Super Welterweight Rankings Archive | January 1981

Note: The IBF and WBO did not exist. The WBA and WBC January 1981 rankings are not available.

Rank	RINGJanuary 1981
🏆	Ayub Kalule Champion
1	Maurice Hope
2	Kenny Bristol
3	Rocky Mattioli
4	Rocky Mosley+1
5	Carlos Herrera+1
6	Walter Gomez+1
7	Tyrone Rackley+2
8	Odell LeonardNEW
9	Nick OrtizNEW
10	Tony AyalaNEW

Sources

January 1981 archive

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Month-over-month changes since January 1981

Month-over-month changes since December 1980

RINGJanuary 1981 vs December 1980

Entered the top 10

Odell LeonardInto the top 10 at #8
Nick OrtizNow ranked #9
Tony AyalaEnters at #10

Dropped out of the top 10

Roger LeonardLast ranked #4
Bushy BesterOut of the top 10 after being #8
Tadashi MiharaLast ranked #10

Biggest risers

Tyrone RackleyNow ranked #7 (was #9)
+2
Rocky MosleyClimbed a place to #4
+1
Carlos HerreraFrom #6 to #5
+1

WBA Super Welterweight Title History

Champions who have held each belt, from oldest to most recent. Title history only goes back as far as our earliest WBA monthly rankings (January 2000).

WBA Super Welterweight - Super Champion

Jermell Charlo

September 2020March 2024

3 years 7 months

Jeison Rosario

January 2020September 2020

9 months

Julian Williams

May 2019January 2020

9 months

Jarrett Hurd

April 2018May 2019

1 year 2 months

Erislandy Lara

May 2016April 2018

2 years

Floyd Mayweather Jr

April 2012December 2015

3 years 9 months

Miguel Cotto

September 2010April 2012

1 year 8 months

Ronald Wright

March 2004February 2005

1 year

Shane Mosley

September 2003March 2004

7 months

Oscar De La Hoya

August 2002September 2003

1 year 2 months

Felix Trinidad

January 2001May 2001

5 months

WBA Super Welterweight - World Champion

Jaron Ennis

June 2026Current

3 months

Xander Zayas

January 2026June 2026

6 months

Abass Baraou

September 2025January 2026

5 months

Terence Crawford

August 2024September 2025

1 year 2 months

Israil Madrimov

March 2024August 2024

6 months

Erislandy Lara

August 2019August 2021

2 years 1 month

Brian Carlos Castano

October 2017June 2019

1 year 9 months

Demetrius Andrade

February 2017October 2017

9 months

Jack Culcay

May 2016February 2017

10 months

Erislandy Lara

February 2014May 2016

2 years 4 months

Austin Trout

February 2011April 2013

2 years 3 months

Miguel Cotto

May 2010September 2010

5 months

Yuri Foreman

October 2009May 2010

8 months

Daniel Santos

June 2008October 2009

1 year 5 months

Joachim Alcine

June 2007June 2008

1 year 1 month

Travis Simms

December 2006June 2007

7 months

Jose Antonio Rivera

March 2006December 2006

10 months

Alejandro Garcia

June 2005March 2006

10 months

Travis Simms

November 2003May 2005

1 year 7 months

Alejandro Garcia

February 2003November 2003

10 months

Santiago Samaniego

August 2002February 2003

7 months

Fernando Vargas

September 2001August 2002

1 year

Felix Trinidad

March 2000April 2001

1 year 2 months

David Reid

January 2000March 2000

3 months

WBA Super Welterweight - Interim Champion

Jaron Ennis

October 2025May 2026

8 months

Abass Baraou

August 2025September 2025

2 months

Yoenis Tellez

March 2025August 2025

6 months

Anthony Mundine

October 2011November 2011

2 months

Rigoberto Alvarez

September 2010February 2011

6 months

Nobuhiro Ishida

August 2009September 2010

1 year 2 months

Alejandro Garcia

April 2005June 2005

3 months

WBA Super Welterweight Title History

WBC Super Welterweight Title History

Champions who have held each belt, from oldest to most recent. Title history only goes back as far as our earliest WBC monthly rankings (August 2008).

WBC Super Welterweight - Champion

Sebastian Fundora

April 2024Current

2 years 6 months

Jermell Charlo

August 2016February 2024

7 years 7 months

Floyd Mayweather Jr

January 2014November 2015

1 year 11 months

Saul Alvarez

March 2013January 2014

11 months

Sergio Martinez

March 2009August 2010

1 year 6 months

Sergio Mora

August 2008March 2009

8 months

WBC Super Welterweight - Interim Champion

Vergil Ortiz Jr

August 2024Current

2 years 2 months

Serhii Bohachuk

April 2024August 2024

5 months

Brian Mendoza

June 2023November 2023

6 months

Sebastian Fundora

April 2022June 2023

1 year 3 months

WBC Super Welterweight Title History

IBF Super Welterweight Title History

Champions who have held each belt, from oldest to most recent. Title history only goes back as far as our earliest IBF monthly rankings (December 2005).

IBF Super Welterweight - Champion

Josh Kelly

January 2026Current

8 months

Bakhram Murtazaliev

March 2024January 2026

1 year 11 months

Jermell Charlo

September 2020November 2023

3 years 3 months

Jeison Rosario

January 2020September 2020

9 months

Julian Williams

May 2019January 2020

9 months

Jarrett Hurd

February 2017May 2019

2 years 4 months

Jermall Charlo

September 2015February 2017

1 year 6 months

Cornelius Bundrage

December 2014September 2015

10 months

Carlos Molina

September 2013December 2014

1 year 4 months

Cornelius Bundrage

July 2010September 2013

3 years 3 months

Cory Spinks

May 2009July 2010

1 year 3 months

Verno Phillips

April 2008December 2008

9 months

Cory Spinks

July 2006April 2008

1 year 10 months

Roman Karmazin

December 2005July 2006

8 months

IBF Super Welterweight Title History

WBO Super Welterweight Title History

Champions who have held each belt, from oldest to most recent. Title history only goes back as far as our earliest WBO monthly rankings (January 2000).

WBO Super Welterweight - Super Champion

Jermell Charlo

July 2022October 2023

1 year 4 months

WBO Super Welterweight - Champion

Jaron Ennis

June 2026Current

3 months

Xander Zayas

August 2025June 2026

11 months

Sebastian Fundora

April 2024May 2025

1 year 2 months

Tim Tszyu

October 2023April 2024

7 months

Jermell Charlo

May 2022July 2022

3 months

Brian Carlos Castano

January 2021May 2022

1 year 5 months

Patrick Teixeira

December 2019January 2021

1 year 2 months

Jaime Munguia

May 2018December 2019

1 year 8 months

Sadam Ali

December 2017May 2018

6 months

Miguel Cotto

September 2017December 2017

4 months

Saul Alvarez

September 2016May 2017

9 months

Liam Smith

October 2015September 2016

1 year

Demetrius Andrade

November 2013August 2015

1 year 10 months

Zaurbek Baysangurov

October 2011July 2013

1 year 10 months

Serhiy Dzinziruk

December 2005October 2011

5 years 11 months

Daniel Santos

June 2004December 2005

1 year 7 months

Zab Judah

May 2004June 2004

2 months

Daniel Santos

April 2002May 2004

2 years 2 months

Harry Simon

January 2000November 2001

1 year 11 months

WBO Super Welterweight - Interim Champion

Terence Crawford

August 2024July 2025

1 year

Tim Tszyu

March 2023October 2023

8 months

Lukas Konecny

April 2012October 2012

7 months

Zaurbek Baysangurov

August 2011October 2011

3 months

Alfredo Angulo

November 2009June 2010

8 months

Paul Williams

December 2008November 2009

1 year

WBO Super Welterweight Title History

RING Super Welterweight Title History

Champions who have held each belt, from oldest to most recent. Title history only goes back as far as our earliest RING monthly rankings (November 1974).