This list of world featherweight boxing champions provides an overview of all universal boxing world champions as well as all of the former NYSAC association and all of the NBA (the NBA was renamed WBA in 1962 ) and all of the four recognized and currently active world associations ( WBC , WBA , IBF , WBO ) in featherweight in chronological order in separate tables. The WBA superchampions are listed both in the chronological WBA table and in a separate table. The status of the super champion of the WBA is ranked higher than that of the regular. Therefore, the WBA super champion is the actual world champion. The WBO has only been one of the major associations since 2007.
Universal
No.
World Champion
From
To
1
Ireland 1783 Ike Weir
March 31, 1889
January 13, 1890
2
New Zealand Torpedo Billy Murphy
January 13, 1990
September 2, 1890
3
Australia Young Griffo
September 2, 1890
1892
4th
Canada George Dixon
June 27, 1892
November 27, 1896
5
Switzerland Frank Erne
November 27, 1896
March 24, 1897
6th
Canada George Dixon (2)
March 24, 1897
October 24, 1897
7th
United States Solly Smith
October 4, 1897
September 26, 1898
8th
United States Dave Sullivan
September 26, 1898
November 11, 1898
9
Canada George Dixon (3)
November 11th
January 9, 1900
10
United States Terry McGovern
January 9, 1900
November 28, 1901
11
United States Young Corbett II
November 28, 1901
1902
12
United States Abe Attell
1902
February 22, 1912
13
United States Johnny Kilbane
February 22, 1912
June 2, 1923
14th
France Eugène Criqui
June 2, 1923
July 26, 1923
15th
Italy Johnny Dundee
July 26, 1923
August 26, 1923
16
Ukraine Kid chaplain
January 2, 1925
July 1926
17th
United States Benny Bass
September 12, 1927
February 10, 1928
18th
Italy Tony Canzoneri
February 10, 1928
September 28, 1928
19th
France André Routis
September 28, 1928
September 23, 1929
20th
Italy Christopher Battalino
September 23, 1929
January 27, 1932
21st
United States Tommy Paul
May 26, 1932
January 13, 1933
22nd
Cuba Kid Chocolate
October 13, 1932
1933
23
United States Freddie Miller
January 13, 1933
May 11, 1936
24
Mexico Baby Arizmendi
August 30, 1934
1935
25th
United States Petey Sarron
May 11, 1936
October 29, 1937
26th
United States Mike Belloise
September 3, 1936
1937
27
United States Henry Armstrong
October 29, 1937
September 21, 1938
28
Iceland Joey Archibald
April 18, 1939
April 1940
29
United States Petey Scalzo
May 15, 1940
July 1, 1941
30th
United States Harry Jeffra
May 20, 1940
May 12, 1941
31
United States Richie Lemos
July 1, 1941
November 18, 1941
32
United States Chalky Wright
September 11, 1941
November 20, 1942
33
United States Jackie Wilson
November 18, 1941
January 18, 1943
34
Canada Jackie Callura
January 18, 1943
August 16, 1943
35
United States Phil Terranova
August 16, 1943
March 11, 1944
36
United States Sal Bartolo
March 10, 1944
May 3, 1946
37
Italy Willie Pep
July 7, 1946
October 29, 1948
38
United States Sandy Saddler
October 29, 1948
February 11, 1949
39
Italy Willie Pep (2)
February 11, 1949
September 8, 1950
40
United States Sandy Saddler (2)
September 8, 1950
January 1957
41
Nigeria Hogan Bassey
June 24, 1957
March 18, 1959
42
United States Davey Moore
March 18, 1959
March 21, 1963
NYSAC
No.
World Champion
From
To
Number of title defenses
1
Italy Johnny Dundee
August 15, 1922
1924
0
2
Ukraine Kid chaplain
January 2, 1925
July 6, 1926
0
3
Italy Tony Canzoneri
October 24, 1927
September 28, 1928
1
4th
France André Routis
September 28, 1928
September 23, 1929
0
5
Italy Christopher Battalino
September 23, 1929
January 27, 1932
1
6th
Cuba Kid Chocolate
October 13, 1932
1934
2
7th
Mexico Baby Arizmendi
August 30, 1934
1935
0
8th
United States Mike Belloise
September 3, 1936
1937
0
9
United States Henry Armstrong
October 29, 1937
1938
0
10
United States Joey Archibald
October 17, 1938
May 20, 1940
1
11
United States Harry Jeffra
May 20, 1940
May 12, 1941
1
12
United States Joey Archibald (2)
May 12, 1941
September 11, 1941
0
13
United States Chalky Wright
September 11, 1941
November 20, 1942
2
14th
United States Willie Pep
November 20, 1942
October 29, 1948
4th
WBC
NBA
No.
World Champion
From
To
Number of title defenses
1
Ukraine Benny Bass
September 12, 1927
February 10, 1928
0
2
Italy Tony Canzoneri
February 10, 1928
February 28, 1928
0
3
France André Routis
September 28, 1928
September 23, 1929
1
4th
Italy Christopher Battalino
September 23, 1929
January 27, 1932
3
5
United States Tommy Paul
May 26, 1932
January 13, 1933
0
6th
United States Freddie Miller
January 13, 1933
May 31, 1936
12
7th
United States Petey Sarron
May 31, 1936
October 29, 1937
2
8th
United States Henry Armstrong
October 29, 1937
September 12, 1938
0
9
United States Joey Archibald
April 18, 1939
April 1940
0
10
United States Petey Scalzo
May 15, 1940
July 1, 1941
3
11
United States Richie Lemos
July 1, 1941
November 18, 1941
0
12
United States Jackie Wilson
November 18, 1941
January 18, 1943
1
13
Canada Jackie Callura
January 18, 1943
August 16, 1943
1
14th
United States Phil Terranova
August 16, 1943
March 10, 1944
1
15th
Italy Sal Bartolo
March 10, 1944
June 7, 1946
3
16
United States Willie Pep
June 7, 1946
October 10, 1948
0
WBA
WBA super champions
IBF
WBO
Web links Individual evidence
↑ Joshua's compatriot owned the belts of WBA, IBF and WBC, at that time the WBO was not yet part of the illustrious circle. She has only been there since 2007. Since then, the undisputed champion has had four titles.
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Ike Weir
Torpedo Billy Murphy
Young Griffo
George Dixon
Frank Erne
Solly Smith
Eugène Criqui
Johnny Dundee
Kid chaplain
Kid Chocolate
Baby Arizmendi
Joey Archibald
Hogan Bassey
Shōzō Saijō
Antonio Gomez
Ernesto Marcel
Alexis Arguello
Cecilio Lastra
Barry McGuigan
Yong-kyun Park
Wilfredo Vázquez
Chris John
Jonathan Victor Barros
Nicholas Walters
Simpiwe Vetyeka
Nonito Donaire
Carl Frampton
Xu Can
Valdemir Pereira
Evgeny Gradovich
Rubén Darío Palacios
István Kovács