List of IBF World Champions - Junior Featherweight

Junior Featherweight

Name: Date: Location: Defenses:
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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