WBA Minimumweight Champion
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Minimumweight champion fights as recognized by the World Boxing Association.
- Known as Minimumweight (WBA).
- Also known as Strawweight (WBC) and Mini Flyweight (IBF/WBO).
- The maximum weight for this division is 105 pounds (47.6 kg or 7½ stone).
RELATED LINK: WBA Minimumweight 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 | Leo Gamez | 1988 Jan 10 | 1989 Apr 1 V | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Bong Jun Kim | 1989 Apr 16 | 1991 Feb 2 | 5 | 4 |
| 3 | Hi Yong Choi | 1991 Feb 2 | 1992 Oct 14 | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | Hideyuki Ohashi | 1992 Oct 14 | 1993 Feb 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Chana Porpaoin | 1993 Feb 10 | 1995 Dec 2 | 8 | 7 |
| 6 | Rosendo Alvarez | 1995 Dec 2 | 1998 Nov 13 S | 5 | 5 |
| 7 | Ricardo Lopez | 1998 Nov 13 | 1999 Jul S | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Noel Arambulet | 1999 Oct 9 | 2000 Aug 20 S | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | Joma Gamboa | 2000 Aug 20 | 2000 Dec 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Keitaro Hoshino | 2000 Dec 6 | 2001 Apr 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Chana Porpaoin (2) | 2001 Apr 16 | 2001 Aug 25 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Yutaka Niida | 2001 Aug 25 | 2001 Oct 19 R | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Keitaro Hoshino (2) | 2002 Jan 29 | 2002 Jul 29 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Noel Arambulet (2) | 2002 Jul 29 | 2004 Jul 2 S | 2 | 2 |
| 15 | Yutaka Niida (2) | 2004 Jul 3 | 2008 Sep 15 | 7 | 6 |
| 16 | Roman Gonzalez | 2008 Sep 15 | 2010 Oct 8 V | 3 | 3 |
| 17 | Kwanthai Sithmorseng | 2010 Nov 5 | 2011 Apr 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Muhammad Rachman | 2011 Apr 19 | 2011 Jul 30 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Pornsawan Kratingdaenggym | 2011 Jul 30 | 2011 Oct 24 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Akira Yaegashi | 2011 Oct 24 | 2012 Jun 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Kazuto Ioka | 2012 Jun 20 | 2012 Oct 3 V | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Ryo Miyazaki | 2012 Dec 31 | 2013 Dec 27 V | 2 | 2 |
| 23 | Hekkie Budler | 2014 Mar 1 | 2016 Mar 19 | 4 | 4 |
| 24 | Byron Rojas | 2016 Mar 19 | 2016 Jun 29 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Thammanoon Niyomtrong | 2016 Jun 29 | Present | 11 | 11 |
R - Retired
S - Stripped
V - Vacated
RG - Relegated to secondary champion