List of world lightweight boxing champions

This is a list of world lightweight boxing champions by organization, as recognized by four of the better-known sanctioning organizations:

World
Reign began Reign ended Champion Recognition
29 October 1886 9 June 1893[1] United StatesJack McAuliffe Universal
After McAuliffe's retirement the title remained inactive until 1896 when the title was won by George "Kid" Lavigne in a 17 Round KO against Dick Burge. Lavigne's victory, the first fought under the Marquess of Queensberry rules, was considered by boxing promoters of the time as the first officially recognized world Lightweight Champion.
1 June 1896 3 July 1899 United StatesGeorge "Kid" Lavigne Universal
3 July 1899 12 May 1902 United StatesFrank Erne Universal
12 May 1902 4 July 1908[1] United StatesJoe Gans Universal
4 July 1908 22 February 1910 United StatesOscar "Battling" Nelson Universal
22 February 1910 28 November 1912 United StatesAdolph "Ad" Wolgast Universal
28 November 1912 7 July 1914 United StatesWillie Ritchie Universal
7 July 1914 28 May 1917 United Kingdom Freddie Welsh Universal
28 May 1917 15 January 1925[1] United StatesBenny Leonard Universal
Following Leonard's retirement the vacant undisputed NBA and NYSAC lightweight title was filled when Jimmy Goodrich defeated Stanislaus Loayza.
13 July 1925 7 December 1925 United StatesJimmy Goodrich Universal
7 December 1925 3 July 1926 United StatesRocky Kansas Universal
3 July 1926 17 July 1930 United StatesSammy Mandel NBA
17 July 1930 14 November 1930 United StatesAl Singer Universal
14 November 1930 23 June 1933 United StatesTony Canzoneri Universal
23 June 1933 15 Apr 1935[1] United StatesBarney Ross Universal
Ross vacated the title and campaigned as a light welterweight and welterweight. The vacant undisputed NBA and NYSAC lightweight title was filled when Tony Canzoneri defeated Lou Ambers
10 May 1935 3 September 1936 United StatesTony Canzoneri Universal
3 September 1936 17 July? 1938 United StatesLou Ambers Universal
17 August? 1938 22 August 1939 United StatesHenry Armstrong Universal
22 August 1939 10 May 1940 United StatesLou Ambers NBA
10 May 1940 19 December 1941 United StatesLew Jenkins Universal
19 December 1941 13 November 1942[1] United StatesSammy Angott Universal
Following Angott's retirement the NBA and NYSAC titles were disputed between Beau Jack, Bob Montgomery, and Juan Zurita as well as Agnott, who later came out of retirement. Ike Williams defeats over Zurita and Montgomery, in 1945 and 1947 respectively, would become recognized as the undisputed Lightweight Champion.
18 December 1942 21 May 1943 United StatesBeau Jack NYSAC
21 May 1943 19 November 1943 United StatesBob Montgomery NYSAC
19 November 1943 3 March 1944 United StatesBeau Jack NYSAC
3 March 1944 4 August 1947 United StatesBob Montgomery NYSAC
27 October 1943 8 March 1944 United StatesSammy Angott NBA
Angott won the vacant NBA lightweight title versus Slugger White.
8 March 1944 18 April 1945 MexicoJuan Zurita NBA
18 April 1945 25 May 1951 United StatesIke Williams Universal
Ike Williams became the undisputed champion on the 4th of August, 1947 when he knocked out Bob Montgomery, retaining his NBA title and winning Montgomery's NYSAC title.
25 May 1951 1 April 1952 United StatesJimmy Carter Universal
14 May 1952 15 October 1952 MexicoLauro Salas Universal
15 October 1952 6 February 1954 United StatesJimmy Carter Universal
5 March 1954 17 November 1954 United StatesPaddy DeMarco Universal
17 November 1954 29 June 1955 United StatesJimmy Carter Universal
29 June 1955 24 August 1956 United StatesWallace "Bud" Smith Universal
24 August 1956 21 April 1962 United StatesJoe Brown Universal
1963-04-07 1965-04-10 Puerto RicoCarlos Ortiz WBA/WBC
1965-04-10 1965-11-13 PanamaIsmael Laguna WBA/WBC
1965-11-13 1968-06-29 Puerto RicoCarlos Ortiz WBA/WBC
1968-06-29 1969-02-18 Dominican RepublicCarlos Teo Cruz WBA/WBC
1969-02-18 1970-03-03 United StatesMando Ramos[2] WBA/WBC
1970-03-03 1970-09-15[1] PanamaIsmael Laguna WBA/WBC
1971-02-12 1971-06-25 United KingdomKen Buchanan WBA/WBC

WBC
Reign began Reign ended Champion Recognition
1963-04-07 1965-04-10 Puerto Rico Carlos Ortiz WBC
1965-04-10 1965-11-13 Panama Ismael Laguna WBC
1965-11-13 1968-06-29 Puerto Rico Carlos Ortiz WBC
1968-06-29 1969-02-18 Dominican Republic Carlos Teo Cruz WBC
1969-02-18 1970-03-03 United States Mando Ramos WBC
1970-03-03 1970-09-15-Stripped Panama Ismael Laguna WBC
1971-02-12 1971-06-25-Stripped United Kingdom Ken Buchanan WBC
1971-11-05 1972-02-18 Spain Pedro Carrasco WBC
1972-02-18 1972-09-15 United States Mando Ramos WBC
1972-09-15 1972-11-10 Mexico Chango Carmona WBC
1972-11-10 1974-04-11 Mexico Rodolfo Gato González WBC
1974-04-11 1976-05-08 Japan Guts Ishimatsu WBC
1976-05-08 1978-01-21 Puerto Rico Esteban De Jesús WBC
1978-01-21 1979-01-31[1] Panama Roberto Durán WBC
Durán became WBA champion in 1972 by defeating Ken Buchanan. He unified the titles on January 21, 1978, by defeating Esteban De Jesús.
1979-04-17 1981-06-20 United Kingdom Jim Watt WBC
1981-06-20 1983-Vacated Nicaragua Alexis Argüello WBC
1983-05-01 1984-11-03 Puerto Rico Edwin Rosario WBC
1984-11-03 1985-08-10 Mexico José Luis Ramírez WBC
1985-08-10 1987-Vacated Puerto Rico Héctor Camacho WBC
1987-07-19 1988-10-29 Mexico José Luis Ramírez WBC
1988-10-29 1989[1] Mexico Julio César Chávez WBC
1989-08-20 1991-10-05[3] United States Pernell Whitaker WBC
1992-08-24 1995-08-19[1] Mexico Miguel Ángel González WBC
1996-04-20 1997-03-01 France Jean Baptiste Mendy WBC
1997-03-01 1998-06-13 United States Stevie Johnston WBC
1998-06-13 1999-02-27 Mexico Cesar Bazan WBC
1999-02-27 2000-06-17 United States Stevie Johnston WBC
2000-06-17 2002-04-20 Mexico José Luis Castillo WBC
2002-04-20 2003-11-01[1] United States Floyd Mayweather Jr. WBC
2004-06-05 2005-05-07 Mexico José Luis Castillo WBC
2005-05-07 2006-10-06-Stripped United States Diego Corrales WBC
2006-10-07 2007-02-01[4] Cuba Joel Casamayor WBC
2007-02-01 2008-06-28 United States David Díaz WBC
2008-06-28 2009-02-24-Vacated Philippines Manny Pacquiao WBC
2009-04-04 2010-02-09-Vacated Venezuela Edwin Valero WBC
2010-03-17 2011-07-01-Vacated Mexico Humberto Soto WBC
2011-10-15 2012-11-17 Mexico Antonio DeMarco WBC
2012-11-17 2014-01-27-Stripped United States Adrien Broner WBC
2014-01-27 2014-11-10-Stripped United States Omar Figueroa Jr. WBC
2014-12-30 2016-06-12 Venezuela Jorge Linares WBC
2016-06-12 2017-01-28 Montenegro Dejan Zlatičanin WBC
2017-01-28 2019-04-25-Vacated United States Mikey Garcia WBC
2019-08-31 2020-10-17 Ukraine Vasyl Lomachenko WBC Franchise
2019-11-09 Present United States Devin Haney WBC

WBA
Reign began Reign ended Champion Recognition
1962-04-21 1965-04-10 Puerto Rico Carlos Ortiz WBA
1965-04-10 1965-11-13 Panama Ismael Laguna WBA
1965-11-13 1968-06-29 Puerto Rico Carlos Ortiz WBA
1968-06-29 1969-02-18 Dominican Republic Carlos Teo Cruz WBA
1969-02-18 1970-03-03 United States Mando Ramos WBA
1970-03-03 1970-09-26 Panama Ismael Laguna WBA
1970-09-26 1972-06-26 United Kingdom Ken Buchanan WBA
1972-06-26 1979-01-31[1] Panama Roberto Durán WBA
1979-06-16 1980-03-02 Venezuela Ernesto España WBA
1980-03-02 1981-04-12 United States Hilmer Kenty WBA
1981-04-12 1981-04-12[1] United States Sean O'Grady WBA
1981-09-12 1981-12-05 Trinidad and Tobago Claude Noel WBA
1981-12-05 1982-05-08 United States Arturo Frias WBA
1982-05-08 1984-06-01 United States Ray Mancini WBA
1984-06-01 1986-09-26 Saint Kitts and Nevis Livingstone Bramble WBA
1986-09-26 1987-11-21 Puerto Rico Edwin Rosario WBA
1987-11-21 1988-10-29[1] Mexico Julio César Chávez WBA
1989-07-09 1990-04-04 Puerto Rico Edwin Rosario WBA
1990-04-04 1990-08-11 Puerto Rico Juan Nazario WBA
1990-08-11 1991-10-05 United States Pernell Whitaker[1] WBA
1992-06-13 1992-10-24 United States Joey Gamache WBA
1992-10-24 1993-06-26 United States Tony Lopez WBA
1993-06-26 1993-10-30 South Africa Dingaan Thobela WBA
1993-10-30 1998-05-16 Kyrgyzstan Orzubek Nazarov WBA
1998-05-16 1999-04-10 France Jean Baptiste Mendy WBA
1999-04-10 1999-08-07 France Julien Lorcy WBA
1999-08-07 1999-11-13 Italy Stefano Zoff WBA
1999-11-13 2000-06-11 Venezuela Gilberto Serrano WBA
2000-06-11 2001-07-01 Japan Takanori Hatakeyama WBA
2001-07-01 2001-10-08 France Julien Lorcy WBA
2001-10-08 2002-01-05 Argentina Raul Horacio Balbi WBA
2002-01-05 2003-05-17[1] Romania Leonard Doroftei WBA
2004-04-10 2004-07-17 Mongolia Lakva Sim WBA
2004-07-17 2008-03-08 United States Juan Díaz WBA Super Champion
2007-12-29 2008-05-19 Nicaragua José Alfaro WBA Regular Champion
2008-03-08 2009-01-10-Vacated United States Nate Campbell WBA Super Champion
2008-05-19 2009-01-03 Japan Yusuke Kobori WBA Regular Champion
2009-01-03 2010-05-29 Namibia Paulus Moses WBA Regular Champion
2009-02-28 2012-01-05-Stripped Mexico Juan Manuel Márquez WBA Super Champion
2010-05-29 2011-02-26 Venezuela Miguel Acosta WBA Regular Champion
2011-02-26 2011-12-02-Stripped United States Brandon Rios WBA Regular Champion
2013-02-28 2015-04-09-Stripped Cuba Richar Abril WBA
2015-04-09 2015-11-21 Colombia Darleys Perez WBA
2015-11-21 2016-09-25 United Kingdom Anthony Crolla WBA
2016-09-25 2018-05-12 Venezuela Jorge Linares WBA
2018-05-12 2020-10-17 Ukraine Vasyl Lomachenko WBA
2020-10-17 2021-11-27 United States Teófimo López WBA
2021-11-27 2022-06-05 Australia George Kambosos Jr. WBA
2022-06-05 Present United States Devin Haney WBA

IBF
Reign began Reign ended Champion Recognition
1984-01-30 1984-04-15 United States Charlie Brown IBF
1984-04-15 1985-04-06 United States Harry Arroyo IBF
1985-04-06 1986-12-05 United States Jimmy Paul IBF
1986-12-05 1987-06-07 United States Greg Haugen IBF
1987-06-07 1988-02-06 United States Vinny Pazienza IBF
1988-02-06 1989-02-18 United States Greg Haugen IBF
1989-02-18 1992-Vacated United States Pernell Whitaker IBF
Pernell Whitaker becomes the undisputed champion of the lightweight division by winning the IBF title in February, 1989, and then defeating José Luis Ramírez for the vacant WBC title on August 20, 1989, and Juan Nazario for the WBA title on August 11, 1990.
1993-01-10 1994-02-19 United States Freddie Pendleton IBF
1994-02-19 1995-05-06 United States Rafael Ruelas IBF
1995-05-06 1995-07[1] United States Oscar De La Hoya IBF
1995-08-19 1997-08-02 Australia Philip Holiday IBF
1997-08-02 1999-04-17[1] United States Shane Mosley IBF
1999-08-20 2003-06-Vacated United States Paul Spadafora[4] IBF
2003-11-22 2004-05-13 Mexico Javier Jáuregui IBF
2004-05-13 2005-03-01[1] Mexico Julio Díaz IBF
2005-06-17 2005-09-17 United States Leavander Johnson IBF
2005-09-17 2007-02-03 Mexico Jesús Chávez IBF
2008-02-03 2007-10-19 Mexico Julio Díaz IBF
2007-10-19 2008-03-08 United States Juan Díaz IBF
2008-03-08 2009-02-13-Stripped United States Nate Campbell[4] IBF
2010-08-14 2014-09-13 Mexico Miguel Vazquez IBF
2014-09-13 2015-06-26-Vacated United States Mickey Bey IBF
2015-12-18 2016-06-03-Vacated Cuba Rances Barthelemy IBF
2018-07-28 2018-10-30-Vacated United States Mikey Garcia IBF
2019-02-02 2019-12-14 Ghana Richard Commey IBF
2019-12-14 2021-11-27 United States Teófimo López IBF
2021-11-27 2022-06-05 Australia George Kambosos Jr. IBF
2022-06-05 Present United States Devin Haney IBF

WBO
Reign began Reign ended Champion Recognition
1989-05-06 1990-09-22 Mexico Mauricio Aceves WBO
1990-09-22 1991-09-14[1] South Africa Dingaan Thobela WBO
1992-09-25 1994[1] Italy Giovanni Parisi WBO
1994-07-29 1996[1] United States Oscar De La Hoya WBO
1996-04-13 2004-01-03 Uzbekistan Artur Grigorian WBO
2004-01-03 2004-08-07 Brazil Acelino Freitas WBO
2004-08-07 2005[1] United States Diego Corrales WBO
2006-04-29 2007-04-28 Brazil Acelino Freitas WBO
2007-04-28 2008-03-08 United States Juan Díaz WBO
2008-03-08 2009-02-13-Stripped United States Nate Campbell[4] WBO
2010-02-28 2012-01-06-Stripped Mexico Juan Manuel Márquez WBO
2012-01-06 2014-03-01 United Kingdom Ricky Burns WBO
2014-03-01 2015-03-24-Vacated United States Terence Crawford WBO
2015-07-11 2017-08-26-Vacated United Kingdom Terry Flanagan WBO
2018-02-16 2018-08-25 Mexico Ray Beltrán WBO
2018-08-25 2018-12-08 Puerto Rico Jose Pedraza WBO
2018-12-08 2020-10-17 Ukraine Vasyl Lomachenko WBO
2020-10-17 2021-11-27 United States Teófimo López WBO
2021-11-27 2022-06-05 Australia George Kambosos Jr. WBO
2022-06-05 Present United States Devin Haney WBO

See also

References
  1. Relinquished championship title.
  2. Disputed; see Pedro Carrasco
  3. Championship title withdrawn by sanctioning organization due to champion's failure or refusal to defend title against organization's top-ranked contender.
  4. Stripped of championship title.
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