Rising to Glory: A Glimpse at WBA Boxing Champions

2024/02/02

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.

Rising to Glory: A Glimpse at WBA Boxing Champions

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

Rising to Glory: A Glimpse at WBA Boxing Champions

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
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