List of super lightweight boxing champions

This is a chronological List of World Super Lightweight/Light Welterweight/Junior Welterweight Boxing Champions, as recognized by four of the better-known sanctioning organizations:

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,

Reign Began	Reign Ended	Champion	Recognition
World
1923-01-30	1925-03-27	Pinky Mitchell Pinky Mitchell Pinky Mitchell was an American boxer who was the first champion in the light welterweight division.-Early life:Born Myron Mitchell on January 1, 1899, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Mitchell was nicknamed Pinky because of his father's statement, on seeing Mitchell in his crib as a baby, that "he's like a...	World
1925-03-27	1925-03-31	James Red Herring James Red Herring James Bryan Herring, also known as Red Herring, was a boxer and a champion in the light welterweight division.Herring was born on March 19, 1896, in Paducah, Kentucky, and began boxing in 1913 when he won a bout as a featherweight by KO, fighting on a benefit card for striking railroad workers in...	World
1926-09-21	1930-02-18	Mushy Callahan Mushy Callahan Mushy Callahan was the ring name of Vincent Morris Scheer, a boxer and a champion in the light welterweight division.Callahan was born on November 3, 1904, in New York City. He took the ring name of Mushy Callahan and began boxing in 1924....	World
1930-02-18	1931-04-24	Jack Kid Berg Jack Kid Berg Judah Bergman, known as Jack Kid Berg or Jackie Kid Berg , was an English boxer born in the East End of London.-Biography:Judah Bergman was born in Romford Street near Cable Street, St George in the East, Stepney...	World
1931-04-24	1932-01-18	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...	World
1932-01-18	1933-02-20	Johnny Jadick Johnny Jadick John J. Jadick, better known as Johnny Jadick was an American light welterweight boxer. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.- Professional career :...	World
1933-02-20	1933-05-21	Battling Shaw Battling Shaw Jose Flores Perez, was a Mexican boxer better known as Battling Shaw or Benny Kid Roy. He was the first Mexican to become world champion.- Professional career :...	World
1933-05-21	1933-06-23	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...	World
1933-06-23	1935-04-09-Vacated	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:...	World
1946-04-29	1946-09-13-Vacated	Tippy Larkin Tippy Larkin Tippy Larkin was a boxer from New Jersey who appeared on the cover of The Ring magazine in July 1944. From 1935 to 1946, Larkin's record was 114-9.-External links:* http://www.boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=9619&cat=boxer&pageID=1...	World
1959-06-12	1960-09-01	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....	World
1960-09-01	1962-09-14	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...	World
1962-09-14	1962-12-15	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...	WBA
1962-12-15	1962-12-15-Vacated	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...	WBA
1963-03-21	1963-06-15	Roberto Cruz Roberto Cruz Roberto de la Cruz is a former Filipino professional boxer. Cruz won the WBA World Light Welterweight title in a career that spanned from 1955 to 1968.-Professional career:...	WBA/WBC
1963-06-15	1965-01-18	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...	WBA/WBC
1965-01-18	1966-04-29	Carlos Hernández Carlos Hernandez (boxer) Carlos Hernández is a retired Salvadoran American boxer. He made boxing history by becoming the IBF super featherweight champion by beating David Santos. Carlos Hernández counted in that fight with the backing up of Alexis Argüello, Roberto Durán and the Salvadoran President, all of whom were at...	WBA/WBC
1966-04-29	1967-04-30	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...	WBA/WBC
1967-04-30	1967-11-16-Vacated	Takeshi Fuji Takeshi Fuji Takeshi Fuji is a former professional boxer from Hawaii. He is a former world super lightweight champion.- Biography :...	WBA/WBC
WBC
Title inaugurated
1963-06-15	1965-01-18	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...	WBC
1965-01-18	1966-04-29	Carlos Morocho Hernández Carlos 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:...	WBC
1966-04-29	1967-04-30	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...	WBC
1967-04-30	1968-Stripped	Takeshi Fuji Takeshi Fuji Takeshi Fuji is a former professional boxer from Hawaii. He is a former world super lightweight champion.- Biography :...	WBC
1968-12-14	1970-01-31	Pedro Adigue Pedro Adigue Pedro Adigue, Jr was a world champion boxer. He came from the small town of Bontod in Palanas, Masbate, the Philippines.Adigue became a professional boxer on February 18, 1962. After 14 bouts , he fought Carl Peñalosa for the Philippine lightweight title but lost on points...	WBC
1970-01-31	1974-02-Vacated	Bruno Arcari	WBC
1974-09-21	1975-07-15	Perico Fernandez Perico Fernandez Perico Fernandez is a retired professional boxer from Zaragoza, Spain. He is a former WBC light welterweight champion.-Pro career:...	WBC
1975-07-15	1976-06-30	Saensak Muangsurin Saensak Muangsurin Saensak Muangsurin was a retired professional boxer from Phetchabun, Thailand. He was a former WBC light welterweight champion, who set a world record by winning the world title in only his 3rd professional fight.- Biography :...	WBC
1976-06-30	1976-10-29	Miguel Velasquez Miguel Velasquez Miguel Velasquez Torres, , is a former Spanish boxer at Light Welterweight.- Olympic games results :1964 *Lost to Hoji Yonekura 2-3- Professional career :...	WBC
1976-10-29	1978-12-30	Saensak Muangsurin Saensak Muangsurin Saensak Muangsurin was a retired professional boxer from Phetchabun, Thailand. He was a former WBC light welterweight champion, who set a world record by winning the world title in only his 3rd professional fight.- Biography :...	WBC
1978-12-30	1980-02-23	Sang Hyun Kim	WBC
1980-02-23	1982-06-26	Saoul Mamby Saoul Mamby Saoul Paul Mamby was a professional boxer between 1969 and 2008.- Personal :Mamby, the child of a mother of Spanish descent and father from Jamaica, converted to Judaism at age 4.Mamby is also a Vietnam veteran....	WBC
1982-06-26	1983-05-18	Leroy Haley Leroy Haley Leroy Haley , is a former American boxer at Light Welterweight.- Professional career :Known as "Irish", Haley turned pro in 1973 and captured the WBC light welterweight title with a split decision win over Saoul Mamby in 1982. He defended the belt twice before losing it to Bruce Curry by decision...	WBC
1983-05-18	1984-01-29	Bruce Curry Bruce Curry Bruce Curry , is a former professional boxer. He was the WBC Super Lightweight Champion from 1983 to 1984.-Amateur career:...	WBC
1984-01-29	1985-08-21	Billy Costello Billy Costello Billy Costello was a professional boxer in the United States.-Early Life:...	WBC
1985-08-21	1986-05-05	Lonnie Smith Lonnie Smith (boxer) Harlan Alonso Smith, known as Lonnie Smith , is an American boxer at Welterweight.- Professional career :...	WBC
1986-05-05	1986-07-24	Rene Arredondo Rene Arredondo Rene Arredondo was a Mexican professional boxer. He competed in the welterweight division.-Personal life:...	WBC
1986-07-24	1987-07-22	Tsuyoshi Hamada Tsuyoshi Hamada is a retired Japanese professional boxer who is a former WBC world junior welterweight champion.Hamada was born in Nakagusuku, Okinawa, and began boxing at the age of fifteen. He won the Japan's inter-high school championship in the featherweight division in 1978. He had an amateur record of 37–6...	WBC
1987-07-22	1987-11-12	Rene Arredondo Rene Arredondo Rene Arredondo was a Mexican professional boxer. He competed in the welterweight division.-Personal life:...	WBC
1987-11-12	1989-05-13	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...	WBC
1989-05-13	1994-01-29	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...	WBC
1994-01-29	1994-05-07	Frankie Randall Frankie Randall -External links:...	WBC
1994-05-07	1996-06-07	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
1996-06-07	1997-04-12-Vacated	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...	WBC
1999-08-21	2004-01-Stripped	Kostya Tszyu	WBC
2004-01-24	2005-06-25	Arturo Gatti Arturo Gatti Arturo "Thunder" Gatti was a Canadian professional boxer. Born in Cassino, Italy, and raised in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Gatti relocated to Jersey City, United States as a teenager...	WBC
2005-06-25	2005-Vacated	Floyd Mayweather Jr	WBC
2006-09-15	2008-05-10	Junior Witter Junior Witter Junior Witter is a professional boxer from Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. He is the former WBC, European, British, and Commonwealth light welterweight champion.-Early professional career:...	WBC
2008-05-10	2009-04-28-Vacated	Timothy Bradley Timothy Bradley Timothy Ray Bradley Jr. is an American boxer, fighting out of Palm Springs, California. He is the current WBO World Light Welterweight Champion. He is rated #2 in the Light Welterweight division behind Amir Khan.-Light Welterweight:...	WBC
2009-08-01	2011-01-29	Devon Alexander Devon Alexander Devon Alexander is a professional American boxer. Nicknamed "Alexander the Great," he is the former WBC and IBF Light Welterweight champion.-Biography:...	WBC
2011-01-29	2011-07-29-Stripped	Timothy Bradley Timothy Bradley Timothy Ray Bradley Jr. is an American boxer, fighting out of Palm Springs, California. He is the current WBO World Light Welterweight Champion. He is rated #2 in the Light Welterweight division behind Amir Khan.-Light Welterweight:...	WBC
2011-09-17	Current	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...	WBC
WBA
Title inaugurated
1962-09-14	1962-12-15	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...	WBA
1962-12-15	1962-Retired	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...	WBA
1963-03-21	1963-06-15	Roberto Cruz Roberto Cruz Roberto de la Cruz is a former Filipino professional boxer. Cruz won the WBA World Light Welterweight title in a career that spanned from 1955 to 1968.-Professional career:...	WBA
1963-06-15	1965-01-18	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...	WBA
1965-01-18	1966-04-29	Carlos Morocho Hernández Carlos 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:...	WBA
1966-04-29	1967-04-30	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...	WBA
1967-04-30	1968-12-12	Takeshi Fuji Takeshi Fuji Takeshi Fuji is a former professional boxer from Hawaii. He is a former world super lightweight champion.- Biography :...	WBA
1968-12-12	1972-03-10	Nicolino Locche Nicolino Locche Nicolino Locche was an Argentine boxer from Tunuyán, Mendoza. He was of Italian origin, with his ancestors coming from Sardinia...	WBA
1972-03-10	1972-10-28	Alfonso Frazer	WBA
1972-10-28	1976-03-06	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...	WBA
1976-03-06	1977-Stripped	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...	WBA
1977-06-25	1980-08-02	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...	WBA
1980-08-02	1983-09-09-Stripped	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...	WBA
1984-01-22	1984-06-01	Johnny Bumphus Johnny Bumphus Johnny 'Bump City' Bumphus , is a former boxer who was world light welterweight champion.-Professional career:...	WBA
1984-06-01	1985-07-21	Gene Hatcher Gene Hatcher Ronald Hatcher Jr. , better known as "Gene Hatcher," is a former boxer who was world light welterweight champion. His nickname was "Mad Dog."-Amateur career:Hatcher was a United States Amateur Champion...	WBA
1985-07-21	1986-03-15	Ubaldo Nestor Sacco Ubaldo Nestor Sacco Ubaldo Nestor Sacco was an Argentine boxer.- Professional career :Known as "Uby", Sacco turned pro in 1978 and won the World Boxing Association light welterweight title by TKO over Gene Hatcher in 1985. He lost the belt the following year to Patrizio Oliva by decision.- External links :*...	WBA
1986-03-15	1987-07-04	Patrizio Oliva Patrizio Oliva Patrizio Oliva is an Italian former boxer, who won the gold medal in the light welterweight division at the 1980 Moscow Olympics as an amateur and the WBA World light welterweight title as a professional....	WBA
1987-07-04	1990-08-17	Juan Martin Coggi Juan Martin Coggi Juan Martin Coggi is a former boxer from Argentina. A native of Santa Fe , which was also the birthplace of Carlos Monzón, Coggi was a three time world light welterweight champion. He had 75 wins, 5 losses and 2 draws, with 44 wins by knockout...	WBA
1990-08-17	1991-06-14	Loreto Garza Loreto Garza Loreto Garza is a former American boxer.Garza started boxing amateur at 18 years old and did it for three years. He won the Golden Gloves all three years and was also on the US boxing team....	WBA
1991-06-14	1992-04-10	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
1992-04-10	1992-09-09	Akinobu Hiranaka Akinobu Hiranaka Akinobu Hiranaka is a former boxer in the Light welterweight division...	WBA
1992-09-09	1993-01-12	Morris East Morris East Morris East is a retired Filipino boxing champion.As a teenager, East moved to Cebu City and was spotted by Lito Cortes who brought him to the Cebu Coliseum gym...	WBA
1993-01-12	1994-09-17	Juan Martin Coggi Juan Martin Coggi Juan Martin Coggi is a former boxer from Argentina. A native of Santa Fe , which was also the birthplace of Carlos Monzón, Coggi was a three time world light welterweight champion. He had 75 wins, 5 losses and 2 draws, with 44 wins by knockout...	WBA
1994-09-17	1996-01-13	Frankie Randall Frankie Randall -External links:...	WBA
1996-01-13	1996-08-16	Juan Martin Coggi Juan Martin Coggi Juan Martin Coggi is a former boxer from Argentina. A native of Santa Fe , which was also the birthplace of Carlos Monzón, Coggi was a three time world light welterweight champion. He had 75 wins, 5 losses and 2 draws, with 44 wins by knockout...	WBA
1996-08-16	1997-01-11	Frankie Randall Frankie Randall -External links:...	WBA
1997-01-11	1998-10-10	Khalid Rahilou Khalid Rahilou Khalid Rahilou Khalid Rahilou Khalid Rahilou (born June 19, 1966 in Argenteuil, Val-d'Oise, France was a French boxer of a Moroccan origin.-Professional career:Rahilou began his professional career in 1988 and won the WBA Light Welterweight title by defeating Frankie Randall by TKO in 1997...	WBA
1998-10-10	2001-02-03	Sharmba Mitchell Sharmba Mitchell Sharmba David Mitchell , known professionally as Sharmba Mitchell, is a boxer who was WBA light welterweight champion.Mitchell, nicknamed "Little Big Man", is a native of Takoma Park, Maryland, but a resident of Washington, D.C.....	WBA
2001-02-03	2004-Stripped	Kostya Tszyu	WBA Super Champion
2002-05-11	2002-10-19	Diosbelys Hurtado Diosbelys Hurtado Diosbelys Hurtado is a Cuban-Spanish boxer.-Amateur career:Amateur Record: 221-20*1990 Represented Cuba at the World Junior Championships in Lima, Peru as a Featherweight. His results were:...	WBA Regular Champion
2002-10-19	2005-06-25	Vivian Harris Vivian Harris "Vicious" Vivian Harris is a Guyanese professional boxer who was born in Georgetown, Guyana and now resides in Brooklyn, New York...	WBA Regular Champion
2005-06-25	2005-11-26	Carlos Maussa Carlos Maussa Carlos "El Apóstol" Maussa is a former professional boxer and light welterweight titleholder. Turning pro in 2000, at the age of 29, Maussa won two titles and fought in several significant fights until his retirement at age 38.Maussa was raised in the Santa Fe neighborhood of Montería, a city...	WBA
2005-11-26	2005-05-06-Vacated	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....	WBA
2006-09-02	2007-07-21	Souleymane M'Baye Souleymane M'baye Souleymane M'baye is a professional boxer and is the former WBA super-lightweight champion. He won the vacated title by a fourth technical knockout on September 2, 2006 against Raul Horacio Balbi. His current record is 37 wins, three losses and a draw, with 21 wins coming by way of knockout...	WBA
2007-07-21	2008-03-22	Gavin Rees Gavin Rees Gavin Rees is a Welsh professional boxer. Nicknamed "The Rock", Rees is the current EBU Lightweight Champion, and former WBA super-lightweight World Champion...	WBA
2008-03-22	2009-07-18	Andreas Kotelnik	WBA
2009-07-18	Current	Amir Khan Amir Khan (boxer) Amir Iqbal Khan , is a British Pakistani professional boxer who is currently the unified WBA & IBF light welterweight champion....	WBA Super Champion
2011-07-23	Current	Marcos Maidana	WBA Regular Champion
IBF
Title inaugurated
1984-06-22	1985-03-02-Stripped	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...	IBF
1986-04-26	1986-10-30	Gary Hinton Gary Hinton - Professional career :Hinton turned pro in 1978 and won the vacant IBF light welterweight title with a decision win over Reyes Antonio Cruz in 1986. He lost the title in his first defense to Joe Manley by KO later that year.- External links :...	IBF
1986-10-30	1987-03-04	Joe Manley Joe Manley Joe Louis Manley Jr. was an American boxer at light welterweight.-Amateur career:Manley qualified as a lightweight for the 1980 United States Olympic team, defeating Frankie Randall on his way to earning his berth. Manley did not compete, however, due to the U.S. boycott of the Moscow Olympics...	IBF
1987-03-04	1987-07-01-Retired	Terry Marsh Terry Marsh (boxer) Terry Marsh is an English former professional boxer who was an undefeated world champion in the light welterweight division....	IBF
1988-02-14	1988-09-03	James McGirt	IBF
1988-09-03	1990-03-17	Meldrick Taylor Meldrick Taylor Meldrick Taylor is a former Olympic gold medalist and world boxing champion in two weight classes.-Amateur career:...	IBF
1990-03-17	1991-03-18-Vacated	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...	IBF
1991-12-07	1992-07-18	Rafael Pineda Rafael Pineda (boxer) Rafael Pineda, born January 12, 1966 in Barranquilla, Colombia, was a Colombian boxer at welterweight.- Professional career :Known as "Derby", Pineda turned pro in 1986 and in 1989 took on former Olympian Mark Breland for the WBA Welterweight Title, but was TKO'd in the fifth round...	IBF
1992-07-18	1993-Vacated	Pernell Whitaker Pernell Whitaker Pernell Whitaker , nicknamed "Sweet Pea", is a professional boxing trainer and retired American professional boxer...	IBF
1993-05-15	1994-02-13	Charles Murray Charles Murray (boxer) Charles Murray was an American boxer at light welterweight.- Professional career :Known as "The Natural," Murray turned pro in 1989 and won the vacant IBF light welterweight title with a decision win over Rodney Moore in 1993. He defended the title twice before losing it in 1994 to Jake Rodriguez...	IBF
1994-02-13	1995-01-28	Jake Rodriguez Jake Rodriguez Evaristo Rodriguez, better known as Jake Rodriguez was a Puerto Rican boxer at light welterweight.- Professional career :...	IBF
1995-01-28	1997-05-31	Kostya Tszyu	IBF
1997-05-31	1999-02-20	Vince Phillips Vince Phillips Vincent Edwards Phillips Sr. is an American boxer best known for upsetting and beating then undefeated Kostya Tszyu for the junior welterweight title.- Early life :...	IBF
1999-02-20	2000-Stripped	Terron Millett Terron Millett Terron Millett was a professional boxer in the Welterweight division and former IBF Light Welterweight Champion.-Amateur career:Millett was the 1991 National Golden Gloves Light welterweight champion.-Pro career:...	IBF
2000-02-12	2001-11-03	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....	IBF
2001-11-03	2005-06-04	Kostya Tszyu	IBF
2005-06-04	2006-03-29-Vacated	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....	IBF
2006-06-30	2007-01-20	Juan Urango Juan Urango Juan "Iron Twin" Urango is a professional boxer in the junior welterweight division.-Pro Career:...	IBF
2007-01-20	2007-02-09-Vacated	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....	IBF
2007-02-04	2007-06-16	Lovemore N'dou Lovemore N'dou Lovemore N'dou is an Australian based South African boxer.He was the IBF world light welterweight champion, until he lost the title to Paul Malignaggi.-Fight career:...	IBF
2007-06-16	2008-09-19-Vacated	Paul Malignaggi Paul Malignaggi Paul "Paulie" Malignaggi is an Italian-American professional boxer. He is the former IBF junior welterweight champion, and former WBO NABO light welterweight champion.-Light Welterweight:...	IBF
2009-01-30	2010-03-06	Juan Urango Juan Urango Juan "Iron Twin" Urango is a professional boxer in the junior welterweight division.-Pro Career:...	IBF
2010-03-06	2010-10-22-Stripped	Devon Alexander Devon Alexander Devon Alexander is a professional American boxer. Nicknamed "Alexander the Great," he is the former WBC and IBF Light Welterweight champion.-Biography:...	IBF
2011-03-05	2011-07-23	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....	IBF
2011-07-23	Current	Amir Khan Amir Khan (boxer) Amir Iqbal Khan , is a British Pakistani professional boxer who is currently the unified WBA & IBF light welterweight champion....	IBF
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1989-03-06	1991-02-23	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 :...	WBO
1991-02-23	1991-05-18	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...	WBO
1991-05-18	1992-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 :...	WBO
1992-06-29	1993-06-07	Carlos Gonzalez Carlos González Carlos González may refer to:Carlos González , Venezuelan-born baseball playerCarlos González , Mexican boxerCarlos González , Mexican football playerCarlos González , Mexican football player...	WBO
1993-06-07	1994-07-24-Retired	Zack Padilla Zack Padilla Zack Padilla is a retired American boxer and a former WBO Light Welterweight champion.-Professional career:Padilla turned pro in 1985 and retired shortly thereafter in 1986 after a TKO loss to Dwayne Prim....	WBO
1995-02-20	1996-03-09	Sammy Fuentes Sammy Fuentes Sammy Fuentes is a retired Puerto Rican boxer. On February 20, 1995, he defeated Fidel Avendano to win the WBO Light Welterweight title. Fuentes defended the title once against Hector Lopez before losing it to Giovanni Parisi. He retired with a record of 34 wins , 18 loses, and 2 draws.-External...	WBO
1996-03-09	1998-05-29	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
1998-05-29	1999-05-15	Carlos Gonzalez Carlos González (boxer) For the Mexican boxer with the same name born in 1959 see Carlos González Carlos González Ferrer , was a boxer from Xochimilco, Mexico, and a former WBO world junior welterweight champion....	WBO
1999-05-15	2000-07-22	Randall Bailey Randall Bailey Randall Bailey is an American boxer at welterweight. Nicknamed "The Knockout King", Bailey is widely considered to be one of the hardest punchers in boxing today.- Professional career :...	WBO
2000-07-22	2001-06-30-Stripped	Ener Julio Ener Julio Ener Julio is a boxer from Cartagena, Colombia, and a former WBO world junior welterweight champion.Julio began boxing professionally in 1994, and captured the WBO Light Welterweight Title with a decision victory over Randall Bailey. He lost the belt in his first defense to DeMarcus Corley after a...	WBO
2001-06-30	2003-07-12	DeMarcus Corley DeMarcus Corley DeMarcus "Chop Chop" Corley , is a boxer from Washington D.C., and a former WBO and USBA light welterweight champion. Corley also designs his own boxing attire.-Amateur career:...	WBO
2003-07-12	2004-Vacated	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....	WBO
2004-09-11	2006-10-27-Vacated	Miguel Cotto Miguel Cotto Miguel Ángel Cotto Vázquez is a Puerto Rican professional boxer and the reigning WBA light middleweight champion. He is the younger brother of contender Jose Miguel Cotto and cousin of Abner Cotto...	WBO
2006-11-18	2008-07-05	Ricardo Torres	WBO
2008-07-05	2009-04-04	Kendall Holt Kendall Holt Kendall Holt is an American professional boxer fighting in the light welterweight class. He is a one-time world champion, having held the WBO junior welterweight championship from July 5, 2008 until April 5, 2009.-Personal:...	WBO
2009-04-04	Current	Timothy Bradley Timothy Bradley Timothy Ray Bradley Jr. is an American boxer, fighting out of Palm Springs, California. He is the current WBO World Light Welterweight Champion. He is rated #2 in the Light Welterweight division behind Amir Khan.-Light Welterweight:...	WBO

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