WBO Lightweight Champion
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Lightweight champion as recognized by the World Boxing Organization.
- The maximum weight for this division is 135 pounds (61.2 kg or 9 stone 9 lbs).
- One of the traditional eight divisions.
RELATED LINK: WBO Lightweight Title Fights
| Reign Began | Reign Ended | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mauricio Aceves | 1989 May 6 | 1990 Sep 22 | 1 |
| 2 | Dingaan Thobela | 1990 Sep 22 | 1991 V | 2 |
| 3 | Giovanni Parisi | 1992 Sep 25 | 1994 V | 2 |
| 4 | Oscar De La Hoya | 1994 Jul 29 | 1996 V | 6 |
| 5 | Artur Grigorian | 1996 Apr 13 | 2004 Jan 3 | 17 |
| 6 | Acelino Freitas | 2004 Jan 3 | 2004 Aug 7 | 0 |
| 7 | Diego Corrales | 2004 Aug 7 | 2005 S | 1 |
| 6 | Acelino Freitas (2) | 2006 Apr 29 | 2007 Apr 28 | 0 |
| 8 | Juan Diaz | 2007 Apr 28 | 2008 Mar 8 | 1 |
| 9 | Nate Campbell | 2008 Mar 8 | 2009 Feb 13 S | 0 |
| 10 | Juan Manuel Márquez | 2009 Feb 28 | 2012 S | 2 |
| 11 | Ricky Burns | 2012 | Present | 0 |
R - Retired
S - Stripped
V - Vacated
