Super bantamweight

Super bantamweight, also known as junior featherweight, is a weight class in professional boxing, contested from 118 pounds (54 kg) and up to 122 pounds (55 kg).

There were attempts by boxing promoters in the 1920s to establish this weight class, but few sanctioning organizations or state athletic commissions would recognize it. Jack Wolf won recognition as champion when he beat Joe Lynch at Madison Square Garden on September 21, 1922, but afterwards the weight division fell into disuse.[1]

The division was revived in the 1970s and the first title fight in 54 years in the division took place in 1976 when the World Boxing Council recognized Rigoberto Riasco as its champion when he defeated Waruinge Nakayama in eight rounds. The World Boxing Association crowned its first champion in 1977 when Soo Hwan Hong knocked out Hector Carasquilla in three rounds to win the inaugural WBA championship. In 1983 the International Boxing Federation sanctioned the bout between Bobby Berna and Seung-In Suh for its first title. Berna won in the eleventh round.

Notable fighters to hold championship titles at this weight have been Wayne McCullough, Guillermo Rigondeaux, Scott Quigg, Wilfredo Gómez, Lupe Pintor, Jeff Fenech, Fabrice Benichou, Daniel Zaragoza, Kennedy McKinney, Érik Morales, Marco Antonio Barrera, Manny Pacquiao, Rafael Márquez, Toshiaki Nishioka, Carl Frampton, Leo Santa Cruz, Isaac Dogboe and Israel Vázquez. Gómez holds the record for longest title reign, at five years and ten months.

Current world champions
Main article: List of world super-bantamweight boxing champions

Current champions

Sanctioning body Reign began Champion Record Defenses
WBA April 8, 2023 Marlon Tapales 37–3 (19 KO) 0
WBC July 25, 2023 Naoya Inoue 25–0 (22 KO) 0
IBF April 8, 2023 Marlon Tapales 37–3 (19 KO) 0
WBO July 25, 2023 Naoya Inoue 25–0 (22 KO) 0

Current The Ring world rankings

As of Aug 11, 2023.[2]

Keys:

 C  Current The Ring world champion
Rank Name Record Title(s)
C vacant
1 Naoya Inoue 25–0 (22 KO) WBO, WBC
2 Marlon Tapales 37–3 (19 KO) WBA, IBF
3 Stephen Fulton 21–1 (8 KO)
4 Murodjon Akhmadaliev 11–1 (8 KO)
5 Luis Nery 34–1 (26 KO)
6 Sam Goodman 15–0 (7 KO)
7 Ra'eese Aleem 20–1 (12 KO)
8 Azat Hovhannisyan 21–4 (17 KO)
9 Elijah Pierce 18–2 (15 KO)
10 John Riel Casimero 33–4 (22 KO)

References
  1. "World Champions: The Last 20 Years", International Boxing Digest, 39, no. 1: 64, August 1997
  2. "The Ring ratings: super bantamweight/junior featherweight". Retrieved 29 July 2023.
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