WBA, WBC and IBF Titleholders 1997-98 Season
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).
| Weight Limit | WBA Champion | WBC Champion | IBF Champion | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heavyweight | --- | Evander Holyfield | Lennox Lewis | Evander Holyfield |
| 36-3-0, 25 KOs | 34-1-0, 27 KOs | 36-3-0, 25 KOs | ||
| Cruiserweight | 190 lbs | Fabrice Tiozzo | Juan Carlos Gomez | Imamu Mayfield |
| 39-1-0, 25 KOs | 24-0-0, 20 KOs | 18-1-0, 14 KOs | ||
| Light Heavyweight | 175 lbs | Roy Jones Jr. | Roy Jones Jr.* | Reggie Johnson |
| 37-1-0, 31 KOs | 37-1-0, 31 KOs | 38-5-1, 24 KOs | ||
| Super Middleweight | 168 lbs | Frank Liles | Richie Woodhall | Charles Brewer |
| 32-1-0, 19 KOs | 24-1-0, 15 KOs | 32-5-0, 21 KOs | ||
| Middleweight | 160 lbs | William Joppy | Hassine Cherifi | Bernard Hopkins* |
| 26-1-1, 20 KOs | 25-2-1, 17 KOs | 34-2-1, 26 KOs | ||
| Jr. Middleweight | 154 lbs | Laurent Boudouani | Keith Mullings | Yory Boy Campas |
| 37-2-1, 31 KOs | 16-4-1, 11 KOs | 72-2-0, 62 KOs | ||
| Welterweight | 147 lbs | Vacant | Oscar De La Hoya | Felix Trinidad |
| 29-0-0, 24 KOs | 33-0-0, 29 KOs | |||
| Jr. Welterweight | 140 lbs | Sharmba Mitchell | Vacant | Vince Phillips |
| 43-2-0, 29 KOs | 39-3-1, 28 KOs | |||
| Lightweight | 135 lbs | Jean-Baptiste Mendy | Cesar Bazan | Shane Mosley |
| 51-7-2, 31 KOs | 33-2-1, 23 KOs | 29-0-0, 27 KOs | ||
| Jr. Lightweight | 130 lbs | Takanori Hatakeyama | Floyd Mayweather | Roberto Garcia |
| 22-0-1, 17 KOs | 18-0-0, 14 KOs | 30-0-0, 23 KOs | ||
| Featherweight | 126 lbs | Antonio Cermeno | Luisito Espinoza | Manuel Medina |
| 30-2-0, 18 KOs | 43-7-0, 22 KOs | 55-10-1, 25 KOs | ||
| Jr. Featherweight | 122 lbs | Enrique Sanchez* | Erik Morales | Vuyani Bungu |
| 24-0-1, 17 KOs | 31-0-1, 25 KOs | 35-2-0, 18 KOs | ||
| Bantamweight | 118 lbs | Nana Yaw Konadu | Joichiro Tatsuyoshi | Tim Austin |
| 39-3-1, 31 KOs | 17-4-1, 12 KOs | 18-0-1, 17 KOs | ||
| Jr. Bantamweight | 115 lbs | Satoshi Iida | Cho In-joo | Johnny Tapia |
| 25-1-1, 11 KOs | 13-0-0, 7 KOs | 44-0-2, 25 KOs | ||
| Flyweight | 112 lbs | Hugo Soto* | Chatchai Sasakul | Mark Johnson |
| 50-5-2, 33 KOs | 33-1-0, 24 KOs | 36-1-0, 26 KOs | ||
| Jr. Flyweight | 108 lbs | Phichitnoi C. Siriwat | Saman Sor Jaturong | Vacant |
| 19-1-0, 11 KOs | 38-2-1, 31 KOs | |||
| Minimumweight | 105 lbs | Rosendo Alvarez | Ricardo Lopez* | Zolani Petelo |
| 24-0-1, 16 KOs | 46-0-1, 35 KOs | 13-2-2, 7 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 Minimum as Strawweight.
*Graciano Rocchigiani (40-4-1, 19 KOs) is currently the interim WBC light heavyweight champion. Robert Allen (23-2-0, 17 KOs) is currently the interim IBF Middleweight champion. Carlos Barreto (13-0-1, 9 KOs) is currently the interim WBA Flyweight champion. Wande Chareon (22-3-0, 6 KOs) is currently the interim WBC Minimumweight champion.
| Who's the Man? | 1997–98 Season | Major Bouts, 1997-98 |
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