WBA, WBC and IBF Titleholders 2000-2001 Season

Updated August 28, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

The champions of professional boxing's 17 principal weight divisions, as recognized by the Word Boxing Association (WBA), World Boxing Council (WBC) and International Boxing Federation (IBF).

  Weight Limit WBA Champion WBC Champion IBF Champion
Heavyweight — John Ruiz Hasim Rahman Hasim Rahman
  37-4-0, 27 KOs 35-2-0, 29 KOs 35-2-0, 29 KOs
       
Cruiserweight 190 lbs Virgil Hill Juan Carlos Gomez Vassiliy Jirov
  46-3-0, 22 KOs 33-0-0, 27 KOs 30-0-0, 27 KOs
       
Light Heavyweight 175 lbs Roy Jones Jr.* Roy Jones Jr. Roy Jones Jr.
  45-1-0, 36 KOs 45-1-0, 36 KOs 45-1-0, 36 KOs
       
Super Middleweight 168 lbs Byron Mitchell Eric Lucas Sven Ottke
  24-1-1, 17KOs 33-4-3, 12 KOs 24-0-0, 4 KOs
       
Middleweight 160 lbs Bernard Hopkins Bernard Hopkins Bernard Hopkins
  40-2-1, 29 KOs 40-2-1, 29 KOs 40-2-1, 29 KOs
       
Jr. Middleweight 154 lbs Fernando Vargas Oscar De La Hoya Ronald Wright
  22-1-0, 20 KOs 34-2-0, 27 KOs 42-3-0, 24 KOs
       
Welterweight 147 lbs Andrew Lewis Shane Mosley Vernon Forrest
  21-0-1, 19 KOs 38-0-0, 35 KOs 33-0-1, 26 KOs
       
Jr. Welterweight 140 lbs Kostya Tszyu* Kostya Tszyu Zab Judah
  27-1-1, 22 KOs 27-1-1, 22 KOs 27-0-0, 20 KOs
       
Lightweight 135 lbs Raul Balbi Jose Luis Castillo Paul Spadafora
  48-4-1, 33 KOs 44-4-0, 40 KOs 33-0-0, 14 KOs
       
Jr. Lightweight 130 lbs Joel Casamayor Floyd Mayweather Jr. Steve Forbes
  26-0-0, 16 KOs 26-0-0, 19 KOs 20-1-0, 5 KOs
       
Featherweight 126 lbs Derrick Gainer Erik Morales Frankie Toledo
  37-5-0, 23 KOs 41-0-0, 31 KOs 40-5-1, 16 KOs
       
Jr. Featherweight 122 lbs Vacant* Willie Jorrin Manny Pacquiao
    27-0-0, 12 KOs 32-2-0, 23 KOs
       
Bantamweight 118 lbs Eidy Moya Veerapol Sahaprom Tim Austin
  15-1-0, 8 KOs 30-1-0, 21 KOs 23-0-1, 21 KOs
       
Jr. Bantamweight 115 lbs Celes Kobayashi Masanori Tokuyama Felix Machado
  24-4-3, 0 KOs 24-2-1, 6 KOs 21-3-1, 12 KOs
       
Flyweight 112 lbs Eric Morel Pongsaklek Wonjongkam Irene Pacheco
  30-0-0, 17 KOs 41-2-0, 24 KOs 25-0-0, 19 KOs
       
Jr. Flyweight 108 lbs Rosendo Alvarez Choi Yo-Sam Ricardo Lopez
  28-2-1, 17 KOs 23-1-0, 12 KOs 50-0-1, 37 KOs
       
Minimumweight 105 lbs Yutaka Niida Jose Antonio Aguirre Robert Leyva
  14-0-3, 7 KOs 26-1-1, 16 KOs 18-0-0, 16 KOs
Note: The following weight divisions are also known by these names—Cruiserweight as Jr. Heavyweight; Jr. Middleweight as Super Welterweight; Jr. Welterweight as Super Lightweight; Jr. Lightweight as Super Featherweight; Jr. Featherweight as Super Bantamweight; Jr. Bantamweight as Super Flyweight; Jr. Flyweight as Light Flyweight; and Minimum as Strawweight or Mini-Flyweights.
*Roy Jones Jr. is the WBA light heavyweight “super world champion;” Kostya Tszyu is the WBA super lightweight “super world champion;” Yober Ortega (31-3-0, 21 KOs) is currently the interim WBA junior featherweight champ.

 

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