Diego has been featured in the top ten in Ring Magazine's ratings for junior lightweight. Usmanee currently competes in the junior lightweight division. He was unable to penetrate the skilled defense of the former world junior lightweight champion. Mgxaji went on to win the SA Junior Lightweight title in 1973. On August 12, 2008, Serrano challenged Melissa Del Valle for the Junior Lightweight title. He was a top-rated contender in the junior lightweight division during the 1970s. Bass was world featherweight champion and world junior lightweight champion during his career. He Has held the WBO junior lightweight title since May 2019. On January 22, 2011, he fought Oscar Cuero for the Junior Lightweight Division. With the win, Dundee had unified the featherweight title and the junior lightweight title. On April 8, 2005, Barrios fought against undefeated WBO junior lightweight champion Mike Anchondo. The win made Dundee the first universally recognized junior lightweight champion in history. This made him the longest-reigning world junior lightweight champion ever (seven years and three months).