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Indicates a gap in the listing where title changes are not known.
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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.
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Order uncertain. Different titleholders may be known for the same year, for example, but it is not known who held the title before whom.
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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.
Vacate in 81 to move down to the welterweight divsion to fight in a unification bout against Thomas Hearns.
Tadashi Mihara
1981-11-07
Rochester, NY, USA
Defeats Rocky Fratto.
Davey Moore
1982-02-02
Tōkyō, JPN
Roberto Durán
1983-06-16
New York, NY, USA
Stripped of the title in 83-11 for fighting Thomas Hearns instead of the mandatory challenger Mike McCallum.
Mike McCallum
1984-10-19
New York, NY, USA
Defeats Sean Mannion; vacates in 87-11 to move up to the middleweight class.
Julian Jackson
1987-11-21
Winchester, NV, USA
Defeats Baek In-chul; vacate in 90 to move up to the middleweight class.
Gilbert Dele
1991-02-23
Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, FRA
Defeats Carlos Elliott.
Vinny Pazienza
1991-10-01
Providence, RI, USA
Vacates in 92 when Pazienza is hospitalized for 3 months after a automobile accident.
Julio César Vásquez
1992-12-21
Buenos Aires, ARG
Defeats Hitoshi Kamiyama.
Pernell Whitaker
1995-03-04
Atlantic City, NJ, USA
Vacates in 95-06 to move down to the welterweight class.
Carl Daniels
1995-06-16
Lyon, FRA
Defeats Julio César Green.
Julio César Vásquez [2]
1995-12-16
Philadelphia, PA, USA
Laurent Boudouani
1996-08-21
Le Cannet, FRA
David Reid
1999-03-06
Atlantic City, NJ, USA
Félix Trinidad
2000-03-03
Paradise, NV, USA
Vacates on 01-05-12 to move up to the middleweight class.
Fernando Vargas
2001-09-22
Paradise, NV, USA
Defeats José Flores; vacant on 02-09-14 when Vargas fights WBC champion Oscar de la Hoya for the "Super" title.
Oscar De La Hoya
2002-09-14
Paradise, NV, USA
WBC champion, defeats Fernando Vargas, who has vacated WBA world title for the match, to become WBA "Super" world champion; Santiago Samaniego, interim WBA champion, is promoted to the "Regular" world champion on the same day.
Wins WBA, IBF, and IBO world titles; vacates the IBO title on 20-04-01.
Jermell Charlo
2020-09-26
Uncasville, CT, USA
Wins WBA and IBF world titles; also holds WBC World Title; fights WBO world champion Brian Castaño to a draw on 21-07-17; also wins WBO World Title on 22-05-14 but is stripped of it on 23-09-30 after refusing to defend the title against Tim Tszyu; declared WBA championi in recess on 24-03-05.
