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This is a list of world lightweight boxing champions by organization, 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,
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,
Boxer Record Current weight class Current world title(s) Ranker The Ring [1] ... Lightweight – 10 7 9 Franchón Crews-Dezurn: 8–2 (2 KO) Super middleweight – –
Chávez won the WBC super lightweight title on 13 May. The earliest report of the lightweight title being vacated was on 25 June 1989. [84] 23 Pernell Whitaker (def. José Luis Ramírez) 20 Aug 1989 – 13 Apr 1992 6 Whitaker vacates the title to move up to super lightweight. [85] 24 Miguel Ángel González (def. Wilfrido Rocha)
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]
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 category lists professional boxers who have held a full lightweight world championship by the World Boxing Association (WBA), World Boxing Council (WBC), International Boxing Federation (IBF), or World Boxing Organization (WBO).
De La Hoya vacated the title to move up to lightweight. [73] 6 Regilio Tuur (def. Eugene Speed) 24 Sep 1994 – 17 Jan 1997 6 Tuur retired as the WBO junior lightweight world champion. [74] 7 Barry Jones (def. Wilson Palacio) 19 Dec 1997 – 1998 0 Jones lost his boxing license after a brain scan found an anomaly.