Super featherweight

Super featherweight, also known as junior lightweight, is a weight division in professional boxing, contested between 126 pounds (57 kg) and 130 pounds (59 kg).

The super featherweight division was established by the New York Walker Law in 1920, although first founded^{[clarification needed]} by the New York State Athletic Commission (NYSAC) in 1930. The first English champion was "Battling Kid" Nelson in 1914, who lost his title to Benny Berger in 1915. Artie O’Leary also won this title in 1917. This weight class appeared into two distinct historical periods, from 1921 to 1933 and 1960 to the present.

Some of the notable fighters to hold championship titles at this weight include Brian Mitchell, Arturo Gatti, Vasiliy Lomachenko, Flash Elorde, Alexis Argüello, Azumah Nelson, Julio César Chávez, Diego Corrales, Floyd Mayweather Jr., Érik Morales, Marco Antonio Barrera, Acelino Freitas, Juan Manuel Márquez, Oscar De La Hoya, Rocky Lockridge, and Manny Pacquiao. The first World Boxing Association (previously known as the National Boxing Association up until 1962) champion was Johnny Dundee in 1922.^[1] The first World Boxing Council champion was Gabriel Elorde in 1963.^[2] The inaugural champion for the International Boxing Federation was Hwan-Kil Yuh in 1984.^[3] The first World Boxing Organisation champion was John John Molina in 1989.^[4]

Current world champions

Main article: List of world super-featherweight boxing champions

Sanctioning body	Reign began	Champion	Record	Defenses
WBA	November 25, 2023	Lamont Roach Jr.	25–1–2 (9 KO)	1
WBC	November 2, 2024	O'Shaquie Foster	26–3 (12 KO)	0
IBF	May 28, 2025	Eduardo Núñez	28–1 (27 KO)
WBO	February 3, 2023	Emanuel Navarrete	39–2–1 (33 KO)	3

Current world rankings

The Ring

As of June 4, 2025.^[5]

Keys:

 C  Current The Ring world champion

Rank	Name	Record	Title(s)
C	vacant
1	O'Shaquie Foster	23–3 (12 KO)	WBC
2	Emanuel Navarrete	39–2–1–1 (32 KO)	WBO
3	Anthony Cacace	24–1 (9 KO)
4	Lamont Roach Jr.	25–1–2 (10 KO)	WBA
5	Eduardo Núñez	28–1 (27 KO)	IBF
6	Robson Conceição	19–3–1–1 (9 KO)
7	Eduardo Hernández	37–2 (32 KO)
8	Charly Suarez	18–0–0–1 (10 KO)
9	Albert Batyrgaziev	12–1 (8 KO)
10	Raymond Ford	17–1–1 (8 KO)

BoxRec

As of 5 January 2024.^[6]

Rank	Name	Record	Title(s)
1	Emanuel Navarrete	38–2–1 (31 KO)	WBO
2	O'Shaquie Foster	22–3 (12 KO)
3	Joe Cordina	17–1 (9 KO)
4	Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov	17–2–1 (14 KO)
5	Lamont Roach Jr.	25–1–1 (9 KO)	WBA (Regular)
6	Masanori Rikiishi	15–1 (10 KO)
7	Robson Conceição	19–2–1–1 (8 KO)
8	Mark Magsayo	26–2 (17 KO)
9	Elnur Samedov	17–1 (7 KO)
10	Anthony Cacace	22–1 (8 KO)