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Super Bantamweight is a weight division
Boxing weight classes

Boxing body weight-class names are not always consistent, as shown in the following table:Current weight classes for boxing at the Summer Olympics:...
 in professional boxing
Boxing

Boxing is a combat sport where two participants, generally of similar human weight, fight each other with their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee and is typically engaged in during a series of one to three-minute intervals called rounds....
. It is alternately referred to as Junior Featherweight. The maximum weight for this division is 122 pounds.

There were attempts by promoters in the 1920s to establish this weight class, but few sanctioning organizations or state athletic commissions would recognize it. Jack "Kid" Wolf won recognition as champion when he beat Joe Lynch at Madison Square Garden
Madison Square Garden

Madison Square Garden, often abbreviated as MSG and known colloquially as The Garden, has been the name of four arenas in New York City....
 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
World Boxing Council

The World Boxing Council was initially created by 11 countries: the United States, Argentina, United Kingdom, France, Mexico, Philippines, Panama, Chile, Peru, Venezuela, and Brazil plus Puerto Rico, met in Mexico City on February 14, 1963, upon invitation of the then President of Mexico, Adolfo L?pez Mateos, to create an international boxi...
 recognized Rigoberto Riasco as its champion when he defeated Waruinge Nakayama in eight rounds.






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Super Bantamweight is a weight division
Boxing weight classes

Boxing body weight-class names are not always consistent, as shown in the following table:Current weight classes for boxing at the Summer Olympics:...
 in professional boxing
Boxing

Boxing is a combat sport where two participants, generally of similar human weight, fight each other with their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee and is typically engaged in during a series of one to three-minute intervals called rounds....
. It is alternately referred to as Junior Featherweight. The maximum weight for this division is 122 pounds.

There were attempts by promoters in the 1920s to establish this weight class, but few sanctioning organizations or state athletic commissions would recognize it. Jack "Kid" Wolf won recognition as champion when he beat Joe Lynch at Madison Square Garden
Madison Square Garden

Madison Square Garden, often abbreviated as MSG and known colloquially as The Garden, has been the name of four arenas in New York City....
 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
World Boxing Council

The World Boxing Council was initially created by 11 countries: the United States, Argentina, United Kingdom, France, Mexico, Philippines, Panama, Chile, Peru, Venezuela, and Brazil plus Puerto Rico, met in Mexico City on February 14, 1963, upon invitation of the then President of Mexico, Adolfo L?pez Mateos, to create an international boxi...
 recognized Rigoberto Riasco as its champion when he defeated Waruinge Nakayama in eight rounds. The World Boxing Association
World Boxing Association

The World Boxing Association is a boxing organization that sanctions official matches, and awards the WBA world championship title, at the professional level....
 crowned its first champion in 1977 when Soo Hwan Hong
Soo Hwan Hong

Soo-Hwan Hong is a retired Boxing who won a world championship in the bantamweight division. ...
 knocked out Hector Carasquilla in three rounds to win the inaugural WBA championship. In 1983 the International Boxing Federation
International Boxing Federation

The International Boxing Federation, or IBF, is one of four major organizations recognized by IBHOF which sanction world championship boxing bouts, alongside the World Boxing Association, World Boxing Council and WBO....
 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 Wilfredo Gómez
Wilfredo Gómez

Wilfredo G?mez is a former boxing and three time world champion. Nicknamed "Bazooka", G?mez had one of the highest knockout win percentages in professional boxing, winning 88 percent of his bouts by knockout....
, Lupe Pintor
Lupe Pintor

Jose Guadalupe Pintor Guzman , better known as Lupe Pintor, is a former World Boxing Champion from Cuajimalpa, Mexico. Nicknamed El Indio De Cuajimalpa or The Indian From Cuajimalpa, he started boxing professionally in 1974....
, Jeff Fenech
Jeff Fenech

Jeff Fenech aka 'The Marrickville Mauler' is a three time world champion in boxing and is now a boxing trainer....
, Fabrice Benichou
Fabrice Benichou

Fabrice Benichou is a France boxer....
, Daniel Zaragoza
Daniel Zaragoza

Daniel Zaragoza was a professional boxer. Known as "The Mouse," Zaragoza a popular champion in the super bantamweight division throughout the 1980s and 1990s....
, Kennedy McKinney
Kennedy McKinney

Kennedy McKinney was a professional boxer, who won the Olympic medalists in boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics. He won the IBF junior featherweight title as a professional as well as the WBO super bantamweight title....
, Érik Morales
Erik Morales

?rik Isaac "El Terrible" Morales Elvira is a semi-retired Mexican professional Boxing. He is a former seven-time world champion at WBC / WBO Super bantamweight , WBC Featherweight , WBC Super featherweight, WBC International Super Featherweight , and the IBF Junior lightweight divisions....
, Marco Antonio Barrera
Marco Antonio Barrera

Marco Antonio Barrera Tapia is a Mexicoprofessional boxing. He is a seven time world champion in three different weight classes; he is a former world champion at WBO Super Bantamweight , IBO / WBC Featherweight , WBC Super featherweight and IBF Junior lightweight divisions....
, Manny Pacquiao
Manny Pacquiáo

Emmanuel Dapidran Pacquiao , known as Manny "Pac-Man" Pacquiao is a professional Filipino people boxing. He is the former World Boxing Council List of WBC world champions#Lightweight, World Boxing Council List of WBC world champions#Superfeatherweight, International Boxing Federation List of IBF world champions#Junior featherweight, and...
, Rafael Márquez
Rafael Márquez (boxer)

Rafael M?rquez M?ndez is a Mexican professional boxing. He is a former world champion at the IBF / IBO Bantamweight and WBC Super Bantamweight divisions....
, and Israel Vázquez
Israel Vázquez

Israel V?zquez Casta?eda is a Mexican professional boxer. He is the current The Ring Super Bantamweight champion after being stripped of his WBC Super Bantamweight championship for being inactive after a retina surgery....
. 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

  • List of super bantamweight boxing champions
    List of super bantamweight boxing champions

    This is a chronological List of World Super Bantamweight Boxing Champions, as recognized by four of the better-known sanctioning organizations:...