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

• The World Boxing Association (WBA), founded in 1921 as the National Boxing Association (NBA)
• The World Boxing Council (WBC), founded in 1963
• The International Boxing Federation (IBF), founded in 1983
• The World Boxing Organization (WBO), founded in 1988

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Contents 1 World 2 WBC 3 WBA 4 IBF 5 WBO 6 References [edit] World
21 March 1914	1 June 1915	Matt Wells	World
1 June 1915	22 June 1915	Mike Glover	World
22 June 1915	31 August 1915	Jack Britton	World
31 August 1915	24 April 1916	Ted "Kid" Lewis	World
24 April 1916	25 June 1917	Jack Britton	World
25 June 1917	17 March 1919	Ted "Kid" Lewis	World
17 March 1919	1 November 1922	Jack Britton	World
1 November 1922	20 May 1926	Mickey Walker	World
20 May 1926	3 June 1927	Pete Latzo	World
3 June 1927	25 July 1929	Joe Dundee	World
25 July 1929	9 May 1930	Jackie Fields	World
9 May 1930	5 September 1930	Jack Thompson	World
5 September 1930	14 April 1931	Tommy Freeman	World
14 April 1931	23 October 1931	Jack Thompson	World
23 October 1931	28 January 1932	Lou Brouillard	World
28 January 1932	22 February 1933	Jackie Fields	World
22 February 1933	29 May 1933	Young Corbett III	World
29 May 1933	28 May 1934	Jimmy McLarnin	World
28 May 1934	17 September 1934	Barney Ross	World
17 September 1934	28 May 1935	Jimmy McLarnin	World
28 May 1935	31 May 1938	Barney Ross	World
31 May 1938	4 October 1940	Henry Armstrong	World
4 October 1940	29 July 1941	Fritzie Zivic	World
29 July 1941	1 February 1946	Freddie 'Red' Cochrane	World
1 February 1946	1 February 1946-Vacated	Marty Servo	World
20 December 1946	9 August 1950-Vacated	Sugar Ray Robinson	World
14 March 1951	18 May 1951	Johnny Bratton	World
18 May 1951	29 August 1951	Kid Gavilán	World
4 February 1952	20 October 1954	Kid Gavilán	World
20 October 1954	1 April 1955	Johnny Saxton	World
1 April 1955	10 June 1955	Tony DeMarco	World
10 June 1955	14 March 1956	Carmen Basilio	World
14 March 1956	12 September 1956	Johnny Saxton	World
12 September 1956	22 February 1957-Vacated	Carmen Basilio	World
6 June 1958	5 December 1958	Virgil Akins	World
5 December 1958	27 May 1960	Don Jordan	World
27 May 1960	1 April 1961	Benny 'Kid' Paret	World
1 April 1961	30 September 1961	Emile Griffith	World
30 September 1961	24 March 1962	Benny 'Kid' Paret	World
24 March 1962	21 March 1963	Emile Griffith	World
21 March 1963	8 June 1963	Luis Manuel Rodriguez	World
8 June 1963	10 December 1965-Vacated	Emile Griffith	World
28 November 1966	18 April 1969	Curtis Cokes	World
18 April 1969	3 December 1970	Jose Angel Napoles	World
Title Split into WBA and WBC Belts
3 December 1970	4 June 1971	Billy Backus	WBA/WBC
4 June 1971	6 December 1975	Jose Angel Napoles	WBA/WBC
16 September 1981	9 November 1982-Retires	Sugar Ray Leonard	WBA/WBC
Title Split into WBA, WBC, and IBF Belts
6 December 1985	27 September 1986	Donald Curry	WBA/WBC/IBF
27 September 1986	22 August 1987	Lloyd Honeyghan	WBA/WBC/IBF
[edit] WBC
Separate WBA and WBC champions began when Jose Napoles gives up WBA title[1]
1975	6 December 1975	Jose Angel Napoles	WBC
6 December 1975	22 June 1976	John H Stracey	WBC
22 June 1976	14 January 1979	Carlos Palomino	WBC
14 January 1979	30 November 1979	Wilfred Benitez	WBC
30 November 1979	20 June 1980	Sugar Ray Leonard	WBC
20 June 1980	25 November 1980	Roberto Duran	WBC
25 November 1980	9 November 1982-Retired	Sugar Ray Leonard	WBC
13 August 1983	6 December 1985	Milton McCrory	WBC
6 December 1985	27 September 1986	Donald Curry	WBC
27 September 1986	28 October 1987	Lloyd Honeyghan	WBC
28 October 1987	29 March 1988	Jorge Vaca	WBC
29 March 1988	4 February 1989	Lloyd Honeyghan	WBC
4 February 1989	19 August 1990	Marlon Starling	WBC
19 August 1990	29 November 1991	Maurice Blocker	WBC
18 March 1991	29 November 1991	Simon Brown	WBC
29 November 1991	6 March 1993	Buddy McGirt	WBC
6 March 1993	12 April 1997	Pernell Whitaker	WBC
12 April 1997	18 September 1999	Oscar de la Hoya	WBC
18 September 1999	Vacated	Felix Trinidad	WBC
17 June 2000	26 January 2002	Shane Mosley	WBC
26 January 2002	25 January 2003	Vernon Forrest	WBC
25 January 2003	13 December 2003	Ricardo Mayorga	WBC
13 December 2003	5 February 2005	Cory Spinks	WBC
5 February 2005	7 January 2006	Zab Judah	WBC
7 January 2006	4 November 2006	Carlos Manuel Baldomir	WBC
4 November 2006	6 June 2008- Retired	Floyd Mayweather Jr.	WBC
21 June 2008	current	Andre Berto	WBC
[edit] WBA
28 June 1975	17 July 1976	Angel Espada	WBA
17 July 1976	2 August 1980	Pipino Cuevas	WBA
2 August 1980	16 September 1981	Tommy Hearns	WBA
16 September 1981	9 November 1982-Retired	Sugar Ray Leonard	WBA
13 February 1983	27 September 1986	Donald Curry	WBA
27 September 1986	27 September 1986-Vacated	Lloyd Honeyghan	WBA
6 February 1987	22 August 1987	Mark Breland	WBA
22 August 1987	4 February 1989	Marlon Starling	WBA
4 February 1989	8 July 1990	Mark Breland	WBA
8 July 1990	19 January 1991	Aaron Davis	WBA
19 January 1991	31 October 1992	Meldrick Taylor	WBA
31 October 1992	4 June 1994	Crisanto Espana	WBA
4 June 1994	17 October 1997-Vacated	Ike Quartey	WBA
10 October 1998	17 February 2001-Stripped	James Page	WBA
17 February 2001	30 March 2002	Andrew Lewis	WBA
30 March 2002	13 December 2003	Ricardo Mayorga	WBA Super Champion
13 December 2003	5 February 2005	Cory Spinks	WBA Super Champion
5 February 2005	14 May 2005	Zab Judah	WBA Super Champion
13 September 2003	2 April 2005	Jose Antonio Rivera	WBA
2 April 2005	13 May 2006	Luis Collazo	WBA
13 May 2006	Vacated	Ricky Hatton	WBA
2 December 2006	26 July 2008	Miguel Cotto	WBA
26 July 2008	24 January 2009	Antonio Margarito	WBA Super Champion
24 January 2009	current	Shane Mosley	WBA Super Champion
10 April 2009	current	Sean Jones	WBA
[edit] IBF
Title inaugurated
4 February 1984	27 September 1986	Donald Curry	IBF
27 September 1986	23 April 1988	Lloyd Honeyghan	IBF
23 April 1988	4 October 1991-Vacated	Simon Brown	IBF
4 October 1991	19 June 1993	Maurice Blocker	IBF
19 June 1993	12 May 2001-Vacated	Felix Trinidad	IBF
12 May 2001	13 April 2002-Vacated	Vernon Forrest	IBF
13 April 2002	22 March 2003	Michele Piccirillo	IBF
22 March 2003	5 February 2005	Cory Spinks	IBF
5 February 2005	8 April 2006	Zab Judah	IBF
8 April 2006	28 October 2006-Vacated	Floyd Mayweather	IBF
28 October 2006	12 April 2008	Kermit Cintron	IBF
12 April 2008	23 July 2008-Vacated	Antonio Margarito	IBF
23 July 2008	16 April 2009-Vacated	Joshua Clottey	IBF
1 August 2009	Present	Sean Jones	IBF
[edit] WBO
Title inaugurated
6 May 1989	6 May 1989-Vacated	Genaro Leon	WBO
15 December 1989	12 February 1993	Manning Galloway	WBO
12 February 1993	12 February 1993-Vacated	Gert Bo Jacobsen	WBO
16 October 1993	13 April 1996	Eammon Loughran	WBO
13 April 1996	6 October 1996-Vacated	Jose Luis Lopez	WBO
22 February 1997	14 February 1998-Vacated	Michael Loewe	WBO
14 February 1998	6 May 2000	Ahmed Kotiev	WBO
6 May 2000	16 March 2002-Vacated	Daniel Santos	WBO
16 March 2002	14 July 2007	Antonio Margarito	WBO
14 July 2007	9 February 2008	Paul Williams	WBO
9 February 2008	7 June 2008	Carlos Quintana	WBO
7 June 2008	12 November 2008-Vacated	Paul Williams	WBO
21 February 2009	14 November 2009	Miguel Cotto	WBO
14 November 2009	Present	Manny Pacquiao	WBO

[edit] References

1. ^ Mullan, Harry (1996). The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Boxing. London, England: Carlton Books. p. 159. ISBN 0785806415. 

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