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WBA world title at super featherweight

Covers world title bouts since 1927. Current champion: Anthony Cacace, since 8th Sep 2026.

In 2002, 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
137
Champions
33
Longest reign (Flash Elorde, 1960–1967)
7 years, 2 months
Most successful defences in one reign (Flash Elorde, 1960–1967)
10

Current champion

Anthony CacaceWBA Super · Since 8th Sep 2026 · 2 months · 0 successful defences

Upcoming world title bouts

  1. Anthony Cacace v Nick Ball

    Super Featherweight · WBA Super

Reigns and world title bouts

Feb 2022 – Feb 2027

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World title boutScheduled

Reigns by length

  1. 1Flash ElordeWBA1960–19677 years, 2 months · 10 successful defences
  2. 2Sandy SaddlerWBA1949–19577 years, 1 month · 2 successful defences
  3. 3Brian MitchellWBA1986–19914 years, 5 months · 10 successful defences
  4. 4Samuel SerranoWBA1976–19803 years, 9 months · 10 successful defences
  5. 5Hiroshi KobayashiWBA1967–19713 years, 7 months · 5 successful defences
  6. 6Genaro HernandezWBA1991–19953 years, 4 months · 7 successful defences
  7. 7Ben VillaflorWBA1973–19762 years, 11 months · 3 successful defences
  8. 8Choi Yong-soo WBA1995–19982 years, 10 months · 6 successful defences
  9. 9Kid ChocolateWBA1931–19332 years, 5 months · 8 successful defences
  10. 10Tod MorganWBA1927–19292 years · 4 successful defences
  11. 11Acelino FreitasWBA Super2002–20042 years · 3 successful defences
  12. 12Samuel SerranoWBA1981–19831 year, 9 months · 3 successful defences
  13. 13Joel CasamayorWBA2000–20021 year, 7 months · 4 successful defences
  14. 14Benny BassWBA1929–19311 year, 6 months · 2 successful defences
  15. 15Jezzrel CorralesWBA Super2016–20171 year, 5 months · 2 successful defences
  16. 16Gervonta DavisWBA Super2018–20191 year, 4 months · 2 successful defences
  17. 17Rocky LockridgeWBA1984–19851 year, 2 months · 2 successful defences
  18. 18Takashi UchiyamaWBA Super2015–20161 year, 2 months · 2 successful defences
  19. 19Roger MayweatherWBA1983–19841 year, 1 month · 2 successful defences
  20. 20Wilfredo GomezWBA1985–19861 year · 0 successful defences
  21. 21Leo Santa CruzWBA Super2019–202011 months · 0 successful defences
  22. 22Ben VillaflorWBA1972–197310 months · 0 successful defences
  23. 23Gervonta DavisWBA Super2020–20219 months · 0 successful defences
  24. 24Takanori HatakeyamaWBA1998–19999 months · 0 successful defences
  25. 25Alfredo MarcanoWBA1971–19728 months · 1 successful defence
  26. 26Yasutsune UeharaWBA1980–19818 months · 1 successful defence
  27. 27Harold GomesWBA1959–19607 months · 0 successful defences
  28. 28Kuniaki ShibataWBA1973–19737 months · 1 successful defence
  29. 29Baek Jong-kwonWBA1999–20006 months · 1 successful defence
  30. 30Yoshiaki NumataWBA1967–19675 months · 0 successful defences
  31. 31Anthony CacaceWBA2026–20265 months · 0 successful defences
  32. 32Alfredo LayneWBA1986–19864 months · 0 successful defences
  33. 33Lakva SimWBA1999–19994 months · 0 successful defences
  34. 34Jazza DickensWBA2025–20263 months · 0 successful defences
  35. 35Frankie KlickWBA1933–19342 months · 0 successful defences
  36. 36Anthony CacaceWBA Super2026–present2 months · 0 successful defences
  37. 37Joey GamacheWBA1991–19910 days · 0 successful defences

Timeline of world title events

  1. 1927

  2. Tod Morgan beats Joe Glick via disqualification 14/15

    Super Featherweight · NYSAC, WBA and The RingNew WBA champion

  3. 1928

  4. Tod Morgan beats Eddie Martin via points decision 15/15

    Super Featherweight · NYSAC, WBA and The Ring

  5. Tod Morgan beats Eddie Martin via points decision 15/15

    Super Featherweight · NYSAC, WBA and The Ring

  6. Tod Morgan and Santiago Zorrilla draw via points decision 10/10

    Super Featherweight · NYSAC, WBA and The Ring

  7. 1929

  8. Joey Sangor beats Tod Morgan via newspaper decision 10/10

    Super Featherweight · NYSAC, WBA and The Ring

  9. Tod Morgan beats Santiago Zorrilla via points decision 10/10

    Super Featherweight · NYSAC, WBA and The Ring

  10. Tod Morgan beats Baby Sal Sorio via points decision 10/10

    Super Featherweight · NYSAC, WBA and The Ring

  11. Benny Bass beats Tod Morgan via knockout 2/15

    Super Featherweight · NYSAC, WBA and The RingNew WBA champion

  1. 1930

  2. Benny Bass beats Davey Abad via knockout 4/10

    Super Featherweight · WBA and The Ring

  3. Eddie Shea beats Benny Bass via newspaper decision 10/10

    Super Featherweight · WBA and The Ring

  4. 1931

  5. Benny Bass beats Lew Massey via unanimous decision 10/10

    Super Featherweight · WBA and The Ring

  6. Kid Chocolate beats Benny Bass via knockout 7/10

    Super Featherweight · WBA and The RingNew WBA champion

  7. Kid Chocolate beats Joey Scalfaro via knockout 1/10

    Super Featherweight · WBA and The Ring

  8. 1932

  9. Kid Chocolate beats Davey Abad via points decision 15/15

    Super Featherweight · WBA

  10. Kid Chocolate beats Eddie Shea via unanimous decision 10/10

    Super Featherweight · WBA

  11. Kid Chocolate beats Lew Feldman via knockout 12/15

    Super Featherweight · WBA

  12. Kid Chocolate beats Fidel LaBarba via majority decision 15/15

    Super Featherweight · WBA

  13. 1933

  14. Kid Chocolate beats Johnny Farr via unanimous decision 10/10

    Super Featherweight · WBA

  15. Kid Chocolate beats Seaman Tommy Watson via unanimous decision 15/15

    Super Featherweight · WBA

  16. Kid Chocolate beats Frankie Wallace via points decision 10/10

    Super Featherweight · WBA

  17. Frankie Klick beats Kid Chocolate via knockout 7/15

    Super Featherweight · WBANew champion

  18. 1934

  19. Frankie Klick’s reign as the WBA super featherweight world champion ends

    Super Featherweight · WBA

  1. 1949

  2. Sandy Saddler beats Orlando Zulueta via split decision 10/10

    Super Featherweight · WBANew champion

  1. 1950

  2. Sandy Saddler beats Lauro Salas via knockout 9/15

    Super Featherweight · WBA

  3. 1951

  4. Sandy Saddler beats Diego Sosa via knockout 2/10

    Super Featherweight · WBA

  5. 1957

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

    Super Featherweight · WBA

  7. 1959

  8. Harold Gomes beats Paul Jorgensen via unanimous decision 15/15

    Super Featherweight · WBANew champion

  1. 1960

  2. Flash Elorde beats Harold Gomes via knockout 7/15

    Super Featherweight · WBANew champion

  3. Flash Elorde beats Harold Gomes via knockout 1/15

    Super Featherweight · WBA

  4. 1961

  5. Flash Elorde beats Joey Lopes via unanimous decision 15/15

    Super Featherweight · WBA

  6. Flash Elorde beats Sergio Caprari via knockout 1/15

    Super Featherweight · WBA

  7. 1962

  8. Flash Elorde beats Auburn Copeland via majority decision 15/15

    Super Featherweight · WBA

  9. 1963

  10. Flash Elorde beats Johnny Bizzarro via unanimous decision 15/15

    Super Featherweight · WBA, WBC and The Ring

  11. Flash Elorde beats Love Allotey via disqualification 11/15

    Super Featherweight · WBA, WBC and The Ring

  12. 1964

  13. Flash Elorde beats Teruo Kosaka via knockout 12/15

    Super Featherweight · WBA, WBC and The Ring

  14. 1965

  15. Flash Elorde beats Teruo Kosaka via knockout 15/15

    Super Featherweight · WBA, WBC and The Ring

  16. Flash Elorde beats Kang Il Suh via unanimous decision 15/15

    Super Featherweight · WBA, WBC and The Ring

  17. 1966

  18. Flash Elorde beats Vicente Milan Derado via majority decision 15/15

    Super Featherweight · WBA, WBC and The Ring

  19. 1967

  20. Yoshiaki Numata beats Flash Elorde via majority decision 15/15

    Super Featherweight · WBA, WBC and The RingNew WBA champion

  21. Hiroshi Kobayashi beats Yoshiaki Numata via knockout 12/15

    Super Featherweight · WBA, WBC and The RingNew WBA champion

  22. 1968

  23. Hiroshi Kobayashi and Rene Barrientos draw via majority decision 15/15

    Super Featherweight · WBA, WBC and The Ring

  24. Hiroshi Kobayashi beats Jaime Valladares via unanimous decision 15/15

    Super Featherweight · WBA, WBC and The Ring

  25. 1969

  26. Hiroshi Kobayashi beats Antonio Amaya via split decision 15/15

    Super Featherweight · WBA and The Ring

  27. Hiroshi Kobayashi beats Carlos Ruben Canete via unanimous decision 15/15

    Super Featherweight · WBA and The Ring

  1. 1970

  2. Hiroshi Kobayashi beats Antonio Amaya via unanimous decision 15/15

    Super Featherweight · WBA and The Ring

  3. 1971

  4. Hiroshi Kobayashi beats Ricardo Arredondo via unanimous decision 15/15

    Super Featherweight · WBA and The Ring

  5. Alfredo Marcano beats Hiroshi Kobayashi via knockout 10/15

    Super Featherweight · WBA and The RingNew WBA champion

  6. Alfredo Marcano beats Kenji Iwata via knockout 4/15

    Super Featherweight · WBA and The Ring

  7. 1972

  8. Ben Villaflor beats Alfredo Marcano via unanimous decision 15/15

    Super Featherweight · WBA and The RingNew WBA champion

  9. Ben Villaflor and Victor Federico Echegaray draw via split decision 15/15

    Super Featherweight · WBA and The Ring

  10. 1973

  11. Kuniaki Shibata beats Ben Villaflor via unanimous decision 15/15

    Super Featherweight · WBA and The RingNew WBA champion

  12. Kuniaki Shibata beats Victor Federico Echegaray via unanimous decision 15/15

    Super Featherweight · WBA and The Ring

  13. Ben Villaflor beats Kuniaki Shibata via knockout 1/15

    Super Featherweight · WBA and The RingNew WBA champion

  14. 1974

  15. Ben Villaflor and Apollo Yoshio draw via split decision 15/15

    Super Featherweight · WBA and The Ring

  16. Ben Villaflor beats Yasutsune Uehara via knockout 2/15

    Super Featherweight · WBA and The Ring

  17. 1975

  18. Ben Villaflor beats Hyun Chi Kim via split decision 15/15

    Super Featherweight · WBA and The Ring

  19. 1976

  20. Ben Villaflor beats Morito Kashiwaba via knockout 13/15

    Super Featherweight · WBA and The Ring

  21. Ben Villaflor and Samuel Serrano draw via split decision 15/15

    Super Featherweight · WBA and The Ring

  22. Samuel Serrano beats Ben Villaflor via unanimous decision 15/15

    Super Featherweight · WBA and The RingNew WBA champion

  23. 1977

  24. Samuel Serrano beats Alberto Herrera via knockout 11/15

    Super Featherweight · WBA and The Ring

  25. Samuel Serrano beats Leonel Hernandez via unanimous decision 15/15

    Super Featherweight · WBA and The Ring

  26. Samuel Serrano beats Apollo Yoshio via unanimous decision 15/15

    Super Featherweight · WBA and The Ring

  27. Samuel Serrano beats Tae Ho Kim via knockout 10/15

    Super Featherweight · WBA and The Ring

  28. 1978

  29. Samuel Serrano beats Mario Martinez via unanimous decision 15/15

    Super Featherweight · WBA and The Ring

  30. Samuel Serrano beats Young Ho Oh via corner retirement 9/15

    Super Featherweight · WBA and The Ring

  31. Samuel Serrano beats Takao Maruki via unanimous decision 15/15

    Super Featherweight · WBA and The Ring

  32. 1979

  33. Samuel Serrano beats Julio Valdez via unanimous decision 15/15

    Super Featherweight · WBA and The Ring

  34. Samuel Serrano beats Nkosana Mgxaji via knockout 8/15

    Super Featherweight · WBA and The Ring

  1. 1980

  2. Samuel Serrano beats Battlehawk Kazama via knockout 13/15

    Super Featherweight · WBA and The Ring

  3. Yasutsune Uehara beats Samuel Serrano via knockout 6/15

    Super Featherweight · WBA and The RingNew WBA champion

  4. Yasutsune Uehara beats Leonel Hernandez via split decision 15/15

    Super Featherweight · WBA and The Ring

  5. 1981

  6. Samuel Serrano beats Yasutsune Uehara via unanimous decision 15/15

    Super Featherweight · WBA and The RingNew WBA champion

  7. Samuel Serrano beats Leonel Hernandez via unanimous decision 15/15

    Super Featherweight · WBA and The Ring

  8. Samuel Serrano beats Hikaru Tomonari via knockout 12/15

    Super Featherweight · WBA and The Ring

  9. 1982

  10. Samuel Serrano beats Benedicto Villablanca via technical decision 11/15

    Super Featherweight · WBA and The Ring

  11. 1983

  12. Roger Mayweather beats Samuel Serrano via knockout 8/15

    Super Featherweight · WBA and The RingNew WBA champion

  13. Roger Mayweather beats Jorge Alvarado via knockout 8/15

    Super Featherweight · WBA and The Ring

  14. Roger Mayweather beats Benedicto Villablanca via knockout 1/15

    Super Featherweight · WBA and The Ring

  15. 1984

  16. Rocky Lockridge beats Roger Mayweather via knockout 1/15

    Super Featherweight · WBA and The RingNew WBA champion

  17. Rocky Lockridge beats Tae Jin Moon via knockout 11/15

    Super Featherweight · WBA and The Ring

  18. 1985

  19. Rocky Lockridge beats Kamel Bou Ali via knockout 6/15

    Super Featherweight · WBA and The Ring

  20. Wilfredo Gomez beats Rocky Lockridge via majority decision 15/15

    Super Featherweight · WBA and The RingNew WBA champion

  21. 1986

  22. Alfredo Layne beats Wilfredo Gomez via knockout 9/15

    Super Featherweight · WBA and The RingNew WBA champion

  23. Brian Mitchell beats Alfredo Layne via knockout 10/15

    Super Featherweight · WBA and The RingNew WBA champion

  24. 1987

  25. Brian Mitchell and Jose Rivera draw via majority decision 15/15

    Super Featherweight · WBA and The Ring

  26. Brian Mitchell beats Francisco Fernandez via knockout 14/15

    Super Featherweight · WBA

  27. Brian Mitchell beats Daniel Londas via unanimous decision 15/15

    Super Featherweight · WBA

  28. Brian Mitchell beats Salvatore Curcetti via corner retirement 8/12

    Super Featherweight · WBA

  29. 1988

  30. Brian Mitchell beats Jose Rivera via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Featherweight · WBA

  31. Brian Mitchell beats Jim McDonnell via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Featherweight · WBA

  32. 1989

  33. Brian Mitchell beats Salvatore Bottiglieri via knockout 8/12

    Super Featherweight · WBA

  34. Brian Mitchell beats Jackie Beard via technical decision 9/12

    Super Featherweight · WBA

  35. Brian Mitchell beats Irving Mitchell via knockout 7/12

    Super Featherweight · WBA

  1. 1990

  2. Brian Mitchell beats Jackie Beard via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Featherweight · WBA

  3. Brian Mitchell beats Frankie Mitchell via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Featherweight · WBA

  4. 1991

  5. Tony Lopez and Brian Mitchell draw via split decision 12/12

    Super Featherweight · WBA and IBF

  6. Joey Gamache beats Jerry Ngobeni via knockout 10/12

    Super Featherweight · WBANew champion

  7. Genaro Hernandez beats Daniel Londas via knockout 9/12

    Super Featherweight · WBANew champion

  8. 1992

  9. Genaro Hernandez beats Omar Catari via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Featherweight · WBA

  10. Genaro Hernandez beats Masuaki Takeda via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Featherweight · WBA

  11. Genaro Hernandez beats Yuji Watanabe via knockout 6/12

    Super Featherweight · WBA

  12. 1993

  13. Genaro Hernandez and Raul Perez draw via technical decision 12/12

    Super Featherweight · WBA

  14. Genaro Hernandez beats Raul Perez via knockout 8/12

    Super Featherweight · WBA

  15. Genaro Hernandez beats Harold Warren via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Featherweight · WBA

  16. 1994

  17. Genaro Hernandez beats Jorge Ramirez via knockout 8/12

    Super Featherweight · WBA

  18. Genaro Hernandez beats Jimmy Garcia via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Featherweight · WBA

  19. 1995

  20. Genaro Hernandez’s reign as the WBA super featherweight world champion ends

    Super Featherweight · WBA

  21. Choi Yong-soo beats Victor Hugo Paz via knockout 10/12

    Super Featherweight · WBANew champion

  22. 1996

  23. Choi Yong-soo beats Yamato Mitani via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Featherweight · WBA

  24. Choi Yong-soo beats Orlando Soto via knockout 8/12

    Super Featherweight · WBA

  25. Choi Yong-soo beats Yamato Mitani via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Featherweight · WBA

  26. 1997

  27. Choi Yong-soo beats Lakva Sim via split decision 12/12

    Super Featherweight · WBA

  28. Choi Yong-soo beats Koji Matsumoto via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Featherweight · WBA

  29. Choi Yong-soo and Takanori Hatakeyama draw via split decision 12/12

    Super Featherweight · WBA

  30. 1998

  31. Choi Yong-soo beats Gilberto Serrano via knockout 9/12

    Super Featherweight · WBA

  32. Takanori Hatakeyama beats Choi Yong-soo via majority decision 12/12

    Super Featherweight · WBANew champion

  33. 1999

  34. Takanori Hatakeyama and Saul Duran draw via split decision 12/12

    Super Featherweight · WBA

  35. Lakva Sim beats Takanori Hatakeyama via knockout 5/12

    Super Featherweight · WBANew champion

  36. Baek Jong-kwon beats Lakva Sim via split decision 12/12

    Super Featherweight · WBANew champion

  1. 2000

  2. Baek Jong-kwon beats Kyu Chul Choi via points decision 12/12

    Super Featherweight · WBA

  3. Joel Casamayor beats Baek Jong-kwon via knockout 5/12

    Super Featherweight · WBANew champion

  4. Joel Casamayor beats Radford Beasley via knockout 5/12

    Super Featherweight · WBA

  5. 2001

  6. Joel Casamayor beats Roberto Garcia via knockout 9/12

    Super Featherweight · WBA

  7. Joel Casamayor beats Edwin Santana via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Featherweight · WBA

  8. Joel Casamayor beats Joe Morales via knockout 8/12

    Super Featherweight · WBA

  9. 2002

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

    Super Featherweight · WBA Super

    Joel Casamayor vacates the WBA super featherweight world title

    Super Featherweight · WBA

    Acelino Freitas beats Joel Casamayor via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Featherweight · WBA Super and WBONew WBA Super champion

  11. Acelino Freitas beats Daniel Attah via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Featherweight · WBA Super and WBO

  12. 2003

  13. Acelino Freitas beats Juan Carlos Ramirez via knockout 4/12

    Super Featherweight · WBA Super and WBO

  14. Acelino Freitas beats Jorge Rodrigo Barrios via knockout 12/12

    Super Featherweight · WBA Super and WBO

  15. 2004

  16. Acelino Freitas’s reign as the WBA Super super featherweight world champion ends

    Super Featherweight · WBA Super

  1. 2015

  2. Takashi Uchiyama becomes the WBA Super super featherweight world champion

    Super Featherweight · WBA SuperNew champion

  3. Takashi Uchiyama beats Thanakorn Pawachart via knockout 2/12

    Super Featherweight · WBA Super

  4. Takashi Uchiyama beats Oliver Flores via knockout 3/12

    Super Featherweight · WBA Super

  5. 2016

  6. Jezzrel Corrales beats Takashi Uchiyama via knockout 2/12

    Super Featherweight · WBA SuperNew champion

  7. Jezzrel Corrales beats Takashi Uchiyama via split decision 12/12

    Super Featherweight · WBA Super

  8. 2017

  9. Jezzrel Corrales beats Robinson Castellanos via technical decision 10/12

    Super Featherweight · WBA Super

  10. Jezzrel Corrales’s reign as the WBA Super super featherweight world champion ends

    Super Featherweight · WBA Super

  11. 2018

  12. Gervonta Davis beats Jesus Cuellar via knockout 3/12

    Super Featherweight · WBA SuperNew champion

  13. 2019

  14. Gervonta Davis beats Hugo Ruiz via knockout 1/12

    Super Featherweight · WBA Super

  15. Gervonta Davis beats Ricardo Nunez via knockout 2/12

    Super Featherweight · WBA Super

  16. Gervonta Davis’s reign as the WBA Super super featherweight world champion ends

    Super Featherweight · WBA Super

  17. Leo Santa Cruz beats Miguel Flores via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Featherweight · WBA SuperNew champion

  1. 2020

  2. Gervonta Davis beats Leo Santa Cruz via knockout 6/12

    Super Featherweight · WBA SuperNew champion

  3. 2021

  4. Gervonta Davis’s reign as the WBA Super super featherweight world champion ends

    Super Featherweight · WBA Super

  5. 2025

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

    Super Featherweight · WBA

    Jazza Dickens becomes the WBA super featherweight world champion

    Super Featherweight · WBANew champion

    Source: Lamont Roach's Title Reign Ending, Jazza Dickens To Be WBA 130-Pound Champion(opens in a new tab), The Ring, John Evans,

  7. 2026

  8. Anthony Cacace beats Jazza Dickens via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Featherweight · WBANew champion

    Source: THE PAST WEEK IN ACTION 17 MARCH 2026: Collazo Stops Haro; Fundora KO Ruiz; Barboza Outpoints Sims; Cacace UD Dickens(opens in a new tab), PhilBoxing.com, Eric Armit,

  9. Anthony Cacace's WBA world title becomes the WBA Super world title

    Super Featherweight · WBA Super

  10. Anthony Cacace v Nick Ball

    Super Featherweight · WBA SuperScheduled

    Source: Christmas will come early for Nick Ball against Cacace(opens in a new tab), The Ring, Manouk Akopyan,