List of featherweight boxing champions

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

Boxing

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organizations:

The World Boxing Association
World Boxing Association
The World Boxing Association is a boxing organization that sanctions official matches, and awards the WBA world championship title at the professional level. It was previously known as the National Boxing Association before changing its name in 1962...

(WBA), established in 1921 as the National Boxing Association (NBA).
The World Boxing Council
World Boxing Council
The World Boxing Council was initially established by 11 countries: the United States, Argentina, United Kingdom, France, Mexico, Philippines, Panama, Chile, Peru, Venezuela and Brazil plus Puerto Rico, met in Mexico City on February 14, 1963, upon invitation of the then President of Mexico, Adolfo...

(WBC), established in 1963.
The International Boxing Federation
International Boxing Federation
The International Boxing Federation or IBF is one of four major organizations recognized by IBHOF which sanction world championship boxing bouts, alongside the WBA, WBC and WBO.- History :...

(IBF), established in 1983.
The World Boxing Organization
World Boxing Organization
The World Boxing Organization is a sanctioning organization currently recognizing professional boxing world champions. The organization is recognized as one of the four major world championship groups by the IBHOF alongside the International Boxing Federation, the World Boxing Council and the...

(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.
1890-01-13	1890-09-02	Torpedo Billy Murphy Torpedo Billy Murphy Thomas William Murphy was a boxer from New Zealand. A featherweight, he was the first world champion in any class to come from New Zealand and the only NZ-born champion to date. He was sometimes billed as Australian Billy Murphy Murphy was born in Auckland and began boxing there before continuing...	World
1890-09-02	1892-Vacated	Young Griffo Young Griffo Albert Griffiths , better known as Young Griffo, was a world featherweight boxing champion.-Professional career:...	World
1892-06-27	1896-11-27	George Dixon George Dixon (boxer) George Dixon was the first black world boxing champion in any weight class, while also being the first ever Canadian-born boxing champion.George was born in Africville, Halifax, Nova Scotia...	World
1896-11-27	1897-03-24	Frank Erne	World
1897-03-24	1897-10-24	George Dixon George Dixon (boxer) George Dixon was the first black world boxing champion in any weight class, while also being the first ever Canadian-born boxing champion.George was born in Africville, Halifax, Nova Scotia...	World
1897-10-04	1898-09-26	Solly Smith Solly Smith Solomon Garcia Smith was a Mexican-American boxer in the Featherweight division...	World
1898-09-26	1898-11-11	Dave Sullivan	World
1898-11-11	1900-01-09	George Dixon George Dixon (boxer) George Dixon was the first black world boxing champion in any weight class, while also being the first ever Canadian-born boxing champion.George was born in Africville, Halifax, Nova Scotia...	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.
1899-10-10	1900-02-01	Eddie Santry	British World Title
1900-01-09	1901-11-28	Terry McGovern Terry McGovern (boxer) Terrible Terry McGovern , born John Terrence McGovern in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, United States, was a boxer who held the world bantamweight and featherweight titles.-Professional career:...	World
1901-11-28	1902-Vacated	Young Corbett II Young Corbett II Young Corbett II is a boxer who held the world featherweight championship. He was He took the name "Young Corbett II" in honor of James J. Corbett, a heavyweight champion....	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 a the weight and thus was proclaimed champion.
1902	1912-02-22	Abe Attell Abe Attell Abraham Washington "Abe" Attell , known in the boxing world as Abe "The Little Hebrew" Attell, was a boxer who became known for his record-setting six-year reign as World Featherweight Champion...	World
1912-02-22	1923-06-02	Johnny Kilbane Johnny Kilbane John "Johnny" Patrick Kilbane was a featherweight boxer in the early part of the 20th century. He held the featherweight title from 1912 to 1923, the longest period in the division's history...	World
1923-06-02	1923-07-26	Eugène Criqui Eugène Criqui Eugène Criqui was a French boxer who held the world featherweight title in 1923.Criqui was born in the Belleville neighbourhood of Paris. He was a professional pipe-fitter before he turned professional in 1910. He won the French flyweight title in 1912. His boxing career was interrupted when he...	World
1923-07-26	1923-07-26-Vacated	Johnny Dundee Johnny Dundee Johnny Dundee was a featherweight and junior lightweight boxer who fought from 1910 until 1932. Dundee was born Giuseppe Curreri in Sciacca, Sicily, but was raised in the United States....	World
1927-09-12	1928-02-10	Benny Bass Benny Bass Benny Bass, known as "Little Fish," was an American boxer....	World
1928-02-10	1928-09-28	Tony Canzoneri Tony Canzoneri Tony Canzoneri was an American boxer who was born in the town of Slidell, Louisiana.Canzoneri, an Italian American, was one of the members of the exclusive group of boxing world champions who have won titles in three or more divisions.- Early life :When he was a teenager, he and his family moved...	World
1928-09-28	1929-09-23	Andre Routis Andre Routis Andre Routis was a French professional boxer. He fought 86 times between 1919 and 1929; winning 54 , losing 25 and drawing 7. After a victory over Tony Canzoneri he held the world featherweight title from 1928 to 1929...	World
1929-09-23	1932-01-27	Christopher Battalino	World
1932-05-26	1933-01-13	Tommy Paul Tommy Paul Tommy Paul was an a former world featherweight boxing champion from Buffalo, NY. He was inducted into the first class of Buffalo’s Ring No. 44 Boxing Hall of Fame and in 2003 to the Greater Buffalo Sports Hall of Fame. He won the world featherweight championship in May 1932, defeating Johnny Pena...	World
1933-01-13	1936-05-11	Freddie Miller Freddie Miller (boxer) Freddie Miller was an American boxer from Cincinnati, Ohio. Freddie Miller was one of the very best featherweight boxers of the 1930s, and was named to Ring Magazine's list of the 80 Best Fighters of the Last 80 Years....	World
1936-05-11	1937-10-29	Petey Sarron Petey Sarron Petey Sarron was a member of the Olympic Team at flyweight in boxing for the United States during the 1924 Summer Olympics.-Amateur career:...	World
1937-10-29	1937-10-29	Henry Armstrong Henry Armstrong Henry Jackson Jr. was a world boxing champion who fought under the name Henry Armstrong. He is universally regarded as one of the greatest fighters of all time by many boxing critics and fellow professionals.Henry Jr...	World
1939-04-18	1939-04-18	Joey Archibald Joey Archibald Joey Archibald was the former world boxing featherweight champion. He was born in Providence, Rhode Island....	World
1940-05-15	1941-07-01	Petey Scalzo Petey Scalzo Petey Scalzo is an American boxer from Brooklyn, New York.Petey Scalzo fought Frankie Covelli for the National Boxing Association World featherweight title at Griffith Stadium Petey beat Covelli by TKO....	NBA
1941-07-01	1941-11-18	Richie Lemos Richie Lemos Richie Lemos was a Mexican-American boxer in the Featherweight division...	NBA
1941-11-18	1943-01-18	Jackie Wilson Jackie Wilson (Boxer) Jackie Wilson was an American boxer born in South Carolina but raised and listed from Pittsburgh. He was undefeated in his first 6 fights with a record of 4-0-2....	NBA
1943-01-18	1943-08-16	Jackie Callura Jackie Callura John "Jackie" Callura was a Canadian featherweight boxer.He was born and died in Hamilton, Ontario,.Callura won the national featherweight title in 1931 and was a member of the 1932 Summer Olympics team....	NBA
1943-08-16	1944-03-10	Phil Terranova Phil Terranova Phil Terranova was the former NBA world boxing featherweight champion. Terranova won the crown when he KO'ed Jackie Callura on August 16, 1943, and lost the belt when he was outpointed by Sal Bartolo on March 10, 1944.Terranova retired with a record of 67 wins , 21 losses and 11 draws...	NBA
1944-03-10	1946-05-03	Sal Bartolo Sal Bartolo Salvatore Interbartolo, better known as Sal Bartolo was the former NBA world boxing featherweight champion.-Amateur career:...	NBA
1946-06-07	1948-10-29	Willie Pep Willie Pep Guglielmo Papaleo was an American boxer who was better known as Willie Pep. Pep boxed a total of 1956 rounds in the 241 bouts during his 26 year career, a considerable number of rounds and fights even for a fighter of his era. His final record was 229-11-1 with 65 knockouts...	World
1948-10-29	1949-02-11	Sandy Saddler Sandy Saddler Joseph "Sandy" Saddler was an American boxer born in Boston, Massachusetts. He was a two-time featherweight world champion, and also held the junior lightweight crown. Over his twelve-year career , Saddler scored 103 knockouts. He was stopped only once, in his second pro fight, by Jock Leslie. ...	World
1949-02-11	1950-09-08	Willie Pep Willie Pep Guglielmo Papaleo was an American boxer who was better known as Willie Pep. Pep boxed a total of 1956 rounds in the 241 bouts during his 26 year career, a considerable number of rounds and fights even for a fighter of his era. His final record was 229-11-1 with 65 knockouts...	World
1950-09-08	Jan 1957-Vacated	Sandy Saddler Sandy Saddler Joseph "Sandy" Saddler was an American boxer born in Boston, Massachusetts. He was a two-time featherweight world champion, and also held the junior lightweight crown. Over his twelve-year career , Saddler scored 103 knockouts. He was stopped only once, in his second pro fight, by Jock Leslie. ...	World
1957-06-24	1959-03-18	Hogan Bassey Hogan Bassey Hogan "Kid" Bassey MBE was Nigeria's first world boxing champion. He was born Okun Asuguo Bassey on the banks of the Cross River in Creek Town, Calabar, Nigeria. He took the name Hogan Kid Bassey when he turned professional as a boxer...	World
1959-03-18	1963-03-21	Davey Moore Davey Moore (1960s) David S. "Davey" Moore was an American world-champion boxer who fought professionally 1953–1963. A resident of Springfield, Ohio, Moore was one of two men to box professionally under the name Davey Moore. The second boxed during the 1980s.Moore died March 25, 1963, as a result of injuries...	World
1963-03-21	1964-09-26	Sugar Ramos Sugar Ramos Ultiminio Ramos is a Cuban-Mexican boxer who is better known as Sugar Ramos. Ramos fought out of Mexico where he was adopted as a national hero...	WBA/WBC
1964-09-26	1967-10-14-Vacated	Vicente Saldivar Vicente Saldivar Vicente Samuel Saldivar García was a Mexican boxer in the Featherweight division and was a part of the 1960 Mexican Olympic team. He was a former WBC and a two-time WBA Featherweight Champion...	WBA/WBC
WBC
Title inaugurated
1963-03-21	1964-09-26	Sugar Ramos Sugar Ramos Ultiminio Ramos is a Cuban-Mexican boxer who is better known as Sugar Ramos. Ramos fought out of Mexico where he was adopted as a national hero...	WBC
1964-09-26	1967-10-Retired	Vicente Saldivar Vicente Saldivar Vicente Samuel Saldivar García was a Mexican boxer in the Featherweight division and was a part of the 1960 Mexican Olympic team. He was a former WBC and a two-time WBA Featherweight Champion...	WBC
1968-01-23	1968-07-24	Howard Winstone	WBC
1968-07-24	1969-01-21	Jose Legra José Legrá Jose Legrá is a former professional boxer in the Featherweight division.Legrá is a former two time WBC World Featherweight Champion.-Professional career:...	WBC
1969-01-21	1970-05-09	Johnny Famechon Johnny Famechon Johnny Famechon, born 28 March 1945, is a former Australian featherweight boxer, who was born as Jean-Pierre Famechon in Paris, France.He moved to Australia in 1950 at the age of five. Over his twenty-year career he developed a reputation for being a skilled boxer whose strength was his defence...	WBC
1970-05-09	1970-12-11	Vicente Saldivar Vicente Saldivar Vicente Samuel Saldivar García was a Mexican boxer in the Featherweight division and was a part of the 1960 Mexican Olympic team. He was a former WBC and a two-time WBA Featherweight Champion...	WBC
1970-12-11	1972-05-19	Kuniaki Shibata Kuniaki Shibata Kuniaki Shibata is a former Japanese professional boxer. He is a former WBC and WBA super featherweight champion.- Biography :...	WBC
1972-05-19	1972-12-16-Stripped	Clemente Sanchez Clemente Sánchez Clemente "Xicoténcatl" Sánchez was a Mexican boxer.- Pro career :Sánchez turned pro in 1963 and captured the WBC featherweight title with a 3rd round KO over Kuniaki Shibata in 1972...	WBC
1972-12-16	1973-05-05	Jose Legra José Legrá Jose Legrá is a former professional boxer in the Featherweight division.Legrá is a former two time WBC World Featherweight Champion.-Professional career:...	WBC
1973-05-05	1974-06-17-Stripped	Eder Jofre Eder Jofre Éder Jofre is a retired Brazilian boxer and former bantamweight and featherweight champion .-Amateur career:Jofre represented his native country at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia.-Olympic Results:*1st round bye...	WBC
1974-09-07	1975-06-20	Bobby Chacon Bobby Chacon Bobby Chacon is an American former, two-time, world boxing champion.-Career:Chacon turned professional in 1972 and won his first 19 fights, including a win against former champion Jesus Castillo...	WBC
1975-06-20	1975-09-20	Rubén Olivares Rubén Olivares Rubén Olivares is a former Mexican boxer and current member of the Boxing Hall of Fame. A native of Mexico City, Olivares was a world champion multiple times, and considered by many as the greatest bantamweight champion of all time. He was very popular among Mexicans, many of whom considered him...	WBC
1975-09-20	1976-11-06	David Kotei David Kotei David Kotei born on December 7, 1950 in Accra, Ghana, was a world featherweight boxing champion between 1975 and 1976 and was also the first Ghanaian professional boxer to win a world title. He was popularly called "D.K. Poison"....	WBC
1976-11-06	1980-02-02	Danny Lopez Danny Lopez Danny Lopez is a former American boxer from Fort Duchesne, Utah. He was world Featherweight champion, and a very popular fighter both in television and Southern California, during the 1970s. His nickname is Little Red.-Background:...	WBC
1980-02-02	1982-07-21-Died	Salvador Sánchez Salvador Sánchez Salvador Sánchez Narváez was a Mexican boxer born in the town of Santiago Tianguistenco, Estado de México. Many of his contemporaries as well as boxing writers believe that, had it not been for his premature death, Sanchez could have gone on to become the greatest Featherweight boxer of all time...	WBC
1982-09-15	1984-03-31	Juan LaPorte Juan Laporte Juan Laporte is a former boxer who was born in Guayama, Puerto Rico.-Amateur career:Juan Laporte won the 1976 112 lb New York Golden Gloves Sub-Novice Championship. He defeated Long Island's Ricky Brown in the finals. Laporte was defeated by Joseph Nieto of the Police Athletic Leagues Lynch...	WBC
1984-03-31	1984-12-08	Wilfredo Gómez Wilfredo Gómez Wilfredo Gómez , sometimes referred to as Bazooka Gómez, is a former boxer and three time world champion.-Biography:...	WBC
1984-12-08	1987-08-29-Vacated	Azumah Nelson Azumah Nelson Azumah Nelson , a native of Ghana, is a former professional boxer. He is a three-time world champion in two weight classes.Nelson is the former Lineal and two-time WBC Super Featherweight Champion...	WBC
1988-03-07	1989-04-08-Vacated	Jeff Fenech Jeff Fenech Jeff Fenech is a retired Australian boxer and a three-time world champion who is now a boxing trainer.-Boxing career:...	WBC
1990-06-02	1991-11-13	Marcos Villasana Marcos Villasana Marcos Villasana is a retired Mexican boxer and former WBC featherweight champion.Villasana first challenged Azumah Nelson for the WBC featherweight title, losing a narrow split decision on February 25, 1986...	WBC
1991-11-13	1993-04-28	Paul Hodkinson Paul Hodkinson Paul Hodkinson aka Hoko is former professional boxer. Hodkinson fought at Featherweight and is the former British, European and World Featherweight Title holder....	WBC
1993-04-28	1993-12-04	Gregorio Vargas Gregorio Vargas Gregorio "Goyo" Vargas is a retired Mexican boxer.-Career:On April 28, 1993, Vargas won the WBC featherweight title from Paul Hodkinson by TKO in round 7. On July 11, 1998, he defeated Tracy Harris Patterson for the IBA super featherweight title by TKO in round 6...	WBC
1993-12-04	1995-01-07	Kevin Kelley	WBC
1995-01-07	1995-09-23	Alejandro Martín González Alejandro Martín González Alejandro Martín González was a Mexican boxer in the Lightweight division. González is a former WBC Featherweight and IBA Lightweight Champion...	WBC
1995-09-23	1995-12-11	Manuel Medina Manuel Medina (boxer) Juan Manuel Rubio Medina is a boxer, who is better known as Manuel Medina. He is a five-time world featherweight champion...	WBC
1995-12-11	1999-05-15	Luisito Espinosa Luisito Espinosa Luisito Pio Espinosa is a retired boxer from the Philippines who won World titles in two different weight divisions....	WBC
1999-05-15	1999-10-22	Cesar Soto Cesar Soto (boxer) César Soto Esquivel is a retired Mexican professional boxer and is the former WBC Featherweight Champion.-Professional career:...	WBC
1999-10-22	2000-Vacated	Naseem Hamed Naseem Hamed Naseem Hamed is an English former professional boxer.He is the former WBO, WBC, IBF, & Lineal featherweight champion, and European bantamweight champion....	WBC
2000-04-14	2001-02-17	Guty Espadas Jr Guty Espadas Jr Gustavo Espinosa Espadas Jr. is a Mexican boxer in the Featherweight division. He is the former WBC Featherweight Champion and the son of former WBA Flyweight Champion, Guty Espadas....	WBC
2001-02-17	2002-06-22	Erik Morales Erik Morales Érik Isaac Morales Elvira is a Mexican professional boxer. He is the first Mexican born boxer in history to win a world title in four weight classes and is the current WBC Light Welterweight Champion...	WBC
2002-06-22	2002-06-22-Vacated	Marco Antonio Barrera Marco Antonio Barrera Marco Antonio Barrera Tapia is a Mexicanprofessional boxer. He has won numerous world titles in three different weight classes; he is a former two-time WBO super bantamweight , WBC, Lineal, & The Ring featherweight , and WBC & IBF super featherweight champion...	WBC
2002-11-16	2003-05-03-Vacated	Erik Morales Erik Morales Érik Isaac Morales Elvira is a Mexican professional boxer. He is the first Mexican born boxer in history to win a world title in four weight classes and is the current WBC Light Welterweight Champion...	WBC
2004-04-10	2006-01-29	In-Jin Chi	WBC
2006-01-29	2006-07-30	Takashi Koshimoto Takashi Koshimoto Takashi Koshimoto is a former Japanese professional boxer in the featherweight division. He is a former WBC world featherweight champion.- Childhood and Early Career :...	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 Jorge Linares Jorge Linares is a professional boxer from Venezuela. He is a former WBC featherweight champion and former WBA super featherweight champion. Linares is currently living in Tokyo, Japan. Jorge's older brother is boxer Nelson Linares.- Amateur career :Linares compiled an Amateur record of 89-5...	WBC
2008-08-13	2009-03-12	Óscar Larios Oscar Larios Óscar Larios is a professional boxer from Mexico and former WBC Super Bantamweight and Featherweight champion. He is trained by Jose "Chepo" Reynoso.-Boxing career:...	WBC
2009-03-12	2009-07-14	Takahiro Aoh Takahiro Aoh is a Japanese professional boxer who fights at featherweight and is the current Japanese featherweight champion. He is the current WBC Super Featherweight Champion.-Professional career:Aoh turned professional in September 2003 at the Korakuen Hall, Tokyo...	WBC
2009-07-14	2010-08-25-Stripped	Elio Rojas Elio Rojas Elio Rojas Elio Rojas Elio Rojas (born September 25, 1983, in Villa Rivas, Duarte, Dominican Republic is a Dominican Republican professional boxer.-Amateur Highlights:1999- Gold Medal in the Battle of Carabobo and Cheo Aponte Tournament....	WBC
2010-11-26	2011-04-08	Hozumi Hasegawa Hozumi Hasegawa is a professional boxer and a former WBC world bantamweight champion and former WBC world Featherweight champion. He received consecutive MVP awards from the Japanese Boxing Commission in 2005 and 2006 for his title defenses, and is the only Japanese boxer to have defended a world bantamweight...	WBC
2011-04-08	Current	Jhonny Gonzalez Jhonny González Jhonny González is a Mexican professional boxer and is the current WBC featherweight champion...	WBC
WBA
Title inaugurated
1963-03-21	1964-09-26	Sugar Ramos Sugar Ramos Ultiminio Ramos is a Cuban-Mexican boxer who is better known as Sugar Ramos. Ramos fought out of Mexico where he was adopted as a national hero...	WBA
1964-09-26	1967-10-Retired	Vicente Saldivar Vicente Saldivar Vicente Samuel Saldivar García was a Mexican boxer in the Featherweight division and was a part of the 1960 Mexican Olympic team. He was a former WBC and a two-time WBA Featherweight Champion...	WBA
1968-03-28	1968-09-27	Raul Rojas Raul Rojas Raul Rojas is a retired Mexican American featherweight boxer.He accumulated a record of 38 wins , 7 losses and 2 draws. On March 28, 1968, Rojas defeated Enrique Higgins to win the WBA Featherweight title, which Vicente Saldivar had vacated after announcing his retirement. He lost the title on...	WBA
1968-09-27	1971-09-02	Shozo Saijo Shozo Saijo Shozo Saijo is a former professional boxer from Saitama, Japan. He is a former WBA featherweight champion.- Biography :...	WBA
1971-09-02	1972-08-19	Antonio Gomez Antonio Gomez Antonio Gomez is a former professional boxer who fought in the featherweight division. Gomez won the WBA world featherweight title in 1971.-Professional career:...	WBA
1972-08-19	1974-02-16-Retired	Ernesto Marcel Ernesto Marcel Ernesto Marcel is a retired Panamanian boxer.-Career:Making his professional debut as a teenager in 1966, Marcel built up a record of 31-3-1, which included a second round knockout of Bernardo Caraballo, who had previously fought Fighting Harada and Éder Jofre for world titles, and a tenth round...	WBA
1974-07-09	1974-11-23	Rubén Olivares Rubén Olivares Rubén Olivares is a former Mexican boxer and current member of the Boxing Hall of Fame. A native of Mexico City, Olivares was a world champion multiple times, and considered by many as the greatest bantamweight champion of all time. He was very popular among Mexicans, many of whom considered him...	WBA
1974-11-23	1976-06-19-Vacated	Alexis Argüello Alexis Argüello Alexis Argüello , also known by the stage name El Flaco Explosivo , was a Nicaraguan professional boxer and politician...	WBA
1977-01-15	1977-12-17	Rafael Ortega Rafael Ortega Rafael Ortega is a former professional boxer. The highlight of his career came in 1977, when he won the WBA World featherweight title.-Professional career:...	WBA
1977-12-17	1978-04-15	Cecilio Lastra Cecilio Lastra Cecilio Lastra is a former Spanish professional boxer. He fought 54 times between 1975 and 1982; winning 39 , losing 13 and drawing 2. The highlight of Lastra's career came in 1977 when he won the WBA world featherweight title against Rafael Ortega...	WBA
1978-04-15	1985-06-08	Eusebio Pedroza Eusebio Pedroza Eusebio Pedroza is a native of Panama who holds two records in boxing: His 19 defenses as world featherweight champion are a record for that division, and his seven years as world champion non-stop are a division record too...	WBA
1985-06-08	1986-06-23	Barry McGuigan Barry McGuigan Finbarr Patrick McGuigan MBE , known as Barry McGuigan and nicknamed The Clones Cyclone, is a former Irish and British professional boxer who became a world featherweight champion.-Background:...	WBA
1986-06-23	1987-03-06	Steve Cruz	WBA
1987-03-06	1991-03-30	Antonio Esparragoza Antonio Esparragoza Antonio Esparragoza Betancourt was a boxer in the featherweight division from Venezuela.- Amateur career :Esparragoza represented Venezuela as a Featherweight at the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games.*1st round bye...	WBA
1991-03-30	1993-12-04	Yong-Kyun Park Yong-Kyun Park Yong-Kyun Park is a former Korean boxer. He was the Lineal & WBA Featherweight Champion from 1991-1993.-References:...	WBA
1993-12-04	1996-05-18	Eloy Rojas Eloy Rojas Eloy David Rojas Leandro was a professional boxer in the Featherweight division.Rojas turned pro in 1986 and won the Lineal & WBA Featherweight Titles in 1993 by defeating Yong-Kyun Park by decision. He defended the titles six times before losing them to Wilfredo Vazquez in 1996 via TKO in a...	WBA
1996-05-18	1997-11-08-Stripped	Wilfredo Vazquez Wilfredo Vázquez Wilfredo Vázquez is a retired Puerto Rican professional boxer. He is a former World Champion at three different weights, Bantamweight, Super bantamweight and Featherweight.-Early life and amateur career:...	WBA
1998-04-03	1998-07-10-Stripped	Freddie Norwood Freddie Norwood Freddie Norwood is a boxer in the lightweight division. Known as "Lil Hagler", Norwood defeated Antonio Cermeño to win the WBA Featherweight Title title in 1998. He successfully defended his title eight times before losing his title by a controversial 11th round TKO to Smoke Gainer...	WBA
1998-10-03	1999-05-29	Antonio Cermeno Antonio Cermeño Antonio Cermeño Coloso is a retired boxer from Venezuela, who twice won the world title.-External links:*...	WBA
1999-05-29	2000-09-09	Freddie Norwood Freddie Norwood Freddie Norwood is a boxer in the lightweight division. Known as "Lil Hagler", Norwood defeated Antonio Cermeño to win the WBA Featherweight Title title in 1998. He successfully defended his title eight times before losing his title by a controversial 11th round TKO to Smoke Gainer...	WBA
2000-09-09	2003-11-01	Derrick Gainer Derrick Gainer Derrick "Smoke" Gainer is a US born boxer who started out in the featherweight division and now fights in the lightweight division. In 2000, he defeated Freddie Norwood to win the World Boxing Association featherweight title and after four defenses lost to Juan Manuel Márquez, who became super...	WBA
2003-11-01	2005-Stripped	Juan Manuel Márquez Juan Manuel Márquez Juan Manuel Márquez Méndez , is a Mexican professional boxer. He is the fourth Mexican-born boxer to become a three-division world champion, where he won eight world titles in three different boxing weight classes.Currently, Marquez is the WBA Super, WBO and The Ring lightweight champion...	WBA Super Champion
2003-11-01	Current	Chris John Chris John (boxer) Yohannes Christian John is an Indonesian professional boxer, and the current WBA featherweight champion....	WBA Super Champion
2009-07-23	2011-06-11-Stripped	Yuriorkis Gamboa	WBA Unified Champion
2010-12-04	2011-10-14	Jonathan Victor Barros Jonathan Victor Barros Jonathan Victor Barros is an Argentine featherweight boxer and is the current WBA World featherweight champion.-IBF featherweight championship:...	WBA Regular Champion
2011-10-14	Current	Celestino Caballero Celestino Caballero Celestino "Pelenchin" Caballero is a professional boxer from Panama. He is the former undisputed Super Bantamweight WBA & IBF and Super Champion for the WBA. On October 14th, 2011, Celestino became the new WBA Featherweight champion of the world after beating Jonathan Barros at Luna Park, Argentina...	WBA Regular Champion
IBF
Title inaugurated
1984-06-10	1985-11-29	Min-Keun Oh Min-Keun Oh Min-Keun Oh is a former boxer from South Korea.-Amateur career:In 1979, Oh won the silver medal in featherweight at the inaugural World Junior Amateur Boxing Championships held in Yokohama, Japan.In 1980, he won another silver at the Asian Amateur Boxing Championships held in Bombay, India,...	IBF
1985-11-29	1986-08-30	Ki-Young Chung Ki-Young Chung Ki-Young Chung is a former professional boxer. During his career, which lasted from 1979 to 1986, Chung won the IBF world featherweight title. Before competing at featherweight, Chung won the Korean super bantamweight title in 1982. He also won the Korean title as a featherweight, along with the...	IBF
1986-08-30	1988-01-23	Antonio Rivera Antonio Rivera José Antonio Rivera was a well known Puerto Rican boxer. He was much better known as El Gallo Rivera or Tonito Rivera, and was a prominent boxer during the decade of the 1980s.-Professional career:...	IBF
1988-01-23	1988-08-04	Calvin Grove Calvin Grove Calvin Grove was a boxer in the Featherweight division. Grove turned pro in 1982 and in 1988 captured the IBF featherweight title with a TKO over Antonio Rivera. He defended the belt once before losing it to Jorge Páez later that same year...	IBF
1988-08-04	1990-07-08-Vacated	Jorge Páez Jorge Paez Jorge Adolfo Febles Páez is a Mexican boxer, actor and circus performer. Páez is the former WBO and IBF Featherweight champion. Paez is nicknamed " El Maromero", in honor of the acts he performs at the circus. Paez has been a circus performer in his northwest Mexico hometown since he was very young...	IBF
1991-06-03	1991-08-12	Troy Dorsey Troy Dorsey Troy Glenn Dorsey is a former professional boxer and martial arts fighter. He is the only man in history to hold world titles in both karate and boxing.-Martial arts career:...	IBF
1991-08-12	1993-02-26	Manuel Medina Manuel Medina (boxer) Juan Manuel Rubio Medina is a boxer, who is better known as Manuel Medina. He is a five-time world featherweight champion...	IBF
1993-02-26	1997-02-08	Tom Johnson Tom Johnson (boxer) Tom Johnson was a boxer in the Featherweight division. Known as "Boom boom" ,Johnson turned pro in 1986 and in 1991 challenged Manuel Medina for the IBF Featherweight Title, losing a technical decision. In 1993 he rematched Medina and was able to win the title with a narrow split decision victory...	IBF
1997-02-08	1997-07-19-Vacated	Naseem Hamed Naseem Hamed Naseem Hamed is an English former professional boxer.He is the former WBO, WBC, IBF, & Lineal featherweight champion, and European bantamweight champion....	IBF
1997-12-13	1998-04-24	Hector Lizarraga Hector Lizarraga Hector Lizarraga was a Mexican boxer in the Featherweight division. He is a former WBC Continental Americas, IBF Inter-Continental, and the IBF Featherweight Champion.-Pro career:...	IBF
1998-04-24	1999-11-13	Manuel Medina Manuel Medina (boxer) Juan Manuel Rubio Medina is a boxer, who is better known as Manuel Medina. He is a five-time world featherweight champion...	IBF
1999-11-13	2000-12-16	Paul Ingle Paul Ingle Paul Andrew Ingle is a retired featherweight boxer. As an amateur he competed for Great Britain at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. As a professional he won the IBF, European, British, & Commonwealth featherweight titles.-Amateur career:As an amateur, Ingle was a member of the 1992...	IBF
2000-12-16	2001-04-06	Mbulelo Botile Mbulelo Botile Mbulelo Botile is a former South African boxer in the Bantamweight division. -Professional career:...	IBF
2001-04-06	2001-11-16	Frank Toledo Frank Toledo Frank Toledo is an American boxer who held the International Boxing Federation featherweight championship in 2001....	IBF
2001-11-16	2002-04-27	Manuel Medina Manuel Medina (boxer) Juan Manuel Rubio Medina is a boxer, who is better known as Manuel Medina. He is a five-time world featherweight champion...	IBF
2002-04-27	2002-11-Vacated	Johnny Tapia Johnny Tapia John Lee "Johnny" Tapia is a Mexican-American five-time world boxing champion.-Childhood:Johnny Tapia's life began with tragedy. His father had reportedly been murdered while his mother was pregnant with him. At the age of 8, his mother Virginia was kidnapped, raped, hung, repeatedly stabbed, and...	IBF
2003-02-01	2005-05-07-Stripped	Juan Manuel Márquez Juan Manuel Márquez Juan Manuel Márquez Méndez , is a Mexican professional boxer. He is the fourth Mexican-born boxer to become a three-division world champion, where he won eight world titles in three different boxing weight classes.Currently, Marquez is the WBA Super, WBO and The Ring lightweight champion...	IBF
2006-01-20	2006-05-13	Valdemir Pereira Valdemir Pereira Valdemir dos Santos Pereira is a Brazilian boxer in the Featherweight division. -Amateur career:...	IBF
2006-05-13	2006-09-02	Eric Aiken Eric Aiken Eric Aiken is a professional boxer from the United States in the featherweight division. His record is 16-7-1...	IBF
2006-09-02	2006-11-04	Robert Guerrero Robert Guerrero Robert Joseph Guerrero is a professional American boxer of Mexican descent. He is the former IBF Super Featherweight champion and a former two-time IBF featherweight champion of the world. Nicknamed The Ghost, Guerrero's record is 29 wins, 1 loss, and 1 draw, and 2 no contest, with 18 of his wins...	IBF
2006-11-04	2006-11-10-Stripped	Orlando Salido Orlando Salido Orlando Salido Rivera is a Mexican professional boxer. Salido is the current WBO Featherweight Champion and the former IBF Featherweight Champion. Eight of his losses happened between the ages of 15 and 21....	IBF
2007-02-23	2008-06-23-Vacated	Robert Guerrero Robert Guerrero Robert Joseph Guerrero is a professional American boxer of Mexican descent. He is the former IBF Super Featherweight champion and a former two-time IBF featherweight champion of the world. Nicknamed The Ghost, Guerrero's record is 29 wins, 1 loss, and 1 draw, and 2 no contest, with 18 of his wins...	IBF
2008-10-23	2010-05-15	Cristobal Cruz Cristóbal Cruz Cristóbal Cruz Rivera, also known as Lacandón is a Mexican professional boxer and former IBF Featherweight Champion.-Career:...	IBF
2010-05-15	2010-09-11-Stripped	Orlando Salido Orlando Salido Orlando Salido Rivera is a Mexican professional boxer. Salido is the current WBO Featherweight Champion and the former IBF Featherweight Champion. Eight of his losses happened between the ages of 15 and 21....	IBF
2010-09-11	2011-03-26-Stripped	Yuriorkis Gamboa	IBF
2011-07-29	Current	Billy Dib Billy Dib Billy "The Kid" Dib is an Australian professional boxer. He is the current IBF Featherweight Champion. He is the former IBO super featherweight champion.-Early years:Bilal Dib was born on 17 August 1985 at Kogarah Hospital in Sydney, Australia...	IBF
WBO
Title inaugurated
1989-01-28	1989-11-11	Maurizio Stecca Maurizio Stecca Maurizio Stecca is an Italian former boxer, who won the Bantamweight Gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics.His brother Loris Stecca was also a professional boxer.-Professional career:...	WBO
1989-11-11	1990-04-07	Louie Espinoza Louie Espinoza Louie Espinoza is an American boxer in the Featherweight division. He now resides in Chandler, Arizona....	WBO
1990-04-07	1990-07-08-Vacated	Jorge Páez Jorge Paez Jorge Adolfo Febles Páez is a Mexican boxer, actor and circus performer. Páez is the former WBO and IBF Featherweight champion. Paez is nicknamed " El Maromero", in honor of the acts he performs at the circus. Paez has been a circus performer in his northwest Mexico hometown since he was very young...	WBO
1991-01-26	1992-05-16	Maurizio Stecca Maurizio Stecca Maurizio Stecca is an Italian former boxer, who won the Bantamweight Gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics.His brother Loris Stecca was also a professional boxer.-Professional career:...	WBO
1992-05-16	1992-09-26	Colin McMillan	WBO
1992-09-26	1992-09-26-Retired	Rubén Darío Palacios Rubén Darío Palacios Ruben Dario Palacios was a Colombian boxer.- Professional career :...	WBO
1993-04-17	1995-09-30	Steve Robinson	WBO
1995-09-30	2000-09-20-Vacated	Naseem Hamed Naseem Hamed Naseem Hamed is an English former professional boxer.He is the former WBO, WBC, IBF, & Lineal featherweight champion, and European bantamweight champion....	WBO
2001-01-27	2001-06-16	Istvan Kovacs István Kovács István Kovács , nicknamed Ko-Ko or sometimes The Cobra is a retired Hungarian boxer. As an amateur he won the bantamweight gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics, and was a world champion at the 1991 World Amateur Boxing Championships in flyweight and at the 1997 World Amateur Boxing Championships...	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 Manuel Medina (boxer) Juan Manuel Rubio Medina is a boxer, who is better known as Manuel Medina. He is a five-time world featherweight champion...	WBO
2003-11-29	2006-06-23-Vacated	Scott Harrison	WBO
2006-12-06	2007-04-01-Vacated	Juan Manuel Márquez Juan Manuel Márquez Juan Manuel Márquez Méndez , is a Mexican professional boxer. He is the fourth Mexican-born boxer to become a three-division world champion, where he won eight world titles in three different boxing weight classes.Currently, Marquez is the WBA Super, WBO and The Ring lightweight champion...	WBO
2007-07-14	2010-01-23	Steven Luevano Steven Luevano Steven Luevano was a Mexican-American boxer in the Featherweight division and is the former WBO Featherweight Champion. He was trained by the former IBF Super Featherweight Champion Roberto Garcia....	WBO
2010-01-23	2011-04-16	Juan Manuel Lopez Juan Manuel López (boxer) Juan Manuel "Juanma" López Rivera is a Puerto Rican professional boxer. As an amateur, Lopez represented Puerto Rico at numerous international tournaments including the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games, 2003 Pan American Games and the 2004 Summer Olympics. López's professional career...	WBO
2011-04-16	Current	Orlando Salido Orlando Salido Orlando Salido Rivera is a Mexican professional boxer. Salido is the current WBO Featherweight Champion and the former IBF Featherweight Champion. Eight of his losses happened between the ages of 15 and 21....	WBO

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