Lightweight
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Status
Active (orgs active since 1913)
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Total world champions
122
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Total world title bouts
463
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Most world title bouts
Artur Grigorian (18-1-0)
Featured bouts
Scheduled world title bouts
Current champions
Timeline
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Willie Ritchie becomes the IBU Lightweight world champion
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Freddie Welsh becomes the IBU Lightweight world champion
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Benny Leonard becomes the IBU and NYSAC Lightweight world champion
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Benny Leonard becomes the WBA Lightweight world champion
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Benny Leonard becomes the RING Lightweight world champion
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Benny Leonard's IBU, NYSAC, WBA and RING Lightweight world title reign ends
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Jimmy Goodrich becomes the IBU, NYSAC, RING and WBA Lightweight world champion
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Rocky Kansas beats Jimmy Goodrich via unanimous decision 15/15
Rocky Kansas becomes the IBU, NYSAC, RING and WBA Lightweight world champion
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Sammy Mandell becomes the IBU, NYSAC, RING and WBA Lightweight world champion
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Sammy Mandell beats Jimmy McLarnin via unanimous decision 15/15
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Al Singer becomes the IBU, NYSAC, RING and WBA Lightweight world champion
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Tony Canzoneri becomes the IBU, NYSAC, RING and WBA Lightweight world champion
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Tony Canzoneri beats Jack Kid Berg via unanimous decision 15/15
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Tony Canzoneri beats Kid Chocolate via split decision 15/15
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Tony Canzoneri beats Billy Petrolle via unanimous decision 15/15
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Barney Ross beats Tony Canzoneri via majority decision 10/10
Barney Ross becomes the IBU, NYSAC, RING and WBA Lightweight world champion
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Barney Ross's IBU, NYSAC, RING and WBA Lightweight world title reign ends
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Tony Canzoneri beats Lou Ambers via unanimous decision 15/15
Tony Canzoneri becomes the IBU, NYSAC, RING and WBA Lightweight world champion
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Lou Ambers beats Tony Canzoneri via unanimous decision 15/15
Lou Ambers becomes the IBU, NYSAC, RING and WBA Lightweight world champion
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Lou Ambers beats Tony Canzoneri via unanimous decision 15/15
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Lou Ambers's IBU Lightweight world title reign ends
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Henry Armstrong becomes the NYSAC, RING and WBA Lightweight world champion
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Henry Armstrong beats Lew Feldman via knockout 1/15
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Lou Ambers becomes the NYSAC, RING and WBA Lightweight world champion
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Lou Ambers's WBA Lightweight world title reign ends
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Sammy Angott becomes the WBA Lightweight world champion
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Lew Jenkins becomes the NYSAC and RING Lightweight world champion
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Sammy Angott becomes the NYSAC and RING Lightweight world champion
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Sammy Angott's WBA and RING Lightweight world title reign ends
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Sammy Angott's NYSAC Lightweight world title reign ends
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Beau Jack becomes the NYSAC Lightweight world champion
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Bob Montgomery becomes the NYSAC Lightweight world champion
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Sammy Angott becomes the WBA Lightweight world champion
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Beau Jack becomes the NYSAC Lightweight world champion
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Bob Montgomery becomes the NYSAC Lightweight world champion
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Juan Zurita becomes the WBA Lightweight world champion
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Ike Williams becomes the WBA Lightweight world champion
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Ike Williams becomes the NYSAC and RING Lightweight world champion
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Jimmy Carter becomes the NYSAC, RING and WBA Lightweight world champion
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Lauro Salas becomes the NYSAC, RING and WBA Lightweight world champion
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Jimmy Carter becomes the NYSAC, RING and WBA Lightweight world champion
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Paddy DeMarco becomes the NYSAC, RING and WBA Lightweight world champion
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Jimmy Carter becomes the NYSAC, RING and WBA Lightweight world champion
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Wallace Bud Smith becomes the NYSAC, RING and WBA Lightweight world champion
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Wallace Bud Smith beats Jimmy Carter via unanimous decision 15/15
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Joe Brown becomes the NYSAC, RING and WBA Lightweight world champion
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Carlos Ortiz becomes the NYSAC, RING and WBA Lightweight world champion
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Carlos Ortiz becomes the WBC Lightweight world champion
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Ismael Laguna becomes the RING, WBA and WBC Lightweight world champion
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Carlos Ortiz becomes the RING, WBA and WBC Lightweight world champion
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Carlos Cruz becomes the RING, WBA and WBC Lightweight world champion
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Mando Ramos becomes the RING, WBA and WBC Lightweight world champion
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Ismael Laguna becomes the RING, WBA and WBC Lightweight world champion
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Ismael Laguna's WBC Lightweight world title reign ends
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Ken Buchanan becomes the RING and WBA Lightweight world champion
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Ken Buchanan becomes the WBC Lightweight world champion
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Ken Buchanan's WBC Lightweight world title reign ends
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Pedro Carrasco becomes the WBC Lightweight world champion
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Mando Ramos becomes the WBC Lightweight world champion
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Roberto Duran becomes the RING and WBA Lightweight world champion
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Chango Carmona becomes the WBC Lightweight world champion
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Rodolfo Gonzalez becomes the WBC Lightweight world champion
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Guts Ishimatsu becomes the WBC Lightweight world champion
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Esteban de Jesus becomes the WBC Lightweight world champion
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Roberto Duran becomes the WBC Lightweight world champion
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Roberto Duran's WBC Lightweight world title reign ends
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Roberto Duran's WBA Lightweight world title reign ends
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Roberto Duran's RING Lightweight world title reign ends
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Jim Watt becomes the WBC Lightweight world champion
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Ernesto Espana becomes the WBA Lightweight world champion
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Hilmer Kenty becomes the WBA Lightweight world champion
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Jim Watt becomes the RING Lightweight world champion
Sean O'Grady becomes the WBA Lightweight world champion
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Alexis Arguello becomes the RING and WBC Lightweight world champion
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Sean O'Grady's WBA Lightweight world title reign ends
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Claude Noel becomes the WBA Lightweight world champion
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Arturo Frias becomes the WBA Lightweight world champion
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Ray Mancini becomes the WBA Lightweight world champion
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Alexis Arguello's WBC Lightweight world title reign ends
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Alexis Arguello's RING Lightweight world title reign ends
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Edwin Rosario becomes the WBC Lightweight world champion
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Charlie Brown becomes the IBF Lightweight world champion
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Harry Arroyo becomes the IBF Lightweight world champion
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Livingstone Bramble becomes the WBA Lightweight world champion
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Jose Luis Ramirez becomes the WBC Lightweight world champion
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Jimmy Paul becomes the IBF Lightweight world champion
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Hector Camacho becomes the WBC Lightweight world champion
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Edwin Rosario becomes the WBA Lightweight world champion
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Greg Haugen becomes the IBF Lightweight world champion
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Hector Camacho's WBC Lightweight world title reign ends
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Vinny Pazienza becomes the IBF Lightweight world champion
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Jose Luis Ramirez becomes the WBC Lightweight world champion
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Julio Cesar Chavez becomes the WBA Lightweight world champion
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Greg Haugen becomes the IBF Lightweight world champion
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Julio Cesar Chavez beats Jose Luis Ramirez via technical decision 11/12
Julio Cesar Chavez becomes the RING and WBC Lightweight world champion
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Julio Cesar Chavez's WBC Lightweight world title reign ends
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Pernell Whitaker becomes the IBF Lightweight world champion
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Julio Cesar Chavez's RING Lightweight world title reign ends
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Mauricio Aceves becomes the WBO Lightweight world champion
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Edwin Rosario becomes the WBA Lightweight world champion
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Pernell Whitaker beats Jose Luis Ramirez via unanimous decision 12/12
Pernell Whitaker becomes the RING and WBC Lightweight world champion
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Pernell Whitaker's RING Lightweight world title reign ends
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Juan Nazario becomes the WBA Lightweight world champion
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Pernell Whitaker becomes the WBA Lightweight world champion
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Dingaan Thobela becomes the WBO Lightweight world champion
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Dingaan Thobela's WBO Lightweight world title reign ends
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Pernell Whitaker's IBF and WBC Lightweight world title reign ends
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Joey Gamache becomes the WBA Lightweight world champion
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Miguel Angel Gonzalez becomes the WBC Lightweight world champion
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Giovanni Parisi becomes the WBO Lightweight world champion
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Tony Lopez becomes the WBA Lightweight world champion
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Freddie Pendleton becomes the IBF Lightweight world champion
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Dingaan Thobela becomes the WBA Lightweight world champion
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Orzubek Nazarov becomes the WBA Lightweight world champion
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Giovanni Parisi's WBO Lightweight world title reign ends
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Rafael Ruelas becomes the IBF Lightweight world champion
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Oscar De La Hoya becomes the WBO Lightweight world champion
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Miguel Angel Gonzalez beats Ricardo Daniel Silva via unanimous decision 12/12
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Oscar De La Hoya becomes the IBF Lightweight world champion
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Oscar De La Hoya's IBF Lightweight world title reign ends
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Phillip Holiday becomes the IBF Lightweight world champion
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Oscar De La Hoya's WBO Lightweight world title reign ends
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Artur Grigorian becomes the WBO Lightweight world champion
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Jean Baptiste Mendy becomes the WBC Lightweight world champion
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Stevie Johnston becomes the WBC Lightweight world champion
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Shane Mosley becomes the IBF Lightweight world champion
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Jean Baptiste Mendy becomes the WBA Lightweight world champion
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Cesar Bazan becomes the WBC Lightweight world champion
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Jean Baptiste Mendy beats Alberto Esteban Sicurella via unanimous decision 12/12
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Stevie Johnston becomes the WBC Lightweight world champion
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Julien Lorcy becomes the WBA Lightweight world champion
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Shane Mosley's IBF Lightweight world title reign ends
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Stefano Zoff becomes the WBA Lightweight world champion
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Paul Spadafora becomes the IBF Lightweight world champion
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Gilberto Serrano becomes the WBA Lightweight world champion
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Takanori Hatakeyama becomes the WBA Lightweight world champion
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Jose Luis Castillo becomes the WBC Lightweight world champion
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Julien Lorcy becomes the WBA Lightweight world champion
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Raul Horacio Balbi becomes the WBA Lightweight world champion
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Leonard Dorin becomes the WBA Lightweight world champion
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Floyd Mayweather Jr beats Jose Luis Castillo via unanimous decision 12/12
Floyd Mayweather Jr becomes the RING and WBC Lightweight world champion
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Floyd Mayweather Jr beats Jose Luis Castillo via unanimous decision 12/12
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Floyd Mayweather Jr beats Victoriano Sosa via unanimous decision 12/12
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Paul Spadafora's IBF Lightweight world title reign ends
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Leonard Dorin's WBA Lightweight world title reign ends
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Javier Jauregui becomes the IBF Lightweight world champion
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Acelino Freitas becomes the WBO Lightweight world champion
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Lakva Sim becomes the WBA Lightweight world champion
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Julio Diaz becomes the IBF Lightweight world champion
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Floyd Mayweather Jr's RING and WBC Lightweight world title reign ends
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Jose Luis Castillo becomes the RING and WBC Lightweight world champion
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Juan Diaz becomes the WBA Lightweight world champion
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Diego Corrales becomes the WBO Lightweight world champion
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Julio Diaz's IBF Lightweight world title reign ends
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Diego Corrales becomes the RING and WBC Lightweight world champion
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Leavander Johnson becomes the IBF Lightweight world champion
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Jesus Chavez becomes the IBF Lightweight world champion
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Diego Corrales's WBO Lightweight world title reign ends
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Acelino Freitas becomes the WBO Lightweight world champion
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Diego Corrales's WBC Lightweight world title reign ends
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Joel Casamayor becomes the RING and WBC Lightweight world champion
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David Diaz becomes the WBC Lightweight world champion
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Julio Diaz becomes the IBF Lightweight world champion
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Juan Diaz becomes the WBAS and WBO Lightweight world champion
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Juan Diaz becomes the IBF Lightweight world champion
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Jose Alfaro becomes the WBAR Lightweight world champion
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Nate Campbell becomes the IBF, WBAS and WBO Lightweight world champion
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Yusuke Kobori becomes the WBAR Lightweight world champion
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Manny Pacquiao becomes the WBC Lightweight world champion
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Juan Manuel Marquez becomes the RING Lightweight world champion
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Moses Paulus becomes the WBAR Lightweight world champion
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Nate Campbell's IBF, WBAS and WBO Lightweight world title reign ends
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Manny Pacquiao's WBC Lightweight world title reign ends
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Juan Manuel Marquez becomes the WBAS and WBO Lightweight world champion
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Edwin Valero becomes the WBC Lightweight world champion
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Edwin Valero's WBC Lightweight world title reign ends
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Humberto Soto becomes the WBC Lightweight world champion
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Miguel Acosta becomes the WBAR Lightweight world champion
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Miguel Vazquez becomes the IBF Lightweight world champion
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Brandon Rios becomes the WBAR Lightweight world champion
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Humberto Soto's WBC Lightweight world title reign ends
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Antonio DeMarco becomes the WBC Lightweight world champion
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Brandon Rios's WBAR Lightweight world title reign ends
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Juan Manuel Marquez's WBAS Lightweight world title reign ends
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Juan Manuel Marquez's WBO Lightweight world title reign ends
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Ricky Burns becomes the WBO Lightweight world champion
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Adrien Broner becomes the WBC Lightweight world champion
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Richar Abril becomes the WBAR Lightweight world champion
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Omar Figueroa Jr becomes the WBC Lightweight world champion
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Terence Crawford becomes the WBO Lightweight world champion
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Mickey Bey becomes the IBF Lightweight world champion
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Omar Figueroa Jr's WBC Lightweight world title reign ends
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Terence Crawford becomes the RING Lightweight world champion
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Jorge Linares becomes the WBC Lightweight world champion
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Terence Crawford's WBO Lightweight world title reign ends
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Darleys Perez becomes the WBAR Lightweight world champion
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Terence Crawford's RING Lightweight world title reign ends
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Mickey Bey's IBF Lightweight world title reign ends
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Terry Flanagan becomes the WBO Lightweight world champion
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Anthony Crolla becomes the WBAR Lightweight world champion
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Rances Barthelemy becomes the IBF Lightweight world champion
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Jorge Linares's WBC Lightweight world title reign ends
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Rances Barthelemy's IBF Lightweight world title reign ends
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Dejan Zlaticanin becomes the WBC Lightweight world champion
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Robert Easter Jr becomes the IBF Lightweight world champion
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Jorge Linares becomes the RING and WBAR Lightweight world champion
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Mikey Garcia becomes the WBC Lightweight world champion
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Terry Flanagan's WBO Lightweight world title reign ends
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Raymundo Beltran becomes the WBO Lightweight world champion
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Vasyl Lomachenko becomes the WBAS Lightweight world champion
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Vasyl Lomachenko becomes the RING Lightweight world champion
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Mikey Garcia becomes the IBF Lightweight world champion
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Jose Pedraza becomes the WBO Lightweight world champion
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Mikey Garcia's IBF Lightweight world title reign ends
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Vasyl Lomachenko becomes the WBO Lightweight world champion
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Richard Commey becomes the IBF Lightweight world champion
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Mikey Garcia's WBC Lightweight world title reign ends
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Vasyl Lomachenko beats Luke Campbell via unanimous decision 12/12
Vasyl Lomachenko becomes the WBC Lightweight world champion
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Devin Haney becomes the WBC Lightweight world champion
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Teofimo Lopez becomes the IBF Lightweight world champion
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Gervonta Davis becomes the WBAR Lightweight world champion
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Teofimo Lopez beats Vasyl Lomachenko via unanimous decision 12/12
Teofimo Lopez becomes the RING, WBAS and WBO Lightweight world champion
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George Kambosos Jr beats Teofimo Lopez via split decision 12/12
George Kambosos Jr becomes the IBF, RING, WBAS and WBO Lightweight world champion
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Devin Haney beats George Kambosos Jr via unanimous decision 12/12
Devin Haney becomes the IBF, RING, WBAS and WBO Lightweight world champion
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Devin Haney beats George Kambosos Jr via unanimous decision 12/12
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Devin Haney beats Vasyl Lomachenko via unanimous decision 12/12