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List of NABF champions

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The following is a list of NABF champions, showing every champion certificated by the North American Boxing Federation (NABF), in operation since 1969.

  • r – Champion relinquished title.
  • s – Champion stripped of title.

Heavyweight

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No. Name Duration of reign Defences
1 United States Leotis Martin December 6, 1969 – February 2, 1970r 0
2 United States Muhammad Ali December 7, 1970 – February 1971r 0
3 United States George Foreman May 10, 1971 – July 20, 1971 1971r 0
4 United States Muhammad Ali (2) July 26, 1971 – March 31, 1973 5
5 United States Ken Norton March 31, 1973 – September 10, 1973 0
6 United States Muhammad Ali (3) September 10, 1973 – October 30, 1974r 1
7 United States Ken Norton (2) March 24, 1975 – January 20, 1976r 0
8 United States George Foreman (2) January 24, 1976 – March 17, 1977r 1
9 United States Leroy Jones August 19, 1978 – October 20, 1979r 0
10 United States Michael Dokes January 30, 1982 – December 10, 1982r 1
11 United States Tim Witherspoon September 23, 1983 – March 9, 1984r 0
12 United States James Broad August 23, 1984 – April 29, 1985 0
13 United States Tim Witherspoon (2) April 29, 1985 – January 17, 1986r 1
14 United States Larry Alexander April 10, 1987 – November 25, 1987 0
15 United States Orlin Norris November 25, 1987 – February 17, 1990 5
16 United States Bert Cooper February 17, 1990 – August 5, 1990 0
17 United States Ray Mercer August 5, 1990 – January 11, 1991r 0
18 United States Orlin Norris (2) April 30, 1991 – June 3, 1991 0
19 United States Tony Tucker June 3, 1991 – December 1, 1992r 1
20 United States Alex García December 8, 1992 – March 1, 1994 4
21 United States Joe Hipp March 2, 1994 – March 9, 1995s 1
22 Russia Alexander Zolkin August 25, 1995 – May 1, 1996s 2
23 United States Tony Tucker (2) June 29, 1996 – December 1996s 0
24 United States John Ruiz January 14, 1997 – January 15, 1999r 3
25 United States Michael Grant January 30, 1999 – April 29, 2000r 1
26 United States Clifford Etienne September 9, 2000 – March 6, 2001s 0
27 United States Obed Sullivan May 20, 2001 – September 2, 2001 0
28 United States Fres Oquendo September 2, 2001 – April 13, 2002 0
29 New Zealand David Tua April 13, 2002 – March 29, 2003s 0
30 United States Joe Mesi June 24, 2003 – September 19, 2003 0
31 Cuba Eliecer Castillo September 19, 2003 – April 17, 2004 1
Castillo won the interim title on June 6, 2003, and was later promoted to full champion after Mesi failed to defend the title
32 United States DaVarryl Williamson April 17, 2004 – October 2, 2004s 0
33 Nigeria Samuel Peter December 4, 2004 – September 24, 2005 1
34 Ukraine Wladimir Klitschko September 24, 2005 – April 22, 2006r 0
35 United States Samuel Peter (2) April 28, 2006 – September 2007r 2
36 United States Hasim Rahman September 2007 – June 2008r 1
37 United States Travis Walker June 2008 – November 29, 2008 0
38 United States Chris Arreola November 29, 2008 – August 2009r 1
39 United States Johnathon Banks March 20, 2010 – May 2012r 3
40 United States Tony Grano June 23, 2012 – April 27, 2013 0
41 United States Éric Molina April 27, 2013 – October 2013 0
42 United States Andy Ruiz Jr. November 24, 2013 – November 2016r 5
43 Colombia Óscar Rivas September 28, 2017 – June 2019r 3
44 Russia Arslanbek Makhmudov September 28, 2019 – December 23, 2023 9
45 Germany Agit Kabayel December 23, 2023 — present 0

Cruiserweight

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No. Name Duration of reign Defences
1 United States Marvin Camel June 6, 1979 – March 31, 1980r 0
2 United States S. T. Gordon August 6, 1980 – June 27, 1982r 1
3 United States Leon Spinks October 31, 1982 – March 6, 1983r 0
4 United States Anthony Davis May 16, 1984 – June 19, 1985 0
5 Nigeria Bash Ali June 19, 1985 – April 22, 1986 0
6 United States Henry Tillman April 22, 1986 – June 15, 1986 0
7 United States Bert Cooper June 15, 1986 – February 15, 1989 5
8 United States Nate Miller February 15, 1989 – December 17, 1990 3
9 United States James Warring December 17, 1990 – August 7, 1991r 0
10 United States Orlin Norris August 17, 1991 – November 6, 1993r 3
11 United States Thomas Hearns January 29, 1994 – February 20, 1994r 1
12 United States Adolpho Washington February 24, 1994 – July 14, 1994r 0
13 United States James Heath January 27, 1995 – June 17, 1995r 0
14 United States Brian LaSpada June 17, 1995 – May 5, 1997 2
15 United States Dale Brown May 5, 1997– February 12, 2000 4
16 Guyana Wayne Braithwaite February 12, 2000 – January 5, 2001r 0
17 Jamaica O'Neil Bell January 18, 2001 – June 2, 2004r 5
18 United States Dale Brown (2) June 8, 2004– February 4, 2005r 0
19 United States Ali Supreme March 10, 2005 – June 16, 2005 0
20 United States Arthur Williams June 16, 2005 – October 27, 2005 0
21 United States Felix Cora Jr. October 27, 2005 – May 18, 2006 1
22 Russia Vadim Tokarev May 18, 2006 – April 1, 2007r 1
23 United States Matt Godfrey 2007-04-06 – August 2009 3
24 United States Jason Robinson April 17, 2010 – August 2010r 0
25 Nigeria Lateef Kayode October 15, 2010 – August 2011 2
26 United States Garrett Wilson April 14, 2012 – January 2013 0
27 Canada Denton Daley March 4, 2013 – May 2013 0
28 South Africa Thabiso Mchunu January 24, 2014 – April 2015 1
29 United States Andrew Tabiti May 13, 2016 – May 2018 3
30 United States Alante Green November 24, 2021 – September 2023 1
31 Canada Ryan Rozicki September 30, 2023 – Present 0

Light heavyweight

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No. Name Duration of reign Defences
1 United States Jimmy Dupree July 3, 1971 – October 29, 1971 1
2 United States Mike Quarry October 29, 1971 – 1972 0
3 United States Richie Kates May 29, 1974 – 1975 0
4 United States Lonnie Bennett May 8, 1976 – November 1976 0
5 United States Matthew Saad Muhammad July 26, 1977 – March 1979r 3
6 United States Jerry Martin August 7, 1979 – January 1980 1
7 United States Willie Edwards August 14, 1982 – December 3, 1982 0
8 United States Pete McIntyre December 3, 1982 – June 23, 1983 1
9 United States Willie Edwards (2) June 23, 1983 – June 26, 1987 5
10 United States Tony Willis June 26, 1987 – January 1989r 3
11 United States Andrew Maynard April 1, 1990 – January 10, 1992 4
12 United States Frank Tate January 10, 1992 – February 1992r 0
13 Canada Egerton Marcus December 1, 1992 – June 1994r 3
14 Dominican Republic Merqui Sosa June 30, 1995 – October 1995 0
15 United States Montell Griffin July 11, 1996 – November 1996 0
16 United States Michael Nunn January 17, 1997 – April 1997r 0
17 Dominican Republic Merqui Sosa (2) May 10, 1997 – March 3, 1998 0
18 United States Kenny Bowman March 3, 1998 – June 19, 1998 0
19 United States Derrick Harmon June 19, 1998 – October 1998 0
20 United States Eric Harding November 13, 1998 – April 1999 0
21 United States Greg Wright May 23, 1999 – July 14, 2000 2
22 United States Reggie Johnson July 14, 2000 – January 25, 2002 1
23 United States Antonio Tarver January 25, 2002 – June 2002 0
24 United States Montell Griffin (2) November 3, 2002 – March 2003r 0
25 United States Donnell Wiggins October 11, 2003 – November 2003r 0
26 Romania Lucian Bute February 19, 2005 – March 2005r 0
27 United States Eric Harding (2) October 21, 2005 – June 2, 2006 0
28 United States Chad Dawson June 2, 2006 – January 2007r 0
29 United States Chris Henry May 3, 2007 – February 6, 2009 2
30 United States Yusaf Mack February 6, 2009 – April 2009r 0
31 Ukraine Ismail Sillakh April 3, 2010 – April 27, 2012 1
32 Russia Denis Grachev April 27, 2012 – November 3, 2012 0
33 Romania Lucian Bute (2) April 27, 2012 – January 18, 2014 0
34 Canada Jean Pascal January 18, 2014 – February 2015r 0
35 Malawi Isaac Chilemba March 14, 2015 – October 2015r 0
36 Ukraine Oleksandr Gvozdyk April 9, 2016 – February 2018r 4
37 United States Alfonso López III November 16, 2019 – December 18, 2020r 0
38 Mexico Gilberto Ramirez December 18, 2020 – December 2021s 0
39 Egypt Ahmed Elbiali Jun 9, 2023 – Present 0

Super middleweight

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No. Name Duration of reign Defences
1 United States James Kinchen October 13, 1988 – November 4, 1988 0
2 United States Thomas Hearns November 4, 1988 – March 1989r 0
3 United States Don Lee April 14, 1989 – June 19, 1989 0
4 United States Paul Whittaker June 19, 1989 – November 13, 1990 1
5 United States Randall Yonker November 13, 1990 – November 29, 1991 2
6 United States Michael Nunn November 29, 1991 – September 1992r 0
7 United States Frankie Liles October 21, 1992 – 1993 0
8 United States Warren Williams November 10, 1993 – May 28, 1994 1
9 United States Cecil McKenzie May 28, 1994 – March 1995 1
10 United States Bryant Brannon April 4, 1995 – September 1996r 2
11 Uganda Joseph Kiwanuka November 8, 1996 – October 28, 1997 2
12 United States Thomas Tate October 28, 1997 – April 1999r 3
13 United States Randie Carver May 23, 1999 – September 12, 1999 0
14 Egypt Kabary Salem September 12, 1999 – April 2000 0
15 United States Scott Pemberton September 22, 2000 – September 2001 0
16 United States Charles Brewer October 5, 2001 – March 2002r 0
17 United States Antwun Echols April 9, 2002 – June 2003r 2
18 United States Scott Pemberton (2) July 25, 2003 – August 2005 2
19 Romania Lucian Bute September 16, 2005 – May 2007 1
20 Canada Jean Pascal June 8, 2007 – November 2008r 2
21 United States Andre Ward February 6, 2009 – September 2009 1
22 Canada Sébastien Demers November 7, 2009 – March 2010 0
23 United States Farah Ennis November 19, 2010 – March 2011 0
24 United States Jesús González July 8, 2011 – December 2011r 0
25 United States Dyah Davis January 6, 2012 – June 2, 2012 0
26 Australia Sakio Bika June 2, 2012 – February 2013 0
27 Mexico Marco Antonio Peribán March 16, 2013 – March 2014r 1
28 Mexico Gilberto Ramírez April 11, 2014 – March 2016r 4
29 Romania Ronald Gavril October 8, 2016 – October 2017r 0
30 United States Jesse Hart April 28, 2018 – November 2018r 1
31 Canada Shakeel Phinn June 8, 2019 – November 2019 0
32 Canada Lexson Mathieu October 10, 2020 – 2021 0
33 Canada Erik Bazinyan June 4, 2021 – September 20, 2024 8
34 Mexico Jaime Munguía September 20, 2024 – Present 0

Middleweight

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No. Name Duration of reign Defences
1 United States Denny Moyer Feb 25, 1970 — Apr 29, 1970 0
2 United States Nate Williams Apr 29, 1970 — Jul 17, 1970 0
3 United States Art Hernandez Jul 17, 1970 — Feb 10, 1971 0
4 United States Denny Moyer (2) Feb 10, 1971 — Sep 6, 1972 7
5 United States Art Hernandez (2) Sep 6, 1972 — Mar 26, 1973 1
6 United States Bennie Briscoe Mar 26, 1973 — Sep 1, 1973 1
7 Colombia Rodrigo Valdéz Sep 1, 1973 — January 1974r 0
8 United States Tony Licata Feb 5, 1974 — Mar 1974r 0
9 United States Sugar Ray Seales Mar 9, 1976 — Jun 1977 2
10 United States Ralph Palladin Jun 21, 1977 — Jun 1977 0
11 United States Sugar Ray Seales (2) Jun 29, 1977 — Aug 1977 0
12 United States Ronnie Harris Apr 10, 1979 — May 13, 1980 0
13 United States Sammy NeSmith May 19, 1980 — Mar 31, 1981 0
14 United States Sugar Ray Seales (3) Mar 31, 1981 — Oct 23, 1982 0
15 United States James Shuler Oct 23, 1982 — Mar 10, 1986 2
16 United States Thomas Hearns Mar 10, 1986 — Sep 1987r 1
17 United States Michael Nunn Oct 29, 1987 — Jun 1988r 2
18 United States Ron Essett Oct 18, 1988 — Nov 1988 0
19 United States Kevin Watts Oct 12, 1989 — Sep 27, 1990 0
20 United States Fabian Williams Sep 27, 1990 — Jul 16, 1991 1
21 Puerto Rico Ismael Negron Jul 16, 1991 — Nov 1991r 1
22 United States Lamar Parks December 5, 1991 — Mar 1992 0
23 Canada Otis Grant Sep 28, 1992 — Mar 15, 1994 3
24 United States Quincy Taylor Mar 15, 1994 — Jul 1995r 3
25 United States Otis Grant (2) Oct 10, 1995 — Nov 1997r 3
26 United States Antwun Echols Feb 10, 1998 — Nov 1999r 3
27 United States Antwun Echols (2) May 5, 2000 — Nov 2000r 0
28 Panama Tito Mendoza December 10, 2000 — Apr 2001 1
29 United States Robert Allen October 26, 2001 — Jun 2002 1
30 United States Carl Daniels Jul 27, 2002 — 2003 0
31 Nigeria Kingsley Ikeke Aug 29, 2003 — Jun 2004 1
32 United States Kelly Pavlik Oct 7, 2005 — May 2007r 2
33 United States Bronco McKart Aug 10, 2007 — Dec 7, 2007 0
34 Mexico Enrique Ornelas December 7, 2007 — Jul 2008 1
35 Russia Roman Karmazin December 20, 2008 — May 2009 1
36 United States Peter Manfredo January 29, 2010 — Apr 2010 0
37 United States Daniel Jacobs May 15, 2010 — Jun 2010r 0
38 United States Fernando Guerrero July 16, 2010 — Apr 2011r 1
39 Republic of Ireland Andy Lee May 18, 2011 — Oct 2011 0
40 Colombia Jose Míguel Torres Nov 5, 2011 — Jun 2012 0
41 Poland Patrick Majewski Jul 7, 2012 — Aug 2012 0
42 United States Curtis Stevens Jan 19, 2013 — Apr 2013 0
43 United States Curtis Stevens (2) Aug 3, 2013 — Oct 2013r 0
44 Canada David Lemieux May 24, 2014 — May 2015r 1
45 Ukraine Evhen Khytrov Oct 31, 2015 — Jul 2016 1
46 Republic of Ireland Jason Quigley Mar 23, 2017 — Jul 18, 2019 1
47 The Bahamas Tureano Johnson Jul 18, 2019 — Nov 2019 0
48 Mexico Jose de Jesus Macias Jan 29, 2021 – Jan 2022 0
49 Canada Steven Butler Jun 23, 2022 – May 2023 2

Super welterweight

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No. Name Duration of reign Defences
1 United States Ralph Palladin September 8, 1971 – November 1971 0
2 The Bahamas Elisha Obed January 21, 1975 – August 1975 0
3 United States Mike Baker September 16, 1975 – October 1975 0
4 United States Steve Delgado January 18, 1980 – October 7, 1980 0
5 United States Rocky Mosley Jr October 7, 1980 – April 25, 1981 0
6 United States Rocky Fratto April 25, 1981 – June 1982 1
7 United States David Braxton June 12, 1983 – August 1986 3
8 United States Milton McCrory March 7, 1987 – April 1988 1
9 Mexico Lupe Aquino June 24, 1988 – November 1988 0
10 United States Terry Norris December 9, 1988 – March 1990 2
11 United States Brett Lally June 25, 1990 – August 1991 2
12 United States Gilbert Baptist September 30, 1991 – November 1991 0
13 United States Wayne Powell May 29, 1992 – October 23, 1993 3
14 Dominican Republic Julio César Green October 23, 1993 – June 1994 1
15 United States Winky Wright February 4, 1995 – May 1996r 2
16 United States Steve Martinez March 4, 1997 – September 30, 1997 1
17 Guyana Tony Marshall September 30, 1997 – October 1997 2
18 United States Anthony Jones March 26, 1999 – April 19, 2000 1
19 United States Jason Papillion April 19, 2000 – June 10, 2000 0
20 United States Bronco McKart June 10, 2000 – September 9, 2000 0
21 United States Winky Wright (2) July 16, 1991 – September 2001r 1
22 Mexico Ángel Hernández January 12, 2002 – December 13, 2002 1
23 Colombia Juan Carlos Candelo December 13, 2002 – January 2004 1
24 United States Rodney Jones April 14, 2004 – October 2005 2
25 Ukraine Andrey Tsurkan June 10, 2006 – December 6, 2007 1
26 Israel Yuri Foreman December 6, 2007 – June 2009 2
27 United States Willie Lee August 23, 2009 – December 19, 2009 0
28 United States Vanes Martirosyan December 19, 2009 – March 2011 2
29 United States Grady Brewer June 17, 2011 – December 22, 2011 0
30 United States Michael Medina December 22, 2011 – August 2012 0
31 United States Willie Nelson September 15, 2012 – May 2014 2
32 Republic of Ireland Andy Lee June 7, 2014 – November 2014 0
33 Mexico Ramón Álvarez January 30, 2016 – August 2016 0
34 Russia Radzhab Butaev November 19, 2016 – May 2017 0
35 Dominican Republic Carlos Adames October 13, 2018 – October 2019r 2
36 United States Travell Mazion January 11, 2020 – July 15, 2020 0
37 Kazakhstan Sadriddin Akhmedov January 29, 2021 – January 2022 0
38 Russia Artem Organesyan Mar 26, 2022 – June 23, 2022 1
39 Mexico Dante Jardón June 23, 2022 – December 2022 0
40 Puerto Rico Xander Zayas December 10, 2022 – Present 2

Welterweight

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No. Name Duration of reign Defences
1 United States Armando Muñíz November 19, 1971 – August 1972 1
2 Canada Fernand Marcotte August 21, 1972 – September 1972 0
3 United States Armando Muñíz (2) September 11, 1972 – January 30, 1973 0
4 United States Eddie Perkins January 30, 1973 – April 1973 1
5 United States Pete Ranzany February 24, 1976 – August 12, 1979 5
6 United States Sugar Ray Leonard August 12, 1979 – November 30, 1979r 1
7 United States Randy Shields May 2, 1980 – June 1980 0
8 United States Greg Stephens June 3, 1980 – November 11, 1980 1
9 Mexico Jose Dominguez November 11, 1980 – April 7, 1981 0
10 United States Bruce Finch April 7, 1981 – May 4, 1982 1
11 United States Donald Curry May 4, 1982 – January 1983 1
12 United States Marlon Starling April 23, 1983 – June 15, 1984 2
13 United States Pedro Vilella June 15, 1984 – July 23, 1985 0
14 United States Maurice Blocker July 23, 1985 – November 1985 0
15 Dominican Republic Luis Santana November 7, 1986 – March 5, 1987 0
16 United States Tommy Ayers March 5, 1987 – June 1987 0
17 Dominican Republic Luis Santana (2) January 8, 1988 – January 30, 1989 2
18 United States Derrick Kelly January 30, 1989 – July 18, 1989 2
19 United States Russell Mitchell July 18, 1989 – November 30, 1989 0
20 United States Aaron Davis November 30, 1989 – May 1990 0
21 United States Lonnie Smith August 20, 1990 – June 1991 0
22 United States David Gonzalez July 26, 1991 – February 1992 0
23 United States Roger Turner February 8, 1992 – June 19, 1992 0
24 Mexico Yori Boy Campas June 19, 1992 – August 1992 0
25 United States Larry Barnes May 13, 1993 – January 1994 1
26 United States Anthony Jones April 5, 1994 – June 1994 0
27 United States Derrell Coley July 5, 1994 – August 12, 1995 2
28 United States Oba Carr August 12, 1995 – November 1995 0
29 United States Ross Thompson December 31, 1995 – February 1996 0
30 United States Kip Diggs September 17, 1996 – January 7, 1997 0
31 United States Tony Martin January 7, 1997 – February 1997 0
32 United States Derrell Coley (2) March 25, 1997 – July 1998 2
33 United States Vernon Forrest August 18, 1998 – July 2000 4
34 United States Danny Perez Ramírez October 12, 2000 – January 2001 0
35 United States Golden Johnson March 22, 2001 – June 2002 1
36 Jamaica Teddy Teid June 28, 2002 – July 17, 2004 2
37 Puerto Rico Kermit Cintrón July 17, 2004 – March 2005 0
38 United States Steve Martinez April 28, 2005 – October 2005 0
39 United States Oscar Díaz June 14, 2006 – November 10, 2006 0
40 United States Golden Johnson (2) November 10, 2006 – August 2007 0
41 United States Andre Berto September 29, 2007 – May 2008 1
42 Mexico Jesús Soto Karass July 25, 2008 – October 2008 0
43 Mexico Canelo Álvarez January 17, 2009 – April 2010r 5
44 United States Shawn Porter October 15, 2010 – January 2012 1
45 Puerto Rico Thomas Dulorme February 17, 2012 – August 2012 0
46 Canada Antonin Décarie September 29, 2012 – March 2013r 0
47 Mexico Jesús Soto Karass (2) July 27, 2013 – November 2013r 0
48 United States Paulie Malignaggi December 7, 2013 – March 2014r 0
49 Canada Mikaël Zewski June 28, 2014 – May 1, 2015 1
50 Russia Konstantin Ponomarev May 1, 2015 – November 2016 1
51 Lithuania Egidijus Kavaliauskas September 22, 2017 – October 2019 4
52 United States Blair Cobbs November 2, 2019 – February 2021 1
53 Mexico Raúl Curiel June 19, 2021 – October 2023 3
54 Mexico Jesus Arechiga Valdez October 20, 2023 – present 0

Super lightweight

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No. Name Duration of reign Defences
1 United States Tony Petronelli March 17, 1976 – April 1976 0
2 United States Monroe Brooks December 1, 1977 – April 7, 1978 0
3 United States Bruce Curry April 7, 1978 – September 1978 0
4 United States Willie Rodriguez February 2, 1979 – April 14, 1979 0
5 United States Bruce Curry April 14, 1979 – June 1979 0
6 Canada Nick Furlano March 6, 1981 – March 1981 0
7 United States Leroy Haley April 11, 1981 – June 1982r 0
8 United States Ronnie Shields November 16, 1983 – August 1985 1
9 United States Harold Brazier October 31, 1986 – August 8, 1989 4
10 Saint Kitts and Nevis Livingstone Bramble August 8, 1989 – February 18, 1990 1
11 Puerto Rico Santos Cardona February 18, 1990 – June 15, 1990 0
12 United States John Meekins June 15, 1990 – January 20, 1991 2
13 Guyana Terrence Alli January 20, 1991 – July 1991 1
14 United States Tim Burgess August 24, 1991 – March 1992 0
15 United States Greg Haugen April 3, 1992 – August 1992 0
16 Mexico Héctor López September 3, 1992 – January 1993 0
17 United States David Santos February 24, 1993 – July 27, 1993 0
18 Mexico Héctor López (2) July 27, 1993 – September 1993 0
19 United States David Santos (2) October 26, 1993 – December 1993 0
20 United States Joey Gamache January 28, 1994 – June 1994 0
21 United States Darryl Tyson September 20, 1994 – October 1994 0
22 United States Jaime Balboa December 13, 1994 – January 1995 0
23 United States Charles Murray October 10, 1995 – April 15, 1997 2
24 United States Ray Oliveira April 15, 1997 – August 5, 1997 0
25 United States Reggie Green August 5, 1997 – March 1999 1
26 Mexico Ahmed Santos April 16, 1999 – January 2000 1
27 United States Golden Johnson July 21, 2000 – August 2000 0
28 Puerto Rico Alex Trujillo August 5, 2000 – October 2000 0
29 United States Ray Oliveira (2) December 22, 2000 – August 10, 2001 0
30 Ghana Ben Tackie August 10, 2001 – April 2002 1
31 United States Terrance Cauthen March 28, 2003 – June 2004 2
32 Canada Herman Ngoudjo February 26, 2005 – January 20, 2007 4
33 Mexico José Luis Castillo January 20, 2007 – May 2007 0
34 Puerto Rico Francisco Figueroa July 28, 2007 – November 2008 2
35 France Ali Chebah April 18, 2009 – April 2010 2
36 Mexico Pablo César Cano June 25, 2010 – December 2010 0
37 United States Josesito López January 28, 2011 – August 2011 0
38 Puerto Rico Gabriel Bracero October 21, 2011 – January 21, 2012 0
39 United States DeMarcus Corley January 21, 2012 – April 2012 0
40 Canada Dierry Jean May 19, 2012 – March 2013 2
41 United States Paul Spadafora April 6, 2013 – October 2013 0
42 Puerto Rico Thomas Dulorme March 29, 2014 – March 2015 1
43 United States Mauricio Herrera July 11, 2015 – April 2016 0
44 United States Rashad Ganaway May 12, 2016 – June 2016 0
45 United States Regis Prograis June 25, 2016 – February 2018r 2
46 Russia Maxim Dadashev June 9, 2018 – February 2019 1
47 United States Luis Feliciano August 22, 2019 – 2020 1
48 Canada Yves Ulysse Jr. November 21, 2020 – 2022 1
49 Republic of Ireland Lee Reeves May 5, 2022 – August 2022 0
50 United States Teofimo Lopez August 13, 2022 – December 2022 0
51 Canada Steve Claggett Jun 1, 2023 – Present 2

Lightweight

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No. Name Duration of reign Defences
1 United States Ruben Navarro September 10, 1970 – February 1971 0
2 United States Jimmy Robertson March 18, 1971 – July 6, 1972 0
3 Mexico Chango Carmona July 6, 1972 – September 1972 0
4 Puerto Rico Esteban de Jesús February 16, 1973 – March 1974 1
5 United States Ray Lampkin October 18, 1974 – March 1975 2
6 Mexico Vicente Mijares April 22, 1976 – March 28, 1978 2
7 United States Andy Ganigan March 28, 1978 – July 1980 4
8 United States Jorge Morales August 19, 1980 – May 16, 1981 0
9 United States Ray Mancini May 16, 1981 – May 1982r 2
10 Mexico José Luis Ramírez November 26, 1982 – March 1983r 0
11 Canada Nick Furlano April 13, 1983 – June 9, 1983 0
12 United States Davey Armstrong June 9, 1983 – July 1983 0
13 Puerto Rico Héctor Camacho April 29, 1985 – May 1985r 0
14 United States Tyrone Crawley June 5, 1985 – February 1986r 0
15 United States Greg Haugen May 23, 1986 – December 1986r 0
16 United States Pernell Whitaker March 28, 1987 – September 1987 1
17 United States Primo Ramos October 28, 1987 – June 1989 2
18 United States Darryl Tyson July 24, 1990 – 1991 0
19 United States Frankie Mitchell July 9, 1991 – August 1992r 3
20 Mexico Rafael Ruelas November 6, 1992 – July 1993 1
21 United States Sharmba Mitchell November 6, 1993 – March 18, 1994 0
22 United States Leavander Johnson March 18, 1994 – August 1994 0
23 United States Stevie Johnston May 2, 1995 – February 1997 3
24 United States Jesse James Leija March 22, 1997 – July 1998s 1
25 United States Golden Johnson July 26, 1998 – October 16, 1998 0
26 United States Israel Cardona October 16, 1998 – February 1999 0
27 United States Golden Johnson (2) May 14, 1999 – August 1999 0
28 United States Ivan Robinson September 3, 1999 – March 2000r 0
29 United States Juan Lazcano June 16, 2000 – February 2003 4
30 United States Steve Quinonez March 23, 2003 – May 4, 2003 0
31 United States Michael Clark May 4, 2003 – October 2004 1
32 United States Eleazer Contreras Jr. November 6, 2004 – May 2005 0
33 Mexico José Santa Cruz June 10, 2005 – August 26, 2005 0
34 Mexico Fernando Trejo August 26, 2005 – December 2005 0
35 Mexico José Santa Cruz (2) January 6, 2006 – May 2006r 1
36 The Bahamas Edner Cherry August 12, 2006 – March 2007 0
37 Kyrgyzstan Kid Diamond March 10, 2007 – July 2007 1
38 Mexico Miguel Ángel Huerta August 30, 2007 – March 14, 2008 1
39 Mexico Javier Jáuregui March 14, 2008 – July 2008 0
40 United States Jason Litzau August 15, 2009 – October 2009r 0
41 Mexico Martín Honorio November 28, 2009 – January 2010 0
42 United States Brandon Ríos February 6, 2010 – January 2011r 0
43 United States Henry Lundy April 1, 2011 – July 27, 2012 2
44 Mexico Ray Beltrán July 27, 2012 – July 2013r 1
45 Canada Gishlain Maduma September 6, 2013 – April 2014 1
46 Canada Dierry Jean June 13, 2014 – August 2015r 2
47 Mexico Marvin Quintero September 18, 2015 – May 5, 2016s 0
48 Russia Petr Petrov May 6, 2016 – September 2016 0
49 Mexico Ray Beltrán (2) December 10, 2016 – January 2018r 2
50 United States Teófimo López December 8, 2018 – November 2019r 2
51 Mexico Oscar Duarte March 7, 2020 – present 0

Super featherweight

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No. Name Duration of reign Defences
1 Cuba Frankie Otero June 1, 1971 – May 19, 1972 1
2 Mexico Jose Luis Lopez May 19, 1972 – July 21, 1972 0
3 Dominican Republic Jose Fernandez July 21, 1972 – August 28, 1972 0
4 United States Walter Seeley August 28, 1972 – March 9, 1973 0
5 United States Sammy Goss March 9, 1973 – April 1973 0
6 United States Ray Lunny III March 17, 1975 – September 1976 1
7 Mexico Rafael Limón March 4, 1978 – November 1980r 2
8 Ecuador Hector Cortez December 5, 1980 – 1981 0
9 Philippines Rolando Navarrete May 19, 1981 – August 1981r 0
10 United States Blaine Dickson September 15, 1981 – December 11, 1981 0
11 Puerto Rico Héctor Camacho December 11, 1981 – July 1983 1
12 United States Guy Villegas March 9, 1984 – December 7, 1984 0
13 United States Dennis Cruz December 7, 1984 – May 15, 1985 0
14 United States Dwight Pratchett May 15, 1985 – January 17, 1987 1
15 Colombia Mario Miranda January 17, 1987 – November 1987 1
16 United States Nicky Perez December 4, 1987 – August 13, 1988 0
17 Puerto Rico Juan Laporte August 13, 1988 – October 1990r 3
18 Mexico Gabriel Ruelas July 31, 1991 – August 1992 2
19 Mexico Narciso Valenzuela Romo September 28, 1992 – January 30, 1993 3
20 El Salvador Frank Avelar January 30, 1993 – April 1993 0
21 United States Eddie Hopson January 4, 1994 – April 1995r 2
22 United States Robert Garcia April 21, 1995 – February 1996 1
23 Mexico Jesús Chávez March 3, 1997 – December 1998 5
24 Cuba Joel Casamayor January 30, 1999 – April 1999 0
25 Mexico Jesús Chávez (2) May 22, 1999 – March 2000 3
26 Australia Robbie Peden March 5, 2000 – June 25, 2000 0
27 United States John Brown June 25, 2000 – November 2000r 0
28 Uganda Justin Juuko January 21, 2001 – April 22, 2001 0
29 Mexico Ernesto Zepeda April 22, 2001 – June 2001 0
30 Puerto Rico Daniel Alicea April 12, 2002 – September 14, 2002 0
31 United States Nate Campbell September 14, 2002 – November 2003 0
32 Mexico Alejandro Medina May 30, 2005 – 2005 0
33 Mexico Fernando Trejo March 3, 2006 – September 1, 2006 1
34 Brazil Agnaldo Nunes September 1, 2006 – August 2007 1
35 Cuba Yuriorkis Gamboa February 22, 2008 – May 2008 0
36 Mexico Urbano Antillón September 5, 2008 – June 2009 0
37 Mexico Alejandro Sanabria August 21, 2009 – October 2009 1
38 United States Jason Litzau November 4, 2009 – November 2010 1
39 United States Diego Magdaleno January 22, 2011 – March 2013r 5
40 Canada Francisco Vargas August 9, 2013 – October 2015r 3
41 United States Tevin Farmer March 30, 2016 – November 2017r 1
42 United States Ryan García May 4, 2018 – August 2018 0
43 Mexico Abraham Montoya April 13, 2019 – October 2019r 0

Featherweight

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No. Name Duration of reign Defences
1 Venezuela Antonio Gómez September 5, 1970 – July 1971 0
2 United States Sammy Goss August 10, 1971 – January 1972 0
3 United States Phil Hudson February 17, 1972 – October 1972 0
4 Mexico Rubén Olivares June 23, 1973 – September 1973 0
5 United States Ronnie McGarvey June 21, 1977 – March 18, 1978 1
6 United States Mike Ayala March 18, 1978 – June 1979 1
7 United States Nicky Perez November 11, 1980 – June 22, 1982 1
8 United States Jackie Beard June 22, 1982 – 1985 3
9 United States Joe Ruelaz September 25, 1985 – September 12, 1986 0
10 United States Bernard Taylor September 12, 1986 – February 1989 3
11 United States Harold Rhodes March 17, 1989 – August 10, 1989 0
12 United States Troy Dorsey August 10, 1989 – February 1991 1
13 Mexico Rafael Ruelas March 31, 1991 – June 1991 0
14 United States Joe Martinez August 12, 1991 – March 3, 1992 0
15 United States Jesse James Leija March 3, 1992 – September 1993r 1
16 United States Mario Gongoria May 11, 1994 – August 1994 0
17 Mexico Manuel Medina September 26, 1994 – January 1995r 0
18 United States Harold Warren February 18, 1995 – June 24, 1995 0
19 United States Derrick Gainer June 24, 1995 – January 1996 1
20 United States Robert Garcia March 23, 1996 – June 1996 0
21 Mexico Jesús Chávez August 9, 1996 – October 1996r 0
22 United States Robert Garcia April 21, 1995 – February 1996 1
23 Mexico Jesús Chávez March 3, 1997 – December 1998 5
24 Mexico Jose Luis Noyola November 24, 1996 – August 9, 1997 1
25 United States Lewis Wood August 9, 1997 – 1999 2
26 United States Redford Beasley December 3, 1998 – 1999 0
27 United States David Vazquez February 25, 2000 – August 2000r 0
28 Australia Robbie Peden October 21, 2000 – March 9, 2002 2
29 Mexico Juan Manuel Márquez March 9, 2002 – February 2003r 0
30 Mexico Héctor Javier Márquez March 28, 2003 – June 13, 2003 0
31 Mexico Juan Carlos Ramírez June 13, 2003 – June 3, 2004 1
32 United States Jorge Martinez June 3, 2004 – September 16, 2004 0
33 Mexico César Figueroa September 16, 2004 – December 9, 2004 0
34 United States Robert Guerrero December 9, 2004 – December 2, 2005 2
35 Mexico Gamaliel Díaz December 2, 2005 – June 23, 2006 1
36 United States Robert Guerrero (2) June 23, 2006 – September 2006r 0
37 United States Juan Ruiz June 20, 2008 – December 2008 0
38 Mexico Ricardo Castillo January 31, 2009 – March 2009 0
39 Mexico Daniel Ponce de León April 25, 2009 – August 2009 0
40 United States Matt Remillard September 19, 2009 – March 26, 2011 2
41 United States Mikey Garcia March 26, 2011 – December 2012 3
42 United States Ronny Rios January 12, 2013 – June 2013 0
43 Philippines Marvin Sonsona June 7, 2014 – June 2015 0
44 United States Joseph Diaz December 18, 2015 – April 2018r 6
45 United States Manny Robles III June 14, 2018 – October 2019r 2
46 United States Adam Lopez June 11, 2020 – present 0

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