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In December 1981, it was announced that the reigning WBC super welterweight champion Wilfred Benítez would defend his title the following month against former lightweight and welterweight champion Roberto Durán, who was moving up in weight in pursuit of becoming a three-division champion. [3]
De La Hoya vacates the title to stay at welterweight. The title is vacated on WBC's May ratings posted on 17 June. [68] 25 Kostya Tszyu (def. Miguel Ángel González) 21 Aug 1999 – 9 Oct 2003 7 Tszyu is stripped of the title and is designated by the WBC as Champion Emeritus. [69] 26 Arturo Gatti (def. Gianluca Branco) 24 Jan 2004 – 25 Jun ...
Whitaker was seeking to become the fourth man in boxing history to win a world title in four different divisions joining only Sugar Ray Leonard, Thomas Hearns and Roberto Durán. [2] Vásquez had reigned as super welterweight champion for over two years and had made 10 successful title defenses , but was virtually unknown to American audiences ...
29 years, 2 months: Height: 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) 5 ft 7 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (171 cm) Weight: 147 lb (67 kg) 146 + 1 ⁄ 2 lb (66 kg) Style: Orthodox: Orthodox: Recognition: WBC Welterweight Champion The Ring No. 1 Ranked Welterweight The Ring No. 1 ranked pound-for-pound fighter 3-division world champion: The Ring No. 3 Ranked Welterweight Former WBA ...
WBA/WBC Title Split into WBA, WBC, and IBF Belts: 6 December 1985 27 September 1986 Donald Curry: WBA/WBC/IBF 27 September 1986 22 August 1987 Lloyd Honeyghan: WBA/WBC/IBF 13 December 2003 5 February 2005 Cory Spinks: WBA/WBC/IBF 5 February 2005 7 January 2006 Zab Judah: WBA/WBC/IBF 29 July 2023 Present Terence Crawford: WBO/WBA (Super)/WBC/IBF
The bout featured a matchup of two of the top ranked pound-for-pound fighters in boxing. 33-year-old Pernell Whitaker had been the WBC welterweight champion for four years, captured world titles in four different divisions and had been among the top pound-for-pound fighters in the sport since 1989, with The Ring magazine listing him number one in their annual pound-for-pound rankings for three ...
In his previous fight, Pernell Whitaker had won the WBA super welterweight from Julio César Vásquez to become the fourth man to win world titles in four different weight classes. [2] Immediately following the victory, Whitaker would vacate the super welterweight title and announced that he would return to the welterweight division to make a ...
The light middleweight division (also known as junior middleweight in the IBF or super welterweight in the WBA and WBC), is a weight division in professional boxing, above 66.7 kg and up to 69.9 kg (147–154 pounds).