Super bantamweight

Super bantamweight, also known as junior featherweight, is a weight class in professional boxing, contested from 118 pounds (54 kg) and up to 122 pounds (55 kg).

There were attempts by boxing promoters in the 1920s to establish this weight class, but few sanctioning organizations or state athletic commissions would recognize it. Jack Wolf won recognition as champion when he beat Joe Lynch at Madison Square Garden on September 21, 1922, but afterwards the weight division fell into disuse.

The division was revived in the 1970s and the first title fight in 54 years in the division took place in 1976 when the World Boxing Council recognized Rigoberto Riasco as its champion when he defeated Waruinge Nakayama in eight rounds. The World Boxing Association crowned its first champion in 1977 when Soo Hwan Hong knocked out Hector Carasquilla in three rounds to win the inaugural WBA championship. In 1983 the International Boxing Federation sanctioned the bout between Bobby Berna and Seung-In Suh for its first title. Berna won in the eleventh round.

On December 26, 2023, Naoya Inoue became the division's first undisputed champion.

Notable fighters to hold championship titles at this weight have been Guillermo Rigondeaux, Wilfredo Gómez, Lupe Pintor, Jeff Fenech, Daniel Zaragoza, Kennedy McKinney, Érik Morales, Naoya Inoue, Marco Antonio Barrera, Manny Pacquiao, Nonito Donaire, Rafael Márquez, Toshiaki Nishioka, Carl Frampton, and Israel Vázquez. Gómez holds the record for longest title reign, at five years and ten months.

Current world champions

Main article: List of world super-bantamweight boxing champions

Current champions

Sanctioning body	Reign began	Champion	Record	Defenses
WBA	December 26, 2023	Naoya Inoue	26–0 (23 KO)	0
WBC	July 25, 2023	Naoya Inoue	26–0 (23 KO)	1
IBF	December 26, 2023	Naoya Inoue	26–0 (23 KO)	0
WBO	July 25, 2023	Naoya Inoue	26–0 (23 KO)	1

Current The Ring world rankings

As of April 13, 2024.

Keys:

 C  Current The Ring world champion

Rank	Name	Record	Title(s)
C	Naoya Inoue	26–0 (23 KO)	WBO, WBC, WBA, IBF
1	Stephen Fulton	21–1 (8 KO)
2	Marlon Tapales	37–4 (19 KO)
3	Murodjon Akhmadaliev	12–1 (9 KO)
4	Sam Goodman	18–0 (8 KO)
5	Luis Nery	35–1 (27 KO)
6	Ra'eese Aleem	20–1 (12 KO)
7	Liam Davies	16–0 (8 KO)
8	Elijah Pierce	19–2 (16 KO)
9	TJ Doheny	25–4 (19 KO)
10	Ramon Cardenas	24–1 (13 KO)