List of light flyweight boxing champions
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This is a chronological List of World Light Flyweight Boxing Champions, as recognized by four of the better-known sanctioning organizations:
- The World Boxing AssociationWorld Boxing AssociationThe 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 CouncilWorld Boxing CouncilThe 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 FederationInternational Boxing FederationThe 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 OrganizationWorld Boxing OrganizationThe 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 |
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IBF |
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Title inaugurated | |||
1983-12-10 | 1985-10-12-Vacated | 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 |
1986-12-07 | 1988-11-04 | Jum-Hwan Choi | IBF |
1988-11-04 | 1989-05-02 | Tacy Macalos | IBF |
1989-05-02 | 1990-07-29 | 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... |
IBF |
1990-07-29 | 1994-02-19 | Michael Carbajal | IBF |
1994-02-19 | 1995-07-15 | Humberto González Humberto Gonzalez Humberto González is a Mexican former world boxing champion. Nicknamed Chiquita, he earned many admirers during his professional boxing career... |
IBF |
1995-07-15 | 1995-11-12-Vacated | Saman Sorjaturong Saman Sorjaturong Saman Sorjaturong was a Thai former world boxing champion.Sorjaturong turned pro in 1989 and won the WBC and IBF junior flyweight title during his career. He defeated reigning champion Humberto González in a thrilling fight that was named Ring Magazine fight of the year in 1995 to win the IBF and... |
IBF |
1996-03-16 | 1997-01-18 | Michael Carbajal | IBF |
1997-01-18 | 1998-04-30-Vacated | Mauricio Pastrana Mauricio Pastrana Mauricio Antonio Pastrana Tapi, more commonly known as Mauricio Pastrana, is a Colombian professional boxer who fights in the super bantamweight division.-Professional career:... |
IBF |
1998-12-18 | 1999-10-02 | Will Grigsby Will Grigsby William Henry Grigsby is an American professional boxer.- Professional career :Grigsby turned pro in 1988 and lost his second professional fight, to flyweight legend Michael Carbajal who was making his professional debut. In 1998 he captured the vacant IBF light flyweight title by decisioning... |
IBF |
1999-10-02 | 2001-09-29-Vacated | Ricardo Lopez | IBF |
2003-02-15 | 2005-05-14 | Victor Burgos Víctor Burgos José Víctor Flores Burgos is a professional Mexican boxer in the Flyweight division. Víctor is the former IBF Light Flyweight Champion.http://boxrec.com/media/index.php/Victor_Burgos He also has a Nephew Juan Carlos Burgos, who is a Featherweight Prospect.-Pro career:Burgos' career has been marked... |
IBF |
2005-05-14 | 2006-01-07 | Will Grigsby Will Grigsby William Henry Grigsby is an American professional boxer.- Professional career :Grigsby turned pro in 1988 and lost his second professional fight, to flyweight legend Michael Carbajal who was making his professional debut. In 1998 he captured the vacant IBF light flyweight title by decisioning... |
IBF |
2006-01-07 | 2009-04-19 | Ulises Solís Ulises Solis José Ulises Solís Perez is a Mexican professional boxer and is the current IBF light Flyweight champion. He recently got into a street fight with current champ Saul Alvarez and had his jaw broken. He plans on pressing charges against Alvarez... |
IBF |
2009-04-19 | 2010-01-23 | 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... |
IBF |
2010-01-23 | 2010-05-29 | Carlos Tamara Carlos Tamara Carlos José Tamara Paternina is a Colombian professional boxer, who participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics. There he was defeated in the second round by Italy's Alfonso Pinto in the Light Flyweight division... |
IBF |
2010-05-29 | 2011-04-30 | Luis Alberto Lazarte Luis Alberto Lazarte Luis Alberto Lazarte is a professional boxer who resides in his birthtown. He won the IBF junior flyweight title from Colombian Carlos Támara on May 29, 2010. Lazarte was the oldest reigning world boxing champion in the world, at 40 years old, until May 01, 2011... |
IBF |
2011-04-30 | Current | Ulises Solis Ulises Solis José Ulises Solís Perez is a Mexican professional boxer and is the current IBF light Flyweight champion. He recently got into a street fight with current champ Saul Alvarez and had his jaw broken. He plans on pressing charges against Alvarez... |
IBF |
WBC |
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Title inaugurated | |||
1975-04-04 | 1975-04-04-Stripped | 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... |
WBC |
1975-09-13 | 1978-02-19 | Luis Estaba Luis Estaba Luis Alberto Estaba is a former boxer from Venezuela, who was born in Macuro, South American point of entry for Cristopher Columbus. He was nicknamed Lumumba, because of his resemblance to Congolese leader Patrice Lumumba.... |
WBC |
1978-02-19 | 1978-05-06 | 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 |
1978-05-06 | 1978-09-30 | Netrnoi Sor Vorasingh Netrnoi Sor Vorasingh Netrnoi Sor Vorasingh was a Thai world boxing champion. His realname was Net Ladnork.Sor Vorasingh turned pro in 1975 at the age of fifteen, and in 1977 won the WBC light flyweight title with a decision win over Luis Estaba. On September 30, 1978, Sung-Jun Kim of Korea knocked out Sor Vorasingh in... |
WBC |
1978-09-30 | 1980-01-03 | Sung-Jun Kim | WBC |
1980-01-03 | 1980-03-24 | Shigeo Nakajima Shigeo Nakajima is a retired Japanese boxer who is a former WBC junior flyweight champion. He is an alumnus of the Komazawa University.Nakajima began boxing at Yonekura Boxing Gym at the age of a high school student... |
WBC |
1980-03-24 | 1982-02-06 | 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.... |
WBC |
1982-02-06 | 1982-04-13 | Amado Ursua Amado Ursua Amado Ursua was a Mexican boxer in the Light Flyweight division. He is a former Mexican National Light Flyweight and the WBC Light Flyweight Champion.-Professional career:... |
WBC |
1982-04-13 | 1982-07-20 | Tadashi Tomori Tadashi Tomori is a retired Japanese boxer who is a former WBC junior flyweight champion.Tomori won the Japan's inter-high school championship in the 45 kg class in 1977, and compiled an amateur record of 16–4 before turning professional. Hitoshi Misako who is the president of Misako Boxing Gym in Tokyo went to... |
WBC |
1982-07-20 | 1983-03-26 | 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.... |
WBC |
1983-03-26 | 1988-06-27-Vacated | Jung-Koo Chang | WBC |
1988-12-11 | 1989-03-19 | German Torres Germán Torres Germán Torres is a former Mexican world boxing champion. His nickname was Ozeki.- Pro career :Torres turned pro in 1975 at the age of fifteen, and won the vacant WBC light flyweight title in his fifth attempt at attempting to win that title, with a decision win over Soon-Jung Kang in 1988... |
WBC |
1989-03-19 | 1989-06-25 | Yul-Woo Lee | WBC |
1989-06-25 | 1990-12-19 | Humberto González Humberto Gonzalez Humberto González is a Mexican former world boxing champion. Nicknamed Chiquita, he earned many admirers during his professional boxing career... |
WBC |
1990-12-19 | 1991-03-25 | Rolando Pascua | WBC |
1991-03-25 | 1991-06-03 | Melchor Cob Castro Melchor Cob Castro Melchor Cob Castro a professional boxer in the light flyweight division.- Pro career :... |
WBC |
1991-06-03 | 1993-03-13 | Humberto González Humberto Gonzalez Humberto González is a Mexican former world boxing champion. Nicknamed Chiquita, he earned many admirers during his professional boxing career... |
WBC |
1993-03-13 | 1994-02-19 | Michael Carbajal | WBC |
1994-02-19 | 1995-07-15 | Humberto González Humberto Gonzalez Humberto González is a Mexican former world boxing champion. Nicknamed Chiquita, he earned many admirers during his professional boxing career... |
WBC |
1995-07-15 | 1999-10-17 | Saman Sorjaturong Saman Sorjaturong Saman Sorjaturong was a Thai former world boxing champion.Sorjaturong turned pro in 1989 and won the WBC and IBF junior flyweight title during his career. He defeated reigning champion Humberto González in a thrilling fight that was named Ring Magazine fight of the year in 1995 to win the IBF and... |
WBC |
1999-10-17 | 2002-07-06 | Yo-Sam Choi Yo-Sam Choi Yo-Sam Choi was a Korean world boxing champion. He was born in Jeongeup, Jeollabukdo, South Korea.- Pro career :Choi turned pro in 1993 and won the WBC light flyweight title in 1999 with a decision win over Saman Sorjaturong. He successfully defended the title three times before losing it to... |
WBC |
2002-07-06 | 2004-12-18-Vacated | Jorge Arce Jorge Arce Jorge Armando Arce Armenta is a Mexican professional boxer. Arce is the former WBO World Light Flyweight, WBC World Light Flyweight, Interim WBC World Flyweight, Interim WBA World Super Flyweight, WBO World Super Flyweight, WBO World Super Bantamweight, and is the current WBO World Bantamweight... |
WBC |
2005-03-11 | 2005-09-10 | Eric Ortiz Eric Ortiz Eric Ortiz Aparicio is a professional boxer. He competes in the light flyweight division.-Pro career:... |
WBC |
2005-09-10 | 2006-08-10 | 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... |
WBC |
2006-08-10 | 2007-02-02-Stripped | Omar Niño Romero Omar Niño Romero Omar Niño Romero is a Mexican professional boxer in the Light Flyweight division. He was the WBC Light Flyweight Champion.-Professional career:... |
WBC |
2007-04-14 | 2009-11-21 | Edgar Sosa | WBC |
2009-11-21 | 2010-06-19 | Rodel Mayol Rodel Mayol Rodel Bryan Generalao Mayol , more commonly known as just Rodel Mayol, is a Filipino professional boxer and the former WBC Light Flyweight World Champion.-Early life:... |
WBC |
2010-06-19 | 2010-11-06 | Omar Niño Romero Omar Niño Romero Omar Niño Romero is a Mexican professional boxer in the Light Flyweight division. He was the WBC Light Flyweight Champion.-Professional career:... |
WBC |
2010-11-06 | 2011-04-30 | Gilberto Keb Baas Gilberto Keb Baas Gilberto Keb Baas is a Mexican professional boxer in the Light Flyweight division. Gilberto is the former WBC Light Flyweight Champion.-WBC Light Flyweight Championship:... |
WBC |
2011-04-30 | Current | Adrian Hernandez Adrian Hernandez Adrian Hernandez is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the New York Yankees and Milwaukee Brewers.-New York Yankees:... |
WBC |
WBA |
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Title inaugurated | |||
1975-08-23 | 1976-07-02 | Jaime Rios | WBA |
1976-07-02 | 1976-10-10 | Juan Antonio Guzman | WBA |
1976-10-10 | 1981-03-08 | Yoko Gushiken Yoko Gushiken was a Ryukyuan professional boxer from 1974-1981. His professional record is 23-1 and he held the title of WBA Light Flyweight champion 1976-1981.-Biography:... |
WBA |
1981-03-08 | 1981-07-19 | Pedro Flores Pedro Flores (boxer) Pedro Flores is a former Mexican boxer in the Lightweight division. He is the former WBA World Light Flyweight Champion.-Professional career:... |
WBA |
1981-07-19 | 1981-12-05 | Hwan-Jin Kim | WBA |
1981-12-05 | 1983-07-10 | Katsuo Tokashiki Katsuo Tokashiki Katsuo Tokashiki is an Okinawan former WBA Light flyweight champion. He currently works as an actor and television persona, and runs own boxing gym in Tokyo, Japan.- Childhood & Early Career :... |
WBA |
1983-07-10 | 1984-05-19 | Lupe Madera Lupe Madera Lupe Madera was a Mexican professional boxer. He held the title of World Boxing Association junior flyweight champion 1983–1984.-Career:... |
WBA |
1984-05-19 | 1985-03-29 | Francisco Quiroz Francisco Quiroz Francisco Quiroz was a WBA Lightweight champion.- Pro career :Quiroz turned pro in 1978 and captured the WBA light flyweight title with a KO win over Lupe Madera in 1984. He defended the belt once before losing a narrow decision to Joey Olivo in 1985... |
WBA |
1985-03-29 | 1985-12-08 | Joey Olivo | WBA |
1985-12-08 | 1991-12-17 | Myung-Woo Yuh Myung-Woo Yuh Yuh Myung-woo is a South Korean former 2-time WBA light flyweight boxing champion... |
WBA |
1991-12-17 | 1992-11-18 | Hiroki Ioka Hiroki Ioka Hiroki Ioka is a former WBC Minimumweight and WBA Lightweight champion. He was the first ever WBC Minimumweight champion, winning the title immediately after the minimumweight division was created.... |
WBA |
1992-11-18 | 1993-07-25-Vacated | Myung-Woo Yuh Myung-Woo Yuh Yuh Myung-woo is a South Korean former 2-time WBA light flyweight boxing champion... |
WBA |
1993-10-21 | 1995-02-04 | 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 |
1995-02-04 | 1996-01-13 | Hi-Yong Choi | WBA |
1996-01-13 | 1996-05-21 | Carlos Murillo | WBA |
1996-05-21 | 1996-12-03 | Keiji Yamaguchi | WBA |
1996-12-03 | 2000-02-05-Vacated | Pichitnoi Sitbangprachan | WBA |
2000-08-12 | 2001-03-03 | Beibis Mendoza Beibis Mendoza Beibis Antonio Mendoza is a professional boxer from Colombia. He is a former WBA light-flyweight champion.- Amateur career :Mendoza was a member of the 1996 Colombian Olympic Team as a Light Flyweight... |
WBA |
2001-03-03 | 2004-10-02-Stripped | Rosendo Alvarez Rosendo Álvarez Rosendo José Álvarez Hernández is a flyweight boxer, and is well known for giving Mexican legend Ricardo Lopez two tough fights. He is the only person to hold the undefeated flyweight champion to a draw.... |
WBA |
2005-04-29 | 2006-08-02-Vacated | Roberto Vásquez Roberto Vásquez Roberto Vásquez is a southpaw boxer. Fighting in the flyweight division, his record is 24-1 . He is currently the WBA world flyweight interim champion.... |
WBA |
2006-08-02 | 2007-01-18-Vacated | 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... |
WBA |
2007-06-22 | 2007-08-12 | Juan Carlos Reveco Juan Carlos Reveco Juan Carlos Reveco is an Argentine professional boxer. He is currently the WBA light-flyweight champion.-Professional career:Reveco turned professional in 2004... |
WBA |
2007-08-12 | 2009-06-05-Retired | 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 :... |
WBA |
2009-06-05 | 2010-11-26-Vacated | Giovanni Segura Giovanni Segura Giovani Segura is a Mexican professional boxer in the light flyweight division. He is The Ring light flyweight champion and former WBA and WBO champion. Ring Magazine currently rates Segura as the number nine pound-for-pound boxer in the world.-Professional career:Segura made his professional... |
WBA Super Champion |
2010-08-28 | 2011-02-04-Vacated | Juan Carlos Reveco Juan Carlos Reveco Juan Carlos Reveco is an Argentine professional boxer. He is currently the WBA light-flyweight champion.-Professional career:Reveco turned professional in 2004... |
WBA Regular Champion |
2011-02-04 | Current | Roman Gonzalez Roman Gonzalez Roman Gonzalez may refer to:*Román González, Argentinian basketball player*Román González Nicaraguan boxer... |
WBA |
WBO |
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Title inaugurated | |||
1989-05-19 | 1992-03-01-Stripped | Jose De Jesus Jose De Jesus Jose De Jesus is a retired professional boxer in the light flyweight division.-Pro career:... |
WBO |
1992-07-31 | 1994-07-15 | Josue Camacho | WBO |
1994-07-15 | 1994-11-12-Stripped | Michael Carbajal | WBO |
1994-11-23 | 1995-11-18 | Paul Weir Paul Weir (boxer) Paul Weir is a Scottish professional boxer and a former WBO minimumweight champion.- Pro career :Undefeated WBO Minimun Weight Champion & Former WBO Lt.Flyweight Champion... |
WBO |
1995-11-18 | 1997-02-08-Vacated | Jake Matlala | WBO |
1997-05-31 | 1997-08-25 | Jesús Chong Jesús Chong Jesús Alberto Chong was a Mexican boxer in the Light Flyweight division. He is a former Mexican National, NABF, and the WBO Light Flyweight Champion.-Professional career:... |
WBO |
1997-08-25 | 1998-01-17 | Melchor Cob Castro Melchor Cob Castro Melchor Cob Castro a professional boxer in the light flyweight division.- Pro career :... |
WBO |
1998-01-17 | 1998-12-05 | Juan Domingo Córdoba | WBO |
1998-12-05 | 1999-07-31 | Jorge Arce Jorge Arce Jorge Armando Arce Armenta is a Mexican professional boxer. Arce is the former WBO World Light Flyweight, WBC World Light Flyweight, Interim WBC World Flyweight, Interim WBA World Super Flyweight, WBO World Super Flyweight, WBO World Super Bantamweight, and is the current WBO World Bantamweight... |
WBO |
1999-07-31 | 1999-08-Retired | Michael Carbajal | WBO |
2000-02-19 | 2000-07-Stripped | Masibulele Makepula Masibulele Makepula Masibulele Makepula is a professional boxer.- Amateur Achievements :*Gold Medalist at the 1995 African Championships in Harare as a Light Flyweight.... |
WBO |
2001-04-14 | 2005-04-30 | Nelson Dieppa Nelson Dieppa Nelson Dieppa is a Puerto Rican professional boxer. As an amateur, he represented Puerto Rico in international events including the 1991 World Amateur Boxing Championships, 1991 Pan American Games and the 1992 Summer Olympics. Dieppa debuted as a professional on February 13, 1993, when he defeated... |
WBO |
2005-04-30 | 2007-09-25 | Hugo Fidel Cazares | WBO |
2007-09-25 | 2010-08-28 | Iván Calderón Ivan Calderón (boxer) Iván Calderón Marrero is a Puerto Rican professional boxer. As an amateur Calderón represented Puerto Rico in international competitions and attended the 2000 Olympic Games in Australia. On May 3, 2003, he won the World Boxing Organization's minimumweight championship when he defeated Eduardo... |
WBO |
2010-08-28 | 2011-04-Vacated | Giovanni Segura Giovanni Segura Giovani Segura is a Mexican professional boxer in the light flyweight division. He is The Ring light flyweight champion and former WBA and WBO champion. Ring Magazine currently rates Segura as the number nine pound-for-pound boxer in the world.-Professional career:Segura made his professional... |
WBO |
2010-04-Promoted | 2011-04-30 | Jesús Géles Jesús Géles Jesús Géles is a professional boxer who resides in Colombia. He is a former WBO junior flyweight champion, having been awarded the belt after Giovani Segura vacated the title in April 2011. Géles was to lose it less than a month later in his first defense to Ramón Garcia Hirales, who knocked him... |
WBO |
2011-04-30 | 2011-10-08 | Ramon Garcia Hirales Ramón García Hirales Ramón García Hirales is a Mexican professional boxer in the Light Flyweight division. He is the current WBO Light Flyweight Champion... |
WBO |
2011-10-08 | Current | Donnie Nietes Donnie Nietes Donnie Nietes is a Filipino professional boxer and the WBO Light Flyweight World Champion. He is also a former WBO Minimumweight World Champion. His cousin, Gerson Nietes, is also a boxer.... |
WBO |