Bridgerweight title history

WBC

Ryad Merhy

30 May 2026Reigning for 5 months

Won the WBC bridgerweight title by unanimous decision against Kevin Lerena in their rematch in Charleroi, Belgium.

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Won the WBC bridgerweight title from Kevin Lerena.

Won the title by unanimous decision against Kevin Lerena in their rematch in Charleroi, Belgium

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Bridgerweight champions and recorded title changes
Date	Organisation	Champion	Title	Evidence
30 May 2026	WBC	Ryad Merhy	Champion	Won the title by unanimous decision against Kevin Lerena in their rematch in Charleroi, Belgium WBC source
14 February 2026	WBA	Vartan Arutyunyan	Interim Champion	Won the interim title by stopping Georgiy Yunovidov in the sixth round in Chelyabinsk WBA source
5 July 2025	WBA	Georgiy Yunovidov	Interim Champion	Won the interim title by stopping Evgeny Romanov in Ekaterinburg WBA source
25 May 2025	WBC	Krzysztof Wlodarczyk	Interim Champion	Won the interim title by stopping Adam Balski in the tenth round in Kalisz WBC source
8 October 2024	WBC	Kevin Lerena	Champion	Promoted from interim champion after Lawrence Okolie relinquished the title to move up to heavyweight WBC source
12 July 2024	WBA	Muslim Gadzhimagomedov	World Champion	Won the vacant title by stopping Zhaoxin Zhang in the fourth round in Serpukhov WBA source
24 May 2024	WBC	Lawrence Okolie	Champion	Won the title by stopping Lukasz Rozanski in the first round in Rzeszow WBC source
9 December 2023	WBA	Evgeny Tishchenko	World Champion	Was initially awarded the inaugural title after the 9 December 2023 Leon Harth bout, the WBA later declared the bout null and vacated his recognition following a positive anti-doping test WBA source
25 November 2023	WBC	Kevin Lerena	Interim Champion	Won the interim title by unanimous decision against Senad Gashi in Johannesburg WBC source
22 April 2023	WBC	Lukasz Rozanski	Champion	Won the vacant title by stopping Alen Babic in the first round in Rzeszow WBC source
22 October 2021	WBC	Oscar Rivas	Champion	Won the inaugural title by unanimous decision against Ryan Rozicki in Montreal WBC source