List of super bantamweight boxing champions

This is a chronological List of World Super Bantamweight Boxing Champions, as recognized by four of the better-known sanctioning organizations:

The World Boxing Association
World Boxing Association
The World Boxing Association is a boxing organization that sanctions official matches, and awards the WBA world championship title at the professional level. It was previously known as the National Boxing Association before changing its name in 1962...

(WBA), founded in 1921 as the National Boxing Association (NBA),
The World Boxing Council
World Boxing Council
The World Boxing Council was initially established by 11 countries: the United States, Argentina, United Kingdom, France, Mexico, Philippines, Panama, Chile, Peru, Venezuela and Brazil plus Puerto Rico, met in Mexico City on February 14, 1963, upon invitation of the then President of Mexico, Adolfo...

(WBC), founded in 1963,
The International Boxing Federation
International Boxing Federation
The International Boxing Federation or IBF is one of four major organizations recognized by IBHOF which sanction world championship boxing bouts, alongside the WBA, WBC and WBO.- History :...

(IBF), founded in 1983,
The World Boxing Organization
World Boxing Organization
The World Boxing Organization is a sanctioning organization currently recognizing professional boxing world champions. The organization is recognized as one of the four major world championship groups by the IBHOF alongside the International Boxing Federation, the World Boxing Council and the...

(WBO), founded in 1988,

Reign Began	Reign Ended	Champion	Recognition
IBF
Title inaugurated
1983-12-04	1984-04-15	Bobby Berna	IBF
1984-04-15	1985-01-03	Sung-In Suh Sung-In Suh Sung-In Suh is a former boxer from South Korea.-Pro career:In 1984, Suh became the IBF Super Bantamweight champion by beating Bobby Berna via a tenth round TKO. He defended his title once before losing it to Ji-Won Kim by a tenth round KO in 1985.-External links:...	IBF
1985-01-03	1986-06-01-Retired	Ji-Won Kim	IBF
1987-01-18	1987-12-27-Vacatedd	Seung-Hoon Lee	IBF
1988-05-21	1989-03-10	Jose Sanabria Jose Sanabria Jose Sanabria is a former boxer from Venezuela. He was the IBF super bantamweight champion.After losing his champion belt to Fabrice Benichou in 1988, Sanabria was largely reduced to a journeyman boxer....	IBF
1989-03-10	1990-03-10	Fabrice Benichou Fabrice Benichou -Amateur career:In 1984 Benichou made it to the finals for the French National Bantamweight championship, but lost.-Pro Boxing career:Benichou won the IBF World Super Bantamweight championship in 1989. He lost it the following year to Welcome Ncita....	IBF
1990-03-10	1992-12-02	Welcome Ncita Welcome Ncita Welcome Ncita was a professional boxer and IBF Super Bantamweight Champion. Ncita was born in Mdantsane, South Africa.Known as "The Hawk", Ncita turned professional in 1984 and in 1994 captured the International Boxing Federation Super Bantamweight Title with a victory over Fabrice Benichou in a...	IBF
1992-12-02	1994-08-20	Kennedy McKinney Kennedy McKinney Kennedy McKinney is a former professional boxer, who won the bantamweight gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics...	IBF
1994-08-20	1999-02-06-Vacated	Vuyani Bungu Vuyani Bungu Vuyani Bungu was a professional boxer. Known as "Carousel Kid" or "The Beast", Bungu was a force in the super bantamweight division throughout the 1990s.-Professional career:...	IBF
1999-05-29	2001-06-23	Lehlohonolo Ledwaba Lehlohonolo Ledwaba Lehlohonolo Benedict Ledwaba is a professional boxer. Known as "Hands of Stone", Ledwaba was a champion in the super bantamweight division.-Professional career:...	IBF
2001-06-23	2003-07-26-Vacated	Manny Pacquiao Manny Pacquiao Emmanuel "Manny" Dapidran Pacquiao, PLH is a Filipino professional boxer and politician. He is the first eight-division world champion; having won six world titles, as well as the first to win the lineal championship in four different weight classes. He was named "Fighter of the Decade" for the...	IBF
2004-03-25	2005-12-03-Vacated	Israel Vázquez Israel Vázquez Israel Vázquez Castañeda is a Mexican professional boxer. He is a former Super Bantamweight world champion, having held titles at this weight from 2004 to 2008...	IBF
2006-11-10	2008-11-21	Steve Molitor Steve Molitor Steve Molitor is a Canadian professional boxer. He is the former International Boxing Federation Junior featherweight champion. He has a record of 33–2 .- Career history :...	IBF
2008-11-21	2010-02-05-Stripped	Celestino Caballero Celestino Caballero Celestino "Pelenchin" Caballero is a professional boxer from Panama. He is the former undisputed Super Bantamweight WBA & IBF and Super Champion for the WBA. On October 14th, 2011, Celestino became the new WBA Featherweight champion of the world after beating Jonathan Barros at Luna Park, Argentina...	IBF
2010-03-27	2011-03-26	Steve Molitor Steve Molitor Steve Molitor is a Canadian professional boxer. He is the former International Boxing Federation Junior featherweight champion. He has a record of 33–2 .- Career history :...	IBF
2011-03-26	Current	Takalani Ndlovu Takalani Ndlovu Takalani Ndlovu , is a South African professional boxer with orthodox stance who goes by the nickname of "Panther". His professional record includes 38 fights: 32 wins , and 6 losses...	IBF
WBC
Title inaugurated
1976-04-03	1976-10-09	Rigoberto Riasco	WBC
1976-10-09	1976-11-24	Royal Kobayashi Royal Kobayashi , better known as Royal Kobayashi, is a retired Japanese boxer who competed at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games in the featherweight division, and won the WBC junior featherweight title in 1976...	WBC
1976-11-24	1977-05-21	Dong-Kyun Yum Dong-Kyun Yum Dong-Kyun Yum is a former boxer from South Korea.-External links:...	WBC
1977-05-21	1982-12-03-Vacated	Wilfredo Gómez Wilfredo Gómez Wilfredo Gómez , sometimes referred to as Bazooka Gómez, is a former boxer and three time world champion.-Biography:...	WBC
1983-06-15	1984-11-03	Jaime Garza Jaime Garza Jaime Garza was a Mexican American boxer in the Featherweight division. He's the former WBC Super Bantamweight Champion.-Professional career:...	WBC
1984-11-03	1985-08-18	Juan Meza Juan Meza Juan Meza , also known for his nickname Kid Meza, is a former boxer who was world Super Bantamweight champion. Meza was born in Mexicali, Mexico.-Short biography:Mesa was born Jesus Fernández...	WBC
1985-08-18	1986-01-18	Lupe Pintor Lupe Pintor Jose Guadalupe Pintor Guzman , better known as Lupe Pintor, is a former world boxing champion from Cuajimalpa, Mexico. Nicknamed El Indio De Cuajimalpa or The Indian From Cuajimalpa, he started boxing professionally in 1974...	WBC
1986-01-18	1987-05-08	Samart Payakaroon Samart Payakaroon Samart Payakaroon, real name Samart Tiptarmai is a Muaythai boxer.-Thai Boxing career:Samart has an older brother, Kongtoranee Payakaroon, who induced Samart to start training in Muay Thai.Samart started Muaythai training when he was 11...	WBC
1987-05-08	1987-10-16-Vacated	Jeff Fenech Jeff Fenech Jeff Fenech is a retired Australian boxer and a three-time world champion who is now a boxing trainer.-Boxing career:...	WBC
1988-02-29	1990-04-23	Daniel Zaragoza Daniel Zaragoza Daniel Zaragoza was a Mexican professional boxer. Known as "The Mouse," Zaragoza a popular champion in the Super Bantamweight division throughout the 1980s and 1990s.-Amateur career:...	WBC
1990-04-23	1990-11-05	Paul Banke Paul Banke Paul Andre Banke, , is a former a WBC Super Bantamweight Title Professional boxer.-Professional career:Banke turned pro in 1985 and captured the WBC Super Bantamweight Title in 1990 with an upset TKO over Daniel Zaragoza...	WBC
1990-11-05	1991-02-03	Pedro Ruben Decima Pedro Ruben Decima Pedro Ruben Decima is a former professional boxer from Argentina.-Amateur career:As an amateur Decima represented Argentina as a bantamweight at the 1984 Olympic Games...	WBC
1991-02-03	1991-06-14	Kiyoshi Hatanaka Kiyoshi Hatanaka is a retired Japanese boxer who is a former WBC super bantamweight champion.Hatanaka began karate at the first grade of elementary school, and won the Japanese championship in the juvenile division at its sixth grade and the first grade of junior high school. In addition, he began football at the...	WBC
1991-06-14	1992-03-20	Daniel Zaragoza Daniel Zaragoza Daniel Zaragoza was a Mexican professional boxer. Known as "The Mouse," Zaragoza a popular champion in the Super Bantamweight division throughout the 1980s and 1990s.-Amateur career:...	WBC
1992-03-20	1992-06-23	Thierry Jacob	WBC
1992-06-23	1994-08-26	Tracy Harris Patterson Tracy Harris Patterson Tracy Harris Patterson, , is a former boxer who became a two weight world champion. Born Tracy Harris, he is the adopted son of former Golden Gloves and World Champion Floyd Patterson, turned Golden Gloves success into a solid pro career...	WBC
1994-08-26	1995-11-06	Hector Acero Sanchez	WBC
1995-11-06	1997-09-06	Daniel Zaragoza Daniel Zaragoza Daniel Zaragoza was a Mexican professional boxer. Known as "The Mouse," Zaragoza a popular champion in the Super Bantamweight division throughout the 1980s and 1990s.-Amateur career:...	WBC
1997-09-06	2000-02-19-Vacated	Erik Morales Erik Morales Érik Isaac Morales Elvira is a Mexican professional boxer. He is the first Mexican born boxer in history to win a world title in four weight classes and is the current WBC Light Welterweight Champion...	WBC
2000-09-09	2002-11-01	Willie Jorrin Willie Jorrin Guillermo Jaime Jorrin , better known as Willie Jorrin, is a boxer from Sacramento, California. Jorrin is a Mexican American. He is best known for squandering his championship with dubious decisions and inactivity. He ended his once promising career by losing to a journeyman...	WBC
2002-11-01	2005-12-03	Óscar Larios Oscar Larios Óscar Larios is a professional boxer from Mexico and former WBC Super Bantamweight and Featherweight champion. He is trained by Jose "Chepo" Reynoso.-Boxing career:...	WBC
2005-12-03	2007-03-03	Israel Vázquez Israel Vázquez Israel Vázquez Castañeda is a Mexican professional boxer. He is a former Super Bantamweight world champion, having held titles at this weight from 2004 to 2008...	WBC
2007-03-03	2007-08-04	Rafael Márquez Rafael Márquez (boxer) Rafael Márquez Méndez is a Mexican professional boxer. He is a former world champion at the IBF / IBO Bantamweight and WBC Super Bantamweight divisions....	WBC
2007-08-04	2008-12-18-Vacated	Israel Vázquez Israel Vázquez Israel Vázquez Castañeda is a Mexican professional boxer. He is a former Super Bantamweight world champion, having held titles at this weight from 2004 to 2008...	WBC
2008-12-18	Current	Toshiaki Nishioka Toshiaki Nishioka is a Japanese professional boxer who is the current WBC super bantamweight champion. Nishioka is currently ranked as the #1 super bantamweight in the world by The Ring and ESPN. Unlike most other Japan's world champions, Nishioka has been willing to fight outside of his own country.- 1976 to 1990s...	WBC
WBA
Title inaugurated
1977-11-26	1978-05-07	Soo-Hwan Hong	WBA
1978-05-07	1980-05-04	Ricardo Cardona Ricardo Cardona Ricardo Cardona is a Latino chef in New York City who is the executive chef of Lua, Sofrito and Hudson River Cafe as well as the chef for the New York Yankees and their opponents during home games at Yankee Stadium.-Career:...	WBA
1980-05-04	1980-08-09	Leo Randolph Leo Randolph Leo Randolph is a former American boxer, who won the Flyweight Gold medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics.-Amateur career:Randolph had an outstanding amateur career...	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 Loris Stecca Loris Stecca Loris Stecca Loris Stecca (born March 30, 1960 is an Italian former world champion boxer. His brother Maurizio is also a former boxer and held the WBO world Featherweight title shortly during the late 1990s.-Professional career:...	WBA
1984-05-26	1986-Vacated	Victor Callejas Victor Callejas Victor Callejas is a Puerto Rican former boxer who was World Junior Featherweight champion. A native of Guaynabo, Callejas as a child wanted to be a singer, and his childhood friend, Orvil Miller, wanted to be a boxer. As it turned out, however, it was Callejas who was a boxer and Miller who...	WBA
1987-01-16	1987-11-28	Louie Espinoza Louie Espinoza Louie Espinoza is an American boxer in the Featherweight division. He now resides in Chandler, Arizona....	WBA
1987-11-28	1988-02-27	Julio Gervacio Julio Gervacio Julio Antonio Gervacio is a former boxer and Super Bantamweight champion titleholder from the Dominican Republic.As a child, he relocated to Puerto Rico. He always expressed pride in his national background; and he considered himself a Dominican-Puerto Rican...	WBA
1988-02-27	1988-05-28	Bernardo Pinango Bernardo Piñango José Bernardo Piñango is a retired boxer from Venezuela, who won the silver medal in the Bantamweight division at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. In the final he lost to Cuba's Juan Hernández on points ....	WBA
1988-05-28	1989-12-11	Juan Jose Estrada Juan Jose Estrada Juan José Estrada was a Mexican boxer in the Super Bantamweight division. He is a former WBC International and the WBA World Super Bantamweight Champion.-Professional career:...	WBA
1989-12-11	1990-Stripped	Jesus Salud Jesus Salud Jesus Salud Born 3 May 1963 is an American professional boxer of Filipino descent. Originally from Sinait in the Philippines, he resides in Honolulu, Hawaii. He won the World Boxing Association super bantamweight title by disqualification on December 11, 1989 in a bout against Juan Jose Estrada....	WBA
1990-09-11	1991-10-07	Luis Enrique Mendoza	WBA
1991-10-07	1992-03-27	Raúl Pérez Raúl Pérez Raúl Pérez is a former boxer from Mexico. He has won world titles in two weight divisions.- Professional career :...	WBA
1992-03-27	1995-05-13	Wilfredo Vázquez Wilfredo Vázquez Wilfredo Vázquez is a retired Puerto Rican professional boxer. He is a former World Champion at three different weights, Bantamweight, Super bantamweight and Featherweight.-Early life and amateur career:...	WBA
1995-05-13	1998-Vacated	Antonio Cermeno Antonio Cermeño Antonio Cermeño Coloso is a retired boxer from Venezuela, who twice won the world title.-External links:*...	WBA
1998-02-08	1998-12-12	Enrique Sánchez‎	WBA
1998-12-12	2000-03-04	Néstor Garza Néstor Garza Néstor Gabriel Garza is a Mexican boxer in the Light Welterweight division. He is a former Mexican National, WBO NABO, and the WBA World Super Bantamweight Champion.-Professional career:...	WBA
2000-03-04	2001-03-23-Vacated	Clarence Adams Clarence Adams Clarence Richard Adams is a former boxer. He has won a world title in the Super Bantamweight weight division.- Professional career :...	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 Mahyar Monshipour Mahyar Monshipour is an Iranian-born French boxer who was the World Boxing Association's super bantamweight champion for nearly three years between 2003 and 2006...	WBA
2006-04-21	2006-10-04	Somsak Sithchatchawal Somsak Sithchatchawal Somsak Sithchatchawal is a professional boxer in the super bantamweight division.In March 2006, Sithchatchawal took part in what later won fight of the year when he challenged WBA Super Bantamweight champion Mahyar Monshipour. Sithchatchawal dropped Monshipour in the first round, and won via TKO...	WBA
2006-10-04	2010-12-Stripped	Celestino Caballero Celestino Caballero Celestino "Pelenchin" Caballero is a professional boxer from Panama. He is the former undisputed Super Bantamweight WBA & IBF and Super Champion for the WBA. On October 14th, 2011, Celestino became the new WBA Featherweight champion of the world after beating Jonathan Barros at Luna Park, Argentina...	WBA Super Champion
2008-11-21	2009-03-21	Ricardo Córdoba Ricardo Cordoba Ricardo Alberto Cordoba Mosque, more commonly known as Ricardo Cordoba, is a Panamanian professional boxer who fights in the super bantamweight division.-Professional career:...	WBA Regular Champion
2009-03-21	2009-09-26	Bernard Dunne Bernard Dunne Bernard Dunne is a retired Irish professional boxer and a former WBA, and European super bantamweight champion.On Saturday 21 March 2009, Dunne waged the war that he would be best remembered for and defeated Ricardo Cordoba in the 11th round to become the WBA super bantamweight champion in a fight...	WBA Regular Champion
2009-09-26	2010-10-02	Poonsawat Kratingdaenggym Poonsawat Kratingdaenggym Chalermwong Udomna , who boxes as Poonsawat Kratingdaenggym, is a professional boxer from Thailand who fights in the super bantamweight division...	WBA Regular Champion
2010-10-02	2011-01-31	Ryol Li Lee Ryol Li Lee Ryol Li Lee or Retsuri Lee is a professional boxer from Japan, born on May 20, 1982. He was born in Kadoma, Osaka, and lives in Yokohama, Kanagawa.-Biography:Lee won his first fight by third round KO in 2005...	WBA Regular Champion
2011-01-31	2011-07-09	Akifumi Shimoda Akifumi Shimoda is a super bantamweight boxer from Japan and the former world champion of WBA at Super bantamweight. He was born in Hiroshima Prefecture, grew up in Kure city, and currently lives in Tokyo...	WBA
2011-07-09	Current	Rico Ramos Rico Ramos Rico Dashon Ramos is an American Super Bantamweight boxer of Puerto Rican descent. He is the current WBA world super bantamweight champion.-Amateur career:...	WBA
WBO
Title inaugurated
1989-04-29	1989-12-09	Kenny Mitchell Kenny Mitchell - Amateur career :Mitchell won the New York Golden Gloves three times. He won the 112 lb Open Championships in 1978, 1979 and 1980. Mitchell was defeated in the 1977 112 lb Sub-Novice Championship by Gino Gelormino. Mitchell trained at the Morrisania Youth Center in 1977 and 1978. In 1979...	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 Jesse Benavides Jesse Benavides is an American former professional boxer.- Amateur career :Benavides was the 1981 National AAU light flyweight champion and 1982 National Golden Gloves flyweight champion....	WBO
1992-10-15	1993-06-09	Duke McKenzie Duke McKenzie Duke McKenzie MBE is a British former professional boxer, now a boxing commentator for broadcaster ITV.-Boxing career:Previously a highly successful professional boxer, McKenzie has been British champion at two weights, a European champion once and World champion at three different weights...	WBO
1993-06-09	1995-03-31	Daniel Jimenez Daniel Jiménez Daniel Jiménez Román is a former Puerto Rican bantamweight boxer. He is best known for having won the WBO title as a pro.-Pro:...	WBO
1995-03-31	1996-11-22	Marco Antonio Barrera Marco Antonio Barrera Marco Antonio Barrera Tapia is a Mexicanprofessional boxer. He has won numerous world titles in three different weight classes; he is a former two-time WBO super bantamweight , WBC, Lineal, & The Ring featherweight , and WBC & IBF super featherweight champion...	WBO
1996-11-22	1997-12-19	Junior Jones Junior Jones Junior Jones is an American former professional boxer. Known by his nickname of "Poison", he won world championships at bantamweight and super bantamweight, and is best remembered for his two victories over then-undefeated Mexican legend Marco Antonio Barrera.-Amateur career:Jones won two New York...	WBO
1997-12-19	1998-Vacated	Kennedy McKinney Kennedy McKinney Kennedy McKinney is a former professional boxer, who won the bantamweight gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics...	WBO
1998-10-31	2000-02-19	Marco Antonio Barrera Marco Antonio Barrera Marco Antonio Barrera Tapia is a Mexicanprofessional boxer. He has won numerous world titles in three different weight classes; he is a former two-time WBO super bantamweight , WBC, Lineal, & The Ring featherweight , and WBC & IBF super featherweight champion...	WBO
2000-02-19	2000-02-19-Vacated	Erik Morales Erik Morales Érik Isaac Morales Elvira is a Mexican professional boxer. He is the first Mexican born boxer in history to win a world title in four weight classes and is the current WBC Light Welterweight Champion...	WBO
2000-06-17	2001-04-07-Vacated	Marco Antonio Barrera Marco Antonio Barrera Marco Antonio Barrera Tapia is a Mexicanprofessional boxer. He has won numerous world titles in three different weight classes; he is a former two-time WBO super bantamweight , WBC, Lineal, & The Ring featherweight , and WBC & IBF super featherweight champion...	WBO
2001-06-23	2002-08-15-Stripped	Agapito Sanchez Agapito Sanchez Agapito Sánchez was a boxer from the Dominican Republic, nicknamed "El Ciclón", in the Super Bantamweight weight class. He won 37 of his 50 fights, 18 by knockout.-Pro career:...	WBO
2002-08-17	2005-04-22-Vacated	Joan Guzmán Joan Guzman Joan Guzmán is a Dominican professional boxer who was the WBO's super bantamweight and super featherweight champion. His nickname is "The Little Tyson"." Guzmán is now trained by Former World Champion Roberto Garcia. Former unheralded boxer Floyd Mayweather, Sr...	WBO
2005-10-29	2008-06-07	Daniel Ponce De Leon Daniel Ponce de León Daniel Ponce de León is a Mexican professional Boxer in the Featherweight division and was a member of the 2000 Mexican Olympics team...	WBO
2008-06-07	2010-01-23-Vacated	Juan Manuel López Juan Manuel López (boxer) Juan Manuel "Juanma" López Rivera is a Puerto Rican professional boxer. As an amateur, Lopez represented Puerto Rico at numerous international tournaments including the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games, 2003 Pan American Games and the 2004 Summer Olympics. López's professional career...	WBO
2010-02-27	2011-05-07	Wilfredo Vázquez, Jr. Wilfredo Vázquez, Jr. Wilfredo Vázquez, Jr. is a Puerto Rican professional boxer. Vázquez is the son of former world champion Wilfredo Vázquez. Vázquez debuted as a professional in 2006, against Octavious Davis in a fight that he won by knockout...	WBO
2011-05-07	2011-11-18-Vacated	Jorge Arce Jorge Arce Jorge Armando Arce Armenta is a Mexican professional boxer. Arce is the former WBO World Light Flyweight, WBC World Light Flyweight, Interim WBC World Flyweight, Interim WBA World Super Flyweight, WBO World Super Flyweight, WBO World Super Bantamweight, and is the current WBO World Bantamweight...	WBO

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