List of undisputed boxing champions This is a list of current and past undisputed champions of boxing. Welterweight Reign Began Reign Ended Champion Recognition March 21, 1963 June 8, 1963 Cuba Luis Manuel Rodríguez WBA & WBC June 8, 1963 December 10, 1965 United States Virgin Islands Emile Griffith WBA & WBC Emile Griffith relinquished the title after moving to the middleweight division. November 28, 1966 April 18, 1969 United States Curtis Cokes WBA & WBC Cokes reunited the titles after defeating Jean Josselin. April 18, 1969 December 3, 1970 Cuba José Nápoles WBA & WBC December 3, 1970 June 4, 1971 United States Billy Backus WBA & WBC June 4, 1971 May 1975 Cuba José Nápoles WBA & WBC Nápoles gave up the WBA belt after rematching Armando Muniz. September 16, 1981 February 15, 1982 United States Sugar Ray Leonard WBA & WBC Sugar Ray Leonard unified his WBC with Thomas Hearnss WBA to become the first undisputed champ in seven years. Leonard later relinquished the title after retiring from boxing because of a detached retina. December 6, 1985 September 27, 1986 United States Donald Curry WBA, WBC & IBF Donald Curry unified his WBA and IBF titles with Milton McCrorys WBC title to become the next undisputed champ. September 27, 1986 1987 United Kingdom Lloyd Honeyghan WBA, WBC & IBF Honeyghan later relinquished the WBA title in protest at the bodys approval of world title fights being staged in Apartheid South Africa. December 13, 2003 February 5, 2005 United States Cory Spinks WBA, WBC & IBF Spinks won the undisputed title by unifying his IBF belt with Ricardo Mayorgas WBC and WBA belts. February 5, 2005 January 7, 2006 United States Zab Judah WBA, WBC & IBF Judah lost his undisputed championship to Carlos Baldomir, but despite being recognized as the true welterweight champion, Baldomir did not pay the sanctioning fees for the WBA or IBF. Consequently, the WBA relinquished Judah as its champion, while the IBF continued to recognise him. Judah later lost the IBF title to Floyd Mayweather Jr. Junior Welterweight Reign Began Reign Ended Champion Recognition March 21, 1963 June 15, 1963 Philippines Roberto Cruz WBA & WBC June 15, 1963 January 18, 1965 United States Eddie Perkins WBA & WBC January 18, 1965 April 29, 1966 Venezuela Carlos Hernández WBA & WBC April 29, 1966 April 30, 1967 Italy Sandro Lopopolo WBA & WBC April 30, 1967 November 16, 1967 (Vacated) United StatesJapan Takeshi Fuji WBA & WBC November 3, 2001 January 19, 2003 AustraliaRussia Kostya Tszyu WBA, WBC & IBF Kostya Tszyu became the undisputed Junior Welterweight champ after defeating Zab Judah to successfully unify his WBA and WBC belt with Judahs IBF belt. Tszyu was stripped of the WBA and WBC titles because of extended inactivity due to training injuries and lost his IBF belt to Ricky Hatton.
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