Super featherweight, also known as junior lightweight, is a
weight division in
professional boxing, contested between and .
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
Arturo Gatti (April 15, 1972 – July 11, 2009) was an Italian-Canadian professional boxer who competed from 1991 to 2007. A world champion in two weight classes, Gatti held the IBF junior lightweight title from 1995 to 1998, and the WBC su ...
,
Vasiliy 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
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,
Rocky Lockridge
Rick "Rocky" Lockridge (January 10, 1959 – February 7, 2019) was an American professional boxer. He is perhaps best known for having handed Roger Mayweather his first defeat—a first-round knockout in just 98 seconds—earning him the WBA ...
, and
Manny Pacquiao
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. The first
World Boxing Association
The World Boxing Association (WBA), formerly known as the National Boxing Association (NBA), is the oldest and one of four major organizations which sanction professional boxing bouts, alongside the World Boxing Council (WBC), International Box ...
(previously known as the
National Boxing Association up until 1962) champion was
Johnny Dundee in 1922. The first
World Boxing Council champion was
Gabriel Elorde in 1963. The inaugural champion for the
International Boxing Federation was
Hwan-Kil Yuh in 1984. The first
World Boxing Organisation champion was
John John Molina in 1989.
Current world champions
Current world rankings
''The Ring''
As of , .
Keys:
: Current ''
The Ring'' world champion
BoxRec
As of 12 June 2022.
References
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Featherweight
Featherweight is a weight class in the combat sports of boxing, kickboxing, mixed martial arts, and Greco-Roman wrestling.
Boxing
Professional boxing
History
A featherweight boxer weighs in at a limit of . In the early days of the division, this ...
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