List of world super featherweight boxing champions

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This list of super featherweight boxing world 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 super 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 ItalyItaly Johnny Dundee November 18, 1921 May 30, 1923
2 United StatesUnited States Jack Bernstein May 30, 1923 December 12, 1923
3 ItalyItaly Johnny Dundee (2) December 17, 1923 June 20, 1924
4th United StatesUnited States Steve Sullivan June 20, 1924 December 15, 1924
5 United StatesUnited States Mike Ballerino December 15, 1924 December 2, 1925
6th United StatesUnited States Death Morgan December 2, 1925 December 20, 1929
7th UkraineUkraine Benny Bass December 20, 1929 July 15, 1931
8th CubaCuba Kid Chocolate July 15, 1931 December 25, 1933
9 United StatesUnited States Frankie click December 25, 1933 January 28, 1935
10 United StatesUnited States Barney Ross January 28, 1935 April 9, 1935
11 United StatesUnited States Harold Gomes July 20, 1959 March 16, 1960
12 PhilippinesPhilippines Flash Elorde March 16, 1960 July 23, 1962

NYSAC

No. World Champion From To Number of title defenses
1 United StatesUnited States Death Morgan December 16, 1927 December 20, 1929 0
2 UkraineUkraine Benny Bass December 20, 1929 July 15, 1931 0

WBC

World Champion Office
PhilippinesPhilippines Flash Elorde 1963-1967
JapanJapan Yoshiaki Numata 1967
JapanJapan Hiroshi Kobayashi 1967-1969
PhilippinesPhilippines René Barrientos 1969-1970
JapanJapan Yoshiaki Numata (2) 1970-1971
MexicoMexico Ricardo Arredondo 1971-1974
JapanJapan Kuniaki Shibata 1974-1975
Puerto RicoPuerto Rico Alfredo Escalera 1975-1988
NicaraguaNicaragua Alexis Argüello 1978-1980
MexicoMexico Rafael Limón 1980-1981
UgandaUganda Cornelius Boza Edwards 1981
PhilippinesPhilippines Rolando Navarrete 1981-1982
MexicoMexico Rafael Limon (2) 1982
United StatesUnited States Bobby Chacon 1982-1983
Puerto RicoPuerto Rico Hector Camacho 1983-1984
MexicoMexico Julio César Chavez 1984-1987
GhanaGhana Azumah Nelson 1988-1994
MexicoMexico Jesse James Leija 1994
MexicoMexico Gabriel Ruelas 1994-1995
GhanaGhana Azumah Nelson (2) 1995-1997
United StatesUnited States Genaro Hernandez 1997-1998
United StatesUnited States Floyd Mayweather Jr. 1998-2002
ThailandThailand Sirimongkol Singwangcha 2002-2003
MexicoMexico Jesus Chavez 2003-2004
MexicoMexico Erik Morales 2004
MexicoMexico Marco Antonio Barrera 2004-2007
MexicoMexico Juan Manuel Marquez 2007-2008
PhilippinesPhilippines Manny Pacquiao 2008
MexicoMexico Humberto Soto 2008-2010
GermanyGermany Vitali Tajbert 2010
JapanJapan Takahiro Aō 2010–2012
MexicoMexico Gamaliel Diaz 2012-2013
JapanJapan Takashi Miura 2013-2015
MexicoMexico Francisco Vargas 2015-2017
MexicoMexico Miguel Berchelt since 2017

NBA

No. World Champion From To Number of title defenses
1 United StatesUnited States Death Morgan December 16, 1927 1928 0
2 CubaCuba Kid Chocolate July 15, 1931 December 25, 1933 3
3 United StatesUnited States Sandy Saddler December 6, 1949 September 8, 1950 0
4th United StatesUnited States Harold Gomes July 20, 1959 March 16, 1960 0

WBA

World Champion Office
PhilippinesPhilippines Flash Elorde 1963-1967
JapanJapan Yoshiaki Numata 1967
JapanJapan Hiroshi Kobayashi 1967-1971
VenezuelaVenezuela Alfredo Marcano 1971-1972
PhilippinesPhilippines Ben Villaflor 1972-1973
JapanJapan Kuniaki Shibata 1973
PhilippinesPhilippines Ben Villaflor (2) 1973-1976
Puerto RicoPuerto Rico Samuel Serrano 1976-1980
JapanJapan Yasutsune Uehara 1980-1981
Puerto RicoPuerto Rico Samuel Serrano (2) 1981-1983
United StatesUnited States Roger Mayweather 1983-1984
United StatesUnited States Rocky Lockridge 1984-1985
Puerto RicoPuerto Rico Wilfredo Gomez 1985-1986
PanamaPanama Alfredo Layne 1986
South AfricaSouth Africa Brian Mitchell 1986-1991
JapanJapan Joey Gamache 1991
JapanJapan Genaro Hernandez 1991-1995
Korea SouthSouth Korea Choi Yong-soo 1995-1998
JapanJapan Takanori Hatakeyama 1998-1999
MongoliaMongolia Lakva Sim 1999
Korea SouthSouth Korea Baek Jong-kwon 1999-2000
CubaCuba Joel Casamayor 200-2002
BrazilBrazil Acelino Freitas 2002-2004
ThailandThailand Yodsanan Sor Nanthachai 2002-2005
PanamaPanama Vicente Mosquera 2005-2006
VenezuelaVenezuela Edwin Valero 2006-2008
VenezuelaVenezuela Jorge Linares 2008-2009
MexicoMexico Juan Carlos Salgado 2009-2010
JapanJapan Takashi Uchiyama 2010-2016
Dominican RepublicDominican Republic Javier Fortuna 2015-2016
PanamaPanama Jezreel Corrales 2016-2017
United StatesUnited States Jason Sosa 2016-2017
Puerto RicoPuerto Rico Alberto Machado 2017-2018
United StatesUnited States Gervonta Davis since 2018
United StatesUnited States Andrew Cancio since 2019

WBA super champions

World Champion Office
BrazilBrazil Acelino Freitas 2002-2004
JapanJapan Takashi Uchiyama 2015-2016
PanamaPanama Jezreel Corrales 2016-2017
United StatesUnited States Gervonta Davis since 2018

IBF

World Champion Office
Korea SouthSouth Korea Yuh Hwan-kil 1984-1985
AustraliaAustralia Lester Ellis 1985
AustraliaAustralia Barry Michael 1985-1987
United StatesUnited States Rocky Lockridge 1987-1988
United StatesUnited States Tony Lopez 1988-1989
Puerto RicoPuerto Rico John John Molina 1989-1990
United StatesUnited States Tony Lopez (2) 1990-1991
South AfricaSouth Africa Brian Mitchell 1991
Puerto RicoPuerto Rico John John Molina (2) 1992-1995
United StatesUnited States Eddie Hopson 1995
United StatesUnited States Tracy Harris Patterson 1995
CanadaCanada Arturo Gatti 1995-1998
United StatesUnited States Roberto García 1998-1999
United StatesUnited States Diego Corrales 1999-2000
United StatesUnited States Steve Forbes 2000-2002
United StatesUnited States Carlos Alberto Hernandez 2003-2004
MexicoMexico Erik Morales 2004
AustraliaAustralia Robbie Peden 2005
MexicoMexico Marco Antonio Barrera 2005-2006
South AfricaSouth Africa Cassius Baloyi 2006
AustraliaAustralia Gairy St. Clair 2006
South AfricaSouth Africa Malcolm classes 2006-2007
South AfricaSouth Africa Mzonke Fana 2007-2008
South AfricaSouth Africa Cassius Baloyi (2) 2008-2009
South AfricaSouth Africa Malcolm Classes (2) 2009
United StatesUnited States Robert Guerrero 2009-2010
South AfricaSouth Africa Mzonke Fana (2) 2010-2011
MexicoMexico Juan Carlos Salgado 2011-2013
Dominican RepublicDominican Republic Argenis Mendez 2013-2014
CubaCuba Rances Barthelemy 2014-2015
Puerto RicoPuerto Rico José Pedraza 2015-2017
United StatesUnited States Gervonta Davis 2017
United StatesUnited States Gervonta Davis (2) 2017
United StatesUnited States Tevin Farmer since 2018

WBO

World Champion Office
Puerto RicoPuerto Rico John John Molina 1989
TunisiaTunisia Camel Bou-Ali 1989-1992
FranceFrance Daniel Londas 1992
DenmarkDenmark Jimmi Bredahl 1992-1994
MexicoMexico Óscar de la Hoya 1994
NetherlandsNetherlands Regilio Tuur 1994-1997
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Barry Jones 1997-1998
KazakhstanKazakhstan Anatoly Alexandrov 1998-1999
BrazilBrazil Acelino Freitas 1999-2004
United StatesUnited States Diego Corrales 2004
United StatesUnited States Mike Anchondo 2004-2005
ArgentinaArgentina Jorge Rodrigo Barrios 2005-2006
Dominican RepublicDominican Republic Joan Guzman 2006-2008
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Alex Arthur 2008
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Nicky Cook 2008-2009
Puerto RicoPuerto Rico Román Martínez 2009-2010
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Ricky Burns 2010-2011
United StatesUnited States Adrien Broner 2011–2012
Puerto RicoPuerto Rico Roman Martínez (2) 2012-2013
United StatesUnited States Miguel Ángel García 2013-2014
MexicoMexico Orlando Salido 2014-2015
Puerto RicoPuerto Rico Román Martínez 2015-2016
UkraineUkraine Vasyl Lomatschenko 2016-2018
JapanJapan Masayuki Ito since 2018

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Individual evidence

  1. 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.