Lightweight • World Boxing Council

Current champion: Devin Haney (7 title defenses)

No scheduled WBC Lightweight bout

Timeline

  1. 14 Feb 1963

    Carlos Ortiz becomes the WBC Lightweight world champion

  2. 7 Apr 1963

    Carlos Ortiz beats Douglas Vaillant via knockout 13/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  3. 15 Feb 1964

    Carlos Ortiz beats Flash Elorde via knockout 14/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  4. 11 Apr 1964

    Carlos Ortiz beats Kenny Lane via unanimous decision 15/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  5. 10 Apr 1965

    Ismael Laguna beats Carlos Ortiz via majority decision 15/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

    Ismael Laguna becomes the WBC Lightweight world champion

  6. 13 Nov 1965

    Carlos Ortiz beats Ismael Laguna via unanimous decision 15/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

    Carlos Ortiz becomes the WBC Lightweight world champion

  7. 20 Jun 1966

    Carlos Ortiz beats Johnny Bizzarro via knockout 12/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  8. 22 Oct 1966

    Carlos Ortiz beats Sugar Ramos via knockout 5/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  9. 1 Jul 1967

    Carlos Ortiz beats Sugar Ramos via knockout 4/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  10. 16 Aug 1967

    Carlos Ortiz beats Ismael Laguna via unanimous decision 15/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  11. 29 Jun 1968

    Carlos Cruz beats Carlos Ortiz via split decision 15/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

    Carlos Cruz becomes the WBC Lightweight world champion

  12. 27 Sep 1968

    Carlos Cruz beats Mando Ramos via unanimous decision 15/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  13. 18 Feb 1969

    Mando Ramos beats Carlos Cruz via knockout 11/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

    Mando Ramos becomes the WBC Lightweight world champion

  14. 4 Oct 1969

    Mando Ramos beats Yoshiaki Numata via knockout 6/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  15. 3 Mar 1970

    Ismael Laguna beats Mando Ramos via knockout 9/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

    Ismael Laguna becomes the WBC Lightweight world champion

  16. 6 Jun 1970

    Ismael Laguna beats Guts Ishimatsu via knockout 13/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  17. 15 Sep 1970

    Ismael Laguna's WBC Lightweight world title reign ends

  18. 12 Feb 1971

    Ken Buchanan beats Ruben Navarro via unanimous decision 15/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

    Ken Buchanan becomes the WBC Lightweight world champion

  19. 25 Jun 1971

    Ken Buchanan's WBC Lightweight world title reign ends

  20. 5 Nov 1971

    Pedro Carrasco beats Mando Ramos via disqualification 12/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

    Pedro Carrasco becomes the WBC Lightweight world champion

  21. 18 Feb 1972

    Mando Ramos beats Pedro Carrasco via split decision 15/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

    Mando Ramos becomes the WBC Lightweight world champion

  22. 28 Jun 1972

    Mando Ramos beats Pedro Carrasco via split decision 15/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  23. 15 Sep 1972

    Chango Carmona beats Mando Ramos via knockout 8/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

    Chango Carmona becomes the WBC Lightweight world champion

  24. 10 Nov 1972

    Rodolfo Gonzalez beats Chango Carmona via corner retirement 12/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

    Rodolfo Gonzalez becomes the WBC Lightweight world champion

  25. 17 Mar 1973

    Rodolfo Gonzalez beats Ruben Navarro via knockout 9/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  26. 27 Oct 1973

    Rodolfo Gonzalez beats Antonio Puddu via knockout 10/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  27. 11 Apr 1974

    Guts Ishimatsu beats Rodolfo Gonzalez via knockout 8/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

    Guts Ishimatsu becomes the WBC Lightweight world champion

  28. 12 Sep 1974

    Guts Ishimatsu and Arturo Pineda share a draw 15/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  29. 28 Nov 1974

    Guts Ishimatsu beats Rodolfo Gonzalez via knockout 12/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  30. 27 Feb 1975

    Guts Ishimatsu beats Ken Buchanan via unanimous decision 15/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  31. 5 Jun 1975

    Guts Ishimatsu beats Arturo Pineda via unanimous decision 15/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  32. 4 Dec 1975

    Guts Ishimatsu beats Alvaro Rojas via knockout 14/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  33. 8 May 1976

    Esteban de Jesus beats Guts Ishimatsu via unanimous decision 15/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

    Esteban de Jesus becomes the WBC Lightweight world champion

  34. 10 Sep 1976

    Esteban de Jesus beats Hector Julio Medina via knockout 7/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  35. 12 Feb 1977

    Esteban de Jesus beats Buzzsaw Yamabe via knockout 6/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  36. 25 Jun 1977

    Esteban de Jesus beats Vicente Mijares via knockout 11/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  37. 21 Jan 1978

    Roberto Duran beats Esteban de Jesus via knockout 12/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

    Roberto Duran becomes the WBC Lightweight world champion

  38. 1 Jan 1979

    Roberto Duran's WBC Lightweight world title reign ends

  39. 17 Apr 1979

    Jim Watt beats Alfredo Pitalua via knockout 12/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

    Jim Watt becomes the WBC Lightweight world champion

  40. 3 Nov 1979

    Jim Watt beats Robert Vasquez via knockout 9/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  41. 14 Mar 1980

    Jim Watt beats Charlie Nash via knockout 4/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  42. 7 Jun 1980

    Jim Watt beats Howard Davis Jr via unanimous decision 15/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  43. 1 Nov 1980

    Jim Watt beats Sean O'Grady via knockout 12/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  44. 20 Jun 1981

    Alexis Arguello beats Jim Watt via unanimous decision 15/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

    Alexis Arguello becomes the WBC Lightweight world champion

  45. 3 Oct 1981

    Alexis Arguello beats Ray Mancini via knockout 14/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  46. 21 Nov 1981

    Alexis Arguello beats Roberto Elizondo via knockout 7/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  47. 13 Feb 1982

    Alexis Arguello beats James Busceme via knockout 6/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  48. 22 May 1982

    Alexis Arguello beats Andy Ganigan via knockout 5/15

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  49. 1 Jan 1983

    Alexis Arguello's WBC Lightweight world title reign ends

  50. 1 May 1983

    Edwin Rosario beats Jose Luis Ramirez via unanimous decision 12/12

    Lightweight (135 lb)

    Edwin Rosario becomes the WBC Lightweight world champion

  51. 17 Mar 1984

    Edwin Rosario beats Roberto Elizondo via knockout 1/12

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  52. 23 Jun 1984

    Edwin Rosario beats Howard Davis Jr via split decision 12/12

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  53. 3 Nov 1984

    Jose Luis Ramirez beats Edwin Rosario via knockout 4/12

    Lightweight (135 lb)

    Jose Luis Ramirez becomes the WBC Lightweight world champion

  54. 10 Aug 1985

    Hector Camacho beats Jose Luis Ramirez via unanimous decision 12/12

    Lightweight (135 lb)

    Hector Camacho becomes the WBC Lightweight world champion

  55. 13 Jun 1986

    Hector Camacho beats Edwin Rosario via split decision 12/12

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  56. 26 Sep 1986

    Hector Camacho beats Cornelius Boza-Edwards via unanimous decision 12/12

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  57. 1 Jan 1987

    Hector Camacho's WBC Lightweight world title reign ends

  58. 19 Jul 1987

    Jose Luis Ramirez beats Terrence Alli via unanimous decision 12/12

    Lightweight (135 lb)

    Jose Luis Ramirez becomes the WBC Lightweight world champion

  59. 10 Oct 1987

    Jose Luis Ramirez beats Cornelius Boza-Edwards via knockout 5/12

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  60. 12 Mar 1988

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

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  61. 29 Oct 1988

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

    Lightweight (135 lb)

    Julio Cesar Chavez becomes the WBC Lightweight world champion

  62. 1 Jan 1989

    Julio Cesar Chavez's WBC Lightweight world title reign ends

  63. 20 Aug 1989

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

    Lightweight (135 lb)

    Pernell Whitaker becomes the WBC Lightweight world champion

  64. 3 Feb 1990

    Pernell Whitaker beats Freddie Pendleton via unanimous decision 12/12

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  65. 19 May 1990

    Pernell Whitaker beats Azumah Nelson via unanimous decision 12/12

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  66. 11 Aug 1990

    Pernell Whitaker beats Juan Nazario via knockout 1/12

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  67. 23 Feb 1991

    Pernell Whitaker beats Anthony Jones via unanimous decision 12/12

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  68. 27 Jul 1991

    Pernell Whitaker beats Poli Diaz via unanimous decision 12/12

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  69. 5 Oct 1991

    Pernell Whitaker beats Jorge Paez via unanimous decision 12/12

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  70. 1 Jan 1992

    Pernell Whitaker's WBC Lightweight world title reign ends

  71. 24 Aug 1992

    Miguel Angel Gonzalez beats Wilfrido Rocha via knockout 9/12

    Lightweight (135 lb)

    Miguel Angel Gonzalez becomes the WBC Lightweight world champion

  72. 5 Dec 1992

    Miguel Angel Gonzalez beats Darryl Tyson via unanimous decision 12/12

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  73. 26 Apr 1993

    Miguel Angel Gonzalez beats Hector Lopez via unanimous decision 12/12

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  74. 13 Aug 1993

    Miguel Angel Gonzalez beats David Sample via unanimous decision 12/12

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  75. 27 Nov 1993

    Miguel Angel Gonzalez beats Wilfrido Rocha via knockout 11/12

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  76. 29 Mar 1994

    Miguel Angel Gonzalez beats Jean Baptiste Mendy via knockout 5/12

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  77. 6 Aug 1994

    Miguel Angel Gonzalez beats Leavander Johnson via knockout 8/12

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  78. 13 Dec 1994

    Miguel Angel Gonzalez beats Calvin Grove via corner retirement 5/12

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  79. 25 Apr 1995

    Miguel Angel Gonzalez beats Ricardo Daniel Silva via unanimous decision 12/12

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  80. 2 Jun 1995

    Miguel Angel Gonzalez beats Marty Jakubowski via unanimous decision 12/12

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  81. 19 Aug 1995

    Miguel Angel Gonzalez beats Lamar Murphy via majority decision 12/12

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  82. 20 Apr 1996

    Jean Baptiste Mendy beats Lamar Murphy via unanimous decision 12/12

    Lightweight (135 lb)

    Jean Baptiste Mendy becomes the WBC Lightweight world champion

  83. 1 Mar 1997

    Stevie Johnston beats Jean Baptiste Mendy via split decision 12/12

    Lightweight (135 lb)

    Stevie Johnston becomes the WBC Lightweight world champion

  84. 26 Jul 1997

    Stevie Johnston beats Hiroyuki Sakamoto via split decision 12/12

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  85. 12 Sep 1997

    Stevie Johnston beats Saul Duran via unanimous decision 12/12

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  86. 28 Feb 1998

    Stevie Johnston beats George Scott via unanimous decision 12/12

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  87. 13 Jun 1998

    Cesar Bazan beats Stevie Johnston via split decision 12/12

    Lightweight (135 lb)

    Cesar Bazan becomes the WBC Lightweight world champion

  88. 23 Aug 1998

    Cesar Bazan beats Hiroyuki Sakamoto via unanimous decision 12/12

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  89. 30 Oct 1998

    Cesar Bazan beats Mauro Lucero via majority decision 12/12

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  90. 27 Feb 1999

    Stevie Johnston beats Cesar Bazan via split decision 12/12

    Lightweight (135 lb)

    Stevie Johnston becomes the WBC Lightweight world champion

  91. 26 Jun 1999

    Stevie Johnston beats Aldo Nazareno Rios via unanimous decision 12/12

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  92. 14 Aug 1999

    Stevie Johnston beats Angel Manfredy via unanimous decision 12/12

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  93. 29 Nov 1999

    Stevie Johnston beats Billy Schwer via unanimous decision 12/12

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  94. 17 Mar 2000

    Stevie Johnston beats Julio Alvarez via knockout 2/12

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  95. 17 Jun 2000

    Jose Luis Castillo beats Stevie Johnston via majority decision 12/12

    Lightweight (135 lb)

    Jose Luis Castillo becomes the WBC Lightweight world champion

  96. 15 Sep 2000

    Jose Luis Castillo and Stevie Johnston share a draw 12/12

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  97. 20 Jan 2001

    Jose Luis Castillo beats Cesar Bazan via knockout 6/12

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  98. 16 Jun 2001

    Jose Luis Castillo beats Seung Ho Yuh via knockout 1/12

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  99. 20 Apr 2002

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

    Lightweight (135 lb)

    Floyd Mayweather Jr becomes the WBC Lightweight world champion

  100. 7 Dec 2002

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

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  101. 19 Apr 2003

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

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  102. 1 Nov 2003

    Floyd Mayweather Jr beats Phillip Ndou via knockout 7/12

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  103. 22 May 2004

    Floyd Mayweather Jr's WBC Lightweight world title reign ends

  104. 5 Jun 2004

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

    Lightweight (135 lb)

    Jose Luis Castillo becomes the WBC Lightweight world champion

  105. 4 Dec 2004

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

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  106. 5 Mar 2005

    Jose Luis Castillo beats Julio Diaz via knockout 10/12

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  107. 7 May 2005

    Diego Corrales beats Jose Luis Castillo via knockout 10/12

    Lightweight (135 lb)

    Diego Corrales becomes the WBC Lightweight world champion

  108. 6 Oct 2006

    Diego Corrales's WBC Lightweight world title reign ends

  109. 7 Oct 2006

    Joel Casamayor beats Diego Corrales via split decision 12/12

    Lightweight (135 lb)

    Joel Casamayor becomes the WBC Lightweight world champion

  110. 1 Feb 2007

    David Diaz becomes the WBC Lightweight world champion

  111. 4 Aug 2007

    David Diaz beats Erik Morales via unanimous decision 12/12

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  112. 28 Jun 2008

    Manny Pacquiao beats David Diaz via knockout 9/12

    Lightweight (135 lb)

    Manny Pacquiao becomes the WBC Lightweight world champion

  113. 24 Feb 2009

    Manny Pacquiao's WBC Lightweight world title reign ends

  114. 4 Apr 2009

    Edwin Valero beats Antonio Pitalua via knockout 2/12

    Lightweight (135 lb)

    Edwin Valero becomes the WBC Lightweight world champion

  115. 19 Dec 2009

    Edwin Valero beats Hector Velazquez via corner retirement 6/12

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  116. 6 Feb 2010

    Edwin Valero beats Antonio DeMarco via corner retirement 9/12

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  117. 9 Feb 2010

    Edwin Valero's WBC Lightweight world title reign ends

  118. 13 Mar 2010

    Humberto Soto beats David Diaz via unanimous decision 12/12

    Lightweight (135 lb)

    Humberto Soto becomes the WBC Lightweight world champion

  119. 15 May 2010

    Humberto Soto beats Ricardo Dominguez via unanimous decision 12/12

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  120. 18 Sep 2010

    Humberto Soto beats Fidel Monterrosa Munoz via unanimous decision 12/12

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  121. 4 Dec 2010

    Humberto Soto beats Urbano Antillon via unanimous decision 12/12

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  122. 25 Jun 2011

    Humberto Soto beats Motoki Sasaki via technical decision 11/12

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  123. 1 Jul 2011

    Humberto Soto's WBC Lightweight world title reign ends

  124. 15 Oct 2011

    Antonio DeMarco beats Jorge Linares via knockout 11/12

    Lightweight (135 lb)

    Antonio DeMarco becomes the WBC Lightweight world champion

  125. 17 Mar 2012

    Antonio DeMarco beats Miguel Roman via knockout 5/12

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  126. 8 Sep 2012

    Antonio DeMarco beats John Molina Jr via knockout 1/12

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  127. 17 Nov 2012

    Adrien Broner beats Antonio DeMarco via knockout 8/12

    Lightweight (135 lb)

    Adrien Broner becomes the WBC Lightweight world champion

  128. 16 Feb 2013

    Adrien Broner beats Gavin Rees via knockout 5/12

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  129. 29 Jan 2014

    Omar Figueroa Jr becomes the WBC Lightweight world champion

  130. 26 Apr 2014

    Omar Figueroa Jr beats Jerry Belmontes via split decision 12/12

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  131. 16 Aug 2014

    Omar Figueroa Jr beats Daniel Estrada via knockout 9/12

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  132. 10 Nov 2014

    Omar Figueroa Jr's WBC Lightweight world title reign ends

  133. 30 Dec 2014

    Jorge Linares beats Francisco Javier Prieto via knockout 4/12

    Lightweight (135 lb)

    Jorge Linares becomes the WBC Lightweight world champion

  134. 30 May 2015

    Jorge Linares beats Kevin Mitchell via knockout 10/12

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  135. 10 Oct 2015

    Jorge Linares beats Ivan Cano via knockout 4/12

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  136. 23 Feb 2016

    Jorge Linares's WBC Lightweight world title reign ends

  137. 11 Jun 2016

    Dejan Zlaticanin beats Franklin Mamani via knockout 3/12

    Lightweight (135 lb)

    Dejan Zlaticanin becomes the WBC Lightweight world champion

  138. 28 Jan 2017

    Mikey Garcia beats Dejan Zlaticanin via knockout 3/12

    Lightweight (135 lb)

    Mikey Garcia becomes the WBC Lightweight world champion

  139. 28 Jul 2018

    Mikey Garcia beats Robert Easter Jr via unanimous decision 12/12

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  140. 25 Apr 2019

    Mikey Garcia's WBC Lightweight world title reign ends

  141. 31 Aug 2019

    Vasyl Lomachenko beats Luke Campbell via unanimous decision 12/12

    Lightweight (135 lb)

    Vasyl Lomachenko becomes the WBC Lightweight world champion

  142. 23 Oct 2019

    Devin Haney becomes the WBC Lightweight world champion

  143. 9 Nov 2019

    Devin Haney beats Alfredo Santiago via unanimous decision 12/12

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  144. 7 Nov 2020

    Devin Haney beats Yuriorkis Gamboa via unanimous decision 12/12

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  145. 29 May 2021

    Devin Haney beats Jorge Linares via unanimous decision 12/12

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  146. 4 Dec 2021

    Devin Haney beats Joseph Diaz via unanimous decision 12/12

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  147. 5 Jun 2022

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

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  148. 16 Oct 2022

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

    Lightweight (135 lb)

  149. 20 May 2023

    Devin Haney beats Vasyl Lomachenko via unanimous decision 12/12

    Lightweight (135 lb)

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