Compare live featherweight rankings from the WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO and The RING. Combined rankings list, not fight records. Single-organization lists: WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO or RING.
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The title is now vacant(previously held by 
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Featherweight is one of boxing's classic divisions, with a history dating back to the late 19th century. The division features fast, skilled fighters known for their technical ability and endurance.
Featherweights are known for their speed, technical skill, and ability to fight at a high pace. Fighters in this division typically rely on skill and volume punching rather than knockout power.
The Featherweight division has been home to many legendary fighters, including Willie Pep, Salvador Sánchez, and more recently, fighters like Manny Pacquiao (early in his career) and Leo Santa Cruz.
Featherweight has long been one of boxing's most respected divisions, with a rich history of competitive matchups and memorable championship fights.
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The ranking data is sourced from published ranking documents and pages for the WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO, and The RING. We check for new publications monthly and verify each list. All data is taken from publicly available source material published by those organizations and ratings sources.
Most organizations publish monthly rankings within the first two weeks of each month, though timing can vary. Box-Rank checks for new documents every month and aims to have new lists live within 24-48 hours of official publication.
A boxer may be inactive, unrecognized by that organization, or recently moved to a different weight class. The table reflects only the officially published top contenders. Extended inactivity, significant losses, or rule violations can also lead to removal.
Vacant means that organization has not named a champion or holder for that slot in this published list. It is not a ranked boxer. The rest of the contender order still comes from the same official document.
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Champions who have held each belt, from oldest to most recent. Title history only goes back as far as our earliest WBA monthly rankings (September 1927).
Became champion:
Won the title by defeating Leo Santa Cruz.
First shown in July 2016 rankingsView sourceBecame champion:
Won the title by defeating Abner Mares.
First shown in August 2015 rankingsView sourceBecame champion:
Won the title by defeating Simpiwe Vetyeka.
First shown in May 2014 rankingsView sourceBecame champion:
Won the title by defeating Chris John.
First shown in December 2013 rankingsView sourceBecame champion:
Won the title by defeating Derrick Gainer.
First shown in November 2003 rankingsView sourceBecame champion:
Won the title by stopping Nick Ball in the twelfth round in Liverpool.
First shown in February 2026 rankingsView sourceBecame champion:
Won the title by defeating Raymond Ford.
First shown in June 2024 rankingsView sourceBecame champion:
Won the title by defeating Otabek Kholmatov.
First shown in March 2024 rankingsView sourceBecame champion:
Won the title by defeating Mauricio Lara.
First shown in May 2023 rankingsView sourceBecame champion:
Won the title by defeating Leigh Wood.
First shown in February 2023 rankingsView sourceBecame champion:
Won the title by defeating Jesús Cuéllar.
First shown in December 2016 rankingsView sourceBecame champion:
Won the title by defeating Daulis Prescott.
First shown in December 2012 rankingsView sourceBecame champion:
Won the title by defeating Irving Berry.
First shown in December 2010 rankingsView sourceBecame champion:
Won the title by defeating Freddy Norwood.
First shown in September 2000 rankingsView sourceBecame champion:
Won the title by defeating Antonio Cermeño.
First shown in January 2000 rankingsView sourceBecame champion:
Won the vacant title by defeating Antonio Cermeño.
First shown in rankingsView sourceBecame champion:
Won the vacant title by defeating Francisco Coronado.
First shown in rankingsView sourceBecame champion:
Won the vacant title by defeating Zensuke Otagawa.
First shown in rankingsView sourceBecame champion:
Won the vacant title by defeating Enrique Higgins.
First shown in rankingsView sourceChampions who have held each belt, from oldest to most recent. Title history only goes back as far as our earliest WBC monthly rankings (March 1963).
Became champion:
Won the vacant world title by knocking out Carlos Castro in the ninth round in New York, having previously held the interim title.
First shown in February 2026 rankingsView sourceBecame champion:
Won the title by defeating Brandon Figueroa.
First shown in February 2025 rankingsView sourceBecame champion:
Was elevated from Interim Champion after Rey Vargas was declared Champion in Recess.
First shown in rankingsView sourceBecame champion:
Won the title by defeating Mark Magsayo.
First shown in September 2022 rankingsView sourceBecame champion:
Won the title by defeating Gary Russell Jr.
First shown in February 2022 rankingsView sourceBecame champion:
Won the vacant title by defeating Juan Carlos Burgos.
First shown in rankingsView sourceBecame champion:
Won the title by defeating Takahiro Ao.
First shown in August 2009 rankingsView sourceBecame champion:
Won the title by defeating Óscar Larios.
First shown in March 2009 rankingsView sourceBecame champion:
Won the vacant title by defeating Luisito Espinosa.
First shown in rankingsView sourceBecame champion:
Won the vacant title by defeating Paul Hodkinson.
First shown in rankingsView sourceBecame champion:
Won the vacant title by defeating Victor Callejas.
First shown in rankingsView sourceBecame champion:
Won the vacant title by defeating Alfredo Marcano.
First shown in rankingsView sourceBecame champion:
Won the vacant title by defeating Clemente Sánchez.
First shown in rankingsView sourceBecame champion:
Won the vacant title by defeating Mitsunori Seki.
First shown in rankingsView sourceBecame champion:
Was listed as the WBC Interim Champion in the August rankings.
First shown in rankingsView sourceChampions who have held each belt, from oldest to most recent. Title history only goes back as far as our earliest IBF monthly rankings (March 1984).
Became champion:
Won the IBF title by knocking out Luis Alberto Lopez with a left hook in the tenth round.
First shown in August 2024 rankingsView sourceBecame champion:
Won the title by defeating Josh Warrington.
First shown in December 2022 rankingsView sourceBecame champion:
Won the title by defeating Kiko Martínez.
First shown in March 2022 rankingsView sourceBecame champion:
Won the title by defeating Kid Galahad.
First shown in November 2021 rankingsView sourceBecame champion:
Won the title by defeating Jazza Dickens.
First shown in August 2021 rankingsView sourceBecame champion:
Won the title by defeating Evgeny Gradovich.
First shown in May 2015 rankingsView sourceBecame champion:
Won the title by defeating Jorge Lacierva.
First shown in July 2011 rankingsView sourceBecame champion:
Won the title by defeating Orlando Salido.
First shown in September 2010 rankingsView sourceBecame champion:
Won the title by defeating Cristóbal Cruz.
First shown in May 2010 rankingsView sourceBecame champion:
Won the title by defeating Orlando Salido.
First shown in November 2008 rankingsView sourceBecame champion:
Won the title by defeating Eric Aiken.
First shown in September 2006 rankingsView sourceBecame champion:
Won the vacant title by defeating Fahprakorb Rakkiatgym.
First shown in rankingsView sourceChampions who have held each belt, from oldest to most recent. Title history only goes back as far as our earliest WBO monthly rankings (January 1989).
Became champion:
Won the WBO title by defeating Robeisy Ramirez by majority decision.
First shown in December 2023 rankingsView sourceBecame champion:
Won the vacant title by defeating Isaac Dogboe.
First shown in April 2023 rankingsView sourceBecame champion:
Won the title by defeating Ruben Villa.
First shown in October 2020 rankingsView sourceBecame champion:
Won the title by defeating Joet Gonzalez.
First shown in November 2019 rankingsView sourceBecame champion:
Won the title by defeating Matias Rueda.
First shown in July 2016 rankingsView sourceBecame champion:
Won the title by defeating Gary Russell Jr.
First shown in July 2014 rankingsView sourceBecame champion:
Won the title by defeating Orlando Cruz.
First shown in October 2013 rankingsView sourceBecame champion:
Won the title by defeating Orlando Salido.
First shown in February 2013 rankingsView sourceBecame champion:
Won the title by defeating Juan Manuel López.
First shown in May 2011 rankingsView sourceBecame champion:
Won the title by defeating Steven Luevano.
First shown in February 2010 rankingsView sourceBecame champion:
Won the title by defeating Nicky Cook.
First shown in August 2007 rankingsView sourceBecame champion:
Was elevated from Interim Champion after Scott Harrison vacated the title.
First shown in rankingsView sourceBecame champion:
Won the title by defeating Manuel Medina.
First shown in January 2004 rankingsView sourceBecame champion:
Won the title by defeating Scott Harrison.
First shown in October 2003 rankingsView sourceBecame champion:
Won the title by defeating Scott Harrison.
First shown in August 2003 rankingsView sourceBecame champion:
Won the title by defeating Pablo Chacón.
First shown in November 2002 rankingsView sourceBecame champion:
Won the title by defeating Istvan "Koko" Kovacs.
First shown in June 2001 rankingsView sourceBecame champion:
Won the title by defeating Antonio Diaz.
First shown in January 2001 rankingsView sourceBecame champion:
Won the title by defeating Steve Robinson.
First shown in January 2000 rankingsView sourceBecame champion:
Won the vacant title by defeating Armando Juan Reyes.
First shown in rankingsView sourceChampions who have held each belt, from oldest to most recent. Title history only goes back as far as our earliest RING monthly rankings (January 1925).
Became champion:
Won the title by defeating Orlando Salido.
First shown in January 2013 rankingsView sourceBecame champion:
Won the title by defeating Marco Antonio Barrera.
First shown in December 2003 rankingsView sourceBecame champion:
Won the title by defeating Erik Morales.
First shown in August 2002 rankingsView sourceBecame champion:
Won the title by defeating Steve Cruz.
First shown in March 1987 rankingsView sourceBecame champion:
Won the title by defeating Barry McGuigan.
First shown in June 1986 rankingsView sourceBecame champion:
Won the title by defeating Eusebio Pedroza.
First shown in June 1985 rankingsView sourceBecame champion:
Won the title by defeating Danny Lopez.
First shown in February 1980 rankingsView sourceBecame champion:
Won the title by defeating Roberto Castanon.
First shown in March 1979 rankingsView sourceBecame champion:
Won the title by defeating Kuniaki Shibata.
First shown in June 1972 rankingsView sourceBecame champion:
Won the title by defeating Vicente Saldívar.
First shown in February 1971 rankingsView sourceBecame champion:
Won the title by defeating Jose Legra.
First shown in March 1969 rankingsView sourceBecame champion:
Won the title by defeating Sugar Ramos.
First shown in October 1964 rankingsView sourceBecame champion:
Won the title by defeating Davey Moore.
First shown in April 1963 rankingsView sourceBecame champion:
Won the title by defeating Hogan Kid Bassey.
First shown in March 1959 rankingsView sourceBecame champion:
Won the title by defeating Cherif Hamia.
First shown in July 1957 rankingsView sourceBecame champion:
Won the title by defeating Willie Pep.
First shown in September 1950 rankingsView sourceBecame champion:
Won the title by defeating Sandy Saddler.
First shown in February 1949 rankingsView sourceBecame champion:
Won the title by defeating Willie Pep.
First shown in November 1948 rankingsView sourceBecame champion:
Won the title by defeating Chalky Wright.
First shown in January 1943 rankingsView sourceBecame champion:
Won the title by defeating Joey Archibald.
First shown in September 1941 rankingsView sourceBecame champion:
Won the title by defeating Harry Jeffra.
First shown in May 1941 rankingsView sourceBecame champion:
Won the title by defeating Joey Archibald.
First shown in June 1940 rankingsView sourceBecame champion:
Won the title by defeating Petey Sarron.
First shown in November 1937 rankingsView sourceBecame champion:
Won the title by defeating Freddy Miller.
First shown in May 1936 rankingsView sourceBecame champion:
Won the title by defeating Nel Tarleton.
First shown in September 1934 rankingsView sourceBecame champion:
Won the title by defeating Lew Feldman.
First shown in October 1932 rankingsView sourceBecame champion:
Won the title by defeating Andre Routis.
First shown in September 1929 rankingsView sourceBecame champion:
Won the title by defeating Tony Canzoneri.
First shown in August 1929 rankingsView source
Nicholas Walters
Simpiwe Vetyeka
Chris John
Celestino Caballero
Barry McGuigan
Hogan Kid Bassey
Andre Routis
Alejandro Gonzalez
Jeff Fenech
Azumah Nelson
Eder Jofre
Vasyl Lomachenko
Istvan Kovacs
Maurizio Stecca