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List of WBA female world champions

The following is a list of WBA female world champions certificated by the World Boxing Association (WBA).

Stand: March 31, 2020.

r – Champion relinquished title.
s – Champion stripped of title.

During the 2009 WBA convention in Colombia, Susi Kentikian was named the first ever WBA female Super Champion. It was announced that this belt would be called "Susi Kentikian belt" for all other future Super Champions.[1]

Light minimumweight edit

No. Name Duration of reign Defences
1   Mari Ando Sep 22, 2011 — Sep 16, 2012 1
2   Ayaka Miyao Sep 16, 2012 — Oct 22, 2015 5
3   Momo Koseki Oct 22, 2015 — 2016r 0
4   Yunoka Furukawa Aug 13, 2016 — 2017s 1
5   Maria Milano – Interim champion promoted Mar 9, 2018 — 2018s 0
6   Monserrat Alarcón Aug 31, 2018 — Aug 5, 2023 3
7   Yuko Kuroki [ja] Aug 5, 2023 — Jan 12, 2024 0
8   Eri Matsuda Jan 12, 2024 — present 0

Minimumweight edit

No. Name Duration of reign Defences
1   Vaia Zaganas Apr 8, 2004 — 2005r 0
2   Cho Rong Son Dec 9, 2006 — Apr 11, 2009 2
3   Etsuko Tada Apr 11, 2009 — Jul 23, 2013 9
4   Anabel Ortiz Jul 23, 2013 — Mar 20, 2021 12
5   Seniesa Estrada Mar 20, 2021 — present 4

Light flyweight edit

No. Name Duration of reign Defences
1   Ju Hee Kim Aug 24, 2007 — 2009s 0
2   Yésica Bopp – Super champion
(Promoted from Regular champion November 2020) 		Jun 20, 2009 — March 11, 2022 20
3   Yesica Nery Plata –
Super champion 		March 11, 2022 — present 2

Flyweight edit

No. Name Duration of reign Defences
1   Susi Kentikian (Super Champion from Nov 18, 2009 - May 16, 2012) Feb 16, 2007 — Dec 1, 2012 14
2   Carina Moreno Dec 1, 2012 — Jul 6, 2013 0
3   Susi Kentikian (2) Jul 6, 2013 — 2016s 4
4   Naoko Fujioka Mar 13, 2017 — April 9, 2022 3
5   Marlen Esparza April 9, 2022 - current 2

Super flyweight edit

No. Name Duration of reign Defences
1   Yazmín Rivas Feb 28, 2005 — 2006r 0
2   Ha-Na Kim Oct 7, 2006 — Oct 9, 2007 2
3   Xiyan Zhang Oct 9, 2007 — Feb 26, 2009 0
4   Tenkai Tsunami Feb 26, 2009 — Jul 9, 2012 4
5   Naoko Yamaguchi Jul 9, 2012 — Nov 13, 2013 2
6   Naoko Fujioka Nov 13, 2013 — 2015r 2
7   Linda Laura Lecca – Interim champion promoted Apr 15, 2016 — May 19, 2018 2
8   Maribel Ramírez May 19, 2018 — June 24, 2022 2
9   Clara Lescurat June 24, 2022 — present 2

Bantamweight edit

No. Name Duration of reign Defences
1   Jackie Nava Feb 28, 2005 — 2005r 0
2   Anita Christensen Oct 14, 2006 — Jun 21, 2008 1
3   Galina Koleva Ivanova Jun 21, 2008 — 2008s 0
4   Emanuela Pantani Dec 19, 2008 — 2010s 0
5   Janeth Pérez Jul 16, 2011 — Jan 5, 2013 3
6   Irma García Jan 5, 2013 — 2015s 2
7   Mayerlin Rivas – Interim champion promoted Mar 8, 2015 — Feb 29, 2020r 4
8   Shannon Courtenay – (def. Ebanie Bridges) Apr 10, 2021 — Oct 8, 2021s 0
9   Jamie Mitchell – (def. Shannon Courtenay) Oct 9, 2021— Nov 26, 2022 1
10   Nina Hughes – (def. Jamie Mitchell) Nov 26, 2022 — present 1

Super bantamweight edit

No. Name Duration of reign Defences
1   Marcela Eliana Acuña Aug 12, 2006 — Jan 20, 2010s 5
2   Lisa Brown Mar 27, 2010 — Apr 2, 2011 0
3   Chanttall Martínez Apr 2, 2011 — Jan 28, 2012 2
4   Yésica Patricia Marcos Oct 6, 2012 — 2016s 3
5   Jackie Nava Jan 28, 2012 — May 24, 2014 2
6   Jackie Nava (2) – Interim, elevated to Super champion on October 15, 2014 May 24, 2014 — 2016s 3
7   Liliana Palmera – Interim champion promoted Apr 15, 2016 — Aug 5, 2017 1
8   Alys Sánchez Aug 5, 2017 — Nov 18, 2017 0
9   Liliana Palmera (2) Nov 18, 2017 — May 19, 2018 0
10   Yazmín Rivas May 19, 2018 — Dec 31, 2019r 1
11   Mayerlin Rivas Feb 7, 2020 — Nov 18, 2023 2
12   Erika Cruz Nov 18, 2023 — present 0

Featherweight edit

No. Name Duration of reign Defences Days
1   Gao Li Jun Mar 25, 2006 — 2006r 0 281
2   Hwa-Won Lee Apr 30, 2007 — 2008r 0 611
3   Hyun Mi Choi Oct 11, 2008 — 2013r 7 1907
4   Ogleidis Suárez – Interim champion promoted May 10, 2013 — Dec 13, 2013 1 217
5   Edith Soledad Matthysse Dec 13, 2013 — Mar 11, 2016 1 819
6   Jelena Mrdjenovich Super champion from Apr 30, 2018 - Sep 30, 2018 Mar 11, 2016 — Apr 22, 2021 5 1,868
7   Erika Cruz Apr 22, 2021 — Feb 4, 2023 2 653
8   Amanda Serrano Feb 4, 2023 — present 2 448

Super featherweight edit

No. Name Duration of reign Defences Days
1   Kina Malpartida Feb 21, 2009 — 2013s 6 1770
2   Hyun Mi Choi – Interim champion promoted Oct 30, 2013 — Dec, 2022 10 3340
Choi was declared Champion in Recess due to injury[2]
3   Alycia Baumgardner (def. Elhem Mekhaled) Feb 4, 2023 — present 1 448

Lightweight edit

No. Name Duration of reign Defences Days
1   Layla McCarter Dec 2, 2006 — 2011s 2 1855
2   Alejandra Marina Oliveras Aug 12, 2011 — 2012r 0 507
3   Cecilia Comunales Mar 30, 2012 — 2015s 2 1731
4   Cecilia Comunales (2) Jun 4, 2016 — 2017s 0 575
5   Anahí Ester Sánchez Sep 9, 2017 — Oct 27, 2017s 0 48
6   Katie Taylor – Super champion from Apr 30, 2018 - Sep 30, 2018 Oct 28, 2017 — present 14 2,373

Super lightweight edit

No. Name Duration of reign Defences Days
1   Myriam Lamare Nov 8, 2004 — Dec 2, 2006 5 754
2   Anne Sophie Mathis Dec 2, 2006 — 2010s 3 1520
3   Mónica Silvina Acosta Feb 18, 2011 — Jan 18, 2014 3 1430
4   Ana Laura Esteche Jan 18, 2014 — 2018s 4 89
5   Anahí Ester Sánchez – Interim champion promoted Feb 28, 2019 — May 25, 2019 0 89
6   Jessica McCaskill May 25, 2019 — August 2020r 1 464
7   Kali Reis Nov 6, 2020 — ? 0 1268
8   Chantelle Cameron Nov 5, 2022 — Nov 25, 2023 1 385
9   Katie Taylor Nov 25, 2023 — present 0 154

Welterweight edit

No. Name Duration of reign Defences Days
1   Holly Holm Jun 10, 2006 — 2007r 1 565
2   Cecilia Braekhus – Super champion from Jul 10, 2014 to Jun 10, 2015, from Aug 29, 2015 to Feb 20, 2016 and again from Apr 30, 2018 to Sep 30, 2018 Mar 14, 2009 — Aug 15, 2020 24 4172
3   Jessica McCaskill Aug 15, 2020 — present 4 1268

Super welterweight edit

No. Name Duration of reign Defences Days
1   Jisselle Salandy Sep 15, 2006 — Jan 4, 2009 (died in a vehicular accident) 5 843
2   Layla McCarter Sep 30, 2012 — 2014s 0 838
3   Hanna Gabriels – Super champion from Apr 30, 2018 - Sep 30, 2018 Jun 18, 2016 — 2021 4
4   Claressa Shields - Super champion March 5, 2021 - present 0 1149
5   Hannah Rankin - Regular champion November 5, 2021 - September 24, 2022 1 904
6   Terri Harper - September 24, 2022 - present 2 581

Middleweight edit

No. Name Duration of reign Defences Days
1   Teresa Perozzi Dec 30, 2011 — 2014s 2 1204
2   Claressa Shields Jun 22, 2018 — present 6 2136

Super middleweight edit

No. Name Duration of reign Defences Days
1   Natalya Ragozina Feb 17, 2007 — 2012s 6 2139
2   Alicia Napoleon Espinosa Mar 3, 2018 — Jan 10, 2020 2 2975
3   Elin Cederroos Jan 10, 2020 — Apr 30, 2022 0 475
4   Franchón Crews-Dezurn Apr 30, 2022 — Jul 1, 2023 0 428
5   Savannah Marshall Jul 1, 2023 – present 0 301

Light heavyweight edit

No. Name Duration of reign Defences Days
1   Hanna Gabriels Apr 17, 2021 — present 0 1106

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Salandy honoured at WBA 88th Convention". www.guardian.co.tt.
  2. ^ Baumgardner Approved To Fight For Undisputed Crown; Choi Named 'Champion In Recess' By WBA, 23 December 2022
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