List of WBA world champions

This is a list of WBA world champions, showing every world champion certified by the World Boxing Association (WBA). The list also includes champions certified by the National Boxing Association (NBA), the predecessor to the WBA.

Boxers who won the title but were stripped due to the title bout being overturned to a no contest are not listed.

In December 2000, the WBA created an unprecedented situation of having a split championship in the same weight class by introducing a new title called Super world, commonly referred to simply as Super. The Super champion is the WBA's primary champion, while the World champion – commonly known as the Regular champion by boxing publications – is only considered the primary champion by the other three major sanctioning bodies (WBC, IBF, and WBO) if the Super title is vacant.

A Unified champion is a boxer that holds the primary WBA title and one or two from another major sanctioning body (WBC, IBF, WBO) simultaneously. An Undisputed champion as defined by the WBA, only needs to hold three of the four major titles but in some cases they may change a Super champion into an Undisputed champion after a failed title defense (e.g. Anselmo Moreno losing to Juan Payano and Chris John losing to Simpiwe Vetyeka). This is not to be confused by professional boxing's own definition of an undisputed champion, in which a boxer must hold all four major titles.

There are two tables per section. The primary champion lineage prioritizes the Super champions. If the Super title is vacant, then the Undisputed / Unified title is listed. If both are vacant, then the Regular title becomes the primary champion. The secondary champion lineage lists the Regular or Unified champions while the primary champion is occupied.

• Every Super champion is the primary champion.
• A Regular champion is a primary champion only if Super, Undisputed and Unified is vacant.
• A Unified champion is a primary champion only if Super is vacant.
• Not every Regular or Unified champion gets promoted to Super if it is vacant.
• Not every Regular champion gets to fight for the vacant Super title.
• A Regular or Unified champion that is considered the primary champion is relegated to secondary champion if Super gets occupied.

Starting from August 2021, any new champions in the primary champion lineage will not be marked as Regular, Unified, Undisputed or Super because of the WBA's title reduction plan.

	Current champion
	Most consecutive title defenses

Heavyweight

Primary champion lineage

No.	Name	Date	Defenses
1	Jack Dempsey (awarded inaugural title)	January 1921	3
2	Gene Tunney	23 September 1926 – 31 July 1928	2
Tunney retires.^[1]
3	Max Schmeling (def. Jack Sharkey)	12 June 1930	1
4	Jack Sharkey	21 June 1932	0
5	Primo Carnera	29 June 1933	1
6	Max Baer	14 June 1934	0
7	James J. Braddock	13 June 1935	0
8	Joe Louis	22 June 1937 – 1 March 1949	25
Louis vacated the title and retired, but would come back a year later to fight Ezzard Charles.^[2]
9	Ezzard Charles (def. Jersey Joe Walcott)	22 June 1949	8
10	Jersey Joe Walcott	18 July 1951	1
11	Rocky Marciano	23 September 1952 – 27 April 1956	6
Marciano retires.^[3]
12	Floyd Patterson (def. Archie Moore)	30 November 1956	3
13	Ingemar Johansson	26 June 1959	0
14	Floyd Patterson (2)	20 June 1960	2
The NBA changes its name to WBA on 23 August 1962,^[4] making Patterson the first WBA heavyweight champion and last NBA heavyweight champion.
15	Sonny Liston	25 September 1962	1
16	Muhammad Ali	25 February 1964 – 14 September 1964	0
Ali was stripped of the title for signing to a rematch with Liston.^[5]
17	Ernie Terrell (def. Eddie Machen)	5 March 1965	2
18	Muhammad Ali (2)	6 February 1967 – 28 April 1967	1
Ali was stripped of the title due to his refusal to be drafted to Army service.^[6]
19	Jimmy Ellis (def. Jerry Quarry)	27 April 1968	1
20	Joe Frazier	16 February 1970	4
21	George Foreman	22 January 1973	2
22	Muhammad Ali (3)	30 October 1974	10
23	Leon Spinks	15 February 1978	0
24	Muhammad Ali (4)	15 September 1978 – 4 July 1979	0
Ali vacated the title and retired, but would come back a year later to fight Larry Holmes.^[7]
25	John Tate (def. Gerrie Coetzee)	20 October 1979	0
26	Mike Weaver	31 March 1980	2
27	Michael Dokes	10 December 1982	1
28	Gerrie Coetzee	23 September 1983	0
29	Greg Page	1 December 1984	0
30	Tony Tubbs	29 April 1985	0
31	Tim Witherspoon	17 January 1986	1
32	James Smith	12 December 1986	0
33	Mike Tyson	7 March 1987	8
34	Buster Douglas	11 February 1990	0
35	Evander Holyfield	25 October 1990	3
36	Riddick Bowe	13 November 1992	2
37	Evander Holyfield (2)	6 November 1993	0
38	Michael Moorer	22 April 1994	0
39	George Foreman (2)	5 November 1994 – 4 March 1995	0
Foreman was stripped after refusing to fight mandatory challenger Tony Tucker.^[8]
40	Bruce Seldon (def. Tony Tucker)	8 April 1995	1
41	Mike Tyson (2)	7 September 1996	0
42	Evander Holyfield (3)	9 November 1996	4
43	Lennox Lewis	13 November 1999 – 13 April 2000	0
Lewis was stripped after agreeing to fight WBC challenger Michael Grant instead of John Ruiz. Ruiz challenged this decision in court on the basis of a clause in the Lewis–Holyfield rematch contract which said Lewis's first bout as undisputed champion would be against the WBA's number one contender.^[9]
44	Evander Holyfield (4) (def. John Ruiz)	12 August 2000	0
45	John Ruiz	3 March 2001	2
46	Roy Jones Jr.	1 March 2003 – 24 February 2004	0
Jones Jr. vacated the title to stay at light heavyweight.^[10]
47	John Ruiz (2) (interim champion promoted)	24 February 2004	2
48	Nikolai Valuev	17 December 2005	3
49	Ruslan Chagaev	14 April 2007 – 3 July 2008	2
Chagaev tore his achilles tendon and was declared champion in recess.^[11]
50	Nikolai Valuev (2) (def. John Ruiz)	30 August 2008	1
51	David Haye	7 November 2009	2
Haye fought for the inaugural Unified title against Wladimir Klitschko.
52	Wladimir Klitschko – Unified champion (def. David Haye)	2 July 2011	0
	Promoted to Super champion on WBA's July 2011 official ratings posted on August.^[12]
	Wladimir Klitschko – Super champion (Unified champion promoted)	August 2011	8
Klitschko lost against Tyson Fury but Fury was recognized as Unified champion on WBA's November rankings posted on 10 December.^[13]
53	Tyson Fury – Unified champion (def. Wladimir Klitschko)	28 November 2015 – 12 October 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.^[14]
54	Anthony Joshua – Super champion (def. Wladimir Klitschko)	29 April 2017	3
55	Andy Ruiz Jr.	1 June 2019	0
56	Anthony Joshua (2)	7 December 2019	1
57	Oleksandr Usyk	25 September 2021 – present	1

Secondary champion lineage

No.	Name	Date	Defenses
1	Alexander Povetkin (def. Ruslan Chagaev)	27 August 2011 – 5 October 2013	4
Povetkin lost against Super champion Wladimir Klitschko.
2	Ruslan Chagaev (def. Fres Oquendo)	6 July 2014	1
3	Lucas Browne	5 March 2016 – 13 May 2016	0
Browne failed the drug test and was stripped of his title however, his win against Chagaev was not overturned to an NC.^[15]
3	Ruslan Chagaev (2) (reinstated)	21 May 2016 – 25 July 2016	0
Chagaev was stripped of the title for failing to pay the sanctioning fees.^[16]
4	Mahmoud Charr (def. Alexander Ustinov)	25 November 2017 – 29 January 2021	0
Charr was declared champion in recess.^[17]
5	Trevor Bryan (def. Bermane Stiverne)	29 January 2021	1
6	Daniel Dubois	11 June 2022 – present	1

Cruiserweight

Primary champion lineage

No.	Name	Date	Defenses
1	Ossie Ocasio (def. Robbie Williams)	13 February 1982	3
2	Piet Crous	1 December 1984	1
3	Dwight Muhammad Qawi	27 July 1985	1
4	Evander Holyfield	12 July 1986 – July 1988	5
Holyfield vacated the title to move up to heavyweight.
5	Taoufik Belbouli (def. Michael Greer)	25 March 1989 – 11 August 1989	0
Belbouli got injured and was expected to get stripped on 11 August.^[18]
6	Robert Daniels (def. Dwight Muhammad Qawi)	27 November 1989	2
7	Bobby Czyz	8 March 1991 – October 1993	2
Czyz was involved in a car accident and he had to vacate the title for his inability to defend it.
8	Orlin Norris (def. Marcelo Figueroa)	6 November 1993	4
9	Nate Miller	22 July 1995	4
10	Fabrice Tiozzo	8 November 1997	4
11	Virgil Hill	9 December 2000	0
12	Jean-Marc Mormeck	23 February 2002	3
	Mormeck fought for the Unified title against WBC champion Wayne Braithwaite.
	Jean-Marc Mormeck – Unified champion (def. Wayne Braithwaite)	2 April 2005	0 (3)
13	O'Neil Bell	7 January 2006	0
14	Jean-Marc Mormeck (2)	17 March 2007	0
15	David Haye	10 November 2007 – 12 May 2008	1
	Status changes to Undisputed champion after winning against WBO champion Enzo Maccarinelli.
	David Haye – Undisputed champion (def. Enzo Maccarinelli)	8 March 2008	0 (1)
	Status changes to Unified champion on WBA's April 2008 ratings posted on 14 May,^[19] just days after vacating his WBC title.
	David Haye – Unified champion	14 May 2008 – 19 June 2008	0 (1)
Haye intends to move up to heavyweight. The title is vacated on WBA's May 2008 official ratings posted on 19 June.^[20]
16	Firat Arslan – Regular champion (Primary champion vacant)	19 June 2008	0
17	Guillermo Jones	27 September 2008 – 30 October 2012	2
Jones was declared champion in recess.^[21]
18	Denis Lebedev – Regular champion (interim champion promoted)	30 October 2012	4
	Lebedev fought for Super title against IBF champion Víctor Ramírez.
	Denis Lebedev – Super champion (def. Víctor Ramírez)	21 May 2016 – 1 February 2018	1 (5)
WBA changed Lebedev's status to champion in recess in order to allow Yuniel Dorticos to unify his title with IBF champion Murat Gassiev. Lebedev had lost a bout against Gassiev where only the IBF title was on the line.^[22]
19	Yuniel Dorticos – Regular champion (Primary champion vacant)	1 February 2018	0
Dorticos fought for Unified title against IBF champion Murat Gassiev.
20	Murat Gassiev – Unified champion (def. Yuniel Dorticos)	3 February 2018	0
Gassiev fought WBC and WBO champion Oleksandr Usyk for the Super title.
21	Oleksandr Usyk – Super champion (def. Murat Gassiev)	21 July 2018 – 27 March 2019	1
Usyk vacated the title and moved up to heavyweight.^[23]
22	Beibut Shumenov – Regular champion (Primary champion vacant)	27 March 2019 – 31 May 2019	0
Shumenov stripped of title after failing to meet the terms of the purse bid between him and Arsen Goulamirian.^[24]
23	Arsen Goulamirian – Regular champion (interim champion promoted); (Primary champion vacant)	31 May 2019	0
	Goulamirian promoted to Super champion on WBA's August 2019 official ratings posted on 1 September.^[25]
	Arsen Goulamirian – Super champion (Regular champion promoted)	1 September 2019 – present	3

Secondary champion lineage

No.	Name	Date	Defenses
1	Virgil Hill (def. Valery Brudov)	27 January 2006	0
2	Firat Arslan	24 November 2007 – 12 May 2008	2
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
3	Beibut Shumenov (def. Junior Anthony Wright)	21 May 2016 – 20 June 2017	0
Shumenov vacated the title after cancelling a defense fight multiple times against Yuniel Dorticos, due to an eye injury.^[26]
4	Yuniel Dorticos (interim champion promoted)	20 June 2017 – 1 February 2018	1
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
5	Beibut Shumenov (2) (def. Hizni Altunkaya)	7 July 2018 – 27 March 2019	0
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
6	Beibut Shumenov (3) (reinstated)	1 September 2019 – 29 January 2021	0
Shumenov stripped of title due to inactivity.^[27]
7	Ryad Merhy (interim champion promoted)	29 January 2021 – 12 August 2022	1
Merhy vacated the title.^[28]

Light heavyweight

Primary champion lineage

No.	Name	Date	Defenses
1	Georges Carpentier (awarded inaugural title)	January 1921	1
2	Battling Siki	24 September 1922	0
3	Mike McTigue	17 March 1923	1
4	Paul Berlenbach	30 May 1925	3
5	Jack Delaney	16 July 1926 – 26 July 1927	1
Delaney vacated the title to move up to the heavyweight division.^[29]
6	Jimmy Slattery (def. Maxie Rosenbloom)	30 August 1927	0
7	Tommy Loughran	12 December 1927 – 3 September 1929	5
Loughran vacated the title to move up to the heavyweight division.^[30]
8	Maxie Rosenbloom (awarded title)	September 1930 – 6 June 1931	1
Rosenbloom is stripped of the title for failing to defend the title in a timely manner.^[31]
9	George Nichols (def. Dave Maier)	18 March 1932 – 17 December 1932	0
Nichols stripped for failing to defend the title within the eight month time limit.^[32]
10	Joe Knight (awarded title)	February 1933	0
11	Bob Godwin	1 March 1933	0
12	Maxie Rosenbloom (2)	24 March 1933 – 17 September 1934	2
Rosenbloom is stripped of the title because the NBA disliked his "clowning tactics and criticizing opponents in the ring".^[33]
13	Bob Olin (def. Maxie Rosenbloom)	16 November 1934	0
14	John Henry Lewis	31 October 1935 – 19 June 1939	5
Lewis is stripped of the title for failing to defend it within the required six month limit and was virtually blind in his left eye.^[34]
15	Billy Conn (def. Melio Bettina)	13 July 1939 – 20 December 1940	3
Conn vacated the title to move up to the heavyweight division.^[35]
16	Anton Christoforidis (def. Melio Bettina)	13 January 1941	0
17	Gus Lesnevich	24 May 1941	5
18	Freddie Mills	26 July 1948	0
19	Joey Maxim	24 January 1950	2
20	Archie Moore	17 December 1952 – 25 October 1960	8
Moore was stripped of the title for failing to fight Eric Schoeppner.^[36]
21	Harold Johnson (def. Jesse Bowdry)	7 February 1961	4
22	Willie Pastrano	1 June 1963	2
23	José Torres	30 March 1965	3
24	Dick Tiger	16 December 1966	2
25	Bob Foster	24 May 1968 – 9 December 1970	4
Foster was stripped of the title for failing to post a $5,000 forfeit bond for the fight with Jimmy Dupree within 10 days after losing to Joe Frazier.^[37]
26	Vicente Rondón (def. Jimmy Dupree)	27 February 1971	4
27	Bob Foster (2)	7 April 1972 – 16 September 1974	5
Foster retires.^[38]
28	Víctor Galíndez (def. Len Hutchins)	7 December 1974	10
29	Mike Rossman	15 September 1978	1
30	Víctor Galíndez (2)	14 April 1979	0
31	Marvin Johnson	30 November 1979	0
32	Eddie Mustafa Muhammad	31 March 1980	2
33	Michael Spinks	18 July 1981 – 5 November 1985	10
Spinks vacated the title to stay at heavyweight.^[39]
34	Marvin Johnson (2) (def. Leslie Stewart)	9 February 1986	1
35	Leslie Stewart	23 May 1987	0
36	Virgil Hill	5 September 1987	10
37	Thomas Hearns	3 June 1991	0
38	Iran Barkley	20 March 1992 – 27 May 1992	0
Barkley vacated the title to stay at light heavyweight.^[40]
39	Virgil Hill (2) (def. Frank Tate)	29 September 1992	10
40	Dariusz Michalczewski	13 June 1997 – 1 July 1997	0
The WBA stripped Michalczewski of the title 18 days later for displaying its belt along with that of the WBO and subsequently refusing to give up his WBO title.
41	Lou Del Valle (def. Eddy Smulders)	20 September 1997	0
42	Roy Jones Jr.	18 July 1998	5
	Jones promoted to inaugural Super champion on WBA's December 2000 official ratings.^[41]
	Roy Jones Jr. – Super champion (Regular champion promoted)	December 2000	3 (8)
	Status changes to Unified champion on WBA's July 2002 official ratings posted on 5 August.^[42]
	Roy Jones Jr. – Unified champion	5 August 2002 – 15 April 2003	1 (9)
Jones Jr. vacates the title to stay at heavyweight.^[43]
43	Mehdi Sahnoune – Regular champion (Primary champion vacant)	15 April 2003	0
44	Silvio Branco	10 October 2003 – 8 November 2003	0
Branco is relegated since Roy Jones Jr. won the vacant Unified title.
45	Roy Jones Jr. (2) – Unified champion (def. Antonio Tarver)	8 November 2003	0
46	Antonio Tarver	15 May 2004 – 3 July 2004	0
Tarver was stripped of the title and removed from WBA's June 2004 official ratings posted on 3 July 2004.^[44]
47	Fabrice Tiozzo – Regular champion (Primary champion vacant)	3 July 2004 – 19 October 2006	1
Tiozzo vacated the title and retired from professional boxing after defeating Dariusz Michalczewski.^[45]
48	Silvio Branco (2) – Regular champion (interim champion promoted); (Primary champion vacant)	19 October 2006	0
49	Stipe Drews	28 April 2007	0
50	Danny Green	16 December 2007 – 25 March 2008	0
Green vacated the title and retired.^[46]
51	Hugo Garay – Regular champion (def. Yuriy Barashian); (Primary champion vacant)	3 July 2008	1
52	Gabriel Campillo	20 June 2009	1
53	Beibut Shumenov	29 January 2010	5
	Shumenov promoted to Super champion.^[47]
	Beibut Shumenov – Super champion (Regular champion promoted)	8 October 2013	1 (6)
54	Bernard Hopkins	19 April 2014	0
Hopkins fought WBO champion Sergey Kovalev for the Undisputed title.
55	Sergey Kovalev – Undisputed champion (def. Bernard Hopkins)	8 November 2014	4
56	Andre Ward	19 November 2016 – 21 September 2017	1
Ward retires from boxing.^[48]
57	Badou Jack – Regular champion (Primary champion vacant)	21 September 2017 – 23 September 2017	0
Jack vacated the title to avoid a purse bid with mandatory Dmitry Bivol and seek opportunities with bigger names.^[49]
58	Dmitry Bivol – Regular champion (interim champion promoted); (Primary champion vacant)	23 September 2017	5
	Bivol promoted to Super champion before fighting Lenin Castillo.^[50]
	Dmitry Bivol – Super champion (Regular champion promoted)	10 October 2019 – present	5 (10)

Secondary champion lineage

No.	Name	Date	Defenses
1	Bruno Girard (def. Robert Koon)	22 December 2001	2
2	Mehdi Sahnoune	8 March 2003 – 15 April 2003	0
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
3	Silvio Branco (relegated from primary champion)	8 November 2003	0
4	Fabrice Tiozzo	20 February 2004 – 3 July 2004	0
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
5	Jürgen Brähmer (def. Marcus Oliveira)	14 December 2013	6
6	Nathan Cleverly	1 October 2016	0
7	Badou Jack	26 August 2017 – 21 September 2017	0
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
8	Jean Pascal (interim champion promoted)	10 October 2019 – 9 July 2021	1
Pascal is stripped of his title for testing positive for banned substances and is also suspended for six months.^[51]

Super middleweight

Primary champion lineage

No.	Name	Date	Defenses
1	Park Chong-pal (def. Jesús Gallardo)	6 December 1987	1
2	Fulgencio Obelmejias	23 May 1988	0
3	Baek In-chul	28 May 1989	2
4	Christophe Tiozzo	30 March 1990	2
5	Víctor Córdoba	5 April 1991	1
6	Michael Nunn	12 September 1992	4
7	Steve Little	26 February 1994	0
8	Frankie Liles	12 August 1994	7
9	Byron Mitchell	12 June 1999	1
10	Bruno Girard	8 April 2000 – March 2001	1
Girard vacated the title just days before his scheduled bout due to purse bid problems.^[52]
11	Byron Mitchell (2) (def. Manny Siaca)	3 March 2001	2
Mitchell fought for the inaugural Unified title against Sven Ottke.
12	Sven Ottke – Unified champion (def. Byron Mitchell)	15 March 2003 – 27 March 2004	4
Ottke vacated the title and retired undefeated from professional boxing.^[53]
13	Anthony Mundine – Regular champion (Primary champion vacant)	27 March 2004	0
14	Manny Siaca	5 May 2004	0
15	Mikkel Kessler	12 November 2004	3
	Kessler fought for the Unified title against WBC champion Markus Beyer.
	Mikkel Kessler – Unified champion (def. Markus Beyer)	14 October 2006	1 (4)
Kessler fought for the Undisputed title against WBO and The Ring champion Joe Calzaghe.
16	Joe Calzaghe – Undisputed champion (def. Mikkel Kessler)	4 November 2007 – 26 September 2008	0
Calzaghe vacated the title and moved up to light heavyweight.^[54]
17	Mikkel Kessler (2) – Regular champion (Primary champion vacant)	3 October 2008	2
	Kessler promoted to Super champion on WBA's August–September 2009 Official ratings posted on 21 October,^[55] 1 month before fighting Andre Ward.
	Mikkel Kessler (2) – Super champion (Regular champion promoted)	21 October 2009	0 (2)
18	Andre Ward	21 November 2009 – 12 November 2015	5
Ward vacated the title to move up to light heavyweight.^[56]
19	Fedor Chudinov – Regular champion (Primary champion vacant)	12 November 2015	0
	Chudinov promoted to Super champion.^[57]
	Fedor Chudinov – Super champion (Regular champion promoted)	4 January 2016	0
20	Felix Sturm	20 February 2016 – 5 October 2016	0
Sturm vacated the title citing impossibility to defend title after requiring surgery in both elbows.^[58]
21	Giovanni De Carolis – Regular champion (Primary champion vacant)	5 October 2016	0
22	Tyron Zeuge	5 November 2016 – 27 May 2017	1
Zeuge relegated to secondary champion after George Groves and Fedor Chudinov fought for the vacant Super title.
23	George Groves – Super champion (def. Fedor Chudinov)	27 May 2017	2
24	Callum Smith	28 September 2018	2
25	Canelo Álvarez	19 December 2020 – present	4

Secondary champion lineage

No.	Name	Date	Defenses
1	Anthony Mundine (def. Antwun Echols)	3 September 2003 – 27 March 2004	1
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
2	Anthony Mundine (2) (def. Sam Soliman)	7 March 2007 – 27 May 2008	4
Title is vacated immediately after his final defense.^[59]
3	Mikkel Kessler (def. Dimitri Sartison)	21 June 2008 – 3 October 2008	0
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
4	Dimitri Sartison (def. Stjepan Bozic)	21 November 2009 – 15 July 2011	1
Sartison was stripped of title after failing to fight in defense fights against Brian Magee and later Robert Stieglitz.^[60]
5	Károly Balzsay (def. Stanislav Kashtanov)	26 August 2011 – 3 August 2012	1
Balzsay was declared champion in recess in the July 2012 ratings posted on August 3.^[61]^[62]
6	Brian Magee (interim champion promoted)	9 November 2012	0
7	Mikkel Kessler (2)	8 December 2012	0
Kessler lost against IBF champion Carl Froch. Froch is declared as Unified champion.
8	Carl Froch – Unified champion (def. Mikkel Kessler)	25 May 2013 – 8 May 2015	2
Froch was stripped of title for inactivity.^[63]
9	Fedor Chudinov (def. Felix Sturm)	9 May 2015 – 12 November 2015	1
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
10	Giovanni De Carolis (def. Vincent Feigenbutz)	9 January 2016 – 5 October 2016	1
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
11	Tyron Zeuge (relegated from primary champion)	27 May 2017	2 (3)
12	Rocky Fielding	14 July 2018	0
13	Canelo Álvarez	15 December 2018 – 19 December 2020	0
Álvarez won against Super champion Callum Smith.
14	David Morrell (interim champion promoted)	19 January 2021 – present	4

Middleweight

Primary champion lineage

No.	Name	Date	Defenses
1	Johnny Wilson (awarded inaugural title)	January 1921	3
2	Harry Greb	31 August 1923	4
3	Tiger Flowers	25 February 1926	1
4	Mickey Walker	3 December 1926 – 19 June 1931	3
Walker vacated the title to move up to heavyweight.^[64]
5	Gorilla Jones (def. Oddone Piazza)	25 January 1932	1
6	Marcel Thil	11 June 1932 – 19 September 1933	1
Thil was stripped during the annual NBA convention because he would not defend the title in the United States.^[65]
7	Lou Brouillard (awarded title)	19 September 1933	0
8	Vince Dundee	30 October 1933	2
9	Teddy Yarosz	11 September 1934	0
10	Eddie Babe Risko	19 September 1935	1
11	Freddie Steele	11 July 1936	5
12	Al Hostak	26 July 1938	0
13	Solly Krieger	1 November 1938	0
14	Al Hostak (2)	27 June 1939	1
15	Tony Zale	19 July 1940	4
16	Rocky Graziano	16 July 1947	4
17	Tony Zale (2)	10 June 1948	0
18	Marcel Cerdan	21 September 1948	0
19	Jake LaMotta	16 June 1949	2
20	Sugar Ray Robinson	14 February 1951	0
21	Randolph Turpin	10 July 1951	0
22	Sugar Ray Robinson (2)	12 September 1951 – 19 December 1952	2
Robinson vacated the title and retired.^[66]
23	Bobo Olson (def. Randy Turpin)	21 October 1953	3
24	Sugar Ray Robinson (3)	9 December 1955	1
25	Gene Fullmer	2 January 1957	0
26	Sugar Ray Robinson (4)	1 May 1957	0
27	Carmen Basilio	23 September 1957	0
28	Sugar Ray Robinson (5)	25 March 1958 – 4 May 1959	0
Robinson was stripped for failing to fight Carmen Basilio in a trilogy bout.^[67]
29	Gene Fullmer (2) (def. Carmen Basilio)	28 August 1959	7
30	Dick Tiger	23 October 1962	2
31	Joey Giardello	7 December 1963	1
32	Dick Tiger (2)	21 October 1965	0
33	Emile Griffith	25 April 1966	2
34	Nino Benvenuti	17 April 1967	0
35	Emile Griffith (2)	29 September 1967	0
36	Nino Benvenuti (2)	4 March 1968	4
37	Carlos Monzón	7 November 1970 – 29 August 1977	14
Monzón retires.^[68]
38	Rodrigo Valdéz (def. Bennie Briscoe)	5 November 1977	0
39	Hugo Corro	22 April 1978	2
40	Vito Antuofermo	30 June 1979	1
41	Alan Minter	16 March 1980	1
42	Marvin Hagler	27 September 1980 – 25 February 1987	11
Hagler was stripped of title for signing a fight with Sugar Ray Leonard instead of mandatory challenger, Herol Graham.^[69]
43	Sumbu Kalambay (def. Iran Barkley)	23 October 1987 – 2 March 1989	3
Kalambay was stripped of title for failing to defend his title against other top-ranked boxers.^[70]
44	Mike McCallum (def. Herol Graham)	10 May 1989 – 4 December 1991	3
The WBA demanded McCallum defend against Steve Collins, whom he decisively outpointed in a title defense the previous year. McCallum chose to fight with IBF champion James Toney and was stripped of title.^[71]
45	Reggie Johnson (def. Steve Collins)	22 April 1992	3
46	John David Jackson	1 October 1993 – 6 May 1994	0
Jackson was stripped of title for participating in a non-title bout without the permission of the WBA.^[72]
47	Jorge Castro (def. Reggie Johnson)	12 August 1994	4
48	Shinji Takehara	19 December 1995	0
49	William Joppy	24 June 1996	2
50	Julio César Green	23 August 1997	0
51	William Joppy (2)	31 January 1998	5
52	Félix Trinidad	12 May 2001	0
Trinidad fought for the inaugural Super title against Bernard Hopkins.
53	Bernard Hopkins – Super champion (def. Félix Trinidad)	29 September 2001	1
	Status changed to Unified champion on WBA's July 2002 official ratings posted on 5 August.^[42]
	Bernard Hopkins – Unified champion	5 August 2002	1 (2)
	Status changed to Undisputed champion on WBA's June–July 2003 official ratings posted in September.^[73]
	Bernard Hopkins – Undisputed champion	26 September 2003	4 (6)
54	Jermain Taylor	16 July 2005 – 14 December 2006	1
Taylor was stripped of title after not paying sanctioning fees to the WBA and thus not exposing the title in 2 of his previous fights against Ronald Wright and Kassim Ouma.^[74]
55	Javier Castillejo – Regular champion (Primary champion vacant)	14 December 2006	0
56	Felix Sturm	28 April 2007	7
	Sturm is promoted to Super champion on WBA's February 2010 ratings posted on 24 March.^[75]^[76]
	Felix Sturm – Super champion (Regular champion promoted)	24 March 2010	5 (12)
57	Daniel Geale	1 September 2012 – 2 November 2012	0
Geale was stripped of title as he chose to fight Anthony Mundine instead of mandatory challenger Gennady Golovkin.^[77]
58	Gennady Golovkin – Regular champion (Primary champion vacant)	2 November 2012	5
	Golovkin promoted to Super champion.^[78]
	Gennady Golovkin – Super champion (Regular champion promoted)	3 June 2014	9 (14)
59	Canelo Álvarez	15 September 2018 – 1 January 2021	1
Álvarez vacates the title to stay at super middleweight.^[79]
60	Ryōta Murata – Regular champion (Primary champion vacant)	1 January 2021	0
	Murata promoted to Super champion.^[80]
	Ryōta Murata – Super champion (Regular champion promoted)	6 January 2021	0
61	Gennady Golovkin (2)	9 April 2022 – present	0

Secondary champion lineage

No.	Name	Date	Defenses
1	William Joppy (def. Howard Eastman)	17 November 2001 – 13 December 2003	1
Joppy lost against Super champion Bernard Hopkins.
2	Maselino Masoe (def. Evans Ashira)	1 May 2004	0
3	Felix Sturm	11 March 2006	0
4	Javier Castillejo	15 July 2006 – 14 December 2006	1
Castillejo lost his defense fight against Mariano Carrera but Carrera tested positive for clenbuterol later. Castillejo was reinstated as champion and fight was counted as a mandatory defense. Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
5	Gennady Golovkin (interim champion promoted)	14 October 2010 – 2 November 2012	5
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
6	Daniel Jacobs (def. Jarrod Fletcher)	9 August 2014 – 18 March 2017	4
Jacobs lost against Super champion Gennady Golovkin.
7	Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam (def. Ryōta Murata)	20 May 2017	0
8	Ryōta Murata	22 October 2017	1
9	Rob Brant	20 October 2018	1
10	Ryōta Murata (2)	12 July 2019 – 1 January 2021	1
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
11	Erislandy Lara (def. Thomas LaManna)	1 May 2021 – present	1

Super welterweight

Primary champion lineage

No.	Name	Date	Defenses
1	Denny Moyer (def. Joey Giambra)	20 October 1962	1
2	Ralph Dupas	29 April 1963	1
3	Alessandro Mazzinghi	7 September 1963	3
4	Nino Benvenuti	18 June 1965	1
5	Kim Ki-soo	25 June 1966	2
6	Sandro Mazzinghi (2)	25 May 1968 – 28 October 1968	1
Mazzinghi fought on his second defense against Freddie Little. The bout was stopped with Mazzinghi bleeding from cuts over both eyes, the ringside officials rule a No contest, though under normal circumstances Little would have won by TKO. Mazzinghi was stripped of his world title shortly thereafter, because of the controversial result.^[81]
7	Freddie Little (def. Stanley Hayward)	17 March 1969	2
8	Carmelo Bossi	9 July 1970	1
9	Koichi Wajima	31 October 1971	6
10	Oscar Albarado	4 June 1974	1
11	Koichi Wajima (2)	21 January 1975	0
12	Yuh Jae-doo	7 June 1975	1
13	Koichi Wajima (3)	17 February 1976	0
14	José Duran	18 May 1976	0
15	Miguel Ángel Castellini	8 October 1976	0
16	Eddie Gazo	5 March 1977	3
17	Masashi Kudo	9 August 1978	3
18	Ayub Kalule	24 August 1979	4
19	Sugar Ray Leonard	25 June 1981 – 23 September 1981	0
Leonard vacated the title and moved down to welterweight to fight in a unification bout against Thomas Hearns.^[82]
20	Tadashi Mihara (def. Rocky Fratto)	7 November 1981	0
21	Davey Moore	2 February 1982	3
22	Roberto Durán	16 June 1983 – 15 June 1984	0
Durán intends to vacate the WBA title before fighting Thomas Hearns.^[83] The title was officially vacated when he stepped on the ring against Hearns.^[84]
23	Mike McCallum (def. Sean Mannion)	19 October 1984 – August 1987	6
McCallum vacated the title to move up to middleweight.^[85]
24	Julian Jackson (def. Baek In-Chul)	21 November 1987 – 10 January 1991	3
Jackson's title was vacated the title on WBA's December 1990 ratings posted on 10 January.^[86]
25	Gilbert Delé (def. Carlos Elliott)	23 February 1991	1
26	Vinny Paz	1 October 1991 – 14 October 1992	0
Pazienza vacated the title because of excessive purse demands by no 1. contender Julio César Vásquez.^[87]
27	Julio César Vásquez (def. Hitoshi Kamiyama)	21 December 1992	10
28	Pernell Whitaker	4 March 1995 – 8 March 1995	0
Whitaker vacated the title and moved back to welterweight.^[88]
29	Carl Daniels (def. Julio César Green)	16 June 1995	0
30	Julio César Vásquez (2)	16 December 1995	0
31	Laurent Boudouani	21 August 1996	4
32	David Reid	6 March 1999	2
33	Félix Trinidad	3 March 2000 – 29 May 2001	2
Trinidad vacated the title to stay at middleweight.^[89]
34	Fernando Vargas (def. José Flores)	22 September 2001	0
Vargas fought for the inaugural Unified title against WBC champion Oscar De La Hoya.
35	Oscar De La Hoya – Unified champion (def. Fernando Vargas)	14 September 2002	1
36	Shane Mosley	13 September 2003	0
37	Winky Wright	13 March 2004 – 20 March 2005	1
Wright Wright challenged Félix Trinidad at middleweight. Title is vacated on WBA's February 2005 ratings posted on 20 March.^[90]
38	Travis Simms – Regular champion (Primary champion vacant)	20 March 2005 – 5 June 2005	0
Simms' title was vacated on WBA's May 2005 ratings posted on 5 June.^[91]
39	Alejandro García – Regular champion (interim champion promoted); (Primary champion vacant)	18 July 2005	1
40	José Antonio Rivera	6 May 2006	0
41	Travis Simms (2)	6 January 2007	0
42	Joachim Alcine	7 July 2007	1
43	Daniel Santos	11 July 2008	0
44	Yuri Foreman	14 November 2009	0
45	Miguel Cotto	5 June 2010	0
	Cotto is promoted to Super champion on WBA's September 2010 official ratings posted on 15 October.^[92]
	Miguel Cotto – Super champion (Regular champion promoted)	15 October 2010	2
46	Floyd Mayweather Jr.	5 May 2012 – 19 January 2016	1
Mayweather retires following his fight with Andre Berto on 14 September 2015. However, he was officially stripped on the December 2015 rankings posted on 19 January 2016.^[93] The reason for the delay was because "it's a matter of formality".^[94]
47	Erislandy Lara – Regular champion (Primary champion vacant)	19 January 2016	1
	Lara is promoted to Super champion on WBA's May 2016 ratings posted on 8 June.^[95]
	Erislandy Lara – Super champion (Regular champion promoted)	8 June 2016	2 (3)
48	Jarrett Hurd	7 April 2018	1
49	Julian Williams	11 May 2019	0
50	Jeison Rosario	18 January 2020	0
51	Jermell Charlo	26 September 2020 – present	2

Secondary champion lineage

No.	Name	Date	Defenses
1	Santiago Samaniego (interim champion promoted)	14 September 2002	0
2	Alejandro García	1 March 2003	1
3	Travis Simms	13 December 2003 – 20 March 2005	1
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
4	Austin Trout (def. Rigoberto Álvarez)	5 February 2011	4
Trout fought WBC champion Canelo Álvarez for the Unified title.
5	Canelo Álvarez – Unified champion (def. Austin Trout)	20 April 2013 – 14 September 2013	0
Álvarez lost against Super champion Floyd Mayweather Jr.
6	Erislandy Lara (interim champion promoted)	13 March 2014 – 19 January 2016	3
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
7	Jack Culcay (interim champion promoted)	8 June 2016	0
8	Demetrius Andrade	11 March 2017 – 22 October 2017	0
Andrade vacates the title to move up to middleweight.^[96]
9	Brian Castaño (interim champion promoted)	22 October 2017 – 20 June 2019	2
Castaño vacates the title after not agreeing on terms to fight mandatory fighter Michel Soro.^[97]
10	Erislandy Lara (2) (def. Ramón Álvarez)	31 August 2019 – 31 August 2021	1
Lara vacates the title to stay at middleweight.^[98]

Welterweight

Primary champion lineage

No.	Name	Date	Defenses
1	Jack Britton (awarded inaugural title)	January 1921	4
2	Mickey Walker	1 November 1922	3
3	Pete Latzo	20 May 1926	2
4	Joe Dundee	3 June 1927 – 22 March 1929	2
Dundee is stripped of the title when he failed to sign for a title bout contender.^[99]
5	Jackie Fields (def. Jack Thompson)	25 March 1929	1
6	Jack Thompson	9 May 1930	0
7	Tommy Freeman	5 September 1930	0
8	Jack Thompson (2)	14 April 1931	0
9	Lou Brouillard	23 October 1931	0
10	Jackie Fields (2)	28 January 1932	0
11	Young Corbett III	22 February 1933	0
12	Jimmy McLarnin	29 May 1933	0
13	Barney Ross	28 May 1934	0
14	Jimmy McLarnin (2)	17 September 1934	0
15	Barney Ross (2)	28 May 1935	2
16	Henry Armstrong	31 May 1938	19
17	Fritzie Zivic	4 October 1940	1
18	Freddie Cochrane	29 July 1941	0
19	Marty Servo	1 February 1946 – 25 September 1946	0
Servo retires.^[100]
20	Sugar Ray Robinson (def. Tommy Bell)	20 December 1946 – 15 February 1951	4
Robinson's title is automatically vacated after winning the middleweight title.^[101]
21	Johnny Bratton (def. Charley Fusari)	13 March 1951	0
22	Kid Gavilán	18 May 1951	7
23	Johnny Saxton	20 October 1954	0
24	Tony DeMarco	1 April 1955	0
25	Carmen Basilio	10 June 1955	0
26	Johnny Saxton (2)	14 March 1956	0
27	Carmen Basilio (2)	12 September 1956 – 23 September 1957	1
Basilio vacated the title after winning the middleweight title.^[102]
28	Virgil Akins (def. Vince Martinez)	6 June 1958	0
29	Don Jordan	5 December 1958	2
30	Benny Paret	27 May 1960	1
31	Emile Griffith	1 April 1961	1
32	Benny Paret (2)	30 September 1961	0
33	Emile Griffith (2)	24 March 1962	2
34	Luis Manuel Rodríguez	21 March 1963	0
35	Emile Griffith (3)	8 June 1963 – 10 June 1966	5
Griffith was stripped of the title for failing to defend it within the required 6 months.^[103]
36	Curtis Cokes (def. Manuel González)	24 August 1966	5
37	José Nápoles	18 April 1969	3
38	Billy Backus	3 December 1970	0
39	José Nápoles (2)	4 June 1971 – 16 May 1975	9
Nápoles was stripped of his WBA title for failure to sign for a fight against the WBA's No. 1-rated welterweight contender, Ángel Espada.^[104]
40	Ángel Espada (def. Clyde Gray)	28 June 1975	1
41	José Cuevas	17 July 1976	11
42	Thomas Hearns	2 August 1980	3
43	Sugar Ray Leonard	16 September 1981 – 9 November 1982	1
Leonard vacated the title adue to a detached retina and retired.^[105]
44	Donald Curry (def. Hwang Jun-Suk)	13 February 1983	7
45	Lloyd Honeyghan	27 September 1986 – 5 January 1987	0
Honeyghan vacated the title after the WBA mandated that he defend the title against South African Harold Volbrecht. Honeyghan dropped the WBA title belt into a trash can on a London street to protest the WBA's continued sanctioning of bouts involving citizens of apartheid-governed South Africa.^[106]
46	Mark Breland (def. Harold Volbrecht)	6 February 1987	0
47	Marlon Starling	22 August 1987	2
Starling lost the title in his third defense in controversial fashion to Tomas Molinares. Molinares hit Starling with a punch that was clearly thrown after the bell. Starling went down for the only time in his career, and the referee counted him out. Molinares was declared the new champion by knockout however, the decision was later changed to a no contest but the Colombian kept the title.
48	Tomás Molinares	29 July 1988 – 12 December 1988	0
Molinares withdrew from his defense fight with Mark Breland and vacated the title due to troubles on keeping his weight down.^[107]
49	Mark Breland (2) (def. Lee Seung-Soon)	4 February 1989	4
50	Aaron Davis	8 July 1990	0
51	Meldrick Taylor	19 January 1991	2
52	Crisanto España	31 October 1992	2
53	Ike Quartey	4 June 1994 – 19 August 1998	7
Quartey was stripped of the title for pulling out on his defense against Andrey Pestryaev.^[108]
54	James Page (def. Andrey Pestryaev)	10 October 1998 – 27 September 2000	3
Page was stripped of title for failing to fight his mandatory challenger Andrew Lewis.^[109]
55	Andrew Lewis (def. James Page)	17 February 2001	1
56	Ricardo Mayorga	30 March 2002	0
	Mayorga fought for the inaugural Unified title against WBC and The Ring champion Vernon Forrest.
	Ricardo Mayorga – Unified champion (def. Vernon Forrest)	25 January 2003	2
Mayorga fought for the Undisputed title against IBF champion Cory Spinks.
57	Cory Spinks – Undisputed champion (def. Ricardo Mayorga)	13 December 2003	2
58	Zab Judah	5 February 2005 – 7 January 2006	1
Judah fought with Carlos Baldomir for the WBC belt as the latter did not pay the sanctioning fee for the WBA and IBF belt.^[110] Judah lost the bout and the WBA subsequently stripped him of the title.
59	Luis Collazo – Regular champion (Primary champion vacant)	7 January 2006	0
60	Ricky Hatton	13 May 2006 – 31 August 2006	0
Hatton vacated the title to move back to super lightweight.^[111]
61	Miguel Cotto – Regular champion (def. Carlos Quintana); (Primary champion vacant)	2 December 2006	4
62	Antonio Margarito	26 July 2008	0
	Margarito promoted to Super champion.^[112]
	Antonio Margarito – Super champion (Regular champion promoted)	3 October 2008	0
63	Shane Mosley	24 January 2009 – 21 May 2010	0
The WBA stripped Mosley of the title for not agreeing on the terms for his bout with Floyd Mayweather Jr., who refused to pay the sanctioning fees for the title and Mosley fought without reaching a deal with the WBA.^[113]
64	Vyacheslav Senchenko – Regular champion (Primary champion vacant)	21 May 2010	2
65	Paulie Malignaggi	30 April 2012	1
66	Adrien Broner	22 June 2013	0
67	Marcos Maidana	14 December 2013	0
Maidana fought for Unified title against WBC and The Ring champion Floyd Mayweather Jr.
68	Floyd Mayweather Jr. – Unified champion (def. Marcos Maidana)	3 May 2014 – 19 January 2016	3
Mayweather retires following his fight with Andre Berto on 14 September 2015. However, he was officially stripped on the December 2015 rankings posted on 19 January 2016.^[93] The reason for the delay was because "it's a matter of formality".^[94]
69	Keith Thurman – Regular champion (Primary champion vacant)	19 January 2016	1
	Keith Thurman promoted to Super champion on WBA's January 2017 ratings posted on 7 February, 1 month before fighting WBC champion Danny Garcia.^[114]
	Keith Thurman – Super champion (Regular champion promoted)	7 February 2017	2 (3)
70	Manny Pacquiao	20 July 2019 – 29 January 2021	0
Pacquiao was stripped of his title and declared champion in recess due to inactivity.^[115]
71	Yordenis Ugás – Super champion (Regular champion promoted)	29 January 2021	1
72	Errol Spence Jr.	16 April 2022 – present	0

Secondary champion lineage

No.	Name	Date	Defenses
1	José Antonio Rivera (def. Michel Trabant)	13 September 2003	0
2	Luis Collazo	2 April 2005 – 7 January 2006	1
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
3	Yuriy Nuzhnenko (interim champion promoted)	3 October 2008	0
4	Vyacheslav Senchenko	10 April 2009 – 21 May 2010	1
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
5	Keith Thurman (interim champion promoted)	28 January 2015 – 19 January 2016	2
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
6	David Avanesyan (interim champion promoted)	7 February 2017	0
7	Lamont Peterson	18 February 2017 – 3 October 2017	0
Peterson vacated the title to leave space for other contenders in the ranking.^[116]
8	Lucas Matthysse (def. Tewa Kiram)	27 January 2018	0
9	Manny Pacquiao	15 July 2018 – 20 July 2019	1
Pacquiao won against Super champion Keith Thurman.
10	Yordenis Ugás (def. Abel Ramos)	6 September 2020 – 29 January 2021	0
Ugas promoted to Super champion after Pacquiao was stripped due to inactivity.^[115]
11	Jamal James (interim champion promoted)	4 February 2021	0
12	Radzhab Butaev	30 October 2021	0
13	Eimantas Stanionis	16 April 2022 – present	0

Super lightweight

Primary champion lineage

No.	Name	Date	Defenses
1	Pinky Mitchell (awarded inaugural title)	22 November 1922	0
2	Mushy Callahan	21 September 1926	3
3	Jack Kid Berg	18 February 1930	6
4	Tony Canzoneri	24 April 1931	3
5	Johnny Jadick	18 January 1932 – 20 September 1932	1
On 20 September 1932, the NBA decided not to recognize the division.^[117]
6	Carlos Ortiz (def. Kenny Lane)	12 June 1959	2
7	Duilio Loi	1 September 1960	2
8	Eddie Perkins	14 September 1962	0
9	Duilio Loi (2)	15 December 1962 – 24 January 1963	0
Loi vacated the title and retired from boxing.^[118]
10	Roberto Cruz (def. Battling Torres)	21 March 1963	0
11	Eddie Perkins (2)	15 June 1963	2
12	Carlos Hernández	18 January 1965	2
13	Sandro Lopopolo	29 April 1966	1
14	Takeshi Fuji	30 April 1967	1
15	Nicolino Locche	12 December 1968	5
16	Alfonso Frazer	10 March 1972	0
17	Antonio Cervantes	28 October 1972	10
18	Wilfred Benítez	6 March 1976 – 28 November 1976	2
Benítez was stripped of the title for cancelling many scheduled title defenses following an automobile accident.^[119]
19	Antonio Cervantes (2) (def. Carlos María Giménez)	25 June 1977	6
20	Aaron Pryor	2 August 1980 – 26 October 1983	8
Pryor vacated the title after retiring.^[120]
21	Johnny Bumphus (def. Lorenzo Luis García)	22 January 1984	0
22	Gene Hatcher	1 June 1984	1
23	Ubaldo Néstor Sacco	21 July 1985	0
24	Patrizio Oliva	15 March 1986	2
25	Juan Martin Coggi	4 July 1987	4
26	Loreto Garza	17 August 1990	1
27	Edwin Rosario	14 June 1991	0
28	Akinobu Hiranaka	10 April 1992	0
29	Morris East	9 September 1992	0
30	Juan Martin Coggi (2)	12 January 1993	6
31	Frankie Randall	17 September 1994	2
32	Juan Martin Coggi (3)	13 January 1996	0
33	Frankie Randall (2)	16 August 1996	0
34	Khalid Rahilou	11 January 1997	2
35	Sharmba Mitchell	10 October 1998	4
Mitchell fought for inaugural Super title against Kostya Tszyu.
36	Kostya Tszyu – Super champion (def. Sharmba Mitchell)	3 February 2001	3
	Status changes to Unified champion on WBA's July 2002 ratings posted on 5 August.^[42]
	Kostya Tszyu – Unified champion	5 August 2002	1 (4)
	Status changed to Undisputed champion on WBA's May–June 2003 ranking.^[121]
	Kostya Tszyu – Undisputed champion	July 2003 – 16 June 2004	0 (4)
Tszyu was stripped of title due to inactivity.^[122]
37	Vivian Harris – Regular champion (Primary champion vacant)	16 June 2004	1
38	Carlos Maussa	25 June 2005	0
Fought for Unified title against IBF and The Ring champion Ricky Hatton.
39	Ricky Hatton – Unified champion (def. Carlos Maussa)	26 November 2005 – 4 May 2006	0
Hatton vacated the title to move up to welterweight.^[123]
40	Souleymane M'baye – Regular champion (def. Raúl Horacio Balbi); (Primary champion vacant)	2 September 2006	1
41	Gavin Rees	21 July 2007	0
42	Andreas Kotelnik	22 March 2008	2
43	Amir Khan	18 July 2009	4
	Khan fought for Super title against Zab Judah.
	Amir Khan – Super champion (def. Zab Judah)	23 July 2011	1 (5)
44	Lamont Peterson	10 December 2011 – 11 July 2012	0
WBA and IBF champion Peterson tested positive for synthetic testosterone on a random test in March 2012. He was only stripped of his WBA title.^[124]
45	Amir Khan (2) – Super champion (reinstated)	11 July 2012	0
46	Danny Garcia	14 July 2012 – 11 September 2015	4
Garcia moves up to welterweight and the title is vacated on WBA's August 2015 official ratings posted on 11 September.^[125]
47	Adrien Broner – Regular champion (def. Khabib Allakhverdiev); (Primary champion vacant)	3 October 2015	0
	Broner is promoted to Super champion.^[126]
	Adrien Broner – Super champion (Regular champion promoted)	6 November 2015 – 1 April 2016	0
Broner stripped of title before his defense against Ashley Theophane for being overweight.^[127]
48	Ricky Burns – Regular champion (def. Michele Di Rocco); (Primary champion vacant)	28 May 2016	1
Burns fought for Unified title against IBF champion Julius Indongo.
49	Julius Indongo – Unified champion (def. Ricky Burns)	15 April 2017	0
Indongo fought for Super title against WBC, WBO, and The Ring champion Terence Crawford.
50	Terence Crawford – Super champion (def. Julius Indongo)	19 August 2017 – 28 October 2017	0
The title is vacated on WBA's October rankings after Crawford expressed his intentions of moving up to welterweight.^[128]^[129]
51	Kiryl Relikh – Regular champion (def. Rances Barthelemy); (Primary champion vacant)	10 March 2018	1
52	Regis Prograis	27 April 2019	0
Prograis fought for Super title against IBF champion Josh Taylor.
53	Josh Taylor – Super champion (def. Regis Prograis)	26 October 2019 – 14 May 2022	3
Taylor was stripped of the title after he failed to sign the contract in an ordered bout against his mandatory challenger, Alberto Puello.^[130] Any new champions below this will not be marked as Regular, Unified, Undisputed, or Super because of the title reduction plan.
54	Alberto Puello (def. Batyr Akhmedov)	20 August 2022 – present	0

Secondary champion lineage

No.	Name	Date	Defenses
1	Diosbelys Hurtado (def. Randall Bailey)	11 May 2002	0
2	Vivian Harris	19 October 2002 – 16 June 2004	2
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
3	Marcos Maidana (interim champion promoted)	23 July 2011 – 16 July 2012	1
Maidana vacated the title to move up to welterweight and fight Devon Alexander.^[131]
4	Khabib Allakhverdiev (def. Joan Guzmán)	30 November 2012	1
5	Jessie Vargas	12 April 2014 – 27 June 2015	2
Vargas vacated the title before challenging WBO welterweight champion Timothy Bradley to avoid paying WBA's sanctioning fees.^[132]
6	Mario Barrios (def. Batyr Akhmedov)	28 September 2019	1
7	Gervonta Davis	26 June 2021 – 7 December 2021	0
Davis vacated the title to stay at lightweight.^[133]

Lightweight

Primary champion lineage

No.	Name	Date	Defenses
1	Benny Leonard (awarded inaugural title)	28 May 1917 – 15 January 1925	7
Leonard retires.^[134]
2	Jimmy Goodrich (def. Stanislaus Loayza)	13 July 1925	0
3	Rocky Kansas	7 December 1925	0
4	Sammy Mandell	3 July 1926	3
5	Al Singer	17 July 1930	0
6	Tony Canzoneri	14 November 1930	5
7	Barney Ross	23 June 1933 – 15 April 1935	1
Ross vacated the title to move up to super lightweight.^[135]
8	Tony Canzoneri (2) (def. Lou Ambers)	10 May 1935	1
9	Lou Ambers	3 September 1936	2
10	Henry Armstrong	17 August 1938	1
11	Lou Ambers (2)	22 August 1939 – 25 March 1940	0
Ambers was stripped after failing to defend the title within 6 months and refusing to fight the top contender Davey Day.^[136]
12	Sammy Angott (def. Davey Day)	3 May 1940 – 14 November 1942	1
Angott temporarily retires.^[137]
13	Sammy Angott (2) (def. Slugger White)	27 October 1943	0
14	Juan Zurita	8 March 1944	0
15	Ike Williams	18 April 1945	8
16	Jimmy Carter	25 May 1951	2
17	Lauro Salas	14 May 1952	0
18	Jimmy Carter (2)	15 October 1952	3
19	Paddy DeMarco	5 March 1954	0
20	Jimmy Carter (3)	17 November 1954	0
21	Wallace Bud Smith	29 June 1955	1
22	Joe Brown	24 August 1956	11
23	Carlos Ortiz	21 April 1962	4
24	Ismael Laguna	10 April 1965	0
25	Carlos Ortiz (2)	13 November 1965	5
26	Carlos Cruz	29 June 1968	1
27	Mando Ramos	18 February 1969	1
28	Ismael Laguna (2)	3 March 1970	1
29	Ken Buchanan	26 September 1970	2
30	Roberto Durán	26 June 1972 – 2 February 1979	12
Durán vacated the title to move up to welterweight.^[138]
31	Ernesto España (def. Claude Noel)	16 June 1979	1
32	Hilmer Kenty	2 March 1980	3
33	Sean O'Grady	12 April 1981 – 14 August 1981	0
O'Grady was stripped of title for not defending it.^[139]
34	Claude Noel (def. Rodolfo González)	12 September 1981	0
35	Arturo Frias	5 December 1981	1
36	Ray Mancini	8 May 1982	4
37	Livingstone Bramble	1 June 1984	2
38	Edwin Rosario	26 September 1986	1
39	Julio César Chávez	21 November 1987 – 1 June 1989	2
Chávez vacated the title to move up to super lightweight. The title was declared vacant when a bout between Edwin Rosario and Anthony Jones was scheduled.^[140]
40	Edwin Rosario (2) (def. Anthony Jones)	9 July 1989	0
41	Juan Nazario	4 April 1990	0
42	Pernell Whitaker	11 August 1990 – 20 April 1992	3
Whitaker vacated the title to move up to super lightweight.^[141]
43	Joey Gamache (def. Chil-Sung Jun)	13 June 1992	0
44	Tony Lopez	24 October 1992	1
45	Dingaan Thobela	26 June 1993	0
46	Orzubek Nazarov	30 October 1993	6
47	Jean Baptiste Mendy	16 May 1998	1
48	Julien Lorcy	10 April 1999	0
49	Stefano Zoff	7 August 1999	0
50	Gilberto Serrano	13 November 1999	1
51	Takanori Hatakeyama	11 June 2000	2
52	Julien Lorcy (2)	1 July 2001	0
53	Raúl Horacio Balbi	18 October 2001	0
54	Leonard Doroftei	5 January 2002 – 24 October 2003	2
Doroftei was stripped of title when he came 4.4 lbs overweight to his bout with Miguel Callist. The fight was cancelled.^[142]
55	Lakva Sim (def. Miguel Callist)	10 April 2004	0
56	Juan Díaz	17 July 2004	5
	Diaz became Unified champion after beating WBO champion Acelino Freitas.
	Juan Díaz – Unified champion (def. Acelino Freitas)	23 February 2007	1 (6)
	Diaz became Undisputed champion after beating IBF champion Julio Díaz.
	Juan Díaz – Undisputed champion (def. Julio Díaz)	13 October 2007	1 (7)
57	Nate Campbell	8 March 2008 – 10 January 2009	0
Campbell vacated the title because of concerns regarding sanctioning fees and proposed mandatory defenses.^[143]
58	Paulus Moses – Regular champion (Primary champion vacant)	10 January 2009 – 28 February 2009	0
Moses is relegated to secondary champion due to Juan Manuel Márquez winning the vacant Super title.
59	Juan Manuel Márquez – Super champion (def. Juan Diaz)	28 February 2009 – 4 January 2012	2
Marquez stripped due to inactivity.^[144]
60	Richar Abril – Regular champion (interim champion promoted); (Primary champion vacant)	28 February 2013 – 10 April 2015	2
Abril was declared champion in recess after he cancelled his fight with Derry Matthews.^[145]
61	Darleys Pérez – Regular champion (interim champion promoted); (Primary champion vacant)	10 April 2015	1
62	Anthony Crolla	21 November 2015	1
63	Jorge Linares	24 September 2016	3
Linares fought for Super title against Vasyl Lomachenko.
64	Vasiliy Lomachenko – Super champion (def. Jorge Linares)	13 May 2018	3
65	Teófimo López	17 October 2020	0
66	George Kambosos Jr	27 November 2021	0
67	Devin Haney	5 June 2022 – present	1

Secondary champion lineage

No.	Name	Date	Defenses
1	José Alfaro (def. Prawet Singwancha)	29 December 2007	0
2	Yusuke Kobori	19 May 2008	0
3	Paulus Moses	3 January 2009 – 10 January 2009	0
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
4	Paulus Moses (2) (relegated from primary champion)	28 February 2009	1
5	Miguel Acosta	29 May 2010	0
6	Brandon Ríos	26 February 2011 – 3 December 2011	1
Rios was stripped of title before his second defense against John Murray for being overweight.^[146]
7	Gervonta Davis (def. Yuriorkis Gamboa)	28 December 2019 – present	4

Super featherweight

Primary champion lineage

No.	Name	Date	Defenses
1	Tod Morgan (awarded inaugural title)	16 December 1927	5
2	Benny Bass	19 December 1929	0
3	Kid Chocolate	15 July 1931 – 20 September 1932	3
On 20 September 1932, the NBA decided not to recognize the division.^[117]
4	Kid Chocolate (2) (reinstated as champion^[147])	28 March 1933 – 25 December 1933	3
5	Frankie Klick	25 December 1933 – 5 March 1934	0
Klick vacated the title to move up to the light welterweight division^[147]
6	Sandy Saddler	6 December 1949 – 21 January 1957	2
Saddler vacated the title to stay at featherweight^[147]
7	Harold Gomes (def. Paul Jorgensan)	20 July 1959	0
8	Gabriel Elorde	16 March 1960	9
9	Yoshiaki Numata	15 June 1967	0
10	Hiroshi Kobayashi	14 December 1967	6
11	Alfredo Marcano	29 July 1971	1
12	Ben Villaflor	25 April 1972	1
13	Kuniaki Shibata	12 March 1973	1
14	Ben Villaflor (2)	17 October 1973	5
15	Samuel Serrano	16 October 1976	10
16	Yasutsune Uehara	2 August 1980	1
17	Samuel Serrano (2)	9 April 1981	3
18	Roger Mayweather	19 January 1983	2
19	Rocky Lockridge	26 February 1984	2
20	Wilfredo Gómez	19 May 1985	0
21	Alfredo Layne	24 May 1986	0
22	Brian Mitchell	27 September 1986 – 25 April 1991	12
Mitchell vacated the title to spend time with his family and business.^[148]
23	Joey Gamache (def. Jerry Ngobeni)	28 June 1991 – 20 October 1991	0
Gamache vacates the title to move up to lightweight.^[149]
24	Genaro Hernández (def. Daniel Londas)	22 November 1991 – 13 July 1995	8
Hernandez was stripped of the title when he chose to challenge WBO lightweight champion Oscar De La Hoya instead of fighting his mandatory challenger.^[150]
25	Choi Yong-soo (def. Víctor Hugo Paz)	21 October 1995	7
26	Takanori Hatakeyama	5 September 1998	1
27	Lakva Sim	27 June 1999	0
28	Baek Jong-kwon	31 October 1999	1
29	Joel Casamayor	21 May 2000	4
Casamayor fought for the inaugural Super title against WBO champion Acelino Freitas.
30	Acelino Freitas – Super champion (def. Joel Casamayor)	12 January 2002	1
	Status changes to Unified champion on WBA's July 2002 ratings posted on 5 August.^[42]
	Acelino Freitas – Unified champion	5 August 2002 – 10 February 2004	2 (3)
Freitas' title is declared vacant on WBA's January 2004 ratings posted on 10 February.^[151]
31	Yodsanan Sor Nanthachai – Regular champion (Primary champion vacant)	10 February 2004	1
32	Vicente Mosquera	30 April 2005	1
33	Edwin Valero	5 August 2006 – 3 September 2008	4
Valero vacated the title and moved up to lightweight.^[152]
34	Jorge Linares (def. Whyber Garcia)	28 November 2008	1
35	Juan Carlos Salgado	10 October 2009	0
36	Takashi Uchiyama	11 January 2010	9
	Uchiyama promoted to Super champion.^[153]
	Takashi Uchiyama – Super champion (Regular champion promoted)	21 February 2015	2 (11)
37	Jezreel Corrales	27 April 2016 – 20 October 2017	2
Corrales came in overweight and was stripped of his Super title. Machado fought for the vacant Regular title.^[154]
38	Alberto Machado – Regular champion (def. Jezreel Corrales); (Primary champion vacant)	21 October 2017 – 21 April 2018	0
Machado is relegated to secondary champion due to Gervonta Davis winning the vacant Super title.
39	Gervonta Davis – Super champion (def. Jesús Cuellar)	21 April 2018 – 2 September 2019	2
Davis vacated the title and moved up to lightweight.^[155]
40	Andrew Cancio – Regular champion (Primary champion vacant)	2 September 2019 – 23 November 2019	0
Léo Santa Cruz won the vacant Super title an hour before Cancio finished his fight against René Alvarado.^[156]^[157] Cancio is relegated to secondary champion.
41	Léo Santa Cruz – Super champion (def. Miguel Flores)	23 November 2019	0
42	Gervonta Davis (2)	31 October 2020 – 28 August 2021	0
Davis vacates the title to stay at a higher weight class.^[158] Any new champions below this will not be marked as Regular, Unified, Undisputed, or Super because of the title reduction plan.
43	Roger Gutiérrez (Primary champion vacant)	28 August 2021	0
44	Héctor García	20 August 2022 – present	0

Secondary champion lineage

No.	Name	Date	Defenses
1	Yodsanan Sor Nanthachai (def. Lakva Sim)	13 April 2002 – 10 February 2004	2
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
2	Javier Fortuna (def. Bryan Vásquez)	29 May 2015	1
3	Jason Sosa	24 June 2016 – 15 February 2017	1
Sosa vacates title to fight WBO champion Vasyl Lomachenko.^[159]
4	Alberto Machado (relegated from primary champion)	21 April 2018	2
5	Andrew Cancio	9 February 2019 – 2 September 2019	1
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
6	Andrew Cancio (2) (relegated from primary champion)	23 November 2019	0 (1)
7	René Alvarado	23 November 2019	0
8	Roger Gutiérrez	2 January 2021 – 28 August 2021	1
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.

Featherweight

Primary champion lineage

No.	Name	Date	Defenses
1	Benny Bass (def. Red Chapman)	12 September 1927	0
2	Tony Canzoneri	10 February 1928	0
3	André Routis	28 September 1928	1
4	Christopher Battalino	23 September 1929 – 27 January 1932	5
Battalino is stripped of the title for missing weight in a title fight against Freddie Miller which ended in a controversial no contest.^[160]
5	Tommy Paul (def. Johnny Pena)	26 May 1932	0
6	Freddie Miller	13 January 1933	11
7	Petey Sarron	11 May 1936	2
8	Henry Armstrong	29 October 1937 – 12 September 1938	0
Armstrong vacated the title to stay at the higher weight divisions.^[161]
9	Joey Archibald (def. Leo Rodak)	29 October 1939 – 29 March 1940	1
Archibald was stripped of the title for not fighting Petey Scalzo.^[162] Scalzo and Frankie Perrin was slated to fight for the vacant title however, Perrin refused to fight in Washington and preferred to fight in his home city of New Orleans. Scalzo was later awarded of the title by the NBA.^[163]
10	Petey Scalzo (awarded title)	1 May 1940	3
11	Richie Lemos	1 July 1941	0
12	Jackie Wilson	18 November 1941	1
13	Jackie Callura	18 January 1943	1
14	Phil Terranova	16 August 1943	0
15	Sal Bartolo	10 March 1944	3
16	Willie Pep	7 June 1946	2
17	Sandy Saddler	29 October 1948	0
18	Willie Pep (2)	11 February 1949	3
19	Sandy Saddler (2)	8 September 1950 – 16 January 1957	2
Saddler was stripped of the title for failing to sign for a title defense.^[164] A few days later, he retired.^[165]
20	Hogan Bassey (def. Cherif Hamia)	24 June 1957	1
21	Davey Moore	18 March 1959	5
22	Sugar Ramos (def. Davey Moore)	21 March 1963	3
23	Vicente Saldívar	26 September 1964 – 14 October 1967	7
Saldívar retired after his 7th defense.^[166]
24	Raul Rojas (def. Enrique Higgins)	28 March 1968	0
25	Shozo Saijo	27 September 1968	5
26	Antonio Gomez	2 September 1971	1
27	Ernesto Marcel	19 August 1972 – 31 May 1974	4
Marcel retires.^[167]
28	Rubén Olivares (def. Zensuke Otagawa)	9 July 1974	0
29	Alexis Argüello	23 November 1974 – 9 October 1976	4
Argüello vacated the title because the WBA wanted to set a fight date that's imposed by the mandatory challenger and not him, the champion.^[168]
30	Rafael Ortega (def. Francisco Coronado)	15 January 1977	1
31	Cecilio Lastra	17 December 1977	0
32	Eusebio Pedroza	15 April 1978	19
33	Barry McGuigan	8 June 1985	2
34	Steve Cruz	23 June 1986	0
35	Antonio Esparragoza	6 March 1987	7
36	Park Yong-kyun	30 March 1991	8
37	Eloy Rojas	4 December 1993	6
38	Wilfredo Vázquez	18 May 1996 – 25 March 1998	4
Vázquez vacated the title infavor of fighting WBO champion Naseem Hamed.^[169]
39	Freddie Norwood (def. Antonio Cermeño)	3 April 1998 – 21 September 1998	2
Norwood was stripped of his title for coming overweight to his 3rd defense fight against Koji Matsumoto.^[170]
40	Antonio Cermeño (def. Genaro Rios)	3 October 1998	1
41	Freddie Norwood (2)	29 May 1999	3
42	Derrick Gainer	9 September 2000	3
Gainer fought for the inaugural Unified title against IBF champion Juan Manuel Márquez.
43	Juan Manuel Márquez – Unified champion (def. Derrick Gainer)	1 November 2003 – 22 August 2005	3
Márquez was stripped of the IBF title because no promoter was willing to bid at least US$50,000 to stage a mandatory defense against Fahprakorb Rakkiatgym.^[171] As a result, he was stripped of his WBA Unified title on WBA's July 2005 official ratings posted on 22 August.^[172]
44	Chris John – Regular champion (Primary champion vacant)	22 August 2005	7
	John is promoted to Super champion.^[173]
	Chris John – Super champion (Regular champion promoted)	27 June 2009 – 14 July 2010	1 (8)
John was declared champion in recess after suffering a rib injury.^[174]
45	Yuriorkis Gamboa – Regular champion (Primary champion vacant)	14 July 2010 – 11 September 2010	0
	Gamboa was declared the Unified champion after winning the vacant IBF title against Orlando Salido.
	Yuriorkis Gamboa – Unified champion (def. Orlando Salido)	11 September 2010 – 5 December 2010	1
Gamboa is relegated to secondary champion when John was reinstated as Super champion after winning against Fernando Saucedo.
46	Chris John (2) – Super champion (reinstated)	5 December 2010	6
John fought for the Undisputed title against Simpiwe Vetyeka.
47	Simpiwe Vetyeka – Undisputed champion (def. Chris John)	6 December 2013	0
48	Nonito Donaire	31 May 2014 – 18 October 2014	0
Donaire lost to Regular champion Nicholas Walters however, Walters was not given the Undisputed title.
49	Nicholas Walters – Regular champion (Primary champion vacant)	18 October 2014	1
	Walters promoted to Super champion.^[175]
	Nicholas Walters – Super champion (Regular champion promoted)	21 February 2015 – 12 June 2015	0 (1)
Walters was stripped of the title for failing to make weight on his first defense fight against Miguel Marriaga. The title was at stake for Marriaga but Walters won by unanimous decision.^[176]
50	Jesús Cuellar – Regular champion (Primary champion vacant)	12 June 2015 – 29 August 2015	0
Cuéllar is relegated to secondary champion because Léo Santa Cruz won the vacant Super title.
51	Léo Santa Cruz – Super champion (def. Abner Mares)	29 August 2015	1
52	Carl Frampton	30 July 2016	0
53	Léo Santa Cruz (2)	28 January 2017 – 12 December 2022	3
Santa Cruz vacated the title on the day of the scheduled purse bid against Regular champion Leigh Wood. Any new champions below this will not be marked as Regular, Unified, Undisputed, or Super because of the title reduction plan.^[177]
54	Leigh Wood (Primary champion vacant)	12 December 2022	0
55	Mauricio Lara	18 February 2023 – present	0

Secondary champion lineage

No.	Name	Date	Defenses
1	Chris John (interim champion promoted)	1 November 2003 – 22 August 2005	4
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
2	Yuriorkis Gamboa (interim champion promoted)	27 June 2009 – 14 July 2010	3
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
3a	Yuriorkis Gamboa (2) – Unified champion (relegated from primary champion)	5 December 2010 – 11 June 2011	1 (5)
Gamboa was stripped of his Unified title for not complying with the IBF rules of a second weigh-in in his last fight with Jorge Solís. He was stripped of the IBF title and thus was no longer a unified champion.
3b	Jonathan Victor Barros (def. Irving Berry)	4 December 2010	2
4	Celestino Caballero	14 October 2011 – 7 October 2012	1
Caballero vacated the title for not accepting a low budget on a mandatory fight with Nicholas Walters.
5	Nicholas Walters (def. Daulis Prescott)	9 December 2012 – 18 October 2014	2
Walters won against Undisputed champion Nonito Donaire however, he was not given the Undisputed title. He is moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
6	Jesús Cuellar (interim champion promoted)	21 February 2015 – 12 June 2015	1
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
7	Jesús Cuéllar (2) (relegated from primary champion)	29 August 2015	1 (2)
8	Abner Mares	10 December 2016 – 9 June 2018	1
Mares lost against Super champion Léo Santa Cruz.
9	Jesús Rojas (interim champion promoted)	4 July 2018	0
10	Xu Can	26 January 2019	2
11	Leigh Wood	31 July 2021 – 12 December 2022	1
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.

Super bantamweight

Primary champion lineage

No.	Name	Date	Defenses
1	Hong Soo-hwan (def. Hector Carrasquilla)	26 November 1977	1
2	Ricardo Cardona	7 May 1978	5
3	Leo Randolph	4 May 1980	0
4	Sergio Víctor Palma	9 August 1980	5
5	Leo Cruz	12 June 1982	3
6	Loris Stecca	22 February 1984	0
7	Victor Callejas	26 May 1984 – 21 November 1986	2
Callejas was stripped of the title for refusing to fight his mandatory challenger.^[178]
8	Louie Espinoza (def. Tommy Valoy)	11 January 1987	2
9	Julio Gervacio	28 November 1987	0
10	Bernardo Piñango	27 February 1988	0
11	Juan José Estrada	28 May 1988	3
12	Jesus Salud	11 November 1989 – 5 April 1990	0
Salud was stripped of the title for failing to defend it in Colombia against the No. 1 contender, Luis Mendoza.^[179]
13	Luis Mendoza (def. Rubén Darío Palacios)	11 September 1990	4
14	Raúl Pérez	7 October 1991	0
15	Wilfredo Vázquez	27 March 1992	9
16	Antonio Cermeño	13 May 1995 – 4 October 1997	7
Cermeño vacated the title to move up to featherweight.^[180]
17	Enrique Sánchez (def. Rafael del Valle)	8 February 1998	0
18	Néstor Garza	12 December 1998	2
19	Clarence Adams	4 March 2000 – 3 July 2001	2
Adams was stripped of the title for refusing to fight his mandatory challenger.^[181]
20	Yober Ortega (def. José Rojas)	17 November 2001	0
21	Yoddamrong Sithyodthong	21 February 2002	0
22	Osamu Sato	18 May 2002	0
23	Salim Medjkoune	9 October 2002	1
24	Mahyar Monshipour	4 July 2003	5
25	Somsak Sithchatchawal	18 March 2006	0
26	Celestino Caballero	4 October 2006	5
	Caballero fought for the Unified title against IBF champion Steve Molitor.
	Celestino Caballero – Unified champion (def. Steve Molitor)	21 November 2008	3 (8)
	Caballero promoted to inaugural Super champion on WBA's February 2010 official ratings posted on March.^[182]
	Celestino Caballero – Super champion (Unified champion promoted)	March 2010 – 10 December 2010	0 (8)
Caballero vacated the title to fight at featherweight.^[183]
27	Lee Ryol-li – Regular champion (Primary champion vacant)	10 December 2010	0
28	Akifumi Shimoda	31 January 2011	0
29	Rico Ramos	9 July 2011	0
30	Guillermo Rigondeaux	20 January 2012	2
	Rigondeaux fought for Super title against Nonito Donaire.
	Guillermo Rigondeaux – Super champion (def. Nonito Donaire)	13 April 2013 – 30 October 2015	4 (6)
Rigondeaux was declared champion in recess due to inactivity.^[184]
31	Scott Quigg – Regular champion (Primary champion vacant)	30 October 2015	0
Quigg fought for Unified title against IBF champion Carl Frampton.
32	Carl Frampton – Unified champion (def. Scott Quigg)	27 February 2016 – 8 April 2016	0
Frampton was stripped of the title after choosing to fight Léo Santa Cruz for the WBA featherweight title instead of mandatory challenger Guillermo Rigondeaux.^[185]
33	Guillermo Rigondeaux (2) – Super champion (reinstated)	14 May 2016 – 9 December 2017	1
Rigondeaux was stripped of the title after losing to a super featherweight bout against Vasyl Lomachenko.^[186]
34	Daniel Roman – Regular champion (Primary champion vacant)	9 December 2017	3
	Roman becomes Unified champion after beating IBF champion T. J. Doheny.
	Daniel Roman – Unified champion (def. T. J. Doheny)	26 April 2019	1 (4)
Roman fought Murodjon Akhmadaliev for the Super title.
35	Murodjon Akhmadaliev – Super champion (def. Daniel Roman)	30 January 2020 – present	3

Secondary champion lineage

No.	Name	Date	Defenses
1	Ricardo Cordoba (interim champion promoted)	21 November 2008	0
2	Bernard Dunne	21 March 2009	0
3	Poonsawat Kratingdaenggym	26 September 2009	2
4	Lee Ryol-li	2 October 2010 – 10 December 2010	0
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
5	Scott Quigg (interim champion promoted)	5 September 2013 – 30 October 2015	6
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
6	Nehomar Cermeño (def. Qiu Xiaojun)	24 June 2016	2
7	Shun Kubo	9 April 2017	0
8	Daniel Roman	3 September 2017 – 9 December 2017	0
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
9	Brandon Figueroa (interim champion promoted)	31 October 2019 – 27 November 2021	2
WBA decided on 17 August 2021, that Figueroa's title would be stripped the moment he steps in the ring against WBO champion Stephen Fulton due to WBO's restriction against WBA Regular titles.^[187] The bout was supposedly scheduled on 18 September however, it was moved to 27 November. On the 1st of September, WBA released their August 2021 ratings which didn't feature Figueroa as a champion^[188] however, he was listed again on the September 2021 ratings.^[189] He was officially stripped of the title after fighting Fulton as originally stated by the WBA.^[190]

Bantamweight

Primary champion lineage

No.	Name	Date	Defenses
1	Joe Lynch (awarded inaugural title)	January 1921	0
2	Pete Herman	25 July 1921	0
3	Johnny Buff	23 September 1921	1
4	Joe Lynch (2)	10 July 1922	3
5	Abe Goldstein	21 March 1924	3
6	Eddie Martin	19 December 1924	0
7	Charlie Phil Rosenberg	20 March 1925 – 18 October 1926	0
Rosenberg was stripped by the NBA during its annual convention after failing to sign a fight with Bud Taylor.^[191]
8	Bud Taylor (awarded title)	18 October 1926 – 19 May 1929	2
Taylor was stripped when he failed to fight for the title for two years.^[192]
9	Bushy Graham (def. Isadore Schwartz)	23 May 1929 – 8 October 1929	0
Graham was stripped of the title after Panama Al Brown was given the title.^[193]
10	Panamá Al Brown (awarded title)	8 October 1929 – 3 February 1930	1
Brown was stripped of the title after an NBA special meeting.
11	Panamá Al Brown (2) (def. Eugène Huat)	4 October 1930 – 18 September 1934	7
Brown was stripped of the title in the rankings released after the annual NBA convention.^[194]
12	Sixto Escobar (def. Pete Sanstol)	7 August 1935	0
13	Louis Salica	26 August 1935	0
14	Sixto Escobar (2)	15 November 1935	3
15	Harry Jeffra	23 September 1937	0
16	Sixto Escobar (3)	20 February 1938 – 26 October 1939	1
Escobar vacated the title to move up to featherweight.^[195]
17	Georgie Pace (awarded title)	26 October 1939	1
18	Lou Salica (2)	24 September 1940	4
19	Manuel Ortiz	7 August 1942	15
20	Harold Dade	6 January 1947	0
21	Manuel Ortiz (2)	11 March 1947	4
22	Vic Toweel	31 May 1950	3
23	Jimmy Carruthers	15 November 1952 – 16 May 1954	3
Carruthers retires from boxing.^[196]
24	Robert Cohen (def. Chamroen Songkitrat)	19 September 1954 – 23 December 1954	1
Cohen was stripped for failing to sign a fight against Raúl Macías within 90 days.^[197]
25	Raúl Macías (def. Chamroen Songkitrat)	9 March 1955	2
26	Alphonse Halimi	6 November 1957	0
27	José Becerra	8 July 1959 – 30 August 1960	2
Becerra retires due to an eye injury.^[198]
28	Éder Jofre (def. Eloy Sanchez)	18 November 1960	8
29	Fighting Harada	18 May 1965	4
30	Lionel Rose	27 February 1968	3
31	Rubén Olivares	22 August 1969	2
32	Chucho Castillo	16 October 1970	0
33	Rubén Olivares (2)	2 April 1971	2
34	Rafael Herrera	19 March 1972	0
35	Enrique Pinder	29 July 1972	0
36	Romeo Anaya	20 January 1973	2
37	Arnold Taylor	3 November 1973	0
38	Hong Soo-hwan	3 July 1974	1
39	Alfonso Zamora	14 March 1975	5
40	Jorge Luján	19 November 1977	5
41	Julian Solís	29 August 1980	0
42	Jeff Chandler	14 November 1980	9
43	Richie Sandoval	7 April 1984	2
44	Gaby Canizales	10 March 1986	0
45	Bernardo Piñango	4 June 1986 – 13 March 1987	3
Piñango vacated the title in order to move up to super bantamweight.^[199]
46	Takuya Muguruma (def. Azael Moran)	29 March 1987	0
47	Park Chan-Yong	24 May 1987	0
48	Wilfredo Vázquez	4 October 1987	1
49	Kaokor Galaxy	9 May 1988	0
50	Moon Sung-kil	14 August 1988	2
51	Kaokor Galaxy (2)	9 July 1989	0
52	Luisito Espinosa	18 October 1989	2
53	Israel Contreras	19 October 1991	0
54	Eddie Cook	15 March 1992	0
55	Jorge Eliécer Julio	9 October 1992	2
56	Junior Jones	23 October 1993	1
57	John Michael Johnson	22 April 1994	0
58	Daorung Chuvatana	16 July 1994	2
59	Veeraphol Sahaprom	17 September 1995	0
60	Nana Konadu	28 January 1996	0
61	Daorung Chuvatana (2)	27 October 1996	1
62	Nana Konadu (2)	21 June 1997	1
63	Johnny Tapia	5 December 1998	0
64	Paulie Ayala	26 June 1999 – 6 August 2001	3
Ayala was stripped of the title for choosing to move up to super bantamweight instead of fighting his mandatory challenger.^[200]
65	Eidy Moya (def. Adán Vargas)	14 October 2001	0
66	Johnny Bredahl	19 April 2002 – 13 October 2004	3
Bredahl retires.^[201]
67	Volodymyr Sydorenko (def. Julio Zarate)	26 February 2005	6
68	Anselmo Moreno	31 May 2008	8
	Moreno is promoted to inaugural Super champion on WBA's October 2010 ratings posted on November.^[202]
	Anselmo Moreno – Super champion (Regular champion promoted)	November 2010	4 (12)
Moreno fought for the Undisputed title against Juan Carlos Payano.
69	Juan Carlos Payano – Undisputed champion (def. Anselmo Moreno)	26 September 2014	1
70	Rau'shee Warren	18 June 2016	0
71	Zhanat Zhakiyanov	10 February 2017	0
Zhakiyanov fought IBF champion Ryan Burnett for the Unified title.
72	Ryan Burnett – Unified champion (def. Zhanat Zhakiyanov)	21 October 2017	1
	Burnett is promoted to Super champion on WBA's October 2018 ratings posted on 31st October; just days before his scheduled bout against Nonito Donaire.^[203]
	Ryan Burnett – Super champion (Unified champion promoted)	31 October 2018	0 (1)
73	Nonito Donaire	3 November 2018	1
74	Naoya Inoue	7 November 2019 – 13 January 2023	5
Inoue vacated the title in order to move up to super bantamweight.^[204]

Secondary champion lineage

No.	Name	Date	Defenses
1	Koki Kameda (def. Alexander Muñoz)	26 December 2010 – 6 December 2013	8
Kameda vacated the title after being ordered to fight Super champion Anselmo Moreno and moved down to super flyweight.^[205]
2	Jamie McDonnell (def. Tabtimdaeng Na Rachawat)	31 May 2014	5
3	Naoya Inoue	25 May 2018	1
	Inoue becomes Unified champion after beating IBF champion Emmanuel Rodríguez.
	Naoya Inoue – Unified champion (def. Emmanuel Rodríguez)	18 May 2019 – 7 November 2019	0 (1)
Inoue won against Super champion Nonito Donaire.
4	Guillermo Rigondeaux (def. Liborio Solís)	8 February 2020 – 14 August 2021	0
Rigondeaux is stripped of his title for fighting WBO champion John Riel Casimero; a bout not sanctioned by the WBA.^[206]

Super flyweight

Primary champion lineage

No.	Name	Date	Defenses
1	Gustavo Ballas (def. Bae Sok-Chul)	12 September 1981	0
2	Rafael Pedroza	5 December 1981	0
3	Jiro Watanabe	8 April 1982 – 5 July 1984	6
Watanabe was stripped of title for not fighting mandatory challenger Khaosai Galaxy.^[207]
4	Khaosai Galaxy (def. Eusebio Espinal)	21 November 1984 – 22 December 1991	19
Galaxy retired from professional boxing.^[208]
5	Katsuya Onizuka (def. Thanomsak Sithbaobay)	10 April 1992	5
6	Lee Hyung-chul	18 September 1994	1
7	Alimi Goitia	22 July 1995	3
8	Yokthai Sithoar	24 August 1996	4
9	Satoshi Iida	23 December 1997	2
10	Jesús Rojas	23 December 1998	1
11	Hideki Todaka	31 July 1999	2
12	Leo Gámez	9 October 2000	0
13	Celes Kobayashi	11 March 2001	1
14	Alexander Muñoz	9 March 2002	3
15	Martín Castillo	3 December 2004	3
16	Nobuo Nashiro	22 July 2006	1
17	Alexander Munoz (2)	3 May 2007	2
Muñoz fought for the inaugural Unified title against WBC champion Cristian Mijares.
18	Cristian Mijares – Unified champion (def. Alexander Muñoz)	17 May 2008	1
Mijares fought for the Undisputed title against IBF champion Vic Darchinyan.
19	Vic Darchinyan – Undisputed champion (def. Cristian Mijares)	1 November 2008	1
	Status changed to Unified champion when Darchinyan vacated the IBF title.
	Vic Darchinyan – Unified champion	28 July 2009 – 15 October 2010	2 (3)
Darchinyan's title is vacated on WBA's September 2010 ratings posted on 15 October.^[92]
20	Hugo Cázares – Regular champion (Primary champion vacant)	15 October 2010	2
21	Tomonobu Shimizu	31 August 2011 – 11 November 2011	0
Shimizu was declared champion in recess due to an injury.^[209]
22	Tepparith Kokietgym – Regular champion (interim champion promoted); (Primary champion vacant)	14 November 2011	3
23	Kohei Kono	31 December 2012	0
24	Liborio Solís	6 May 2013 – 2 December 2013	0
Solís was stripped of his title before the fight with Daiki Kameda for being overweight.^[210] Solís won the fight in split decision but title was at stake for Kameda only.
25	Kohei Kono (2) – Regular Champion (def. Denkaosan Kaovichit); (Primary champion vacant)	26 March 2014	3
26	Luis Concepción	31 August 2016 – 9 December 2016	0
Concepción was stripped of his title before the fight with Khalid Yafai for being overweight. Only Yafai can win the title.^[211]
27	Kal Yafai – Regular champion (def. Luis Concepción); (Primary champion vacant)	10 December 2016	5
Yafai fought for the Super title against Román González.^[212]^[213]
28	Román González – Super champion (def. Khalid Yafai)	29 February 2020	1
29	Juan Francisco Estrada	13 March 2021 – 11 August 2022	0
Estrada was stripped of the title after refusing to fight his mandatory challenger Joshua Franco.^[214] Any new champions below this will not be marked as Regular, Unified, Undisputed, or Super because of the title reduction plan.
30	Joshua Franco (Primary champion vacant)	11 August 2022 – present	1

Secondary champion lineage

No.	Name	Date	Defenses
1	Nobuo Nashiro (def. Kohei Kono)	15 September 2008	2
2	Hugo Cázares	8 May 2010 – 15 October 2010	2
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
3	Andrew Moloney (interim champion promoted)	3 March 2020	0
4	Joshua Franco	23 June 2020 – 11 August 2022	2
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.

Flyweight

Primary champion lineage

No.	Name	Date	Defenses
1	Jimmy Wilde (awarded inaugural title)	January 1921	0
2	Pancho Villa	18 June 1923 – 14 July 1925	3
Title vacated because Villa died from Ludwig's angina resulting from an infection that spread to his throat.^[215]
3	Fidel LaBarba (def. Frankie Genaro)	22 August 1925 – 29 August 1927	2
LaBarba retires.^[216]
4	Pinky Silverberg (def. Ruby Bradley)	22 October 1927 – 6 December 1927	0
Silverberg was stripped of the title after a match was sanctioned for the vacant title.^[217]
5	Frenchy Belanger (def. Ernie Jarvis)	19 December 1927	0
6	Frankie Genaro	6 February 1928	3
7	Émile Pladner	2 March 1929	0
8	Frankie Genaro (2)	18 April 1929	7
9	Victor Perez	26 October 1931	0
10	Jackie Brown	31 October 1932 – 17 September 1934	3
Brown was sentenced to a 4 month conviction to prison for biting a piece of a man's ear during a street fight.^[218] The title was declared vacant after an NBA meeting.^[219]
11	Benny Lynch (def. Jackie Brown)	9 September 1935 – 29 June 1938	3
Lynch was stripped when he failed to make weight for a title defense against Jackie Jurich.^[220]
12	Peter Kane (def. Jackie Jurich)	22 September 1938 – 11 December 1939	0
Kane's title was stripped when the NBA awarded Little Dado the flyweight title.^[221]
13	Little Dado (awarded title)	11 December 1939 – 14 October 1943	1
Dado was stripped of the title as he has not fought in the flyweight division for 2 years. Paterson was awarded the title.^[222]
14	Jackie Paterson (awarded title)	14 October 1943 – 30 July 1947	1
Paterson was stripped of the title for failing to defend against Dado Marino.^[223]
15	Rinty Monaghan (def. Dado Marino)	20 October 1947 – 30 March 1950	3
Monaghan retired after his third defense.^[224]
16	Terry Allen (def. Honore Pratesi)	25 April 1950	0
17	Dado Marino	1 August 1950	1
18	Yoshio Shirai	19 May 1952	4
19	Pascual Perez	26 November 1954	9
20	Pone Kingpetch	16 April 1960	3
21	Fighting Harada	10 October 1962	0
22	Pone Kingpetch (2)	12 January 1963	0
23	Hiroyuki Ebihara	18 September 1963	0
24	Pone Kingpetch (3)	23 January 1964	0
25	Salvatore Burruni	23 April 1965 – 1 November 1965	0
Burruni was stripped of title for failing to meet the organization's number one contender, Hiroyuki Ebihara.^[225]
26	Horacio Accavallo (def. Katsuyoshi Takayama)	1 March 1966 – 2 October 1968	3
Accavallo retires.^[226]
27	Hiroyuki Ebihara (2) (def. José Severino)	30 March 1969	0
28	Bernabe Villacampo	19 October 1969	0
29	Berkrerk Chartvanchai	5 April 1970	0
30	Masao Ohba	22 October 1970 – 25 January 1973	5
Ohba died in a car accident in Tokyo.^[227]
31	Chartchai Chionoi (def. Fritz Chervet)	17 May 1973	2
32	Susumu Hanagata	18 October 1974	0
33	Erbito Salavarria	1 April 1975	1
34	Alfonso López	27 February 1976	1
35	Guty Espadas	2 October 1976	4
36	Betulio González	12 August 1978	3
37	Luis Ibarra	17 November 1979	0
38	Kim Tae-shik	17 February 1980	1
39	Peter Mathebula	13 December 1980	0
40	Santos Laciar	28 March 1981	0
41	Luis Ibarra (2)	6 June 1981	0
42	Juan Herrera	26 September 1981	1
43	Santos Laciar (2)	1 May 1982 – 19 July 1985	9
Laciar vacated the title in order to move up to super flyweight.^[228]
44	Hilario Zapata (def. Alonzo González)	5 October 1985	5
45	Fidel Bassa	13 February 1987	6
46	Jesús Rojas	30 September 1989	0
47	Lee Yul-woo	10 March 1990	0
48	Leopard Tamakuma	29 July 1990	1
49	Elvis Álvarez	14 March 1991	0
50	Kim Yong-kang	1 June 1991	2
51	Aquiles Guzmán	26 September 1992	0
52	David Grimán	15 December 1992	2
53	Saen Sor Ploenchit	13 February 1994	9
54	José Bonilla	24 November 1996	3
55	Hugo Rafael Soto	29 May 1998	0
56	Leo Gámez	13 March 1999	0
57	Sornpichai Kratingdaenggym	3 September 1999	1
58	Eric Morel	5 August 2000	5
59	Lorenzo Parra	6 December 2003	5
60	Takefumi Sakata	19 March 2007	4
61	Denkaosan Kaovichit	31 December 2008	2
62	Daiki Kameda	7 February 2010 – 4 January 2011	2
Kameda vacated the title in order to move up to super flyweight.^[229]
63	Luis Concepción (interim champion promoted)	4 January 2011	0
64	Hernán Márquez	2 April 2011	2
Marquez fought for Unified title against WBO champion Brian Viloria.
65	Brian Viloria – Unified champion (def. Hernán Márquez)	17 November 2012	0
66	Juan Francisco Estrada	6 April 2013 – 14 September 2016	5
Estrada vacated the title and moved to super flyweight.^[230]
67	Kazuto Ioka – Regular champion (Primary champion vacant)	14 September 2016 – 9 November 2017	2
Ioka vacated the title and retired later on.^[231]
68	Artem Dalakian – Regular champion (def. Brian Viloria); (Primary champion vacant)	24 February 2018 – present	6

Secondary champion lineage

No.	Name	Date	Defenses
1	Juan Carlos Reveco (interim champion promoted)	17 November 2012	6
2	Kazuto Ioka	22 April 2015 – 14 September 2016	3
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.

Light flyweight

Primary champion lineage

No.	Name	Date	Defenses
1	Jaime Rios (def. Rigoberto Marcano)	23 August 1975	1
2	Juan Antonio Guzman	2 July 1976	0
3	Yoko Gushiken	10 October 1976	13
4	Pedro Flores	8 March 1981	0
5	Kim Hwan-jin	19 July 1981	1
6	Katsuo Tokashiki	16 December 1981	5
7	Lupe Madera	10 July 1983	1
8	Francisco Quiróz	19 May 1984	1
9	Joey Olivo	29 March 1985	1
10	Yuh Myung-woo	8 December 1985	17
11	Hiroki Ioka	17 December 1991	2
12	Yuh Myung-Woo (2)	18 November 1992 – 8 September 1993	1
Yuh vacated the title and retired from professional boxing.^[232]
13	Leo Gámez (def. Shiro Yahiro)	21 October 1993	3
14	Choi Hi-yong	4 February 1995	1
15	Carlos Murillo	13 January 1996	1
16	Keiji Yamaguchi	21 May 1996	1
17	Pichitnoi Sitbangprachan	3 December 1996 – July 2000	5
Sitbangprachan was stripped of title.
18	Beibis Mendoza (def. Rosendo Alvarez)	12 August 2000	0
19	Rosendo Álvarez	3 March 2001 – 2 October 2004	3
Alvarez was stripped of title before his fourth fight with Beibis Mendoza for being overweight.^[233]
20	Roberto Vásquez (def. Beibis Mendoza)	29 April 2005 – 24 May 2006	3
Vásquez vacated the title to move up to flyweight.^[234]
21	Kōki Kameda (def. Juan José Landaeta)	2 August 2006 – 18 January 2007	1
Kameda vacated the title to move up to flyweight.^[235]
22	Juan Carlos Reveco (def. Nethra Sasiprapa)	22 June 2007	1
23	Brahim Asloum	8 December 2007 – 18 July 2008	1
Asloum was declared champion in recess on WBA's June 2008 ratings posted on 18 July.^[236]
24	Giovani Segura (interim champion promoted)	5 June 2009	3
	Segura becomes the inaugural Unified champion after unifying with WBO and The Ring champion Iván Calderón.
	Giovani Segura – Unified champion (def. Iván Calderón)	28 August 2010 – 26 November 2010	1 (4)
Segura vacated the title to fight as flyweight.^[237]
25	Juan Carlos Reveco (2) – Regular champion (Primary champion vacant)	26 November 2010 – 4 February 2011	0
Reveco vacated the title to move up to flyweight.^[238]
26	Román González – Regular champion (interim champion promoted); (Primary champion vacant)	4 February 2011	5
	González promoted to inaugural Super champion.^[239]
	Román González – Super champion (Regular champion promoted)	30 November 2012 – 14 January 2014	0 (5)
González vacated the title to move up to flyweight.^[240]
27	Kazuto Ioka – Regular champion (Primary champion vacant)	14 January 2014 – 28 February 2014	0
Ioka vacated the title to move up to flyweight.^[241]
28	Alberto Rossel – Regular champion (interim champion promoted); (Primary champion vacant)	10 July 2014	0
29	Ryoichi Taguchi	31 December 2014	6
	Taguchi declared Unified champion after unifying titles with IBF champion Milan Melindo.
	Ryoichi Taguchi – Unified champion (def. Milan Melindo)	31 December 2017	1 (7)
Taguchi fought Budler for the Super title.
30	Hekkie Budler – Super champion (def. Ryoichi Taguchi)	20 May 2018	0
31	Hiroto Kyoguchi	31 December 2018	4
32	Kenshiro Teraji	1 November 2022 – present	0

Secondary champion lineage

No.	Name	Date	Defenses
1	Juan Carlos Reveco (interim champion promoted)	28 August 2010 – 26 November 2010	0
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
2	Kazuto Ioka (def. José Alfredo Rodríguez)	31 December 2012 – 14 January 2014	3
Moved to primary champion due to its vacancy.
3	Carlos Cañizales (def. Reiya Konishi)	18 March 2018	2
4	Esteban Bermudez	28 May 2021 – 10 June 2022	0
Bermudez lost against Super champion Hiroto Kyoguchi.

Minimumweight

Primary champion lineage

No.	Name	Date	Defenses
1	Leo Gámez (def. Kim Bong-Jun)	10 January 1988 – 1 April 1989	1
Gámez vacated the title citing weight problems and moved up to light flyweight.^[242]
2	Kim Bong-jun (def. Agustín García)	16 April 1989	5
3	Choi Hi-yong	2 February 1991	4
4	Hideyuki Ohashi	14 October 1992	0
5	Chana Porpaoin	10 February 1993	8
6	Rosendo Álvarez	2 December 1995 – 12 November 1998	5
Álvarez stripped of title before his fight with Ricardo López for being overweight.^[243] Title was at stake only for López who managed to beat the heavier Álvarez.
7	Ricardo López (def. Rosendo Álvarez)	13 November 1998 – July 1999	0
Lopez vacated the title in order to move up to light flyweight.
8	Noel Arambulet (def. Joma Gamboa)	9 October 1999 – 19 August 2000	1
Arambulet stripped of title before his rematch fight with Joma Gamboa for being overweight.^[244] Title was at stake only for Gamboa who managed to beat the heavier Arambulet.
9	Joma Gamboa (def. Noel Arambulet)	20 August 2000	0
10	Keitaro Hoshino	6 December 2000	0
11	Chana Porpaoin (2)	16 April 2001	0
12	Yutaka Niida	25 August 2001 – 22 October 2001	0
Niida vacated the title and retired citing back problems and lack of interest in boxing.^[245]
13	Keitaro Hoshino (2) (def. Joma Gamboa)	29 January 2002	0
14	Noel Arambulet (2)	29 July 2002 – 2 July 2004	2
Arambulet stripped of title before his rematch fight with Yutaka Niida for being overweight.^[246] Title was at stake only for Niida who managed to beat the heavier Arambulet.
15	Yutaka Niida (2) (def. Noel Arambulet)	3 July 2004	7
16	Román González	15 September 2008 – 8 October 2010	3
González vacated in order to move up to light flyweight.^[247]
17	Kwanthai Sithmorseng (def. Pigmy Kokietgym)	5 November 2010	0
18	Muhammad Rachman	19 April 2011	0
19	Pornsawan Porpramook	30 July 2011	0
20	Akira Yaegashi	24 October 2011	0
21	Kazuto Ioka	24 June 2012 – 2 October 2012	0
Ioka vacated the title in order to move up to light flyweight.^[248]
22	Ryo Miyazaki (def. Pornsawan Porpramook)	31 December 2012 – 27 December 2013	2
Miyazaki vacated the title in order to move up to light flyweight.^[249]
23	Hekkie Budler (def. Karluis Díaz)	1 March 2014	4
24	Byron Rojas	19 March 2016	0
25	Knockout CP Freshmart	29 June 2016	7
	CP Freshmart is promoted to inaugural Super champion on WBA's February 2020 official ratings posted on 1 March.^[250]
	Knockout CP Freshmart – Super champion (Regular champion promoted)	1 March 2020 – present	4 (11)

Secondary champion lineage

No.	Name	Date	Defenses
1	Vic Saludar (def. Robert Paradero)	20 February 2021	0
2	Erick Rosa	21 December 2021 – present	0

See also

• List of current world boxing champions
• List of undisputed boxing champions
• List of WBC world champions
• List of IBF world champions
• List of WBO world champions
• List of The Ring world champions
• List of WBA female world champions
• List of IBO world champions

Notes

1. "Gene Tunney Retires From Ring". The Wetumpka Herald. Wetumpka, Alabama. August 2, 1928. Retrieved October 22, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
2. "Louis Retires; Will Promote Title Fight". The Central New Jersey Home News. New Brunswick, New Jersey. March 1, 1949. Retrieved October 22, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Marciano Retires From Ring As Unbeaten World Champion". The Central New Jersey Home News. New Brunswick, New Jersey. April 27, 1956. Retrieved October 22, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "World Boxing Association History". WBA. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
5. "Cass Clay Stripped By W.B.A.". Honolulu Star-Bulletin. Honolulu, Hawaii. September 14, 1964. Retrieved October 15, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Heavyweight title stripped from Clay". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. Associated Press. April 29, 1967. Retrieved October 15, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Ali's Plans Confirmed By WBA". Miami Herald. Miami, Florida. July 4, 1979. Retrieved October 15, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "Foreman stripped of title". The News and Observer. Raleigh, North Carolina. March 5, 1995. Retrieved October 15, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
9. Staff and Wire reports (April 13, 2000). "Hard-Hitting Federal Judge Strips Lewis of WBA Title". Los Angeles Times. from the original on July 17, 2021. Retrieved July 17, 2021.
10. "Jones relinquishes heavyweight belt". ESPN. Associated Press. February 24, 2004. from the original on September 18, 2018. Retrieved September 29, 2021.
11. Schmidt, Erik (July 3, 2008). "Ruslan Chagaev Given Until June 2009 to Defend WBA title, Against Ruiz vs. Valuev winner". Boxingnews24. from the original on February 19, 2010. Retrieved July 3, 2021.
12. "Official ratings as of July 2011" (PDF). WBA. August 2011. Retrieved April 24, 2022.
13. "Official ratings as of November 2015" (PDF). WBA. Retrieved August 5, 2021.
14. "Tyson Fury vacates world titles". Hennesy Sports. October 12, 2016. from the original on November 8, 2020. Retrieved July 3, 2021.
15. Rafael, Dan (May 13, 2016). "Lucas Browne stripped of heavyweight title after positive 'B' sample". ESPN. from the original on September 29, 2021. Retrieved September 29, 2021.
16. Rafael, Dan (July 26, 2016). "Ruslan Chagaev stripped of heavyweight title by WBA". ESPN. from the original on November 20, 2020. Retrieved July 3, 2021.
17. Milano, Jesús (January 29, 2021). "Charr named "Champion in recess"". WBA. from the original on February 5, 2021. Retrieved July 3, 2021.
18. "Title Stripped". Macon Chronicle-Herald. Macon, Missouri. July 28, 1989. Retrieved October 21, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
19. "Official ratings as of April 2008" (PDF). WBA. Retrieved August 5, 2021.
20. "Official ratings as of May 2008" (PDF). WBA. Retrieved August 27, 2021.
21. . Eurosport. October 30, 2012. Archived from the original on July 3, 2021. Retrieved July 3, 2021.
22. Arias, Juan Francisco (February 1, 2018). "The Cruiserweights Situation". WBA. from the original on June 13, 2021. Retrieved July 3, 2021.
23. Stumberg, Patrick (March 27, 2019). "Usyk officially vacates WBA cruiserweight belt". Badlefthook. from the original on May 18, 2021. Retrieved September 24, 2021.
24. Donovan, Jake (May 31, 2019). "Shumenov Stripped Of Title, Goulamiriam Now "Regular" Champ". Boxingscene. Archived from the original on August 5, 2021. Retrieved July 3, 2021.
25. "Official ratings as of August 2019" (PDF). WBA. Retrieved August 5, 2021.
26. Rafael, Dan (June 20, 2017). "Beibut Shumenov vacates secondary cruiserweight title because of eye injury". ESPN. Archived from the original on August 27, 2021. Retrieved August 27, 2021.
27. Milano, Jesús (January 29, 2021). . WBA. Archived from the original on July 9, 2021. Retrieved July 3, 2021.
28. WBA [@WBABoxing] (August 12, 2022). "Belgian Ryad Merhy formally resigned his world champion position and will not face the bout against Arsen Goulamirian ordered by the WBA championships committee" (Tweet). from the original on August 13, 2022. Retrieved August 13, 2022 – via Twitter.
29. "Delaney to commish to M'tigue". Daily News. New York, New York. July 26, 1927. Retrieved October 22, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
30. "Loughran surrenders boxing crown today". Chattanooga Daily Times. Chattanooga, Tennessee. September 3, 1929. Retrieved October 22, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
31. "N.B.A vacates Rosenbloom's boxing title". Chicago Tribune. Chicago, Illinois. June 7, 1931. Retrieved October 22, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
32. "George Nichols loses titles by N.B.A Action". Chicago Tribune. Chicago, Illinois. December 18, 1932. Retrieved October 22, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
33. "Rosenbloom and Wolgast titles vacated by N.B.A". Chicago Tribune. Chicago, Illinois. September 18, 1934. Retrieved October 22, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
34. "N.B.A. relieves Lewis of title on two counts". Chicago Tribune. Chicago, Illinois. June 20, 1939. Retrieved October 22, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
35. "Billy Conn gives up his title today". The St. Louis Star and Times. St. Louis, Missouri. December 20, 1940. Retrieved October 22, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
36. "NBA lifts Moore's Light-heavy title". Daily News. New York, New York. October 26, 1960. Retrieved October 22, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
37. "Bob Foster Bugged By WBA 'Cats'". The Troy Record. Troy, New York. December 11, 1970. Retrieved October 22, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
38. "Bob Foster quits ring". Daily News. New York, New York. September 17, 1974. Retrieved October 22, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
39. "Spinks aims to wheel, deal". Daily News. New York, New York. November 6, 1985. Retrieved October 22, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
40. Seltzer, Robert (May 27, 1985). "Heavyweigh picture starting to get focus". Muncie Evening Press. Muncie, Indiana. Retrieved October 22, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
41. "Official ratings as of December 2000" (PDF). WBA. Retrieved August 5, 2021.
42. "Official ratings as of July 2002" (PDF). WBA. Retrieved August 5, 2021.
43. Borges, Ron (April 20, 2003). . The Boston Globe. Archived from the original on April 20, 2003. Retrieved October 9, 2021.
44. "Official ratings as of June 2004" (PDF). WBA. Retrieved August 5, 2021.
45. "Boxing champion retires". Dawn. October 20, 2006. Archived from the original on October 9, 2021. Retrieved October 9, 2021.
46. Pandaram, Jamie; Walter, Brad (March 26, 2008). "Green says there'll be no resurrection after his epiphany". Sydney Morning Herald. from the original on July 5, 2021. Retrieved July 5, 2021.
47. . Secondsout. October 8, 2013. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved July 5, 2021.
48. "With desire to fight gone, Andre Ward retires from boxing". ESPN. September 21, 2017. from the original on November 12, 2020. Retrieved July 5, 2021.
49. Arias, Juan (September 24, 2017). "Badou Jack pulls out of Dmitry Bivol mandatory, vacates WBA belt". World Boxing News. from the original on September 22, 2020. Retrieved July 5, 2021.
50. Bland, Garrison (October 10, 2019). "Bivol Finally Elevated to Super Champion". The Buzz. from the original on May 2, 2021. Retrieved July 5, 2021.
51. "WBA strips and suspends Pascal". Fightnews. July 9, 2021. Archived from the original on August 18, 2021. Retrieved August 18, 2021.
52. "Austin Stops Perez In 6th To Retain Title". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. March 4, 2001. Retrieved October 28, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
53. "Ottke retires from the ring". BBC. March 27, 2004. from the original on July 11, 2018. Retrieved July 5, 2021.
54. "Calzaghe ends division domination". BBC. September 26, 2008. from the original on September 27, 2008. Retrieved September 26, 2021.
55. "Official ratings as of August-September 2009" (PDF). WBA. Retrieved August 5, 2021.
56. Rafael, Dan (November 12, 2015). "Andre Ward vacates 168-pound belt, plans to move to light heavyweight". ESPN. from the original on September 14, 2017. Retrieved July 5, 2021.
57. Proboxing-fans (January 5, 2016). "Feigenbutz vs. De Carolis now somehow for WBA title at super middleweight". Proboxing-fans. from the original on February 19, 2018. Retrieved July 5, 2021.
58. Jay, Phil (October 5, 2016). "Felix Sturm drops WBA title due to injury, plans 2017 Sarjevo return". World Boxing News. from the original on September 22, 2020. Retrieved July 5, 2021.
59. Persson, Per Ake (May 28, 2008). "Mikkel Kessler-Dmitri Sartison Sanctioned By The WBA". Boxingscene. Archived from the original on August 31, 2021. Retrieved August 31, 2021.
60. Persson, Per Ake (July 14, 2011). "Sartison is Stripped of WBA's Regular Title at 168-Pounds". Boxingscene. Archived from the original on August 31, 2021. Retrieved August 31, 2021.
61. WBA (August 3, 2012). . WBA. Archived from the original on August 4, 2012. Retrieved June 11, 2022.
62. WBA (August 3, 2012). "WBA Official Ratings as of July 2012" (PDF). WBA. Retrieved June 11, 2022.
63. "Carl Froch stripped of WBA belt after failing to defend title". BBC. May 8, 2015. from the original on August 31, 2021. Retrieved August 31, 2021.
64. "Mickey to quit as Middleweight King today; To sign Sharkey bout". The Evening News. Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. June 19, 1931. Retrieved October 21, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
65. Schlemmer, James (September 20, 1933). "N. B. A. Ranks Brouollard First; Neglects Ben Jeby, Marcel Thil". The Akron Beacon Journal. Akron, Ohio. Retrieved October 21, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
66. Ham, Jack (December 19, 1952). "Sugar Ray Robinson Positively Retires From Boxing Through NBA vacates Middleweight title in favor of other pursuits". Standard-Speaker. Hanzleton, Pennsylvania. Retrieved October 21, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
67. "Sugar Ray stripped of Middleweight title". The Decatur Herald. Decatur, Illinois. May 5, 1959. Retrieved October 21, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
68. "Carlos Monzon Formally Quits". The Indianapolis Star. Indianapolis, Indiana. August 30, 1977. Retrieved October 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
69. "Hagler stripped of WBA title". The Daily Advertiser. Lafayette, Louisiana. Associated Press. February 26, 1987. Retrieved October 21, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
70. "Kalambay stripped of WBA title". Standard-Speaker. Hazleton, Pennsylvania. Associated Press. March 3, 1989. Retrieved October 21, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
71. "McCallum stripped of title". The Sacramento Bee. Sacramento, California. December 4, 1991. Retrieved October 21, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
72. "Middleweight John David Jackson wants a state judge to restore his WBA title, claiming the sanctioning body is doing what 31 boxers were unable to do in the ring". Daily News. Newport News, Virginia. June 2, 1994. Retrieved October 21, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
73. "Official ratings as of June-July 2003" (PDF). WBA. September 26, 2003. Retrieved August 5, 2021.
74. Donelson, Tom Ake (December 21, 2006). "Jermain Taylor and the Sanctioning Bodies". Boxingscene. Archived from the original on August 29, 2021. Retrieved August 29, 2021.
75. Persson, Per Ake (March 24, 2010). "Felix Sturm Update; Herelius vs Arslan; Dimitrenko". Boxingscene. Archived from the original on August 29, 2021. Retrieved August 29, 2021.
76. "Official ratings as of February 2010" (PDF). WBA. Retrieved August 24, 2021.
77. Lane, Daniel Rojas (November 2, 2012). "WBA strips Geale of world title". Sydney Morning Herald. from the original on November 4, 2012. Retrieved July 5, 2021.
78. Erazo, Hilmar Rojas (June 3, 2014). . WBA. Archived from the original on July 9, 2021. Retrieved July 5, 2021.
79. Stumberg, Patrick (January 1, 2021). "Canelo Alvarez finally vacates WBA middleweight title". Badlefthook. from the original on January 26, 2021. Retrieved July 5, 2021.
80. Milano, Jesús (January 6, 2021). . WBA. Archived from the original on August 10, 2021. Retrieved August 10, 2021.
81. "EBU Takes Title From Mazzinghi". Tampa Bay Times. Saint Petersburg, Florida. October 29, 1968. Retrieved October 23, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
82. "Leonard drops WBA middle totle". Palladium-Item. Richmond, Indiana. September 24, 1981. Retrieved October 23, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
83. "Duran forfeits WBA title to fight Hearns". Greenville News. Greenville, South Carolina. October 14, 1992. Retrieved October 23, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
84. "Duran Resigns Boxing Career". Arizona Daily Sun. Flagstaff, Arizona. June 21, 1984. Retrieved October 23, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
85. "Hagler's return sidetracked by WBA rankings". Miami Herald. Boston, Massachusetts. August 7, 1987. Retrieved October 23, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
86. "The World Boxing Association official ratings as of December, 1990". The Record. Hackensack, New Jersey. January 10, 1991. Retrieved October 23, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
87. "Pazienza will give up title". Sant Cruz Sentinel. Santa Cruz, California. October 14, 1992. Retrieved October 23, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
88. "Whitaker drops WBA title". Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. March 9, 1995. Retrieved October 23, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
89. Fightnews (May 29, 2001). . WBA. Archived from the original on May 28, 2001. Retrieved October 23, 2021.
90. "Official ratings as of February 2005" (PDF). WBA. Retrieved September 26, 2021.
91. "Official ratings as of May 2005" (PDF). WBA. June 5, 2005. Retrieved August 10, 2021.
92. "Official ratings as of September 2010" (PDF). WBA. October 15, 2010. Retrieved August 10, 2021.
93. "Official ratings as of December 2015" (PDF). WBA. Retrieved August 21, 2021.
94. Ecksel, Robert (January 8, 2016). "Retiring the retired Floyd Mayweather". WBA. from the original on January 28, 2017. Retrieved July 17, 2021.
95. "Official ratings as of May 2016" (PDF). WBA. Retrieved August 31, 2021.
96. Boxingscene Staff (October 22, 2017). "Demetrius Andrade Vacates WBA Belt - Focused on Murata, GGG". Boxingscene. Archived from the original on August 31, 2021. Retrieved August 31, 2021.
97. Stumber, Patrick (June 20, 2019). . Badlefthook. Archived from the original on July 20, 2021. Retrieved August 5, 2021.
98. Donovan, Jake (August 31, 2021). "Erislandy Lara Vacates WBA "World" 154 Title, Calls For Middleweight Clash With Murata". Boxingscene. Archived from the original on November 26, 2021. Retrieved November 26, 2021.
99. "Joe Dundee ruled out by N. B. A.". Daily News. New York, New York. March 23, 1929. Retrieved October 22, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
100. "Marty Servo retires from boxing, Nose injury reason for quitting". The Windsor Star. Windsor, Ontario. March 23, 1929. Retrieved October 22, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
101. "Sugar Ray trades Welter for Middleweight title in savage go". Argus-Leader. Sioux Falls, South Dakota. February 15, 1951. Retrieved October 22, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
102. "Basilio now vacates Welterweight crown under new ruling". Democrat and Chronicle. Rochester, New York. September 24, 1957. Retrieved October 22, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
103. "Ladd Signs With Houston But Davis Still Has Say". Dayton Daily News. Dayton, Ohio. June 8, 1966. Retrieved October 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
104. "Napoles title stripped". The Windsor Star. Windsor, Ontario. May 17, 1975. Retrieved October 22, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
105. ""Feeling Is Gone" So Leonard Retires". Lancaster New Era. Lancaster, Pennsylvania. November 10, 1982. Retrieved October 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
106. "Boxing". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. January 6, 1986. Retrieved October 22, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
107. "Molinares withdraws". The Journal Times. Racine, Wisconsin. December 13, 1988. Retrieved October 22, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
108. "To McKinney, Hamed is no Prince to a guy". Daily News. New York, New York. August 20, 1998. Retrieved October 22, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
109. "Golota vows he'll bite back". The Greenville News. New York, New York. September 27, 2000. Retrieved October 22, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
110. "Baldomir forgoes WBA, IBF titles". The Baltimore Sun. Baltimore, Maryland. January 9, 2006. Retrieved October 22, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
111. "Hatton gives up WBA title". The Guardian. August 31, 2006. from the original on September 25, 2014. Retrieved July 5, 2021.
112. Slater, James (October 3, 2008). "Antonio Margarito Promoted To WBA "Super Champion," Nuzhnenko Now "Regular" WBA Champ". Boxingnews247. from the original on August 29, 2021. Retrieved August 29, 2021.
113. Rojas, Hilmer (May 21, 2010). "Shane Mosley is Stripped, Senchenko Full WBA Champ". boxingscene. Archived from the original on July 23, 2012. Retrieved July 5, 2021.
114. "Official ratings as of January 2017" (PDF). WBA. Retrieved August 21, 2021.
115. Milano, Jesús (January 29, 2021). "WBA designates Manny Pacquiao as Champion in Recess". WBA. from the original on February 15, 2021. Retrieved July 5, 2021.
116. Milano, Jesús (October 3, 2017). "WBA Welterweight Title is vacant". WBA. from the original on July 31, 2021. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
117. "Two Ring Classes Dropped After N. B. A. Convention". The Pasedena Post. Pasedena, California. September 21, 1932. Retrieved October 25, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
118. "Duilio Loi has retired". The Age. Melbourne, Victoria. September 21, 1932. Retrieved October 25, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
119. "Benitez forfeits title". Tampa Bay Times. Saint Petersburg, Florida. November 29, 1976. Retrieved October 25, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
120. "Pryor retires". The Journal Herald. Dayton, Ohio. October 27, 1983. Retrieved October 25, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
121. "Official ratings as of May-June 2003" (PDF). WBA. Retrieved September 29, 2021.
122. "Tszyu stripped of WBA title". Sydney Morning Herald. June 16, 2004. from the original on July 19, 2021. Retrieved July 19, 2021.
123. Seconds Out (May 5, 2006). "Hatton gives up WBA Title". Eurosport. Archived from the original on August 5, 2021. Retrieved July 19, 2021.
124. Rafael, Dan (July 11, 2012). "Amir Khan reinstated as WBA champ". ESPN. from the original on June 10, 2021. Retrieved July 5, 2021.
125. "Official ratings as of August 2015" (PDF). WBA. Retrieved August 27, 2021.
126. Ecksel, Robert (November 5, 2015). "Adrien Broner Declared WBA Super Champion". WBA. from the original on September 12, 2019. Retrieved July 21, 2021.
127. "Adrien Broner: American stripped of WBA title after failing to make weight". BBC. April 1, 2016. from the original on April 6, 2016. Retrieved July 5, 2021.
128. Random Hits (October 28, 2017). "WBA Makes Numerous Changes in New Rankings". Boxingscene. Archived from the original on October 2, 2021. Retrieved October 2, 2021.
129. "Official ratings as of October" (PDF). WBA. Retrieved October 2, 2021.
130. Milano, Jesús (May 14, 2022). "WBA Super Lightweight title is now vacant". WBA. from the original on May 14, 2022. Retrieved May 15, 2022.
131. Rafael, Dan (July 16, 2012). "Marcos Maidana will relinquish title". ESPN. Archived from the original on August 27, 2021. Retrieved August 27, 2021.
132. Rafael, Dan (July 8, 2015). "Vargas saved $40K by vacating title before Bradley fight". ESPN. Archived from the original on August 27, 2021. Retrieved August 27, 2021.
133. WBA [@WBABoxing] (December 7, 2021). "Gervonta Davis (@Gervontaa) informed the WBA that he will only keep his Lightweight belt. Gervonta had five days after his fight last Sunday to choose a division and he decided to stay at 135 pounds" (Tweet). from the original on December 7, 2021. Retrieved December 7, 2021 – via Twitter.
134. "Benny Leonard Vacates Title". The Fresno Bee. Fresno, California. January 16, 1925. Retrieved October 22, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
135. "Barney Ross gives up Lightweight title". The Herald-Press. Saint Joseph, Michigan. April 15, 1935. Retrieved October 22, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
136. "Lou Ambers title vacated by NBA". Daily News. New York, New York. March 26, 1940. Retrieved October 22, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
137. "Angott Quits Boxing Forfeits Title Stolz And Larkin Are Leading Contenders, Says NBA Head". Deseret News. Salt Lake City, Utah. November 14, 1942. Retrieved October 22, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
138. "Roberto Duran has renounced his World Boxing Association lightweight title". The Record. Hackensack, New Jersey. February 2, 1979. Retrieved October 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
139. "O'Grady's WBA crown taken away". St. Cloud Times. Saint Cloud, Minnesota. August 15, 1981. Retrieved October 22, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
140. "Sugar, Hearns looking sharp". Newsday. New York, New York. August 15, 1981. Retrieved October 22, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
141. Dowd, Mike (April 24, 1992). "Gamache to seek WBA lightweight title in June". The Bangor Daily News. Bangor, Maine. Retrieved October 23, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
142. CBC Sports (October 24, 2003). "Boxing champ Dorin stripped of title, retires". CBC Sports. from the original on October 18, 2021. Retrieved October 18, 2021.
143. "Nate Campbell vacates WBA title". Fight Hype. January 10, 2009. from the original on March 24, 2016. Retrieved July 5, 2021.
144. Fox, Allen (January 5, 2012). "Juan Manuel Marquez stripped of WBA lightweight title". Boxingnews24. from the original on January 12, 2012. Retrieved July 5, 2021.
145. Rafael, Dan (April 10, 2015). "Richar Abril stripped of lightweight world title". ESPN. from the original on July 5, 2020. Retrieved July 5, 2021.
146. Rafael, Dan (December 3, 2011). "Brandon Rios doesn't make weight". ESPN. Archived from the original on August 27, 2021. Retrieved August 27, 2021.
147. "WBA World Super Featherweight Title".
148. "Mitchell renuncia al cetro". El Nuevo Herald (in Spanish). Miami, Florida. April 25, 1991. Retrieved October 28, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
149. "Local bleatings". The Boston Glove. Boston, Massachusetts. October 20, 1991. Retrieved October 28, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
150. "Oscar de la Hoya gives up title". Desert Dispatch. Barstow, California. July 13, 1995. Retrieved October 28, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
151. "Official ratings as of January 2004" (PDF). WBA. February 10, 2004. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
152. Cordero, Gabriel (September 3, 2008). . Fightnews. Archived from the original on September 5, 2008. Retrieved August 29, 2021.
153. "Takashi Uchiyama promoted to 130 lbs super champion status". WBA. February 21, 2015. from the original on October 24, 2020. Retrieved July 5, 2021.
154. Rafael, Dan (October 20, 2017). "After missing weight, Jezreel Corrales loses junior lightweight world title". ESPN. from the original on November 11, 2020. Retrieved July 5, 2021.
155. Benson, Michael (September 2, 2019). "Davis vacates title to move up to lightweight". Talksport. from the original on July 5, 2021. Retrieved July 5, 2021.
156. World Boxing Association [@WBABoxing] (November 23, 2019). "#AndTheNew Congratulations @leosantacruz2" (Tweet). from the original on November 24, 2019. Retrieved January 11, 2022 – via Twitter.
157. World Boxing Association [@WBABoxing] (November 23, 2019). "¡Felicitaciones Nicaragua! René Alvarado is the New WBA Super Featherweight Champion" (Tweet). from the original on November 24, 2019. Retrieved January 11, 2022 – via Twitter.
158. Coppinger, Mike (August 28, 2021). "Gervonta Davis vacates WBA's 130-pound title, mulling future at 135 or 140". ESPN. from the original on August 29, 2021. Retrieved August 29, 2021.
159. Boxingscene staff (February 15, 2017). "Jason Sosa Vacates WBA Title Ahead of Lomachenko Title Shot". Boxingscene. Archived from the original on August 29, 2021. Retrieved August 29, 2021.
160. "Bat Battalino is stripped of crown by N. B. A.". The Burlington Hawk-Eye. Burlington, Iowa. January 28, 1932. Retrieved October 26, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
161. "Armstrong abandons featherweight title". The News-Herald. Franklin, Pennsylvania. September 13, 1938. Retrieved October 26, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
162. "Not Recognized As Champion". Honolulu Star-Bulletin. Honolulu, Hawaii. March 29, 1940. Retrieved October 26, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
163. "Featherweight Crown Given Petey Scalzo". Arizona Republic. Phoenix, Arizona. May 1, 1940. Retrieved January 12, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
164. "Saddler Stripped Of Featherweight Crown". The Sacrmento Bee. Raleigh, North Carolina. January 17, 1957. Retrieved October 26, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
165. "Sandy Saddler Retired By Manager; Going Blind Due To Auto Accident". Wilkes-Barre Times Leader, The Evening News. Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. January 22, 1957. Retrieved October 26, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
166. "Saldivar Wins, Retires". The Arizona Republic. Phoenix, Arizona. October 15, 1967. Retrieved October 26, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
167. "Top Boxer to retire". The Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney, New South Wales. June 1, 1974. Retrieved October 26, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
168. "A. Arguello Dice Que Se Retira Del Box". El Heraldo de Brownsville (in Spanish). Brownsville, Texas. October 12, 1976. Retrieved October 26, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
169. "Vazquez gives up featherweight title". Nanaimo Daily News. Nanaimo, British Columbia. October 12, 1976. Retrieved October 26, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
170. "Ganó, pero perdió". El Nuevo Herald (in Spanish). Miami, Florida. September 23, 1988. Retrieved October 26, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
171. Rafael, Dan (August 16, 2005). "Failure to stage mandatory bout costs Marquez". ESPN. from the original on May 22, 2018. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
172. "Official ratings as of July 2005" (PDF). WBA. Retrieved October 26, 2021.
173. Reeno, Rick (June 26, 2009). "Chris John To Become Super Champ, Gamboa Elevated". Boxingscene. Archived from the original on September 19, 2021. Retrieved September 19, 2021.
174. Rojas, Hilmar (September 14, 2010). "John vs Gamboa Has To Take Place Within 120 Days". Boxingscene. Archived from the original on September 19, 2021. Retrieved September 19, 2021.
175. "Walters is the new 126 lbs. super champion and Cuellar promoted to regular champion titles". WBA. February 21, 2015. from the original on May 2, 2021. Retrieved July 5, 2021.
176. Rafael, Dan (June 12, 2015). "Nicholas Walters stripped of world title after failing to make weight". ESPN. from the original on July 3, 2018. Retrieved July 5, 2021.
177. Milano, Jesús (December 12, 2022). "Leigh Wood is the only WBA featherweight champion". WBA. from the original on December 13, 2022. Retrieved December 13, 2022.
178. "La AMB quita cetro a Callejas". El Miami Herald (in Spanish). Miami, Florida. November 22, 1986. Retrieved November 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
179. "Title stripped from Salud". Corpus Christi Caller-Times. Corpus Christi, Texas. April 7, 1990. Retrieved November 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
180. "Cermeno leaves division". News-Press. Fort Myers, Florida. October 4, 1997. Retrieved November 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
181. WBA (July 3, 2001). . WBA. Archived from the original on August 2, 2001. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
182. "Official ratings as of February 2010" (PDF). WBA. Retrieved August 16, 2021.
183. Cordero, Gabriel (December 10, 2010). . Fightnews. Archived from the original on December 14, 2010. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
184. Jacobs, Ben (October 30, 2015). "WBA Names Guillermo Rigondeaux Champion in Recess". Boxingscene. Archived from the original on August 5, 2021. Retrieved August 5, 2021.
185. Damerell, Richard (April 8, 2016). "Carl Frampton stripped of WBA super-bantamweight title". Sky Sports. from the original on November 8, 2020. Retrieved July 5, 2021.
186. Rafael, Dan (January 3, 2018). "Guillermo Rigondeaux stripped of junior featherweight title". ESPN. from the original on September 3, 2020. Retrieved July 5, 2021.
187. Donovan, Jake (August 17, 2021). "WBA To Strip Brandon Figueroa Of Secondary Title Ahead of WBC/WBO Unification With Stephen Fulton". Boxingscene. Archived from the original on August 25, 2021. Retrieved September 9, 2021.
188. "Official ratings as of August" (PDF). WBA. September 1, 2021. Retrieved September 9, 2021.
189. "Official ratings as of September" (PDF). WBA. October 1, 2021. Retrieved September 9, 2021.
190. Milano, Jesús (December 2, 2021). "Murodjon Akhmadaliev becomes sole WBA super bantamweight champion". WBA. from the original on December 3, 2021. Retrieved December 3, 2021.
191. "National Association Makes' Rules Which Will Speed up Bouts–Ignores New York Board". Star–Gazette. Elmira, New York. October 19, 1926. Retrieved October 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
192. "Taylor no longer Bantam champion". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, New York. May 19, 1929. Retrieved October 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
193. "Brown named champion". The Yonkers Herald. Yonkers, New York. October 8, 1929. Retrieved October 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
194. "Slapmey Maxie Shorn of Title By Ring Chiefs". The Times Dispatch. Richmond, Virginia. September 18, 1934. Retrieved November 1, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
195. "Georgie Pace Named Bantamweight Champ". The Courier–News. Bridgewater, New Jersey. October 27, 1939. Retrieved October 31, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
196. "Carruthers Retires From Ring". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. May 17, 1954. Retrieved October 31, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
197. "Cohen stripped of world bantam crown by WBA". Wisconsin State Journal. Madison, Wisconsin. December 24, 1954. Retrieved October 31, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
198. "Becerra retires after knockout by Elroy Sanchez". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. August 31, 1960. Retrieved October 31, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
199. "Wilfredo Vazquez reta a Happy Lora". El Miami Herald (in Spanish). Miami, Florida. March 16, 1987. Retrieved October 31, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
200. Thompson, Trap (August 8, 2001). "Ayala stripped of title". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Fort Worth, Texas. Retrieved October 31, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
201. Jensen, Claus (October 13, 2004). . Fightnews. Archived from the original on October 26, 2004. Retrieved October 31, 2021.
202. "Official ratings as of October 2010" (PDF). WBA. Retrieved August 10, 2021.
203. "Official ratings as of October" (PDF). WBA. Retrieved August 10, 2021.

March 05, 2023