List of light-welterweight boxing champions
This is a chronological List of World Super Lightweight/Light Welterweight/Junior 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,

List of light-welterweight boxing champions

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Table Section Text: This is a chronological List of World Super Lightweight/Light Welterweight/Junior 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,

Reign Began	Reign Ended	Champion	Recognition

World

1923-01-30	1925-03-27	United States Pinky Mitchell	World

1925-03-27	1925-03-31	United States James Red Herring	World

1926-09-21	1930-02-18	United States Mushy Callahan	World

1930-02-18	1931-04-24	United Kingdom Jack Kid Berg	World

1931-04-24	1932-01-18	United States Tony Canzoneri	World

1932-01-18	1933-02-20	United States Johnny Jadick	World

1933-02-20	1933-05-21	United States Battling Shaw	World

1933-05-21	1933-06-23	United States Tony Canzoneri	World

1933-06-23	1935-04-09-Vacated	United States Barney Ross	World

1946-04-29	1946-09-13-Vacated	United States Tippy Larkin	World

1959-06-12	1960-09-01	Puerto Rico Carlos Ortiz	World

1960-09-01	1962-09-14	Italy Duilio Loi	World/WBA

WBC

Title inaugurated

1963-06-15	1965-01-18	United States Eddie Perkins	WBC

1965-01-18	1966-04-29	Venezuela Carlos Morocho Hernández	WBC

1966-04-29	1967-04-30	Italy Sandro Lopopolo	WBC

1967-04-30	1968-Stripped	Japan Takeshi Fuji	WBC

1968-12-14	1970-01-31	Philippines Pedro Adigue	WBC

1970-01-31	1974-02-Vacated	Italy Bruno Arcari	WBC

1974-09-21	1975-07-15	Spain Perico Fernandez	WBC

1975-07-15	1976-06-30	Thailand Saensak Muangsurin	WBC

1976-06-30	1976-10-29	Spain Miguel Velasquez	WBC

1976-10-29	1978-12-30	Thailand Saensak Muangsurin	WBC

1978-12-30	1980-02-23	South Korea Sang Hyun Kim	WBC

1980-02-23	1982-06-26	United States Saoul Mamby	WBC

1982-06-26	1983-05-18	United States Leroy Haley	WBC

1983-05-18	1984-01-29	United States Bruce Curry	WBC

1984-01-29	1985-08-21	United States Billy Costello	WBC

1985-08-21	1986-05-05	United States Lonnie Smith	WBC

1986-05-05	1986-07-24	Mexico Rene Arredondo	WBC

1986-07-24	1987-07-22	Japan Tsuyoshi Hamada	WBC

1987-07-22	1987-11-12	Mexico Rene Arredondo	WBC

1987-11-12	1989-05-13	United States Roger Mayweather	WBC

1989-05-13	1994-01-29	Mexico Julio César Chávez	WBC

1994-01-29	1994-05-07	United States Frankie Randall	WBC

1994-05-07	1996-06-07	Mexico Julio César Chávez	WBC

1996-06-07	1997-04-12-Vacated	United States Oscar De La Hoya	WBC

1999-08-21	2004-01-Stripped	Russia Kostya Tszyu	WBC

2004-01-24	2005-06-25	Canada Arturo Gatti	WBC

2005-06-25	2005-Vacated	United States Floyd Mayweather, Jr.	WBC

2006-09-15	2008-05-10	United Kingdom Junior Witter	WBC

2008-05-10	2009-04-28-Vacated	United States Timothy Bradley	WBC

2009-08-01	2011-01-29	United States Devon Alexander	WBC

2011-01-29	2011-07-29-Stripped	United States Timothy Bradley	WBC

2011-09-17	2012-03-23-Stripped	Mexico Erik Morales	WBC

2012-03-24	2015-06-11-Vacated	United States Danny Garcia	WBC

2015-10-03	2016-7-23	Ukraine Viktor Postol	WBC

2016-7-23	Present	United States Terence Crawford	WBC

WBA

Title inaugurated

1962-09-14	1962-12-15	United States Eddie Perkins	WBA

1962-12-15	1962-Retired	Italy Duilio Loi	WBA

1963-03-21	1963-06-15	Philippines Roberto Cruz	WBA

1963-06-15	1965-01-18	United States Eddie Perkins	WBA

1965-01-18	1966-04-29	Venezuela Carlos Morocho Hernández	WBA

1966-04-29	1967-04-30	Italy Sandro Lopopolo	WBA

1967-04-30	1968-12-12	Japan Takeshi Fuji	WBA

1968-12-12	1972-03-10	Argentina Nicolino Locche	WBA

1972-03-10	1972-10-28	Panama Alfonso Frazer	WBA

1972-10-28	1976-03-06	Colombia Antonio Cervantes	WBA

1976-03-06	1977-Stripped	Puerto Rico Wilfred Benítez	WBA

1977-06-25	1980-08-02	Colombia Antonio Cervantes	WBA

1980-08-02	1983-09-09-Stripped	United States Aaron Pryor	WBA

1984-01-22	1984-06-01	United States Johnny Bumphus	WBA

1984-06-01	1985-07-21	United States Gene Hatcher	WBA

1985-07-21	1986-03-15	Argentina Ubaldo Nestor Sacco	WBA

1986-03-15	1987-07-04	Italy Patrizio Oliva	WBA

1987-07-04	1990-08-17	Argentina Juan Martin Coggi	WBA

1990-08-17	1991-06-14	United States Loreto Garza	WBA

1991-06-14	1992-04-10	Puerto Rico Edwin Rosario	WBA

1992-04-10	1992-09-09	Japan Akinobu Hiranaka	WBA

1992-09-09	1993-01-12	Philippines Morris East	WBA

1993-01-12	1994-09-17	Argentina Juan Martin Coggi	WBA

1994-09-17	1996-01-13	United States Frankie Randall	WBA

1996-01-13	1996-08-16	Argentina Juan Martin Coggi	WBA

1996-08-16	1997-01-11	United States Frankie Randall	WBA

1997-01-11	1998-10-10	Morocco Khalid Rahilou	WBA

1998-10-10	2001-02-03	United States Sharmba Mitchell	WBA

2001-02-03	2004-Stripped	Russia Kostya Tszyu	WBA Super Champion

2002-05-11	2002-10-19	Cuba Diosbelys Hurtado	WBA Regular Champion

2002-10-19	2005-06-25	Guyana Vivian Harris	WBA Regular Champion

2005-06-25	2005-11-26	Colombia Carlos Maussa	WBA

2005-11-26	2006-05-06-Vacated	United Kingdom Ricky Hatton	WBA

2006-09-02	2007-07-21	France Souleymane M'Baye	WBA

2007-07-21	2008-03-22	United Kingdom Gavin Rees	WBA

2008-03-22	2009-07-18	Ukraine Andreas Kotelnik	WBA

2009-07-18	2012-07-14	United Kingdom Amir Khan	WBA Super Champion

2011-07-23	2012-07-31-Vacated	Argentina Marcos Maidana	WBA Regular Champion

2011-12-10	2012-06-27-Stripped	United States Lamont Peterson	WBA Super Champion

2012-07-14	2015-09-11-Vacated	United States Danny García	WBA Super Champion

2012-11-30	2014-04-12	Russia Khabib Allakhverdiev	WBA Regular Champion

2014-04-12	2015-08-09-Stripped	United States Jessie Vargas	WBA Regular Champion

2015-10-03	2016-03-31-Stripped	United States Adrien Broner	WBA Super Champion

2016-05-28	2017-04-15	United Kingdom Ricky Burns	WBA

2017-04-15	2017-08-19	Namibia Julius Indongo	WBA

2017-08-19	Present	United States Terence Crawford	WBA

IBF

Title inaugurated

1984-06-22	1985-03-02-Stripped	United States Aaron Pryor	IBF

1986-04-26	1986-10-30	United States Gary Hinton	IBF

1986-10-30	1987-03-04	United States Joe Manley	IBF

1987-03-04	1987-07-01-Retired	United Kingdom Terry Marsh	IBF

1988-02-14	1988-09-03	United States James McGirt	IBF

1988-09-03	1990-03-17	United States Meldrick Taylor	IBF

1990-03-17	1991-03-18-Vacated	Mexico Julio César Chávez	IBF

1991-12-07	1992-07-18	Colombia Rafael Pineda	IBF

1992-07-18	1993-Vacated	United States Pernell Whitaker	IBF

1993-05-15	1994-02-13	United States Charles Murray	IBF

1994-02-13	1995-01-28	Puerto Rico Jake Rodriguez	IBF

1995-01-28	1997-05-31	Russia Kostya Tszyu	IBF

1997-05-31	1999-02-20	United States Vince Phillips	IBF

1999-02-20	2000-Stripped	United States Terron Millett	IBF

2000-02-12	2001-11-03	United States Zab Judah	IBF

2001-11-03	2005-06-04	Russia Kostya Tszyu	IBF

2005-06-04	2006-03-29-Vacated	United Kingdom Ricky Hatton	IBF

2006-06-30	2007-01-20	Colombia Juan Urango	IBF

2007-01-20	2007-02-09-Vacated	United Kingdom Ricky Hatton	IBF

2007-02-04	2007-06-16	South Africa Lovemore N'dou	IBF

2007-06-16	2008-09-19-Vacated	United States Paul Malignaggi	IBF

2009-01-30	2010-03-06	Colombia Juan Urango	IBF

2010-03-06	2010-10-22-Stripped	United States Devon Alexander	IBF

2011-03-05	2011-07-23	United States Zab Judah	IBF

2011-07-23	2011-12-10	United Kingdom Amir Khan	IBF

2011-12-10	2015-04-11-Stripped	United States Lamont Peterson	IBF

2015-07-18	2015-11-04	Argentina Cesar Cuenca	IBF

2015-11-04	2016-12-03	Russia Eduard Troyanovsky	IBF

2016-12-03	2017-08-19	Namibia Julius Indongo	IBF

2017-08-19	2017–08–30 (vacated)	United States Terence Crawford	IBF

3-10-2018 Mikey Garcia	WBO

Title inaugurated

1989-03-06	1991-02-23	Puerto Rico Héctor Camacho	WBO

1991-02-23	1991-05-18	United States Greg Haugen	WBO

1991-05-18	1992-Vacated	Puerto Rico Héctor Camacho	WBO

1992-06-29	1993-06-07	Mexico Carlos Gonzalez	WBO

1993-06-07	1994-07-24-Retired	United States Zack Padilla	WBO

1995-02-20	1996-03-09	Puerto Rico Sammy Fuentes	WBO

1996-03-09	1998-05-29	Italy Giovanni Parisi	WBO

1998-05-29	1999-05-15	Mexico Carlos Gonzalez	WBO

1999-05-15	2000-07-22	United States Randall Bailey	WBO

2000-07-22	2001-06-30-Stripped	Colombia Ener Julio	WBO

2001-06-30	2003-07-12	United States DeMarcus Corley	WBO

2003-07-12	2004-Vacated	United States Zab Judah	WBO

2004-09-11	2006-10-27-Vacated	Puerto Rico Miguel Cotto	WBO

2006-11-18	2008-07-05	Colombia Ricardo Torres	WBO

2008-07-05	2009-04-04	United States Kendall Holt	WBO

2009-04-04	2012-06-09-Vacated	United States Timothy Bradley	WBO

2012-06-09	2013-10-Stripped	Mexico Juan Manuel Marquez	WBO

2013-10	2013-10-19	United States Mike Alvarado	WBO

2013-10-19	2014-06-14	Russia Ruslan Provodnikov	WBO

2014-06-14	2014-11-22-Stripped	United States Chris Algieri	WBO

2015-04-18	Present	United States Terence Crawford	WBO

Sentence(s)

Cruz won the WBA World Light Welterweight title.

final_sentence: Cruz won the WBA World Light Welterweight title.