List of WBO world champions

This is a list of WBO world champions, showing every world champion certified by the World Boxing Organization (WBO). The WBO is one of the four major governing bodies in professional boxing, and has awarded world championships in 17 different weight classes since 1989.

Boxers who won the title but were stripped due to the title bout being overturned to a no contest are not listed.

Current champion Most consecutive title defenses

Heavyweight No.NameReignDefenses1 Francesco Damiani()6 May 1989 – 11 Jan 199112 Ray Mercer11 Jan – 28 Dec 199113 Michael Moorer()15 May 1992 – 8 Feb 199304 Tommy Morrison()7 Jun – 29 Oct 199315 Michael Bentt29 Oct 1993 – 19 Mar 199406 Herbie Hide19 Mar 1994 – 11 Mar 199507 Riddick Bowe11 Mar 1995 – 5 May 199618 Henry Akinwande()29 Jun 1996 – 29 Jan 199729 Herbie Hide (2)()28 Jun 1997 – 26 Jun 1999210 Vitali Klitschko26 Jun 1999 – 1 Apr 2000211 Chris Byrd1 Apr – 14 Oct 2000012 Wladimir Klitschko14 Oct 2000 – 8 Mar 2003513 Corrie Sanders8 Mar – 7 Oct 2003014 Lamon Brewster()10 Apr 2004 – 1 Apr 2006315 Siarhei Liakhovich1 Apr – 4 Nov 2006016 Shannon Briggs4 Nov 2006 – 2 Jun 2007017 Sultan Ibragimov2 Jun 2007 – 23 Feb 2008 118 Wladimir Klitschko (2)23 Feb 2008 – 28 Nov 20151419 Tyson Fury28 Nov 2015 – 12 Oct 2016020 Joseph Parker()10 Dec 2016 – 31 Mar 2018221 Anthony Joshua31 Mar 2018 – 1 Jun 2019122 Andy Ruiz Jr.1 Jun – 7 Dec 2019023 Anthony Joshua (2)7 Dec 2019 – 25 Sep 2021124 Oleksandr Usyk25 Sep 2021 – 17 Nov 2025525 Fabio Wardley()17 Nov 2025 – 9 May 2026026 Daniel Dubois9 May 2026 – present0

Junior heavyweight This weight class is designated as cruiserweight by the WBA, WBC, and IBF. No.NameReignDefenses1 Boone Pultz()3 Dec 1989 – 17 May 199002 Magne Havnå17 May 1990 – 199123 Tyrone Booze()25 Jul 1992 – 13 Feb 1993 14 Markus Bott13 Feb – 26 Jun 199305 Nestor Hipolito Giovannini26 Jun 1993 – 17 Dec 199416 Dariusz Michalczewski17 Dec 1994 – Mar 199507 Ralf Rocchigiani()10 Jun 1995 – 4 Oct 199768 Carl Thompson4 Oct 1997 – 27 Mar 199929 Johnny Nelson27 Mar 1999 – 22 Sep 20061310 Enzo Maccarinelli()22 Sep 2006 – 8 Mar 2008411 David Haye8 Mar – 14 Jul 2008012 Victor Emilio Ramírez()Feb – 5 Dec 2009113 Marco Huck5 Dec 2009 – 14 Aug 20151314 Krzysztof Głowacki14 Aug 2015 – 17 Sep 2016115 Oleksandr Usyk17 Sep 2016 – 5 Jun 2019616 Krzysztof Głowacki (2)()5 Jun – 15 Jun 2019017 Mairis Briedis15 Jun – 25 Nov 2019018 Lawrence Okolie()20 Mar 2021 – 27 May 2023 319 Chris Billam-Smith27 May 2023 – 16 Nov 2024220 Gilberto Ramírez16 Nov 2024 – 2 May 2026121 David Benavidez2 May 2026 – present0

Light heavyweight No.NameReignDefenses1 Michael Moorer()3 Dec 1988 – 199192 Leeonzer Barber()9 May 1991 – 10 Sep 199443 Dariusz Michalczewski10 Sep 1994 – 10 Oct 2003234 Julio César González10 Oct 2003 – 17 Jan 200405 Zsolt Erdei17 Jan 2004 – 13 Nov 2009116 Jürgen Brähmer()13 Nov 2009 – 19 May 201127 Nathan Cleverly()19 May 2011 – 18 Aug 201358 Sergey Kovalev18 Aug 2013 – 19 Nov 201689 Andre Ward19 Nov 2016 – 21 Sep 2017110 Sergey Kovalev (2)()25 Nov 2017 – 4 Aug 2018111 Eleider Álvarez4 Aug 2018 – 2 Feb 2019012 Sergey Kovalev (3)2 Feb – 2 Nov 2019113 Canelo Álvarez2 Nov – 17 Dec 2019014 Joe Smith Jr.()10 Apr 2021 – 18 Jun 2022 115 Artur Beterbiev18 Jun 2022 – 22 Feb 2025316 Dmitry Bivol22 Feb 2025 – present0

Super middleweight No.NameReignDefenses1 Thomas Hearns()4 Nov 1988 – 20 May 199122 Chris Eubank()21 Sep 1991 – 18 Mar 1995143 Steve Collins18 Mar 1995 – 2 Oct 199774 Joe Calzaghe()11 Oct 1997 – 26 Sep 2008215 Denis Inkin()27 Sep 2008 – 10 Jan 200906 Károly Balzsay10 Jan – 22 Aug 200917 Robert Stieglitz22 Aug 2009 – 25 Aug 201268 Arthur Abraham25 Aug 2012 – 23 Mar 201319 Robert Stieglitz (2)23 Mar 2013 – 1 Mar 2014210 Arthur Abraham (2)1 Mar 2014 – 9 Apr 2016511 Gilberto Ramírez9 Apr 2016 – 13 May 2019512 Billy Joe Saunders()18 May 2019 – 8 May 2021213 Canelo Álvarez8 May 2021 – 13 Sep 2025614 Terence Crawford13 Sep – 21 Dec 2025015 Hamzah Sheeraz()23 May – 18 Sep 20261

Middleweight No.NameReignDefenses1 Doug DeWitt()18 Apr 1989 – 29 Apr 199012 Nigel Benn29 Apr – 18 Nov 199013 Chris Eubank18 Nov 1990 – 17 Jul 199134 Gerald McClellan()20 Nov 1991 – 2 Apr 199305 Chris Pyatt()19 May 1993 – 11 May 199426 Steve Collins11 May 1994 – 22 Apr 199507 Lonnie Bradley()19 May 1995 – 7 Nov 199768 Otis Grant()13 Dec 1997 – 14 Nov 199819 Bert Schenk()30 Jan – 14 Jul 1999110 Jason Matthews()17 Jul – 27 Nov 1999011 Armand Krajnc27 Nov 1999 – 6 Apr 2002312 Harry Simon6 Apr 2002 – 8 Jul 2003013 Héctor Velazco()8 Jul – 13 Sep 2003014 Felix Sturm13 Sep 2003 – 5 Jun 2004115 Oscar De La Hoya5 Jun – 18 Sep 2004016 Bernard Hopkins18 Sep 2004 – 16 Jul 2005117 Jermain Taylor16 Jul 2005 – 29 Sep 2007318 Kelly Pavlik29 Sep 2007 – 17 Apr 2010319 Sergio Martínez17 Apr – 29 May 2010020 Dmitry Pirog()31 Jul 2010 – 25 Aug 2012321 Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam()25 Aug – 20 Oct 2012022 Peter Quillin20 Oct 2012 – 4 Sep 2014323 Andy Lee()13 Dec 2014 – 19 Dec 2015024 Billy Joe Saunders19 Dec 2015 – 11 Oct 2018325 Demetrius Andrade()20 Oct 2018 – 26 Aug 2022526 Janibek Alimkhanuly()26 Aug 2022 – 20 Jul 2026427Denzel Bentley()20 Jul 2026 – Present0

Junior middleweight No.NameReignDefenses1 John David Jackson()8 Dec 1988 – 17 Feb 199012 John David Jackson (2)()23 Oct 1990 – 5 Aug 199333 Verno Phillips()30 Oct 1993 – 22 Nov 199544 Paul Jones22 Nov 1995 – 26 Feb 199605 Bronco McKart()1 Mar – 17 May 199606 Winky Wright17 May 1996 – 22 Aug 199837 Harry Simon22 Aug 1998 – 27 Nov 200148 Daniel Santos()16 Mar 2002 – 3 Dec 200549 Serhiy Dzyndzyruk3 Dec 2005 – 5 Oct 2011610 Zaurbek Baysangurov()5 Oct 2011 – 22 Jul 2013211 Demetrius Andrade ()9 Nov 2013 – 31 Jul 2015112 Liam Smith ()10 Oct 2015 – 17 Sep 2016213 Canelo Álvarez17 Sep 2016 – 21 May 2017014 Miguel Cotto ()26 Aug – 2 Dec 2017015 Sadam Ali 2 Dec 2017 – 12 May 2018016 Jaime Munguía 12 May 2018 – 23 Nov 2019517 Patrick Teixeira ()4 Dec 2019 – 13 Feb 2021018 Brian Castaño13 Feb 2021 – 14 May 2022119 Jermell Charlo14 May 2022 – 30 Sep 2023020 Tim Tszyu()30 Sep 2023 – 30 Mar 2024121 Sebastian Fundora30 Mar 2024 – 2 May 2025122Xander Zayas()26 Jul 2025 – 27 Jun 2026123Jaron Ennis27 Jun 2026 – present0

Welterweight No.Name ReignDefenses1 Genaro León()6 May – 28 Nov 198902 Manning Galloway()15 Dec 1989 – 12 Feb 199373 Gert Bo Jacobsen12 Feb – 13 Oct 199304 Eamonn Loughran()16 Oct 1993 – 13 Apr 199655 José Luis López13 Apr – 21 Nov 199616 Mihai Leu()22 Feb 1997 – 199717Akhmed Kotiev()14 Feb 1998 – 6 May 200048 Daniel Santos6 May 2000 – 5 Dec 200129 Antonio Margarito()16 Mar 2002 – 14 Jul 2007710 Paul Williams14 Jul 2007 – 9 Feb 2008011 Carlos Quintana9 Feb – 7 Jun 2008012 Paul Williams (2)7 Jun – 14 Nov 2008013 Miguel Cotto()21 Feb – 14 Nov 2009114 Manny Pacquiao14 Nov 2009 – 9 Jun 2012315 Timothy Bradley9 Jun 2012 – 12 Apr 2014216 Manny Pacquiao (2)12 Apr 2014 – 2 May 2015117 Floyd Mayweather Jr.2 May – 6 Jul 2015018 Timothy Bradley (2)()6 Jul 2015 – 9 Feb 2016119 Jessie Vargas()5 Mar – 5 Nov 2016020 Manny Pacquiao (3)5 Nov 2016 – 2 Jul 2017021 Jeff Horn2 Jul 2017 – 9 Jun 2018122 Terence Crawford9 Jun 2018 – 12 Aug 2024723 Brian Norman Jr.()12 Aug 2024 – 22 Nov 2025224 Devin Haney22 Nov 2025 – present0

Junior welterweight No.NameReignDefenses1 Héctor Camacho()6 Mar 1989 – 23 Feb 199122 Greg Haugen23 Feb – 18 May 199103 Héctor Camacho (2)18 May 1991 – 15 May 199204 Carlos González()29 Jun 1992 – 7 Jun 199335 Zack Padilla7 Jun 1993 – 1 Jan 199546 Sammy Fuentes()20 Feb 1995 – 9 Mar 199617 Giovanni Parisi9 Mar 1996 – 29 May 199858 Carlos González (2)29 May 1998 – 15 May 199909 Randall Bailey15 May 1999 – 22 Jul 2000210 Ener Julio22 Jul 2000 – 25 Jun 2001011 DeMarcus Corley()30 Jun 2001 – 12 Jul 2003212 Zab Judah12 Jul 2003 – 18 Jun 2004113 Miguel Cotto()11 Sep 2004 – 27 Oct 2006614 Ricardo Torres()18 Nov 2006 – 5 Jul 2008315 Kendall Holt5 July 2008 – 4 Apr 2009116 Timothy Bradley4 Apr 2009 – 27 Jun 2012317 Juan Manuel Márquez()27 Jun 2012 – 12 Oct 2013018 Mike Alvarado()12 Oct – 19 Oct 2013019 Ruslan Provodnikov19 Oct 2013 – 14 Jun 2014020 Chris Algieri14 Jun – 2 Nov 2014021 Terence Crawford()18 Apr 2015 – 26 Oct 2017622 Maurice Hooker()9 Jun 2018 – 28 Jul 2019223 José Ramírez28 Jul 2019 – 22 May 2021124 Josh Taylor22 May 2021 – 10 Jun 2023125Teofimo Lopez10 Jun 2023 – 31 Jan 2026326Shakur Stevenson31 Jan 2026 – present0

Lightweight No.NameReignDefenses1 Mauricio Aceves()6 May 1989 – 22 Sep 199012 Dingaan Thobela22 Sep 1990 – 14 Jun 199223 Giovanni Parisi()25 Sep 1992 – 23 Jan 199424 Oscar De La Hoya()29 Jul 1994 – 9 Feb 199665 Artur Grigorian()13 Apr 1996 – 3 Jan 2004 176 Acelino Freitas3 Jan – 7 Aug 200407 Diego Corrales7 Aug 2004 – 14 Jan 200618 Acelino Freitas (2)()29 Apr 2006 – 28 Apr 200709 Juan Díaz28 Apr 2007 – 8 Mar 2008110 Nate Campbell8 Mar 2008 – 13 Feb 2009011 Juan Manuel Márquez()28 Feb 2009 – 26 Jan 2012212 Ricky Burns()26 Jan 2012 – 1 Mar 2014413 Terence Crawford1 Mar 2014 – 5 Mar 2015214 Terry Flanagan()11 Jul 2015 – 26 Oct 2017515 Ray Beltrán()16 Feb – 25 Aug 2018016 José Pedraza25 Aug – 8 Dec 2018017 Vasiliy Lomachenko8 Dec 2018 – Oct 2020218 Teofimo Lopez17 Oct 2020 – 27 Nov 2021019 George Kambosos Jr.27 Nov 2021 – 5 Jun 2022020 Devin Haney5 Jun 2022 – 29 Nov 2023221 Denys Berinchyk()18 May 2024 – 14 Feb 2025022 Keyshawn Davis14 Feb – 6 Jun 2025023Abdullah Mason()22 Nov 2025 – present1

Junior lightweight No.NameReignDefenses1 John John Molina()29 Apr – 15 Oct 198902 Kamel Bou Ali()9 Dec 1989 – 21 Mar 199223 Daniel Londas21 Mar – 4 Sep 199204 Jimmi Bredahl4 Sep 1992 – 5 Mar 199415 Oscar De La Hoya5 Mar – 5 Jun 199416 Regilio Tuur()24 Sep 1994 – 17 Jan 199767 Barry Jones()19 Dec 1997 – 199808 Anatoly Alexandrov()16 May 1998 – 7 Aug 199919 Acelino Freitas7 Aug 1999 – 18 Jan 2004 1010 Diego Corrales()6 Mar – 18 Jun 2004 011 Mike Anchondo()15 Jul 2004 – 7 Apr 2005012 Jorge Rodrigo Barrios()8 Apr 2005 – 15 Sep 2006213 Joan Guzmán()16 Sep 2006 – 14 May 2008214 Alex Arthur()14 May – 9 Sep 2008015 Nicky Cook9 Sep 2008 – 14 Mar 2009016 Román Martínez14 Mar 2009 – 4 Sep 2010217 Ricky Burns4 Sep 2010 – 13 Sep 2011318 Adrien Broner()26 Nov 2011 – 20 Jul 2012119 Román Martínez (2) ()15 Sep 2012 – 9 Nov 2013220 Mikey Garcia9 Nov 2013 – 14 Oct 2014121 Orlando Salido()14 Oct 2014 – 11 Apr 2015022 Román Martínez (3)11 Apr 2015 – 11 Jun 2016123 Vasiliy Lomachenko11 Jun 2016 – 23 May 2018424 Masayuki Ito()28 Jul 2018 – 25 May 2019125 Jamel Herring 25 May 2019 – 23 Oct 2021326 Shakur Stevenson 23 Oct 2021 – 22 Sep 2022127 Emanuel Navarrete()3 Feb 2023 – present5

Featherweight No.NameReignDefenses1 Maurizio Stecca()28 Jan – 11 Nov 198912 Louie Espinoza11 Nov 1989 – 7 Apr 199003 Jorge Páez7 Apr 1990 – 16 Jan 199114 Maurizio Stecca (2)()26 Jan 1991 – 16 Feb 199225 Colin McMillan16 Feb – 26 Sep 199206 Rubén Darío Palacio26 Sep 1992 – 16 Apr 199307 Steve Robinson()17 Apr 1993 – 30 Sep 199578 Naseem Hamed30 Sep 1995 – 5 Oct 2000159 István Kovács()27 Jan – 16 Jun 2001010 Pablo Chacón16 Jun 2001 – 19 Oct 2002211 Scott Harrison19 Oct 2002 – 12 Jul 2003212 Manuel Medina12 Jul – 29 Nov 2003013 Scott Harrison (2)29 Nov 2003 – 6 Dec 2006614 Juan Manuel Márquez()6 Dec 2006 – 3 Apr 2007015 Steven Luevano()14 Jul 2007 – 23 Jan 2010516 Juan Manuel López23 Jan 2010 – 16 Apr 2011117 Orlando Salido16 Apr 2011 – 19 Jan 2013218 Mikey Garcia19 Jan – 14 Jun 2013019 Orlando Salido (2)()12 Oct 2013 – 28 Feb 2014020 Vasiliy Lomachenko()21 Jun 2014 – 21 Jul 2016321 Óscar Valdez()23 Jul 2016 – 2 Aug 2019622 Shakur Stevenson()26 Oct 2019 – 7 Jul 2020023 Emanuel Navarrete()9 Oct 2020 – 9 Feb 2023324Robeisy Ramírez() 1 Apr – 9 Dec 2023125Rafael Espinoza 9 Dec 2023 – present4

Junior featherweight