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 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]
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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]
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.
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.
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.
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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 Contents 1 World 2 IBF 3 WBC 4 WBA 5 WBO 6 See also 7 References 8 External linksWorld editReign Began Reign Ended Champion RecognitionTitle inauguratedApril 11 1913 June 2 1913 Sid Smith UniversalThe 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 UniversalJanuary 26 1914 May 15 1914 Percy Jones UniversalJones stripped of title after failing to make weight for a defense against Tancy Lee January 25 1915 October 18 1915 Tancy Lee UniversalOctober 18 1915 February 14 1916 Joe Symonds UniversalFebruary 14 1916 18 June 1923 Jimmy Wilde UniversalWhen 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 UniversalPancho 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 Universal22 October 1927 3 December 1927 4 Pinky Silverberg NBAThe 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 NSYACSchwartz 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 World21 Mar 1930 16 September 1935 Midget Wolgast NYSACWolgast 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 NBA6 February 1928 2 March 1929 Frankie Genaro NBA2 March 1929 18 April 1929 Emile Pladner NBA IBU18 April 1929 26 October 1931 Frankie Genaro NBA IBUThere 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 Perez26 October 1931 31 October 1932 Victor Young Perez NBA IBU31 October 1932 9 September 1935 Jackie Brown NBA IBU BritishAfter 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 UniversalLynch 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 NBAKane 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 NBAThe 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 NBAJune 19 1943 July 31 1947 Jackie Paterson NBAPaterson 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 UniversalMonaghan 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 Universal1 August 1950 19 May 1952 Dado Marino Universal19 May 1952 26 November 1954 Yoshio Shirai Universal26 November 1954 16 April 1960 Pascual Perez Universal16 April 1960 10 October 1962 Pone Kingpetch Universal10 October 1962 12 January 1963 Masahiko Fighting Harada Universal12 January 1963 18 July 1963 Pone Kingpetch Universal18 July 1963 23 September 1964 Hiroyuki Ebihara Universal23 September 1964 23 April 1965 Pone Kingpetch Universal23 April 1965 14 June 1966 Salvatore Burruni Universal14 June 1966 30 December 1966 Walter McGowan Lineal30 December 1966 23 February 1969 Chartchai Chionoi LinealIBF editReign Began Reign Ended Champion RecognitionTitle inaugurated1983 12 24 1985 12 20 nbsp Kwon Soon chun IBF1985 12 20 1986 04 27 nbsp Chung Jong kwan IBF1986 04 27 1986 08 02 nbsp Jung Bi won IBF1986 08 02 1987 02 22 nbsp Shin Hi sup IBF1987 02 22 1987 09 05 nbsp Dodie Boy Penalosa IBF1987 09 05 1988 01 16 nbsp Chang Ho Choi IBF1988 01 16 1988 10 05 nbsp Rolando Bohol IBF1988 10 05 1989 06 07 nbsp Duke McKenzie IBF1989 06 07 1992 06 11 nbsp Dave McAuley IBF1992 06 11 1992 11 29 nbsp Rodolfo Blanco IBF1992 11 29 1994 11 25 Retired nbsp Pichit Sitbangprachan IBF1995 02 18 1995 04 22 nbsp Francisco Tejedor IBF1995 04 22 1996 Vacated nbsp Danny Romero IBF1996 05 04 1999 04 Vacated nbsp Mark Johnson IBF1999 04 10 2004 12 16 nbsp Irene Pacheco IBF2004 12 16 2007 07 07 nbsp Vic Darchinyan IBF2007 07 07 2009 Vacated nbsp Nonito Donaire IBF2009 11 20 2014 01 13 Vacated nbsp Moruti Mthalane IBF2014 01 22 2016 05 25 nbsp Amnat Ruenroeng IBF2016 05 25 2016 12 21 Vacated nbsp Johnriel Casimero IBF2017 04 29 2018 04 Vacated nbsp Donnie Nietes IBF2018 07 15 2021 04 30 nbsp Moruti Mthalane IBF2021 04 30 Present nbsp Sunny Edwards IBFWBC editReign Began Reign Ended Champion RecognitionTitle inaugurated1963 09 18 1964 01 23 nbsp Hiroyuki Ebihara WBC1964 01 23 1965 04 23 nbsp Pone Kingpetch WBC1965 04 23 1965 11 18 Stripped nbsp Salvatore Burruni WBC1966 03 01 1968 10 02 Retired nbsp Horacio Accavallo WBC1968 11 10 1969 02 23 nbsp Chartchai Chionoi WBC1969 02 23 1970 03 20 nbsp Efren Torres WBC1970 03 20 1970 12 07 nbsp Chartchai Chionoi WBC1970 12 07 1971 12 29 Stripped nbsp Erbito Salavarria WBC1972 06 03 1972 09 29 nbsp Betulio Gonzalez WBC1972 09 29 1973 07 10 Vacated nbsp Venice Borkhorsor WBC1973 08 04 1974 10 01 nbsp Betulio Gonzalez WBC1974 10 01 1975 01 08 nbsp Shoji Oguma WBC1975 01 08 1979 03 18 nbsp Miguel Canto WBC1979 03 18 1980 05 18 nbsp Chan Hee Park WBC1980 05 18 1981 05 12 nbsp Shoji Oguma WBC1981 05 12 1982 03 20 nbsp Antonio Avelar WBC1982 03 20 1982 07 24 nbsp Prudencio Cardona WBC1982 07 24 1982 11 06 nbsp Freddy Castillo WBC1982 11 06 1983 03 15 nbsp Eleoncio Mercedes WBC1983 03 15 1983 09 27 nbsp Charlie Magri WBC1983 09 27 1984 01 18 nbsp Frank Cedeno WBC1984 01 18 1984 04 09 nbsp Koji Kobayashi WBC1984 04 09 1984 10 08 nbsp Gabriel Bernal WBC1984 10 08 1988 07 24 nbsp Sot Chitalada WBC1988 07 24 1989 06 03 nbsp Yong Kang Kim WBC1989 06 03 1991 02 15 nbsp Sot Chitalada WBC1991 02 15 1992 06 23 nbsp Muangchai Kittikasem WBC1992 06 23 1997 11 12 nbsp Yuri Arbachakov WBC1997 11 12 1998 12 04 nbsp Chatchai Sasakul WBC1998 12 04 1999 09 17 Stripped nbsp Manny Pacquiao WBC1999 09 17 2000 05 19 nbsp Medgoen Singsurat WBC2000 05 19 2001 03 02 nbsp Malcolm Tunacao WBC2001 03 02 2007 07 18 nbsp Pongsaklek Wonjongkam WBC2007 07 18 2009 11 29 nbsp Daisuke Naito WBC2009 11 29 2010 03 27 nbsp Kōki Kameda WBC2010 03 27 2012 03 02 nbsp Pongsaklek Wonjongkam WBC2012 03 02 2012 07 16 nbsp Sonny Boy Jaro WBC2012 07 16 2013 04 08 nbsp Toshiyuki Igarashi WBC2013 04 08 2014 09 05 nbsp Akira Yaegashi WBC2014 09 05 2016 09 29 Vacated nbsp Roman Gonzalez WBC2017 03 04 2017 05 20 nbsp Juan Hernandez WBC2017 05 20 2018 04 14 Stripped nbsp Daigo Higa WBC2018 04 15 2018 12 22 nbsp Cristofer Rosales WBC2018 12 22 2019 10 05 nbsp Charlie Edwards WBC2019 12 20 Present nbsp Julio Cesar Martinez WBCWBA editReign Began Reign Ended Champion RecognitionTitle inaugurated1962 10 02 1963 01 12 nbsp Fighting Harada WBA1963 01 12 1963 12 18 nbsp Pone Kingpetch WBA1963 12 18 1964 01 23 nbsp Hiroyuki Ebihara WBA1964 01 23 1965 04 23 nbsp Pone Kingpetch WBA1965 04 23 1965 11 01 Stripped nbsp Salvatore Burruni WBA1966 03 01 1968 10 02 Retired nbsp Horacio Accavallo WBA1969 03 30 1969 10 19 nbsp Hiroyuki Ebihara WBA1969 10 19 1970 04 05 nbsp Bernabe Villacampo WBA1970 04 05 1970 10 22 nbsp Berkrerk Chartvanchai WBA1970 10 22 1973 01 24 Died nbsp Masao Ohba WBA1973 05 17 1974 10 18 nbsp Chartchai Chionoi WBA1974 10 18 1975 04 01 nbsp Susumu Hanagata WBA1975 04 01 1976 02 27 nbsp Erbito Salavarria WBA1976 02 27 1976 10 02 nbsp Alfonso Lopez WBA1976 10 02 1978 08 12 nbsp Guty Espadas WBA1978 08 12 1979 11 17 nbsp Betulio Gonzalez WBA1979 11 17 1980 02 17 nbsp Luis Ibarra WBA1980 02 17 1980 12 13 nbsp Tae Shik Kim WBA1980 12 13 1981 03 28 nbsp Peter Mathebula WBA1981 03 28 1981 06 06 nbsp Santos Benigno Laciar WBA1981 06 06 1981 09 26 nbsp Luis Ibarra WBA1981 09 26 1982 05 01 nbsp Juan Herrera WBA1982 05 01 1985 07 19 Vacated nbsp Santos Benigno Laciar WBA1985 10 05 1987 02 13 nbsp Hilario Zapata WBA1987 02 13 1989 09 30 nbsp Fidel Bassa WBA1989 09 30 1990 03 10 nbsp Jesus Kiki Rojas WBA1990 03 10 1990 07 29 nbsp Yul Woo Lee WBA1990 07 29 1991 03 14 nbsp Leopard Tamakuma WBA1991 03 14 1991 06 01 nbsp Elvis Alvarez WBA1991 06 01 1992 09 26 nbsp Yong Kang Kim WBA1992 09 26 1992 12 15 nbsp Aquiles Guzman WBA1992 12 15 1994 02 13 nbsp David Griman WBA1994 02 13 1996 11 24 nbsp Saen Sor Ploenchit WBA1996 11 24 1998 05 29 nbsp Jose Bonilla WBA1998 05 29 1999 03 13 nbsp Hugo Rafael Soto WBA1999 03 13 1999 09 03 nbsp Leo Gamez WBA1999 09 03 2000 08 05 nbsp Sornpichai Kratingdaenggym WBA2000 08 05 2003 12 06 nbsp Eric Morel WBA2003 12 06 2007 03 18 Stripped nbsp Lorenzo Parra WBA2007 03 19 2008 12 31 nbsp Takefumi Sakata WBA2008 12 31 2010 02 07 nbsp Denkaosan Kaovichit WBA2010 02 07 2011 01 04 Vacated nbsp Daiki Kameda WBA2011 01 04 2011 04 02 nbsp Luis Concepcion WBA2011 04 02 2012 11 17 nbsp Hernan Marquez WBA2012 11 17 2013 04 06 nbsp Brian Viloria WBA Super Champion2012 11 17 2015 04 22 nbsp Juan Carlos Reveco WBA Regular Champion2013 04 06 2016 09 14 Vacated nbsp Juan Francisco Estrada WBA Super Champion2015 04 22 2017 09 11 Vacated nbsp Kazuto Ioka WBA Regular Champion2018 02 24 Present nbsp Artem Dalakian WBA Regular ChampionWBO editReign Began Reign Ended Champion RecognitionTitle inaugurated1989 03 03 1990 03 Vacated nbsp Elvis Alvarez WBO1990 08 18 1992 03 18 nbsp Isidro Perez WBO1992 03 18 1993 05 15 nbsp Pat Clinton WBO1993 05 15 1995 02 11 nbsp Jacob Matlala WBO1995 02 11 1996 12 13 nbsp Alberto Jimenez WBO1996 12 13 1998 08 14 nbsp Carlos Gabriel Salazar WBO1998 08 14 1999 04 23 nbsp Ruben Sanchez Leon WBO1999 04 23 1999 Vacated nbsp Jose Antonio Lopez Bueno WBO1999 12 18 2000 12 15 nbsp Isidro Garcia WBO2000 12 15 2001 09 08 Vacated nbsp Fernando Montiel WBO2002 05 04 2002 07 13 nbsp Adonis Rivas WBO2002 07 13 2010 05 Vacated nbsp Omar Andres Narvaez WBO2010 06 12 2011 07 16 nbsp Julio Cesar Miranda WBO2011 07 16 2013 04 06 nbsp Brian Viloria WBO2013 04 06 2016 09 14 Vacated nbsp Juan Francisco Estrada WBO2016 11 05 2017 06 28 nbsp Zou Shiming WBO2017 06 28 2018 09 24 nbsp Sho Kimura WBO2018 09 24 2020 01 31 Vacated nbsp Kosei Tanaka WBO2020 11 06 2022 10 27 Vacated nbsp Junto Nakatani WBOSee also editList of British world boxing championsReferences edit Mullan Harry 1996 The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Boxing London England Carlton Books p 186 ISBN 0 7858 0641 5 BoxRec Pinky Silverberg FLY barryhugmanboxing Mullan 1996 The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Boxing p 186 a b Mullan 1996 The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Boxing p 187 External links 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