Featherweight • World Boxing Association

The WBA timeline stops on the introduction of the WBA Super title. See also: WBA Regular, WBA Super

Timeline

  1. 12 Sep 1927

    Benny Bass beats Red Chapman via unanimous decision 10/10

    Featherweight (126 lb)

    Benny Bass becomes the WBA Featherweight world champion

  2. 10 Feb 1928

    Tony Canzoneri becomes the WBA Featherweight world champion

  3. 28 Sep 1928

    Andre Routis becomes the WBA Featherweight world champion

  4. 27 May 1929

  5. 23 Sep 1929

    Battling Battalino becomes the WBA Featherweight world champion

  6. 15 Jul 1930

  7. 12 Dec 1930

  8. 22 May 1931

  9. 23 Jul 1931

  10. 4 Nov 1931

  11. 27 Jan 1932

  12. 1 Mar 1932

    Battling Battalino's WBA Featherweight world title reign ends

  13. 26 May 1932

    Tommy Paul beats Johnny Pena via points decision 15/15

    Featherweight (126 lb)

    Tommy Paul becomes the WBA Featherweight world champion

  14. 13 Jan 1933

    Freddie Miller becomes the WBA Featherweight world champion

  15. 28 Feb 1933

  16. 21 Mar 1933

    Freddie Miller beats Speedy Dado via points decision 10/10

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  17. 11 Jul 1933

    Freddie Miller beats Abie Israel via knockout 4/15

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  18. 1 Jan 1934

    Freddie Miller beats Jackie Sharkey via unanimous decision 10/10

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  19. 4 May 1934

  20. 13 Jul 1934

    Freddie Miller beats Gene Espinosa via knockout 8/10

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  21. 20 Sep 1934

    Freddie Miller beats Nel Tarleton via points decision 15/15

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  22. 17 Feb 1935

    Freddie Miller beats Jose Girones via knockout 1/15

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  23. 12 Jun 1935

    Freddie Miller beats Nel Tarleton via points decision 15/15

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  24. 22 Oct 1935

    Freddie Miller beats Vernon Cormier via unanimous decision 15/15

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  25. 18 Feb 1936

    Freddie Miller beats Johnny Pena via unanimous decision 12/12

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  26. 2 Mar 1936

  27. 11 May 1936

    Petey Sarron becomes the WBA Featherweight world champion

  28. 22 Jul 1936

    Petey Sarron beats Baby Manuel via unanimous decision 15/15

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  29. 4 Sep 1937

  30. 29 Oct 1937

    Henry Armstrong becomes the WBA Featherweight world champion

  31. 13 Sep 1938

    Henry Armstrong's WBA Featherweight world title reign ends

  32. 18 Apr 1939

    Joey Archibald becomes the WBA Featherweight world champion

  33. 28 Sep 1939

  34. 1 Apr 1940

    Joey Archibald's WBA Featherweight world title reign ends

  35. 1 May 1940

    Petey Scalzo becomes the WBA Featherweight world champion

  36. 15 May 1940

    Petey Scalzo beats Frankie Covelli via knockout 6/15

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  37. 10 Jul 1940

    Petey Scalzo beats Bobby Ivy via knockout 15/15

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  38. 19 May 1941

    Petey Scalzo and Phil Zwick share a draw 15/15

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  39. 1 Jul 1941

    Richie Lemos becomes the WBA Featherweight world champion

  40. 18 Nov 1941

    Jackie Wilson becomes the WBA Featherweight world champion

  41. 16 Dec 1941

  42. 18 Jan 1943

    Jackie Callura becomes the WBA Featherweight world champion

  43. 18 Mar 1943

  44. 16 Aug 1943

    Phil Terranova becomes the WBA Featherweight world champion

  45. 27 Dec 1943

  46. 10 Mar 1944

    Sal Bartolo becomes the WBA Featherweight world champion

  47. 5 May 1944

  48. 15 Dec 1944

    Sal Bartolo beats Willie Roache via unanimous decision 15/15

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  49. 3 May 1946

    Sal Bartolo beats Spider Armstrong via knockout 6/15

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  50. 7 Jun 1946

    Willie Pep becomes the WBA Featherweight world champion

  51. 22 Aug 1947

  52. 24 Feb 1948

    Willie Pep beats Humberto Sierra via knockout 10/15

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  53. 29 Oct 1948

    Sandy Saddler becomes the WBA Featherweight world champion

  54. 11 Feb 1949

    Willie Pep becomes the WBA Featherweight world champion

  55. 20 Sep 1949

  56. 16 Jan 1950

  57. 17 Mar 1950

    Willie Pep beats Ray Famechon via unanimous decision 15/15

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  58. 8 Sep 1950

    Sandy Saddler becomes the WBA Featherweight world champion

  59. 26 Sep 1951

  60. 25 Feb 1955

    Sandy Saddler beats Teddy Davis via unanimous decision 15/15

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  61. 18 Jan 1956

  62. 21 Jan 1957

    Sandy Saddler's WBA Featherweight world title reign ends

  63. 24 Jun 1957

    Hogan Bassey becomes the WBA Featherweight world champion

  64. 1 Apr 1958

  65. 18 Mar 1959

    David Moore becomes the WBA Featherweight world champion

  66. 19 Aug 1959

  67. 29 Aug 1960

    David Moore beats Kazuo Takayama via unanimous decision 15/15

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  68. 8 Apr 1961

  69. 13 Nov 1961

    David Moore beats Kazuo Takayama via unanimous decision 15/15

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  70. 17 Aug 1962

  71. 21 Mar 1963

    Sugar Ramos becomes the WBA Featherweight world champion

  72. 13 Jul 1963

    Sugar Ramos beats Rafiu King via unanimous decision 15/15

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  73. 1 Mar 1964

  74. 9 May 1964

    Sugar Ramos beats Floyd Robertson via split decision 15/15

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  75. 26 Sep 1964

    Vicente Saldivar becomes the WBA Featherweight world champion

  76. 7 May 1965

  77. 7 Sep 1965

  78. 12 Feb 1966

  79. 7 Aug 1966

    Vicente Saldivar beats Mitsunori Seki via unanimous decision 15/15

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  80. 29 Jan 1967

  81. 15 Jun 1967

  82. 14 Oct 1967

  83. 28 Mar 1968

    Raul Rojas beats Enrique Higgins via unanimous decision 15/15

    Featherweight (126 lb)

    Raul Rojas becomes the WBA Featherweight world champion

  84. 27 Sep 1968

    Shozo Saijo becomes the WBA Featherweight world champion

  85. 9 Feb 1969

    Shozo Saijo beats Pedro Gomez via unanimous decision 15/15

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  86. 7 Sep 1969

    Shozo Saijo beats Jose Luis Pimentel via knockout 2/15

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  87. 8 Feb 1970

    Shozo Saijo beats Godfrey Stevens via unanimous decision 15/15

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  88. 5 Jul 1970

    Shozo Saijo beats Frankie Crawford via majority decision 15/15

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  89. 28 Feb 1971

    Shozo Saijo beats Frankie Crawford via unanimous decision 15/15

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  90. 2 Sep 1971

    Antonio Gomez becomes the WBA Featherweight world champion

  91. 5 Feb 1972

    Antonio Gomez beats Raul Martinez Mora via knockout 7/15

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  92. 19 Aug 1972

    Ernesto Marcel becomes the WBA Featherweight world champion

  93. 2 Dec 1972

    Ernesto Marcel beats Enrique Garcia via knockout 6/15

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  94. 14 Jul 1973

  95. 8 Sep 1973

    Ernesto Marcel beats Spider Nemoto via knockout 9/15

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  96. 16 Feb 1974

  97. 9 Jul 1974

    Ruben Olivares beats Zensuke Utagawa via knockout 7/15

    Featherweight (126 lb)

    Ruben Olivares becomes the WBA Featherweight world champion

  98. 23 Nov 1974

    Alexis Arguello becomes the WBA Featherweight world champion

  99. 15 Mar 1975

    Alexis Arguello beats Leonel Hernandez via technical knockout 8/15

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  100. 31 May 1975

  101. 12 Oct 1975

  102. 19 Jun 1976

    Alexis Arguello beats Salvador Torres via knockout 3/15

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  103. 15 Jan 1977

    Rafael Ortega beats Francisco Coronado via unanimous decision 15/15

    Featherweight (126 lb)

    Rafael Ortega becomes the WBA Featherweight world champion

  104. 29 May 1977

    Rafael Ortega beats Flipper Uehara via unanimous decision 15/15

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  105. 17 Dec 1977

    Cecilio Lastra becomes the WBA Featherweight world champion

  106. 15 Apr 1978

    Eusebio Pedroza becomes the WBA Featherweight world champion

  107. 2 Jul 1978

    Eusebio Pedroza beats Ernesto Herrera via knockout 12/15

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  108. 27 Nov 1978

    Eusebio Pedroza beats Enrique Solis via unanimous decision 15/15

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  109. 9 Jan 1979

  110. 7 Apr 1979

    Eusebio Pedroza beats Hector Carrasquilla via knockout 11/15

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  111. 21 Jul 1979

  112. 17 Nov 1979

    Eusebio Pedroza beats Johnny Aba via knockout 11/15

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  113. 22 Jan 1980

    Eusebio Pedroza beats Spider Nemoto via unanimous decision 15/15

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  114. 29 Mar 1980

    Eusebio Pedroza beats Juan Domingo Malvarez via knockout 9/15

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  115. 20 Jul 1980

    Eusebio Pedroza beats Sa Wang Kim via knockout 8/15

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  116. 4 Oct 1980

  117. 14 Feb 1981

    Eusebio Pedroza beats Pat Ford via knockout 13/15

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  118. 1 Aug 1981

    Eusebio Pedroza beats Carlos Pinango via knockout 7/15

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  119. 5 Dec 1981

    Eusebio Pedroza beats Bashew Sibaca via knockout 5/15

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  120. 24 Jan 1982

  121. 16 Oct 1982

    Eusebio Pedroza and Bernard Taylor share a draw 15/15

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  122. 24 Apr 1983

  123. 24 Oct 1983

    Eusebio Pedroza beats Jose Caba via unanimous decision 15/15

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  124. 27 May 1984

    Eusebio Pedroza beats Angel Mayor via unanimous decision 15/15

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  125. 2 Feb 1985

  126. 8 Jun 1985

    Barry McGuigan becomes the WBA Featherweight world champion

  127. 28 Sep 1985

    Barry McGuigan beats Bernard Taylor via corner retirement 8/15

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  128. 15 Feb 1986

    Barry McGuigan beats Danilo Cabrera via knockout 14/15

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  129. 23 Jun 1986

    Steve Cruz becomes the WBA Featherweight world champion

  130. 6 Mar 1987

    Antonio Esparragoza becomes the WBA Featherweight world champion

  131. 26 Jul 1987

  132. 23 Jun 1988

  133. 5 Nov 1988

  134. 26 Mar 1989

  135. 2 Jun 1989

    Antonio Esparragoza beats Jean Marc Renard via knockout 6/12

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  136. 22 Sep 1989

    Antonio Esparragoza beats Eduardo Montoya via knockout 5/12

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  137. 12 May 1990

    Antonio Esparragoza beats Chan Mok Park via unanimous decision 12/12

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  138. 30 Mar 1991

    Park Yong-kyun becomes the WBA Featherweight world champion

  139. 15 Jun 1991

    Park Yong-kyun beats Masuaki Takeda via knockout 6/12

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  140. 14 Sep 1991

  141. 25 Jan 1992

    Park Yong-kyun beats Seiji Asakawa via knockout 9/12

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  142. 25 Apr 1992

    Park Yong-kyun beats Koji Matsumoto via knockout 11/12

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  143. 29 Aug 1992

    Park Yong-kyun beats Giovanni Nieves via unanimous decision 12/12

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  144. 19 Dec 1992

    Park Yong-kyun beats Ever Beleno via unanimous decision 12/12

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  145. 20 Mar 1993

    Park Yong-kyun beats Thanomchit Kiatkriengkrai via knockout 4/12

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  146. 4 Sep 1993

    Park Yong-kyun beats Tae Shik Jun via unanimous decision 12/12

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  147. 4 Dec 1993

    Eloy Rojas becomes the WBA Featherweight world champion

  148. 19 Mar 1994

    Eloy Rojas beats Seiji Asakawa via knockout 5/12

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  149. 11 Sep 1994

  150. 3 Dec 1994

  151. 27 May 1995

  152. 13 Aug 1995

    Eloy Rojas beats Nobutoshi Hiranaka via unanimous decision 12/12

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  153. 27 Jan 1996

    Eloy Rojas beats Miguel Arrozal via unanimous decision 12/12

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  154. 18 May 1996

    Wilfredo Vazquez becomes the WBA Featherweight world champion

  155. 7 Dec 1996

    Wilfredo Vazquez beats Bernardo Mendoza via knockout 5/12

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  156. 30 Mar 1997

    Wilfredo Vazquez beats Yuji Watanabe via knockout 5/12

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  157. 23 Aug 1997

    Wilfredo Vazquez beats Roque Cassiani via unanimous decision 12/12

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  158. 8 Nov 1997

    Wilfredo Vazquez beats Genaro Rios via unanimous decision 12/12

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  159. 3 Apr 1998

    Freddie Norwood becomes the WBA Featherweight world champion

  160. 13 Jun 1998

    Freddie Norwood beats Genaro Rios via knockout 8/12

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  161. 10 Jul 1998

  162. 22 Sep 1998

    Freddie Norwood beats Koji Matsumoto via knockout 10/12

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  163. 3 Oct 1998

    Antonio Cermeno beats Genaro Rios via knockout 4/12

    Featherweight (126 lb)

    Antonio Cermeno becomes the WBA Featherweight world champion

  164. 5 Feb 1999

    Antonio Cermeno beats Eddy Saenz via knockout 2/12

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  165. 29 May 1999

    Freddie Norwood becomes the WBA Featherweight world champion

  166. 11 Sep 1999

  167. 30 Jan 2000

  168. 25 May 2000

  169. 9 Sep 2000

    Derrick Gainer becomes the WBA Featherweight world champion

  170. 24 Feb 2001

    Derrick Gainer beats Victor Polo via split decision 12/12

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  171. 24 Aug 2002

    Derrick Gainer and Daniel Seda share a draw 12/12

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  172. 12 Apr 2003

    Derrick Gainer beats Oscar Leon via split decision 12/12

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  173. 1 Nov 2003

    Derrick Gainer's WBA Featherweight world title reign ends