Super Featherweight
Name | Reign period | No. of successful defenses |
Gabriel Elorde | February 16, 1963 – June 15, 1967 | 5 |
Yoshiaki Numata | June 15, 1967 – December 14, 1967 | 0 |
Hiroshi Kobayashi | December 14, 1967–January 18, 1969 (stripped) | 2 |
René Barrientos def. Rubén Navarro |
February 15, 1969 – April 5, 1970 | 0 |
Yoshiaki Numata | April 5, 1970 – October 10, 1971 | 3 |
Ricardo Arredondo | October 10, 1971 – February 28, 1974 | 5 |
Kuniaki Shibata | February 28, 1974 – July 5, 1975 | 3 |
Alfredo Escalera | July 5, 1975 – January 28, 1978 | 10 |
Alexis Argüello | January 28, 1978 – 1980 (vacated) | 8 |
Rafael Limón def. Idelfonso Bethelmy |
December 11, 1980 – March 8, 1981 | 0 |
Cornelius Boza Edwards | March 8, 1981 – August 29, 1981 | 1 |
Rolando Navarette | August 29, 1981 – May 29, 1982 | 1 |
Rafael Limón | May 29, 1982 – December 11, 1982 | 1 |
Bobby Chacon | December 11, 1982 – 1983 (stripped) | 1 |
Héctor Camacho def. Rafael Limón |
August 7, 1983 – 1984 (vacated) | 1 |
Julio César Chávez def. Mario Martínez |
September 13, 1984 – August 21, 1987 (vacated) | 9 |
Azumah Nelson def. Mario Martínez |
February 29, 1988 – May 7, 1994 | 10 |
Jesse James Leija | May 7, 1994 – September 17, 1994 | 0 |
Gabriel Ruelas | September 17, 1994 – December 1, 1995 | 2 |
Azumah Nelson | December 1, 1995 – March 22, 1997 | 1 |
Genaro Hernández | March 22, 1997 – October 3, 1998 | 3 |
Floyd Mayweather, Jr. | October 3, 1998 – April 20, 2002 (vacated) | 8 |
Sirimongkol Singwancha def. Kengo Nagashima |
August 24, 2002 – August 15, 2003 | 1 |
Jesús Chávez | August 15, 2003 – February 28, 2004 | 0 |
Erik Morales | February 28, 2004 – November 27, 2004 | 1 |
Juan Manuel Márquez | March 17, 2007 – March 15, 2008 | 1 |
Manny Pacquiao | March 15, 2008 – July 16, 2008 (vacated) | 0 |
Humberto Soto def. Francisco Lorenzo |
December 20, 2008 – March 18, 2010 (vacated) | 3 |
Vitali Tajbert (Elevated from interim status) |
March 17, 2010 – November 26, 2010 | 2 |
Takahiro Ao | November 26, 2010 – Present | 3 |
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