List of world welterweight boxing champions

Boxing Champion in 1st Welterweight - title awarded to boxing athletes.

Title may be awarded at this time.

The World Boxing Association (WBA, WBA) (formerly NBA), founded in 1921 ,
World Boxing Council (WBC), founded in 1963 ,
International Boxing Federation (IBF), founded in 1983
World Boxing Organization (WBO), organized in 1988 .

Prior to the emergence of organizations, an absolute title was assigned.

Start	the end	Champion		Title	Number of protections
January 30, 1923	March 27, 1925	Pinky mitchell	USA	Unanime	2
March 27, 1925	1926	James red herring	USA	Nba	one
September 21, 1926	February 18, 1930	Mushy callahan	USA	Nba	3
February 18, 1930	April 24, 1931	Jack kid berg	Great Britain	Nba	6
April 24, 1931	January 18, 1932	Tony canzoneri	USA	Unanime	3
January 18, 1932	February 20, 1933	Johnny jadick	USA	Unanime	one
February 20, 1933	May 21, 1933	Battling shaw	Mexico	Unanime	0
May 21, 1933	June 23, 1933	Tony canzoneri	USA	Unanime	0
June 23, 1933	April 9, 1935	Barney ross	USA	Unanime	ten
Barney Ross, également champion du monde en poids légers et poids welters , laisse son titre vacant après une 10⋅10 ^{{{1}}} défense victorieuse contre Henry Woods le 9 avril 1935.
April 29, 1946	1946	Tippy larkin	USA	Unanime	one
Larkin laisse son titre vacant. Il n'aura défendu qu'une seule fois sa ceinture en battant aux points Willie Joyce le 13 Septembre 1946.
June 12, 1959	September 1, 1960	Carlos Ortiz	Puerto rico	Unanime	2
September 1, 1960	September 14, 1962	Duilio loi	Italy	Unanime	2
September 14, 1962	December 15, 1962	Eddie perkins	USA	Wba	0
December 15, 1962	January 1963	Duilio loi	Italy	Wba	0
Duilio Loi annonce sa retraite sportive en janvier 1963 et laisse son titre WBA vacant.
March 21, 1963	June 15, 1963	Roberto cruz	Philippines	Wba	0
June 15, 1963	January 18, 1965	Eddie perkins	USA	WBA & WBC	2
January 18, 1965	April 29, 1966	Carlos Hernandez	Venezuela	WBA & WBC	2
April 29, 1966	April 30, 1967	Sandro lopopolo	Italy	WBA & WBC	one
April 30, 1967	1968	Takeshi fuji	USA	WBA & WBC	one
Fuji laisse son titre WBC vacant et perd sa ceinture WBA le 12 décembre 1968 face à Nicolino Locche.
December 12, 1968	March 10, 1972	Nicolino locche	Argentina	Wba	five
December 14, 1968	January 31, 1970	Pedro Adigue Jr.	Philippines	Wbc	0
January 31, 1970	February 14, 1974	Bruno arcari	Italy	Wbc	9
Arcari laisse son titre WBC vacant pour combattre en poids welters.
March 10, 1972	October 28, 1972	Alfonso frazer	Panama	Wba	0
October 28, 1972	March 6, 1976	Antonio Cervantes	Colombia	Wba	ten
September 21, 1974	July 15, 1975	Perico fernandez	Spain	Wbc	one
July 15, 1975	June 30, 1976	Saensac Muangsurin	Thailand	Wbc	one
March 6, 1976	1977	Wilfred benitez	Puerto rico	Wba	2
Benitez est destitué par la WBA.
June 30, 1976	October 29, 1976	Miguel velasquez	Spain	Wbc	0
October 29, 1976	December 30, 1978	Saensac Muangsurin	Thailand	Wbc	7
June 25, 1977	August 2, 1980	Antonio Cervantes	Colombia	Wba	6
December 30, 1978	February 23, 1980	Sang hyun kim	The Republic of Korea	Wbc	2
February 23, 1980	June 26, 1982	Saoul mamby	USA	Wbc	five
August 2, 1980	September 9, 1983	Aaron Prior	USA	Wba	eight
Pryor annonce sa retraite après une 8⋅10 ^{{{1}}} défense victorieuse face à Alexis Arguello le 9 septembre 1983. Il réussira son come back l'année suivante en décrochant la ceinture IBF.
June 26, 1982	May 18, 1983	Leroy haley	USA	Wbc	2
May 18, 1983	January 29, 1984	Bruce curry	USA	Wbc	2
January 22, 1984	June 1, 1984	Johnny bumphus	USA	Wba	0
January 29, 1984	August 21, 1985	Billy costello	USA	Wbc	3
June 1, 1984	July 21, 1985	Gene hatcher	USA	Wba	one
June 22, 1984	1985	Aaron Prior	USA	IBF	one
Pryor est destitué par l'IBF.
July 21, 1985	March 15, 1986	Baldo nestor sacco	Argentina	Wba	0
August 21, 1985	May 5, 1986	Lonnie smith	USA	Wbc	0
March 15, 1986	July 4, 1987	Patrizio oliva	Italy	Wba	2
April 26, 1986	October 30, 1986	Gary hinton	USA	IBF	0
May 5, 1986	July 24, 1986	Reene arredondo	Mexico	Wbc	0
July 24, 1986	July 22, 1987	Tsuyoshi Hamada	Japan	Wbc	one
October 30, 1986	March 4, 1987	Joe manley	USA	IBF	0
March 4, 1987	December 1987	Terry marsh	Great Britain	IBF	one
Marsh annonce sa retraite et laisse son titre IBF vacant.
July 4, 1987	August 17, 1990	Juan Martin Coggi	Argentina	Wba	four
July 22, 1987	November 12, 1987	Reene arredondo	Mexico	Wbc	0
November 12, 1987	May 13, 1989	Roger Mayweather	USA	Wbc	four
February 14, 1988	September 3, 1988	James mcgirt	USA	IBF	one
September 3, 1988	March 17, 1990	Meldrick taylor	USA	IBF	2
March 6, 1989	February 23, 1991	Hector camacho	Puerto rico	Wbo	2
May 13, 1989	March 17, 1990	Julio César Chávez	Mexico	Wbc	3
March 17, 1990	March 18, 1991	Julio César Chávez	Mexico	WBC & IBF	3
Chávez renonce à défendre sa ceinture IBF.
August 17, 1990	June 14, 1991	Loreto garza	USA	Wba	one
February 23, 1991	May 18, 1991	Greg haugen	USA	Wbo	0
March 18, 1991	January 29, 1994	Julio César Chávez	Mexico	Wbc	eight
May 18, 1991	1991	Hector camacho	Puerto rico	Wbo	0
Camacho laisse son titre WBO vacant pour affronter Julio César Chávez , ceinture WBC en jeu. Il sera battu le 12 septembre 1992 (défaite aux points).
June 14, 1991	April 10, 1992	Edwin rosario	Puerto rico	Wba	0
December 7, 1991	July 18, 1992	Rafael pineda	Colombia	IBF	one
April 10, 1992	September 9, 1992	Akinobu hiranaka	Japan	Wba	0
June 29, 1992	June 7, 1993	Carlos González	Mexico	Wbo	3
July 18, 1992	1992	Pernell whitaker	USA	IBF	0
Whitaker laisse son titre IBF vacant et devient champion du monde poids welters WBC le 6 mars 1993 en battant James McGirt.
September 9, 1992	January 12, 1993	Morris east	Philippines	Wba	0
January 12, 1993	September 17, 1994	Juan Martin Coggi	Argentina	Wba	6
May 15, 1993	February 13, 1994	Charles murray	USA	IBF	2
June 7, 1993	July 27, 1994	Zack padilla	USA	Wbo	four
Padilla annonce sa retraite et laisse son titre WBO vacant.
January 29, 1994	May 7, 1994	Frankie randall	USA	Wbc	0
February 13, 1994	January 28, 1995	Jake rodriguez	Puerto rico	IBF	2
May 7, 1994	June 7, 1996	Julio César Chávez	Mexico	Wbc	four
September 17, 1994	January 13, 1996	Frankie randall	USA	Wba	2
January 28, 1995	May 31, 1997	Kostya Tszyu	Australia	IBF	five
February 20, 1995	March 9, 1996	Sammy fuentes	Puerto rico	Wbo	one
January 13, 1996	August 16, 1996	Juan Martin Coggi	Argentina	Wba	0
March 9, 1996	May 29, 1998	Giovanni parisi	Italy	Wbo	five
June 7, 1996	1997	Oscar de la hoya	USA	Wbc	one
De la Hoya renonce à sa ceinture pour affronter et battre le 12 avril 1997 Pernell Whitaker (devenant ainsi champion WBC des poids welters).
August 16, 1996	January 11, 1997	Frankie randall	USA	Wba	0
January 11, 1997	October 10, 1998	Khalid Rahilou	France	Wba	2
May 31, 1997	February 20, 1999	Vince phillips	USA	IBF	3
May 29, 1998	May 15, 1999	Carlos González	Mexico	Wbo	0
October 10, 1998	February 3, 2001	Sharmba mitchell	USA	Wba	four
February 20, 1999	2000	Terron millett	USA	IBF	one
Millet est destitué en raison d'une longue période de blessures. Il sera battu par Zab Judah le 5 août 2000 dans sa tentative de reconquête du titre IBF.
May 15, 1999	July 22, 2000	Randall Bailey	USA	Wbo	2
August 21, 1999	February 3, 2001	Kostya Tszyu	Australia	Wbc	3
February 12, 2000	November 3, 2001	Zab judah	USA	IBF	five
July 22, 2000	2001	Ener julio	Colombia	Wbo	0
Julio est destitué par la WBO en 2001 puis sera battu par le nouveau champion DeMarcus Corley le 19 janvier 2002.
February 3, 2001	November 3, 2001	Kostya Tszyu	Australia	WBA & WBC	2
June 30, 2001	July 12, 2003	DeMarcus Corley	USA	Wbo	2
November 3, 2001	January 19, 2003	Kostya Tszyu	Australia	WBA, WBC & IBF	2
Tszyu laisse ses ceintures WBA & WBC vacantes.
January 19, 2003	June 4, 2005	Kostya Tszyu	Australia	IBF	one
July 12, 2003	June 25, 2005	Vivian harris	Guyana	Wba	2
July 12, 2003	2004	Zab judah	USA	Wbo	one
Zab Judah laisse son titre WBO vacant pour affronter Cory Spinks, champion unifié des welters. Il sera battu aux points le 10 avril 2004.
January 24, 2004	June 25, 2005	Arturo gatti	Canada	Wbc	2
September 11, 2004	2006	Miguel Angel Cotto	Puerto rico	Wbo	6
Cotto laisse son titre WBO vacant pour boxer en welters. Il deviendra champion WBA de cette catégorie le 2 décembre 2006 en battant à la 5⋅10 ^{{{1}}} reprise Carlos Quintana.
June 4, 2005	November 26, 2005	Ricky hatton	Great Britain	IBF	one
June 25, 2005	2006	Floyd Mayweather Jr.	USA	Wbc	0
Mayweather laisse son titre WBC vacant.
June 25, 2005	November 26, 2005	Carlos Maussa	Colombia	Wba	0
November 26, 2005	2006	Ricky hatton	Great Britain	WBA & IBF	0
Hatton laisse ses titres vacants. Il sera champion WBA des poids welters le 13 mai 2006 en battant aux points Luis Collazo.
June 30, 2006	January 20, 2007	Juan urango	Colombia	IBF	0
September 2, 2006	July 21, 2007	Souleymane m'baye	France	Wba	one
September 15, 2006	May 10, 2008	Junior witter	Great Britain	Wbc	2
November 18, 2006	July 5, 2008	Ricardo torres	Colombia	Wbo	2
January 20, 2007	February 9, 2007	Ricky hatton	Great Britain	IBF	0
Hatton est destitué par l'IBF pour avoir préférer affronter Jose Luis Castillo plutôt que son challenger Lovemore N'dou.
February 12, 2007	June 16, 2007	Lovemore ndou	Australia	IBF	0
June 16, 2007	September 19, 2008	Paul malignaggi	USA	IBF	2
Malignaggi laisse sa ceinture IBF vacante.
July 21, 2007	March 22, 2008	Gavin rees	Great Britain	Wba	0
March 22, 2008	July 18, 2009	Andriy kotelnik	Ukraine	Wba	2
May 10, 2008	April 4, 2009	Timothy bradley	USA	Wbc	2
July 5, 2008	April 4, 2009	Kendall holt	USA	Wbo	one
January 30, 2009	March 6, 2010	Juan urango	Colombia	IBF	one
April 4, 2009	April 28, 2009	Timothy bradley	USA	WBC & WBO	0
Bradley est destitué par la WBC le 28 avril 2009 pour avoir préféré défendre sa ceinture WBO contre Nate Campbell plutôt que d'affronter son challenger officiel Devon Alexander .
April 28, 2009	En cours	Timothy bradley	USA	Wbo
July 18, 2009	En cours	Amir khan	Great Britain	Wba
August 1, 2009	March 6, 2010	Devon alexander	USA	Wbc	one
March 6, 2010	En cours	Devon alexander	USA	WBC & IBF

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