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The National Boxing Association (NBA), was formed in 1921 as the first organization aimed at regulating boxing on a national (and later global) level. The prominence of New York City as the epicenter of boxing would lead to a governmental entity, the powerful New York State Athletic Commission (NYSAC), to join the NBA in sanctioning bouts as "world championships."
This is a list of Super featherweight boxing champions, as recognized by boxing organizations: The World Boxing Association (WBA), established in 1921 as the National Boxing Association (NBA). The World Boxing Council (WBC), established in 1963. The International Boxing Federation (IBF), established in 1983.
This category lists professional boxers who have held a full featherweight world championship by the World Boxing Association (WBA), World Boxing Council (WBC), International Boxing Federation (IBF), or World Boxing Organization (WBO).
He is currently ranked by BoxRec as the 12th-greatest pound-for-pound fighter of all time. [1] In 2007, The Ring ranked Armstrong as the second-greatest fighter of the last 80 years. [ 2 ] Boxing coach and commentator Teddy Atlas considers Armstrong to be the greatest of all time. [ 3 ]
Pep was also named the third greatest fighter of all time by Bert Sugar. Pep was ranked 5th on ESPN's 50 Greatest Boxers Of All Time list in 2007. Willie Pep was voted as the Greatest Featherweight Ever by the Houston Boxing Hall Of Fame in 2014. The HBHOF is a voting body composed totally of current and former fighters.
In 2003, he was ranked #5 on the Ring Magazine's list of 100 greatest punchers of all time. In 1990, Saddler was inducted into the prestigious International Boxing Hall of Fame . He is the Uncle of Joseph Saddler, better known as Grandmaster Flash .
Round, time Date Location Notes 46 Win 44–1–1 Azumah Nelson: TKO 15 (15), 1:49: Jul 21, 1982 Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, U.S. Retained WBC and The Ring featherweight titles: 45 Win 43–1–1 Jorge Garcia UD 15 May 8, 1982 Reunion Arena, Dallas, Texas, U.S. Retained WBC and The Ring featherweight titles: 44 Win 42–1 ...
Mares vacates the title to move up to featherweight. [131] 27 Victor Terrazas (def. Cristian Mijares) 20 Apr – 24 Aug 2013 0 28 Léo Santa Cruz: 24 Aug 2013 – 1 Nov 2015 4 Santa Cruz vacates the title to stay at featherweight. [132] 29 Julio Ceja (interim champion promoted) 1 Nov 2015 – 27 Feb 2016 0 30 Hugo Ruiz: 27 Feb – 16 Sep 2016 0 31