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WBA minimumweight world title

Covers world title bouts since 1988. Current champion: Oscar Collazo, since 16th Nov 2024.

In 2020, the WBA world title became the WBA Super world title. This page covers the WBA and WBA Super world titles. The WBA's secondary world title, WBA Regular, has its own separate page.

World title bouts
83
Champions
22
Longest reign (Knockout CP Freshmart, 2020–2024)
4 years, 8 months
Most successful defences in one reign (Chana Porpaoin, 1993–1995)
8

Current champion

Oscar CollazoWBA Super · Since 16th Nov 2024 · 1 year, 11 months · 3 successful defences

Reigns and world title bouts

Jan 2022 – Jan 2027

WBA
Knockout CP FreshmartOscar Collazo
AprJulOct2023AprJulOct2024AprJulOct2025AprJulOct2026AprJulOct2027
1990200020102020

World title bout

Reigns by length

  1. 1Knockout CP FreshmartWBA Super2020–20244 years, 8 months · 5 successful defences
  2. 2Yutaka NiidaWBA2004–20084 years, 2 months · 7 successful defences
  3. 3Knockout CP FreshmartWBA2016–20203 years, 8 months · 7 successful defences
  4. 4Rosendo AlvarezWBA1995–19982 years, 11 months · 4 successful defences
  5. 5Chana PorpaoinWBA1993–19952 years, 9 months · 8 successful defences
  6. 6Roman GonzalezWBA2008–20102 years · 3 successful defences
  7. 7Hekkie BudlerWBA2014–20162 years · 4 successful defences
  8. 8Oscar CollazoWBA Super2024–present1 year, 11 months · 3 successful defences
  9. 9Noel ArambuletWBA2002–20041 year, 11 months · 2 successful defences
  10. 10Kim Bong-JunWBA1989–19911 year, 9 months · 5 successful defences
  11. 11Choi Hi-yongWBA1991–19921 year, 8 months · 4 successful defences
  12. 12Ryo MiyazakiWBA2012–201311 months · 2 successful defences
  13. 13Leo GamezWBA1988–198911 months · 1 successful defence
  14. 14Noel ArambuletWBA1999–200010 months · 1 successful defence
  15. 15Akira YaegashiWBA2011–20127 months · 0 successful defences
  16. 16Ricardo LopezWBA1998–19997 months · 0 successful defences
  17. 17Keitaro HoshinoWBA2002–20026 months · 0 successful defences
  18. 18Ekkawit SongnuiWBA2010–20115 months · 0 successful defences
  19. 19Keitaro HoshinoWBA2000–20014 months · 0 successful defences
  20. 20Chana PorpaoinWBA2001–20014 months · 0 successful defences
  21. 21Hideyuki OhashiWBA1992–19933 months · 0 successful defences
  22. 22Joma GamboaWBA2000–20003 months · 0 successful defences
  23. 23Kazuto IokaWBA2012–20123 months · 0 successful defences
  24. 24Muhammad RachmanWBA2011–20113 months · 0 successful defences
  25. 25Byron RojasWBA2016–20163 months · 0 successful defences
  26. 26Somporn SeetaWBA2011–20112 months · 0 successful defences
  27. 27Yutaka NiidaWBA2001–20011 month · 0 successful defences

Timeline of world title events

  1. 1988

  2. Leo Gamez beats Kim Bong-Jun via unanimous decision 12/12

    Minimumweight · WBANew champion

  3. Leo Gamez beats Kenji Yokozawa via knockout 3/12

    Minimumweight · WBA

  4. 1989

  5. Leo Gamez’s reign as the WBA minimumweight world champion ends

    Minimumweight · WBA

  6. Kim Bong-Jun beats Agustin Garcia via knockout 7/12

    Minimumweight · WBANew champion

  7. Kim Bong-Jun beats Sam Joong Lee via majority decision 12/12

    Minimumweight · WBA

  8. Kim Bong-Jun beats John Arief via knockout 9/12

    Minimumweight · WBA

  1. 1990

  2. Kim Bong-Jun beats Petchthai Chuvatana via knockout 4/12

    Minimumweight · WBA

  3. Kim Bong-Jun beats Silverio Barcenas via technical decision 5/12

    Minimumweight · WBA

  4. Kim Bong-Jun beats Silverio Barcenas via majority decision 12/12

    Minimumweight · WBA

  5. 1991

  6. Choi Hi-yong beats Kim Bong-Jun via unanimous decision 12/12

    Minimumweight · WBANew champion

  7. Choi Hi-yong beats Sugar Ray Mike via unanimous decision 12/12

    Minimumweight · WBA

  8. Choi Hi-yong beats Kim Bong-Jun via unanimous decision 12/12

    Minimumweight · WBA

  9. 1992

  10. Choi Hi-yong beats Yuichi Hosono via knockout 10/12

    Minimumweight · WBA

  11. Choi Hi-yong beats Rommel Lawas via knockout 3/12

    Minimumweight · WBA

  12. Hideyuki Ohashi beats Choi Hi-yong via unanimous decision 12/12

    Minimumweight · WBANew champion

  13. 1993

  14. Chana Porpaoin beats Hideyuki Ohashi via majority decision 12/12

    Minimumweight · WBANew champion

  15. Chana Porpaoin beats Carlos Murillo via unanimous decision 12/12

    Minimumweight · WBA

  16. Chana Porpaoin beats Ronnie Magramo via unanimous decision 12/12

    Minimumweight · WBA

  17. Chana Porpaoin beats Rafael Torres via knockout 4/12

    Minimumweight · WBA

  18. 1994

  19. Chana Porpaoin beats Carlos Murillo via majority decision 12/12

    Minimumweight · WBA

  20. Chana Porpaoin beats Keum Young Kang via unanimous decision 12/12

    Minimumweight · WBA

  21. Chana Porpaoin beats Manuel Jesus Herrera via split decision 12/12

    Minimumweight · WBA

  22. 1995

  23. Chana Porpaoin beats Jin Ho Kim via unanimous decision 12/12

    Minimumweight · WBA

  24. Chana Porpaoin beats Ernesto Rubillar via knockout 6/12

    Minimumweight · WBA

  25. Rosendo Alvarez beats Chana Porpaoin via split decision 12/12

    Minimumweight · WBANew champion

  26. 1996

  27. Rosendo Alvarez beats Kermin Guardia via knockout 3/12

    Minimumweight · WBA

  28. Rosendo Alvarez beats Eric Chavez via majority decision 12/12

    Minimumweight · WBA

  29. Rosendo Alvarez beats Takashi Shiohama via knockout 8/12

    Minimumweight · WBA

  30. 1997

  31. Rosendo Alvarez beats Kam Motma via knockout 11/12

    Minimumweight · WBA

  32. 1998

  33. Rosendo Alvarez and Ricardo Lopez draw via technical decision 12/12

    Minimumweight · WBA and WBC

  34. Ricardo Lopez beats Rosendo Alvarez via split decision 12/12

    Minimumweight · WBA and WBCNew WBA champion

  35. 1999

  36. Ricardo Lopez’s reign as the WBA minimumweight world champion ends

    Minimumweight · WBA

  37. Noel Arambulet beats Joma Gamboa via unanimous decision 12/12

    Minimumweight · WBANew champion

  1. 2000

  2. Noel Arambulet beats Jose Garcia Bernal via unanimous decision 12/12

    Minimumweight · WBA

  3. Joma Gamboa beats Noel Arambulet via split decision 12/12

    Minimumweight · WBANew champion

  4. Keitaro Hoshino beats Joma Gamboa via unanimous decision 12/12

    Minimumweight · WBANew champion

  5. 2001

  6. Chana Porpaoin beats Keitaro Hoshino via split decision 12/12

    Minimumweight · WBANew champion

  7. Yutaka Niida beats Chana Porpaoin via unanimous decision 12/12

    Minimumweight · WBANew champion

  8. Yutaka Niida’s reign as the WBA minimumweight world champion ends

    Minimumweight · WBA

  9. 2002

  10. Keitaro Hoshino beats Joma Gamboa via unanimous decision 12/12

    Minimumweight · WBANew champion

  11. Noel Arambulet beats Keitaro Hoshino via majority decision 12/12

    Minimumweight · WBANew champion

  12. Noel Arambulet beats Keitaro Hoshino via majority decision 12/12

    Minimumweight · WBA

  13. 2003

  14. Noel Arambulet beats Yutaka Niida via split decision 12/12

    Minimumweight · WBA

  15. 2004

  16. Noel Arambulet’s reign as the WBA minimumweight world champion ends

    Minimumweight · WBA

  17. Yutaka Niida beats Noel Arambulet via unanimous decision 12/12

    Minimumweight · WBANew champion

  18. Yutaka Niida beats Juan Jose Landaeta via split decision 12/12

    Minimumweight · WBA

  19. 2005

  20. Yutaka Niida beats Jae Won Kim via unanimous decision 12/12

    Minimumweight · WBA

  21. Yutaka Niida beats Eriberto Gejon via technical decision 10/12

    Minimumweight · WBA

  22. 2006

  23. Yutaka Niida beats Ronald Barrera via unanimous decision 12/12

    Minimumweight · WBA

  24. 2007

  25. Yutaka Niida beats Katsunari Takayama via split decision 12/12

    Minimumweight · WBA

  26. Yutaka Niida beats Eriberto Gejon via unanimous decision 12/12

    Minimumweight · WBA

  27. 2008

  28. Yutaka Niida beats Jose Luis Varela via knockout 6/12

    Minimumweight · WBA

  29. Roman Gonzalez beats Yutaka Niida via knockout 4/12

    Minimumweight · WBANew champion

  30. 2009

  31. Roman Gonzalez beats Francisco Rosas via majority decision 12/12

    Minimumweight · WBA

  32. Roman Gonzalez beats Katsunari Takayama via unanimous decision 12/12

    Minimumweight · WBA

  1. 2010

  2. Roman Gonzalez beats Ivan Meneses Flores via knockout 4/12

    Minimumweight · WBA

  3. Roman Gonzalez’s reign as the WBA minimumweight world champion ends

    Minimumweight · WBA

  4. Ekkawit Songnui beats Wicha Phulaikhao via split decision 12/12

    Minimumweight · WBANew champion

  5. 2011

  6. Muhammad Rachman beats Ekkawit Songnui via knockout 9/12

    Minimumweight · WBANew champion

  7. Somporn Seeta beats Muhammad Rachman via majority decision 12/12

    Minimumweight · WBANew champion

  8. Akira Yaegashi beats Somporn Seeta via knockout 10/12

    Minimumweight · WBANew champion

  9. 2012

  10. Kazuto Ioka beats Akira Yaegashi via unanimous decision 12/12

    Minimumweight · WBA and WBCNew WBA champion

  11. Kazuto Ioka’s reign as the WBA minimumweight world champion ends

    Minimumweight · WBA

  12. Ryo Miyazaki beats Somporn Seeta via split decision 12/12

    Minimumweight · WBANew champion

  13. 2013

  14. Ryo Miyazaki beats Carlos Velarde via knockout 5/12

    Minimumweight · WBA

  15. Ryo Miyazaki beats Jesus Silvestre via majority decision 12/12

    Minimumweight · WBA

  16. Ryo Miyazaki’s reign as the WBA minimumweight world champion ends

    Minimumweight · WBA

  17. 2014

  18. Hekkie Budler beats Karluis Diaz via knockout 1/12

    Minimumweight · WBANew champion

  19. Hekkie Budler beats Wicha Phulaikhao via knockout 8/12

    Minimumweight · WBA

  20. Hekkie Budler beats Xiong Chaozhong via unanimous decision 12/12

    Minimumweight · WBA

  21. 2015

  22. Hekkie Budler beats Jesus Silvestre via unanimous decision 12/12

    Minimumweight · WBA

  23. Hekkie Budler beats Simpiwe Konkco via unanimous decision 12/12

    Minimumweight · WBA

  24. 2016

  25. Byron Rojas beats Hekkie Budler via unanimous decision 12/12

    Minimumweight · WBANew champion

  26. Knockout CP Freshmart beats Byron Rojas via unanimous decision 12/12

    Minimumweight · WBANew champion

  27. Knockout CP Freshmart beats Shin Ono via unanimous decision 12/12

    Minimumweight · WBA

  28. 2017

  29. Knockout CP Freshmart beats Go Odaira via knockout 5/12

    Minimumweight · WBA

  30. Knockout CP Freshmart beats Rey Loreto via unanimous decision 12/12

    Minimumweight · WBA

  31. 2018

  32. Knockout CP Freshmart beats Toto Landero via unanimous decision 12/12

    Minimumweight · WBA

  33. Knockout CP Freshmart beats Xiong Chaozhong via unanimous decision 12/12

    Minimumweight · WBA

  34. Knockout CP Freshmart beats Byron Rojas via unanimous decision 12/12

    Minimumweight · WBA

  35. 2019

  36. Knockout CP Freshmart beats ArAr Andales via technical decision 8/12

    Minimumweight · WBA

  1. 2020

  2. Knockout CP Freshmart's WBA world title becomes the WBA Super world title

    Minimumweight · WBA Super

  3. Knockout CP Freshmart beats Norihito Tanaka via unanimous decision 12/12

    Minimumweight · WBA Super

  4. 2021

  5. Knockout CP Freshmart beats Siridech Deebook via technical knockout 3/12

    Minimumweight · WBA Super

  6. Knockout CP Freshmart beats Robert Paradero via technical knockout 5/12

    Minimumweight · WBA Super

  7. 2022

  8. Knockout CP Freshmart beats Wanheng Menayothin via unanimous decision 12/12

    Minimumweight · WBA Super

  9. 2024

  10. Knockout CP Freshmart beats Alex Winwood via majority decision 12/12

    Minimumweight · WBA Super

  11. Oscar Collazo beats Knockout CP Freshmart via technical knockout 7/12

    Minimumweight · WBA Super, WBO and The RingNew WBA Super champion

  12. 2025

  13. Oscar Collazo beats Edwin Cano Hernandez via knockout 5/12

    Minimumweight · WBA Super, WBO and The Ring

  14. Oscar Collazo beats Jayson Vayson via knockout 7/12

    Minimumweight · WBA Super, WBO and The Ring

    Source: Óscar Collazo retains minimumweight crown with knockout(opens in a new tab), World Boxing Association, Rowerth Goncalves,

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  15. 2026

  16. Oscar Collazo beats Jesus Haro via corner retirement 6/12

    Minimumweight · WBA Super, WBO and The Ring

    Source: Oscar Collazo dominates, stops Jesus Haro in six rounds(opens in a new tab), The Ring, Manouk Akopyan,