List of light flyweight boxing champions

This is a chronological List of World Light Flyweight Boxing Champions, as recognized by four of the better-known sanctioning organizations:

The World Boxing Association
World Boxing Association
The 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 Council
World Boxing Council
The 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 Federation
International Boxing Federation
The 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 Organization
World Boxing Organization
The 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
IBF
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
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
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 playerRomán González Nicaraguan boxer...	WBA
WBO
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

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