Junior Featherweight
Name: | Date: | Location: | Defenses: |
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Bobby Berna def. Sung-In Suh |
December 4, 1983 | Seoul, South Korea | 0 |
Sung-In Suh | April 15, 1984 | Seoul, South Korea | 1 |
Ji-Won Kim | January 3, 1985 | Seoul, South Korea | 4 |
Title vacated | 1986 | Title vacated when Kim retired. His last successful defense was against Rudy Casicas on June 1, 1986 in Inchon, South Korea. | |
Seung-Hoon Lee def. Prayurasak Muangsurin |
January 18, 1987 | Pohang, South Korea | 3 |
Title vacated | 1988 | Lee is forced to vacate the title when the IBF stops promoting fights in South Korea. His last successful defense was against Jose Sanabria on December 27, 1987 in Pohang. | |
Jose Sanabria def. Moises Fuentes Rocha |
May 21, 1988 | Bucaramanga, Colombia | 3 |
Fabrice Benichou | March 10, 1989 | Limoges, France | 3 |
Welcome Ncita | March 10, 1990 | Tel Aviv, Israel | 6 |
Kennedy McKinney | December 2, 1992 | Tortolì, Italy | 5 |
Vuyani Bungu | August 20, 1994 | Temba, South Africa | 13 |
Title vacated | 1999 | Bungu's last successful defense was against Victor Llerena on February 6, 1999 in Temba. | |
Lehlohonolo Ledwaba def. John Michael Johnson |
May 25, 1999 | Temba, South Africa | 5 |
Manny Pacquiao | June 23, 2001 | Las Vegas, Nevada | 4 |
Title vacated | 2003 | Pacquiao's last successful defense was against Emmanuel Lucero on July 26, 2003 in Los Angeles, California. | |
Israel Vázquez def. Jose Luis Valbuena |
March 25, 2004 | Los Angeles, California | 2 |
Title vacated | 2005 | Vazquez's last successful defense was against Armando Guerrero on May 31, 2005 in Lynwood, Illinois. | |
Steve Molitor | November 10, 2006 | Hartlepool, England | 4 |
Celestino Caballero | November 21, 2008 | Ontario, Canada | 2 |
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