This is a list of WBA world champions, showing every world champion certified by the World Boxing Association (WBA). The list also includes champions certified by the National Boxing Association (NBA), the predecessor to the WBA.

Boxers who won the title but were stripped due to the title bout being overturned to a no contest are not listed i.e. Evgeny Tishchenko won the inaugural bridgerweight title but was subsequently stripped after testing positive for banned substance.

In December 2000, the WBA created an unprecedented situation of having a split championship in the same weight class by introducing a new title called Super world, commonly referred to simply as Super. The Super champion is the WBA's primary champion, while the World champion – commonly known as the Regular champion by boxing publications – is only considered the primary champion by the other three major sanctioning bodies (WBC, IBF, and WBO) if the Super title is vacant.

A Unified champion is a boxer that holds the primary WBA title and one or two from another major sanctioning body (WBC, IBF, WBO) simultaneously. An Undisputed champion as defined by the WBA, only needs to hold three of the four major titles but in some cases they may change a Super champion into an Undisputed champion after a failed title defense (e.g. Anselmo Moreno losing to Juan Payano and Chris John losing to Simpiwe Vetyeka). This is not to be confused by professional boxing's own definition of an undisputed champion, in which a boxer must hold all four major titles.

There are two tables per section. The primary champion lineage prioritizes the Super champions. If the Super title is vacant, then the Undisputed / Unified title is listed. If both are vacant, then the Regular title becomes the primary champion. The secondary champion lineage lists the Regular or Unified champions while the primary champion is occupied.

  • Every Super champion is the primary champion.
  • A Regular champion is a primary champion only if Super, Undisputed and Unified is vacant.
  • A Unified champion is a primary champion only if Super is vacant.
  • Not every Regular or Unified champion gets promoted to Super if it is vacant.
  • Not every Regular champion gets to fight for the vacant Super title.
  • A Regular or Unified champion that is considered the primary champion is relegated to secondary champion if Super gets occupied.

Starting from August 2021, any new champions in the primary champion lineage will not be marked as Regular, Unified, Undisputed or Super because of the WBA's title reduction plan.

Current champion
Most consecutive title defenses

Heavyweight

Primary champion lineage

No.NameReignDefenses
1Jack Dempsey (awarded inaugural title)Jan 1921 – 23 Sep 19263
2Gene Tunney23 Sep 1926 – 31 Jul 19282
Tunney retires.
3Max Schmeling (def. Jack Sharkey)12 Jun 1930 – 21 Jun 19321
4Jack Sharkey21 Jun 1932 – 29 Jun 19330
5Primo Carnera29 Jun 1933 – 14 Jun 19341
6Max Baer14 Jun 1934 – 13 Jun 19350
7James J. Braddock13 Jun 1935 – 22 Jun 19370
8Joe Louis22 Jun 1937 – 1 Mar 194925
Louis vacated the title and retired, but would come back a year later to fight Ezzard Charles.
9Ezzard Charles (def. Jersey Joe Walcott)22 Jun 1949 – 18 Jul 19518
10Jersey Joe Walcott18 Jul 1951 – 23 Sep 19521
11Rocky Marciano23 Sep 1952 – 27 Apr 19566
Marciano retires.
12Floyd Patterson (def. Archie Moore)30 Nov 1956 – 26 Jun 19593
13Ingemar Johansson26 Jun 1959 – 20 Jun 19600
14Floyd Patterson (2)20 Jun 1960 – 25 Sep 19622
The NBA changes its name to WBA on 23 August 1962, making Patterson the first WBA heavyweight champion and last NBA heavyweight champion.
15Sonny Liston25 Sep 1962 – 25 Feb 19641
16Muhammad Ali25 Feb – 14 Sep 19640
Ali was stripped of the title for signing to a rematch with Liston.
17Ernie Terrell (def. Eddie Machen)5 Mar 1965 – 6 Feb 19672
18Muhammad Ali (2)6 Feb – 28 Apr 19671
Ali was stripped of the title due to his refusal to be drafted to Army service.
19Jimmy Ellis (def. Jerry Quarry)27 Apr 1968 – 16 Feb 19701
20Joe Frazier16 Feb 1970 – 22 Jan 19734
21George Foreman22 Jan 1973 – 30 Oct 19742
22Muhammad Ali (3)30 Oct 1974 – 15 Feb 197810
23Leon Spinks15 Feb – 15 Sep 19780
24Muhammad Ali (4)15 Sep 1978 – 3 Jul 19790
Ali vacated the title and retired, but would come back a year later to fight Larry Holmes.
25John Tate (def. Gerrie Coetzee)20 Oct 1979 – 31 Mar 19800
26Mike Weaver31 Mar 1980 – 10 Dec 19822
27Michael Dokes10 Dec 1982 – 23 Sep 19831
28Gerrie Coetzee23 Sep 1983 – 1 Dec 19840
29Greg Page1 Dec 1984 – 29 Apr 19850
30Tony Tubbs29 Apr 1985 – 17 Jan 19860
31Tim Witherspoon17 Jan – 12 Dec 19861
32James Smith12 Dec 1986 – 7 Mar 19870
33Mike Tyson7 Mar 1987 – 11 Feb 19908
34Buster Douglas11 Feb – 25 Oct 19900
35Evander Holyfield25 Oct 1990 – 13 Nov 19923
36Riddick Bowe13 Nov 1992 – 6 Nov 19932
37Evander Holyfield (2)6 Nov 1993 – 22 Apr 19940
38Michael Moorer22 Apr – 5 Nov 19940
39George Foreman (2)5 Nov 1994 – 4 Mar 19950
Foreman was stripped after refusing to fight mandatory challenger Tony Tucker.
40Bruce Seldon (def. Tony Tucker)8 Apr 1995 – 7 Sep 19961
41Mike Tyson (2)7 Sep – 9 Nov 19960
42Evander Holyfield (3)9 Nov 1996 – 13 Nov 19994
43Lennox Lewis13 Nov 1999 – 12 Apr 20000
Lewis was stripped after agreeing to fight WBC challenger Michael Grant instead of John Ruiz. Ruiz challenged this decision in court on the basis of a clause in the Lewis–Holyfield rematch contract which said Lewis's first bout as undisputed champion would be against the WBA's number one contender.
44Evander Holyfield (4) (def. John Ruiz)12 Aug 2000 – 3 Mar 20010
45John Ruiz3 Mar 2001 – 1 Mar 20032
46Roy Jones Jr.1 Mar 2003 – 24 Feb 20040
Jones Jr. vacated the title to stay at light heavyweight.
47John Ruiz (2) (interim champion promoted)24 Feb 2004 – 17 Dec 20052
48Nikolai Valuev17 Dec 2005 – 14 Apr 20073
49Ruslan Chagaev14 Apr 2007 – 3 Jul 20082
Chagaev tore his achilles tendon and was declared champion in recess.
50Nikolai Valuev (2) (def. John Ruiz)30 Aug 2008 – 7 Nov 20091
51David Haye7 Nov 2009 – 2 Jul 20112
Haye fought for the inaugural Unified title against Wladimir Klitschko.
52Wladimir Klitschko – Unified champion (def. David Haye)2 Jul – Aug 20110
Promoted to Super champion on WBA's July 2011 official ratings posted on August.
Wladimir Klitschko – Super champion (Unified champion promoted)Aug 2011 – 28 Nov 20158
53Tyson Fury28 Nov – 10 Dec 20150
Fury was recognized as Unified champion on WBA's November rankings posted on 10 December.
Tyson Fury – Unified champion10 Dec 2015 – 12 Oct 20160
Fury vacated the title after cancelling a rematch with Wladimir Klitschko for a second time, citing depression after a positive test for cocaine.
54Anthony Joshua – Super champion (def. Wladimir Klitschko)29 Apr 2017 – 1 Jun 20193
55Andy Ruiz Jr.1 Jun – 7 Dec 20190
56Anthony Joshua (2)7 Dec 2019 – 25 Sep 20211
57Oleksandr Usyk25 Sep 2021 – present5

Secondary champion lineage

No.NameReignDefenses
1Alexander Povetkin (def. Ruslan Chagaev)27 Aug 2011 – 5 Oct 20134
Povetkin lost against Super champion Wladimir Klitschko.
2Ruslan Chagaev (def. Fres Oquendo)6 Jul 2014 – 5 Mar 20161
3Lucas Browne5 Mar – 12 May 20160
Browne was stripped for failing the post fight drug test but the bout wasn’t overturned to a no contest.
4Ruslan Chagaev (2) (reinstated)12 May – 25 Jul 20160
Chagaev was stripped of the title for failing to pay the sanctioning fees.
5Mahmoud Charr (def. Alexander Ustinov)25 Nov 2017 – 29 Jan 20210
Charr declared champion in recess.
6Trevor Bryan (def. Bermane Stiverne)29 Jan 2021 – 11 Jun 20221
7Daniel Dubois11 Jun 2022 – 26 Aug 20231
Dubois lost against Super champion Oleksandr Usyk.
8Mahmoud Charr (2) (reinstated by court ruling)31 Aug 2023 – 7 Dec 20240
9Kubrat Pulev7 Dec 2024 – 12 Dec 20250
10Murat Gassiev12 Dec 2025 – present0

Bridgerweight

No.NameReignDefenses
1Muslim Gadzhimagomedov (def. Zhaoxin Zhang)12 Jul 2024 – present1

Cruiserweight

Primary champion lineage

No.NameReignDefenses
1Ossie Ocasio (def. Robbie Williams)13 Feb 1982 – 1 Dec 19843
2Piet Crous1 Dec 1984 – 27 Jul 19851
3Dwight Muhammad Qawi27 Jul 1985 – 12 Jul 19861
4Evander Holyfield12 Jul 1986 – Dec 19885
Holyfield vacated the title to move up to heavyweight full time.
5Taoufik Belbouli (def. Michael Greer)25 Mar – 11 Aug 19890
Belbouli got injured and was expected to get stripped on 11 August.
6Robert Daniels (def. Dwight Muhammad Qawi)27 Nov 1989 – 8 Mar 19912
7Bobby Czyz8 Mar 1991 – Oct 19932
Czyz was involved in a car accident and he had to vacate the title for his inability to defend it.
8Orlin Norris (def. Marcelo Figueroa)6 Nov 1993 – 22 Jul 19954
9Nate Miller22 Jul 1995 – 8 Nov 19974
10Fabrice Tiozzo8 Nov 1997 – 9 Dec 20004
11Virgil Hill9 Dec 2000 – 23 Feb 20020
12Jean-Marc Mormeck23 Feb 2002 – 2 Apr 20053
Mormeck fought for the Unified title against WBC champion Wayne Braithwaite.
Jean-Marc Mormeck – Unified champion (def. Wayne Braithwaite)2 Apr 2005 – 7 Jan 20060 (3)
13O'Neil Bell7 Jan 2006 – 17 Mar 20070
14Jean-Marc Mormeck (2)17 Mar – 10 Nov 20070
15David Haye10 Nov 2007 – 12 May 20081
Status changes to Undisputed champion after winning against WBO champion Enzo Maccarinelli.
David Haye – Undisputed champion (def. Enzo Maccarinelli)8 Mar – 14 May 20080 (1)
Status changes to Unified champion on WBA's April 2008 ratings posted on 14 May, just days after vacating his WBC title.
David Haye – Unified champion14 May – 19 Jun 20080 (1)
Haye intends to move up to heavyweight. The title is vacated on WBA's May 2008 official ratings posted on 19 June.
16Firat Arslan – Regular champion (Primary champion vacant)19 Jun – 27 Sep 20080
17Guillermo Jones27 Sep 2008 – 30 Oct 20122
Jones was declared champion in recess.
18Denis Lebedev – Regular champion (interim champion promoted)30 Oct 2012 – 21 May 20164
Lebedev fought for Super title against IBF champion Víctor Ramírez.
Denis Lebedev – Super champion (def. Víctor Ramírez)21 May 2016 – 1 Feb 20181 (5)
WBA changed Lebedev's status to champion in recess in order to allow Yuniel Dorticos to unify his title with IBF champion Murat Gassiev. Lebedev had lost a bout against Gassiev where only the IBF title was on the line.
19Yuniel Dorticos – Regular champion (Primary champion vacant)1 Feb – 3 Feb 20180
Dorticos fought for Unified title against IBF champion Murat Gassiev.
20Murat Gassiev – Unified champion (def. Yuniel Dorticos)3 Feb – 21 Jul 20180
Gassiev fought WBC and WBO champion Oleksandr Usyk for the Super title.
21Oleksandr Usyk – Super champion (def. Murat Gassiev)21 Jul 2018 – 27 Mar 20191
Usyk vacated the title and moved up to heavyweight.
22Beibut Shumenov – Regular champion (Primary champion vacant)27 Mar – 31 May 20190
Shumenov stripped of title after failing to meet the terms of the purse bid between him and Arsen Goulamirian.
23Arsen Goulamirian – Regular champion (interim champion promoted); (Primary champion vacant)31 May – 1 Sep 20190
Goulamirian promoted to Super champion on WBA's August 2019 official ratings posted on 1 September.
Arsen Goulamirian – Super champion (Regular champion promoted)1 Sep 2019 – 30 Mar 20243
24Gilberto Ramirez30 Mar – 6 Apr 20240
Ramirez becomes World champion in WBA's March 2024 official ratings posted on 6 April.
Gilberto Ramirez6 Apr – 31 Oct 20240
Ramirez listed as Super champion in WBA's October 2024 official ratings posted on November 4.
Gilberto Ramirez – Super champion4 Nov 2024 – present2

Secondary champion lineage

No.NameReignDefenses
1Virgil Hill (def. Valery Brudov)27 Jan 2006 – 24 Nov 20070
2Firat Arslan24 Nov 2007 – 12 May 20082
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
3Beibut Shumenov (def. Junior Anthony Wright)21 May 2016 – 20 Jun 20170
Shumenov vacated the title after cancelling a defense fight multiple times against Yuniel Dorticos, due to an eye injury.
4Yuniel Dorticos (interim champion promoted)20 Jun 2017 – 1 Feb 20181
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
5Beibut Shumenov (2) (def. Hizni Altunkaya)7 Jul 2018 – 27 Mar 20190
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
6Beibut Shumenov (3) (reinstated)1 Sep 2019 – 29 Jan 20210
Shumenov stripped of title due to inactivity.
7Ryad Merhy (interim champion promoted)29 Jan 2021 – 12 Aug 20221
Merhy vacated the title.

Light heavyweight

Primary champion lineage

No.NameReignDefenses
1Georges Carpentier (awarded inaugural title)Jan 1921 – 24 Sep 19221
2Battling Siki24 Sep 1922 – 17 Mar 19230
3Mike McTigue17 Mar 1923 – 30 May 19251
4Paul Berlenbach30 May 1925 – 16 Jul 19263
5Jack Delaney16 July 1926 – 26 July 19271
Delaney vacated the title to move up to the heavyweight division.
6Jimmy Slattery (def. Maxie Rosenbloom)30 Aug – 12 Dec 19270
7Tommy Loughran12 Dec 1927 – 3 Sep 19295
Loughran vacated the title to move up to the heavyweight division.
8Maxie Rosenbloom (awarded title)Sep 1930 – 6 Jun 19311
Rosenbloom is stripped of the title for failing to defend the title in a timely manner.
9George Nichols (def. Dave Maier)18 Mar – 17 Dec 19320
Nichols stripped for failing to defend the title within the eight month time limit.
10Joe Knight (awarded title)Feb 28 – 1 Mar 19330
11Bob Godwin1 Mar – 24 Mar 19330
12Maxie Rosenbloom (2)24 Mar 1933 – 17 Sep 19342
Rosenbloom is stripped of the title because the NBA disliked his "clowning tactics and criticizing opponents in the ring".
13Bob Olin (def. Maxie Rosenbloom)16 Nov 1934 – 31 Oct 19350
14John Henry Lewis31 Oct 1935 – 19 Jun 19395
Lewis is stripped of the title for failing to defend it within the required six month limit and was virtually blind in his left eye.
15Billy Conn (def. Melio Bettina)13 Jul 1939 – 20 Dec 19403
Conn vacated the title to move up to the heavyweight division.
16Anton Christoforidis (def. Melio Bettina)13 Jan – 24 May 19410
17Gus Lesnevich24 May 1941 – 26 Jul 19485
18Freddie Mills26 Jul 1948 – 24 Jan 19500
19Joey Maxim24 Jan 1950 – 17 Dec 19522
20Archie Moore17 Dec 1952 – 25 Oct 19608
Moore was stripped of the title for failing to fight Eric Schoeppner.
21Harold Johnson (def. Jesse Bowdry)7 Feb 1961 – 1 Jun 19634
22Willie Pastrano1 Jun 1963 – 30 Mar 19652
23José Torres30 Mar 1965 – 16 Dec 19663
24Dick Tiger16 Dec 1966 – 24 May 19682
25Bob Foster24 May 1968 – 9 Dec 19704
Foster was stripped of the title for failing to post a $5,000 forfeit bond for the fight with Jimmy Dupree within 10 days after losing to Joe Frazier.
26Vicente Rondón (def. Jimmy Dupree)27 Feb 1971 – 7 Apr 19724
27Bob Foster (2)7 Apr 1972 – 16 Sep 19745
Foster retires.
28Víctor Galíndez (def. Len Hutchins)7 Dec 1974 – 15 Sep 197810
29Mike Rossman15 Sep 1978 – 14 Apr 19791
30Víctor Galíndez (2)14 April – 30 Nov 19790
31Marvin Johnson30 Nov 1979 – 31 Mar 19800
32Eddie Mustafa Muhammad31 Mar 1980 – 18 Jul 19812
33Michael Spinks18 Jul 1981 – 5 Nov 198510
Spinks vacated the title to stay at heavyweight.
34Marvin Johnson (2) (def. Leslie Stewart)9 Feb 1986 – 23 May 19871
35Leslie Stewart23 May – 5 Sep 19870
36Virgil Hill5 Sep 1987 – 3 Jun 199110
37Thomas Hearns3 Jun 1991 – 20 Mar 19920
38Iran Barkley20 Mar – 27 May 19920
Barkley vacated the title to stay at super middleweight.
39Virgil Hill (2) (def. Frank Tate)29 Sep 1992 – 13 Jun 199710
40Dariusz Michalczewski13 Jun – 1 Jul 19970
The WBA stripped Michalczewski of the title 18 days later for displaying its belt along with that of the WBO and subsequently refusing to give up his WBO title.
41Lou Del Valle (def. Eddy Smulders)20 Sep 1997 – 18 Jul 19980
42Roy Jones Jr.18 Jul 1998 – Dec 20005
Jones Jr. promoted to inaugural Super champion on WBA's December 2000 official ratings.
Roy Jones Jr. – Super champion (Regular champion promoted)Dec 2000 – 5 Aug 20023 (8)
Status changes to Unified champion on WBA's July 2002 official ratings posted on 5 August.
Roy Jones Jr. – Unified champion5 Aug 2002 – 15 Apr 20031 (9)
Jones Jr. vacates the title to stay at heavyweight.
43Mehdi Sahnoune – Regular champion (Primary champion vacant)15 Apr – 10 Oct 20030
44Silvio Branco10 Oct – 8 Nov 20030
Branco is relegated since Roy Jones Jr. won the vacant Unified title.
45Roy Jones Jr. (2) – Unified champion (def. Antonio Tarver)8 Nov 2003 – 15 May 20040
46Antonio Tarver15 May – 3 Jul 20040
Tarver was stripped of the title and removed from WBA's June 2004 official ratings posted on 3 July 2004.
47Fabrice Tiozzo – Regular champion (Primary champion vacant)3 Jul 2004 – 19 Oct 20061
Tiozzo vacated the title and retired after defeating Dariusz Michalczewski.
48Silvio Branco (2) – Regular champion (interim champion promoted); (Primary champion vacant)19 Oct 2006 – 28 Apr 20070
49Stipe Drviš28 Apr – 16 Dec 20070
50Danny Green16 Dec 2007 – 25 Mar 20080
Green vacated the title and retired.
51Hugo Garay – Regular champion (def. Yuriy Barashian); (Primary champion vacant)3 Jul 2008 – 20 Jun 20091
52Gabriel Campillo20 Jun 2009 – 29 Jan 20101
53Beibut Shumenov29 Jan 2010 – 8 Oct 20135
Shumenov promoted to Super champion.
Beibut Shumenov – Super champion (Regular champion promoted)8 Oct 2013 – 19 Apr 20141 (6)
54Bernard Hopkins19 Apr – 8 Nov 20140
Hopkins fought WBO champion Sergey Kovalev for the Undisputed title.
55Sergey Kovalev – Undisputed champion (def. Bernard Hopkins)8 Nov 2014 – 19 Nov 20164
56Andre Ward19 Nov 2016 – 21 Sep 20171
Ward retires from boxing.
57Badou Jack – Regular champion (Primary champion vacant)21 Sep – 23 Sep 20170
Jack vacated the title to avoid a purse bid with interim champion Dmitry Bivol and opted to seek opportunities with bigger names. On 14 Oct 2017, Bivol was promoted to world champion.
58Dmitry Bivol – Regular champion (interim champion promoted); (Primary champion vacant)14 Oct 2017 – 10 Oct 20195
Bivol promoted to Super champion before fighting Lenin Castillo.
Dmitry Bivol – Super champion (Regular champion promoted)10 Oct 2019 – 12 Oct 20247 (12)
59Artur Beterbiev12 Oct 2024 – 22 Feb 20250
60Dmitry Bivol (2)22 Feb 2025 – present0

Secondary champion lineage

No.NameReignDefenses
1Bruno Girard (def. Robert Koon)22 Dec 2001 – 8 Mar 20032
2Mehdi Sahnoune8 Mar – 15 Apr 20030
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
3Silvio Branco (relegated from primary champion)8 Nov 2003 – 20 Feb 20040
4Fabrice Tiozzo20 Feb – 3 Jul 20040
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
5Jürgen Brähmer (def. Marcus Oliveira)14 Dec 2013 – 1 Oct 20166
6Nathan Cleverly1 Oct 2016 – 26 Aug 20170
7Badou Jack26 Aug – 21 Sep 20170
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
8Jean Pascal (interim champion promoted)10 Oct 2019 – 9 Jul 20211
Pascal is stripped of his title for testing positive for banned substances and is also suspended for six months.
9David Morrell (def. Radivoje Kalajdzic)3 Aug 2024 – 1 Feb 20250
10David Benavidez1 Feb 2025 – present1

Super middleweight

Primary champion lineage

No.NameReignDefenses
1Park Chong-pal (def. Jesús Gallardo)6 Dec 1987 – 23 May 19881
2Fulgencio Obelmejias23 May 1988 – 28 May 19890
3Baek In-chul28 May 1989 – 30 Mar 19902
4Christophe Tiozzo30 Mar 1990 – 5 Apr 19912
5Víctor Córdoba5 Apr 1991 – 12 Sep 19921
6Michael Nunn12 Sep 1992 – 26 Feb 19944
7Steve Little26 Feb – 12 Aug 19940
8Frankie Liles12 Aug 1994 – 12 Jun 19997
9Byron Mitchell12 Jun 1999 – 8 Apr 20001
10Bruno Girard8 Apr 2000 – Mar 20011
Girard vacated the title just days before his scheduled bout due to purse bid problems.
11Byron Mitchell (2) (def. Manny Siaca)3 Mar 2001 – 14 Mar 20032
Mitchell fought for the inaugural Unified title against Sven Ottke.
12Sven Ottke – Unified champion (def. Byron Mitchell)15 Mar 2003 – 27 Mar 20044
Ottke vacated the title and retired undefeated from professional boxing.
13Anthony Mundine – Regular champion (Primary champion vacant)27 Mar – 5 May 20040
14Manny Siaca5 May – 12 Nov 20040
15Mikkel Kessler12 Nov 2004 – 14 Oct 20063
Kessler fought for the Unified title against WBC champion Markus Beyer.
Mikkel Kessler – Unified champion (def. Markus Beyer)14 Oct 2006 – 4 Nov 20071 (4)
Kessler fought for the Undisputed title against WBO and The Ring champion Joe Calzaghe.
16Joe Calzaghe – Undisputed champion (def. Mikkel Kessler)4 Nov 2007 – 26 Sep 20080
Calzaghe vacated the title and moved up to light heavyweight.
17Mikkel Kessler (2) – Regular champion (Primary champion vacant)3 Oct 2008 – 21 Oct 20092
Kessler promoted to Super champion on WBA's August–September 2009 Official ratings posted on 21 October, 1 month before fighting Andre Ward.
Mikkel Kessler (2) – Super champion (Regular champion promoted)21 Oct – 21 Nov 20090 (2)
18Andre Ward21 Nov 2009 – 12 Nov 20155
Ward vacated the title to move up to light heavyweight.
19Fedor Chudinov – Regular champion (Primary champion vacant)12 Nov 2015 – 4 Jan 20160
Chudinov promoted to Super champion.
Fedor Chudinov – Super champion (Regular champion promoted)4 Jan – 20 Feb 20160
20Felix Sturm20 Feb – 5 Oct 20160
Sturm vacated the title citing impossibility to defend title after requiring surgery in both elbows.
21Giovanni De Carolis – Regular champion (Primary champion vacant)5 Oct – 5 Nov 20160
22Tyron Zeuge5 Nov 2016 – 27 May 20171
Zeuge relegated to secondary champion after George Groves and Fedor Chudinov fought for the vacant Super title.
23George Groves – Super champion (def. Fedor Chudinov)27 May 2017 – 28 Sep 20182
24Callum Smith28 Sep 2018 – 19 Dec 20202
25Canelo Álvarez19 Dec 2020 – 13 Sep 20258
26Terence Crawford13 Sep 2025 – 1 Jan 20260
Crawford announces his retirement. Interim champion Armando Reséndiz was later promoted to world champion.
27Armando Reséndiz (interim champion promoted)1 Jan 2026 – present0

Secondary champion lineage

No.NameReignDefenses
1Anthony Mundine (def. Antwun Echols)3 Sep 2003 – 27 Mar 20041
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
2Anthony Mundine (2) (def. Sam Soliman)7 Mar 2007 – 27 May 20084
Title is vacated immediately after his final defense.
3Mikkel Kessler (def. Dimitri Sartison)21 Jun – 3 Oct 20080
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
4Dimitri Sartison (def. Stjepan Bozic)21 Nov 2009 – 15 Jul 20111
Sartison was stripped of title after failing to fight in defense fights against Brian Magee and later Robert Stieglitz.
5Károly Balzsay (def. Stanislav Kashtanov)26 Aug 2011 – 3 Aug 20121
Balzsay was declared champion in recess in the July 2012 ratings posted on August 3.
6Brian Magee (interim champion promoted)9 Nov – 3 Dec 20120
7Mikkel Kessler (2)8 Dec 2012 – 25 May 20130
Kessler lost against IBF champion Carl Froch. Froch is declared as Unified champion.
8Carl Froch – Unified champion (def. Mikkel Kessler)25 May 2013 – 8 May 20152
Froch was stripped of title for inactivity.
9Fedor Chudinov (def. Felix Sturm)9 May – 12 Nov 20151
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
10Giovanni De Carolis (def. Vincent Feigenbutz)9 Jan – 5 Oct 20161
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
11Tyron Zeuge (relegated from primary champion)27 May 2017 – 14 Jul 20182 (3)
12Rocky Fielding14 Jul – 15 Dec 20180
13Canelo Álvarez15 Dec 2018 – 19 Dec 20200
Álvarez won against Super champion Callum Smith.
14David Morrell (interim champion promoted)19 Jan 2021 – 30 Aug 20246
Morell was granted a special permission to fight for the vacant WBA (Regular) light heavyweight title given that if he wins, he'll have to keep only one title. Morell then vacated the title and opted to stay at light heavyweight.

Middleweight

Primary champion lineage

No.NameReignDefenses
1Johnny Wilson (awarded inaugural title)Jan 1921 – 31 Aug 19233
2Harry Greb31 Aug 1923 – 25 Feb 19264
3Tiger Flowers25 Feb – 3 Dec 19261
4Mickey Walker3 Dec 1926 – 19 Jun 19313
Walker vacated the title to move up to heavyweight.
5Gorilla Jones (def. Oddone Piazza)25 Jan – 11 Jun 19321
6Marcel Thil11 Jun 1932 – 19 Sep 19331
Thil was stripped during the annual NBA convention because he would not defend the title in the United States.
7Lou Brouillard (awarded title)19 Sep – 30 Oct 19330
8Vince Dundee30 Oct 1933 – 11 Sep 19342
9Teddy Yarosz11 Sep 1934 – 19 Sep 19350
10Eddie Babe Risko19 Sep 1935 – 11 Jul 19361
11Freddie Steele11 Jul 1936 – 26 Jul 19385
12Al Hostak26 Jul – 1 Nov 19380
13Solly Krieger1 Nov 1938 – 27 Jun 19390
14Al Hostak (2)27 Jun 1939 – 19 Jul 19401
15Tony Zale19 Jul 1940 – 16 Jul 19474
16Rocky Graziano16 Jul 1947 – 10 Jun 19484
17Tony Zale (2)10 Jun – 21 Sep 19480
18Marcel Cerdan21 Sep 1948 – 16 Jun 19490
19Jake LaMotta16 Jun 1949 – 14 Feb 19512
20Sugar Ray Robinson14 Feb – 10 Jul 19510
21Randolph Turpin10 Jul – 12 Sep 19510
22Sugar Ray Robinson (2)12 Sep 1951 – 19 Dec 19522
Robinson vacated the title and retired.
23Bobo Olson (def. Randy Turpin)21 Oct 1953 – 9 Dec 19553
24Sugar Ray Robinson (3)9 Dec 1955 – 2 Jan 19571
25Gene Fullmer2 Jan – 1 May 19570
26Sugar Ray Robinson (4)1 May – 23 Sep 19570
27Carmen Basilio23 Sep 1957 – 25 Mar 19580
28Sugar Ray Robinson (5)25 Mar 1958 – 4 May 19590
Robinson was stripped for failing to fight Carmen Basilio in a trilogy bout.
29Gene Fullmer (2) (def. Carmen Basilio)28 Aug 1959 – 23 Oct 19627
30Dick Tiger23 Oct 1962 – 7 Dec 19632
31Joey Giardello7 Dec 1963 – 21 Oct 19651
32Dick Tiger (2)21 Oct 1965 – 25 Apr 19660
33Emile Griffith25 Apr 1966 – 17 Apr 19672
34Nino Benvenuti17 Apr – 29 Sep 19670
35Emile Griffith (2)29 Sep 1967 – 4 Mar 19680
36Nino Benvenuti (2)4 Mar 1968 – 7 Nov 19704
37Carlos Monzón7 Nov 1970 – 29 Aug 197714
Monzón retires.
38Rodrigo Valdéz (def. Bennie Briscoe)5 Nov 1977 – 22 Apr 19780
39Hugo Corro22 Apr 1978 – 30 Jun 19792
40Vito Antuofermo30 Jun 1979 – 16 Mar 19801
41Alan Minter16 Mar – 27 Sep 19801
42Marvin Hagler27 Sep 1980 – 25 Feb 198711
Hagler was stripped of title for signing a fight with Sugar Ray Leonard instead of mandatory challenger, Herol Graham.
43Sumbu Kalambay (def. Iran Barkley)23 Oct 1987 – 2 Mar 19893
Kalambay was stripped of title for failing to defend his title against other top-ranked boxers.
44Mike McCallum (def. Herol Graham)10 May 1989 – 4 Dec 19913
The WBA demanded McCallum defend against Steve Collins, whom he decisively outpointed in a title defense the previous year. McCallum chose to fight with IBF champion James Toney and was stripped of title.
45Reggie Johnson (def. Steve Collins)22 Apr 1992 – 1 Oct 19933
46John David Jackson1 Oct 1993 – 6 May 19940
Jackson was stripped of title for participating in a non-title bout without the permission of the WBA.
47Jorge Castro (def. Reggie Johnson)12 Aug 1994 – 19 Dec 19954
48Shinji Takehara19 Dec 1995 – 24 Jun 19960
49William Joppy24 Jun 1996 – 23 Aug 19972
50Julio César Green23 Aug 1997 – 31 Jan 19980
51William Joppy (2)31 Jan 1998 – 12 May 20015
52Félix Trinidad12 May – 29 Sep 20010
Trinidad fought for the inaugural Super title against Bernard Hopkins.
53Bernard Hopkins – Super champion (def. Félix Trinidad)29 Sep 2001 – 5 Aug 20021
Status changed to Unified champion on WBA's July 2002 official ratings posted on 5 August.
Bernard Hopkins – Unified champion5 Aug 2002 – 26 Sep 20031 (2)
Status changed to Undisputed champion on WBA's June–July 2003 official ratings posted in September.
Bernard Hopkins – Undisputed champion26 Sep 2003 – 16 Jul 20054 (6)
54Jermain Taylor16 Jul 2005 – 14 Dec 20061
Taylor was stripped of title after not paying sanctioning fees to the WBA and thus not exposing the title in 2 of his previous fights against Winky Wright and Kassim Ouma.
55Javier Castillejo – Regular champion (Primary champion vacant)14 Dec 2006 – 28 Apr 20070
56Felix Sturm28 Apr 2007 – 24 Mar 20107
Sturm is promoted to Super champion on WBA's February 2010 ratings posted on 24 March.
Felix Sturm – Super champion (Regular champion promoted)24 Mar 2010 – 1 Sep 20125 (12)
57Daniel Geale1 Sep – 2 Nov 20120
Geale was stripped of title as he chose to fight Anthony Mundine instead of mandatory challenger Gennady Golovkin.
58Gennady Golovkin – Regular champion (Primary champion vacant)2 Nov 2012 – 3 Jun 20145
Golovkin promoted to Super champion.
Gennady Golovkin – Super champion (Regular champion promoted)3 Jun 2014 – 15 Sept 20189 (14)
59Canelo Álvarez15 Sep 2018 – 1 Jan 20211
Álvarez vacates the title to stay at super middleweight.
60Ryōta Murata – Regular champion (Primary champion vacant)1 Jan – 6 Jan 20210
Murata promoted to Super champion.
Ryōta Murata – Super champion (Regular champion promoted)6 Jan 2021 – 9 Apr 20220
61Gennady Golovkin (2)9 Apr 2022 – 9 Mar 20230
Golovkin vacated the title. Succeeding champions will not be marked as Regular, Unified, Undisputed, or Super because of the title reduction plan.
62Erislandy Lara (Primary champion vacant)9 Mar 2023 – present3

Secondary champion lineage

No.NameReignDefenses
1William Joppy (def. Howard Eastman)17 Nov 2001 – 13 Dec 20031
Joppy lost against Super champion Bernard Hopkins.
2Maselino Masoe (def. Evans Ashira)1 May 2004 – 11 Mar 20060
3Felix Sturm11 Mar – 15 Jul 20060
4Javier Castillejo15 Jul – 14 Dec 20061
Castillejo lost his defense fight against Mariano Carrera but Carrera tested positive for clenbuterol later. Castillejo was reinstated as champion and fight was counted as a mandatory defense. Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
5Gennady Golovkin (interim champion promoted)14 Oct 2010 – 2 Nov 20125
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
6Daniel Jacobs (def. Jarrod Fletcher)9 Aug 2014 – 18 Mar 20174
Jacobs lost against Super champion Gennady Golovkin.
7Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam (def. Ryōta Murata)20 May – 22 Oct 20170
8Ryōta Murata22 Oct 2017 – 20 Oct 20181
9Rob Brant20 Oct 2018 – 12 Jul 20191
10Ryōta Murata (2)12 Jul 2019 – 1 Jan 20211
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
11Erislandy Lara (def. Thomas LaManna)1 May 2021 – 9 Mar 20231
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.

Super welterweight

Primary champion lineage

No.NameReignDefenses
1Denny Moyer (def. Joey Giambra)20 Oct 1962 – 29 Apr 19631
2Ralph Dupas29 Apr – 7 Sep 19631
3Alessandro Mazzinghi7 Sep 1963 – 18 Jun 19653
4Nino Benvenuti18 Jun 1965 – 25 Jun 19661
5Kim Ki-soo25 Jun 1966 – 25 May 19682
6Sandro Mazzinghi (2)25 May – 28 Oct 19681
Mazzinghi fought on his second defense against Freddie Little. The bout was stopped with Mazzinghi bleeding from cuts over both eyes, the ringside officials rule a No contest, though under normal circumstances Little would have won by TKO. Mazzinghi was stripped of his world title shortly thereafter, because of the controversial result.
7Freddie Little (def. Stanley Hayward)17 Mar 1969 – 9 Jul 19702
8Carmelo Bossi9 Jul 1970 – 31 Oct 19711
9Koichi Wajima31 Oct 1971 – 4 Jun 19746
10Oscar Albarado4 Jun 1974 – 21 Jan 19751
11Koichi Wajima (2)21 Jan – 7 Jun 19750
12Yuh Jae-doo7 Jun 1975 – 17 Feb 19761
13Koichi Wajima (3)17 Feb – 18 May 19760
14José Duran18 May – 8 Oct 19760
15Miguel Ángel Castellini8 Oct 1976 – 5 Mar 19770
16Eddie Gazo5 Mar 1977 – 9 Aug 19783
17Masashi Kudo9 Aug 1978 – 24 Aug 19793
18Ayub Kalule24 Aug 1979 – 25 Jun 19814
19Sugar Ray Leonard25 Jun – 23 Sep 19810
Leonard vacated the title and moved down to welterweight to fight in a unification bout against Thomas Hearns.
20Tadashi Mihara (def. Rocky Fratto)7 Nov 1981 – 2 Feb 19820
21Davey Moore2 Feb 1982 – 16 Jun 19833
22Roberto Durán16 Jun 1983 – 15 Jun 19840
Durán intends to vacate the WBA title before fighting Thomas Hearns. The title was officially vacated when he stepped on the ring against Hearns.
23Mike McCallum (def. Sean Mannion)19 Oct 1984 – Aug 19876
McCallum vacated the title to move up to middleweight.
24Julian Jackson (def. Baek In-Chul)21 Nov 1987 – 10 Jan 19913
Jackson's title was vacated the title on WBA's December 1990 ratings posted on 10 January.
25Gilbert Delé (def. Carlos Elliott)23 Feb – 1 Oct 19911
26Vinny Paz1 Oct 1991 – 14 Oct 19920
Pazienza vacated the title because of excessive purse demands by no 1. contender Julio César Vásquez.
27Julio César Vásquez (def. Hitoshi Kamiyama)21 Dec 1992 – 4 Mar 199510
28Pernell Whitaker4 Mar – 8 Mar 19950
Whitaker vacated the title and moved back to welterweight.
29Carl Daniels (def. Julio César Green)16 Jun – 16 Dec 19950
30Julio César Vásquez (2)16 Dec 1995 – 21 Aug 19960
31Laurent Boudouani21 Aug 1996 – 6 Mar 19994
32David Reid6 Mar 1999 – 3 Mar 20002
33Félix Trinidad3 Mar 2000 – 29 May 20012
Trinidad vacated the title to stay at middleweight.
34Fernando Vargas (def. José Flores)22 Sep 2001 – 14 Sep 20020
Vargas fought for the inaugural Unified title against WBC champion Oscar De La Hoya.
35Oscar De La Hoya – Unified champion (def. Fernando Vargas)14 Sep 2002 – 13 Sep 20031
36Shane Mosley13 Sep 2003 – 13 Mar 20040
37Winky Wright13 Mar 2004 – 20 Mar 20051
Winky Wright challenged Félix Trinidad at middleweight. Title is vacated on WBA's February 2005 ratings posted on 20 March.
38Travis Simms – Regular champion (Primary champion vacant)20 Mar – 5 June 20050
Simms' title was vacated on WBA's May 2005 ratings posted on 5 June.
39Alejandro García – Regular champion (interim champion promoted); (Primary champion vacant)18 Jul 2005 – 6 May 20061
40José Antonio Rivera6 May 2006 – 6 Jan 20070
41Travis Simms (2)6 Jan – 7 Jul 20070
42Joachim Alcine7 Jul 2007 – 11 Jul 20081
43Daniel Santos11 Jul 2008 – 14 Nov 20090
44Yuri Foreman14 Nov 2009 – 5 Jun 20100
45Miguel Cotto5 Jun – 15 Oct 20100
Cotto is promoted to Super champion on WBA's September 2010 official ratings posted on 15 October.
Miguel Cotto – Super champion (Regular champion promoted)15 Oct 2010 – 5 May 20122
46Floyd Mayweather Jr.5 May 2012 – 19 Jan 20161
Mayweather retires following his fight with Andre Berto on 14 September 2015. However, he was officially stripped on the December 2015 rankings posted on 19 January 2016. The reason for the delay was because "it's a matter of formality".
47Erislandy Lara – Regular champion (Primary champion vacant)19 Jan – 8 Jun 20161
Lara is promoted to Super champion on WBA's May 2016 ratings posted on 8 June.
Erislandy Lara – Super champion (Regular champion promoted)8 Jun 2016 – 7 Apr 20182 (3)
48Jarrett Hurd7 Apr 2018 – 11 May 20191
49Julian Williams11 May 2019 – 18 Jan 20200
50Jeison Rosario18 Jan – 26 Sep 20200
51Jermell Charlo26 Sep 2020 – 5 Mar 20242
Charlo was reportedly designated as champion in recess by the WBA. WBA then officially announced the designation on March 5th. Succeeding champions will not be marked as Regular, Unified, Undisputed, or Super because of the title reduction plan.
52Israil Madrimov (def. Magomed Kurbanov)8 Mar – 3 Aug 20240
53Terence Crawford3 Aug 2024 – 13 Sep 20250
Crawford was stripped of the title for moving up and opting to challenge the undisputed super middleweight titles against Canelo Álvarez.
54Abass Baraou (interim champion promoted)13 Sep 2025 – 31 Jan 20260
55Xander Zayas31 Jan 2026 – present0

Secondary champion lineage

No.NameReignDefenses
1Santiago Samaniego (interim champion promoted)14 Sep 2002 – 1 Mar 20030
2Alejandro García1 Mar – 13 Dec 20031
3Travis Simms13 Dec 2003 – 20 Mar 20051
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
4Austin Trout (def. Rigoberto Álvarez)5 Feb 2011 – 20 Apr 20134
Trout fought WBC champion Canelo Álvarez for the Unified title.
5Canelo Álvarez – Unified champion (def. Austin Trout)20 Apr – 14 Sep 20130
Álvarez lost against Super champion Floyd Mayweather Jr.
6Erislandy Lara (interim champion promoted)13 Mar 2014 – 19 Jan 20163
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
7Jack Culcay (interim champion promoted)8 Jun 2016 – 11 Mar 20170
8Demetrius Andrade11 Mar – 22 Oct 20170
Andrade vacates the title to move up to middleweight.
9Brian Castaño (interim champion promoted)22 Oct 2017 – 20 Jun 20192
Castaño vacates the title after not agreeing on terms to fight mandatory fighter Michel Soro.
10Erislandy Lara (2) (def. Ramón Álvarez)31 Aug 2019 – 31 Aug 20211
Lara vacates the title to stay at middleweight.

Welterweight

Primary champion lineage

No.NameReignDefenses
1Jack Britton (awarded inaugural title)Jan 1921 – 1 Nov 19224
2Mickey Walker1 Nov 1922 – 20 May 19263
3Pete Latzo20 May 1926 – 3 Jun 19272
4Joe Dundee3 Jun 1927 – 22 Mar 19292
Dundee is stripped of the title when he failed to sign for a title bout contender.
5Jackie Fields (def. Jack Thompson)25 Mar 1929 – 9 May 19301
6Jack Thompson9 May – 5 Sep 19300
7Tommy Freeman5 Sep 1930 – 14 Apr 19310
8Jack Thompson (2)14 Apr – 23 Oct 19310
9Lou Brouillard23 Oct 1931 – 28 Jan 19320
10Jackie Fields (2)28 Jan 1932 – 22 Feb 19330
11Young Corbett III22 Feb – 29 May 19330
12Jimmy McLarnin29 May 1933 – 28 May 19340
13Barney Ross28 May – 17 Sep 19340
14Jimmy McLarnin (2)17 Sep 1934 – 28 May 19350
15Barney Ross (2)28 May 1935 – 31 May 19382
16Henry Armstrong31 May 1938 – 4 Oct 194019
17Fritzie Zivic4 Oct 1940 – 29 Jul 19411
18Freddie Cochrane29 Jul 1941 – 1 Feb 19460
19Marty Servo1 Feb – 25 Sep 19460
Servo retires.
20Sugar Ray Robinson (def. Tommy Bell)20 Dec 1946 – 15 Feb 19514
Robinson's title is automatically vacated after winning the middleweight title.
21Johnny Bratton (def. Charley Fusari)13 Mar – 18 May 19510
22Kid Gavilán18 May 1951 – 20 Oct 19547
23Johnny Saxton20 Oct 1954 – 1 Apr 19550
24Tony DeMarco1 Apr – 10 Jun 19550
25Carmen Basilio10 Jun 1955 – 14 Mar 19560
26Johnny Saxton (2)14 Mar – 12 Sep 19560
27Carmen Basilio (2)12 Sep 1956 – 23 Sep 19571
Basilio vacated the title after winning the middleweight title.
28Virgil Akins (def. Vince Martinez)6 Jun – 5 Dec 19580
29Don Jordan5 Dec 1958 – 27 May 19602
30Benny Paret27 May 1960 – 1 Apr 19611
31Emile Griffith1 Apr – 30 Sep 19611
32Benny Paret (2)30 Sep 1961 – 24 Mar 19620
33Emile Griffith (2)24 Mar 1962 – 21 Mar 19632
34Luis Manuel Rodríguez21 Mar – 8 Jun 19630
35Emile Griffith (3)8 Jun 1963 – 10 Jun 19665
Griffith was stripped of the title for failing to defend it within the required 6 months.
36Curtis Cokes (def. Manuel González)24 Aug 1966 – 18 Apr 19695
37José Nápoles18 Apr 1969 – 3 Dec 19703
38Billy Backus3 Dec 1970 – 4 Jun 19710
39José Nápoles (2)4 Jun 1971 – 16 May 19759
Nápoles was stripped of his WBA title for failure to sign for a fight against the WBA's No. 1-rated welterweight contender, Ángel Espada.
40Ángel Espada (def. Clyde Gray)28 Jun 1975 – 17 Jul 19761
41José Cuevas17 Jul 1976 – 2 Aug 198011
42Thomas Hearns2 Aug 1980 – 16 Sep 19813
43Sugar Ray Leonard16 Sep 1981 – 9 Nov 19821
Leonard vacated the title due to a detached retina and retired.
44Donald Curry (def. Hwang Jun-Suk)13 Feb 1983 – 27 Sep 19867
45Lloyd Honeyghan27 Sep 1986 – 5 Jan 19870
Honeyghan vacated the title after the WBA mandated that he defend the title against South African Harold Volbrecht. Honeyghan dropped the WBA title belt into a trash can on a London street to protest the WBA's continued sanctioning of bouts involving citizens of apartheid-governed South Africa.
46Mark Breland (def. Harold Volbrecht)6 Feb – 22 Aug 19870
47Marlon Starling22 Aug 1987 – 29 Jul 19882
Starling lost the title in his third defense in controversial fashion to Tomas Molinares. Molinares hit Starling with a punch that was clearly thrown after the bell. Starling went down for the only time in his career, and the referee counted him out. Molinares was declared the new champion by knockout however, the decision was later changed to a no contest but Molinares kept the title.
48Tomás Molinares29 Jul – 12 Dec 19880
Molinares withdrew from his defense fight with Mark Breland and vacated the title due to troubles on keeping his weight down.
49Mark Breland (2) (def. Lee Seung-Soon)4 Feb 1989 – 8 Jul 19904
50Aaron Davis8 Jul 1990 – 19 Jan 19910
51Meldrick Taylor19 Jan 1991 – 31 Oct 19922
52Crisanto España31 Oct 1992 – 4 Jun 19942
53Ike Quartey4 Jun 1994 – 19 Aug 19987
Quartey was stripped of the title for pulling out on his defense against Andrey Pestryayev.
54James Page (def. Andrey Pestryayev)10 Oct 1998 – 27 Sep 20003
Page was stripped of title for failing to fight his mandatory challenger Andrew Lewis.
55Andrew Lewis (def. James Page)17 Feb 2001 – 30 Mar 20021
56Ricardo Mayorga30 Mar 2002 – 25 Jan 20030
Mayorga fought for the inaugural Unified title against WBC and The Ring champion Vernon Forrest.
Ricardo Mayorga – Unified champion (def. Vernon Forrest)25 Jan – 13 Dec 20032
Mayorga fought for the Undisputed title against IBF champion Cory Spinks.
57Cory Spinks – Undisputed champion (def. Ricardo Mayorga)13 Dec 2003 – 5 Feb 20052
58Zab Judah5 Feb 2005 – 7 Jan 20061
Judah fought with Carlos Baldomir for the WBC belt as the latter did not pay the sanctioning fee for the WBA and IBF belt. Judah lost the bout and the WBA subsequently stripped him of the title.
59Luis Collazo – Regular champion (Primary champion vacant)7 Jan – 13 May 20060
60Ricky Hatton13 May – 31 Aug 20060
Hatton vacated the title to move back to super lightweight.
61Miguel Cotto – Regular champion (def. Carlos Quintana); (Primary champion vacant)2 Dec 2006 – 26 Jul 20084
62Antonio Margarito26 Jul – 3 Oct 20080
Margarito promoted to Super champion.
Antonio Margarito – Super champion (Regular champion promoted)3 Oct 2008 – 24 Jan 20090
63Shane Mosley24 Jan 2009 – 21 May 20100
Mosley was stripped of the title for disagreeing on the terms for his bout with Floyd Mayweather Jr., who refused to pay the sanctioning fees for the title and Mosley fought without reaching a deal with the WBA.
64Vyacheslav Senchenko – Regular champion (Primary champion vacant)21 May 2010 – 30 Apr 20122
65Paulie Malignaggi30 Apr 2012 – 22 Jun 20131
66Adrien Broner22 Jun – 14 Dec 20130
67Marcos Maidana14 Dec 2013 – 3 May 20140
Maidana fought for Unified title against WBC and The Ring champion Floyd Mayweather Jr.
68Floyd Mayweather Jr. – Unified champion (def. Marcos Maidana)3 May 2014 – 19 Jan 20163
Mayweather retires following his fight with Andre Berto on 14 September 2015. However, he was officially stripped on the December 2015 rankings posted on 19 January 2016. The reason for the delay was because "it's a matter of formality".
69Keith Thurman – Regular champion (Primary champion vacant)19 Jan 2016 – 7 Feb 20171
Keith Thurman promoted to Super champion on WBA's January 2017 ratings posted on 7 February, 1 month before fighting WBC champion Danny Garcia.
Keith Thurman – Super champion (Regular champion promoted)7 Feb 2017 – 20 Jul 20192 (3)
70Manny Pacquiao20 Jul 2019 – 29 Jan 20210
Pacquiao was stripped of his title and declared champion in recess due to inactivity.
71Yordenis Ugás – Super champion (Regular champion promoted)29 Jan 2021 – 16 Apr 20221
72Errol Spence Jr.16 Apr 2022 – 29 Jul 20230
73Terence Crawford29 Jul 2023 – 30 Aug 20240
Crawford vacated the title to stay at super welterweight.
74Eimantas Stanionis (Primary champion vacant)30 Aug 2024 – 12 Apr 20250
75Jaron Ennis12 Apr – 22 Apr 20250
Ennis promoted to Super champion.
Jaron Ennis – Super champion (Regular champion promoted)22 Apr – 1 Aug 20250
Ennis expressed his intention to move up to super welterweight. WBA vacated his title on their July 2025 rankings released on 1 Aug. Succeeding champions will not be marked as Regular, Unified, Undisputed, or Super because of the title reduction plan.
76Rolando Romero (Primary champion vacant)1 Aug 2025 – present0

Secondary champion lineage

No.NameReignDefenses
1José Antonio Rivera (def. Michel Trabant)13 Sep 2003 – 2 Apr 20050
2Luis Collazo2 Apr 2005 – 7 Jan 20061
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
3Yuriy Nuzhnenko (interim champion promoted)3 Oct 2008 – 10 Apr 20090
4Vyacheslav Senchenko10 Apr 2009 – 21 May 20101
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
5Keith Thurman (interim champion promoted)28 Jan 2015 – 19 Jan 20162
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
6David Avanesyan (interim champion promoted)7 Feb – 18 Feb 20170
7Lamont Peterson18 Feb – 3 Oct 20170
Peterson vacated the title to leave space for other contenders in the ranking.
8Lucas Matthysse (def. Tewa Kiram)27 Jan – 15 Jul 20180
9Manny Pacquiao15 Jul 2018 – 20 Jul 20191
Pacquiao won against Super champion Keith Thurman.
10Yordenis Ugás (def. Abel Ramos)6 Sep 2020 – 29 Jan 20210
Ugas promoted to Super champion after Pacquiao was stripped due to inactivity.
11Jamal James (interim champion promoted)4 Feb – 30 Oct 20210
12Radzhab Butaev30 Oct 2021 – 16 Apr 20220
13Eimantas Stanionis16 Apr 2022 – 30 Aug 20241
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
14Rolando Romero (def. Ryan Garcia)2 May – 1 Aug 20250
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.

Super lightweight

Primary champion lineage

No.NameReignDefenses
1Pinky Mitchell (awarded inaugural title)22 Nov 1922 – 21 Sep 19260
2Mushy Callahan21 Sep 1926 – 18 Feb 19303
3Jack Kid Berg18 Feb 1930 – 24 Apr 19316
4Tony Canzoneri24 Apr 1931 – 18 Jan 19323
5Johnny Jadick18 Jan – 20 Sep 19321
On 20 September 1932, the NBA decided not to recognize the division.
6Tippy Larkin (def. Willie Joyce)29 Apr – 5 Nov 19461
Larkin vacates title to move up to welterweight.
7Carlos Ortiz (def. Kenny Lane)12 Jun 1959 – 1 Sep 19602
8Duilio Loi1 Sep 1960 – 14 Sep 19622
9Eddie Perkins14 Sep – 15 Dec 19620
10Duilio Loi (2)15 Dec 1962 – 24 Jan 19630
Loi vacated the title and retired from boxing.
11Roberto Cruz (def. Battling Torres)21 Mar – 15 Jun 19630
12Eddie Perkins (2)15 Jun 1963 – 18 Jan 19652
13Carlos Hernández18 Jan 1965 – 29 Apr 19662
14Sandro Lopopolo29 Apr 1966 – 30 Apr 19671
15Takeshi Fuji30 Apr 1967 – 12 Dec 19681
16Nicolino Locche12 Dec 1968 – 10 Mar 19725
17Alfonso Frazer10 Mar – 28 Oct 19720
18Antonio Cervantes28 Oct 1972 – 6 Mar 197610
19Wilfred Benítez6 Mar – 28 Nov 19762
Benítez was stripped of the title for cancelling many scheduled title defenses following an automobile accident.
20Antonio Cervantes (2) (def. Carlos María Giménez)25 Jun 1977 – 2 Aug 19806
21Aaron Pryor2 Aug 1980 – 26 Oct 19838
Pryor vacated the title after retiring.
22Johnny Bumphus (def. Lorenzo Luis García)22 Jan – 1 Jun 19840
23Gene Hatcher1 Jun 1984 – 21 Jul 19851
24Ubaldo Néstor Sacco21 Jul 1985 – 15 Mar 19860
25Patrizio Oliva15 Mar 1986 – 4 Jul 19872
26Juan Martin Coggi4 Jul 1987 – 17 Aug 19904
27Loreto Garza17 Aug 1990 – 14 Jun 19911
28Edwin Rosario14 Jun 1991 – 10 Apr 19920
29Akinobu Hiranaka10 Apr – 9 Sep 19920
30Morris East9 Sep 1992 – 12 Jan 19930
31Juan Martin Coggi (2)12 Jan 1993 – 17 Sep 19946
32Frankie Randall17 Sep 1994 – 13 Jan 19962
33Juan Martin Coggi (3)13 Jan – 16 Aug 19960
34Frankie Randall (2)16 Aug 1996 – 11 Jan 19970
35Khalid Rahilou11 Jan 1997 – 10 Oct 19982
36Sharmba Mitchell10 Oct 1998 – 3 Feb 20014
Mitchell fought for inaugural Super title against Kostya Tszyu.
37Kostya Tszyu – Super champion (def. Sharmba Mitchell)3 Feb 2001 – 5 Aug 20023
Status changes to Unified champion on WBA's July 2002 ratings posted on 5 August.
Kostya Tszyu – Unified champion5 Aug 20021 (4)
Status changed to Undisputed champion on WBA's May–June 2003 ranking.
Kostya Tszyu – Undisputed championJul 2003 – 16 Jun 20040 (4)
Tszyu was stripped of title due to inactivity.
38Vivian Harris – Regular champion (Primary champion vacant)16 Jun 2004 – 25 Jun 20051
39Carlos Maussa25 Jun – 26 Nov 20050
Fought for Unified title against IBF and The Ring champion Ricky Hatton.
40Ricky Hatton – Unified champion (def. Carlos Maussa)26 Nov 2005 – 4 May 20060
Hatton vacated the title to move up to welterweight.
41Souleymane M'baye – Regular champion (def. Raúl Horacio Balbi); (Primary champion vacant)2 Sep 2006 – 21 Jul 20071
42Gavin Rees21 Jul 2007 – 22 Mar 20080
43Andreas Kotelnik22 Mar 2008 – 18 Jul 20092
44Amir Khan18 Jul 2009 – 23 Jul 20114
Khan fought for Super title against Zab Judah.
Amir Khan – Super champion (def. Zab Judah)23 Jul – 10 Dec 20111 (5)
45Lamont Peterson10 Dec 2011 – 11 Jul 20120
WBA and IBF champion Peterson tested positive for synthetic testosterone on a random test in May 2012. He was only stripped of his WBA title.
46Amir Khan (2) – Super champion (reinstated)11 Jul – 14 Jul 20120
47Danny Garcia14 Jul 2012 – 11 Sep 20154
Garcia moves up to welterweight and the title is vacated on WBA's August 2015 official ratings posted on 11 September.
48Adrien Broner – Regular champion (def. Khabib Allakhverdiev); (Primary champion vacant)3 Oct – 6 Nov 20150
Broner is promoted to Super champion.
Adrien Broner – Super champion (Regular champion promoted)6 Nov 2015 – 1 Apr 20160
Broner stripped of title before his defense against Ashley Theophane for being overweight.
49Ricky Burns – Regular champion (def. Michele Di Rocco); (Primary champion vacant)28 May 2016 – 15 Apr 20171
Burns fought for Unified title against IBF champion Julius Indongo.
50Julius Indongo – Unified champion (def. Ricky Burns)15 Apr – 19 Aug 20170
Indongo fought for Super title against WBC, WBO, and The Ring champion Terence Crawford.
51Terence Crawford – Super champion (def. Julius Indongo)19 Aug – 28 Oct 20170
The title is vacated on WBA's October rankings after Crawford expressed his intentions of moving up to welterweight.
52Kiryl Relikh – Regular champion (def. Rances Barthelemy); (Primary champion vacant)10 Mar 2018 – 27 Apr 20191
53Regis Prograis27 Apr – 26 Oct 20190
Prograis fought for Super title against IBF champion Josh Taylor.
54Josh Taylor – Super champion (def. Regis Prograis)26 Oct 2019 – 14 May 20223
Taylor was stripped of the title after he failed to sign the contract in an ordered bout against his mandatory challenger, Alberto Puello. Succeeding champions will not be marked as Regular, Unified, Undisputed, or Super because of the title reduction plan.
55Alberto Puello (def. Batyr Akhmedov)20 Aug 2022 – 10 May 20230
Puello was made champion in recess after testing positive for banned substance before his defense against Rolando Romero.
56Rolando Romero (def. Ismael Barroso)13 May 2023 – 30 Mar 20240
57Isaac Cruz30 Mar – 3 Aug 20240
58José Valenzuela3 Aug 2024 – 1 Mar 20250
59Gary Antuanne Russell1 Mar 2025 – present1

Secondary champion lineage

No.NameReignDefenses
1Diosbelys Hurtado (def. Randall Bailey)11 May – 19 Oct 20020
2Vivian Harris19 Oct 2002 – 16 Jun 20042
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
3Marcos Maidana (interim champion promoted)23 Jul 2011 – 16 Jul 20121
Maidana vacated the title to move up to welterweight and fight Devon Alexander.
4Khabib Allakhverdiev (def. Joan Guzmán)30 Nov 2012 – 12 Apr 20141
5Jessie Vargas12 Apr 2014 – 27 Jun 20152
Vargas vacated the title before challenging WBO welterweight champion Timothy Bradley to avoid paying WBA's sanctioning fees.
6Mario Barrios (def. Batyr Akhmedov)28 Sep 2019 – 26 Jun 20211
7Gervonta Davis26 Jun – 7 Dec 20210
Davis vacated the title to stay at lightweight.

Lightweight

Primary champion lineage

No.NameReignDefenses
1Benny Leonard (awarded inaugural title)Jan 1921 – 15 Jan 19257
Leonard retires.
2Jimmy Goodrich (def. Stanislaus Loayza)13 Jul – 7 Dec 19250
3Rocky Kansas7 Dec 1925 – 3 Jul 19260
4Sammy Mandell3 Jul 1926 – 17 Jul 19303
5Al Singer17 Jul – 14 Nov 19300
6Tony Canzoneri14 Nov 1930 – 23 Jun 19335
7Barney Ross23 Jun 1933 – 15 Apr 19351
Ross vacated the title to move up to super lightweight.
8Tony Canzoneri (2) (def. Lou Ambers)10 May 1935 – 3 Sep 19361
9Lou Ambers3 Sep 1936 – 17 Aug 19382
10Henry Armstrong17 Aug 1938 – 22 Aug 19391
11Lou Ambers (2)22 Aug 1939 – 25 Mar 19400
Ambers was stripped after failing to defend the title within 6 months and refusing to fight the top contender Davey Day.
12Sammy Angott (def. Davey Day)3 May 1940 – 14 Nov 19421
Angott temporarily retires.
13Sammy Angott (2) (def. Slugger White)27 Oct 1943 – 8 Mar 19440
14Juan Zurita8 Mar 1944 – 18 Apr 19450
15Ike Williams18 Apr 1945 – 25 May 19518
16Jimmy Carter25 May 1951 – 14 May 19522
17Lauro Salas14 May – 15 Oct 19520
18Jimmy Carter (2)15 Oct 1952 – 5 Mar 19543
19Paddy DeMarco5 Mar – 17 Nov 19540
20Jimmy Carter (3)17 Nov 1954 – 29 Jun 19550
21Wallace Bud Smith29 Jun 1955 – 24 Aug 19561
22Joe Brown24 Aug 1956 – 21 Apr 196211
23Carlos Ortiz21 Apr 1962 – 10 Apr 19654
24Ismael Laguna10 Apr – 13 Nov 19650
25Carlos Ortiz (2)13 Nov 1965 – 29 Jun 19685
26Carlos Cruz29 Jun 1968 – 18 Feb 19691
27Mando Ramos18 Feb 1969 – 3 Mar 19701
28Ismael Laguna (2)3 Mar – 26 Sep 19701
29Ken Buchanan26 Sep 1970 – 26 Jun 19722
30Roberto Durán26 Jun 1972 – 2 Feb 197912
Durán vacated the title to move up to welterweight.
31Ernesto España (def. Claude Noel)16 Jun 1979 – 2 Mar 19801
32Hilmer Kenty2 Mar 1980 – 12 Apr 19813
33Sean O'Grady12 Apr – 14 Aug 19810
O'Grady was stripped of title for not defending it.
34Claude Noel (def. Rodolfo González)12 Sep – 5 Dec 19810
35Arturo Frias5 Dec 1981 – 8 May 19821
36Ray Mancini8 May 1982 – 1 Jun 19844
37Livingstone Bramble1 Jun 1984 – 26 Sep 19862
38Edwin Rosario26 Sep 1986 – 21 Nov 19871
39Julio César Chávez21 Nov 1987 – 1 Jun 19892
Chávez vacated the title to move up to super lightweight. The title was declared vacant when a bout between Edwin Rosario and Anthony Jones was scheduled.
40Edwin Rosario (2) (def. Anthony Jones)9 Jul 1989 – 4 Apr 19900
41Juan Nazario4 Apr – 11 Aug 19900
42Pernell Whitaker11 Aug 1990 – 20 Apr 19923
Whitaker vacated the title to move up to super lightweight.
43Joey Gamache (def. Chil-Sung Jun)13 Jun – 24 Oct 19920
44Tony Lopez24 Oct 1992 – 26 Jun 19931
45Dingaan Thobela26 Jun – 30 Oct 19930
46Orzubek Nazarov30 Oct 1993 – 16 May 19986
47Jean Baptiste Mendy16 May 1998 – 10 Apr 19991
48Julien Lorcy10 Apr – 7 Aug 19990
49Stefano Zoff7 Aug – 13 Nov 19990
50Gilberto Serrano13 Nov 1999 – 11 Jun 20001
51Takanori Hatakeyama11 Jun 2000 – 1 Jul 20012
52Julien Lorcy (2)1 Jul – 18 Oct 20010
53Raúl Horacio Balbi18 Oct 2001 – 5 Jan 20020
54Leonard Doroftei5 Jan 2002 – 24 Oct 20032
Doroftei was stripped of title when he came 4.4 lbs overweight to his bout with Miguel Callist. The fight was cancelled.
55Lakva Sim (def. Miguel Callist)10 Apr – 17 Jul 20040
56Juan Díaz17 Jul 2004 – 23 Feb 20075
Diaz became Unified champion after beating WBO champion Acelino Freitas.
Juan Díaz – Unified champion (def. Acelino Freitas)23 Feb – 13 Oct 20071 (6)
Diaz became Undisputed champion after beating IBF champion Julio Díaz.
Juan Díaz – Undisputed champion (def. Julio Díaz)13 Oct 2007 – 8 Mar 20081 (7)
57Nate Campbell8 Mar 2008 – 10 Jan 20090
Campbell vacated the title because of concerns regarding sanctioning fees and proposed mandatory defenses.
58Paulus Moses – Regular champion (Primary champion vacant)10 Jan – 28 Feb 20090
Moses is relegated to secondary champion due to Juan Manuel Márquez winning the vacant Super title.
59Juan Manuel Márquez – Super champion (def. Juan Diaz)28 Feb 2009 – 4 Jan 20122
Marquez stripped due to inactivity.
60Richar Abril – Regular champion (interim champion promoted); (Primary champion vacant)28 Feb 2013 – 10 Apr 20152
Abril was declared champion in recess after he cancelled his fight with Derry Matthews.
61Darleys Pérez – Regular champion (interim champion promoted); (Primary champion vacant)10 Apr – 21 Nov 20151
62Anthony Crolla21 Nov 2015 – 24 Sep 20161
63Jorge Linares24 Sep 2016 – 13 May 20183
Linares fought for Super title against Vasyl Lomachenko.
64Vasiliy Lomachenko – Super champion (def. Jorge Linares)13 May 2018 – 17 Oct 20203
65Teófimo López17 Oct 2020 – 27 Nov 20210
66George Kambosos Jr27 Nov 2021 – 5 Jun 20220
67Devin Haney5 Jun 2022 – 29 Nov 20232
Haney vacated the title to move up to super lightweight. Succeeding champions will not be marked as Regular, Unified, Undisputed, or Super because of the title reduction plan.
68Gervonta Davis (Primary champion vacant)29 Nov 2023 – 16 Jan 20262
Davis was declared champion in recess after being issued an arrest warrant.

Secondary champion lineage

No.NameReignDefenses
1José Alfaro (def. Prawet Singwancha)29 Dec 2007 – 19 May 20080
2Yusuke Kobori19 May 2008 – 3 Jan 20090
3Paulus Moses3 Jan – 10 Jan 20090
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
4Paulus Moses (2) (relegated from primary champion)28 Feb 2009 – 29 May 20101
5Miguel Acosta29 May 2010 – 26 Feb 20110
6Brandon Ríos26 Feb – 3 Dec 20111
Rios was stripped of title before his second defense against John Murray for being overweight.
7Gervonta Davis (def. Yuriorkis Gamboa)28 Dec 2019 – 29 Nov 20234
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.

Super featherweight

Primary champion lineage

No.NameReignDefenses
1Tod Morgan (awarded inaugural title)16 Dec 1927 – 19 Dec 19295
2Benny Bass19 Dec 1929 – 15 Jul 19310
3Kid Chocolate15 Jul 1931 – 20 Sep 19323
On 20 September 1932, the NBA decided not to recognize the division.
4Kid Chocolate (2) (reinstated as champion)28 Mar – 25 Dec 19333
5Frankie Klick25 Dec 1933 – 5 Mar 19340
Klick vacated the title to move up to the light welterweight division
6Sandy Saddler (def. Orlando Zulueta)6 Dec 1949 – 21 Jan 19572
Saddler vacated the title to stay at featherweight
7Harold Gomes (def. Paul Jorgensan)20 Jul 1959 – 16 Mar 19600
8Gabriel Elorde16 Mar 1960 – 15 Jun 196710
9Yoshiaki Numata15 Jun – 14 Dec 19670
10Hiroshi Kobayashi14 Dec 1967 – 29 Jul 19716
11Alfredo Marcano29 Jul 1971 – 25 Apr 19721
12Ben Villaflor25 Apr 1972 – 12 Mar 19731
13Kuniaki Shibata12 Mar – 17 Oct 19731
14Ben Villaflor (2)17 Oct 1973 – 16 Oct 19765
15Samuel Serrano16 Oct 1976 – 2 Aug 198010
16Yasutsune Uehara2 Aug 1980 – 9 Apr 19811
17Samuel Serrano (2)9 Apr 1981 – 19 Jan 19833
18Roger Mayweather19 Jan 1983 – 26 Feb 19842
19Rocky Lockridge26 Feb 1984 – 19 May 19852
20Wilfredo Gómez19 May 1985 – 24 May 19860
21Alfredo Layne24 May – 27 Sep 19860
22Brian Mitchell27 Sep 1986 – 25 Apr 199112
Mitchell vacated the title to spend time with his family and business.
23Joey Gamache (def. Jerry Ngobeni)28 Jun – 20 Oct 19910
Gamache vacates the title to move up to lightweight.
24Genaro Hernández (def. Daniel Londas)22 Nov 1991 – 13 Jul 19958
Hernandez was stripped of the title when he chose to challenge WBO lightweight champion Oscar De La Hoya instead of fighting his mandatory challenger.
25Choi Yong-soo (def. Víctor Hugo Paz)21 Oct 1995 – 5 Sep 19987
26Takanori Hatakeyama5 Sep 1998 – 27 Jun 19991
27Lakva Sim27 Jun – 31 Oct 19990
28Baek Jong-kwon31 Oct 1999 – 21 May 20001
29Joel Casamayor21 May 2000 – 12 Jan 20024
Casamayor fought for the inaugural Super title against WBO champion Acelino Freitas.
30Acelino Freitas – Super champion (def. Joel Casamayor)12 Jan – 5 Aug 20021
Status changes to Unified champion on WBA's July 2002 ratings posted on 5 August.
Acelino Freitas – Unified champion5 Aug 2002 – 10 Feb 20042 (3)
Freitas' title is declared vacant on WBA's January 2004 ratings posted on 10 February.
31Yodsanan Sor Nanthachai – Regular champion (Primary champion vacant)10 Feb 2004 – 30 Apr 20051
32Vicente Mosquera30 Apr 2005 – 5 Aug 20061
33Edwin Valero5 Aug 2006 – 3 Sept 20084
Valero vacated the title and moved up to lightweight.
34Jorge Linares (def. Whyber Garcia)28 Nov 2008 – 10 Oct 20091
35Juan Carlos Salgado10 Oct 2009 – 11 Jan 20100
36Takashi Uchiyama11 Jan 2010 – 21 Feb 20159
Uchiyama promoted to Super champion.
Takashi Uchiyama – Super champion (Regular champion promoted)21 Feb 2015 – 27 Apr 20162 (11)
37Jezreel Corrales27 Apr 2016 – 20 Oct 20172
Corrales came in overweight and was stripped of his Super title. Machado fought for the vacant Super title.
38Alberto Machado – Super champion (def. Jezreel Corrales); (Primary champion vacant)21 Oct 2017 – 21 Apr 20180
Machado is relegated to secondary champion due to Gervonta Davis winning the vacant Super title.
39Gervonta Davis – Super champion (def. Jesús Cuellar)21 Apr 2018 – 2 Sep 20192
Davis vacated the title and moved up to lightweight.
40Andrew Cancio – Regular champion (Primary champion vacant)2 Sep – 23 Nov 20190
Léo Santa Cruz won the vacant Super title an hour before Cancio finished his fight against René Alvarado. Cancio is relegated to secondary champion.
41Léo Santa Cruz – Super champion (def. Miguel Flores)23 Nov 2019 – 31 Oct 20200
42Gervonta Davis (2)31 Oct 2020 – 28 Aug 20210
Davis vacates the title to stay at a higher weight class. Succeeding champions will not be marked as Regular, Unified, Undisputed, or Super because of the title reduction plan.
43Roger Gutiérrez (Primary champion vacant)28 Aug 2021 – 20 Aug 20220
44Héctor García20 Aug 2022 – 25 Nov 20230
45Lamont Roach Jr.25 Nov 2023 – 6 Dec 20251
Roach Jr. is stripped of the title for moving up in weight class.
46Jazza Dickens (interim champion promoted)6 Dec 2025 – 14 Mar 20260
47Anthony Cacace14 Mar 2026 – present0

Secondary champion lineage

No.NameReignDefenses
1Yodsanan Sor Nanthachai (def. Lakva Sim)13 Apr 2002 – 10 Feb 20042
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
2Javier Fortuna (def. Bryan Vásquez)29 May 2015 – 24 Jun 20161
3Jason Sosa24 Jun 2016 – 15 Feb 20171
Sosa vacates title to fight WBO champion Vasyl Lomachenko.
4Alberto Machado (relegated from super champion)21 Apr 2018 – 9 Feb 20192
5Andrew Cancio9 Feb – 2 Sep 20191
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
6Andrew Cancio (2) (relegated from primary champion)1 Sep – 23 Nov 20190 (1)
7René Alvarado23 Nov 2019 – 2 Jan 20210
8Roger Gutiérrez2 Jan – 28 Aug 20211
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.

Featherweight

Primary champion lineage

No.NameReignDefenses
1Benny Bass (def. Red Chapman)12 Sep 1927 – 10 Feb 19280
2Tony Canzoneri10 Feb – 28 Sep 19280
3André Routis28 Sep 1928 – 23 Sep 19291
4Christopher Battalino23 Sep 1929 – 27 Jan 19325
Battalino is stripped of the title for missing weight in a title fight against Freddie Miller which ended in a controversial no contest.
5Tommy Paul (def. Johnny Pena)26 May 1932 – 13 Jan 19330
6Freddie Miller13 Jan 1933 – 11 May 193612
7Petey Sarron11 May 1936 – 29 Oct 19372
8Henry Armstrong29 Oct 1937 – 12 Sep 19380
Armstrong vacated the title to stay at the higher weight divisions.
9Joey Archibald (def. Leo Rodak)29 Oct 1939 – 29 Mar 19401
Archibald was stripped of the title for not fighting Petey Scalzo. Scalzo and Frankie Perrin was slated to fight for the vacant title however, Perrin refused to fight in Washington and preferred to fight in his home city of New Orleans. Scalzo was later awarded of the title by the NBA.
10Petey Scalzo (awarded title)1 May 1940 – 1 Jul 19413
11Richie Lemos1 Jul – 18 Nov 19410
12Jackie Wilson18 Nov 1941 – 18 Jan 19431
13Jackie Callura18 Jan – 16 Aug 19431
14Phil Terranova16 Aug 1943 – 10 Mar 19440
15Sal Bartolo10 Mar 1944 – 7 Jun 19463
16Willie Pep7 Jun 1946 – 29 Oct 19482
17Sandy Saddler29 Oct 1948 – 11 Feb 19490
18Willie Pep (2)11 Feb 1949 – 8 Sep 19503
19Sandy Saddler (2)8 Sep 1950 – 16 Jan 19572
Saddler was stripped of the title for failing to sign for a title defense. A few days later, he retired.
20Hogan Bassey (def. Cherif Hamia)24 Jun 1957 – 18 Mar 19591
21Davey Moore18 Mar 1959 – 21 Mar 19635
22Sugar Ramos (def. Davey Moore)21 Mar 1963 – 26 Sep 19643
23Vicente Saldívar26 Sep 1964 – 14 Oct 19677
Saldívar retired after his 7th defense.
24Raul Rojas (def. Enrique Higgins)28 Mar – 27 Sep 19680
25Shozo Saijo27 Sep 1968 – 2 Sept 19715
26Antonio Gomez2 Sept 1971 – 19 Aug 19721
27Ernesto Marcel19 Aug 1972 – 31 May 19744
Marcel retires.
28Rubén Olivares (def. Zensuke Otagawa)9 July – 23 Nov 19740
29Alexis Argüello23 Nov 1974 – 9 Oct 19764
Argüello vacated the title because the WBA wanted to set a fight date that's imposed by the mandatory challenger and not him, the champion.
30Rafael Ortega (def. Francisco Coronado)15 Jan – 17 Dec 19771
31Cecilio Lastra17 Dec 1977 – 15 Apr 19780
32Eusebio Pedroza15 Apr 1978 – 8 Jun 198519
33Barry McGuigan8 Jun 1985 – 23 Jun 19862
34Steve Cruz23 Jun 1986 – 6 Mar 19870
35Antonio Esparragoza6 Mar 1987 – 30 Mar 19917
36Park Yong-kyun30 Mar 1991 – 4 Dec 19938
37Eloy Rojas4 Dec 1993 – 18 May 19966
38Wilfredo Vázquez18 May 1996 – 25 Mar 19984
Vázquez vacated the title infavor of fighting WBO champion Naseem Hamed.
39Freddie Norwood (def. Antonio Cermeño)3 Apr – 21 Sep 19982
Norwood was stripped of his title for coming overweight to his 3rd defense fight against Koji Matsumoto.
40Antonio Cermeño (def. Genaro Rios)3 Oct 1998 – 29 May 19991
41Freddie Norwood (2)29 May 1999 – 9 Sep 20003
42Derrick Gainer9 Sep 2000 – 1 Nov 20033
Gainer fought for the inaugural Unified title against IBF champion Juan Manuel Márquez.
43Juan Manuel Márquez – Unified champion (def. Derrick Gainer)1 Nov 2003 – 22 Aug 20053
Márquez was stripped of the IBF title because no promoter was willing to bid at least US$50,000 to stage a mandatory defense against Fahprakorb Rakkiatgym. As a result, he was stripped of his WBA Unified title on WBA's July 2005 official ratings posted on 22 August.
44Chris John – Regular champion (Primary champion vacant)22 Aug 2005 – 27 Jun 20097
John is promoted to Super champion.
Chris John – Super champion (Regular champion promoted)27 Jun 2009 – 14 Jul 20101 (8)
John was declared champion in recess after suffering a rib injury.
45Yuriorkis Gamboa – Regular champion (Primary champion vacant)14 Jul – 11 Sep 20100
Gamboa was declared the Unified champion after winning the vacant IBF title against Orlando Salido.
Yuriorkis Gamboa – Unified champion (def. Orlando Salido)11 Sep – 5 Dec 20101
Gamboa is relegated to secondary champion when John was reinstated as Super champion after winning against Fernando Saucedo.
46Chris John (2) – Super champion (reinstated)5 Dec 2010 – 6 Dec 20136
John fought for the Undisputed title against Simpiwe Vetyeka.
47Simpiwe Vetyeka – Undisputed champion (def. Chris John)6 Dec 2013 – 31 May 20140
48Nonito Donaire31 May – 18 Oct 20140
Donaire lost to Regular champion Nicholas Walters however, Walters was not given the Undisputed title.
49Nicholas Walters – Regular champion (Primary champion vacant)18 Oct 2014 – 21 Feb 20151
Walters promoted to Super champion.
Nicholas Walters – Super champion (Regular champion promoted)21 Feb – 12 Jun 20150 (1)
Walters was stripped of the title for failing to make weight on his first defense fight against Miguel Marriaga. The title was at stake for Marriaga but Walters won by unanimous decision.
50Jesús Cuellar – Regular champion (Primary champion vacant)12 Jun – 29 Aug 20150
Cuéllar was relegated to secondary champion because Léo Santa Cruz won the vacant Super title.
51Léo Santa Cruz – Super champion (def. Abner Mares)29 Aug 2015 – 30 Jul 20161
52Carl Frampton30 Jul 2016 – 28 Jan 20170
53Léo Santa Cruz (2)28 Jan 2017 – 12 Dec 20223
Santa Cruz vacated the title on the day of the scheduled purse bid against Regular champion Leigh Wood. Succeeding champions will not be marked as Regular, Unified, Undisputed, or Super because of the title reduction plan.
54Leigh Wood (Primary champion vacant)12 Dec 2022 – 18 Feb 20230
55Mauricio Lara18 Feb – 26 May 20230
Lara was stripped for missing the weight before his rematch against Leigh Wood.
56Leigh Wood (2) (def. Mauricio Lara)27 May – 17 Oct 20231
Wood vacated the title to move up to super featherweight.
57Raymond Ford (def. Otabek Kholmatov)2 Mar – 1 Jun 20240
58Nick Ball1 Jun 2024 – 7 Feb 20263
59Brandon Figueroa7 Feb 2026 – present0

Secondary champion lineage

No.NameReignDefenses
1Chris John (interim champion promoted)1 Nov 2003 – 22 Aug 20054
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
2Yuriorkis Gamboa (interim champion promoted)27 Jun 2009 – 14 Jul 20103
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
3aYuriorkis Gamboa (2) – Unified champion (relegated from primary champion)5 Dec 2010 – 11 Jun 20111 (5)
Gamboa was stripped of his Unified title for not complying with the IBF rules of a second weigh-in in his last fight with Jorge Solís. He was stripped of the IBF title and thus was no longer a unified champion.
3bJonathan Victor Barros (def. Irving Berry)4 Dec 2010 – 14 Oct 20112
4Celestino Caballero14 Oct 2011 – 7 Oct 20121
Caballero vacated the title for declining a low budget on a mandatory fight with Nicholas Walters.
5Nicholas Walters (def. Daulis Prescott)9 Dec 2012 – 18 Oct 20142
Walters won against Undisputed champion Nonito Donaire however, he was not given the Undisputed title. He is moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
6Jesús Cuellar (interim champion promoted)21 Feb – 12 Jun 20151
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
7Jesús Cuéllar (2) (relegated from primary champion)29 Aug 2015 – 10 Dec 20161 (2)
8Abner Mares10 Dec 2016 – 9 Jun 20181
Mares lost against Super champion Léo Santa Cruz.
9Jesús Rojas (interim champion promoted)4 Jul 2018 – 26 Jan 20190
10Xu Can26 Jan 2019 – 31 Jul 20212
11Leigh Wood31 Jul 2021 – 12 Dec 20221
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.

Super bantamweight

Primary champion lineage

No.NameReignDefenses
1Hong Soo-hwan (def. Hector Carrasquilla)26 Nov 1977 – 7 May 19781
2Ricardo Cardona7 May 1978 – 4 May 19805
3Leo Randolph4 May – 9 Aug 19800
4Sergio Víctor Palma9 Aug 1980 – 12 Jun 19825
5Leo Cruz12 Jun 1982 – 22 Feb 19843
6Loris Stecca22 Feb – 26 May 19840
7Victor Callejas26 May 1984 – 21 Nov 19862
Callejas was stripped of the title for refusing to fight his mandatory challenger.
8Louie Espinoza (def. Tommy Valoy)11 Jan – 28 Nov 19872
9Julio Gervacio28 Nov 1987 – 27 Feb 19880
10Bernardo Piñango27 Feb – 28 May 19880
11Juan José Estrada28 May 1988 – 11 Nov 19893
12Jesus Salud11 Nov 1989 – 5 Apr 19900
Salud was stripped of the title for failing to defend it in Colombia against the No. 1 contender, Luis Mendoza.
13Luis Mendoza (def. Rubén Darío Palacios)11 Sep 1990 – 7 Oct 19914
14Raúl Pérez7 Oct 1991 – 27 Mar 19920
15Wilfredo Vázquez27 Mar 1992 – 13 May 19959
16Antonio Cermeño13 May 1995 – 4 Oct 19977
Cermeño vacated the title to move up to featherweight.
17Enrique Sánchez (def. Rafael del Valle)8 Feb – 12 Dec 19980
18Néstor Garza12 Dec 1998 – 4 Mar 20002
19Clarence Adams4 Mar 2000 – 3 Jul 20012
Adams was stripped of the title for refusing to fight his mandatory challenger.
20Yober Ortega (def. José Rojas)17 Nov 2001 – 21 Feb 20020
21Yoddamrong Sithyodthong21 Feb – 18 May 20020
22Osamu Sato18 May – 9 Oct 20020
23Salim Medjkoune9 Oct 2002 – 4 Jul 20031
24Mahyar Monshipour4 Jul 2003 – 18 Mar 20065
25Somsak Sithchatchawal18 Mar – 4 Oct 20060
26Celestino Caballero4 Oct 2006 – 21 Nov 20085
Caballero fought for the Unified title against IBF champion Steve Molitor.
Celestino Caballero – Unified champion (def. Steve Molitor)21 Nov 2008 – Mar 20103 (8)
Caballero promoted to inaugural Super champion on WBA's February 2010 official ratings posted on March.
Celestino Caballero – Super champion (Unified champion promoted)Mar – 10 Dec 20100 (8)
Caballero vacated the title to fight at featherweight.
27Lee Ryol-li – Regular champion (Primary champion vacant)10 Dec 2010 – 31 Jan 20110
28Akifumi Shimoda31 Jan – 9 Jul 20110
29Rico Ramos9 Jul 2011 – 20 Jan 20120
30Guillermo Rigondeaux20 Jan 2012 – 13 Apr 20132
Rigondeaux fought for Super title against Nonito Donaire.
Guillermo Rigondeaux – Super champion (def. Nonito Donaire)13 Apr 2013 – 30 Oct 20154 (6)
Rigondeaux was declared champion in recess due to inactivity.
31Scott Quigg – Regular champion (Primary champion vacant)30 Oct 2015 – 27 Feb 20160
Quigg fought for Unified title against IBF champion Carl Frampton.
32Carl Frampton – Unified champion (def. Scott Quigg)27 Feb – 8 Apr 20160
Frampton was stripped of the title after choosing to fight Léo Santa Cruz for the WBA featherweight title instead of Super champion Guillermo Rigondeaux.
33Guillermo Rigondeaux (2) – Super champion (reinstated)14 May 2016 – 9 Dec 20171
Rigondeaux was stripped of the title after losing to a super featherweight bout against Vasyl Lomachenko.
34Daniel Roman – Regular champion (Primary champion vacant)9 Dec 2017 – 26 Apr 20193
Roman becomes Unified champion after beating IBF champion T. J. Doheny.
Daniel Roman – Unified champion (def. T. J. Doheny)26 Apr 2019 – 30 Jan 20201 (4)
Roman fought Murodjon Akhmadaliev for the Super title.
35Murodjon Akhmadaliev – Super champion (def. Daniel Roman)30 Jan 2020 – 8 Apr 20233
36Marlon Tapales8 Apr – 26 Dec 20230
37Naoya Inoue26 Dec 2023 – present6

Secondary champion lineage

No.NameReignDefenses
1Ricardo Cordoba (interim champion promoted)21 Nov 2008 – 21 Mar 20090
2Bernard Dunne21 Mar – 26 Sep 20090
3Poonsawat Kratingdaenggym26 Sep 2009 – 2 Oct 20102
4Lee Ryol-li2 Oct – 10 Dec 20100
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
5Scott Quigg (interim champion promoted)5 Sep 2013 – 30 Oct 20156
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
6Nehomar Cermeño (def. Qiu Xiaojun)24 Jun 2016 – 9 Apr 20172
7Shun Kubo9 Apr – 3 Sep 20170
8Daniel Roman3 Sep – 9 Dec 20170
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
9Brandon Figueroa (interim champion promoted)31 Oct 2019 – 27 Nov 20213
WBA decided on 17 August 2021, that Figueroa's title would be stripped the moment he steps in the ring against WBO champion Stephen Fulton due to WBO's restriction against WBA Regular titles. The bout was supposedly scheduled on 18 September however, it was moved to 27 November. On the 1st of September, WBA released their August 2021 ratings which didn't feature Figueroa as a champion however, he was listed again on the September 2021 ratings. He was officially stripped of the title after fighting Fulton as originally stated by the WBA.

Bantamweight

Primary champion lineage

No.NameReignDefenses
1Joe Lynch (awarded inaugural title)Jan – 25 Jul 19210
2Pete Herman25 July – 23 Sep 19210
3Johnny Buff23 Sep 1921 – 10 Jul 19221
4Joe Lynch (2)10 Jul 1922 – 21 Mar 19243
5Abe Goldstein21 Mar – 19 Dec 19243
6Eddie Martin19 Dec 1924 – 20 Mar 19251
7Charlie Phil Rosenberg20 Mar 1925 – 18 Oct 19261
Rosenberg was stripped by the NBA during its annual convention after failing to sign a fight with Bud Taylor.
8Bud Taylor (awarded title)18 Oct 1926 – 18 May 19282
Taylor was stripped when he failed to fight for the title for almost two years.
9Bushy Graham (def. Isadore Schwartz)23 May 1928 – 8 Oct 19290
Graham was stripped of the title due to the NBA choosing to recognize Panamá Al Brown instead.
10Panamá Al Brown (awarded title)8 Oct 1929 – 3 Feb 19301
Brown was stripped of the title after an NBA special meeting.
11Panamá Al Brown (2) (def. Eugène Huat)4 Oct 1930 – 18 Sep 19347
Brown was stripped of the title in the rankings released after the annual NBA convention.
12Sixto Escobar (def. Pete Sanstol)7 Aug – 26 Aug 19350
13Louis Salica26 Aug – 15 Nov 19350
14Sixto Escobar (2)15 Nov 1935 – 23 Sep 19373
15Harry Jeffra23 Sep 1937 – 20 Feb 19380
16Sixto Escobar (3)20 Feb 1938 – 26 Oct 19391
Escobar vacated the title to move up to featherweight.
17Georgie Pace (awarded title)26 Oct 1939 – 24 Sep 19401
18Lou Salica (2)24 Sep 1940 – 7 Aug 19424
19Manuel Ortiz7 Aug 1942 – 6 Jan 194715
20Harold Dade6 Jan – 11 Mar 19470
21Manuel Ortiz (2)11 Mar 1947 – 31 May 19504
22Vic Toweel31 May 1950 – 15 Nov 19523
23Jimmy Carruthers15 Nov 1952 – 16 May 19543
Carruthers retires from boxing.
24Robert Cohen (def. Chamroen Songkitrat)19 Sep – 23 Dec 19541
Cohen was stripped for failing to sign a fight against Raúl Macías within 90 days.
25Raúl Macías (def. Chamroen Songkitrat)9 Mar 1955 – 6 Nov 19572
26Alphonse Halimi6 Nov 1957 – 8 Jul 19590
27José Becerra8 Jul 1959 – 30 Aug 19602
Becerra retires due to an eye injury.
28Éder Jofre (def. Eloy Sanchez)18 Nov 1960 – 18 May 19658
29Fighting Harada18 May 1965 – 27 Feb 19684
30Lionel Rose27 Feb 1968 – 22 Aug 19693
31Rubén Olivares22 Aug 1969 – 16 Oct 19702
32Chucho Castillo16 Oct 1970 – 2 Apr 19710
33Rubén Olivares (2)2 Apr 1971 – 19 Mar 19722
34Rafael Herrera19 Mar – 29 Jul 19720
35Enrique Pinder29 Jul 1972 – 20 Jan 19730
36Romeo Anaya20 Jan – 3 Nov 19732
37Arnold Taylor3 Nov 1973 – 3 Jul 19740
38Hong Soo-hwan3 Jul 1974 – 14 Mar 19751
39Alfonso Zamora14 Mar 1975 – 19 Nov 19775
40Jorge Luján19 Nov 1977 – 29 Aug 19805
41Julian Solís29 Aug – 14 Nov 19800
42Jeff Chandler14 Nov 1980 – 7 Apr 19849
43Richie Sandoval7 April 1984 – 10 Mar 19862
44Gaby Canizales10 Mar – 4 Jun 19860
45Bernardo Piñango4 Jun 1986 – 13 Mar 19873
Piñango vacated the title in order to move up to super bantamweight.
46Takuya Muguruma (def. Azael Moran)29 Mar – 24 May 19870
47Park Chan-Yong24 May – 4 Oct 19870
48Wilfredo Vázquez4 Oct 1987 – 9 May 19881
49Kaokor Galaxy9 May – 14 Aug 19880
50Moon Sung-kil14 Aug 1988 – 9 Jul 19892
51Kaokor Galaxy (2)9 Jul – 18 Oct 19890
52Luisito Espinosa18 Oct 1989 – 19 Oct 19912
53Israel Contreras19 Oct 1991 – 15 Mar 19920
54Eddie Cook15 Mar – 9 Oct 19920
55Jorge Eliécer Julio9 Oct 1992 – 23 Oct 19932
56Junior Jones23 Oct 1993 – 22 Apr 19941
57John Michael Johnson22 Apr – 16 Jul 19940
58Daorung Chuvatana16 Jul 1994 – 17 Sep 19952
59Veeraphol Sahaprom17 Sep 1995 – 28 Jan 19960
60Nana Konadu28 Jan – 27 Oct 19960
61Daorung Chuvatana (2)27 Oct 1996 – 21 Jun 19971
62Nana Konadu (2)21 Jun 1997 – 5 Dec 19981
63Johnny Tapia5 Dec 1998 – 26 Jun 19990
64Paulie Ayala26 Jun 1999 – 6 Aug 20013
Ayala was stripped of the title for choosing to move up to super bantamweight instead of fighting his mandatory challenger.
65Eidy Moya (def. Adán Vargas)14 Oct 2001 – 19 Apr 20020
66Johnny Bredahl19 Apr 2002 – 13 Oct 20043
Bredahl retires.
67Volodymyr Sydorenko (def. Julio Zarate)26 Feb 2005 – 31 May 20086
68Anselmo Moreno31 May 2008 – Nov 20108
Moreno is promoted to inaugural Super champion on WBA's October 2010 ratings posted on November.
Anselmo Moreno – Super champion (Regular champion promoted)Nov 2010 – 26 Sep 20144 (12)
Moreno fought for the Undisputed title against Juan Carlos Payano.
69Juan Carlos Payano – Undisputed champion (def. Anselmo Moreno)26 Sep 2014 – 18 Jun 20161
70Rau'shee Warren18 Jun 2016 – 10 Feb 20170
71Zhanat Zhakiyanov10 Feb – 21 Oct 20170
Zhakiyanov fought IBF champion Ryan Burnett for the Unified title.
72Ryan Burnett – Unified champion (def. Zhanat Zhakiyanov)21 Oct 2017 – 31 Oct 20181
Burnett is promoted to Super champion on WBA's October 2018 ratings posted on 31st October; just days before his scheduled bout against Nonito Donaire.
Ryan Burnett – Super champion (unified champion promoted)31 Oct – 3 Nov 20180 (1)
73Nonito Donaire3 Nov 2018 – 7 Nov 20191
74Naoya Inoue7 Nov 2019 – 13 Jan 20235
Inoue vacated the title in order to move up to super bantamweight. Succeeding champions will not be marked as Regular, Unified, Undisputed, or Super because of the title reduction plan.
75Takuma Inoue (def. Liborio Solís)8 Apr 2023 – 13 Oct 20242
76Seiya Tsutsumi13 Oct 2024 – 17 May 20251
Tsutsumi is declared champion in recess for being medically unfit to defend against mandatory challenger Antonio Vargas.
77Antonio Vargas (interim champion promoted)17 May – 1 Dec 20251
Vargas is declared champion in recess for being unable to defend the title due to personal matters.
78Seiya Tsutsumi (2) (reinstated)1 Dec 2025 – present1

Secondary champion lineage

No.NameReignDefenses
1Koki Kameda (def. Alexander Muñoz)26 Dec 2010 – 6 Dec 20138
Kameda vacated the title after being ordered to fight Super champion Anselmo Moreno and moved down to super flyweight.
2Jamie McDonnell (def. Tabtimdaeng Na Rachawat)31 May 2014 – 25 May 20185
3Naoya Inoue25 May 2018 – 18 May 20191
Inoue becomes Unified champion after beating IBF champion Emmanuel Rodríguez.
Naoya Inoue – Unified champion18 May – 7 Nov 20191 (2)
Inoue won against Super champion Nonito Donaire.
4Guillermo Rigondeaux (def. Liborio Solís)8 Feb 2020 – 14 Aug 20210
Rigondeaux is stripped of his title for fighting WBO champion John Riel Casimero; a bout not sanctioned by the WBA.

Super flyweight

Primary champion lineage

No.NameReignDefenses
1Gustavo Ballas (def. Bae Sok-Chul)12 Sep – 5 Dec 19810
2Rafael Pedroza5 Dec 1981 – 8 Apr 19820
3Jiro Watanabe8 Apr 1982 – 5 Jul 19846
Watanabe was stripped of title for not fighting mandatory challenger Khaosai Galaxy.
4Khaosai Galaxy (def. Eusebio Espinal)21 Nov 1984 – 22 Dec 199119
Galaxy retired from professional boxing.
5Katsuya Onizuka (def. Thanomsak Sithbaobay)10 Apr 1992 – 18 Sep 19945
6Lee Hyung-chul18 Sep 1994 – 22 Jul 19951
7Alimi Goitia22 Jul 1995 – 24 Aug 19963
8Yokthai Sithoar24 Aug 1996 – 23 Dec 19974
9Satoshi Iida23 Dec 1997 – 23 Dec 19982
10Jesús Rojas23 Dec 1998 – 31 Jul 19991
11Hideki Todaka31 Jul 1999 – Oct 20002
12Leo Gámez9 Oct 2000 – 11 Mar 20010
13Celes Kobayashi11 Mar 2001 – 9 Mar 20021
14Alexander Muñoz9 Mar 2002 – 3 Dec 20043
15Martín Castillo3 Dec 2004 – 22 Jul 20063
16Nobuo Nashiro22 Jul 2006 – 3 May 20071
17Alexander Munoz (2)3 May 2007 – 17 May 20082
Muñoz fought for the inaugural Unified title against WBC champion Cristian Mijares.
18Cristian Mijares – Unified champion (def. Alexander Muñoz)17 May – 1 Nov 20081
Mijares fought for the Undisputed title against IBF champion Vic Darchinyan.
19Vic Darchinyan – Undisputed champion (def. Cristian Mijares)1 Nov 2008 – 28 Jul 20091
Status changed to Unified champion when Darchinyan vacated the IBF title.
Vic Darchinyan – Unified champion28 Jul 2009 – 15 Oct 20102 (3)
Darchinyan's title is vacated on WBA's September 2010 ratings posted on 15 October.
20Hugo Cázares – Regular champion (Primary champion vacant)15 Oct 2010 – 31 Aug 20112
21Tomonobu Shimizu31 Aug – 11 Nov 20110
Shimizu was declared champion in recess due to an injury.
22Tepparith Kokietgym – Regular champion (interim champion promoted); (Primary champion vacant)14 Nov 2011 – 31 Dec 20123
23Kohei Kono31 Dec 2012 – 6 May 20130
24Liborio Solís6 May – 2 Dec 20130
Solís was stripped of his title before the fight with Daiki Kameda for being overweight. Solís won the fight in split decision but title was at stake for Kameda only.
25Kohei Kono (2) – Regular Champion (def. Denkaosan Kaovichit); (Primary champion vacant)26 Mar 2014 – 31 Aug 20163
26Luis Concepción31 Aug – 9 Dec 20160
Concepción was stripped of his title before the fight with Khalid Yafai for being overweight. Only Yafai can win the title.
27Kal Yafai – Regular champion (def. Luis Concepción); (Primary champion vacant)10 Dec 2016 – 29 Feb 20205
Yafai fought for the Super title against Román González.
28Román González – Super champion (def. Khalid Yafai)29 Feb 2020 – 13 Mar 20211
29Juan Francisco Estrada13 Mar 2021 – 11 Aug 20220
Estrada was stripped of the title after refusing to fight his mandatory challenger Joshua Franco. Succeeding champions will not be marked as Regular, Unified, Undisputed, or Super because of the title reduction plan.
30Joshua Franco (Primary champion vacant)11 Aug 2022 – 23 Jun 20231
Franco was stripped of the title after missing the weight before his rematch against Kazuto Ioka.
31Kazuto Ioka (def. Joshua Franco)24 Jun 2023 – 7 Jul 20241
32Fernando Martínez7 Jul 2024 – 22 Nov 20251
33Jesse Rodriguez22 Nov 2025 – present0

Secondary champion lineage

No.NameReignDefenses
1Nobuo Nashiro (def. Kohei Kono)15 Sep 2008 – 8 May 20102
2Hugo Cázares8 May– 15 Oct 20102
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
3Andrew Moloney (interim champion promoted)3 Mar – 23 Jun 20200
4Joshua Franco23 Jun 2020 – 11 Aug 20222
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.

Flyweight

Primary champion lineage

No.NameReignDefenses
1Jimmy Wilde (awarded inaugural title)Jan 1921 – 18 Jun 19230
2Pancho Villa18 Jun 1923 – 14 Jul 19253
Title vacated because Villa died from Ludwig's angina resulting from an infection that spread to his throat.
3Fidel LaBarba (def. Frankie Genaro)22 Aug 1925 – 29 Aug 19272
LaBarba retires.
4Pinky Silverberg (def. Ruby Bradley)22 Oct – 6 Dec 19270
Silverberg was stripped of the title after a match was sanctioned for the vacant title.
5Frenchy Belanger (def. Ernie Jarvis)19 Dec 1927 – 6 Feb 19280
6Frankie Genaro6 Feb 1928 – 2 Mar 19293
7Émile Pladner2 Mar – 18 Apr 19290
8Frankie Genaro (2)18 Apr 1929 – 26 Oct 19317
9Victor Perez26 Oct 1931 – 31 Oct 19320
10Jackie Brown31 Oct 1932 – 17 Sep 19343
Brown was sentenced to a 4 month conviction to prison for biting a piece of a man's ear during a street fight. The title was declared vacant after an NBA meeting.
11Benny Lynch (def. Jackie Brown)9 Sep 1935 – 29 Jun 19383
Lynch was stripped when he failed to make weight for a title defense against Jackie Jurich.
12Peter Kane (def. Jackie Jurich)22 Sep 1938 – 11 Dec 19390
Kane's title was stripped when the NBA awarded Little Dado the flyweight title.
13Little Dado (awarded title)11 Dec 1939 – 14 Oct 19431
Dado was stripped of the title as he has not fought in the flyweight division for 2 years. Paterson was awarded the title.
14Jackie Paterson (awarded title)14 Oct 1943 – 30 Jul 19471
Paterson was stripped of the title for failing to defend against Dado Marino.
15Rinty Monaghan (def. Dado Marino)20 Oct 1947 – 30 Mar 19503
Monaghan retired after his third defense.
16Terry Allen (def. Honore Pratesi)25 Apr – 1 Aug 19500
17Dado Marino1 Aug 1950 – 19 May 19521
18Yoshio Shirai19 May 1952 – 26 Nov 19544
19Pascual Perez26 Nov 1954 – 16 Apr 19609
20Pone Kingpetch16 Apr 1960 – 10 Oct 19623
21Fighting Harada10 Oct 1962 – 12 Jan 19630
22Pone Kingpetch (2)12 Jan – 18 Sep 19630
23Hiroyuki Ebihara18 Sep 1963 – 23 Jan 19640
24Pone Kingpetch (3)23 Jan 1964 – 23 Apr 19650
25Salvatore Burruni23 Apr – 1 Nov 19650
Burruni was stripped of title for failing to meet the organization's number one contender, Hiroyuki Ebihara.
26Horacio Accavallo (def. Katsuyoshi Takayama)1 Mar 1966 – 2 Oct 19683
Accavallo retires.
27Hiroyuki Ebihara (2) (def. José Severino)30 Mar – 19 Oct 19690
28Bernabe Villacampo19 Oct 1969 – 5 Apr 19700
29Berkrerk Chartvanchai5 Apr – 22 Oct 19700
30Masao Ohba22 Oct 1970 – 25 Jan 19735
Ohba died in a car accident in Tokyo.
31Chartchai Chionoi (def. Fritz Chervet)17 May 1973 – 18 Oct 19742
32Susumu Hanagata18 Oct 1974 – 1 Apr 19750
33Erbito Salavarria1 Apr 1975 – 27 Feb 19761
34Alfonso López27 Feb – 2 Oct 19761
35Guty Espadas2 Oct 1976 – 12 Aug 19784
36Betulio González12 Aug 1978 – 17 Nov 19793
37Luis Ibarra17 Nov 1979 – 17 Feb 19800
38Kim Tae-shik17 Feb – 13 Dec 19801
39Peter Mathebula13 Dec 1980 – 28 Mar 19810
40Santos Laciar28 Mar – 6 Jun 19810
41Luis Ibarra (2)6 June – 26 Sep 19810
42Juan Herrera26 Sep 1981 – 1 May 19821
43Santos Laciar (2)1 May 1982 – 19 Jul 19859
Laciar vacated the title in order to move up to super flyweight.
44Hilario Zapata (def. Alonzo González)5 Oct 1985 – 13 Feb 19875
45Fidel Bassa13 Feb 1987 – 30 Sep 19896
46Jesús Rojas30 Sep 1989 – 10 Mar 19900
47Lee Yul-woo10 Mar – 29 Jul 19900
48Leopard Tamakuma29 Jul 1990 – Mar 19911
49Elvis Álvarez14 Mar – 1 Jun 19910
50Kim Yong-kang1 Jun 1991 – 26 Sep 19922
51Aquiles Guzmán26 Sep – 15 Dec 19920
52David Grimán15 Dec 1992 – 13 Feb 19942
53Saen Sor Ploenchit13 Feb 1994 – 24 Nov 19969
54José Bonilla24 Nov 1996 – 29 May 19983
55Hugo Rafael Soto29 May 1998 – 13 Mar 19990
56Leo Gámez13 Mar – 3 Sep 19990
57Sornpichai Kratingdaenggym3 Sep 1999 – 5 Aug 20001
58Eric Morel5 Aug 2000 – 6 Dec 20035
59Lorenzo Parra6 Dec 2003 – 19 Mar 20075
60Takefumi Sakata19 Mar 2007 – 31 Dec 20084
61Denkaosan Kaovichit31 Dec 2008 – 7 Feb 20102
62Daiki Kameda7 Feb 2010 – 4 Jan 20112
Kameda vacated the title in order to move up to super flyweight.
63Luis Concepción (interim champion promoted)4 Jan – 2 Apr 20110
64Hernán Márquez2 Apr 2011 – 17 Nov 20122
Marquez fought for Unified title against WBO champion Brian Viloria.
65Brian Viloria – Unified champion (def. Hernán Márquez)17 Nov 2012 – 6 Apr 20130
66Juan Francisco Estrada6 Apr 2013 – 14 Sep 20165
Estrada vacated the title and moved to super flyweight.
67Kazuto Ioka – Regular champion (Primary champion vacant)14 Sep 2016 – 9 Nov 20172
Ioka vacated the title.
68Artem Dalakian – Regular champion (def. Brian Viloria); (Primary champion vacant)24 Feb 2018 – 23 Jan 20246
69Seigo Yuri Akui23 Jan 2024 – 13 Mar 20252
70Kenshiro Teraji13 Mar – 30 Jul 20250
71Ricardo Sandoval30 Jul 2025 – Present0

Secondary champion lineage

No.NameReignDefenses
1Juan Carlos Reveco (interim champion promoted)17 Nov 2012 – 22 Apr 20156
2Kazuto Ioka22 Apr 2015 – 14 Sep 20163
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.

Light flyweight

Primary champion lineage

No.NameReignDefenses
1Jaime Rios (def. Rigoberto Marcano)23 Aug 1975 – 2 Jul 19761
2Juan Antonio Guzman2 Jul – 10 Oct 19760
3Yoko Gushiken10 Oct 1976 – 8 Mar 198113
4Pedro Flores8 Mar – 19 Jul 19810
5Kim Hwan-jin19 Jul – 16 Dec 19811
6Katsuo Tokashiki16 Dec 1981 – 10 Jul 19835
7Lupe Madera10 Jul 1983 – 19 May 19841
8Francisco Quiróz19 May 1984 – 29 Mar 19851
9Joey Olivo29 Mar – 8 Dec 19851
10Yuh Myung-woo8 Dec 1985 – 17 Dec 199117
11Hiroki Ioka17 Dec 1991 – 18 Nov 19922
12Yuh Myung-Woo (2)18 Nov 1992 – 8 Sep 19931
Yuh vacated the title and retired from professional boxing.
13Leo Gámez (def. Shiro Yahiro)21 Oct 1993 – 4 Feb 19953
14Choi Hi-yong4 Feb 1995 – 13 Jan 19961
15Carlos Murillo13 Jan – 21 May 19961
16Keiji Yamaguchi21 May – 3 Dec 19961
17Pichitnoi Sitbangprachan3 Dec 1996 – Jul 20005
Sitbangprachan was stripped of title.
18Beibis Mendoza (def. Rosendo Alvarez)12 Aug 2000 – 3 Mar 20010
19Rosendo Álvarez3 Mar 2001 – 2 Oct 20043
Alvarez was stripped of title before his fourth fight with Beibis Mendoza for being overweight.
20Roberto Vásquez (def. Beibis Mendoza)29 Apr 2005 – 24 May 20063
Vásquez vacated the title to move up to flyweight.
21Kōki Kameda (def. Juan José Landaeta)2 Aug 2006 – 18 Jan 20071
Kameda vacated the title to move up to flyweight.
22Juan Carlos Reveco (def. Nethra Sasiprapa)22 Jun – 8 Dec 20071
23Brahim Asloum8 Dec 2007 – 18 Jul 20081
Asloum was declared champion in recess on WBA's June 2008 ratings posted on 18 July.
24Giovani Segura (interim champion promoted)5 Jun 2009 – 28 Aug 20103
Segura becomes the inaugural Unified champion after unifying with WBO and The Ring champion Iván Calderón.
Giovani Segura – Unified champion (def. Iván Calderón)28 Aug – 26 Nov 20101 (4)
Segura vacated the title to fight as flyweight.
25Juan Carlos Reveco (2) – Regular champion (Primary champion vacant)26 Nov 2010 – 4 Feb 20110
Reveco vacated the title to move up to flyweight.
26Román González – Regular champion (interim champion promoted); (Primary champion vacant)4 Feb 2011 – 30 Nov 20125
González promoted to inaugural Super champion.
Román González – Super champion (Regular champion promoted)30 Nov 2012 – 14 Jan 20140 (5)
González vacated the title to move up to flyweight.
27Kazuto Ioka – Regular champion (Primary champion vacant)14 Jan – 28 Feb 20140
Ioka vacated the title to move up to flyweight.
28Alberto Rossel – Regular champion (interim champion promoted); (Primary champion vacant)10 Jul – 31 Dec 20140
29Ryoichi Taguchi31 Dec 2014 – 31 Dec 20176
Taguchi declared Unified champion after unifying titles with IBF champion Milan Melindo.
Ryoichi Taguchi – Unified champion (def. Milan Melindo)31 Dec 2017 – 20 May 20181 (7)
Taguchi fought Budler for the Super title.
30Hekkie Budler – Super champion (def. Ryoichi Taguchi)20 May – 31 Dec 20180
31Hiroto Kyoguchi31 Dec 2018 – 1 Nov 20224
32Kenshiro Teraji1 Nov – 30 Nov 20220
Teraji status changed to Unified champion on WBA's November 2022 ratings.
Kenshiro Teraji – Unified champion30 Nov 2022 – 15 Jul 20243
Teraji vacates the title to move up to flyweight. Succeeding champions will not be marked as Regular, Unified, Undisputed, or Super because of the title reduction plan.
33Erick Rosa (def. Neidar Valdez)19 Dec 2024 – 30 Jul 20250
34Kyosuke Takami30 Jul 2025 – 17 Dec 20250
35René Santiago17 Dec 2025 – present1

Secondary champion lineage

No.NameReignDefenses
1Juan Carlos Reveco (interim champion promoted)28 Aug – 26 Nov 20100
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
2Kazuto Ioka (def. José Alfredo Rodríguez)31 Dec 2012 – 14 Jan 20143
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
3Carlos Cañizales (def. Reiya Konishi)18 Mar 2018 – 21 May 20212
4Esteban Bermudez28 May 2021 – 10 Jun 20220
Bermudez lost against Super champion Hiroto Kyoguchi.

Minimumweight

Primary champion lineage

No.NameReignDefenses
1Leo Gámez (def. Kim Bong-Jun)10 Jan 1988 – 1 Apr 19891
Gámez vacated the title citing weight problems and moved up to light flyweight.
2Kim Bong-jun (def. Agustín García)16 Apr 1989 – 2 Feb 19915
3Choi Hi-yong2 Feb 1991 – 14 Oct 19924
4Hideyuki Ohashi14 Oct 1992 – 10 Feb 19930
5Chana Porpaoin10 Feb 1993 – 2 Dec 19958
6Rosendo Álvarez2 Dec 1995 – 12 Nov 19985
Álvarez stripped of title before his fight with Ricardo López for being overweight. Title was at stake only for López who managed to beat the heavier Álvarez.
7Ricardo López (def. Rosendo Álvarez)13 Nov 1998 – Jul 19990
Lopez vacated the title in order to move up to light flyweight.
8Noel Arambulet (def. Joma Gamboa)9 Oct 1999 – 19 Aug 20001
Arambulet stripped of title before his rematch fight with Joma Gamboa for being overweight. Title was at stake only for Gamboa who managed to beat the heavier Arambulet.
9Joma Gamboa (def. Noel Arambulet)20 Aug – 6 Dec 20000
10Keitaro Hoshino6 Dec 2000 – 16 Apr 20010
11Chana Porpaoin (2)16 Apr – 25 Aug 20010
12Yutaka Niida25 Aug – 22 Oct 20010
Niida vacated the title and retired citing back problems and lack of interest in boxing.
13Keitaro Hoshino (2) (def. Joma Gamboa)29 Jan – 29 Jul 20020
14Noel Arambulet (2)29 Jul 2002 – 2 Jul 20042
Arambulet stripped of title before his rematch fight with Yutaka Niida for being overweight. Title was at stake only for Niida who managed to beat the heavier Arambulet.
15Yutaka Niida (2) (def. Noel Arambulet)3 Jul 2004 – 15 Sep 20087
16Román González15 Sep 2008 – 8 Oct 20103
González vacated in order to move up to light flyweight.
17Kwanthai Sithmorseng (def. Pigmy Kokietgym)5 Nov 2010 – 19 Apr 20110
18Muhammad Rachman19 Apr – 30 Jul 20110
19Pornsawan Porpramook30 Jul – 24 Oct 20110
20Akira Yaegashi24 Oct 2011 – 24 Jun 20120
21Kazuto Ioka24 Jun – 2 Oct 20120
Ioka vacated the title in order to move up to light flyweight.
22Ryo Miyazaki (def. Pornsawan Porpramook)31 Dec 2012 – 27 Dec 20132
Miyazaki vacated the title in order to move up to light flyweight.
23Hekkie Budler (def. Karluis Díaz)1 Mar 2014 – 19 Mar 20164
24Byron Rojas19 Mar – 29 Jun 20160
25Knockout CP Freshmart29 Jun 2016 – 1 Mar 20207
CP Freshmart is promoted to inaugural Super champion on WBA's February 2020 official ratings posted on 1 March.
Knockout CP Freshmart – Super champion (Regular champion promoted)1 Mar 2020 – 16 Nov 20245 (12)
26Oscar Collazo16 Nov 2024 – present3

Secondary champion lineage

No.NameReignDefenses
1Vic Saludar (def. Robert Paradero)20 Feb – 21 Dec 20210
2Erick Rosa21 Dec 2021 – 15 Jan 20240
Rosa vacated the title to move up to light flyweight.
3Ryūsei Matsumoto (def. Yuni Takada)14 Sep 2025 – present1

See also

Notes

External links

  • - Ken Buchanan site with detailed bio, statistics, full fights and more