WBA Lightweight Champion
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Lightweight champion as recognized by the World Boxing Association.
- The maximum weight for this division is 135 pounds (61.2 kg or 9 stone 9 lbs).
- One of the traditional eight divisions.
- For National Boxing Association champions, see NBA World Lightweight Champion.
RELATED LINK: WBA Lightweight 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 | Carlos Ortiz | 1962 Apr 21 | 1965 Apr 10 | 4 | 4 |
| 2 | Ismael Laguna | 1965 Apr 10 | 1965 Nov 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Carlos Ortiz (2) | 1965 Nov 13 | 1968 Jun 29 | 5 | 4 |
| 4 | Carlos Teo Cruz | 1968 Jun 29 | 1969 Feb 18 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | Mando Ramos | 1969 Feb 18 | 1970 Mar 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | Ismael Laguna (2) | 1970 Mar 3 | 1970 Sep 26 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | Ken Buchanan | 1970 Sep 26 | 1972 Jun 26 | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | Roberto Duran | 1972 Jun 26 | 1979 Feb 2 V | 12 | 12 |
| 9 | Ernesto Espana | 1979 Jun 16 | 1980 Mar 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | Hilmer Kenty | 1980 Mar 2 | 1981 Apr 12 | 3 | 3 |
| 11 | Sean O'Grady | 1981 Apr 12 | 1981 Aug 14 V | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Claude Noel | 1981 Sep 12 | 1981 Dec 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Arturo Frias | 1981 Dec 5 | 1982 May 8 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | Ray Mancini | 1982 May 8 | 1984 Jun 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 15 | Livingstone Bramble | 1984 Jun 1 | 1986 Sep 26 | 2 | 2 |
| 16 | Edwin Rosario | 1986 Sep 26 | 1987 Nov 21 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Julio Cesar Chavez | 1987 Nov 21 | 1989 Jun 1 V | 2 | 2 |
| 18 | Edwin Rosario (2) | 1989 Jul 9 | 1990 Apr 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Juan Nazario | 1990 Apr 4 | 1990 Aug 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Pernell Whitaker | 1990 Aug 11 | 1992 Apr 20 V | 3 | 3 |
| 21 | Joey Gamache | 1992 Jun 13 | 1992 Oct 24 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Tony Lopez | 1992 Oct 24 | 1993 Jun 26 | 1 | 1 |
| 23 | Dingaan Thobela | 1993 Jun 26 | 1993 Oct 30 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Orzubek Nazarov | 1993 Oct 30 | 1998 May 16 | 6 | 6 |
| 25 | Jean-Baptiste Mendy | 1998 May 16 | 1999 Apr 10 | 1 | 1 |
| 26 | Julien Lorcy | 1999 Apr 10 | 1999 Aug 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Stefano Zoff | 1999 Aug 7 | 1999 Nov 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Gilberto Serrano | 1999 Nov 13 | 2000 Jun 11 | 1 | 1 |
| 29 | Takanori Hatakeyama | 2000 Jun 11 | 2001 Jul 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 30 | Julien Lorcy (2) | 2001 Jul 1 | 2001 Oct 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Raul Horacio Balbi | 2001 Oct 8 | 2002 Jan 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Leonard Dorin | 2002 Jan 5 | 2003 Oct 24 S | 2 | 2 |
| 33 | Lakva Sim | 2004 Apr 10 | 2004 Jul 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Juan Diaz | 2004 Jul 17 | 2008 Mar 8 | 7 | 7 |
| 35 | Nate Campbell | 2008 Mar 8 | 2009 Feb 13 S | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Paulus Moses | 2009 Jan 10 | 2009 Feb 28 RG | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Juan Manuel Marquez | 2009 Feb 28 | 2012 Jan 4 S | 2 | 2 |
| 38 | Richar Abril | 2013 Feb 28 | 2015 Apr 10 S | 2 | 2 |
| 39 | Darleys Perez | 2015 Apr 10 | 2015 Nov 21 | 1 | 1 |
| 40 | Anthony Crolla | 2015 Nov 21 | 2016 Sep 24 | 1 | 1 |
| 40 | Jorge Linares | 2016 Sep 24 | 2018 May 13 | 3 | 3 |
| 41 | Vasyl Lomachenko | 2018 May 13 | 2020 Oct 17 | 3 | 3 |
| 42 | Teofimo Lopez | 2020 Oct 17 | 2021 Nov 27 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | George Kambosos Jr | 2021 Nov 27 | 2022 Jun 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | Devin Haney | 2022 Jun 5 | Present | 1 | 1 |
R - Retired
S - Stripped
V - Vacated
RG - Relegated to secondary champion