Super bantamweight

Limit: 122 lb / 55.3 kg

A relatively young division (created by the WBC in 1976), super bantamweight (122 lb) is currently held undisputed by Naoya Inoue, who unified the four belts in 2023 in the same calendar year he had become undisputed at bantamweight. The four-Mexican brawl-pit era of Barrera–Morales–Márquez–Vázquez in the 2000s gave the division a brutal, fan-friendly reputation it still trades on.

Current world champions

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Naoya Inoue
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Naoya Inoue
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Naoya Inoue
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Naoya Inoue

Alternate division names

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Super Bantamweight
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Super Bantamweight
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Junior Featherweight
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Super Bantamweight

Legends of the division

Wilfredo VázquezMarco Antonio BarreraErik MoralesIsrael VázquezRafael MárquezGuillermo RigondeauxNaoya Inoue

All-time top 3

  1. 1.Naoya Inoue
  2. 2.Marco Antonio Barrera
  3. 3.Stephen Fulton Jr.

Trivia

  • Israel Vázquez and Rafael Márquez fought four times between 2007-2010, producing two Ring magazine Fights of the Year (2007, 2008).
  • Inoue is the second four-weight undisputed champion of the four-belt era (after Terence Crawford).
  • Guillermo Rigondeaux was Olympic gold medallist twice (2000, 2004) before his pro reign at the weight.