List of light-middleweight boxing champions
This is a chronological List of World Light Middleweight / List of World Super Welterweight / Junior Middleweight 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-middleweight boxing champions

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

Title inaugurated

1962-10-20	1963-04-29	United States Denny Moyer	Universal (WBA/WBC)

1963-04-29	1963-09-07	United States Ralph Dupas	Universal (WBA/WBC)

1963-09-07	1965-06-18	Italy Sandro Mazzinghi	Universal (WBA/WBC)

1965-06-18	1966-06-25	Italy Nino Benvenuti	Universal (WBA/WBC)

1966-06-25	1968-05-26	South Korea Ki-Soo Kim	Universal (WBA/WBC)

1968-05-26	1968-10-25-Stripped	Italy Sandro Mazzinghi	Universal (WBA/WBC)

1969-03-17	1970-07-09	United States Freddie Little	Universal (WBA/WBC)

1970-07-09	1971-10-31	Italy Carmelo Bossi	Universal (WBA/WBC)

1971-10-31	1974-06-04	Japan Koichi Wajima	Universal (WBA/WBC)

1974-06-04	1975-01-21	United States Oscar Albarado	Universal (WBA/WBC)

1975-01-21	1975-03-22-Title Split	Japan Koichi Wajima	Universal (WBA/WBC)

WBC

Title Inaugurated

1963-02-19	1963-04-29	United States Denny Moyer	WBC

1963-04-29	1963-09-07	United States Ralph Dupas	WBC

1963-09-07	1965-06-18	Italy Sandro Mazzinghi	WBC

1965-06-18	1966-06-25	Italy Nino Benvenuti	WBC

1966-06-25	1968-05-26	South Korea Ki Soo Kim	WBC

1968-05-26	1968-11-Stripped	Italy Sandro Mazzinghi	WBC

1969-03-17	1970-07-09	United States Freddie Little	WBC

1970-07-09	1971-10-31	Italy Carmelo Bossi	WBC

1971-10-31	1974-06-04	Japan Koichi Wajima	WBC

1974-06-04	1975-01-21	United States Oscar Albarado	WBC

1975-01-21	1975-04-Stripped	Japan Koichi Wajima	WBC

1975-05-07	1975-11-13	Brazil Miguel de Oliveira	WBC

1975-11-13	1976-06-17	The Bahamas Elisha Obed	WBC

1976-06-17	1977-08-06	Germany Eckhard Dagge	WBC

1977-08-06	1979-03-04	Italy Rocky Mattioli	WBC

1979-03-04	1981-05-23	United Kingdom Maurice Hope	WBC

1981-05-23	1982-12-03	Puerto Rico Wilfred Benítez	WBC

1982-12-03	1986-06-23-Vacated	United States Thomas Hearns	WBC

1986-12-05	1987-07-12	United States Duane Thomas	WBC

1987-07-12	1987-10-02	Mexico Lupe Aquino	WBC

1987-10-02	1988-07-08	Italy Gianfranco Rosi	WBC

1988-07-08	1989-02-11	United States Donald Curry	WBC

1989-02-11	1989-07-08	France Rene Jacquot	WBC

1989-07-08	1990-03-31	Uganda John Mugabi	WBC

1990-03-31	1993-12-18	United States Terry Norris	WBC

1993-12-18	1994-05-07	Jamaica Simon Brown	WBC

1994-05-07	1994-11-12	United States Terry Norris	WBC

1994-11-12	1995-08-19	Dominican Republic Luis Santana	WBC

1995-08-19	1997-12-06	United States Terry Norris	WBC

1997-12-06	1999-01-29	United States Keith Mullings	WBC

1999-01-29	2001-06-23	Spain Javier Castillejo	WBC

2001-06-23	2003-09-13	United States Oscar De La Hoya	WBC

2003-09-13	2004-03-13	United States Shane Mosley	WBC

2004-03-13	2004-11-20-Vacated	United States Winky Wright	WBC

2004-11-20	2005-06-01-Stripped	Spain Javier Castillejo	WBC

2005-08-13	2006-05-06	Nicaragua Ricardo Mayorga	WBC

2006-05-06	2007-05-05	United States Oscar De La Hoya	WBC

2007-05-05	2007-06-28-Vacated	United States Floyd Mayweather, Jr.	WBC

2007-07-28	2008-06-07	United States Vernon Forrest	WBC

2008-06-07	2008-09-13	United States Sergio Mora	WBC

2008-09-13	2009-05-21-Stripped	United States Vernon Forrest	WBC

2009-05-21	2010-06-17-Vacated	Argentina Sergio Martinez	WBC

2010-11-13	2011-02-08-Vacated	Philippines Manny Pacquiao	WBC

2011-03-05	2013-09-14	Mexico Saul Alvarez	WBC

2013-09-14	2015-11-01-Changed status to WBC Emeritus	United States Floyd Mayweather, Jr.	WBC

2016-05-21	2018-12-22	United States Jermell Charlo	WBC

2018-12-22	Present	United States Tony Harrison (boxer)	WBC

WBA

Title Inaugurated

1962-10-20	1963-04-29	United States Denny Moyer	WBA

1963-04-29	1963-09-07	United States Ralph Dupas	WBA

1963-09-07	1965-06-18	Italy Sandro Mazzinghi	WBA

1965-06-18	1966-06-25	Italy Nino Benvenuti	WBA

1966-06-25	1968-05-26	South Korea Kim Ki-soo	WBA

1968-05-26	1968-11-Stripped	Italy Alessandro Mazzinghi	WBA

1969-03-17	1970-07-09	United States Freddie Little	WBA

1970-07-09	1971-10-31	Italy Carmelo Bossi	WBA

1971-10-31	1974-06-04	Japan Koichi Wajima	WBA

1974-06-04	1975-06-07	United States Oscar Albarado	WBA

1975-01-21	1975-06-07	Japan Koichi Wajima	WBA

1975-06-07	1976-02-17	South Korea Yuh Jae-doo	WBA

1976-02-17	1976-05-18	Japan Koichi Wajima	WBA

1976-05-18	1976-10-08	Spain Jose Manuel Duran	WBA

1976-10-08	1977-03-05	Argentina Miguel Ángel Castellini	WBA

1977-03-05	1978-08-09	Nicaragua Eddie Gazo	WBA

1978-08-09	1979-10-24	Japan Masashi Kudo	WBA

1979-10-24	1981-06-25	Uganda Ayub Kalule	WBA

1981-06-25	1981-06-25-Vacated	United States Sugar Ray Leonard	WBA

1981-11-07	1982-02-02	Japan Tadashi Mihara	WBA

1982-02-02	1983-06-16	United States Davey Moore	WBA

1983-06-16	1984-Stripped	Panama Roberto Durán	WBA

1984-10-19	1987-07-18-Vacated	Jamaica Mike McCallum	WBA

1987-11-22	1991-02-23-Vacated	United States Virgin Islands Julian Jackson	WBA

1991-02-23	1991-10-01	France Gilbert Delé	WBA

1991-10-01	1992-12-21	United States Vinny Paz	WBA

1992-12-21	1995-03-04	Argentina Julio César Vásquez	WBA

1995-03-04	1995-Vacated	United States Pernell Whitaker	WBA

1995-06-16	1995-12-16	United States Carl Daniels	WBA

1995-12-16	1996-08-21	Argentina Julio César Vásquez	WBA

1996-08-21	1999-03-06	France Laurent Boudouani	WBA

1999-03-06	2000-03-03	United States David Reid	WBA

2000-03-03	2000-12-02-Vacated	Puerto Rico Félix Trinidad	WBA

2001-09-22	2002-09-14	United States Fernando Vargas	WBA

2002-09-14	2003-09-13	United States Oscar De La Hoya	WBA Super Champion

2002-09-14	2003-03-01	Panama Santiago Samaniego	WBA Regular Champion

2003-03-01	2003-12-13	Mexico Alejandro Garcia	WBA Regular Champion

2003-09-13	2004-03-13	United States Shane Mosley	WBA Super Champion

2003-12-13	2004-10-02-Stripped	United States Travis Simms	WBA Regular Champion

2004-03-13	2004-11-20-Vacated	United States Winky Wright	WBA Super Champion

2005-05-21	2006-05-06	Mexico Alejandro Garcia	WBA

2006-05-06	2007-01-06	United States José Antonio Rivera	WBA

2007-01-06	2007-07-07	United States Travis Simms	WBA

2007-07-07	2008-07-11	Canada Joachim Alcine	WBA

2008-07-11	2009-11-14	Puerto Rico Daniel Santos	WBA

2009-11-14	2010-06-06	Israel Yuri Foreman	WBA

2010-06-06	2012-05-05	Puerto Rico Miguel Cotto	WBA Super Champion

2011-02-05	2013-04-20	United States Austin Trout	WBA Regular Champion

2012-05-05	2016-01-11-Stripped after retirement	United States Floyd Mayweather Jr.	WBA Super Champion

2013-04-20	2013-09-14-Lost to Super Champion	Mexico Canelo Álvarez	WBA Regular Champion

2016-06-08	2018-04-07	Cuba Erislandy Lara	WBA Super Champion

2016-10-22	Present	Argentina Brian Castaño	WBA Regular Champion

2018-04-07	Present	United States Jarrett Hurd	WBA Super Champion

IBF

Title inaugurated

1984-03-11	1984-11-02	United States Mark Medal	IBF

1984-11-02	1985-06-01-Vacated	Puerto Rico Carlos Santos	IBF

1986-06-04	1987-06-27	United States Buster Drayton	IBF

1987-06-27	1988-11-04	Canada Matthew Hilton	IBF

1988-11-04	1989-02-05	United States Robert Hines	IBF

1989-02-05	1989-07-15	United States Darrin Van Horn	IBF

1989-07-15	1994-09-17	Italy Gianfranco Rosi	IBF

1994-09-17	1995-08-12	United States Vincent Pettway	IBF

1995-08-12	1995-12-16	United States Paul Vaden	IBF

1995-12-16	1997-01-11-Vacated	United States Terry Norris	IBF

1997-04-12	1997-12-06	United States Raúl Márquez	IBF

1997-12-06	1998-12-12	Mexico Yori Boy Campas	IBF

1998-12-12	2000-12-02	United States Fernando Vargas	IBF

2000-12-02	2001-05-12-Vacated	Puerto Rico Félix Trinidad	IBF

2001-10-12	2004-03-13-Vacated	United States Winky Wright	IBF

2004-06-05	2004-10-02	Belize Verno Phillips	IBF

2004-10-02	2005-07-14	Uganda Kassim Ouma	IBF

2005-07-14	2006-07-08	Russia Roman Karmazin	IBF

2006-07-08	2008-03-27	United States Cory Spinks	IBF

2008-03-27	2008-11-Vacated	Belize Verno Phillips	IBF

2009-04-24	2010-08-07	United States Cory Spinks	IBF

2010-08-07	2013-02-23	United States Cornelius Bundrage	IBF

2013-02-23	2013-09-14	United States Ishe Smith	IBF

2013-09-14	2014-10-11	Mexico Carlos Molina	IBF

2014-10-11	2015-09-12	United States Cornelius Bundrage	IBF

2015-09-12	2017-02-16-Vacated	United States Jermall Charlo	IBF

2017-02-25	Present	United States Jarrett Hurd	IBF

WBO

Title inaugurated

1988-12-08	1992-12-19-Vacated	United States John David Jackson	WBO

1993-10-30	1995-11-22	Belize Verno Phillips	WBO

1995-11-22	1996-02-Stripped	United Kingdom Paul Jones	WBO

1996-03-01	1996-05-17	United States Bronco McKart	WBO

1996-05-17	1998-08-22	United States Winky Wright	WBO

1998-08-22	2001-02-10-Vacated	Namibia Harry Simon	WBO

2002-03-16	2005-12-03	Puerto Rico Daniel Santos	WBO

2005-12-03	2011-10-05-Stripped	Ukraine Serhiy Dzyndzyruk	WBO

2011-10-05	2013-07-22-Stripped	Russia Zaurbek Baysangurov	WBO

2013-11-09	2015-07-31-Stripped	United States Demetrius Andrade	WBO

2015-10-10	2016- 09-17	United Kingdom Liam Smith	WBO

2016-09-17	2017-05-06-Vacated	Mexico Canelo Álvarez	WBO

2017-08-26	2017-12-02	Puerto Rico Miguel Cotto	WBO

2017-12-02	2018-05-12	United States Sadam Ali	WBO

2018-05-12	Present	Mexico Jaime Munguia	WBO

Sentence(s)

On July 8, 2006, Spinks earned the IBF Junior Middleweight Championship.

final_sentence: On July 8, 2006, Spinks earned the IBF Junior Middleweight Championship.