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 BeganReign EndedChampionRecognitionTitle inaugurated11 April 19132 June 1913Sid 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 11 April 1913, was the first international flyweight championship contest.2 June 191326 January 1914Bill Ladbury Universal26 January 191415 May 1914Percy Jones UniversalJones stripped of title after failing to make weight for a defense against Tancy Lee.25 January 191518 October 1915Tancy Lee Universal18 October 191514 February 1916Joe Symonds Universal14 February 191618 June 1923Jimmy Wilde UniversalWhen Jimmy Wilde defeated American flyweight champion the Young Zulu Kid by an 11 round KO for the title in London on 18 December 1916, he was recognized in both Europe and America as the world flyweight champion.18 June 192314 July 1925Pancho VillaUniversalPancho Villa's death on 14 July 1925, following a loss to Jimmy "Baby Face" McLarnin on July 4, caused the title to be vacated. A bout on 22 August 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.15 July 192522 August 1925Frankie GenaroNYSAC22 August 192525 August 1927-VacatedFidel LaBarba UniversalThe 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 22 October 1927, until he was stripped in December of 1927 when the NBA instead decided to hold a flyweight tournament for the title. After stripping Silverberg, the NBA did not include the former champion in the tournament. Instead, on 28 November 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 19 December 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 16 December 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.22 October 19273 December 1927-Stripped 4Pinky Silverberg NBA16 December 192722 August 1929 2Corporal Izzy SchwartzNSYACSchwartz was defeated by Willie LaMorte on 22 August 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.19 December 19276 February 1928Frenchy BelangerNBA6 February 19282 March 1929Frankie GenaroNBA2 March 192918 April 1929Emile PladnerNBA/IBU18 April 192926 October 1931Frankie GenaroNBA/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 20 December 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 Perez22 August 19293 Sep 1929-StrippedWillie LaMorteNYSAC21 Mar 193016 September 1935Midget WolgastNYSACWolgast had won an 18-man tournament defeating Black Bill on 21 March 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.26 October 193131 October 1932Victor "Young" PerezNBA/IBU31 October 19329 September 1935Jackie 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 on 17 September. 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.9 September 193519 January 1937Benny LynchNBA/British16 September 193519 January 1937Small MontanaNYSAC19 January 193729 June 1938 4Benny LynchUniversalLynch defeated Jackie Brown for his British title as well as for the vacant NBA title. Lynch and Montana then faced off for the undisputed championship, this being the first undisputed fight in the weight class in seven 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 22 September 1938 to win the NBA championship, while the NYSAC title was discontinued.22 September 193811 December 1939-StrippedPeter KaneNBAKane was stripped of the NBA and The Ring (magazine) titles on 11 December 11 1939, but the IBU continued to recognize him as champion.11 December 193914 October 1943-StrippedLittle DadoNBAThe NBA proclaimed Dado as champion in 1939. After one defense Dado could no longer make weight and was eventually stripped of the title.14 October 194331 July 1947Jackie PatersonUniversalPaterson stripped of his title by the NBA and the BBBofC because he was unable to make weight for a title defense against Dado Marino.20 October 194730 March 1950Rinty MonaghanUniversalMonaghan wins the NBA and BBBofC titles by defeating Dado Marino on 20 October 1947. He wins universal recognition of champion after defeating Jackie Paterson on 23 March 1948. The title is vacated after Monaghan announces his retirement due to chronic bronchitis on 30 March 1950. The title is won by Terry Allen defeating Honore Pratesi in London, England by a 15-round decision on April 25.25 April 19501 August 1950Terry Allen Universal1 August 195019 May 1952Dado MarinoUniversal19 May 195226 November 1954Yoshio ShiraiUniversal26 November 195416 April 1960Pascual PérezUniversal16 April 196010 October 1962Pone Kingpetch Universal10 October 196212 January 1963Masahiko "Fighting" HaradaUniversal12 January 196318 July 1963Pone KingpetchUniversal18 July 196323 September 1964Hiroyuki Ebihara Universal23 September 196423 April 1965Pone Kingpetch Universal23 April 196514 June 1966Salvatore BurruniUniversal14 June 196630 December 1966Walter McGowanLineal30 December 196623 February 1969Chartchai ChionoiLineal

IBF Reign BeganReign EndedChampionRecognitionTitle inaugurated1983-12-241985-12-20 Kwon Soon-chunIBF 1985-12-201986-04-27 Chung Jong-kwanIBF 1986-04-271986-08-02 Jung Bi-wonIBF 1986-08-021987-02-22 Shin Hi-supIBF 1987-02-221987-09-05 Dodie Boy PeñalosaIBF 1987-09-051988-01-16 Chang-Ho ChoiIBF 1988-01-161988-10-05 Rolando BoholIBF 1988-10-051989-06-07 Duke McKenzieIBF 1989-06-071992-06-11 Dave McAuleyIBF 1992-06-111992-11-29 Rodolfo BlancoIBF 1992-11-291994-11-25-Retired Pichit SitbangprachanIBF 1995-02-181995-04-22 Francisco TejedorIBF 1995-04-221996-01-01-Vacated Danny RomeroIBF 1996-05-041998-09-07-Vacated Mark JohnsonIBF 1999-04-102004-12-16 Irene PachecoIBF 2004-12-162007-07-07 Vic DarchinyanIBF 2007-07-072009-07-14-Vacated Nonito DonaireIBF 2009-11-202014-01-13-Vacated Moruti MthalaneIBF 2014-01-222016-05-25 Amnat RuenroengIBF 2016-05-252016-12-21-Vacated John Riel CasimeroIBF 2017-04-292018-04-11-Vacated Donnie NietesIBF2018-07-152021-04-30 Moruti MthalaneIBF 2021-04-302023-12-16 Sunny EdwardsIBF 2023-12-162024-03-27 Jesse RodriguezIBF2024-08-092025-03-29 Ángel AyalaIBF2025-03-29Present Masamichi YabukiIBF

WBC Reign BeganReign EndedChampionRecognitionTitle inaugurated1963-09-181964-01-23 Hiroyuki EbiharaWBC1964-01-231965-04-23 Pone KingpetchWBC1965-04-231965-11-18-Stripped Salvatore BurruniWBC1966-03-011968-10-02-Retired Horacio AccavalloWBC1968-11-101969-02-23 Chartchai ChionoiWBC1969-02-231970-03-20 Efren TorresWBC1970-03-201970-12-07 Chartchai ChionoiWBC1970-12-071971-12-29-Stripped Erbito SalavarriaWBC1972-06-031972-09-29 Betulio GonzálezWBC1972-09-291973-07-10-Vacated Venice BorkhorsorWBC1973-08-041974-10-01 Betulio GonzálezWBC1974-10-011975-01-08 Shoji OgumaWBC1975-01-081979-03-18 Miguel CantoWBC1979-03-181980-05-18 Chan-Hee ParkWBC1980-05-181981-05-12 Shoji OgumaWBC1981-05-121982-03-20 Antonio AvelarWBC1982-03-201982-07-24 Prudencio CardonaWBC1982-07-241982-11-06 Freddy CastilloWBC1982-11-061983-03-15 Eleoncio MercedesWBC1983-03-151983-09-27 Charlie MagriWBC1983-09-271984-01-18 Frank CedenoWBC1984-01-181984-04-09 Koji KobayashiWBC1984-04-091984-10-08 Gabriel BernalWBC1984-10-081988-07-24 Sot ChitaladaWBC1988-07-241989-06-03 Yong-Kang KimWBC1989-06-031991-02-15 Sot ChitaladaWBC1991-02-151992-06-23 Muangchai KittikasemWBC1992-06-231997-11-12 Yuri ArbachakovWBC1997-11-121998-12-04 Chatchai SasakulWBC1998-12-041999-09-17-Stripped Manny PacquiaoWBC1999-09-172000-05-19 Medgoen SingsuratWBC2000-05-192001-03-02 Malcolm TuñacaoWBC2001-03-022007-07-18 Pongsaklek WonjongkamWBC2007-07-182009-11-29 Daisuke NaitoWBC2009-11-292010-03-27 Kōki KamedaWBC2010-03-272012-03-02 Pongsaklek WonjongkamWBC2012-03-022012-07-16 Sonny Boy JaroWBC2012-07-162013-04-08 Toshiyuki IgarashiWBC2013-04-082014-09-05 Akira YaegashiWBC2014-09-052016-09-29-Vacated Román GonzálezWBC2017-03-042017-05-20 Juan HernándezWBC2017-05-202018-04-14-Stripped Daigo HigaWBC2018-04-152018-12-22 Cristofer RosalesWBC2018-12-222019-10-05 Charlie EdwardsWBC2019-12-202024-05-22 Julio Cesar MartinezWBC2024-10-132025-07-30 Kenshiro TerajiWBC2025-07-30Present Ricardo SandovalWBC

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