Following the name of the champion(s): Indicates the number of times the competitor has held that title at that point.
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Indicates a gap in the listing where title changes are not known.
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Title was held or changed hands no later than this. In these cases, it is known that a competitor held the title at a certain time but not when he/she won it.
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Order uncertain. Different titleholders may be known for the same year, for example, but it is not known who held the title before whom.
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Unofficial or disputable claims. These are usually matches that certainly took place, but where there is doubt that the competitor shown should be recognized as a true title holder. These listings are also italicized.
International Boxing Federation
World Junior Lightweight Title (as of 2025-08-31)
* Bolded letters in the competitor's name, if any, indicate the surname/family name.
Yuh Hwan-Kil
1984-04-22
Seoul, KOR
Defeats Rod Sequenan.
Lester Ellis
1985-02-15
Melbourne, VIC, AUS
Barry Michael
1985-07-12
Melbourne, VIC, AUS
Rocky Lockridge
1987-09-09
Windsor, ENG, GBR
Tony Lopez
1988-07-23
Sacramento, CA, USA
Brian Mitchell
1991-09-13
Sacramento, CA, USA
Vacates on 05-06-13 upon retirement.
John John Molina
1992-02-22
Sun City, RSA
Defeats Jackie Gunguluza; vacates on 05-06-17.
Eddie Hopson
1995-04-22
Atlantic City, NJ, USA
Defeats Moises Pedroza.
Tracy Harris Patterson
1995-07-09
Reno, NV, USA
Arturo Gatti
1995-12-15
New York, NY, USA
Vacates on 05-06-19.
Roberto Garcia
1998-03-13
Miami, FL, USA
Defeats Harold Warren.
Diego Corrales
1999-10-23
Las Vegas, NV, USA
Vacant on 05-06-22; Corrales' manager Cameron Dunkin vacates the title without his consent so that Steve Forbes, another client of Dunkin's, can fight for it; Dunkin initially announces that Corrales vacates the title in order to move up to the lightweight class.
Steve Forbes
2000-12-03
Miami, FL, USA
Defeats John Brown; stripped of the title on 02-08-17 after failing to make weight the day before a match against David Santos.
Carlos Hernández
2003-02-01
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Defeats David Santos.
Erik Morales
2004-07-31
Las Vegas, NV, USA
Vacates in 05-04.
Robbie Peden
2005-02-23
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Defeats Nate Campbell.
Marco Antonio Barrera
2005-09-17
Las Vegas, NV, USA
Vacates in 06-05.
Cassius Baloyi
2006-05-31
Airway Heights, WA, USA
Gairy St Clair
2006-07-29
Kempton Park, RSA
Malcolm Klassen
2006-11-04
Kempton Park, RSA
Mzonke Fana
2007-04-20
RSA
Cassius Baloyi [2]
2008-04-12
Mafikeng, RSA
Malcolm Klassen [2]
2009-04-18
Mafikeng, RSA
Robert Guerrero
2009-08-22
Houston, TX, USA
Vacates on 10-02-16 to spend time with his wife during her struggle with leukemia.
Mzonke Fana
2010-09-01
Brakpan, RSA
Stripped of the title on 11-05-19 for refusing to fight Argenis Méndez.
Juan Carlos Salgado
2011-09-10
Zapopan, JA, MEX
Defeats Argenis Méndez.
Argenis Méndez
2013-03-09
Costa Mesa, CA, USA
Rances Barthelemy #
2014-01-03
Minneapolis, MN, USA
Stripped of the title on 14-01-30 after the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry changes the result of his match agsinst Méndez to no decision after determining that the referee fails to call a foul on Barthelemy hitting Méndez after the bell.
Argenis Méndez #
2014-01-30
Reinstated as champion.
Rances Barthelemy
2014-07-10
Miami, FL, USA
Vacates on 15-02-10 to move up to the lightweight class.
José Pedraza
2015-06-13
Birmingham, AL, USA
Defeats Andrey Klimov.
Gervonta Davis
2017-01-14
Brooklyn, NY, USA
Stripped of the title on 17-08-25 for failing to make weight before his match against Francisco Fonseca.
Ogawa Ken-ichi
2017-12-09
Las Vegas, NV, USA
Defeats Tevin Farmer; stripped of the title on 18-04-19 for testing positive for the androstanediol.
Tevin Farmer
2018-08-03
Sydney, NSW, AUS
Defeats Billy Dib.
Joseph Diaz
2020-01-30
Miami, FL, USA
Stripped of the title on 21-02-12 for failing to make weight before his match against Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov; Rakhimov and Diaz fight to a draw on 21-02-13 with the title on the line for Rakhimov only.
Ogawa Ken-ichi [2]
2021-11-27
New York, NY, USA
Defeats Azinga Fuzile.
Joe Cordina
2022-06-04
Cardiff, WEL, GBR
Stripped of the title on 22-10-03 for canceling the title match against mandatory challenger Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov scheduled on 22-11-05 due to hand injury which requires surgery.
