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List of WBO female world champions

This is a list of WBO world champions, showing every world champion certified by the World Boxing Organization (WBO). The WBO is one of the four major governing bodies in professional boxing, and has awarded world championships in 17 different weight classes since 1989.

Boxers who won the title but were stripped due to the title bout being overturned to a no contest are not listed.

Current champion
Most consecutive title defenses

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

Atomweight

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No. Name Duration of reign Defences
1   Nao Ikeyama 17 May 2014 — 29 Jul 2018 6
2   Mika Iwakawa 29 Jul 2018 — 25 Feb 2022 1
3   Nanae Suzuki 25 Feb 2022 — 1 Sep 2022 0
4   Yuko Kuroki 1 Sep 2022 — 12 Jan 2024 2
5   Eri Matsuda 12 Jan 2024 — 23 Nov 2024 0
6   Tina Rupprecht 23 Nov 2024 — present 0

Mini flyweight

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No. Name Duration of reign Defences
1   Teeraporn Pannimit 2 Apr 2010 — 2011s 1
2   Teeraporn Pannimit (2) 25 Apr 2012 — 28 Jun 2012 0
3   Hong Su-yun 28 Jun 2012 — 9 Feb 2014 2
4   Mako Yamada 9 Feb 2014 — 31 May 2014s 0
Yamada submitted a retirement notification to the Japanese Boxing Commission on 31 May 2014. The belt was vacated on the same day.[1]
5   Kumiko Seeser Ikehara 20 Sep 2014 — 13 Dec 2016r 4
Ikehara retired from professional competition on 13 December 2016[2]
6   Kayoko Ebata 19 May 2017 — 1 Dec 2018 1
7   Etsuko Tada 1 Dec 2018 — 28 Mar 2019r 0
Tada vacated the title on 28 March 2019, as she intended to move up to minimumweight.[3]
8   Kasumi Saeki 27 Apr 2019 — 2019r 0
Saeki vacated the title, for undisclosed reasons, on 18 December 2019.[3]
9   Etsuko Tada (2) 3 December 2020 — 23 October 2021 0
10   Nguyễn Thị Thu Nhi 23 October 2021 — 8 Sep 2022 0
11   Yokasta Valle 8 September 2022 — 29 March 2024 3
12   Seniesa Estrada[4] 29 Mar 2024 — present 0

Junior flyweight

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No. Name Duration of reign Defences
1   Yesica Bopp 6 Nov 2009 — 2015s 12
2   Eun Hye Lee 29 Sep 2015 — 1 Jun 2016s 0
Hye Lee was stripped of her title on 1 June 2016, as she failed to make a title defense in the mandated time frame.[5]
3   Louisa Hawton 20 Aug 2016 — 2017r 0
Hawton vacated her title in early 2017, in order to move down to atomweight.[6]
4   Hong Su-yun 14 May 2017 — 16 Jul 2017s 0
Su-yun vacated the title on 26 July 2017, after retiring from professional competition.[citation needed]
5   Naoko Fujioka 1 Dec 2017 — 11 Dec 2017r 0
Fujioka vacated the title on 11 December 2017, to focus on defending her WBA light flyweight championship.[7]
6   Tenkai Tsunami 8 Mar 2018 — 9 Jul 2021 4
7   Seniesa Estrada 9 Jul 2021 — ?v 0
8   Yokasta Valle 26 Nov 2022 — 2023v
9   Evelyn Nazarena Bermúdez[8] 10 Mar 2023 — present 1

Flyweight

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No. Name Duration of reign Defences
1   Susi Kentikian 10 Oct 2009 — 16 May 2012 3
2   Melissa McMorrow 16 May 2012 — 2014s 2
3   Yesica Bopp 26 Apr 2014 — 2014r 0
4   Kenia Enriquez 21 Nov 2014 — 28 Feb 2015 0
5   Melissa McMorrow (2) 28 Feb 2015 — 2016s 0
6   Nana Yoshikawa 9 Oct 2016 — 29 Apr 2017 0
7   Monserrat Alarcón 29 Apr 2017 — 17 Feb 2018 0
8   Arely Muciño 17 Feb 2018 — 29 Jul 2019s 2
Muciño was stripped of her title on 29 July 2019, as she was unable to make a defense due to an ankle injury sustained in a car crash.[9]
9   Nicola Adams – Interim Champion since 6 October 2018, elevated to regular champion 29 Jul 2019 — 6 Nov 2019r 1
Adams retired from professional competition on 6 November 2019, after sustaining an eye injury in a fight.[10]
10   Debora Anahí López 20 Dec 2019 — 19 Mar 2022r 1
11   Gabriela Celeste Alaniz 18 Jun 2022 — 8 Jul 2023 1
12   Marlen Esparza 8 Jul 2023 — present 0

Junior bantamweight

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No. Name Duration of reign Defences
1   Carolina Raquel Duer 17 Dec 2010 — 26 Jul 2013r 6
Duer vacated her title on 26 July 2013, after capturing a WBO championship a weight class up.[11]
2   Daniela Romina Bermúdez 4 Jan 2014 — 2017r 3
3   Raja Amasheh 10 Mar 2018 — 2019s 1
4   Amanda Serrano 18 Jan 2019 — 2019r 0
5   Miyo Yoshida 19 Jun 2019 — 13 Dec 2020 1
6   Tomoko Okuda 13 Dec 2020 — 29 Jun 2021 0
7   Miyo Yoshida (2) 29 Jun 2021 — 30 May 2022 0
8   Tamao Ozawa 30 May 2022 — 27 October 2022 0
Ozawa vacated her title on 27 October 2022, to focus on her family life.[12]
9   Mizuki Hiruta 1 Dec 2022 — present 2

Bantamweight

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No. Name Duration of reign Defences
1   Kaliesha West 18 Sep 2010 — 2012r 3
2   Daniela Romina Bermúdez 31 May 2013 — 2013r 0
3   Carolina Raquel Duer 26 Jul 2013 — 2015s 2
4   Mayra Alejandra Gómez – Interim champion, elevated to full champion 10 February 2015 10 February 2015 — 2015s 1
5   Naoko Fujioka 19 Oct 2015 — 2016s 1
6   Sabrina Maribel Pérez 26 Nov 2016 — 2017r 0
7   Amanda Serrano 22 Apr 2017 — 2017r 0
8   Daniela Romina Bermúdez (2) 20 Oct 2017 — Dec 2020r 5
9   Dina Thorslund 25 Jun 2021 – present 4

Junior featherweight

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No. Name Duration of reign Defences
1   Ana Julaton 4 Dec 2009 — 2010s 0
2   Ana Julaton (2) 30 Jun 2010 — 16 Mar 2012 2
3   Yésica Marcos – Interim champion since 8 October 2011, beat Julaton for full title 16 March 2012 16 Mar 2012 — 2013s 2
4   Marcela Acuña 25 Oct 2013 — 2016s 2
5   Sabrina Maribel Pérez – Interim champion, elevated to full champion 10 May 2016. 10 May 2016 — 2016s 0
6   Amanda Serrano 18 Oct 2016 — 2018r 2
7   Daniela Romina Bermúdez 13 Apr 2018 — 2018r 0
8   Dina Thorslund 25 Aug 2018 — 2021 3
9   Ségolène Lefebvre 20 Nov 2021 – 13 Apr 2024 3
10   Ellie Scotney[13] 13 Apr 2024 – present 0

Featherweight

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No. Name Duration of reign Defences
1   Ina Menzer 10 Oct 2009 — 3 Jul 2010 1
2   Jeannine Garside 3 Jul 2010 — 2011s 0
3   Alejandra Oliveras 5 Jan 2012 — 2014s 5
4   Amanda Serrano 17 Feb 2016 — 2016r 1
5   Cindy Serrano 10 Dec 2016 — 2018r 1
6   Heather Hardy 27 Oct 2018 — 13 Sep 2019 0
7   Amanda Serrano (2) (elevated to Super champion on 19 Feb 2020) 13 Sep 2019 — present 6

Junior lightweight

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No. Name Duration of reign Defences
1   Ramona Kuehne 4 Jun 2010 — 2018s 8
2   Ewa Brodnicka – Interim champion since 13 May 2017, elevated to full champion 22 Feb 2018 — 30 October 2020s 5
Brodnicka was stripped of her title on 30 October 2020, after failing to make weight for the fight with Mikaela Mayer.[14]
3   Mikaela Mayer 31 October 2020 — 15 Oct 2022 3
4   Alycia Baumgardner 15 Oct 2022 — present 2

Lightweight

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No. Name Duration of reign Defences
1   Erin McGowan 9 Oct 2010 — 2011s 0
2   Enis Pacheco 16 Mar 2012 — 14 Jun 2013 2
3   María Elena Maderna 14 Jun 2013 — 15 Aug 2014 3
4   Amanda Serrano 15 Aug 2014 — 2015s 0
5   Yohana Belén Alfonzo 24 Sep 2015 — 2017s 3
6   Rose Volante 22 Dec 2017 — 15 Mar 2019 2
7   Katie Taylor 15 Mar 2019 — 5 Jan 2024r 8
Taylor vacated the title on 5 January 2024 to concentrate on defending her undisputed junior-welterweight/super-lightweight championships.[15]
8   Rhiannon Dixon[16] 13 April 2024 — present 0

Junior welterweight

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No. Name Duration of reign Defences
1   Fernanda Soledad Alegre 4 Dec 2010 — 2015s 10
2   Fernanda Soledad Alegre (2) 25 Apr 2015 — 2016r 1
3   Adela Celeste del Carmen Peralta 14 May 2016 — 4 Nov 2016 0
4   Ana Laura Esteche 4 Nov 2016 — 2017s 1
5   Amanda Serrano 8 Sep 2018 — 2018r 0
6   Christina Linardatou 24 Mar 2019 — 2 Nov 2019 1
7   Katie Taylor 2 Nov 2019 — 2019r 0
8   Christina Linardatou (2) 8 Feb 2020 — 2021r 0
9   Chantelle Cameron 5 Nov 2022 — 25 Nov 2023 1
10   Katie Taylor (2) 25 Nov 2023 — present 0

Welterweight

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No. Name Duration of reign Defences
1   Hanna Gabriels 19 Dec 2009 — 2010r 0
2   Cecilia Brækhus 15 May 2010 — 15 August 2020 21
3   Jessica McCaskill 15 August 2020 — 2023? 3
4   Sandy Ryan 22 April 2023 — present 1

Junior middleweight

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No. Name Duration of reign Defences
1   Hanna Gabriels 29 May 2010 — 28 Feb 2013 3
2   Oxandia Castillo 28 Feb 2013 — 2014s 0
3   Hanna Gabriels (2) 20 Dec 2014 — 2018s 4
4   Claressa Shields 10 Jan 2020 — 26 Nov 2021v 1
5   Natasha Jonas 19 Feb 2022 — present 2

Middleweight

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No. Name Duration of reign Defences
1   Christina Hammer 23 Oct 2010 — 13 Apr 2019 12
2   Claressa Shields Super champion since 8 July 2019 13 Apr 2019 — Sep 2020 0
3   Savannah Marshall 31 Oct 2020 — 15 Oct 2022 3
4   Claressa Shields (2) 15 Oct 2022 — present 1

Super middleweight

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No. Name Duration of reign Defences
1   Christina Hammer 4 May 2013 — 2013r 0
2   Femke Hermans 12 May 2018 — 2018s 0
3   Franchón Crews-Dezurn 14 Sep 2019 — 1 Jul 2023 1
4   Savannah Marshall 1 Jul 2023 — present 0

Light heavyweight

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No. Name Duration of reign Defences
1   Geovana Peres 30 Mar 2019 — 26 Jan 2021r 1
Peres retired from professional competition on 26 January 2021.[17]
2   Claressa Shields 27 Jul 2024 — present 0

Junior Heavyweight

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No. Name Duration of reign Defences
1 vacant 0

Heavyweight

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No. Name Duration of reign Defences
1 vacant 0

See also

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References

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  14. ^ Christ, Scott (30 October 2020). "Naoya Inoue vs Jason Moloney set, Ewa Brodnicka loses title on scale for Mikaela Mayer fight". badlefthook.com. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
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