Following the name of the champion(s): Indicates the number of times the competitor has held that title at that point.
[...]
Indicates a gap in the listing where title changes are not known.
<
Title was held or changed hands no later than this. In these cases, it is known that a competitor held the title at a certain time but not when he/she won it.
@
Order uncertain. Different titleholders may be known for the same year, for example, but it is not known who held the title before whom.
#
Unofficial or disputable claims. These are usually matches that certainly took place, but where there is doubt that the competitor shown should be recognized as a true title holder. These listings are also italicized.
Interim champion since defeating Luis Alberto Pérez on 08-09-18 in Panama City, PAN; status promoted to the "Regular" world champion on 08-11-21.
Bernard Dunne
2009-03-21
Dublin, IRE
Poonsawat Kratingdaenggym
2009-09-26
Dublin, IRE
Lee Ryol-li
2010-10-02
Tōkyō, JPN
Akifumi Shimoda
2011-01-31
Tōkyō, JPN
Rico Ramos
2011-07-09
Atlantic City, NJ, USA
Guillermo Rigondeaux
2012-01-20
Paradise, NV, USA
Vacant on 13-04-13 when Rigondeaux fights Nonito Donaire for Super title.
Scott Quigg
2013-09-05
Interim champion since defeating Rendall Munroe on 12-11-24 in Manchester, ENG, GBR; status promoted on 13-09-05; vacant on 16-02-27 when Quigg fights Carl Frampton for Super title.
Nehomar Cermeño
2016-06-24
Beijing, CHN
Defeats Qiu Xiaojun.
Shun Kubo
2017-04-09
Ōsaka, JPN
Daniel Roman
2017-09-03
Kyōto, JPN
Defeats IBF champion T.J. Doheny on 19-04-26 to become WBA Super champion.
Brandon Figueroa
2019-11-20
Interim champion since defeating Javier Nicolas Chacon on 19-08-24 in Edinburg, TX, USA; states elevated on 19-11-20; also wins WBC World Title on 21-05-15; WBA announces the title will be vacant once Figueroa fights unification match against WBO champion Stephen Fulton on 21-09-18 (WBA official site, 21-08-17); the match is postponed and Figueroa is again listed as champion in the 21-10 ranking but is stripped of the title on 21-11-27 when he fights Fulton; title retired.
