RECENT WORLD CHAMPS WHO GOT FAST-TRACKED TO WORLD TITLE

[Best Coast]

Everyone knows Loma has the record by winning a world title belt in his 3rd pro bout, but what other recent champs besides Loma have done it on the fast track.

If I overlooked any recent world champs feel free to let me know & I will add them to the list. Not counting Interim or "Silver" world titles. These are world champs from the last decade or so.

Vasiliy Lomachenko 3 (2014)
Kosei Tanaka 5 (2015)
Naoya Inoue 6 (2014)
Kazuto Ioka 7 (2011)
Hiroto Kyoguchi 8 (2017)
Murodjon Akhmadaliev 8 (2020)
Guillermo Rigondeaux 9 ((2012)
Oleksandr Usyk 10 (2016)
Kenshiro Teraji 10 (2017)
Amnat Ruenrong 12 (2014)
Artur Beterbiev 12 (2017)
Dmitry Bivol 12 (2017)
Thammanoon Niyomtrong 13 (2016)
Daigo Higa 13 (2017)
Shakur Stevenson 13 (2019)
Ryota Murata 14 (2017)
Charlie Edwards 14 (2018)
Teofimo Lopez 14 (2019)
Moises Fuentes 15 (2011)
Rau'shee Warren 15 (2015)
Nordine Oubaali 15 (2019)
Josh Taylor 15 (2019)

[giacomino]

Everyone knows Loma has the record by winning a world title belt in his 3rd pro bout, but what other recent champs besides Loma have done it on the fast track.

If I overlooked any recent world champs feel free to let me know & I will add them to the list. Not counting Interim or "Silver" world titles. These are world champs from the last decade or so.

Vasiliy Lomachenko 3 (2014)
Kosei Tanaka 5 (2015)
Naoya Inoue 6 (2014)
Kazuto Ioka 7 (2011)
Hiroto Kyoguchi 8 (2017)
Murodjon Akhmadaliev 8 (2020)
Guillermo Rigondeaux 9 ((2012)
Oleksandr Usyk 10 (2016)
Kenshiro Teraji 10 (2017)
Amnat Ruenrong 12 (2014)
Artur Beterbiev 12 (2017)
Dmitry Bivol 12 (2017)
Thammanoon Niyomtrong 13 (2016)
Daigo Higa 13 (2017)
Shakur Stevenson 13 (2019)
Ryota Murata 14 (2017)
Charlie Edwards 14 (2018)
Teofimo Lopez 14 (2019)
Moises Fuentes 15 (2011)
Rau'shee Warren 15 (2015)
Nordine Oubaali 15 (2019)
Josh Taylor 15 (2019)

Saensak Muangsurin won the WBC jr. welter belt in his third fight in 1975, So no, not “everyone” (I.e. those who followed boxing before 2010) knows Loma set the standard, particularly since Loma had six previous “professional” fights with the World Series of Boxing, Murata’s paper belt is a secondary belt so doesn’t really count unless you think interim or “regular” belt holders are “world champions.”

[Best Coast]

Everyone knows Loma has the record by winning a world title belt in his 3rd pro bout, but what other recent champs besides Loma have done it on the fast track.

If I overlooked any recent world champs feel free to let me know & I will add them to the list. Not counting Interim or "Silver" world titles. These are world champs from the last decade or so.

Vasiliy Lomachenko 3 (2014)
Kosei Tanaka 5 (2015)
Naoya Inoue 6 (2014)
Kazuto Ioka 7 (2011)
Hiroto Kyoguchi 8 (2017)
Murodjon Akhmadaliev 8 (2020)
Guillermo Rigondeaux 9 ((2012)
Oleksandr Usyk 10 (2016)
Kenshiro Teraji 10 (2017)
Amnat Ruenrong 12 (2014)
Artur Beterbiev 12 (2017)
Dmitry Bivol 12 (2017)
Thammanoon Niyomtrong 13 (2016)
Daigo Higa 13 (2017)
Shakur Stevenson 13 (2019)
Ryota Murata 14 (2017)
Charlie Edwards 14 (2018)
Teofimo Lopez 14 (2019)
Moises Fuentes 15 (2011)
Rau'shee Warren 15 (2015)
Nordine Oubaali 15 (2019)
Josh Taylor 15 (2019)

Saensak Muangsurin won the WBC jr. welter belt in his third fight in 1975, So no, not “everyone” (I.e. those who followed boxing before 2010) knows Loma set the standard, particularly since Loma had six previous “professional” fights with the World Series of Boxing, Murata’s paper belt is a secondary belt so doesn’t really count unless you think interim or “regular” belt holders are “world champions.”

Thanks for the clarification!!

No need to quibble over semantics. I said Loma has the standard, which he shares with Muangsurin. Like the thread title says, this list is only for "RECENT CHAMPS WHO GOT FAST-TRACKED TO A WORLD TITLE". Loma matched the current standard of original record-setter Muangsurin, who set the record 45 years ago. BoxRec (along with many other sources) doesnt count WSB bouts as professional bouts, and neither do I. There were several other fighters from before this past decade who were also fast-tracked to their world titles as well:

Veeraphol Sahaprom 4 (1995)
Jeff Fenech 7 (1985)
Muangchai Kittikasem 7 (1989)
Sung-Kil Moon 7 (1988)
Leon Spinks 8 (1978)
Sot Chitalada 8 (1989)
Joichiro Tatsuyoshi 8 (1991)
Nabuo Nashiro 8 (2006)

[Boxing Prospect]

Hyun Mi Choi deserves a mention, debutant world champion

Jung-Il Byun won his in his 9th fight