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.
Boxers who won the title but were stripped due to the title bout being overturned to a no contest are not listed.
| Current champion |
| Most consecutive title defenses |
r – Champion relinquished title.
s – Champion stripped of title.
Atomweight
No. | Name | Duration of reign | Defences |
1 | Nao Ikeyama | 17 May 2014 — 29 Jul 2018 | 6 |
2 | Mika Iwakawa | 29 Jul 2018 — 25 Feb 2022 | 1 |
3 | Nanae Suzuki | 25 Feb 2022 — 1 Sep 2022 | 0 |
4 | Yuko Kuroki | 1 Sep 2022 — 12 Jan 2024 | 2 |
5 | Eri Matsuda | 12 Jan 2024 — present | 0 |
Mini flyweight
No. | Name | Duration of reign | Defences |
1 | Teeraporn Pannimit | 2 Apr 2010 — 2011s | 1 |
2 | Teeraporn Pannimit (2) | 25 Apr 2012 — 28 Jun 2012 | 0 |
3 | Hong Su-yun | 28 Jun 2012 — 9 Feb 2014 | 2 |
4 | Mako Yamada | 9 Feb 2014 — 31 May 2014s | 0 |
Yamada submitted a retirement notification to the Japanese Boxing Commission on 31 May 2014. The belt was vacated on the same day.[1] |
5 | Kumiko Seeser Ikehara | 20 Sep 2014 — 13 Dec 2016r | 4 |
Ikehara retired from professional competition on 13 December 2016[2] |
6 | Kayoko Ebata | 19 May 2017 — 1 Dec 2018 | 1 |
7 | Etsuko Tada | 1 Dec 2018 — 28 Mar 2019r | 0 |
Tada vacated the title on 28 March 2019, as she intended to move up to minimumweight.[3] |
8 | Kasumi Saeki | 27 Apr 2019 — 2019r | 0 |
Saeki vacated the title, for undisclosed reasons, on 18 December 2019.[3] |
9 | Etsuko Tada (2) | 3 December 2020 — 23 October 2021 | 0 |
10 | Nguyễn Thị Thu Nhi | 23 October 2021 — 8 Sep 2022 | 0 |
11 | Yokasta Valle | 8 September 2022 — 29 March 2024 | 3 | |
12 | Seniesa Estrada[4] | 29 Mar 2024 — present | 0 |
Junior flyweight
No. | Name | Duration of reign | Defences |
1 | Yesica Bopp | 6 Nov 2009 — 2015s | 12 |
2 | Eun Hye Lee | 29 Sep 2015 — 1 Jun 2016s | 0 |
Hye Lee was stripped of her title on 1 June 2016, as she failed to make a title defense in the mandated time frame.[5] |
3 | Louisa Hawton | 20 Aug 2016 — 2017r | 0 |
Hawton vacated her title in early 2017, in order to move down to atomweight.[6] |
4 | Hong Su-yun | 14 May 2017 — 16 Jul 2017s | 0 |
Su-yun vacated the title on 26 July 2017, after retiring from professional competition.[7] |
5 | Naoko Fujioka | 1 Dec 2017 — 11 Dec 2017r | 0 |
Fujioka vacated the title on 11 December 2017, to focus on defending her WBA light flyweight championship.[8] |
6 | Tenkai Tsunami | 8 Mar 2018 — 9 Jul 2021 | 4 |
7 | Seniesa Estrada | 9 Jul 2021 — ?v | 0 |
8 | Yokasta Valle | 26 Nov 2022 — 2023v | |
9 | Evelyn Nazarena Bermúdez[9] | 10 Mar 2023 — present | 1 |
Flyweight
No. | Name | Duration of reign | Defences |
1 | Susi Kentikian | 10 Oct 2009 — 16 May 2012 | 3 |
2 | Melissa McMorrow | 16 May 2012 — 2014s | 2 |
3 | Yesica Bopp | 26 Apr 2014 — 2014r | 0 |
4 | Kenia Enriquez | 21 Nov 2014 — 28 Feb 2015 | 0 |
5 | Melissa McMorrow (2) | 28 Feb 2015 — 2016s | 0 |
6 | Nana Yoshikawa | 9 Oct 2016 — 29 Apr 2017 | 0 |
7 | Monserrat Alarcón | 29 Apr 2017 — 17 Feb 2018 | 0 |
8 | Arely Muciño | 17 Feb 2018 — 29 Jul 2019s | 2 |
Muciño was stripped of her title on 29 July 2019, as she was unable to make a defense due to an ankle injury sustained in a car crash.[10] |
9 | Nicola Adams – Interim Champion since 6 October 2018, elevated to regular champion | 29 Jul 2019 — 6 Nov 2019r | 1 |
Adams retired from professional competition on 6 November 2019, after sustaining an eye injury in a fight.[11] |
10 | Debora Anahí López | 20 Dec 2019 — 19 Mar 2022r | 1 |
11 | Gabriela Celeste Alaniz | 18 Jun 2022 — 8 Jul 2023 | 1 |
12 | Marlen Esparza | 8 Jul 2023 — present | 0 |
Junior bantamweight
Bantamweight
Junior featherweight
Featherweight
Junior lightweight
No. | Name | Duration of reign | Defences |
1 | Ramona Kuehne | 4 Jun 2010 — 2018s | 8 |
2 | Ewa Brodnicka – Interim champion since 13 May 2017, elevated to full champion | 22 Feb 2018 — 30 October 2020s | 5 |
Brodnicka was stripped of her title on 30 October 2020, after failing to make weight for the fight with Mikaela Mayer.[15] |
3 | Mikaela Mayer | 31 October 2020 — 15 Oct 2022 | 3 |
4 | Alycia Baumgardner | 15 Oct 2022 — present | 2 |
Lightweight
No. | Name | Duration of reign | Defences |
1 | Erin McGowan | 9 Oct 2010 — 2011s | 0 |
2 | Enis Pacheco | 16 Mar 2012 — 14 Jun 2013 | 2 |
3 | María Elena Maderna | 14 Jun 2013 — 15 Aug 2014 | 3 |
4 | Amanda Serrano | 15 Aug 2014 — 2015s | 0 |
5 | Yohana Belén Alfonzo | 24 Sep 2015 — 2017s | 3 |
6 | Rose Volante | 22 Dec 2017 — 15 Mar 2019 | 2 |
7 | Katie Taylor | 15 Mar 2019 — 5 Jan 2024r | 8 |
Taylor vacated the title on 5 January 2024 to concentrate on defending her undisputed junior-welterweight/super-lightweight championships.[16] |
8 | Rhiannon Dixon[17] | 13 April 2024 — present | 0 |
Junior welterweight
No. | Name | Duration of reign | Defences |
1 | Fernanda Soledad Alegre | 4 Dec 2010 — 2015s | 10 |
2 | Fernanda Soledad Alegre (2) | 25 Apr 2015 — 2016r | 1 |
3 | Adela Celeste del Carmen Peralta | 14 May 2016 — 4 Nov 2016 | 0 |
4 | Ana Laura Esteche | 4 Nov 2016 — 2017s | 1 |
5 | Amanda Serrano | 8 Sep 2018 — 2018r | 0 |
6 | Christina Linardatou | 24 Mar 2019 — 2 Nov 2019 | 1 |
7 | Katie Taylor | 2 Nov 2019 — 2019r | 0 |
8 | Christina Linardatou (2) | 8 Feb 2020 — 2021r | 0 |
9 | Chantelle Cameron | 5 Nov 2022 — 25 Nov 2023 | 1 |
10 | Katie Taylor (2) | 25 Nov 2023 — present | 0 |
Welterweight
Junior middleweight
No. | Name | Duration of reign | Defences |
1 | Hanna Gabriels | 29 May 2010 — 28 Feb 2013 | 3 |
2 | Oxandia Castillo | 28 Feb 2013 — 2014s | 0 |
3 | Hanna Gabriels (2) | 20 Dec 2014 — 2018s | 4 |
4 | Claressa Shields | 10 Jan 2020 — 26 Nov 2021v | 1 |
5 | Natasha Jonas | 19 Feb 2022 — present | 2 |
Middleweight
No. | Name | Duration of reign | Defences |
1 | Christina Hammer | 23 Oct 2010 — 13 Apr 2019 | 12 |
2 | Claressa Shields Super champion since 8 July 2019 | 13 Apr 2019 — Sep 2020 | 0 |
3 | Savannah Marshall | 31 Oct 2020 — 15 Oct 2022 | 3 |
4 | Claressa Shields (2) | 15 Oct 2022 — present | 1 |
Super middleweight
Light heavyweight
No. | Name | Duration of reign | Defences |
1 | Geovana Peres | 30 Mar 2019 — 26 Jan 2021r | 1 |
Peres retired from professional competition on 26 January 2021.[18] |
Junior Heavyweight
No. | Name | Duration of reign | Defences |
1 | vacant | | 0 |
Heavyweight
No. | Name | Duration of reign | Defences |
1 | vacant | | 0 |
See also
- Sports portal
References
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- ^ "池原シーサーが王者のまま引退、箕輪OPBF王座獲得". boxingnews.jp/. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
- ^ a b "Ayaka Miyao and Etsuko Tada to clash for WBO crown!". asianboxing.info. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
- ^ Iskenderov, Parviz (30 March 2024). "Seniesa Estrada bests Yokasta Valle to land undisputed title". FIGHTMAG.
- ^ "'타이틀 박탈' 설움 딛고...복싱 이은혜 선수 '재도전'". ytn.co.kr. 2 October 2016. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
- ^ "Former WBO Champ Fil-Aussie Louisa Hawton Is A World Beater". philboxing.com. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
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- ^ "Five-time female champ Fujioka renounces WBO 108lb belt". fightnews.com. 18 December 2017. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
- ^ Morilla, Diego (11 March 2023). "Bermudez squeezes past Enriquez to reclaim junior flyweight titles in Argentina's Luna Park". The Ring. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
- ^ "Adams becomes WBO world flyweight champion". espn.co.uk. 30 July 2019. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
- ^ "Nicola Adams retires: 'I tore the pupil in my eye in last fight'". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
- ^ "Carolina Duer se quedó con el título mundial gallo OMB". lanacion.com.ar. 27 July 2013. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
- ^ "WBO女子世界スーパーフライ級王者の小沢瑶生が引退「家族の人生を考え、ここで区切り」". sponichi.co.jp. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
- ^ "Ellie Scotney Unifies, Wins Ring Title; Rhiannon Dixon Captures Vacant Crown". Boxing Scene. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ Christ, Scott (30 October 2020). "Naoya Inoue vs Jason Moloney set, Ewa Brodnicka loses title on scale for Mikaela Mayer fight". badlefthook.com. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
- ^ "Katie Taylor vacates second world title as Chantelle Cameron makes trilogy fight vow". Irish Mirror. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ "Ellie Scotney claims second super-bantamweight belt, Rhiannon Dixon beats Karen Elizabeth Carabajal". BBC Sport. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ "GEOVANA PERES ANNOUNCES HER RETIREMENT". New Zealand fighter. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
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