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WBO welterweight world title

Covers world title bouts since 1989. Current champion: Devin Haney, since 22nd Nov 2025.

World title bouts
67
Champions
20
Longest reign (Terence Crawford, 2018–2024)
6 years, 2 months
Most successful defences in one reign (Antonio Margarito, 2002–2007)
7

Current champion

Devin HaneySince 22nd Nov 2025 · 11 months · 0 successful defences

Upcoming world title bouts

  1. Devin Haney v Liam Paro

    Welterweight · IBF and WBO

Reigns and world title bouts

Feb 2022 – Feb 2027

WBO
Terence CrawfordBrian Norman JrDevin Haney
AprJulOct2023AprJulOct2024AprJulOct2025AprJulOct2026AprJulOct2027
1990200020102020

World title boutScheduled

Reigns by length

  1. 1Terence CrawfordWBO2018–20246 years, 2 months · 7 successful defences
  2. 2Antonio MargaritoWBO2002–20075 years, 3 months · 7 successful defences
  3. 3Manning GallowayWBO1989–19933 years, 1 month · 6 successful defences
  4. 4Manny PacquiaoWBO2009–20122 years, 6 months · 3 successful defences
  5. 5Eamonn LoughranWBO1993–19962 years, 5 months · 4 successful defences
  6. 6Akhmed KotievWBO1998–20002 years, 2 months · 4 successful defences
  7. 7Timothy Bradley JrWBO2012–20141 year, 10 months · 2 successful defences
  8. 8Brian Norman JrWBO2024–20251 year, 3 months · 2 successful defences
  9. 9Daniel SantosWBO2000–20011 year, 2 months · 2 successful defences
  10. 10Manny PacquiaoWBO2014–20151 year · 1 successful defence
  11. 11Devin HaneyWBO2025–present11 months · 0 successful defences
  12. 12Jeff HornWBO2017–201811 months · 1 successful defence
  13. 13Miguel CottoWBO2009–20098 months · 1 successful defence
  14. 14Jessie VargasWBO2016–20168 months · 0 successful defences
  15. 15Manny PacquiaoWBO2016–20177 months · 0 successful defences
  16. 16Gert Bo JacobsenWBO1993–19937 months · 0 successful defences
  17. 17Genaro LeonWBO1989–19897 months · 0 successful defences
  18. 18Timothy Bradley JrWBO2015–20167 months · 1 successful defence
  19. 19Paul WilliamsWBO2007–20086 months · 0 successful defences
  20. 20Jose Luis LopezWBO1996–19965 months · 1 successful defence
  21. 21Paul WilliamsWBO2008–20085 months · 0 successful defences
  22. 22Carlos QuintanaWBO2008–20083 months · 0 successful defences
  23. 23Mihai LeuWBO1997–19973 months · 0 successful defences
  24. 24Floyd Mayweather JrWBO2015–20152 months · 0 successful defences

Timeline of world title events

  1. 1989

  2. Genaro Leon beats Danny Garcia via knockout 1/12

    Welterweight · WBONew champion

  3. Manning Galloway beats Veabro Boykin via points decision 12/12

    Welterweight · WBONew champion

  1. 1990

  2. Manning Galloway beats Nika Khumalo via unanimous decision 12/12

    Welterweight · WBO

  3. 1991

  4. Manning Galloway beats Gert Bo Jacobsen via corner retirement 8/12

    Welterweight · WBO

  5. Manning Galloway beats Racheed Lawal via corner retirement 7/12

    Welterweight · WBO

  6. Manning Galloway beats Jeff Malcolm via unanimous decision 12/12

    Welterweight · WBO

  7. Manning Galloway beats Nika Khumalo via split decision 12/12

    Welterweight · WBO

  8. 1992

  9. Manning Galloway beats Pat Barrett via unanimous decision 12/12

    Welterweight · WBO

  10. Manning Galloway v Gert Bo Jacobsen ends in a no contest

    Welterweight · WBO

  11. 1993

  12. Gert Bo Jacobsen beats Manning Galloway via unanimous decision 12/12

    Welterweight · WBONew champion

  13. Gert Bo Jacobsen’s reign as the WBO welterweight world champion ends

    Welterweight · WBO

  14. Eamonn Loughran beats Lorenzo Smith via unanimous decision 12/12

    Welterweight · WBONew champion

  15. 1994

  16. Eamonn Loughran beats Alessandro Duran via unanimous decision 12/12

    Welterweight · WBO

  17. Eamonn Loughran beats Manning Galloway via technical decision 4/12

    Welterweight · WBO

  18. 1995

  19. Eamonn Loughran v Angel Beltre ends in a no contest

    Welterweight · WBO

  20. Eamonn Loughran beats Tony Gannarelli via knockout 6/12

    Welterweight · WBO

  21. Eamonn Loughran beats Angel Beltre via unanimous decision 12/12

    Welterweight · WBO

  22. 1996

  23. Jose Luis Lopez beats Eamonn Loughran via knockout 1/12

    Welterweight · WBONew champion

  24. Jose Luis Lopez beats Luis Ramon Campas via corner retirement 5/12

    Welterweight · WBO

  25. 1997

  26. Mihai Leu beats Santiago Samaniego via unanimous decision 12/12

    Welterweight · WBONew champion

  27. Mihai Leu’s reign as the WBO welterweight world champion ends

    Welterweight · WBO

  28. Mihai Leu beats Michael Carruth via majority decision 12/12

    Welterweight · WBO

  29. 1998

  30. Akhmed Kotiev becomes the WBO welterweight world champion

    Welterweight · WBONew champion

  31. Akhmed Kotiev beats Paulo Alejandro Sanchez via unanimous decision 12/12

    Welterweight · WBO

  32. Akhmed Kotiev beats Santos Cardona via unanimous decision 12/12

    Welterweight · WBO

  33. 1999

  34. Akhmed Kotiev beats Peter Malinga via knockout 3/12

    Welterweight · WBO

  35. Akhmed Kotiev beats Daniel Santos via split decision 12/12

    Welterweight · WBO

  1. 2000

  2. Daniel Santos beats Akhmed Kotiev via knockout 5/12

    Welterweight · WBONew champion

  3. Daniel Santos beats Giovanni Parisi via knockout 4/12

    Welterweight · WBO

  4. Daniel Santos beats Neil Sinclair via knockout 2/12

    Welterweight · WBO

  5. 2001

  6. Antonio Margarito v Daniel Santos ends in a no contest

    Welterweight · WBO

  7. 2002

  8. Antonio Margarito beats Antonio Diaz via knockout 10/12

    Welterweight · WBONew champion

  9. Antonio Margarito beats Danny Perez via unanimous decision 12/12

    Welterweight · WBO

  10. 2003

  11. Antonio Margarito beats Andrew Lewis via knockout 2/12

    Welterweight · WBO

  12. 2004

  13. Antonio Margarito beats Hercules Kyvelos via knockout 2/12

    Welterweight · WBO

  14. 2005

  15. Antonio Margarito beats Sebastian Andres Lujan via knockout 10/12

    Welterweight · WBO

  16. Antonio Margarito beats Kermit Cintron via knockout 5/12

    Welterweight · WBO

  17. 2006

  18. Antonio Margarito beats Manuel Gomez via knockout 1/12

    Welterweight · WBO

  19. Antonio Margarito beats Joshua Clottey via unanimous decision 12/12

    Welterweight · WBO

  20. 2007

  21. Paul Williams beats Antonio Margarito via unanimous decision 12/12

    Welterweight · WBONew champion

  22. 2008

  23. Carlos Quintana beats Paul Williams via unanimous decision 12/12

    Welterweight · WBONew champion

  24. Paul Williams beats Carlos Quintana via knockout 1/12

    Welterweight · WBONew champion

  25. Paul Williams’s reign as the WBO welterweight world champion ends

    Welterweight · WBO

  26. 2009

  27. Miguel Cotto beats Michael Jennings via knockout 5/12

    Welterweight · WBONew champion

  28. Miguel Cotto beats Joshua Clottey via split decision 12/12

    Welterweight · WBO

  29. Manny Pacquiao beats Miguel Cotto via knockout 12/12

    Welterweight · WBONew champion

  1. 2010

  2. Manny Pacquiao beats Joshua Clottey via unanimous decision 12/12

    Welterweight · WBO

  3. 2011

  4. Manny Pacquiao beats Shane Mosley via unanimous decision 12/12

    Welterweight · WBO

  5. Manny Pacquiao beats Juan Manuel Marquez via majority decision 12/12

    Welterweight · WBO

  6. 2012

  7. Timothy Bradley Jr beats Manny Pacquiao via split decision 12/12

    Welterweight · WBONew champion

  8. 2013

  9. Timothy Bradley Jr beats Ruslan Provodnikov via unanimous decision 12/12

    Welterweight · WBO

  10. Timothy Bradley Jr beats Juan Manuel Marquez via split decision 12/12

    Welterweight · WBO

  11. 2014

  12. Manny Pacquiao beats Timothy Bradley Jr via unanimous decision 12/12

    Welterweight · WBONew champion

  13. Manny Pacquiao beats Chris Algieri via unanimous decision 12/12

    Welterweight · WBO

  14. 2015

  15. Floyd Mayweather Jr beats Manny Pacquiao via unanimous decision 12/12

    Welterweight · WBA Super, WBC, WBO and The RingNew WBO champion

  16. Floyd Mayweather Jr’s reign as the WBO welterweight world champion ends

    Welterweight · WBO

    Timothy Bradley Jr becomes the WBO welterweight world champion

    Welterweight · WBONew champion

  17. Timothy Bradley Jr beats Brandon Rios via knockout 9/12

    Welterweight · WBO

  18. 2016

  19. Timothy Bradley Jr’s reign as the WBO welterweight world champion ends

    Welterweight · WBO

  20. Jessie Vargas beats Sadam Ali via knockout 9/12

    Welterweight · WBONew champion

  21. Manny Pacquiao beats Jessie Vargas via unanimous decision 12/12

    Welterweight · WBONew champion

  22. 2017

  23. Jeff Horn beats Manny Pacquiao via unanimous decision 12/12

    Welterweight · WBONew champion

  24. Jeff Horn beats Gary Corcoran via knockout 11/12

    Welterweight · WBO

  25. 2018

  26. Terence Crawford beats Jeff Horn via knockout 9/12

    Welterweight · WBONew champion

  27. Terence Crawford beats Jose Benavidez Jr via knockout 12/12

    Welterweight · WBO

  28. 2019

  29. Terence Crawford beats Amir Khan via knockout 6/12

    Welterweight · WBO

  30. Terence Crawford beats Egidijus Kavaliauskas via knockout 9/12

    Welterweight · WBO

  1. 2020

  2. Terence Crawford beats Kell Brook via knockout 4/12

    Welterweight · WBO

  3. 2021

  4. Terence Crawford beats Shawn Porter via technical knockout 10/12

    Welterweight · WBO

  5. 2022

  6. Terence Crawford beats David Avanesyan via knockout 6/12

    Welterweight · WBO

  7. 2023

  8. Terence Crawford beats Errol Spence Jr via technical knockout 9/12

    Welterweight · WBA Super, WBC, IBF, WBO and The Ring

  9. 2024

  10. Terence Crawford’s reign as the WBO welterweight world champion ends

    Welterweight · WBO

    Brian Norman Jr becomes the WBO welterweight world champion

    Welterweight · WBONew champion

  11. 2025

  12. Brian Norman Jr beats Derrieck Cuevas via technical knockout 3/12

    Welterweight · WBO

  13. Brian Norman Jr beats Jin Sasaki via knockout 5/12

    Welterweight · WBO

  14. Devin Haney beats Brian Norman Jr via unanimous decision 12/12

    Welterweight · WBONew champion

    Source: Devin Haney drops, disciplines Brian Norman Jr. to earn title in third division with WBO welterweight crown(opens in a new tab), CBS Sports, Brian Campbell,

  15. 2026