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IBF super lightweight world title

Covers world title bouts since 1984. Vacant since 20th Apr 2026.

World title bouts
83
Champions
33
Longest reign (Kostya Tszyu, 2001–2005)
3 years, 7 months
Most successful defences in one reign (Zab Judah, 2000–2001)
5

Current champion

VacantSince 20th Apr 2026

Reigns and world title bouts

Jun 2021 – Jun 2026

IBF
Josh TaylorSubriel MatiasLiam ParoRichardson Hitchins
JulOct2022AprJulOct2023AprJulOct2024AprJulOct2025AprJulOct2026Apr
1990200020102020

World title bout

Reigns by length

  1. 1Kostya TszyuIBF2001–20053 years, 7 months · 3 successful defences
  2. 2Lamont PetersonIBF2011–20153 years, 4 months · 3 successful defences
  3. 3Josh TaylorIBF2019–20223 years, 3 months · 4 successful defences
  4. 4Kostya TszyuIBF1995–19972 years, 4 months · 4 successful defences
  5. 5Vince PhillipsIBF1997–19991 year, 8 months · 3 successful defences
  6. 6Zab JudahIBF2000–20011 year, 8 months · 5 successful defences
  7. 7Meldrick TaylorIBF1988–19901 year, 6 months · 2 successful defences
  8. 8Aaron PryorIBF1984–19851 year, 5 months · 1 successful defence
  9. 9Richardson HitchinsIBF2024–20261 year, 4 months · 1 successful defence
  10. 10Subriel MatiasIBF2023–20241 year, 3 months · 1 successful defence
  11. 11Paul MalignaggiIBF2007–20081 year, 3 months · 2 successful defences
  12. 12Julio Cesar ChavezIBF1990–19911 year, 1 month · 2 successful defences
  13. 13Juan UrangoIBF2009–20101 year, 1 month · 1 successful defence
  14. 14Eduard TroyanovskyIBF2015–20161 year · 2 successful defences
  15. 15Jake RodriguezIBF1994–199511 months · 2 successful defences
  16. 16Ricky HattonIBF2005–20069 months · 1 successful defence
  17. 17Terron MillettIBF1999–19999 months · 1 successful defence
  18. 18Charles MurrayIBF1993–19948 months · 2 successful defences
  19. 19Julius IndongoIBF2016–20178 months · 1 successful defence
  20. 20Pernell WhitakerIBF1992–19937 months · 0 successful defences
  21. 21Devon AlexanderIBF2010–20107 months · 1 successful defence
  22. 22Rafael PinedaIBF1991–19927 months · 1 successful defence
  23. 23Juan UrangoIBF2006–20076 months · 0 successful defences
  24. 24Ivan BaranchykIBF2018–20196 months · 0 successful defences
  25. 25Buddy McGirtIBF1988–19886 months · 1 successful defence
  26. 26Terry MarshIBF1987–19876 months · 1 successful defence
  27. 27Gary HintonIBF1986–19866 months · 0 successful defences
  28. 28Liam ParoIBF2024–20245 months · 0 successful defences
  29. 29Zab JudahIBF2011–20114 months · 0 successful defences
  30. 30Amir KhanIBF2011–20114 months · 0 successful defences
  31. 31Sergey LipinetsIBF2017–20184 months · 0 successful defences
  32. 32Joe ManleyIBF1986–19874 months · 0 successful defences
  33. 33Lovemore NdouIBF2007–20074 months · 0 successful defences
  34. 34Cesar CuencaIBF2015–20153 months · 0 successful defences
  35. 35Mikey GarciaIBF2018–20181 month · 0 successful defences
  36. 36Ricky HattonIBF2007–200720 days · 0 successful defences
  37. 37Terence CrawfordIBF2017–201711 days · 0 successful defences

Timeline of world title events

  1. 1984

  2. Aaron Pryor beats Nick Furlano via unanimous decision 15/15

    Super Lightweight · IBFNew champion

  3. 1985

  4. Aaron Pryor beats Gary Hinton via split decision 15/15

    Super Lightweight · IBF

  5. Aaron Pryor’s reign as the IBF super lightweight world champion ends

    Super Lightweight · IBF

  6. 1986

  7. Gary Hinton beats Reyes Antonio Cruz via unanimous decision 15/15

    Super Lightweight · IBFNew champion

  8. Joe Manley beats Gary Hinton via knockout 10/15

    Super Lightweight · IBFNew champion

  9. 1987

  10. Terry Marsh beats Joe Manley via knockout 10/15

    Super Lightweight · IBFNew champion

  11. Terry Marsh beats Akio Kameda via knockout 7/15

    Super Lightweight · IBF

  12. Terry Marsh’s reign as the IBF super lightweight world champion ends

    Super Lightweight · IBF

  13. 1988

  14. Buddy McGirt beats Frankie Warren via knockout 12/15

    Super Lightweight · IBFNew champion

  15. Buddy McGirt beats Howard Davis Jr via knockout 1/15

    Super Lightweight · IBF

  16. Meldrick Taylor beats Buddy McGirt via knockout 12/12

    Super Lightweight · IBFNew champion

  17. 1989

  18. Meldrick Taylor beats John Wesley Meekins via corner retirement 7/12

    Super Lightweight · IBF

  19. Meldrick Taylor beats Courtney Hooper via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Lightweight · IBF

  1. 1990

  2. Julio Cesar Chavez beats Meldrick Taylor via knockout 12/12

    Super Lightweight · WBC and IBFNew IBF champion

  3. Julio Cesar Chavez beats Kyung Duk Ahn via knockout 3/12

    Super Lightweight · WBC and IBF

  4. 1991

  5. Julio Cesar Chavez beats John Duplessis via knockout 4/12

    Super Lightweight · WBC and IBF

  6. Julio Cesar Chavez’s reign as the IBF super lightweight world champion ends

    Super Lightweight · IBF

  7. Rafael Pineda beats Roger Mayweather via knockout 9/12

    Super Lightweight · IBFNew champion

  8. 1992

  9. Rafael Pineda beats Clarence Coleman via knockout 7/12

    Super Lightweight · IBF

  10. Pernell Whitaker beats Rafael Pineda via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Lightweight · IBFNew champion

  11. 1993

  12. Pernell Whitaker’s reign as the IBF super lightweight world champion ends

    Super Lightweight · IBF

  13. Charles Murray beats Rodney Moore via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Lightweight · IBFNew champion

  14. Charles Murray beats Juan Laporte via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Lightweight · IBF

  15. Charles Murray beats Courtney Hooper via corner retirement 5/12

    Super Lightweight · IBF

  16. 1994

  17. Jake Rodriguez beats Charles Murray via majority decision 12/12

    Super Lightweight · IBFNew champion

  18. Jake Rodriguez beats Ray Oliveira via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Lightweight · IBF

  19. Jake Rodriguez beats George Scott via corner retirement 9/12

    Super Lightweight · IBF

  20. 1995

  21. Kostya Tszyu beats Jake Rodriguez via knockout 6/12

    Super Lightweight · IBFNew champion

  22. Kostya Tszyu beats Roger Mayweather via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Lightweight · IBF

  23. 1996

  24. Kostya Tszyu beats Hugo Pineda via knockout 11/12

    Super Lightweight · IBF

  25. Kostya Tszyu beats Corey Johnson via knockout 4/12

    Super Lightweight · IBF

  26. Kostya Tszyu beats Jan Piet Bergman via knockout 6/12

    Super Lightweight · IBF

  27. 1997

  28. Kostya Tszyu v Leonardo Mas ends in a no contest

    Super Lightweight · IBF

  29. Vince Phillips beats Kostya Tszyu via knockout 10/12

    Super Lightweight · IBFNew champion

  30. Vince Phillips beats Micky Ward via knockout 3/12

    Super Lightweight · IBF

  31. Vince Phillips beats Freddie Pendleton via knockout 10/12

    Super Lightweight · IBF

  32. 1998

  33. Vince Phillips beats Alfonso Sanchez via knockout 1/12

    Super Lightweight · IBF

  34. 1999

  35. Terron Millett beats Vince Phillips via knockout 5/12

    Super Lightweight · IBFNew champion

  36. Terron Millett beats Virgil McClendon via knockout 12/12

    Super Lightweight · IBF

  37. Terron Millett’s reign as the IBF super lightweight world champion ends

    Super Lightweight · IBF

  1. 2000

  2. Zab Judah beats Jan Piet Bergman via knockout 4/12

    Super Lightweight · IBFNew champion

  3. Zab Judah beats Junior Witter via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Lightweight · IBF

  4. Zab Judah beats Terron Millett via knockout 4/12

    Super Lightweight · IBF

  5. Zab Judah beats Hector Quiroz via knockout 8/12

    Super Lightweight · IBF

  6. 2001

  7. Zab Judah beats Reggie Green via knockout 10/12

    Super Lightweight · IBF

  8. Zab Judah beats Allan Vester via knockout 3/12

    Super Lightweight · IBF

  9. Kostya Tszyu beats Zab Judah via technical knockout 2/12

    Super Lightweight · WBA Super, WBC, IBF and The RingNew IBF champion

  10. 2002

  11. Kostya Tszyu beats Ben Tackie via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Lightweight · WBA Super, WBC, IBF and The Ring

  12. 2003

  13. Kostya Tszyu beats Jesse James Leija via corner retirement 6/12

    Super Lightweight · WBA Super, WBC, IBF and The Ring

  14. 2004

  15. Kostya Tszyu beats Sharmba Mitchell via knockout 3/12

    Super Lightweight · IBF and The Ring

  16. 2005

  17. Ricky Hatton beats Kostya Tszyu via corner retirement 11/12

    Super Lightweight · IBF and The RingNew IBF champion

  18. Ricky Hatton beats Carlos Maussa via knockout 9/12

    Super Lightweight · WBA Super, IBF and The Ring

  19. 2006

  20. Ricky Hatton’s reign as the IBF super lightweight world champion ends

    Super Lightweight · IBF

  21. Juan Urango beats Naoufel Ben Rabeh via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Lightweight · IBFNew champion

  22. 2007

  23. Ricky Hatton beats Juan Urango via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Lightweight · IBF and The RingNew IBF champion

  24. Lovemore Ndou beats Naoufel Ben Rabeh via corner retirement 11/12

    Super Lightweight · IBF

  25. Ricky Hatton’s reign as the IBF super lightweight world champion ends

    Super Lightweight · IBF

  26. Lovemore Ndou becomes the IBF super lightweight world champion

    Super Lightweight · IBFNew champion

  27. Paul Malignaggi beats Lovemore Ndou via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Lightweight · IBFNew champion

  28. 2008

  29. Paul Malignaggi beats Hermann Ngoudjo via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Lightweight · IBF

  30. Paul Malignaggi beats Lovemore Ndou via split decision 12/12

    Super Lightweight · IBF

  31. Paul Malignaggi’s reign as the IBF super lightweight world champion ends

    Super Lightweight · IBF

  32. 2009

  33. Juan Urango beats Hermann Ngoudjo via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Lightweight · IBFNew champion

  34. Juan Urango beats Randall Bailey via knockout 11/12

    Super Lightweight · IBF

  1. 2010

  2. Devon Alexander beats Juan Urango via knockout 8/12

    Super Lightweight · WBC and IBFNew IBF champion

  3. Devon Alexander beats Andriy Kotelnik via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Lightweight · WBC and IBF

  4. Devon Alexander’s reign as the IBF super lightweight world champion ends

    Super Lightweight · IBF

  5. 2011

  6. Zab Judah beats Kaizer Mabuza via knockout 7/12

    Super Lightweight · IBFNew champion

  7. Amir Khan beats Zab Judah via knockout 5/12

    Super Lightweight · WBA Super and IBFNew IBF champion

  8. Lamont Peterson beats Amir Khan via split decision 12/12

    Super Lightweight · WBA Super and IBFNew IBF champion

  9. 2013

  10. Lamont Peterson beats Kendall Holt via knockout 8/12

    Super Lightweight · IBF

  11. 2014

  12. Lamont Peterson beats Dierry Jean via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Lightweight · IBF

  13. Lamont Peterson beats Edgar Santana via knockout 10/12

    Super Lightweight · IBF

  14. 2015

  15. Lamont Peterson’s reign as the IBF super lightweight world champion ends

    Super Lightweight · IBF

  16. Cesar Cuenca beats Ik Yang via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Lightweight · IBFNew champion

  17. Eduard Troyanovsky beats Cesar Cuenca via knockout 6/12

    Super Lightweight · IBFNew champion

  18. 2016

  19. Eduard Troyanovsky beats Cesar Cuenca via knockout 7/12

    Super Lightweight · IBF

  20. Eduard Troyanovsky beats Keita Obara via knockout 2/12

    Super Lightweight · IBF

  21. Julius Indongo beats Eduard Troyanovsky via knockout 1/12

    Super Lightweight · IBFNew champion

  22. 2017

  23. Julius Indongo beats Ricky Burns via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Lightweight · WBA Regular and IBF

  24. Terence Crawford beats Julius Indongo via knockout 3/12

    Super Lightweight · WBA Super, WBC, IBF, WBO and The RingNew IBF champion

  25. Terence Crawford’s reign as the IBF super lightweight world champion ends

    Super Lightweight · IBF

  26. Sergey Lipinets beats Akihiro Kondo via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Lightweight · IBFNew champion

  27. 2018

  28. Mikey Garcia beats Sergey Lipinets via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Lightweight · IBFNew champion

  29. Mikey Garcia’s reign as the IBF super lightweight world champion ends

    Super Lightweight · IBF

  30. Ivan Baranchyk beats Anthony Yigit via corner retirement 7/12

    Super Lightweight · IBFNew champion

  31. 2019

  32. Josh Taylor beats Ivan Baranchyk via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Lightweight · IBFNew champion

  33. Josh Taylor beats Regis Prograis via majority decision 12/12

    Super Lightweight · WBA Super, IBF and The Ring

  1. 2020

  2. Josh Taylor beats Apinun Khongsong via knockout 1/12

    Super Lightweight · WBA Super, IBF and The Ring

  3. 2021

  4. Josh Taylor beats Jose Ramirez via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Lightweight · WBA Super, WBC, IBF, WBO and The Ring

  5. 2022

  6. Josh Taylor beats Jack Catterall via split decision 12/12

    Super Lightweight · WBA Super, WBC, IBF, WBO and The Ring

  7. Josh Taylor’s reign as the IBF super lightweight world champion ends

    Super Lightweight · IBF

  8. 2023

  9. Subriel Matias beats Jeremias Ponce via corner retirement 5/12

    Super Lightweight · IBFNew champion

  10. Subriel Matias beats Shohjahon Ergashev via corner retirement 6/12

    Super Lightweight · IBF

  11. 2024

  12. Liam Paro beats Subriel Matias via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Lightweight · IBFNew champion

  13. Richardson Hitchins beats Liam Paro via split decision 12/12

    Super Lightweight · IBFNew champion

  14. 2025

  15. Richardson Hitchins beats George Kambosos Jr via technical knockout 8/12

    Super Lightweight · IBF

  16. 2026

  17. Richardson Hitchins vacates the IBF super lightweight world title

    Super Lightweight · IBF

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