WBA Welterweight Champion
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Welterweight champion as recognized by the World Boxing Association.
- The maximum weight for this division is 147 pounds (66.7 kg or 10½ stone).
- One of the traditional eight divisions.
- For National Boxing Association champions, see NBA World Welterweight Champion.
RELATED LINK: WBA 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 | Emile Griffith | 1962 Dec 8 | 1963 Mar 21 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Luis Manuel Rodriguez | 1963 Mar 21 | 1963 Jun 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Emile Griffith (2) | 1963 Jun 8 | 1966 Apr 25 V | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | Curtis Cokes | 1966 Aug 24 | 1969 Apr 18 | 5 | 5 |
| 5 | Jose Napoles | 1969 Apr 18 | 1970 Dec 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 6 | Billy Backus | 1970 Dec 3 | 1971 Jun 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Jose Napoles (2) | 1971 Jun 4 | 1975 May 16 S | 9 | 7 |
| 8 | Angel Espada | 1975 Jun 28 | 1976 Jul 17 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | Pipino Cuevas | 1976 Jul 17 | 1980 Aug 2 | 11 | 9 |
| 10 | Thomas Hearns | 1980 Aug 2 | 1981 Sep 16 | 3 | 3 |
| 11 | Sugar Ray Leonard | 1981 Sep 16 | 1982 Nov 9 R | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | Donald Curry | 1983 Feb 13 | 1986 Sep 27 | 7 | 7 |
| 13 | Lloyd Honeyghan | 1986 Sep 27 | 1987 Jan 5 V | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Mark Breland | 1987 Feb 6 | 1987 Aug 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Marlon Starling | 1987 Aug 22 | 1988 Jul 29 | 2 | 2 |
| 16 | Tomas Molinares | 1988 Jul 29 | 1988 Dec 12 V | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Mark Breland (2) | 1989 Feb 4 | 1990 Jul 8 | 4 | 4 |
| 18 | Aaron Davis | 1990 Jul 8 | 1991 Jan 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Meldrick Taylor | 1991 Jan 19 | 1992 Oct 31 | 2 | 2 |
| 20 | Crisanto Espana | 1992 Oct 31 | 1994 Jun 4 | 2 | 2 |
| 21 | Ike Quartey | 1994 Jun 4 | 1998 Aug 19 S | 7 | 7 |
| 22 | James Page | 1998 Oct 10 | 2000 Sep 27 S | 3 | 3 |
| 23 | Andrew Lewis | 2001 Feb 17 | 2002 Mar 30 | 1 | 1 |
| 24 | Ricardo Mayorga | 2002 Mar 30 | 2003 Dec 13 | 2 | 1 |
| 25 | Cory Spinks | 2003 Dec 13 | 2005 Feb 5 | 2 | 2 |
| 26 | Zab Judah | 2005 Feb 5 | 2006 Jan 7 S | 1 | 1 |
| 27 | Luis Collazo | 2006 Jan 7 | 2006 May 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Ricky Hatton | 2006 May 13 | 2006 Aug 31 V | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Miguel Angel Cotto | 2006 Dec 2 | 2008 Jul 26 | 4 | 4 |
| 30 | Antonio Margarito | 2008 Jul 26 | 2009 Jan 24 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Shane Mosley | 2009 Jan 24 | 2010 May 21 S | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Vyacheslav Senchenko | 2010 May 21 | 2012 Apr 29 | 2 | 2 |
| 33 | Paul Malignaggi | 2012 Apr 29 | 2013 Jun 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Adrien Broner | 2013 Jun 22 | 2013 Dec 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Marcos Maidana | 2013 Dec 14 | 2014 May 03 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Floyd Mayweather Jr. | 2014 May 03 | 2016 Jan 19 R | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Keith Thurman | 2016 Jan 19 | 2019 Jul 20 | 3 | 3 |
| 38 | Manny Pacquiao | 2019 Jul 20 | 2021 Jan 29 S | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Yordenis Ugas | 2021 Jan 29 | 2022 Apr 16 | 1 | 1 |
| 40 | Errol Spence Jr | 2022 Apr 16 | Present | 0 | 0 |
R - Retired
S - Stripped
V - Vacated
RG - Relegated to secondary champion