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IBF featherweight world title

Covers world title bouts since 1984. Current champion: Angelo Leo, since 10th Aug 2024.

World title bouts
93
Champions
29
Longest reign (Tom Johnson, 1993–1997)
3 years, 11 months
Most successful defences in one reign (Tom Johnson, 1993–1997)
11

Current champion

Angelo LeoSince 10th Aug 2024 · 2 years, 3 months · 1 successful defence

Reigns and world title bouts

Jan 2022 – Jan 2027

IBF
Josh WarringtonLuis Alberto LopezAngelo Leo
AprJulOct2023AprJulOct2024AprJulOct2025AprJulOct2026AprJulOct2027
1990200020102020

World title bout

Reigns by length

  1. 1Tom JohnsonIBF1993–19973 years, 11 months · 11 successful defences
  2. 2Lee SelbyIBF2015–20182 years, 11 months · 4 successful defences
  3. 3Josh WarringtonIBF2018–20212 years, 8 months · 3 successful defences
  4. 4Jorge PaezIBF1988–19912 years, 7 months · 6 successful defences
  5. 5Juan Manuel MarquezIBF2003–20052 years, 6 months · 3 successful defences
  6. 6Angelo LeoIBF2024–present2 years, 3 months · 1 successful defence
  7. 7Evgeny GradovichIBF2013–20152 years, 2 months · 3 successful defences
  8. 8Oh Min-keunIBF1984–19851 year, 8 months · 2 successful defences
  9. 9Luis Alberto LopezIBF2022–20241 year, 8 months · 3 successful defences
  10. 10Billy DibIBF2011–20131 year, 7 months · 2 successful defences
  11. 11Cristobal CruzIBF2008–20101 year, 6 months · 2 successful defences
  12. 12Manuel MedinaIBF1998–19991 year, 6 months · 1 successful defence
  13. 13Manuel MedinaIBF1991–19931 year, 6 months · 4 successful defences
  14. 14Antonio RiveraIBF1986–19881 year, 4 months · 0 successful defences
  15. 15Robert GuerreroIBF2007–20081 year, 4 months · 2 successful defences
  16. 16Paul IngleIBF1999–20001 year, 1 month · 1 successful defence
  17. 17Chung Ki-youngIBF1985–19869 months · 2 successful defences
  18. 18Josh WarringtonIBF2022–20228 months · 0 successful defences
  19. 19Frankie ToledoIBF2001–20017 months · 0 successful defences
  20. 20Yuriorkis GamboaIBF2010–20116 months · 1 successful defence
  21. 21Calvin GroveIBF1988–19886 months · 1 successful defence
  22. 22Manuel MedinaIBF2001–20025 months · 0 successful defences
  23. 23Johnny TapiaIBF2002–20025 months · 0 successful defences
  24. 24Naseem HamedIBF1997–19974 months · 1 successful defence
  25. 25Kiko MartinezIBF2021–20224 months · 0 successful defences
  26. 26Hector LizarragaIBF1997–19984 months · 0 successful defences
  27. 27Orlando SalidoIBF2010–20103 months · 0 successful defences
  28. 28Valdemir PereiraIBF2006–20063 months · 0 successful defences
  29. 29Eric AikenIBF2006–20063 months · 0 successful defences
  30. 30Mbulelo BotileIBF2000–20013 months · 0 successful defences
  31. 31Kid GalahadIBF2021–20213 months · 0 successful defences
  32. 32Troy DorseyIBF1991–19912 months · 0 successful defences
  33. 33Robert GuerreroIBF2006–20062 months · 0 successful defences
  34. 34Orlando SalidoIBF2006–20066 days · 0 successful defences

Timeline of world title events

  1. 1984

  2. Oh Min-keun beats Joko Arter via knockout 2/15

    Featherweight · IBFNew champion

  3. Oh Min-keun beats Kelvin Lampkin via unanimous decision 15/15

    Featherweight · IBF

  4. 1985

  5. Oh Min-keun beats Irving Mitchell via unanimous decision 15/15

    Featherweight · IBF

  6. Chung Ki-young beats Oh Min-keun via knockout 15/15

    Featherweight · IBFNew champion

  7. 1986

  8. Chung Ki-young beats Tyrone Jackson via corner retirement 6/15

    Featherweight · IBF

  9. Chung Ki-young beats Richard Savage via unanimous decision 15/15

    Featherweight · IBF

  10. Antonio Rivera beats Chung Ki-young via knockout 10/15

    Featherweight · IBFNew champion

  11. 1988

  12. Calvin Grove beats Antonio Rivera via knockout 4/15

    Featherweight · IBFNew champion

  13. Calvin Grove beats Myron Taylor via unanimous decision 15/15

    Featherweight · IBF

  14. Jorge Paez beats Calvin Grove via majority decision 15/15

    Featherweight · IBFNew champion

  15. 1989

  16. Jorge Paez beats Calvin Grove via knockout 11/12

    Featherweight · IBF

  17. Jorge Paez and Louie Espinoza draw via split decision 12/12

    Featherweight · IBF

  18. Jorge Paez beats Steve Cruz via unanimous decision 12/12

    Featherweight · IBF

  19. Jorge Paez beats Jose Mario Lopez via knockout 2/12

    Featherweight · IBF

  20. Jorge Paez beats Lupe Gutierrez via knockout 6/12

    Featherweight · IBF

  1. 1990

  2. Jorge Paez beats Troy Dorsey via split decision 12/12

    Featherweight · IBF

  3. Jorge Paez beats Louie Espinoza via split decision 12/12

    Featherweight · IBF and WBO

  4. Jorge Paez and Troy Dorsey draw via split decision 12/12

    Featherweight · IBF and WBO

  5. 1991

  6. Jorge Paez’s reign as the IBF featherweight world champion ends

    Featherweight · IBF

  7. Troy Dorsey beats Alfred Rangel via knockout 1/12

    Featherweight · IBFNew champion

  8. Manuel Medina beats Troy Dorsey via unanimous decision 12/12

    Featherweight · IBFNew champion

  9. Manuel Medina beats Tom Johnson via technical decision 9/12

    Featherweight · IBF

  10. 1992

  11. Manuel Medina beats Fabrice Benichou via split decision 12/12

    Featherweight · IBF

  12. Manuel Medina beats Fabrizio Cappai via corner retirement 10/12

    Featherweight · IBF

  13. Manuel Medina beats Moussa Sangare via majority decision 12/12

    Featherweight · IBF

  14. 1993

  15. Tom Johnson beats Manuel Medina via split decision 12/12

    Featherweight · IBFNew champion

  16. Tom Johnson beats Sugar Baby Rojas via unanimous decision 12/12

    Featherweight · IBF

  17. Tom Johnson beats Stephane Haccoun via knockout 9/12

    Featherweight · IBF

  18. 1994

  19. Tom Johnson beats Orlando Soto via unanimous decision 12/12

    Featherweight · IBF

  20. Tom Johnson beats Benny Amparo via knockout 12/12

    Featherweight · IBF

  21. Tom Johnson beats Francisco Segura via unanimous decision 12/12

    Featherweight · IBF

  22. 1995

  23. Tom Johnson beats Manuel Medina via unanimous decision 12/12

    Featherweight · IBF

  24. Tom Johnson beats Eddie Croft via unanimous decision 12/12

    Featherweight · IBF

  25. Tom Johnson beats Jose Badillo via majority decision 12/12

    Featherweight · IBF

  26. 1996

  27. Tom Johnson beats Ever Beleno via knockout 12/12

    Featherweight · IBF

  28. Tom Johnson beats Claudio Victor Martinet via knockout 7/12

    Featherweight · IBF

  29. Tom Johnson beats Ramon Guzman via unanimous decision 12/12

    Featherweight · IBF

  30. 1997

  31. Naseem Hamed beats Tom Johnson via knockout 8/12

    Featherweight · IBF and WBONew IBF champion

  32. Naseem Hamed beats Billy Hardy via knockout 1/12

    Featherweight · IBF and WBO

  33. Naseem Hamed’s reign as the IBF featherweight world champion ends

    Featherweight · IBF

  34. Naseem Hamed beats Juan Gerardo Cabrera via knockout 2/12

    Featherweight · IBF and WBO

  35. Hector Lizarraga beats Welcome Ncita via corner retirement 10/12

    Featherweight · IBFNew champion

  36. 1998

  37. Manuel Medina beats Hector Lizarraga via unanimous decision 12/12

    Featherweight · IBFNew champion

  38. 1999

  39. Manuel Medina beats Victor Polo via technical decision 9/12

    Featherweight · IBF

  40. Paul Ingle beats Manuel Medina via unanimous decision 12/12

    Featherweight · IBFNew champion

  1. 2000

  2. Paul Ingle beats Junior Jones via knockout 11/12

    Featherweight · IBF

  3. Mbulelo Botile beats Paul Ingle via technical knockout 12/12

    Featherweight · IBFNew champion

  4. 2001

  5. Frankie Toledo beats Mbulelo Botile via unanimous decision 12/12

    Featherweight · IBFNew champion

  6. Manuel Medina beats Frankie Toledo via knockout 5/12

    Featherweight · IBFNew champion

  7. 2002

  8. Johnny Tapia beats Manuel Medina via majority decision 12/12

    Featherweight · IBFNew champion

  9. Johnny Tapia’s reign as the IBF featherweight world champion ends

    Featherweight · IBF

  10. 2003

  11. Juan Manuel Marquez beats Manuel Medina via knockout 7/12

    Featherweight · IBFNew champion

  12. Juan Manuel Marquez beats Derrick Gainer via technical decision 7/12

    Featherweight · WBA Super and IBF

  13. 2004

  14. Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez draw via split decision 12/12

    Featherweight · WBA Super, IBF and The Ring

  15. Juan Manuel Marquez beats Orlando Salido via unanimous decision 12/12

    Featherweight · WBA Super and IBF

  16. 2005

  17. Juan Manuel Marquez beats Victor Polo via unanimous decision 12/12

    Featherweight · WBA Super and IBF

  18. Juan Manuel Marquez’s reign as the IBF featherweight world champion ends

    Featherweight · IBF

  19. 2006

  20. Valdemir Pereira beats Prayat Sawaingam via unanimous decision 12/12

    Featherweight · IBFNew champion

  21. Eric Aiken beats Valdemir Pereira via disqualification 8/12

    Featherweight · IBFNew champion

  22. Robert Guerrero beats Eric Aiken via corner retirement 8/12

    Featherweight · IBFNew champion

  23. Robert Guerrero v Orlando Salido ends in a no contest

    Featherweight · IBF

  24. Orlando Salido’s reign as the IBF featherweight world champion ends

    Featherweight · IBF

  25. 2007

  26. Robert Guerrero beats Spend Abazi via corner retirement 8/12

    Featherweight · IBFNew champion

  27. Robert Guerrero beats Martin Honorio via knockout 1/12

    Featherweight · IBF

  28. 2008

  29. Robert Guerrero beats Jason Litzau via knockout 8/12

    Featherweight · IBF

  30. Robert Guerrero’s reign as the IBF featherweight world champion ends

    Featherweight · IBF

  31. Cristobal Cruz beats Orlando Salido via split decision 12/12

    Featherweight · IBFNew champion

  32. 2009

  33. Cristobal Cruz beats Cyril Thomas via unanimous decision 12/12

    Featherweight · IBF

  34. Cristobal Cruz beats Jorge Solis via unanimous decision 12/12

    Featherweight · IBF

  35. Cristobal Cruz and Ricardo Castillo draw via technical decision 12/12

    Featherweight · IBF

  1. 2010

  2. Orlando Salido beats Cristobal Cruz via unanimous decision 12/12

    Featherweight · IBFNew champion

  3. Yuriorkis Gamboa beats Orlando Salido via unanimous decision 12/12

    Featherweight · WBA Super and IBFNew IBF champion

  4. 2011

  5. Yuriorkis Gamboa beats Jorge Solis via knockout 4/12

    Featherweight · WBA Super and IBF

  6. Billy Dib beats Jorge Lacierva via unanimous decision 12/12

    Featherweight · IBFNew champion

  7. Billy Dib beats Alberto Servidei via knockout 1/12

    Featherweight · IBF

  8. 2012

  9. Billy Dib beats Eduardo Escobedo via corner retirement 6/12

    Featherweight · IBF

  10. 2013

  11. Evgeny Gradovich beats Billy Dib via split decision 12/12

    Featherweight · IBFNew champion

  12. Evgeny Gradovich beats Mauricio Javier Munoz via unanimous decision 12/12

    Featherweight · IBF

  13. Evgeny Gradovich beats Billy Dib via knockout 9/12

    Featherweight · IBF

  14. 2014

  15. Evgeny Gradovich beats Alexander Miskirtchian via unanimous decision 12/12

    Featherweight · IBF

  16. Evgeny Gradovich and Jayson Velez draw via split decision 12/12

    Featherweight · IBF

  17. 2015

  18. Lee Selby beats Evgeny Gradovich via technical decision 8/12

    Featherweight · IBFNew champion

  19. Lee Selby beats Fernando Montiel via unanimous decision 12/12

    Featherweight · IBF

  20. 2016

  21. Lee Selby beats Eric Hunter via unanimous decision 12/12

    Featherweight · IBF

  22. 2017

  23. Lee Selby beats Jonathan Victor Barros via unanimous decision 12/12

    Featherweight · IBF

  24. Lee Selby beats Eduardo Ramirez via unanimous decision 12/12

    Featherweight · IBF

  25. 2018

  26. Josh Warrington beats Lee Selby via split decision 12/12

    Featherweight · IBFNew champion

  27. Josh Warrington beats Carl Frampton via unanimous decision 12/12

    Featherweight · IBF

  28. 2019

  29. Josh Warrington beats Kid Galahad via split decision 12/12

    Featherweight · IBF

  30. Josh Warrington beats Sofiane Takoucht via knockout 2/12

    Featherweight · IBF

  1. 2021

  2. Josh Warrington’s reign as the IBF featherweight world champion ends

    Featherweight · IBF

  3. Kid Galahad beats Jazza Dickens via corner retirement 11/12

    Featherweight · IBFNew champion

  4. Kiko Martinez beats Kid Galahad via technical knockout 6/12

    Featherweight · IBFNew champion

  5. 2022

  6. Josh Warrington beats Kiko Martinez via technical knockout 7/12

    Featherweight · IBFNew champion

  7. Luis Alberto Lopez beats Josh Warrington via majority decision 12/12

    Featherweight · IBFNew champion

  8. 2023

  9. Luis Alberto Lopez beats Michael Conlan via technical knockout 5/12

    Featherweight · IBF

  10. Luis Alberto Lopez beats Joet Gonzalez via unanimous decision 12/12

    Featherweight · IBF

  11. 2024

  12. Luis Alberto Lopez beats Reiya Abe via technical knockout 8/12

    Featherweight · IBF

  13. Angelo Leo beats Luis Alberto Lopez via knockout 10/12

    Featherweight · IBFNew champion

  14. 2025

  15. Angelo Leo beats Tomoki Kameda via majority decision 12/12

    Featherweight · IBF