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World Welterweight Champion
...Beginning with Mysterious Billy Smith to Harry Lewis, the welterweight world champions listed below are more widely recognized in the United States and are not as widely sanctioned as the boxers that follow. Beginning with boxer Pat Bradley, is a chronological widely recognized List of World Welterweight Boxing Champions, as recognized by four of the better-known sanctioning organizations:
- The World Boxing Association (WBA), founded in 1921 as the National Boxing Association (NBA)
- The World Boxing Council (WBC), founded in 1963
- The International Boxing Federation (IBF), founded in 1983
- The World Boxing Organization (WBO), founded in 1988
Lists of Champions
World claimants
| Date won | Date lost | Name | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14 December 1892 | 26 July 1894 |  Mysterious Billy Smith
|
World claim |
| Continued to claim title after losing to Mike "Twin" Sullivan | 1 November 1907 |  William "Honey" Mellody
|
World claim |
| 1 November 1907 | 23 Jan 1908 | Frank Mantell
|
World claim |
| 23 Jan 1908 | March 1911-vacated | Harry Lewis
|
World claim |
World/Undisputed
| Date won | Date lost | Name | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30 October 1888 | 10 July 1890 (died) | Paddy Duffy
|
World |
| 17 February 1891 | 20 December 1897 (vacated) | Tommy Ryan def. Danny Needham
|
World |
| 25 August 1898 | 17 April 1900 | Mysterious Billy Smith
|
World |
| 17 April 1900 | 5 June 1900 | Matty Matthews
|
World |
| 5 June 1900 | 13 August 1900 | Eddie Connolly
|
World |
| 13 August 1900 | 16 October 1900 | Rube Ferns
|
World |
| 16 October 1900 | 24 May 1901 | Matty Matthews
|
World |
| 24 May 1901 | 18 December 1901 | Rube Ferns
|
World |
| 18 December 1901 | 16 October 1906 |  Barbados Joe Walcott
|
World |
| 16 October 1906 | 23 April 1907 | William "Honey" Mellody
|
World |
| 23 April 1907 | 1908 (vacated) | Mike "Twin" Sullivan
|
World |
| 1 April 1912 | 1 January 1914 | Ray Bronson
|
World |
| 1 January 1914 | 24 January 1914 |  Waldemar Holberg
|
World |
| 24 January 1914 | 21 March 1914 |  Tom McCormick
|
World |
| 21 March 1914 | 1 June 1915 | Matt Wells
|
World |
| 1 June 1915 | 22 June 1915 | Mike Glover
|
World |
| 22 June 1915 | 31 August 1915 | Jack Britton
|
World |
| 31 August 1915 | 24 April 1916 | Ted Kid Lewis
|
World |
| 24 April 1916 | 25 June 1917 | Jack Britton
|
World |
| 25 June 1917 | 17 March 1919 | Ted Kid Lewis
|
World |
| 17 March 1919 | 1 November 1922 | Jack Britton
|
World/NYSAC/NBA |
| 1 November 1922 | 20 May 1926 | Mickey Walker
|
NBA/NYSAC |
| 20 May 1926 | 3 June 1927 | Pete Latzo
|
NBA/NYSAC |
| 3 June 1927 | 25 July 1929 | Joe Dundee
|
NBA/NYSAC |
| 25 July 1929 | 9 May 1930 | Jackie Fields
|
NBA/NYSAC |
| 9 May 1930 | 5 September 1930 | Jack Thompson
|
NBA/NYSAC |
| 5 September 1930 | 14 April 1931 | Tommy Freeman
|
NBA/NYSAC |
| 14 April 1931 | 23 October 1931 | Jack Thompson
|
NBA/NYSAC |
| 23 October 1931 | 28 January 1932 |  Lou Brouillard
|
NBA/NYSAC |
| 28 January 1932 | 22 February 1933 | Jackie Fields
|
NBA/NYSAC |
| 22 February 1933 | 29 May 1933 | Young Corbett III
|
NBA/NYSAC |
| 29 May 1933 | 28 May 1934 | Jimmy McLarnin
|
NBA/NYSAC |
| 28 May 1934 | 17 September 1934 | Barney Ross
|
NBA/NYSAC |
| 17 September 1934 | 28 May 1935 | Jimmy McLarnin
|
NBA/NYSAC |
| 28 May 1935 | 31 May 1938 | Barney Ross
|
NBA/NYSAC |
| 31 May 1938 | 4 October 1940 | Henry Armstrong
|
NBA/NYSAC |
| 4 October 1940 | 29 July 1941 | Fritzie Zivic
|
NBA/NYSAC |
| 29 July 1941 | 1 February 1946 | Freddie 'Red' Cochrane
|
NBA/NYSAC |
| 1 February 1946 | 1 February 1946 (vacated) | Marty Servo
|
NBA/NYSAC |
| 20 December 1946 | 9 August 1950 (vacated) | Sugar Ray Robinson
|
NBA/NYSAC |
| 14 March 1951 | 18 May 1951 | Johnny Bratton
|
NBA |
| 18 May 1951 | 29 August 1951 |  Kid Gavilán
|
NBA/NYSAC |
| 4 February 1952 | 20 October 1954 | Kid Gavilán
|
NBA/NYSAC |
| 20 October 1954 | 1 April 1955 | Johnny Saxton
|
NBA/NYSAC |
| 1 April 1955 | 10 June 1955 | Tony DeMarco
|
NBA/NYSAC |
| 10 June 1955 | 14 March 1956 | Carmen Basilio
|
NBA/NYSAC |
| 14 March 1956 | 12 September 1956 | Johnny Saxton
|
NBA/NYSAC |
| 12 September 1956 | 22 February 1957 (vacated) | Carmen Basilio
|
NBA/NYSAC |
| 6 June 1958 | 5 December 1958 | Virgil Akins
|
NBA/NYSAC |
| 5 December 1958 | 27 May 1960 | Don Jordan
|
NBA/NYSAC |
| 27 May 1960 | 1 April 1961 | Benny 'Kid' Paret
|
NBA/NYSAC |
| 1 April 1961 | 30 September 1961 |  Emile Griffith
|
NBA/NYSAC |
| 30 September 1961 | 24 March 1962 | Benny 'Kid' Paret
|
NBA/NYSAC |
| 24 March 1962 | 21 March 1963 | Emile Griffith
|
NBA/NYSAC—WBA/WBC |
| Title Splits into WBA and WBC Belts during Griffith's reign | |||
| 21 March 1963 | 8 June 1963 | Luis Manuel Rodríguez
|
WBA/WBC |
| 8 June 1963 | 10 December 1965 (vacated) | Emile Griffith
|
WBA/WBC |
| 28 November 1966 | 18 April 1969 | Curtis Cokes
|
WBA/WBC |
| 18 April 1969 | 3 December 1970 |  José Nápoles
|
WBA/WBC |
| 3 December 1970 | 4 June 1971 | Billy Backus
|
WBA/WBC |
| 4 June 1971 | 6 December 1975 | José Nápoles
|
WBA/WBC |
| 16 September 1981 | 9 November 1982 (retires) | Sugar Ray Leonard
|
WBA/WBC |
| Title Split into WBA, WBC, and IBF Belts | |||
| 6 December 1985 | 27 September 1986 | Donald Curry
|
WBA/WBC/IBF |
| 27 September 1986 | 22 August 1987 | Lloyd Honeyghan
|
WBA/WBC/IBF |
| 13 December 2003 | 5 February 2005 | Cory Spinks
|
WBA/WBC/IBF |
| 5 February 2005 | 7 January 2006 | Zab Judah
|
WBA/WBC/IBF |
| 29 July 2023 | Present | Terence Crawford
|
WBO/WBA (Super)/WBC/IBF |
WBC
| Date won | Date lost | Name | |
|---|---|---|---|
| |||
| 8 December 1962 | 21 March 1963 | Emile Griffith
|
WBC |
| 21 March 1963 | 8 June 1963 | Luis Manuel Rodriguez
|
WBC |
| 8 June 1963 | 25 April 1966-Vacated | Emile Griffith
|
WBC |
| 24 August 1966 | 18 April 1969 | Curtis Cokes
|
WBC |
| 18 April 1969 | 3 December 1970 | José Napoles
|
WBC |
| 3 December 1970 | 4 June 1971 | Billy Backus
|
WBC |
| 4 June 1971 | 6 December 1975 | José Napoles
|
WBC |
| 6 December 1975 | Zdroj:https://en.wikipedia.org?pojem=World_Welterweight_Champion|||