Super Featherweight title history

WBA

Elnur Samedov

8 September 2026Reigning for 1 month

Regained the WBA super featherweight world title.

Division

All recorded title changes181

Exact dates are shown where recorded. Month-only dates mark the first appearance in our ranking archive, not necessarily the date the title was won.

Super Featherweight champions and recorded title changes
Date	Organisation	Champion	Title	Evidence
8 September 2026	WBA	Elnur Samedov	World Champion	WBA source
8 September 2026	WBA	Elnur Samedov	World Champion	Elevated from Interim Champion in the WBA resolution announced on 8 September, with Anthony Cacace becoming Super Champion. Samedov must face the winner of Cacace's authorized voluntary defense WBA source
8 September 2026	WBA	Anthony Cacace	Super Champion	Elevated to Super Champion in the WBA resolution announced on 8 September after circumstances prevented the immediate mandatory fight against Elnur Samedov. The winner of Cacace's voluntary defense must face Samedov WBA source
20 June 2026	WBC	Ryan Garner	Interim Champion	Won the interim title by unanimous decision against Michael Magnesi at St Mary's Stadium in Southampton WBC source
14 March 2026	WBA	Anthony Cacace	World Champion	Won the title by unanimous decision against James Dickens in Dublin WBA source
28 February 2026	IBF	Emanuel Navarrete	Champion	Won the IBF title by stopping Eduardo Nunez in the eleventh round, unifying it with his WBO title IBF source
14 February 2026	WBA	Elnur Samedov	Interim Champion	Won the interim title by stopping John Lenon Gutierrez in the eleventh round in Chelyabinsk WBA source
December 2025	WBA	James Dickens	World Champion
July 2025	WBA	James Dickens	Interim Champion
28 May 2025	IBF	Eduardo Nunez	Champion	Won the vacant title by defeating Masanori Rikiishi IBF source
2 November 2024	WBC	O'Shaquie Foster	Champion	WBC source
6 July 2024	WBC	Robson Conceicao	Champion	Won the title WBC source
July 2024	WBA	Albert Batyrgaziev	Interim Champion
18 May 2024	IBF	Anthony Cacace	Champion	Won the title IBF source
April 2024	WBO	Oscar Valdez	Interim Champion
25 November 2023	WBA	Lamont Roach	World Champion	Won the title WBA source
21 September 2023	WBO	Emanuel Navarrete	Super Champion	Designated WBO Super Champion by a Championship Committee resolution recognising his titles in three weight classes and nine successful world-title defences WBO source
22 April 2023	IBF	Joe Cordina	Champion	Won the title IBF source
11 February 2023	WBC	O'Shaquie Foster	Champion	Won the title by defeating Rey Vargas WBC source
3 February 2023	WBO	Emanuel Navarrete	Champion	Won the title by defeating Liam Wilson WBO source
5 November 2022	IBF	Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov	Champion	Won the title by defeating Zelfa Barrett IBF source
20 August 2022	WBA	Hector Luis Garcia	World Champion	Won the title WBA source
4 June 2022	IBF	Joe Cordina	Champion	Won the title IBF source
30 April 2022	WBCRING	Shakur Stevenson	Champion	WBC source RING source
27 November 2021	IBF	Kenichi Ogawa	Champion	Won the title by defeating Azinga Fuzile IBF source
23 October 2021	WBO	Shakur Stevenson	Super Champion	Won the title WBO source
June 2021	WBO	Shakur Stevenson	Interim Champion
20 February 2021	WBC	Oscar Valdez	Champion	WBC source
2 January 2021	WBA	Roger Gutierrez	World Champion	Won the title WBA source
31 October 2020	WBA	Gervonta Davis	Super Champion	Won the title WBA source
30 January 2020	IBF	Joseph Diaz	Champion	Won the title IBF source
23 November 2019	WBA	Rene Alvarado	World Champion	Won the title WBA source
23 November 2019	WBA	Leo Santa Cruz	Super Champion	Won the title by defeating Miguel Flores WBA source
25 May 2019	WBO	Jamel Herring	Champion	Won the title WBO source
9 February 2019	WBA	Andrew Cancio	World Champion	Won the title WBA source
3 August 2018	IBF	Tevin Farmer	Champion	Won the title by defeating Billy Dib IBF source
28 July 2018	WBO	Masayuki Ito	Champion	Won the title by defeating Christopher Diaz WBO source
21 April 2018	WBA	Gervonta Davis	Super Champion	Won the title by defeating Jesus Cuellar WBA source
December 2017	IBF	Kenichi Ogawa	Champion
21 October 2017	WBA	Alberto MacHado	World Champion	Won the vacant title by defeating Jezreel Corrales WBA source
28 January 2017	WBC	Miguel Berchelt	Champion	WBC source
13 January 2017	IBF	Gervonta Davis	Champion	Won the title IBF source
24 June 2016	WBA	Jason Sosa	World Champion	Won the title WBA source
11 June 2016	WBO	Vasyl Lomachenko	Champion	Won the title WBO source
27 April 2016	WBA	Jezzrel Corrales	Super Champion	Won the title WBA source
March 2016	WBO	Miguel Berchelt	Interim Champion
21 November 2015	WBC	Francisco Vargas	Champion	Won the title WBC source
13 June 2015	IBF	Jose Pedraza	Champion	Won the title by defeating Andrey Klimov IBF source
29 May 2015	WBA	Javier Fortuna	World Champion	Won the title by defeating Bryan Vasquez WBA source
April 2015	WBO	Roman Martinez	Champion
21 February 2015	WBA	Takashi Uchiyama	Super Champion	Promoted to this title WBA source
October 2014	WBO	Orlando Salido	Champion
10 July 2014	IBF	Rances Barthelemy	Champion	Won the title IBF source
December 2013	IBF	Rances Barthelemy	Champion
9 November 2013	WBO	Mikey Garcia	Champion	WBO source
8 April 2013	WBC	Takashi Miura	Champion	WBC source
9 March 2013	IBF	Argenis Mendez	Champion	IBF source
27 October 2012	WBC	Gamaliel Diaz	Champion	WBC source
October 2012	WBO	Roman Martinez	Champion
26 November 2011	WBO	Adrien Broner	Champion	Won the vacant title by defeating Vicente Martin Rodriguez WBO source
10 September 2011	IBF	Juan Carlos Salgado	Champion	Won the title by defeating Argenis Mendez IBF source
26 November 2010	WBC	Takahiro Ao	Champion	WBC source
4 September 2010	WBO	Ricky Burns	Champion	Won the title WBO source
1 September 2010	IBF	Mzonke Fana	Champion	Won the title by defeating Cassius Baloyi IBF source
18 March 2010	WBC	Vitali Tajbert	Champion	WBC source
February 2010	WBA	Jorge Solis	Interim Champion
11 January 2010	WBA	Takashi Uchiyama	World Champion	Won the title WBA source
10 October 2009	WBA	Juan Carlos Salgado	World Champion	Won the title WBA source
October 2009	WBA	Likar Ramos	Interim Champion
22 August 2009	IBF	Robert Guerrero	Champion	Won the title IBF source
18 April 2009	IBF	Malcolm Klassen	Champion	Won the title IBF source
14 March 2009	WBO	Roman Martinez	Champion	Won the title WBO source
20 December 2008	WBC	Humberto Soto	Champion	Won the title by defeating Francisco Lorenzo WBC source
28 November 2008	WBA	Jorge Linares	World Champion	Won the title by defeating Whyber Garcia WBA source
9 September 2008	WBO	Nicky Cook	Champion	Won the title WBO source
14 May 2008	WBO	Alex Arthur	Champion	Won the vacant title WBO source
12 April 2008	IBF	Cassius Baloyi	Champion	Won the title IBF source
15 March 2008	WBCRING	Manny Pacquiao	Champion	WBC source RING source
August 2007	WBO	Alex Arthur	Interim Champion
20 April 2007	IBF	Mzonke Fana	Champion	Won the title IBF source
17 March 2007	WBC	Juan Manuel Marquez	Champion	WBC source
4 November 2006	IBF	Malcolm Klassen	Champion	Won the title IBF source
16 September 2006	WBO	Joan Guzman	Champion	Won the title by defeating Jorge Rodrigo Barrios WBO source
5 August 2006	WBA	Edwin Valero	World Champion	Won the title WBA source
29 July 2006	IBF	Gairy St Clair	Champion	Won the title IBF source
31 May 2006	IBF	Cassius Baloyi	Champion	IBF source
17 September 2005	IBF	Marco Antonio Barrera	Champion	Won the title IBF source
30 April 2005	WBA	Vicente Mosquera	World Champion	Won the title WBA source
8 April 2005	WBO	Jorge Rodrigo Barrios	Champion	Won the vacant title by defeating Mike Anchondo WBO source
8 April 2005	WBO	Jorge Barrios	Champion	Won the title by defeating Mike Anchondo WBO source
23 February 2005	IBF	Robbie Peden	Champion	Won the vacant title by defeating Nate Campbell IBF source
27 November 2004	WBC	Marco Antonio Barrera	Champion	WBC source
31 July 2004	IBF	Erik Morales	Champion	IBF source
15 July 2004	WBO	Mike Anchondo	Champion	Won the title by defeating Pablo Chacon WBO source
6 March 2004	WBO	Diego Corrales	Champion	Won the title by defeating Joel Casamayor WBO source
28 February 2004	WBC	Erik Morales	Champion	WBC source
15 August 2003	WBC	Jesus Chavez	Champion	WBC source
1 February 2003	IBF	Carlos Hernandez	Champion	Won the vacant title by defeating David Santos IBF source
24 August 2002	WBC	Sirimongkol Singwangcha	Champion	Won the vacant title by defeating Kengo Nagashima WBC source
13 April 2002	WBA	Yodsanan Sor Nanthachai	World Champion	WBA source
13 April 2002	WBA	Yodsanan Nanthachai	World Champion	Won the title by defeating Lakva Sim WBA source
12 January 2002	WBA	Acelino Freitas	Super Champion	Won the title by defeating Joel Casamayor WBA source
3 December 2000	IBF	Steve Forbes	Champion	Won the vacant title by defeating John Brown IBF source
21 May 2000	WBA	Joel Casamayor	World Champion	Won the title WBA source
January 2000	WBA	Jong Kwon Baek	World Champion
31 October 1999	WBA	Baek Jong Kwon	Champion	WBA source
23 October 1999	IBF	Diego Corrales	Champion	IBF source
7 August 1999	WBO	Acelino Freitas	Champion	Won the title WBO source
27 June 1999	WBA	Lakva Sim	Champion	WBA source
3 October 1998	WBC	Floyd Mayweather Jr	Champion	WBC source
5 September 1998	WBA	Takanori Hatakeyama	Champion	WBA source
16 May 1998	WBO	Anatoly Alexandrov	Champion	Won the vacant title by defeating Julien Lorcy WBO source
13 March 1998	IBF	Robert Garcia	Champion	Won the vacant title by defeating Harold Warren IBF source
22 March 1997	WBC	Genaro Hernandez	Champion	WBC source
15 December 1995	IBF	Arturo Gatti	Champion	IBF source
1 December 1995	WBC	Azumah Nelson	Champion	WBC source
21 October 1995	WBA	Choi Yong Soo	Champion	Won the vacant title by defeating Víctor Hugo Paz WBA source
9 July 1995	IBF	Tracy Harris Patterson	Champion	IBF source
22 April 1995	IBF	Eddie Hopson	Champion	Won the vacant title by defeating Moises Pedroza IBF source
24 September 1994	WBO	Regilio Tuur	Champion	Won the vacant title by defeating Eugene Speed WBO source
17 September 1994	WBC	Gabriel Ruelas	Champion	WBC source
7 May 1994	WBC	Jesse James Leija	Champion	WBC source
5 March 1994	WBO	Oscar De La Hoya	Champion	WBO source
4 September 1992	WBO	Jimmi Bredahl	Champion	WBO source
21 March 1992	WBO	Daniel Londas	Champion	WBO source
22 February 1992	IBF	John John Molina	Champion	Won the vacant title by defeating Jackie Gunguluza IBF source
22 November 1991	WBA	Genaro Hernandez	Champion	Won the vacant title by defeating Daniel Londas WBA source
13 September 1991	IBF	Brian Mitchell	Champion	IBF source
28 June 1991	WBA	Joey Gamache	Champion	Won the vacant title by defeating Jerry Ngobeni WBA source
20 May 1990	IBF	Tony Lopez	Champion	IBF source
9 December 1989	WBO	Kamel Bou Ali	Champion	Won the vacant title by defeating Antonio Rivera WBO source
7 October 1989	IBF	John John Molina	Champion	IBF source
29 April 1989	WBO	John John Molina	Champion	Won the title by defeating Juan Laporte WBO source
23 July 1988	IBF	Tony Lopez	Champion	IBF source
29 February 1988	WBC	Azumah Nelson	Champion	Won the vacant title by defeating Mario Martínez WBC source
9 September 1987	IBF	Rocky Lockridge	Champion	IBF source
27 September 1986	WBARING	Brian Mitchell	Champion	WBA source RING source
24 May 1986	WBARING	Alfredo Layne	Champion	WBA source RING source
12 July 1985	IBF	Barry Michael	Champion	IBF source
19 May 1985	WBARING	Wilfredo Gomez	Champion	WBA source RING source
15 February 1985	IBF	Lester Ellis	Champion	IBF source
13 September 1984	WBC	Julio Cesar Chavez	Champion	Won the vacant title by defeating Mario Martínez WBC source
22 April 1984	IBF	Yuh Hwan Kil	Champion	Won the title by defeating Rod Sequenan IBF source
26 February 1984	WBARING	Rocky Lockridge	Champion	WBA source RING source
7 August 1983	WBC	Hector Camacho	Champion	Won the vacant title by defeating Rafael Limón WBC source
19 January 1983	WBARING	Roger Mayweather	Champion	WBA source RING source
11 December 1982	WBC	Bobby Chacon	Champion	WBC source
29 May 1982	WBC	Rafael Limon	Champion	WBC source
29 August 1981	WBC	Rolando Navarrete	Champion	WBC source
9 April 1981	WBARING	Samuel Serrano	Champion	WBA source RING source
8 March 1981	WBC	Cornelius Boza Edwards	Champion	WBC source
11 December 1980	WBC	Rafael Limon	Champion	Won the vacant title by defeating Idelfonso Bethelmy WBC source
2 August 1980	WBARING	Yasutsune Uehara	Champion	WBA source RING source
28 January 1978	WBC	Alexis Arguello	Champion	WBC source
16 October 1976	WBARING	Samuel Serrano	Champion	WBA source RING source
5 July 1975	WBC	Alfredo Escalera	Champion	WBC source
28 February 1974	WBC	Kuniaki Shibata	Champion	WBC source
November 1973	RING	Ben Villaflor	Champion
17 October 1973	WBA	Ben Villaflor	Champion	WBA source
13 March 1973	RING	Kuniaki Shibata	Champion	Won the title RING source
12 March 1973	WBA	Kuniaki Shibata	Champion	WBA source
25 April 1972	WBARING	Ben Villaflor	Champion	WBA source RING source
10 October 1971	WBC	Ricardo Arredondo	Champion	WBC source
29 July 1971	WBARING	Alfredo Marcano	Champion	WBA source RING source
5 April 1970	WBC	Yoshiaki Numata	Champion	WBC source
15 February 1969	WBC	Rene Barrientos	Champion	Won the vacant title by defeating Rubén Navarro WBC source
14 December 1967	WBAWBCRING	Hiroshi Kobayashi	Champion	WBA source WBC source RING source
15 June 1967	RING	Yoshiaki Numata	Champion	Awarded the title RING source
15 June 1967	WBAWBC	Yoshiaki Numata	Champion	WBA source WBC source
16 February 1963	WBC	Gabriel Elorde	Champion	Won the title by defeating Johnny Bizzaro WBC source
May 1962	RING	Gabriel Elorde	Champion
16 March 1960	WBA	Gabriel Elorde	Champion	WBA source
20 July 1959	WBA	Harold Gomes	Champion	Won the vacant title by defeating Paul Jorgensan WBA source
6 December 1949	WBA	Sandy Saddler	Champion	Won the vacant title by defeating Orlando Zulueta WBA source
25 December 1933	WBA	Frankie Klick	Champion	WBA source
28 March 1933	WBA	Kid Chocolate	Champion	WBA source
15 July 1931	WBARING	Kid Chocolate	Champion	WBA source RING source
20 December 1929	RING	Benny Bass	Champion	Won the title RING source
19 December 1929	WBA	Benny Bass	Champion	WBA source
16 December 1927	WBA	Tod Morgan	Champion	WBA source
2 December 1925	RING	Tod Morgan	Champion	Won the title RING source