Welterweight title history

WBA

Teofimo Lopez

22 August 2026Reigning for 3 months

Won the WBA welterweight super title by majority decision against Rolando Romero in Las Vegas.

Division

All recorded title changes195

Exact dates are shown where recorded. Month-only dates mark the first appearance in our ranking archive, not necessarily the date the title was won.

Welterweight champions and recorded title changes
Date	Organisation	Champion	Title	Evidence
22 August 2026	WBA	Teofimo Lopez	Super Champion	Won the title by majority decision against Rolando Romero in Las Vegas WBA source
24 June 2026	IBF	Liam Paro	Champion	Won the IBF welterweight title by defeating Lewis Crocker in Brisbane IBF source
23 May 2026	WBA	Jack Catterall	World Champion	Won the vacant WBA World title by unanimous decision against Shakhram Giyasov in Giza. Rolando Romero held the separate Super Championship WBA source
21 May 2026	WBA	Rolando Romero	Super Champion	Won the vacant title WBA source
21 February 2026	WBC	Ryan Garcia	Champion	Won the title by unanimous decision against Mario Barrios in Las Vegas WBC source
22 November 2025	WBO	Devin Haney	Champion	Won the title by unanimous decision against Brian Norman Jr WBO source
13 September 2025	IBF	Lewis Crocker	Champion	Won the title by defeating Paddy Donovan IBF source
2 May 2025	WBA	Rolando Romero	World Champion	Won the title by defeating Ryan Garcia WBA source
22 April 2025	WBA	Jaron Ennis	Super Champion	Promoted to this title WBA source
12 April 2025	RING	Jaron Ennis	Champion	Won the title by defeating Eimantas Stanionis RING source
12 August 2024	WBO	Brian Norman Jr	Interim Champion	Promoted to this title WBO source
August 2024	WBO	Brian Norman Jr	Champion
July 2024	WBC	Mario Barrios	Champion
9 November 2023	IBF	Jaron Ennis	Champion	Won the title IBF source
November 2023	WBC	Mario Barrios	Interim Champion
29 July 2023	WBAWBCIBF	Terence Crawford	Super Champion, Champion	WBA source WBC source IBF source
January 2023	IBF	Jaron Ennis	Interim Champion
16 April 2022	WBA	Eimantas Stanionis	World Champion	Won the title WBA source
16 April 2022	WBA	Errol Spence Jr	Super Champion	Won the title WBA source
30 October 2021	WBA	Radzhab Butaev	World Champion	Won the title WBA source
February 2021	WBA	Jamal James	World Champion
29 January 2021	WBA	Yordenis Ugas	Super Champion	Promoted to this title WBA source
6 September 2020	WBA	Yordenis Ugas	World Champion	Won the title by defeating Abel Ramos WBA source
November 2019	WBA	Alexander Besputin	World Champion
28 September 2019	WBC	Errol Spence Jr	Champion	WBC source
20 July 2019	WBA	Manny Pacquiao	Super Champion	Won the title WBA source
8 September 2018	WBC	Shawn Porter	Champion	Won the vacant title by defeating Danny Garcia WBC source
15 July 2018	WBA	Manny Pacquiao	World Champion	Won the title WBA source
9 June 2018	WBO	Terence Crawford	Super Champion	Won the title WBO source
27 January 2018	WBA	Lucas Martin Matthysse	World Champion	Won the vacant title by defeating Tewa Kiram WBA source
2 July 2017	WBO	Jeff Horn	Champion	Won the title WBO source
27 May 2017	IBF	Errol Spence Jr	Champion	Won the title IBF source
4 March 2017	WBC	Keith Thurman	Champion	WBC source
18 February 2017	WBA	Lamont Peterson	World Champion	Won the title WBA source
7 February 2017	WBA	Keith Thurman	Super Champion	Promoted to this title WBA source
January 2017	WBA	David Avanesyan	World Champion
5 November 2016	WBO	Manny Pacquiao	Super Champion	Won the title WBO source
5 March 2016	WBO	Jessie Vargas	Champion	Won the title by defeating Sadam Ali WBO source
February 2016	WBO	Timothy Bradley	Super Champion
23 January 2016	WBC	Danny Garcia	Champion	Won the title by defeating Robert Guerrero WBC source
July 2015	WBO	Timothy Bradley	Champion
2 May 2015	WBO	Floyd Mayweather Jr	Champion	Won the title WBO source
December 2014	WBA	Keith Thurman	World Champion
16 August 2014	IBF	Kell Brook	Champion	IBF source
3 May 2014	WBA	Floyd Mayweather Jr	Super Champion	Won the title by defeating Marcos Maidana WBA source
12 April 2014	WBO	Manny Pacquiao	Super Champion	Won the title WBO source
14 December 2013	WBA	Marcos Rene Maidana	World Champion	Won the title WBA source
7 December 2013	IBF	Shawn Porter	Champion	Won the title IBF source
22 June 2013	WBA	Adrien Broner	World Champion	Won the title WBA source
4 May 2013	RING	Floyd Mayweather Jr	Champion	Won the title by defeating Robert Guerrero RING source
March 2013	WBC	Robert Guerrero	Interim Champion
20 October 2012	IBF	Devon Alexander	Champion	Won the title IBF source
9 June 2012	WBO	Timothy Bradley	Champion	Won the title WBO source
9 June 2012	IBF	Randall Bailey	Champion	Won the title by defeating Mike Jones IBF source
30 April 2012	WBA	Paul Malignaggi	World Champion	Won the title WBA source
17 September 2011	WBC	Floyd Mayweather Jr	Champion	WBC source
3 September 2011	IBF	Andre Berto	Champion	Won the title IBF source
July 2011	WBA	Ismael El Massoudi	Interim Champion
16 April 2011	WBC	Victor Ortiz	Champion	WBC source
April 2011	WBA	Souleymane M'baye	Interim Champion
May 2010	WBA	Souleymane M'baye	Interim Champion
11 December 2009	IBF	Jan Zaveck	Champion	Won the title IBF source
14 November 2009	WBO	Manny Pacquiao	Super Champion	Won the title WBO source
1 August 2009	IBF	Isaac Hlatshwayo	Champion	Won the title by defeating Delvin Rodriguez IBF source
10 April 2009	WBA	Vyacheslav Senchenko	World Champion	Won the title WBA source
21 February 2009	WBO	Miguel Cotto	Champion	Won the vacant title by defeating Michael Jennings WBO source
24 January 2009	WBA	Shane Mosley	Super Champion	Won the title WBA source
September 2008	WBA	Yuriy Nuzhnenko	World Champion
2 August 2008	IBF	Joshua Clottey	Champion	Won the title by defeating Zab Judah IBF source
26 July 2008	WBA	Antonio Margarito	Super Champion	Won the title WBA source
21 June 2008	WBC	Andre Berto	Champion	Won the title by defeating Miguel Angel Rodriguez WBC source
7 June 2008	WBO	Paul Williams	Champion	WBO source
12 April 2008	IBF	Antonio Margarito	Champion	Won the title IBF source
9 February 2008	WBO	Carlos Quintana	Champion	WBO source
November 2007	WBA	Yuriy Nuzhnenko	Interim Champion
August 2007	WBA	Shane Mosley	Interim Champion
14 July 2007	WBO	Paul Williams	Champion	Won the title WBO source
2 December 2006	WBA	Miguel Cotto	World Champion	Won the title by defeating Carlos Quintana WBA source
4 November 2006	WBCRING	Floyd Mayweather Jr	Champion	WBC source RING source
28 October 2006	IBF	Kermit Cintron	Champion	Won the title by defeating Mark Suarez IBF source
13 May 2006	WBA	Ricky Hatton	World Champion	Won the title WBA source
8 April 2006	IBF	Floyd Mayweather Jr	Champion	Won the title IBF source
7 January 2006	WBCRING	Carlos Baldomir	Champion	WBC source RING source
2 April 2005	WBA	Luis Collazo	World Champion	Won the title WBA source
5 February 2005	WBAWBCIBFRING	Zab Judah	Super Champion, Champion	WBA source WBC source IBF source RING source
13 December 2003	WBAWBCRING	Cory Spinks	Super Champion, Champion	WBA source WBC source RING source
13 September 2003	WBA	Jose Antonio Rivera	World Champion	Won the title by defeating Michel Trabant WBA source
22 March 2003	IBF	Cory Spinks	Champion	IBF source
25 January 2003	WBAWBCRING	Ricardo Mayorga	Super Champion, Champion	WBA source WBC source RING source
13 April 2002	IBF	Michele Piccirillo	Champion	Won the vacant title by defeating Cory Spinks IBF source
30 March 2002	WBA	Ricardo Mayorga	World Champion	Won the title WBA source
16 March 2002	WBO	Antonio Margarito	Champion	Won the title by defeating Antonio Diaz WBO source
26 January 2002	WBCRING	Vernon Forrest	Champion	WBC source RING source
12 May 2001	IBF	Vernon Forrest	Champion	Won the vacant title by defeating Raul Frank IBF source
17 February 2001	WBA	Andrew Lewis	World Champion	Won the title by defeating James Page WBA source
17 June 2000	WBC	Shane Mosley	Champion	WBC source
6 May 2000	WBO	Daniel Santos	Champion	Won the title WBO source
20 March 2000	WBC	Oscar De La Hoya	Champion	Won the vacant title WBC source
17 September 1999	WBC	Felix Trinidad	Champion	WBC source
10 October 1998	WBA	James Page	World Champion	Won the title by defeating Andrey Pestryayev WBA source
14 February 1998	WBO	Akhmed Kotiev	Champion	Won the vacant title WBO source
12 April 1997	WBC	Oscar De La Hoya	Champion	WBC source
13 April 1996	WBO	Jose Luis Lopez	Champion	WBO source
4 June 1994	WBA	Ike Quartey	Champion	WBA source
16 October 1993	WBO	Eamonn Loughran	Champion	Won the vacant title by defeating Lorenzo Smith WBO source
19 June 1993	IBF	Felix Trinidad	Champion	IBF source
6 March 1993	WBC	Pernell Whitaker	Champion	WBC source
12 February 1993	WBO	Gert Bo Jacobsen	Champion	WBO source
31 October 1992	WBA	Crisanto Espana	Champion	WBA source
29 November 1991	WBC	James McGirt	Champion	WBC source
4 October 1991	IBF	Maurice Blocker	Champion	Won the vacant title by defeating Glenwood Brown IBF source
18 March 1991	WBC	Simon Brown	Champion	WBC source
19 January 1991	WBA	Meldrick Taylor	Champion	WBA source
19 August 1990	WBC	Maurice Blocker	Champion	WBC source
8 July 1990	WBA	Aaron Davis	Champion	WBA source
15 December 1989	WBO	Manning Galloway	Champion	Won the vacant title by defeating Al Hamza WBO source
6 May 1989	WBO	Genaro Leon	Champion	Won the title by defeating Danny Garcia WBO source
4 February 1989	WBCRING	Marlon Starling	Champion	WBC source RING source
4 February 1989	WBA	Mark Breland	Champion	Won the vacant title by defeating Lee Seung-Soon WBA source
29 July 1988	WBA	Tomas Molinares	Champion	WBA source
23 April 1988	IBF	Simon Brown	Champion	Won the vacant title by defeating Tyrone Trice IBF source
29 March 1988	WBCRING	Lloyd Honeyghan	Champion	WBC source RING source
28 October 1987	WBC	Jorge Vaca	Champion	WBC source
27 October 1987	RING	Jorge Vaca	Champion	Won the title RING source
22 August 1987	WBA	Marlon Starling	Champion	WBA source
6 February 1987	WBA	Mark Breland	Champion	Won the vacant title by defeating Harold Volbrecht WBA source
27 September 1986	WBAWBCIBFRING	Lloyd Honeyghan	Champion	WBA source WBC source IBF source RING source
6 December 1985	WBCRING	Donald Curry	Champion	WBC source RING source
4 February 1984	IBF	Donald Curry	Champion	Won the title by defeating Marlon Starling IBF source
13 August 1983	WBC	Milton McCrory	Champion	Won the vacant title by defeating Colin Jones WBC source
13 February 1983	WBA	Donald Curry	Champion	Won the vacant title by defeating Hwang Jun-Suk WBA source
16 September 1981	WBA	Sugar Ray Leonard	Champion	WBA source
25 November 1980	RING	Ray Leonard	Champion	Won the title RING source
25 November 1980	WBC	Sugar Ray Leonard	Champion	WBC source
2 August 1980	WBA	Thomas Hearns	Champion	WBA source
20 June 1980	WBCRING	Roberto Duran	Champion	WBC source RING source
30 November 1979	RING	Ray Leonard	Champion	Won the title RING source
30 November 1979	WBC	Sugar Ray Leonard	Champion	WBC source
14 January 1979	WBCRING	Wilfred Benitez	Champion	WBC source RING source
17 July 1976	WBA	Pipino Cuevas	Champion	WBA source
22 June 1976	WBCRING	Carlos Palomino	Champion	WBC source RING source
6 December 1975	RING	John Stracey	Champion	Won the title RING source
6 December 1975	WBC	John H. Stracey	Champion	WBC source
28 June 1975	WBA	Angel Espada	Champion	Won the vacant title by defeating Clyde Gray WBA source
4 June 1971	WBAWBC	Jose Napoles	Champion	WBA source WBC source
June 1971	RING	Jose Napoles	Champion
3 December 1970	WBAWBCRING	Billy Backus	Champion	WBA source WBC source RING source
18 April 1969	WBAWBCRING	Jose Napoles	Champion	WBA source WBC source RING source
28 November 1966	RING	Curtis Cokes	Champion	Won the title by defeating Jean Josselin RING source
24 August 1966	WBAWBC	Curtis Cokes	Champion	WBA source WBC source
8 June 1963	WBAWBCRING	Emile Griffith	Champion	WBA source WBC source RING source
21 March 1963	RING	Luis Rodriguez	Champion	Won the title RING source
21 March 1963	WBAWBC	Luis Manuel Rodriguez	Champion	WBA source WBC source
February 1963	WBC	Emile Griffith	Champion
24 March 1962	WBARING	Emile Griffith	Champion	WBA source RING source
30 September 1961	WBARING	Benny Paret	Champion	WBA source RING source
1 April 1961	WBARING	Emile Griffith	Champion	WBA source RING source
27 May 1960	WBARING	Benny Paret	Champion	WBA source RING source
May 1960	RING	Emile Griffith	Champion
April 1960	RING	Benny (kid) Paret	Champion
5 December 1958	WBARING	Don Jordan	Champion	WBA source RING source
6 June 1958	WBARING	Virgil Akins	Champion	WBA source RING source
12 September 1956	WBARING	Carmen Basilio	Champion	WBA source RING source
14 March 1956	WBARING	Johnny Saxton	Champion	WBA source RING source
10 June 1955	WBARING	Carmen Basilio	Champion	WBA source RING source
1 April 1955	WBARING	Tony Demarco	Champion	WBA source RING source
20 October 1954	WBARING	Johnny Saxton	Champion	WBA source RING source
29 August 1951	RING	Kid Gavilan	Champion	Won the title by defeating Billy Graham RING source
18 May 1951	WBA	Kid Gavilan	Champion	WBA source
13 March 1951	WBA	Johnny Bratton	Champion	Won the vacant title by defeating Charley Fusari WBA source
20 December 1946	RING	Ray Robinson	Champion	Won the title by defeating Tommy Bell RING source
20 December 1946	WBA	Sugar Ray Robinson	Champion	Won the vacant title by defeating Tommy Bell WBA source
1 February 1946	WBARING	Marty Servo	Champion	WBA source RING source
29 July 1941	WBARING	Freddie Cochrane	Champion	WBA source RING source
4 October 1940	WBARING	Fritzie Zivic	Champion	WBA source RING source
31 May 1938	WBARING	Henry Armstrong	Champion	WBA source RING source
28 May 1935	WBARING	Barney Ross	Champion	WBA source RING source
17 September 1934	WBARING	Jimmy McLarnin	Champion	WBA source RING source
28 May 1934	WBARING	Barney Ross	Champion	WBA source RING source
29 May 1933	WBARING	Jimmy McLarnin	Champion	WBA source RING source
22 February 1933	WBA	Young Corbett III	Champion	WBA source
February 1933	RING	Young Corbett	Champion
28 January 1932	WBARING	Jackie Fields	Champion	WBA source RING source
23 October 1931	WBARING	Lou Brouillard	Champion	WBA source RING source
14 April 1931	RING	Young Jack Thompson	Champion	Won the title RING source
14 April 1931	WBA	Jack Thompson	Champion	WBA source
5 September 1930	WBARING	Tommy Freeman	Champion	WBA source RING source
9 May 1930	RING	Young Jack Thompson	Champion	Won the title RING source
9 May 1930	WBA	Jack Thompson	Champion	WBA source
25 July 1929	RING	Jackie Fields	Champion	Won the title RING source
25 March 1929	WBA	Jackie Fields	Champion	Won the vacant title by defeating Jack Thompson WBA source
3 June 1927	WBA	Joe Dundee	Champion	WBA source
20 May 1926	WBA	Pete Latzo	Champion	WBA source
1 November 1922	WBA	Mickey Walker	Champion	WBA source
January 1921	WBA	Jack Britton	Champion