World title lineage
WBC LIGHTWEIGHT Champions
A complete roll of WBC lightweight champions since 1920 — 79 champions across 143 reigns. WILLIAM ZEPEDA SEGURA is the current titleholder. The longest reign belongs to WALLACE BUD SMITH (6y 10m, 1 defence).
- 143WILLIAM ZEPEDA SEGURACURRENT CHAMPION
2026–present · 3m · 0 defences
- 142
2025–2026 · 11m · 2 defences
- 141
2025 · 2m · 0 defences
- 140
2025 · 3m · 0 defences
- 139
2025 · 2m · 0 defences
- 138
2024–2025 · 4m · 0 defences
- 137
2024 · 4m · 0 defences
- 136
2024 · 5m · 0 defences
- 135
2023–2024 · 3m · 0 defences
- 134
2023 · 6m · 0 defences
- 133
2023 · 14d · 0 defences
- 132
2020–2023 · 3y 4m · 0 defences
- 131
2019–2020 · 4m · 0 defences
- 130
2019 · 6m · 0 defences
- 129
2019 · 28d · 0 defences
- 128
2015–2019 · 3y 3m · 5 defences
- 127
2015 · 1m · 0 defences
- 126
2015 · 5m · 0 defences
- 125
2015 · 20d · 0 defences
- 124
2014–2015 · 4m · 0 defences
- 123
2014 · 8m · 1 defence
- 122
2012–2014 · 1y 5m · 1 defence
- 121
2011–2012 · 1y 1m · 1 defence
- 120
2011 · 5m · 0 defences
- 119
2011 · 4m · 0 defences
- 118
2010–2011 · 10m · 3 defences
- 117
2009–2010 · 3m · 1 defence
- 116
2009 · 22d · 0 defences
- 115
2009 · 8m · 0 defences
- 114
2008–2009 · 11m · 0 defences
- 113
2007–2008 · 5m · 0 defences
- 112
2007 · 3m · 0 defences
- 111
2007 · 1m · 0 defences
- 110
2003–2007 · 4y 2m · 0 defences
- 109
2002–2003 · 6m · 0 defences
- 108
2002 · 1m · 0 defences
- 107
2002 · 5m · 0 defences
- 106
2001–2002 · 11m · 0 defences
- 105
2001 · 3m · 0 defences
- 104
2000–2001 · 8m · 0 defences
- 103
2000 · 5m · 0 defences
- 102
1999–2000 · 3m · 0 defences
- 101
1999 · 8m · 0 defences
- 100
1995–1999 · 3y 4m · 3 defences
- 99
1995 · 2m · 0 defences
- 98
1995 · 21d · 0 defences
- 97
1995 · 5m · 0 defences
- 96
1994–1995 · 8m · 1 defence
- 95
1994 · 3m · 0 defences
- 94
1994 · 28d · 0 defences
- 93
1994 · 2m · 0 defences
- 92
1992–1994 · 1y 10m · 5 defences
- 91
1991–1992 · 6m · 0 defences
- 90
1991 · 21d · 0 defences
- 89
1991 · 2m · 0 defences
- 88
1991 · 4m · 0 defences
- 87
1991 · 23d · 0 defences
- 86
1990–1991 · 3m · 0 defences
- 85
1990 · 10m · 1 defence
- 84
1989–1990 · 9m · 2 defences
- 83
1987–1989 · 1y 7m · 1 defence
- 82
1987 · 6m · 1 defence
- 81
1987 · 1m · 0 defences
- 80
1986–1987 · 3m · 0 defences
- 79
1986 · 3m · 0 defences
- 78
1986 · 4m · 1 defence
- 77
1986 · 0d · 0 defences
- 76
1986 · 29d · 0 defences
- 75
1986 · 3m · 0 defences
- 74
1985–1986 · 4m · 0 defences
- 73
1985 · 27d · 0 defences
- 72
1985 · 1m · 0 defences
- 71
1984–1985 · 11m · 2 defences
- 70
1984 · 2m · 0 defences
- 69
1984 · 29d · 0 defences
- 68
1984 · 8d · 0 defences
- 67
1984 · 3m · 0 defences
- 66
1983–1984 · 8m · 1 defence
- 65
1982–1983 · 8m · 0 defences
- 64
1981–1982 · 1y 2m · 3 defences
- 63
1981 · 1m · 0 defences
- 62
1981 · 2m · 0 defences
- 61
1981 · 21d · 0 defences
- 60
1979–1981 · 2y 1m · 4 defences
- 59
1975–1979 · 3y 10m · 0 defences
- 58
1975 · 4m · 0 defences
- 57
1974–1975 · 6m · 0 defences
- 56
1973–1974 · 11m · 0 defences
- 55
1972–1973 · 1y 8m · 1 defence
- 54
1971–1972 · 4m · 0 defences
- 53
1970–1971 · 11m · 0 defences
- 52
1970 · 7m · 0 defences
- 51
1968–1970 · 2y 2m · 0 defences
- 50
1968 · 1m · 0 defences
- 49
1967–1968 · 3m · 0 defences
- 48
1967 · 3m · 0 defences
- 47
1967 · 3d · 0 defences
- 46
1967 · 5m · 1 defence
- 45
1967 · 26d · 0 defences
- 44
1966–1967 · 2m · 0 defences
- 43
1966 · 3m · 0 defences
- 42
1966 · 2m · 0 defences
- 41
1965–1966 · 9m · 1 defence
- 40
1965 · 4m · 0 defences
- 39
1965 · 11d · 0 defences
- 38
1964–1965 · 5m · 0 defences
- 37
1964 · 2m · 0 defences
- 36
1964 · 7m · 1 defence
- 35
1964 · 15d · 0 defences
- 34
1963–1964 · 7m · 0 defences
- 33
1963 · 3m · 1 defence
- 32
1963 · 3m · 0 defences
- 31
1962–1963 · 3m · 0 defences
- 30
1962 · 5m · 1 defence
- 29
1955–1962 · 6y 10m · 1 defence
- 28
1954–1955 · 7m · 0 defences
- 27
1954 · 9m · 0 defences
- 26
1952–1954 · 1y 5m · 3 defences
- 25
1952 · 5m · 0 defences
- 24
1951–1952 · 12m · 2 defences
- 23
1948–1951 · 3y · 4 defences
- 22
1944–1948 · 4y 3m · 2 defences
- 21
1943–1944 · 4m · 0 defences
- 20
1943 · 6m · 0 defences
- 19
1942–1943 · 11m · 1 defence
- 18
1942 · 1m · 0 defences
- 17
1940–1942 · 2y · 1 defence
- 16
1939–1940 · 9m · 0 defences
- 15
1938–1939 · 1y · 1 defence
- 14
1936–1938 · 1y 12m · 1 defence
- 13
1935–1936 · 1y 4m · 1 defence
- 12
1933–1935 · 1y 11m · 1 defence
- 11
1930–1933 · 2y 7m · 4 defences
- 10
1929–1930 · 1y 3m · 0 defences
- 9
1928–1929 · 10m · 0 defences
- 8
1928 · 8m · 0 defences
- 7
1927–1928 · 2m · 0 defences
- 6
1927 · 2m · 0 defences
- 5
1926–1927 · 1y 1m · 0 defences
- 4
1925–1926 · 10m · 0 defences
- 3
1923–1925 · 2y 5m · 0 defences
- 2
1922–1923 · 1y 1m · 0 defences
- 1
1920–1922 · 1y 7m · 2 defences
