List of The Ring world champions
Featherweight

List of The Ring world champions

Section Title: Featherweight
Table Section Text: None

Number	Champion	Reign

1	Cuba Kid Chocolate	1933 –

2	United States Freddie Miller	1935 – May 11, 1936

3	United States Petey Sarron	May 11, 1936 – October 29, 1937

4	United States Henry Armstrong	October 29, 1937 – December 5, 1938 (vacated)

5	United States Joey Archibald (def. Leo Rodak)	April 18, 1939 – May 20, 1940

6	United States Harry Jeffra	May 20, 1940 – May 12, 1941

7	United States Joey Archibald	May 12, 1941 – September 11, 1941

8	United States Chalky Wright	September 11, 1941 – November 20, 1942

9	United States Willie Pep	November 20, 1942 – October 29, 1948

10	United States Sandy Saddler	October 29, 1948 – February 11, 1949

11	United States Willie Pep	February 11, 1949 – September 8, 1950

12	United States Sandy Saddler	September 8, 1950 – January 21, 1957 (retired)

13	Nigeria Hogan Bassey (def. Cherif Hamia)	June 24, 1957 – March 18, 1959

14	United States Davey Moore	March 18, 1959 – March 21, 1963

15	Mexico Sugar Ramos	March 21, 1963 – September 26, 1964

16	Mexico Vicente Saldivar	September 26, 1964 – October 14, 1967 (retired)

17	Australia Johnny Famechon (def. José Legrá)	January 21, 1969 – May 9, 1970

18	Mexico Vicente Saldivar	May 9, 1970 – December 11, 1970

19	Japan Kuniaki Shibata	December 11, 1970 – May 19, 1972

20	Mexico Clemente Sánchez	May 19, 1972 – December 16, 1972 (Vacated)

21	Nicaragua Alexis Argüello (def. Rigoberto Riasco)	May 31, 1975 – June 20, 1977 (vacated and moved to junior lightweight)

22	United States Danny Lopez (def. Roberto Castañón)	March 10, 1979 – February 2, 1980

23	Mexico Salvador Sánchez	February 2, 1980 – August 12, 1982 (died in car accident)

24	Panama Eusebio Pedroza (awarded title by The Ring)	September 22, 1982 – June 8, 1985

25	Republic of Ireland Barry McGuigan	June 8, 1985 – June 23, 1986

26	United States Steve Cruz	June 23, 1986 – March 6, 1987

27	Venezuela Antonio Esparragoza	March 6, 1987 (new ownership discontinued championship policy during Esparragoza's reign)

28	Mexico Marco Antonio Barrera (def. Érik Morales)	June 22, 2002 – November 15, 2003

29	Philippines Manny Pacquiao	November 15, 2003 – March 19, 2005 (moved up to junior lightweight)

30	United States Miguel Angel Garcia (def. Orlando Salido)	January 19, 2013 – June 15, 2013 (moved up to junior lightweight)

Sentence(s)

On June 22, 2002, Barrera defeated Morales in a match successfully defending his title.

final_sentence: On June 22, 2002, Barrera defeated Morales in a match successfully defending his title.