List of light-middleweight boxing champions

This is a chronological List of World Light Middleweight / List of World Super Welterweight / Junior Middleweight Boxing Champions, as recognized by four of the better-known sanctioning organizations:

The World Boxing Association (WBA), founded in 1921 as the National Boxing Association (NBA),
The World Boxing Council (WBC), founded in 1963,
The International Boxing Federation (IBF), founded in 1983,
The World Boxing Organization (WBO), founded in 1988,

Reign Began	Reign Ended	Champion	Recognition
World
Title inaugurated
1962-10-20	1963-04-29	Denny Moyer	Universal (WBA/WBC)
1963-04-29	1963-09-07	Ralph Dupas	Universal (WBA/WBC)
1963-09-07	1965-06-18	Sandro Mazzinghi	Universal (WBA/WBC)
1965-06-18	1966-06-25	Nino Benvenuti	Universal (WBA/WBC)
1966-06-25	1968-05-26	File:Flag of South Korea.svg Ki-Soo Kim	Universal (WBA/WBC)
1968-05-26	1968-10-25-Stripped	Sandro Mazzinghi	Universal (WBA/WBC)
1969-03-17	1970-07-09	Freddie Little	Universal (WBA/WBC)
1970-07-09	1971-10-31	Carmelo Bossi	Universal (WBA/WBC)
1971-10-31	1974-06-04	File:Flag of Japan.svg Koichi Wajima	Universal (WBA/WBC)
1974-06-04	1975-01-21	Oscar Albarado	Universal (WBA/WBC)
1975-01-21	1975-03-22-Title Split	File:Flag of Japan.svg Koichi Wajima	Universal (WBA/WBC)
WBC
Title Inaugurated
1963-02-19	1963-04-29	Denny Moyer	WBC
1963-04-29	1963-09-07	Ralph Dupas	WBC
1963-09-07	1965-06-18	Sandro Mazzinghi	WBC
1965-06-18	1966-06-25	Nino Benvenuti	WBC
1966-06-25	1968-05-26	File:Flag of South Korea.svg Ki Soo Kim	WBC
1968-05-26	1968-11-Strippped	Sandro Mazzinghi	WBC
1969-03-17	1970-07-09	Freddie Little	WBC
1970-07-09	1971-10-31	Carmelo Bossi	WBC
1971-10-31	1974-06-04	File:Flag of Japan.svg Koichi Wajima	WBC
1974-06-04	1975-01-21	Oscar Albarado	WBC
1975-01-21	1975-04-Stripped	File:Flag of Japan.svg Koichi Wajima	WBC
1975-05-07	1975-11-13	File:Flag of Brazil.svg Miguel de Oliveira	WBC
1975-11-13	1976-06-17	File:Flag of the Bahamas.svg Elisha Obed	WBC
1976-06-17	1977-08-06	Eckhard Dagge	WBC
1977-08-06	1979-03-04	Rocky Mattioli	WBC
1979-03-04	1981-05-23	File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Maurice Hope	WBC
1981-05-23	1982-12-03	File:Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Wilfred Benítez	WBC
1982-12-03	1986-06-23-Vacated	Thomas Hearns	WBC
1986-12-05	1987-07-12	Duane Thomas	WBC
1987-07-12	1987-10-02	Lupe Aquino	WBC
1987-10-02	1988-07-08	Gianfranco Rosi	WBC
1988-07-08	1989-02-11	Donald Curry	WBC
1989-02-11	1989-07-08	File:Flag of France.svg Rene Jacquot	WBC
1989-07-08	1990-03-31	File:Flag of Uganda.svg John Mugabi	WBC
1990-03-31	1993-12-18	Terry Norris	WBC
1993-12-18	1994-05-07	File:Flag of Jamaica.svg Simon Brown	WBC
1994-05-07	1994-11-12	Terry Norris	WBC
1994-11-12	1995-08-19	File:Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Luis Santana	WBC
1995-08-19	1997-12-06	Terry Norris	WBC
1997-12-06	1999-01-29	Keith Mullings	WBC
1999-01-29	2001-06-23	File:Flag of Spain.svg Javier Castillejo	WBC
2001-06-23	2003-09-13	Oscar De La Hoya	WBC
2003-09-13	2004-03-13	Shane Mosley	WBC
2004-03-13	2004-11-20-Vacated	Ronald Wright	WBC
2004-11-20	2005-06-01-Stripped	File:Flag of Spain.svg Javier Castillejo	WBC
2005-08-13	2006-05-06	File:Flag of Nicaragua.svg Ricardo Mayorga	WBC
2006-05-06	2007-05-05	Oscar De La Hoya	WBC
2007-05-05	2007-06-28-Vacated	Floyd Mayweather, Jr.	WBC
2007-07-28	2008-06-07	Vernon Forrest	WBC
2008-06-07	2008-09-13	Sergio Mora	WBC
2008-09-13	2009-05-21-Stripped	Vernon Forrest	WBC
2009-05-21	2010-06-17-Vacated	Sergio Gabriel Martinez	WBC
2010-11-13	2011-02-08-Vacated	File:Flag of the Philippines.svg Manny Pacquiao	WBC
2011-03-05	Present	Saul Alvarez	WBC
WBA
Title Inaugurated
1962-10-20	1963-04-29	Denny Moyer	WBA
1963-04-29	1963-09-07	Ralph Dupas	WBA
1963-09-07	1965-06-18	Sandro Mazzinghi	WBA
1965-06-18	1966-06-25	Nino Benvenuti	WBA
1966-06-25	1968-05-26	File:Flag of South Korea.svg Ki Soo Kim	WBA
1968-05-26	1968-11-Stripped	Sandro Mazzinghi	WBA
1969-03-17	1970-07-09	Freddie Little	WBA
1970-07-09	1971-10-31	Carmelo Bossi	WBA
1971-10-31	1974-06-04	File:Flag of Japan.svg Koichi Wajima	WBA
1974-06-04	1975-06-07	Oscar Albarado	WBA
1975-01-21	1975-06-07	File:Flag of Japan.svg Koichi Wajima	WBA
1975-06-07	1976-02-17	File:Flag of South Korea.svg Jae-Doo Yuh	WBA
1976-02-17	1976-05-18	File:Flag of Japan.svg Koichi Wajima	WBA
1976-05-18	1976-10-08	File:Flag of Spain.svg Jose Manuel Duran	WBA
1976-10-08	1977-03-05	Miguel Angel Castellini	WBA
1977-03-05	1978-08-09	File:Flag of Nicaragua.svg Eddie Gazo	WBA
1978-08-09	1979-10-24	File:Flag of Japan.svg Masashi Kudo	WBA
1979-10-24	1981-06-25	File:Flag of Uganda.svg Ayub Kalule	WBA
1981-06-25	1981-06-25-Vacated	Sugar Ray Leonard	WBA
1981-11-07	1982-02-02	File:Flag of Japan.svg Tadashi Mihara	WBA
1982-02-02	1983-06-16	Davey Moore	WBA
1983-06-16	1984-Stripped	File:Flag of Panama.svg Roberto Durán	WBA
1984-10-19	1987-07-18-Vacated	File:Flag of Jamaica.svg Mike McCallum	WBA
1987-11-22	1991-02-23-Vacated	File:Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg Julian Jackson	WBA
1991-02-23	1991-10-01	File:Flag of France.svg Gilbert Dele	WBA
1991-10-01	1992-12-21	Vincenzo Pazienza	WBA
1992-12-21	1995-03-04	Julio César Vásquez	WBA
1995-03-04	1995-Vacated	Pernell Whitaker	WBA
1995-06-16	1995-12-16	Carl Daniels	WBA
1995-12-16	1996-08-21	Julio César Vásquez	WBA
1996-08-21	1999-03-06	File:Flag of France.svg Laurent Boudouani	WBA
1999-03-06	2000-03-03	David Reid	WBA
2000-03-03	2000-12-02-Vacated	File:Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Félix Trinidad	WBA
2001-09-22	2002-09-14	Fernando Vargas	WBA
2002-09-14	2003-09-13	Oscar De La Hoya	WBA Super Champion
2002-09-14	2003-03-01	File:Flag of Panama.svg Santiago Samaniego	WBA Regular Champion
2003-03-01	2003-12-13	Alejandro Garcia	WBA Regular Champion
2003-09-13	2004-03-13	Shane Mosley	WBA Super Champion
2003-12-13	2004-10-02-Stripped	Travis Simms	WBA Regular Champion
2004-03-13	2004-11-20-Vacated	Ronald Wright	WBA Super Champion
2005-05-21	2006-05-06	Alejandro Garcia	WBA
2006-05-06	2007-01-06	Jose Antonio Rivera	WBA
2007-01-06	2007-07-07	Travis Simms	WBA
2007-07-07	2008-07-11	Joachim Alcine	WBA
2008-07-11	2009-11-14	File:Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Daniel Santos	WBA
2009-11-14	2010-06-06	File:Flag of Israel.svg Yuri Foreman	WBA
2010-06-06	2012-05-05	File:Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Miguel Cotto	WBA Super Champion
2011-02-05	2013-04-20	Austin Trout	WBA Regular Champion
2012-05-05	Present	Floyd Mayweather, Jr.	WBA Super Champion
2013-04-20	Present	Saul Alvarez	WBA Regular Champion
IBF
Title inaugurated
1984-03-11	1984-11-02	Mark Medal	IBF
1984-11-02	1985-06-01-Vacated	File:Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Carlos Santos	IBF
1986-06-04	1987-06-27	Buster Drayton	IBF
1987-06-27	1988-11-04	Matthew Hilton	IBF
1988-11-04	1989-02-05	Robert Hines	IBF
1989-02-05	1989-07-15	Darrin Van Horn	IBF
1989-07-15	1994-09-17	Gianfranco Rosi	IBF
1994-09-17	1995-08-12	Vincent Pettway	IBF
1995-08-12	1995-12-16	Paul Vaden	IBF
1995-12-16	1997-01-11-Vacated	Terry Norris	IBF
1997-04-12	1997-12-06	Raúl Márquez	IBF
1997-12-06	1998-12-12	Luis Ramon Campas	IBF
1998-12-12	2000-12-02	Fernando Vargas	IBF
2000-12-02	2001-05-12-Vacated	File:Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Felix Trinidad	IBF
2001-10-12	2004-03-13-Vacated	Ronald Wright	IBF
2004-06-05	2004-10-02	File:Flag of Belize.svg Verno Phillips	IBF
2004-10-02	2005-07-14	File:Flag of Uganda.svg Kassim Ouma	IBF
2005-07-14	2006-07-08	File:Flag of Russia.svg Roman Karmazin	IBF
2006-07-08	2008-03-27	Cory Spinks	IBF
2008-03-27	2008-11-Vacated	File:Flag of Belize.svg Verno Phillips	IBF
2009-04-24	2010-08-07	Cory Spinks	IBF
2010-08-07	2013-02-23	Cornelius Bundrage	IBF
2013-02-23	Present	Ishe Smith	IBF
WBO
Title inaugurated
1988-12-08	1992-12-19-Vacated	John David Jackson	WBO
1993-10-30	1995-11-22	File:Flag of Belize.svg Verno Phillips	WBO
1995-11-22	1996-02-Stripped	File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Paul Jones	WBO
1996-03-01	1996-05-17	Bronco McKart	WBO
1996-05-17	1998-08-22	Ronald Wright	WBO
1998-08-22	2001-02-10-Vacated	File:Flag of Namibia.svg Harry Simon	WBO
2002-03-16	2005-12-03	File:Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Daniel Santos	WBO
2005-12-03	2011-10-05-Stripped	File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Sergiy Dzinziruk	WBO
2011-10-05	Present	Zaurbek Baysangurov	WBO

List of light-middleweight boxing champions

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