World Boxing Association
Sanctioning organization for professional boxing bouts
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| February 1 2025 | Stephen Fulton becomes WBC Featherweight Champion |
| December 26 2024 | Panya Pradabsri becomes WBC Light Flyweight Champion |
| December 14 2024 | Natasha Jonas becomes WBC Female Welterweight Champion |
| December 11 2024 | Caroline Dubous becomes WBC Female Lightweight Champion |
| December 11 2024 | Badou Jack becomes WBC Cruiserweight Champion |
| November 29 2024 | Lourdes Juárez becomes WBC Female Light Flyweight Champion |
| November 2 2024 | O'Shaquie Foster becomes WBC Super Featherweight Champion |
| November 2 2024 | Gabriela Fundora becomes WBC Female Flyweight Champion |
| November 1 2024 | Yokasta Valle becomes WBC Female Strawweight Champion |
| October 13 2024 | Kenshiro Teraji becomes WBC Flyweight Champion |
| October 8 2024 | Kevin Lerena becomes WBC Bridgerweight Champion |
| August 31 2024 | Ginny Fuchs becomes WBC Interim Female Super Flyweight Champion |
| July 27 2024 | Claressa Shields becomes WBC Female Heavyweight Champion |
| June 29 2024 | Jesse Rodríguez becomes WBC Super Flyweight Champion |
| June 24 2024 | Alberto Puello becomes WBC Super Lightweight Champion |
| June 18 2024 | Mario Barrios becomes WBC Welterweight Champion |
| June 15 2024 | David Benavidez becomes WBC Interim Light Heavyweight Champion |
| May 18 2024 | Oleksandr Usyk becomes WBC Heavyweight Champion |
| May 7 2024 | Carlos Adames becomes WBC Middleweight Champion |
| May 3 2024 | Umi Ishikawa becomes WBC Interim Female Strawweight Champion |
| March 31 2024 | Melvin Jerusalem becomes WBC Strawweight Champion |
| March 30 2024 | Sebastian Fundora and Serhii Bohachuk become WBC Super Welterweight and Interim Super Welterweight Champions respectively |
| February 24 2024 | Junto Nakatani becomes WBC Bantamweight Champion |
| February 24 2024 | Dina Thorslund becomes WBC Female Bantamweight Champion |
| January 13 2024 | Tina Rupprecht becomes WBC Female Atomweight Champion |
| December 15 2023 | Franchón Crews-Dezurn becomes WBC Female Super Middleweight Champion |
| December 4 2023 | Skye Nicolson becomes WBC Female Featherweight Champion |
| November 25 2023 | Katie Taylor becomes WBC Female Super Lightweight Champion |
| November 18 2023 | Ema Kozin becomes WBC Female Super Welterweight Champion |
| November 16 2023 | Shakur Stevenson becomes WBC Lightweight Champion |
| July 25 2023 | Naoya Inoue becomes WBC Super Bantamweight Champion |
| 2022 | WBC President Mauricio Sulaiman announced the organization's policy on transgender athletes in an exclusive interview with The Telegraph, proposing a ban on transgender fighters competing against cisgender fighters and suggesting the creation of a separate trans competition category based on athletes' gender assigned at birth. |
| 2022 | In response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the WBC blocked championship fights involving Russian and Belarusian boxers. |
| October 1 2022 | Ashley Gonzalez Macias becomes WBC Female Super Flyweight Champion |
| 2021 | George Kambosos Jr. was named WBC Franchise Champion in the lightweight division, holding the honorary title from 2021 to 2022. |
| 2021 | Juan Francisco Estrada was named WBC Franchise Champion in the super flyweight division, holding the honorary title since 2021. |
| November 13 2021 | Alycia Baumgardner becomes WBC Female Super Featherweight Champion |
| 2020 | Teófimo López was named WBC Franchise Champion in the lightweight division, holding the honorary title from 2020 to 2021. |
| December 19 2020 | Canelo Álvarez becomes WBC Super Middleweight Champion |
| 2019 | Canelo Alvarez was named WBC Franchise Champion in the middleweight division, holding the honorary title from 2019 to 2020. |
| 2019 | The WBC introduced the Franchise Championship, a special honorary title awarded to dominant champions who have significantly represented the WBC, requiring the recipient to vacate their standard WBC world title in that division. |
| 2019 | Vasiliy Lomachenko was named WBC Franchise Champion in the lightweight division, holding the honorary title from 2019 to 2020. |
| November 16 2019 | Yamileth Mercado becomes WBC Female Super Bantamweight Champion |
| October 18 2019 | Artur Beterbiev becomes WBC Light Heavyweight Champion |
| September 14 2019 | Tyson Fury receives the Maya II commemorative world championship belt from the World Boxing Council. |
| May 4 2019 | Canelo Álvarez awarded the Maya I commemorative world championship belt by the World Boxing Council. |
| September 15 2018 | Canelo Álvarez receives the Chiapaneco II commemorative world championship belt from the World Boxing Council. |
| May 5 2018 | Gennady Golovkin awarded the Chiapaneco I commemorative world championship belt by the World Boxing Council. |
| September 16 2017 | Gennady Golovkin receives the Huichol II commemorative world championship belt from the World Boxing Council. |
| August 26 2017 | Floyd Mayweather Jr. awarded the Money commemorative world championship belt by the World Boxing Council. |
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