History
The junior welterweight class, also known as light welterweight and super lightweight, was established by New York's Walker Law in 1920. Several fighters claimed the title, but there were no championship matches.
In 1922, Boxing Blade magazine polled its readers as to who should be the champion, and Pinkey Mitchell won. He was generally accepted as the champion until he lost the title to another fighter with a colorful name, Red Herring, in 1925.
The lists below include generally recognized champions, as well as champions of the National Boxing Association/World Boxing Association (NBA/WBA), World Boxing Council (WBC), Organization (WBO), and International Boxing Federation (IBF).
Some other champions recognized by New York (NY), Great Britain (GBR), Europe and the European Boxing Union (EBU) are also included, if they seemed to be genuine claimants and/or later won recognition from an international body.
Only those bouts are included in which the championship changed hands or the championships of two or more governing bodies was unified.
