List of IBO world champions
This is a list of IBO world champions, showing every world champion certificated by the International Boxing Organization since 1993.
- r – Champion relinquished title
- s – Champion stripped of title
Heavyweight
No. | Name | Duration of reign | Defences |
1 | Pinklon Thomas | Nov 14, 1992 – Jan 29, 1993s | 0 |
2 | Lionel Butler | Feb 23, 1993 – Mar 1993r | 0 |
3 | Danell Nicholson | Aug 4, 1994 – Oct 1994r | 0 |
4 | Jimmy Thunder | Oct 29, 1994 – Jul 16, 1995r | 2 |
5 | Brian Nielsen | Jan 12, 1996 – Jun 18, 1999s | 5 |
6 | Lennox Lewis | Nov 13, 1999 – Apr 22, 2001 | 3 |
7 | Hasim Rahman | Apr 22, 2001 – Nov 17, 2001 | 0 |
8 | Lennox Lewis | Nov 17, 2001 – Feb 6, 2004r | 2 |
9 | Wladimir Klitschko | Apr 22, 2006 – Nov 28, 2015 | 18 |
10 | Tyson Fury | Nov 28, 2015 – Oct 12, 2016r | 0 |
11 | Anthony Joshua | Apr 29, 2017 – Jun 1, 2019 | 3 |
12 | Andy Ruiz Jr. | Jun 1, 2019 – Dec 7, 2019 | 0 |
13 | Anthony Joshua | Dec 7, 2019 – present | 0 |
Cruiserweight
No. | Name | Duration of reign | Defences |
1 | David Izeqwire | 1993-12-28 – 1994-11-05 | 1 |
2 | Adolpho Washington | 1994-11-05 – 1995-03-17s | 0 |
3 | Ted Cofie | 1995-11-03 – 1997r | 0 |
4 | Booker T. Word | 1997-04-18 – 1997r | 0 |
5 | James Toney | 1997-06-14 – 1998r | 0 |
6 | Robert Daniels | 1998-05-05 – 1999r | 0 |
7 | Thomas Hearns | 1999-04-10 – 2000-04-08 | 0 |
8 | Uriah Grant | 2000-04-08 – 2001-02-03 | 0 |
9 | Carl Thompson | 2001-02-03 – 2001-11-26 | 0 |
10 | Ezra Sellers | 2001-11-26 – 2002-04-06s | 0 |
11 | Sebastiaan Rothmann | 2002-10-26 – 2004-02-06 | 1 |
12 | Carl Thompson | 2004-02-06 – February 2006s | 1 |
13 | Tomasz Adamek | 2007-06-09 – 2008r | 0 |
14 | Johnathon Banks | 2008-07-12 – 2009-02-27s | 0 |
15 | Danny Green | 2009-08-15 – 2011-07-20 | 4 |
16 | Antonio Tarver | 2011-07-20 – July 2012s | 1 |
17 | Danny Green | 2012-11-21 – 2013r | 0 |
18 | Ola Afolabi | 2013-11-02 – 2015r | 0 |
19 | Rakhim Chakhkiev | 2015-05-22 – 2015-11-04 | 0 |
20 | Ola Afolabi | 2015-11-04 – 2016-02-27 | 0 |
21 | Marco Huck | 2016-02-27 – 2017-04-01s | 1 |
22 | Kevin Lerena | 2017-09-09 – present | 5 |
Light heavyweight
No. | Name | Duration of reign | Defences |
1 | Lenny LaPaglia | 1993-08-20 – 1993r | 0 |
2 | Drake Thadzi | 1997-05-14 – 1998-12-12r | 1 |
3 | Roy Jones Jr. | 2000-09-09 – 2004-05-15 | 5 |
4 | Antonio Tarver | 2004-05-15 – 2004-12-18 | 0 |
5 | Glen Johnson | 2004-12-18 – 2005-06-18 | 0 |
6 | Antonio Tarver | 2005-06-18 – 2006-06-10 | 1 |
7 | Bernard Hopkins | 2006-06-10 – 2007r | 0 |
8 | Antonio Tarver | 2007-06-09 – 2008-10-11 | 2 |
9 | Chad Dawson | 2008-10-11 – 2010-08-14 | 2 |
10 | Jean Pascal | 2010-08-14 – 2011-05-21 | 1 |
11 | Andrzej Fonfara | 2012-11-16 – 2013s | 0 |
12 | Blake Caparello | 2013-10-17 – 2014s | 0 |
13 | Thomas Oosthuizen | 2015-03-14 – 2015-06-05s | 0 |
14 | Umar Salamov | 2016-05-21 – 2017-05-17r | 0 |
15 | Igor Mikhalkin | 2017-05-19 – 2018-03-14r | 1 |
16 | Karo Murat | 2018-03-24 – 2018-12-15 | 0 |
17 | Sven Fornling | 2018-12-15 – 2019-11-16 | 0 |
18 | Dominic Boesel | 2019-11-16 – present | 0 |
Super middleweight
No. | Name | Duration of reign | Defences |
1 | Willie Ball | 1992-07-17 – 1992-10-09 | 0 |
2 | Todd Nadon | 1992-10-09 – 1993r | 0 |
3 | Vinny Pazienza | 1993-12-28 – 1994r | 0 |
4 | Rick Thornberry | 1995-04-21 – 1996s | 0 |
5 | Karl Willis | 1996-10-13 – 1996s | 0 |
6 | Eddie White | 1996-11-27 – 1997s | 0 |
7 | Mads Larsen | 1997-05-02 – 1999r | 4 |
8 | Dana Rosenblatt | 1999-11-05 – 2000r | 0 |
9 | Adrian Dodson | 2001-03-03 – 2001-04-07 | 0 |
10 | Ramon Arturo Brítez | 2001-04-07 – 2001-12-10 | 0 |
11 | Brian Magee | 2001-12-10 – 2004-06-26 | 7 |
12 | Robin Reid | 2004-06-26 – 2005-08-06 | 0 |
13 | Jeff Lacy | 2005-08-06 – 2006-03-04s | 1 |
14 | Fulgencio Zúñiga | 2007-09-01 – 2008r | 0 |
15 | Sakio Bika | 2008-11-13 – 2010s | 0 |
16 | Isaac Chilemba | 2010-06-19 – 2011s | 1 |
17 | Thomas Oosthuizen | 2011-03-26 – 2014s | 7 |
18 | Donovan George | 2014-08-23 – 2014s | 0 |
19 | Zac Dunn | 2015-06-27 – 2016s | 0 |
20 | Renold Quinlan | 2016-10-14 – 2017-02-04 | 0 |
21 | Chris Eubank Jr. | 2017-02-04 – 2018-02-17s | 2 |
22 | Chris Eubank Jr. | 2019-02-23 - 2019-12-17r | 0 |
Middleweight
No. | Name | Duration of reign | Defences |
1 | Glenwood Brown | 1995-08-25 – 1997r | 0 |
2 | Freeman Barr | 1997-09-20 – 1998r | 1 |
3 | Mpush Makambi | 1998-09-08 – 2000-09-30 | 3 |
4 | Raymond Joval | 2000-09-30 – 2004s | 4 |
5 | Raymond Joval | 2005-06-03 – 2006r | 1 |
6 | Daniel Geale | 2007-12-14 – 2009-05-27 | 1 |
7 | Anthony Mundine | 2009-05-27 – 2009r | 0 |
8 | Peter Manfredo Jr. | 2010-05-22 – 2011s | 0 |
9 | Avtandil Khurtsidze | 2011-03-13 – 2011s | 1 |
10 | Gennady Golovkin | 2011-12-09 – 2018-09-15 | 17 |
11 | Gennady Golovkin | 2019-10-05 – present | 0 |
Super welterweight
No. | Name | Duration of reign | Defences |
1 | Lonnie Beasley | 1993-04-10 – 1994r | 0 |
2 | Lester Ellis | 1995-07-17 – 1995s | 0 |
3 | Patrick Goossen | 1996-06-26 – 1996r | 0 |
4 | Manny Sobral | 1996-12-12 – 1997r | 1 |
5 | Adrian Stone | 2000-04-15 – 2001r | 3 |
6 | Richard Williams | 2001-12-01 – 2003-06-21 | 3 |
7 | Sergio Martínez | 2003-06-21 – 2004r | 2 |
8 | Mihály Kótai | 2005-06-04 – 2006-03-03 | 1 |
9 | Steve Conway | 2006-03-03 – 2006-06-03 | 0 |
10 | Attila Kovács | 2006-06-03 – 2008s | 1 |
11 | Zaurbek Baysangurov | 2010-12-04 – 2012s | 1 |
12 | Zaurbek Baysangurov | 2014-04-12 – 2015s | 0 |
13 | Erislandy Lara | 2015-06-12 – 2018-04-07 | 4 |
14 | Jarrett Hurd | 2018-04-07 - 2019-05-11 | 1 |
15 | Julian Williams | 2019-05-11 – 2020-01-18 | 0 |
16 | Jeison Rosario | 2020-01-18 – 2020-04-01r | 0 |
Welterweight
No. | Name | Duration of reign | Defences |
1 | Kenny Gould | 1993-01-08 – 1993r | 0 |
2 | Johnny Bizzarro | 1993-08-18 – 1994-08-04 | 1 |
3 | Roger Mayweather | 1994-08-04 – 1995r | 1 |
4 | Kip Diggs | 1995-06-30 – 1995r | 0 |
5 | Kevin Lueshing | 1996-07-17 – 1997-01-11s | 0 |
6 | José Antonio Rivera | 1997-04-25 – 1998r | 0 |
7 | Dingaan Thobela | 1999-03-06 – 1999r | 0 |
8 | Peter Malinga | 1999-10-22 – 2000r | 0 |
9 | Willy Wise | 2000-12-02 – 2001-06-11 | 0 |
10 | Jawaid Khaliq | 2001-06-11 – February 2006s | 7 |
11 | Floyd Mayweather Jr. | 2006-04-08 – 2007r | 1 |
12 | Isaac Hlatshwayo | 2007-05-12 – 2008r | 2 |
13 | Lovemore Ndou | 2009-07-11 – 2010s | 2 |
14 | Chris van Heerden | 2011-09-24 – 2014s | 2 |
15 | Ali Funeka | 2014-11-15 – 2015-07-24 | 0 |
16 | Tsiko Mulovhedzi | 2015-07-24 – 2017s | 1 |
17 | Thulani Mbenge | 2018-06-25 – 2019-07-06 | 1 |
18 | Sebastian Formella | 2019-07-06 – present | 1 |
Super lightweight
No. | Name | Duration of reign | Defences |
1 | Mike Evgen | 1992-04-09 – 1992r | 0 |
2 | Mike Johnson | 1993-02-19 – 1994r | 1 |
3 | Roger Mayweather | 1994-05-28 – 1994r | 0 |
4 | Lester Ellis | 1994-12-03 – 1995r | 0 |
5 | Mario Martínez | 1995-07-29 – 1995r | 0 |
6 | Darrell Hiles | 1995-09-23 – 1995r | 0 |
7 | Verdell Smith | 1996-01-18 – 1996r | 0 |
8 | Johar Abu Lashin | 1997-02-28 – 1997r | 0 |
9 | Israel Cardona | 1997-04-25 – 1997r | 0 |
10 | Ener Julio | 1998-09-12 – 1998r | 1 |
11 | Newton Villarreal | 2000-02-05 – 2001-04-07 | 2 |
12 | Billy Schwer | 2001-04-07 – 2001-07-14 | 0 |
13 | Pablo Daniel Sarmiento | 2001-07-14 – 2004-05-08 | 3 |
14 | Colin Lynes | 2004-05-08 – 2005r | 1 |
15 | Stevie Johnston | 2006-01-27 – 2006r | 0 |
16 | Ricky Hatton | 2007-01-20 – 2009-05-02 | 3 |
17 | Manny Pacquiao | 2009-05-02 – 2010s | 0 |
18 | Kaizer Mabuza | 2012-03-03 – 2012-06-20 | 0 |
19 | Khabib Allakhverdiev | 2012-06-20 – 2014-04-12 | 2 |
20 | Eduard Troyanovsky | 2015-04-10 – 2016-12-03 | 3 |
21 | Julius Indongo | 2016-12-03 – 2017-08-07s | 1 |
22 | Mohamed Mimoune | 2018-01-20 – 2019-04-27s | 1 |
23 | Jeremias Nicolas Ponce | 2019-09-14 – present | 0 |
Lightweight
No. | Name | Duration of reign | Defences |
1 | Anthony Boyle | 1993-12-28 – 1994r | 0 |
2 | Amado Cabato | 1994-12-11 – 1995-03-10 | 0 |
3 | Lester Ellis | 1995-03-10 – 1995r | 0 |
4 | Billy Irwin | 1995-06-08 – 1995r | 0 |
5 | Leavander Johnson | 1995-07-29 – 1996r | 0 |
6 | Tony Pep | 1996-03-07 – 1997r | 1 |
7 | Michael Ayers | 1999-03-12 – 2001-12-26r | 6 |
8 | Jason Cook | 2003-11-08 – 2004-11-05 | 1 |
9 | Aldo Nazareno Ríos | 2004-11-05 – 2005r | 0 |
10 | Isaac Hlatshwayo | 2005-08-31 – 2006r | 2 |
11 | Juan Díaz | 2008-09-06 – 2009-02-28s | 0 |
12 | Mlungisi Dlamini | 2009-10-31 – 2010-01-29 | 0 |
13 | Leonardo Zappavigna | 2010-03-06 – 2010s | 0 |
14 | Emiliano Marsili | 2012-01-20 – 2012s | 0 |
15 | Daud Yordan | 2013-07-06 – 2014s | 1 |
16 | Xolisani Ndongeni | 2015-11-28 – 2016s | 0 |
17 | Emmanuel Tagoe | 2016-12-02 – 2018-06-13s | 1 |
Super featherweight
No. | Name | Duration of reign | Defences |
1 | John Roby | 1993-04-03 – 1994-04-21 | 0 |
2 | Jeff Mayweather | 1994-04-21 – 1995-08-25 | 2 |
3 | Israel Cardona | 1995-08-25 – 1995r | 0 |
4 | Jimmi Bredahl | 1996-03-29 – 1996r | 0 |
5 | Israel Cardona | 1996-04-12 – 1996r | 0 |
6 | Troy Dorsey | 1996-10-18 – 1997r | 0 |
7 | Charles Shepherd | 1999-07-31 – 2000-02-26 | 0 |
8 | Affif Djelti | 2000-02-26 – 2002r | 3 |
9 | Cassius Baloyi | 2002-04-17 – 2006-07-29 | 5 |
10 | Gairy St Clair | 2006-07-29 – 2006-11-04s | 0 |
11 | Cassius Baloyi | 2007-02-03 – 2007r | 0 |
12 | Billy Dib | 2008-07-30 – 2008s | 0 |
13 | Zolani Marali | 2009-04-02 – 2009-09-12 | 0 |
14 | Kim Ji-hoon | 2009-09-12 – 2010r | 0 |
15 | Will Tomlinson | 2011-11-30 – 2014s | 3 |
16 | José Pedraza | 2014-03-22 – 2014s | 0 |
17 | Jack Asis | 2015-04-11 – 2016-08-05 | 0 |
18 | Malcolm Klassen | 2016-08-05 – 2017-08-05s | 0 |
19 | Shavkat Rakhimov | 2017-09-09 – 2019-10-01r | 3 |
Featherweight
No. | Name | Duration of reign | Defences |
1 | Derrick Gainer | 1993-11-30 – 1994r | 0 |
2 | Radford Beasley | 1997-09-26 – 1998r | 0 |
3 | Junior Jones | 1999-04-10 – 1999r | 0 |
4 | Marco Antonio Barrera | 2001-04-07 – 2002r | 0 |
5 | Naseem Hamed | 2002-05-18 – 2002r | 0 |
6 | Michael Brodie | 2003-06-21 – 2003r | 0 |
7 | Vuyani Bungu | 2004-02-07 – 2005-06-25 | 0 |
8 | Thomas Mashaba | 2005-06-25 – 2008-03-07 | 4 |
9 | Cristóbal Cruz | 2008-03-07 – 2008r | 0 |
10 | Fernando Beltrán, Jr. | 2008-08-22 – 2009r | 0 |
11 | Jackson Asiku | 2009-11-06 – 2010-09-15 | 0 |
12 | Jhonny González | 2010-09-15 – 2011s | 0 |
13 | Daud Yordan | 2012-05-05 – 2013-04-14 | 1 |
14 | Simpiwe Vetyeka | 2013-04-14 – 2014s | 1 |
15 | Lusanda Komanisi | 2014-07-18 – 2016s | 2 |
16 | Claudio Marrero | 2017-04-29 – 2017-09-15s | 0 |
17 | Tugstsogt Nyambayar | 2019-01-26 – 2020-02-08s | 0 |
Super bantamweight
No. | Name | Duration of reign | Defences |
1 | John Lowey | 1995-04-20 – 1995r | 0 |
2 | Serhiy Divakov | 1996-05-21 – 1997r | 0 |
3 | Patrick Mullings | 1998-03-28 – 1998-08-08 | 0 |
4 | Simon Ramoni | 1998-08-08 – 2001r | 3 |
5 | Paulie Ayala | 2001-08-04 – 2002r | 1 |
6 | Zolani Marali | 2003-07-11 – 2004-05-22 | 0 |
7 | Thomas Mashaba | 2004-05-22 – 2005r | 0 |
8 | Takalani Ndlovu | 2005-11-04 – 2007-07-14s | 3 |
9 | Mike Oliver | 2007-11-08 – 2008r | 0 |
10 | Tshifhiwa Munyai | 2011-03-26 – 2012r | 0 |
11 | Alexander Bakhtin | 2012-09-18 – 2013-04-20r | 0 |
12 | Thabo Sonjica | 2013-07-06 – 2014-08-08s | 1 |
13 | Paulus Ambunda | 2015-08-01 – 2016-06-11 | 1 |
14 | Moises Flores | 2016-06-11 – 2017-06-17s | 0 |
15 | Paulus Ambunda | 2018-09-21 – 2019-05-11 | 0 |
16 | Stephen Fulton | 2019-05-11 – 2020-01-25r | 0 |
Bantamweight
No. | Name | Duration of reign | Defences |
1 | Johnny Bredahl | 1996-02-16 – 1998-06-05r | 7 |
2 | Noel Wilders | 2000-03-20 – 2001r | 1 |
3 | José Sanjuanelo | 2001-07-14 – 2002-03-02 | 1 |
4 | Silence Mabuza | 2002-03-02 – 2005-11-05 | 6 |
5 | Rafael Márquez | 2005-11-05 – 2006r | 1 |
6 | Silence Mabuza | 2007-05-12 – 2009r | 2 |
7 | Simpiwe Vetyeka | 2009-07-11 – 2010r | 0 |
8 | Vic Darchinyan | 2010-05-20 – 2010-12-11s | 0 |
9 | Vic Darchinyan | 2011-04-23 – 2011-12-03s | 1 |
10 | Joseph Agbeko | 2013-03-22 – 2013s | 0 |
11 | Juan Carlos Payano | 2015-08-02 – 2016-06-18 | 0 |
12 | Rau'shee Warren | 2016-06-18 – 2017-02-10s | 0 |
13 | Michael Dasmarinas | 2018-04-20 – 2019s | 0 |
14 | Michell Banquez | 2019-07-12 – present | 0 |
Super flyweight
No. | Name | Duration of reign | Defences |
1 | Ángel Almena | 1995-07-29 – 1995r | 0 |
2 | Ilido Julio | 1998-09-19 – 1999-01-08 | 0 |
3 | Edison Torres | 1999-01-08 – 1999-04-03 | 0 |
4 | Mauricio Pastrana | 1999-04-03 – 1999r | 0 |
5 | Lunga Ntontela | 2002-12-13 – 2003r | 0 |
6 | Jason Booth | 2003-09-20 – 2004-12-17 | 1 |
7 | Damaen Kelly | 2004-12-17 – February 2006s | 0 |
8 | Mbwana Matumla | 2006-11-04 – 2007r | 0 |
9 | Vic Darchinyan | 2007-10-20 – 2008r | 0 |
10 | Zolile Mbityi | 2008-05-31 – 2009r | 0 |
11 | Gideon Buthelezi | 2012-11-10 – 2013-06-15 | 0 |
12 | Edrin Dapudong | 2013-06-15 – 2014-07-18 | 0 |
13 | Lwandile Sityatha | 2014-07-18 – 2015r | 2 |
14 | Gideon Buthelezi | 2015-12-18 – present | 3 |
Flyweight
No. | Name | Duration of reign | Defences |
1 | Scotty Olson | 1994-12-09 – 1998r | 5 |
2 | Zolile Mbityi | 1999-10-22 – 2000-09-30 | 1 |
3 | Damaen Kelly | 2000-09-30 – 2001-11-21s | 1 |
4 | Masibulele Makepula | 2002-01-26 – 2002-09-14 | 0 |
5 | Mzukisi Sikali | 2002-09-14 – 2005-03-27 | 2 |
6 | Vic Darchinyan | 2005-03-27 – 2007-07-07 | 5 |
7 | Nonito Donaire | 2007-07-07 – 2009r | 3 |
8 | César Seda | 2009-09-18 – 2010s | 0 |
9 | Moruti Mthalane | 2014-03-15 – 2017s | 3 |
10 | Maximino Flores | 2019-08-25 – present | 0 |
Light flyweight
No. | Name | Duration of reign | Defences |
1 | José Sanjuanelo | 1998-11-07 – 2000-08-26 | 0 |
2 | José García Bernal | 2000-08-26 – 2002-04-17 | 1 |
3 | Monelisi Mhikiza Myekeni | 2002-04-17 – 2004s | 1 |
4 | Hekkie Budler | 2010-02-27 – 2011-01-27 | 1 |
5 | Gideon Buthelezi | 2011-01-27 – 2011-09-24s | 0 |
6 | Rey Loreto | 2014-02-01 – 2016s | 1 |
7 | Hekkie Budler | 2017-02-04 – 2017-09-16s | 0 |
8 | Tibo Monabesa | 2019-07-07 – 2019-03-01r | 0 |
Minimumweight
No. | Name | Duration of reign | Defences |
1 | Noel Tuñacao | 2003-03-08 – 2003-12-16r | 0 |
2 | Nkosinathi Joyi | 2006-11-04 – June 2009s | 3 |
3 | Gideon Buthelezi | 2010-06-19 – 2011-01-27r | 0 |
4 | Hekkie Budler | 2011-09-24 – 2016-03-19s | 8 |
5 | Simphiwe Khonco | 2016-06-11 – 2019-10-01r | 4 |
6 | Nkosinathi Joyi | 2019-12-16 – present | 0 |