Rising to Glory: A Glimpse at WBA Boxing Champions

World Boxing Associations conducts championship title bouts in all weight categories and boxers from all around the world fight for the prestigious champion titles. 

So, we will delve into the details of all-time WBA Boxing Champions in 9 different weight divisions. It's important to note that these boxers belong to the secondary Champion lineage of these weight divisions.

All-Time WBA World Champions in different Weight Division:

Heavyweight:

Here is the list of WBA Boxing champions for the Secondary champion lineage in the Heavyweight Boxing division.

Name	Duration	Defenses
Alexander Povetkin	27 Aug 2011 – 5 Oct 2013	4
Ruslan Chagaev	6 Jul 2014 – 5 Mar 2016	1
Lucas Browne	5 Mar – 12 May 2016	0
Ruslan Chagaev	21 May – 25 Jul 2016	0
Mahmoud Charr	25 Nov 2017 – 29 Jan 2021	0
Trevor Bryan	29 Jan 2021 – 11 Jun 2022	1
Daniel Dubois	11 Jun 2022 – 26 Aug 2023	1
Mahmoud Charr	31 Aug 2023 – present	0

Cruiserweight:

Here is the list of WBA World champions for the Secondary champion lineage in the Cruiserweight Boxing division.

Name	Reign	Defenses
Virgil Hill	27 Jan 2006 – 24 Nov 2007	0
Firat Arslan	24 Nov 2007 – 12 May 2008	2
Beibut Shumenov	21 May 2016 – 20 Jun 2017	0
Yuniel Dorticos	20 Jun 2017 – 1 Feb 2018	1
Beibut Shumenov	7 Jul 2018 – 27 Mar 2019	0
Beibut Shumenov	1 Sep 2019 – 29 Jan 2021	0
Ryad Merhy	29 Jan 2021 – 12 Aug 2022	1

Light Heavyweight:

Here is the list of WBA World champions for the Secondary champion lineage in the Light Heavyweight Boxing division.

Name	Duration	Defenses
Bruno Girard	22 Dec 2001 – 8 Mar 2003	2
Mehdi Sahnoune	8 Mar – 15 Apr 2003	0
Silvio Branco	8 Nov 2003 – 20 Feb 2004	0
Fabrice Tiozzo	20 Feb – 3 Jul 2004	0
Jürgen Brähmer	14 Dec 2013 – 1 Oct 2016	6
Nathan Cleverly	1 Oct 2016 – 26 Aug 2017	0
Badou Jack	26 Aug – 21 Sep 2017	0
Jean Pascal	10 Oct 2019 – 9 Jul 2021	1

Middleweight:

Here is the list of WBA Boxing champions for the Secondary champion lineage in the Middleweight Boxing division.

Name	Duration	Defenses
William Joppy	17 Nov 2001 – 13 Dec 2003	1
Maselino Masoe	1 May 2004 – 11 Mar 2006	0
Felix Sturm	11 Mar – 15 Jul 2006	0
Javier Castillejo	15 Jul – 14 Dec 2006	1
Gennady Golovkin	14 Oct 2010 – 2 Nov 2012	5
Daniel Jacobs	9 Aug 2014 – 18 Mar 2017	4
Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam	20 May – 22 Oct 2017	0
Ryōta Murata	22 Oct 2017 – 20 Oct 2018	1
Rob Brant	20 Oct 2018 – 12 Jul 2019	1
Ryōta Murata	12 Jul 2019 – 1 Jan 2021	1
Erislandy Lara	1 May 2021 – 9 Mar 2023	1

Welterweight:

Here is the list of WBA World champions for the Secondary champion lineage in the Welterweight Boxing division.

Name	Duration	Defenses
José Antonio Rivera	13 Sep 2003 – 2 Apr 2005	0
Luis Collazo	2 Apr 2005 – 7 Jan 2006	1
Yuriy Nuzhnenko	3 Oct 2008 – 10 Apr 2009	0
Vyacheslav Senchenko	10 Apr 2009 – 21 May 2010	1
Keith Thurman	28 Jan 2015 – 19 Jan 2016	2
David Avanesyan	7 Feb – 18 Feb 2017	0
Lamont Peterson	18 Feb – 3 Oct 2017	0
Lucas Matthysse	27 Jan – 15 Jul 2018	0
Manny Pacquiao	15 Jul 2018 – 20 Jul 2019	1
Yordenis Ugás	6 Sep 2020 – 29 Jan 2021	0
Jamal James	4 Feb – 30 Oct 2021	0
Radzhab Butaev	30 Oct 2021 – 16 Apr 2022	0
Eimantas Stanionis	16 Apr 2022 – present	0

Lightweight:

Here is the list of WBA Boxing champions for the Secondary champion lineage in the Lightweight Boxing division.

Name	Duration	Defenses
José Alfaro	29 Dec 2007 – 19 May 2008	0
Yusuke Kobori	19 May 2008 – 3 Jan 2009	0
Paulus Moses	3 Jan – 10 Jan 2009	0
Paulus Moses	28 Feb 2009 – 29 May 2010	1
Miguel Acosta	29 May 2010 – 26 Feb 2011	0
Brandon Ríos	26 Feb – 3 Dec 2011	1
Gervonta Davis	28 Dec 2019 – 29 November 2023	4

Featherweight:

Here is the list of WBA World champions for the Secondary champion lineage in the Featherweight Boxing division.

Name	Reign	Defenses
Chris John	1 Nov 2003 – 22 Aug 2005	4
Yuriorkis Gamboa	27 Jun 2009 – 14 Jul 2010	3
Yuriorkis Gamboa	5 Dec 2010 – 11 Jun 2011	1(5)
Jonathan Victor Barros	4 Dec 2010 – 14 Oct 2011	2
Celestino Caballero	14 Oct 2011 – 7 Oct 2012	1
Nicholas Walters	9 Dec 2012 – 18 Oct 2014	2
Jesús Cuellar	21 Feb – 12 Jun 2015	1
Jesús Cuéllar	29 Aug 2015 – 10 Dec 2016	1(2)
Abner Mares	10 Dec 2016 – 9 Jun 2018	1
Jesús Rojas	4 Jul 2018 – 26 Jan 2019	0
Xu Can	26 Jan 2019 – 31 Jul 2021	2
Leigh Wood	31 Jul 2021 – 12 Dec 2022	1

Bantamweight:

Here is the list of WBA Boxing champions for the Secondary champion lineage in the Bantamweight Boxing division.

Name	Duration	Defenses
Koki Kameda	26 Dec 2010 – 6 Dec 2013	8
Jamie McDonnell	31 May 2014 – 25 May 2018	5
Naoya Inoue	25 May 2018 – 18 May 2019	4
Naoya Inoue – Unified champion	18 May – 7 Nov 2019	(1)
Guillermo Rigondeaux	8 Feb 2020 – 14 Aug 2021	0

Flyweight:

Here is the list of WBA World champions for the Secondary champion lineage in the Flyweight Boxing division.

Name	Duration	Defenses
Juan Carlos Reveco (interim champion promoted)	17 Nov 2012 – 22 Apr 2015	6
Kazuto Ioka	22 Apr 2015 – 14 Sep 2016	3