List of world flyweight boxing champions

This is a list of world flyweight boxing champions, as recognized by the four major sanctioning organizations in boxing:

• The World Boxing Association (WBA), established in 1921 as the National Boxing Association (NBA). The WBA often recognize up to two world champions in a given weight class; Super champion and Regular champion.
• The World Boxing Council (WBC), established in 1963.
• The International Boxing Federation (IBF), established in 1983.
• The World Boxing Organization (WBO), established in 1988.

World

Reign Began	Reign Ended	Champion	Recognition
Title inaugurated
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. Smith's bout with Eugene Criqui of France on April 11, 1913, was the first international flyweight championship contest.[1]
June 2, 1913	January 26, 1914	Bill Ladbury	Universal
January 26, 1914	May 15, 1914	Percy Jones	Universal
Jones stripped of title after failing to make weight for a defense against Tancy Lee.
January 25, 1915	October 18, 1915	Tancy Lee	Universal
October 18, 1915	February 14, 1916	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. 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	Fidel LaBarba	Universal
22 October 1927	3 December 1927 4	Pinky Silverberg	NBA
The title again became vacant when Fidel La Barba retired to attend Stanford University in 1927. Soon after, several fighters claimed different versions of the title and it remained disputed until 1937. Of the champions who initially emerged following Barba's retirement Pinky Silverberg was the first when he briefly reigned as the NBA champion after his victory over Ruby Bradley via DQ on October 22, 1927, until he was stripped in January of 1928 when the NBA instead decided to hold a flyweight tournament for the title.[2] After stripping Silverberg, the NBA did not include the former champion in the tournament. Instead, on November 28, 1927, Frenchy Belanger and Frankie Genaro fought a 10 round elimination bout where Belanger won via split decision. Belanger then advanced into a vacant title fight on December 19, 1927 where he defeated Ernie Jarvis, becoming the new NBA flyweight champion. The NYSAC held their own separate tournament in which Corporal Izzy Schwartz would ultimately win the vacated NYSAC title on December 16, 1927 when he defeated Newsboy Brown, who also went on to claim the California flyweight title by defeating Johnny McCoy in his first fight after the loss.
16 December 1927	22 August 1929 2	Corporal Izzy Schwartz	NSYAC
Schwartz was defeated by Willie LaMorte on August 22, 1929 when attempting to defend his NYSAC version of the title, however, the NYSAC refused to recognize LaMorte as champion when it was revealed that both boxers were being handled by the same manager.
22 August 1929	16 May 1930	Willie LaMorte	Disputed World
21 Mar 1930	16 September 1935	Midget Wolgast	NYSAC
Wolgast had won an 18-man tournament defeating Black Bill on March 21, 1930, in the tournament finals, for the vacant NYSAC flyweight title and in his first title defense defeated LaMorte, who had been claiming the championship since his victory over then NYSAC champion Corporal Izzy Schwartz.
16 September 1935	19 January 1937	Small Montana	NYSAC/NBA
"Montana was awarded the NBA title at the annual NBA conference in 1936 after Jackie Brown had been stripped "
19 December 1927	6 February 1928	Frenchy Belanger	NBA
6 February 1928	2 March 1929	Frankie Genaro	NBA
2 March 1929	18 April 1929	Emile Pladner	NBA/IBU
18 April 1929	26 October 1931	Frankie Genaro	NBA/IBU
There was much confusion about who was the real champion and in order to create a consensus champion, NBA champion Frankie Genaro and NYSAC champion Midget Wolgast met in the ring December 20, 1930 for the undisputed championship in Madison Square Garden. The encounter ended in a 15 round split decision draw with both champions retaining their titles. Rather than having another fight to clear the air, both fighters moved on and Wolgast lost to Small Montana while Genaro lost to Victor Perez
26 October 1931	31 October 1932	Victor "Young" Perez	NBA/IBU
31 October 1932	9 September 1935	Jackie Brown	NBA/IBU/British
After Brown was sent to prison for four months for assault on 6 July, (1934) he was stripped by the NBA for contravening their rules.[3] He maintained his British flyweight title, but the NBA were not the only ones to strip the champion as the IBU stripped Brown of the title when Brown did not honor a rematch with Velentin Anglemann after they fought to a draw for his world title. The organisation then matched Velentin Angelmann and Kid David for the vacant title. The IBU later stripped Angelmann for losing a bout to Peter Kane.[4]
9 September 1935	29 June 1938 4	Benny Lynch	Universal
Lynch defeated Jackie Brown for his British title which he still held despite being stripped of the NBA title. Despite the fact that Small Montana was the undisputed NBA and NYSAC champion, the fight between Lynch and Montana was seen to be the true undisputed match as Lynch was the linear NBA champion and Montana was awarded the title. This being the first undisputed fight in the weight class in 7 years as well as being between the consensus #1 and #2 fighters of the division, the vacant Ring Magazine flyweight title was also on the line for the fighters. 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	NBA
Kane was stripped of the NBA and The Ring (magazine) titles on December 11, 1939, but continued claiming the title until he was reinstated as champion by the NBA in 1942.
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.[5]
1942	June 19, 1943	Peter Kane	NBA
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.[5]
March 23, 1948	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. The title is vacated after Monaghan announces his retirement due to chronic bronchitis 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	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

IBF

Reign Began	Reign Ended	Champion	Recognition
Title inaugurated
1983-12-24	1985-12-20	Kwon Soon-chun	IBF
1985-12-20	1986-04-27	Chung Jong-kwan	IBF
1986-04-27	1986-08-02	Jung Bi-won	IBF
1986-08-02	1987-02-22	Shin Hi-sup	IBF
1987-02-22	1987-09-05	Dodie Boy Peñalosa	IBF
1987-09-05	1988-01-16	Chang-Ho Choi	IBF
1988-01-16	1988-10-05	Rolando Bohol	IBF
1988-10-05	1989-06-07	Duke McKenzie	IBF
1989-06-07	1992-06-11	Dave McAuley	IBF
1992-06-11	1992-11-29	Rodolfo Blanco	IBF
1992-11-29	1994-11-25-Retired	Pichit Sitbangprachan	IBF
1995-02-18	1995-04-22	Francisco Tejedor	IBF
1995-04-22	1996-Vacated	Danny Romero	IBF
1996-05-04	1999-04-Vacated	Mark Johnson	IBF
1999-04-10	2004-12-16	Irene Pacheco	IBF
2004-12-16	2007-07-07	Vic Darchinyan	IBF
2007-07-07	2009-Vacated	Nonito Donaire	IBF
2009-11-20	2014-01-13-Vacated	Moruti Mthalane	IBF
2014-01-22	2016-05-25	Amnat Ruenroeng	IBF
2016-05-25	2016-12-21-Vacated	Johnriel Casimero	IBF
2017-04-29	2018-04-Vacated	Donnie Nietes	IBF
2018-07-15	2021-04-30	Moruti Mthalane	IBF
2021-04-30	2023-12-16	Sunny Edwards	IBF
2023-12-16	2024-03-27	Jesse Rodriguez	IBF
2024-08-09	2025-03-29	Ángel Ayala	IBF
2025-03-29	Present	Masamichi Yabuki	IBF

WBC

Reign Began	Reign Ended	Champion	Recognition
Title inaugurated
1963-09-18	1964-01-23	Hiroyuki Ebihara	WBC
1964-01-23	1965-04-23	Pone Kingpetch	WBC
1965-04-23	1965-11-18-Stripped	Salvatore Burruni	WBC
1966-03-01	1968-10-02-Retired	Horacio Accavallo	WBC
1968-11-10	1969-02-23	Chartchai Chionoi	WBC
1969-02-23	1970-03-20	Efren Torres	WBC
1970-03-20	1970-12-07	Chartchai Chionoi	WBC
1970-12-07	1971-12-29-Stripped	Erbito Salavarria	WBC
1972-06-03	1972-09-29	Betulio González	WBC
1972-09-29	1973-07-10-Vacated	Venice Borkhorsor	WBC
1973-08-04	1974-10-01	Betulio González	WBC
1974-10-01	1975-01-08	Shoji Oguma	WBC
1975-01-08	1979-03-18	Miguel Canto	WBC
1979-03-18	1980-05-18	Chan-Hee Park	WBC
1980-05-18	1981-05-12	Shoji Oguma	WBC
1981-05-12	1982-03-20	Antonio Avelar	WBC
1982-03-20	1982-07-24	Prudencio Cardona	WBC
1982-07-24	1982-11-06	Freddy Castillo	WBC
1982-11-06	1983-03-15	Eleoncio Mercedes	WBC
1983-03-15	1983-09-27	Charlie Magri	WBC
1983-09-27	1984-01-18	Frank Cedeno	WBC
1984-01-18	1984-04-09	Koji Kobayashi	WBC
1984-04-09	1984-10-08	Gabriel Bernal	WBC
1984-10-08	1988-07-24	Sot Chitalada	WBC
1988-07-24	1989-06-03	Yong-Kang Kim	WBC
1989-06-03	1991-02-15	Sot Chitalada	WBC
1991-02-15	1992-06-23	Muangchai Kittikasem	WBC
1992-06-23	1997-11-12	Yuri Arbachakov	WBC
1997-11-12	1998-12-04	Chatchai Sasakul	WBC
1998-12-04	1999-09-17-Stripped	Manny Pacquiao	WBC
1999-09-17	2000-05-19	Medgoen Singsurat	WBC
2000-05-19	2001-03-02	Malcolm Tuñacao	WBC
2001-03-02	2007-07-18	Pongsaklek Wonjongkam	WBC
2007-07-18	2009-11-29	Daisuke Naito	WBC
2009-11-29	2010-03-27	Kōki Kameda	WBC
2010-03-27	2012-03-02	Pongsaklek Wonjongkam	WBC
2012-03-02	2012-07-16	Sonny Boy Jaro	WBC
2012-07-16	2013-04-08	Toshiyuki Igarashi	WBC
2013-04-08	2014-09-05	Akira Yaegashi	WBC
2014-09-05	2016-09-29-Vacated	Román González	WBC
2017-03-04	2017-05-20	Juan Hernández	WBC
2017-05-20	2018-04-14 Stripped	Daigo Higa	WBC
2018-04-15	2018-12-22	Cristofer Rosales	WBC
2018-12-22	2019-10-05	Charlie Edwards	WBC
2019-12-20	2024-05-22	Julio Cesar Martinez	WBC
2024-10-13	Present	Kenshiro Teraji	WBC

WBA

Reign Began	Reign Ended	Champion	Recognition
Title inaugurated
1962-10-02	1963-01-12	Fighting Harada	WBA
1963-01-12	1963-12-18	Pone Kingpetch	WBA
1963-12-18	1964-01-23	Hiroyuki Ebihara	WBA
1964-01-23	1965-04-23	Pone Kingpetch	WBA
1965-04-23	1965-11-01-Stripped	Salvatore Burruni	WBA
1966-03-01	1968-10-02-Retired	Horacio Accavallo	WBA
1969-03-30	1969-10-19	Hiroyuki Ebihara	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	WBA
1973-05-17	1974-10-18	Chartchai Chionoi	WBA
1974-10-18	1975-04-01	Susumu Hanagata	WBA
1975-04-01	1976-02-27	Erbito Salavarria	WBA
1976-02-27	1976-10-02	Alfonso Lopez	WBA
1976-10-02	1978-08-12	Guty Espadas	WBA
1978-08-12	1979-11-17	Betulio González	WBA
1979-11-17	1980-02-17	Luis Ibarra	WBA
1980-02-17	1980-12-13	Tae-Shik Kim	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	WBA
1981-09-26	1982-05-01	Juan Herrera	WBA
1982-05-01	1985-07-19-Vacated	Santos Benigno Laciar	WBA
1985-10-05	1987-02-13	Hilario Zapata	WBA
1987-02-13	1989-09-30	Fidel Bassa	WBA
1989-09-30	1990-03-10	Jesus Kiki Rojas	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	WBA
1991-06-01	1992-09-26	Yong-Kang Kim	WBA
1992-09-26	1992-12-15	Aquiles Guzman	WBA
1992-12-15	1994-02-13	David Griman	WBA
1994-02-13	1996-11-24	Saen Sor Ploenchit	WBA
1996-11-24	1998-05-29	Jose Bonilla	WBA
1998-05-29	1999-03-13	Hugo Rafael Soto	WBA
1999-03-13	1999-09-03	Leo Gamez	WBA
1999-09-03	2000-08-05	Sornpichai Kratingdaenggym	WBA
2000-08-05	2003-12-06	Eric Morel	WBA
2003-12-06	2007-03-18-Stripped	Lorenzo Parra	WBA
2007-03-19	2008-12-31	Takefumi Sakata	WBA
2008-12-31	2010-02-07	Denkaosan Kaovichit	WBA
2010-02-07	2011-01-04-Vacated	Daiki Kameda	WBA
2011-01-04	2011-04-02	Luis Concepcion	WBA
2011-04-02	2012-11-17	Hernan Marquez	WBA
2012-11-17	2013-04-06	Brian Viloria	WBA Super Champion
2012-11-17	2015-04-22	Juan Carlos Reveco	WBA Regular Champion
2013-04-06	2016-09-14-Vacated	Juan Francisco Estrada	WBA Super Champion
2015-04-22	2017-09-11 Vacated	Kazuto Ioka	WBA Regular Champion
2018-02-24	2024-01-23	Artem Dalakian	WBA Super Champion
2024-01-23	2025-03-13	Seigo Yuri Akui	WBA
2025-03-13	Present	Kenshiro Teraji	WBA

WBO

Reign Began	Reign Ended	Champion	Recognition
Title inaugurated
1989-03-03	1990-03-Vacated	Elvis Álvarez	WBO
1990-08-18	1992-03-18	Isidro Perez	WBO
1992-03-18	1993-05-15	Pat Clinton	WBO
1993-05-15	1995-02-11	Jacob Matlala	WBO
1995-02-11	1996-12-13	Alberto Jiménez	WBO
1996-12-13	1998-08-14	Carlos Gabriel Salazar	WBO
1998-08-14	1999-04-23	Ruben Sánchez León	WBO
1999-04-23	1999-Vacated	José Antonio López Bueno	WBO
1999-12-18	2000-12-15	Isidro García	WBO
2000-12-15	2001-09-08-Vacated	Fernando Montiel	WBO
2002-05-04	2002-07-13	Adonis Rivas	WBO
2002-07-13	2010-05-Vacated	Omar Andres Narvaez	WBO
2010-06-12	2011-07-16	Julio César Miranda	WBO
2011-07-16	2013-04-06	Brian Viloria	WBO
2013-04-06	2016-09-14-Vacated	Juan Francisco Estrada	WBO
2016-11-05	2017-06-28	Zou Shiming	WBO
2017-06-28	2018-09-24	Sho Kimura	WBO
2018-09-24	2020-01-31 Vacated	Kosei Tanaka	WBO
2020-11-06	2022-10-27 Vacated	Junto Nakatani	WBO
2023-04-08	2024-03-29	Jesse Rodriguez	WBO
2024-07-20	Present	Anthony Olascuaga	WBO

See also

• List of British world boxing champions