Super Bantamweight
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Super Bantamweight is a weight division in professional boxing. It is alternately referred to as "junior featherweight." The maximum weight for this division is 122 pounds.
There were attempts by promoters in the 1920's to establish this weight class, but no sanctioning organization or state athletic commission would recognize it. The first title fight took place in 1976 when the World Boxing Council recognized Rigoberto Riasco as its champion when he defeated Waruinge Nakayama over eight rounds. The World Boxing Association crowned its first champion in 1977 when Soo Hwan Hong knocked out Hector Carasquilla in three rounds to win the inaugural WBA championship. In 1983 the International Boxing Federation sanctioned the bout between Bobby Berna and Seung-In Suh for its first title. Berna won in the eleventh round.
Notable fighters to hold championship titles at this weight have been Wilfredo Gómez, Erik Morales, Manny Pacquiao, Marco Antonio Barrera, Lupe Pintor, Jeff Fenech, Daniel Zaragoza and Kennedy McKinney. Wilfredo Gómez holds the record for longest title reign, at five years and ten months. He also holds the record for most title defenses, at seventeen.
