List of The Ring world champions
Lightweight

List of The Ring world champions

Section Title: Lightweight
Table Section Text: None

Number	Champion	Reign

1	United States Barney Ross	June 23, 1933 – 1933 (vacated and moved up to junior welterweight)

2	United States Tony Canzoneri (def. Lou Ambers)	May 10, 1935 – September 3, 1936

3	United States Lou Ambers	September 3, 1936 – August 17, 1938

4	United States Henry Armstrong	August 17, 1938 – August 22, 1939

5	United States Lou Ambers	August 22, 1939 – May 10, 1940

6	United States Lew Jenkins	May 10, 1940 – December 19, 1941

7	United States Sammy Angott	December 19, 1941 – November 13, 1942 (Retired)

8	United States Ike Williams (def. Bob Montgomery)	August 4, 1947 – May 25, 1951

9	United States Jimmy Carter	May 25, 1951 – May 14, 1952

10	Mexico Lauro Salas	May 14, 1952 – October 15, 1952

11	United States Jimmy Carter	October 15, 1952 – March 5, 1954

12	United States Paddy DeMarco	March 5, 1954 – November 17, 1954

13	United States Jimmy Carter	November 17, 1954 – June 29, 1955

14	United States Wallace (Bud) Smith	June 29, 1955 – August 24, 1956

15	United States Joe Brown	August 24, 1956 – April 21, 1962

16	Puerto Rico Carlos Ortiz	April 21, 1962 – April 10, 1965

17	Panama Ismael Laguna	April 10, 1965 – November 13, 1965

18	Puerto Rico Carlos Ortiz	November 13, 1965 – June 29, 1968

19	Dominican Republic Carlos Cruz	June 29, 1968 – February 18, 1969

20	United States Mando Ramos	February 18, 1969 – March 3, 1970

21	Panama Ismael Laguna	March 3, 1970 – September 26, 1970

22	United Kingdom Ken Buchanan	September 26, 1970 – June 26, 1972

23	Panama Roberto Durán	June 26, 1972 – February 2, 1979 (moved up to welterweight)

24	United Kingdom Jim Watt (awarded title by The Ring)	April 12, 1981 – June 20, 1981

25	Nicaragua Alexis Argüello	June 20, 1981 – February 1983 (moved up to junior welterweight)

26	Mexico Julio César Chávez (def. José Luis Ramírez)	October 29, 1988 – March 2, 1989 (The Ring vacated title)

27	United States Pernell Whitaker (def. José Luis Ramírez)	August 20, 1989 (new ownership discontinued championship policy during Whitaker's reign)

28	United States Floyd Mayweather Jr. (def. José Luis Castillo)	April 20, 2002 – May 22, 2004 (moved up to junior welterweight)

29	Mexico José Luis Castillo (def. Juan Lazcano)	June 5, 2004 – May 7, 2005

30	United States Diego Corrales	May 7, 2005 – October 7, 2006

31	Cuba Joel Casamayor	October 7, 2006 – September 13, 2008

32	Mexico Juan Manuel Márquez	September 13, 2008 – April 14, 2012 (moved up to junior welterweight)

33	United States Terence Crawford (def. Ray Beltrán)	November 29, 2014 – April 18, 2015 (moved up to junior welterweight)

34	Venezuela Jorge Linares (def. Anthony Crolla)	September 24, 2016 – May 13, 2018

35	Ukraine Vasyl Lomachenko	May 13, 2018 – present

Sentence(s)

Julio César Chávez won The Ring Lightweight Championship in 1988.

final_sentence: Julio César Chávez won The Ring Lightweight Championship in 1988.