WBC Featherweight Champion
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Featherweight champion as recognized by the World Boxing Council.
- The maximum weight for this division is 126 pounds (57.2 kg or 9 stone).
- One of the traditional eight divisions.
RELATED LINK: WBC Featherweight Title Fights
| Reign Began | Reign Ended | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Davey Moore | 1963 Feb 14 | 1963 Mar 21 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Sugar Ramos | 1963 Mar 21 | 1964 Sep 26 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | Vicente Saldivar | 1964 Sep 26 | 1967 Oct 14 R | 7 | 4 |
| 4 | Howard Winstone | 1968 Jan 23 | 1968 Jul 24 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Jose Legra | 1968 Jul 24 | 1969 Jan 21 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Johnny Famechon | 1969 Jan 21 | 1970 May 9 | 2 | 1 |
| 7 | Vicente Saldivar (2) | 1970 May 9 | 1970 Dec 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Kuniaki Shibata | 1970 Dec 11 | 1972 May 19 | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | Clemente Sanchez | 1972 May 19 | 1972 Dec 16 S | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Jose Legra (2) | 1972 Dec 16 | 1973 May 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Eder Jofre | 1973 May 5 | 1974 Jun 17 S | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | Bobby Chacon | 1974 Sep 7 | 1975 Jun 20 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | Ruben Olivares | 1975 Jun 20 | 1975 Sep 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | David Kotey | 1975 Sep 20 | 1976 Nov 6 | 2 | 2 |
| 15 | Danny Lopez | 1976 Nov 6 | 1980 Feb 2 | 8 | 8 |
| 16 | Salvador Sanchez | 1980 Feb 2 | 1982 Aug 12 D | 9 | 9 |
| 17 | Juan La Porte | 1982 Sep 15 | 1984 Mar 31 | 2 | 2 |
| 18 | Wilfredo Gomez | 1984 Mar 31 | 1984 Dec 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Azumah Nelson | 1984 Dec 8 | 1988 Jan 27 V | 6 | 5 |
| 20 | Jeff Fenech | 1988 Mar 7 | 1990 Apr 18 V | 3 | 3 |
| 21 | Marcos Villasana | 1990 Jun 2 | 1991 Nov 13 | 3 | 3 |
| 22 | Paul Hodkinson | 1991 Nov 13 | 1993 Apr 28 | 3 | 3 |
| 23 | Gregorio Vargas | 1993 Apr 28 | 1993 Dec 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Kevin Kelley | 1993 Dec 4 | 1995 Jan 7 | 2 | 2 |
| 25 | Alejandro Gonzalez | 1995 Jan 7 | 1995 Sep 23 | 2 | 2 |
| 26 | Manuel Medina | 1995 Sep 23 | 1995 Dec 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Luisito Espinosa | 1995 Dec 11 | 1999 May 15 | 7 | 7 |
| 28 | Cesar Soto | 1999 May 15 | 1999 Oct 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Naseem Hamed | 1999 Oct 22 | 2000 Jan 9 V | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Guty Espadas Jr. | 2000 Apr 14 | 2001 Feb 17 | 1 | 1 |
| 31 | Erik Morales | 2001 Feb 17 | 2002 Jun 22 | 1 | 1 |
| 32 | Marco Antonio Barrera | 2002 Jun 22 | 2002 Jun 22 V | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Erik Morales (2) | 2002 Nov 16 | 2003 Oct 5 V | 2 | 2 |
| 34 | In-Jin Chi | 2004 Apr 10 | 2006 Jan 29 | 2 | 2 |
| 35 | Takashi Koshimoto | 2006 Jan 29 | 2006 Jul 30 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Rodolfo Lopez | 2006 Jul 30 | 2006 Dec 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | In-Jin Chi (2) | 2006 Dec 17 | 2007 Jul 31 V | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Jorge Linares | 2007 Jul 21 | 2008 Aug 13 V | 1 | 1 |
| 39 | Oscar Larios | 2008 Aug | 2009 Mar 12 | 1 | 1 |
| 40 | Takahiro Aoh | 2009 Mar 12 | 2009 Jul 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | Elio Rojas | 2009 Jul 14 | 2010 Sep 27 V | 1 | 1 |
| 42 | Hozumi Hasegawa | 2010 Nov 26 | 2011 Apr 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | Jhonny Gonzalez | 2011 Apr 8 | 2012 Sep 15 | 4 | 4 |
| 44 | Daniel Ponce de Leon | 2012 Sep 15 | 2013 May 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | Abner Mares | 2013 May 4 | 2013 Aug 24 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | Jhonny Gonzalez (2) | 2013 Aug 24 | 2015 Mar 28 | 2 | 2 |
| 47 | Gary Russell Jr | 2015 Mar 28 | 2022 Jan 22 | 5 | 5 |
| 48 | Mark Magsayo | 2022 Jan 22 | 2022 Jul 09 | 0 | 0 |
| 49 | Rey Vargas | 2022 Jul 09 | 2023V | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | Brandon Figueroa | 2025 Oct | 2025 Feb 01 | 0 | 0 |
| 51 | Stephen Fulton | 2025 Feb 01 | 2025 Dec 5S1 | 0 | 0 |
| 52 | Bruce Carrington | 2026 Jan 31 | Present | 0 | 0 |
D - Died
R - Retired
S - Stripped
V - Vacated
1Fulton lost the title on the scales when he couldn't make weight for a scheduled defense against O'Shaquie Foster on December 6, 2025. The fight went ahead notwithstanding Fulton failing to make weight, but the title at stake was the WBC Interim Lightweight Title.