WBA Super Bantamweight Champion
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Super Bantamweight champion as recognized by the World Boxing Association.
- Known as Super Bantamweight (WBA/WBC).
- Also known as Junior Featherweight (IBF/WBO) and Light Featherweight.
- The maximum weight for this division is 122 pounds (55.3 kg or 8 stone 10 lbs).
RELATED LINK: WBA Super Bantamweight Title Fights
Primary Championship Lineage
- 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.
| Reign Began | Reign Ended | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soo Hwan Hong | 1977 Nov 26 | 1978 May 7 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Ricardo Cardona | 1978 May 7 | 1980 May 4 | 5 | 4 |
| 3 | Leo Randolph | 1980 May 4 | 1980 Aug 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Sergio Victor Palma | 1980 Aug 9 | 1982 Jun 12 | 5 | 5 |
| 5 | Leonardo Cruz | 1982 Jun 12 | 1984 Feb 22 | 3 | 3 |
| 6 | Loris Stecca | 1984 Feb 22 | 1984 May 26 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Victor Callejas | 1984 May 26 | 1986 Nov 21 V | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | Louie Espinoza | 1987 Jan 16 | 1987 Nov 28 | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | Julio Gervacio | 1987 Nov 28 | 1988 Feb 27 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Bernardo Pinango | 1988 Feb 27 | 1988 May 28 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Juan Jose Estrada | 1988 May 28 | 1989 Dec 11 | 3 | 3 |
| 12 | Jesus Salud | 1989 Dec 11 | 1990 Apr 5 S | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Luis Enrique Mendoza | 1990 Sep 11 | 1991 Oct 7 | 4 | 4 |
| 14 | Raul Perez | 1991 Oct 7 | 1992 Mar 27 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Wilfredo Vazquez | 1992 Mar 27 | 1995 May 13 | 9 | 8 |
| 16 | Antonio Cermeno | 1995 May 13 | 1997 Oct 4 V | 7 | 6 |
| 17 | Enrique Sanchez | 1998 Feb 8 | 1998 Dec 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Nestor Garza | 1998 Dec 12 | 2000 Mar 4 | 2 | 2 |
| 19 | Clarence (Bones) Adams | 2000 Mar 4 | 2001 Jul 3 V | 2 | 2 |
| 20 | Yober Ortega | 2001 Nov 17 | 2002 Feb 21 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Yoddamrong Sithyodthong | 2002 Feb 21 | 2002 May 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Osamu Sato | 2002 May 18 | 2002 Oct 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Salim Medjkoune | 2002 Oct 9 | 2003 Jul 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 24 | Mahyar Monshipour | 2003 Jul 4 | 2006 Mar 18 | 5 | 5 |
| 25 | Somsak Sithchatchawal | 2006 Mar 18 | 2006 Oct 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Celestino Caballero | 2006 Oct 4 | 2010 Dec 10 V | 8 | 8 |
| 27 | Ryol Li Lee | 2010 Dec 10 | 2011 Jan 31 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Akifumi Shimoda | 2011 Jan 31 | 2011 Jul 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Rico Ramos | 2011 Jul 9 | 2012 Jan 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Guillermo Rigondeaux | 2012 Jan 20 | 2015 Oct 30 | 6 | 6 |
| 31 | Scott Quigg | 2015 Oct 30 | 2016 Feb 27 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Carl Frampton | 2016 Feb 27 | 2016 Apr 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Guillermo Rigondeaux (2) | 2016 May 14 | 2017 Dec 9 S | 1 | 1 |
| 34 | Daniel Roman | 2017 Dec 9 | 2020 Jan 30 | 4 | 4 |
| 35 | Murodjon Akhmadaliev | 2020 Jan 30 | Present | 3 | 3 |
R - Retired
S - Stripped
V - Vacated
RG - Relegated to secondary champion