Welterweight
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Status
Active (orgs active since 1919)
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Total world champions
113
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Total world title bouts
435
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Most world title bouts
Henry Armstrong (20-2-0)
Scheduled world title bouts
Current champions
Timeline
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Jack Britton becomes the IBU Welterweight world champion
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Jack Britton becomes the NYSAC Welterweight world champion
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Jack Britton becomes the WBA Welterweight world champion
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Mickey Walker becomes the IBU, NYSAC and WBA Welterweight world champion
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Dave Shade becomes the NYSAC Welterweight world champion
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Jimmy Jones becomes the NYSAC Welterweight world champion
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Mickey Walker becomes the NYSAC Welterweight world champion
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Mickey Walker becomes the RING Welterweight world champion
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Mickey Walker beats Lew Tendler via unanimous decision 10/10
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Mickey Walker beats Sailor Friedman via newspaper decision 12/12
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Pete Latzo beats Mickey Walker via unanimous decision 10/10
Pete Latzo becomes the IBU, NYSAC, RING and WBA Welterweight world champion
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Joe Dundee becomes the IBU, NYSAC, RING and WBA Welterweight world champion
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Joe Dundee's WBA Welterweight world title reign ends
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Jackie Fields becomes the WBA Welterweight world champion
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Jackie Fields becomes the IBU, NYSAC and RING Welterweight world champion
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Jack Thompson beats Jackie Fields via points decision 15/15
Jack Thompson becomes the IBU, NYSAC, RING and WBA Welterweight world champion
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Tommy Freeman beats Jack Thompson via points decision 15/15
Tommy Freeman becomes the IBU, NYSAC, RING and WBA Welterweight world champion
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Jack Thompson becomes the IBU, NYSAC, RING and WBA Welterweight world champion
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Lou Brouillard beats Jack Thompson via unanimous decision 15/15
Lou Brouillard becomes the IBU, NYSAC, RING and WBA Welterweight world champion
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Jackie Fields beats Lou Brouillard via unanimous decision 10/10
Jackie Fields becomes the IBU, NYSAC, RING and WBA Welterweight world champion
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Jimmy McLarnin becomes the RING Welterweight world champion
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Young Corbett III beats Jackie Fields via points decision 10/10
Young Corbett III becomes the IBU, NYSAC, RING and WBA Welterweight world champion
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Jimmy McLarnin becomes the IBU, NYSAC and WBA Welterweight world champion
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Barney Ross becomes the IBU, NYSAC, RING and WBA Welterweight world champion
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Jimmy McLarnin becomes the IBU, NYSAC, RING and WBA Welterweight world champion
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Barney Ross beats Jimmy McLarnin via unanimous decision 15/15
Barney Ross becomes the IBU, NYSAC, RING and WBA Welterweight world champion
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Barney Ross beats Izzy Jannazzo via unanimous decision 15/15
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Barney Ross beats Ceferino Garcia via unanimous decision 15/15
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Barney Ross's IBU Welterweight world title reign ends
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Felix Wouters becomes the IBU Welterweight world champion
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Felix Wouters's IBU Welterweight world title reign ends
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Henry Armstrong becomes the NYSAC, RING and WBA Welterweight world champion
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Henry Armstrong beats Ceferino Garcia via unanimous decision 15/15
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Henry Armstrong beats Lew Feldman via knockout 1/15
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Fritzie Zivic beats Henry Armstrong via unanimous decision 15/15
Fritzie Zivic becomes the NYSAC, RING and WBA Welterweight world champion
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Freddie Cochrane becomes the NYSAC, RING and WBA Welterweight world champion
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Marty Servo becomes the NYSAC, RING and WBA Welterweight world champion
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Marty Servo's NYSAC, RING and WBA Welterweight world title reign ends
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Sugar Ray Robinson beats Tommy Bell via unanimous decision 15/15
Sugar Ray Robinson becomes the NYSAC, RING and WBA Welterweight world champion
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Sugar Ray Robinson beats Bernard Docusen via unanimous decision 15/15
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Sugar Ray Robinson beats Kid Gavilan via unanimous decision 15/15
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Sugar Ray Robinson beats Charley Fusari via points decision 15/15
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Sugar Ray Robinson's RING Welterweight world title reign ends
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Sugar Ray Robinson's NYSAC and WBA Welterweight world title reign ends
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Johnny Bratton becomes the WBA Welterweight world champion
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Kid Gavilan becomes the NYSAC and WBA Welterweight world champion
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Kid Gavilan becomes the RING Welterweight world champion
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Johnny Saxton becomes the NYSAC, RING and WBA Welterweight world champion
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Tony DeMarco becomes the NYSAC, RING and WBA Welterweight world champion
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Carmen Basilio becomes the NYSAC, RING and WBA Welterweight world champion
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Johnny Saxton beats Carmen Basilio via unanimous decision 15/15
Johnny Saxton becomes the NYSAC, RING and WBA Welterweight world champion
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Carmen Basilio becomes the NYSAC, RING and WBA Welterweight world champion
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Carmen Basilio's NYSAC, RING and WBA Welterweight world title reign ends
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Virgil Akins becomes the NYSAC Welterweight world champion
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Virgil Akins becomes the RING and WBA Welterweight world champion
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Don Jordan becomes the NYSAC, RING and WBA Welterweight world champion
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Benny Paret becomes the NYSAC, RING and WBA Welterweight world champion
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Benny Paret beats Luis Federico Thompson via unanimous decision 15/15
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Emile Griffith becomes the NYSAC, RING and WBA Welterweight world champion
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Benny Paret becomes the NYSAC, RING and WBA Welterweight world champion
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Emile Griffith becomes the NYSAC, RING and WBA Welterweight world champion
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Emile Griffith becomes the WBC Welterweight world champion
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Luis Rodriguez beats Emile Griffith via unanimous decision 15/15
Luis Rodriguez becomes the NYSAC, RING, WBA and WBC Welterweight world champion
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Emile Griffith beats Luis Rodriguez via split decision 15/15
Emile Griffith becomes the NYSAC, RING, WBA and WBC Welterweight world champion
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Emile Griffith beats Luis Rodriguez via split decision 15/15
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Emile Griffith beats Brian Curvis via unanimous decision 15/15
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Emile Griffith beats Jose Stable via unanimous decision 15/15
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Emile Griffith beats Manuel Gonzalez via unanimous decision 15/15
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Emile Griffith's RING and WBC Welterweight world title reign ends
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Emile Griffith's WBA Welterweight world title reign ends
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Emile Griffith's NYSAC Welterweight world title reign ends
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Curtis Cokes becomes the NYSAC, WBA and WBC Welterweight world champion
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Curtis Cokes beats Jean Josselin via unanimous decision 15/15
Curtis Cokes becomes the RING Welterweight world champion
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Curtis Cokes beats Ramon La Cruz via unanimous decision 15/15
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Jose Napoles beats Curtis Cokes via corner retirement 13/15
Jose Napoles becomes the NYSAC, RING, WBA and WBC Welterweight world champion
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Jose Napoles beats Curtis Cokes via corner retirement 10/15
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Jose Napoles beats Emile Griffith via unanimous decision 15/15
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Billy Backus becomes the NYSAC, RING, WBA and WBC Welterweight world champion
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Jose Napoles becomes the NYSAC, RING, WBA and WBC Welterweight world champion
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Jose Napoles's NYSAC Welterweight world title reign ends
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Hedgemon Lewis becomes the NYSAC Welterweight world champion
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Jose Napoles's WBA Welterweight world title reign ends
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Angel Espada becomes the WBA Welterweight world champion
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John H Stracey becomes the RING and WBC Welterweight world champion
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Carlos Palomino becomes the RING and WBC Welterweight world champion
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Pipino Cuevas becomes the WBA Welterweight world champion
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Carlos Palomino beats Everaldo Costa Azevedo via unanimous decision 15/15
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Wilfred Benitez becomes the RING and WBC Welterweight world champion
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Sugar Ray Leonard becomes the RING and WBC Welterweight world champion
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Roberto Duran becomes the RING and WBC Welterweight world champion
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Thomas Hearns becomes the WBA Welterweight world champion
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Sugar Ray Leonard becomes the RING and WBC Welterweight world champion
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Sugar Ray Leonard becomes the WBA Welterweight world champion
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Sugar Ray Leonard's RING, WBC and WBA Welterweight world title reign ends
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Donald Curry becomes the WBA Welterweight world champion
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Milton McCrory becomes the WBC Welterweight world champion
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Donald Curry becomes the IBF Welterweight world champion
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Donald Curry becomes the RING and WBC Welterweight world champion
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Lloyd Honeyghan beats Donald Curry via corner retirement 6/15
Lloyd Honeyghan becomes the IBF, RING, WBA and WBC Welterweight world champion
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Lloyd Honeyghan's WBA Welterweight world title reign ends
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Mark Breland becomes the WBA Welterweight world champion
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Lloyd Honeyghan beats Maurice Blocker via unanimous decision 12/12
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Marlon Starling becomes the WBA Welterweight world champion
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Jorge Vaca becomes the RING Welterweight world champion
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Jorge Vaca becomes the WBC Welterweight world champion
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Lloyd Honeyghan becomes the RING and WBC Welterweight world champion
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Simon Brown becomes the IBF Welterweight world champion
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Tomas Molinares becomes the WBA Welterweight world champion
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Tomas Molinares's WBA Welterweight world title reign ends
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Marlon Starling becomes the RING and WBC Welterweight world champion
Mark Breland becomes the WBA Welterweight world champion
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Genaro Leon becomes the WBO Welterweight world champion
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Manning Galloway becomes the WBO Welterweight world champion
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Aaron Davis becomes the WBA Welterweight world champion
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Maurice Blocker becomes the WBC Welterweight world champion
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Meldrick Taylor becomes the WBA Welterweight world champion
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Simon Brown becomes the WBC Welterweight world champion
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Simon Brown's IBF Welterweight world title reign ends
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Maurice Blocker becomes the IBF Welterweight world champion
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Buddy McGirt becomes the WBC Welterweight world champion
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Crisanto Espana becomes the WBA Welterweight world champion
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Gert Bo Jacobsen becomes the WBO Welterweight world champion
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Pernell Whitaker becomes the WBC Welterweight world champion
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Felix Trinidad becomes the IBF Welterweight world champion
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Gert Bo Jacobsen's WBO Welterweight world title reign ends
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Eamonn Loughran becomes the WBO Welterweight world champion
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Ike Quartey becomes the WBA Welterweight world champion
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Jose Luis Lopez becomes the WBO Welterweight world champion
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Mihai Leu becomes the WBO Welterweight world champion
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Oscar De La Hoya becomes the WBC Welterweight world champion
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Mihai Leu's WBO Welterweight world title reign ends
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Akhmed Kotiev becomes the WBO Welterweight world champion
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James Page becomes the WBA Welterweight world champion
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Felix Trinidad becomes the WBC Welterweight world champion
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Felix Trinidad's IBF and WBC Welterweight world title reign ends
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Oscar De La Hoya becomes the WBC Welterweight world champion
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Daniel Santos becomes the WBO Welterweight world champion
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Shane Mosley becomes the WBC Welterweight world champion
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James Page's WBA Welterweight world title reign ends
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Andrew Lewis becomes the WBA Welterweight world champion
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Vernon Forrest becomes the IBF Welterweight world champion
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Vernon Forrest's IBF Welterweight world title reign ends
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Vernon Forrest becomes the RING and WBC Welterweight world champion
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Antonio Margarito becomes the WBO Welterweight world champion
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Ricardo Mayorga becomes the WBA Welterweight world champion
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Michele Piccirillo becomes the IBF Welterweight world champion
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Ricardo Mayorga becomes the RING, WBAS and WBC Welterweight world champion
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Cory Spinks becomes the IBF Welterweight world champion
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Ricardo Mayorga beats Vernon Forrest via majority decision 12/12
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Jose Antonio Rivera becomes the WBAR Welterweight world champion
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Cory Spinks beats Ricardo Mayorga via majority decision 12/12
Cory Spinks becomes the RING, WBAS and WBC Welterweight world champion
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Cory Spinks beats Miguel Angel Gonzalez via unanimous decision 12/12
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Zab Judah becomes the IBF, RING, WBAS and WBC Welterweight world champion
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Luis Collazo becomes the WBAR Welterweight world champion
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Carlos Baldomir becomes the RING and WBC Welterweight world champion
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Floyd Mayweather Jr becomes the IBF Welterweight world champion
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Ricky Hatton becomes the WBAR Welterweight world champion
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Floyd Mayweather Jr's IBF Welterweight world title reign ends
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Ricky Hatton's WBAR Welterweight world title reign ends
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Kermit Cintron becomes the IBF Welterweight world champion
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Floyd Mayweather Jr beats Carlos Baldomir via unanimous decision 12/12
Floyd Mayweather Jr becomes the RING and WBC Welterweight world champion
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Miguel Cotto becomes the WBAR Welterweight world champion
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Paul Williams becomes the WBO Welterweight world champion
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Carlos Quintana becomes the WBO Welterweight world champion
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Antonio Margarito becomes the IBF Welterweight world champion
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Floyd Mayweather Jr's WBC Welterweight world title reign ends
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Paul Williams becomes the WBO Welterweight world champion
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Andre Berto becomes the WBC Welterweight world champion
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Floyd Mayweather Jr's RING Welterweight world title reign ends
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Antonio Margarito's IBF Welterweight world title reign ends
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Antonio Margarito becomes the WBAR Welterweight world champion
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Joshua Clottey becomes the IBF Welterweight world champion
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Yuriy Nuzhnenko becomes the WBAR Welterweight world champion
Antonio Margarito becomes the WBAS Welterweight world champion
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Paul Williams's WBO Welterweight world title reign ends
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Shane Mosley becomes the WBAS Welterweight world champion
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Miguel Cotto becomes the WBO Welterweight world champion
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Vyacheslav Senchenko becomes the WBAR Welterweight world champion
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Joshua Clottey's IBF Welterweight world title reign ends
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Isaac Hlatshwayo becomes the IBF Welterweight world champion
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Manny Pacquiao becomes the WBO Welterweight world champion
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Dejan Zavec becomes the IBF Welterweight world champion
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Shane Mosley's WBAS Welterweight world title reign ends
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Victor Ortiz becomes the WBC Welterweight world champion
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Andre Berto becomes the IBF Welterweight world champion
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Floyd Mayweather Jr becomes the WBC Welterweight world champion
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Andre Berto's IBF Welterweight world title reign ends
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Paul Malignaggi becomes the WBAR Welterweight world champion
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Randall Bailey becomes the IBF Welterweight world champion
Timothy Bradley Jr becomes the WBO Welterweight world champion
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Devon Alexander becomes the IBF Welterweight world champion
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Floyd Mayweather Jr beats Robert Guerrero via unanimous decision 12/12
Floyd Mayweather Jr becomes the RING Welterweight world champion
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Adrien Broner becomes the WBAR Welterweight world champion
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Shawn Porter becomes the IBF Welterweight world champion
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Marcos Maidana becomes the WBAR Welterweight world champion
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Manny Pacquiao becomes the WBO Welterweight world champion
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Floyd Mayweather Jr beats Marcos Maidana via majority decision 12/12
Floyd Mayweather Jr becomes the WBAS Welterweight world champion
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Kell Brook becomes the IBF Welterweight world champion
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Floyd Mayweather Jr beats Marcos Maidana via unanimous decision 12/12
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Keith Thurman becomes the WBAR Welterweight world champion
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Floyd Mayweather Jr beats Manny Pacquiao via unanimous decision 12/12
Floyd Mayweather Jr becomes the WBO Welterweight world champion
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Timothy Bradley Jr becomes the WBO Welterweight world champion
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Floyd Mayweather Jr beats Andre Berto via unanimous decision 12/12
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Floyd Mayweather Jr's WBC Welterweight world title reign ends
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Floyd Mayweather Jr's WBAS Welterweight world title reign ends
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Danny Garcia becomes the WBC Welterweight world champion
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Timothy Bradley Jr's WBO Welterweight world title reign ends
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Jessie Vargas becomes the WBO Welterweight world champion
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Manny Pacquiao becomes the WBO Welterweight world champion
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David Avanesyan becomes the WBAR Welterweight world champion
Keith Thurman becomes the WBAS Welterweight world champion
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Lamont Peterson becomes the WBAR Welterweight world champion
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Keith Thurman becomes the WBC Welterweight world champion
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Errol Spence Jr becomes the IBF Welterweight world champion
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Jeff Horn becomes the WBO Welterweight world champion
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Lamont Peterson's WBAR Welterweight world title reign ends
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Lucas Martin Matthysse becomes the WBAR Welterweight world champion
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Keith Thurman's WBC Welterweight world title reign ends
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Terence Crawford becomes the WBO Welterweight world champion
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Manny Pacquiao becomes the WBAR Welterweight world champion
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Shawn Porter becomes the WBC Welterweight world champion
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Manny Pacquiao becomes the WBAS Welterweight world champion
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Errol Spence Jr becomes the WBC Welterweight world champion
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Yordenis Ugas becomes the WBAR Welterweight world champion
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Yordenis Ugas becomes the WBAS Welterweight world champion
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Jamal James becomes the WBAR Welterweight world champion
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Radzhab Butaev becomes the WBAR Welterweight world champion
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Eimantas Stanionis becomes the WBAR Welterweight world champion
Errol Spence Jr becomes the WBAS Welterweight world champion
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