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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

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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

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  • 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
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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, 9 (17)
− 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 & M) 5, 2
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, 4 (12)
− Danny Roman † April 26, 2019 Super bantamweight (M & M) 4
− 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 Martínez December 20, 2019 Flyweight (M) 7
− Joseph Diaz † January 30, 2020 Super featherweight (M) 0
− Angelo Leo † August 1, 2020 Super bantamweight (M), Featherweight (M) 0, 1
− Brandon Figueroa † May 15, 2021 Super bantamweight (M) 0
− Jesse Rodriguez † February 5, 2022 Super flyweight (M), Flyweight (M & M) 4, 1
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) 3
162 Isaac Cruz March 30, 2024 Super lightweight (M) 0
− Sebastian Fundora † March 30, 2024 Light middleweight (M & M) 2
− Mario Barrios † June 18, 2024 Welterweight (M) 1
− Anthony Olascuaga † July 20, 2024 Flyweight (M) 2
163 José Valenzuela August 3, 2024 Super lightweight (M) 0
164 Ángel Ayala August 9, 2024 Flyweight (M) 0
165 Willibaldo García May 23, 2025 Super flyweight (M) 0
166 Eduardo Núñez May 28, 2025 Super featherweight (M) 0
− Ricardo Sandoval † July 30, 2025 Flyweight (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

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Name Organization Division Date won
Emanuel Navarrete WBO Super featherweight February 3, 2023
Canelo Álvarez WBC, WBA (Super), WBO Super middleweight November 6, 2021
Rafael Espinoza WBO Featherweight December 9, 2023
Gilberto Ramírez WBA, WBO Cruiserweight March 30, 2024

See also

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References

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Footnotes

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  1. ^ "World Champions By Nationality: Mexican World Champions". BoxRec.
  2. ^ "The Mexican rivalry transcends boxing". ESPN. 2008-02-28. Retrieved 2011-04-25.

Notes

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Men's titlists

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I^ :Boxing record for Solly Smith from BoxRec (registration required)
II^ :Boxing record for Battling Shaw from BoxRec (registration required)
III^ :Boxing record for Richie Lemos from BoxRec (registration required)
IV^ :Boxing record for Manuel Ortiz from BoxRec (registration required)
V^ :Boxing record for Juan Zurita from BoxRec (registration required)
VI^ :Boxing record for Lauro Salas from BoxRec (registration required)
VII^ :Boxing record for Raúl Macías from BoxRec (registration required)
VIII^ :Boxing record for Jose Becerra from BoxRec (registration required)
IX^ :Boxing record for Vicente Saldivar from BoxRec (registration required)
X^ :Boxing record for Raul Rojas from BoxRec (registration required)
XI^ :Boxing record for Mando Ramos from BoxRec (registration required)
XII^ :Boxing record for Efren Torres from BoxRec (registration required)
XIII^ :Boxing record for Rubén Olivares from BoxRec (registration required)
XIV^ :Boxing record for Chucho Castillo from BoxRec (registration required)
XV^ :Boxing record for Ricardo Arredondo from BoxRec (registration required)
XVI^ :Boxing record for Rafael Herrera from BoxRec (registration required)
XVII^ :Boxing record for Clemente Sánchez from BoxRec (registration required)
XVIII^ :Boxing record for Chango Carmona from BoxRec (registration required)
XIX^ :Boxing record for Rodolfo González from BoxRec (registration required)
XX^ :Boxing record for Romeo Anaya from BoxRec (registration required)
XXI^ :Boxing record for Bobby Chacon from BoxRec (registration required)
XXII^ :Boxing record for Rodolfo Martínez from BoxRec (registration required)
XXIII^ :Boxing record for Miguel Canto from BoxRec (registration required)
XXIV^ :Boxing record for Alfonso Zamora from BoxRec (registration required)
XXV^ :Boxing record for Carlos Zárate from BoxRec (registration required)
XXVI^ :Boxing record for Carlos Palomino from BoxRec (registration required)
XXVII^ :Boxing record for Pipino Cuevas from BoxRec (registration required)
XXVIII^ :Boxing record for Guty Espadas from BoxRec (registration required)
XXIX^ :Boxing record for Danny Lopez from BoxRec (registration required)
XXX^ :Boxing record for Freddy Castillo from BoxRec (registration required)
XXXI^ :Boxing record for Lupe Pintor from BoxRec (registration required)
XXXII^ :Boxing record for Salvador Sánchez from BoxRec (registration required)
XXXIII^ :Boxing record for Rafael Limón from BoxRec (registration required)
XXXIV^ :Boxing record for Antonio Avelar from BoxRec (registration required)
XXXV^ :Boxing record for Pedro Flores from BoxRec (registration required)
XXXVI^ :Boxing record for Juan Herrera from BoxRec (registration required)
XXXVII^ :Boxing record for Amado Ursua from BoxRec (registration required)
XXXVIII^ :Boxing record for Jaime Garza from BoxRec (registration required)
XXXIX^ :Boxing record for Lupe Madera from BoxRec (registration required)
XL^ :Boxing record for Alberto Davila from BoxRec (registration required)
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