Super featherweight

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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^{[clarification needed]} 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, 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, Rocky Lockridge, and Manny Pacquiao.

Current world champions[]

Sanctioning body	Reign began	Champion	Record	Defenses
WBA	January 2, 2021	Roger Gutiérrez	26–3–1 (20 KO)	0
WBC	February 20, 2021	Óscar Valdez	30–0 (23 KO)	1
IBF	November 27, 2021	Kenichi Ogawa	26–1–1–1 (18 KO)	0
WBO	October 23, 2021	Shakur Stevenson	17–0 (9 KO)	0

Current world rankings[]

The Ring[]

As of 14 December 2021.^[1]

Keys:

 C  Current The Ring world champion

Rank	Name	Record (W–L–D)	Title(s)
C	vacant
1	Shakur Stevenson	17–0 (9 KO)	WBO
2	Miguel Berchelt	38–2 (34 KO)
3	Jamel Herring	23–3 (11 KO)
4	Shavkat Rakhimov	16–0–1 (13 KO)
5	Chris Colbert	16–0 (6 KO)
6	Roger Gutiérrez	26–3–1 (20 KO)	WBA
7	Kenichi Ogawa	26–1–1 (18 KO)	IBF
8	O'Shaquie Foster	18–2 (11 KO)
9	Xavier Martinez	17–0 (11 KO)
10	Robson Conceição	16–1 (8 KO)

BoxRec[]

As of 1 January 2021.^[2]

Rank	Name	Record (W–L–D)	Points	Title(s)
1	Miguel Berchelt	38–2 (34 KO)	215.6
2	Joseph Diaz	32–2–1 (15 KO)	109
3	Tevin Farmer	30–5–1–1 (6 KO)	100.2
4	Oscar Valdez	30–0 (23 KO)	83.99	WBC
5	Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov	16–0–1 (13 KO)	80.1
6	Leo Santa Cruz	37–2–1 (19 KO)	63.47
7	Rene Alvarado	32–11 (21 KO)	61.56
8	Carl Frampton	28–3 (16 KO)	59.74
9	Jamel Herring	23–3 (11 KO)	56.56
10	Shakur Stevenson	17–0 (9 KO)	54.84	WBO

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