List of WBA world champions

This is a list of WBA world champions, showing every world champion certified by the World Boxing Association (WBA). The list also includes champions certified by the National Boxing Association (NBA), the predecessor to the WBA.

Boxers who won the title but were stripped due to the title bout being overturned to a no contest are not listed i.e. Evgeny Tishchenko won the inaugural bridgerweight title but was subsequently stripped after testing positive for banned substance.

In December 2000, the WBA created an unprecedented situation of having a split championship in the same weight class by introducing a new title called Super world, commonly referred to simply as Super. The Super champion is the WBA's primary champion, while the World champion – commonly known as the Regular champion by boxing publications – is only considered the primary champion by the other three major sanctioning bodies (WBC, IBF, and WBO) if the Super title is vacant.

A Unified champion is a boxer that holds the primary WBA title and one or two from another major sanctioning body (WBC, IBF, WBO) simultaneously. An Undisputed champion as defined by the WBA, only needs to hold three of the four major titles but in some cases they may change a Super champion into an Undisputed champion after a failed title defense (e.g. Anselmo Moreno losing to Juan Payano and Chris John losing to Simpiwe Vetyeka). This is not to be confused by professional boxing's own definition of an undisputed champion, in which a boxer must hold all four major titles.

There are two tables per section. The primary champion lineage prioritizes the Super champions. If the Super title is vacant, then the Undisputed / Unified title is listed. If both are vacant, then the Regular title becomes the primary champion. The secondary champion lineage lists the Regular or Unified champions while the primary champion is occupied.

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.

Starting from August 2021, any new champions in the primary champion lineage will not be marked as Regular, Unified, Undisputed or Super because of the WBA's title reduction plan.

Current champion Most consecutive title defenses

Heavyweight Primary champion lineage No.NameReignDefenses1 Jack Dempsey()Jan 1921 – 23 Sep 192632 Gene Tunney23 Sep 1926 – 31 Jul 192823 Max Schmeling()12 Jun 1930 – 21 Jun 193214 Jack Sharkey21 Jun 1932 – 29 Jun 193305 Primo Carnera29 Jun 1933 – 14 Jun 193416 Max Baer14 Jun 1934 – 13 Jun 193507 James J. Braddock13 Jun 1935 – 22 Jun 193708 Joe Louis22 Jun 1937 – 1 Mar 1949259 Ezzard Charles()22 Jun 1949 – 18 Jul 1951810 Jersey Joe Walcott18 Jul 1951 – 23 Sep 1952111 Rocky Marciano23 Sep 1952 – 27 Apr 1956612 Floyd Patterson()30 Nov 1956 – 26 Jun 1959313 Ingemar Johansson26 Jun 1959 – 20 Jun 1960014 Floyd Patterson (2)20 Jun 1960 – 25 Sep 1962215 Sonny Liston25 Sep 1962 – 25 Feb 1964116 Muhammad Ali25 Feb – 14 Sep 1964017 Ernie Terrell()5 Mar 1965 – 6 Feb 1967218 Muhammad Ali (2)6 Feb – 28 Apr 1967119 Jimmy Ellis()27 Apr 1968 – 16 Feb 1970120 Joe Frazier16 Feb 1970 – 22 Jan 1973421 George Foreman22 Jan 1973 – 30 Oct 1974222 Muhammad Ali (3)30 Oct 1974 – 15 Feb 19781023 Leon Spinks15 Feb – 15 Sep 1978024 Muhammad Ali (4)15 Sep 1978 – 3 Jul 1979025 John Tate()20 Oct 1979 – 31 Mar 1980026 Mike Weaver31 Mar 1980 – 10 Dec 1982227 Michael Dokes10 Dec 1982 – 23 Sep 1983128 Gerrie Coetzee23 Sep 1983 – 1 Dec 1984029 Greg Page1 Dec 1984 – 29 Apr 1985030 Tony Tubbs29 Apr 1985 – 17 Jan 1986031 Tim Witherspoon17 Jan – 12 Dec 1986132 James Smith12 Dec 1986 – 7 Mar 1987033 Mike Tyson7 Mar 1987 – 11 Feb 1990834 Buster Douglas11 Feb – 25 Oct 1990035 Evander Holyfield25 Oct 1990 – 13 Nov 1992336 Riddick Bowe13 Nov 1992 – 6 Nov 1993237 Evander Holyfield (2)6 Nov 1993 – 22 Apr 1994038 Michael Moorer22 Apr – 5 Nov 1994039 George Foreman (2)5 Nov 1994 – 4 Mar 1995040 Bruce Seldon()8 Apr 1995 – 7 Sep 1996141 Mike Tyson (2)7 Sep – 9 Nov 1996 042 Evander Holyfield (3)9 Nov 1996 – 13 Nov 1999443 Lennox Lewis13 Nov 1999 – 12 Apr 2000 044 Evander Holyfield (4)()12 Aug 2000 – 3 Mar 2001045 John Ruiz3 Mar 2001 – 1 Mar 2003 246 Roy Jones Jr.1 Mar 2003 – 24 Feb 2004047 John Ruiz (2)()24 Feb 2004 – 17 Dec 2005248 Nikolai Valuev17 Dec 2005 – 14 Apr 2007349 Ruslan Chagaev14 Apr 2007 – 3 Jul 2008250 Nikolai Valuev (2)()30 Aug 2008 – 7 Nov 2009151 David Haye7 Nov 2009 – 2 Jul 2011252 Wladimir Klitschko – ()2 Jul – Aug 20110 Wladimir Klitschko – ()Aug 2011 – 28 Nov 2015853 Tyson Fury28 Nov – 10 Dec 20150 Tyson Fury – 10 Dec 2015 – 12 Oct 2016054 Anthony Joshua – ()29 Apr 2017 – 1 Jun 2019355 Andy Ruiz Jr.1 Jun – 7 Dec 2019056 Anthony Joshua (2)7 Dec 2019 – 25 Sep 2021157Oleksandr Usyk25 Sep 2021 – 26 Jun 2026658 Murat Gassiev – ()26 Jun 2026 – present1

Secondary champion lineage No.NameReignDefenses1Alexander Povetkin()27 Aug 2011 – 5 Oct 201342 Ruslan Chagaev()6 Jul 2014 – 5 Mar 201613Lucas Browne5 Mar – 12 May 201604 Ruslan Chagaev (2)12 May – 25 Jul 201605 Mahmoud Charr()25 Nov 2017 – 29 Jan 202106 Trevor Bryan()29 Jan 2021 – 11 Jun 202217 Daniel Dubois11 Jun 2022 – 26 Aug 202318 Mahmoud Charr (2)31 Aug 2023 – 7 Dec 202409 Kubrat Pulev7 Dec 2024 – 12 Dec 2025010 Murat Gassiev12 Dec 2025 – 26 Jun 20260

Bridgerweight No.NameReignDefenses1Muslim Gadzhimagomedov()12 Jul 2024 – 30 Jun 20261

Cruiserweight Primary champion lineage No.NameReignDefenses1 Ossie Ocasio()13 Feb 1982 – 1 Dec 198432 Piet Crous1 Dec 1984 – 27 Jul 198513 Dwight Muhammad Qawi27 Jul 1985 – 12 Jul 198614 Evander Holyfield12 Jul 1986 – Dec 198855 Taoufik Belbouli()25 Mar – 11 Aug 198906 Robert Daniels()27 Nov 1989 – 8 Mar 199127 Bobby Czyz8 Mar 1991 – Oct 199328 Orlin Norris()6 Nov 1993 – 22 Jul 199549 Nate Miller22 Jul 1995 – 8 Nov 1997410 Fabrice Tiozzo8 Nov 1997 – 9 Dec 2000411 Virgil Hill9 Dec 2000 – 23 Feb 2002012 Jean-Marc Mormeck23 Feb 2002 – 2 Apr 20053 Jean-Marc Mormeck – ()2 Apr 2005 – 7 Jan 20060(3)13 O'Neil Bell7 Jan 2006 – 17 Mar 2007014 Jean-Marc Mormeck (2)17 Mar – 10 Nov 2007015 David Haye10 Nov 2007 – 12 May 20081 David Haye – ()8 Mar – 14 May 2008 0(1) David Haye – 14 May – 19 Jun 20080(1)16 Firat Arslan – ()19 Jun – 27 Sep 2008017 Guillermo Jones27 Sep 2008 – 30 Oct 2012218 Denis Lebedev();()30 Oct 2012 – 21 May 20164 Denis Lebedev – ()21 May 2016 – 1 Feb 20181(5)19 Yuniel Dorticos – ()1 Feb – 3 Feb 2018 020 Murat Gassiev – ()3 Feb – 21 Jul 2018 021 Oleksandr Usyk – ()21 Jul 2018 – 27 Mar 2019122 Beibut Shumenov – ()27 Mar – 31 May 2019023 Arsen Goulamirian();()31 May – 1 Sep 2019 0 Arsen Goulamirian – ()1 Sep 2019 – 30 Mar 2024324Gilberto Ramírez30 Mar – 6 Apr 2024 0 Gilberto Ramírez6 Apr – 31 Oct 20240 Gilberto Ramírez – 4 Nov 2024 – 2 May 2026225 David Benavidez2 May 2026 – present0

Secondary champion lineage No.NameReignDefenses1 Virgil Hill()27 Jan 2006 – 24 Nov 200702 Firat Arslan24 Nov 2007 – 12 May 200823 Beibut Shumenov()21 May 2016 – 20 Jun 201704 Yuniel Dorticos()20 Jun 2017 – 1 Feb 201815 Beibut Shumenov (2)()7 Jul 2018 – 27 Mar 201906 Beibut Shumenov (3)()1 Sep 2019 – 29 Jan 202107 Ryad Merhy()29 Jan 2021 – 12 Aug 202218Jai Opetaia()12 Sep 2026 – present0

Light heavyweight Primary champion lineage No.NameReignDefenses1 Georges Carpentier()Jan 1921 – 24 Sep 192212 Battling Siki24 Sep 1922 – 17 Mar 192303 Mike McTigue17 Mar 1923 – 30 May 192514 Paul Berlenbach30 May 1925 – 16 Jul 192635 Jack Delaney16 July 1926 – 26 July 192716 Jimmy Slattery()30 Aug – 12 Dec 192707 Tommy Loughran12 Dec 1927 – 3 Sep 192958 Maxie Rosenbloom()Sep 1930 – 6 Jun 193119 George Nichols()18 Mar – 17 Dec 1932010 Joe Knight()Feb 26 – 1 Mar 1933011 Bob Godwin1 Mar – 24 Mar 1933012 Maxie Rosenbloom (2)24 Mar 1933 – 17 Sep 1934213 Bob Olin()16 Nov 1934 – 31 Oct 1935014 John Henry Lewis31 Oct 1935 – 19 Jun 1939515 Billy Conn()13 Jul 1939 – 20 Dec 1940316 Anton Christoforidis()13 Jan – 24 May 1941 017 Gus Lesnevich24 May 1941 – 26 Jul 1948518 Freddie Mills26 Jul 1948 – 24 Jan 1950019 Joey Maxim24 Jan 1950 – 17 Dec 1952220 Archie Moore17 Dec 1952 – 25 Oct 1960821 Harold Johnson()7 Feb 1961 – 1 Jun 1963422 Willie Pastrano1 Jun 1963 – 30 Mar 1965223 José Torres30 Mar 1965 – 16 Dec 1966324 Dick Tiger16 Dec 1966 – 24 May 1968225 Bob Foster24 May 1968 – 9 Dec 1970426 Vicente Rondón()27 Feb 1971 – 7 Apr 1972427 Bob Foster (2)7 Apr 1972 – 16 Sep 1974528 Víctor Galíndez()7 Dec 1974 – 15 Sep 19781029 Mike Rossman15 Sep 1978 – 14 Apr 1979130 Víctor Galíndez (2)14 April – 30 Nov 1979031 Marvin Johnson30 Nov 1979 – 31 Mar 1980032 Eddie Mustafa Muhammad31 Mar 1980 – 18 Jul 1981233 Michael Spinks18 Jul 1981 – 5 Nov 19851034 Marvin Johnson (2)()9 Feb 1986 – 23 May 1987135 Leslie Stewart23 May – 5 Sep 1987036 Virgil Hill5 Sep 1987 – 3 Jun 19911037 Thomas Hearns3 Jun 1991 – 20 Mar 1992 038 Iran Barkley20 Mar – 27 May 1992039 Virgil Hill (2)()29 Sep 1992 – 13 Jun 19971040 Dariusz Michalczewski13 Jun – 1 Jul 1997041 Lou Del Valle()20 Sep 1997 – 18 Jul 1998042 Roy Jones Jr.18 Jul 1998 – Dec 20005 Roy Jones Jr. – ()Dec 2000 – 5 Aug 20023(8) Roy Jones Jr. – 5 Aug 2002 – 15 Apr 20031(9)43 Mehdi Sahnoune – ()15 Apr – 10 Oct 2003044 Silvio Branco10 Oct – 8 Nov 2003045 Roy Jones Jr. (2) – ()8 Nov 2003 – 15 May 2004046 Antonio Tarver 15 May – 3 Jul 2004047 Fabrice Tiozzo – ()3 Jul 2004 – 19 Oct 2006148 Silvio Branco (2)();()19 Oct 2006 – 28 Apr 2007049 Stipe Drviš28 Apr – 16 Dec 2007050 Danny Green16 Dec 2007 – 25 Mar 2008051Hugo Garay();()3 Jul 2008 – 20 Jun 2009152 Gabriel Campillo20 Jun 2009 – 29 Jan 2010153 Beibut Shumenov29 Jan 2010 – 8 Oct 20135Beibut Shumenov – ()8 Oct 2013 – 19 Apr 20141(6)54 Bernard Hopkins19 Apr – 8 Nov 2014055 Sergey Kovalev – ()8 Nov 2014 – 19 Nov 2016456 Andre Ward 19 Nov 2016 – 21 Sep 2017157 Badou Jack – ()21 Sep – 23 Sep 2017058Dmitry Bivol();()14 Oct 2017 – 10 Oct 20195 Dmitry Bivol – ()10 Oct 2019 – 12 Oct 20247(12)59 Artur Beterbiev 12 Oct 2024 – 22 Feb 2025060 Dmitry Bivol (2)22 Feb 2025 – present1

Secondary champion lineage No.NameReignDefenses1 Bruno Girard()22 Dec 2001 – 8 Mar 200322 Mehdi Sahnoune8 Mar – 15 Apr 200303 Silvio Branco()8 Nov 2003 – 20 Feb 200404 Fabrice Tiozzo20 Feb – 3 Jul 200405 Jürgen Brähmer()14 Dec 2013 – 1 Oct 201666 Nathan Cleverly1 Oct 2016 – 26 Aug 201707 Badou Jack26 Aug – 21 Sep 201708 Jean Pascal()10 Oct 2019 – 8 Jul 20211 9 David Morrell()3 Aug 2024 – 1 Feb 2025010 David Benavidez1 Feb 2025 – 1 Oct 20261

Super middleweight Primary champion lineage