WBA, WBC and IBF Titleholders (through Oct. 31, 2002)
Updated September 27, 2017 |
Infoplease Staff
The champions of professional boxing's 17 principal weight divisions, as recognized by the Word Boxing Association (WBA), World Boxing Council (WBC) and International Boxing Federation (IBF). Where applicable, records listed below fighters' names indicate wins-losses-draws-no contest.
Weight Limit | WBA Champion | WBC Champion | IBF Champion | |
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Heavyweight | — | John Ruiz | Lennox Lewis | vacant |
38-4-0, 27 KOs | 40-2-1, 31 KOs | |||
Cruiserweight | 190 lbs | Jean-Marc Mormeck | Wayne Braithwaite | Vassiliy Jirov |
28-2-0, 20 KOs | 18-0-0, 15 KOs | 31-0-0, 27 KOs | ||
Light Heavyweight | 175 lbs | Roy Jones Jr.* | Roy Jones Jr. | Roy Jones Jr. |
47-1-0, 38 KOs | 47-1-0, 38 KOs | 47-1-0, 38 KOs | ||
Super Middleweight | 168 lbs | Byron Mitchell | Eric Lucas | Sven Ottke |
25-1-1, 18 KOs | 36-4-3, 13 KOs | 28-0-0, 6 KOs | ||
Middleweight | 160 lbs | Bernard Hopkins* | Bernard Hopkins | Bernard Hopkins |
41-2-1-1, 30 KOs | 41-2-1-1, 30 KOs | 41-2-1-1, 30 KOs | ||
Jr. Middleweight | 154 lbs | Oscar De La Hoya* | Oscar De La Hoya | Ronald Wright |
35-2-0, 28 KOs | 35-2-0, 28 KOs | 44-3-0, 25 KOs | ||
Welterweight | 147 lbs | Richard Mayorga | Vernon Forrest | Michele Piccirillo |
23-1-1-1, 21 KOs | 35-0-0, 26 KOs | 37-1-0-1, 23 KOs | ||
Jr. Welterweight | 140 lbs | Kostya Tszyu* | Kostya Tszyu | Kostya Tszyu |
29-1-1, 23 KOs | 29-1-1, 23 KOs | 29-1-1, 23 KOs | ||
Lightweight | 135 lbs | Leonard Dorin | Floyd Mayweather Jr. | Paul Spadafora |
20-0-0, 7 KOs | 28-0-0, 20 KOs | 35-0-0, 14 KOs | ||
Jr. Lightweight | 130 lbs | Acelino Freitas* | Sirimongkol Singmanassak | vacant |
32-0-0, 29 KOs | 40-1-0, 22 KOs | |||
Featherweight | 126 lbs | Derrick Gainer | vacant | vacant |
38-5-1, 24 KOs | ||||
Jr. Featherweight | 122 lbs | Salim Medjkoune | Willie Jorrin* | Manny Pacquiao |
40-3-1, 21 KOs | 28-0-1, 12 KOs | 35-2-1, 25 KOs | ||
Bantamweight | 118 lbs | Johnny Bredahl | Veerapol Saphrom | Tim Austin |
52-2-0, 26 KOs | 39-1-1, 26 KOs | 25-0-1, 22 KOs | ||
Jr. Bantamweight | 115 lbs | Alexander Munoz | Masamori Tokuyama | Felix Machado |
23-0-0, 23 KOs | 27-2-1, 8 KOs | 22-3-1, 11 KOs | ||
Flyweight | 112 lbs | Eric Morel | Pongsaklek Wonjongkam | Irene Pacheco |
32-0-0, 18 KOs | 45-2-0, 26 KOs | 26-0-0, 20 KOs | ||
Jr. Flyweight | 108 lbs | Rosendo Alvarez | Jorge Arce | Ricardo Lopez |
31-2-1, 20 KOs | 30-3-1, 22 KOs | 50-0-1, 37 KOs | ||
Minimumweight | 105 lbs | Noel Arambulent | Jose Antonio Aguirre | Miguel Barrera |
18-2-1-1, 10 KOs | 29-1-1, 19 KOs | 19-0-2, 11 KOs |
Note: The following weight divisions are also known by these names—Cruiserweight as Jr. Heavyweight; Jr. Middleweight as Super Welterweight; Jr. Welterweight as Super Lightweight; Jr. Lightweight as Super Featherweight; Jr. Featherweight as Super Bantamweight; Jr. Bantamweight as Super Flyweight; Jr. Flyweight as Light Flyweight; and Minimumweight as Strawweight or Mini-Flyweights.
*Roy Jones Jr. is the WBA light heavyweight “super world champion;” Bernard Hopkins is the WBA middleweight “super world champion;” Santiago Samaniego (36-6-1, 29 KOs) is the interim WBA junior middleweight champion; Kostya Tszyu is the WBA super lightweight “super world champion;” Acelino Freitas is the WBA super featherweight “super world champion;” Oscar Larios (45-3-1, 32 KOs) is currently the interim WBC junior featherweight champion.
2001-2002 Season | Major Bouts, 2001–02 |