List of WBC female world champions

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The following is a list of WBC female world champions certificated by the World Boxing Council (WBC).

Stand: June 3, 2020.

^r – Champion relinquished title.
^s – Champion stripped of title.

On July 30, 2011, Ana María Torres won the first female Diamond Belt by defeating Jackie Nava at Bantamweight.^[1]

On October 13, 2012, Ava Knight won the Diamond Belt at Flyweight, decisioning Mariana Juárez. On May 11, 2013, she defended this title against Linda Soto from Mexico by unanimous decision.

On January 14, 2017, Amanda Serrano beat Yazmín Rivas to become the Diamond Champion at Super bantamweight.

On September 30, 2017, Jessica Chávez beat Esmeralda Moreno to win the vacant WBC female Diamond flyweight title.

On September 14, 2018, German Raja Amasheh won the vacant WBC Diamond super flyweight title against Peruvian Linda Laura Lecca.

On April 13, 2019, Claressa Shields won the vacant Diamond middleweight title via UD against Christina Hammer.

On October 30, 2021, Jackie Nava won the vacant Diamond super bantamweight title via UD against Mariana Juárez.

Atomweight

No.	Name	Duration of reign	Defences
1	Chirawadee Srisuk	31 Aug 2007 — 11 Aug 2008	0
2	Momo Koseki	11 Aug 2008 — 2018r	17
3	Fabiana Bytyqi	22 Sep 2018 — 13 Jan 2024	4
4	Tina Rupprecht	13 Jan 2024 — present	0

Strawweight

No.	Name	Duration of reign	Defences
1	Nanako Kikuchi	Nov 7, 2005 — May 27, 2007	1
2	Carina Moreno	May 17, 2007 — Oct 31, 2009	3
3	Anabel Ortiz	Oct 31, 2009 — May 8, 2011	1
4	Naoko Fujioka	May 8, 2011 — 2013r	2
5	Mari Ando	Dec 14, 2013 — May 17, 2014	0
6	Yuko Kuroki [ja]	May 17, 2014 — Dec 17, 2017	5
7	Momo Koseki	Dec 17, 2017 — 2018r	0
8	Tina Rupprecht – Interim champion promoted	Jun 16, 2018 — March 25, 2023	5
9	Seniesa Estrada	March 25, 2023 — present	1

Light flyweight

No.	Name	Duration of reign	Defences
1	Eun Soon Choi	Jun 28, 2005 — 2006s	0
2	Siriporn Thaweesuk	Apr 3, 2007 — 2008r	3
3	Naomi Togashi - Interim champion promoted	May 2, 2009 — Jun 23, 2012	7
4	Esmeralda Moreno	Jun 23, 2012 — 2015s	1
5	Ibeth Zamora Silva	Mar 3, 2013 — Apr 22, 2017	8
6	Esmeralda Moreno (2)	Apr 22, 2017 — Sep 22, 2018	1
7	Yesenia Gómez	Sep 22, 2018 - July 29, 2022	4
8	Kim Clavel	July 29, 2022 — January 13, 2023	0
8	Yesica Nery Plata	January 13, 2023 — present	1

Flyweight

No.	Name	Duration of reign	Defences
1	Stefania Bianchini	Aug 7, 2005 — Mar 29, 2008	4
2	Simona Galassi	Mar 29, 2008 — Mar 11, 2011	4
3	Mariana Juárez	Mar 11, 2011 — Oct 13, 2012s	7
4	Renáta Szebelédi	Oct 27, 2012 — May 19, 2013	0
5	Shindo Go	May 19, 2013 — Dec 6, 2014	2
6	Arely Muciño	Dec 6, 2014 — Sep 19, 2015	0
7	Jessica Chávez	Sep 19, 2015 — 2018r	6
8	Ibeth Zamora Silva	May 26, 2018 — June 19, 2021	2
9	Marlen Esparza	Junes 19, 2021 — present	4

Super flyweight

No.	Name	Duration of reign	Defences
1	Myung Ok Ryu	Jun 28, 2005 — 2006r	1
2	Ana María Torres	Oct 7, 2006 — Oct 19, 2007	1
3	Myung Ok Ryu (2)	Oct 19, 2007 — 2008r	1
4	Ana María Torres (2) - Interim champion promoted	Aug 30, 2008 — May 17, 2012r	11
5	Zulina Muñoz	Nov 24, 2012 — May 13, 2017	10
6	Guadalupe Martínez Guzmán	May 13, 2017 — December 12, 2020	4
6	Lourdes Juárez	December 12, 2020 — present	3
7	Asley González Macías	October 1, 2022 — present	1

Bantamweight

No.	Name	Duration of reign	Defences
1	Kwang Ok Kim	Jun 28, 2005 — Jun 7, 2006r	2
2	Anita Christensen	Oct 14, 2006 — 2007r	0
3	Susana Vázquez	Jun 1, 2007 — 2008s	0
4	Anita Christensen (2) - Interim champion promoted	Sep 14, 2007 — Jun 21, 2008	1
5	Galina Koleva Ivanova	Jun 21, 2008 — Oct 5, 2009	2
6	Usanakorn Thawilsuhannawang	Oct 5, 2009 — Jul 13, 2013	2
7	Susie Ramadan	Jul 13, 2012 — Oct 25, 2014	0
8	Yazmín Rivas	Jun 28, 2014 — Jan 30, 2016	4
9	Catherine Phiri	Jan 30, 2016 — Apr 1, 2017	1
10	Mariana Juárez	Apr 1, 2017 — October 31, 2020	9
11	Yulihan Luna	October 31, 2020 — September 9, 2023	2
12	Dina Thorslund	September 9, 2023 — present	0

Super bantamweight

No.	Name	Duration of reign	Defences
1	Jackie Nava	May 30, 2005 — May 20, 2006	2
2	Alejandra Marina Oliveras	May 20, 2006 — Dec 4, 2008	3
3	Marcela Eliana Acuña	Dec 4, 2008 — 2010r	4
4	Alicia Ashley	Jul 23, 2011 — Sep 6, 2014	3
5	Jackie Nava (2)	Sep 6, 2014 — 2015s	2
6	Alicia Ashley (2)	Oct 29, 2015 — Oct 1, 2016	0
7	Fatuma Zarika	Oct 1, 2016 — Nov 16, 2019	1
8	Yamileth Mercado	Nov 16, 2019 — present	5

Featherweight

No.	Name	Duration of reign	Defences
1	Sharon Anyos	Oct 22, 2005 — 2007s	1
2	Ina Menzer	Mar 8, 2008 — Jul 3, 2010	6
3	Jeannine Garside	Jul 3, 2010 — 2012s	0
4	Jelena Mrdjenovich	Mar 23, 2012 — Sep 14, 2012	0
5	Melissa Hernández	Sep 14, 2012 — May 31, 2013	0
6	Jelena Mrdjenovich (2)	May 31, 2013 — Aug 1, 2015	2
7	Edith Soledad Matthysse	Aug 1, 2015 — Mar 11, 2016	0
8	Jelena Mrdjenovich (3)	Mar 11, 2016 — Feb 4, 2021v	4
9	Amanda Serrano	Feb 4, 2021 — Dec 5, 2023v	5

Super featherweight

No.	Name	Duration of reign	Defences
1	Jelena Mrdjenovich	Nov 18, 2005 — Apr 9, 2009	5
2	Olivia Gerula	Apr 9, 2009 — Nov 27, 2010	2
3	Frida Wallberg	Nov 27, 2010 — Jun 14, 2013	2
4	Diana Prazak	Jun 14, 2013 — 2015s	1
5	Eva Wahlström	Apr 25, 2015 — Feb 8, 2020	5
6	Terri Harper	Feb 8, 2020 — Nov 13, 2021	2
7	Alycia Baumgardner	Nov 13, 2021 — present	4

Lightweight

No.	Name	Duration of reign	Defences
1	Jessica Rakoczy	Jul 21, 2005 — Sep 16, 2005	0
2	Eliza Olson	Sep 16, 2005 — 2006s	0
3	Ann Saccurato	Nov 4, 2006 — 2007r	0
4	Jessica Rakoczy (2)	Feb 22, 2007 — Sep 27, 2007	0
5	Ann Saccurato (2)	Sep 27, 2007 — 2008r	0
6	Ann Saccurato (3)	Aug 11, 2008 — Aug 6, 2011	1
7	Érica Anabella Farías –	Aug 6, 2011 — Apr 20, 2014	8
8	Delfine Persoon	Apr 20, 2014 — Jun 1, 2019	9
9	Katie Taylor	Jun 1, 2019 — present	7

Super lightweight

No.	Name	Duration of reign	Defences
1	Mary Jo Sanders	Jul 30, 2005 — 2006s	0
2	Anne Sophie Mathis	Mar 8, 2008 — 2008r	0
3	Mónica Silvina Acosta	Jun 19, 2009 — 2013s	7
4	Alejandra Marina Oliveras	Oct 11, 2013 — Nov 16, 2014	0
5	Érica Anabella Farías	Nov 16, 2014 — Oct 6, 2018	4
6	Jessica McCaskill	Oct 6, 2018 — Aug 2020	2
7	Chantelle Cameron	Oct 4, 2020 — Nov 25, 2023	5
8	Katie Taylor	Nov 25, 2023 — present	0

Welterweight

No.	Name	Duration of reign	Defences
1	Mary Jo Sanders	Feb 3, 2006 — 2006r	0
2	Holly Holm	Mar 22, 2007 — 2008r	1
3	Cecilia Braekhus	Mar 14, 2009 — Aug 15, 2020	25
4	Jessica McCaskill	Aug 15, 2020 — present	4

Super welterweight

No.	Name	Duration of reign	Defences
1	Jisselle Salandy	Sep 15, 2006 — Jan 4, 2009 (died in a vehicular accident)	5
2	Christy Martin	Sep 2, 2009 — 2011s	0
3	Mia St John	Aug 14, 2012 — Nov 10, 2012	0
4	Tiffany Junot	Nov 10, 2013 — 2013s	0
5	Mikaela Laurén	Nov 8, 2014 — 2016s	3
6	Ewa Piatkowska	Sep 17, 2016 — 2019s	2
7	Claressa Shields	Jan 10, 2020 — 2021s	0
8	Patricia Berghult	Nov 27, 2021 — Sept 3, 2022	0
9	Natasha Jonas	Sept 3, 2022 — present	1

Middleweight

No.	Name	Duration of reign	Defences
1	Yvonne Reis	Apr 1, 2006 — 2007r	0
2	Wang Ya Nan	Jan 26, 2008 — 2010s	2
3	Tori Nelson	Jul 29, 2011 — 2012r	0
4	Kali Reis	Apr 16, 2016 — Nov 5, 2016	0
5	Christina Hammer	Nov 5, 2016 — Apr 13, 2019	3
6	Claressa Shields	Nov 17, 2018 — present	5

Super middleweight

No.	Name	Duration of reign	Defences
1	Laila Ali	Nov 11, 2006 — 2007s	2
2	Natalya Ragozina	Dec 15, 2007 — 2010s	4
3	Nikki Adler	Nov 30, 2013 — Aug 4, 2017	2
4	Claressa Shields	Aug 4, 2017 — 2018s	1
5	Franchon Crews Dezurn	Sep 13, 2018 — Jul 1, 2023	2
6	Savannah Marshall	Jul 1, 2023 — present	0

Heavyweight

No.	Name	Duration of reign	Defences
1	Vonda Ward	Feb 10, 2007 — 2010r	0
2	Martha Salazar	Nov 8, 2014 — Mar 18, 2016	0
3	Alejandra Jiménez	Mar 18, 2016 — 2019r	2
4	Hanna Gabriels	Apr 17, 2021 —	0

See also

• List of current female world boxing champions
• List of female undisputed world boxing champions
• List of WBA female world champions
• List of IBF female world champions
• List of WBO female world champions
• List of WIBO world champions

References