List of flyweight boxing champions
World

List of flyweight boxing champions

Section Title: World
Table Section Text: None

Reign Began	Reign Ended	Champion	Recognition

April 11, 1913	June 2, 1913	Sid Smith	Universal

The organization which eventually became the British Boxing Board of Control recognized the flyweight division in 1911 and declared Sid Smith the first champion.

June 2, 1913	January 26, 1914	Bill Ladbury	Universal

January 26, 1914	May 15, 1914	Percy Jones	Universal

May 15, 1914	November 16, 1914	Joe Symonds	Universal

November 16, 1914	January 25, 1915	Jimmy Wilde	Universal

January 25, 1915	October 18, 1915	Joe Symonds	Universal

February 14, 1916	18 June 1923	Jimmy Wilde	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	Universal

Pancho Villa's death on July 14, 1925, following a loss to Jimmy "Baby Face" McLarnin on July 4, caused the title to be vacated.

22 August 1925	25 August 1927 2	Fidel LaBarba	Universal

22 October 1927	3 December 1927 2	Pinky Silverberg	National Boxing Association

The title again became vacant when Fidel La Barba retired to attend Stanford University in 1927. Several fighters claimed the title including Wille Le Morte elected by the New Jersey Boxing Commission; Midget Wolgast, who won an 18-man tournament defeating Black Bill on March 21, 1930, in the tournament finals, recognized by the New York Boxing Commission; and Pinky Silverberg, who briefly held the National Boxing Association title in 1927 before being stripped of it later that year.

9 June 1928	31 October 1931	Frankie Genaro	NBA

26 October 1931	23 February 1932	Victor "Young" Perez	NBA/IBU

31 October 1932	8 September 1935	Jackie Brown	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.

8 September 1935	29 June 1938 4	Benny Lynch	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 on September 22, 1938, to win the championship.

September 22, 1938	May 1939	Peter Kane	Universal

Kane vacated his title to box at bantamweight.

December 14, 1939	1942	Little Dado	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	NBA

Paterson stripped of title by NBA and BBBC because he was unable to make weight for a title defense against Dado Marino.

October 20, 1947	March 30, 1950	Rinty Monaghan	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.

25 April 1950	1 August 1950	Terry Allen	Universal

1 August 1950	19 May 1952	Dado Marino	Universal

19 May 1952	26 November 1954	Yoshio Shirai	Universal

26 November 1954	16 April 1960	Pascual Pérez	Universal

16 April 1960	10 October 1962	Pone Kingpetch	Universal

10 October 1962	12 January 1963	Masahiko "Fighting" Harada	Universal

12 January 1963	18 July 1963	Pone Kingpetch	Universal

18 July 1963	23 September 1964	Hiroyuki Ebihara	Universal

23 September 1964	23 April 1965	Pone Kingpetch	Universal

23 April 1965	14 June 1966	Salvatore Burruni	Universal

14 June 1966	30 December 1966	Walter McGowan	Lineal

30 December 1966	23 February 1969	Chartchai Chionoi	Lineal

WBC[edit]

Title inaugurated

1963-09-18	1964-01-23	Japan Hiroyuki Ebihara	WBC

1964-01-23	1965-04-23	Thailand Pone Kingpetch	WBC

1965-04-23	1965-11-18-Stripped	Italy Salvatore Burruni	WBC

1966-03-01	1968-10-02-Retired	Argentina Horacio Accavallo	WBC

1968-11-10	1969-02-23	Thailand Chartchai Chionoi	WBC

1969-02-23	1970-03-20	Mexico Efren Torres	WBC

1970-03-20	1970-12-07	Thailand Chartchai Chionoi	WBC

1970-12-07	1971-12-29-Stripped	Philippines Erbito Salavarria	WBC

1972-06-03	1972-09-29	Venezuela Betulio González	WBC

1972-09-29	1973-07-10-Vacated	Thailand Venice Borkhorsor	WBC

The title is vacated when Venice Borkosor abandons the title following his last fight against Julio Guerrero on July 10, 1973.

1973-08-04	1974-10-01	Venezuela Betulio González	WBC

1974-10-01	1975-01-08	Japan Shoji Oguma	WBC

1975-01-08	1979-03-18	Mexico Miguel Canto	WBC

1979-03-18	1980-05-18	South Korea Chan-Hee Park	WBC

1980-05-18	1981-05-12	Japan Shoji Oguma	WBC

1981-05-12	1982-03-20	Mexico Antonio Avelar	WBC

1982-03-20	1982-07-24	Colombia Prudencio Cardona	WBC

1982-07-24	1982-11-06	Mexico Freddy Castillo	WBC

1982-11-06	1983-03-15	Dominican Republic Eleoncio Mercedes	WBC

1983-03-15	1983-09-27	United Kingdom Charlie Magri	WBC

1983-09-27	1984-01-18	Philippines Frank Cedeno	WBC

1984-01-18	1984-04-09	Japan Koji Kobayashi	WBC

1984-04-09	1984-10-08	Mexico Gabriel Bernal	WBC

1984-10-08	1988-07-24	Thailand Sot Chitalada	WBC

1988-07-24	1989-06-03	South Korea Yong-Kang Kim	WBC

1989-06-03	1991-02-15	Thailand Sot Chitalada	WBC

1991-02-15	1992-06-23	Thailand Muangchai Kittikasem	WBC

1992-06-23	1997-11-12	Russia Yuri Arbachakov	WBC

1997-11-12	1998-12-04	Thailand Chatchai Sasakul	WBC

1998-12-04	1999-09-17-Stripped	Philippines Manny Pacquiao	WBC

1999-09-17	2000-05-19	Thailand Medgoen Singsurat	WBC

2000-05-19	2001-03-02	Philippines Malcolm Tuñacao	WBC

2001-03-02	2007-07-18	Thailand Pongsaklek Wonjongkam	WBC

2007-07-18	2009-11-29	Japan Daisuke Naito	WBC

2009-11-29	2010-03-27	Japan Kōki Kameda	WBC

2010-03-27	2012-03-02	Thailand Pongsaklek Wonjongkam	WBC

2012-03-02	2012-07-16	Philippines Sonny Boy Jaro	WBC

2012-07-16	2013-04-08	Japan Toshiyuki Igarashi	WBC

2013-04-08	2014-09-05	Japan Akira Yaegashi	WBC

2014-09-05	2016-09-29-Vacated	Nicaragua Román González	WBC

2017-03-04	Present	Mexico Juan Hernández	WBC

WBA[edit]

Title inaugurated

1962-10-02	1963-01-12	Japan Fighting Harada	WBA

1963-01-12	1963-12-18	Thailand Pone Kingpetch	WBA

1963-12-18	1964-01-23	Japan Hiroyuki Ebihara	WBA

1964-01-23	1965-04-23	Thailand Pone Kingpetch	WBA

1965-04-23	1965-11-01-Stripped	Italy Salvatore Burruni	WBA

1966-03-01	1968-10-02-Retired	Argentina Horacio Accavallo	WBA

1969-03-30	1969-10-19	Japan Hiroyuki Ebihara	WBA

1969-10-19	1970-04-05	Philippines Bernabe Villacampo	WBA

1970-04-05	1970-10-22	Thailand Berkrerk Chartvanchai	WBA

1970-10-22	1973-01-24-Died	Japan Masao Ohba	WBA

1973-05-17	1974-10-18	Thailand Chartchai Chionoi	WBA

1974-10-18	1975-04-01	Japan Susumu Hanagata	WBA

1975-04-01	1976-02-27	Philippines Erbito Salavarria	WBA

1976-02-27	1976-10-02	Panama Alfonso Lopez	WBA

1976-10-02	1978-08-12	Mexico Guty Espadas	WBA

1978-08-12	1979-11-17	Venezuela Betulio González	WBA

1979-11-17	1980-02-17	Panama Luis Ibarra	WBA

1980-02-17	1980-12-13	South Korea Tae-Shik Kim	WBA

1980-12-13	1981-03-28	South Africa Peter Mathebula	WBA

1981-03-28	1981-06-06	Argentina Santos Benigno Laciar	WBA

1981-06-06	1981-09-26	Panama Luis Ibarra	WBA

1981-09-26	1982-05-01	Mexico Juan Herrera	WBA

1982-05-01	1985-07-19-Vacated	Argentina Santos Benigno Laciar	WBA

1985-10-05	1987-02-13	Panama Hilario Zapata	WBA

1987-02-13	1989-09-30	Colombia Fidel Bassa	WBA

1989-09-30	1990-03-10	Venezuela Jesus Kiki Rojas	WBA

1990-03-10	1990-07-29	South Korea Yul-Woo Lee	WBA

1990-07-29	1991-03-14	Japan Leopard Tamakuma	WBA

1991-03-14	1991-06-01	Colombia Elvis Álvarez	WBA

1991-06-01	1992-09-26	South Korea Yong-Kang Kim	WBA

1992-09-26	1992-12-15	Venezuela Aquiles Guzman	WBA

1992-12-15	1994-02-13	Venezuela David Griman	WBA

1994-02-13	1996-11-24	Thailand Saen Sor Ploenchit	WBA

1996-11-24	1998-05-29	Venezuela Jose Bonilla	WBA

1998-05-29	1999-03-13	Argentina Hugo Rafael Soto	WBA

1999-03-13	1999-09-03	Venezuela Leo Gamez	WBA

1999-09-03	2000-08-05	Thailand Sornpichai Kratingdaenggym	WBA

2000-08-05	2003-12-06	Puerto Rico Eric Morel	WBA

2003-12-06	2007-03-18-Stripped	Venezuela Lorenzo Parra	WBA

2007-03-19	2008-12-31	Japan Takefumi Sakata	WBA

2008-12-31	2010-02-07	Thailand Denkaosan Kaovichit	WBA

2010-02-07	2011-01-04-Vacated	Japan Daiki Kameda	WBA

2011-01-04	2011-04-02	Panama Luis Concepcion	WBA

2011-04-02	2012-11-17	Mexico Hernan Marquez	WBA

2012-11-17	2013-04-06	United States Brian Viloria	WBA Super Champion

2012-11-17	2015-04-22	Argentina Juan Carlos Reveco	WBA Regular Champion

2013-04-06	2016-09-14-Vacated	Mexico Juan Francisco Estrada	WBA Super Champion

2015-04-22	Present	Japan Kazuto Ioka	WBA Regular Champion

IBF[edit]

Title inaugurated

1983-12-24	1985-12-20	South Korea Kwon Soon-chun	IBF

1985-12-20	1986-04-27	South Korea Chung Jong-kwan	IBF

1986-04-27	1986-08-02	South Korea Jung Bi-won	IBF

1986-08-02	1987-02-22	South Korea Shin Hi-sup	IBF

1987-02-22	1987-09-05	Philippines Dodie Boy Peñalosa	IBF

1987-09-05	1988-01-16	South Korea Chang-Ho Choi	IBF

1988-01-16	1988-10-05	Philippines Rolando Bohol	IBF

1988-10-05	1989-06-07	United Kingdom Duke McKenzie	IBF

1989-06-07	1992-06-11	United Kingdom Dave McAuley	IBF

1992-06-11	1992-11-29	Colombia Rodolfo Blanco	IBF

1992-11-29	1994-11-25-Retired	Thailand Pichit Sitbangprachan	IBF

1995-02-18	1995-04-22	Colombia Francisco Tejedor	IBF

1995-04-22	1996-Vacated	United States Danny Romero	IBF

1996-05-04	1999-04-Vacated	United States Mark Johnson	IBF

1999-04-10	2004-12-16	Colombia Irene Pacheco	IBF

2004-12-16	2007-07-07	Armenia Vic Darchinyan	IBF

2007-07-07	2009-Vacated	Philippines Nonito Donaire	IBF

2009-11-20	2014-01-13-Vacated	South Africa Moruti Mthalane	IBF

2014-01-22	2016-05-25	Thailand Amnat Ruenroeng	IBF

2016-05-25	2016-12-21-Vacated	Philippines Johnriel Casimero	IBF

2017-04-29	Present	Philippines Donnie Nietes	IBF

WBO[edit]

Title inaugurated

1989-03-03	1990-03-Vacated	Colombia Elvis Álvarez	WBO

1990-08-18	1992-03-18	Mexico Isidro Perez	WBO

1992-03-18	1993-05-15	United Kingdom Pat Clinton	WBO

1993-05-15	1995-02-11	South Africa Jacob Matlala	WBO

1995-02-11	1996-12-13	Mexico Alberto Jiménez	WBO

1996-12-13	1998-08-14	Argentina Carlos Gabriel Salazar	WBO

1998-08-14	1999-04-23	Mexico Ruben Sánchez León	WBO

1999-04-23	1999-Vacated	Spain José Antonio López Bueno	WBO

1999-12-18	2000-12-15	Mexico Isidro García	WBO

2000-12-15	2001-09-08-Vacated	Mexico Fernando Montiel	WBO

2002-05-04	2002-07-13	Nicaragua Adonis Rivas	WBO

2002-07-13	2010-05-Vacated	Argentina Omar Andres Narvaez	WBO

2010-06-12	2011-07-16	Mexico Julio Cesar Miranda	WBO

2011-07-16	2013-04-06	United States Brian Viloria	WBO

2013-04-06	2016-09-14-Vacated	Mexico Juan Francisco Estrada	WBO

2016-11-05	Present	China Zou Shiming	WBO

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