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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)
During the 1970s, boxing was characterized by dominating champions and history-making rivalries. The decade had many superstars, who also had fierce rivals. Alexis Argüello, for example, who won the world Featherweight and Jr. Lightweight titles in the '70s, had to overcome Alfredo Escalera twice before the decade was over.
During the 1960s, boxing, like mostly everything else around the world, went through changing times.Notable was the emergence of a young boxer named Cassius Clay, who would, in his own words shock the world, declare himself against war, and change his name to Muhammad Ali.
Leonard vacated the title and moved down to welterweight to fight in a unification bout against Thomas Hearns. [88] 20 Tadashi Mihara (def. Rocky Fratto) 7 Nov 1981 – 2 Feb 1982 0 21 Davey Moore: 2 Feb 1982 – 16 Jun 1983 3 22 Roberto Durán: 16 Jun 1983 – 15 Jun 1984 0 Durán intends to vacate the WBA title before fighting Thomas Hearns. [89]
Mayweather Jr. vacates the title to stay at welterweight. [70] 28 Junior Witter (def. DeMarcus Corley) 15 Sep 2006 – 10 May 2008 2 29 Timothy Bradley: 10 May 2008 – 28 Apr 2009 2 Bradley is stripped of his title for refusing to fight his mandatory challenger Devon Alexander. [71] 30 Devon Alexander (def. Junior Witter) 1 Aug 2009 – 20 Jan ...
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).
World welterweight boxing champions (1 C, 125 P) Pages in category "Welterweight boxers" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 1,324 total.
Welterweight 31 May 1938 Lightweight 17 Aug 1938 Sugar Ray Robinson: Welterweight 20 Dec 1946 Middleweight 14 Feb 1951 Carmen Basilio: Welterweight 10 Jun 1955 Middleweight 23 Sep 1957 Carlos Ortiz: Light welterweight 12 Jun 1959 Lightweight 21 Apr 1962 Fighting Harada: Flyweight 10 Oct 1962 Bantamweight 18 May 1965 Emile Griffith: Welterweight ...