Lightweight • World Boxing Association

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Timeline

  1. 14 Jan 1921

    Benny Leonard beats Richie Mitchell via knockout 6/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  2. 6 Jun 1921

  3. 2 Jul 1921

    Benny Leonard becomes the WBA Lightweight world champion

  4. 10 Feb 1922

  5. 27 Jul 1922

    Benny Leonard beats Lew Tendler via newspaper decision 12/12

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  6. 23 Jul 1923

    Benny Leonard beats Lew Tendler via unanimous decision 15/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  7. 15 Jan 1925

    Benny Leonard's WBA Lightweight world title reign ends

  8. 13 Jul 1925

    Jimmy Goodrich becomes the WBA Lightweight world champion

  9. 7 Dec 1925

    Rocky Kansas becomes the WBA Lightweight world champion

  10. 3 Jul 1926

    Sammy Mandell becomes the WBA Lightweight world champion

  11. 8 Oct 1926

    Sammy Mandell beats Joe Jawson via newspaper decision 10/10

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  12. 16 Jul 1927

  13. 21 May 1928

  14. 2 Aug 1929

  15. 17 Jul 1930

    Al Singer becomes the WBA Lightweight world champion

  16. 14 Nov 1930

    Tony Canzoneri becomes the WBA Lightweight world champion

  17. 24 Apr 1931

  18. 10 Sep 1931

  19. 20 Nov 1931

  20. 4 Nov 1932

    Tony Canzoneri beats Billy Petrolle via unanimous decision 15/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  21. 23 Jun 1933

    Barney Ross becomes the WBA Lightweight world champion

  22. 12 Sep 1933

  23. 15 Apr 1935

    Barney Ross's WBA Lightweight world title reign ends

  24. 10 May 1935

    Tony Canzoneri becomes the WBA Lightweight world champion

  25. 4 Oct 1935

  26. 3 Sep 1936

    Lou Ambers becomes the WBA Lightweight world champion

  27. 7 May 1937

  28. 23 Sep 1937

    Lou Ambers beats Pedro Montanez via majority decision 15/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  29. 17 Aug 1938

    Henry Armstrong becomes the WBA Lightweight world champion

  30. 16 Mar 1939

  31. 22 Aug 1939

    Lou Ambers becomes the WBA Lightweight world champion

  32. 25 Mar 1940

    Lou Ambers's WBA Lightweight world title reign ends

  33. 3 May 1940

    Sammy Angott beats Davey Day via points decision 15/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

    Sammy Angott becomes the WBA Lightweight world champion

  34. 19 Dec 1941

  35. 15 May 1942

    Sammy Angott beats Allie Stolz via split decision 15/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  36. 13 Nov 1942

    Sammy Angott's WBA Lightweight world title reign ends

  37. 27 Oct 1943

    Sammy Angott beats Slugger White via unanimous decision 15/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

    Sammy Angott becomes the WBA Lightweight world champion

  38. 8 Mar 1944

    Juan Zurita becomes the WBA Lightweight world champion

  39. 18 Apr 1945

    Ike Williams becomes the WBA Lightweight world champion

  40. 30 Apr 1946

    Ike Williams beats Enrique Bolanos via technical knockout 8/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  41. 4 Sep 1946

    Ike Williams beats Ronnie James via knockout 9/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  42. 4 Aug 1947

  43. 25 May 1948

    Ike Williams beats Enrique Bolanos via split decision 15/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  44. 12 Jul 1948

  45. 23 Sep 1948

  46. 21 Jul 1949

    Ike Williams beats Enrique Bolanos via knockout 4/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  47. 5 Dec 1949

    Ike Williams beats Freddie Dawson via unanimous decision 15/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  48. 25 May 1951

    Jimmy Carter becomes the WBA Lightweight world champion

  49. 14 Nov 1951

    Jimmy Carter beats Art Aragon via unanimous decision 15/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  50. 1 Apr 1952

  51. 14 May 1952

    Lauro Salas becomes the WBA Lightweight world champion

  52. 15 Oct 1952

    Jimmy Carter becomes the WBA Lightweight world champion

  53. 24 Apr 1953

  54. 12 Jun 1953

  55. 11 Nov 1953

  56. 5 Mar 1954

    Paddy DeMarco becomes the WBA Lightweight world champion

  57. 17 Nov 1954

    Jimmy Carter becomes the WBA Lightweight world champion

  58. 29 Jun 1955

    Wallace Bud Smith becomes the WBA Lightweight world champion

  59. 19 Oct 1955

  60. 24 Aug 1956

    Joe Brown becomes the WBA Lightweight world champion

  61. 13 Feb 1957

  62. 19 Jun 1957

    Joe Brown beats Orlando Zulueta via knockout 15/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  63. 4 Dec 1957

  64. 7 May 1958

  65. 23 Jul 1958

    Joe Brown beats Kenny Lane via unanimous decision 15/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  66. 11 Feb 1959

    Joe Brown beats Johnny Busso via unanimous decision 15/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  67. 3 Jun 1959

  68. 2 Dec 1959

    Joe Brown beats Dave Charnley via knockout 6/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  69. 28 Oct 1960

    Joe Brown beats Cisco Andrade via unanimous decision 15/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  70. 18 Apr 1961

    Joe Brown beats Dave Charnley via points decision 15/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  71. 28 Oct 1961

    Joe Brown beats Bert Somodio via unanimous decision 15/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  72. 21 Apr 1962

    Carlos Ortiz becomes the WBA Lightweight world champion

  73. 3 Dec 1962

  74. 7 Apr 1963

    Carlos Ortiz beats Douglas Vaillant via knockout 13/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  75. 15 Feb 1964

  76. 11 Apr 1964

    Carlos Ortiz beats Kenny Lane via unanimous decision 15/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  77. 10 Apr 1965

    Ismael Laguna becomes the WBA Lightweight world champion

  78. 13 Nov 1965

    Carlos Ortiz becomes the WBA Lightweight world champion

  79. 20 Jun 1966

    Carlos Ortiz beats Johnny Bizzarro via knockout 12/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  80. 22 Oct 1966

  81. 28 Nov 1966

  82. 1 Jul 1967

  83. 16 Aug 1967

  84. 29 Jun 1968

    Carlos Cruz becomes the WBA Lightweight world champion

  85. 27 Sep 1968

  86. 18 Feb 1969

    Mando Ramos becomes the WBA Lightweight world champion

  87. 4 Oct 1969

  88. 3 Mar 1970

    Ismael Laguna becomes the WBA Lightweight world champion

  89. 6 Jun 1970

  90. 26 Sep 1970

    Ken Buchanan becomes the WBA Lightweight world champion

  91. 12 Feb 1971

    Ken Buchanan beats Ruben Navarro via unanimous decision 15/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  92. 13 Sep 1971

  93. 26 Jun 1972

    Roberto Duran becomes the WBA Lightweight world champion

  94. 20 Jan 1973

    Roberto Duran beats Jimmy Robertson via knockout 5/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  95. 2 Jun 1973

    Roberto Duran beats Hector Thompson via knockout 8/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  96. 8 Sep 1973

  97. 16 Mar 1974

  98. 21 Dec 1974

    Roberto Duran beats Masataka Takayama via knockout 1/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  99. 2 Mar 1975

    Roberto Duran beats Ray Lampkin via knockout 14/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  100. 20 Dec 1975

    Roberto Duran beats Leoncio Ortiz via knockout 15/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  101. 23 May 1976

    Roberto Duran beats Lou Bizzarro via knockout 14/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  102. 15 Oct 1976

    Roberto Duran beats Alvaro Rojas via knockout 1/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  103. 29 Jan 1977

    Roberto Duran beats Vilomar Fernandez via knockout 13/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  104. 17 Sep 1977

    Roberto Duran beats Edwin Viruet via unanimous decision 15/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  105. 21 Jan 1978

  106. 31 Jan 1979

    Roberto Duran's WBA Lightweight world title reign ends

  107. 16 Jun 1979

    Ernesto Espana becomes the WBA Lightweight world champion

  108. 4 Aug 1979

    Ernesto Espana beats Johnny Lira via knockout 9/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  109. 2 Mar 1980

    Hilmer Kenty becomes the WBA Lightweight world champion

  110. 2 Aug 1980

    Hilmer Kenty beats Young Ho Oh via knockout 9/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  111. 20 Sep 1980

  112. 8 Nov 1980

    Hilmer Kenty beats Vilomar Fernandez via unanimous decision 15/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  113. 12 Apr 1981

    Sean O'Grady becomes the WBA Lightweight world champion

  114. 1 Aug 1981

    Sean O'Grady's WBA Lightweight world title reign ends

  115. 12 Sep 1981

    Claude Noel beats Rodolfo Gonzalez via unanimous decision 15/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

    Claude Noel becomes the WBA Lightweight world champion

  116. 5 Dec 1981

    Arturo Frias becomes the WBA Lightweight world champion

  117. 30 Jan 1982

  118. 8 May 1982

    Ray Mancini becomes the WBA Lightweight world champion

  119. 24 Jul 1982

  120. 13 Nov 1982

    Ray Mancini beats Deuk Koo Kim via knockout 14/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  121. 15 Sep 1983

    Ray Mancini beats Orlando Romero via knockout 9/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  122. 14 Jan 1984

  123. 1 Jun 1984

    Livingstone Bramble becomes the WBA Lightweight world champion

  124. 16 Feb 1985

  125. 16 Feb 1986

    Livingstone Bramble beats Tyrone Crawley via knockout 13/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  126. 26 Sep 1986

    Edwin Rosario becomes the WBA Lightweight world champion

  127. 11 Aug 1987

  128. 21 Nov 1987

    Julio Cesar Chavez becomes the WBA Lightweight world champion

  129. 16 Apr 1988

    Julio Cesar Chavez beats Rodolfo Aguilar via knockout 6/12

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  130. 29 Oct 1988

  131. 9 Jul 1989

    Edwin Rosario beats Anthony Jones via knockout 6/12

    Lightweight (135 lb)

    Edwin Rosario becomes the WBA Lightweight world champion

  132. 4 Apr 1990

    Juan Nazario becomes the WBA Lightweight world champion

  133. 11 Aug 1990

    Pernell Whitaker becomes the WBA Lightweight world champion

  134. 23 Feb 1991

    Pernell Whitaker beats Anthony Jones via unanimous decision 12/12

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  135. 27 Jul 1991

    Pernell Whitaker beats Poli Diaz via unanimous decision 12/12

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  136. 5 Oct 1991

  137. 13 Jun 1992

    Joey Gamache beats Chil Sung Jun via knockout 9/12

    Lightweight (135 lb)

    Joey Gamache becomes the WBA Lightweight world champion

  138. 24 Oct 1992

    Tony Lopez becomes the WBA Lightweight world champion

  139. 12 Feb 1993

  140. 26 Jun 1993

    Dingaan Thobela becomes the WBA Lightweight world champion

  141. 30 Oct 1993

    Orzubek Nazarov becomes the WBA Lightweight world champion

  142. 19 Mar 1994

  143. 10 Dec 1994

  144. 15 May 1995

    Orzubek Nazarov beats Won Park via knockout 2/12

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  145. 14 Nov 1995

    Orzubek Nazarov beats Dindo Canoy via unanimous decision 12/12

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  146. 15 Apr 1996

    Orzubek Nazarov beats Adrianus Taroreh via knockout 4/12

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  147. 10 May 1997

  148. 16 May 1998

    Jean Baptiste Mendy becomes the WBA Lightweight world champion

  149. 25 Jan 1999

    Jean Baptiste Mendy beats Alberto Esteban Sicurella via unanimous decision 12/12

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  150. 10 Apr 1999

    Julien Lorcy becomes the WBA Lightweight world champion

  151. 7 Aug 1999

    Stefano Zoff becomes the WBA Lightweight world champion

  152. 13 Nov 1999

    Gilberto Serrano becomes the WBA Lightweight world champion

  153. 12 Mar 2000

    Gilberto Serrano beats Hiroyuki Sakamoto via knockout 5/12

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  154. 11 Jun 2000

    Takanori Hatakeyama becomes the WBA Lightweight world champion

  155. 11 Oct 2000

    Takanori Hatakeyama beats Hiroyuki Sakamoto via knockout 10/12

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  156. 17 Feb 2001

    Takanori Hatakeyama and Rick Yoshimura share a draw 12/12

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  157. 1 Jul 2001

    Julien Lorcy becomes the WBA Lightweight world champion

  158. 8 Oct 2001

    Raul Horacio Balbi becomes the WBA Lightweight world champion

  159. 5 Jan 2002

    Leonard Dorin becomes the WBA Lightweight world champion

  160. 31 May 2002

  161. 24 Oct 2003

    Leonard Dorin's WBA Lightweight world title reign ends

  162. 10 Apr 2004

    Lakva Sim beats Miguel Callist via knockout 5/12

    Lightweight (135 lb)

    Lakva Sim becomes the WBA Lightweight world champion

  163. 17 Jul 2004

    Juan Diaz becomes the WBA Lightweight world champion

  164. 4 Nov 2004

  165. 21 Jan 2005

    Juan Diaz beats Billy Irwin via knockout 9/12

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  166. 8 Apr 2006

    Juan Diaz beats Jose Miguel Cotto via unanimous decision 12/12

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  167. 15 Jul 2006

    Juan Diaz beats Randy Suico via knockout 9/12

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  168. 4 Nov 2006

    Juan Diaz beats Fernando Angulo via unanimous decision 12/12

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  169. 28 Apr 2007

    Juan Diaz's WBA Lightweight world title reign ends

  170. 11 May 2007

    Jose Miguel Cotto and Pantan Narongwet share a draw 12/12

    Lightweight (135 lb)