List of featherweight boxing champions

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This is a chronological List of World Featherweight Boxing Champions, as recognized by four of the better-known sanctioning organizations:

• The World Boxing Association (WBA), founded in 1921 as the National Boxing Association (NBA),
• The World Boxing Council (WBC), founded in 1963,
• The International Boxing Federation (IBF), founded in 1983,
• The World Boxing Organization (WBO), founded in 1988,

Reign Began	Reign Ended	Champion	Recognition
IBF
Title inaugurated
1984-06-10	1985-11-29	Min Keun Oh	IBF
1985-11-29	1986-08-30	Ki Young Chung	IBF
1986-08-30	1988-01-23	Antonio Rivera	IBF
1988-01-23	1988-08-04	Calvin Grove	IBF
1988-08-04	1990-07-08-Vacated	Jorge Paez	IBF
1991-06-03	1991-08-12	Troy Dorsey	IBF
1991-08-12	1993-02-26	Manuel Medina	IBF
1993-02-26	1997-02-08	Tom Johnson	IBF
1997-02-08	1997-07-19-Vacated	Naseem Hamed	IBF
1997-12-13	1998-04-24	Hector Lizarraga	IBF
1998-04-24	1999-11-13	Manuel Medina	IBF
1999-11-13	2000-12-16	Paul Ingle	IBF
2000-12-16	2001-04-06	Mbulelo Botile	IBF
2001-04-06	2001-11-16	Frank Toledo	IBF
2001-11-16	2002-04-27	Manuel Medina	IBF
2002-04-27	2002-04-27-Vacated	Johnny Tapia	IBF
2003-02-01	2005-05-07-Stripped	Juan Manuel Marquez	IBF
2006-01-20	2006-05-13	Valdemir Pereira	IBF
2006-05-13	2006-07-29	Eric Aiken	IBF
2006-07-29	2006-11-04	Orlando Salido	IBF
2006-11-04	current	Robert Guerrero	IBF
WBC
Title inaugurated
1968-01-23	1968-07-24	Howard Winstone	WBC
1968-07-24	1969-01-21	Jose Legra	WBC
1969-01-21	1970-05-09	Johnny Famechon	WBC
1970-05-09	1970-12-11	Vicente Saldivar	WBC
1970-12-11	1972-05-19	Kuniaki Shibata	WBC
1972-05-19	1972-12-16	Clemente Sanchez	WBC
1972-12-16	1973-05-05	Jose Legra	WBC
1973-05-05	1973-10-21	Eder Jofre	WBC
1974-09-07	1975-06-20	Bobby Chacon	WBC
1975-06-20	1975-09-20	Ruben Olivares	WBC
1975-09-20	1976-11-06	David Kotey	WBC
1976-11-06	1980-02-02	Danny Lopez	WBC
1980-02-02	1982-07-21-Died	Salvador Sanchez	WBC
1982-09-15	1984-03-31	Juan LaPorte	WBC
1984-03-31	1984-12-08	Wilfredo Gómez	WBC
1984-12-08	1987-08-29-Vacated	Azumah Nelson	WBC
1988-03-07	1989-04-08-Vacated	Jeff Fenech	WBC
1990-06-02	1991-11-13	Marcos Villasana	WBC
1991-11-13	1993-04-28	Paul Hodkinson	WBC
1993-04-28	1993-12-04	Gregorio Vargas	WBC
1993-12-04	1995-01-07	Kevin Kelley	WBC
1995-01-07	1995-09-23	Alejandro Gonzalez	WBC
1995-09-23	1995-12-11	Manuel Medina	WBC
1995-12-11	1999-05-15	Luisito Espinosa	WBC
1999-05-15	1999-10-22	Cesar Soto	WBC
1999-10-22	1999-10-22-Vacated	Naseem Hamed	WBC
2000-04-14	2001-02-17	Guty Espadas Jr	WBC
2001-02-17	2002-06-22	Erik Morales	WBC
2002-06-22	2002-06-22-Vacated	Marco Antonio Barrera	WBC
2002-11-16	2003-05-03-Vacated	Erik Morales	WBC
2004-04-10	2006-01-29	In Jin Chi	WBC
2006-01-29	2006-07-30	Takashi Koshimoto	WBC
2006-07-30	current	Rudy Lopez	WBC
WBA
Title inaugurated
1968-03-28	1968-09-27	Raul Rojas	WBA
1968-09-27	1971-09-02	Shozo Saijo	WBA
1971-09-02	1972-08-19	Antonio Gómez	WBA
1972-08-19	1974-02-16-Vacated	Ernesto Marcel	WBA
1974-07-09	1974-11-23	Ruben Olivares	WBA
1974-11-23	1976-06-19-Vacated	Alexis Arguello	WBA
1977-01-15	1977-12-17	Rafael Ortega	WBA
1977-12-17	1978-04-15	Cecilio Lastra	WBA
1978-04-15	1985-06-08	Eusebio Pedroza	WBA
1985-06-08	1986-06-23	Barry McGuigan	WBA
1986-06-23	1987-03-06	Steve Cruz	WBA
1987-03-06	1991-03-30	Antonio Esparragoza	WBA
1991-03-30	1993-12-04	Yong Kyun Park	WBA
1993-12-04	1996-05-18	Eloy Rojas	WBA
1996-05-18	1997-11-08-Stripped	Wilfredo Vazquez	WBA
1998-04-03	1998-07-10-Stripped	Freddie Norwood	WBA
1998-10-03	1999-05-29	Antonio Cermeno	WBA
1999-05-29	2000-09-09	Freddie Norwood	WBA
2000-09-09	2003-11-01	Derrick Gainer	WBA
2003-11-01	2006-03-04	Juan Manuel Marquez	WBA
2006-03-04	current	Chris John	WBA
WBO
Title inaugurated
1989-01-28	1989-11-11	Maurizio Stecca	WBO
1989-11-11	1990-04-07	Louie Espinoza	WBO
1990-04-07	1990-07-08-Vacated	Jorge Paez	WBO
1991-01-26	1992-05-16	Maurizio Stecca	WBO
1992-05-16	1992-09-26	Colin McMillan	WBO
1992-09-26	1992-09-26-Retired	Ruben Dario Palacios	WBO
1993-04-17	1995-09-30	Steve Robinson	WBO
1995-09-30	2001-01-27	Naseem Hamed	WBO
2001-01-27	2001-06-16	Istvan Kovacs	WBO
2001-06-16	2002-10-19	Julio Pablo Chacon	WBO
2002-10-19	current	Scott Harrison	WBO
World
1903-09-03	1912-02-22	Abe Attell	World
1912-02-22	1923-06-02	Johnny Kilbane	World
1923-06-02	1923-07-26	Eugene Criqui	World
1923-07-26	1923-07-26-Vacated	Johnny Dundee	World
1927-09-12	1928-02-10	Benny Bass	World
1928-02-10	1928-09-28	Tony Canzoneri	World
1928-09-28	1929-09-23	Andre Routis	World
1929-09-23	1932-01-27	Battling Battalino	World
1932-05-26	1933-01-13	Tommy Paul	World
1933-01-13	1936-05-11	Freddie Miller	World
1936-05-11	1937-10-29	Petey Sarron	World
1937-10-29-Vacated	1937-10-29	Henry Armstrong	World
1939-04-18	1939-04-18	Joey Archibald	WBA/WBC
1940-05-15	1941-07-01	Petey Scalzo	WBA/WBC
1941-07-01	1941-11-18	Richie Lemos	WBA/WBC
1941-11-18	1943-01-18	Jackie Wilson	WBA/WBC
1943-01-18	1943-08-16	Jackie Callura	WBA/WBC
1943-08-16	1944-03-10	Phil Terranova	WBA/WBC
1944-03-10	1946-05-03	Sal Bartolo	WBA/WBC
1946-06-07	1948-10-29	Willie Pep	WBA/WBC
1948-10-29	1949-02-11	Sandy Saddler	WBA/WBC
1949-02-11	1950-09-08	Willie Pep	WBA/WBC
1950-09-08	1951-09-26-Vacated	Sandy Saddler	WBA/WBC
1952-08-25	1952-08-25-Vacated	Tommy Collins	WBA/WBC
1955-02-25	1956-01-18-Vacated	Sandy Saddler	WBA/WBC
1963-03-21	1964-09-26	Sugar Ramos	WBA/WBC
1964-09-26	1967-10-14-Vacated	Vicente Saldivar	WBA/WBC

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