List of European Boxing Union flyweight champions
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The European Boxing Union
European Boxing Union
The European Boxing Union is an organization that oversees competition in that sport over the continent of Europe.-History:The EBU started life as the International Boxing Union in Paris in 1910...

 (EBU) is an organisation in the sport of boxing
Boxing
Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...

 in Europe
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Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...

. The boxers that have won the EBU title in the flyweight
Flyweight
Flyweight is a class in boxing which includes fighters weighing less than 112 lb but above 108 lb .-Professional boxing:...

 division are listed below.

List of champions

List of EBU bantamweight champions.
Name Date of title victory Successful defences Nationality
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...

11 April 1913 0 British
Bill Ladbury 2 June 1913 0 British
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...

26 January 1914 1 British
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...

30 March 1914 0 British
Joe Symonds 15 May 1914 0 British
Tancy Lee 25 January 1915 1 British
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...

26 June 1916 2 British
Michel Montreuil 29 September 1923 2   French
Elky Clark 31 January 1925 4 British
Johnny Hill 19 March 1928 0 British
Emile Pladner 7 February 1929 0   French
Johnny Hill 21 March 1929 0 British
Eugene Huat 20 June 1929 0   French
Kid Oliva 6 March 1930 0   French
Lucien Popescu 7 June 1930 1   Romanian
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...

4 May 1931 3 British
Praxille Gyde 1 November 1932 7   French
Kid Davidt 23 June 1935 0   Belgian
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...

16 September 1936 0 British
Ernst Weiss 5 October 1936 0   Austrian
Valentin Angelmann 12 December 1936 1   French
Enrico Urbinati 5 December 1938 4   Italian
Raoul DeGryse
Raoul Degryse
Raoul Degryse is a Belgian boxer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.He was born in Oudenaarde.In 1936 he was eliminated in the quarter-finals of the flyweight class after losing his fight to the upcoming silver medalist Gavino Matta.-External links:*...

9 October 1946 0   Belgian
Maurice Sandeyron 21 May 1947 2   French
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....

5 April 1949 1 British
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 :...

25 April 1950 0 British
Jean Sneyers 30 October 1950 1   Belgian
Teddy Gardner 18 February 1952 2 British
Louis Skena 13 June 1953 1   French
Nazzareno Giannelli 10 September 1954 0   Italian
Dai Dower
Dai Dower
David William "Dai" Dower MBE , former British, Empire and European Flyweight boxing champion, is one of the most successful Welsh boxers of all time.-Amateur career:...

8 March 1955 0 British
Young Martin 3 October 1955 3   Spanish
Risto Luukkonen 4 September 1959 0   Finnish
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:...

29 June 1961 5   Italian
René Libeer
René Libeer
René Libeer is a former boxer from France, who won a bronze medal in the flyweight division at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia...

13 June 1965 3   French
Fernando Atzori
Fernando Atzori
Fernando Atzori is a former professional boxer, and olympic boxing gold medalist from Italy.- Amateur career :...

25 January 1967 9   Italian
Fritz Chervet 3 March 1972 3   Swiss
Fernando Atzori
Fernando Atzori
Fernando Atzori is a former professional boxer, and olympic boxing gold medalist from Italy.- Amateur career :...

28 June 1973 0   Italian
Fritz Chervet 26 December 1973 0   Swiss
Franco Udella
Franco Udella
Franco Udella is an Italian former world boxing champion.- Olympic games results :1968 *Lost to Alberto Morales 0-51972 *1st round bye...

25 October 1974 8   Italian
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...

1 May 1979 4 British
Antoine Montero 17 June 1983 2   French
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...

23 August 1984 0 British
Franco Cherchi 27 February 1985 1   Italian
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...

30 October 1985 0 British
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...

20 May 1986 2 British
Eyüp Can
Eyüp Can (boxer)
Eyüp Can is a retired Turkish boxer. He won a Flyweight Bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics, losing in the semi final to eventual gold medalist Steve McCrory...

16 February 1989 1   Turkish
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 :...

3 August 1990 0 British
Salvatore Fanni 23 February 1991 4   Italian
Robbie Regan
Robbie Regan
Robbie Regan Robbie Regan Robbie Regan (born 30 August 1968 in Caerphilly, Wales is a Welsh former professional boxer.-Pro career:Regan is a former WBO World Bantamweight champion and former interim IBF World Flyweight champion. In 1995 he captured the interim IBF flyweight title with a KO win...

14 November 1992 1 British
Luigi Camputaro 22 September 1993 2   Italian
Robbie Regan
Robbie Regan
Robbie Regan Robbie Regan Robbie Regan (born 30 August 1968 in Caerphilly, Wales is a Welsh former professional boxer.-Pro career:Regan is a former WBO World Bantamweight champion and former interim IBF World Flyweight champion. In 1995 he captured the interim IBF flyweight title with a KO win...

19 November 1994 0 British
Luigi Camputaro 15 September 1995 0   Italian
Jesper D. Jensen 31 May 1996 3   Danish
David Guerault 13 June 1997 4   French
Alexander Makhmutov 3 December 1999 0   Russian
Damaen Kelly
Damaen Kelly
Damaen Kelly is a former professional boxer from Belfast, Northern Ireland, who represented the Republic of Ireland at international level. Kelly fought his final professional fights in the Bantamweight division but was more noted for boxing in the Flyweight division...

12 February 2000 1 British
Alexander Makhmutov 9 December 2000 4   Russian
Mimoun Chent 1 June 2002 0   French
Alexander Makhmutov 19 May 2003 0   Russian
Brahim Asloum
Brahim Asloum
Brahim Asloum born January 31, 1979 in Bourgoin-Jallieu, Isère) is a French boxer. He won the Light Flyweight Gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics.Asloum is the former WBA light flyweight world champion.- Olympic results :...

14 November 2003 3   French
Ivan Pozo
Iván Pozo
Iván Pozo is a Spanish professional boxer. Pozo is a former EBU European Flyweight champion and former WBO Inter-Continental Flyweight champion. He currently fights at bantamweight and defended his WBC Mundo Hispano title by defeating Adonis Rivas by unanimous decision on March 4, 2011.-References:...

8 July 2005 2   Spanish
Andrea Sarritzu 27 July 2006 3   Italian
Bernard Inom
Bernard Inom
Bernard Inom is a retired boxer from France, who competed in the light flyweight division during the 1990s. He won the silver medal at the 1995 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Berlin, Germany, where he was defeated in the final by Bulgaria's Daniel Petrov.-References:...

3 May 2008 0   French
Ivan Pozo
Iván Pozo
Iván Pozo is a Spanish professional boxer. Pozo is a former EBU European Flyweight champion and former WBO Inter-Continental Flyweight champion. He currently fights at bantamweight and defended his WBC Mundo Hispano title by defeating Adonis Rivas by unanimous decision on March 4, 2011.-References:...

16 January 2009 0   Spanish
Andrea Sarritzu 14 November 2009 1   Italian

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