WBA, WBC and IBF Titleholders (through Oct. 23, 2000)
Updated September 27, 2017 |
Infoplease Staff
The champions of professional boxing's 17 principal weight divisions, as recognized by the Word Boxing Association (WBA), World Boxing Council (WBC) and International Boxing Federation (IBF).
| Weight Limit | WBA Champion | WBC Champion | IBF Champion | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heavyweight | --- | Evander Holyfield | Lennox Lewis | Lennox Lewis |
| 37-4-1, 25 KOs | 37-1-1, 29 KOs | 37-1-1, 29 KOs | ||
| Cruiserweight | 190 lbs | Fabrice Tiozzo | Juan Carlos Gomez | Vassily Jirov |
| 42-1-0, 28 KOs | 31-0-0, 25 KOs | 26-0-0, 24 KOs | ||
| Light Heavyweight | 175 lbs | Roy Jones Jr. | Roy Jones Jr. | Roy Jones Jr. |
| 43-1-0, 35 KOs | 43-1-0, 35 KOs | 43-1-0, 35 KOs | ||
| Super Middleweight | 168 lbs | Bruno Girard | Dingaan Thobela | Sven Ottke |
| 38-2-1, 5 KOs | 40-7-2, 25 KOs | 20-0-0, 2 KOs | ||
| Middleweight | 160 lbs | William Joppy | Keith Holmes | Bernard Hopkins |
| 31-1-1, 23 KOs | 34-2-0, 23 KOs | 37-2-1, 27 KOs | ||
| Jr. Middleweight | 154 lbs | Felix Trinidad | Javier Castillejo | Fernando Vargas |
| 38-0-0, 31 KOs | 50-4-0, 32 KOs | 20-0-0, 18 KOs | ||
| Welterweight | 147 lbs | Vacant | Shane Mosley | Vacant |
| 35-0-0, 32 KOs | ||||
| Jr. Welterweight | 140 lbs | Sharmba Mitchell | Kostya Tszyu | Zab Judah |
| 47-2-0, 29 KOs | 25-1-1, 21 KOs | 24-0-0, 18 KOs | ||
| Lightweight | 135 lbs | Takanori Hatakeyama | Jose Luis Castillo | Paul Spadafora |
| 23-1-2, 18 KOs | 41-4-0, 37 KOs | 31-0-0, 14 KOs | ||
| Jr. Lightweight | 130 lbs | Joel Casamayor | Floyd Mayweather Jr. | Diego Corrales |
| 23-0-0, 14 KOs | 23-0-0, 17 KOs | 33-0-0, 27 KOs | ||
| Featherweight | 126 lbs | Derrick Gainer | Guty Espadas* | Paul Ingle |
| 36-5-0, 20 KOs | 33-2-0, 21KOs | 23-1-1, 16 KOs | ||
| Jr. Featherweight | 122 lbs | Clarence Adams* | Willie Jorrin | Lehlohonolo Ledwaba |
| 40-3-3, 19 KOs | 27-0-0, 12 KOs | 30-1-1, 20 KOs | ||
| Bantamweight | 118 lbs | Paulie Ayala | Veerapol Sahaprom | Tim Austin |
| 30-1-0, 12 KOs | 27-1-0, 18 KOs | 21-0-1, 19 KOs | ||
| Jr. Bantamweight | 115 lbs | Leo Gamez | Masanori Tokuyama | Felix Machado |
| 33-7-1, 25 KOs | 22-2-01, 5 KOs | 19-3-1, 10 KOs | ||
| Flyweight | 112 lbs | Eric Morel | Malcolm Tunacao | Irene Pacheco |
| 27-0-0, 16 KOs | 11-0-1, 7 KOs | 24-0-0, 19 KOs | ||
| Jr. Flyweight | 108 lbs | Beibis Mendoza | Choi Yo-sam | Ricardo Lopez |
| 27-0-0, 23 KOs | 22-1-0, 11 KOs | 48-0-1, 35 KOs | ||
| Minimumweight | 105 lbs | Joma Gamboa | Jose Antonio Aguirre | Zolani Petelo |
| 29-5-1, 20 KOs | 24-1-1, 15 KOs | 16-2-2, 9 KOs | ||
Note: The following weight divisions are also known by these names—Cruiserweight as Jr. Heavyweight; Jr. Middleweight as Super Welterweight; Jr. Welterweight as Super Lightweight; Jr. Lightweight as Super Featherweight; Jr. Featherweight as Super Bantamweight; Jr. Bantamweight as Super Flyweight; Jr. Flyweight as Light Flyweight; and Minimum as Strawweight or Mini-Flyweights.
*Erik Morales (37-0-0, 29 KOs) is currently the interim WBC featherweight champ. Antonio Cermeno (36-3-0, 23 KOs) is currently the interim WBA junior featherweight champ.
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