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

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

Mini flyweight

No. Name Duration of reign Defences
1 Thailand Teeraporn Pannimit 2 Apr 2010 — 2011s 1
2 Thailand Teeraporn Pannimit (2) 25 Apr 2012 — 28 Jun 2012 0
3 South Korea Hong Su-yun 28 Jun 2012 — 9 Feb 2014 2
4 Japan 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 Japan Kumiko Seeser Ikehara 20 Sep 2014 — 13 Dec 2016r 4
Ikehara retired from professional competition on 13 December 2016[2]
6 Japan Kayoko Ebata 19 May 2017 — 1 Dec 2018 1
7 Japan 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 Japan Kasumi Saeki 27 Apr 2019 — 2019r 0
Saeki vacated the title, for undisclosed reasons, on 18 December 2019.[3]
9 Japan Etsuko Tada (2) 3 December 2020 — 23 October 2021 0
10 Vietnam Nguyễn Thị Thu Nhi 23 October 2021 — 8 Sep 2022 0
11 Costa Rica Yokasta Valle 8 September 2022 — 29 March 2024 3
12 United States Seniesa Estrada[4] 29 Mar 2024 — present 0

Junior flyweight

No. Name Duration of reign Defences
1 Argentina Yesica Bopp 6 Nov 2009 — 2015s 12
2 South Korea 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 Australia Louisa Hawton 20 Aug 2016 — 2017r 0
Hawton vacated her title in early 2017, in order to move down to atomweight.[6]
4 South Korea 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 Japan 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 Japan Tenkai Tsunami 8 Mar 2018 — 9 Jul 2021 4
7 United States Seniesa Estrada 9 Jul 2021 — ?v 0
8 Costa Rica Yokasta Valle 26 Nov 2022 — 2023v
9 Argentina Evelyn Nazarena Bermúdez[8] 10 Mar 2023 — present 1

Flyweight

No. Name Duration of reign Defences
1 Germany Susi Kentikian 10 Oct 2009 — 16 May 2012 3
2 United States Melissa McMorrow 16 May 2012 — 2014s 2
3 Argentina Yesica Bopp 26 Apr 2014 — 2014r 0
4 Mexico Kenia Enriquez 21 Nov 2014 — 28 Feb 2015 0
5 United States Melissa McMorrow (2) 28 Feb 2015 — 2016s 0
6 Japan Nana Yoshikawa 9 Oct 2016 — 29 Apr 2017 0
7 Mexico Monserrat Alarcón 29 Apr 2017 — 17 Feb 2018 0
8 Mexico 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 United Kingdom 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 Argentina Debora Anahí López 20 Dec 2019 — 19 Mar 2022r 1
11 Argentina Gabriela Celeste Alaniz 18 Jun 2022 — 8 Jul 2023 1
12 United States Marlen Esparza 8 Jul 2023 — present 0

Junior bantamweight

No. Name Duration of reign Defences
1 Argentina 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 Argentina Daniela Romina Bermúdez 4 Jan 2014 — 2017r 3
3 Germany Raja Amasheh 10 Mar 2018 — 2019s 1
4 Puerto Rico Amanda Serrano 18 Jan 2019 — 2019r 0
5 Japan Miyo Yoshida 19 Jun 2019 — 13 Dec 2020 1
6 Japan Tomoko Okuda 13 Dec 2020 — 29 Jun 2021 0
7 Japan Miyo Yoshida (2) 29 Jun 2021 — 30 May 2022 0
8 Japan 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 Japan Mizuki Hiruta 1 Dec 2022 — present 2

Bantamweight

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

Junior featherweight

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

Featherweight

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

Junior lightweight

No. Name Duration of reign Defences
1 Germany Ramona Kuehne 4 Jun 2010 — 2018s 8
2 Poland 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 United States Mikaela Mayer 31 October 2020 — 15 Oct 2022 3
4 United States Alycia Baumgardner 15 Oct 2022 — present 2

Lightweight

No. Name Duration of reign Defences
1 Australia Erin McGowan 9 Oct 2010 — 2011s 0
2 Colombia Enis Pacheco 16 Mar 2012 — 14 Jun 2013 2
3 Argentina María Elena Maderna 14 Jun 2013 — 15 Aug 2014 3
4 Puerto Rico Amanda Serrano 15 Aug 2014 — 2015s 0
5 Argentina Yohana Belén Alfonzo 24 Sep 2015 — 2017s 3
6 Brazil Rose Volante 22 Dec 2017 — 15 Mar 2019 2
7 Republic of Ireland 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 United Kingdom Rhiannon Dixon[16] 13 April 2024 — present 0

Junior welterweight

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

Welterweight

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

Junior middleweight

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

Middleweight

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

Super middleweight

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

Light heavyweight

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

Junior Heavyweight

No. Name Duration of reign Defences
1 vacant 0

Heavyweight

No. Name Duration of reign Defences
1 vacant 0

See also

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