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WBA featherweight world title

Covers world title bouts since 1927. Vacant since 16th Oct 2026.

In 2003, the WBA world title became the WBA Super world title. This page covers the WBA and WBA Super world titles. The WBA's secondary world title, WBA Regular, has its own separate page.

World title bouts
197
Champions
50
Longest reign (Eusebio Pedroza, 1978–1985)
7 years, 1 month
Most successful defences in one reign (Eusebio Pedroza, 1978–1985)
18

Current champion

VacantSince 16th Oct 2026

Reigns and world title bouts

Dec 2021 – Dec 2026

WBA
WBA Super becomes the WBA title
Leo Santa CruzFordNick BallBrandon Figueroa
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World title bout

Reigns by length

  1. 1Eusebio PedrozaWBA1978–19857 years, 1 month · 18 successful defences
  2. 2Sandy SaddlerWBA1950–19576 years, 4 months · 3 successful defences
  3. 3Leo Santa CruzWBA Super2017–20225 years, 10 months · 3 successful defences
  4. 4Antonio EsparragozaWBA1987–19914 years · 6 successful defences
  5. 5David MooreWBA1959–19634 years · 5 successful defences
  6. 6Freddie MillerWBA1933–19363 years, 3 months · 12 successful defences
  7. 7Derrick GainerWBA2000–20033 years, 1 month · 2 successful defences
  8. 8Vicente SaldivarWBA1964–19673 years · 7 successful defences
  9. 9Chris JohnWBA Super2010–20133 years · 4 successful defences
  10. 10Shozo SaijoWBA1968–19712 years, 11 months · 5 successful defences
  11. 11Park Yong-kyunWBA1991–19932 years, 8 months · 8 successful defences
  12. 12Eloy RojasWBA1993–19962 years, 5 months · 6 successful defences
  13. 13Battling BattalinoWBA1929–19322 years, 5 months · 5 successful defences
  14. 14Willie PepWBA1946–19482 years, 4 months · 2 successful defences
  15. 15Sal BartoloWBA1944–19462 years, 2 months · 3 successful defences
  16. 16Juan Manuel MarquezWBA Super2003–20051 year, 9 months · 2 successful defences
  17. 17Hogan BasseyWBA1957–19591 year, 8 months · 1 successful defence
  18. 18Nick BallWBA2024–20261 year, 8 months · 3 successful defences
  19. 19Willie PepWBA1949–19501 year, 6 months · 3 successful defences
  20. 20Alexis ArguelloWBA1974–19761 year, 6 months · 4 successful defences
  21. 21Sugar RamosWBA1963–19641 year, 6 months · 3 successful defences
  22. 22Ernesto MarcelWBA1972–19741 year, 5 months · 4 successful defences
  23. 23Wilfredo VazquezWBA1996–19971 year, 5 months · 4 successful defences
  24. 24Petey SarronWBA1936–19371 year, 5 months · 2 successful defences
  25. 25Freddie NorwoodWBA1999–20001 year, 3 months · 3 successful defences
  26. 26Petey ScalzoWBA1940–19411 year, 2 months · 2 successful defences
  27. 27Jackie WilsonWBA1941–19431 year, 2 months · 1 successful defence
  28. 28Chris JohnWBA Super2009–20101 year · 1 successful defence
  29. 29Barry McGuiganWBA1985–19861 year · 2 successful defences
  30. 30Andre RoutisWBA1928–192911 months · 1 successful defence
  31. 31Antonio GomezWBA1971–197211 months · 1 successful defence
  32. 32Rafael OrtegaWBA1977–197711 months · 1 successful defence
  33. 33Leo Santa CruzWBA Super2015–201611 months · 1 successful defence
  34. 34Henry ArmstrongWBA1937–193810 months · 0 successful defences
  35. 35Steve CruzWBA1986–19878 months · 0 successful defences
  36. 36Brandon FigueroaWBA2026–20268 months · 0 successful defences
  37. 37Antonio CermenoWBA1998–19997 months · 1 successful defence
  38. 38Tommy PaulWBA1932–19337 months · 0 successful defences
  39. 39Tony CanzoneriWBA1928–19287 months · 0 successful defences
  40. 40Jackie CalluraWBA1943–19436 months · 1 successful defence
  41. 41Phil TerranovaWBA1943–19446 months · 1 successful defence
  42. 42Raul RojasWBA1968–19685 months · 0 successful defences
  43. 43Carl FramptonWBA Super2016–20175 months · 0 successful defences
  44. 44Simpiwe VetyekaWBA Super2013–20145 months · 0 successful defences
  45. 45Joey ArchibaldWBA1939–19405 months · 0 successful defences
  46. 46Benny BassWBA1927–19284 months · 0 successful defences
  47. 47Richie LemosWBA1941–19414 months · 0 successful defences
  48. 48Nonito DonaireWBA Super2014–20144 months · 0 successful defences
  49. 49Ruben OlivaresWBA1974–19744 months · 0 successful defences
  50. 50Cecilio LastraWBA1977–19783 months · 0 successful defences
  51. 51Nicholas WaltersWBA Super2015–20153 months · 0 successful defences
  52. 52Sandy SaddlerWBA1948–19493 months · 0 successful defences
  53. 53Freddie NorwoodWBA1998–19983 months · 2 successful defences
  54. 54Raymond FordWBA2024–20242 months · 0 successful defences
  55. 55Yuriorkis GamboaWBA Super2010–20102 months · 0 successful defences

Timeline of world title events

  1. 1927

  2. Benny Bass beats Red Chapman via unanimous decision 10/10

    Featherweight · WBANew champion

  3. 1928

  4. Tony Canzoneri beats Benny Bass via split decision 15/15

    Featherweight · NYSAC, WBA, IBU and The RingNew WBA champion

  5. Andre Routis beats Tony Canzoneri via split decision 15/15

    Featherweight · NYSAC, WBA, IBU and The RingNew WBA champion

  6. 1929

  7. Andre Routis beats Buster Brown via knockout 3/15

    Featherweight · NYSAC, WBA, IBU and The Ring

  8. Battling Battalino beats Andre Routis via points decision 15/15

    Featherweight · NYSAC, WBA, IBU and The RingNew WBA champion

  1. 1930

  2. Battling Battalino beats Ignacio Fernandez via knockout 5/15

    Featherweight · NYSAC, WBA, IBU and The Ring

  3. Battling Battalino beats Kid Chocolate via unanimous decision 15/15

    Featherweight · NYSAC, WBA, IBU and The Ring

  4. 1931

  5. Battling Battalino beats Fidel LaBarba via unanimous decision 15/15

    Featherweight · NYSAC, WBA, IBU and The Ring

  6. Battling Battalino beats Freddie Miller via unanimous decision 10/10

    Featherweight · NYSAC, WBA, IBU and The Ring

  7. Battling Battalino beats Earl Mastro via majority decision 10/10

    Featherweight · NYSAC, WBA, IBU and The Ring

  8. 1932

  9. Battling Battalino v Freddie Miller ends in a no contest

    Featherweight · IBU, WBA and The Ring

  10. Battling Battalino’s reign as the WBA featherweight world champion ends

    Featherweight · WBA

  11. Tommy Paul beats Johnny Pena via points decision 15/15

    Featherweight · IBU and WBANew WBA champion

  12. 1933

  13. Freddie Miller beats Tommy Paul via split decision 10/10

    Featherweight · IBU and WBANew WBA champion

  14. Freddie Miller beats Baby Arizmendi via points decision 10/10

    Featherweight · WBA

  15. Freddie Miller beats Speedy Dado via points decision 10/10

    Featherweight · WBA

  16. Freddie Miller beats Abie Israel via knockout 4/15

    Featherweight · WBA

  17. 1934

  18. Freddie Miller beats Jackie Sharkey via unanimous decision 10/10

    Featherweight · WBA

  19. Freddie Miller beats Paul Dazzo via knockout 6/15

    Featherweight · WBA and The Ring

  20. Freddie Miller beats Gene Espinosa via knockout 8/10

    Featherweight · WBA and The Ring

  21. Freddie Miller beats Nel Tarleton via points decision 15/15

    Featherweight · WBA and The Ring

  22. 1935

  23. Freddie Miller beats Jose Girones via knockout 1/15

    Featherweight · WBA and The Ring

  24. Freddie Miller beats Nel Tarleton via points decision 15/15

    Featherweight · WBA and The Ring

  25. Freddie Miller beats Vernon Cormier via unanimous decision 15/15

    Featherweight · WBA and The Ring

  26. 1936

  27. Freddie Miller beats Johnny Pena via unanimous decision 12/12

    Featherweight · WBA and The Ring

  28. Freddie Miller beats Petey Sarron via points decision 15/15

    Featherweight · WBA and The Ring

  29. Petey Sarron beats Freddie Miller via majority decision 15/15

    Featherweight · WBA and The RingNew WBA champion

  30. Petey Sarron beats Baby Manuel via unanimous decision 15/15

    Featherweight · WBA and The Ring

  31. 1937

  32. Petey Sarron beats Freddie Miller via points decision 12/12

    Featherweight · WBA and The Ring

  33. Henry Armstrong beats Petey Sarron via knockout 6/15

    Featherweight · NYSAC, WBA and The RingNew WBA champion

  34. 1938

  35. Henry Armstrong’s reign as the WBA featherweight world champion ends

    Featherweight · WBA

  36. 1939

  37. Joey Archibald beats Leo Rodak via points decision 15/15

    Featherweight · NYSAC, WBA and The Ring

  38. Joey Archibald beats Harry Jeffra via split decision 15/15

    Featherweight · NYSAC, WBA and The Ring

  39. Joey Archibald becomes the WBA featherweight world champion

    Featherweight · WBANew champion

  1. 1940

  2. Joey Archibald’s reign as the WBA featherweight world champion ends

    Featherweight · WBA

  3. Petey Scalzo becomes the WBA featherweight world champion

    Featherweight · WBANew champion

  4. Petey Scalzo beats Frankie Covelli via knockout 6/15

    Featherweight · WBA

  5. Petey Scalzo beats Bobby Ivy via knockout 15/15

    Featherweight · WBA

  6. 1941

  7. Petey Scalzo and Phil Zwick draw via points decision 15/15

    Featherweight · WBA

  8. Richie Lemos beats Petey Scalzo via knockout 5/12

    Featherweight · WBANew champion

  9. Jackie Wilson beats Richie Lemos via unanimous decision 12/12

    Featherweight · WBANew champion

  10. Jackie Wilson beats Richie Lemos via majority decision 12/12

    Featherweight · WBA

  11. 1943

  12. Jackie Callura beats Jackie Wilson via unanimous decision 15/15

    Featherweight · WBANew champion

  13. Jackie Callura beats Jackie Wilson via split decision 15/15

    Featherweight · WBA

  14. Phil Terranova beats Jackie Callura via knockout 8/15

    Featherweight · WBANew champion

  15. Phil Terranova beats Jackie Callura via knockout 6/15

    Featherweight · WBA

  16. 1944

  17. Sal Bartolo beats Phil Terranova via unanimous decision 15/15

    Featherweight · WBANew champion

  18. Sal Bartolo beats Phil Terranova via split decision 15/15

    Featherweight · WBA

  19. Sal Bartolo beats Willie Roache via unanimous decision 15/15

    Featherweight · WBA

  20. 1946

  21. Sal Bartolo beats Spider Armstrong via knockout 6/15

    Featherweight · WBA

  22. Willie Pep beats Sal Bartolo via knockout 12/15

    Featherweight · NYSAC, WBA and The RingNew WBA champion

  23. 1947

  24. Willie Pep beats Jock Leslie via knockout 12/15

    Featherweight · NYSAC, WBA and The Ring

  25. 1948

  26. Willie Pep beats Humberto Sierra via knockout 10/15

    Featherweight · NYSAC, WBA and The Ring

  27. Sandy Saddler beats Willie Pep via knockout 4/15

    Featherweight · NYSAC, WBA and The RingNew WBA champion

  28. 1949

  29. Willie Pep beats Sandy Saddler via unanimous decision 15/15

    Featherweight · NYSAC, WBA and The RingNew WBA champion

  30. Willie Pep beats Eddie Compo via knockout 7/15

    Featherweight · NYSAC, WBA and The Ring

  1. 1950

  2. Willie Pep beats Charley Riley via knockout 5/15

    Featherweight · NYSAC, WBA and The Ring

  3. Willie Pep beats Ray Famechon via unanimous decision 15/15

    Featherweight · NYSAC, WBA and The Ring

  4. Sandy Saddler beats Willie Pep via corner retirement 8/15

    Featherweight · NYSAC, WBA and The RingNew WBA champion

  5. 1951

  6. Sandy Saddler beats Willie Pep via corner retirement 9/15

    Featherweight · NYSAC, WBA and The Ring

  7. 1955

  8. Sandy Saddler beats Teddy Davis via unanimous decision 15/15

    Featherweight · NYSAC, WBA and The Ring

  9. 1956

  10. Sandy Saddler beats Flash Elorde via knockout 13/15

    Featherweight · NYSAC, WBA and The Ring

  11. 1957

  12. Sandy Saddler’s reign as the WBA featherweight world champion ends

    Featherweight · WBA

  13. Hogan Bassey beats Cherif Hamia via knockout 10/15

    Featherweight · NYSAC, WBA and The RingNew WBA champion

  14. 1958

  15. Hogan Bassey beats Ricardo Moreno via knockout 3/15

    Featherweight · NYSAC, WBA and The Ring

  16. 1959

  17. David Moore beats Hogan Bassey via corner retirement 13/15

    Featherweight · NYSAC, WBA and The RingNew WBA champion

  18. David Moore beats Hogan Bassey via corner retirement 11/15

    Featherweight · NYSAC, WBA and The Ring

  1. 1960

  2. David Moore beats Kazuo Takayama via unanimous decision 15/15

    Featherweight · NYSAC, WBA and The Ring

  3. 1961

  4. David Moore beats Danny Valdez via knockout 1/15

    Featherweight · NYSAC, WBA and The Ring

  5. David Moore beats Kazuo Takayama via unanimous decision 15/15

    Featherweight · NYSAC, WBA and The Ring

  6. 1962

  7. David Moore beats Olli Maki via knockout 2/15

    Featherweight · NYSAC, WBA and The Ring

  8. 1963

  9. Sugar Ramos beats David Moore via corner retirement 10/15

    Featherweight · NYSAC, WBA, WBC and The RingNew WBA champion

  10. Sugar Ramos beats Rafiu King via unanimous decision 15/15

    Featherweight · WBA, WBC and The Ring

  11. 1964

  12. Sugar Ramos beats Mitsunori Seki via knockout 6/15

    Featherweight · WBA, WBC and The Ring

  13. Sugar Ramos beats Floyd Robertson via split decision 15/15

    Featherweight · WBA, WBC and The Ring

  14. Vicente Saldivar beats Sugar Ramos via corner retirement 12/15

    Featherweight · WBA, WBC and The RingNew WBA champion

  15. 1965

  16. Vicente Saldivar beats Raul Rojas via knockout 15/15

    Featherweight · WBA, WBC and The Ring

  17. Vicente Saldivar beats Howard Winstone via points decision 15/15

    Featherweight · WBA, WBC and The Ring

  18. 1966

  19. Vicente Saldivar beats Floyd Robertson via knockout 2/15

    Featherweight · WBA, WBC and The Ring

  20. Vicente Saldivar beats Mitsunori Seki via unanimous decision 15/15

    Featherweight · WBA, WBC and The Ring

  21. 1967

  22. Vicente Saldivar beats Mitsunori Seki via knockout 7/15

    Featherweight · WBA, WBC and The Ring

  23. Vicente Saldivar beats Howard Winstone via points decision 15/15

    Featherweight · WBA, WBC and The Ring

  24. Vicente Saldivar beats Howard Winstone via knockout 12/15

    Featherweight · WBA, WBC and The Ring

  25. 1968

  26. Raul Rojas beats Enrique Higgins via unanimous decision 15/15

    Featherweight · WBANew champion

  27. Shozo Saijo beats Raul Rojas via unanimous decision 15/15

    Featherweight · WBANew champion

  28. 1969

  29. Shozo Saijo beats Pedro Gomez via unanimous decision 15/15

    Featherweight · WBA

  30. Shozo Saijo beats Jose Luis Pimentel via knockout 2/15

    Featherweight · WBA

  1. 1970

  2. Shozo Saijo beats Godfrey Stevens via unanimous decision 15/15

    Featherweight · WBA

  3. Shozo Saijo beats Frankie Crawford via majority decision 15/15

    Featherweight · WBA

  4. 1971

  5. Shozo Saijo beats Frankie Crawford via unanimous decision 15/15

    Featherweight · WBA

  6. Antonio Gomez beats Shozo Saijo via knockout 5/15

    Featherweight · WBANew champion

  7. 1972

  8. Antonio Gomez beats Raul Martinez Mora via knockout 7/15

    Featherweight · WBA

  9. Ernesto Marcel beats Antonio Gomez via majority decision 15/15

    Featherweight · WBANew champion

  10. Ernesto Marcel beats Enrique Garcia via knockout 6/15

    Featherweight · WBA

  11. 1973

  12. Ernesto Marcel beats Antonio Gomez via knockout 12/15

    Featherweight · WBA

  13. Ernesto Marcel beats Spider Nemoto via knockout 9/15

    Featherweight · WBA

  14. 1974

  15. Ernesto Marcel beats Alexis Arguello via unanimous decision 15/15

    Featherweight · WBA

  16. Ruben Olivares beats Zensuke Utagawa via knockout 7/15

    Featherweight · WBANew champion

  17. Alexis Arguello beats Ruben Olivares via knockout 13/15

    Featherweight · WBANew champion

  18. 1975

  19. Alexis Arguello beats Leonel Hernandez via technical knockout 8/15

    Featherweight · WBA

  20. Alexis Arguello beats Rigoberto Riasco via knockout 2/15

    Featherweight · WBA and The Ring

  21. Alexis Arguello beats Royal Kobayashi via knockout 5/15

    Featherweight · WBA and The Ring

  22. 1976

  23. Alexis Arguello beats Salvador Torres via knockout 3/15

    Featherweight · WBA and The Ring

  24. 1977

  25. Rafael Ortega beats Francisco Coronado via unanimous decision 15/15

    Featherweight · WBANew champion

  26. Rafael Ortega beats Flipper Uehara via unanimous decision 15/15

    Featherweight · WBA

  27. Cecilio Lastra beats Rafael Ortega via split decision 15/15

    Featherweight · WBANew champion

  28. 1978

  29. Eusebio Pedroza beats Cecilio Lastra via knockout 13/15

    Featherweight · WBANew champion

  30. Eusebio Pedroza beats Ernesto Herrera via knockout 12/15

    Featherweight · WBA

  31. Eusebio Pedroza beats Enrique Solis via unanimous decision 15/15

    Featherweight · WBA

  32. 1979

  33. Eusebio Pedroza beats Royal Kobayashi via corner retirement 13/15

    Featherweight · WBA

  34. Eusebio Pedroza beats Hector Carrasquilla via knockout 11/15

    Featherweight · WBA

  35. Eusebio Pedroza beats Ruben Olivares via knockout 12/15

    Featherweight · WBA

  36. Eusebio Pedroza beats Johnny Aba via knockout 11/15

    Featherweight · WBA

  1. 1980

  2. Eusebio Pedroza beats Spider Nemoto via unanimous decision 15/15

    Featherweight · WBA

  3. Eusebio Pedroza beats Juan Domingo Malvarez via knockout 9/15

    Featherweight · WBA

  4. Eusebio Pedroza beats Sa Wang Kim via knockout 8/15

    Featherweight · WBA

  5. Eusebio Pedroza beats Rocky Lockridge via split decision 15/15

    Featherweight · WBA

  6. 1981

  7. Eusebio Pedroza beats Pat Ford via knockout 13/15

    Featherweight · WBA

  8. Eusebio Pedroza beats Carlos Pinango via knockout 7/15

    Featherweight · WBA

  9. Eusebio Pedroza beats Bashew Sibaca via knockout 5/15

    Featherweight · WBA

  10. 1982

  11. Eusebio Pedroza beats Juan Laporte via unanimous decision 15/15

    Featherweight · WBA

  12. Eusebio Pedroza and Bernard Taylor draw via split decision 15/15

    Featherweight · WBA and The Ring

  13. 1983

  14. Eusebio Pedroza beats Rocky Lockridge via unanimous decision 15/15

    Featherweight · WBA and The Ring

  15. Eusebio Pedroza beats Jose Caba via unanimous decision 15/15

    Featherweight · WBA and The Ring

  16. 1984

  17. Eusebio Pedroza beats Angel Mayor via unanimous decision 15/15

    Featherweight · WBA and The Ring

  18. 1985

  19. Eusebio Pedroza beats Jorge Lujan via unanimous decision 15/15

    Featherweight · WBA and The Ring

  20. Barry McGuigan beats Eusebio Pedroza via unanimous decision 15/15

    Featherweight · WBA and The RingNew WBA champion

  21. Barry McGuigan beats Bernard Taylor via corner retirement 8/15

    Featherweight · WBA and The Ring

  22. 1986

  23. Barry McGuigan beats Danilo Cabrera via knockout 14/15

    Featherweight · WBA and The Ring

  24. Steve Cruz beats Barry McGuigan via unanimous decision 15/15

    Featherweight · WBA and The RingNew WBA champion

  25. 1987

  26. Antonio Esparragoza beats Steve Cruz via knockout 12/12

    Featherweight · WBA and The RingNew WBA champion

  27. Antonio Esparragoza beats Pascual Aranda via knockout 10/12

    Featherweight · WBA and The Ring

  28. 1988

  29. Antonio Esparragoza and Marcos Villasana draw via split decision 12/12

    Featherweight · WBA and The Ring

  30. Antonio Esparragoza beats Jose Marmolejo via knockout 8/12

    Featherweight · WBA and The Ring

  31. 1989

  32. Antonio Esparragoza beats Mitsuru Sugiya via knockout 10/12

    Featherweight · WBA and The Ring

  33. Antonio Esparragoza beats Jean Marc Renard via knockout 6/12

    Featherweight · WBA

  34. Antonio Esparragoza beats Eduardo Montoya via knockout 5/12

    Featherweight · WBA

  1. 1990

  2. Antonio Esparragoza beats Chan Mok Park via unanimous decision 12/12

    Featherweight · WBA

  3. 1991

  4. Park Yong-kyun beats Antonio Esparragoza via unanimous decision 12/12

    Featherweight · WBANew champion

  5. Park Yong-kyun beats Masuaki Takeda via knockout 6/12

    Featherweight · WBA

  6. Park Yong-kyun beats Eloy Rojas via unanimous decision 12/12

    Featherweight · WBA

  7. 1992

  8. Park Yong-kyun beats Seiji Asakawa via knockout 9/12

    Featherweight · WBA

  9. Park Yong-kyun beats Koji Matsumoto via knockout 11/12

    Featherweight · WBA

  10. Park Yong-kyun beats Giovanni Nieves via unanimous decision 12/12

    Featherweight · WBA

  11. Park Yong-kyun beats Ever Beleno via unanimous decision 12/12

    Featherweight · WBA

  12. 1993

  13. Park Yong-kyun beats Thanomchit Kiatkriengkrai via knockout 4/12

    Featherweight · WBA

  14. Park Yong-kyun beats Tae Shik Jun via unanimous decision 12/12

    Featherweight · WBA

  15. Eloy Rojas beats Park Yong-kyun via split decision 12/12

    Featherweight · WBANew champion

  16. 1994

  17. Eloy Rojas beats Seiji Asakawa via knockout 5/12

    Featherweight · WBA

  18. Eloy Rojas beats Samart Payakaroon via knockout 8/12

    Featherweight · WBA

  19. Eloy Rojas beats Luis Mendoza via unanimous decision 12/12

    Featherweight · WBA

  20. 1995

  21. Eloy Rojas beats Park Yong-kyun via split decision 12/12

    Featherweight · WBA

  22. Eloy Rojas beats Nobutoshi Hiranaka via unanimous decision 12/12

    Featherweight · WBA

  23. 1996

  24. Eloy Rojas beats Miguel Arrozal via unanimous decision 12/12

    Featherweight · WBA

  25. Wilfredo Vazquez beats Eloy Rojas via knockout 11/12

    Featherweight · WBANew champion

  26. Wilfredo Vazquez beats Bernardo Mendoza via knockout 5/12

    Featherweight · WBA

  27. 1997

  28. Wilfredo Vazquez beats Yuji Watanabe via knockout 5/12

    Featherweight · WBA

  29. Wilfredo Vazquez beats Roque Cassiani via unanimous decision 12/12

    Featherweight · WBA

  30. Wilfredo Vazquez beats Genaro Rios via unanimous decision 12/12

    Featherweight · WBA

  31. 1998

  32. Freddie Norwood beats Antonio Cermeno via unanimous decision 12/12

    Featherweight · WBANew champion

  33. Freddie Norwood beats Genaro Rios via knockout 8/12

    Featherweight · WBA

  34. Freddie Norwood beats Luis Mendoza via unanimous decision 12/12

    Featherweight · WBA

  35. Freddie Norwood beats Koji Matsumoto via knockout 10/12

    Featherweight · WBA

  36. Antonio Cermeno beats Genaro Rios via knockout 4/12

    Featherweight · WBANew champion

  37. 1999

  38. Antonio Cermeno beats Eddy Saenz via knockout 2/12

    Featherweight · WBA

  39. Freddie Norwood beats Antonio Cermeno via split decision 12/12

    Featherweight · WBANew champion

  40. Freddie Norwood beats Juan Manuel Marquez via unanimous decision 12/12

    Featherweight · WBA

  1. 2000

  2. Freddie Norwood beats Takashi Koshimoto via knockout 9/12

    Featherweight · WBA

  3. Freddie Norwood beats Julio Pablo Chacon via unanimous decision 12/12

    Featherweight · WBA

  4. Derrick Gainer beats Freddie Norwood via knockout 11/12

    Featherweight · WBANew champion

  5. 2001

  6. Derrick Gainer beats Victor Polo via split decision 12/12

    Featherweight · WBA

  7. 2002

  8. Derrick Gainer and Daniel Seda draw via technical decision 12/12

    Featherweight · WBA

  9. 2003

  10. Derrick Gainer beats Oscar Leon via split decision 12/12

    Featherweight · WBA

  11. The WBA world title becomes the WBA Super world title

    Featherweight · WBA Super

    Derrick Gainer vacates the WBA featherweight world title

    Featherweight · WBA

    Juan Manuel Marquez beats Derrick Gainer via technical decision 7/12

    Featherweight · WBA Super and IBFNew WBA Super champion

  12. 2004

  13. Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez draw via split decision 12/12

    Featherweight · WBA Super, IBF and The Ring

  14. Juan Manuel Marquez beats Orlando Salido via unanimous decision 12/12

    Featherweight · WBA Super and IBF

  15. 2005

  16. Juan Manuel Marquez beats Victor Polo via unanimous decision 12/12

    Featherweight · WBA Super and IBF

  17. Juan Manuel Marquez’s reign as the WBA Super featherweight world champion ends

    Featherweight · WBA Super

  18. 2009

  19. Chris John becomes the WBA Super featherweight world champion

    Featherweight · WBA SuperNew champion

  20. Chris John beats Rocky Juarez via unanimous decision 12/12

    Featherweight · WBA Super

  1. 2010

  2. Chris John’s reign as the WBA Super featherweight world champion ends

    Featherweight · WBA Super

  3. Yuriorkis Gamboa beats Orlando Salido via unanimous decision 12/12

    Featherweight · WBA Super and IBFNew WBA Super champion

  4. Chris John beats Fernando David Saucedo via unanimous decision 12/12

    Featherweight · WBA SuperNew champion

  5. 2011

  6. Yuriorkis Gamboa beats Jorge Solis via knockout 4/12

    Featherweight · WBA Super and IBF

  7. Chris John beats Daud Yordan via unanimous decision 12/12

    Featherweight · WBA Super

  8. Chris John beats Stas Merdov via unanimous decision 12/12

    Featherweight · WBA Super

  9. 2012

  10. Chris John beats Shoji Kimura via unanimous decision 12/12

    Featherweight · WBA Super

  11. Chris John beats Suriya Tatakhun via unanimous decision 12/12

    Featherweight · WBA Super

  12. 2013

  13. Chris John and Satoshi Hosono draw via technical decision 12/12

    Featherweight · WBA Super

  14. Simpiwe Vetyeka beats Chris John via corner retirement 6/12

    Featherweight · WBA SuperNew champion

  15. 2014

  16. Nonito Donaire beats Simpiwe Vetyeka via technical decision 5/12

    Featherweight · WBA SuperNew champion

  17. Nicholas Walters beats Nonito Donaire via knockout 6/12

    Featherweight · WBA Super

  18. 2015

  19. Nicholas Walters becomes the WBA Super featherweight world champion

    Featherweight · WBA SuperNew champion

  20. Nicholas Walters’s reign as the WBA Super featherweight world champion ends

    Featherweight · WBA Super

  21. Nicholas Walters beats Miguel Marriaga via unanimous decision 12/12

    Featherweight · WBA Super

  22. Leo Santa Cruz beats Abner Mares via majority decision 12/12

    Featherweight · WBA SuperNew champion

  23. 2016

  24. Leo Santa Cruz beats Kiko Martinez via knockout 5/12

    Featherweight · WBA Super

  25. Carl Frampton beats Leo Santa Cruz via majority decision 12/12

    Featherweight · WBA SuperNew champion

  26. 2017

  27. Leo Santa Cruz beats Carl Frampton via majority decision 12/12

    Featherweight · WBA SuperNew champion

  28. Leo Santa Cruz beats Chris Avalos via knockout 8/12

    Featherweight · WBA Super

  29. 2018

  30. Leo Santa Cruz beats Abner Mares via unanimous decision 12/12

    Featherweight · WBA Super

  31. 2019

  32. Leo Santa Cruz beats Rafael Rivera via unanimous decision 12/12

    Featherweight · WBA Super

  1. 2022

  2. Leo Santa Cruz’s reign as the WBA Super featherweight world champion ends

    Featherweight · WBA Super

  3. 2024

  4. The WBA Super world title becomes the WBA world title

    Featherweight · WBA

    Raymond Ford beats Otabek Kholmatov via technical knockout 12/12

    Featherweight · WBANew champion

  5. Nick Ball beats Raymond Ford via split decision 12/12

    Featherweight · WBANew champion

  6. Nick Ball beats Ronny Rios via technical knockout 10/12

    Featherweight · WBA

  7. 2025

  8. Nick Ball beats TJ Doheny via corner retirement 10/12

    Featherweight · WBA

  9. Nick Ball beats Sam Goodman via unanimous decision 12/12

    Featherweight · WBA

    Source: Nick Ball outpoints Sam Goodman to retain featherweight crown(opens in a new tab), ESPN, Nick Parkinson,

  10. 2026

  12. Brandon Figueroa is stripped of the WBA featherweight world title

    Featherweight · WBA

    Source: Boxing-Figueroa loses WBA featherweight title after missing weight(opens in a new tab), Reuters via WHBL, Aadi Nair; Sam Holmes,