Featherweight • World Boxing Council

Current champion: Rey Vargas (0 title defenses)

No scheduled WBC Featherweight bout

Timeline

  1. 14 Feb 1963

    David Moore becomes the WBC Featherweight world champion

  2. 21 Mar 1963

    Sugar Ramos beats David Moore via corner retirement 10/15

    Featherweight (126 lb)

    Sugar Ramos becomes the WBC Featherweight world champion

  3. 13 Jul 1963

    Sugar Ramos beats Rafiu King via unanimous decision 15/15

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  4. 1 Mar 1964

    Sugar Ramos beats Mitsunori Seki via knockout 6/15

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  5. 9 May 1964

    Sugar Ramos beats Floyd Robertson via split decision 15/15

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  6. 26 Sep 1964

    Vicente Saldivar beats Sugar Ramos via corner retirement 12/15

    Featherweight (126 lb)

    Vicente Saldivar becomes the WBC Featherweight world champion

  7. 7 May 1965

    Vicente Saldivar beats Raul Rojas via knockout 15/15

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  8. 7 Sep 1965

    Vicente Saldivar beats Howard Winstone via points decision 15/15

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  9. 12 Feb 1966

    Vicente Saldivar beats Floyd Robertson via knockout 2/15

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  10. 7 Aug 1966

    Vicente Saldivar beats Mitsunori Seki via unanimous decision 15/15

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  11. 29 Jan 1967

    Vicente Saldivar beats Mitsunori Seki via knockout 7/15

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  12. 15 Jun 1967

    Vicente Saldivar beats Howard Winstone via points decision 15/15

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  13. 1 Oct 1967

    Vicente Saldivar's WBC Featherweight world title reign ends

  14. 14 Oct 1967

    Vicente Saldivar beats Howard Winstone via knockout 12/15

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  15. 23 Jan 1968

    Howard Winstone beats Mitsunori Seki via knockout 9/15

    Featherweight (126 lb)

    Howard Winstone becomes the WBC Featherweight world champion

  16. 24 Jul 1968

    Jose Legra beats Howard Winstone via knockout 5/15

    Featherweight (126 lb)

    Jose Legra becomes the WBC Featherweight world champion

  17. 21 Jan 1969

    Johnny Famechon beats Jose Legra via points decision 15/15

    Featherweight (126 lb)

    Johnny Famechon becomes the WBC Featherweight world champion

  18. 28 Jul 1969

    Johnny Famechon beats Fighting Harada via points decision 15/15

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  19. 6 Jan 1970

    Johnny Famechon beats Fighting Harada via knockout 14/15

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  20. 9 May 1970

    Vicente Saldivar beats Johnny Famechon via unanimous decision 15/15

    Featherweight (126 lb)

    Vicente Saldivar becomes the WBC Featherweight world champion

  21. 11 Dec 1970

    Kuniaki Shibata beats Vicente Saldivar via corner retirement 12/15

    Featherweight (126 lb)

    Kuniaki Shibata becomes the WBC Featherweight world champion

  22. 3 Jun 1971

    Kuniaki Shibata beats Raul Cruz via knockout 1/15

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  23. 11 Nov 1971

    Kuniaki Shibata and Ernesto Marcel share a draw 15/15

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  24. 19 May 1972

    Clemente Sanchez beats Kuniaki Shibata via knockout 3/15

    Featherweight (126 lb)

    Clemente Sanchez becomes the WBC Featherweight world champion

  25. 16 Dec 1972

    Jose Legra beats Clemente Sanchez via knockout 10/15

    Featherweight (126 lb)

    Jose Legra becomes the WBC Featherweight world champion

  26. 5 May 1973

    Eder Jofre beats Jose Legra via majority decision 15/15

    Featherweight (126 lb)

    Eder Jofre becomes the WBC Featherweight world champion

  27. 21 Oct 1973

    Eder Jofre beats Vicente Saldivar via knockout 4/15

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  28. 17 Jun 1974

    Eder Jofre's WBC Featherweight world title reign ends

  29. 7 Sep 1974

    Bobby Chacon beats Alfredo Marcano via knockout 9/15

    Featherweight (126 lb)

    Bobby Chacon becomes the WBC Featherweight world champion

  30. 1 Mar 1975

    Bobby Chacon beats Jesus Estrada via knockout 2/15

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  31. 20 Jun 1975

    Ruben Olivares beats Bobby Chacon via knockout 2/15

    Featherweight (126 lb)

    Ruben Olivares becomes the WBC Featherweight world champion

  32. 20 Sep 1975

    David Kotey beats Ruben Olivares via split decision 15/15

    Featherweight (126 lb)

    David Kotey becomes the WBC Featherweight world champion

  33. 6 Mar 1976

    David Kotey beats Flipper Uehara via corner retirement 11/15

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  34. 16 Jul 1976

    David Kotey beats Shig Fukuyama via knockout 3/15

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  35. 6 Nov 1976

    Danny Lopez beats David Kotey via unanimous decision 15/15

    Featherweight (126 lb)

    Danny Lopez becomes the WBC Featherweight world champion

  36. 13 Sep 1977

    Danny Lopez beats Jose Torres via corner retirement 7/15

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  37. 15 Feb 1978

    Danny Lopez beats David Kotey via knockout 6/15

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  38. 23 Apr 1978

    Danny Lopez beats Jose de Paula via knockout 6/15

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  39. 15 Sep 1978

    Danny Lopez beats Juan Domingo Malvarez via knockout 2/15

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  40. 21 Oct 1978

    Danny Lopez beats Fel Clemente via disqualification 4/15

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  41. 10 Mar 1979

    Danny Lopez beats Roberto Castanon via knockout 2/15

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  42. 17 Jun 1979

    Danny Lopez beats Mike Ayala via knockout 15/15

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  43. 25 Sep 1979

    Danny Lopez beats Jose Caba via knockout 3/15

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  44. 2 Feb 1980

    Salvador Sanchez beats Danny Lopez via knockout 13/15

    Featherweight (126 lb)

    Salvador Sanchez becomes the WBC Featherweight world champion

  45. 12 Apr 1980

    Salvador Sanchez beats Ruben Castillo via unanimous decision 15/15

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  46. 21 Jun 1980

    Salvador Sanchez beats Danny Lopez via knockout 14/15

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  47. 13 Sep 1980

    Salvador Sanchez beats Pat Ford via majority decision 15/15

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  48. 13 Dec 1980

    Salvador Sanchez beats Juan Laporte via unanimous decision 15/15

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  49. 22 Mar 1981

    Salvador Sanchez beats Roberto Castanon via knockout 10/15

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  50. 21 Aug 1981

    Salvador Sanchez beats Wilfredo Gomez via knockout 8/15

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  51. 12 Dec 1981

    Salvador Sanchez beats Pat Cowdell via split decision 15/15

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  52. 8 May 1982

    Salvador Sanchez beats Rocky Garcia via unanimous decision 15/15

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  53. 21 Jul 1982

    Salvador Sanchez beats Azumah Nelson via knockout 15/15

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  54. 12 Aug 1982

    Salvador Sanchez's WBC Featherweight world title reign ends

  55. 15 Sep 1982

    Juan Laporte beats Mario Miranda via corner retirement 10/15

    Featherweight (126 lb)

    Juan Laporte becomes the WBC Featherweight world champion

  56. 20 Feb 1983

    Juan Laporte beats Ruben Castillo via unanimous decision 12/12

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  57. 25 Jun 1983

    Juan Laporte beats Johnny De La Rosa via split decision 12/12

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  58. 31 Mar 1984

    Wilfredo Gomez beats Juan Laporte via unanimous decision 12/12

    Featherweight (126 lb)

    Wilfredo Gomez becomes the WBC Featherweight world champion

  59. 8 Dec 1984

    Azumah Nelson beats Wilfredo Gomez via knockout 11/12

    Featherweight (126 lb)

    Azumah Nelson becomes the WBC Featherweight world champion

  60. 6 Sep 1985

    Azumah Nelson beats Juvenal Ordenes via knockout 5/12

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  61. 12 Oct 1985

    Azumah Nelson beats Pat Cowdell via knockout 1/12

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  62. 25 Feb 1986

    Azumah Nelson beats Marcos Villasana via majority decision 12/12

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  63. 22 Jun 1986

    Azumah Nelson beats Danilo Cabrera via knockout 10/12

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  64. 7 Mar 1987

    Azumah Nelson beats Mauro Gutierrez via knockout 6/12

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  65. 29 Aug 1987

    Azumah Nelson beats Marcos Villasana via unanimous decision 12/12

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  66. 1 Jan 1988

    Azumah Nelson's WBC Featherweight world title reign ends

  67. 7 Mar 1988

    Jeff Fenech beats Victor Callejas via knockout 10/12

    Featherweight (126 lb)

    Jeff Fenech becomes the WBC Featherweight world champion

  68. 12 Aug 1988

    Jeff Fenech beats Tyrone Downes via knockout 5/12

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  69. 30 Nov 1988

    Jeff Fenech beats Georgie Navarro via knockout 5/12

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  70. 1 Jan 1989

    Jeff Fenech's WBC Featherweight world title reign ends

  71. 8 Apr 1989

    Jeff Fenech beats Marcos Villasana via unanimous decision 12/12

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  72. 2 Jun 1990

    Marcos Villasana beats Paul Hodkinson via knockout 8/12

    Featherweight (126 lb)

    Marcos Villasana becomes the WBC Featherweight world champion

  73. 30 Sep 1990

    Marcos Villasana beats Javier Marquez via knockout 8/12

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  74. 11 Apr 1991

    Marcos Villasana beats Rafael Zuniga via knockout 6/12

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  75. 15 Aug 1991

    Marcos Villasana beats Ricardo Cepeda via unanimous decision 12/12

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  76. 13 Nov 1991

    Paul Hodkinson beats Marcos Villasana via unanimous decision 12/12

    Featherweight (126 lb)

    Paul Hodkinson becomes the WBC Featherweight world champion

  77. 25 Apr 1992

    Paul Hodkinson beats Steve Cruz via knockout 3/12

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  78. 12 Sep 1992

    Paul Hodkinson beats Fabrice Benichou via knockout 10/12

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  79. 3 Feb 1993

    Paul Hodkinson beats Ricardo Cepeda via knockout 4/12

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  80. 28 Apr 1993

    Gregorio Vargas beats Paul Hodkinson via knockout 7/12

    Featherweight (126 lb)

    Gregorio Vargas becomes the WBC Featherweight world champion

  81. 4 Dec 1993

    Kevin Kelley beats Gregorio Vargas via unanimous decision 12/12

    Featherweight (126 lb)

    Kevin Kelley becomes the WBC Featherweight world champion

  82. 6 May 1994

    Kevin Kelley beats Jesse Benavides via unanimous decision 12/12

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  83. 24 Sep 1994

    Kevin Kelley beats Jose Vida Ramos via knockout 2/12

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  84. 7 Jan 1995

    Alejandro Gonzalez beats Kevin Kelley via corner retirement 10/12

    Featherweight (126 lb)

    Alejandro Gonzalez becomes the WBC Featherweight world champion

  85. 31 Mar 1995

    Alejandro Gonzalez beats Louie Espinoza via unanimous decision 12/12

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  86. 2 Jun 1995

    Alejandro Gonzalez beats Tony Green via knockout 9/12

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  87. 23 Sep 1995

    Manuel Medina beats Alejandro Gonzalez via split decision 12/12

    Featherweight (126 lb)

    Manuel Medina becomes the WBC Featherweight world champion

  88. 11 Dec 1995

    Luisito Espinosa beats Manuel Medina via unanimous decision 12/12

    Featherweight (126 lb)

    Luisito Espinosa becomes the WBC Featherweight world champion

  89. 1 Mar 1996

    Luisito Espinosa beats Alejandro Gonzalez via knockout 4/12

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  90. 6 Jul 1996

    Luisito Espinosa beats Cesar Soto via unanimous decision 12/12

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  91. 2 Nov 1996

    Luisito Espinosa beats Nobutoshi Hiranaka via knockout 8/12

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  92. 17 May 1997

    Luisito Espinosa beats Manuel Medina via technical decision 8/12

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  93. 6 Dec 1997

    Luisito Espinosa beats Carlos Rios via knockout 6/12

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  94. 15 Aug 1998

    Luisito Espinosa beats Juan Carlos Ramirez via technical decision 11/12

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  95. 28 Nov 1998

    Luisito Espinosa beats Kennedy McKinney via knockout 2/12

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  96. 15 May 1999

    Cesar Soto beats Luisito Espinosa via unanimous decision 12/12

    Featherweight (126 lb)

    Cesar Soto becomes the WBC Featherweight world champion

  97. 22 Oct 1999

    Naseem Hamed beats Cesar Soto via unanimous decision 12/12

    Featherweight (126 lb)

    Naseem Hamed becomes the WBC Featherweight world champion

  98. 1 Jan 2000

    Naseem Hamed's WBC Featherweight world title reign ends

  99. 14 Apr 2000

    Guty Espadas Jr beats Luisito Espinosa via technical decision 11/12

    Featherweight (126 lb)

    Guty Espadas Jr becomes the WBC Featherweight world champion

  100. 23 Jun 2000

    Guty Espadas Jr beats Foijan Prawet via unanimous decision 12/12

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  101. 17 Feb 2001

    Erik Morales beats Guty Espadas Jr via unanimous decision 12/12

    Featherweight (126 lb)

    Erik Morales becomes the WBC Featherweight world champion

  102. 28 Jul 2001

    Erik Morales beats Chi In-jin via unanimous decision 12/12

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  103. 22 Jun 2002

    Marco Antonio Barrera beats Erik Morales via unanimous decision 12/12

    Featherweight (126 lb)

    Marco Antonio Barrera becomes the WBC Featherweight world champion

  104. 16 Nov 2002

    Erik Morales beats Paulie Ayala via unanimous decision 12/12

    Featherweight (126 lb)

    Erik Morales becomes the WBC Featherweight world champion

  105. 22 Feb 2003

    Erik Morales beats Eddie Croft via knockout 3/12

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  106. 3 May 2003

    Erik Morales beats Fernando Velardez via knockout 5/12

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  107. 1 Oct 2003

    Erik Morales's WBC Featherweight world title reign ends

  108. 18 Oct 2003

    Chi In-jin and Michael Brodie share a draw 12/12

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  109. 10 Apr 2004

    Chi In-jin beats Michael Brodie via knockout 7/12

    Featherweight (126 lb)

    Chi In-jin becomes the WBC Featherweight world champion

  110. 24 Jul 2004

    Chi In-jin beats Eiichi Sugama via knockout 10/12

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  111. 30 Jan 2005

    Chi In-jin beats Tommy Browne via unanimous decision 12/12

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  112. 29 Jan 2006

    Takashi Koshimoto beats Chi In-jin via split decision 12/12

    Featherweight (126 lb)

    Takashi Koshimoto becomes the WBC Featherweight world champion

  113. 30 Jul 2006

    Rodolfo Lopez beats Takashi Koshimoto via knockout 7/12

    Featherweight (126 lb)

    Rodolfo Lopez becomes the WBC Featherweight world champion

  114. 17 Dec 2006

    Chi In-jin beats Rodolfo Lopez via unanimous decision 12/12

    Featherweight (126 lb)

    Chi In-jin becomes the WBC Featherweight world champion

  115. 1 Jul 2007

    Chi In-jin's WBC Featherweight world title reign ends

  116. 21 Jul 2007

    Jorge Linares beats Oscar Larios via knockout 10/12

    Featherweight (126 lb)

    Jorge Linares becomes the WBC Featherweight world champion

  117. 15 Dec 2007

    Jorge Linares beats Gamaliel Diaz via knockout 8/12

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  118. 13 Aug 2008

    Oscar Larios becomes the WBC Featherweight world champion

  119. 16 Oct 2008

    Oscar Larios beats Takahiro Ao via split decision 12/12

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  120. 12 Mar 2009

    Takahiro Ao beats Oscar Larios via unanimous decision 12/12

    Featherweight (126 lb)

    Takahiro Ao becomes the WBC Featherweight world champion

  121. 14 Jul 2009

    Elio Rojas beats Takahiro Ao via unanimous decision 12/12

    Featherweight (126 lb)

    Elio Rojas becomes the WBC Featherweight world champion

  122. 20 Feb 2010

    Elio Rojas beats Guty Espadas Jr via unanimous decision 12/12

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  123. 25 Aug 2010

    Elio Rojas's WBC Featherweight world title reign ends

  124. 26 Nov 2010

    Hozumi Hasegawa beats Juan Carlos Burgos via unanimous decision 12/12

    Featherweight (126 lb)

    Hozumi Hasegawa becomes the WBC Featherweight world champion

  125. 8 Apr 2011

    Jhonny Gonzalez beats Hozumi Hasegawa via knockout 4/12

    Featherweight (126 lb)

    Jhonny Gonzalez becomes the WBC Featherweight world champion

  126. 9 Jul 2011

    Jhonny Gonzalez beats Tomas Villa via knockout 4/12

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  127. 15 Sep 2011

    Jhonny Gonzalez beats Rogers Mtagwa via knockout 2/12

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  128. 3 Dec 2011

    Jhonny Gonzalez beats Roinet Caballero via knockout 2/12

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  129. 28 Apr 2012

    Jhonny Gonzalez beats Elio Rojas via unanimous decision 12/12

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  130. 15 Sep 2012

    Daniel Ponce de Leon beats Jhonny Gonzalez via technical decision 8/12

    Featherweight (126 lb)

    Daniel Ponce de Leon becomes the WBC Featherweight world champion

  131. 4 May 2013

    Abner Mares beats Daniel Ponce de Leon via knockout 9/12

    Featherweight (126 lb)

    Abner Mares becomes the WBC Featherweight world champion

  132. 24 Aug 2013

    Jhonny Gonzalez beats Abner Mares via knockout 1/12

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  133. 25 Aug 2013

    Jhonny Gonzalez becomes the WBC Featherweight world champion

  134. 24 May 2014

    Jhonny Gonzalez beats Clive Atwell via technical decision 10/12

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  135. 4 Oct 2014

    Jhonny Gonzalez beats Jorge Arce via knockout 11/12

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  136. 28 Mar 2015

    Gary Russell Jr beats Jhonny Gonzalez via knockout 4/12

    Featherweight (126 lb)

    Gary Russell Jr becomes the WBC Featherweight world champion

  137. 16 Apr 2016

    Gary Russell Jr beats Patrick Hyland via knockout 2/12

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  138. 20 May 2017

    Gary Russell Jr beats Oscar Escandon via knockout 7/12

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  139. 19 May 2018

    Gary Russell Jr beats Joseph Diaz via unanimous decision 12/12

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  140. 18 May 2019

    Gary Russell Jr beats Kiko Martinez via knockout 5/12

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  141. 8 Feb 2020

    Gary Russell Jr beats Tugstsogt Nyambayar via unanimous decision 12/12

    Featherweight (126 lb)

  142. 22 Jan 2022

    Mark Magsayo beats Gary Russell Jr via majority decision 12/12

    Featherweight (126 lb)

    Mark Magsayo becomes the WBC Featherweight world champion

  143. 9 Jul 2022

    Rey Vargas beats Mark Magsayo via split decision 12/12

    Featherweight (126 lb)

    Rey Vargas becomes the WBC Featherweight world champion

Back to top