Super bantamweight

Super bantamweight (also known as junior featherweight) is a weight division in professional boxing. The maximum weight for this division is 122 pounds, or roughly 55.34 kilograms.

There were attempts by boxing promoters in the 1920s to establish this weight class, but few sanctioning organizations or state athletic commissions would recognize it. Jack Wolf won recognition as champion when he beat Joe Lynch at Madison Square Garden on September 21, 1922, but afterwards the weight division fell into disuse.

The division was revived in the 1970s and the first title fight took place in 1976 when the World Boxing Council recognized Rigoberto Riasco as its champion when he defeated Waruinge Nakayama in eight rounds. The World Boxing Association crowned its first champion in 1977 when Soo Hwan Hong knocked out Hector Carasquilla in three rounds to win the inaugural WBA championship. In 1983 the International Boxing Federation sanctioned the bout between Bobby Berna and Seung-In Suh for its first title. Berna won in the eleventh round.

Notable fighters to hold championship titles at this weight have been Guillermo Rigondeaux, Wilfredo Gómez, Lupe Pintor, Jeff Fenech, Fabrice Benichou, Daniel Zaragoza, Kennedy McKinney, Érik Morales, Marco Antonio Barrera, Manny Pacquiao, Rafael Márquez and Israel Vázquez. Gómez holds the record for longest title reign, at five years and ten months. He also holds the record for most title defenses, at seventeen.

Professional Champions

Current champions

Sanctioning Body	Reign Began	Champion	Record	Defenses
WBA	January 20, 2012	Guillermo Rigondeaux	12-0 (8 KO)	3
WBC	April 20, 2013	Victor Terrazas	36-2-1 (21 KO)	0
IBF	February 16, 2013	Jonathan Romero	23-0 (12 KO)	0
WBO	April 13, 2013	Guillermo Rigondeaux	12-0 (8 KO)	0

For a full list, see List of super bantamweight boxing champions