List of flyweight boxing champions
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This is a List of World Flyweight Boxing Champions by organization, as recognized by four of the better-known sanctioning organizations:
  • The World Boxing Association
    World Boxing Association
    The World Boxing Association is a boxing organization that sanctions official matches, and awards the WBA world championship title at the professional level. It was previously known as the National Boxing Association before changing its name in 1962...

     (WBA), founded in 1921 as the National Boxing Association (NBA),
  • The World Boxing Council
    World Boxing Council
    The World Boxing Council was initially established by 11 countries: the United States, Argentina, United Kingdom, France, Mexico, Philippines, Panama, Chile, Peru, Venezuela and Brazil plus Puerto Rico, met in Mexico City on February 14, 1963, upon invitation of the then President of Mexico, Adolfo...

     (WBC), founded in 1963,
  • The International Boxing Federation
    International Boxing Federation
    The International Boxing Federation or IBF is one of four major organizations recognized by IBHOF which sanction world championship boxing bouts, alongside the WBA, WBC and WBO.- History :...

     (IBF), founded in 1983,
  • The World Boxing Organization
    World Boxing Organization
    The World Boxing Organization is a sanctioning organization currently recognizing professional boxing world champions. The organization is recognized as one of the four major world championship groups by the IBHOF alongside the International Boxing Federation, the World Boxing Council and the...

     (WBO), founded in 1988

Reign Began Reign Ended Champion Recognition

World

April 11, 1913 June 2, 1913 Sid Smith
Sid Smith (boxer)
Sid Smith was an English flyweight boxer of Jewish heritage. He was the first officially recognised British flyweight champion, and was also recognised by the International Boxing Union as the World flyweight champion.-Professional career:He had his first professional fight on 1 February 1907, a...

Universal
The organization which eventually became the British Boxing Board of Control
British Boxing Board of Control
The British Boxing Board of Control is the governing body of professional boxing in the United Kingdom. It was formed in 1929 from the old National Sporting Club and is headquartered in Cardiff.- Councils :...

 recognized the flyweight division in 1911 and declared Sid Smith the first champion. Smith's bout with Eugene Criqui of France on April 11, 1913, was the first international flyweight championship contest.
June 2, 1913 January 26, 1914 Bill Ladbury Universal
January 26, 1914 May 15, 1914 Percy Jones
Percy Jones (boxer)
Rhondda's Percy Jones became the first Welshman ever to win a World Boxing title when he took the World Flyweight Championship from Bill Ladbury in 1914...

Universal
May 15, 1914 November 16, 1914 Joe Symonds Universal
November 16, 1914 January 25, 1915 Jimmy Wilde
Jimmy Wilde
Jimmy Wilde , was a Welsh world boxing champion. He was the first official world flyweight champion and was rated by American boxing writer Nat Fleischer, as well as many other professionals and fans including former boxer, trainer, manager and promoter, Charley 'Broadway' Rose, as "the greatest...

Universal
January 25, 1915 October 18, 1915 Joe Symonds Universal
February 14, 1916 18 June 1923 Jimmy Wilde
Jimmy Wilde
Jimmy Wilde , was a Welsh world boxing champion. He was the first official world flyweight champion and was rated by American boxing writer Nat Fleischer, as well as many other professionals and fans including former boxer, trainer, manager and promoter, Charley 'Broadway' Rose, as "the greatest...

Universal
When Jimmy Wilde defeated American flyweight champion the Young Zulu Kid by an 11 round KO for the title in London on December 18, 1916, he was recognized in both Europe and America as the world flyweight champion.
18 June 1923 14 July 1925 Pancho Villa
Francisco Guilledo
Francisco Guilledo , more commonly known as Pancho Villa, was a Filipino boxer. Villa, who stood only 5 feet and 1 inch tall and never weighed more than 114 pounds , rose from obscurity to win the World Flyweight boxing championship in 1923, earning acclaim in some quarters as "the...

Universal
Pancho Villa's death on July 14, 1925, following a loss to Jimmy "Baby Face" McLarnin
Jimmy McLarnin
James McLarnin, known as Jimmy McLarnin , was an Irish Canadian professional boxer who became two-time welterweight world champion and an International Boxing Hall of Fame inductee.-Background:McLarnin was born in Hillsborough, County Down, Ireland, into a large Methodist family who emigrated...

 on July 4, caused the title to be vacated. A bout on August 22, 1925, between Fidel La Barba and American Flyweight Champion Frankie Genaro saw the title go to La Barba who defeated Genaro in a 10-round decision.
22 August 1925 25 August 1927 2 Fidel LaBarba Universal
The title again became vacant when Fidel La Barba retired to attend Stanford University
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...

 in 1927. Several fighters claimed the title including Wille Le Morte elected by the New Jersey Boxing Commission; Midget Wolgast
Midget Wolgast
Joseph Robert Loscalzo also known as Midget Wolgast was a world flyweight boxing champion.-Professional career:...

, who won an 18-man tournament defeating Black Bill
Eladio Valdes
"Black Bill" Eladio Valdes was a Cuban boxer of the 1920s.Small of stature at 5 ft 3½ and weighing between 109–115 lbs, he was managed by Luis "Pincho" Gutierrez and trained by Moe Fleischer....

 on March 21, 1930, in the tournament finals, recognized by the New York Boxing Commission; and Pinky Silverberg
Pinky Silverberg
Pinky Silverberg was a boxer in the flyweight division who briefly held the National Boxing Association flyweight title in 1927. Silverberg won his the title vacated by Fidel LaBarba, who had recently retired, by defeating Ruby Bradley on October 22, 1927, when Bradley was disqualified due to a...

, who briefly held the National Boxing Association title in 1927 before being stripped of it later that year. After stripping Silverberg, the National Boxing Association recognized Frankie Genaro due to his victory over Canadian Flyweight Champion Albert "Frenchie" Belanger on February 6, 1928, in an NBA sanctioned tournament. Some confusion about who was the real champion was settled with Genaro defeating Wolgast by TKO on May 16 and La Morte in a 10-round decision on August 6. However, the title remained in dispute until Scottish flyweight Champion Benny Lynch's victory over NBA and British Flyweight Champion Jackie Brown on September 8, 1935, and American Flyweight Champion Small Montana
Small Montana
Benjamin Gan , more commomly known as Small Montana, was a Filipino boxer.Montana, who stood 5 feet and 4 inch tall and never weighed more than 112 pounds, won the Flyweight Championship of the World .-Fighting style:Montana was known for his quick punches, although he was a scrappy and not very...

 on January 19, 1937, which unified the world titles.
9 June 1928 31 October 1931 Frankie Genaro
Frankie Genaro
Frank "Frankie" Genaro was a former Olympic gold medalist and boxing world flyweight champion...

NBA
26 October 1931 23 February 1932 Victor "Young" Perez
Victor Perez
Victor "Young" Perez was a Sephardic Jew born in French Tunisia, who became the World Flyweight Champion in 1931 and 1932. He was born to Khmaïssa Perez a household goods salesman and Khaïlou René Perez. He was raised along with his four siblings in Dar-El Berdgana, the Jewish quarter of Tunis...

NBA/IBU
31 October 1932 8 September 1935 Jackie Brown
Jackie Brown (boxer)
For the Scottish flyweight boxer called Jackie Brown, see Jackie Brown .Jackie Brown was a flyweight boxer, who was British and European flyweight champion, and was also recognised by the National Boxing Association as the World flyweight champion.-Professional career:He had his first professional...

NBA/British
The IBU stripped Brown of the title and matched Velentin Angelmann and Kid David for the vacant title. The IBU later stripped Angelmann for losing a bout to Peter Kane
Peter Kane
Peter Kane was one of England's greatest flyweight boxers and a world champion in the 1930s. Kane was born in Heywood, Lancashire, on February 28, 1918, but grew up in the town of Golborne, Lancashire, after his family moved there before his first birthday.-Boxing style:He was a two-fisted...

.
8 September 1935 29 June 1938 4 Benny Lynch
Benny Lynch
Benny Lynch was a Scottish professional boxer who fought in the flyweight division. He is considered by some to be one of the finest boxers below the lightweight division in his era and Ring Magazine has described him as the greatest fighter that Scotland has ever produced...

Universal
The title was vacated when Lynch failed the weight requirement to qualify for the flyweight division and surrendered the title. Peter Kane defeated Jackie Jurich
Jackie Jurich
Jackie Jurich is a former American professional boxer. He is also known by his nickname "Rose of San Jose."- Profesional career :...

 on September 22, 1938, to win the championship.
September 22, 1938 May 1939 Peter Kane
Peter Kane
Peter Kane was one of England's greatest flyweight boxers and a world champion in the 1930s. Kane was born in Heywood, Lancashire, on February 28, 1918, but grew up in the town of Golborne, Lancashire, after his family moved there before his first birthday.-Boxing style:He was a two-fisted...

Universal
Kane vacated his title to box at bantamweight.
December 14, 1939 1942 Little Dado
Little Dado
Eleuterio Zapanta or Little Dado, , was a flyweight boxer from the Philippines, who became World bantamweight champion in 1940 and World flyweight champion in 1941.-Professional career:...

NBA
The NBA proclaimed Dado as champion in 1939. After one defense Dado could no longer make weight and the NBA reinstated Kane as champion in 1942.
June 19, 1943 July 31, 1947 Jackie Paterson
Jackie Paterson
Jackie Paterson was a Scottish boxer who was world flyweight boxing champion. He was also British champion at flyweight and bantamweight.-Early life:...

NBA
Paterson striped of title by NBA and BBBC because he was unable to make weight for a title defense against Dado Marino
Dado Marino
Dado Marino, was a flyweight boxer from Honolulu, Hawaii, who became World flyweight champion in 1950. He also boxed as a bantamweight, and unsuccessfully fought for the World bantamweight title.-Professional career:...

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October 20, 1947 March 30, 1950 Rinty Monaghan
Rinty Monaghan
John Joseph "Rinty" Monaghan was a former world flyweight boxing champion from Belfast. He became famous in the post-war period, eventually rising to become undisputed world champion and a hero to many people in his home city....

Universal
Monaghan wins NBA and BBBC title by defeating Dado Marino on October 20, 1947. He wins universal recognition of champion after defeating Jackie Paterson on March 23, 1948. The title is vacated after Monaghan announces his retirement due to chronic bronchitis
Bronchitis
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 on March 30, 1950. The title is won by Terry Allen defeating Honore Pratesi in London, England by a 15-round decision on April 25.
25 April 1950 1 August 1950 Terry Allen
Terry Allen (boxer)
Terry Allen was an English flyweight boxer. During his career, he became British, Commonwealth, European and World flyweight champion.- Family :...

Universal
1 August 1950 19 May 1952 Dado Marino
Dado Marino
Dado Marino, was a flyweight boxer from Honolulu, Hawaii, who became World flyweight champion in 1950. He also boxed as a bantamweight, and unsuccessfully fought for the World bantamweight title.-Professional career:...

Universal
19 May 1952 26 November 1954 Yoshio Shirai
Yoshio Shirai
Yoshio Shirai was a professional boxer from Tokyo, Japan. He won the world flyweight title in 1952, becoming the first Japanese boxer to win a world title.- Childhood and Early Career :...

Universal
26 November 1954 16 April 1960 Pascual Pérez Universal
16 April 1960 10 October 1962 Pone Kingpetch
Pone Kingpetch
Pone Kingpetch , a.k.a. Mana Seedokbuab was a professional Thai boxer and three time world flyweight champion. He became Thailand's first world boxing champion on April 16, 1960 when he defeated Pascual Pérez of Argentina at Lumphini Boxing Stadium in Bangkok for the world flyweight championship...

Universal
10 October 1962 12 January 1963 Masahiko "Fighting" Harada
Fighting Harada
Masahiko Harada , better known as Fighting Harada, is a former world boxing champion. He is currently the president of the Japanese boxing commission....

Universal
12 January 1963 18 July 1963 Pone Kingpetch
Pone Kingpetch
Pone Kingpetch , a.k.a. Mana Seedokbuab was a professional Thai boxer and three time world flyweight champion. He became Thailand's first world boxing champion on April 16, 1960 when he defeated Pascual Pérez of Argentina at Lumphini Boxing Stadium in Bangkok for the world flyweight championship...

Universal
18 July 1963 23 September 1964 Hiroyuki Ebihara
Hiroyuki Ebihara
Hiroyuki Ebihara was a Japanese world-champion flyweight boxer from Fussa, Tokyo. His record includes 62 wins , 5 losses, and 1 draw. He was the first world flyweight champion certified by the World Boxing Council, and he was also certified by the World Boxing Association and The Ring...

Universal
23 September 1964 23 April 1965 Pone Kingpetch
Pone Kingpetch
Pone Kingpetch , a.k.a. Mana Seedokbuab was a professional Thai boxer and three time world flyweight champion. He became Thailand's first world boxing champion on April 16, 1960 when he defeated Pascual Pérez of Argentina at Lumphini Boxing Stadium in Bangkok for the world flyweight championship...

Universal
23 April 1965 14 June 1966 Salvatore Burruni
Salvatore Burruni
Salvatore Burruni , was an Italian flyweight and bantamweight boxer who fought between 1957 to 1969. Burruni was born in Alghero , and fought mostly in Europe.-Amateur career:...

Universal
14 June 1966 19 September 1967 Walter McGowan
Walter McGowan
Walter McGowan, MBE , is a retired Scottish boxer. He is renowned for having been WBC world flyweight champion.He was the son of Thomas McGowan, who had boxed under the name of 'Joe Gans'....

Universal

WBC

Title inaugurated
1963-09-18 1964-01-23   Hiroyuki Ebihara
Hiroyuki Ebihara
Hiroyuki Ebihara was a Japanese world-champion flyweight boxer from Fussa, Tokyo. His record includes 62 wins , 5 losses, and 1 draw. He was the first world flyweight champion certified by the World Boxing Council, and he was also certified by the World Boxing Association and The Ring...

WBC
1964-01-23 1965-04-23   Pone Kingpetch
Pone Kingpetch
Pone Kingpetch , a.k.a. Mana Seedokbuab was a professional Thai boxer and three time world flyweight champion. He became Thailand's first world boxing champion on April 16, 1960 when he defeated Pascual Pérez of Argentina at Lumphini Boxing Stadium in Bangkok for the world flyweight championship...

WBC
1965-04-23 1966-06-14   Salvatore Burruni
Salvatore Burruni
Salvatore Burruni , was an Italian flyweight and bantamweight boxer who fought between 1957 to 1969. Burruni was born in Alghero , and fought mostly in Europe.-Amateur career:...

WBC
1966-06-14 1966-12-30   Walter McGowan
Walter McGowan
Walter McGowan, MBE , is a retired Scottish boxer. He is renowned for having been WBC world flyweight champion.He was the son of Thomas McGowan, who had boxed under the name of 'Joe Gans'....

WBC
1966-12-30 1969-02-23   Chartchai Chionoi
Chartchai Chionoi
Chartchai Chionoi a.k.a. Chartchai Laemfapha is a former professional Thai boxer and WBC World champion in Flyweight division....

WBC
1969-02-23 1970-03-20   Efren Torres
Efren Torres
Efren Torres was a Mexican boxer, who was world champion in the Flyweight division.Torres was born in Guadalajara.-Pro career:...

WBC
1970-03-20 1970-12-07   Chartchai Chionoi
Chartchai Chionoi
Chartchai Chionoi a.k.a. Chartchai Laemfapha is a former professional Thai boxer and WBC World champion in Flyweight division....

WBC
1970-12-07 1971-12-29-Stripped   Erbito Salavarria
Erbito Salavarria
Erbito Salavarria is a retired professional boxer from the Philippines. He's also a former WBA and WBC flyweight champion.- Biography :Salavarria made his professional debut in 1963. He captured the WBC flyweight title with a TKO win over Chartchai Chionoi in 1970...

WBC
1972-06-03 1972-09-29   Betulio González
Betulio González
Betulio Segundo González is a former boxer from Venezuela, who is considered a national hero in Venezuela. He is considered by many to be Venezuela's greatest world champion in boxing history...

WBC
1972-09-29 1973-02-09-Vacated   Venice Borkhorsor WBC
The title is vacated when Venice Borkosor abandons the title following his last fight against Julio Guerrero on July 10, 1973. The title is won by Miguel Canto Solis defeating Betulio González
Betulio González
Betulio Segundo González is a former boxer from Venezuela, who is considered a national hero in Venezuela. He is considered by many to be Venezuela's greatest world champion in boxing history...

 in Caracas by a 15-round decision on August 4.
1973-08-04 1974-10-01   Betulio González
Betulio González
Betulio Segundo González is a former boxer from Venezuela, who is considered a national hero in Venezuela. He is considered by many to be Venezuela's greatest world champion in boxing history...

WBC
1974-10-01 1975-01-08   Shoji Oguma
Shoji Oguma
Shoji Oguma was a Japanese southpaw boxer at Flyweight.- Professional career :Oguma turned pro in 1970 and in 1974 won the WBC Flyweight Title by winning a split decision over Betulio González. He lost the title three months later in his first defense against Miguel Canto...

WBC
1975-01-08 1979-03-18   Miguel Canto
Miguel Canto
Miguel Angel Canto Solis is a former world boxing champion from Mexico.- Boxing Life :Contrary to many Mexican boxers, Canto was not a "slam-bang" type of boxer...

WBC
1979-03-18 1980-05-18   Chan-Hee Park WBC
1980-05-18 1981-05-12   Shoji Oguma
Shoji Oguma
Shoji Oguma was a Japanese southpaw boxer at Flyweight.- Professional career :Oguma turned pro in 1970 and in 1974 won the WBC Flyweight Title by winning a split decision over Betulio González. He lost the title three months later in his first defense against Miguel Canto...

WBC
1981-05-12 1982-03-20   Antonio Avelar
Antonio Avelar
Jose Antonio Rodríguez Avelar was a Mexican boxer in the Flyweight division. He is a former NABF and the WBC Flyweight Champion.-Professional career:...

WBC
1982-03-20 1982-07-24   Prudencio Cardona
Prudencio Cardona
Prudencio Cardona is a former boxer who was world flyweight champion. He represented his native country at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany.-Professional boxing career:...

WBC
1982-07-24 1982-11-06   Freddy Castillo
Freddy Castillo
Freddy Castillo is a Mexican former world boxing champion.- Pro career :Known as "Chato Loco", Castillo turned pro in 1971 and won the WBC light flyweight title with a TKO win over Luis Estaba in 1978. He lost the belt in his first defense later that year to Netrnoi Sor Vorasingh by split decision...

WBC
1982-11-06 1983-03-15   Eleoncio Mercedes
Eleoncio Mercedes
Eleoncio Mercedes was a Dominican boxer, who was world champion in the Flyweight division.-Amateur career:As an amateur he competed for his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada...

WBC
1983-03-15 1983-09-27   Charlie Magri
Charlie Magri
Charlie Magri is a former English flyweight boxer. He is from a Maltese family that settled in Stepney, London where he grew up...

WBC
1983-09-27 1984-01-18   Frank Cedeno
Frank Cedeno
Frank Cedeno is a Filipino-English former boxer. Cedeno held the WBC Flyweight title from 27 September 1983 to 18 January 1984. In a September 1983 World Boxing Council title fight, Cedeno knocked out Charlie Magri in the sixth round to claim the Flyweight title.-External links:*...

WBC
1984-01-18 1984-04-09   Koji Kobayashi
Kōji Kobayashi (boxer)
is a retired Japanese boxer who is a former WBC flyweight champion. As of August, 2011, he is Japan's latest world champion who was certified by The Ring.Kobayashi was poor at sports in his childhood. He was a slow runner, and lacked in arm strength...

WBC
1984-04-09 1984-10-08   Gabriel Bernal
Gabriel Bernal
Gabriel Bernal was a retired WBC Flyweight Champion. He held the title for 6 months in 1984.-Pro career:...

WBC
1984-10-08 1988-07-24   Sot Chitalada
Sot Chitalada
Sot Chitalada in Chonburi, Thailand, was formerly twice WBC Flyweight Champion.Chitalada built a reputation as a Muay Thai in name Chaovalit Sithphrabrahma champion in Thailand before making the transition to professional boxing...

WBC
1988-07-24 1989-06-03   Yong-Kang Kim
Yong-Kang Kim
Yong-Kang Kim is a former professional boxer in the flyweight division.- Pro career :...

WBC
1989-06-03 1991-02-15   Sot Chitalada
Sot Chitalada
Sot Chitalada in Chonburi, Thailand, was formerly twice WBC Flyweight Champion.Chitalada built a reputation as a Muay Thai in name Chaovalit Sithphrabrahma champion in Thailand before making the transition to professional boxing...

WBC
1991-02-15 1992-06-23   Muangchai Kittikasem
Muangchai Kittikasem
Muangchai Kittikasem is a former boxer from Thailand. He was world champion in two weightclasses.He claims to have fought fought around forty to fifty Muay Thai in fights in ring name Jingjok Uvichaiyont but never won any championships...

WBC
1992-06-23 1997-11-12   Yuri Arbachakov
Yuri Arbachakov
Yuri Arbachakov was a boxing champion in the flyweight division. He was the first Russian professional boxing champion.-Amateur career:Arbachakov was an amateur boxing star in the Soviet Union...

WBC
1997-11-12 1998-12-04   Chatchai Sasakul
Chatchai Sasakul
Chatchai Sasakul is a former boxing champion in the flyweight division. Aside of being a professional boxer, Sasakul is also a practitioner in snooker.- Amateur career :Sasakul was an amateur boxing star in Thailand...

WBC
1998-12-04 1999-09-17-Stripped   Manny Pacquiao
Manny Pacquiao
Emmanuel "Manny" Dapidran Pacquiao, PLH is a Filipino professional boxer and politician. He is the first eight-division world champion; having won six world titles, as well as the first to win the lineal championship in four different weight classes. He was named "Fighter of the Decade" for the...

WBC
1999-09-17 2000-05-19   Medgoen Singsurat WBC
2000-05-19 2001-03-02   Malcolm Tuñacao
Malcolm Tuñacao
Malcolm Alindajao Tuñacao is a professional southpaw boxer in the flyweight division.- Fight career :...

WBC
2001-03-02 2007-07-18   Pongsaklek Wonjongkam
Pongsaklek Wonjongkam
Pongsaklek Wonjongkam is a professional southpaw boxer in the flyweight division. His record is 83-3-1 . He is the WBC Flyweight Champion, as well as The Ring World Flyweight Champion...

WBC
2007-07-18 2009-11-29   Daisuke Naito
Daisuke Naito
is a professional boxer from Japan. He is the former WBC flyweight champion, and former Japanese and OPBF flyweight champion.- Professional career :Naito made his professional debut in October, 1996...

WBC
2009-11-29 2010-03-27   Kōki Kameda
Koki Kameda
is a Japanese professional boxer in the Flyweight division and the current WBA Bantamweight Regular Champion. He is the oldest of the three Kameda brothers. His younger brother, Daiki Kameda, is a professional boxer in the super flyweight division, and the youngest brother Tomoki, is the WBC Youth...

WBC
2010-03-27 Current   Pongsaklek Wonjongkam
Pongsaklek Wonjongkam
Pongsaklek Wonjongkam is a professional southpaw boxer in the flyweight division. His record is 83-3-1 . He is the WBC Flyweight Champion, as well as The Ring World Flyweight Champion...

WBC

WBA

Title inaugurated
1962-10-02 1963-01-12   Fighting Harada
Fighting Harada
Masahiko Harada , better known as Fighting Harada, is a former world boxing champion. He is currently the president of the Japanese boxing commission....

WBA
1963-01-12 1963-12-18   Pone Kingpetch
Pone Kingpetch
Pone Kingpetch , a.k.a. Mana Seedokbuab was a professional Thai boxer and three time world flyweight champion. He became Thailand's first world boxing champion on April 16, 1960 when he defeated Pascual Pérez of Argentina at Lumphini Boxing Stadium in Bangkok for the world flyweight championship...

WBA
1963-12-18 1964-01-23   Hiroyuki Ebihara
Hiroyuki Ebihara
Hiroyuki Ebihara was a Japanese world-champion flyweight boxer from Fussa, Tokyo. His record includes 62 wins , 5 losses, and 1 draw. He was the first world flyweight champion certified by the World Boxing Council, and he was also certified by the World Boxing Association and The Ring...

WBA
1964-01-23 1965-04-23   Pone Kingpetch
Pone Kingpetch
Pone Kingpetch , a.k.a. Mana Seedokbuab was a professional Thai boxer and three time world flyweight champion. He became Thailand's first world boxing champion on April 16, 1960 when he defeated Pascual Pérez of Argentina at Lumphini Boxing Stadium in Bangkok for the world flyweight championship...

WBA
1965-04-23 1965-11-Stripped   Salvatore Burruni
Salvatore Burruni
Salvatore Burruni , was an Italian flyweight and bantamweight boxer who fought between 1957 to 1969. Burruni was born in Alghero , and fought mostly in Europe.-Amateur career:...

WBA
1966-03-01 1968-10-01-Retired   Horacio Enrique Accavallo
Horacio Accavallo
Horacio Enrique Accavallo was an Argentine flyweight boxer who fought from 1956 until 1967. He retired with a record of 75 wins , 2 losses and 6 draws....

WBA
1969-03-30 1969-10-19   Hiroyuki Ebihara
Hiroyuki Ebihara
Hiroyuki Ebihara was a Japanese world-champion flyweight boxer from Fussa, Tokyo. His record includes 62 wins , 5 losses, and 1 draw. He was the first world flyweight champion certified by the World Boxing Council, and he was also certified by the World Boxing Association and The Ring...

WBA
1969-10-19 1970-04-05   Bernabe Villacampo WBA
1970-04-05 1970-10-22   Berkrerk Chartvanchai WBA
1970-10-22 1973-01-24-Died   Masao Ohba
Masao Ohba
Masao Ohba was a professional boxer from Tokyo, Japan. He was the WBA flyweight champion at the time of his death.- Childhood and Early Career :...

WBA
1973-05-17 1974-10-18   Chartchai Chionoi
Chartchai Chionoi
Chartchai Chionoi a.k.a. Chartchai Laemfapha is a former professional Thai boxer and WBC World champion in Flyweight division....

WBA
1974-10-18 1975-04-01   Susumu Hanagata WBA
1975-04-01 1976-02-27   Erbito Salavarria
Erbito Salavarria
Erbito Salavarria is a retired professional boxer from the Philippines. He's also a former WBA and WBC flyweight champion.- Biography :Salavarria made his professional debut in 1963. He captured the WBC flyweight title with a TKO win over Chartchai Chionoi in 1970...

WBA
1976-02-27 1976-10-02   Alfonso Lopez WBA
1976-10-02 1978-08-12   Guty Espadas
Guty Espadas
Guty Espadas was a Mexican professional boxer who won the World Boxing Council Flyweight Championship. He is also the Father of former World Champion Guty Espadas Jr.-WBC Flyweight Championship:...

WBA
1978-08-12 1979-11-17   Betulio González
Betulio González
Betulio Segundo González is a former boxer from Venezuela, who is considered a national hero in Venezuela. He is considered by many to be Venezuela's greatest world champion in boxing history...

WBA
1979-11-17 1980-02-17   Luis Ibarra
Luis Ibarra
Luis Ibarra Castillo is a former Panamanian boxer who won the World Boxing Association flyweight championship. He was born on 1953-02-23 in Colón, Panama.-Pro career:...

WBA
1980-02-17 1980-12-13   Tae-Shik Kim
Tae-Shik Kim
Tae-Shik Kim is a former boxer from South Korea.-Pro career:In 1980, Kim became the WBA Flyweight champion with a 2 round KO win over Luis Ibarra...

WBA
1980-12-13 1981-03-28   Peter Mathebula WBA
1981-03-28 1981-06-06   Santos Benigno Laciar WBA
1981-06-06 1981-09-26   Luis Ibarra
Luis Ibarra
Luis Ibarra Castillo is a former Panamanian boxer who won the World Boxing Association flyweight championship. He was born on 1953-02-23 in Colón, Panama.-Pro career:...

WBA
1981-09-26 1982-05-01   Juan Herrera
Juan Herrera
Juan Herrera is a retired Mexican boxer in the Lightweight division. He is the former WBA World Flyweight Champion.-Professional career:...

WBA
1982-05-01 1985-07-19-Vacated   Santos Benigno Laciar WBA
1985-10-05 1987-02-13   Hilario Zapata
Hilario Zapata
Hilario Zapata is a former boxer who was a two time world Jr. Flyweight champion and a one time world flyweight champion. Zapata is a Panamanian....

WBA
1987-02-13 1989-09-30   Fidel Bassa
Fidel Bassa
Fidel Bassa, born 18 December 1962 in El Reten, Colombia, is a former professional boxer.He was WBA Flyweight Champion from 3 February 1987 until 30 September 1989...

WBA
1989-09-30 1990-03-10   Jesus Kiki Rojas
Jesús Kiki Rojas
Jesus Kiki Rojas is a former professional boxer in the super flyweight division from Venezuela.- Boxing career :...

WBA
1990-03-10 1990-07-29   Yul-Woo Lee WBA
1990-07-29 1991-03-14   Leopard Tamakuma WBA
1991-03-14 1991-06-01   Elvis Álvarez
Elvis Álvarez
Elvis Álvarez was professional boxer in the flyweight division.- Boxing career :...

WBA
1991-06-01 1992-09-26   Yong-Kang Kim
Yong-Kang Kim
Yong-Kang Kim is a former professional boxer in the flyweight division.- Pro career :...

WBA
1992-09-26 1992-12-15   Aquiles Guzman
Aquiles Guzman
Aquiles Guzman is a former Venezuelan professional boxer. He is a former World Boxing Association flyweight champion.- Professional career :...

WBA
1992-12-15 1994-02-13   David Griman
David Griman
David Griman is a former Venezuelan professional boxer. He is a former World Boxing Association flyweight champion.- Amateur highlights :...

WBA
1994-02-13 1996-11-24   Saen Sor Ploenchit WBA
1996-11-24 1998-05-29   Jose Bonilla
Jose Bonilla (boxer)
Jose Bonilla , born in El Tigre, Anzoátegui) was a Venezuelan professional boxer. He is a former World Boxing Association flyweight champion.- Professional career :...

WBA
1998-05-29 1999-03-13   Hugo Rafael Soto
Hugo Rafael Soto
Hugo Rafael Soto is a former professional boxer.Fighting in the flyweight and super flyweight divisions, Soto had his first professional fight in 1988. He built up a record of 39-1-2 to earn a fight with WBC flyweight champion Yuri Arbachakov, but lost by an eighth round knockout...

WBA
1999-03-13 1999-09-03   Leo Gamez
Leo Gamez
Silvio Rafael Gamez , better known as Leo Gamez, is a former boxer from Venezuela. A former world Flyweight champion, Gamez became the first Flyweight boxer in history to win world titles in four different divisions....

WBA
1999-09-03 2000-08-05   Sornpichai Kratingdaenggym WBA
2000-08-05 2003-12-06   Eric Morel
Eric Morel
Eric Arturo Morel is a Puerto Rican professional boxer. He is a former World Boxing Association flyweight champion.- Amateur career :...

WBA
2003-12-06 2007-03-18-Stripped   Lorenzo Parra
Lorenzo Parra
Lorenzo "Lencho" Parra is a Venezuelan professional boxer. He is a former World Boxing Association flyweight champion....

WBA
2007-03-19 2008-12-31   Takefumi Sakata
Takefumi Sakata
is a Japanese boxer in the flyweight division and a former WBA flyweight champion.Sakata was the premier boxer in the Kyoei boxing gym before the arrival of Kōki Kameda in 2005...

WBA
2008-12-31 2010-02-07   Denkaosan Kaovichit
Denkaosan Kaovichit
Denkaosan Kaovichit a.k.a. Denkaosan Redbull Gym. a.k.a. Denkaosan Singwangcha is a professional boxer from Thailand and reigning WBA Flyweight World champion. He is also a Muslim....

WBA
2010-02-07 2011-01-04-Vacated   Daiki Kameda
Daiki Kameda
is a Japanese professional boxer in the flyweight division. He is the former WBA Flyweight Champion. Kameda has made it his custom to sing a song for the audience after each of his victories.-Personal life:...

WBA
2011-01-04 2011-04-02   Luis Concepcion
Luis Concepción
Luis Concepción is a professional boxer from Panama City. His nickname is "El Nica". The southpaw resides in the capital of Panama. His professional record includes 24 fights: 22 wins , and 2 losses. He won the WBA Interim Flyweight Title by TKO against Mexican Omar Salado on September 5, 2009...

WBA
2011-04-02 Current   Hernan Marquez
Hernan Márquez
Hernan Márquez Beltran , is a Mexican professional boxer. He is the current WBA Flyweight Champion.-Professional career:Nicknamed "Tyson" due to his aggressive style, Marquez is a hard-hitting southpaw....

WBA

IBF

Title inaugurated
1983-12-24 1985-12-20   Soon-Chun Kwon IBF
1985-12-20 1986-04-27   Jong-Kwan Chung IBF
1986-04-27 1986-08-02   Bi-Won Chung IBF
1986-08-02 1987-02-22   Hi-Sup Shin IBF
1987-02-22 1987-09-05   Dodie Boy Penalosa
Dodie Boy Peñalosa
Diosdado "Dodie Boy" Peñalosa is a retired Filipino boxer and a former IBF champion in the light flyweight and flyweight classes.-Professional career:...

IBF
1987-09-05 1988-01-16   Chang-Ho Choi
Chang-Ho Choi
Chang-Ho Choi is a former boxer from South Korea.In 1987, Choi became the IBF Flyweight champion with a 11 round KO win over Dodie Boy Penalosa in Quezon City, Philippines...

IBF
1988-01-16 1988-10-05   Rolando Bohol
Rolando Bohol
Rolando Bohol is a former Filipino boxer. He is one of the world boxing champion from the Philippines.He turned professional in 1984 and got a draw on his first match. After 15 matches , Bohol met his first setback, losing to Dadoy Andujar by a 10-round decision on September 29, 1985...

IBF
1988-10-05 1989-06-07   Duke McKenzie
Duke McKenzie
Duke McKenzie MBE is a British former professional boxer, now a boxing commentator for broadcaster ITV.-Boxing career:Previously a highly successful professional boxer, McKenzie has been British champion at two weights, a European champion once and World champion at three different weights...

IBF
1989-06-07 1992-06-11   Dave McAuley
Dave McAuley
Dave McAuley, born 15 June 1961 in Larne, Northern Ireland is a former professional boxer. During his professional career he held the IBF world title in the Flyweight category. He was arguably the Irelands greatest ever Flyweight.-Boxing career:...

IBF
1992-06-11 1992-11-29   Rodolfo Blanco
Rodolfo Blanco
Rodolfo Blanco is a former boxer from Colombia who held the International Boxing Federation flyweight title in 1992.Blanco became a professional boxer in 1982. In 1987 he challenged Myung Woo Yuh for the World Boxing Association light flyweight title, losing by an eighth-round knockout. In 1990 he...

IBF
1992-11-29 1994-11-25-Retired   Pichit Sitbangprachan
Pichit Sitbangprachan
Pichit Sithbanprachan also known as Supap Hanwichachai is a retired boxer in the Flyweight division. All 27 of his fights took place in his native Thailand.- Career history :...

IBF
1995-02-18 1995-04-22   Francisco Tejedor IBF
1995-04-22 1996-Vacated   Danny Romero
Danny Romero
Daniel Gregorio Romero was a former world champion professional boxer. His nickname is "Kid Dynamite".Romero is a devoted Catholic...

IBF
1996-05-04 1999-04-Vacated   Mark Johnson
Mark Johnson (boxer)
Marcellus Joseph Johnson, better known as Mark Johnson is a boxer in the Super Flyweight division. Johnson a fast and skilled southpaw from Washington, D.C., won titles at flyweight and junior bantamweight twice. He also was a pound-for-pound ranked stalwart during the prime of his career, which...

IBF
1999-04-10 2004-12-16   Irene Pacheco
Irene Pacheco
Irene Pacheco also known as Mambaco is a Colombian boxer former world champion in the IBF Flyweight category....

IBF
2004-12-16 2007-07-07   Vic Darchinyan
Vic Darchinyan
Vakhtang "Vic" Darchinyan is an Armenian professional boxer discovered by HyeFighters. He is a three-division world champion, having won eight titles in three different weight classes. He is a former IBF Flyweight World Champion and a former Undisputed WBA, WBC & IBF Super Flyweight World...

IBF
2007-07-07 2009-Vacated   Nonito Donaire
Nonito Donaire
Nonito Donaire, Jr. is a Filipino-American professional boxer, who is widely known as "The Filipino Flash." He is a three-division world champion, having won five titles across three different boxing weight classes. He is a known switch-hitter with the ability to fight either southpaw or orthodox...

IBF
2009-11-20 Present   Moruti Mthalane
Moruti Mthalane
Moruti Mthalane , is a South African professional boxer with orthodox stance who goes by the nickname of "Babyface". His professional record includes 27 fights: 25 wins , and 2 losses. He lives in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa, where he won the IBF flyweight title against Mexican Julio César...

IBF

WBO

Title inaugurated
1989-03-03 1990-03-Vacated   Elvis Álvarez
Elvis Álvarez
Elvis Álvarez was professional boxer in the flyweight division.- Boxing career :...

WBO
1990-08-18 1992-03-18   Isidro Perez
Isidro Perez
Isidro Pérez was a Mexican boxer in the Lightweight division. Pérez is a former two-time WBO Flyweight Champion.-Professional career:...

WBO
1992-03-18 1993-05-15   Pat Clinton
Pat Clinton
Patrick Clinton is a former professional boxer in the flyweight division. He was a member of Croy Miners Amateur Boxing Club.- Boxing career :...

WBO
1993-05-15 1995-02-11   Jacob Matlala WBO
1995-02-11 1996-12-13   Alberto Jiménez
Alberto Jiménez
Alberto Jiménez was a Mexican boxer in the Lightweight division. He is the former WBO Flyweight Champion, making six title defences.-Professional career:...

WBO
1996-12-13 1998-08-14   Carlos Gabriel Salazar WBO
1998-08-14 1999-04-23   Ruben Sánchez León
Ruben Sánchez León
Ruben Sánchez León was a Mexican boxer in the Lightweight division. He is the former WBO Flyweight Champion.-Professional career:...

WBO
1999-04-23 1999-Vacated   Jose Lopez Bueno WBO
1999-12-18 2000-12-15   Isidro García
Isidro García
Isidro Ayala García is a former Mexican boxer in the Featherweight division. He is the former WBO Flyweight Champion.-Professional career:...

WBO
2000-12-15 2001-09-08-Vacated   Fernando Montiel
Fernando Montiel
Fernando Montiel Martínez is a Mexican professional boxer in the Bantamweight division. Fernando is a former WBO Flyweight, WBO Super Flyweight and WBO and WBC Bantamweight champion.-Early life:...

WBO
2002-05-04 2002-07-13   Adonis Rivas
Adonis Rivas
Adonis Antonio Rivas Ordóñez is a professional boxer in the super flyweight division.- Boxing career :Rivas turned professional in 1995 and captured the WBO super flyweight title with a decision win over Diego Morales in 1999. He defended the belt twice before losing it to Pedro Alcázar in 2001...

WBO
2002-07-13 2010-05-Vacated   Omar Andres Narvaez
Omar Andrés Narváez
Omar Andrés Narváez is an Argentine southpaw professional boxer in the super flyweight division and is the WBO Junior Bantamweight champion...

WBO
2010-06-12 2011-07-16   Julio Cesar Miranda
Julio César Miranda
Julio César Miranda , is a Mexican professional boxer and the former WBO World Flyweight champion. He won the vacant title by defeating Richie Mepranum on June 12, 2010, by a 5th round TKO....

WBO
2011-07-16 Current   Brian Viloria
Brian Viloria
Brian Viloria is a Filipino-American professional boxer He is the reigning WBO Flyweight champion. He also won the WBC Light Flyweight and IBF Junior Flyweight titles...

WBO

Footnotes

1 Disputed. See article on Pedro Carrasco
Pedro Carrasco
Pedro Carrasco was a Spanish boxer whose fame transcended the boxing ring. During the 1970s, he was a media darling in Spain.Carrasco was crowned European Lightweight champion in 1967...

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2 Relinquished championship title.
3 Retired as champion, relinquishing title.
4 Championship recognition withdrawn by sanctioning organization due to champion's failure or refusal to defend title against the organization's #1 ranked contender.
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