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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)
The first of the current organizations to award a world title was the World Boxing Association (WBA), then known as the National Boxing Association (NBA), when it sanctioned its first title fight in 1921 between Jack Dempsey and Georges Carpentier for the world heavyweight championship.
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).
Succeeding champions will not be marked as Regular, Unified, Undisputed, or Super because of the title reduction plan. 54 Alberto Puello (def. Batyr Akhmedov) 20 Aug 2022 – 10 May 2023 0 Puello was made champion in recess after testing positive for banned substance before his defense against Rolando Romero. [141] 55 Rolando Romero
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 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 .
Clottey vacated the title after Miguel Cotto, the WBO welterweight champion, failed to sign his contract in time for the IBF to approve their 13 June fight as a unification bout and grant Clottey an exemption from facing mandatory challenger Isaac Hlatshwayo. [54] 14 Isaac Hlatshwayo (def. Delvin Rodríguez) 1 Aug – 11 Dec 2009 0 15 Jan Zaveck
Games Gold Silver Bronze 1974 Havana Wilfredo Gómez (PUR) Luis Jorge Romero (CUB) Aldo Cosentino (FRA) David Torosyan (URS) 1978 Belgrade Adolfo Horta (CUB) Fazlija Šaćirović (YUG)