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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
Mini flyweight
No.
Name
Duration of reign
Defences
1
Teeraporn Pannimit
2 Apr 2010 — 2011s
1
2
Teeraporn Pannimit (2)
25 Apr 2012 — 28 Jun 2012
0
3
Hong Su-yun
28 Jun 2012 — 9 Feb 2014
2
4
Mako Yamada
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
Kumiko Seeser Ikehara
20 Sep 2014 — 13 Dec 2016r
4
Ikehara retired from professional competition on 13 December 2016[ 2]
6
Kayoko Ebata
19 May 2017 — 1 Dec 2018
1
7
Etsuko Tada
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
Kasumi Saeki
27 Apr 2019 — 2019r
0
Saeki vacated the title, for undisclosed reasons, on 18 December 2019.[ 3]
9
Etsuko Tada (2)
3 December 2020 — 23 October 2021
0
10
Nguyễn Thị Thu Nhi
23 October 2021 — 8 Sep 2022
0
11
Yokasta Valle
8 September 2022 — 29 March 2024
3
12
Seniesa Estrada [ 4]
29 Mar 2024 — present
0
Junior flyweight
No.
Name
Duration of reign
Defences
1
Yesica Bopp
6 Nov 2009 — 2015s
12
2
Eun Hye Lee
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
Louisa Hawton
20 Aug 2016 — 2017r
0
Hawton vacated her title in early 2017, in order to move down to atomweight.[ 6]
4
Hong Su-yun
14 May 2017 — 16 Jul 2017s
0
Su-yun vacated the title on 26 July 2017, after retiring from professional competition.[citation needed ]
5
Naoko Fujioka
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
Tenkai Tsunami
8 Mar 2018 — 9 Jul 2021
4
7
Seniesa Estrada
9 Jul 2021 — ?v
0
8
Yokasta Valle
26 Nov 2022 — 2023v
9
Evelyn Nazarena Bermúdez[ 8]
10 Mar 2023 — present
1
Flyweight
No.
Name
Duration of reign
Defences
1
Susi Kentikian
10 Oct 2009 — 16 May 2012
3
2
Melissa McMorrow
16 May 2012 — 2014s
2
3
Yesica Bopp
26 Apr 2014 — 2014r
0
4
Kenia Enriquez
21 Nov 2014 — 28 Feb 2015
0
5
Melissa McMorrow (2)
28 Feb 2015 — 2016s
0
6
Nana Yoshikawa
9 Oct 2016 — 29 Apr 2017
0
7
Monserrat Alarcón
29 Apr 2017 — 17 Feb 2018
0
8
Arely Muciño
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
Nicola Adams – Interim Champion since 6 October 2018, elevated to regular champion
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
Debora Anahí López
20 Dec 2019 — 19 Mar 2022r
1
11
Gabriela Celeste Alaniz
18 Jun 2022 — 8 Jul 2023
1
12
Marlen Esparza
8 Jul 2023 — present
0
Junior bantamweight
Bantamweight
Junior featherweight
Featherweight
Junior lightweight
No.
Name
Duration of reign
Defences
1
Ramona Kuehne
4 Jun 2010 — 2018s
8
2
Ewa Brodnicka – Interim champion since 13 May 2017, elevated to full champion
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
Mikaela Mayer
31 October 2020 — 15 Oct 2022
3
4
Alycia Baumgardner
15 Oct 2022 — present
2
Lightweight
Junior welterweight
Welterweight
Junior middleweight
Middleweight
No.
Name
Duration of reign
Defences
1
Christina Hammer
23 Oct 2010 — 13 Apr 2019
12
2
Claressa Shields Super champion since 8 July 2019
13 Apr 2019 — Sep 2020
0
3
Savannah Marshall
31 Oct 2020 — 15 Oct 2022
3
4
Claressa Shields (2)
15 Oct 2022 — present
1
Super middleweight
Light heavyweight
No.
Name
Duration of reign
Defences
1
Geovana Peres
30 Mar 2019 — 26 Jan 2021r
1
Peres retired from professional competition on 26 January 2021.[ 17]
2
Claressa Shields
27 Jul 2024 — present
0
Junior Heavyweight
No.
Name
Duration of reign
Defences
1
vacant
0
Heavyweight
No.
Name
Duration of reign
Defences
1
vacant
0
See also
References