WBA Welterweight Title Fights
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Welterweight title fights 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 title fights, see NBA World Welterweight Title Fights.
RELATED LINK: WBA Welterweight 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.
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1 | 1962 Dec 8 | Emile Griffith | TKO 9 | Jorge Jose Fernandez | Inaugural | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
2 | 1963 Mar 21 | Luis Manuel Rodriguez | UD 15 | Emile Griffith | - | Los Angeles, California, USA |
3 | 1963 Jun 8 | Emile Griffith (2) | SD 15 | Luis Manuel Rodriguez | - | New York, New York, USA |
4 | 1964 Jun 12 | Emile Griffith (2) | SD 15 | Luis Manuel Rodriguez | 1 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
5 | 1964 Sep 22 | Emile Griffith (2) | UD 15 | Brian Curvis | 2 | Wembley, London, UK |
6 | 1965 Mar 30 | Emile Griffith (2) | UD 15 | Jose Stable | 3 | New York, New York, USA |
7 | 1965 Dec 10 | Emile Griffith (2) | UD 15 | Manuel Gonzalez | 4 | New York, New York, USA |
8 | 1966 Aug 24 | Curtis Cokes | UD 15 | Manuel Gonzalez | Vacant | New Orleans, Louisiana, USA |
9 | 1966 Nov 28 | Curtis Cokes | UD 15 | Jean Josselin | 1 | Dallas, Texas, USA |
10 | 1967 May 19 | Curtis Cokes | TKO 10 | Francois Pavilla | 2 | Dallas, Texas, USA |
11 | 1967 Oct 2 | Curtis Cokes | TKO 8 | Charlie Shipes | 3 | Oakland, California, USA |
12 | 1968 Apr 16 | Curtis Cokes | TKO 5 | Willie Ludick | 4 | Dallas, Texas, USA |
13 | 1968 Oct 21 | Curtis Cokes | UD 15 | Ramon La Cruz | 5 | New Orleans, Louisiana, USA |
14 | 1969 Apr 18 | Jose Napoles | RTD 13 | Curtis Cokes | - | Inglewood, California, USA |
15 | 1969 Jun 29 | Jose Napoles | RTD 10 | Curtis Cokes | 1 | Mexico City, Distrito Federal, MEX |
16 | 1969 Oct 17 | Jose Napoles | UD 15 | Emile Griffith | 2 | Inglewood, California, USA |
17 | 1970 Feb 14 | Jose Napoles | TKO 15 | Ernie Lopez | 3 | Inglewood, California, USA |
18 | 1970 Dec 3 | Billy Backus | TKO 4 | Jose Napoles | - | Syracuse, New York, USA |
19 | 1971 Jun 4 | Jose Napoles (2) | TKO 8 | Billy Backus | - | Inglewood, California, USA |
20 | 1971 Dec 14 | Jose Napoles (2) | UD 15 | Hedgemon Lewis | 1 | Inglewood, California, USA |
21 | 1972 Mar 28 | Jose Napoles (2) | KO 7 | Ralph Charles | 2 | Wembley, London, UK |
22 | 1972 Jun 10 | Jose Napoles (2) | TKO 2 | Adolph Pruitt | 3 | Monterrey, Nuevo León, MEX |
23 | 1973 Feb 28 | Jose Napoles (2) | KO 7 | Ernie Lopez | 4 | Inglewood, California, USA |
24 | 1973 Jun 23 | Jose Napoles (2) | UD 15 | Roger Menetrey | 5 | Grenoble, Isère, FRA |
25 | 1973 Sep 22 | Jose Napoles (2) | UD 15 | Clyde Gray | 6 | Toronto, Ontario, CAN |
26 | 1974 Aug 3 | Jose Napoles (2) | TKO 9 | Hedgemon Lewis | 7 | Mexico City, Distrito Federal, MEX |
27 | 1974 Dec 14 | Jose Napoles (2) | KO 3 | Horacio Agustin Saldano | 8 | Mexico City, Distrito Federal, MEX |
28 | 1975 Mar 30 | Jose Napoles (2) | TD 12 | Armando Muniz | 9 | Acapulco, Guerrero, MEX |
29 | 1975 Jun 28 | Angel Espada | UD 15 | Clyde Gray | Vacant | San Juan, PUR |
30 | 1975 Oct 11 | Angel Espada | UD 15 | Johnny Gant | 1 | San Juan, PUR |
31 | 1976 Jul 17 | Pipino Cuevas | TKO 2 | Angel Espada | - | Mexicali, Baja California, MEX |
32 | 1976 Oct 27 | Pipino Cuevas | KO 6 | Shoji Tsujimoto | 1 | Kanazawa, Ishikawa, JPN |
33 | 1977 Mar 12 | Pipino Cuevas | KO 2 | Miguel Angel Campanino | 2 | Mexico City, Distrito Federal, MEX |
34 | 1977 Aug 6 | Pipino Cuevas | KO 2 | Clyde Gray | 3 | Los Angeles, California, USA |
35 | 1977 Nov 19 | Pipino Cuevas | TKO 12 | Angel Espada | 4 | San Juan, PUR |
36 | 1978 Mar 4 | Pipino Cuevas | TKO 9 | Harold Weston | 5 | Los Angeles, California, USA |
37 | 1978 May 20 | Pipino Cuevas | TKO 2 | Billy Backus | 6 | Inglewood, California, USA |
38 | 1978 Sep 9 | Pipino Cuevas | TKO 2 | Pete Ranzany | 7 | Sacramento, California, USA |
39 | 1979 Jan 29 | Pipino Cuevas | TKO 2 | Scott Clark | 8 | Inglewood, California, USA |
40 | 1979 Jul 30 | Pipino Cuevas | UD 15 | Randy Shields | 9 | Chicago, Illinois, USA |
41 | 1979 Dec 8 | Pipino Cuevas | TKO 10 | Angel Espada | 10 | Los Angeles, California, USA |
42 | 1980 Apr 6 | Pipino Cuevas | KO 5 | Harold Volbrecht | 11 | Houston, Texas, USA |
43 | 1980 Aug 2 | Thomas Hearns | TKO 2 | Pipino Cuevas | - | Detroit, Michigan, USA |
44 | 1980 Dec 6 | Thomas Hearns | KO 6 | Luis Primera | 1 | Detroit, Michigan, USA |
45 | 1981 Apr 25 | Thomas Hearns | TKO 12 | Randy Shields | 2 | Phoenix, Arizona, USA |
46 | 1981 Jun 25 | Thomas Hearns | TKO 4 | Pablo Baez | 3 | Houston, Texas, USA |
47 | 1981 Sep 16 | Sugar Ray Leonard | TKO 14 | Thomas Hearns | - | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
48 | 1982 Feb 15 | Sugar Ray Leonard | TKO 3 | Bruce Finch | 1 | Reno, Nevada, USA |
49 | 1983 Feb 13 | Donald Curry | UD 15 | Jun-Suk Hwang | Vacant | Fort Worth, Texas, USA |
50 | 1983 Sep 3 | Donald Curry | TKO 1 | Roger Stafford | 1 | Marsala, Sicilia, ITA |
51 | 1984 Feb 4 | Donald Curry | UD 15 | Marlon Starling | 2 | Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA |
52 | 1984 Apr 21 | Donald Curry | TKO 8 | Elio Diaz | 3 | Fort Worth, Texas, USA |
53 | 1984 Sep 22 | Donald Curry | KO 6 | Nino LaRocca | 4 | Monte Carlo, MON |
54 | 1985 Jan 19 | Donald Curry | TKO 4 | Colin Jones | 5 | Birmingham, West Midlands, UK |
55 | 1985 Dec 6 | Donald Curry | KO 2 | Milton McCrory | 6 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
56 | 1986 Mar 9 | Donald Curry | KO 2 | Eduardo Rodriguez | 7 | Fort Worth, Texas, USA |
57 | 1986 Sep 27 | Lloyd Honeyghan | RTD 6 | Donald Curry | - | Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA |
58 | 1987 Feb 6 | Mark Breland | TKO 7 | Harold Volbrecht | Vacant | Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA |
59 | 1987 Aug 22 | Marlon Starling | TKO 11 | Mark Breland | - | Columbia, South Carolina, USA |
60 | 1988 Feb 5 | Marlon Starling | UD 12 | Fujio Ozaki | 1 | Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA |
61 | 1988 Apr 16 | Marlon Starling | PTS 12 | Mark Breland | 2 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
62 | 1988 Jul 29 | Tomas Molinares | NC 6 | Marlon Starling | - 1 | Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA |
63 | 1989 Feb 4 | Mark Breland (2) | TKO 1 | Seung-Soon Lee | Vacant | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
64 | 1989 Apr 22 | Mark Breland (2) | TKO 5 | Rafael Pineda | 1 | Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA |
65 | 1989 Oct 13 | Mark Breland (2) | TKO 2 | Mauro Martelli | 2 | Geneva, SUI |
66 | 1989 Dec 10 | Mark Breland (2) | TKO 4 | Fujio Ozaki | 3 | Tokyo, JPN |
67 | 1990 Mar 3 | Mark Breland (2) | TKO 3 | Lloyd Honeyghan | 4 | Wembley, London, UK |
68 | 1990 Jul 8 | Aaron Davis | KO 9 | Mark Breland | - | Reno, Nevada, USA |
69 | 1991 Jan 19 | Meldrick Taylor | UD 12 | Aaron Davis | - | Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA |
70 | 1991 Jun 1 | Meldrick Taylor | SD 12 | Luis Gabriel Garcia | 1 | Palm Springs, California, USA |
71 | 1992 Jan 18 | Meldrick Taylor | UD 12 | Glenwood Brown | 2 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
72 | 1992 Oct 31 | Crisanto Espana | TKO 8 | Meldrick Taylor | - | Kensington, London, UK |
73 | 1993 May 5 | Crisanto Espana | UD 12 | Rodolfo Aguilar | 1 | Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK |
74 | 1993 Oct 9 | Crisanto Espana | TKO 10 | Donovan Boucher | 2 | Manchester, Lancashire, UK |
75 | 1994 Jun 4 | Ike Quartey | TKO 11 | Crisanto Espana | - | Levallois-Perret, Hauts-de-Seine, FRA |
76 | 1994 Oct 1 | Ike Quartey | TKO 5 | Alberto Cortes | 1 | Carpentras, Vaucluse, FRA |
77 | 1995 Mar 4 | Ike Quartey | TKO 4 | Jung-Oh Park | 2 | Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA |
78 | 1995 Aug 23 | Ike Quartey | TKO 4 | Andrew Murray | 3 | Le Cannet, Alpes-Maritimes, FRA |
79 | 1996 Apr 12 | Ike Quartey | TKO 3 | Vince Phillips | 4 | Cupecoy Bay, St Maarten, AHO |
80 | 1996 Oct 4 | Ike Quartey | MD 12 | Oba Carr | 5 | New York, New York, USA |
81 | 1997 Apr 18 | Ike Quartey | TKO 5 | Ralph Jones | 6 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
82 | 1997 Oct 17 | Ike Quartey | PTS 12 | Jose Luis Lopez | 7 | Mashantucket, Connecticut, USA |
83 | 1998 Oct 10 | James Page | KO 2 | Andrei Pestriaev | Vacant | Bercy, FRA |
84 | 1998 Dec 5 | James Page | UD 12 | Jose Luis Lopez | 1 | Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA |
85 | 1999 Mar 13 | James Page | UD 12 | Sam Garr | 2 | New York, New York, USA |
86 | 1999 Jul 24 | James Page | TKO 11 | Freddie Pendleton | 3 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
87 | 2001 Feb 17 | Andrew Lewis | TKO 7 | James Page | Vacant | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
88 | 2001 Apr 28 | Andrew Lewis | UD 12 | Larry Marks | 1 | New York, New York, USA |
89 | 2001 Jul 28 | Andrew Lewis | NC 2 | Ricardo Mayorga | 2 | Los Angeles, California, USA |
90 | 2002 Mar 30 | Ricardo Mayorga | TKO 5 | Andrew Lewis | - | Reading, Pennsylvania, USA |
91 | 2003 Jan 25 | Ricardo Mayorga | TKO 3 | Vernon Forrest | 1 | Temecula, California, USA |
92 | 2003 Jul 12 | Ricardo Mayorga | MD 12 | Vernon Forrest | 2 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
93 | 2003 Dec 13 | Cory Spinks | MD 12 | Ricardo Mayorga | - | Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA |
94 | 2004 Apr 10 | Cory Spinks | UD 12 | Zab Judah | 1 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
95 | 2004 Sep 4 | Cory Spinks | UD 12 | Miguel Angel Gonzalez | 2 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
96 | 2005 Feb 5 | Zab Judah | TKO 9 | Cory Spinks | - | Saint Louis, Missouri, USA |
97 | 2005 May 14 | Zab Judah | TKO 3 | Cosme Rivera | 1 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
98 | 2006 May 13 | Ricky Hatton | UD 12 | Luis Collazo | - | Boston, Massachusetts, USA |
99 | 2006 Dec 2 | Miguel Angel Cotto | RTD 5 | Carlos Quintana | Vacant | Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA |
100 | 2007 Mar 3 | Miguel Angel Cotto | TKO 11 | Oktay Urkal | 1 | San Juan, PUR |
101 | 2007 Jun 9 | Miguel Angel Cotto | TKO 11 | Zab Judah | 2 | New York, New York, USA |
102 | 2007 Nov 10 | Miguel Angel Cotto | UD 12 | Shane Mosley | 3 | New York, New York, USA |
103 | 2008 Apr 12 | Miguel Angel Cotto | RTD 5 | Alfonso Gomez | 4 | Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA |
104 | 2008 Jul 26 | Antonio Margarito | TKO 11 | Miguel Angel Cotto | - | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
105 | 2009 Jan 24 | Shane Mosley | TKO 9 | Antonio Margarito | - | Los Angeles, California, USA |
106 | 2009 Oct 3 | Vyacheslav Senchenko | UD 12 | Motoki Sasaki | 1 | Donetsk, UKR |
107 | 2010 Aug 30 | Vyacheslav Senchenko | UD 12 | Charlie Jose Navarro | 2 | Donetsk, UKR |
108 | 2011 Aug 26 | Vyacheslav Senchenko | TKO 6 | Marco Antonio Avendano | 3 | Donetsk, UKR |
109 | 2012 Apr 29 | Paul Malignaggi | TKO 9 | Vyacheslav Senchenko | - | Donetsk, UKR |
110 | 2012 Oct 20 | Paul Malignaggi | SD 12 | Pablo Cesar Cano | 1 | Brooklyn, New York, USA |
Footnotes
1 - The WBA upheld the original result, a 6th round KO win in favor of Molinares, whom it awarded its title.