Welterweight • World Boxing Organization

Current champion: Terence Crawford (6 title defenses)

Scheduled bout: Errol Spence Jr v Terence Crawford

Timeline

  1. 6 May 1989

    Genaro Leon beats Danny Garcia via knockout 1/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

    Genaro Leon becomes the WBO Welterweight world champion

  2. 15 Dec 1989

    Manning Galloway beats Veabro Boykin via points decision 12/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

    Manning Galloway becomes the WBO Welterweight world champion

  3. 25 Aug 1990

    Manning Galloway beats Nika Khumalo via unanimous decision 12/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  4. 15 Feb 1991

    Manning Galloway beats Gert Bo Jacobsen via corner retirement 8/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  5. 17 May 1991

    Manning Galloway beats Racheed Lawal via corner retirement 7/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  6. 15 Sep 1991

    Manning Galloway beats Jeff Malcolm via unanimous decision 12/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  7. 14 Dec 1991

    Manning Galloway beats Nika Khumalo via split decision 12/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  8. 25 Jul 1992

    Manning Galloway beats Pat Barrett via unanimous decision 12/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  9. 27 Nov 1992

    Manning Galloway v Gert Bo Jacobsen results in a no contest 1/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  10. 12 Feb 1993

    Gert Bo Jacobsen beats Manning Galloway via unanimous decision 12/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

    Gert Bo Jacobsen becomes the WBO Welterweight world champion

  11. 1 Oct 1993

    Gert Bo Jacobsen's WBO Welterweight world title reign ends

  12. 16 Oct 1993

    Eamonn Loughran beats Lorenzo Smith via unanimous decision 12/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

    Eamonn Loughran becomes the WBO Welterweight world champion

  13. 22 Jan 1994

    Eamonn Loughran beats Alessandro Duran via unanimous decision 12/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  14. 10 Dec 1994

    Eamonn Loughran beats Manning Galloway via technical decision 4/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  15. 27 May 1995

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

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  16. 26 Aug 1995

    Eamonn Loughran beats Tony Gannarelli via knockout 6/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  17. 7 Oct 1995

    Eamonn Loughran beats Angel Beltre via unanimous decision 12/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  18. 13 Apr 1996

    Jose Luis Lopez beats Eamonn Loughran via knockout 1/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

    Jose Luis Lopez becomes the WBO Welterweight world champion

  19. 6 Oct 1996

    Jose Luis Lopez beats Luis Ramon Campas via corner retirement 5/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  20. 22 Feb 1997

    Mihai Leu beats Santiago Samaniego via unanimous decision 12/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

    Mihai Leu becomes the WBO Welterweight world champion

  21. 1 Jun 1997

    Mihai Leu's WBO Welterweight world title reign ends

  22. 20 Sep 1997

    Mihai Leu beats Michael Carruth via majority decision 12/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  23. 14 Feb 1998

    Akhmed Kotiev becomes the WBO Welterweight world champion

  24. 23 May 1998

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

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  25. 28 Nov 1998

    Akhmed Kotiev beats Santos Cardona via unanimous decision 12/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  26. 24 Apr 1999

    Akhmed Kotiev beats Peter Malinga via knockout 3/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  27. 27 Nov 1999

    Akhmed Kotiev beats Daniel Santos via split decision 12/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  28. 6 May 2000

    Daniel Santos beats Akhmed Kotiev via knockout 5/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

    Daniel Santos becomes the WBO Welterweight world champion

  29. 29 Jul 2000

    Daniel Santos beats Giovanni Parisi via knockout 4/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  30. 16 Dec 2000

    Daniel Santos beats Neil Sinclair via knockout 2/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  31. 21 Jul 2001

    Antonio Margarito v Daniel Santos results in a no contest 1/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  32. 16 Mar 2002

    Antonio Margarito beats Antonio Diaz via knockout 10/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

    Antonio Margarito becomes the WBO Welterweight world champion

  33. 12 Oct 2002

    Antonio Margarito beats Danny Perez via unanimous decision 12/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  34. 8 Feb 2003

    Antonio Margarito beats Andrew Lewis via knockout 2/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  35. 31 Jan 2004

    Antonio Margarito beats Hercules Kyvelos via knockout 2/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  36. 18 Feb 2005

    Antonio Margarito beats Sebastian Andres Lujan via knockout 10/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  37. 23 Apr 2005

    Antonio Margarito beats Kermit Cintron via knockout 5/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  38. 18 Feb 2006

    Antonio Margarito beats Manuel Gomez via knockout 1/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  39. 2 Dec 2006

    Antonio Margarito beats Joshua Clottey via unanimous decision 12/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  40. 14 Jul 2007

    Paul Williams beats Antonio Margarito via unanimous decision 12/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

    Paul Williams becomes the WBO Welterweight world champion

  41. 9 Feb 2008

    Carlos Quintana beats Paul Williams via unanimous decision 12/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

    Carlos Quintana becomes the WBO Welterweight world champion

  42. 7 Jun 2008

    Paul Williams beats Carlos Quintana via knockout 1/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

    Paul Williams becomes the WBO Welterweight world champion

  43. 12 Nov 2008

    Paul Williams's WBO Welterweight world title reign ends

  44. 21 Feb 2009

    Miguel Cotto beats Michael Jennings via knockout 5/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

    Miguel Cotto becomes the WBO Welterweight world champion

  45. 13 Jun 2009

    Miguel Cotto beats Joshua Clottey via split decision 12/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  46. 14 Nov 2009

    Manny Pacquiao beats Miguel Cotto via knockout 12/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

    Manny Pacquiao becomes the WBO Welterweight world champion

  47. 13 Mar 2010

    Manny Pacquiao beats Joshua Clottey via unanimous decision 12/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  48. 7 May 2011

    Manny Pacquiao beats Shane Mosley via unanimous decision 12/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  49. 12 Nov 2011

    Manny Pacquiao beats Juan Manuel Marquez via majority decision 12/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  50. 9 Jun 2012

    Timothy Bradley Jr beats Manny Pacquiao via split decision 12/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

    Timothy Bradley Jr becomes the WBO Welterweight world champion

  51. 16 Mar 2013

    Timothy Bradley Jr beats Ruslan Provodnikov via unanimous decision 12/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  52. 12 Oct 2013

    Timothy Bradley Jr beats Juan Manuel Marquez via split decision 12/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  53. 12 Apr 2014

    Manny Pacquiao beats Timothy Bradley Jr via unanimous decision 12/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

    Manny Pacquiao becomes the WBO Welterweight world champion

  54. 23 Nov 2014

    Manny Pacquiao beats Chris Algieri via unanimous decision 12/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  55. 2 May 2015

    Floyd Mayweather Jr beats Manny Pacquiao via unanimous decision 12/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

    Floyd Mayweather Jr becomes the WBO Welterweight world champion

  56. 6 Jul 2015

    Timothy Bradley Jr becomes the WBO Welterweight world champion

  57. 7 Nov 2015

    Timothy Bradley Jr beats Brandon Rios via knockout 9/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  58. 9 Feb 2016

    Timothy Bradley Jr's WBO Welterweight world title reign ends

  59. 5 Mar 2016

    Jessie Vargas beats Sadam Ali via knockout 9/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  60. 6 Mar 2016

    Jessie Vargas becomes the WBO Welterweight world champion

  61. 5 Nov 2016

    Manny Pacquiao beats Jessie Vargas via unanimous decision 12/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

    Manny Pacquiao becomes the WBO Welterweight world champion

  62. 2 Jul 2017

    Jeff Horn beats Manny Pacquiao via unanimous decision 12/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

    Jeff Horn becomes the WBO Welterweight world champion

  63. 13 Dec 2017

    Jeff Horn beats Gary Corcoran via knockout 11/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  64. 9 Jun 2018

    Terence Crawford beats Jeff Horn via knockout 9/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

    Terence Crawford becomes the WBO Welterweight world champion

  65. 13 Oct 2018

    Terence Crawford beats Jose Benavidez Jr via knockout 12/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  66. 20 Apr 2019

    Terence Crawford beats Amir Khan via knockout 6/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  67. 14 Dec 2019

    Terence Crawford beats Egidijus Kavaliauskas via knockout 9/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  68. 14 Nov 2020

    Terence Crawford beats Kell Brook via knockout 4/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  69. 20 Nov 2021

    Terence Crawford beats Shawn Porter via technical knockout 10/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  70. 10 Dec 2022

    Terence Crawford beats David Avanesyan via knockout 6/12

    Welterweight (147 lb)

  71. 29 Jul 2023

    Errol Spence Jr v Terence Crawford

    Welterweight (147 lb)

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