List of welterweight boxing champions

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|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,

Reign Began	Reign Ended	Champion	Recognition
IBF
Title inaugurated
1984-02-04	1986-09-27	Donald Curry	IBF
1986-09-27	1988-04-23	Lloyd Honeyghan	IBF
1988-04-23	1991-10-04-Vacated	Simon Brown	IBF
1991-10-04	1993-06-19	Maurice Blocker	IBF
1993-06-19	2001-05-12-Vacated	Felix Trinidad	IBF
2001-05-12	2002-04-13-Vacated	Vernon Forrest	IBF
2002-04-13	2003-03-22	Michele Piccirillo	IBF
2003-03-22	2005-02-05	Cory Spinks	IBF
2005-02-05	2006-04-08	Zab Judah	IBF
2006-04-08	Vacated	Floyd Mayweather	IBF
WBC
Title inaugurated
1975	1975-12-06	Jose Angel Napoles	WBC
1975-12-06	1976-06-22	John H Stracey	WBC
1976-06-22	1979-01-14	Carlos Palomino	WBC
1979-01-14	1979-11-30	Wilfred Benitez	WBC
1979-11-30	1980-06-20	Sugar Ray Leonard	WBC
1980-06-20	1980-11-25	Roberto Duran	WBC
1980-11-25	1982-11-09-Retired	Sugar Ray Leonard	WBC
1983-08-13	1985-12-06	Milton McCrory	WBC
1985-12-06	1986-09-27	Donald Curry	WBC
1986-09-27	1987-10-28	Lloyd Honeyghan	WBC
1987-10-28	1988-03-29	Jorge Vaca	WBC
1988-03-29	1989-02-04	Lloyd Honeyghan	WBC
1989-02-04	1990-08-19	Marlon Starling	WBC
1990-08-19	1991-11-29	Maurice Blocker	WBC
1991-03-18	1991-11-29	Simon Brown	WBC
1991-11-29	1993-03-06	James McGirt	WBC
1993-03-06	1997-04-12	Pernell Whitaker	WBC
1997-04-12	1999-09-18	Oscar de la Hoya	WBC
1999-09-18	Vacated	Felix Trinidad	WBC
2000-06-17	2002-01-26	Shane Mosley	WBC
2002-01-26	2003-01-25	Vernon Forrest	WBC
2003-01-25	2003-12-13	Ricardo Mayorga	WBC
2003-12-13	2005-02-05	Cory Spinks	WBC
2005-02-05	2006-01-07	Zab Judah	WBC
2006-11-04	current	Carlos Manuel Baldomir	WBC
2006-11-04	current	Floyd Mayweather	IBF
WBA
Title inaugurated
1975-06-28	1976-07-17	Angel Espada	WBA
1976-07-17	1980-08-02	Pipino Cuevas	WBA
1980-08-02	1981-09-16	Tommy Hearns	WBA
1981-09-16	1982-11-09-Retired	Sugar Ray Leonard	WBA
1983-02-13	1986-09-27	Donald Curry	WBA
1986-09-27	1986-09-27-Vacated	Lloyd Honeyghan	WBA
1987-02-06	1987-08-22	Mark Breland	WBA
1987-08-22	1989-02-04	Marlon Starling	WBA
1989-02-04	1990-07-08	Mark Breland	WBA
1990-07-08	1991-01-19	Aaron Davis	WBA
1991-01-19	1992-10-31	Meldrick Taylor	WBA
1992-10-31	1994-06-04	Crisanto Espana	WBA
1994-06-04	1997-10-17-Vacated	Ike Quartey	WBA
1998-10-10	2001-02-17-Stripped	James Page	WBA
2001-02-17	2002-03-30	Andrew Lewis	WBA
2002-03-30	2003-12-13	Ricardo Mayorga	WBA Super Champion
2003-12-13	2005-02-05	Cory Spinks	WBA Super Champion
2005-02-05	2005-05-14	Zab Judah	WBA Super Champion
2003-09-13	2005-04-02	Jose Antonio Rivera	WBA
2005-04-02	2006-05-13	Luis Collazo	WBA
2006-05-13	Vacated	Ricky Hatton	WBA
WBO
Title inaugurated
1989-05-06	1989-05-06-Vacated	Genaro Leon	WBO
1989-12-15	1993-02-12	Manning Galloway	WBO
1993-02-12	1993-02-12-Vacated	Gert Bo Jacobsen	WBO
1993-10-16	1996-04-13	Eammon Loughran	WBO
1996-04-13	1996-10-06-Vacated	Jose Luis Lopez	WBO
1997-02-22	1998-02-14-Vacated	Michael Loewe	WBO
1998-02-14	2000-05-06	Ahmed Kotiev	WBO
2000-05-06	2002-03-16-Vacated	Daniel Santos	WBO
2002-03-16	current	Antonio Margarito	WBO
World
1914-03-21	1915-06-01	Matt Wells	World
1915-06-01	1915-06-22	Mike Glover	World
1915-06-22	1915-08-31	Jack Britton	World
1915-08-31	1916-04-24	Ted 'Kid' Lewis	World
1916-04-24	1917-06-25	Jack Britton	World
1917-06-25	1919-03-17	Ted 'Kid' Lewis	World
1919-03-17	1922-11-01	Jack Britton	World
1922-11-01	1926-05-20	Mickey Walker	World
1926-05-20	1927-06-03	Pete Latzo	World
1927-06-03	1929-07-25	Joe Dundee	World
1929-07-25	1930-05-09	Jackie Fields	World
1930-05-09	1930-09-05	Jack Thompson	World
1930-09-05	1931-04-14	Tommy Freeman	World
1931-04-14	1931-10-23	Jack Thompson	World
1931-10-23	1932-01-28	Lou Brouillard	World
1932-01-28	1933-02-22	Jackie Fields	World
1933-02-22	1933-05-29	Young Corbett III	World
1933-05-29	1934-05-28	Jimmy McLarnin	World
1934-05-28	1934-09-17	Barney Ross	World
1934-09-17	1935-05-28	Jimmy McLarnin	World
1935-05-28	1938-05-31	Barney Ross	World
1938-05-31	1940-10-04	Henry Armstrong	World
1940-10-04	1941-07-29	Fritzie Zivic	World
1941-07-29	1946-02-01	Freddie 'Red' Cochrane	World
1946-02-01	1946-02-01-Vacated	Marty Servo	World
1946-12-20	1950-08-09-Vacated	Sugar Ray Robinson	NBA
1951-03-14	1951-05-18	Johnny Bratton	NBA
1951-05-18	1951-08-29	Kid Gavilan	NBA	–	Title splits into WBC and WBA versions
1952-02-04	1954-10-20	Kid Gavilan	WBA/WBC
1954-10-20	1955-04-01	Johnny Saxton	WBA/WBC
1955-04-01	1955-06-10	Tony DeMarco	WBA/WBC
1955-06-10	1956-03-14	Carmen Basilio	WBA/WBC
1956-03-14	1956-09-12	Johnny Saxton	WBA/WBC
1956-09-12	1957-02-22-Vacated	Carmen Basilio	WBA/WBC
1958-06-06	1958-12-05	Virgil Akins	WBA/WBC
1958-12-05	1960-05-27	Don Jordan	WBA/WBC
1960-05-27	1961-04-01	Benny 'Kid' Paret	WBA/WBC
1961-04-01	1961-09-30	Emile Griffith	WBA/WBC
1961-09-30	1962-03-24	Benny 'Kid' Paret	WBA/WBC
1962-03-24	1963-03-21	Emile Griffith	WBA/WBC
1963-03-21	1963-06-08	Luis Manuel Rodriguez	WBA/WBC
1963-06-08	1965-12-10-Vacated	Emile Griffith	WBA/WBC
1966-11-28	1969-04-18	Curtis Cokes	WBA/WBC
1969-04-18	1970-12-03	Jose Angel Napoles	WBA/WBC
1970-12-03	1971-06-04	Billy Backus	WBA/WBC
1971-06-04	1975-12-06	Jose Angel Napoles	WBA/WBC

v • d • e World boxing champions
Champions by weight class:	Heavyweight \| Cruiserweight \| Light heavyweight \| Super middleweight \| Middleweight \| Super welterweight \| Welterweight \| Super lightweight \| Lightweight \| Super featherweight \| Featherweight \| Super bantamweight \| Bantamweight \| Super flyweight \| Flyweight \| Light flyweight \| Strawweight
Champions by organization:	WBA \| WBC \| IBF \| WBO \| The Ring \| Undisputed
Terms:	Interim championship \| Undisputed championship

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