Welterweight

Scheduled world title bouts

Current champions

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RING

Timeline

  1. 17 Mar 1919

    Jack Britton beats Ted Kid Lewis via knockout 9/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

    Jack Britton becomes the IBU Welterweight world champion

  2. 24 Mar 1919

    Jack Britton and Jack Perry share a draw 10/10

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  3. 19 May 1919

    Jack Britton beats Joe Welling via newspaper decision 10/10

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  4. 28 Jul 1919

    Jack Britton beats Ted Kid Lewis via newspaper decision 8/8

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  5. 5 Nov 1919

    Jack Britton beats Johnny Tillman via newspaper decision 10/10

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  6. 25 Mar 1920

    Jack Britton becomes the NYSAC Welterweight world champion

  7. 31 May 1920

    Jack Britton beats Johnny Griffiths via newspaper decision 15/15

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  8. 2 Jun 1920

    Jack Britton beats Young Joe Borrell via newspaper decision 8/8

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  9. 23 Aug 1920

  10. 3 Sep 1920

    Jack Britton beats Johnny Tillman via newspaper decision 10/10

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  11. 7 Feb 1921

    Jack Britton beats Ted Kid Lewis via unanimous decision 15/15

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  12. 3 Jun 1921

  13. 8 Jun 1921

    Jack Britton and Frank Barrieau share a draw 10/10

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  14. 2 Jul 1921

    Jack Britton becomes the WBA Welterweight world champion

  15. 17 Feb 1922

  16. 26 Jun 1922

  17. 1 Nov 1922

    Mickey Walker becomes the IBU, NYSAC and WBA Welterweight world champion

  18. 22 Mar 1923

  19. 6 Jun 1923

    Dave Shade becomes the NYSAC Welterweight world champion

  20. 27 Jul 1923

    Jimmy Jones becomes the NYSAC Welterweight world champion

  21. 8 Oct 1923

  22. 20 Oct 1923

    Mickey Walker becomes the NYSAC Welterweight world champion

  23. 18 Jan 1924

    Mickey Walker becomes the RING Welterweight world champion

  24. 2 Jun 1924

    Mickey Walker beats Lew Tendler via unanimous decision 10/10

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  25. 1 Oct 1924

  26. 21 Sep 1925

  27. 25 Nov 1925

    Mickey Walker beats Sailor Friedman via newspaper decision 12/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  28. 20 May 1926

    Pete Latzo becomes the IBU, NYSAC, RING and WBA Welterweight world champion

  29. 29 Jun 1926

  30. 9 Jul 1926

    Pete Latzo beats George Levine via disqualification 4/15

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  31. 3 Jun 1927

    Joe Dundee becomes the IBU, NYSAC, RING and WBA Welterweight world champion

  32. 13 Jul 1927

    Joe Dundee beats Billy Drako via newspaper decision 10/10

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  33. 21 Mar 1929

    Joe Dundee's WBA Welterweight world title reign ends

  34. 25 Mar 1929

    Jackie Fields becomes the WBA Welterweight world champion

  35. 25 Jul 1929

    Jackie Fields becomes the IBU, NYSAC and RING Welterweight world champion

  36. 9 May 1930

    Jack Thompson becomes the IBU, NYSAC, RING and WBA Welterweight world champion

  37. 5 Sep 1930

    Tommy Freeman becomes the IBU, NYSAC, RING and WBA Welterweight world champion

  38. 14 Apr 1931

    Jack Thompson becomes the IBU, NYSAC, RING and WBA Welterweight world champion

  39. 23 Oct 1931

    Lou Brouillard becomes the IBU, NYSAC, RING and WBA Welterweight world champion

  40. 28 Jan 1932

    Jackie Fields becomes the IBU, NYSAC, RING and WBA Welterweight world champion

  41. 1 Jan 1933

    Jimmy McLarnin becomes the RING Welterweight world champion

  42. 22 Feb 1933

    Young Corbett III becomes the IBU, NYSAC, RING and WBA Welterweight world champion

  43. 29 May 1933

    Jimmy McLarnin becomes the IBU, NYSAC and WBA Welterweight world champion

  44. 28 May 1934

    Barney Ross becomes the IBU, NYSAC, RING and WBA Welterweight world champion

  45. 17 Sep 1934

    Jimmy McLarnin becomes the IBU, NYSAC, RING and WBA Welterweight world champion

  46. 28 May 1935

    Barney Ross becomes the IBU, NYSAC, RING and WBA Welterweight world champion

  47. 27 Nov 1936

    Barney Ross beats Izzy Jannazzo via unanimous decision 15/15

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  48. 23 Sep 1937

  49. 1 Jan 1938

    Barney Ross's IBU Welterweight world title reign ends

  50. 16 Feb 1938

    Felix Wouters beats Gustav Eder via split decision 15/15

    Welterweight (147 lb)

    Felix Wouters becomes the IBU Welterweight world champion

  51. 1 Apr 1938

    Felix Wouters's IBU Welterweight world title reign ends

  52. 31 May 1938

    Henry Armstrong becomes the NYSAC, RING and WBA Welterweight world champion

  53. 25 Nov 1938

  54. 5 Dec 1938

  55. 10 Jan 1939

  56. 4 Mar 1939

  57. 16 Mar 1939

  58. 31 Mar 1939

  59. 25 May 1939

    Henry Armstrong beats Ernie Roderick via points decision 15/15

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  60. 9 Oct 1939

  61. 13 Oct 1939

  62. 20 Oct 1939

  63. 24 Oct 1939

    Henry Armstrong beats Jimmy Garrison via points decision 10/10

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  64. 30 Oct 1939

  65. 11 Dec 1939

  66. 4 Jan 1940

  67. 24 Jan 1940

  68. 26 Apr 1940

  69. 24 May 1940

  70. 21 Jun 1940

  71. 23 Sep 1940

  72. 4 Oct 1940

    Fritzie Zivic becomes the NYSAC, RING and WBA Welterweight world champion

  73. 17 Jan 1941

  74. 29 Jul 1941

    Freddie Cochrane becomes the NYSAC, RING and WBA Welterweight world champion

  75. 1 Feb 1946

    Marty Servo becomes the NYSAC, RING and WBA Welterweight world champion

  76. 25 Sep 1946

    Marty Servo's NYSAC, RING and WBA Welterweight world title reign ends

  77. 20 Dec 1946

    Sugar Ray Robinson beats Tommy Bell via unanimous decision 15/15

    Welterweight (147 lb)

    Sugar Ray Robinson becomes the NYSAC, RING and WBA Welterweight world champion

  78. 24 Jun 1947

  79. 19 Dec 1947

  80. 28 Jun 1948

    Sugar Ray Robinson beats Bernard Docusen via unanimous decision 15/15

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  81. 11 Jul 1949

  82. 9 Aug 1950

    Sugar Ray Robinson beats Charley Fusari via points decision 15/15

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  83. 1 Jan 1951

    Sugar Ray Robinson's RING Welterweight world title reign ends

  84. 14 Feb 1951

    Sugar Ray Robinson's NYSAC and WBA Welterweight world title reign ends

  85. 14 Mar 1951

    Johnny Bratton beats Charley Fusari via split decision 15/15

    Welterweight (147 lb)

    Johnny Bratton becomes the WBA Welterweight world champion

  86. 18 May 1951

    Kid Gavilan becomes the NYSAC and WBA Welterweight world champion

  87. 29 Aug 1951

    Kid Gavilan beats Billy Graham via split decision 15/15

    Welterweight (147 lb)

    Kid Gavilan becomes the RING Welterweight world champion

  88. 4 Feb 1952

    Kid Gavilan beats Bobby Dykes via split decision 15/15

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  89. 7 Jul 1952

  90. 5 Oct 1952

    Kid Gavilan beats Billy Graham via unanimous decision 15/15

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  91. 11 Feb 1953

  92. 18 Sep 1953

  93. 13 Nov 1953

  94. 20 Oct 1954

    Johnny Saxton becomes the NYSAC, RING and WBA Welterweight world champion

  95. 1 Apr 1955

    Tony DeMarco becomes the NYSAC, RING and WBA Welterweight world champion

  96. 10 Jun 1955

    Carmen Basilio becomes the NYSAC, RING and WBA Welterweight world champion

  97. 30 Nov 1955

  98. 14 Mar 1956

    Johnny Saxton becomes the NYSAC, RING and WBA Welterweight world champion

  99. 12 Sep 1956

    Carmen Basilio becomes the NYSAC, RING and WBA Welterweight world champion

  100. 22 Feb 1957

  101. 23 Sep 1957

    Carmen Basilio's NYSAC, RING and WBA Welterweight world title reign ends

  102. 29 Oct 1957

    Virgil Akins becomes the NYSAC Welterweight world champion

  103. 21 Jan 1958

  104. 21 Mar 1958

    Virgil Akins beats Isaac Logart via knockout 6/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  105. 6 Jun 1958

    Virgil Akins becomes the RING and WBA Welterweight world champion

  106. 5 Dec 1958

    Don Jordan becomes the NYSAC, RING and WBA Welterweight world champion

  107. 24 Apr 1959

  108. 10 Jul 1959

  109. 27 May 1960

    Benny Paret becomes the NYSAC, RING and WBA Welterweight world champion

  110. 10 Dec 1960

    Benny Paret beats Luis Federico Thompson via unanimous decision 15/15

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  111. 1 Apr 1961

    Emile Griffith becomes the NYSAC, RING and WBA Welterweight world champion

  112. 3 Jun 1961

  113. 30 Sep 1961

    Benny Paret becomes the NYSAC, RING and WBA Welterweight world champion

  114. 24 Mar 1962

    Emile Griffith becomes the NYSAC, RING and WBA Welterweight world champion

  115. 13 Jul 1962

  116. 8 Dec 1962

  117. 14 Feb 1963

    Emile Griffith becomes the WBC Welterweight world champion

  118. 21 Mar 1963

    Luis Rodriguez becomes the NYSAC, RING, WBA and WBC Welterweight world champion

  119. 8 Jun 1963

    Emile Griffith becomes the NYSAC, RING, WBA and WBC Welterweight world champion

  120. 12 Jun 1964

  121. 22 Sep 1964

    Emile Griffith beats Brian Curvis via unanimous decision 15/15

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  122. 1 Dec 1964

    Emile Griffith beats Dave Charnley via knockout 9/10

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  123. 30 Mar 1965

    Emile Griffith beats Jose Stable via unanimous decision 15/15

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  124. 10 Dec 1965

    Emile Griffith beats Manuel Gonzalez via unanimous decision 15/15

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  125. 25 Apr 1966

    Emile Griffith's RING and WBC Welterweight world title reign ends

  126. 11 Jun 1966

    Emile Griffith's WBA Welterweight world title reign ends

  127. 1 Aug 1966

    Emile Griffith's NYSAC Welterweight world title reign ends

  128. 24 Aug 1966

    Curtis Cokes beats Manuel Gonzalez via unanimous decision 15/15

    Welterweight (147 lb)

    Curtis Cokes becomes the NYSAC, WBA and WBC Welterweight world champion

  129. 28 Nov 1966

    Curtis Cokes beats Jean Josselin via unanimous decision 15/15

    Welterweight (147 lb)

    Curtis Cokes becomes the RING Welterweight world champion

  130. 19 May 1967

  131. 2 Oct 1967

  132. 16 Apr 1968

  133. 21 Oct 1968

    Curtis Cokes beats Ramon La Cruz via unanimous decision 15/15

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  134. 18 Apr 1969

    Jose Napoles becomes the NYSAC, RING, WBA and WBC Welterweight world champion

  135. 29 Jun 1969

  136. 17 Oct 1969

  137. 14 Feb 1970

  138. 3 Dec 1970

    Billy Backus becomes the NYSAC, RING, WBA and WBC Welterweight world champion

  139. 4 Jun 1971

    Jose Napoles becomes the NYSAC, RING, WBA and WBC Welterweight world champion

  140. 1 Nov 1971

    Jose Napoles's NYSAC Welterweight world title reign ends

  141. 14 Dec 1971

  142. 28 Mar 1972

  143. 10 Jun 1972

  144. 16 Jun 1972

    Hedgemon Lewis becomes the NYSAC Welterweight world champion

  145. 8 Dec 1972

  146. 28 Feb 1973

  147. 23 Jun 1973

    Jose Napoles beats Roger Menetrey via unanimous decision 15/15

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  148. 22 Sep 1973

    Jose Napoles beats Clyde Gray via unanimous decision 15/15

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  149. 3 Aug 1974

  150. 14 Dec 1974

    Jose Napoles beats Horacio Agustin Saldano via knockout 3/15

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  151. 29 Mar 1975

    Jose Napoles beats Armando Muniz via technical decision 12/15

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  152. 16 May 1975

    Jose Napoles's WBA Welterweight world title reign ends

  153. 28 Jun 1975

    Angel Espada beats Clyde Gray via unanimous decision 15/15

    Welterweight (147 lb)

    Angel Espada becomes the WBA Welterweight world champion

  154. 12 Jul 1975

    Jose Napoles beats Armando Muniz via unanimous decision 15/15

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  155. 11 Oct 1975

    Angel Espada beats Johnny Gant via unanimous decision 15/15

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  156. 6 Dec 1975

    John H Stracey becomes the RING and WBC Welterweight world champion

  157. 20 Mar 1976

  158. 22 Jun 1976

    Carlos Palomino becomes the RING and WBC Welterweight world champion

  159. 17 Jul 1976

    Pipino Cuevas becomes the WBA Welterweight world champion

  160. 27 Oct 1976

    Pipino Cuevas beats Shoji Tsujimoto via knockout 6/15

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  161. 21 Jan 1977

    Carlos Palomino beats Armando Muniz via knockout 15/15

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  162. 12 Mar 1977

    Pipino Cuevas beats Miguel Angel Campanino via knockout 2/15

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  163. 14 Jun 1977

    Carlos Palomino beats Dave 'Boy' Green via knockout 11/15

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  164. 6 Aug 1977

    Pipino Cuevas beats Clyde Gray via knockout 2/15

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  165. 13 Sep 1977

    Carlos Palomino beats Everaldo Costa Azevedo via unanimous decision 15/15

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  166. 19 Nov 1977

  167. 10 Dec 1977

    Carlos Palomino beats Jose Palacios via knockout 13/15

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  168. 11 Feb 1978

    Carlos Palomino beats Ryu Sorimachi via knockout 7/15

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  169. 4 Mar 1978

    Pipino Cuevas beats Harold Weston via corner retirement 9/15

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  170. 18 Mar 1978

    Carlos Palomino beats Mimoun Mohatar via knockout 9/15

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  171. 20 May 1978

  172. 27 May 1978

    Carlos Palomino beats Armando Muniz via unanimous decision 15/15

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  173. 9 Sep 1978

    Pipino Cuevas beats Pete Ranzany via knockout 2/15

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  174. 14 Jan 1979

    Wilfred Benitez becomes the RING and WBC Welterweight world champion

  175. 29 Jan 1979

    Pipino Cuevas beats Scott Clark via knockout 2/15

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  176. 25 Mar 1979

    Wilfred Benitez beats Harold Weston via unanimous decision 15/15

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  177. 30 Jul 1979

    Pipino Cuevas beats Randy Shields via unanimous decision 15/15

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  178. 30 Nov 1979

    Sugar Ray Leonard becomes the RING and WBC Welterweight world champion

  179. 8 Dec 1979

  180. 31 Mar 1980

    Sugar Ray Leonard beats Dave 'Boy' Green via knockout 4/15

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  181. 6 Apr 1980

    Pipino Cuevas beats Harold Volbrecht via knockout 5/15

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  182. 20 Jun 1980

    Roberto Duran becomes the RING and WBC Welterweight world champion

  183. 2 Aug 1980

    Thomas Hearns becomes the WBA Welterweight world champion

  184. 25 Nov 1980

    Sugar Ray Leonard becomes the RING and WBC Welterweight world champion

  185. 6 Dec 1980

    Thomas Hearns beats Luis Primera via knockout 6/15

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  186. 28 Mar 1981

  187. 25 Apr 1981

    Thomas Hearns beats Randy Shields via knockout 12/15

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  188. 25 Jun 1981

    Thomas Hearns beats Pablo Baez via knockout 4/15

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  189. 16 Sep 1981

    Sugar Ray Leonard becomes the WBA Welterweight world champion

  190. 15 Feb 1982

  191. 9 Nov 1982

    Sugar Ray Leonard's RING, WBC and WBA Welterweight world title reign ends

  192. 13 Feb 1983

    Donald Curry beats Jun Suk Hwang via unanimous decision 15/15

    Welterweight (147 lb)

    Donald Curry becomes the WBA Welterweight world champion

  193. 19 Mar 1983

    Milton McCrory and Colin Jones share a draw 12/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  194. 13 Aug 1983

    Milton McCrory beats Colin Jones via split decision 12/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

    Milton McCrory becomes the WBC Welterweight world champion

  195. 3 Sep 1983

    Donald Curry beats Roger Stafford via knockout 1/15

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  196. 14 Jan 1984

    Milton McCrory beats Milton Guest via knockout 6/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  197. 4 Feb 1984

    Donald Curry becomes the IBF Welterweight world champion

  198. 15 Apr 1984

    Milton McCrory beats Gilles Elbilia via knockout 6/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  199. 21 Apr 1984

    Donald Curry beats Elio Diaz via corner retirement 7/15

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  200. 22 Sep 1984

    Donald Curry beats Nino La Rocca via knockout 6/15

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  201. 19 Jan 1985

    Donald Curry beats Colin Jones via knockout 4/15

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  202. 9 Mar 1985

    Milton McCrory beats Pedro Vilella via unanimous decision 12/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  203. 14 Jul 1985

    Milton McCrory beats Carlos Trujillo via knockout 3/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  204. 6 Dec 1985

    Donald Curry becomes the RING and WBC Welterweight world champion

  205. 9 Mar 1986

    Donald Curry beats Eduardo Rodriguez via knockout 2/15

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  206. 27 Sep 1986

    Lloyd Honeyghan becomes the IBF, RING, WBA and WBC Welterweight world champion

  207. 1 Dec 1986

    Lloyd Honeyghan's WBA Welterweight world title reign ends

  208. 6 Feb 1987

    Mark Breland beats Harold Volbrecht via knockout 7/15

    Welterweight (147 lb)

    Mark Breland becomes the WBA Welterweight world champion

  209. 22 Feb 1987

  210. 18 Apr 1987

  211. 22 Aug 1987

    Marlon Starling becomes the WBA Welterweight world champion

  212. 30 Aug 1987

  213. 27 Oct 1987

    Jorge Vaca becomes the RING Welterweight world champion

  214. 28 Oct 1987

    Jorge Vaca becomes the WBC Welterweight world champion

  215. 5 Feb 1988

    Marlon Starling beats Fujio Ozaki via unanimous decision 12/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  216. 29 Mar 1988

    Lloyd Honeyghan becomes the RING and WBC Welterweight world champion

  217. 16 Apr 1988

  218. 23 Apr 1988

    Simon Brown beats Tyrone Trice via knockout 14/15

    Welterweight (147 lb)

    Simon Brown becomes the IBF Welterweight world champion

  219. 16 Jul 1988

  220. 29 Jul 1988

    Lloyd Honeyghan beats Young Kil Jung via knockout 5/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

    Tomas Molinares becomes the WBA Welterweight world champion

  221. 14 Oct 1988

    Simon Brown beats Mauro Martelli via unanimous decision 12/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  222. 12 Dec 1988

    Tomas Molinares's WBA Welterweight world title reign ends

  223. 4 Feb 1989

    Mark Breland beats Seung Soon Lee via knockout 1/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

    Marlon Starling becomes the RING and WBC Welterweight world champion

    Mark Breland becomes the WBA Welterweight world champion

  224. 18 Feb 1989

    Simon Brown beats Jorge Maysonet via knockout 3/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  225. 22 Apr 1989

  226. 27 Apr 1989

    Simon Brown beats Al Long via knockout 7/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  227. 6 May 1989

    Genaro Leon beats Danny Garcia via knockout 1/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

    Genaro Leon becomes the WBO Welterweight world champion

  228. 15 Sep 1989

    Marlon Starling beats Young Kil Jung via unanimous decision 12/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  229. 20 Sep 1989

    Simon Brown beats Bobby Joe Young via knockout 2/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  230. 13 Oct 1989

    Mark Breland beats Mauro Martelli via knockout 2/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  231. 9 Nov 1989

  232. 10 Dec 1989

    Mark Breland beats Fujio Ozaki via knockout 4/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  233. 15 Dec 1989

    Manning Galloway beats Veabro Boykin via points decision 12/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

    Manning Galloway becomes the WBO Welterweight world champion

  234. 3 Mar 1990

  235. 1 Apr 1990

    Simon Brown beats Tyrone Trice via knockout 10/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  236. 8 Jul 1990

    Aaron Davis becomes the WBA Welterweight world champion

  237. 19 Aug 1990

    Maurice Blocker becomes the WBC Welterweight world champion

  238. 25 Aug 1990

    Manning Galloway beats Nika Khumalo via unanimous decision 12/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  239. 19 Jan 1991

    Meldrick Taylor becomes the WBA Welterweight world champion

  240. 15 Feb 1991

  241. 18 Mar 1991

    Simon Brown becomes the WBC Welterweight world champion

  242. 1 May 1991

    Simon Brown's IBF Welterweight world title reign ends

  243. 17 May 1991

    Manning Galloway beats Racheed Lawal via corner retirement 7/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  244. 1 Jun 1991

    Meldrick Taylor beats Luis Garcia via split decision 12/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  245. 15 Sep 1991

    Manning Galloway beats Jeff Malcolm via unanimous decision 12/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  246. 4 Oct 1991

    Maurice Blocker beats Glenwood Brown via split decision 12/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

    Maurice Blocker becomes the IBF Welterweight world champion

  247. 29 Nov 1991

    Buddy McGirt becomes the WBC Welterweight world champion

  248. 14 Dec 1991

    Manning Galloway beats Nika Khumalo via split decision 12/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  249. 18 Jan 1992

    Meldrick Taylor beats Glenwood Brown via unanimous decision 12/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  250. 25 Jun 1992

  251. 25 Jul 1992

    Manning Galloway beats Pat Barrett via unanimous decision 12/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  252. 28 Aug 1992

    Maurice Blocker beats Luis Garcia via split decision 12/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  253. 31 Oct 1992

    Crisanto Espana becomes the WBA Welterweight world champion

  254. 27 Nov 1992

  255. 12 Jan 1993

  256. 12 Feb 1993

    Gert Bo Jacobsen becomes the WBO Welterweight world champion

  257. 6 Mar 1993

    Pernell Whitaker becomes the WBC Welterweight world champion

  258. 5 May 1993

    Crisanto Espana beats Rodolfo Aguilar via unanimous decision 12/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  259. 19 Jun 1993

    Felix Trinidad becomes the IBF Welterweight world champion

  260. 6 Aug 1993

    Felix Trinidad beats Luis Garcia via knockout 1/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  261. 10 Sep 1993

  262. 1 Oct 1993

    Gert Bo Jacobsen's WBO Welterweight world title reign ends

  263. 9 Oct 1993

    Crisanto Espana beats Donovan Boucher via knockout 10/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  264. 16 Oct 1993

    Eamonn Loughran beats Lorenzo Smith via unanimous decision 12/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

    Eamonn Loughran becomes the WBO Welterweight world champion

  265. 23 Oct 1993

    Felix Trinidad beats Anthony Stephens via knockout 10/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  266. 22 Jan 1994

    Eamonn Loughran beats Alessandro Duran via unanimous decision 12/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  267. 29 Jan 1994

  268. 9 Apr 1994

    Pernell Whitaker beats Santos Cardona via unanimous decision 12/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  269. 4 Jun 1994

    Ike Quartey becomes the WBA Welterweight world champion

  270. 17 Sep 1994

  271. 1 Oct 1994

    Ike Quartey beats Alberto Cortes via knockout 5/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  272. 10 Dec 1994

  273. 4 Mar 1995

    Ike Quartey beats Jung Oh Park via knockout 4/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  274. 8 Apr 1995

    Felix Trinidad beats Roger Turner via knockout 2/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  275. 27 May 1995

    Eamonn Loughran v Angel Beltre results in a no contest 3/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  276. 23 Aug 1995

    Ike Quartey beats Andrew Murray via knockout 4/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  277. 26 Aug 1995

    Pernell Whitaker beats Gary Jacobs via unanimous decision 12/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

    Eamonn Loughran beats Tony Gannarelli via knockout 6/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  278. 7 Oct 1995

    Eamonn Loughran beats Angel Beltre via unanimous decision 12/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  279. 18 Nov 1995

  280. 10 Feb 1996

    Felix Trinidad beats Rodney Moore via corner retirement 4/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  281. 12 Apr 1996

  282. 13 Apr 1996

    Jose Luis Lopez becomes the WBO Welterweight world champion

  283. 18 May 1996

  284. 7 Sep 1996

    Felix Trinidad beats Ray Lovato via knockout 6/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  285. 20 Sep 1996

    Pernell Whitaker beats Wilfredo Rivera via unanimous decision 12/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  286. 4 Oct 1996

    Ike Quartey beats Oba Carr via majority decision 12/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  287. 6 Oct 1996

  288. 11 Jan 1997

    Felix Trinidad beats Kevin Lueshing via knockout 3/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  289. 24 Jan 1997

  290. 22 Feb 1997

    Mihai Leu becomes the WBO Welterweight world champion

  291. 12 Apr 1997

    Oscar De La Hoya becomes the WBC Welterweight world champion

  292. 18 Apr 1997

    Ike Quartey beats Ralph Jones via knockout 5/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  293. 1 Jun 1997

    Mihai Leu's WBO Welterweight world title reign ends

  294. 14 Jun 1997

    Oscar De La Hoya beats David Kamau via knockout 2/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  295. 13 Sep 1997

  296. 20 Sep 1997

    Mihai Leu beats Michael Carruth via majority decision 12/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  297. 17 Oct 1997

  298. 6 Dec 1997

    Oscar De La Hoya beats Wilfredo Rivera via knockout 8/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  299. 14 Feb 1998

    Akhmed Kotiev becomes the WBO Welterweight world champion

  300. 3 Apr 1998

    Felix Trinidad beats Mahenge Zulu via knockout 4/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  301. 23 May 1998

    Akhmed Kotiev beats Paulo Alejandro Sanchez via unanimous decision 12/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  302. 13 Jun 1998

    Oscar De La Hoya beats Patrick Charpentier via knockout 3/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  303. 18 Sep 1998

  304. 10 Oct 1998

    James Page beats Andrey Pestryaev via knockout 2/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

    James Page becomes the WBA Welterweight world champion

  305. 28 Nov 1998

    Akhmed Kotiev beats Santos Cardona via unanimous decision 12/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  306. 5 Dec 1998

  307. 13 Feb 1999

  308. 20 Feb 1999

  309. 13 Mar 1999

    James Page beats Sam Garr via unanimous decision 12/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  310. 24 Apr 1999

    Akhmed Kotiev beats Peter Malinga via knockout 3/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  311. 22 May 1999

    Oscar De La Hoya beats Oba Carr via knockout 11/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  312. 29 May 1999

    Felix Trinidad beats Hugo Pineda via knockout 4/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  313. 24 Jul 1999

  314. 18 Sep 1999

    Felix Trinidad becomes the WBC Welterweight world champion

  315. 27 Nov 1999

  316. 3 Mar 2000

    Felix Trinidad's IBF and WBC Welterweight world title reign ends

  317. 4 Mar 2000

    Oscar De La Hoya becomes the WBC Welterweight world champion

  318. 6 May 2000

    Daniel Santos becomes the WBO Welterweight world champion

  319. 17 Jun 2000

    Shane Mosley becomes the WBC Welterweight world champion

  320. 29 Jul 2000

  321. 1 Aug 2000

    James Page's WBA Welterweight world title reign ends

  322. 26 Aug 2000

    Vernon Forrest v Raul Frank results in a no contest 3/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  323. 4 Nov 2000

    Shane Mosley beats Antonio Diaz via knockout 6/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  324. 16 Dec 2000

    Daniel Santos beats Neil Sinclair via knockout 2/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  325. 17 Feb 2001

    Andrew Lewis becomes the WBA Welterweight world champion

  326. 10 Mar 2001

    Shane Mosley beats Shannan Taylor via corner retirement 5/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  327. 28 Apr 2001

    Andrew Lewis beats Larry Marks via unanimous decision 12/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  328. 12 May 2001

    Vernon Forrest beats Raul Frank via unanimous decision 12/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

    Vernon Forrest becomes the IBF Welterweight world champion

  329. 21 Jul 2001

  330. 28 Jul 2001

  331. 12 Dec 2001

    Vernon Forrest's IBF Welterweight world title reign ends

  332. 26 Jan 2002

    Vernon Forrest becomes the RING and WBC Welterweight world champion

  333. 16 Mar 2002

    Antonio Margarito beats Antonio Diaz via knockout 10/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

    Antonio Margarito becomes the WBO Welterweight world champion

  334. 30 Mar 2002

    Ricardo Mayorga becomes the WBA Welterweight world champion

  335. 13 Apr 2002

    Michele Piccirillo becomes the IBF Welterweight world champion

  336. 20 Jul 2002

  337. 12 Oct 2002

    Antonio Margarito beats Danny Perez via unanimous decision 12/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  338. 25 Jan 2003

    Ricardo Mayorga becomes the RING, WBAS and WBC Welterweight world champion

  339. 8 Feb 2003

  340. 22 Mar 2003

    Cory Spinks becomes the IBF Welterweight world champion

  341. 12 Jul 2003

  342. 12 Sep 2003

    Jose Antonio Rivera becomes the WBAR Welterweight world champion

  343. 13 Sep 2003

    Jose Antonio Rivera beats Michel Trabant via majority decision 12/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  344. 13 Dec 2003

    Cory Spinks becomes the RING, WBAS and WBC Welterweight world champion

  345. 31 Jan 2004

    Antonio Margarito beats Hercules Kyvelos via knockout 2/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  346. 10 Apr 2004

  347. 4 Sep 2004

  348. 5 Feb 2005

    Zab Judah becomes the IBF, RING, WBAS and WBC Welterweight world champion

  349. 18 Feb 2005

    Antonio Margarito beats Sebastian Andres Lujan via knockout 10/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  350. 2 Apr 2005

    Luis Collazo becomes the WBAR Welterweight world champion

  351. 23 Apr 2005

  352. 14 May 2005

    Zab Judah beats Cosme Rivera Yocupicio via knockout 3/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  353. 13 Aug 2005

  354. 7 Jan 2006

    Carlos Baldomir becomes the RING and WBC Welterweight world champion

  355. 18 Feb 2006

    Antonio Margarito beats Manuel Gomez via knockout 1/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  356. 8 Apr 2006

    Floyd Mayweather Jr becomes the IBF Welterweight world champion

  357. 13 May 2006

    Ricky Hatton becomes the WBAR Welterweight world champion

  358. 20 Jun 2006

    Floyd Mayweather Jr's IBF Welterweight world title reign ends

  359. 22 Jul 2006

  360. 31 Aug 2006

    Ricky Hatton's WBAR Welterweight world title reign ends

  361. 28 Oct 2006

    Kermit Cintron beats Mark Suarez via knockout 5/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

    Kermit Cintron becomes the IBF Welterweight world champion

  362. 4 Nov 2006

    Floyd Mayweather Jr becomes the RING and WBC Welterweight world champion

  363. 2 Dec 2006

    Miguel Cotto becomes the WBAR Welterweight world champion

  364. 3 Mar 2007

    Miguel Cotto beats Oktay Urkal via knockout 11/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  365. 9 Jun 2007

  366. 14 Jul 2007

    Kermit Cintron beats Walter Dario Matthysse via knockout 2/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

    Paul Williams becomes the WBO Welterweight world champion

  367. 10 Nov 2007

  368. 23 Nov 2007

    Kermit Cintron beats Jesse Feliciano via knockout 10/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  369. 8 Dec 2007

  370. 9 Feb 2008

    Carlos Quintana becomes the WBO Welterweight world champion

  371. 12 Apr 2008

    Miguel Cotto beats Alfonso Gomez via corner retirement 5/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

    Antonio Margarito becomes the IBF Welterweight world champion

  372. 6 Jun 2008

    Floyd Mayweather Jr's WBC Welterweight world title reign ends

  373. 7 Jun 2008

    Paul Williams becomes the WBO Welterweight world champion

  374. 21 Jun 2008

    Andre Berto beats Miguel Angel Rodriguez via knockout 7/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

    Andre Berto becomes the WBC Welterweight world champion

  375. 29 Jun 2008

    Floyd Mayweather Jr's RING Welterweight world title reign ends

  376. 25 Jul 2008

    Antonio Margarito's IBF Welterweight world title reign ends

  377. 26 Jul 2008

    Antonio Margarito becomes the WBAR Welterweight world champion

  378. 2 Aug 2008

    Joshua Clottey becomes the IBF Welterweight world champion

  379. 27 Sep 2008

  380. 3 Oct 2008

    Yuriy Nuzhnenko becomes the WBAR Welterweight world champion

    Antonio Margarito becomes the WBAS Welterweight world champion

  381. 12 Nov 2008

    Paul Williams's WBO Welterweight world title reign ends

  382. 17 Jan 2009

  383. 24 Jan 2009

    Shane Mosley becomes the WBAS Welterweight world champion

  384. 21 Feb 2009

    Miguel Cotto beats Michael Jennings via knockout 5/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

    Miguel Cotto becomes the WBO Welterweight world champion

  385. 10 Apr 2009

    Vyacheslav Senchenko becomes the WBAR Welterweight world champion

  386. 16 Apr 2009

    Joshua Clottey's IBF Welterweight world title reign ends

  387. 30 May 2009

  388. 13 Jun 2009

  389. 1 Aug 2009

    Isaac Hlatshwayo beats Delvin Rodriguez via split decision 12/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

    Isaac Hlatshwayo becomes the IBF Welterweight world champion

  390. 3 Oct 2009

    Vyacheslav Senchenko beats Motoki Sasaki via unanimous decision 12/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  391. 14 Nov 2009

    Manny Pacquiao becomes the WBO Welterweight world champion

  392. 11 Dec 2009

    Dejan Zavec becomes the IBF Welterweight world champion

  393. 13 Mar 2010

  394. 9 Apr 2010

    Dejan Zavec beats Rodolfo Ezequiel Martinez via knockout 12/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  395. 10 Apr 2010

  396. 22 May 2010

    Shane Mosley's WBAS Welterweight world title reign ends

  397. 30 Aug 2010

    Vyacheslav Senchenko beats Charlie Navarro via unanimous decision 12/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  398. 4 Sep 2010

    Dejan Zavec beats Rafal Jackiewicz via majority decision 12/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  399. 27 Nov 2010

    Andre Berto beats Freddy Hernandez via knockout 1/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  400. 18 Feb 2011

    Dejan Zavec beats Paul Delgado via knockout 5/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  401. 16 Apr 2011

    Victor Ortiz becomes the WBC Welterweight world champion

  402. 7 May 2011

  403. 26 Aug 2011

    Vyacheslav Senchenko beats Marco Antonio Avendano via knockout 6/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  404. 3 Sep 2011

    Andre Berto becomes the IBF Welterweight world champion

  405. 17 Sep 2011

    Floyd Mayweather Jr becomes the WBC Welterweight world champion

  406. 8 Nov 2011

    Andre Berto's IBF Welterweight world title reign ends

  407. 12 Nov 2011

  408. 29 Apr 2012

    Paul Malignaggi becomes the WBAR Welterweight world champion

  409. 9 Jun 2012

    Randall Bailey beats Mike Jones via knockout 11/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

    Randall Bailey becomes the IBF Welterweight world champion

    Timothy Bradley Jr becomes the WBO Welterweight world champion

  410. 20 Oct 2012

    Paul Malignaggi beats Pablo Cesar Cano via split decision 12/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

    Devon Alexander becomes the IBF Welterweight world champion

  411. 16 Mar 2013

  412. 4 May 2013

    Floyd Mayweather Jr becomes the RING Welterweight world champion

  413. 22 Jun 2013

    Adrien Broner becomes the WBAR Welterweight world champion

  414. 12 Oct 2013

  415. 7 Dec 2013

    Shawn Porter becomes the IBF Welterweight world champion

  416. 14 Dec 2013

    Marcos Maidana becomes the WBAR Welterweight world champion

  417. 12 Apr 2014

    Manny Pacquiao becomes the WBO Welterweight world champion

  418. 19 Apr 2014

  419. 3 May 2014

    Floyd Mayweather Jr becomes the WBAS Welterweight world champion

  420. 16 Aug 2014

    Kell Brook becomes the IBF Welterweight world champion

  421. 13 Sep 2014

  422. 23 Nov 2014

  423. 28 Jan 2015

    Keith Thurman becomes the WBAR Welterweight world champion

  424. 7 Mar 2015

  425. 28 Mar 2015

    Kell Brook beats Ionut Dan Ion via corner retirement 4/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  426. 2 May 2015

    Floyd Mayweather Jr becomes the WBO Welterweight world champion

  427. 30 May 2015

    Kell Brook beats Frankie Gavin via knockout 6/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  428. 6 Jul 2015

    Timothy Bradley Jr becomes the WBO Welterweight world champion

  429. 11 Jul 2015

  430. 12 Sep 2015

  431. 4 Nov 2015

    Floyd Mayweather Jr's WBC Welterweight world title reign ends

  432. 7 Nov 2015

  433. 11 Jan 2016

    Floyd Mayweather Jr's WBAS Welterweight world title reign ends

  434. 23 Jan 2016

    Danny Garcia becomes the WBC Welterweight world champion

  435. 9 Feb 2016

    Timothy Bradley Jr's WBO Welterweight world title reign ends

  436. 5 Mar 2016

  437. 6 Mar 2016

    Jessie Vargas becomes the WBO Welterweight world champion

  438. 26 Mar 2016

    Kell Brook beats Kevin Bizier via knockout 2/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  439. 25 Jun 2016

  440. 5 Nov 2016

    Manny Pacquiao becomes the WBO Welterweight world champion

  441. 7 Feb 2017

    David Avanesyan becomes the WBAR Welterweight world champion

    Keith Thurman becomes the WBAS Welterweight world champion

  442. 18 Feb 2017

    Lamont Peterson becomes the WBAR Welterweight world champion

  443. 4 Mar 2017

    Keith Thurman becomes the WBC Welterweight world champion

  444. 27 May 2017

    Errol Spence Jr becomes the IBF Welterweight world champion

  445. 2 Jul 2017

    Jeff Horn becomes the WBO Welterweight world champion

  446. 4 Oct 2017

    Lamont Peterson's WBAR Welterweight world title reign ends

  447. 13 Dec 2017

    Jeff Horn beats Gary Corcoran via knockout 11/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  448. 20 Jan 2018

  449. 27 Jan 2018

    Lucas Martin Matthysse becomes the WBAR Welterweight world champion

  450. 24 Apr 2018

    Keith Thurman's WBC Welterweight world title reign ends

  451. 9 Jun 2018

    Terence Crawford becomes the WBO Welterweight world champion

  452. 16 Jun 2018

    Errol Spence Jr beats Carlos Ocampo via knockout 1/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  453. 15 Jul 2018

    Manny Pacquiao becomes the WBAR Welterweight world champion

  454. 8 Sep 2018

    Shawn Porter becomes the WBC Welterweight world champion

  455. 13 Oct 2018

    Terence Crawford beats Jose Benavidez Jr via knockout 12/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  456. 19 Jan 2019

  457. 26 Jan 2019

    Keith Thurman beats Josesito Lopez via majority decision 12/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  458. 9 Mar 2019

  459. 16 Mar 2019

  460. 20 Apr 2019

  461. 20 Jul 2019

    Manny Pacquiao becomes the WBAS Welterweight world champion

  462. 28 Sep 2019

    Errol Spence Jr becomes the WBC Welterweight world champion

  463. 30 Nov 2019

    Alexander Besputin v Radzhab Butaev results in a no contest 12/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  464. 14 Dec 2019

    Terence Crawford beats Egidijus Kavaliauskas via knockout 9/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  465. 6 Sep 2020

    Yordenis Ugas beats Abel Ramos via split decision 12/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

    Yordenis Ugas becomes the WBAR Welterweight world champion

  466. 14 Nov 2020

  467. 5 Dec 2020

  468. 29 Jan 2021

    Yordenis Ugas becomes the WBAS Welterweight world champion

  469. 4 Feb 2021

    Jamal James becomes the WBAR Welterweight world champion

  470. 21 Aug 2021

  471. 30 Oct 2021

    Radzhab Butaev becomes the WBAR Welterweight world champion

  472. 20 Nov 2021

  473. 16 Apr 2022

    Eimantas Stanionis becomes the WBAR Welterweight world champion

    Errol Spence Jr becomes the WBAS Welterweight world champion

  474. 10 Dec 2022

  475. 29 Jul 2023