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After McAuliffe's retirement the title remained inactive until 1896 when the title was won by George "Kid" Lavigne in a 17 Round KO against Dick Burge. Lavigne's victory, the first fought under the Marquess of Queensberry rules, was considered by boxing promoters of the time as the first officially recognized world Lightweight Champion. 1 June 1896
This is a chronological List of World Super Lightweight/Light Welterweight/Junior Welterweight 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 boxing press accepted the new weight division and Root was accepted as the inaugural world champion. Jack Root was defeated in his first title defense against George Gardner (boxer) , who was considered the most thrilling fighter in the division, and the first undisputed Light - Heavyweight Champion of the World.
Widely considered one of the all-time greats, he was ranked 8th on The Ring magazine's list of the "80 Best Fighters of the Last 80 Years" and placed 7th in ESPN's "50 Greatest Boxers of All-Time". [1] In 2005, the International Boxing Research Organization ranked Leonard as the #1 lightweight, and #8 best pound-for-pound fighter of all time. [2]
Joe Gans (born Joseph Gant; November 25, 1874 – August 10, 1910) was an American professional boxer. [1] [2] [3] Gans was rated the greatest lightweight boxer of all time [4] by boxing historian and Ring Magazine founder Nat Fleischer.
Pacquiao vacates the title to stay at lightweight. [108] 29 Humberto Soto (def. Francisco Lorenzo) 20 Dec 2008 – 18 Mar 2010 3 Soto vacates the title to stay at lightweight. [109] 30 Vitali Tajbert (interim champion promoted) 18 Mar – 26 Nov 2010 1 31 Takahiro Ao: 26 Nov 2010 – 27 Oct 2012 3 32 Gamaliel Díaz: 27 Oct 2012 – 8 Apr 2013 0 33
This category lists professional boxers who have held a full light welterweight world championship by the World Boxing Association (WBA), World Boxing Council (WBC), International Boxing Federation (IBF), or World Boxing Organization (WBO).
This is a chronological List of World Super Welterweight / Junior Middleweight / Light 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),