Super featherweight

Super featherweight (WBA and WBC), also known as junior lightweight (IBF and WBO), is a weight division in professional boxing, contested between 126 pounds (57 kg) and 130 pounds (59 kg).

The super featherweight division was established by the New York Walker Law in 1920, although first founded by the New York State Athletic Commission (NYSAC) in 1930. The first English champion was "Battling Kid" Nelson in 1914 who lost his title to Benny Berger in 1915. Artie O’Leary also won this title in 1917. This weight class appeared into two distinct historical periods, from 1921 to 1933 and 1960 to the present.

Some of the notable fighters to hold championship titles at this weight include Brian Mitchell , Arturo Gatti, Vasyl Lomachenko, Flash Elorde, Alexis Argüello, Azumah Nelson, Julio César Chávez, Diego Corrales, Floyd Mayweather Jr., Érik Morales, Marco Antonio Barrera, Acelino Freitas, Juan Manuel Márquez, Oscar De La Hoya, Rocky Lockridge, and Manny Pacquiao.

Current world champions
Main article: List of world super-featherweight boxing champions
Sanctioning body Reign began Champion Record Defenses Beaten opponents
WBA November 23, 2019 Leo Santa Cruz 37–1–1 (19 KO) 0 0
WBC January 28, 2017 Miguel Berchelt 37–1–0 (33 KO) 6 6
IBF January 30, 2020 Joseph Diaz 31–1–0 (15 KO) 0 0
WBO May 25, 2019 Jamel Herring 21–2–0 (10 KO) 1 1

Current The Ring world rankings

As of June 23, 2020.[1]

Keys:

 C  Current The Ring world champion
Rank Name Record (W–L–D) Title(s)
C vacant
1 Miguel Berchelt 37–1 (33 KO) WBC
2 Joseph Diaz 24–0 (15 KO) IBF
3 Jamel Herring 21–2 (10 KO) WBO
4 Tevin Farmer 30–5–1 (6 KO)
5 Rene Alvarado 32–8 (21 KO)
6 Masayuki Ito 26–2–1 (14 KO)
7 Andrew Cancio 31–5–2 (16 KO)
8 Miguel Roman 62–13 (47 KO)
9 Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov 15–0 (12 KO)
10 Chris Colbert 14–0 (5 KO)

References
  1. "The Ring ratings: super featherweight/junior lightweight". Retrieved 13 April 2020.
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