WBA Lightweight Title Fights
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Lightweight title fights 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 title fights, see NBA World Lightweight Title Fights.
RELATED LINK: WBA Lightweight Champion
Primary Championship Fights
- 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.
| Date | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1962 Apr 21 | Carlos Ortiz | UD 15 | Joe Brown | Inaugural | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 2 | 1962 Dec 3 | Carlos Ortiz | KO 5 | Teruo Kosaka | 1 | Tokyo, JPN |
| 3 | 1963 Apr 7 | Carlos Ortiz | TKO 13 | Douglas Vaillant | 2 | San Juan, PUR |
| 4 | 1964 Feb 15 | Carlos Ortiz | TKO 14 | Flash Elorde | 3 | Manila, Metro Manila, PHI |
| 5 | 1964 Apr 11 | Carlos Ortiz | UD 15 | Kenny Lane | 4 | San Juan, PUR |
| 6 | 1965 Apr 10 | Ismael Laguna | MD 15 | Carlos Ortiz | - | Panama City, PAN |
| 7 | 1965 Nov 13 | Carlos Ortiz (2) | UD 15 | Ismael Laguna | - | San Juan, PUR |
| 8 | 1966 Jun 20 | Carlos Ortiz (2) | TKO 12 | Johnny Bizzarro | 1 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA |
| 9 | 1966 Oct 22 | Carlos Ortiz (2) | TKO 5 | Sugar Ramos | 2 | Mexico City, Distrito Federal, MEX |
| 10 | 1966 Nov 28 | Carlos Ortiz (2) | KO 14 | Flash Elorde | 3 | New York, New York, USA |
| 11 | 1967 Jul 1 | Carlos Ortiz (2) | TKO 4 | Sugar Ramos | 4 | San Juan, PUR |
| 12 | 1967 Aug 16 | Carlos Ortiz (2) | UD 15 | Ismael Laguna | 5 | Flushing, Queens, New York, USA |
| 13 | 1968 Jun 29 | Carlos Teo Cruz | SD 15 | Carlos Ortiz | - | Santo Domingo, DOM |
| 14 | 1968 Sep 27 | Carlos Teo Cruz | UD 15 | Mando Ramos | 1 | Los Angeles, California, USA |
| 15 | 1969 Feb 18 | Mando Ramos | TKO 11 | Carlos Teo Cruz | - | Los Angeles, California, USA |
| 16 | 1969 Oct 4 | Mando Ramos | KO 6 | Yoshiaki Numata | 1 | Los Angeles, California, USA |
| 17 | 1970 Mar 3 | Ismael Laguna (2) | TKO 9 | Mando Ramos | - | Los Angeles, California, USA |
| 18 | 1970 Jun 6 | Ismael Laguna (2) | TKO 13 | Guts Ishimatsu | 1 | Panama City, PAN |
| 19 | 1970 Sep 26 | Ken Buchanan | SD 15 | Ismael Laguna | - | San Juan, PUR |
| 20 | 1971 Feb 12 | Ken Buchanan | UD 15 | Ruben Navarro | 1 | Los Angeles, California, USA |
| 21 | 1971 Sep 13 | Ken Buchanan | UD 15 | Ismael Laguna | 2 | New York, New York, USA |
| 22 | 1972 Jun 26 | Roberto Duran | TKO 13 | Ken Buchanan | - | New York, New York, USA |
| 23 | 1973 Jan 20 | Roberto Duran | KO 5 | Jimmy Robertson | 1 | Panama City, PAN |
| 24 | 1973 Jun 2 | Roberto Duran | TKO 8 | Hector Thompson | 2 | Panama City, PAN |
| 25 | 1973 Sep 8 | Roberto Duran | TKO 10 | Guts Ishimatsu | 3 | Panama City, PAN |
| 26 | 1974 Mar 16 | Roberto Duran | KO 11 | Esteban De Jesus | 4 | Panama City, PAN |
| 27 | 1974 Dec 21 | Roberto Duran | KO 1 | Masataka Takayama | 5 | San Jose, CRC |
| 28 | 1975 Mar 2 | Roberto Duran | KO 14 | Ray Lampkin | 6 | Panama City, PAN |
| 29 | 1975 Dec 20 | Roberto Duran | KO 15 | Leoncio Ortiz | 7 | Hato Rey, PUR |
| 30 | 1976 May 23 | Roberto Duran | KO 14 | Lou Bizzarro | 8 | Erie, Pennsylvania, USA |
| 31 | 1976 Oct 15 | Roberto Duran | KO 1 | Alvaro Rojas | 9 | Hollywood, Florida, USA |
| 32 | 1977 Jan 29 | Roberto Duran | KO 13 | Vilomar Fernandez | 10 | Miami Beach, Florida, USA |
| 33 | 1977 Sep 17 | Roberto Duran | UD 15 | Edwin Viruet | 11 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
| 34 | 1978 Jan 21 | Roberto Duran | TKO 12 | Esteban De Jesus | 12 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 35 | 1979 Jun 16 | Ernesto Espana | KO 13 | Claude Noel | Vacant | Hato Rey, PUR |
| 36 | 1979 Aug 4 | Ernesto Espana | TKO 9 | Johnny Lira | 1 | Chicago, Illinois, USA |
| 37 | 1980 Mar 2 | Hilmer Kenty | TKO 9 | Ernesto Espana | - | Detroit, Michigan, USA |
| 38 | 1980 Aug 2 | Hilmer Kenty | TKO 9 | Young Ho Oh | 1 | Detroit, Michigan, USA |
| 39 | 1980 Sep 20 | Hilmer Kenty | TKO 4 | Ernesto Espana | 2 | San Juan, PUR |
| 40 | 1980 Nov 8 | Hilmer Kenty | UD 15 | Vilomar Fernandez | 3 | Detroit, Michigan, USA |
| 41 | 1981 Apr 12 | Sean O'Grady | UD 15 | Hilmer Kenty | - | Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA |
| 42 | 1981 Sep 12 | Claude Noel | UD 15 | Rodolfo Gonzalez | Vacant | Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA |
| 43 | 1981 Dec 5 | Arturo Frias | KO 8 | Claude Noel | - | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 44 | 1982 Jan 30 | Arturo Frias | TD 9 | Ernesto Espana | 1 | Los Angeles, California, USA |
| 45 | 1982 May 8 | Ray Mancini | TKO 1 | Arturo Frias | - | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 46 | 1982 Jul 24 | Ray Mancini | TKO 6 | Ernesto Espana | 1 | Warren, Ohio, USA |
| 47 | 1982 Nov 13 | Ray Mancini | KO 14 | Deuk Koo Kim | 2 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 48 | 1983 Sep 15 | Ray Mancini | KO 9 | Orlando Romero | 3 | New York, New York, USA |
| 49 | 1984 Jan 14 | Ray Mancini | TKO 3 | Bobby Chacon | 4 | Reno, Nevada, USA |
| 50 | 1984 Jun 1 | Livingstone Bramble | TKO 14 | Ray Mancini | - | Buffalo, New York, USA |
| 51 | 1985 Feb 16 | Livingstone Bramble | UD 15 | Ray Mancini | 1 | Reno, Nevada, USA |
| 52 | 1986 Feb 16 | Livingstone Bramble | TKO 13 | Tyrone Crawley | 2 | Reno, Nevada, USA |
| 53 | 1986 Sep 26 | Edwin Rosario | KO 2 | Livingstone Bramble | - | Miami Beach, Florida, USA |
| 54 | 1987 Aug 11 | Edwin Rosario | TKO 8 | Juan Nazario | 1 | Chicago, Illinois, USA |
| 55 | 1987 Nov 21 | Julio Cesar Chavez | TKO 11 | Edwin Rosario | - | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 56 | 1988 Apr 16 | Julio Cesar Chavez | TKO 6 | Rodolfo Aguilar | 1 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 57 | 1988 Oct 29 | Julio Cesar Chavez | TD 11 | Jose Luis Ramirez | 2 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 58 | 1989 Jul 9 | Edwin Rosario (2) | TKO 6 | Anthony Jones | Vacant | Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA |
| 59 | 1990 Apr 4 | Juan Nazario | TKO 8 | Edwin Rosario | - | New York, New York, USA |
| 60 | 1990 Aug 11 | Pernell Whitaker | KO 1 | Juan Nazario | - | Stateline, Nevada, USA |
| 61 | 1991 Feb 23 | Pernell Whitaker | UD 12 | Anthony Jones | 1 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 62 | 1991 Jul 27 | Pernell Whitaker | UD 12 | Policarpo Diaz | 2 | Norfolk, Virginia, USA |
| 63 | 1991 Oct 5 | Pernell Whitaker | UD 12 | Jorge Paez | 3 | Reno, Nevada, USA |
| 64 | 1992 Jun 13 | Joey Gamache | TKO 9 | Chil-Sung Chun | Vacant | Portland, Maine, USA |
| 65 | 1992 Oct 24 | Tony Lopez | TKO 11 | Joey Gamache | - | Portland, Maine, USA |
| 66 | 1993 Feb 12 | Tony Lopez | UD 12 | Dingaan Thobela | 1 | Sacramento, California, USA |
| 67 | 1993 Jun 26 | Dingaan Thobela | UD 12 | Tony Lopez | - | Sun City, North-West, RSA |
| 68 | 1993 Oct 30 | Orzubek Nazarov | UD 12 | Dingaan Thobela | - | Johannesburg, Gauteng, RSA |
| 69 | 1994 Mar 19 | Orzubek Nazarov | UD 12 | Dingaan Thobela | 1 | Temba, North-West, RSA |
| 70 | 1994 Dec 10 | Orzubek Nazarov | TKO 2 | Joey Gamache | 2 | Portland, Maine, USA |
| 71 | 1995 May 15 | Orzubek Nazarov | KO 2 | Won Park | 3 | Tokyo, JPN |
| 72 | 1995 Nov 15 | Orzubek Nazarov | UD 12 | Dindo Canoy | 4 | Iwaki, Fukushima, JPN |
| 73 | 1996 Apr 15 | Orzubek Nazarov | KO 4 | Adrianus Taroreh | 5 | Tokyo, JPN |
| 74 | 1997 May 10 | Orzubek Nazarov | TKO 7 | Leavander Johnson | 6 | Coconut Grove, Florida, USA |
| 75 | 1998 May 16 | Jean-Baptiste Mendy | UD 12 | Orzubek Nazarov | - | Paris, Paris, FRA |
| 76 | 1999 Jan 25 | Jean-Baptiste Mendy | UD 12 | Alberto Esteban Sicurella | 1 | Paris, Paris, FRA |
| 77 | 1999 Apr 10 | Julien Lorcy | TKO 6 | Jean-Baptiste Mendy | - | Bercy, FRA |
| 78 | 1999 Aug 7 | Stefano Zoff | SD 12 | Julien Lorcy | - | Le Cannet, Alpes-Maritimes, FRA |
| 79 | 1999 Nov 13 | Gilberto Serrano | TKO 10 | Stefano Zoff | - | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 80 | 2000 Mar 12 | Gilberto Serrano | TKO 5 | Hiroyuki Sakamoto | 1 | Tokyo, JPN |
| 81 | 2000 Jun 11 | Takanori Hatakeyama | TKO 8 | Gilberto Serrano | - | Tokyo, JPN |
| 82 | 2000 Oct 11 | Takanori Hatakeyama | KO 10 | Hiroyuki Sakamoto | 1 | Yokohama, Kanagawa, JPN |
| 83 | 2001 Feb 17 | Takanori Hatakeyama | PTS 12 | Rick Yoshimura | 2 | Tokyo, JPN |
| 84 | 2001 Jul 1 | Julien Lorcy (2) | UD 12 | Takanori Hatakeyama | - | Saitama, JPN |
| 85 | 2001 Oct 8 | Raul Horacio Balbi | MD 12 | Julien Lorcy | - | Paris, Paris, FRA |
| 86 | 2002 Jan 5 | Leonard Dorin | SD 12 | Raul Horacio Balbi | - | San Antonio, Texas, USA |
| 87 | 2002 May 31 | Leonard Dorin | UD 12 | Raul Horacio Balbi | 1 | Bucharest, ROU |
| 88 | 2003 May 17 | Leonard Dorin | PTS 12 | Paul Spadafora | 2 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA |
| 89 | 2004 Apr 10 | Lakva Sim | TKO 5 | Miguel Callist | Vacant | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 90 | 2004 Jul 17 | Juan Diaz | UD 12 | Lakva Sim | - | Houston, Texas, USA |
| 91 | 2004 Nov 4 | Juan Diaz | UD 12 | Julien Lorcy | 1 | San Antonio, Texas, USA |
| 92 | 2005 Jan 21 | Juan Diaz | TKO 9 | Billy Irwin | 2 | Houston, Texas, USA |
| 93 | 2006 Apr 8 | Juan Diaz | UD 12 | Jose Miguel Cotto | 3 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 94 | 2006 Jul 15 | Juan Diaz | TKO 9 | Randy Suico | 4 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 95 | 2006 Nov 4 | Juan Diaz | UD 12 | Fernando Angulo | 5 | Phoenix, Arizona, USA |
| 96 | 2007 Apr 28 | Juan Diaz | RTD 8 | Acelino Freitas | 6 | Mashantucket, Connecticut, USA |
| 97 | 2007 Oct 13 | Juan Diaz | TKO 9 | Julio Diaz | 7 | Hoffman Estates, Illinois, USA |
| 98 | 2008 Mar 8 | Nate Campbell | SD 12 | Juan Diaz | - | Cancun, Quintana Roo, MEX |
| 99 | 2009 Feb 14 | Nate Campbell | MD 12 | Ali Funeka | Vacant 1 | Sunrise, Florida, USA |
| 100 | 2009 Feb 28 | Juan Manuel Marquez | TKO 9 | Juan Diaz | Vacant | Houston, Texas, USA |
| 101 | 2010 Jul 31 | Juan Manuel Marquez | UD 12 | Juan Diaz | 1 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 102 | 2010 Nov 27 | Juan Manuel Marquez | UD 12 | Michael Katsidis | 2 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 103 | 2013 Mar 02 | Richar Abril | UD 12 | Sharif Bogere | 1 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
Footnotes
1 - Title at stake for Funeka only as Campbell failed to make the weight