Erik Morales

This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Morales and the second or maternal family name is Elvira.

Érik Morales
Statistics
Real name	Érik Isaac Morales Elvira
Nickname(s)	El Terrible
Rated at	Welterweight Light Welterweight Lightweight Super Featherweight Featherweight Super Bantamweight
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Nationality	Mexican
Born	September 1, 1976 (1976-09-01) Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	59
Wins	52
Wins by KO	36
Losses	7
Draws	0
No contests	0

Érik Isaac Morales Elvira (born September 1, 1976 in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico) is a Mexican professional boxer. He is the first Mexican-born boxer in history to win world titles in four different weight classes, and is the current WBC light welterweight champion. He is also the former WBC & IBF super featherweight, WBC featherweight (x2), and WBC & WBO super bantamweight champion.

Morales has defeated 15 different world champions during the course of his career. He is famous for his trilogies with fellow Mexican legend three-division champion Marco Antonio Barrera and Filipino octuple champion Manny Pacquiao. He is also the last boxer to beat Pacquiao. He ranks #49 on ESPN's 50 Greatest Boxers Of All Time

Career history

Early career

Erik Morales was born in the Zona Norte section of Tijuana. Under the tutelage of his father, José Morales, a fighter himself, Erik started boxing at the age of 5 and amassed a very impressive amateur career that saw him fight 114 times (108–6) and win 11 major titles in Mexico. Morales made his professional debut at the age of 16, by knocking out Jose Orejel in two rounds. Between 1993 and 1997, he quickly climbed the ranks in the Super Bantamweight division, winning 26 fights, 20 by knockout, including wins against former champions Kenny Mitchell and Hector Acero Sánchez, before challenging for his first world title. It was during this time that he signed with promoter Bob Arum.

Super Bantamweight

On September 7, 1997, in El Paso, Texas, at the age of 21, he won his first world title by stopping WBC super bantamweight champion and now member of the International Boxing Hall of Fame, Daniel Zaragoza via knockout in eleven rounds.

In his first defense, Morales defeated John Lowey (24–2) by 7th round knockout. In his next fight, he defeated Remigio Molina (31–1) by 6th round knockout. On May 16, 1998, he defeated former champion Jose Luis Bueno via a second round knockout.

In September 1998, in another landmark fight, Morales knocked out former two-weight world champion Junior Jones of the United States. Jones went into the battle with a daunting record against Mexican fighters of 35 victories and no losses, most notably including two victories over the previous champion, Marco Antonio Barrera, in 1996 and 1997. Also noteworthy was that Jones was entering México for the first time to fight and the fight was held at Tijuana. The fight went on to three contested rounds, before Morales knocked out Jones with two consecutive overhead right crosses in the fourth round.

In October 1999, Morales fought and defeated former WBC bantamweight title holder Wayne McCullough of Northern Ireland, saying that McCullough gave him one of the toughest three fights of his career.

Morales vs Barrera I

Main article: Barrera versus Morales trilogy

In February 2000, Morales defeated Marco Antonio Barrera to win the WBO Super Bantamweight title, in a fight that is considered one of boxing's classics. Morales won the fight by a split decision. It was an intense battle in which both fighters were cut and battered. After the fight, Morales said, "He was a brave fighter, and we both gave it all we had. We were both hurt during the fight. He was the biggest puncher I ever faced in the ring." The Ring named it the fight of the year.

Featherweight

After nine successful title defenses, Morales chose to vacate his WBC super bantamweight title and his newly won WBO title in order to move up to the featherweight division. In his second fight at this weight, he fought 33 year-old former world champion Kevin Kelley, in September 2000. Kelley was knocked down in the fifth and seventh rounds, he was finally trapped in that latter round by a flurry of five consecutive uppercuts from Morales. Supported only by the ropes, a sixth uppercut landed, and the fight was stopped. Morales won WBC Interim Featherweight title.

Morales fought again in 2000, knocking out Rodney Jones in the first round. In February 2001, he fought Guty Espadas, Jr., the WBC featherweight title holder with a thirteen fight winning streak, and whose father, Guty Espadas Sr., was also a world champion boxer. Morales won a close twelve round decision to claim his third world title in his second weight division. Although Morales was highly rated in the featherweight division, Naseem Hamed was seen as the lineal champion of the division.

In July 2001, Morales defeated future champion In Jin Chi of South Korea and retained his title. Chi gave a strong effort, but Morales was the sharper, harder puncher and outworked him for much of the fight. Morales was cut and swollen over the left eye in the 6th round by an accidental clash of heads and Chi was penalized one point in the 10th round.

Morales vs Barrera II

Morales then tasted defeat for the first time in his 42nd professional fight when he lost a unanimous decision and his WBC title against Lineal champion, Marco Antonio Barrera in June 2002. Morales constantly pressed forward and dominated much of the first half of the fight. He was cut on the bridge of the nose in the 2nd round, and cut and swollen over his right eye in the 8th. However, he punched Barrera to the canvas during the middle rounds, the only such event achieved by either man throughout their trilogy. Barrera fought cautiously in the early rounds, but rallied as the fight progressed.

Morales bounced back with a dominating twelve round decision victory over former world champion, Paulie Ayala in November 2002 to regain the vacant WBC featherweight title. The early rounds were close, but Morales started to dominate in the middle rounds, consistently landing the harder punches and Ayala's left eye began to swell. He slowed his pace in the late rounds and Ayala rallied, but Morales rocked him with a series of punches in the 12th round.

Morales defeated Edward Lee Croft in March, 2003. He scored three knockdowns and stopped Croft in the 3rd round. All the fighters on the card donated their purses to "Vamos Mexico", a children's charity headed by Marta Sahagun, wife of Mexican president Vicente Fox.

Morales defeated Fernando Velardez later that year. He knocked down Velardez in the 1st, 4th, and 5th rounds when the fight was stopped without a count. In October, 2003, Morales defeated Guty Espadas Jr. in a rematch of their first close fight. This time Morales knocked him out in three rounds.

Super Featherweight

Morales vacated his WBC featherweight title and moved up to the super featherweight division. On February 28, 2004, Morales captured the WBC super featherweight title by unanimous decision over Jesús Chávez. Morales twice knocked down Chávez, which Floyd Mayweather, Jr. himself had been unable to do. Morales was rocked midway through the 1st round, but he came back to score two knockdowns in the 2nd round and managed to cut Chavez over the left eye. Chavez injured his right shoulder early in the fight and threw very few right hands, but still fought aggressively for the rest of the fight with his jab and left hooks which cut Morales over the eye in the 4th round. With the victory he became the second Mexican boxer to win a title at three separate weight divisions, the first being the acclaimed Julio César Chávez.

On July 31, 2004, Morales unified his WBC Super Featherweight title with the IBF version by way of a twelve round unanimous decision over Carlos Hernández. Hernández constantly pressed forward, but Morales boxed effectively consistently landing the harder, more accurate punches which rocked Hernández several times.

Morales vs Barrera III

On November 27, 2004, Morales fought Barrera for the third time in a bout for the WBC super featherweight title. Their highly anticipated third battle drew a capacity crowd of over 11,000. Barrera started fast and rocked Morales late in the first round and bloodied his nose in the second. Morales came back strongly in the second half of the fight and won four of the last six rounds on two judges' scorecards. The 11th round saw Barrera badly staggered, and was the closest either man had come to being knocked out during their three fights. However, the judges scored the bout 114–114, 114–115, 113–115 in favor of Barrera. Their third meeting was once again named The Ring fight of the year.

Morales vs Pacquiao I

On March 19, 2005, as a betting underdog, Morales defeated then three-division world champion Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao, by a unanimous decision. During the 12th round, Morales, comfortably ahead on the scorecards, decided to brawl with the Filipino slugger, even turning southpaw during the process. In a post fight interview, HBO broadcaster Larry Merchant, asked Morales, "Why?" Morales replied by asking a question of his own, "Did you enjoy it? That's why."

Later that night, at the post-fight press conference, Erik further explained his reasoning for brawling with the Filipino slugger; "It was a great pleasure to fight this way. I think I was controlling the fight with my distance. Sometimes I need to put a little flavor into the ring. My promoter always says that I make the fights very difficult, but they're not difficult, they're fun for the public. I decided to stop myself in front of him in the twelfth round because I wanted to give the public what they deserve. It was a great round. I'm very happy about it."

Morales vs Raheem

On September 10, 2005, Erik Morales moved up to the Lightweight division and was defeated by unanimous decision by Zahir Raheem. Raheem frustrated Morales with constant lateral movement. Raheem rocked Morales in the 5th round and built a lead on the scorecards, but Morales rallied in the 11th round and staggered him with a right hand as Raheem's glove touched the canvas, but it was not scored a knockdown by referee Jon Schorle. The final scores were 118–110, 116–112, and 115–112 in favor of Raheem.

Morales vs Pacquiao II & III

On January 22, 2006, Morales fought Pacquiao in a rematch from their bout ten months before, and was defeated in ten rounds. Pacquiao knocked down Morales twice in the final seconds of round ten and the fight was stopped.

He fought Pacquiao for the third time in a non-championship title bout, on November 18, 2006. Morales was defeated by a knockout in three rounds. After the fight, Morales said "Maybe it's time I should no longer be doing this." He had been sat speechless in his corner for five minutes afterward. "I did everything in camp necessary to win this fight. I didn't win it. It wasn't my night...it just wasn't meant to be." Asked by Larry Merchant whether he would retire from boxing, Morales offered, "Maybe this is the way to end it. It's a beautiful night, and there's a lot of good people (here in the audience)...it was always a pleasure to give the public great fights."

Lightweight

Morales moved up to the lightweight division in search of a possible fourth WBC title. During a holiday visit to the Philippines in January 2007, Morales told a local newspaper that he was fighting again but declined to name his next opponent. He stated that he had unfinished business in the boxing ring and was determined to regain recognition as a world champion. He also expressed his desire to become the first Mexican fighter to win four WBC titles in different divisions and surpass Julio César Chávez's record by campaigning at the Lightweight class of 135 lb (61 kg).

Diaz vs Morales

On August 4, 2007, Morales fought David Díaz for the WBC lightweight title and lost a close unanimous decision at the Allstate Arena. Judges Herminio, Cuevas Collazo, and Robert Hecko both scored Round 1, 10–9 Morales, even though Morales knocked down Díaz in that round. Collazo then went on to score Round 2, 10–8 for Diaz, when not only did a knockdown not occur, but the two other judges saw it as a Morales round. The final scores read 114–113 (Collazo), 115–113 (Hecko) and 115–112 (Uratani), all in favor of Díaz. It was Morales' fifth loss in his last six bouts. During the post-fight press conference, Morales announced his retirement from boxing.

Comeback

In various interviews conducted in 2009, Morales began to state that he would fight again in late 2009 to early 2010, after he gave his body enough time to rest. Morales also stated that he would continue to fight as a Lightweight.

His first comeback fight was then set for México in early 2010, against ranked Nicaraguan welterweight contender Jose Alfaro.

Light Welterweight

Main article: Erik Morales vs. Marcos Maidana

On April 9, 2011, the MGM Grand Garden Arena hosted HBO Pay Per View's "Action Heroes". The main event featured Erik Morales vs Marcos Rene Maidana.

Many boxing pundits felt that an aging Morales, fighting a couple of divisions above his best weight, stood little chance against the hard hitting Maidana. However, Morales turned back the clock and gave his best performance since handing Manny Pacquiao his most recent defeat over six years ago. The opening bell saw Maidana jump on the older Morales. Morales' eye was badly swollen in the first round by a series of hard Maidana shots, especially a devastating uppercut, and it looked like the rout was on. However, Morales held his own through the next few rounds before rallying himself in the 8th–10th rounds. Although Maidana was using combos to hurt "El Terrible" Morales started turnin the tide mid-fight throwing very heavy counter-punches almost knocking Maidana down. However, just when the fight seemed within his Morales grasp, Marco Maidana took over by throwing combos at Morales giving him the final rounds of the fight. Morales put up a valiant effort, performed better than anyone thought possible, won the crowd over, and gave the boxing public another "Fight of the Year" candidate. However it just wasn't enough. In the end, Maidana's youth and Morale's age and mileage were just too much to overcome, and Maidana eked out a majority decision victory with scores of 114–114 and 116–112 twice.

World title in fourth weight class

Morales was due to fight WBO Inter-Continental light welterweight champion Lucas Matthysse as an under card to the Victor Ortiz vs. Floyd Mayweather bout. Matthysse has pulled out of the bout citing a viral infection.

On September 17, 2011, Morales won the WBC light welterweight title with a win over un-rated Pablo Cesar Cano. The title had been vacant after previous champion Timothy Bradley's status had contentiously been changed to Champ in Recess due to inactivity, many including experts and commentators, saw the title won by Morales as a paper championship. Following Morales' win, he would be rated No.7 on Ring Magazine's Light welterweight ratings, with all other title holders and highly-rated contenders ranked above him.

Morales will face 23-year-old Danny Garcia (22–0, 14 KOs), one of boxing's rising talents, on January 28, 2012, who is coming off a career-best victory against former titleholder Kendall Holt on Oct. 15 on the Bernard Hopkins vs. Chad Dawson undercard.

Record

Morales' record consists of 52 wins, 36 of these by knockout, and 7 losses (2KO). He won eight world titles in four different weight classes and successfully defended his titles fifteen times. Morales also holds victories over champions Kenny Mitchell, Hector Acero-Sanchez, Daniel Zaragoza, Junior Jones, Jose Luis Bueno, Wayne McCullough, Marco Antonio Barrera, Kevin Kelley, Guty Espadas Jr., In Jin Chi, Paulie Ayala, Jesús Chávez, Carlos Hernández and Manny Pacquiao.

Outside the ring

Morales was trained and managed by his father José Morales, and was promoted by Bob Arum and Top Rank organization. His brothers are undefeated prospect Iván Morales and former WBO Super Flyweight champion Diego Morales. Erik and his wife Andrea have three children.

Erik Morales currently spends his time managing a $3.5 million budget running the parks and recreation department in Tijuana. Morales donates his salary back to the department to further help fund it. Morales was quoted as saying, "This is just a way for me to be able to thank the people who have been so good to me all my life."

Professional record

52 Wins (36 KOs), 7 Losses
Res.	Record	Opponent	Type	Round	Date	Location	Notes
N/A	-	Danny Garcia	-	(?) 12	2012-03-24	TBD	Defends WBC light welterweight title.
Win	52-7	Pablo César Cano	TKO	10 (12)	2011-09-17	MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada	Won vacant WBC light welterweight title.
Loss	51-7	Marcos René Maidana	MD	12	2011-04-09	MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada	For Interim WBA light welterweight title.
Win	51-6	Francisco Lorenzo	UD	12	2010-12-18	Caliente Racetrack, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico	Retained WBC Silver light welterweight title.
Win	50-6	Willie Limond	KO	6 (12), (2:46)	2010-09-11	Plaza Mexico, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico	Won WBC Silver light welterweight title.
Win	49-6	José Alfaro	UD	12	2010-03-27	Arena Monterrey, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico	Won WBC International welterweight title.
Loss	48-6	David Díaz	UD	12	2007-08-04	Allstate Arena, Rosemont, Illinois	For WBC lightweight title.
Loss	48-5	Manny Pacquiao	KO	3 (12), (2:57)	2006-11-18	Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas, Nevada	For WBC International super featherweight title.
Loss	48-4	Manny Pacquiao	TKO	10 (12), (2:33)	2006-01-21	Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas, Nevada	For WBC International super featherweight title.
Loss	48-3	Zahir Raheem	UD	12	2005-09-10	Staples Center, Los Angeles, California	For vacant WBC International lightweight title.
Win	48-2	Manny Pacquiao	UD	12	2005-03-19	MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada	Won WBC International super featherweight title.
Loss	47-2	Marco Antonio Barrera	MD	12	2004-11-27	MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada	Lost WBC super featherweight title.
Win	47-1	Carlos Hernández	UD	12	2004-07-31	MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada	Retained WBC super featherweight title. Won IBF super featherweight titles
Win	46-1	Jesús Chávez	UD	12	2004-02-28	MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada	Won WBC super featherweight title.
Win	45-1	Guty Espadas, Jr.	KO	3 (12), (2:58)	2003-10-04	Staples Center, Los Angeles, California	WBC super featherweight Title Eliminator.
Win	44-1	Fernando Velárdez	TKO	5 (12), (1:02)	2003-07-31	Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada	Retained WBC featherweight title.
Win	43-1	Edward Lee Croft	TKO	3 (12), (2:16)	2003-2-22	Plaza Mexico, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico	Retained WBC featherweight title.
Win	42-1	Paulie Ayala	UD	12	2002-11-16	Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada	Won vacant WBC featherweight title.
Loss	41-1	Marco Antonio Barrera	MD	12	2002-06-22	MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada	Lost WBC featherweight title. For Lineal & vacant The Ring featherweight title.
Win	41-0	In-Jin Chi	UD	12	2002-07-31	Staples Center, Los Angeles, California	Retained WBC featherweight title.
Win	40-0	Guty Espadas, Jr.	UD	12	2001-02-17	MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada	Won WBC featherweight title.
Win	39-0	Rodney Jones	KO	1, (1:02)	2000-12-09	Auditorio Municipal, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
Win	38-0	Kevin Kelley	TKO	7 (12), (2:30)	2000-09-02	Don Haskins Convention Center, El Paso, Texas	Won Interim WBC featherweight title.
Win	37-0	Michael Leroy Juárez	KO	3, (1:12)	2000-06-17	Staples Center, Los Angeles, California
Win	36-0	Marco Antonio Barrera	SD	12	2000-02-19	Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada	Retained WBC super bantamweight title. Won WBO super bantamweight title.
Win	35-0	Wayne McCullough	UD	12	1999-10-22	Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, Michigan	Retained WBC super bantamweight title.
Win	34-0	Reynante Jamili	TKO	6 (12), (0:11)	1999-07-31	Plaza de Toros, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico	Retained WBC super bantamweight title.
Win	33-0	Juan Carlos Ramírez	TKO	9 (12), (0:28)	1999-05-08	Hilton Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada	Retained WBC super bantamweight title.
Win	32-0	Ángel Chacón	KO	2 (12), (1:50)	1999-02-13	Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas, Nevada	Retained WBC super bantamweight title.
Win	31-0	Junior Jones	KO	4 (12), (2:55)	1998-09-12	Plaza de Toros, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico	Retained WBC super bantamweight title.
Win	30-0	José Luis Bueno	KO	2 (12), (1:19)	1998-05-16	Plaza de Toros, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico	Retained WBC super bantamweight title.
Win	29-0	Remigio Molina	TKO	6 (12), (0:14)	1998-04-03	Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico	Retained WBC super bantamweight title.
Win	28-0	John Lowey	TKO	7 (12), (3:00)	1997-12-12	Auditorio Municipal, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico	Retained WBC super bantamweight title.
Win	27-0	Daniel Zaragoza	KO	11 (12), (2:59)	1997-09-06	County Coliseum, El Paso, Texas	Won WBC super bantamweight title.
Win	26-0	Concepcion Velásquez	TKO	8, (1:11)	1997-04-04	Las Vegas, Nevada
Win	25-0	Robbie Lovato	UD	10	1996-11-29	Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
Win	24-0	Pedro Javier Torres	KO	2, (1:50)	1996-10-12	Arrowhead Pond, Anaheim, California	Retained NABF super bantamweight title.
Win	23-0	Hector Acero Sánchez	UD	12	1996-06-07	Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada	Retained NABF super bantamweight title.
Win	22-0	Lee Cargle	TKO	2, (0:11)	1996-04-22	Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico	Retained NABF super bantamweight title.
Win	21-0	Rudy Bradley	TKO	11, (0:02)	1996-02-25	Las Vegas, Nevada	Retained NABF super bantamweight title.
Win	20-0	Kenny Mitchell	TKO	2, (2:30)	1995-12-18	Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico	Retained NABF super bantamweight title.
Win	19-0	Enrique Angeles	UD	12	1995-11-10	Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico	Retained NABF & Mexican super bantamweight titles.
Win	18-0	Alberto Martínez	TKO	4, (0:42)	1995-09-09	Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada	Retained NABF super bantamweight title.
Win	17-0	Juan Luis Torres	UD	12	1995-07-14	Las Vegas, Nevada	Won vacant NABF super bantamweight title.
Win	16-0	Armando Castro	TKO	10, (1:04)	1995-06-02	Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico	Retained WBC Mundo Hispano super bantamweight title.
Win	15-0	Enrique Jupiter	TKO	6, (0:28)	1995-04-21	Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico	Won Mexican super bantamweight title.
Win	14-0	Ricky Hernández	KO	1, (0:14)	1995-02-03	Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico	Retained WBC Mundo Hispano super bantamweight title.
Win	13-0	José Valdez	TKO	3, (2:14)	1994-12-19	Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico	Won WBC Mundo Hispano super bantamweight title.
Win	12-0	Ramón Magana	TKO	2, (1:19)	1994-11-28	Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
Win	11-0	Idelfonso Bernal	KO	3, (0:21)	1994-10-17	Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
Win	10-0	Julio César Cardona	KO	2, (1:01)	1994-08-22	Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
Win	9-0	Isidro Nolasco	UD	8	1994-03-26	Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Win	8-0	Paul Olvera	KO	3, (2:55)	1994-01-21	Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
Win	7-0	Alfonso Mota	KO	2, (1:19)	1993-12-06	Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
Win	6-0	Jaime Abrica	KO	2, (0:03)	1993-10-22	Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
Win	5-0	José Álvarez	UD	6	1993-07-26	Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
Win	4-0	Marco Tovar	TKO	1, (0:59)	1993-07-08	Plaza de Toros, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
Win	3-0	Óscar Maldonado	KO	3, (0:32)	1993-05-25	Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
Win	2-0	Jaime Rodríguez	KO	2, (1:11)	1993-05-07	Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
Win	1-0	José Orejel	KO	2, (0:19)	1993-03-29	Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico	Professional Debut at 16 years old.

See also

• List of Mexican boxing world champions
• Notable boxing families
• List of super bantamweight boxing champions
• List of featherweight boxing champions
• List of super featherweight boxing champions
• List of WBC international champions
• List of IBF world champions
• List of WBO world champions
• The Boxing Times – World Rankings
• Reigning boxing champions
• Fight Night 2004
• Fight Night Round 2
• Fight Night Round 3
• Fight Night Round 4
• List of boxing triple champions
• List of boxing quadruple champions

External links

• Professional boxing record for Erik Morales from BoxRec
• (Spanish) Erik Morales Article

Preceded by Daniel Zaragoza	WBC super bantamweight champion September 6, 1997 – February 19, 2000 Vacated	Vacant Title next held by Willie Jorrin
Preceded by Marco Antonio Barrera	WBO super bantamweight champion February 19, 2000 Immediately vacated	Vacant Title next held by Marco Antonio Barrera
New title	WBC Interim featherweight champion September 2, 2000 – February 17, 2001 Unified	Vacant Title next held by Humberto Soto
Preceded by Guty Espadas, Jr.	WBC featherweight champion February 17, 2001 – June 22, 2002	Succeeded by Marco Antonio Barrera
Vacant Title last held by Marco Antonio Barrera	WBC featherweight champion November 16, 2002 – October 4, 2003 Vacated	Vacant Title next held by In Jin Chi
Preceded by Jesús Chávez	WBC super featherweight champion February 28, 2004 – November 27, 2004	Succeeded by Marco Antonio Barrera
Preceded by Carlos Hernández	IBF super featherweight champion July 31, 2004 – July 31, 2004 Stripped	Vacant Title next held by Robbie Peden
Vacant Title last held by Timothy Bradley	WBC light welterweight Champion September 17, 2011 – present	Incumbent