List of All-time WBC Boxing Champions & Championship Reign

The World Boxing Council conducts the championship titles in 18 various weight classes and since its beginning, many boxers have been crowned the WBC Boxing Champions across different weight divisions over the years. So, in this blog, we will be discussing the all-time WBC World Champions across 5 major weight divisions.

All-Time WBC Boxing Champions in Different Weight Classes:

Heavyweight:

The following list describes the WBC World Champions in the Heavyweight category alongside their championship reign and number of title defenses.

Name	Duration	Defenses
Sonny Liston	22 Jul 1963 – 25 Feb 1964	0
Muhammad Ali	25 Feb 1964 – 6 Mar 1969	9
Joe Frazier	16 Feb 1970 – 22 Jan 1973	4
George Foreman	22 Jan 1973 – 30 Oct 1974	2
Muhammad Ali	30 Oct 1974 – 15 Feb 1978	9
Leon Spinks	15 Feb – 18 Mar 1978	0
Ken Norton	18 Mar – 9 Jun 1978	0
Larry Holmes	9 Jun 1978 – 11 Dec 1983	16
Tim Witherspoon	9 Mar – 31 Aug 1984	0
Pinklon Thomas	31 Aug 1984 – 22 Mar 1986	1
Trevor Berbick	22 Mar – 22 Nov 1986	0
Mike Tyson	22 Nov 1986 – 11 Feb 1990	9
Buster Douglas	11 Feb – 25 Oct 1990	0
Evander Holyfield	25 Oct 1990 – 13 Nov 1992	2
Riddick Bowe	13 Nov – 14 Dec 1992	0
Lennox Lewis	14 Dec 1992 – 24 Sep 1994	3
Oliver McCall	24 Sept 1994 – 2 Sep 1995	1
Frank Bruno	2 Sep 1995 – 16 Mar 1996	0
Mike Tyson	16 Mar – 24 Sep 1996	0
Lennox Lewis	7 Feb 1997 – 22 Apr 2001	9
Hasim Rahman	22 Apr – 17 Nov 2001	0
Lennox Lewis	17 Nov 2001 – 6 Feb 2004	2
Vitali Klitschko	24 Apr 2004 – 9 Nov 2005	1
Hasim Rahman	9 Nov 2005 – 12 Aug 2006	1
Oleg Maskaev	12 Aug 2006 – 8 Mar 2008	1
Samuel Peter	8 Mar – 11 Oct 2008	0
Vitali Klitschko	11 Oct 2008 – 16 Dec 2013	9
Bermane Stiverne	10 May 2014 – 17 Jan 2015	0
Deontay Wilder	17 Jan 2015 – 22 Feb 2020	10
Tyson Fury	22 Feb 2020 – present	3

Middleweight:

The following list describes the WBC Boxing Champions in the Middleweight category alongside their championship reign and number of title defenses.

Name	Duration	Defenses
Dick Tiger	10 Aug – 7 Dec 1963	0
Joey Giardello	7 Dec 1963 – 21 Oct 1965	1
Dick Tiger	21 Oct 1965 – 25 Apr 1966	0
Emile Griffith	25 Apr 1966 – 4 Mar 1968	2
Nino Benvenuti	4 Mar 1968 – 7 Nov 1970	4
Carlos Monzón	7 Nov 1970 – 23 Apr 1974	9
Rodrigo Valdéz	25 May 1974 – 26 Jun 1976	4
Carlos Monzón	26 Jun 1976 – 29 Aug 1977	1
Rodrigo Valdéz	5 Nov 1977 – 22 Apr 1978	0
Hugo Corro	22 Apr 1978 – 30 Jun 1979	2
Vito Antuofermo	30 Jun 1979 – 16 Mar 1980	1
Alan Minter	16 Mar – 27 Sep 1980	1
Marvin Hagler	27 Sep 1980 – 6 Apr 1987	12
Sugar Ray Leonard	6 Apr – 27 May 1987	0
Thomas Hearns	29 Oct 1987 – 6 Jun 1988	0
Iran Barkley	6 Jun 1988 – 24 Feb 1989	0
Roberto Durán	24 Feb 1989 – 11 Jan 1990	0
Julian Jackson	24 Nov 1990 – 8 May 1993	4
Gerald McClellan	8 May 1993 – 5 Jan 1995	3
Julian Jackson	17 Mar – 19 Aug 1995	0
Quincy Taylor	19 Aug 1995 – 16 Mar 1996	0
Keith Holmes	16 Mar 1996 – 2 May 1998	2
Hacine Cherifi	2 May 1998 – 24 Apr 1999	0
Keith Holmes	24 Apr 1999 – 14 Apr 2001	2
Bernard Hopkins	14 Apr 2001 – 16 Jul 2005	7
Jermain Taylor	16 Jul 2005 – 29 Sep 2007	4
Kelly Pavlik	29 Sep 2007 – 17 Apr 2010	3
Sergio Martínez	17 Apr 2010 – 18 Jan 2011	1
Sebastian Zbik	18 Jan – 4 Jun 2011	0
Julio César Chávez Jr.	4 Jun 2011 – 15 Sep 2012	3
Sergio Martínez	15 Sep 2012 – 7 Jun 2014	1
Miguel Cotto	7 Jun 2014 – 17 Nov 2015	1
Canelo Álvarez	21 Nov 2015 – 18 May 2016	1
Gennady Golovkin	18 May 2016 – 15 Sep 2018	4
Canelo Álvarez	15 Sep 2018 – 26 Jun 2019	1
Jermall Charlo	26 Jun 2019 – present	4

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Lightweight:

The following list describes the WBC Boxing Champions in the Lightweight category alongside their championship reign and number of title defenses.

Name	Duration	Defenses
Carlos Ortiz	7 Apr 1963 – 10 Apr 1965	3
Ismael Laguna	10 Apr – 13 Nov 1965	0
Carlos Ortiz	13 Nov 1965 – 29 Jun 1968	2
Carlos Cruz	29 Jun 1968 – 18 Feb 1969	1
Mando Ramos	18 Feb 1969 – 3 Mar 1970	1
Ismael Laguna	3 Mar – 16 Sep 1970	1
Ken Buchanan	12 Feb – 25 Jun 1971	0
Pedro Carrasco	5 Nov 1971 – 19 Feb 1972	0
Mando Ramos	18 Feb – 15 Sep 1972	1
Chango Carmona	15 Sep – 10 Nov 1972	0
Rodolfo González	10 No 1972 – 11 Apr 1974	2
Guts Ishimatsu	11 Apr 1974 – 8 May 1976	5
Esteban de Jesús	8 May 1976 – 21 Jan 1978	3
Roberto Durán	21 Jan 1978 – 7 Feb 1979	0
Jim Watt	17 Apr 1979 – 20 Jun 1981	4
Alexis Argüello	20 Jun 1981 – 15 Feb 1983	4
Edwin Rosario	1 May 1983 – 3 Nov 1984	2
José Luis Ramírez	3 Nov 1984 – 29 Apr 1987	0
Héctor Camacho	10 Aug 1985 – 29 Apr 1987	2
José Luis Ramírez	19 Jul 1987 – 29 Oct 1988	2
Julio César Chávez	29 Oct 1988 – 25 Jun 1989	0
Pernell Whitaker	20 Aug 1989 – 13 Apr 1992	6
Miguel Ángel González	24 Aug 1992 – 29 Feb 1996	10
Jean Baptiste Mendy	20 Apr 1996 – 1 Mar 1997	0
Stevie Johnston	1 Mar 1997 – 13 Jun 1998	3
César Bazán	13 Jun 1998 – 27 Feb 1999	2
Stevie Johnston	27 Feb 1999 – 17 Jun 2000	4
José Luis Castillo	17 Jun 2000 – 20 Apr 2002	3
Floyd Mayweather Jr.	20 Apr 2002 – 30 May 2004	3
José Luis Castillo	5 Jun 2004 – 7 May 2005	2
Diego Corrales	7 May 2005 – 6 Oct 2006	0
Joel Casamayor	7 Oct 2006 – 22 Feb 2007	0
David Díaz	22 Feb 2007 – 28 Jun 2008	1
Manny Pacquiao	28 Jun 2008 – 24 Feb 2009	0
Edwin Valero	4 Apr 2009 – 9 Feb 2010	2
Humberto Soto	13 Mar 2010 – 1 Jul 2011	4
Antonio DeMarco	15 Oct 2011 – 17 Nov 2012	2
Adrien Broner	17 Nov 2012 – 29 Jan 2014	1
Omar Figueroa Jr.	29 Jan – 10 Nov 2014	2
Jorge Linares	30 Dec 2014 – 22 Feb 2016	2
Dejan Zlatičanin	11 Jun 2016 – 28 Jan 2017	0
Mikey Garcia	28 Jan 2017 – 25 Apr 2019	1
Vasiliy Lomachenko	31 Aug – 23 Oct 2019	0
Devin Haney	23 Oct – 12 Dec 2019	1
Devin Haney	22 Apr 2020 – 1 Aug 2023	6
Shakur Stevenson	16 Nov 2023 – present	0

Bantamweight:

The following list describes the WBC Boxing Champions in the Bantamweight category alongside their championship reign and number of title defenses.

Name	Duration	Defenses
Éder Jofre	4 Apr 1963 – 18 May 1965	2
Fighting Harada	18 May 1965 – 27 Feb 1968	4
Lionel Rose	27 Feb 1968 – 22 Aug 1969	3
Rubén Olivares	22 Aug 1969 – 16 Oct 1970	2
Chucho Castillo	16 Oct 1970 – 2 Apr 1971	0
Rubén Olivares	2 Apr 1971 – 19 Mar 1972	2
Rafael Herrera	19 Mar – 29 Jul 1972	0
Enrique Pinder	29 Jul 1972 – 5 Jan 1973	0
Rafael Herrera	14 Apr 1973 – 7 Dec 1974	2
Rodolfo Martínez	7 Dec 1974 – 8 May 1976	3
Carlos Zárate	8 May 1976 – 3 Jun 1979	9
Lupe Pintor	3 Jun 1979 – 9 Jul 1983	8
Alberto Dávila	1 Sep 1983 – 23 Mar 1985	1
Daniel Zaragoza	4 May – 9 Aug 1985	0
Miguel Lora	9 Aug 1985 – 29 Oct 1988	7
Raúl Pérez	29 Oct 1988 – 25 Feb 1991	7
Greg Richardson	25 Feb – 19 Sep 1991	1
Joichiro Tatsuyoshi	19 Sep 1991 – 17 Sep 1992	0
Victor Rabanales	17 Sep 1992 – 28 Mar 1993	1
Byun Jung-Il	28 Mar – 23 Dec 1993	1
Yasuei Yakushiji	23 Dec 1993 – 30 Jul 1995	4
Wayne McCullough	30 Jul 1995 – 11 Jan 1997	2
Sirimongkol Singmanasak	11 Jan – 22 Nov 1997	3
Joichiro Tatsuyoshi	22 Nov 1997 – 29 Dec 1998	2
Veeraphol Sahaprom	29 Dec 1998 – 16 Apr 2005	14
Hozumi Hasegawa	16 Apr 2005 – 30 Apr 2010	10
Fernando Montiel	30 Apr 2010 – 19 Feb 2011	1
Nonito Donaire	19 Feb – 22 Oct 2011	1
Shinsuke Yamanaka	6 Nov 2011 – 15 Aug 2017	12
Luis Nery	15 Aug 2017 – 28 Feb 2018	0
Nordine Oubaali	19 Jan 2019 – 13 Nov 2020	2
Nordine Oubaali	10 Jan – 29 May 2021	0
Nonito Donaire	29 May 2021 – 7 Jun 2022	1
Naoya Inoue	7 Jun 2022 – 13 Jan 2023	1
Alexandro Santiago	29 Jul 2023 – present	0

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Flyweight:

The following list describes the WBC Boxing Champions in the Flyweight category alongside their championship reign and number of title defenses.

Name	Duration	Defenses
Pone Kingpetch	14 Feb – 18 Sep 1963	0
Hiroyuki Ebihara	18 Sep 1963 – 23 Jan 1964	0
Pone Kingpetch	23 Jan 1964 – 23 Apr 1965	0
Salvatore Burruni	23 Apr – 19 Nov 1965	0
Horacio Accavallo	1 Mar 1966 – 2 Oct 1968	3
Chartchai Chionoi	10 Nov 1968 – 23 Feb 1969	0
Efren Torres	23 Feb 1969 – 20 Mar 1970	1
Chartchai Chionoi	20 Mar – 7 Dec 1970	0
Erbito Salavarria	7 Dec 1970 – 29 Dec 1971	2
Betulio González	29 Dec 1971 – 29 Sep 1972	1
Venice Borkhorsor	29 Sep 1972 – 11 Jul 1973	1
Betulio González	4 Aug 1973 – 1 Oct 1974	2
Shoji Oguma	1 Oct 1974 – 8 Jan 1975	0
Miguel Canto	8 Jan 1975 – 18 Mar 1979	14
Park Chan-Hee	18 Mac 1979 – 18 May 1980	5
Shoji Oguma	18 May 1980 – 12 May 1981	3
Antonio Avelar	12 May 1981 – 20 Mar 1982	1
Prudencio Cardona	20 Mar – 24 Jul 1982	0
Freddy Castillo	24 July – 6 Nov 1982	0
Eleoncio Mercedes	6 Nov 1982 – 15 Mar 1983	0
Charlie Magri	15 Mar – 27 Sep 1983	0
Frank Cedeno	27 Sep 1983 – 18 Jan 1984	0
Kōji Kobayashi	18 Jan – 9 Apr 1984	0
Gabriel Bernal	9 Apr – 8 Oct 1984	1
Sot Chitalada	8 Oct 1984 – 24 Jul 1988	6
Kim Yong-Kang	24 Jul 1988 – 3 Jun 1989	2
Sot Chitalada	3 Jun 1989 – 15 Feb 1991	4
Muangchai Kittikasem	15 Feb 1991 – 23 Jun 1992	3
Yuri Arbachakov	23 Jun 1992 – 12 Nov 1997	9
Chatchai Singwangcha	12 Nov 1997 – 4 Dec 1998	4
Manny Pacquiao	4 Dec 1998 – 16 Sep 1999	1
Medgoen 3K-Battery	17 Sep 1999 – 19 May 2000	1
Malcolm Tuñacao	19 May 2000 – 2 Mar 2001	1
Pongsaklek Wonjongkam	2 Mar 2001 – 18 Jul 2007	17
Daisuke Naito	18 Jul 2007 – 29 Nov 2009	5
Kōki Kameda	29 Nov 2009 – 27 Mar 2010	0
Pongsaklek Wonjongkam	27 Mar 2010 – 2 Mar 2012	4
Sonny Boy Jaro	2 Mar – 16 Jul 2012	0
Toshiyuki Igarashi	16 Jul 2012 – 8 Apr 2013	1
Akira Yaegashi	8 Apr 2013 – 5 Sep 2014	3
Román González	5 Sep 2014 – 1 Oct 2016	4
Juan Hernández Navarrete	4 Mar – 20 May 2017	0
Daigo Higa	20 May 2017 – 14 April 2018	2
Cristofer Rosales	15 April – 22 Dec 2018	1
Charlie Edwards	22 Dec 2018 – 4 Oct 2019	2
Julio Cesar Martinez	20 Dec 2019 – present	6