List of world super-bantamweight boxing champions explained

This is a list of world super-bantamweight boxing champions, as recognized by the four major sanctioning organizations in boxing:

• The World Boxing Association (WBA), established in 1921 as the National Boxing Association (NBA). The WBA often recognize up to two world champions in a given weight class; Super champion and Regular champion.^[1]
• The World Boxing Council (WBC), established in 1963.^[2]
• The International Boxing Federation (IBF), established in 1983.^[3]
• The World Boxing Organization (WBO), established in 1988.^[4]

World

Reign Began	Reign Ended	Champion	Recognition
Title inaugurated
1922-09-21	1923-08-29	Jack "Kid" Wolfe	World
1923-08-29	1929-vacated	Carl Duane	World

WBC

Reign Began	Reign Ended	Champion	Recognition
Title inaugurated
1976-04-03	1976-10-09	Rigoberto Riasco	WBC
1976-10-09	1976-11-24	Royal Kobayashi	WBC
1976-11-24	1977-05-21	Yum Dong-kyun	WBC
1977-05-21	1983-Vacated	Wilfredo Gómez	WBC
1983-06-15	1984-11-03	Jaime Garza	WBC
1984-11-03	1985-08-18	Juan Meza	WBC
1985-08-18	1986-01-18	Lupe Pintor	WBC
1986-01-18	1987-05-08	Samart Payakaroon	WBC
1987-05-08	1987-10-16-Vacated	Jeff Fenech	WBC
1988-02-29	1990-04-23	Daniel Zaragoza	WBC
1990-04-23	1990-11-05	Paul Banke	WBC
1990-11-05	1991-02-03	Pedro Rubén Décima	WBC
1991-02-03	1991-06-14	Kiyoshi Hatanaka	WBC
1991-06-14	1992-03-20	Daniel Zaragoza	WBC
1992-03-20	1992-06-23	Thierry Jacob	WBC
1992-06-23	1994-08-26	Tracy Harris Patterson	WBC
1994-08-26	1995-11-06	Hector Acero Sánchez	WBC
1995-11-06	1997-09-06	Daniel Zaragoza	WBC
1997-09-06	2000-02-19-Vacated	Erik Morales	WBC
2000-09-09	2002-11-01	Willie Jorrin	WBC
2002-11-01	2005-12-03	Óscar Larios	WBC
2005-12-03	2007-03-03	Israel Vázquez	WBC
2007-03-03	2007-08-04	Rafael Márquez	WBC
2007-08-04	2008-12-18-Vacated	Israel Vázquez	WBC
2008-12-18	2012-03-15-Vacated	Toshiaki Nishioka	WBC
2012-04-21	2013-02-12-Vacated	Abner Mares	WBC
2013-04-20	2013-08-24	Victor Terrazas	WBC
2013-08-24	2015-11-01-Vacated	Leo Santa Cruz	WBC
2015-11-01	2016-02-27	Julio Ceja	WBC
2016-02-27	2016-09-16	Hugo Ruiz	WBC
2016-09-16	2016-09-16-Vacated	Hozumi Hasegawa	WBC
2017-02-25	2020-08-13-Stripped	Rey Vargas	WBC
2020-09-26	2021-05-15	Luis Nery	WBC
2021-05-15	2021-11-27	Brandon Figueroa	WBC
2021-11-27	2023-07-25	Stephen Fulton	WBC
2023-07-25	Present	Naoya Inoue	WBC

WBA

Reign Began	Reign Ended	Champion	Recognition
Title inaugurated
1977-11-26	1978-05-07	Soo-Hwan Hong	WBA
1978-05-07	1980-05-04	Ricardo Cardona	WBA
1980-05-04	1980-08-09	Leo Randolph	WBA
1980-08-09	1982-06-12	Sergio Victor Palma	WBA
1982-06-12	1984-02-22	Leonardo Cruz	WBA
1984-02-22	1984-05-26	Loris Stecca	WBA
1984-05-26	1986-Vacated	Victor Callejas	WBA
1987-01-16	1987-11-28	Louie Espinoza	WBA
1987-11-28	1988-02-27	Julio Gervacio	WBA
1988-02-27	1988-05-28	Bernardo Pinango	WBA
1988-05-28	1989-12-11	Juan Jose Estrada	WBA
1989-12-11	1990-Stripped	Jesus Salud	WBA
1990-09-11	1991-10-07	Luis Mendoza	WBA
1991-10-07	1992-03-27	Raúl Pérez	WBA
1992-03-27	1995-05-13	Wilfredo Vázquez	WBA
1995-05-13	1998-Vacated	Antonio Cermeno	WBA
1998-02-08	1998-12-12	Enrique Sánchez	WBA
1998-12-12	2000-03-04	Néstor Garza	WBA
2000-03-04	2001-03-23-Vacated	Clarence Adams	WBA
2001-11-17	2002-02-21	Yober Ortega	WBA
2002-02-21	2002-05-18	Yoddamrong Sithyodthong	WBA
2002-05-18	2002-10-09	Osamu Sato	WBA
2002-10-09	2003-07-04	Salim Medjkoune	WBA
2003-07-04	2006-04-21	Mahyar Monshipour	WBA
2006-04-21	2006-10-04	Somsak Sithchatchawal	WBA
2006-10-04	2008-11-21-Vacated	Celestino Caballero	WBA
2008-09-18	2009-03-21	Ricardo Córdoba	WBA
2008-11-21	2009-08-29	Celestino Caballero	WBA Super Champion
2009-03-21	2009-09-26	Bernard Dunne	WBA
2009-09-26	2010-10-02	Poonsawat Kratingdaenggym	WBA
2010-10-02	2011-01-31	Lee Ryol-li	WBA
2011-01-31	2011-07-09	Akifumi Shimoda	WBA
2011-07-09	2012-01-20	Rico Ramos	WBA
2012-01-20	2013-04-13-Vacated		WBA
2013-04-13	Present		WBA Super Champion
2013-09-05	2016-02-27		WBA
2016-02-27	2016-04-07-Vacated	Carl Frampton	WBA
2016-06-24	2017-04-09		WBA
2017-04-09	2017-09-03		WBA
2017-09-03	2020-01-30		WBA
2020-01-30	2023-04-08		WBA
2023-04-08	2023-12-26	Marlon Tapales	WBA
2023-12-26	Present	Naoya Inoue	WBA

IBF

Reign Began	Reign Ended	Champion	Recognition
Title inaugurated
1983-12-04	1984-04-15	Bobby Berna	IBF
1984-04-15	1985-01-03	Suh Sung-in	IBF
1985-01-03	1986-06-01-Retired	Kim Ji-won	IBF
1987-01-18	1987-12-27-Vacated	Lee Seung-hoon	IBF
1988-05-21	1989-03-10	José Sanabria	IBF
1989-03-10	1990-03-10	Fabrice Benichou	IBF
1990-03-10	1992-12-02	Welcome Ncita	IBF
1992-12-02	1994-08-20	Kennedy McKinney	IBF
1994-08-20	1999-02-06-Vacated	Vuyani Bungu	IBF
1999-05-29	2001-06-23	Lehlo Ledwaba	IBF
2001-06-23	2003-07-26-Vacated	Manny Pacquiao	IBF
2004-03-25	2005-12-03-Vacated	Israel Vázquez	IBF
2006-11-10	2008-11-21	Steve Molitor	IBF
2008-11-21	2010-02-05-Stripped	Celestino Caballero	IBF
2010-03-27	2011-03-26	Steve Molitor	IBF
2011-03-26	2012-03-24	Takalani Ndlovu	IBF
2012-03-24	2012-07-07	Jeffrey Mathebula	IBF
2012-07-07	2012-10-13-Vacated	Nonito Donaire	IBF
2013-02-16	2013-08-17	Jonatan Romero	IBF
2013-08-17	2014-09-06	Kiko Martínez	IBF
2014-09-06	2016-04-28-Vacated	Carl Frampton	IBF
2016-07-20	2016-12-31	Jonathan Guzmán	IBF
2016-12-31	2017-09-13	Yukinori Oguni	IBF
2017-09-13	2018-16-08	Ryosuke Iwasa	IBF
2018-16-08	2019-04-26	T. J. Doheny	IBF
2019-04-26	2020-01-30	Daniel Roman	IBF
2020-01-30	2023-04-08	Murodjon Akhmadaliev	IBF
2023-04-08	2023-12-26	Marlon Tapales	IBF
2023-12-26	Present	Naoya Inoue	IBF

WBO

Reign Began	Reign Ended	Champion	Recognition
Title inaugurated
1989-04-29	1989-12-09	Kenny Mitchell	WBO
1989-12-09	1990-05-12	Valerio Nati	WBO
1990-05-12	1991-05-24	Orlando Fernandez	WBO
1991-05-24	1992-10-15	Jesse Benavides	WBO
1992-10-15	1993-06-09	Duke McKenzie	WBO
1993-06-09	1995-03-31	Daniel Jimenez	WBO
1995-03-31	1996-11-22	Marco Antonio Barrera	WBO
1996-11-22	1997-12-19	Junior Jones	WBO
1997-12-19	1998-Vacated	Kennedy McKinney	WBO
1998-10-31	2000-02-19	Marco Antonio Barrera	WBO
2000-02-19	2000-02-19-Vacated	Erik Morales	WBO
2000-06-17	2001-04-07-Vacated	Marco Antonio Barrera	WBO
2001-06-23	2002-08-15-Stripped	Agapito Sanchez	WBO
2002-08-17	2005-04-22-Vacated	Joan Guzmán	WBO
2005-10-29	2008-06-07	Daniel Ponce De Leon	WBO
2008-06-07	2010-01-23-Vacated	Juan Manuel López	WBO
2010-02-27	2011-05-07	Wilfredo Vázquez, Jr.	WBO
2011-05-07	2011-11-18-Vacated	Jorge Arce	WBO
2012-02-04	2013-04-13	Nonito Donaire	WBO
2013-04-13	2015-10-28-Stripped	Guillermo Rigondeaux	WBO
2015-12-11	2016-11-05	Nonito Donaire	WBO
2016-11-05	2018-04-28	Jessie Magdaleno	WBO
2018-04-28	2018-12-08	Isaac Dogboe	WBO
2018-12-08	2020-07-11-Vacated	Emanuel Navarrete	WBO
2020-08-01	2021-01-23	Angelo Leo	WBO
2021-01-23	2023-07-25	Stephen Fulton	WBO
2023-07-25	Present	Naoya Inoue	WBO

See also

• List of British world boxing champions

Notes and References

1. Web site: Current WBA Champions. 2021-11-27. World Boxing Association. en-US.
2. Web site: World Boxing Council – Consejo Mundial de Boxeo. 2021-11-27. en-US.
3. Web site: IBF Ratings. 2021-11-27. www.ibf-usba-boxing.com.
4. Web site: WBO World Boxing Organization – News, Rankings, Forums, Videos. 2021-11-27. www.wboboxing.com.