Super featherweight


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 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

Sanctioning bodyReign beganChampionRecordDefensesBeaten opponents
WBANovember 23, 2019 Leo Santa Cruz37–1–1 00
WBCJanuary 28, 2017 Miguel Berchelt37–1–0 66
IBFJanuary 30, 2020 Joseph Diaz31–1–0 00
WBOMay 25, 2019 Jamel Herring21–2–0 11

Current ''The Ring'' world rankings

As of ,.
Keys:
RankNameRecord Title
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1 Miguel Berchelt37–1 WBC
2 Joseph Diaz24–0 IBF
3 Jamel Herring21–2 WBO
4 Tevin Farmer30–5–1
5 Rene Alvarado32–8
6 Masayuki Ito26–2–1
7 Andrew Cancio31–5–2
8 Miguel Roman62–13
9 Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov15–0
10 Chris Colbert14–0