WBA Light Middleweight Champion
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Light Middleweight champion as recognized by the World Boxing Association.
- Also known as Junior Middleweight (IBF/WBO) and Super Welterweight (WBA/WBC).
- The maximum weight for this division is 154 pounds (69.9 kg or 11 stone).
RELATED LINK: WBA Light Middleweight Title Fights
Primary Championship Lineage
- Every Super champion is the primary champion.
- A Regular champion is a primary champion only if Super, Undisputed and Unified is vacant.
- A Unified champion is a primary champion only if Super is vacant.
- Not every Regular or Unified champion gets promoted to Super if it is vacant.
- Not every Regular champion gets to fight for the vacant Super title.
- A Regular or Unified champion that is considered the primary champion is relegated to secondary champion if Super gets occupied.
| Reign Began | Reign Ended | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denny Moyer | 1962 Oct 20 | 1963 Apr 29 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Ralph Dupas | 1963 Apr 29 | 1963 Sep 7 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | Sandro Mazzinghi | 1963 Sep 7 | 1965 Jun 18 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Nino Benvenuti | 1965 Jun 18 | 1966 Jun 25 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | Ki Soo Kim | 1966 Jun 25 | 1968 May 26 | 2 | 2 |
| 6 | Sandro Mazzinghi (2) | 1968 May 26 | 1968 Oct 28 S | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | Freddie Little | 1969 Mar 17 | 1970 Jul 9 | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | Carmelo Bossi | 1970 Jul 9 | 1971 Oct 31 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | Koichi Wajima | 1971 Oct 31 | 1974 Jun 4 | 6 | 5 |
| 10 | Oscar Albarado | 1974 Jun 4 | 1975 Jan 21 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | Koichi Wajima (2) | 1975 Jan 21 | 1975 Jun 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Jae Doo Yuh | 1975 Jun 7 | 1976 Feb 17 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | Koichi Wajima (3) | 1976 Feb 17 | 1976 May 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Jose Duran | 1976 May 18 | 1976 Oct 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Miguel Angel Castellini | 1976 Oct 8 | 1977 Mar 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Eddie Gazo | 1977 Mar 5 | 1978 Aug 9 | 3 | 3 |
| 17 | Masashi Kudo | 1978 Aug 9 | 1979 Oct 24 | 3 | 2 |
| 18 | Ayub Kalule | 1979 Oct 24 | 1981 Jun 25 | 4 | 4 |
| 19 | Sugar Ray Leonard | 1981 Jun 25 | 1981 Sep 22 V | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Tadashi Mihara | 1981 Nov 7 | 1982 Feb 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Davey Moore | 1982 Feb 2 | 1983 Jun 16 | 3 | 3 |
| 22 | Roberto Duran | 1983 Jun 16 | 1984 Jun 15 S | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Mike McCallum | 1984 Oct 19 | 1987 Aug V | 6 | 6 |
| 24 | Julian Jackson | 1987 Nov 21 | 1990 Nov 24 V | 3 | 3 |
| 25 | Gilbert Dele | 1991 Feb 23 | 1991 Oct 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 26 | Vinny Pazienza | 1991 Oct 1 | 1992 Oct 14 V | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Julio Cesar Vasquez | 1992 Dec 21 | 1995 Mar 4 | 10 | 10 |
| 28 | Pernell Whitaker | 1995 Mar 4 | 1995 Mar 8 V | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Carl Daniels | 1995 Jun 16 | 1995 Dec 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Julio Cesar Vasquez (2) | 1995 Dec 16 | 1996 Aug 21 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Laurent Boudouani | 1996 Aug 21 | 1999 Mar 6 | 4 | 3 |
| 32 | David Reid | 1999 Mar 6 | 2000 Mar 3 | 2 | 2 |
| 33 | Felix Trinidad | 2000 Mar 3 | 2001 May 12 V | 2 | 2 |
| 34 | Fernando Vargas | 2001 Sep 22 | 2002 Sep 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Oscar De La Hoya | 2002 Sep 14 | 2003 Sep 13 | 1 | 1 |
| 36 | Shane Mosley | 2003 Sep 13 | 2004 Mar 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Ronald (Winky) Wright | 2004 Mar 13 | 2005 Mar 20 V | 1 | 1 |
| 38 | Travis Simms | 2005 Mar 20 | 2005 Jun 5 S | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Alejandro Garcia | 2005 Jul 18 | 2006 May 6 | 1 | 1 |
| 40 | Jose Antonio Rivera | 2006 May 6 | 2007 Jan 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | Travis Simms (2) | 2007 Jan 6 | 2007 Jul 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | Joachim Alcine | 2007 Jul 7 | 2008 Jul 11 | 1 | 1 |
| 43 | Daniel Santos | 2008 Jul 11 | 2009 Nov 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | Yuri Foreman | 2009 Nov 14 | 2010 Jun 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | Miguel Angel Cotto | 2010 Jun 5 | 2012 May 5 | 2 | 2 |
| 46 | Floyd Mayweather Jr. | 2012 May 5 | 2016 Jan 19 R | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | Erislandy Lara | 2016 Jan 19 | 2018 Apr 7 | 3 | 3 |
| 48 | Jarrett Hurd | 2018 Apr 7 | 2019 May 11 | 1 | 1 |
| 49 | Julian Williams | 2019 May 11 | 2020 Jan 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | Jeison Rosario | 2020 Jan 18 | 2020 Sep 26 | 0 | 0 |
| 51 | Jermell Charlo | 2020 Sep 26 | Present | 2 | 1 |
R - Retired
S - Stripped
V - Vacated
RG - Relegated to secondary champion