- Professional Combat Sport Championship Histories -
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| National Boxing Association | ( | 1921-01 | - | 1960-08 | ) |
| World Boxing Association | ( | 1960-08 | - | ) |
* Bolded letters in the competitor's name, if any, indicate the surname/family name.
| Jack Britton | 1921-01 | |
| Has won the world title from Ted Lewis on 19-03-17 in Canton, OH, USA; recognized as the world and American champion by NBA in 21-01 upon its inception (The Decatur Herald, Decatur, IL, 21-02-07, plus several other papers). | ||
| Mickey Walker | 1922-11-01 | New York, NY, USA |
| Pete Latzo | 1926-05-20 | Scranton, PA, USA |
| Joe Dundee | 1927-06-03 | New York, NY, USA |
| Stripped of the title on 29-03-21 when Dundee refuses to defend it. | ||
| Jackie Fields | 1929-03-25 | Chicago, IL, USA |
| Defeats Jack Thompson; also defeats Dundee on 29-07-25 in Detroit, MI, USA. | ||
| Jack Thompson | 1930-05-09 | Detroit, MI, USA |
| Tommy Freeman | 1930-09-05 | Cleveland, OH, USA |
| Jack Thompson [2] | 1931-04-14 | Cleveland, OH, USA |
| Lou Brouillard | 1931-10-23 | Boston, MA, USA |
| Jackie Fields [2] | 1932-01-28 | Chicago, IL, USA |
| Young Corbett III | 1933-02-22 | San Francisco, CA, USA |
| Jimmy McLarnin | 1933-05-29 | Los Angeles, CA, USA |
| Barney Ross | 1934-05-28 | Long Island City, NY, USA |
| Jimmy McLarnin [2] | 1934-09-17 | Long Island City, NY, USA |
| Barney Ross [2] | 1935-05-28 | New York, NY, USA |
| Henry Armstrong | 1938-05-31 | Long Island City, NY, USA |
| Fritzie Zivic | 1940-10-04 | New York, NY, USA |
| Freddie Cochrane | 1941-07-29 | Newark, NJ, USA |
| Marty Servo | 1946-02-01 | New York, NY, USA |
| Vacant on 46-09-25 upon (temporary) retirement. | ||
| Sugar Ray Robinson | 1946-12-20 | New York, NY, USA |
| Vacates on 51-02-14. | ||
| Johnny Bratton | 1951-03-14 | Chicago, IL, USA |
| Defeats Charlie Fusari (Chicago Tribune, 51-03-15). | ||
| Kid Gavilán | 1951-05-18 | New York, NY, USA |
| Johnny Saxton | 1954-10-20 | Philadelphia, PA, USA |
| Tony DeMarco | 1955-04-01 | Boston, MA, USA |
| Carmen Basilio | 1955-06-10 | Syracuse, NY, USA |
| Johnny Saxton [2] | 1956-03-14 | Chicago, IL, USA |
| Carmen Basilio [2] | 1956-09-12 | Syracuse, NY, USA |
| Vacates on 57-09-23 when Basillo wins the middleweight title. | ||
| Virgil Akins | 1958-06-06 | St. Louis, MO, USA |
| Don Jordan | 1958-12-05 | Los Angeles, CA, USA |
| Benny Paret | 1960-05-27 | Las Vegas, NV, USA |
| Emile Griffith | 1961-04-01 | Miami Beach, FL, USA |
| Benny Paret [2] | 1961-09-30 | New York, NY, USA |
| Emile Griffith [2] | 1962-03-24 | New York, NY, USA |
| NBA becomes WBA on 62-08-23. | ||
| Luis Manuel Rodriguez | 1963-03-21 | Los Angeles, CA, USA |
| Emile Griffith [3] | 1963-06-08 | New York, NY, USA |
| Also wins the middlweight title on 66-04-25; stripped of the welterweight title on 66-06-11 due to failure to defend it (United Press International, 66-06-12). | ||
| Curtis Cokes | 1966-08-24 | New Orleans, LA, USA |
| Defeats Manuel Gonzalez. | ||
| José Napoles | 1969-04-18 | Inglewood, CA, USA |
| Billy Backus | 1970-12-03 | Syracuse, NY, USA |
| José Napoles [2] | 1971-06-04 | Inglewood, CA, USA |
| Stripped of the title on 75-05-16 for failure to sign for a fight against the top contender Ángel Espada. | ||
| Ángel Espada | 1975-06-28 | San Juan, PR, USA |
| Defeats Clyde Gray. | ||
| José Cuevas | 1976-07-17 | Mexicali, MEX |
| Thomas Hearns | 1980-08-02 | Detroit, MI, USA |
| Sugar Ray Leonard | 1981-09-16 | Paradise, NV, USA |
| Vacates on 82-11-09 when after Leonard is diagnosed with a detached retina and announces his (temporary) retirement. | ||
| Donald Curry | 1983-02-13 | Ft. Worth, TX, USA |
| Defeats Jun-suk Hwang. | ||
| Lloyd Honeyghan | 1986-09-27 | Atlantic City, NJ, USA |
| Vacates in 86-12 to refuse the fight against the mandatory challenger Harold Volbrecht from South Africa in protest to sanctioning of matches against the citizens of the apartheid-governed country. | ||
| Mark Breland | 1987-02-06 | Atlantic City, NJ, USA |
| Defeats Harold Volbrecht. | ||
| Marlon Starling | 1987-08-22 | Columbia, SC, USA |
| Tomás Molinares | 1988-07-29 | Atlantic City, NJ, USA |
| Stripped of the title on 88-12-12 after Molinares withdraws from his title defense against Mark Breland citing severe depression. | ||
| Mark Breland [2] | 1989-02-04 | Las Vegas, NV, USA |
| Defeats Seung-Soon Lee. | ||
| Aaron Davis | 1990-07-08 | Reno, NV, USA |
| Meldrick Taylor | 1991-01-19 | Atlantic City, NJ, USA |
| Crisanto España | 1992-10-31 | London, ENG, GBR |
| Ike Quartey | 1994-06-04 | Levallois-Perret, FRA |
| Stripped of the title in 98-10 due to inactivity. | ||
| James Page | 1998-10-10 | Paris, FRA |
| Defeats Andrey Pestryaev; Stripped of the title in 00-11 for failing to fight a mandatory title defense. | ||
| Andrew Lewis | 2001-02-17 | Las Vegas, NV, USA |
| Defeats James Page. | ||
| Ricardo Mayorga | 2002-03-30 | Reading, PA, USA |
| Promoted to the "Super" champion on 03-01-25 by also winning WBC World Title; José Antonio Rivera wins the "Regular" world title on 03-09-13. | ||
| Cory Spinks | 2003-12-13 | Atlantic City, NJ, USA |
| Zab Judah | 2005-02-05 | St. Louis, MO, USA |
| Stripped of the title on 06-01-07 after Judah loses to WBC champion Carlos Baldomir who fails to pay the sanctioning fee for the WBA and IBF titles. | ||
| Antonio Margarito | 2008-10-03 | |
| "Regular" world champion; status promoted. | ||
| Shane Mosley | 2009-01-24 | Los Angeles, CA, USA |
| Stripped of the title on 10-05-22 after losing to Floyd Mayweather Jr., who fails to pay the sanctioning fees for the title. | ||
| Floyd Mayweather Jr. | 2014-05-03 | Paradise, NV, USA |
| WBC champion, defeats Marcos Maidana, who has vacated WBA "Regular" world title for the match, to become WBA Super champion; stripped of the title in 16-01 after announcing the (temporary) retirement in 15-10. | ||
| Keith Thurman | 2017-02-07 | |
| "Regular" world champion, promoted to the primary champion. | ||
| Manny Pacquiao | 2019-07-20 | Paradise, NV, USA |
| Named Champion in Recess on 21-01-29. | ||
| Yordenis Ugas | 2021-01-29 | |
| "Regular" world champion, promoted to the primary champion; defeats Pacquiao on 21-08-21. | ||
| Errol Spence Jr. | 2022-04-16 | Arlington, TX, USA |
| Also holds IBF and WBC world titles. | ||
| Terence Crawford | 2023-07-29 | Las Vegas, NV, USA |
| WBO world champion, wins WBC, WBA, and IBF world titles to become the undisputed champion; vacates the title on 24-08-30 after winning the super welterweight title on 24-08-03. | ||
| Eimantas Stanionis | 2024-08-30 | |
| "Regular" world champion, becomes the primary champion when Crawford vacates the title. | ||
| Jaron Ennis | 2025-04-12 | Atlantic City, NJ, USA |
| Also holds IBF world title; vacates on 25-08-01 upon moving up to the super welterweight class. | ||
| Rolando Romero | 2025-05-02 | New York, NY, USA |
| Defeats Ryan Garcia. | ||
