List of WBO female world champions
Appearance
This is a list of WBO world champions, showing every world champion certified by the World Boxing Organization (WBO). The WBO is one of the four major governing bodies in professional boxing, and has awarded world championships in 17 different weight classes since 1989.
Boxers who won the title but were stripped due to the title bout being overturned to a no contest are not listed.
Current champion | |
Most consecutive title defenses |
r – Champion relinquished title.
s – Champion stripped of title.
Atomweight
[edit]No. | Name | Duration of reign | Defences |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
17 May 2014 — 29 Jul 2018 | 6 |
2 | ![]() |
29 Jul 2018 — 25 Feb 2022 | 1 |
3 | ![]() |
25 Feb 2022 — 1 Sep 2022 | 0 |
4 | ![]() |
1 Sep 2022 — 12 Jan 2024 | 2 |
5 | ![]() |
12 Jan 2024 — present | 0 |
Mini flyweight
[edit]No. | Name | Duration of reign | Defences | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
2 Apr 2010 — 2011s | 1 | |
2 | ![]() |
25 Apr 2012 — 28 Jun 2012 | 0 | |
3 | ![]() |
28 Jun 2012 — 9 Feb 2014 | 2 | |
4 | ![]() |
9 Feb 2014 — 31 May 2014s | 0 | |
Yamada submitted a retirement notification to the Japanese Boxing Commission on 31 May 2014. The belt was vacated on the same day.[1] | ||||
5 | ![]() |
20 Sep 2014 — 13 Dec 2016r | 4 | |
Ikehara retired from professional competition on 13 December 2016[2] | ||||
6 | ![]() |
19 May 2017 — 1 Dec 2018 | 1 | |
7 | ![]() |
1 Dec 2018 — 28 Mar 2019r | 0 | |
Tada vacated the title on 28 March 2019, as she intended to move up to minimumweight.[3] | ||||
8 | ![]() |
27 Apr 2019 — 2019r | 0 | |
Saeki vacated the title, for undisclosed reasons, on 18 December 2019.[3] | ||||
9 | ![]() |
3 December 2020 — 23 October 2021 | 0 | |
10 | ![]() |
23 October 2021 — 8 Sep 2022 | 0 | |
11 | ![]() |
8 September 2022 — 29 March 2024 | 3 | |
12 | ![]() |
29 Mar 2024 — present | 0 |
Junior flyweight
[edit]No. | Name | Duration of reign | Defences |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
6 Nov 2009 — 2015s | 12 |
2 | ![]() |
29 Sep 2015 — 1 Jun 2016s | 0 |
Hye Lee was stripped of her title on 1 June 2016, as she failed to make a title defense in the mandated time frame.[5] | |||
3 | ![]() |
20 Aug 2016 — 2017r | 0 |
Hawton vacated her title in early 2017, in order to move down to atomweight.[6] | |||
4 | ![]() |
14 May 2017 — 16 Jul 2017s | 0 |
Su-yun vacated the title on 26 July 2017, after retiring from professional competition.[citation needed] | |||
5 | ![]() |
1 Dec 2017 — 11 Dec 2017r | 0 |
Fujioka vacated the title on 11 December 2017, to focus on defending her WBA light flyweight championship.[7] | |||
6 | ![]() |
8 Mar 2018 — 9 Jul 2021 | 4 |
7 | ![]() |
9 Jul 2021 — ?v | 0 |
8 | ![]() |
26 Nov 2022 — 2023v | |
9 | ![]() |
10 Mar 2023 — present | 1 |
Flyweight
[edit]No. | Name | Duration of reign | Defences |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
10 Oct 2009 — 16 May 2012 | 3 |
2 | ![]() |
16 May 2012 — 2014s | 2 |
3 | ![]() |
26 Apr 2014 — 2014r | 0 |
4 | ![]() |
21 Nov 2014 — 28 Feb 2015 | 0 |
5 | ![]() |
28 Feb 2015 — 2016s | 0 |
6 | ![]() |
9 Oct 2016 — 29 Apr 2017 | 0 |
7 | ![]() |
29 Apr 2017 — 17 Feb 2018 | 0 |
8 | ![]() |
17 Feb 2018 — 29 Jul 2019s | 2 |
Muciño was stripped of her title on 29 July 2019, as she was unable to make a defense due to an ankle injury sustained in a car crash.[9] | |||
9 | ![]() |
29 Jul 2019 — 6 Nov 2019r | 1 |
Adams retired from professional competition on 6 November 2019, after sustaining an eye injury in a fight.[10] | |||
10 | ![]() |
20 Dec 2019 — 19 Mar 2022r | 1 |
11 | ![]() |
18 Jun 2022 — 8 Jul 2023 | 1 |
12 | ![]() |
8 Jul 2023 — present | 0 |
Junior bantamweight
[edit]No. | Name | Duration of reign | Defences |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
17 Dec 2010 — 26 Jul 2013r | 6 |
Duer vacated her title on 26 July 2013, after capturing a WBO championship a weight class up.[11] | |||
2 | ![]() |
4 Jan 2014 — 2017r | 3 |
3 | ![]() |
10 Mar 2018 — 2019s | 1 |
4 | ![]() |
18 Jan 2019 — 2019r | 0 |
5 | ![]() |
19 Jun 2019 — 13 Dec 2020 | 1 |
6 | ![]() |
13 Dec 2020 — 29 Jun 2021 | 0 |
7 | ![]() |
29 Jun 2021 — 30 May 2022 | 0 |
8 | ![]() |
30 May 2022 — 27 October 2022 | 0 |
Ozawa vacated her title on 27 October 2022, to focus on her family life.[12] | |||
9 | ![]() |
1 Dec 2022 — present | 2 |
Bantamweight
[edit]No. | Name | Duration of reign | Defences |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
18 Sep 2010 — 2012r | 3 |
2 | ![]() |
31 May 2013 — 2013r | 0 |
3 | ![]() |
26 Jul 2013 — 2015s | 2 |
4 | ![]() |
10 February 2015 — 2015s | 1 |
5 | ![]() |
19 Oct 2015 — 2016s | 1 |
6 | ![]() |
26 Nov 2016 — 2017r | 0 |
7 | ![]() |
22 Apr 2017 — 2017r | 0 |
8 | ![]() |
20 Oct 2017 — Dec 2020r | 5 |
9 | ![]() |
25 Jun 2021 – present | 4 |
Junior featherweight
[edit]No. | Name | Duration of reign | Defences | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
4 Dec 2009 — 2010s | 0 | |
2 | ![]() |
30 Jun 2010 — 16 Mar 2012 | 2 | |
3 | ![]() |
16 Mar 2012 — 2013s | 2 | |
4 | ![]() |
25 Oct 2013 — 2016s | 2 | |
5 | ![]() |
10 May 2016 — 2016s | 0 | |
6 | ![]() |
18 Oct 2016 — 2018r | 2 | |
7 | ![]() |
13 Apr 2018 — 2018r | 0 | |
8 | ![]() |
25 Aug 2018 — 2021 | 3 | |
9 | ![]() |
20 Nov 2021 – 13 Apr 2024 | 3 | |
10 | ![]() |
13 Apr 2024 – present | 0 |
Featherweight
[edit]No. | Name | Duration of reign | Defences |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
10 Oct 2009 — 3 Jul 2010 | 1 |
2 | ![]() |
3 Jul 2010 — 2011s | 0 |
3 | ![]() |
5 Jan 2012 — 2014s | 5 |
4 | ![]() |
17 Feb 2016 — 2016r | 1 |
5 | ![]() |
10 Dec 2016 — 2018r | 1 |
6 | ![]() |
27 Oct 2018 — 13 Sep 2019 | 0 |
7 | ![]() |
13 Sep 2019 — present | 6 |
Junior lightweight
[edit]No. | Name | Duration of reign | Defences |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
4 Jun 2010 — 2018s | 8 |
2 | ![]() |
22 Feb 2018 — 30 October 2020s | 5 |
Brodnicka was stripped of her title on 30 October 2020, after failing to make weight for the fight with Mikaela Mayer.[14] | |||
3 | ![]() |
31 October 2020 — 15 Oct 2022 | 3 |
4 | ![]() |
15 Oct 2022 — present | 2 |
Lightweight
[edit]No. | Name | Duration of reign | Defences |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
9 Oct 2010 — 2011s | 0 |
2 | ![]() |
16 Mar 2012 — 14 Jun 2013 | 2 |
3 | ![]() |
14 Jun 2013 — 15 Aug 2014 | 3 |
4 | ![]() |
15 Aug 2014 — 2015s | 0 |
5 | ![]() |
24 Sep 2015 — 2017s | 3 |
6 | ![]() |
22 Dec 2017 — 15 Mar 2019 | 2 |
7 | ![]() |
15 Mar 2019 — 5 Jan 2024r | 8 |
Taylor vacated the title on 5 January 2024 to concentrate on defending her undisputed junior-welterweight/super-lightweight championships.[15] | |||
8 | ![]() |
13 April 2024 — present | 0 |
Junior welterweight
[edit]No. | Name | Duration of reign | Defences |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
4 Dec 2010 — 2015s | 10 |
2 | ![]() |
25 Apr 2015 — 2016r | 1 |
3 | ![]() |
14 May 2016 — 4 Nov 2016 | 0 |
4 | ![]() |
4 Nov 2016 — 2017s | 1 |
5 | ![]() |
8 Sep 2018 — 2018r | 0 |
6 | ![]() |
24 Mar 2019 — 2 Nov 2019 | 1 |
7 | ![]() |
2 Nov 2019 — 2019r | 0 |
8 | ![]() |
8 Feb 2020 — 2021r | 0 |
9 | ![]() |
5 Nov 2022 — 25 Nov 2023 | 1 |
10 | ![]() |
25 Nov 2023 — present | 0 |
Welterweight
[edit]No. | Name | Duration of reign | Defences |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
19 Dec 2009 — 2010r | 0 |
2 | ![]() |
15 May 2010 — 15 August 2020 | 21 |
3 | ![]() |
15 August 2020 — 2023? | 3 |
4 | ![]() |
22 April 2023 — present | 1 |
Junior middleweight
[edit]No. | Name | Duration of reign | Defences |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
29 May 2010 — 28 Feb 2013 | 3 |
2 | ![]() |
28 Feb 2013 — 2014s | 0 |
3 | ![]() |
20 Dec 2014 — 2018s | 4 |
4 | ![]() |
10 Jan 2020 — 26 Nov 2021v | 1 |
5 | ![]() |
19 Feb 2022 — present | 2 |
Middleweight
[edit]No. | Name | Duration of reign | Defences |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
23 Oct 2010 — 13 Apr 2019 | 12 |
2 | ![]() |
13 Apr 2019 — Sep 2020 | 0 |
3 | ![]() |
31 Oct 2020 — 15 Oct 2022 | 3 |
4 | ![]() |
15 Oct 2022 — present | 1 |
Super middleweight
[edit]No. | Name | Duration of reign | Defences |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
4 May 2013 — 2013r | 0 |
2 | ![]() |
12 May 2018 — 2018s | 0 |
3 | ![]() |
14 Sep 2019 — 1 Jul 2023 | 1 |
4 | ![]() |
1 Jul 2023 — present | 0 |
Light heavyweight
[edit]No. | Name | Duration of reign | Defences |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
30 Mar 2019 — 26 Jan 2021r | 1 |
Peres retired from professional competition on 26 January 2021.[17] | |||
2 | ![]() |
27 Jul 2024 — present | 0 |
Junior Heavyweight
[edit]No. | Name | Duration of reign | Defences |
---|---|---|---|
1 | vacant | 0 |
Heavyweight
[edit]No. | Name | Duration of reign | Defences |
---|---|---|---|
1 | vacant | 0 |
See also
[edit]- List of current female world boxing champions
- List of female undisputed world boxing champions
- List of WBA female world champions
- List of WBC female world champions
- List of IBF female world champions
- List of WIBO world champions
References
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- ^ a b "Ayaka Miyao and Etsuko Tada to clash for WBO crown!". asianboxing.info. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
- ^ Iskenderov, Parviz (30 March 2024). "Seniesa Estrada bests Yokasta Valle to land undisputed title". FIGHTMAG.
- ^ "'타이틀 박탈' 설움 딛고...복싱 이은혜 선수 '재도전'". ytn.co.kr. 2 October 2016. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
- ^ "Former WBO Champ Fil-Aussie Louisa Hawton Is A World Beater". philboxing.com. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
- ^ "Five-time female champ Fujioka renounces WBO 108lb belt". fightnews.com. 18 December 2017. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
- ^ Morilla, Diego (11 March 2023). "Bermudez squeezes past Enriquez to reclaim junior flyweight titles in Argentina's Luna Park". The Ring. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
- ^ "Adams becomes WBO world flyweight champion". espn.co.uk. 30 July 2019. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
- ^ "Nicola Adams retires: 'I tore the pupil in my eye in last fight'". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
- ^ "Carolina Duer se quedó con el título mundial gallo OMB". lanacion.com.ar. 27 July 2013. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
- ^ "WBO女子世界スーパーフライ級王者の小沢瑶生が引退「家族の人生を考え、ここで区切り」". sponichi.co.jp. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
- ^ "Ellie Scotney Unifies, Wins Ring Title; Rhiannon Dixon Captures Vacant Crown". Boxing Scene. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ Christ, Scott (30 October 2020). "Naoya Inoue vs Jason Moloney set, Ewa Brodnicka loses title on scale for Mikaela Mayer fight". badlefthook.com. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
- ^ "Katie Taylor vacates second world title as Chantelle Cameron makes trilogy fight vow". Irish Mirror. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ "Ellie Scotney claims second super-bantamweight belt, Rhiannon Dixon beats Karen Elizabeth Carabajal". BBC Sport. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ "GEOVANA PERES ANNOUNCES HER RETIREMENT". New Zealand fighter. Retrieved 26 January 2021.