List of featherweight boxing champions

This is a list of featherweight boxing champions, as recognized by boxing organizations:

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

Reign Began	Reign Ended	Champion	Recognition
World
1889-03-31	1890-01-13	Ike Weir	World
The featherweight class was established in 1860 but did not achieve universal recognition until Weir won the title.[1]
1890-01-13	1890-09-02	Torpedo Billy Murphy	World
1890-09-02	1892-Vacated	Young Griffo	World
1892-06-27	1896-11-27	George Dixon	World
1896-11-27	1897-03-24	Frank Erne	World
1897-03-24	1897-10-24	George Dixon	World
1897-10-04	1898-09-26	Solly Smith	World
1898-09-26	1898-11-11	Dave Sullivan	World
1898-11-11	1900-01-09	George Dixon	World
1899-05-29	1899-10-10	Ben Jordan	British World Title
Jordan and Santry were recognized as champion in Britain. When Terry McGovern defeated Santry in 1900 the title was reunified.[1]
1899-10-10	1900-02-01	Eddie Santry	British World Title
1900-01-09	1901-11-28	Terry McGovern	World
1901-11-28	1902-Vacated	Young Corbett II	World
Corbett could not make weight and relinquished the title (although some sources say he continued to defend the title at a higher weight). Attell was recognized as the best man at the weight and thus was proclaimed champion.[1]
1902	1912-02-22	Abe Attell	World
1912-02-22	1923-06-02	Johnny Kilbane	World
1923-06-02	1923-07-26	Eugène 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	Christopher 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	1937-10-29	Henry Armstrong	World
1939-04-18	1939-04-18	Joey Archibald	World
1940-05-15	1941-07-01	Petey Scalzo	NBA
1941-07-01	1941-11-18	Richie Lemos	NBA
1941-11-18	1943-01-18	Jackie Wilson	NBA
1943-01-18	1943-08-16	Jackie Callura	NBA
1943-08-16	1944-03-10	Phil Terranova	NBA
1944-03-10	1946-05-03	Sal Bartolo	NBA
1946-06-07	1948-10-29	Willie Pep	World
1948-10-29	1949-02-11	Sandy Saddler	World
1949-02-11	1950-09-08	Willie Pep	World
1950-09-08	Jan 1957-Vacated	Sandy Saddler	World
1957-06-24	1959-03-18	Hogan Bassey	World
1959-03-18	1963-03-21	Davey Moore	World
1963-03-21	1964-09-26	Sugar Ramos	WBA/WBC
1964-09-26	1967-10-14-Vacated	Vicente Saldivar	WBA/WBC
WBC
Title inaugurated
1963-03-21	1964-09-26	Sugar Ramos	WBC
1964-09-26	1967-10-Retired	Vicente Saldivar	WBC
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-Stripped	Clemente Sanchez	WBC
1972-12-16	1973-05-05	Jose Legra	WBC
1973-05-05	1974-06-17-Stripped	Eder Jofre	WBC
1974-09-07	1975-06-20	Bobby Chacon	WBC
1975-06-20	1975-09-20	Rubén Olivares	WBC
1975-09-20	1976-11-06	David Kotei	WBC
1976-11-06	1980-02-02	Danny Lopez	WBC
1980-02-02	1982-07-21-Died	Salvador Sánchez	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 Martín González	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	2000-Vacated	Naseem Hamed	WBC
2000-04-14	2001-02-17	Guty Espadas, Jr.	WBC
2001-02-17	2002-06-22-Stripped*	Erik Morales	WBC
*Morlales lost to Marco Antonio Barrera, who declined title.
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	2006-12-17	Rudy Lopez	WBC
2006-12-17	2007-07-Retired	In-Jin Chi	WBC
2007-07-21	2008-08-13-Vacated	Jorge Linares	WBC
2008-08-13	2009-03-12	Óscar Larios	WBC
2009-03-12	2009-07-14	Takahiro Aoh	WBC
2009-07-14	2010-08-25-Stripped	Elio Rojas	WBC
2010-11-26	2011-04-08	Hozumi Hasegawa	WBC
2011-04-08	2012-09-12	Jhonny Gonzalez	WBC
2012-09-12	2013-05-04	Daniel Ponce De Leon	WBC
2013-05-04	2013-08-24	Abner Mares	WBC
2013-08-24	2015-03-28	Jhonny Gonzalez	WBC
2015-03-28	Present	Gary Russell, Jr.	WBC
WBA
Title inaugurated
1963-03-21	1964-09-26	Sugar Ramos	WBA
1964-09-26	1967-10-Retired	Vicente Saldivar	WBA
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 Gomez	WBA
1972-08-19	1974-02-16-Retired	Ernesto Marcel	WBA
1974-07-09	1974-11-23	Rubén Olivares	WBA
1974-11-23	1976-06-19-Vacated	Alexis Argüello	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	2005-Stripped	Juan Manuel Márquez	WBA Super Champion
2003-11-01	2013-12-06	Chris John	WBA Super Champion
2009-07-23	2011-06-11-Stripped	Yuriorkis Gamboa	WBA Unified Champion
2010-12-04	2011-10-14	Jonathan Victor Barros	WBA Regular Champion
2011-10-14	2012-08-07-Vacated	Celestino Caballero	WBA Regular Champion
2012-12-08	2015-06-12-Stripped	Nicholas Walters	WBA Super Champion
2013-12-06	2014-05-31	Simpiwe Vetyeka	WBA Super Champion
2014-05-31	2014-10-18	Nonito Donaire	WBA Super Champion
2015-02-21	Present	Jesus Cuellar	WBA Regular Champion
2015-08-29	Present	Leo Santa Cruz	WBA Super Champion
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 Páez	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	2002-11-Vacated	Johnny Tapia	IBF
2003-02-01	2005-05-07-Stripped	Juan Manuel Márquez	IBF
2006-01-20	2006-05-13	Valdemir Pereira	IBF
2006-05-13	2006-09-02	Eric Aiken	IBF
2006-09-02	2006-11-04	Robert Guerrero	IBF
2006-11-04	2006-11-10-Stripped	Orlando Salido	IBF
2007-02-23	2008-06-23-Vacated	Robert Guerrero	IBF
2008-10-23	2010-05-15	Cristobal Cruz	IBF
2010-05-15	2010-09-11-Stripped	Orlando Salido	IBF
2010-09-11	2011-03-26-Stripped	Yuriorkis Gamboa	IBF
2011-07-29	2013-03-01	Billy Dib	IBF
2013-03-01	2015-05-30	Evgeny Gradovich	IBF
2015-05-30	Present	Lee Selby	IBF
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 Páez	WBO
1991-01-26	1992-05-16	Maurizio Stecca	WBO
1992-05-16	1992-09-26	Colin McMillan	WBO
1992-09-26	1993-01-Retired	Rubén Darío Palacios	WBO
1993-04-17	1995-09-30	Steve Robinson	WBO
1995-09-30	2000-09-20-Vacated	Naseem Hamed	WBO
2001-01-27	2001-06-16	Istvan Kovacs	WBO
2001-06-16	2002-10-19	Julio Pablo Chacón	WBO
2002-10-19	2003-07-23	Scott Harrison	WBO
2003-07-23	2003-11-29	Manuel Medina	WBO
2003-11-29	2006-06-23-Vacated	Scott Harrison	WBO
2006-12-06	2007-04-01-Vacated	Juan Manuel Márquez	WBO
2007-07-14	2010-01-23	Steven Luevano	WBO
2010-01-23	2011-04-16	Juan Manuel Lopez	WBO
2011-04-16	2013-01-19	Orlando Salido	WBO
2013-01-19	2013-06-14-Stripped	Mikey García	WBO
2013-10-12	2014-02-28-Stripped	Orlando Salido	WBO
2014-06-21	Present	Vasyl Lomachenko	WBO

References

1. 1 2 3 Mullan, Harry (1996). The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Boxing. London, England: Carlton Books. p. 172. ISBN 0-7858-0641-5.