WBA boxing championships at a glance

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World Boxing Associations conducts championship title bouts in all weight categories and boxers from all around the world fight for the prestigious champion titles.So, we will delve into the details of all-time WBA Boxing Champions in 9 different weight divisions. It’s important to note that these boxers belong to the secondary Champion lineage of these weight divisions.

So, we will delve into the details of all-time WBA Boxing Champions in 9 different weight divisions.

All-Time WBA World Champions in different Weight Division

Heavyweight

Here is the list of WBA Boxing champions for the Secondary champion lineage in the Heavyweight Boxing division.

Name

Duration

Defenses

Alexander Povetkin

27 Aug 2011 – 5 Oct 2013

4

Ruslan Chagaev

6 Jul 2014 – 5 Mar 2016

1

Lucas Browne

5 Mar – 12 May 2016

0

Ruslan Chagaev

21 May – 25 Jul 2016

0

Mahmoud Charr

25 Nov 2017 – 29 Jan 2021

0

Trevor Bryan

29 Jan 2021 – 11 Jun 2022

1

Daniel Dubois

11 Jun 2022 – 26 Aug 2023

1

Mahmoud Charr

31 Aug 2023 – present

0

Cruiserweight

Here is the list of WBA World champions for the Secondary champion lineage in the Cruiserweight Boxing division.

Name

Reign

Defenses

Virgil Hill

27 Jan 2006 – 24 Nov 2007

0

Firat Arslan

24 Nov 2007 – 12 May 2008

2

Beibut Shumenov

21 May 2016 – 20 Jun 2017

0

Yuniel Dorticos

20 Jun 2017 – 1 Feb 2018

1

Beibut Shumenov

7 Jul 2018 – 27 Mar 2019

0

Beibut Shumenov

1 Sep 2019 – 29 Jan 2021

0

Ryad Merhy

29 Jan 2021 – 12 Aug 2022

1

Light Heavyweight

Here is the list of WBA World champions for the Secondary champion lineage in the Light Heavyweight Boxing division.

Name

Duration

Defenses

Bruno Girard

22 Dec 2001 – 8 Mar 2003

2

Mehdi Sahnoune

8 Mar – 15 Apr 2003

0

Silvio Branco

8 Nov 2003 – 20 Feb 2004

0

Fabrice Tiozzo

20 Feb – 3 Jul 2004

0

Jürgen Brähmer

14 Dec 2013 – 1 Oct 2016

6

Nathan Cleverly

1 Oct 2016 – 26 Aug 2017

0

Badou Jack

26 Aug – 21 Sep 2017

0

Jean Pascal

10 Oct 2019 – 9 Jul 2021

1

Middleweight

Here is the list of WBA Boxing champions for the Secondary champion lineage in the Middleweight Boxing division.

Name

Duration

Defenses

William Joppy

17 Nov 2001 – 13 Dec 2003

1

Maselino Masoe

1 May 2004 – 11 Mar 2006

0

Felix Sturm

11 Mar – 15 Jul 2006

0

Javier Castillejo

15 Jul – 14 Dec 2006

1

Gennady Golovkin

14 Oct 2010 – 2 Nov 2012

5

Daniel Jacobs

9 Aug 2014 – 18 Mar 2017

4

Hassan N’Dam N’Jikam

20 May – 22 Oct 2017

0

Ryōta Murata

22 Oct 2017 – 20 Oct 2018

1

Rob Brant

20 Oct 2018 – 12 Jul 2019

1

Ryōta Murata

12 Jul 2019 – 1 Jan 2021

1

Erislandy Lara

1 May 2021 – 9 Mar 2023

1

Welterweight

Here is the list of WBA World champions for the Secondary champion lineage in the Welterweight Boxing division.

Name

Duration

Defenses

José Antonio Rivera

13 Sep 2003 – 2 Apr 2005

0

Luis Collazo

2 Apr 2005 – 7 Jan 2006

1

Yuriy Nuzhnenko

3 Oct 2008 – 10 Apr 2009

0

Vyacheslav Senchenko

10 Apr 2009 – 21 May 2010

1

Keith Thurman

28 Jan 2015 – 19 Jan 2016

2

David Avanesyan

7 Feb – 18 Feb 2017

0

Lamont Peterson

18 Feb – 3 Oct 2017

0

Lucas Matthysse

27 Jan – 15 Jul 2018

0

Manny Pacquiao

15 Jul 2018 – 20 Jul 2019

1

Yordenis Ugás

6 Sep 2020 – 29 Jan 2021

0

Jamal James

4 Feb – 30 Oct 2021

0

Radzhab Butaev

30 Oct 2021 – 16 Apr 2022

0

Eimantas Stanionis

16 Apr 2022 – present

0

Lightweight

Here is the list of WBA Boxing champions for the Secondary champion lineage in the Lightweight Boxing division.

Name

Duration

Defenses

José Alfaro

29 Dec 2007 – 19 May 2008

0

Yusuke Kobori

19 May 2008 – 3 Jan 2009

0

Paulus Moses

3 Jan – 10 Jan 2009

0

Paulus Moses

28 Feb 2009 – 29 May 2010

1

Miguel Acosta

29 May 2010 – 26 Feb 2011

0

Brandon Ríos

26 Feb – 3 Dec 2011

1

Gervonta Davis

28 Dec 2019 – 29 November 2023

4

Featherweight

Here is the list of WBA World champions for the Secondary champion lineage in the Featherweight Boxing division.

NameReignDefenses
Chris John1 Nov 2003 – 22 Aug 20054
Yuriorkis Gamboa27 Jun 2009 – 14 Jul 20103
Yuriorkis Gamboa5 Dec 2010 – 11 Jun 20111(5)
Jonathan Victor Barros4 Dec 2010 – 14 Oct 20112
Celestino Caballero14 Oct 2011 – 7 Oct 20121
Nicholas Walters9 Dec 2012 – 18 Oct 20142
Jesús Cuellar21 Feb – 12 Jun 20151
Jesús Cuéllar29 Aug 2015 – 10 Dec 20161(2)
Abner Mares10 Dec 2016 – 9 Jun 20181
Jesús Rojas4 Jul 2018 – 26 Jan 20190
Xu Can26 Jan 2019 – 31 Jul 20212
Leigh Wood31 Jul 2021 – 12 Dec 20221

Bantamweight

Here is the list of WBA Boxing champions for the Secondary champion lineage in the Bantamweight Boxing division.

NameDurationDefenses
Koki Kameda26 Dec 2010 – 6 Dec 20138
Jamie McDonnell31 May 2014 – 25 May 20185
Naoya Inoue25 May 2018 – 18 May 20194
Naoya Inoue – Unified champion18 May – 7 Nov 2019(1)
Guillermo Rigondeaux8 Feb 2020 – 14 Aug 20210

Flyweight

Here is the list of WBA World champions for the Secondary champion lineage in the Flyweight Boxing division.

NameDurationDefenses
Juan Carlos Reveco
(interim champion promoted)
17 Nov 2012 – 22 Apr 20156
Kazuto Ioka22 Apr 2015 – 14 Sep 20163

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