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On October 13, 2012, ] won the Diamond Belt at Flyweight, decisioning ]. On May 11, 2013, she defended this title against ] from Mexico by unanimous decision. On October 13, 2012, ] won the Diamond Belt at Flyweight, decisioning ]. On May 11, 2013, she defended this title against ] from Mexico by unanimous decision.

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The following is a list of WBC female world champions certificated by the World Boxing Council (WBC).

Stand: June 3, 2020.

– Champion relinquished title.
– Champion stripped of title.

On July 30, 2011, Ana María Torres won the first female Diamond Belt by defeating Jackie Nava at Bantamweight.

On October 13, 2012, Ava Knight won the Diamond Belt at Flyweight, decisioning Mariana Juárez. On May 11, 2013, she defended this title against Linda Soto from Mexico by unanimous decision.

On January 14, 2017, Amanda Serrano beat Yazmín Rivas to become the Diamond Champion at Super bantamweight.

On September 30, 2017, Jessica Chávez beat Esmeralda Moreno to win the vacant WBC female Diamond flyweight title.

On September 14, 2018, German Raja Amasheh won the vacant WBC Diamond super flyweight title against Peruvian Linda Laura Lecca.

On April 13, 2019, Claressa Shields won the vacant Diamond middleweight title via UD against Christina Hammer.

On October 30, 2021, Jackie Nava won the vacant Diamond super bantamweight title via UD against Mariana Juárez.

Atomweight

No. Name Duration of reign Defences
1 Thailand Chirawadee Srisuk 31 Aug 2007 — 11 Aug 2008 0
2 Japan Momo Koseki 11 Aug 2008 — 2018 17
3 Czech Republic Fabiana Bytyqi 22 Sep 2018 — present 3

Strawweight

No. Name Duration of reign Defences
1 Japan Nanako Kikuchi Nov 7, 2005 — May 27, 2007 1
2 United States Carina Moreno May 17, 2007 — Oct 31, 2009 3
3 Mexico Anabel Ortiz Oct 31, 2009 — May 8, 2011 1
4 Japan Naoko Fujioka May 8, 2011 — 2013 2
5 Japan Mari Ando Dec 14, 2013 — May 17, 2014 0
6 Japan Yuko Kuroki May 17, 2014 — Dec 17, 2017 5
7 Japan Momo Koseki Dec 17, 2017 — 2018 0
8 Germany Tina Rupprecht – Interim champion promoted Jun 16, 2018 — present 4

Light flyweight

No. Name Duration of reign Defences
1 North Korea Eun Soon Choi Jun 28, 2005 — 2006 0
2 Thailand Siriporn Taweesuk Apr 3, 2007 — 2008 3
3 Japan Naomi Togashi - Interim champion promoted May 2, 2009 — Jun 23, 2012 7
4 Mexico Esmeralda Moreno Jun 23, 2012 — 2015 1
5 Mexico Ibeth Zamora Silva Mar 3, 2013 — Apr 22, 2017 8
6 Mexico Esmeralda Moreno (2) Apr 22, 2017 — Sep 22, 2018 1
7 Mexico Yesenia Gómez Sep 22, 2018 - July 29, 2022 4
8 Canada Kim Clavel July 29, 2022 — present 0

Flyweight

No. Name Duration of reign Defences
1 Italy Stefania Bianchini Aug 7, 2005 — Mar 29, 2008 4
2 Italy Simona Galassi Mar 29, 2008 — Mar 11, 2011 4
3 Mexico Mariana Juárez Mar 11, 2011 — Oct 13, 2012 7
4 Hungary Renáta Szebelédi Oct 27, 2012 — May 19, 2013 0
5 Japan Shindo Go May 19, 2013 — Dec 6, 2014 2
6 Mexico Arely Muciño Dec 6, 2014 — Sep 19, 2015 0
7 Mexico Jessica Chávez Sep 19, 2015 — 2018 6
8 Mexico Ibeth Zamora Silva May 26, 2018 — present 2

Super flyweight

No. Name Duration of reign Defences
1 North Korea Myung Ok Ryu Jun 28, 2005 — 2006 1
2 Mexico Ana María Torres Oct 7, 2006 — Oct 19, 2007 1
3 North Korea Myung Ok Ryu (2) Oct 19, 2007 — 2008 1
4 Mexico Ana María Torres (2) - Interim champion promoted Aug 30, 2008 — May 17, 2012 11
5 Mexico Zulina Muñoz Nov 24, 2012 — May 13, 2017 10
6 Mexico Guadalupe Martínez Guzmán May 13, 2017 — December 12, 2020 4
6 Mexico Lourdes Juárez December 12, 2020 — present 0

Bantamweight

No. Name Duration of reign Defences
1 North Korea Kwang Ok Kim Jun 28, 2005 — Jun 7, 2006 2
2 Denmark Anita Christensen Oct 14, 2006 — 2007 0
3 Mexico Susana Vázquez Jun 1, 2007 — 2008 0
4 Denmark Anita Christensen (2) - Interim champion promoted Sep 14, 2007 — Jun 21, 2008 1
5 Bulgaria Galina Koleva Ivanova Jun 21, 2008 — Oct 5, 2009 2
6 Thailand Usanakorn Thawilsuhannawang Oct 5, 2009 — Jul 13, 2013 2
7 Australia Susie Ramadan Jul 13, 2012 — Oct 25, 2014 0
8 Mexico Yazmín Rivas Jun 28, 2014 — Jan 30, 2016 4
9 Zambia Catherine Phiri Jan 30, 2016 — Apr 1, 2017 1
10 Mexico Mariana Juárez Apr 1, 2017 — October 31, 2020 9
11 Mexico Yulihan Luna October 31, 2020 — present 1

Super bantamweight

No. Name Duration of reign Defences
1 Mexico Jackie Nava May 30, 2005 — May 20, 2006 2
2 Argentina Alejandra Marina Oliveras May 20, 2006 — Dec 4, 2008 3
3 Argentina Marcela Eliana Acuña Dec 4, 2008 — 2010 4
4 Jamaica Alicia Ashley Jul 23, 2011 — Sep 6, 2014 3
5 Mexico Jackie Nava (2) Sep 6, 2014 — 2015 2
6 Jamaica Alicia Ashley (2) Oct 29, 2015 — Oct 1, 2016 0
7 Kenya Fatuma Zarika Oct 1, 2016 — Nov 16, 2019 1
8 Mexico Yamileth Mercado Nov 16, 2019 — present 3

Featherweight

No. Name Duration of reign Defences
1 Australia Sharon Anyos Oct 22, 2005 — 2007 1
2 Germany Ina Menzer Mar 8, 2008 — Jul 3, 2010 6
3 Canada Jeannine Garside Jul 3, 2010 — 2012 0
4 Canada Jelena Mrdjenovich Mar 23, 2012 — Sep 14, 2012 0
5 Puerto Rico Melissa Hernández Sep 14, 2012 — May 31, 2013 0
6 Canada Jelena Mrdjenovich (2) May 31, 2013 — Aug 1, 2015 2
7 Argentina Edith Soledad Matthysse Aug 1, 2015 — Mar 11, 2016 0
8 Canada Jelena Mrdjenovich (3) Mar 11, 2016 — Feb 4, 2021 4
9 Puerto Rico Amanda Serrano Feb 4, 2021 — present 0

Super featherweight

No. Name Duration of reign Defences
1 Canada Jelena Mrdjenovich Nov 18, 2005 — Apr 9, 2009 5
2 Canada Olivia Gerula Apr 9, 2009 — Nov 27, 2010 2
3 Sweden Frida Wallberg Nov 27, 2010 — Jun 14, 2013 2
4 Australia Diana Prazak Jun 14, 2013 — 2015 1
5 Finland Eva Wahlström Apr 25, 2015 — Feb 8, 2020 5
6 United Kingdom Terri Harper Feb 8, 2020 — Nov 13, 2021 2
7 United States Alycia Baumgardner Nov 13, 2021 — present 1

Lightweight

No. Name Duration of reign Defences
1 Canada Jessica Rakoczy Jul 21, 2005 — Sep 16, 2005 0
2 United States Eliza Olson Sep 16, 2005 — 2006 0
3 United States Ann Saccurato Nov 4, 2006 — 2007 0
4 Canada Jessica Rakoczy (2) Feb 22, 2007 — Sep 27, 2007 0
5 United States Ann Saccurato (2) Sep 27, 2007 — 2008 0
6 United States Ann Saccurato (3) Aug 11, 2008 — Aug 6, 2011 1
7 Argentina Érica Anabella Farías – Aug 6, 2011 — Apr 20, 2014 8
8 Belgium Delfine Persoon Apr 20, 2014 — Jun 1, 2019 9
9 Republic of Ireland Katie Taylor Jun 1, 2019 — present 7

Super lightweight

No. Name Duration of reign Defences
1 United States Mary Jo Sanders Jul 30, 2005 — 2006 0
2 France Anne Sophie Mathis Mar 8, 2008 — 2008 0
3 Argentina Mónica Silvina Acosta Jun 19, 2009 — 2013 7
4 Argentina Alejandra Marina Oliveras Oct 11, 2013 — Nov 16, 2014 0
5 Argentina Érica Anabella Farías Nov 16, 2014 — Oct 6, 2018 4
6 United States Jessica McCaskill Oct 6, 2018 — Aug 2020 2
7 United Kingdom Chantelle Cameron Oct 4, 2020 — present 1

Welterweight

No. Name Duration of reign Defences
1 United States Mary Jo Sanders Feb 3, 2006 — 2006 0
2 United States Holly Holm Mar 22, 2007 — 2008 1
3 Norway Cecilia Braekhus Mar 14, 2009 — Aug 15, 2020 25
4 United States Jessica McCaskill Aug 15, 2020 — present 3

Super welterweight

No. Name Duration of reign Defences
1 Trinidad and Tobago Jisselle Salandy Sep 15, 2006 — Jan 4, 2009 (died in a vehicular accident) 5
2 United States Christy Martin Sep 2, 2009 — 2011 0
3 United States Mia St John Aug 14, 2012 — Nov 10, 2012 0
4 United States Tiffany Junot Nov 10, 2013 — 2013 0
5 Sweden Mikaela Laurén Nov 8, 2014 — 2016 3
6 Poland Ewa Piatkowska Sep 17, 2016 — 2019 2
7 United States Claressa Shields Jan 10, 2020 — present 0

Middleweight

No. Name Duration of reign Defences
1 United States Yvonne Reis Apr 1, 2006 — 2007 0
2 China Wang Ya Nan Jan 26, 2008 — 2010 2
3 United States Tori Nelson Jul 29, 2011 — 2012 0
4 United States Kali Reis Apr 16, 2016 — Nov 5, 2016 0
5 Germany Christina Hammer Nov 5, 2016 — Apr 13, 2019 3
6 United States Claressa Shields Nov 17, 2018 — present 2

Super middleweight

No. Name Duration of reign Defences
1 United States Laila Ali Nov 11, 2006 — 2007 2
2 Russia Natalya Ragozina Dec 15, 2007 — 2010 4
3 Germany Nikki Adler Nov 30, 2013 — Aug 4, 2017 2
4 United States Claressa Shields Aug 4, 2017 — 2018 1
5 United States Franchon Crews Dezurn Sep 13, 2018 — Jan 11, 2020 1

Heavyweight

No. Name Duration of reign Defences
1 United States Vonda Ward Feb 10, 2007 — 2010 0
2 United States Martha Salazar Nov 8, 2014 — Mar 18, 2016 0
3 Mexico Alejandra Jiménez Mar 18, 2016 — 2019 2
4 Costa Rica Hanna Gabriels Apr 17, 2021 — 0

See also

References

  1. "Women's Boxing: Ana María Torres Biography". www.womenboxing.com. Retrieved 2023-04-30.
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