Lightweight • The Ring

Current champion: Devin Haney (2 title defenses)

No scheduled The Ring Lightweight bout

Timeline

  1. 18 Jan 1924

    Benny Leonard becomes the RING Lightweight world champion

  2. 15 Jan 1925

    Benny Leonard's RING Lightweight world title reign ends

  3. 13 Jul 1925

    Jimmy Goodrich beats Stanislaus Loayza via knockout 2/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

    Jimmy Goodrich becomes the RING Lightweight world champion

  4. 7 Dec 1925

    Rocky Kansas beats Jimmy Goodrich via unanimous decision 15/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

    Rocky Kansas becomes the RING Lightweight world champion

  5. 3 Jul 1926

    Sammy Mandell beats Rocky Kansas via points decision 10/10

    Lightweight (135 lb)

    Sammy Mandell becomes the RING Lightweight world champion

  6. 8 Oct 1926

    Sammy Mandell beats Joe Jawson via newspaper decision 10/10

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  7. 16 Jul 1927

    Sammy Mandell beats Phil McGraw via points decision 10/10

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  8. 21 May 1928

    Sammy Mandell beats Jimmy McLarnin via unanimous decision 15/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  9. 2 Aug 1929

    Sammy Mandell beats Tony Canzoneri via split decision 10/10

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  10. 17 Jul 1930

    Al Singer beats Sammy Mandell via knockout 1/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

    Al Singer becomes the RING Lightweight world champion

  11. 14 Nov 1930

    Tony Canzoneri beats Al Singer via knockout 1/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

    Tony Canzoneri becomes the RING Lightweight world champion

  12. 24 Apr 1931

    Tony Canzoneri beats Jack Kid Berg via knockout 3/10

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  13. 10 Sep 1931

    Tony Canzoneri beats Jack Kid Berg via unanimous decision 15/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  14. 20 Nov 1931

    Tony Canzoneri beats Kid Chocolate via split decision 15/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  15. 4 Nov 1932

    Tony Canzoneri beats Billy Petrolle via unanimous decision 15/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  16. 23 Jun 1933

    Barney Ross beats Tony Canzoneri via majority decision 10/10

    Lightweight (135 lb)

    Barney Ross becomes the RING Lightweight world champion

  17. 12 Sep 1933

    Barney Ross beats Tony Canzoneri via split decision 15/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  18. 15 Apr 1935

    Barney Ross's RING Lightweight world title reign ends

  19. 10 May 1935

    Tony Canzoneri beats Lou Ambers via unanimous decision 15/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

    Tony Canzoneri becomes the RING Lightweight world champion

  20. 4 Oct 1935

    Tony Canzoneri beats Al Roth via unanimous decision 15/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  21. 3 Sep 1936

    Lou Ambers beats Tony Canzoneri via unanimous decision 15/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

    Lou Ambers becomes the RING Lightweight world champion

  22. 7 May 1937

    Lou Ambers beats Tony Canzoneri via unanimous decision 15/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  23. 23 Sep 1937

    Lou Ambers beats Pedro Montanez via majority decision 15/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  24. 17 Aug 1938

    Henry Armstrong beats Lou Ambers via split decision 15/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

    Henry Armstrong becomes the RING Lightweight world champion

  25. 16 Mar 1939

    Henry Armstrong beats Lew Feldman via knockout 1/15

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  26. 22 Aug 1939

    Lou Ambers beats Henry Armstrong via unanimous decision 15/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

    Lou Ambers becomes the RING Lightweight world champion

  27. 10 May 1940

    Lew Jenkins beats Lou Ambers via knockout 3/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

    Lew Jenkins becomes the RING Lightweight world champion

  28. 22 Nov 1940

    Lew Jenkins beats Pete Lello via knockout 2/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  29. 19 Dec 1941

    Sammy Angott beats Lew Jenkins via unanimous decision 15/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

    Sammy Angott becomes the RING Lightweight world champion

  30. 15 May 1942

    Sammy Angott beats Allie Stolz via split decision 15/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  31. 13 Nov 1942

    Sammy Angott's RING Lightweight world title reign ends

  32. 4 Aug 1947

    Ike Williams beats Bob Montgomery via knockout 6/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

    Ike Williams becomes the RING Lightweight world champion

  33. 25 May 1948

    Ike Williams beats Enrique Bolanos via split decision 15/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  34. 12 Jul 1948

    Ike Williams beats Beau Jack via knockout 6/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  35. 23 Sep 1948

    Ike Williams beats Jesse Flores via knockout 10/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  36. 21 Jul 1949

    Ike Williams beats Enrique Bolanos via knockout 4/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  37. 5 Dec 1949

    Ike Williams beats Freddie Dawson via unanimous decision 15/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  38. 25 May 1951

    Jimmy Carter beats Ike Williams via knockout 14/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

    Jimmy Carter becomes the RING Lightweight world champion

  39. 14 Nov 1951

    Jimmy Carter beats Art Aragon via unanimous decision 15/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  40. 1 Apr 1952

    Jimmy Carter beats Lauro Salas via unanimous decision 15/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  41. 14 May 1952

    Lauro Salas beats Jimmy Carter via split decision 15/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

    Lauro Salas becomes the RING Lightweight world champion

  42. 15 Oct 1952

    Jimmy Carter beats Lauro Salas via unanimous decision 15/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

    Jimmy Carter becomes the RING Lightweight world champion

  43. 24 Apr 1953

    Jimmy Carter beats Tommy Collins via knockout 4/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  44. 12 Jun 1953

    Jimmy Carter beats George Araujo via knockout 13/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  45. 11 Nov 1953

    Jimmy Carter beats Armand Savoie via knockout 5/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  46. 5 Mar 1954

    Paddy DeMarco beats Jimmy Carter via unanimous decision 15/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

    Paddy DeMarco becomes the RING Lightweight world champion

  47. 17 Nov 1954

    Jimmy Carter beats Paddy DeMarco via knockout 15/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

    Jimmy Carter becomes the RING Lightweight world champion

  48. 29 Jun 1955

    Wallace Bud Smith beats Jimmy Carter via split decision 15/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

    Wallace Bud Smith becomes the RING Lightweight world champion

  49. 19 Oct 1955

    Wallace Bud Smith beats Jimmy Carter via unanimous decision 15/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  50. 24 Aug 1956

    Joe Brown beats Wallace Bud Smith via split decision 15/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

    Joe Brown becomes the RING Lightweight world champion

  51. 13 Feb 1957

    Joe Brown beats Wallace Bud Smith via knockout 11/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  52. 19 Jun 1957

    Joe Brown beats Orlando Zulueta via knockout 15/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  53. 4 Dec 1957

    Joe Brown beats Joey Lopes via knockout 11/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  54. 7 May 1958

    Joe Brown beats Ralph Dupas via knockout 8/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  55. 23 Jul 1958

    Joe Brown beats Kenny Lane via unanimous decision 15/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  56. 11 Feb 1959

    Joe Brown beats Johnny Busso via unanimous decision 15/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  57. 3 Jun 1959

    Joe Brown beats Paolo Rosi via knockout 9/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  58. 2 Dec 1959

    Joe Brown beats Dave Charnley via knockout 6/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  59. 28 Oct 1960

    Joe Brown beats Cisco Andrade via unanimous decision 15/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  60. 18 Apr 1961

    Joe Brown beats Dave Charnley via points decision 15/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  61. 28 Oct 1961

    Joe Brown beats Bert Somodio via unanimous decision 15/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  62. 21 Apr 1962

    Carlos Ortiz beats Joe Brown via unanimous decision 15/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

    Carlos Ortiz becomes the RING Lightweight world champion

  63. 3 Dec 1962

    Carlos Ortiz beats Teruo Kosaka via knockout 5/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  64. 7 Apr 1963

    Carlos Ortiz beats Douglas Vaillant via knockout 13/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  65. 15 Feb 1964

    Carlos Ortiz beats Flash Elorde via knockout 14/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  66. 11 Apr 1964

    Carlos Ortiz beats Kenny Lane via unanimous decision 15/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  67. 10 Apr 1965

    Ismael Laguna beats Carlos Ortiz via majority decision 15/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

    Ismael Laguna becomes the RING Lightweight world champion

  68. 13 Nov 1965

    Carlos Ortiz beats Ismael Laguna via unanimous decision 15/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

    Carlos Ortiz becomes the RING Lightweight world champion

  69. 20 Jun 1966

    Carlos Ortiz beats Johnny Bizzarro via knockout 12/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  70. 22 Oct 1966

    Carlos Ortiz beats Sugar Ramos via knockout 5/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  71. 28 Nov 1966

    Carlos Ortiz beats Flash Elorde via knockout 14/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  72. 1 Jul 1967

    Carlos Ortiz beats Sugar Ramos via knockout 4/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  73. 16 Aug 1967

    Carlos Ortiz beats Ismael Laguna via unanimous decision 15/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  74. 29 Jun 1968

    Carlos Cruz beats Carlos Ortiz via split decision 15/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

    Carlos Cruz becomes the RING Lightweight world champion

  75. 27 Sep 1968

    Carlos Cruz beats Mando Ramos via unanimous decision 15/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  76. 18 Feb 1969

    Mando Ramos beats Carlos Cruz via knockout 11/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

    Mando Ramos becomes the RING Lightweight world champion

  77. 4 Oct 1969

    Mando Ramos beats Yoshiaki Numata via knockout 6/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  78. 3 Mar 1970

    Ismael Laguna beats Mando Ramos via knockout 9/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

    Ismael Laguna becomes the RING Lightweight world champion

  79. 6 Jun 1970

    Ismael Laguna beats Guts Ishimatsu via knockout 13/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  80. 26 Sep 1970

    Ken Buchanan beats Ismael Laguna via split decision 15/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

    Ken Buchanan becomes the RING Lightweight world champion

  81. 12 Feb 1971

    Ken Buchanan beats Ruben Navarro via unanimous decision 15/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  82. 13 Sep 1971

    Ken Buchanan beats Ismael Laguna via unanimous decision 15/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  83. 26 Jun 1972

    Roberto Duran beats Ken Buchanan via knockout 13/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

    Roberto Duran becomes the RING Lightweight world champion

  84. 20 Jan 1973

    Roberto Duran beats Jimmy Robertson via knockout 5/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  85. 2 Jun 1973

    Roberto Duran beats Hector Thompson via knockout 8/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  86. 8 Sep 1973

    Roberto Duran beats Guts Ishimatsu via knockout 10/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  87. 16 Mar 1974

    Roberto Duran beats Esteban de Jesus via knockout 11/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  88. 21 Dec 1974

    Roberto Duran beats Masataka Takayama via knockout 1/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  89. 2 Mar 1975

    Roberto Duran beats Ray Lampkin via knockout 14/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  90. 20 Dec 1975

    Roberto Duran beats Leoncio Ortiz via knockout 15/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  91. 23 May 1976

    Roberto Duran beats Lou Bizzarro via knockout 14/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  92. 15 Oct 1976

    Roberto Duran beats Alvaro Rojas via knockout 1/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  93. 29 Jan 1977

    Roberto Duran beats Vilomar Fernandez via knockout 13/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  94. 17 Sep 1977

    Roberto Duran beats Edwin Viruet via unanimous decision 15/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  95. 21 Jan 1978

    Roberto Duran beats Esteban de Jesus via knockout 12/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  96. 2 Feb 1979

    Roberto Duran's RING Lightweight world title reign ends

  97. 12 Apr 1981

    Jim Watt becomes the RING Lightweight world champion

  98. 20 Jun 1981

    Alexis Arguello beats Jim Watt via unanimous decision 15/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

    Alexis Arguello becomes the RING Lightweight world champion

  99. 3 Oct 1981

    Alexis Arguello beats Ray Mancini via knockout 14/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  100. 21 Nov 1981

    Alexis Arguello beats Roberto Elizondo via knockout 7/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  101. 13 Feb 1982

    Alexis Arguello beats James Busceme via knockout 6/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  102. 22 May 1982

    Alexis Arguello beats Andy Ganigan via knockout 5/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  103. 1 Feb 1983

    Alexis Arguello's RING Lightweight world title reign ends

  104. 29 Oct 1988

    Julio Cesar Chavez beats Jose Luis Ramirez via technical decision 11/12

    Lightweight (135 lb)

    Julio Cesar Chavez becomes the RING Lightweight world champion

  105. 2 Mar 1989

    Julio Cesar Chavez's RING Lightweight world title reign ends

  106. 20 Aug 1989

    Pernell Whitaker beats Jose Luis Ramirez via unanimous decision 12/12

    Lightweight (135 lb)

    Pernell Whitaker becomes the RING Lightweight world champion

  107. 1 Apr 1990

    Pernell Whitaker's RING Lightweight world title reign ends

  108. 20 Apr 2002

    Floyd Mayweather Jr beats Jose Luis Castillo via unanimous decision 12/12

    Lightweight (135 lb)

    Floyd Mayweather Jr becomes the RING Lightweight world champion

  109. 7 Dec 2002

    Floyd Mayweather Jr beats Jose Luis Castillo via unanimous decision 12/12

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  110. 19 Apr 2003

    Floyd Mayweather Jr beats Victoriano Sosa via unanimous decision 12/12

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  111. 1 Nov 2003

    Floyd Mayweather Jr beats Phillip Ndou via knockout 7/12

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  112. 22 May 2004

    Floyd Mayweather Jr's RING Lightweight world title reign ends

  113. 5 Jun 2004

    Jose Luis Castillo beats Juan Lazcano via unanimous decision 12/12

    Lightweight (135 lb)

    Jose Luis Castillo becomes the RING Lightweight world champion

  114. 4 Dec 2004

    Jose Luis Castillo beats Joel Casamayor via split decision 12/12

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  115. 5 Mar 2005

    Jose Luis Castillo beats Julio Diaz via knockout 10/12

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  116. 7 May 2005

    Diego Corrales beats Jose Luis Castillo via knockout 10/12

    Lightweight (135 lb)

    Diego Corrales becomes the RING Lightweight world champion

  117. 7 Oct 2006

    Joel Casamayor beats Diego Corrales via split decision 12/12

    Lightweight (135 lb)

    Joel Casamayor becomes the RING Lightweight world champion

  118. 10 Nov 2007

    Joel Casamayor beats Jose Armando Santa Cruz via split decision 12/12

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  119. 22 Mar 2008

    Joel Casamayor beats Michael Katsidis via knockout 10/12

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  120. 13 Sep 2008

    Juan Manuel Marquez beats Joel Casamayor via knockout 11/12

    Lightweight (135 lb)

    Juan Manuel Marquez becomes the RING Lightweight world champion

  121. 28 Feb 2009

    Juan Manuel Marquez beats Juan Diaz via knockout 9/12

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  122. 31 Jul 2010

    Juan Manuel Marquez beats Juan Diaz via unanimous decision 12/12

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  123. 27 Nov 2010

    Juan Manuel Marquez beats Michael Katsidis via knockout 9/12

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  124. 14 Apr 2012

    Juan Manuel Marquez's RING Lightweight world title reign ends

  125. 29 Nov 2014

    Terence Crawford beats Raymundo Beltran via unanimous decision 12/12

    Lightweight (135 lb)

    Terence Crawford becomes the RING Lightweight world champion

  126. 18 Apr 2015

    Terence Crawford's RING Lightweight world title reign ends

  127. 24 Sep 2016

    Jorge Linares beats Anthony Crolla via unanimous decision 12/12

    Lightweight (135 lb)

    Jorge Linares becomes the RING Lightweight world champion

  128. 25 Mar 2017

    Jorge Linares beats Anthony Crolla via unanimous decision 12/12

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  129. 23 Sep 2017

    Jorge Linares beats Luke Campbell via split decision 12/12

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  130. 27 Jan 2018

    Jorge Linares beats Mercito Gesta via unanimous decision 12/12

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  131. 12 May 2018

    Vasyl Lomachenko beats Jorge Linares via knockout 10/12

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  132. 13 May 2018

    Vasyl Lomachenko becomes the RING Lightweight world champion

  133. 8 Dec 2018

    Vasyl Lomachenko beats Jose Pedraza via unanimous decision 12/12

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  134. 12 Apr 2019

    Vasyl Lomachenko beats Anthony Crolla via knockout 4/12

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  135. 31 Aug 2019

    Vasyl Lomachenko beats Luke Campbell via unanimous decision 12/12

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  136. 17 Oct 2020

    Teofimo Lopez beats Vasyl Lomachenko via unanimous decision 12/12

    Lightweight (135 lb)

    Teofimo Lopez becomes the RING Lightweight world champion

  137. 27 Nov 2021

    George Kambosos Jr beats Teofimo Lopez via split decision 12/12

    Lightweight (135 lb)

    George Kambosos Jr becomes the RING Lightweight world champion

  138. 5 Jun 2022

    Devin Haney beats George Kambosos Jr via unanimous decision 12/12

    Lightweight (135 lb)

    Devin Haney becomes the RING Lightweight world champion

  139. 16 Oct 2022

    Devin Haney beats George Kambosos Jr via unanimous decision 12/12

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  140. 20 May 2023

    Devin Haney beats Vasyl Lomachenko via unanimous decision 12/12

    Lightweight (135 lb)

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