-11-13	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...	WBA
1965-11-13	1968-06-25	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....	WBA
1968-06-25	1969-02-18	Carlos Teo Cruz	WBA
1969-02-18	1970-03-03	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...	WBA
1970-03-03	1970-09-26	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...	WBA
1970-09-26	1972-06-26	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 :...	WBA
1972-06-26	1979-01	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....	WBA
1979-06-16	1980-03-02	Ernesto España Ernesto España Ernesto España was a Venezuelan boxer who held the World Boxing Association lightweight championship in 1979 and 1980.España became a professional boxer in 1975 and won all of his bouts except one when he fought Claude Noel on June 16, 1979, for the vacant WBA lightweight title that had been given...	WBA
1980-03-02	1981-04-12	Hilmer Kenty Hilmer Kenty James Kenty, also known as Hilmer Kenty is a former WBA professional boxing champion in the lightweight division.- Amateur career :...	WBA
1981-04-12	1981-04-12	Sean O'Grady	WBA
1981-09-12	1981-12-05	Claude Noel Claude Noel (boxer) Claude Noel is a former Tobagonian professional boxer. During his career, which spanned from 1973 to 1984, Noel held the WBA World Lightweight title and the Commonwealth Lightweight title....	WBA
1981-12-05	1982-05-08	Arturo Frias Arturo Frias Arturo Frias is a retired American boxer. He is a native of Montebello, California.-Boxing career:Frias began his professional boxing career on February 7, 1975, one month and a half after he had turned eighteen years old. He beat Alfredo Medrano by a six round decision in San Diego that night...	WBA
1982-05-08	1984-06-01	Ray Mancini Ray Mancini Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini is a retired Italian-American boxer. He held the World Boxing Association lightweight championship from 1982 to 1984. Mancini inherited his distinctive nickname from his father, veteran boxer Lenny "Boom Boom" Mancini, who laid the foundation for his son's career...	WBA
1984-06-01	1986-09-26	Livingstone Bramble Livingstone Bramble Ras-I Alujah Bramble is a boxer. However, Bramble was raised on Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. He became the first world champion from Saint Kitts and Nevis. As of 2005, Bramble is still active in professional boxing...	WBA
1986-09-26	1987-11-21	Edwin Rosario Edwin Rosario Edwin "El Chapo" Rosario was a Puerto Rican boxer. He was the WBC world lightweight champion from 1983–84 and the WBA world champion in 1986–87 and again in 1989–90...	WBA
1987-11-21	1988-10-29	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...  3	WBA
1989-07-09	1990-04-04	Edwin Rosario Edwin Rosario Edwin "El Chapo" Rosario was a Puerto Rican boxer. He was the WBC world lightweight champion from 1983–84 and the WBA world champion in 1986–87 and again in 1989–90...	WBA
1990-04-04	1990-08-11	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...	WBA
1990-08-11	1991-10-05	Pernell Whitaker Pernell Whitaker Pernell Whitaker , nicknamed "Sweet Pea", is a professional boxing trainer and retired American professional boxer...	WBA
1992-06-13	1992-10-24	Joey Gamache Joey Gamache Joey Gamache, , was a professional boxer. Gamache is the former WBA Super Featherweight, and WBA Lightweight Champion.At the age of 10, playing third base in Little League, he tended to loop his throws to first...	WBA
1992-10-24	1993-06-26	Tony Lopez Tony Lopez Tony "The Tiger" Lopez , is a former professional boxer from Sacramento, California. He was a 3-Time World Boxing Champion. He is remembered for his victory in the 1988 The Ring Fight of the year by decision over Rocky Lockridge. He fought against Julio César Chávez in 1994 in Monterrey. He lost...	WBA
1993-06-26	1993-10-30	Dingaan Thobela Dingaan Thobela Dingaan Bongane Thobela , is a professional boxer in the Super Middleweight division."Rose of Soweto" The Dingaan Thobela story , the intimate biography written by Internationally renowned Deon Potgieter is available for order through all leading on-line stores world wide e.g.; Amazon, Barnes &...	WBA
1993-10-30	1998-05-16	Orzubek Nazarov Orzubek Nazarov Orzubek Nazarov is a Kyrgyz boxer, who won the bronze medal at the 1986 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Reno...	WBA
1998-05-16	1999-04-10	Jean Baptiste Mendy Jean Baptiste Mendy Jean-Baptiste Mendy is a French former professional boxer of African origin. He's also a former WBC and WBA lightweight champion.- Professional career :...	WBA
1999-04-10	1999-08-07	Julien Lorcy Julien Lorcy Julien Lorcy , was a professional boxer who held the WBA lightweight title twice.- Amateur career :Record: 65-4 *1990 French National Amateur Featherweight Champion...	WBA
1999-08-07	1999-11-13	Stefano Zoff Stefano Zoff Stefano Zoff is an Italian lightweight boxer from Monfalcone, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy.-External links:...	WBA
1999-11-13	2000-06-11	Gilberto Serrano Gilberto Serrano Gilberto Rafael Serrano is a former professional boxer. Serrano is most notable for having won the WBA World lightweight title during his career, which spanned from 1993 to 2004. He won the Lightweight title from Stefano Zoff in 1999 after unsuccessfully challenging Yong Soo Choi for the WBA World...	WBA
2000-06-11	2001-07-01	Takanori Hatakeyama Takanori Hatakeyama is a former professional boxer.Hatakeyama turned pro in 1993 and captured the WBA Super Featherweight Title in 1998 with a majority decision win over Yong Soo Choi. He lost the belt in 1999 to Lakva Sim via TKO, and moved up in weight to capture the WBA Lightweight Title with a TKO win over...	WBA
2001-07-01	2001-10-08	Julien Lorcy Julien Lorcy Julien Lorcy , was a professional boxer who held the WBA lightweight title twice.- Amateur career :Record: 65-4 *1990 French National Amateur Featherweight Champion...	WBA
2001-10-08	2002-01-05	Raul Horacio Balbi Raul Horacio Balbi Raul Horacio Balbi is an Argentine professional boxer. Although Balbi currently competes in the light welterweight division, he is most notable for having won the WBA world lightweight title....	WBA
2002-01-05	2003-05-17	Leonard Doroftei Leonard Doroftei Leonard Dorin Doroftei is a Romanian-Canadian former boxer, the WBA Lightweight World Champion from 5 January 2002 to 24 October 2003.-Amateur highlights:...	WBA
2004-04-10	2004-07-17	Lakva Sim Lakva Sim Lakva Sim, , is a professional boxer. Sim was the first Mongolian boxer to capture a world boxing title. He has held belts as both the World Boxing Association lightweight champion and the WBA super featherweight champion.Sim was born in Ulan Bator, Mongolia...	WBA
2004-07-17	2008-03-08	Juan Díaz	WBA Super Champion
2007-12-29	2008-05-19	Jose Alfaro José Alfaro José Alfaro is a Nicaraguan boxer with a record of 20-3-0-1 who captured the vacant WBA lightweight title against Thai Prawet Singwancha in a split decision on December 29, 2007 in Bielefeld, Germany. He later lost that title on May 19, 2008 to Yusuke Kobori who knocked him out in only 3 rounds...	WBA Regular Champion
2008-03-08	2009-01-10-Vacated	Nate Campbell Nate Campbell Nathaniel Campbell , more commonly known as Nate Campbell, is an American retired professional boxer. He is a former unified WBA, IBF and WBO lightweight champion.-Amateur career:...	WBA Super Champion
2008-05-19	2009-01-03	Yusuke Kobori Yusuke Kobori is a retired professional boxer from Japan and a former WBA lightweight champion.Kobori won the Japanese super featherweight title on January 14, 2006 by knocking out Keita Manabe in the second round. He went on to defend it 6 times....	WBA Regular Champion
2009-01-03	2010-05-29	Paulus Moses Paulus Moses Paulus “The Hitman” Moses is a Namibian professional lightweight boxer. He was the World Boxing Association lightweight world champion...	WBA Regular Champion
2009-02-28	Current	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...	WBA Super Champion
2010-05-29	2011-02-26	Miguel Acosta Miguel Acosta Miguel Acosta is a professional boxer from Venezuela. He resides in the capital of Caracas. His nickname is "Aguacerito". He is the former WBA world lightweight champion after knocking out Paulus Moses on May 29, 2010...	WBA Regular Champion
2011-02-26	Current	Brandon Ríos Brandon Rios Brandon Lee Ríos is an undefeated Mexican-American/Native American boxer and the current WBA lightweight champion. Brandon is trained by former IBF super featherweight champion Roberto García.-Amateur career:...	WBA Regular Champion

IBF

Reign began	Reign ended	Champion	Recognition
1984-01-30	1984-04-15	Charlie Brown Charlie Brown (boxer) Charlie "Choo Choo" Brown is a former professional boxer in the lightweight division.- Pro career :...	IBF
1984-04-15	1985-04-06	Harry Arroyo Harry Arroyo Harry Arroyo is a former American boxer who gained international recognition as the IBF Lightweight Champion of the World from 1984 to 1985.- Early years :...	IBF
1985-04-06	1986-12-05	Jimmy Paul Jimmy Paul Jimmy Paul was an American boxer in the lightweight division. On April 6, 1985 he beat Harry Arroyo to become the IBF Lightweight Champion. Paul successfully defended the title four times. On December 6, 1986 Paul lost the title to Greg Haugen. Paul retired in 1999 with a professional record of...	IBF
1986-12-05	1987-06-07	Greg Haugen Greg Haugen Greg Lee Haugen is a retired American boxer. Haugen was champion at both the Lightweight and Light-welterweight classes.Haugen turned pro in 1982 and won his first 17 fights before challenging for a world title...	IBF
1987-06-07	1988-02-06	Vinny Pazienza	IBF
1988-02-06	1989-02-18	Greg Haugen Greg Haugen Greg Lee Haugen is a retired American boxer. Haugen was champion at both the Lightweight and Light-welterweight classes.Haugen turned pro in 1982 and won his first 17 fights before challenging for a world title...	IBF
1989-02-18	1992-Vacated	Pernell Whitaker Pernell Whitaker Pernell Whitaker , nicknamed "Sweet Pea", is a professional boxing trainer and retired American professional boxer...	IBF
Pernell Whitaker becomes the undisputed champion of the lightweight division by winning the IBF title in February, 1989, and then defeating José Luis Ramírez for the vacant WBC title on August 20, 1989, and Juan Nazario for the WBA title on August 11, 1990.
1993-01-10	1994-02-19	Freddie Pendleton Freddie Pendleton Freddie Pendleton is a retired professional boxer in the lightweight division.Known as "Fearless", Pendleton had a 1-5 amateur career & turned pro in 1982 losing to Rodney Watts at the Tropicana Hotel Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey.Pendleton won his first title in October 1985 knocking out...	IBF
1994-02-19	1995-05-06	Rafael Ruelas Rafael Ruelas Rafael Ruelas is a former professional boxer. Ruelas was a very popular Mexican fighter, best known for his devastating knockout loss to Oscar De La Hoya; a loss which left Oscar somewhat scorned by the Mexican community due to his ruthless destruction of a hero.Shortly after a TKO in 10 over the...	IBF
1995-05-06	1995-07	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...	IBF
1995-08-19	1997-08-02	Philip Holiday Philip Holiday Philip James Holiday is a professional boxer in the junior middleweight division. Holiday turned pro in 1991 and captured the Vacant IBF Lightweight Title in 1995 with a win over Miguel Julio...	IBF
1997-08-02	1999-04-17	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:...	IBF
1999-08-20	2003-06-Vacated	Paul Spadafora Paul Spadafora Paul Spadafora is a native of McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania who is a professional boxer. Spadafora was the IBF's world Lightweight champion.-Personal background:...	IBF
2003-11-22	2004-05-13	Javier Jauregui Javier Jauregui Javier Rogelio Jáuregui Delgado is a Mexican professional boxer in the lightweight division....	IBF
2004-05-13	2005-03-01	Julio Díaz Julio Díaz Julio Díaz is a Mexican professional boxer in the Light Welterweight division. A former IBF lightweight champion, he is also the brother of boxing trainer Joel Díaz and former World Champion Antonio Díaz.-Professional career:Diaz captured the IBF lightweight interim title with a win over Ricky...	IBF
2005-06-17	2005-09-17	Leavander Johnson Leavander Johnson Leavander Johnson was an American lightweight boxer from Atlantic City, New Jersey, who once held the International Boxing Federation version of the world title...	IBF
2005-09-17	2007-02-03	Jesús Chávez Jesús Chávez Jesús Auerelio Chávez is a Mexican professional boxer in the Lightweight division. He is the former NABF, WBC Super Featherweight and IBF Lightweight Champion.-Personal life:...	IBF
2008-02-03	2007-10-19	Julio Díaz Julio Díaz Julio Díaz is a Mexican professional boxer in the Light Welterweight division. A former IBF lightweight champion, he is also the brother of boxing trainer Joel Díaz and former World Champion Antonio Díaz.-Professional career:Diaz captured the IBF lightweight interim title with a win over Ricky...	IBF
2007-10-19	2008-03-08	Juan Díaz	IBF
2008-03-08	2009-02-13-Stripped	Nate Campbell Nate Campbell Nathaniel Campbell , more commonly known as Nate Campbell, is an American retired professional boxer. He is a former unified WBA, IBF and WBO lightweight champion.-Amateur career:...	IBF
2010-08-14	Current	Miguel Vazquez Miguel Vazquez Miguel Ángel Vázquez‎ Bautista is a Mexican professional boxer and the current IBF Lightweight Champion. His only losses came to Saul Alvarez and Timothy Bradley...	IBF

WBO

Reign began	Reign ended	Champion	Recognition
1989-05-06	1990-09-22	Mauricio Aceves Mauricio Aceves Mauricio Aceves was a Mexican boxer in the Light Welterweight division. He was the first ever WBO Lightweight Champion.-Professional career:...	WBO
1990-09-22	1991-09-14	Dingaan Thobela Dingaan Thobela Dingaan Bongane Thobela , is a professional boxer in the Super Middleweight division."Rose of Soweto" The Dingaan Thobela story , the intimate biography written by Internationally renowned Deon Potgieter is available for order through all leading on-line stores world wide e.g.; Amazon, Barnes &...	WBO
1992-09-25	1994	Giovanni Parisi Giovanni Parisi Giovanni Parisi was an Italian boxer, who won the gold medal in the Men's Featherweight category at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.- Biography:...	WBO
1994-07-29	1996	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...	WBO
1996-04-13	2004-01-03	Artur Grigorian Artur Grigorian Artur Grigorian is an Uzbek boxer of Armenian descent.- Amateur highlights :*1991 2nd place as a Lightweight at the World Championships in Sydney, Australia...	WBO
2004-01-03	2004-08-07	Acelino Freitas Acelino Freitas Acelino "Popó" Freitas is a Brazilian boxer and a former world junior lightweight and lightweight champion. Freitas is also a state legislator for the state of Bahia . His style of fighting in the ring has garnered him a reputation for being more of a brawler than a boxer. His nickname, Popó, was...	WBO
2004-08-07	2005	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....	WBO
2006-04-29	2007-04-28	Acelino Freitas Acelino Freitas Acelino "Popó" Freitas is a Brazilian boxer and a former world junior lightweight and lightweight champion. Freitas is also a state legislator for the state of Bahia . His style of fighting in the ring has garnered him a reputation for being more of a brawler than a boxer. His nickname, Popó, was...	WBO
2007-04-28	2008-03-08	Juan Díaz	WBO
2008-03-08	2009-02-13	Nate Campbell Nate Campbell Nathaniel Campbell , more commonly known as Nate Campbell, is an American retired professional boxer. He is a former unified WBA, IBF and WBO lightweight champion.-Amateur career:...	WBO
2009-02-28	Current	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...	WBO

External links

• Ken Buchanan - Lightweight Champion of the World - Ken Buchanan site with detailed bio, statistics, full fights and more