List of Mexican boxing world champions

In Mexico, boxing is considered a major sport. Mexico ranks second worldwide between countries with the most boxing world champions.^[1]

Boxing in Mexico

Boxing is a particular means of demonstrating rivalry not only between fans of individual boxers, but also between native-born Mexicans, between Mexicans and people of other nations.^[2]

List of world champions

Note: This list does not include Mexican women world boxing champions such as Jackie Nava.

M Major Organization
U Undisputed World Championship
L Lineal World Championship

This compendium uses the same parameters used by the Mexico Boxing Commission to classify champions. Minor, regular and interim titlists are not included.

Number	Name	Date	Titles	Successful defenses
−	Solly Smith †	October 4, 1897	Featherweight (L & M)	2
1	Battling Shaw	February 20, 1933	Light welterweight (L & M)	0
−	Richie Lemos †	July 1, 1941	Featherweight (M)	0
−	Manuel Ortiz †	August 7, 1942	Bantamweight (M)	19
2	Juan Zurita	March 8, 1944	Lightweight (M)	0
3	Lauro Salas	May 14, 1952	Lightweight (U, L, M & M)	0
4	Raúl Macías	March 9, 1955	Bantamweight (M)	2
5	José Becerra	July 8, 1959	Bantamweight (U, L, M & M)	2
6	Sugar Ramos †	March 21, 1963	Featherweight (U, L, M & M)	3
7	Vicente Saldivar	September 26, 1964	Featherweight (U, L, M & M)	7
−	Raul Rojas †	March 28, 1968	Featherweight (M)	0
−	Mando Ramos †	February 18, 1969	Lightweight (M & M)	2
8	Efren Torres	February 23, 1969	Flyweight (L & M)	1
9	José Nápoles †	April 18, 1969	Welterweight (L, M & M)	13
10	Rubén Olivares	August 22, 1969	Bantamweight (U, L, M & M), Featherweight (M & M)	4, 0
11	Chucho Castillo	October 16, 1970	Bantamweight (U, L, M & M)	0
12	Ricardo Arredondo	October 10, 1971	Super featherweight (M)	5
13	Rafael Herrera	March 19, 1972	Bantamweight (U, L, M & M)	2
14	Clemente Sánchez	May 19, 1972	Featherweight (L & M)	0
15	Chango Carmona	September 15, 1972	Lightweight (M)	0
16	Rodolfo González	November 10, 1972	Lightweight (M)	2
17	Romeo Anaya	January 20, 1973	Bantamweight (L & M)	2
−	Bobby Chacon †	September 7, 1974	Featherweight (M), Super featherweight (M)	1, 1 (2)
18	Rodolfo Martínez	December 7, 1974	Bantamweight (M)	4
−	Oscar Albarado	June 4, 1974	Light middleweight (L, M & M)	1
19	Miguel Canto	January 8, 1975	Flyweight (L & M)	14
20	Alfonso Zamora	March 14, 1975	Bantamweight (L & M)	5
21	Carlos Zárate	May 8, 1976	Bantamweight (M)	9
22	Carlos Palomino	June 22, 1976	Welterweight (L & M)	7
23	Pipino Cuevas	July 17, 1976	Welterweight (M)	11
24	Guty Espadas	October 2, 1976	Flyweight (M)	4
−	Danny Lopez †	November 6, 1976	Featherweight (M)	8
25	Freddy Castillo	February 19, 1978	Light flyweight (M), Flyweight (L & M)	0
26	Lupe Pintor	June 3, 1979	Bantamweight (M), Super bantamweight (M)	8, 0
27	Salvador Sánchez	February 2, 1980	Featherweight (L & M)	9
28	Rafael Limón	December 11, 1980	Super featherweight (M)	2
29	Antonio Avelar	May 12, 1981	Flyweight (L & M)	1
30	Pedro Flores	March 8, 1981	Light flyweight (M)	0
31	Juan Herrera	September 26, 1981	Flyweight (M)	1
32	Amado Ursua	February 6, 1982	Light flyweight (M)	0
−	Arturo Frias †	December 5, 1981	Lightweight (M)	0
−	Jaime Garza †	June 15, 1983	Super bantamweight (M)	1
33	Lupe Madera	July 10, 1983	Light flyweight (M)	1
−	Alberto Dávila †	September 1, 1983	Bantamweight (M)	1
−	Richie Sandoval †	April 7, 1984	Bantamweight (L & M)	2
34	Gabriel Bernal	April 9, 1984	Flyweight (L & M)	1
35	Juan Meza	November 3, 1984	Super bantamweight (M)	1
36	Julio César Chávez	September 13, 1984	Super featherweight (M), Lightweight (L, M & M), Light welterweight (L, M & M)	9, 2, 16 (27)
37	José Luis Ramírez	November 3, 1984	Lightweight (M)	2
−	Joey Olivo †	March 29, 1985	Light flyweight (M)	1
38	Daniel Zaragoza	May 4, 1985	Bantamweight (M), Super bantamweight (M)	0, 11
−	Gaby Canizales †	March 10, 1986	Bantamweight (L, M & M)	0
39	Gilberto Román	March 30, 1986	Super flyweight (L & M)	11
−	Steve Cruz †	June 23, 1986	Featherweight (L & M)	0
40	René Arredondo	May 5, 1986	Light welterweight (M)	0
−	Louie Espinoza †	January 16, 1987	Super bantamweight (M), Featherweight (M)	2, 0
41	Lupe Aquino	July 12, 1987	Light middleweight (M)	0
42	Jorge Vaca	October 28, 1987	Welterweight (L & M)	0
43	Juan José Estrada	May 28, 1988	Super bantamweight (M)	2
44	Jorge Páez	August 4, 1988	Featherweight (M & M)	8
−	Orlando Canizales †	July 9, 1988	Bantamweight (M)	15
−	Tony Lopez †	July 23, 1988	Super featherweight (M), Lightweight (M)	5, 1 (6)
45	Raúl Pérez	August 29, 1988	Bantamweight (M), Super bantamweight (M)	6, 0
46	Germán Torres	December 11, 1988	Light flyweight (M)	0
47	Mauricio Aceves	January 20, 1989	Lightweight (M)	1
48	Genaro León	May 6, 1989	Welterweight (M)	0
49	Humberto González	June 25, 1989	Light flyweight (L, M & M)	12
−	Robert Quiroga †	April 21, 1990	Super flyweight (M)	5
50	Marcos Villasana	June 2, 1990	Featherweight (M)	3
−	Michael Carbajal †	July 29, 1990	Light flyweight (M, M & M)	11
−	Loreto Garza †	August 17, 1990	Light welterweight (M)	1
51	Isidro Pérez	August 18, 1990	Flyweight (M)	1
52	Ricardo López	October 25, 1990	Mini flyweight (L, M, M & M), Light flyweight (M)	22, 2 (24)
53	Melchor Cob Castro	March 25, 1991	Light flyweight (M & M)	0
54	Manuel Medina	August 12, 1991	Featherweight (M, M & M)	5
−	Genaro Hernández †	November 22, 1991	Super featherweight (L, M & M)	11
55	José Quirino	February 22, 1992	Super flyweight (M)	0
56	Carlos González	June 29, 1992	Light welterweight (M)	3
57	Miguel Ángel González	August 24, 1992	Lightweight (M)	10
58	Victor Rabanales	September 17, 1992	Bantamweight (M)	1
59	Julio César Borboa	January 16, 1993	Super flyweight (M)	5
60	Gregorio Vargas	April 28, 1993	Featherweight (M)	0
−	Zack Padilla †	July 7, 1993	Light welterweight (M)	4
61	José Luis Bueno	November 13, 1993	Super flyweight (L & M)	0
62	Gabriel Ruelas	February 19, 1994	Super featherweight (M)	2
−	Oscar De La Hoya †	March 5, 1994	Super featherweight (M), Lightweight (M & M), Light welterweight (L & M), Welterweight (L & M), Light middleweight (L, M & M), Middleweight (M)	1, 6, 1, 7, 2, 0 (17)
−	Jesse James Leija †	May 7, 1994	Super featherweight (M)	0
−	Johnny Tapia †	October 24, 1994	Super flyweight (M & M), Bantamweight (M & M), Featherweight (M )	13, 1, 0 (14)
63	Alejandro González	January 7, 1995	Featherweight (M)	2
64	Alberto Jiménez	February 11, 1995	Flyweight (M)	4
65	Marco Antonio Barrera	March 31, 1995	Super bantamweight (M), Featherweight (L & M), Super featherweight (M & M)	13, 2, 4 (19)
−	Danny Romero †	April 22, 1995	Flyweight (M), Super flyweight (M)	0, 2
66	José Luis López	March 13, 1996	Welterweight (M)	1
−	Raúl Márquez †	April 12, 1997	Light middleweight (M)	2
67	Jesús Chong	May 31, 1997	Light flyweight (M)	0
68	Erik Morales	September 6, 1997	Super bantamweight (M & M), Featherweight (M), Super featherweight (M & M), Light welterweight (M)	9, 3, 1, 0 (13)
69	Yori Boy Campas	December 6, 1997	Light middleweight (M)	3
70	Héctor Lizárraga	December 13, 1997	Featherweight (M)	0
71	Enrique Sánchez	February 8, 1998	Super bantamweight (M)	2
−	Roberto García †	March 13, 1998	Super featherweight (M)	2
72	César Bazán	June 13, 1998	Lightweight (M)	2
73	Ruben Sánchez León	August 14, 1998	Flyweight (M)	1
74	Jorge Arce	December 5, 1998	Light flyweight (L, M & M), Super flyweight (M), Super bantamweight (M), Bantamweight (M)	8, 0, 1, 0 (9)
75	Néstor Garza	December 12, 1998	Super bantamweight (M)	3
−	Fernando Vargas †	December 12, 1998	Light middleweight (M & M)	5
76	César Soto	May 15, 1999	Featherweight (M)	0
77	Diego Morales	June 7, 1999	Super flyweight (M)	1
−	Paulie Ayala †	June 26, 1999	Bantamweight (M)	3
78	Isidro García	December 18, 1999	Flyweight (M)	1
79	José Antonio Aguirre	February 11, 2000	Minimumweight (M)	7
80	Guty Espadas Jr.	April 14, 2000	Featherweight (M)	1
81	José Luis Castillo	June 17, 2000	Lightweight (L & M)	5
−	Willie Jorrín †	September 9, 2000	Super bantamweight (M)	2
82	Fernando Montiel	December 15, 2000	Flyweight (M), Super flyweight (M), Bantamweight (M & M)	3, 8, 2 (13)
83	Roberto Carlos Leyva	April 29, 2001	Minimumweight (M)	1
84	Cruz Carbajal	March 15, 2002	Bantamweight (M)	2
85	Antonio Margarito †	March 16, 2002	Welterweight (M, M & M)	7
86	Óscar Larios	November 1, 2002	Super bantamweight (M), Featherweight (M)	7, 1 (8)
87	Juan Manuel Márquez	February 1, 2003	Featherweight (M & M), Super featherweight (M), Lightweight (L, M & M), Junior welterweight (M)	4, 1, 3, 0 (8)
88	Rafael Márquez	February 15, 2003	Bantamweight (M), Super bantamweight (L & M)	7, 0
89	Víctor Burgos	February 15, 2003	Light flyweight (M)	2
90	Alejandro García	March 1, 2003	Light middleweight (M)	1
91	Edgar Cárdenas	May 31, 2003	Minimumweight (M)	0
92	Jesús Chávez	August 15, 2003	Super featherweight (M), Lightweight (M)	0, 0
93	Julio César González	October 18, 2003	Light heavyweight (L & M)	0
94	Javier Jáuregui	November 22, 2003	Lightweight (M)	0
95	Israel Vázquez	March 25, 2004	Super bantamweight (L, M & M)	5
96	Julio Díaz	May 13, 2004	Lightweight (M)	0
−	Juan Díaz †	July 17, 2004	Lightweight (M, M & M)	7
97	Iván Hernández	September 25, 2004	Super flyweight (M)	0
98	Isaac Bustos	December 18, 2004	Minimumweight (M)	0
99	Eric Ortiz	March 11, 2005	Light flyweight (M)	0
100	Martín Castillo	March 19, 2005	Super flyweight (M)	3
101	Hugo Cázares	April 30, 2005	Light flyweight (L & M), Super flyweight (M)	5, 2 (7)
102	Daniel Ponce de León	October 29, 2005	Super bantamweight (M), Featherweight (M)	7, 0
103	Jhonny González	October 29, 2005	Bantamweight (M), Featherweight (M)	2, 6 (8)
104	Ulises Solís	January 7, 2006	Light flyweight (M)	9
105	Rodolfo López	July 30, 2006	Featherweight (M)	0
−	David Díaz †	August 12, 2006	Lightweight (M)	1
−	Robert Guerrero †	September 2, 2006	Featherweight (M), Super featherweight (M)	2, 0
106	Omar Niño Romero	August 10, 2006	Light flyweight (M)	2
107	Édgar Sosa	April 14, 2007	Light flyweight (M)	10
108	Cristian Mijares	January 3, 2007	Super flyweight (M, M & M)	8
−	Steven Luevano †	July 14, 2007	Featherweight (M)	5
−	Sergio Mora †	June 7, 2008	Light middleweight (M)	0
109	Raúl García	June 14, 2008	Minimumweight (M & M)	5
110	Cristóbal Cruz	October 23, 2008	Featherweight (M)	3
111	Humberto Soto	December 20, 2008	Super featherweight (M), Lightweight (M)	3, 4 (7)
112	Giovani Segura	July 25, 2009	Light flyweight (L, M & M)	5
113	Juan Carlos Salgado	October 10, 2009	Super featherweight (M & M)	3
114	Orlando Salido	May 15, 2010	Featherweight (M & M), Super featherweight (M)	2, 0
115	Julio César Miranda	June 12, 2010	Flyweight (M)	3
116	Miguel Vázquez	August 14, 2010	Lightweight (M)	6
117	Tomás Rojas	September 20, 2010	Super flyweight (M)	2
118	Gilberto Keb Baas	November 7, 2010	Light flyweight (M)	1
−	Brandon Ríos †	February 26, 2011	Lightweight (M)	0
119	Hernán Márquez	April 2, 2011	Flyweight (M)	2
120	Canelo Álvarez	March 5, 2011	Light middleweight (M, M & M), Middleweight (L, M, M & M), Light heavyweight (M), Super middleweight (U, L, M, M, M & M)	6, 2, 0, 7 (15)
−	Victor Ortiz †	April 16, 2011	Welterweight (M)	0
121	Ramón García Hirales	April 30, 2011	Light flyweight (M)	0
122	Adrián Hernández	April 30, 2011	Light flyweight (M)	5
123	Julio César Chávez Jr.	June 4, 2011	Middleweight (M)	3
124	Abner Mares	August 13, 2011	Bantamweight (M), Super bantamweight (M), Featherweight (M)	2, 1, 0 (3)
125	Moisés Fuentes	August 27, 2011	Minimumweight (M)	2
126	Rodrigo Guerrero	October 8, 2011	Super flyweight (M)	0
127	Antonio DeMarco	October 15, 2011	Lightweight (M)	2
128	Juan Carlos Sánchez Jr.	February 11, 2012	Super flyweight (M)	2
129	Léo Santa Cruz	June 2, 2012	Bantamweight (M), Super bantamweight (M), Featherweight (M), Super featherweight (M)	3, 4, 4, 0 (11)
130	Mario Rodríguez	September 1, 2012	Minimumweight (M)	0
131	Gamaliel Díaz	October 27, 2012	Super featherweight (M)	0
−	Mikey Garcia †	January 19, 2013	Featherweight (M), Super featherweight (M), Lightweight (M & M), Junior welterweight (L & M)	0, 1, 1, 0 (2)
132	Juan Francisco Estrada	April 6, 2013	Flyweight (M & M), Super flyweight (L, M & M)	5, 3 (8)
133	Victor Terrazas	April 20, 2013	Super bantamweight (M)	0
134	Carlos Amado Molina	September 14, 2013	Light middleweight (M)	0
−	Omar Figueroa Jr. †	January 29, 2014	Lightweight (M)	2
135	Oswaldo Novoa	February 5, 2014	Minimumweight (M)	1
136	Francisco Rodríguez Jr.	March 23, 2014	Minimumweight (M & M)	1
137	Carlos Cuadras	May 31, 2014	Super flyweight (M)	6
138	Javier Mendoza	September 20, 2014	Junior flyweight (M)	1
139	Pedro Guevara	December 30, 2014	Light flyweight (M)	2
140	Julio Ceja	November 1, 2015	Super bantamweight (M)	0
141	Francisco Vargas	November 21, 2015	Super featherweight (M)	1
142	José Argumedo	December 31, 2015	Minimumweight (M)	3
143	Hugo Ruiz	February 27, 2016	Super bantamweight (M)	0
144	Ganigan López	March 3, 2016	Light flyweight (M)	1
−	Jessie Vargas †	March 5, 2016	Welterweight (M)	0
145	Gilberto Ramírez	April 9, 2016	Super middleweight (M), Cruiserweight (M)	5, 0
146	Óscar Valdez	July 23, 2016	Featherweight (M), Super featherweight (M)	6, 1 (7)
−	Jessie Magdaleno †	November 5, 2016	Super bantamweight (M)	1
147	Miguel Berchelt	January 28, 2017	Super featherweight (M)	6
148	Rey Vargas	February 25, 2017	Super bantamweight (M), Featherweight (M)	5, 1 (6)
149	Juan Hernández	March 4, 2017	Flyweight (M)	0
150	Luis Nery	August 15, 2017	Bantamweight (M), Super bantamweight (M)	0, 0
−	David Benavidez †	September 8, 2017	Super middleweight (M)	1
151	Ray Beltrán	February 16, 2018	Lightweight (M)	0
−	José Ramírez †	March 17, 2018	Light welterweight (M & M)	4
152	Jaime Munguía	May 12, 2018	Light middleweight (M)	5
−	Carlos Licona †	December 1, 2018	Minimumweight (M)	0
153	Emanuel Navarrete	December 8, 2018	Super bantamweight (M), Featherweight (M), Super featherweight (M)	5, 3, 2 (10)
−	Danny Roman †	April 26, 2019	Super bantamweight (M & M)	0
−	Andy Ruiz Jr. †	June 1, 2019	Heavyweight (L, M, M & M)	0
154	Elwin Soto	June 21, 2019	Light flyweight (M)	3
155	Julio Cesar Martinez	December 20, 2019	Flyweight (M)	7
−	Joseph Diaz †	January 30, 2020	Super featherweight (M)	0
−	Angelo Leo †	August 1, 2020	Super bantamweight (M)	0
−	Brandon Figueroa †	May 15, 2021	Super bantamweight (M)	0
−	Jesse Rodriguez †	February 5, 2022	Super flyweight (M), Flyweight (M & M)	2, 1 (3)
156	Daniel Valladares	July 1, 2022	Minimumweight (M)	1
−	Joshua Franco †	August 11, 2022	Super flyweight (M)	1
157	Luis Alberto Lopez	December 10, 2022	Featherweight (M)	3
158	Mauricio Lara	February 18, 2023	Featherweight (M)	0
159	Alexandro Santiago	July 29, 2023	Bantamweight (M)	0
160	Adrian Curiel	November 4, 2023	Light flyweight (M)	0
161	Rafael Espinoza	December 9, 2023	Featherweight (M)	0
162	Isaac Cruz	March 30, 2024	Super lightweight (M)	0
−	Sebastian Fundora †	March 30, 2024	Light middleweight (M & M)	0

† indicates foreigner-born boxer that represents Mexico due to parent's nationality, residence or other circumstances.
† indicates foreign boxer of Mexican heritage that doesn't represent Mexico.
† indicates Mexican-born boxer that represents another nation.

Current titleholders

Name	Organization	Division	Date won
Julio Cesar Martinez	WBC	Flyweight	December 20, 2019
Emanuel Navarrete	WBO	Super featherweight	February 3, 2023
Canelo Álvarez	WBC, WBA (Super), WBO, IBF	Super middleweight	November 6, 2021
Rey Vargas	WBC	Featherweight	July 9, 2022
Juan Francisco Estrada	WBC	Super flyweight	December 3, 2022
Luis Alberto Lopez	IBF	Featherweight	December 10, 2022
Rafael Espinoza	WBO	Featherweight	December 9, 2023
Isaac Cruz	WBA	Super lightweight	March 30, 2024
Gilberto Ramírez	WBA	Cruiserweight	March 30, 2024

References

Footnotes

Notes

Men's titlists

External links

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