Featherweight
| Name | Reign period | No. of successful defenses |
| Sugar Ramos | March 21, 1963 – September 26, 1964 | 3 |
| Vicente Saldivar | September 26, 1964 – October, 1967 (retired) | 7 |
| Howard Winstone def. Mitsunori Seki |
January 23, 1968 – July 24, 1968 | 0 |
| José Legrá | July 24, 1968 – January 21, 1969 | 0 |
| Johnny Famechon | January 21, 1969 – May 9, 1970 | 2 |
| Vicente Saldivar | May 9, 1970 – December 11, 1970 | 0 |
| Kuniaki Shibata | December 11, 1970 – May 19, 1972 | 2 |
| Clemente Sánchez | May 19, 1972 – December 16, 1972 (stripped) | 0 |
| José Legrá def. Sánchez, who was stripped of his title. |
December 16, 1972 – May 5, 1973 | 0 |
| Éder Jofre | May 5, 1973 – June 17, 1974 (stripped) | 1 |
| Bobby Chacon def. Alfredo Marcano |
September 7, 1974 – June 20, 1975 | 1 |
| Rubén Olivares | June 20, 1975 – September 20, 1975 | 0 |
| David Kotei | September 20, 1975 – November 13, 1976 | 2 |
| Danny López | November 13, 1976 – February 2, 1980 | 8 |
| Salvador Sánchez | February 2, 1980 – August 12, 1982 (died) | 9 |
| Juan Laporte def. Mario Miranda |
September 15, 1982 – March 31, 1984 | 2 |
| Wilfredo Gómez | March 31, 1984 – December 8, 1984 | 0 |
| Azumah Nelson | December 8, 1984 – 1988 (vacated) | 6 |
| Jeff Fenech def. Victor Callejas |
March 7, 1988 – 1989 (vacated) | 3 |
| Marcos Villasana def. Paul Hodkinson |
June 2, 1990 – November 14, 1991 | 3 |
| Paul Hodkinson | November 14, 1991 – April 28, 1993 | 3 |
| Gregorio Vargas | April 28, 1993 – December 4, 1993 | 0 |
| Kevin Kelley | December 4, 1993 – January 7, 1995 | 2 |
| Alejandro Martín González | January 7, 1995 – September 23, 1995 | 2 |
| Manuel Medina | September 23, 1995 – December 11, 1995 | 0 |
| Luisito Espinosa | December 11, 1995 – May 15, 1999 | 7 |
| César Soto | May 15, 1999 – October 22, 1999 | 0 |
| Naseem Hamed | May 15, 1999 – 2000 (vacated) | 0 |
| Guty Espadas, Jr. def. Luisito Espinosa |
April 14, 2000 – February 17, 2001 | 1 |
| Erik Morales | February 17, 2001 – June 22, 2002 | 1 |
| Marco Antonio Barrera | June 22, 2002 – June, 2002 (vacated) | 0 |
| Erik Morales def. Paulie Ayala |
November 16, 2002 – 2003 (vacated) | 2 |
| Chi In-Jin def. Michael Brodie |
October 4, 2003 – January 29, 2006 | 3 |
| Takashi Koshimoto | January 29, 2006 – July 30, 2006 | 0 |
| Rodolfo López | July 30, 2006 – December 17, 2006 | 0 |
| Chi In-Jin | December 17, 2006 – 2007 (retired) | 0 |
| Jorge Linares def. Óscar Larios |
July 21, 2007 – August 13, 2008 (vacated) | 1 |
| Óscar Larios (Elevated from Interim status) |
August 13, 2008 – March 12, 2009 | 2 |
| Takahiro Aoh | March 12, 2009 – July 14, 2009 | 0 |
| Elio Rojas | July 14, 2009 – August 25, 2010 (vacated) | 1 |
| Hozumi Hasegawa def. Juan Carlos Burgos |
July 14, 2009 – April 8, 2011 | 0 |
| Jhonny González | April 8, 2011 – September 14, 2012 | 4 |
| Daniel Ponce de León | September 14, 2012 – Present |
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