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WBO super welterweight world title

Covers world title bouts since 1988. Current champion: Jaron Ennis, since 27th Jun 2026.

World title bouts
60
Champions
22
Longest reign (Serhiy Dzinziruk, 2005–2011)
5 years, 10 months
Most successful defences in one reign (Serhiy Dzinziruk, 2005–2011)
6

Current champion

Jaron EnnisSince 27th Jun 2026 · 4 months · 0 successful defences

Upcoming world title bouts

  1. Jaron Ennis v Josh Kelly

    Super Welterweight · WBA, IBF and WBO

Reigns and world title bouts

Apr 2022 – Apr 2027

WBO
Jermell CharloTim TszyuSebastian FundoraXander ZayasJaron Ennis
JulOct2023AprJulOct2024AprJulOct2025AprJulOct2026AprJulOct2027Apr
1990200020102020

World title boutScheduled

Reigns by length

  1. 1Serhiy DzinzirukWBO 2005–20115 years, 10 months · 6 successful defences
  2. 2John David JacksonWBO 1988–19934 years, 10 months · 5 successful defences
  3. 3Daniel SantosWBO 2002–20053 years, 8 months · 4 successful defences
  4. 4Harry SimonWBO 1998–20012 years, 10 months · 4 successful defences
  5. 5Winky WrightWBO 1996–19982 years, 3 months · 3 successful defences
  6. 6Verno PhillipsWBO 1993–19952 years · 3 successful defences
  7. 7Demetrius AndradeWBO 2013–20151 year, 8 months · 1 successful defence
  8. 8Zaurbek BaysangurovWBO 2011–20131 year, 7 months · 2 successful defences
  9. 9Jaime MunguiaWBO 2018–20191 year, 6 months · 5 successful defences
  10. 10Jermell CharloWBO 2022–20231 year, 4 months · 0 successful defences
  11. 11Brian Carlos CastanoWBO 2021–20221 year, 3 months · 0 successful defences
  12. 12Patrick TeixeiraWBO 2019–20211 year, 2 months · 0 successful defences
  13. 13Sebastian FundoraWBO 2024–20251 year, 1 month · 1 successful defence
  14. 14Liam SmithWBO 2015–201611 months · 2 successful defences
  15. 15Xander ZayasWBO 2025–202611 months · 1 successful defence
  16. 16Canelo AlvarezWBO 2016–20178 months · 0 successful defences
  17. 17Tim TszyuWBO 2023–20246 months · 1 successful defence
  18. 18Sadam AliWBO 2017–20185 months · 0 successful defences
  19. 19Jaron EnnisWBO 2026–present4 months · 0 successful defences
  20. 20Miguel CottoWBO 2017–20173 months · 0 successful defences
  21. 21Paul JonesWBO 1995–19963 months · 0 successful defences
  22. 22Bronco McKartWBO 1996–19962 months · 0 successful defences

Timeline of world title events

  1. 1988

  2. John David Jackson beats Lupe Aquino via corner retirement 7/12

    Super Welterweight · WBONew champion

  3. 1989

  4. John David Jackson beats Steve Little via knockout 8/12

    Super Welterweight · WBO

  1. 1990

  2. John David Jackson v Martin Camara ends in a no contest

    Super Welterweight · WBO

  3. John David Jackson beats Chris Pyatt via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Welterweight · WBO

  4. 1991

  5. John David Jackson beats Tyrone Trice via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Welterweight · WBO

  6. 1992

  7. John David Jackson beats Pat Lawlor via corner retirement 9/12

    Super Welterweight · WBO

  8. John David Jackson beats Michele Mastrodonato via knockout 10/12

    Super Welterweight · WBO

  9. 1993

  10. Verno Phillips beats Lupe Aquino via knockout 7/12

    Super Welterweight · WBONew champion

  11. 1994

  12. Verno Phillips beats Jaime Llanes via knockout 7/12

    Super Welterweight · WBO

  13. Verno Phillips beats Santos Cardona via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Welterweight · WBO

  14. 1995

  15. Verno Phillips beats Santos Cardona via split decision 12/12

    Super Welterweight · WBO

  16. Verno Phillips v Gianfranco Rosi ends in a no contest

    Super Welterweight · WBO

  17. Paul Jones beats Verno Phillips via majority decision 12/12

    Super Welterweight · WBONew champion

  18. 1996

  19. Paul Jones’s reign as the WBO super welterweight world champion ends

    Super Welterweight · WBO

  20. Bronco McKart beats Santos Cardona via knockout 9/12

    Super Welterweight · WBONew champion

  21. Winky Wright beats Bronco McKart via split decision 12/12

    Super Welterweight · WBONew champion

  22. Winky Wright beats Ensley Bingham via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Welterweight · WBO

  23. 1997

  24. Winky Wright beats Steve Foster via knockout 6/12

    Super Welterweight · WBO

  25. Winky Wright beats Adrian Dodson via corner retirement 6/12

    Super Welterweight · WBO

  26. 1998

  27. Harry Simon beats Winky Wright via majority decision 12/12

    Super Welterweight · WBONew champion

  28. 1999

  29. Harry Simon beats Kevin Lueshing via knockout 3/12

    Super Welterweight · WBO

  1. 2000

  2. Harry Simon beats Enrique Areco via corner retirement 10/12

    Super Welterweight · WBO

  3. Harry Simon beats Rodney Jones via majority decision 12/12

    Super Welterweight · WBO

  4. 2001

  5. Harry Simon beats Wayne Alexander via knockout 5/12

    Super Welterweight · WBO

  6. Harry Simon’s reign as the WBO super welterweight world champion ends

    Super Welterweight · WBO

  7. 2002

  8. Daniel Santos beats Luis Ramon Campas via knockout 11/12

    Super Welterweight · WBONew champion

  9. Daniel Santos beats Takaloo via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Welterweight · WBO

  10. 2003

  11. Daniel Santos beats Fulgencio Zuniga via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Welterweight · WBO

  12. 2004

  13. Daniel Santos beats Michael Lerma via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Welterweight · WBO

  14. Daniel Santos beats Antonio Margarito via technical decision 10/12

    Super Welterweight · WBO

  15. 2005

  16. Serhiy Dzinziruk beats Daniel Santos via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Welterweight · WBONew champion

  17. 2006

  18. Serhiy Dzinziruk beats Sebastian Andres Lujan via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Welterweight · WBO

  19. Serhiy Dzinziruk beats Alisultan Nadirbegov via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Welterweight · WBO

  20. 2007

  21. Serhiy Dzinziruk beats Carlos Nascimento via knockout 11/12

    Super Welterweight · WBO

  22. 2008

  23. Serhiy Dzinziruk beats Lukas Konecny via majority decision 12/12

    Super Welterweight · WBO

  24. Serhiy Dzinziruk beats Joel Julio via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Welterweight · WBO

  1. 2010

  2. Serhiy Dzinziruk beats Daniel Dawson via knockout 10/12

    Super Welterweight · WBO

  3. 2011

  4. Serhiy Dzinziruk’s reign as the WBO super welterweight world champion ends

    Super Welterweight · WBO

    Zaurbek Baysangurov becomes the WBO super welterweight world champion

    Super Welterweight · WBONew champion

  5. 2012

  6. Zaurbek Baysangurov beats Michel Soro via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Welterweight · WBO

  7. Zaurbek Baysangurov beats Lukas Konecny via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Welterweight · WBO

  8. 2013

  9. Zaurbek Baysangurov’s reign as the WBO super welterweight world champion ends

    Super Welterweight · WBO

  10. Demetrius Andrade beats Vanes Martirosyan via split decision 12/12

    Super Welterweight · WBONew champion

  11. 2014

  12. Demetrius Andrade beats Brian Rose via knockout 7/12

    Super Welterweight · WBO

  13. 2015

  14. Demetrius Andrade’s reign as the WBO super welterweight world champion ends

    Super Welterweight · WBO

  15. Liam Smith beats John Thompson via knockout 7/12

    Super Welterweight · WBONew champion

  16. Liam Smith beats Jimmy Kilrain Kelly via knockout 7/12

    Super Welterweight · WBO

  17. 2016

  18. Liam Smith beats Predrag Radosevic via knockout 2/12

    Super Welterweight · WBO

  19. Canelo Alvarez beats Liam Smith via knockout 9/12

    Super Welterweight · WBONew champion

  20. 2017

  21. Canelo Alvarez’s reign as the WBO super welterweight world champion ends

    Super Welterweight · WBO

  22. Miguel Cotto beats Yoshihiro Kamegai via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Welterweight · WBONew champion

  23. Sadam Ali beats Miguel Cotto via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Welterweight · WBONew champion

  24. 2018

  25. Jaime Munguia beats Sadam Ali via knockout 4/12

    Super Welterweight · WBONew champion

  26. Jaime Munguia beats Liam Smith via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Welterweight · WBO

  27. Jaime Munguia beats Brandon Cook via knockout 3/12

    Super Welterweight · WBO

  28. 2019

  29. Jaime Munguia beats Takeshi Inoue via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Welterweight · WBO

  30. Jaime Munguia beats Dennis Hogan via majority decision 12/12

    Super Welterweight · WBO

  31. Jaime Munguia beats Patrick Allotey via knockout 4/12

    Super Welterweight · WBO

  32. Jaime Munguia’s reign as the WBO super welterweight world champion ends

    Super Welterweight · WBO

  33. Patrick Teixeira becomes the WBO super welterweight world champion

    Super Welterweight · WBONew champion

  1. 2021

  2. Brian Carlos Castano beats Patrick Teixeira via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Welterweight · WBONew champion

  3. Jermell Charlo and Brian Carlos Castano draw via split decision 12/12

    Super Welterweight · WBA Super, WBC, IBF, WBO and The Ring

  4. 2022

  5. Jermell Charlo beats Brian Carlos Castano via knockout 10/12

    Super Welterweight · WBA Super, WBC, IBF, WBO and The RingNew WBO champion

  6. 2023

  7. Jermell Charlo’s reign as the WBO super welterweight world champion ends

    Super Welterweight · WBO

    Tim Tszyu becomes the WBO super welterweight world champion

    Super Welterweight · WBONew champion

  8. Tim Tszyu beats Brian Mendoza via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Welterweight · WBO

  9. 2024

  10. Sebastian Fundora beats Tim Tszyu via split decision 12/12

    Super Welterweight · WBC and WBONew WBO champion

  11. 2025

  12. Sebastian Fundora beats Chordale Booker via technical knockout 4/12

    Super Welterweight · WBC and WBO

  13. Sebastian Fundora’s reign as the WBO super welterweight world champion ends

    Super Welterweight · WBO

  14. Xander Zayas beats Jorge Garcia Perez via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Welterweight · WBONew champion

    Source: Xander Zayas authors dominant win over Jorge Garcia Perez(opens in a new tab), ESPN, Jeff Wagenheim,

  15. 2026

  16. Xander Zayas beats Abass Baraou via split decision 12/12

    Super Welterweight · WBA and WBO

    Source: Xander Zayas defeats Abass Baraou to become youngest active unified world champion in Puerto Rico(opens in a new tab), Sky Sports,

  18. 2027

  19. Jaron Ennis v Josh Kelly

    Super Welterweight · WBA, IBF and WBOScheduled

    Source: Ennis and Kelly set for big unification battle in Atlanta(opens in a new tab), DAZN, Christopher Walker,