Puerto Rican World Champions: The WBC Champions M.DeTyrone

Puerto Rican World Champions: The WBC Champions

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Only 20 Puerto Rican boxers have held a World Boxing Council World Title / WBC.  Since 1985 to 1990 outside Felix Trinidad defeating Oscar De La Hoya in an IBF World Welterweight / WBC World Welterweight unification fight in 1999, a title which Trinidad later vacated. No Puerto Rican boxer truly held a WBC World title until Danny Garcia defeated Erik Morales by unanimous decision to win the vacant WBC Super Light Welterweight title in 2012.

In reality Puerto Rican Boxers gained more titles due to the WBA from 1985 onwards only Carlos De Leon won a WBC World Title that being the WBC World Cruiserweight Champion.

Puerto Rican WBC Champions:

1.   Carlos Ortiz: WBC World Lightweight Champion 1962-1965
2.    Jose Torres: WBC World Light Heavyweight Champion 1965-1966
3.   Carlos Ortiz: WBC World Lightweight Champion 1965-1968
4.     Alfredo Escalera: WBC World Super Featherweight Champion 1975-1978
5.     Esteban De Jesus: WBC World Lightweight Champion 1976-1978
6.  Wilfredo Gomez: WBC World Super Bantamweight Champion 1977-1983
7.      Wilfred Benitez: WBC World Welterweight Champion 1979
8.     Carlos De Leon: WBC World Cruiserweight Champion 1980-1982
9. Wilfred Benitez: WBC World Light Middleweight Champion 1981-1982
10.   Juan LaPorte: WBC World Featherweight Champion 1982-1984
11.  Carlos De Leon: WBC World Cruiserweight Champion 1983-1985
12. Edwin Rosario: WBC World Lightweight Champion 1983-1984
13.   Hector Camacho: WBC World Super Featherweight Champion 1983-1984
14.  Wilfredo Gomez: WBC World Featherweight Champion 1984
15. Hector Camacho: WBC World Lightweight Champion 1985-1987
16.   Carlos De Leon: WBC World Cruiserweight Champion 1986-1988
17.   Carlos De Leon: WBC World Cruiserweight Champion 1989-1990
18.   Felix Trinidad: WBC World Welterweight Champion 1999-2000
19. Danny Garcia: WBC World Light Welterweight Champion 2012-  
20. Miguel Cotto: WBC World Middleweight Champion 2014-

The WBC Super Bantamweight title has been won 1 time by:

1.     Wilfredo Gomez: WBC World Super Bantamweight Champion 1977-1983

The WBC World Featherweight title has been won 2 times by:

1.      Juan LaPorte: WBC World Featherweight Champion 1982-1984

2.      Wilfredo Gomez: WBC World Featherweight Champion 1984

The WBC World Super Featherweight title has been won 2 times by:

1.      Alfredo Escalera: WBC World Super Featherweight Champion 1975-1978

2.      Hector Camacho: WBC World Super Featherweight Champion 1983-1984

The WBC World Lightweight title has been won 5 times by:

1.   Carlos Ortiz: WBC World Lightweight Champion 1962-1965
2.  Carlos Ortiz: WBC World Lightweight Champion 1965-1968
3.  Esteban De Jesus: WBC World Lightweight Champion 1976-1978
4.      Edwin Rosario: WBC World Lightweight Champion 1983-1984
5.     Hector Camacho: WBC World Lightweight Champion 1985-1987

The WBC World Light Welterweight title has been won 1 time by:

1.      Danny Garcia: WBC World Light Welterweight Champion 2012-

The WBC World Welterweight title has been won 2 times by:

1. Wilfred Benitez: WBC World Welterweight Champion 1979
2.  Felix Trinidad: WBC World Welterweight Champion 1999-2000

The WBC World Light Middleweight title has been won 1 time by:

1.   Wilfred Benitez: WBC World Light Middleweight Champion 1981-1982

The WBC World Middleweight title has been won 1 time by:

1.      Miguel Cotto: WBC World Middleweight Champion 2014-

The WBC World Light Heavyweight title has been won 1 time by:

1.      Jose Torres: WBC World Light Heavyweight Champion 1965-1966

The WBC World Cruiserweight title has been won 4 times by:

1.      Carlos De Leon: WBC World Cruiserweight Champion 1980-1982

2.      Carlos De Leon: WBC World Cruiserweight Champion 1983-1985

3.      Carlos De Leon: WBC World Cruiserweight Champion 1986-1988

4.      Carlos De Leon: WBC World Cruiserweight Champion 1989-1990

Created 11/18/14