WBA Light Welterweight Champion
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Light Welterweight champion as recognized by the World Boxing Association.
- Also known as Junior Welterweight (IBF/WBO) and Super Lightweight (WBA/WBC).
- The maximum weight for this division is 140 pounds (63.5 kg or 10 stone).
- For National Boxing Association champions, see NBA World Light Welterweight Champion.
RELATED LINK: WBA Light Welterweight 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 | Eddie Perkins | 1962 Sep 14 | 1962 Dec 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Duilio Loi | 1962 Dec 15 | 1936 Jan 24 R | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Roberto Cruz | 1963 Mar 21 | 1963 Jun 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Eddie Perkins (2) | 1963 Jun 15 | 1965 Jan 18 | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | Carlos Hernandez | 1965 Jan 18 | 1966 Apr 29 | 2 | 2 |
| 6 | Sandro Lopopolo | 1966 Apr 29 | 1967 Apr 30 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | Takeshi Fuji | 1967 Apr 30 | 1968 Dec 12 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | Nicolino Locche | 1968 Dec 12 | 1972 Mar 10 | 5 | 5 |
| 9 | Alfonso Frazer | 1972 Mar 10 | 1972 Oct 28 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Antonio Cervantes | 1972 Oct 28 | 1976 Mar 6 | 10 | 10 |
| 11 | Wilfred Benitez | 1976 Mar 6 | 1976 Nov 28 S | 2 | 2 |
| 12 | Antonio Cervantes (2) | 1977 Jun 25 | 1980 Aug 2 | 6 | 5 |
| 13 | Aaron Pryor | 1980 Aug 2 | 1983 Oct 26 S | 8 | 7 |
| 14 | Johnny Bumphus | 1984 Jan 22 | 1984 Jun 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Gene Hatcher | 1984 Jun 1 | 1985 Jul 21 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | Ubaldo Nestor Sacco | 1985 Jul 21 | 1986 Mar 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Patrizio Oliva | 1986 Mar 15 | 1987 Jul 4 | 2 | 2 |
| 18 | Juan Martin Coggi | 1987 Jul 4 | 1990 Aug 17 | 4 | 4 |
| 19 | Loreto Garza | 1990 Aug 17 | 1991 Jun 14 | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | Edwin Rosario | 1991 Jun 14 | 1992 Apr 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Akinobu Hiranaka | 1992 Apr 10 | 1992 Sep 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Morris East | 1992 Sep 9 | 1993 Jan 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Juan Martin Coggi (2) | 1993 Jan 12 | 1994 Sep 17 | 6 | 5 |
| 24 | Frankie Randall | 1994 Sep 17 | 1996 Jan 13 | 2 | 2 |
| 25 | Juan Martin Coggi (3) | 1996 Jan 13 | 1996 Aug 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Frankie Randall (2) | 1996 Aug 16 | 1997 Jan 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Khalid Rahilou | 1997 Jan 11 | 1998 Oct 10 | 2 | 2 |
| 28 | Sharmba Mitchell | 1998 Oct 10 | 2001 Feb 3 | 4 | 4 |
| 29 | Kostya Tszyu | 2001 Feb 3 | 2004 Jun 16 S | 4 | 4 |
| 30 | Vivian Harris | 2004 Jun 16 | 2005 Jun 25 | 1 | 1 |
| 31 | Carlos Maussa | 2005 Jun 25 | 2005 Nov 26 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Ricky Hatton | 2005 Nov 26 | 2006 May 4 V | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Souleymane M'baye | 2006 Sep 2 | 2007 Jul 21 | 1 | 1 |
| 34 | Gavin Rees | 2007 Jul 21 | 2008 Mar 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Andriy Kotelnik | 2008 Mar 22 | 2009 Jul 18 | 2 | 2 |
| 36 | Amir Khan | 2009 Jul 18 | 2011 Dec 10 | 5 | 5 |
| 37 | Lamont Peterson | 2011 Dec 10 | 2012 Jul 11 S | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Amir Khan (2) | 2012 Jul 11 | 2012 Jul 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Danny Garcia | 2012 Jul 14 | 2015 Sep 11 | 4 | 4 |
| 40 | Adrien Broner | 2015 Oct 3 | 2016 Apr 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | Ricky Burns | 2016 May 28 | 2017 Apr 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | Julius Indongo | 2017 Apr 15 | 2017 Aug 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | Terence Crawford | 2017 Aug 19 | 2017 Oct 28 V | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | Kiryl Relikh | 2018 Mar 18 | 2019 Apr 27 | 1 | 1 |
| 45 | Regis Prograis | 2019 Apr 27 | 2019 Oct 26 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | Josh Taylor | 2019 Oct 26 | 2022 May 14 S | 3 | 3 |
| 47 | Alberto Puello | 2022 Aug 20 | Present | 0 | 0 |
R - Retired
S - Stripped
V - Vacated
RG - Relegated to secondary champion