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Beginning with boxer Pat Bradley, is a chronological widely recognized List of World Welterweight Boxing Champions, as recognized by four of the better-known sanctioning organizations: The World Boxing Association (WBA), founded in 1921 as the National Boxing Association (NBA)
Fury was recognized as Unified champion on WBA's November rankings posted on 10 December. [14] Tyson Fury – Unified champion: 10 Dec 2015 – 12 Oct 2016 0 Fury vacated the title after cancelling a rematch with Wladimir Klitschko for a second time, citing depression after a positive test for cocaine. [15] 54 Anthony Joshua – Super champion
Algieri vacated the title due to moving up and challenging WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao. [61] 21 Terence Crawford (def. Thomas Dulorme) 18 Apr 2015 – 26 Oct 2017 6 Crawford vacated the title to move up to welterweight. [62] 22 Maurice Hooker (def. Terry Flanagan) 9 Jun 2018 – 28 Jul 2019 2 23 José Ramírez: 28 Jul 2019 – 22 ...
This is a chronological List of World Super Lightweight/Light Welterweight/Junior Welterweight Boxing Champions, as recognized by four of the better-known sanctioning organizations: The World Boxing Association (WBA), founded in 1921 as the National Boxing Association (NBA), The World Boxing Council (WBC), founded in 1963,
This is a list of WBC world champions, showing every world champion certificated by the World Boxing Council (WBC). The WBC is one of the four major governing bodies in professional boxing , and certifies world champions in 18 different weight classes .
Boxing magazine The Ring has awarded world championships in professional boxing within each weight class from its foundation in 1922. The first Ring world title belt was awarded to heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey, and the second was awarded to flyweight champion Pancho Villa. The magazine stopped giving belts to world champions in the 1990s ...
This category lists professional boxers who have held a full welterweight world championship by the World Boxing Association (WBA), World Boxing Council (WBC), International Boxing Federation (IBF), or World Boxing Organization (WBO).
Welterweight 1 Nov 1922 Middleweight 3 Dec 1926 Benny Bass: Featherweight 12 Sep 1927 Super featherweight 19 Dec 1929 Tony Canzoneri: Featherweight 10 Feb 1928 Lightweight 14 Nov 1930 Lou Brouillard: Welterweight 23 Oct 1931 Middleweight 18 Sep 1933 Barney Ross: Lightweight 23 Jun 1933 Welterweight 28 May 1934 Henry Armstrong: Featherweight 29 ...