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Beginning with boxer Pat Bradley, is a chronological widely recognized List of World 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 official rules and regulations of the WBA, [1] World Boxing Council (WBC), [2] International Boxing Federation (IBF), [3] and World Boxing Organization (WBO) [4] all recognize each other in their rankings and title unification rules. Each of these organizations sanction and regulate championship bouts and award world titles.
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.
This category lists professional boxers who have held a full welterweight world championship by the World Boxing Association (WBA), World Boxing Council (WBC), International Boxing Federation (IBF), or World Boxing Organization (WBO).
As professional boxing has four major sanctioning bodies (WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO) each with their own champions, the sport doesn't have a centralized ranking system.The rankings published by these organizations share the trait of not ranking the other organizations' champions, as each one of the sanctioning bodies expects their champion to frequently defend their title against their top-ranked ...
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.
This is a list of WBC world champions, showing every world champion certificated by the World Boxing Council (WBC). The WBC is one of the four major governing bodies in professional boxing , and certifies world champions in 18 different weight classes .
Welterweight 1 Nov 1922 Middleweight 3 Dec 1926 Benny Bass: Featherweight 12 Sep 1927 Super featherweight 19 Dec 1929 Tony Canzoneri: Featherweight 10 Feb 1928 Lightweight 14 Nov 1930 Lou Brouillard: Welterweight 23 Oct 1931 Middleweight 18 Sep 1933 Barney Ross: Lightweight 23 Jun 1933 Welterweight 28 May 1934 Henry Armstrong: Featherweight 29 ...