WBC Lightweight Title Fights
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Lightweight title fights as recognized by the World Boxing Council.
- The maximum weight for this division is 135 pounds (61.2 kg or 9 stone 9 lbs).
- One of the traditional eight divisions.
RELATED LINK: WBC Lightweight Champion
| Date | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1963 Apr 7 | Carlos Ortiz | TKO 13 | Douglas Vaillant | Inaugural | San Juan, PUR |
| 2 | 1964 Feb 15 | Carlos Ortiz | TKO 14 | Flash Elorde | 1 | Manila, Metro Manila, PHI |
| 3 | 1964 Apr 11 | Carlos Ortiz | UD 15 | Kenny Lane | 2 | San Juan, PUR |
| 4 | 1965 Apr 10 | Ismael Laguna | MD 15 | Carlos Ortiz | - | Panama City, PAN |
| 5 | 1965 Nov 13 | Carlos Ortiz (2) | UD 15 | Ismael Laguna | - | San Juan, PUR |
| 6 | 1966 Jun 20 | Carlos Ortiz (2) | TKO 12 | Johnny Bizzarro | 1 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA |
| 7 | 1966 Oct 22 | Carlos Ortiz (2) | TKO 5 | Sugar Ramos | 2 | Mexico City, Distrito Federal, MEX |
| 8 | 1967 Jul 1 | Carlos Ortiz (2) | TKO 4 | Sugar Ramos | 3 | San Juan, PUR |
| 9 | 1967 Aug 16 | Carlos Ortiz (2) | UD 15 | Ismael Laguna | 4 | Flushing, Queens, New York, USA |
| 10 | 1968 Jun 29 | Carlos Teo Cruz | SD 15 | Carlos Ortiz | - | Santo Domingo, DOM |
| 11 | 1968 Sep 27 | Carlos Teo Cruz | UD 15 | Mando Ramos | 1 | Los Angeles, California, USA |
| 12 | 1969 Feb 18 | Mando Ramos | TKO 11 | Carlos Teo Cruz | - | Los Angeles, California, USA |
| 13 | 1969 Oct 4 | Mando Ramos | KO 6 | Yoshiaki Numata | 1 | Los Angeles, California, USA |
| 14 | 1970 Mar 3 | Ismael Laguna (2) | TKO 9 | Mando Ramos | - | Los Angeles, California, USA |
| 15 | 1970 Jun 6 | Ismael Laguna (2) | TKO 13 | Guts Ishimatsu | 1 | Panama City, PAN |
| 16 | 1971 Feb 12 | Ken Buchanan | UD 15 | Ruben Navarro | Vacant | Los Angeles, California, USA |
| 17 | 1971 Nov 5 | Pedro Carrasco | DQ 12 | Mando Ramos | Vacant | Madrid, Comunidad de Madrid, ESP |
| 18 | 1972 Feb 18 | Mando Ramos (2) | SD 15 | Pedro Carrasco | - | Los Angeles, California, USA |
| 19 | 1972 Jun 28 | Mando Ramos (2) | SD 15 | Pedro Carrasco | 1 | Madrid, Comunidad de Madrid, ESP |
| 20 | 1972 Sep 15 | Chango Carmona | TKO 8 | Mando Ramos | - | Los Angeles, California, USA |
| 21 | 1972 Nov 10 | Rodolfo Gonzalez | TKO 13 | Chango Carmona | - | Los Angeles, California, USA |
| 22 | 1973 Mar 17 | Rodolfo Gonzalez | TKO 9 | Ruben Navarro | 1 | Los Angeles, California, USA |
| 23 | 1973 Oct 27 | Rodolfo Gonzalez | TKO 10 | Antonio Puddu | 2 | Los Angeles, California, USA |
| 24 | 1974 Apr 11 | Guts Ishimatsu | KO 8 | Rodolfo Gonzalez | - | Tokyo, JPN |
| 25 | 1974 Sep 12 | Guts Ishimatsu | PTS 15 | Arturo Pineda | 1 | Nagoya, Aichi, JPN |
| 26 | 1974 Nov 28 | Guts Ishimatsu | KO 12 | Rodolfo Gonzalez | 2 | Osaka, Osaka, JPN |
| 27 | 1975 Feb 27 | Guts Ishimatsu | UD 15 | Ken Buchanan | 3 | Tokyo, JPN |
| 28 | 1975 Jun 5 | Guts Ishimatsu | UD 15 | Arturo Pineda | 4 | Osaka, Osaka, JPN |
| 29 | 1975 Dec 4 | Guts Ishimatsu | KO 14 | Alvaro Rojas | 5 | Tokyo, JPN |
| 30 | 1976 May 8 | Esteban De Jesus | UD 15 | Guts Ishimatsu | - | Bayamon, PUR |
| 31 | 1976 Sep 10 | Esteban De Jesus | KO 7 | Hector Julio Medina | 1 | Bayamon, PUR |
| 32 | 1977 Feb 12 | Esteban De Jesus | TKO 6 | Buzzsaw Yamabe | 2 | Bayamon, PUR |
| 33 | 1977 Jun 25 | Esteban De Jesus | TKO 11 | Vicente Saldivar | 3 | Bayamon, PUR |
| 34 | 1978 Jan 21 | Roberto Duran | TKO 12 | Esteban De Jesus | - | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 35 | 1979 Apr 17 | Jim Watt | TKO 12 | Alfredo Pitalua | Vacant | Glasgow, Scotland, UK |
| 36 | 1979 Nov 3 | Jim Watt | TKO 9 | Robert Vasquez | 1 | Glasgow, Scotland, UK |
| 37 | 1980 Mar 14 | Jim Watt | TKO 4 | Charlie Nash | 2 | Glasgow, Scotland, UK |
| 38 | 1980 Jun 7 | Jim Watt | UD 15 | Howard Davis Jr. | 3 | Glasgow, Scotland, UK |
| 39 | 1980 Nov 1 | Jim Watt | TKO 12 | Sean O'Grady | 4 | Glasgow, Scotland, UK |
| 40 | 1981 Jun 20 | Alexis Arguello | UD 15 | Jim Watt | - | Wembley, London, UK |
| 41 | 1981 Oct 3 | Alexis Arguello | TKO 14 | Ray Mancini | 1 | Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA |
| 42 | 1981 Nov 21 | Alexis Arguello | KO 7 | Roberto Elizondo | 2 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 43 | 1982 Feb 13 | Alexis Arguello | TKO 6 | James Busceme | 3 | Beaumont, Texas, USA |
| 44 | 1982 May 22 | Alexis Arguello | KO 5 | Andrew Ganigan | 4 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 45 | 1983 May 1 | Edwin Rosario | UD 12 | Jose Luis Ramirez | Vacant | San Juan, PUR |
| 46 | 1984 Mar 17 | Edwin Rosario | TKO 1 | Roberto Elizondo | 1 | San Juan, PUR |
| 47 | 1984 Jun 23 | Edwin Rosario | SD 12 | Howard Davis Jr. | 2 | Hato Rey, PUR |
| 48 | 1984 Nov 3 | Jose Luis Ramirez | TKO 4 | Edwin Rosario | - | San Juan, PUR |
| 49 | 1985 Aug 10 | Hector Camacho | UD 12 | Jose Luis Ramirez | - | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 50 | 1986 Jun 13 | Hector Camacho | SD 12 | Edwin Rosario | 1 | New York, New York, USA |
| 51 | 1986 Sep 26 | Hector Camacho | UD 12 | Cornelius Boza Edwards | 2 | Miami Beach, Florida, USA |
| 52 | 1987 Jul 19 | Jose Luis Ramirez (2) | UD 12 | Terrence Alli | Vacant | Saint-Tropez, Var, FRA |
| 53 | 1987 Oct 10 | Jose Luis Ramirez (2) | KO 5 | Cornelius Boza Edwards | 1 | Paris, Paris, FRA |
| 54 | 1988 Mar 12 | Jose Luis Ramirez (2) | SD 12 | Pernell Whitaker | 2 | Levallois-Perret, Hauts-de-Seine, FRA |
| 55 | 1988 Oct 29 | Julio Cesar Chavez | TD 11 | Jose Luis Ramirez | - | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 56 | 1989 Aug 20 | Pernell Whitaker | UD 12 | Jose Luis Ramirez | Vacant | Norfolk, Virginia, USA |
| 57 | 1990 Feb 3 | Pernell Whitaker | UD 12 | Freddie Pendleton | 1 | Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA |
| 58 | 1990 May 19 | Pernell Whitaker | UD 12 | Azumah Nelson | 2 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 59 | 1990 Aug 11 | Pernell Whitaker | KO 1 | Juan Nazario | 3 | Stateline, Nevada, USA |
| 60 | 1991 Feb 23 | Pernell Whitaker | UD 12 | Anthony Jones | 4 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 61 | 1991 Jul 27 | Pernell Whitaker | UD 12 | Policarpo Diaz | 5 | Norfolk, Virginia, USA |
| 62 | 1991 Oct 5 | Pernell Whitaker | UD 12 | Jorge Paez | 6 | Reno, Nevada, USA |
| 63 | 1992 Aug 24 | Miguel Angel Gonzalez | TKO 9 | Wilfrido Rocha | Vacant | Mexico City, Distrito Federal, MEX |
| 64 | 1992 Dec 5 | Miguel Angel Gonzalez | UD 12 | Darryl Tyson | 1 | Mexico City, Distrito Federal, MEX |
| 65 | 1993 Apr 26 | Miguel Angel Gonzalez | UD 12 | Hector Lopez | 2 | Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes, MEX |
| 66 | 1993 Aug 13 | Miguel Angel Gonzalez | UD 12 | David Sample | 3 | Guadalajara, Jalisco, MEX |
| 67 | 1993 Nov 27 | Miguel Angel Gonzalez | TKO 11 | Wilfrido Rocha | 4 | Mexico City, Distrito Federal, MEX |
| 68 | 1994 Mar 29 | Miguel Angel Gonzalez | TKO 5 | Jean-Baptiste Mendy | 5 | Levallois-Perret, Hauts-de-Seine, FRA |
| 69 | 1994 Aug 6 | Miguel Angel Gonzalez | TKO 8 | Leavander Johnson | 6 | Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, MEX |
| 70 | 1994 Dec 13 | Miguel Angel Gonzalez | TKO 6 | Calvin Grove | 7 | Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA |
| 71 | 1995 Apr 25 | Miguel Angel Gonzalez | UD 12 | Ricardo Daniel Silva | 8 | South Padre Island, Texas, USA |
| 72 | 1995 Jun 2 | Miguel Angel Gonzalez | UD 12 | Marty Jakubowski | 9 | Mashantucket, Connecticut, USA |
| 73 | 1995 Aug 19 | Miguel Angel Gonzalez | MD 12 | Lamar Murphy | 10 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 74 | 1996 Apr 20 | Jean-Baptiste Mendy | UD 12 | Lamar Murphy | Vacant | Levallois-Perret, Hauts-de-Seine, FRA |
| 75 | 1997 Mar 1 | Stevie Johnston | SD 12 | Jean-Baptiste Mendy | - | Paris, Paris, FRA |
| 76 | 1997 Jul 26 | Stevie Johnston | SD 12 | Hiroyuki Sakamoto | 1 | Yokohama, Kanagawa, JPN |
| 77 | 1997 Sep 12 | Stevie Johnston | UD 12 | Saul Duran | 2 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 78 | 1998 Feb 28 | Stevie Johnston | UD 12 | George Scott | 3 | Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA |
| 79 | 1998 Jun 13 | Cesar Bazan | SD 12 | Stevie Johnston | - | El Paso, Texas, USA |
| 80 | 1998 Aug 23 | Cesar Bazan | UD 12 | Hiroyuki Sakamoto | 1 | Yokohama, Kanagawa, JPN |
| 81 | 1998 Oct 30 | Cesar Bazan | MD 12 | Mauro Lucero | 2 | Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, MEX |
| 82 | 1999 Feb 27 | Stevie Johnston (2) | SD 12 | Cesar Bazan | - | Miami, Florida, USA |
| 83 | 1999 Jun 26 | Stevie Johnston (2) | UD 12 | Aldo Nazareno Rios | 1 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 84 | 1999 Aug 14 | Stevie Johnston (2) | UD 12 | Angel Manfredy | 2 | Mashantucket, Connecticut, USA |
| 85 | 1999 Nov 29 | Stevie Johnston (2) | UD 12 | Billy Schwer | 3 | Wembley, London, UK |
| 86 | 2000 Mar 17 | Stevie Johnston (2) | TKO 2 | Julio Alvarez | 4 | Denver, Colorado, USA |
| 87 | 2000 Jun 17 | Jose Luis Castillo | MD 12 | Stevie Johnston | - | Bell Gardens, California, USA |
| 88 | 2000 Sep 15 | Jose Luis Castillo | PTS 12 | Stevie Johnston | 1 | Denver, Colorado, USA |
| 89 | 2001 Jan 20 | Jose Luis Castillo | TKO 6 | Cesar Bazan | 2 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 90 | 2001 Jun 16 | Jose Luis Castillo | KO 1 | Sung-Ho Yuh | 3 | Hermosillo, Sonora, MEX |
| 91 | 2002 Apr 20 | Floyd Mayweather Jr. | UD 12 | Jose Luis Castillo | - | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 92 | 2002 Dec 7 | Floyd Mayweather Jr. | UD 12 | Jose Luis Castillo | 1 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 93 | 2003 Apr 19 | Floyd Mayweather Jr. | UD 12 | Victoriano Sosa | 2 | Fresno, California, USA |
| 94 | 2003 Nov 1 | Floyd Mayweather Jr. | TKO 7 | Phillip N'dou | 3 | Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA |
| 95 | 2004 Jun 5 | Jose Luis Castillo (2) | UD 12 | Juan Lazcano | Vacant | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 96 | 2004 Dec 4 | Jose Luis Castillo (2) | SD 12 | Joel Casamayor | 1 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 97 | 2005 Mar 5 | Jose Luis Castillo (2) | TKO 10 | Julio Diaz | 2 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 98 | 2005 May 7 | Diego Corrales | TKO 10 | Jose Luis Castillo | - | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 99 | 2006 Oct 7 | Joel Casamayor | SD 12 | Diego Corrales | Vacant 1 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 100 | 2007 Aug 4 | David Diaz | UD 12 | Erik Morales | 1 | Rosemont, Illinois, USA |
| 101 | 2008 Jun 28 | Manny Pacquiao | KO 9 | David Diaz | - | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 102 | 2009 Apr 4 | Edwin Valero | TKO 2 | Antonio Pitalua | Vacant | Austin, Texas, USA |
| 103 | 2009 Dec 19 | Edwin Valero | RTD 7 | Hector Velazquez | 1 | La Guaira, VEN |
| 104 | 2010 Feb 6 | Edwin Valero | RTD 10 | Antonio DeMarco | 2 | Monterrey, Nuevo León, MEX |
| 105 | 2010 Mar 13 | Humberto Soto | UD 12 | David Diaz | Vacant | Arlington, Texas, USA |
| 106 | 2010 May 15 | Humberto Soto | UD 12 | Ricardo Dominguez | 1 | Los Mochis, Sinaloa, MEX |
| 107 | 2010 Sep 18 | Humberto Soto | UD 12 | Fidel Monterrosa Munoz | 2 | Culiacan, Sinaloa, MEX |
| 108 | 2010 Dec 4 | Humberto Soto | UD 12 | Urbano Antillon | 3 | Anaheim, California, USA |
| 109 | 2011 Jun 25 | Humberto Soto | TD 11 | Motoki Sasaki | 4 | Cozumel, Quintana Roo, MEX |
| 110 | 2011 Oct 15 | Antonio DeMarco | TKO 11 | Jorge Linares | Vacant | Los Angeles, California, USA |
| 111 | 2012 Mar 17 | Antonio DeMarco | KO 5 | Miguel Roman | 1 | Los Mochis, Sinaloa, MEX |
| 112 | 2012 Sep 8 | Antonio DeMarco | TKO 1 | John Molina | 2 | Oakland, California, USA |
| 113 | 2012 Nov 17 | Adrien Broner | TKO 8 | Antonio DeMarco | - | Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA |
| 114 | 2013 Feb 16 | Adrien Broner | RTD 5 | Gavin Rees | 1 | Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA |
| 115 | 2014 Apr 26 | Omar Figueroa Jr | SD 12 | Jerry Belmontes | 1 2 | Carson, California, USA |
| 116 | 2014 Aug 16 | Omar Figueroa Jr | KO 9 | Daniel Estrada | 2 | Carson, California, USA |
| 117 | 2014 Dec 30 | Jorge Linares | KO 4 | Javier Prieto | Vacant | Tokyo, JPN |
| 118 | 2015 May 30 | Jorge Linares | TKO 10 | Kevin Mitchell | 1 | Greenwich, London, UK |
| 119 | 2015 Oct 10 | Jorge Linares | KO 4 | Ivan Cano | 2 | Caracas, VEN |
| 120 | 2016 Jun 11 | Dejan Zlaticanin | KO 3 | Franklin Mamani | Vacant | Verona, New York, USA |
| 121 | 2017 Jan 28 | Mikey Garcia | KO 3 | Dejan Zlaticanin | - | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 122 | 2018 Jul 28 | Mikey Garcia | UD 12 | Robert Easter Jr | 1 | Los Angeles, California, USA |
| 123 | 2019 Aug 31 | Vasyl Lomachenko | UD 12 | Luke Campbell | Vacant | Greenwich, London, UK |
| 123 | 2019 Nov 09 | Devin Haney | UD 12 | Alfredo Santiago | 1 3 | Los Angeles, California, USA |
| 124 | 2020 Nov 07 | Devin Haney | UD 12 | Yuriorkis Gamboa | 2 | Hollywood, Florida, USA |
| 125 | 2021 May 29 | Devin Haney | UD 12 | Jorge Linares | 3 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 126 | 2021 Dec 04 | Devin Haney | UD 12 | Joseph Diaz | 4 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 127 | 2022 Jun 05 | Devin Haney | UD 12 | George Kambosos Jr | 5 | Melbourne, Victoria, AUS |
| 128 | 2022 Oct 16 | Devin Haney | UD 12 | George Kambosos Jr | 6 | Melbourne, Victoria, AUS |
| 129 | 2023 May 20 | Devin Haney | UD 12 | Vasyl Lomachenko | 7 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 130 | 2023 Nov 16 | Shakur Stevenson | UD 12 | Edwin De los Santos | Vacant | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 131 | 2024 Jul 06 | Shakur Stevenson | UD 12 | Artem Harutyunyan | 1 | Newark, New Jersey, USA |
| 132 | 2025 Feb 22 | Shakur Stevenson | TKO 9 | Josh Padley | 2 | Riyadh, KSA |
| 133 | 2025 Jul 12 | Shakur Stevenson | UD 12 | William Zepeda | 3 | Queens, New York, USA |
Footnotes
1 - Title at stake for Casamayor only as Corrales did not make the weight.
2 - Figueroa Jr was eleved from interim to full champion and made his first defence against Belmontes.
3 - Haney was elevated from interim to full champion and made his first defence against Santiago.