List of WBC world champions From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search This article is incomplete, and may require expansion or cleanup. Please help to improve the article, or discuss the issue on the talk page. List of WBC world champions is a table showing the world champions certificated by World Boxing Council (WBC). Contents [hide] 1 Minimumweight 2 Light flyweight 3 Flyweight 4 Super flyweight 5 Bantamweight 6 Super bantamweight 7 Featherweight 8 Super featherweight 9 Lightweight 10 Super Lightweight 11 Welterweight 12 Super Welterweight 13 Middleweight 14 Super middleweight 15 Light heavyweight 16 Cruiserweight 17 Heavyweight 18 See also [edit] Minimumweight Number Name Reigned period Defense 1 Hiroki Ioka October 18, 1987 - November 13, 1988 2 2 Napa Kiatwanchai November 13, 1988 - November 12, 1989 2 3 Jum Hwan Choi November 12, 1989 - February 7, 1990 0 4 Hideyuki Ohashi February 7, 1990 - December 25, 1990 1 5 Ricardo Lopez October 25, 1990 - September, 1999 21 6 Wandee Singwancha September, 1999 - February 11, 2000 0 7 José Antonio Aguirre February 11, 2000 - January 10, 2004 7 8 Eagle Den Junlaphan January 10, 2004 - December 18, 2004 1 9 Isaac Bustos December 18, 2004 - April 4, 2005 0 10 Katsunari Takayama April 4, 2005 - August 6, 2005 0 11 Eagle Den Junlaphan August 6, 2005 - November 29, 2007 4 12 Oleydong Sithsamerchai November 29, 2007 - Present 2 13 (Interim) Juan Palacios August 2, 2008 - Present 1 [edit] Light flyweight Number Name Reigned period Defense 1 Franco Udella April 4, 1975 - 1975 0 2 Luis Estaba September 13, 1975 - February 19, 1978 11 3 Freddy Castillo February 19, 1978 - May 6, 1978 0 4 Netrnoi Sor Vorasingh May 6, 1978 - September 30, 1978 1 5 Sung Jun Kim September 30, 1978 - January 3, 1980 3 6 Shigeo Nakajima January 3, 1980 - March 24, 1980 0 7 Hilario Zapata March 24, 1980 - February 6, 1982 8 8 Amado Ursua February 6, 1982 - April 13, 1982 0 9 Tadashi Tomori April 13, 1982 - July 20, 1982 0 10 Hilario Zapata July 20, 1982 - March 26, 1983 2 11 Jung Koo Chang March 26, 1983 - December 11, 1988 15 12 German Torres December 11, 1988 - March 19, 1989 0 13 Yul Woo Lee March 19, 1989 - June 25, 1989 0 14 Humberto Gonzalez June 25, 1989 - December 19, 1990 5 15 Rolando Pascua December 19, 1990 - March 25, 1991 0 16 Melchor Cob Castro March 25, 1991 - June 3, 1991 0 17 Humberto Gonzalez June 3, 1991 - March 13, 1993 4 18 Michael Carbajal March 13, 1993 - February 19, 1994 2 19 Humberto Gonzalez February 19, 1994 - July 15, 1995 3 20 Saman Sorjaturong July 15, 1995 - October 17, 1999 10 21 Yo Sam Choi October 17, 1999 - July 6, 2002 3 22 Jorge Armando Arce July 6, 2002 - December 18, 2004 7 23 Eric Ortiz March 11, 2005 - September 10, 2005 0 24 Brian Viloria September 10, 2005 - August 10, 2006 1 25 Omar Nino August 10, 2006 - November 18, 2006 4 26 Edgar Sosa April 14, 2007, Current 5 [edit] Flyweight Number Name Nationality Reigned period Defense 1 Hiroyuki Ebihara Japan September 18, 1963 - January 23, 1964 0 2 Pone Kingpetch Thailand January 23, 1964 - April 23, 1965 3 3 Salvatore Burruni Italy April 23, 1965 - June 14, 1966 1 4 Walter McGowan United Kingdom June 14, 1966 - December 30, 1966 0 5 Chartchai Chionoi Thailand December 30, 1966 - February 23, 1969 4 6 Efren Torres Mexico February 23, 1969 - March 20, 1970 0 7 Chartchai Chionoi Thailand March 20, 1970 - December 7, 1970 0 8 Erbito Salavarria Philippines December 7, 1970 - 1972 2 9 Betulio González Venezuela June 3, 1972 - September 29, 1972 0 10 Venice Borkhorsor Thailand September 29, 1972 - 1973 1 11 Betulio González Venezuela August 4, 1973 - October 1, 1974 2 12 Shoji Oguma Japan October 1, 1974 - January 8, 1975 0 13 Miguel Canto Mexico January 8, 1975 - March 18, 1979 14 14 Chan Hee Park South Korea March 18, 1979 - September 9, 1979 1 15 Miguel Canto Mexico September 9, 1979 - 1979 0 16 Chan Hee Park South Korea December 16, 1979 - May 18, 1980 2 17 Shoji Oguma Japan May 18, 1980 - May 12, 1981 3 18 Antonio Avelar Mexico May 12, 1981 - March 20, 1982 1 19 Prudencio Cardona Colombia March 20, 1982 - July 24, 1982 0 20 Freddy Castillo Mexico July 24, 1982 - November 6, 1982 0 21 Eleoncio Mercedes Dominican Republic November 6, 1982 - March 15, 1983 0 22 Charlie Magri United Kingdom March 15, 1983 - September 27, 1983 0 23 Frank Cedeno Philippines September 27, 1983 - January 18, 1984 0 24 Koji Kobayashi Japan January 18, 1984 - April 9, 1984 0 25 Gabriel Bernal Mexico April 9, 1984 - October 8, 1984 1 26 Sot Chitalada Thailand October 8, 1984 - July 24, 1988 6 27 Yong Kang Kim South Korea July 24, 1988 - June 3, 1989 2 28 Sot Chitalada Thailand June 3, 1989 - February 15, 1991 4 29 Muangchai Kittikasem Thailand February 15, 1991 - June 23, 1993 3 30 Yuri Arbachakov Russia June 23, 1993 - 1997 9 31 Chatchai Sasakul Thailand May 9, 1997 - December 4, 1998 2 32 Manny Pacquiao Philippines December 4, 1998 - September 17, 1999 1 33 Medgoen Singsurat Thailand September 17, 1999 - May 19, 2000 1 34 Malcolm Tunacao Philippines May 19, 2000 - March 2, 2001 1 35 Pongsaklek Wonjongkam Thailand March 2, 2001 - July 18, 2007 17 36 Daisuke Naito Japan July 18, 2007 - Now 4 [edit] Super flyweight Number Name Nationality Reign period Defense 1 Payao Pulltarat Thailand November 27, 1983 - November 1, 1984 1 2 Cristian Mijares Mexico December 6, 2006 - November 1, 2008 5 3 Vic Darchinyan Armenia November 1, 2008 - Present 0 [edit] Bantamweight Number Name Nationality Reign period Defense 1 Eder Jofre Brazil April 4, 1963 - May 18, 1965 2 2 Fighting Harada Japan May 18, 1965 - February 27, 1968 4 3 Lionel Rose Australia February 27, 1968 - August 22, 1969 3 4 Ruben Olivares Mexico August 22, 1969 - October 16, 1970 2 5 Chucho Castillo　 Mexico October 16, 1970 - April 2, 1971 0 6 Ruben Olivares Mexico April 2, 1971 - March 19, 1972 3 7 Rafael Herrera Mexico March 19, 1972 - July 29, 1972 0 8 Enrique Pinder Panama July 29, 1972 - 1973 0 9 Rafael Herrera Mexico April 14, 1973 - December 7, 1974 2 10 Rodolfo Martinez Mexico December 7, 1974 - May 8, 1976 3 11 Carlos Zarate Mexico May 8, 1976 - June 3, 1979 9 12 Lupe Pintor Mexico June 3, 1979 - May 4, 1985 8 13 Alberto Davila United States September 1, 1983 - May 26, 1984 1 14 Daniel Zaragoza Mexico May 4, 1985　-　August 9, 1985 0 15 Miguel Lora Colombia August 9, 1985 - October 29, 1988 7 16 Raul Perez Mexico October 29, 1988 - February 25, 1991 7 17 Greg Richardson United States February 25, 1991 - September 19, 1991 1 18 Joichiro Tatsuyoshi Japan September 19, 1991 - September 17, 1992 0 19 (Interim) Victor Rabanales Mexico March 30, 1992 - March 28, 1993 4 20 Jung Il Byun South Korea March 28, 1993 - 1993 1 21 (Interim) Joichiro Tatsuyoshi Japan July 22, 1993 - December 4, 1994 0 22 Yasuei Yakushiji Japan December 23, 1993 - July 30, 1995 4 23 Wayne McCullough United States July 30, 1995 - August 10, 1996 2 24 Sirimongkol Singwangcha Thailand August 10, 1996 - November 22, 1997 3 25 Joichiro Tatsuyoshi Japan November 22, 1997 - December 29, 1998 2 26 Veeraphol Sahaprom Thailand December 29, 1998 - April 16, 2005 14 27 Hozumi Hasegawa Japan April 16, 2005 - Now 7 [edit] Super bantamweight Number Name Nationality Reign period Defense 1 Rigoberto Riasco Panama April 3, 1976 - October 9, 1976 2 2 Royal Kobayashi Japan October 9, 1976 - November 24, 1976 0 3 Dong Kyun Yum South Korea November 24, 1976 - May 21, 1977 1 4 Wilfredo Gómez Puerto Rico May 21, 1977 - 1983 17 5 Jaime Garza United States June 15, 1983 - November 3, 1984 1 6 Juan Meza United States November 3, 1984 - August 18, 1985 1 7 Lupe Pintor Mexico August 18, 1985 - January 18, 1986 0 8 Samart Payakaroon Thailand January 18, 1986 - May 8, 1987 1 9 Jeff Fenech Australia May 8, 1987 - 1987 2 10 Daniel Zaragoza Mexico February 29, 1988 - April 23, 1990 5 11 Paul Banke United States April 23, 1990 - November 5, 1990 1 12 Pedro Ruben Decima Argentina November 5, 1990 - February 23, 1991 0 13 Kiyoshi Hatanaka Japan February 23, 1991 - June 24, 1991 0 14 Daniel Zaragoza Mexico June 24, 1991 - March 20, 1992 2 15 Thierry Jacob France March 20, 1992 - June 23, 1992 0 16 Tracy Harris Patterson United States June 23, 1992 - August 26, 1994 4 17 Hector Acero Sanchez Dominican Republic August 26, 1994 - November 6, 1995 2 18 Daniel Zaragoza Mexico November 6, 1995 - September 6, 1997 2 19 Erik Morales Mexico September 6, 1997 - 2000 9 20 Willie Jorrin United States September 9, 2000 - 2002 2 21 Oscar Larios Mexico May 17, 2002 - December 12, 2005 11 22 Israel Vázquez Mexico December 12, 2005 - March 3, 2007 2 23 Rafael Márquez Mexico March 3, 2007 - August 4, 2007 0 24 Israel Vázquez Mexico August 4, 2007 - Now 1 25 (Interim) Toshiaki Nishioka Japan September 15, 2008 - Now 1 [edit] Featherweight Number Name Nationality Reign period Defense 1 Sugar Ramos United States March 21, 1963 - September 26, 1964 3 2 Vicente Saldivar Mexico September 26, 1964 - 1967 7 3 Howard Winstone United Kingdom January 23, 1968 - July 24, 1968 0 4 Jose Legra Spain/ Cuba July 24, 1968 - January 21, 1969 0 5 Johnny Famechon Australia January 21, 1969 - May 9, 1970 2 6 Vicente Saldivar Mexico May 9, 1970 - December 11, 1970 0 7 Kuniaki Shibata Japan December 11, 1970 - May 19, 1972 2 8 Clemente Sanchez Mexico May 19, 1972 - December 16, 1972 0 9 Jose Legra Spain/ Cuba December 16, 1972 - May 5, 1973 0 10 Eder Jofre Brazil May 5, 1973 - 1974 1 11 Bobby Chacon United States September 7, 1974 - June 20, 1975 1 12 Ruben Olivares Mexico June 20, 1975 - September 20, 1975 0 13 David Kotei Ghana September 20, 1975 - November 13, 1976 2 14 Danny Lopez United States November 13, 1976 - February 2, 1980 8 15 Salvador Sanchez Mexico February 2, 1980 - 1982 9 16 Juan LaPorte Puerto Rico September 15, 1982 - March 31, 1984 2 17 Wilfredo Gómez Puerto Rico March 31, 1984 - December 8, 1984 0 18 Azumah Nelson Ghana December 8, 1984 - 1987 6 19 Jeff Fenech Australia March 7, 1988 - 1990 3 20 Marcos Villasana Mexico June 2, 1990 - November 14, 1991 3 19 Paul Hodkinson United Kingdom November 14, 1991 - April 28, 1993 3 20 Gregorio Vargas Mexico April 28, 1993 - December 4, 1993 0 21 Kevin Kelley United States December 4, 1993 - January 7, 1995 2 22 Alejandro Gonzalez Mexico January 7, 1995 - September 23, 1995 2 23 Manuel Medina Mexico September 23, 1995 - December 11, 1995 0 24 Luisito Espinosa Philippines December 11, 1995 - May 15, 1999 7 25 Cesar Soto Mexico May 15, 1999 - October 22, 1999 0 26 Naseem Hamed United Kingdom October 22, 1999 - 2000 0 27 Guty Espadas Jr. Mexico April 14, 2000 - 2000 1 28 Erik Morales Mexico September 2, 2000 - June 22, 2002 2 29 Marco Antonio Barrera Mexico June 22, 2002 - 2002 0 30 Erik Morales Mexico November 16, 2002 - 2003 1 31 In Jin Chi South Korea April 10, 2004 - January 29, 2006 3 32 (Interim) Humberto Soto Mexico August 20, 2005 - Now 0 33 Takashi Koshimoto Japan January 29, 2006 - July 30, 2006 0 34 Rodolfo Lopez Mexico July 30, 2006 - December 17, 2006 0 35 Jorge Linares Venezuela July 21, 2007 - August 13, 2008 (vacated) 1 36 Oscar Larios Mexico May 2008 - March 12, 2009 2 37 Takahiro Aoh Japan March 12, 2009- Present 0 [edit] Super featherweight Number Name Nationality Reign period Defense 1 Gabriel "Flash" Elorde Philippines February 16, 1963 - June 15, 1967 6 2 Yoshiaki Numata Japan June 15, 1967 - December 14, 1967 0 3 Hiroshi Kobayashi Japan December 14, 1967 - October 5, 1968 2 4 Rene Barrientos Philippines February 15, 1969 - April 5, 1970 0 5 Yoshiaki Numata Japan April 5, 1970 - October 10, 1971 3 6 Ricardo Arredondo Mexico October 10, 1971 - February 28, 1974 5 7 Kuniaki Shibata Japan February 28, 1974 - July 5, 1975 3 8 Alfredo Escalera Puerto Rico July 5, 1975 - January 28, 1978 10 9 Alexis Arguello Nicaragua January 28, 1978 - August 9, 1980 8 10 Rafael Limon Mexico December 11, 1980 - March 8, 1981 0 11 Cornelius Boza Edwards Uganda March 8, 1981 - August 29, 1981 1 12 Rolando Navarette Philippines August 29, 1981 - May 29, 1982 1 13 Rafael Limon Mexico May 29, 1982 - December 11, 1982 1 14 Bobby Chacon United States December 11, 1982 - May 1983 1 15 Héctor Camacho Puerto Rico August 7, 1983 - 1984 1 16 Julio César Chávez Mexico September 13, 1984 - August 21, 1987 9 17 Azumah Nelson Ghana February 29, 1988 - May 7, 1994 10 18 Jesse James Leija United States May 7, 1994 - September 17, 1994 0 19 Gabriel Ruelas Puerto Rico September 17, 1994 - December 1, 1995 2 20 Azumah Nelson Ghana December 1, 1995 - March 22, 1997 1 21 Genaro Hernandez United States March 22, 1997 - October 3, 1998 3 22 Floyd Mayweather Jr. United States October 3, 1998 - 2002 8 23 Sirimongkol Singwancha Thailand August 24, 2002 - August 15, 2003 1 24 Jesús Chávez Mexico August 15, 2003 - February 28, 2004 0 25 Erik Morales Mexico February 28, 2004 - November 27, 2004 1 26 Marco Antonio Barrera Mexico November 27, 2004 - March 17, 2007 4 27 Juan Manuel Márquez Mexico March 17, 2007 - March 15, 2008 1 28 Manny Pacquiao Philippines March 15, 2008 - July, 2008 (Vacated) 0 29 Humberto Soto Mexico December 20, 2008- Present 0 [edit] Lightweight Number Name Nationality Reign period Defense 1 Pedro Carrasco Spain November 5, 1971 – February 18, 1972 0 2 Mando Ramos United States February 18, 1972 – September 15, 1972 2 3 Chango Carmona Mexico September 15, 1972 – November 10, 1972 0 4 Rodolfo Gato González Mexico November 10, 1972 – April 11, 1974 4 5 Guts Ishimatsu Japan April 11, 1974 – May 8, 1976 6 Esteban De Jesús Puerto Rico May 8, 1976 – January 21, 1978 7 Roberto Durán* Panama January 21, 1978 – January 21, 1978 (Vacated) 8 Jim Watt Scotland April 17, 1979 – June 20, 1981 9 Alexis Argüello Nicaragua June 20, 1981 – May 22, 1982 (Vacated) 10 Edwin Rosario Puerto Rico May 1, 1983 – November 3, 1984 11 José Luis Ramírez Mexico November 3, 1984 – August 10, 1985 12 Héctor Camacho Puerto Rico August 10, 1985 – September 26, 1986 (Vacated) 13 José Luis Ramírez Mexico July 19, 1987 – October 29, 1988 14 Julio César Chávez Mexico October 29, 1988 – May 13, 1989 (Vacated) 15 Pernell Whitaker United States August 20, 1989 – October 5, 1991 (Vacated) 16 Miguel Ángel González Mexico August 24, 1992 – August 19, 1995 (Vacated) 17 Jean-Baptiste Mendy France April 20, 1996 – March 1, 1997 18 Stevie Johnston United States March 1, 1997 – June 13, 1998 19 Cesar Bazan Mexico June 13, 1998 – February 27, 1999 20 Stevie Johnston United States February 27, 1999 – June 17, 2000 21 José Luis Castillo Mexico June 17, 2000 – April 20, 2002 22 Floyd Mayweather, Jr. United States April 20, 2002 – November 1, 2003 (Vacated) 3 23 José Luis Castillo Mexico June 5, 2004 – May 7, 2005 24 Diego Corrales United States May 7, 2005 – October 7, 2006 25 Joel Casamayor Cuba October 7, 2006 – February 20, 2008 (Stripped) 1 26 David Díaz United States February 20, 2007 – June 28, 2008 1 27 Manny Pacquiao Philippines June 28, 2008 – February 24, 2009 (Vacated) 0 28 Edwin Valero Venezuela April 4, 2009 – Present 0 [edit] Super Lightweight Number Name Nationality Reign period Defense 1 Saensak Muangsurin Thailand July 15, 1975 - June 29, 1976 1 2 Miguel Velazques Spain June 29, 1976 - October 29, 1976 0 3 Saensak Muangsurin(2) Thailand October 29, 1976 - December 30, 1978 7 4 Floyd Mayweather Jr United States June 25, 2005 - March 23, 2006(Vacated) 2 5 Ricky Hatton England June 25, 2005 - March 23, 2006(Vacated) 4 6 Junior Witter England September 15, 2006 - May 10, 2008 3 7 Timothy Bradley United States May 10, 2008 - April 28, 2009 (stripped) 2 [edit] Welterweight Number Name Nationality Reign period Defense 1 James McGirt United States November 29, 1991 - March 6, 1993 2 2 Pernell Whitaker United States March 6, 1993 - April 12, 1997 9 3 Oscar de la Hoya United States April 12, 1997 - September 18, 1999 7 4 Felix Trinidad Puerto Rico September 18, 1999 - Vacated 0 5 Shane Mosley United States June 17, 2000 - January 6, 2002 3 6 Vernon Forrest United States January 26, 2002 - January 25, 2003 1 7 Ricardo Mayorga Nicaragua January 25, 2003 - December 13, 2003 1 8 Cory Spinks United States December 13, 2003 - February 5, 2005 2 9 Zab Judah United States February 5, 2005 - January 7, 2006 1 10 Carlos Manuel Baldomir Argentina January 7, 2006 - November 4, 2006 1 11 Floyd Mayweather Jr. United States November 4, 2006 - December 5, 2007 retired 1 12 Andre Berto United States June 21, 2008 - current 1 [edit] Super Welterweight Number Name Nationality Reign period Defense 1 Oscar De La Hoya United States May 6, 2006 - May 5, 2007 4 2 Floyd Mayweather Jr. United States May 5, 2007 - Retired 0 3 Vernon Forrest United States July 28, 2007 - June 7, 2008 Vacant 2 4 Sergio Mora United States June 7, 2008 - September 14, 2008 1 5 Vernon Forrest United States September 14,2008- present 0 [edit] Middleweight Number Name Nationality Reign period Defense 1 Terry Downes United Kingdom July 11, 1961 - April 7, 1962 0 2 Paul Pender United States April 7, 1962 - 1962 0 3 Dick Tiger Nigeria August 10, 1963 - December 7, 1963 0 4 Joey Giardello United States December 7, 1963 - October 21, 1965 1 5 Dick Tiger Nigeria October 21, 1965 - April 25, 1966 0 6 Emile Griffith United States April 25, 1966 - April 17, 1967 2 7 Nino Benvenuti Italy April 17, 1967 - September 29, 1967 0 8 Emile Griffith United States September 29, 1967 - March 4, 1968 0 9 Nino Benvenuti Italy March 4, 1968 - November 7, 1970 4 10 Carlos Monzon Argentina November 7, 1970 - 1974 9 11 Rodrigo Valdez Colombia May 25, 1974 - June 26, 1976 4 12 Carlos Monzon Argentina June 26, 1976 - November 5, 1977 1 13 Rodrigo Valdez Colombia November 5, 1977 - April 22, 1978 0 14 Hugo Corro Argentina April 22, 1978 - June 30, 1979 2 15 Vito Antuofermo United States June 30, 1979 - March 16, 1980 0 16 Alan Minter United Kingdom March 16, 1980 - September 27, 1980 1 17 Marvin Hagler United States September 27, 1980 - April 6, 1987 12 18 Sugar Ray Leonard United States April 6, 1987 - 1987 0 19 Thomas Hearns United States October 29, 1987 - June 6, 1988 0 20 Iran Barkley United States June 6, 1988 - February 24, 1989 0 21 Roberto Duran Panama February 24, 1989 - 1990 0 22 Julian Jackson United States Virgin Islands November 24, 1990 - May 8, 1993 4 23 Gerald McClellan United States May 8, 1993 - 1995 3 24 Julian Jackson United States Virgin Islands March 17, 1995 - August 19, 1995 0 25 Quincy Taylor United States August 19, 1995 - March 16, 1996 0 26 Keith Holmes United States March 16, 1996 - May 2, 1998 2 27 Hassine Cherifi France May 2, 1998 - April 24, 1999 0 28 Keith Holmes United States April 24, 1999 - April 14, 2001 2 29 Bernard Hopkins United States April 14, 2001 - July 16, 2005 7 30 Jermain Taylor United States July 16, 2005 - September 29, 2007 4 31 Kelly Pavlik United States September 29, 2007 - Present 0 [edit] Super middleweight Number Name Nationality Reign period Defense 1 Sugar Ray Leonard United States November 7, 1988 - 1990 2 2 Mauro Galvano Italy December 15, 1990 - October 3, 1992 2 3 Nigel Benn United Kingdom October 3, 1992 - March 2, 1996 8 4 Thulane Malinga South Africa March 2 , 1996 - July 6, 1996 0 5 Vincenzo Nardiello Italy July 6, 1996 - October 12, 1996 0 6 Robin Reid United Kingdom October 12, 1996 - December 19, 1997 3 7 Thulane Malinga South Africa December 19, 1997 - March 27, 1998 0 8 Richie Woodhall United Kingdom March 27, 1998 - October 23, 1999 2 9 Markus Beyer Germany October 23, 1999 - May 6, 2000 1 10 Glenn Catley United Kingdom May 6, 2000 - September 1, 2000 0 11 Dingaan Thobela South Africa September 1, 2000 - December 15, 2000 0 12 Dave Hilton, Jr. Canada December 15, 2000　-　2001 0 13 Eric Lucas Canada June 10, 2001 - April 5, 2003 3 14 Markus Beyer Germany April 5, 2003 - June, 5,2004 2 15 Christian Sanavia Italy June 5, 2004　-　October 9, 2004 0 16 Markus Beyer Germany October 9, 2004 - October 14, 2006 3 17 Mikkel Kessler Denmark October 14, 2006 - November 3, 2007 1 18 Lucian Bute Romania November 3, 2007 - June 27, 2008 2 17 Joe Calzaghe Wales December 6, 2008 - Present 0 [edit] Light heavyweight Number Name Nationality Reign period Defense 1 Willie Pastrano United States June 1, 1963 - March 30, 1965 2 2 Jose Torres United States March 30, 1965 - December 16, 1966 3 3 Dick Tiger United States December 16, 1966 - May 24, 1968 2 4 Bob Foster United States Nay 24, 1968 - 1974 12 5 John Conteh United Kingdom October 1, 1974 - 1977 3 6 Miguel Angel Cuello Puerto Rico May 21, 1977 - January 8, 1978 0 7 Mate Parlov Yugoslavia January 8, 1978 - December 2, 1978 1 8 Marvin Johnson United States December 2, 1978 - August 18, 1979 0 9 Matthew Saad Muhammad United States August 18, 1979 - December 19, 1981 8 10 Dwight Qawi United States December 19, 1981 - March 18, 1983 3 11 Michael Spinks United States March 18, 1983 - 1985 4 12 JB Williamson United States December 10, 1985 - April 30, 1986 0 13 Dennis Andries United Kingdom April 30, 1986 - March 7, 1987 1 14 Thomas Hearns United States March 7, 1987 - 1987 0 15 Donnie Lalonde Canada November 27, 1987 - November 7, 1988 1 16 Sugar Ray Leonard United States November 7, 1988 - 1988 0 17 Dennis Andries United Kingdom February 21, 1989 - June 24, 1989 0 18 Jeff Harding Australia June 24, 1989 - July 28, 1990 2 19 Dennis Andries United Kingdom July 28, 1990 - September 11, 1991 2 20 Jeff Harding Australia September 11, 1991 - July 23, 1994 2 21 Mike McCallum Jamaica July 23, 1994 - June 16, 1995 1 22 Fabrice Tiozzo France June 16, 1995 - 1996 1 23 Roy Jones Jr. United States November 22, 1996 - 1998 0 24 Graciano Rocchigiani Germany March 21, 1998 - 1998 0 25 Roy Jones Jr. United States July 18, 1998 - 2002 10 26 Antonio Tarver United States 0 27 Roy Jones Jr. United States November 8, 2003 - May 15, 2004 0 28 Antonio Tarver United States May 25, 2004 - 2005 0 29 Tomasz Adamek Poland May 21, 2005 - February 3, 2007 2 30 Chad Dawson United States February 3, 2007 - July 11, 2008 3 31 Adrian Diaconu Romania July 11, 2008 - Present 0 [edit] Cruiserweight Number Name Reign period Defense 1 Marvin Camel March 31, 1980 - November 25, 1980 0 2 Carlos DeLeon November 25, 1980 - June 27, 1982 1 3 S.T. Gordon June 27, 1982 - July 17, 1983 1 4 Carlos DeLeon July 17, 1983 - June 6, 1985 3 5 Alfonso Ratliff June 6, 1985 - September 21, 1985 0 6 Bernard Benton September 21, 1985 - March 22, 1986 0 7 Carlos DeLeon March 22, 1986 - April 9, 1988 3 8 Evander Holyfield April 9, 1988 - 1989 0 9 Carlos DeLeon May 17, 1989 - July 27, 1990 3 10 Massimiliano Duran July 27, 1990 - July 20, 1991 1 11 Anaclet Wamba July 20, 1991 - 1995 7 12 Marcelo Dominguez July 25, 1995 - February 21, 1998 5 13 Juan Carlos Gómez February 21, 1998 - 2002 10 14 Wayne Braithwaite October 11, 2002 - April 2, 2005 3 15 Jean-Marc Mormeck April 2, 2005 - January 7, 2006 0 16 O'Neil Bell January 7, 2006 - March 17, 2007 0 17 Jean-Marc Mormeck March 17, 2007 - November 10, 2007 0 18 David Haye November 10, 2007 - May 12, 2008 vacated 2 19 Giacobbe Fragomeni October 24, 2008- Present 0 [edit] Heavyweight Number Name Nationality Reigned period Defense 1 Sonny Liston United States 1962 - February 25, 1964 1 2 Muhammad Ali United States February 25, 1964 - May 9, 1967 9 4 Joe Frazier United States February 16, 1970 - January 22, 1973 4 5 George Foreman United States January 22, 1973 - October 30, 1974 2 6 Muhammad Ali United States October 30, 1974 - February 15, 1978 10 7 Leon Spinks United States February 15, 1978 - March 29, 1978 0 8 Ken Norton United States March 29, 1978 - June 9, 1978 0 9 Larry Holmes United States June 9, 1978 - December 11, 1983 17 10 Tim Witherspoon United States March 9, 1984 - August 31, 1984 0 11 Pinklon Thomas United States August 31, 1984 - March 22, 1986 1 12 Trevor Berbick Canada March 22, 1986 - November 22, 1986 0 13 Mike Tyson United States November 22, 1986 - February 11, 1990 9 14 James Douglas United States February 11, 1990 - October 25, 1990 0 15 Evander Holyfield United States October 25, 1990 - November 13, 1992 3 16 Riddick Bowe United States November 13, 1992 - December 14, 1993 0 17 Lennox Lewis United Kingdom January 14, 1994 - September 24, 1994 3 18 Oliver McCall United States September 24, 1994 - September 2, 1995 1 19 Frank Bruno United Kingdom September 2, 1995 - March 16, 1996 0 20 Mike Tyson United States March 16, 1996 - September 24, 1996 0 21 Lennox Lewis United Kingdom February 7, 1997 - April 22, 2001 10 22 Hasim Rahman United States April 22, 2001 - November 17, 2001 0 23 Lennox Lewis United Kingdom November 17, 2001 - February 6, 2004 2 24 Vitali Klitschko Ukraine April 24, 2004 - November 9, 2005 1 (interim) Hasim Rahman United States August 13, 2005 - November 10, 2005 0 25 Hasim Rahman United States November 10, 2005 - August 12, 2006 1 26 Oleg Maskaev Russia August 12, 2006 - March 8, 2008 1 (Interim) Samuel Peter Nigeria September 24, 2007 - March 8, 2008 1 27 Samuel Peter Nigeria March 8, 2008 - October 11, 2008 2 28 Vitali Klitschko Ukraine October 11, 2008 - Present 1 [edit] See also World Boxing Council List of WBA world champions List of IBF world champions List of WBO world champions List of IBO world champions [hide]v • d • eWorld boxing champions Champions by weight class Heavyweight · Cruiserweight · Light heavyweight · Super middleweight · Middleweight · Super welterweight · Welterweight · Super lightweight · Lightweight · Super featherweight · Featherweight · Super bantamweight · Bantamweight · Super flyweight · Flyweight · Light flyweight · Strawweight Champions by organization WBA · WBC · IBF · WBO · IBO · The Ring · Undisputed Terms Interim championship · Undisputed championship Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_WBC_world_champions" Categories: Boxing | World boxing champions