List of WBC world champions
Super welterweight

List of WBC world champions

Section Title: Super welterweight
Table Section Text: None

Name	Reign period	No. of successful defenses	Days

United States Denny Moyer	February 19, 1963 – April 29, 1963	0	69

United States Ralph Dupas	April 29, 1963 – September 7, 1963	1	131

Italy Sandro Mazzinghi	September 7, 1963 – June 18, 1965	3	650

Italy Nino Benvenuti	June 18, 1965 – June 25, 1966	1	7

South Korea Kim Ki-soo	June 25, 1966 – May 26, 1968	2	700

Italy Sandro Mazzinghi	May 26, 1968 – November 1968 (stripped)	1	188

United States Freddie Little def. Stanley Hayward	March 17, 1969 – July 9, 1970	2	479

Italy Carmelo Bossi	July 9, 1970 – October 31, 1971	1	479

Japan Koichi Wajima	October 31, 1971 – June 4, 1974	6	947

United States Oscar Albarado	June 4, 1974 – January 21, 1975	1	231

Japan Koichi Wajima	January 21, 1975 – April 1975 (stripped)	0	99

Brazil Miguel de Oliveira def. José Durán	May 7, 1975 – November 13, 1975	0	190

The Bahamas Elisha Obed	November 13, 1975 – June 18, 1976	2	218

Germany Eckhard Dagge	June 18, 1976 – August 6, 1977	2	414

Italy Rocky Mattioli	August 6, 1977 – March 4, 1979	2	575

United Kingdom Maurice Hope	March 4, 1979 – May 23, 1981	3	811

Puerto Rico Wilfred Benítez	May 23, 1981 – December 3, 1982	2	559

United States Thomas Hearns	December 3, 1982 – 1986 (vacated)	4	1489

United States Duane Thomas def. John Mugabi	December 5, 1986 – July 12, 1987	0	219

Mexico Lupe Aquino	July 12, 1987 – October 2, 1987	0	82

Italy Gianfranco Rosi	October 2, 1987 – July 8, 1988	1	280

United States Donald Curry	July 8, 1988 – February 11, 1989	0	218

France René Jacquot	February 11, 1989 – July 8, 1989	0	147

Uganda John Mugabi	July 8, 1989 – March 31, 1990	0	266

United States Terry Norris	March 31, 1990 – December 18, 1993	10	1358

Jamaica Simon Brown	December 18, 1993 – May 7, 1994	1	140

United States Terry Norris	May 7, 1994 – November 12, 1994	0	189

Dominican Republic Luis Santana	November 12, 1994 – August 19, 1995	1	280

United States Terry Norris	August 19, 1995 – December 6, 1997	6	841

United States Keith Mullings	December 6, 1997 – January 29, 1999	1	420

Spain Javier Castillejo	January 29, 1999 – June 23, 2001	5	726

United States Eric Hernandez	June 28, 2001 – September 13, 2003	2	810

United States Shane Mosley	September 13, 2003 – March 13, 2004	0	183

United States Winky Wright	March 13, 2004 – May 2005 (vacated)	1	445

Nicaragua Ricardo Mayorga def. Michele Piccirillo	August 13, 2005 – May 6, 2006	0	267

United States Oscar De La Hoya	May 6, 2006 – May 5, 2007	0	365

United States Floyd Mayweather Jr.	May 5, 2007 – July 4, 2007 (vacated)	0	61

United States Vernon Forrest def. Carlos Baldomir	July 28, 2007 – June 7, 2008	1	316

United States Sergio Mora	June 7, 2008 – September 13, 2008	0	99

United States Vernon Forrest	September 13, 2008 – May 21, 2009 (stripped)	0	251

Argentina Sergio Martínez (Elevated from Interim status)	May 21, 2009 – June 17, 2010 (vacated)	0	393

Philippines Manny Pacquiao def. Antonio Margarito	November 14, 2010 – February 8, 2011 (vacated)	0	87

Mexico Canelo Álvarez def. Matthew Hatton	March 5, 2011 – September 14, 2013	6	925

United States Floyd Mayweather Jr.	September 14, 2013 – November 2, 2015 (status changed to Emeritus Champion)	1	780

United States Jermell Charlo def. John Jackson	May 21, 2016 – December 22, 2018	3	945

United States Tony Harrison	December 22, 2018 – present	0	129

Sentence(s)

Shane Mosley was one of the WBC world champions.

final_sentence: Shane Mosley was one of the WBC world champions.