WBA Featherweight Title Fights
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Featherweight title fights as recognized by the World Boxing Association.
- The maximum weight for this division is 126 pounds (57.2 kg or 9 stone).
- One of the traditional eight divisions.
- For National Boxing Association title fights, see NBA World Featherweight Title Fights.
RELATED LINK: WBA Featherweight Champion
Primary Championship Fights
- Every Super champion is the primary champion.
- A Regular champion is a primary champion only if Super, Undisputed and Unified is vacant.
- A Unified champion is a primary champion only if Super is vacant.
- Not every Regular or Unified champion gets promoted to Super if it is vacant.
- Not every Regular champion gets to fight for the vacant Super title.
- A Regular or Unified champion that is considered the primary champion is relegated to secondary champion if Super gets occupied.
| Date | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1963 Mar 21 | Sugar Ramos | RTD 10 | Davey Moore | Inaugural | Los Angeles, California, USA |
| 2 | 1963 Jul 13 | Sugar Ramos | UD 15 | Rafiu King | 1 | Mexico City, Distrito Federal, MEX |
| 3 | 1964 Mar 1 | Sugar Ramos | TKO 6 | Mitsunori Seki | 2 | Tokyo, JPN |
| 4 | 1964 May 9 | Sugar Ramos | SD 15 | Floyd Robertson | 3 | Accra, GHA |
| 5 | 1964 Sep 26 | Vicente Saldivar | TKO 12 | Sugar Ramos | - | Mexico City, Distrito Federal, MEX |
| 6 | 1965 May 7 | Vicente Saldivar | TKO 15 | Raul Rojas | 1 | Los Angeles, California, USA |
| 7 | 1965 Sep 7 | Vicente Saldivar | PTS 15 | Howard Winstone | 2 | Kensington, London, UK |
| 8 | 1966 Feb 12 | Vicente Saldivar | KO 2 | Floyd Robertson | 3 | Mexico City, Distrito Federal, MEX |
| 9 | 1966 Aug 7 | Vicente Saldivar | UD 15 | Mitsunori Seki | 4 | Mexico City, Distrito Federal, MEX |
| 10 | 1967 Jan 29 | Vicente Saldivar | TKO 7 | Mitsunori Seki | 5 | Mexico City, Distrito Federal, MEX |
| 11 | 1967 Jun 15 | Vicente Saldivar | PTS 15 | Howard Winstone | 6 | Cardiff, Wales, UK |
| 12 | 1967 Oct 14 | Vicente Saldivar | TKO 12 | Howard Winstone | 7 | Mexico City, Distrito Federal, MEX |
| 13 | 1968 Mar 28 | Raul Rojas | UD 15 | Enrique Higgins | Vacant | Los Angeles, California, USA |
| 14 | 1968 Sep 27 | Shozo Saijo | UD 15 | Raul Rojas | - | Los Angeles, California, USA |
| 15 | 1969 Feb 9 | Shozo Saijo | UD 15 | Pedro Gomez | 1 | Tokyo, JPN |
| 16 | 1969 Sep 7 | Shozo Saijo | KO 2 | Jose Luis Pimentel | 2 | Sapporo, Hokkaido, JPN |
| 17 | 1970 Feb 8 | Shozo Saijo | UD 15 | Godfrey Stevens | 3 | Tokyo, JPN |
| 18 | 1970 Jul 5 | Shozo Saijo | MD 15 | Frankie Crawford | 4 | Sendai, Miyagi, JPN |
| 19 | 1971 Feb 28 | Shozo Saijo | UD 15 | Frankie Crawford | 5 | Utsunomiya, Tochigi, JPN |
| 20 | 1971 Sep 2 | Antonio Gomez | KO 5 | Shozo Saijo | - | Tokyo, JPN |
| 21 | 1972 Feb 5 | Antonio Gomez | TKO 7 | Raul Martinez Mora | 1 | Maracay, VEN |
| 22 | 1972 Aug 19 | Ernesto Marcel | MD 15 | Antonio Gomez | - | Maracay, VEN |
| 23 | 1972 Dec 2 | Ernesto Marcel | TKO 6 | Enrique Garcia | 1 | Panama City, PAN |
| 24 | 1973 Jul 14 | Ernesto Marcel | TKO 12 | Antonio Gomez | 2 | Panama City, PAN |
| 25 | 1973 Sep 8 | Ernesto Marcel | KO 9 | Spider Nemoto | 3 | Panama City, PAN |
| 26 | 1974 Feb 16 | Ernesto Marcel | UD 15 | Alexis Arguello | 4 | Panama City, PAN |
| 27 | 1974 Jul 9 | Ruben Olivares | KO 7 | Zensuke Utagawa | Vacant | Inglewood, California, USA |
| 28 | 1974 Nov 23 | Alexis Arguello | KO 13 | Ruben Olivares | - | Inglewood, California, USA |
| 29 | 1975 Mar 15 | Alexis Arguello | TKO 8 | Leonel Hernandez | 1 | Caracas, VEN |
| 30 | 1975 May 31 | Alexis Arguello | TKO 2 | Rigoberto Riasco | 2 | Managua, NCA |
| 31 | 1975 Oct 12 | Alexis Arguello | KO 5 | Royal Kobayashi | 3 | Tokyo, JPN |
| 32 | 1976 Jun 19 | Alexis Arguello | KO 3 | Salvador Torres | 4 | Inglewood, California, USA |
| 33 | 1977 Jan 15 | Rafael Ortega | UD 15 | Francisco Coronado | Vacant | Panama City, PAN |
| 34 | 1977 May 29 | Rafael Ortega | UD 15 | Flipper Uehara | 1 | Naha, Okinawa, JPN |
| 35 | 1977 Dec 17 | Cecilio Lastra | SD 15 | Rafael Ortega | - | Santander, Cantabria, ESP |
| 36 | 1978 Apr 15 | Eusebio Pedroza | TKO 13 | Cecilio Lastra | - | Panama City, PAN |
| 37 | 1978 Jul 2 | Eusebio Pedroza | TKO 12 | Ernesto Herrera | 1 | Panama City, PAN |
| 38 | 1978 Nov 27 | Eusebio Pedroza | UD 15 | Enrique Solis | 2 | San Juan, PUR |
| 39 | 1979 Jan 9 | Eusebio Pedroza | TKO 13 | Royal Kobayashi | 3 | Tokyo, JPN |
| 40 | 1979 Apr 7 | Eusebio Pedroza | TKO 11 | Hector Carrasquilla | 4 | Panama City, PAN |
| 41 | 1979 Jul 21 | Eusebio Pedroza | TKO 12 | Ruben Olivares | 5 | Houston, Texas, USA |
| 42 | 1979 Nov 17 | Eusebio Pedroza | TKO 11 | Johnny Aba | 6 | Port Moresby, PNG |
| 43 | 1980 Jan 22 | Eusebio Pedroza | UD 15 | Spider Nemoto | 7 | Tokyo, JPN |
| 44 | 1980 Mar 29 | Eusebio Pedroza | KO 9 | Juan Domingo Malvarez | 8 | Panama City, PAN |
| 45 | 1980 Jul 20 | Eusebio Pedroza | KO 8 | Sa Wang Kim | 9 | Seoul, KOR |
| 46 | 1980 Oct 4 | Eusebio Pedroza | SD 15 | Rocky Lockridge | 10 | McAfee, New Jersey, USA |
| 47 | 1981 Feb 14 | Eusebio Pedroza | KO 13 | Patrick Ford | 11 | Panama City, PAN |
| 48 | 1981 Aug 1 | Eusebio Pedroza | KO 7 | Carlos Pinango | 12 | Caracas, VEN |
| 49 | 1981 Dec 5 | Eusebio Pedroza | KO 5 | Bashew Sibaca | 13 | Panama City, PAN |
| 50 | 1982 Jan 24 | Eusebio Pedroza | UD 15 | Juan La Porte | 14 | Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA |
| 51 | 1982 Oct 16 | Eusebio Pedroza | PTS 15 | Bernard Taylor | 15 | Charlotte, North Carolina, USA |
| 52 | 1983 Apr 24 | Eusebio Pedroza | UD 15 | Rocky Lockridge | 16 | San Remo, Liguria, ITA |
| 53 | 1983 Oct 24 | Eusebio Pedroza | UD 15 | Jose Caba | 17 | Saint Vincent d'Aoste, Valle d'Aosta, ITA |
| 54 | 1984 May 27 | Eusebio Pedroza | UD 15 | Angel Levi Mayor | 18 | Maracaibo, VEN |
| 55 | 1985 Feb 2 | Eusebio Pedroza | UD 15 | Jorge Lujan | 19 | Panama City, PAN |
| 56 | 1985 Jun 8 | Barry McGuigan | UD 15 | Eusebio Pedroza | - | Shepherd's Bush, London, UK |
| 57 | 1985 Sep 28 | Barry McGuigan | TKO 8 | Bernard Taylor | 1 | Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK |
| 58 | 1986 Feb 15 | Barry McGuigan | TKO 14 | Danilo Cabrera | 2 | Dublin, IRL |
| 59 | 1986 Jun 23 | Steve Cruz | UD 15 | Barry McGuigan | - | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 60 | 1987 Mar 6 | Antonio Esparragoza | TKO 12 | Steve Cruz | - | Fort Worth, Texas, USA |
| 61 | 1987 Jul 26 | Antonio Esparragoza | KO 10 | Pascual Aranda | 1 | Houston, Texas, USA |
| 62 | 1988 Jun 23 | Antonio Esparragoza | PTS 12 | Marcos Villasana | 2 | Los Angeles, California, USA |
| 63 | 1988 Nov 5 | Antonio Esparragoza | KO 8 | Jose Marmolejo | 3 | Marsala, Sicilia, ITA |
| 64 | 1989 Mar 26 | Antonio Esparragoza | KO 10 | Mitsuru Sugiya | 4 | Kawasaki, Kanagawa, JPN |
| 65 | 1989 Jun 2 | Antonio Esparragoza | KO 6 | Jean-Marc Renard | 5 | Namur, Namur, BEL |
| 66 | 1989 Sep 22 | Antonio Esparragoza | KO 5 | Eduardo Montoya | 6 | Mexicali, Baja California, MEX |
| 67 | 1990 May 12 | Antonio Esparragoza | UD 12 | Chan Mok Park | 7 | Seoul, KOR |
| 68 | 1991 Mar 30 | Yong-Kyun Park | UD 12 | Antonio Esparragoza | - | Gwangju City, KOR |
| 69 | 1991 Jun 15 | Yong-Kyun Park | TKO 6 | Masuaki Takeda | 1 | Seoul, KOR |
| 70 | 1991 Sep 14 | Yong-Kyun Park | UD 12 | Eloy Rojas | 2 | Seoul, KOR |
| 71 | 1992 Jan 25 | Yong-Kyun Park | KO 9 | Seiji Asakawa | 3 | Incheon, KOR |
| 72 | 1992 Apr 25 | Yong-Kyun Park | TKO 11 | Koji Matsumoto | 4 | Ansan City, KOR |
| 73 | 1992 Aug 29 | Yong-Kyun Park | UD 12 | Giovanni Nieves | 5 | Gwangju City, KOR |
| 74 | 1992 Dec 19 | Yong-Kyun Park | UD 12 | Ever Beleno | 6 | Changwon, KOR |
| 75 | 1993 Mar 20 | Yong-Kyun Park | TKO 4 | Thanomchit Kiatkriengkrai | 7 | Jeju, KOR |
| 76 | 1993 Sep 4 | Yong-Kyun Park | UD 12 | Tae-Shik Chun | 8 | Damyong, KOR |
| 77 | 1993 Dec 4 | Eloy Rojas | SD 12 | Yong-Kyun Park | - | Gwangmyeong City, KOR |
| 78 | 1994 Mar 19 | Eloy Rojas | TKO 5 | Seiji Asakawa | 1 | Kobe, Hyogo, JPN |
| 79 | 1994 Sep 11 | Eloy Rojas | TKO 8 | Samart Payakaroon | 2 | Trang, THA |
| 80 | 1994 Dec 3 | Eloy Rojas | UD 12 | Luis Enrique Mendoza | 3 | Bogota, COL |
| 81 | 1995 May 27 | Eloy Rojas | SD 12 | Yong-Kyun Park | 4 | Gwangju City, KOR |
| 82 | 1995 Aug 13 | Eloy Rojas | UD 12 | Nobutoshi Hiranaka | 5 | Tagawa, Fukuoka, JPN |
| 83 | 1996 Jan 27 | Eloy Rojas | UD 12 | Miguel Arrozal | 6 | Phoenix, Arizona, USA |
| 84 | 1996 May 18 | Wilfredo Vazquez | TKO 11 | Eloy Rojas | - | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 85 | 1996 Dec 7 | Wilfredo Vazquez | KO 5 | Bernardo Mendoza | 1 | Indio, California, USA |
| 86 | 1997 Mar 30 | Wilfredo Vazquez | KO 5 | Yuji Watanabe | 2 | Tokyo, JPN |
| 87 | 1997 Aug 23 | Wilfredo Vazquez | UD 12 | Roque Cassiani | 3 | New York, New York, USA |
| 88 | 1997 Nov 8 | Wilfredo Vazquez | UD 12 | Genaro Rios | 4 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 89 | 1998 Apr 3 | Freddie Norwood | UD 12 | Antonio Cermeno | Vacant | Bayamon, PUR |
| 90 | 1998 Jun 13 | Freddie Norwood | TKO 8 | Genaro Rios | 1 | Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA |
| 91 | 1998 Jul 10 | Freddie Norwood | UD 12 | Luis Enrique Mendoza | 2 | Miami, Florida, USA |
| 92 | 1998 Oct 3 | Antonio Cermeno | KO 4 | Genaro Rios | Vacant | Caracas, VEN |
| 93 | 1999 Feb 5 | Antonio Cermeno | KO 2 | Eddie Saenz | 1 | Miami, Florida, USA |
| 94 | 1999 May 29 | Freddie Norwood (2) | SD 12 | Antonio Cermeno | - | San Juan, PUR |
| 95 | 1999 Sep 11 | Freddie Norwood (2) | UD 12 | Juan Manuel Marquez | 1 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 96 | 2000 Jan 30 | Freddie Norwood (2) | KO 9 | Takashi Koshimoto | 2 | Fukuoka, JPN |
| 97 | 2000 May 25 | Freddie Norwood (2) | UD 12 | Julio Pablo Chacon | 3 | Mendoza, Mendoza, ARG |
| 98 | 2000 Sep 9 | Derrick Gainer | TKO 11 | Freddie Norwood | - | New Orleans, Louisiana, USA |
| 99 | 2001 Feb 24 | Derrick Gainer | SD 12 | Victor Polo | 1 | Tampa, Florida, USA |
| 100 | 2002 Aug 24 | Derrick Gainer | TD 2 | Daniel Seda | 2 | Carolina, PUR |
| 101 | 2003 Apr 12 | Derrick Gainer | SD 12 | Oscar Leon | 3 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 102 | 2003 Nov 1 | Juan Manuel Marquez | TD 7 | Derrick Gainer | - | Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA |
| 103 | 2004 May 8 | Juan Manuel Marquez | PTS 12 | Manny Pacquiao | 1 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 104 | 2004 Sep 18 | Juan Manuel Marquez | UD 12 | Orlando Salido | 2 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 105 | 2005 May 7 | Juan Manuel Marquez | UD 12 | Victor Polo | 3 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 106 | 2006 Mar 4 | Chris John | UD 12 | Juan Manuel Marquez | 1 | Tenggarong, Kutai Kartanegara, INA |
| 107 | 2006 Sep 9 | Chris John | UD 12 | Renan Acosta | 2 | Jakarta, INA |
| 108 | 2007 Mar 3 | Chris John | UD 12 | Jose Rojas | 3 | Jakarta, INA |
| 109 | 2007 Aug 19 | Chris John | RTD 9 | Zaiki Takemoto | 4 | Kobe, Hyogo, JPN |
| 110 | 2008 Jan 26 | Chris John | RTD 7 | Roinet Caballero | 5 | Jakarta, INA |
| 111 | 2008 Oct 24 | Chris John | UD 12 | Hiroyuki Enoki | 6 | Tokyo, JPN |
| 112 | 2009 Feb 28 | Chris John | PTS 12 | Rocky Juarez | 7 | Houston, Texas, USA |
| 113 | 2009 Sep 19 | Chris John | UD 12 | Rocky Juarez | 8 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 114 | 2010 Sep 11 | Yuriorkis Gamboa | UD 12 | Orlando Salido | 1 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 115 | 2010 Dec 5 | Chris John | UD 12 | Fernando David Saucedo | - | Jakarta, INA |
| 116 | 2011 Apr 17 | Chris John | UD 12 | Daud Cino Yordan | 1 | Jakarta, INA |
| 117 | 2011 Nov 30 | Chris John | UD 12 | Stanislav Merdov | 2 | Mt Claremont, Western Australia, AUS |
| 118 | 2012 May 5 | Chris John | UD 12 | Shoji Kimura | 3 | Singapore, SIN |
| 119 | 2012 Nov 9 | Chris John | UD 12 | Chonlatarn Piriyapinyo | 4 | Singapore, SIN |
| 120 | 2013 Apr 14 | Chris John | TD 3 | Satoshi Hosono | 5 | Jakarta, INA |