List of WBA female world champions
The following is a list of female world champions in the World Boxing Association. Stand: November 12, 2016.
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.
Light minimumweight
No. |
Name |
Duration of reign |
Defences |
1 |
Mari Ando |
2011-09-22 — 2012-09-16 |
1 |
2 |
Ayaka Miyao |
2012-09-16 — 2015-10-22 |
5 |
3 |
Momo Koseki |
2015-10-22 — 2016r |
0 |
4 |
Yunoka Furukawa |
2016-08-13 — present |
0 |
Minimumweight
No. |
Name |
Duration of reign |
Defences |
1 |
Vaia Zaganas |
2004-04-08 — 2005r |
0 |
2 |
Son Chorong |
2006-12-09 — 2009-04-11 |
2 |
3 |
Etsuko Tada |
2009-04-11 — 2013-07-23 |
9 |
4 |
Ria Ramnarine – Interim |
2009-08-20 — 2010-08-10s |
0 |
5 |
Ibeth Zamora Silva – Interim |
2009-09-05 — 2011-04-17 |
2 |
6 |
Anabel Ortiz |
2013-07-23 — present |
8 |
Light flyweight
No. |
Name |
Duration of reign |
Defences |
1 |
Ju Hee Kim |
2007-08-24 — 2009s |
0 |
2 |
Yésica Yolanda Bopp – Won interim title, was then elevated to full champion status. |
2008-12-05 — present |
16 |
3 |
Joselyn Arroyo Ruiz – Interim |
2015-03-21 — present |
0 |
Flyweight
No. |
Name |
Duration of reign |
Defences |
1 |
Susi Kentikian (Super Champion from 2009-11-18 - 2012-05-16) |
2007-02-16 — 2012-12-01 |
14 |
2 |
Arely Muciño – Interim |
2012-02-25 — 2013s |
1 |
3 |
Carina Moreno |
2012-12-01 — 2013-07-06 |
0 |
4 |
Susi Kentikian (2) – Interim champion since 2013-02-01, has then beaten Moreno for the regular title. |
2013-07-06 — 2016s |
4 |
Super flyweight
No. |
Name |
Duration of reign |
Defences |
1 |
Yazmín Rivas |
2005-02-28 — 2006r |
0 |
2 |
Kim Hana |
2006-10-07 — 2007-10-09 |
2 |
3 |
Zhang Xi Yan |
2007-10-09 — 2009-02-26 |
0 |
4 |
Carolina Marcela Gutiérrez – Interim, in recess since May 2012 |
2008-10-17 — 2012-08-30 |
3 |
5 |
Tenkai Tsunami |
2009-02-26 — 2012-07-09 |
4 |
6 |
Daniela Romina Bermúdez – Interim |
2012-05-12 — 2014s |
4 |
7 |
Naoko Yamaguchi |
2012-07-09 — 2013-11-13 |
2 |
8 |
Naoko Fujioka |
2013-11-13 — 2015r |
2 |
9 |
Linda Laura Lecca – Interim (Defended interim title 3 times, was then elevated to regular champion on 15 April 2016.) |
2014-05-31 — present |
1 |
Bantamweight
No. |
Name |
Duration of reign |
Defences |
1 |
Jackie Nava |
2005-02-28 — 2005r |
0 |
2 |
Anita Christensen |
2006-10-14 — 2008-06-21 |
1 |
3 |
Galina Koleva Ivanova |
2008-06-21 — 2008s |
0 |
4 |
Emanuela Pantani |
2008-12-19 — 2010s |
0 |
5 |
Janeth Pérez |
2011-07-16 — 2013-01-05 |
3 |
6 |
Sabrina Maribel Pérez – Interim, in recess for a few months during Bermúdez' interim reign |
2011-08-12 — 2014s |
2 |
7 |
Daniela Romina Bermúdez – Interim |
2012-03-31 — 2012r |
0 |
8 |
Irma García – In recess since 8 March 2015. |
2013-01-05 — 2015s |
2 |
9 |
Mayerlin Rivas – Interim champion, defended title once before being elevated |
2015-03-08 — present |
3 |
10 |
Galina Koleva Ivanova (2) |
2015-05-09 — 2015-10-10 |
0 |
11 |
Dayana Cordero – Interim |
2016-01-15 — present |
1 |
Super bantamweight
No. |
Name |
Duration of reign |
Defences |
1 |
Marcela Eliana Acuña (Honorary Champion) Title was vacated by the WBA on 2009-09-30. Acuña appealed the decision and was named "Champion in recess" on 2010-01-10 before the WBA vacated her belt. |
2006-08-12 — 2010-01-20s |
5 |
2 |
Lisa Brown |
2010-03-27 — 2011-04-02 |
0 |
3 |
Yésica Patricia Marcos – Interim |
2010-08-10 — 2011r |
2 |
4 |
Chanttall Martínez |
2011-04-02 — 2012-01-28 |
2 |
5 |
Yésica Patricia Marcos (2) – Interim champion since 2011-10-08, has then won vacant regular title. |
2012-10-06 — 2016s |
3 |
6 |
Jackie Nava (In recess since October 2012) |
2012-01-28 — 2014-05-24 |
2 |
7 |
Alys Sánchez – Interim |
2012-12-08 — 2014-05-24 |
0 |
8 |
Jackie Nava (2) – Interim, elevated to Super champion on October 15, 2014. |
2014-05-24 — 2016s |
3 |
9 |
Liliana Palmera – Interim champion since 2014-10-24, defended title three times, was then elevated to regular champion. |
2016-04-15 — present |
1 |
Featherweight
No. |
Name |
Duration of reign |
Defences |
1 |
Gao Li Jun |
2006-03-25 — 2006r |
0 |
2 |
Lee Hwawon |
2007-04-30 — 2008r |
0 |
3 |
Hyun Mi Choi |
2008-10-11 — 2013r |
7 |
4 |
Claudia Andrea López – Interim |
2009-06-06 — 2010-04-30 |
0 |
5 |
Ogleidis Suárez – Won interim title, defended it twice, was then elevated to full champion status. |
2013-05-10 — 2013-12-13 |
1 |
6 |
Edith Soledad Matthysse |
2013-12-13 — 2016-03-11 |
1 |
7 |
Dahiana Santana – Interim |
2014-06-28 — 2015-08-14 |
0 |
8 |
Anahí Esther Sánchez – Interim |
2015-08-14 — 2016r |
1 |
9 |
Jelena Mrdjenovich |
2016-03-11 — present |
1 |
10 |
Marcela Eliana Acuña – Interim |
2016-05-07 — present |
1 |
Super featherweight
Lightweight
No. |
Name |
Duration of reign |
Defences |
1 |
Layla McCarter |
2006-12-02 — 2011s |
2 |
2 |
Laura Tavecchio – Interim |
2008-11-21 — June 2009s |
0 |
3 |
Alejandra Marina Oliveras |
2011-08-12 — 2012r |
0 |
4 |
Cecilia Comunales |
2012-03-30 — 2015s |
2 |
5 |
Cecilia Comunales (2) |
2016-06-04 — present |
0 |
Super lightweight
No. |
Name |
Duration of reign |
Defences |
1 |
Myriam Lamare |
2004-11-08 — 2006-12-02 |
5 |
2 |
Anne Sophie Mathis |
2006-12-02 — 2010s |
3 |
3 |
Mónica Silvina Acosta |
2011-02-18 — 2014-01-18 |
3 |
4 |
Svetlana Kulakova – Interim |
2013-08-24 — 2016s |
1 |
5 |
Ana Laura Esteche |
2014-01-18 — present |
3 |
Welterweight
No. |
Name |
Duration of reign |
Defences |
1 |
Holly Holm |
2006-06-10 — 2007r |
1 |
2 |
Cecilia Brækhus – Super champion from 2014-07-10 — 2015-06-10, and again from 2015-08-29 to 2016-02-20. |
2009-03-14 — present |
17 |
3 |
Noni Tenge – Interim |
2014-06-07 — 2015s |
0 |
Super welterweight
Middleweight
No. |
Name |
Duration of reign |
Defences |
1 |
Teresa Perozzi (In recess since August 2013) |
2011-12-30 — 2014s |
2 |
Super middleweight
Light heavyweight
No. |
Name |
Duration of reign |
Defences |
1 |
vacant |
|
0 |
See also