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

No. Name Duration of reign Defences
1 Japan Mari Ando Sep 22, 2011 — Sep 16, 2012 1
2 Japan Ayaka Miyao Sep 16, 2012 — Oct 22, 2015 5
3 Japan Momo Koseki Oct 22, 2015 — 2016r 0
4 Japan Yunoka Furukawa Aug 13, 2016 — 2017s 1
5 Venezuela Maria Milano – Interim champion promoted Mar 9, 2018 — 2018s 0
6 Mexico Monserrat Alarcón Aug 31, 2018 — Aug 5, 2023 4
7 Japan Yuko Kuroki Aug 5, 2023 — Jan 12, 2024 0
8 Japan Eri Matsuda Jan 12, 2024 — Nov 23, 2024 0
9 Germany Tina Rupprecht Nov 23, 2024 — present 0

Minimumweight

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

Light flyweight

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

Flyweight

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

Super flyweight

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

Bantamweight

No. Name Duration of reign Defences
1 Mexico Jackie Nava Feb 28, 2005 — 2005r 0
2 Denmark Anita Christensen Oct 14, 2006 — Jun 21, 2008 1
3 Bulgaria Galina Koleva Ivanova Jun 21, 2008 — 2008s 0
4 Italy Emanuela Pantani Dec 19, 2008 — 2010s 0
5 Mexico Janeth Pérez Jul 16, 2011 — Jan 5, 2013 3
6 Mexico Irma García Jan 5, 2013 — 2015s 2
7 Venezuela Mayerlin Rivas – Interim champion promoted Mar 8, 2015 — Feb 29, 2020r 4
8 United Kingdom Shannon Courtenay – (def. Ebanie Bridges) Apr 10, 2021 — Oct 8, 2021s 0
9 United States Jamie Mitchell – (def. Shannon Courtenay) Oct 9, 2021— Nov 26, 2022 1
10 United Kingdom Nina Hughes – (def. Jamie Mitchell) Nov 26, 2022 — May 12, 2023 2
11 New Zealand Cherneka Johnson – (def. Nina Hughes) May 12, 2024 — present 0

Super bantamweight

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

Featherweight

No. Name Duration of reign Defences Days
1 China Gao Li Jun Mar 25, 2006 — 2006r 0 281
2 South Korea Hwa-Won Lee Apr 30, 2007 — 2008r 0 611
3 South Korea Hyun Mi Choi Oct 11, 2008 — 2013r 7 1907
4 Venezuela Ogleidis Suárez – Interim champion promoted May 10, 2013 — Dec 13, 2013 1 217
5 Argentina Edith Soledad Matthysse Dec 13, 2013 — Mar 11, 2016 1 819
6 Canada Jelena Mrdjenovich Super champion from Apr 30, 2018 - Sep 30, 2018 Mar 11, 2016 — Apr 22, 2021 5 1,868
7 Mexico Erika Cruz Apr 22, 2021 — Feb 4, 2023 2 653
8 Puerto Rico Amanda Serrano Feb 4, 2023 — present 2 684

Super featherweight

No. Name Duration of reign Defences Days
1 Peru Kina Malpartida Feb 21, 2009 — 2013s 6 1770
2 South Korea Hyun Mi Choi – Interim champion promoted Oct 30, 2013 — Dec, 2022 10 3340
Choi was declared Champion in Recess due to injury[2]
3 United States Alycia Baumgardner (def. Elhem Mekhaled) Feb 4, 2023 — present 1 684

Lightweight

No. Name Duration of reign Defences Days
1 United States Layla McCarter Dec 2, 2006 — 2011s 2 1855
2 Argentina Alejandra Marina Oliveras Aug 12, 2011 — 2012r 0 507
3 Uruguay Cecilia Comunales Mar 30, 2012 — 2015s 2 1731
4 Uruguay Cecilia Comunales (2) Jun 4, 2016 — 2017s 0 575
5 Argentina Anahí Ester Sánchez Sep 9, 2017 — Oct 27, 2017s 0 48
6 Republic of Ireland Katie Taylor – Super champion from Apr 30, 2018 - Sep 30, 2018 Oct 28, 2017 — present 14 2,609

Super lightweight

No. Name Duration of reign Defences Days
1 France Myriam Lamare Nov 8, 2004 — Dec 2, 2006 5 754
2 France Anne Sophie Mathis Dec 2, 2006 — 2010s 3 1520
3 Argentina Mónica Silvina Acosta Feb 18, 2011 — Jan 18, 2014 3 1430
4 Argentina Ana Laura Esteche Jan 18, 2014 — 2018s 4 89
5 Argentina Anahí Ester Sánchez – Interim champion promoted Feb 28, 2019 — May 25, 2019 0 89
6 United States Jessica McCaskill May 25, 2019 — August 2020r 1 464
7 United States Kali Reis Nov 6, 2020 — ? 0 1504
8 United Kingdom Chantelle Cameron Nov 5, 2022 — Nov 25, 2023 1 385
9 Republic of Ireland Katie Taylor Nov 25, 2023 — present 0 390

Welterweight

No. Name Duration of reign Defences Days
1 United States Holly Holm Jun 10, 2006 — 2007r 1 565
2 Norway 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 United States Jessica McCaskill Aug 15, 2020 — 11 May 2024 4 1504
4 United Kingdom Lauren Price 11 May 2024 - present 0 222

Super welterweight

No. Name Duration of reign Defences Days
1 Trinidad and Tobago Jisselle Salandy Sep 15, 2006 — Jan 4, 2009 (died in a vehicular accident) 5 843
2 United States Layla McCarter Sep 30, 2012 — 2014s 0 838
3 Costa Rica Hanna Gabriels – Super champion from Apr 30, 2018 - Sep 30, 2018 Jun 18, 2016 — 2021 4
4 United States Claressa Shields - Super champion March 5, 2021 - present 0 1385
5 United Kingdom Hannah Rankin - Regular champion November 5, 2021 - September 24, 2022 1 1140
6 United Kingdom Terri Harper - September 24, 2022 - present 2 817

Middleweight

No. Name Duration of reign Defences Days
1 Bermuda Teresa Perozzi Dec 30, 2011 — 2014s 2 1204
2 United States Claressa Shields Jun 22, 2018 — present 6 2372

Super middleweight

No. Name Duration of reign Defences Days
1 Russia Natalya Ragozina Feb 17, 2007 — 2012s 6 2139
2 United States Alicia Napoleon Espinosa Mar 3, 2018 — Jan 10, 2020 2 2975
3 Sweden Elin Cederroos Jan 10, 2020 — Apr 30, 2022 0 475
4 United States Franchón Crews-Dezurn Apr 30, 2022 — Jul 1, 2023 0 428
5 United Kingdom Savannah Marshall Jul 1, 2023 – present 0 537

Light heavyweight

No. Name Duration of reign Defences Days
1 Costa Rica Hanna Gabriels Apr 17, 2021 — present 0 1342

See also

References

  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